| #9083, aired 2024-04-17 | INVENTORS & INVENTIONS $200: In 1953 David Mullany invented this erratic toy with 8 holes that's often sold with its own bat a Wiffle ball |
| #9083, aired 2024-04-17 | ENDS WITH "B" $400: Don't let your book go out without one of these publicity notices on its jacket a blurb |
| #9083, aired 2024-04-17 | HISTORY OF YOSEMITE $600: A Native American village in Yosemite has one of these dwellings named for their circular shape; it's still used by local tribes a roundhouse |
| #9082, aired 2024-04-16 | JUST FOR FUN "Z"s $200: At the Fremont St. Experience, take a thrill ride on one of these, 7 stories high & 2 blocks long; the zoom one is even bigger a zip line |
| #9082, aired 2024-04-16 | JUST FOR FUN "Z"s $400: As a 5-year-old hockey fan, Ariana Grande got hit twice with a puck & got to ride on one of these at a Florida Panthers game a Zamboni |
| #9082, aired 2024-04-16 | VAL, HISTORY'S CLUMSIEST TIME TRAVELER $800: Val wanted to visit the Moorish city in Spain in the 1400s but one misspelled letter has him on this isle of spice & a 1983 U.S. invasion Grenada |
| #9082, aired 2024-04-16 | JUST FOR FUN "Z"s $1000: Down South, Cher, this traditional music heard here is also known as chanky-chank zydeco |
| #9082, aired 2024-04-16 | SIBLINGS IN POP CULTURE $2000: Sid & Marty Krofft produced '70s Saturday morning TV like "H.R. Pufnstuf" & this one where a family ends up in a time with dinosaurs Land of the Lost |
| #9081, aired 2024-04-15 | HODGEPODGE $200: A footstool can be called one of these, like a certain empire ottoman |
| #9081, aired 2024-04-15 | HODGEPODGE $600: An oda was a room in this type of house for women; an odalisque was a female slave or concubine in one a harem |
| #9081, aired 2024-04-15 | THAT BAND'S AN INSTITUTION $800: Formed in 1976, they're turning the Venetian in Vegas into a love shack with a 2024 residency The B-52s |
| #9080, aired 2024-04-12 | AMERICAN BIRDS $400: Warily circling as hunters freeze & swear, the pintail type of this water bird is one of the most difficult to lure with a decoy a duck |
| #9080, aired 2024-04-12 | DROP IN... $2000: From a legal word compelling one to cease activities to get this word where choo-choos meet junction |
| #9079, aired 2024-04-11 | "T.P." $200: In the 1960s, Freedomland in the Bronx was built to rival Disneyland as a history-focused one of these a theme park |
| #9079, aired 2024-04-11 | DOUBLE LETTERS IN THE MIDDLE $600: One of these in economics refers to an unsustainable period in investments or property a bubble |
| #9079, aired 2024-04-11 | SOME TIMELY WORDS $2000: In 2004 Colin Powell called Fidel Castro one of these, a person or thing incongruously out of place in time an anachronism |
| #9078, aired 2024-04-10 | NOT PERSIMMON $200: Mexico is one of the world's top producers of this fruit that's a standard sight in the neck of a Corona lime |
| #9078, aired 2024-04-10 | NOT PERSIMMON $400: It's genetically identical to a peach except for one recessive gene that makes its skin smooth a nectarine |
| #9076, aired 2024-04-08 | NOVEL TITLE CHARACTERS $400: In a novel by Stephen King, she's a senior at Ewen High who is bullied by her peers (at their own peril) Carrie |
| #9076, aired 2024-04-08 | PARENTING $800: A tough question for parents; Dr. Ellen Libby wrote a book on the issue & says it can rotate from kid to kid, if that's any help Who is your favorite child? |
| #9076, aired 2024-04-08 | CONSONANT-VOWEL x3 $2000: Related to the word lagoon is this one meaning a gap, as in historical records a lacuna |
| #9075, aired 2024-04-05 | YOU'RE A FINAL"IST" $1000: A bumposopher was another word for one of these head-examining pseudoscientists a phrenologist |
| #9074, aired 2024-04-04 | CHARACTERS IN MUSICALS $200: Frankie Valli, of course, is a character in this musical about the Four Seasons Jersey Boys |
| #9074, aired 2024-04-04 | EUROPEAN CAPITALS $200: One of this Swiss city's most famous landmarks is a bear pit that displays live specimens; the original pit dates to 1513 Bern |
| #9074, aired 2024-04-04 | A CATEGORY MADE OF STEEL $800: Using an old steel saw in 1837, he created one of the 1st successful steel plows & his company was soon making 1,000 plows a year (John) Deere |
| #9074, aired 2024-04-04 | A CATEGORY MADE OF STEEL $1000: Charles M. Schwab was the 1st pres. of this Pennsylvania-based steel corp. founded in 1904 & one of the world's largest in its time Bethlehem Steel |
| #9073, aired 2024-04-03 | AS HEARD ON TV $200: In an "Office" meeting, Kelly Kapoor, played by her, had "a lot of questions. Number one: How dare you?" Mindy Kaling |
| #9073, aired 2024-04-03 | MATH TALK $400: It's a demonstrably true mathematical statement; calculus has a "fundamental" one theorem |
| #9073, aired 2024-04-03 | CLASSICAL LITERATURE $800: Menander, known for his comedic plays, wrote that "Marriage, if one will face the truth, is" this, "but a necessary" this an evil |
| #9073, aired 2024-04-03 | BABY TALK $800: TV host & author Art Linkletter was one of these, a baby abandoned by its parents & adopted & raised by others a foundling |
| #9072, aired 2024-04-02 | U.S. HISTORY $200: At the Democratic Convention in 1932, FDR promised one of these, part of a "crusade to restore America to its own people" a New Deal |
| #9071, aired 2024-04-01 | THE 14th CENTURY $400: One cause of the 1337 start of the Hundred Years' War was when the III king of this name made a claim for the French throne Edward |
| #9071, aired 2024-04-01 | SAME LAST 3/ FIRST 3 LETTERS $600: United one piece of film with another
&
wood used in a chest to help repel moths spliced & cedar |
| #9071, aired 2024-04-01 | YOU NAMED YOUR BAND WHAT? $800: We have "High Hopes" you'll know that this group's name is not from a Smiths song but one by an obscure group called Name Taken Panic! at the Disco |
| #9071, aired 2024-04-01 | INTERNATIONAL SPORTS $1000: French for "servant", in pro cycling it's a rider whose job is to help a team's leader win, not to win individually a domestique |
| #9071, aired 2024-04-01 | ART & CRIME $1600: A painting by Vermeer was one of the works stolen from this Boston museum in 1990 the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum |
| #9070, aired 2024-03-29 | EPONYMS $400: A French aerialist gave us this name for a tight-fitting one-piece worn today by everyone from dancers to pro wrestlers a leotard |
| #9070, aired 2024-03-29 | BIOLOGY "A", "B", "C"s $1200: "A":
You get one set of these alternative forms of genes from mom & one from dad alleles |
| #9070, aired 2024-03-29 | A WARMING TREND $1600: One recipe from the Russian Tea Room for hot this soup includes 5 ounces of beets as well as short ribs & pork butt borscht |
| #9069, aired 2024-03-28 | ART TERMS $400: A painting on 2 panels, often hinged together; London's National Gallery of Art has the Wilton one a diptych |
| #9069, aired 2024-03-28 | DEFINITIONS FROM THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY $1000: Under Q:
"A sufficient number of members of a deliberative body to have their own way and their own way of having it" a quorum |
| #9068, aired 2024-03-27 | DURING JAMES BUCHANAN'S PRESIDENCY $800: In 1860 California mountain man John Adams, nicknamed this, died from a head wound suffered while wrestling one of his pet bears Grizzly |
| #9068, aired 2024-03-27 | AUTO PARTS 101 $1000: A seal between 2 mechanisms, the "head" one seals the combustion part of an engine to allow oil & coolant to circulate properly a gasket |
| #9068, aired 2024-03-27 | EQUINE WORDS $1000: Asked by Herod what she wanted, the daughter of Herodias replied, "Give me here John Baptist's head in" one of these platters a charger |
| #9067, aired 2024-03-26 | PICK A CARD, ANY CARD $600: One of 31 known to exist & the only one listed gem mint, a 1995 card featuring Charizard from this game went for $493,000 in 2021 Pokémon |
| #9067, aired 2024-03-26 | MAMMALS $800: The dwarf one of these is one of the smallest members of the kangaroo family a wallaby |
| #9066, aired 2024-03-25 | MARINE BIOLOGY $400: In 2022 the deepest fish, a snailfish, was found at over 27,000 feet in the Izu-Ogasawara one of these deep ocean depressions a trench |
| #9066, aired 2024-03-25 | LET'S GET A DRINK $600: Real Madagascar vanilla is one of the spices in this "original spiced rum" brand, & I totally mean to pull rank here Captain Morgan |
| #9066, aired 2024-03-25 | IAMB A POET $800: In Robert Frost's "The Road Not Taken", "I took the one" that was this less traveled by |
| #9066, aired 2024-03-25 | LET'S GET A DRINK $1,600 (Daily Double): One origin story of this cocktail involves the early morning hours after a long night in Sausalito a Tequila Sunrise |
| #9066, aired 2024-03-25 | FIVE GUYS $1600: In 1959, this Japanese crown prince broke a 1,400-year tradition by choosing his own wife Akihito |
| #9065, aired 2024-03-22 | IN THE NATIONAL WOMEN'S HALL OF FAME $1600: This photographer with a hyphenated name, one of the first photojournalists hired by Life magazine Bourke-White |
| #9064, aired 2024-03-21 | 4-LETTER HOMOPHONES $200: Money paid to release one from the hoosegow
&
a large bundle of goods bail/bale |
| #9064, aired 2024-03-21 | HISTORIC FIRSTS $200: In 1993 cosmonaut Aleksandr Serebrov was the first to play a video game in space, this one created by a countryman Tetris |
| #9064, aired 2024-03-21 | ON THE NOSE $400: Obstructed breathing can result from a deviated one of these nasal partitions a septum |
| #9064, aired 2024-03-21 | CHARACTERS IN BOOK SERIES $1000: The first Sherlock Holmes novel was this one involving a message written in blood A Study in Scarlet |
| #9063, aired 2024-03-20 | THE VOCABULARY OF ICE ICE BABY $1000: Vanilla Ice mysteriously can "flow like" one; it's also wielded by Tashtego a harpoon |
| #9063, aired 2024-03-20 | FIRST NAMES $1000: Girls' names derived from the color white include Alba & this one, like a character in "The Taming of the Shrew" Bianca |
| #9063, aired 2024-03-20 | THE DIRECTING BROTHERS $1600: These brothers co-directed "Uncut Gems" & one is also a busy actor from "Oppenheimer" & "The Curse" the Safdie brothers |
| #9061, aired 2024-03-18 | MUSICAL FILMS $400: Norman Jewison directed the 1973 film version of this musical about the most famous Jew & son of all Jesus Christ Superstar |
| #9061, aired 2024-03-18 | HORRORS! $400: Catriona Ward's "The Last House on Needless Street" is partly narrated by Olivia, one of these animals, & that can't be good luck black cat |
| #9061, aired 2024-03-18 | STATUES OF THE WORLD $400: Any statue substantially larger than life-size is one of these, like the Daibutsu or Great Buddha a colossus |
| #9060, aired 2024-03-15 | LOST WORKS $400: According to one guy who read the lost memoirs of this 19th century poet & lord, the book was "fit only for a brothel" Byron |
| #9060, aired 2024-03-15 | CHAMP CHANGE $800: A championship flag trades one of its "N"s for a "D" & becomes this dangling thing pendant (from pennant) |
| #9060, aired 2024-03-15 | TYPES OF POEMS $1,000 (Daily Double): A villanelle is a 19-line poem consisting of 5 tercets & a concluding (do the math) one of these a quatrain |
| #9059, aired 2024-03-14 | IT'S A FACT! $800: Unlike other cats, this fastest one doesn't have fully retractable claws a cheetah |
| #9058, aired 2024-03-13 | OFFICIAL STATE STUFF $400: Connecticut likes this burly beast as its state animal; Mocha Dick was a notorious 19th century one a sperm whale |
| #9058, aired 2024-03-13 | OFFICIAL STATE STUFF $1600: Alaska's state gem is this green one, a historically important crafting item to the Inupiaq jade |
| #9058, aired 2024-03-13 | 17th CENTURY WRITING $2000: In "To Althea, from Prison", poet Richard Lovelace wrote, "Stone walls do not a prison make, nor iron bars" one of these a cage |
| #9057, aired 2024-03-12 | STARTS WITH "P" $400: It's a long, hooded jacket; Patagonia sells a nano puff one a parka |
| #9057, aired 2024-03-12 | INVESTING & BUSINESS TERMS $600: For a sales team, the number of contracts signed per quarter might be one of these indicators, KPI for short a key performance indicator |
| #9057, aired 2024-03-12 | ONE-WORD BEATLES SONG TITLES $800: A "Glorious" one occurred in England in 1688 when one monarch was replaced with a pair Revolution |
| #9057, aired 2024-03-12 | UNMANNED SPACE EXPLORATION $1200: On July 4, 2005 Deep Impact slammed a probe into Tempel 1, one of these, creating a giant crater & a brilliant flash of light a comet |
| #9056, aired 2024-03-11 | ON WHEELS $400: The wheels on this hippie-mobile go round & round, like on the one George Carlin voiced in "Cars" a VW Microbus |
| #9056, aired 2024-03-11 | NATURE $400: Seen here is a lovely one of these hollow earth-like rocks lined with crystals of pink amethyst a geode |
| #9056, aired 2024-03-11 | RESISTANCE IS FUTILE $400: This canvas over-garment will make you keep your hands to yourself, but one used by Houdini sold for nearly $50,000 in 2011 a straitjacket |
| #9056, aired 2024-03-11 | RENAISSANCE WOMEN $800: Victor Hugo's play about this woman popularized her image as a poisoner, though there's no real evidence she was one Lucrezia Borgia |
| #9056, aired 2024-03-11 | ON WHEELS $1000: Made without brakes, track bicycles are designed for this type of building & here they are going around inside one a velodrome |
| #9056, aired 2024-03-11 | "AI" $1200: A wagon or cart, like the one for carrying "Hay" in a painting by John Constable a wain |
| #9055, aired 2024-03-08 | SOUTH OF THE EQUATOR $800: One activity if, you're in Gurue in northern Mozambique is a hike to the Cascata, this feature, a good place to cool off a waterfall |
| #9055, aired 2024-03-08 | FILM BROS $1200: After 2 brothers are killed in Normandy & one brother in New Guinea, a rescue mission goes to save the 4th brother in this film Saving Private Ryan |
| #9054, aired 2024-03-07 | BAKER $800: A special one of these baked at Passover 2022 for the president of Israel was 20' long by 3 1/2' wide by not very thick matzah |
| #9054, aired 2024-03-07 | BOY GENIUS $1200: By age 15, Flynn McGarry had created a culinary classic, changing one letter in a dish named for a duke to make this vegetarian creation the beet Wellington |
| #9054, aired 2024-03-07 | BAKER $1200: When his wife baked these, often served with gravy, Calvin Coolidge would drop one & stomp a foot to show its heaviness a biscuit |
| #9054, aired 2024-03-07 | THE TALLEST ONE $2000: In boygenius, her name didn't lend itself to a category title Lucy Dacus |
| #9053, aired 2024-03-06 | MIDDLE X $200: A cheerful & tricky sprite, or in a different sense, Black Francis, as one of a group a pixie |
| #9053, aired 2024-03-06 | MEASURES $200: A mercury one of these devices measures atmospheric pressure in pounds per square inch a barometer |
| #9053, aired 2024-03-06 | WAITS $200: Jane Seymour served as one of these to Anne Boleyn, who had served as one to Katherine of Aragon a lady in waiting |
| #9053, aired 2024-03-06 | OCCUPATIONS $400: At the L.A. County Museum of Art, Stephanie Barron is a senior one of these in the Department of Modern Art curator |
| #9053, aired 2024-03-06 | MEASURES $600: For a measured pour, a bartender might rely on this double-sided metal cup; a versatile one is 2 oz. on one side, 1 on the other a jigger |
| #9053, aired 2024-03-06 | UNUSUAL WORDS $800: Don't be stingy with the Cabernet at one of these parties of mass revelry named for everyone's favorite wine god a bacchanal |
| #9053, aired 2024-03-06 | WAITS $800: At Jefferson's Monticello, the dining room fireplace conceals one of these that's linked to the wine cellar a dumbwaiter |
| #9053, aired 2024-03-06 | OCCUPATIONS $2000: Terms for shoemakers include cobbler & this more archaic one derived from a type of Spanish leather a cordwainer |
| #9052, aired 2024-03-05 | HAVE FAITH $400: Rick Warren's last one, to thousands at a Saddleback Church service in August 2022, was the same as his first one, to tens in March 1980 a sermon |
| #9052, aired 2024-03-05 | HAVE FAITH $800: A spin on this 5-syllable worship of many gods is henotheism, the worship of only one of many gods polytheism |
| #9052, aired 2024-03-05 | GETTING TOGETHER $1000: This type of formal discussion is from Latin for "together" & "speak"; one "of Marburg" in 1529 included a debate on Matthew 26:26 a colloquium (colloquy) |
| #9052, aired 2024-03-05 | NAMES IN FASHION $1000: Fashion royalty--here's this Belgian-born designer & icon & Talita, her princess granddaughter, a designer in her own right Diane von Furstenberg |
| #9052, aired 2024-03-05 | POETS & POETRY $1200: Claude McKay wrote a sonnet about one of these awful events, with "the ghastly body swaying in the sun" a lynching |
| #9051, aired 2024-03-04 | 5-SYLLABLE WORDS $400: One who has a compulsive impulse to steal items they don't really need a kleptomaniac |
| #9051, aired 2024-03-04 | I HEARD A RUMOR $400: Sans accent, it means to reveal a secret; with one, it's a scandal-revealing newspaper story an exposé |
| #9051, aired 2024-03-04 | 5-SYLLABLE WORDS $800: In order to be one of these people who study the origin of words, you might want a degree in linguistics an etymologist |
| #9051, aired 2024-03-04 | 5-SYLLABLE WORDS $1600: Frances Willard, founder of the Women's Christian Temperance Union, was one a prohibitionist |
| #9050, aired 2024-03-01 | FOOD, FAST $400: This cool Indian side dish is often made with cucumber & a yogurt or curd called dahi raita |
| #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 | AN ONOMATOPOEIA ROMANCE $800: I desperately await this sound of you at the doorbell; it's the title of a Thoreau poem with "song" as one of the rhymes "Ding Dong" |
| #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 |
| #9048, aired 2024-02-28 | THE EMMYS $600: From 1983 to 1988 the Best Actress in a Drama Emmy went to either one or the other of the 2 stars of this female cop drama on CBS Cagney & Lacey |
| #9048, aired 2024-02-28 | IN THE DICTIONARY $800: Alex Trebek said he worked behind one of these, from the Latin for "to read" a lectern |
| #9048, aired 2024-02-28 | IN THE DICTIONARY $2000: Head to the end of the alphabet, past yarmulke, for this skullcap worn by Roman Catholic clergy; the pope wears a white one zucchetto |
| #9047, aired 2024-02-27 | CLOTHES $200: The back of a skirt or coat might have a kick one of these folds of fabric; it allows more movement a pleat |
| #9047, aired 2024-02-27 | A NICE SHORT STORY SPOILED $1600: In this John Cheever story, Neddy makes his way pool by pool to his own home but like his life, it's dark & empty "The Swimmer" |
| #9045, aired 2024-02-23 | 2020s & 1920s SLANG $800: This shortened word precedes "check" in a term used on social media for reviewing one's attire before hitting the town fit |
| #9045, aired 2024-02-23 | THAT BUILDING HAS GREAT BONES $2000: It's the word for a bone depository, like the Wamba one in Spain an ossuary |
| #9044, aired 2024-02-22 | BRIT SPEAK $400: Can we level with you? A British landlord doesn't rent out an apartment but lets one of these a flat |
| #9043, aired 2024-02-21 | ART & ARTISTS $400: A Brussels museum has a "Landscape with the Fall of" him, later than the famous one, this time with Daedalus still up in the air Icarus |
| #9043, aired 2024-02-21 | FUN & GAMES $600: In 2023 Post Malone paid big bucks for a card from this enduring card game that featured the One Ring from "The Lord of the Rings" Magic: The Gathering |
| #9043, aired 2024-02-21 | ENDS IN "IR" $800: According to National Geographic, the world's largest man-made one by surface area is Lake Volta in Ghana a reservoir |
| #9043, aired 2024-02-21 | ENDS IN "IR" $2000: This word can refer to a pirate in the Mediterranean Sea from the 16th to 19th century a corsair |
| #9042, aired 2024-02-20 | PILES $200: H.C. Andersen's way to identify one of these: have her sleep on a pea under a pile of 20 mattresses under 20 feather beds a princess |
| #9042, aired 2024-02-20 | ARTISTS & THEIR SUBJECTS $400: In a work by John Everett Millais, young Jesus is helping out in the carpentry shop & has prophetically been cut by one of these a nail |
| #9042, aired 2024-02-20 | THE U.S. POSTAL SERVICE $400: One of the most famous errors in postal history occurred in 1918 when a Jenny biplane was printed on stamps this way upside-down |
| #9042, aired 2024-02-20 | BODIES OF WATER $1200: There's a Colorado River in the U.S. & another one in this South American nation where it flows across the Pampas Argentina |
| #9042, aired 2024-02-20 | THE U.S. POSTAL SERVICE $1,600 (Daily Double): As an experiment in 1959, mail was dispatched by guided missile from one of these to a naval air station in Florida a submarine |
| #9042, aired 2024-02-20 | ARTISTS & THEIR SUBJECTS $2000: Oh, her, the tale of this woman "and the Elders" is a common subject & Lorenzo Lotto's from 1517 is one of those with minimal boobage Susanna |
| #9041, aired 2024-02-19 | HEAVY $400: "The head that wears" this might ache wearing the solid gold, nearly 5-pound St. Edward's one used in a 2023 ceremony the crown |
| #9041, aired 2024-02-19 | TV COACHES $600: Bill Fagerbakke had a nice 9-year run on "Coach" as Dauber, an assistant coach, but an even longer one voicing this cartoon starfish Patrick |
| #9041, aired 2024-02-19 | HEAVY $600: Kind of light & heavy at the same time, the net weight of one of these cotton units is around 500 pounds a bale |
| #9041, aired 2024-02-19 | PLANT LORE $800: Legend says a limb from one of these trees taken from Lebanon & now in Derbyshire fell at the death of Lord Carnarvon cedar |
| #9041, aired 2024-02-19 | AWARDS & HONORS $2,000 (Daily Double): In the early 20th c. these were given out for literature; Baron Pierre de Coubertin won one under a pen name for "Ode to Sport" Olympic medals |
| #9040, aired 2024-02-16 | TRANSPORTATION $400: At a value of more than $650,000, the Rolls-Royce Phantom B12 is a very spendy one of these "grave" vehicles a hearse |
| #9039, aired 2024-02-15 | ONE-WORD PLAY TITLES $400: Sir Alec Guinness won a Tony for his performance in this play about poet Thomas, not musician Bob Dylan |
| #9039, aired 2024-02-15 | CHEMISTRY TEST $600: It's the general term for a chemical process that converts a substance into a different one; give us your gut... reaction |
| #9039, aired 2024-02-15 | ONE-WORD PLAY TITLES $800: In this play named for a Danish city, the spirits of Heisenberg & Niels Bohr come together to discuss a meeting they once had there Copenhagen |
| #9039, aired 2024-02-15 | ONE-WORD PLAY TITLES $3,000 (Daily Double): This 2005 Pulitzer Prize winner by John Patrick Shanley is set in a Bronx Catholic school in 1964 Doubt |
| #9039, aired 2024-02-15 | DEALING WITH THINGS DIPLOMATICALLY $5,000 (Daily Double): The 6th century Peloponnesian League was a coalition of city-states led by this one big on the military Sparta |
| #9038, aired 2024-02-14 | LOW TECH $400: One book in the "Fold & Fly" series teaches how to make these; a 2007 M.I.A. song is named for them paper planes |
| #9038, aired 2024-02-14 | LOW TECH $800: The original cover for The Rolling Stones album "Sticky Fingers" came with a functioning one of these fasteners a zipper |
| #9038, aired 2024-02-14 | 1970s MOVIES $2000: In a space oddity, this singer was "The Man Who Fell to Earth" to save his own dying planet Bowie |
| #9037, aired 2024-02-13 | RHYMING PHRASES $1000: A police helicopter providing surveillance is idiomatically one of these & doesn't need to blink either an eye in the sky |
| #9037, aired 2024-02-13 | "RH" FACTOR $1200: Where were you in '62? Maybe working as one of these on roller skates at a drive-in restaurant a carhop |
| #9037, aired 2024-02-13 | WISTFUL THINKING $2000: One benefit of reading this Stephen Chbosky book: "Things change. And friends leave. And life doesn't stop for anybody" The Perks of Being a Wallflower |
| #9036, aired 2024-02-12 | SOME VERY MOVING WORDS $400: To go forward, perhaps to the next playoff series; a kid may plead to get one on their allowance an advance |
| #9035, aired 2024-02-09 | LET'S HAVE A WORD $400: The New Testament is full of these stories told to convey a lesson, like the one of the lamp a parable |
| #9035, aired 2024-02-09 | LET'S HAVE A WORD $1600: Cicatrix is a fancy word for one of these souvenirs of something you may not want to remember a scar |
| #9034, aired 2024-02-08 | SUPER BOWL STARS $400: (I'm Phil Simms for the right-handed QBs.) In 1987, I led the Giants to a Super Bowl win; two decades later this other righty would win one for the Giants, making it two brothers in the family with rings Eli Manning |
| #9034, aired 2024-02-08 | MILITARY SLANG $400: A "bird boat" is one of these, like the U.S.S. Yorktown during World War II an aircraft carrier |
| #9034, aired 2024-02-08 | PASTOR BROWN'S CHURCH NEWSLETTER CROSSWORD $800: Don't go to Helvetica! Use a baptismal one
(4 letters) font |
| #9034, aired 2024-02-08 | SIMPLE SPANISH $1000: On the graph seen here, note this only Spanish month that starts with a different letter from the English one Enero |
| #9033, aired 2024-02-07 | SPORTS PROFESSORS $600: For years a star on the Red Army team, in 1989 Igor "The Professor" Larionov became one of the first Soviets to play in this league the NHL |
| #9033, aired 2024-02-07 | DO ME A FLAVOR $800: Thomas Jefferson was an early fan of this ice cream flavor, making his own with bean pods from France vanilla |
| #9032, aired 2024-02-06 | LATER, DUDE $1200: At a White House correspondents' dinner, Pres. Obama said goodbye with one of these actions that could have hurt the equipment a mic drop |
| #9032, aired 2024-02-06 | AT THE TINY DESK CONCERT $2000: This acerbic songwriter sang about "Putin puttin' his pants on one leg at a time” Randy Newman |
| #9032, aired 2024-02-06 | IT'S A BIRD! IT'S A PLANE! $4,000 (Daily Double): During World War II, one job of the Howard DGA-15 was as a Navy air ambulance with this bird name that's associated with nursing Nightingale |
| #9031, aired 2024-02-05 | LAKES & RIVERS $200: More than 12,000 feet up Ecuador's Lake Quilotoa occupies one of these remnants, formed about 800 years ago a (volcanic) crater |
| #9031, aired 2024-02-05 | 2 ACTORS, ONE TV SHOW $400: In a group project, Gillian Jacobs & Yvette Nicole Brown schooled you from 2009 to 2015 on this college-set NBC sitcom Community |
| #9031, aired 2024-02-05 | THE "ARE" YOU BREATHE $400: High-flying Jeb Corliss is often described as one of these; careful Jeb a daredevil |
| #9031, aired 2024-02-05 | 2 ACTORS, ONE TV SHOW $600: In 2001 Jeri Ryan & Tim Russ completed a "trek" through the Delta Quadrant on this title starship Voyager |
| #9031, aired 2024-02-05 | TRICKS OF THE SHOW BIZ TRADE $1200: To learn this basic circus skill, remember: if you start to lose your balance, lifting one leg can actually help tightrope walking |
| #9030, aired 2024-02-02 | THE GAME OF LIFE $200: Life can be like putting together one of these, invented in the 1760s though the tool didn't exist for another century a jigsaw puzzle |
| #9030, aired 2024-02-02 | A LONG SESSION OF MONOPOLY $200: In the early 1890s President Cleveland wasn't "sweet" on one company controlling 98% of American refining of this sugar |
| #9030, aired 2024-02-02 | A SUCCESSFUL OPERATION $400: For nerve injuries, a transplant surgery uses this technique that shares its name with a horticultural one grafting |
| #9030, aired 2024-02-02 | ETCH & SKETCH $400: He reproduced his etching of "Black Lion Wharf" in a famous painting of his own mother Whistler |
| #9030, aired 2024-02-02 | THE GAME OF LIFE $600: The first Saturday in August is a national day for these, which get washed away despite our work, so go build another one! sandcastles |
| #9030, aired 2024-02-02 | ETCH & SKETCH $600: Seen here is one of this Dutch master's earliest attempts at a self-portrait Rembrandt |
| #9030, aired 2024-02-02 | EXPLORING U.S. CITIES $800: Memphis harkens back to ancient times with a Bass Pro Shops in one of the world's largest of these, worthy of the mighty pharaohs pyramid |
| #9030, aired 2024-02-02 | WEIGHTS & MEASURES $800: A bag of the Portland type of this can be one cubic foot, about 94 pounds cement |
| #9030, aired 2024-02-02 | THE GAME OF LIFE $800: With its ups & downs, life has often been compared to one of these, such as Steel Vengeance or the Twisted Colossus a roller coaster |
| #9030, aired 2024-02-02 | A SUCCESSFUL OPERATION $1,000 (Daily Double): Part of biliary surgery, the operation to remove this, now one of the most common, was first done by Dr. Langenbuch in 1882 the gallbladder |
| #3, aired 2024-02-02 | NATO PHONETIC ALPHABET CODE WORDS $200: The official formal one for a U.S. Marine is known as "dress blues" uniform |
| #3, aired 2024-02-02 | MISCELLANY $400: It's the year Apollo 11 put a man on the Moon, & not just one 1969 |
| #3, aired 2024-02-02 | OCCUPATIONS $800: In this exotic job one uses music & movement to entrance a cobra a snake charmer |
| #3, aired 2024-02-02 | OCCUPATIONS $1000: A licensed insurance one of these investigates claims to see if or how much his company should pay adjuster |
| #9029, aired 2024-02-01 | CANADIANS INVADE OUR LIVING ROOM! $800: One of the Kids in the Hall, Mark McKinney had the memorable ability to do this devastating action to strangers at a distance crush their heads |
| #9029, aired 2024-02-01 | I'M SO WAVY $800: This wavy hairstyle is named for the way the ridges of hair go around in a circle one time a 360 wave |
| #9029, aired 2024-02-01 | RAP WORDS & PHRASES $1,800 (Daily Double): Thug Passion, a cocktail that's one part Alizé & one part Cristal, is referenced on this rapper's 1996 album "All Eyez On Me" Tupac Shakur |
| #9028, aired 2024-01-31 | SILENT H $600: It can be submission to one of superior rank or a song written in imitation of an admired artist homage |
| #9028, aired 2024-01-31 | PLATFORMING $800: In carmaking a platform is the basic chassis & architecture; the Nissan 370Z & this luxe brand's QX70 used the same one Infiniti |
| #9028, aired 2024-01-31 | TECH TALK $1200: Seen here, is a more than 2,000-year-old one of these, also what you use to take notes in Kobo eReaders & ebooks a stylus |
| #9027, aired 2024-01-30 | POPE FICTION $400: Vicarius Christi in Latin, this title is also the title of a novel about a Medal of Honor winner turned Chief Justice turned pope Vicar of Christ |
| #9027, aired 2024-01-30 | CHAINS $400: The chain connecting the propellers to the engine on the Wright Brothers' Flyer was like the chain drive on one of these a bicycle |
| #9026, aired 2024-01-29 | WHERE THERE'S A WILL $200: Not very frugal, but romantic: Jack Benny left provisions for the delivery of one of these flowers to his widow every day (one long-stemmed) rose |
| #9026, aired 2024-01-29 | LOST IN SPACE $400: During 1965's Gemini 4 mission, Ed White lost a glove while conducting the first American one of these excursions a spacewalk |
| #9026, aired 2024-01-29 | MYTH AROUND & FIND OUT $400: In an Iroquois tale a girl runs off with a handsome Chad only to find out he is one of these ssslithery creatures a snake |
| #9026, aired 2024-01-29 | GOING TO THE DOGS $400: A small canvas or nylon wedge-shaped dwelling with room for only one or 2 campers a pup tent |
| #9026, aired 2024-01-29 | LOST IN SPACE $800: Working on one of these space station power providers, astronaut Heide Stefanyshyn-Piper lost a tool bag & it floated away a solar panel |
| #9026, aired 2024-01-29 | 19th CENTURY AUTHORS $1000: Everyone "walked in his own individual way the road to dusty death" is a typical cheery line from him in "Tess of the d'Urbervilles" Hardy |
| #9026, aired 2024-01-29 | LOST IN SPACE $2000: A 2007 Chinese missile test to destroy one of these in orbit added more than 3,000 pieces of trackable debris an artificial satellite (a weather satellite) |
| #9025, aired 2024-01-26 | "C" IN THE MIDDLE $800: A peptic one of these is an erosion in the lining of the stomach or intestine an ulcer |
| #9025, aired 2024-01-26 | "C" IN THE MIDDLE $1000: Spanish for a place to board a ship; San Francisco has one on its eastern shore embarcadero |
| #9024, aired 2024-01-25 | MOMENTS OF INSPIRATION $800: Late one night in her lab in 1981, Patricia Bath had the aha! that led to a method of eye surgery using not scalpels but these lasers |
| #9024, aired 2024-01-25 | PEOPLE WHO ARE PLACES $1200: He is the NBA's all-time leader in games played & an area often covered by one church & one priest a (Robert) Parish |
| #9023, aired 2024-01-24 | FROM THE LATIN $400: The jury has reached one:
It's from the Latin for "true" & "say" a verdict |
| #9023, aired 2024-01-24 | ONE-TERM PRESIDENTS $400: This president was the focus of a Time magazine article about the 1976 "SNL" episode "that changed American politics" Ford |
| #9023, aired 2024-01-24 | WE ARE NEVER EVER GETTING BACK TOGETHER $1000: Under Gov. Reagan, California pioneered this kind of divorce lacking grounds such as mental cruelty (a charge in Ronnie's own divorce) no fault |
| #9023, aired 2024-01-24 | ONE-TERM PRESIDENTS $1600: This late 19th c. grandson blew a surplus, lost the House, lost his own re-election bid, then wed his dead wife's niece Benjamin Harrison |
| #9023, aired 2024-01-24 | ONE-TERM PRESIDENTS $2000: Not wanting to admit Texas as a slave state helped this man get the Kinderhook, though he also pandered to the pro-slavery vote Van Buren |
| #9022, aired 2024-01-23 | SQUEAKER OF THE HOUSE $200: An official WD-40 website says a squeaking one of these makes you feel like you're in a creepy horror movie door |
| #9022, aired 2024-01-23 | CONSTELLATIONS $200: The Autumn Dipper, often mistaken for the big one, has a bowl made of stars in this "winged horse" constellation Pegasus |
| #9022, aired 2024-01-23 | 3-LETTER, 3-LETTER $1000: An excellent retort may be described as one of these, from the French a bon mot |
| #9022, aired 2024-01-23 | SQUEAKER OF THE HOUSE $1000: One chirp from this device means the battery is low, not to be confused with the continuous noise that means CO is present so get out a carbon monoxide detector |
| #26, aired 2024-01-23 | NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM $100: Camille Pissarro painted over a dozen views of this European capital's boulevard Montmartre, only one of them at night Paris |
| #26, aired 2024-01-23 | PEAK TV $200: Due to a mix-up, the giant robot doll from this South Korean series was briefly displayed in front of a museum Squid Game |
| #26, aired 2024-01-23 | NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM $300: Before flowers & bones, the open skies of Texas were one of her early subjects, like the 1917 work "Starlight Night" Georgia O'Keeffe |
| #26, aired 2024-01-23 | NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM $500: In the early 1920s, he brought the angst of "The Scream" to a series of night sky paintings, some featuring his own shadow Edvard Munch |
| #26, aired 2024-01-23 | SCIENCE IS COOL $1500: Unlike most solids, dry ice doesn't melt into a liquid, but turns directly into a gas, a process known as this sublimation |
| #26, aired 2024-01-23 | I'M JUST KEN $1500: While working the night shift at a hospital, Ken Kesey got the idea for this novel, which later became a Best Picture winner One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest |
| #9021, aired 2024-01-22 | JUKEBOX MUSICALS $800: "Once Upon a One More Time":
her Britney Spears |
| #9021, aired 2024-01-22 | JUKEBOX MUSICALS $2000: "A Beautiful Noise":
this icon Neil Diamond |
| #9020, aired 2024-01-19 | FROM S TO Y $600: It's the kind of school where one trains for the priesthood a seminary |
| #9020, aired 2024-01-19 | NEWER WORDS & PHRASES $800: To take a very small amount, as of psychedelics, perhaps to boost one's mood, rather than to get high microdosing |
| #9019, aired 2024-01-18 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $600: This type of musical mass for the dead has a Latin name; Benjamin Britten wrote a "War" one incorporating poetry & Latin prayers a requiem |
| #9018, aired 2024-01-17 | U.S. STAMPS $1000: A one-cent stamp pays tribute to this American designer of lamps & much more Tiffany |
| #9018, aired 2024-01-17 | NOT TO BE CONFUSED $1200: Botero was a Colombian painter & sculptor; "Bolero" is a one-movement orchestral work by him Ravel |
| #9018, aired 2024-01-17 | FRAILTY, THY NAME IS MAN $1600: At one point in this novel, Ignatius Reilly regales his mom with an anecdote about his carsickness A Confederacy of Dunces |
| #9018, aired 2024-01-17 | NOT TO BE CONFUSED $1600: Salmonella is bacteria; Salamanca is one of the cities where this saint of Ávila founded a convent St. Teresa |
| #9017, aired 2024-01-16 | HATS IN OTHER WORDS $200: A vaquero is a type of one a cowboy hat |
| #9017, aired 2024-01-16 | MAJOR "KEY" ALERT $800: A detox or rehab facility is a safer & more lasting way to quit an addiction than this one cold turkey |
| #9017, aired 2024-01-16 | OUR FEATHERED FRIENDS $800: Many North American lakes are named for this bird; in 1892 Pres. Harrison stayed at one in the Adirondacks & heard the bird's mad laugh a loon |
| #9017, aired 2024-01-16 | BALLET $2000: In a comic ballet Coppélia is a life-sized one of these created by mad doctor Coppélius a doll |
| #25, aired 2024-01-16 | YUP, IT'S A PORT-A-POTTY $400: A port-a-potty business for over 30 years, it's also a poker hand consisting of the five highest cards of one suit Royal Flush |
| #25, aired 2024-01-16 | WHERE ART THOU? $400: You're taking a dip in one of the world's most photographed swimming pools, Bondi Icebergs, in this city Down Under Sydney |
| #25, aired 2024-01-16 | WORDS THAT MAKE DOGS GO NUTS $400: A large, lavish party with dancing; once upon a time Cinderella attended one ball |
| #25, aired 2024-01-16 | KURT RUSSELL FILMS $400: Kurt Russell's Santa is the gift that keeps on giving! He even speaks a fake language called "Elvish" in this holiday romp The Christmas Chronicles |
| #25, aired 2024-01-16 | 50% "OFF" $600: In the 1995 comedy "Dracula: Dead and Loving It", Leslie Nielsen sleeps in one of these a coffin |
| #25, aired 2024-01-16 | THE FRENCH HORN $2,000 (Daily Double): In one of the least alluring rituals of horn maintenance, players must invert their instruments routinely to drain them of this spit |
| #9016, aired 2024-01-15 | AUTHORS' BIRTHSTONES $200: Born on the 4th of July, 1804 in Salem, Nathaniel Hawthorne had a scarlet birthstone: this one ruby |
| #9016, aired 2024-01-15 | AROUND THE UNUSUAL HOUSE $200: So you got one of these as a pet, like Smaug or Viserion in books; well, at least you won't need any matches for the fireplace a dragon |
| #9016, aired 2024-01-15 | "G" WHIZ $400: Tell a good joke & hear giggles; tell a great one & you might hear this, a hearty, boisterous burst of laughter guffaws |
| #9016, aired 2024-01-15 | AROUND THE UNUSUAL HOUSE $600: Wow, a living room with a full-scale replica of a Huey helicopter, like the one in this musical that landed on Broadway in 1991 Miss Saigon |
| #9015, aired 2024-01-12 | FLAGS $400: The U.S. Secretary of the Navy has a flag: dark blue with one of these naval devices in the center an anchor |
| #9015, aired 2024-01-12 | WE HAVE OXY, GIVE US THE MORON $800: Writer Grace Paley called herself "a somewhat combative" one of these people opposed to war pacifist |
| #9015, aired 2024-01-12 | A FASHIONABLE CATEGORY $1000: An English duke is honored in the name of this style of knotting a tie; the thicker knot shows off the pattern of the tie a Windsor knot |
| #2, aired 2024-01-12 | JUST DESERTS $400: The barchan type of this is crescent-shaped & is formed by a constant wind coming from one direction a sand dune |
| #2, aired 2024-01-12 | KIDDY LIT $1000: In Janell Cannon's "Stellaluna", one of these flying animals is adopted by a family of birds a bat |
| #1, aired 2024-01-12 | OVER CASTE $1600: The naked type of this hyphenated rodent lives in a colony that uses a caste system with one breeding female a mole-rat |
| #9014, aired 2024-01-11 | 7-LETTER WORDS $2000: It refers to a virtuoso solo toward the end of a movement; Joseph Joachim wrote one for Brahms' violin concerto cadenza |
| #9013, aired 2024-01-10 | ONE-MAN BAND $200: "Maybe I'm Amazed" he solo-recorded his 1970 solo debut mainly at his house in St. John's Wood; OK, maybe I'm not--he was a Beatle McCartney |
| #9013, aired 2024-01-10 | U.S. MONEY $200: The $1 bill features one of these structures topped by an all-seeing eye a pyramid |
| #9013, aired 2024-01-10 | ONE MAN, BANNED $400: A Jacobite was a supporter of this exiled Stuart king who had to lay low after the Glorious Revolution James II |
| #9013, aired 2024-01-10 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $400: This author of "Charlotte's Web" also wrote a monthly column for Harper's called "One Man's Meat" (E.B.) White |
| #9013, aired 2024-01-10 | ONE-MAN BAND $600: In 1989, he "Let Love Rule" as basically a one-man band on that debut album, and he's been "Sittin' On Top Of The World" ever since Lenny Kravitz |
| #9013, aired 2024-01-10 | ONE-MAN BAND $800: Many have played in this "Head Like a Hole" band but Trent Reznor was the only official member until Atticus Ross got the call in 2016 Nine Inch Nails |
| #9013, aired 2024-01-10 | ONE MAN, BANNED $800: Dante was truly a Guelf on the shelf as his exile from this city of his birth would prove Florence |
| #9013, aired 2024-01-10 | ONE-MAN BAND $1000: When he was 15, he went out on tour with his dad, a guitar god; later he recorded solo for Mammoth WVH Wolfgang Van Halen |
| #9013, aired 2024-01-10 | CELEBRITIES' FAVORITE MOVIES & TV SHOWS $1200: Taylor Swift named her cat Olivia Benson, after a character on this drama, one of her favorite TV shows Law & Order: Special Victims Unit |
| #9013, aired 2024-01-10 | TEX & THE CITY $3,600 (Daily Double): This city of over one million is named for a man born in 1195 San Antonio |
| #9013, aired 2024-01-10 | ONE MAN, BANNED $8,200 (Daily Double): The 1521 Edict of Worms banned his writings & declared him a heretic Martin Luther |
| #9012, aired 2024-01-09 | SPORTS TAKES $200: Stay balanced, tighten your jaw muscles & keep your chin down are tips for how to take one of these--if you have to a punch |
| #9012, aired 2024-01-09 | A RECIPE FOR... $600: To make this traditional one-word Mexican breakfast, combine fried tortillas with salsa & top with queso fresco chilaquiles |
| #9012, aired 2024-01-09 | U.S. NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WINNERS $1200: Before winning a Peace Prize in 1962, scientist & vitamin C advocate Linus Pauling won one in this category in 1954 chemistry |
| #24, aired 2024-01-09 | "J" LAW $400: Henry Fonda plays a man who sits on one in the 1957 film "12 Angry Men" a jury |
| #24, aired 2024-01-09 | FAIRY TALE ADAPTATIONS $600: "Me and You" tells the story of a family of these animals who go for a walk and is narrated by the littlest one bears |
| #24, aired 2024-01-09 | NUMBER ONE HITS $600: Drake might've put a Hennessy in his hand to celebrate when billboard declared this hit the official "Song of the Summer" in 2016 "One Dance" |
| #24, aired 2024-01-09 | NEW YORK TIMES OBITUARIES $1000: This actor's 2016 obit mentioned he had outlived by about 34 years an erroneous report of his death that made him a cult figure Abe Vigoda |
| #24, aired 2024-01-09 | FAIRY TALE ADAPTATIONS $1200: "Cress" is a sci-fi version of "Rapunzel" that replaces the tower with one of these orbiting the earth a satellite |
| #9011, aired 2024-01-08 | MUSIC $200: Well, here's one of these; call someone who cares a quarter note |
| #9011, aired 2024-01-08 | MUSIC $400: There's only one consonant in the name of this woodwind that tunes the orchestra by playing a long sustained A oboe |
| #9011, aired 2024-01-08 | FROM C TO D $800: Here's a lovely one of these central areas, with a fountain a courtyard |
| #9011, aired 2024-01-08 | SOUNDS LIKE A LETTER $800: The Tethys one separated Laurasia from Gondwana during the Mesozoic Era a sea |
| #9011, aired 2024-01-08 | SOUNDS LIKE A LETTER $1000: A gathering or contest of many types, one of which is seen here a bee |
| #9010, aired 2024-01-05 | 20th CENTURY POP CULTURE $800: One of the hottest toys of the late '90s was a plush, red Tickle Me him Elmo |
| #9010, aired 2024-01-05 | 20th CENTURY POP CULTURE $1600: In 1923, more than 30 years before the talking one, Cecil B. DeMille directed a silent version of this biblical epic The Ten Commandments |
| #9010, aired 2024-01-05 | FAMOUS OBJECTS $2000: When the president pounds on his desk, it's likely this one, with the determined name of a British ship whose timbers it was made from the Resolute desk |
| #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 | MYTHOLOGY $400: This Roman sea god had his own festival on July 23 & now has his name on a planet Neptune |
| #9009, aired 2024-01-04 | PUT ON YOUR HELMET! $400: This team was the first in the NFL to put an emblem on a football helmet after halfback Fred Gehrke designed one with spiraling horns the Rams |
| #9009, aired 2024-01-04 | EARTH SCIENCE $800: Smaller than a mesa, it's usually a flat-topped & steep-sided desert hill like the one seen here a butte |
| #9009, aired 2024-01-04 | PUT ON YOUR HELMET! $1200: Used by Ottoman soldiers, conical helmets like the one seen here are named for this other form of headwear a turban helmet |
| #9009, aired 2024-01-04 | NEW JAZZ $1600: A 2023 Hulu doc follows Atlanta musicians fusing jazz with this 4-letter hip-hop subgenre associated with T.I. & Migos trap |
| #9009, aired 2024-01-04 | MYTHOLOGY $1600: Travel with AAAA in one of several historic transports, including a yacht named for this mythic speedstress Atalanta |
| #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 |
| #9009, aired 2024-01-04 | EARTH SCIENCE $4,400 (Daily Double): This word for a landmass that's large but still part of a larger one has been around since 1845 & is often applied to India a subcontinent |
| #9008, aired 2024-01-03 | JOHN GREEN $200: (John Green presents the clue.) I co-created Crash Course which offers hundreds of free educational videos on YouTube; in one video, I discuss this female poet from New England, just a bit obsessed with death, who began a poem, "I heard a fly buzz when I died" Emily Dickinson |
| #9008, aired 2024-01-03 | JOHN GREEN $400: (John Green presents the clue.) Two books that I often recommend & that inspired me to write for teens are "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson & one by Walter Dean Myers; Steve is on trial for murder, but is he really this, the title of the book? a monster |
| #9007, aired 2024-01-02 | STOCKS & INVESTMENTS $600: This alliterative event occurs when a company repurchases its own stock, increasing the value of the remaining shares a buyback |
| #9007, aired 2024-01-02 | LET'S TALK ASTRONOMY $800: An asterism is a recognizable star pattern that isn't a full constellation, like this familiar one within Cygnus the Northern Cross |
| #23, aired 2024-01-02 | ONE BELLY BUTTON, TWO NIPPLES $100: Larynx, liver, lung:
it's the one a person has two of lung |
| #23, aired 2024-01-02 | ONE BELLY BUTTON, TWO NIPPLES $200: Scapula, spine, spleen:
it's the one a person has two of scapula (your shoulder blades) |
| #23, aired 2024-01-02 | ONE BELLY BUTTON, TWO NIPPLES $300: Ulna, urethra, uterus:
it's the one a female has two of ulna |
| #23, aired 2024-01-02 | ONE BELLY BUTTON, TWO NIPPLES $400: Alimentary canal, femoral canal, optic canal:
it's the one a person has one of alimentary canal (your digestive system) |
| #23, aired 2024-01-02 | ONE BELLY BUTTON, TWO NIPPLES $500: Epiglottis, naris, testis:
it's the one a male has one of epiglottis |
| #23, aired 2024-01-02 | DIFFERENT SONGS, SAME TITLES $800: Elvis Presley,
Cheap Trick
(Mommy's alright, Daddy's alright, they just seem a little weird) "Surrender" |
| #23, aired 2024-01-02 | PERSONAL FINANCE $1500: If you're eligible, sock away some after-tax retirement scratch in one of these accounts, named for a late Delaware senator a Roth IRA |
| #9006, aired 2024-01-01 | HAUNTING LITERATURE $1000: 166 ghosts, one the president's son, exist in a sort of pre-afterlife in George Saunders' "Lincoln in" this space the Bardo |
| #9006, aired 2024-01-01 | TOUGH 7-LETTER WORDS $1600: This murder tool, a thin wire with handles, allows one to get up close & personal when strangulation is the goal a garrote |
| #9005, aired 2023-12-29 | WORDS ON THE MAP $400: It's a circle of the Earth that passes through both poles; the one through Greenwich is considered "prime" a meridian |
| #9005, aired 2023-12-29 | GIRL DINNER $800: You'll definitely wanna finish things off with these delicate sponge cakes, either on their own or in a Charlotte ladyfingers |
| #9005, aired 2023-12-29 | WORDS ON THE MAP $1600: The Mercator is one variety of this method in which the curved surface of the earth is portrayed on a flat surface a projection |
| #9005, aired 2023-12-29 | WORDS ON THE MAP $2000: According to the "Rand McNally 2024 Large Scale Road Atlas" map of Arizona, one this equals about 20 these an inch & a mile |
| #9004, aired 2023-12-28 | NBA NICKNAMES $600: Nicknames of Giannis Antetokounmpo include "The Alphabet" & this rhyming one, including a nationality the "Greek Freak" |
| #9004, aired 2023-12-28 | I'D LIKE TO CHANGE A VOWEL, PAT $1600: It precedes "favor" when you ingratiate yourself to one in authority, perhaps when you tote or lug something for them curry & carry |
| #9002, aired 2023-12-26 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $400: A Newbery Medal winner, "The One and Only" him tells the story from the perspective of a captive gorilla Ivan |
| #9002, aired 2023-12-26 | MUSIC TERMS $1200: Haydn's "The Creation" is a famed one of these large-scale compositions for solo singers, chorus & orchestra an oratorio |
| #9002, aired 2023-12-26 | ADDEND"UM" $1600: In Germany this secondary school prepares one for higher education, not athletics a gymnasium |
| #9001, aired 2023-12-25 | GETTING POSSESSIVE $200: Built by an English engineer around 1829, Stephenson's Rocket was a greatly improved one of these steam-driven transports a locomotive |
| #9001, aired 2023-12-25 | BATS ENTERTAINMENT $400: She was up for a Golden Glove... I mean, a Golden Globe... for playing catcher Dottie Hinson in "A League of Their Own" Geena Davis |
| #9001, aired 2023-12-25 | BATS ENTERTAINMENT $600: Robert Redford's Roy Hobbs puts on his own stadium light show with a home run for the ages in this movie The Natural |
| #9001, aired 2023-12-25 | GETTING POSSESSIVE $800: One of these eponymous "rules" is that to conduct business, a quorum must be present Robert's Rules (of Order) |
| #9000, aired 2023-12-22 | CHICAGO $200: A big motorboat dyes the Chicago River & a smaller one churns the water to get it green in about 45 minutes to celebrate this annual event St. Patrick's Day |
| #9000, aired 2023-12-22 | MOVIE INSPIRATIONS $1600: James DeMonaco, writer of this film, had the idea after road rage made his wife wish for vengeance, a "free one a year!" The Purge |
| #8999, aired 2023-12-21 | SAY, "BUSTER" $200: Harry Houdini was called one of these in 1930, half a century before Bill Murray a ghostbuster |
| #8999, aired 2023-12-21 | BOOK TOCK $200: Cinderella is warned by her godmother that if she stays at the ball after midnight, her coach will be one of these again a pumpkin |
| #8999, aired 2023-12-21 | TRIPLY ALLITERATIVE $800: When you buy one of these, like a McDonald's or an Arby's, you might have to pay the parent company a percentage of sales a fast food franchise |
| #8999, aired 2023-12-21 | SAY, "BUSTER" $1000: A 1906 newspaper article examined Teddy Roosevelt's record as one of these, based on enforcement of the Sherman Act trust buster |
| #8999, aired 2023-12-21 | WORDS & THEIR CHANGING MEANINGS $1200: An Italian word for "baby boy", it meant a man, especially one who was inept or dumb, before it meant an attractive but dumb woman bimbo |
| #8998, aired 2023-12-20 | IT'S A VISION BOARD $400: St. Catherine of Siena had many visions of Jesus; in one he removed this from her body & in another, replaced it with his own heart |
| #8998, aired 2023-12-20 | LET'S TAKE A PEEK $600: Hagia Sophia has four of these tapered structures that stretch into the sky; the red one is thought to be the oldest minarets |
| #8998, aired 2023-12-20 | OH, "IC" $600: It's a difficult situation that leaves you with a tough choice; you've gotten into a fine 11-letter one a predicament |
| #8997, aired 2023-12-19 | FAMOUS LAST WORDS $600: Grammatically, this 2-word phrase refers to a period; California drivers are asked to come to one before a crosswalk a full stop |
| #8997, aired 2023-12-19 | IT HAPPENED IN 2023 $800: In February, one of these, reportedly carrying spy tech from China, was shot down off the coast of South Carolina a balloon |
| #8997, aired 2023-12-19 | CAUTIONARY RHYMES $800: "Red touch yellow, kill a fellow" refers to the lethal coral snake; "red touch black, friend of jack", to this harmless "royal" one a king snake |
| #8997, aired 2023-12-19 | FROM THE FRENCH $1200: Words meaning "one-eyed" led to this word from French for a single eyeglass a monocle |
| #8997, aired 2023-12-19 | IT HAPPENED IN 2023 $1600: When park rangers in Queensland found Toadzilla, a nearly 6-pound one of these invasive amphibians, they had first thought it was fake a cane toad |
| #8996, aired 2023-12-18 | NOT CHESS AGAIN! $400: If one of these moves 2 squares rather than one, it may be captured "en passant", in passing a pawn |
| #8996, aired 2023-12-18 | WELL, THEY SOUND THE SAME... $800: A group of young ladies, or one married one misses & Mrs. |
| #8995, aired 2023-12-15 | HISTORIC DOCUMENTS $400: A draft document called the Articles of the Barons preceded this one to which the king set his seal in 1215 the Magna Carta |
| #8995, aired 2023-12-15 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $600: This is a term for a stringed musical instrument with a keyboard, including "The Well-Tempered" one a clavier |
| #8995, aired 2023-12-15 | WATER WORLD $1600: Using pressure & a membrane to remove particulates from seawater is called reverse osmosis, one method of this process desalinization |
| #8994, aired 2023-12-14 | A MATTER OF "LIFE" OR "DEATH" $800: A source of rescue in a crisis; phone a friend is one example a lifeline |
| #8994, aired 2023-12-14 | IT'S ALL RELATIVE $800: Covered in hair from head to foot, this member of "The Addams Family" spoke in a language all his own Cousin Itt |
| #8994, aired 2023-12-14 | A MATTER OF "LIFE" OR "DEATH" $2000: One of the Arabian Nights begins with a proud king who's not so proud when this heavenly being appears to him the Angel of Death |
| #8993, aired 2023-12-13 | YOUR DAY IN "C"OURT $400: An assertion to a legal right to something; you can also make a "counter-" one a claim |
| #8993, aired 2023-12-13 | FRENCH CONNECTIONS $400: Opened in 1932, Orly is this type of place where one might make a connection an airport |
| #8993, aired 2023-12-13 | LOOK! UP IN THE SKY! IT'S... $400: One of these that streaked across the sky over Russia in February 2013, then exploded with the force of 30 nuclear bombs a meteor |
| #8993, aired 2023-12-13 | HOLMES, SHERLOCK HOLMES $600: In "The Adventure of the Speckled Band", Holmes figures out that the title killer is one of these deadly creatures a snake |
| #8993, aired 2023-12-13 | YOUR DAY IN "C"OURT $1600: A judge other than a chief judge at one of the U.S. courts of appeals a circuit judge |
| #8992, aired 2023-12-12 | STICKY STUFF $400: After a rugby scrum, you might require what the Brits call a sticking plaster, one of these a Band-Aid |
| #8992, aired 2023-12-12 | SOUNDS KINDA "IFF"-Y $600: A small light boat for one person a skiff |
| #8992, aired 2023-12-12 | YES, I'VE ETON $800: As a student at Eton, he did not have his own laptop computer, despite being second in line to the British throne Prince William |
| #8992, aired 2023-12-12 | AUTO RACING $1000: Also a term for architectural drawing, it's the fuel-saving practice of one car closely following another drafting |
| #8991, aired 2023-12-11 | CIRCLE TIME $200: If you saw the movie "Signs", you know the formation seen here is one of these geometric feats a crop circle |
| #8991, aired 2023-12-11 | CIRCLE TIME $800: In the U.K., a sign with 3 arrows going around in a circle indicates one of these, also called a traffic circle a roundabout |
| #8991, aired 2023-12-11 | HYDROLOGY $800: Effluent is wastewater that flows from one of these facilities, like NYC's Bowery Bay a treatment plant |
| #8991, aired 2023-12-11 | ARTS $2000: The one-syllable name of this Japanese theatrical form comes from a word meaning "talent" or "skill" noh |
| #8990, aired 2023-12-08 | OLIVE ME $800: Olive oil is high in this type of fat whose name tells you it has only one type of a certain bond per molecule monounsaturated |
| #8990, aired 2023-12-08 | CAR"EER" OPPORTUNITIES $2000: In ancient Rome, Crescens raced to glory as one of these; his favorite horse was named Delicatus a charioteer |
| #8989, aired 2023-12-07 | 4 YOUR CONSIDERATION $200: The 4 standard divisions of singers in a choir are soprano, alto, tenor & this one bass |
| #8989, aired 2023-12-07 | ON THE "T"ABLE $200: You can serve stew or soup out of one of these deep-lidded dishes a tureen |
| #8989, aired 2023-12-07 | 4 YOUR CONSIDERATION $800: For UFO fans, a close encounter of the 3rd kind is meeting aliens; this is one of the 4th kind getting captured by them (abduction) |
| #8989, aired 2023-12-07 | DURING LOU GEHRIG'S CONSECUTIVE GAME STREAK $1600: In 1928 he won the general election for Louisiana governor using the slogan "Every man a king, but no one wears a crown" (Huey) Long |
| #8988, aired 2023-12-06 | I JUST WANT A LOVER LIKE ANY OTHER $200: Trust your friends--don't pass up this type of set-up evening, also the title of several TV shows including one Nikki Glaser hosted blind date |
| #8988, aired 2023-12-06 | HOUSE PARTY $400: Hansel could tell you that building one of these houses requires more sugar than timber a gingerbread house |
| #8988, aired 2023-12-06 | DECIMALS $800: Each numeral from 0 to 9 is a decimal one of these, from a word meaning "finger" digit |
| #8988, aired 2023-12-06 | I JUST WANT A LOVER LIKE ANY OTHER $800: Maybe you'll find one on this app with a buzzy name, founded by Whitney Wolfe Herd Bumble |
| #8988, aired 2023-12-06 | I JUST WANT A LOVER LIKE ANY OTHER $1000: Just remember that the root of this word for a strong, often one-sided attachment is Latin fatuus, "foolish" infatuation |
| #22, aired 2023-12-06 | ALSO A TAYLOR SWIFT SONG $400: This color appears in the names of two different MLB teams--one in the northeast, one in the Midwest red |
| #22, aired 2023-12-06 | A CHANGE OF "PACE" $600: The "Rat" one featured Frank, Dean & Sammy; the "Brat" one featured Emilio, Demi & Molly Pack |
| #22, aired 2023-12-06 | THE EYES HAVE IT $600: Surgically removing these cloudy areas on the lens of the eye is one of the most common medical procedures in the world a cataract |
| #22, aired 2023-12-06 | THE MOON $800: Why all the craters? Blame it on the Moon's thin one of these, a gassy layer offering scant protection against meteorites atmosphere |
| #22, aired 2023-12-06 | THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE $1,000 (Daily Double): Historians cite this event that began in 1929 as one of the main reasons for the demise of the Harlem renaissance the Great Depression |
| #8987, aired 2023-12-05 | A PARANORMAL CATEGORY $200: These events, hearing from the beyond, were popular in Victorian days, when the one seen here took place a séance |
| #8987, aired 2023-12-05 | FROM DAWN 'TIL DUSK $400: You may feel one in the room, but we're talking about military conscription a draft |
| #8987, aired 2023-12-05 | ALSO A SUPERHERO $400: Some might say Polyphemus, one of these giants, was rude in eating Odysseus' men, so Odie blinded him Cyclops |
| #8987, aired 2023-12-05 | A PARANORMAL CATEGORY $400: Be careful when you come across one of these, a "double-goer" in German--some can be evil & dangerous a doppelgänger |
| #8987, aired 2023-12-05 | ALSO A SUPERHERO $800: If you're driving & one of these pointing to the right lights up, turn right! green arrow |
| #8987, aired 2023-12-05 | A PARANORMAL CATEGORY $800: Also called an O.B.E., it's the sensation that one's self is in a different location from one's physical form an out-of-body experience |
| #8987, aired 2023-12-05 | ROME IS WHERE THE ART IS $1200: The Pinacoteca, a collection of religious paintings begun by Pius VI, is one of many museums in this enclave Vatican City |
| #8987, aired 2023-12-05 | FLAGS $2000: Gilbert Baker created the Rainbow Flag & this man rode in a parade with one shortly before his 1978 assassination (Harvey) Milk |
| #8986, aired 2023-12-04 | HIS 'DO $200: The name of this cut is also the sound of electric clippers; in 2012 Robert Pattinson made news when he got one a buzz cut |
| #8986, aired 2023-12-04 | A GREEN THUMB $200: For cutting tall grass, "one" of these curved blades on a long, bent handle "fits all" a scythe |
| #8986, aired 2023-12-04 | A BIRD IN THE HAND $400: It's the bird in the hands here; Hans Christian Andersen wrote of an "Ugly" one a duckling |
| #8985, aired 2023-12-01 | OK, CORRAL ME $400: Even though I'm a Beefmaster cow, one of the six essential qualities I fulfill is the ability to give this milk |
| #8985, aired 2023-12-01 | FUN WITH GEOMETRY $400: A pool shark playing these knows the ball hits the side & bounces off at the same one an angle |
| #8985, aired 2023-12-01 | LANDMARKS FOR SALE $800: You'll take "El Gigante", a 72-foot one of the Moai, or stone statues on this island? Great, now let's talk shipping Easter Island |
| #8984, aired 2023-11-30 | I MARRIED A BEATLE $200: Yoko Ono John Lennon |
| #8983, aired 2023-11-29 | LET'S HAVE A "BALL" $400: If you went stompin' at the Savoy, you know it was one of these for dancing a ballroom |
| #8983, aired 2023-11-29 | METRICKY PROBLEMS $400: 32,000 ounces make a short one; 3,274 more make a metric one a ton |
| #8983, aired 2023-11-29 | A CONTRADICTION IN TERMS $600: Alliterative 2-word term for action by one's own forces causing casualties to one's own troops friendly fire |
| #8983, aired 2023-11-29 | MAKING WAVES $800: Also a 1963 hit by The Surfaris, this is one surfing move I can easily do myself a wipeout |
| #21, aired 2023-11-29 | CANDLE CULTURE $100: For a real buzzkill, check out the 2017 study titled "Bacterial Transfer Associated with Blowing Out Candles on" one of these a birthday cake |
| #21, aired 2023-11-29 | CANDLE CULTURE $200: Though no one on "Friends" knew what his job was, this character's first name suggests he could have been a candlemaker Chandler (Bing) |
| #21, aired 2023-11-29 | RULES OF THE GAME $300: Blocks may be tapped or knocked in order to find a loose one that is safe to move Jenga |
| #21, aired 2023-11-29 | FILMS TURNING THE BIG FOUR-OH $300: In "A Christmas Story", Ralphie says the "Queen Mother of dirty words" but this other "F" word is swapped in to keep it clean fudge |
| #21, aired 2023-11-29 | WHAT THE "EFF"?! $800: It's the game-inspired term for a chain reaction, with one event triggering a series of related events the domino effect |
| #8982, aired 2023-11-28 | PEACE, LOVE & UNDERSTANDING $400: The Teamsters union is formally called an "International" one of these a Brotherhood |
| #8982, aired 2023-11-28 | WRITERS' WORDS $400: It's a French word for a trite phrase, & the French have their own, like "J'ai dormi comme une souche", "I slept like a stump" a cliché |
| #8982, aired 2023-11-28 | FLOWER POWER $800: I can't recall the last time that I saw one of these hyphenated perennials, from the Old French "ne m'oubliez mie" a forget-me-not |
| #8982, aired 2023-11-28 | STARDUST $800: Noted astronomer Fred Whipple famously defined a comet as an enormous, dirty one of these a snowball |
| #8982, aired 2023-11-28 | STARDUST $1200: Algol is one of these, 2 stars revolving around each other, also called a double star a binary (system) |
| #8981, aired 2023-11-27 | I WANT MY "BABY" BACK, "BABY" BACK $200: Louise Brown's arrival in 1978 made her the first successful one of these in vitro creations a test tube baby |
| #8981, aired 2023-11-27 | RIBS $400: In architecture, a ribbed ceiling with arches is called one of these, like a room in a bank a vault |
| #8981, aired 2023-11-27 | CAT'S A RISING STAR $600: If you know Mr. Bigglesworth is the pet of this character in a 1997 film, we'll give you... one million... uh, $600 Dr. Evil |
| #8981, aired 2023-11-27 | LETTER HISTORIES $1200: A Latin link of 2 letters pronounced as one is why we, in modern English, always follow this letter with U a Q |
| #8981, aired 2023-11-27 | TRIPLE RHYME TIME $1600: A warning that some of the T's & button-downs are grimy a shirt dirt alert |
| #8981, aired 2023-11-27 | LETTER HISTORIES $1600: An Anglo-Saxon rune was replaced by this letter that's twice one of its predecessors a W |
| #8980, aired 2023-11-24 | SIGN O' THE TIMES $600: One of these "in the cloud" was God's sign to Noah that he would never again flood the Earth a rainbow |
| #8980, aired 2023-11-24 | CHESS $800: The "Sicilian" one starts with a move by black on the queen's half of the board defense |
| #8980, aired 2023-11-24 | "A"DJECTIVES $1200: This 10-letter word means "greedy" & goes back to one of the 7 Deadly Sins avaricious |
| #8979, aired 2023-11-23 | COACH $800: They may have tried to win one for the Gipper, but Notre Dame won a lot for this coach, too: he went 105-12-5 Knute Rockne |
| #8978, aired 2023-11-22 | BUILDING TERMS $200: A deadlight is one of these, designed not to open a window (a skylight) |
| #8978, aired 2023-11-22 | THE INSTRUMENT OF DEATH $200: In 1793 Jean-Paul Marat was retired in the bath with one of these a knife |
| #8978, aired 2023-11-22 | PASTA SHAPES $400: Fettuccine means this; get it right & we'll award you a "blue" one a ribbon |
| #8978, aired 2023-11-22 | 18th CENTURY TECHNOLOGY $2000: John Bird made the first of these navigating instruments with an arc of 60 degrees, or one-sixth of a circle a sextant |
| #8977, aired 2023-11-21 | TEACHING $400: A method of assigning letter grades based on rank among the class is called "grading on" this, perhaps a bell one a curve |
| #8977, aired 2023-11-21 | INTERNATIONAL CINEMA SHOWCASE $400: "Das Boot" portrayed both boredom & terror aboard one of these German craft during World War II a U-boat |
| #8977, aired 2023-11-21 | ALL ABOUT ACTING $600: A purse is an example of a personal one of these onstage items a prop |
| #8977, aired 2023-11-21 | CHICKEN SOUP $800: One of this state's official symbols is seen here Rhode Island |
| #8977, aired 2023-11-21 | 2B OR NOT 2B $1000: A British slang term meaning "swindle" / a British aristocrat such as a duke nobble & noble |
| #8977, aired 2023-11-21 | A PAIN IN THE "R"s $1200: It's what the R in the MMR vaccine stands for rubella |
| #8977, aired 2023-11-21 | TEACHING $4,000 (Daily Double): This term for a list of items to be covered in a course is from the Greek for "parchment label" a syllabus |
| #8976, aired 2023-11-20 | ALL GOD'S CREATURES $600: Called a "bamboo chicken" by locals in Belize, a male one of these lizards can reach over 6 feet an iguana |
| #8975, aired 2023-11-17 | CURLS GONE WILD $200: Aww, a baby one of these primates is clearly having a bad hair day an orangutan |
| #8975, aired 2023-11-17 | SOUNDS LIKE A LANGUAGE $800: One letter off from a language of the Philippines, it's a Girl Scout cookie or one following the lead of another a Tagalong |
| #8974, aired 2023-11-16 | KAUAI $1200: One look at Waimea Canyon & you'll see why it's called this of the Pacific after a mainland natural wonder the Grand Canyon |
| #8973, aired 2023-11-15 | WHAT'S THE "PLAN"? $400: The Adler in Chicago is one of these buildings for space science education a planetarium |
| #8973, aired 2023-11-15 | LET'S TAKE A BATH $800: Sodium sesquicarbonate is one chemical sold as the soothing additions called "bath" these compounds salts |
| #20, aired 2023-11-15 | ADVENTUROUS WOMEN $100: One of history's first travel writers, the 4th-century pilgrim Egeria explored the Holy Land using this book as a guide the Bible |
| #20, aired 2023-11-15 | "N-I-A-L" AIN'T A RIVER IN EGYPT $200: It's the term for a 200th anniversary; the United States celebrated one in 1976 bicentennial |
| #20, aired 2023-11-15 | ADVENTUROUS WOMEN $200: One of many times she saved their butts, Sacagawea rescued valuable supplies for this duo after they fell into a river Lewis & Clark |
| #20, aired 2023-11-15 | THE SEARCH FOR FOREIGN LANDS $400: Pune, one of this country's 10 most populous cities, is a sister city of Columbus, Indiana India |
| #20, aired 2023-11-15 | ADVENTUROUS WOMEN $400: Annie Londonderry inspired the 2021 novel "Spin", about her historic 19th-century trip around the world on one of these bicycle |
| #20, aired 2023-11-15 | CRINGEWORTHY OFFICE LINGO $500: It's a 3-word phrase meaning "at one's own expense"--& a needlessly wordy way of saying "unavailable" out of pocket |
| #20, aired 2023-11-15 | VETERINARY MEDICINE $600: Sometimes called a "paunch", a cow's rumen is the largest chamber of this digestive organ; the vet's paunch is his own business a stomach |
| #8972, aired 2023-11-14 | ALSO A BEVERAGE $200: An elf or fairy; I swear I saw one in the garden! sprite |
| #8972, aired 2023-11-14 | ALSO A BEVERAGE $400: 3-hole is one type of this piece of office equipment a punch |
| #8972, aired 2023-11-14 | TALK CLEANLY TO ME $1000: Spelled one way, it describes a large sum; spelled another, it's a toilet "Bol" cleaner tidy |
| #8972, aired 2023-11-14 | BABY BOOKS $1200: "Baby Catcher" is the "Chronicles of a Modern" one of these Midwife |
| #8972, aired 2023-11-14 | BILLIONS & BILLIONS $1600: One billion of these make up a second a nanosecond |
| #8971, aired 2023-11-13 | SONGS IN MUSICALS $1000: "The Music And The Mirror" &
"One" A Chorus Line |
| #8971, aired 2023-11-13 | LIFE SCIENCE $1200: In the Batesian type of this, aka imitation, an organism evolves to look like a more noxious one so it's left alone mimicry |
| #8970, aired 2023-11-10 | DESIGNERS $1000: Before "Project Runway" & his own fashion line, he was a child actor, born Karl Anderson Jr. Michael Kors |
| #8969, aired 2023-11-09 | A LITTLE LEGALESE $400: This 3-word Latin phrase means "something for something ", like one action being exchanged for another of value quid pro quo |
| #8969, aired 2023-11-09 | A LITTLE LEGALESE $600: You pay this to have a lawyer available whenever you need legal help, like suing that orthodontist for giving you a bad one a retainer |
| #8969, aired 2023-11-09 | EAT $800: A shiitake is one of these; "take" is Japanese for it a mushroom |
| #8968, aired 2023-11-08 | L____O $200: It's a long rope with a loop on one end, used to rope cattle a lasso |
| #8968, aired 2023-11-08 | MORE THAN ONE MEANING $400: Really gnarly, or a group of 12 dozen gross |
| #8968, aired 2023-11-08 | FAN MAIL TO HISTORIC FIGURES $400: That translucent pink egg you made is amazing! I think that will sell for $18.5 million at a 2007 auction at Christie's one day! Fabergé |
| #8968, aired 2023-11-08 | MORE THAN ONE MEANING $800: A baby deer, or to court favor by flattery fawn |
| #8968, aired 2023-11-08 | MORE THAN ONE MEANING $1200: A long spear, a freshwater fish, or a diving position a pike |
| #8968, aired 2023-11-08 | MORE THAN ONE MEANING $2000: Strictly accurate, or to demand, as a payment exact |
| #8966, aired 2023-11-06 | WHAT A BODY $2000: Bradycardia refers to a slow resting heartbeat; this is the opposite, a fast one tachycardia |
| #8965, aired 2023-11-03 | IT JUST SOUNDS QUESTIONABLE $1600: Term for a Buddhist temple, there's a big one in Angkor wat |
| #8964, aired 2023-11-02 | GROWING PAINS $600: Using a keyboard like this one may reduce the risk of this painful condition, abbreviated CTS carpal tunnel syndrome |
| #8964, aired 2023-11-02 | FUN WITH THE PERIODIC TABLE $800: Cs is listed as an alkali one, Co, as a transition one a metal |
| #8964, aired 2023-11-02 | MYTHING IN ACTION $1000: In Norse mythology's great final battle, Fenrir, a giant one of these animals, is destined to swallow Odin a wolf |
| #8963, aired 2023-11-01 | GO "OME" $400: A covered sports stadium a dome |
| #8963, aired 2023-11-01 | 6-SYLLABLE WORDS $400: In this type of complex, one has a persistent sense of inadequacy or a tendency to self-diminishment inferiority |
| #8963, aired 2023-11-01 | GO "OME" $1200: A weighty book tome |
| #8963, aired 2023-11-01 | GO "OME" $2000: A problem on the one numbered 17 can lead to leukemia chromosome |
| #8963, aired 2023-11-01 | A FISH CALLED... $2000: This filet favorite is the one & only sole |
| #19, aired 2023-11-01 | CONSTITUTIONAL MATTERS $200: You can grab a cheesesteak at the Delegates' Cafe in the National Constitution Center, one of this city's historic attractions Philadelphia |
| #19, aired 2023-11-01 | HAIL TO THE CHEF $500: A lover of European cuisine, this 3rd U.S. president once created a design for his own pasta-making machine Thomas Jefferson |
| #19, aired 2023-11-01 | ENGLISH DIALECTS AND ACCENTS $600: These Louisianans with a distinct way of speaking & their own ethnic group are descendants of migrants from Nova Scotia Cajun |
| #19, aired 2023-11-01 | A YEAR THAT ENDS IN ZERO $600: Nat King Cole hits No. 1 with "Mona Lisa",
NATO turns one year old 1950 |
| #19, aired 2023-11-01 | "BROWN" OUT $1000: Typing this sentence, containing all 26 letters of the alphabet, is a tried and true method of testing out your keyboard The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. |
| #19, aired 2023-11-01 | HAIL TO THE CHEF $1,100 (Daily Double): A distillery at this historic Virginia estate makes whiskey based on George Washington's own recipe Mount Vernon |
| #19, aired 2023-11-01 | RIGHT "U-R" $1,500 (Daily Double): The New York Times called it a "sport in which daredevils race over rooftops, flip over ledges and climb walls without assistance" parkour |
| #8962, aired 2023-10-31 | SEXY STUFF $200: A queen ant of one species coats these with a pheromone that stops other ants from destroying them her eggs |
| #8962, aired 2023-10-31 | WORDS IN HALLOWEEN $400: You might spin one "of fortune" a wheel |
| #8962, aired 2023-10-31 | SEXY STUFF $400: "Warm" 4-letter word for a period of sexual receptiveness heat |
| #8962, aired 2023-10-31 | THE TROPIC OF CAPRICORN $800: The Tropic of Capricorn separates two climatic zones--the tropical one & this zone that extends south to the Antarctic Circle a temperate zone (the southern temperate zone) |
| #8961, aired 2023-10-30 | ORGANIC CHEMISTRY $1600: An alkyl is a hydrocarbon that has lost one of these atoms that has just 1 proton in its nucleus hydrogen |
| #8960, aired 2023-10-27 | LEONARDO DA VINCI, BUSY GUY $400: The crank-operated covered chariot Leo designed certainly predated the Sherman one of these a tank |
| #8960, aired 2023-10-27 | THE "LONG" & "SHORT" OF IT $800: Tinker, of "Tinker to Evers to Chance", was one of these a shortstop |
| #8960, aired 2023-10-27 | THE MAORI $800: Named for a figure in Maori legend, sacred Mount Ruapehu is one of the world's most active ones of these a volcano |
| #8959, aired 2023-10-26 | FASHION STATEMENTS $200: You take these "off" to praise someone, but keep something "under" one to keep a secret a hat |
| #8959, aired 2023-10-26 | TAKE THE "A" TRAINING $400: A degree in broadcasting will help prepare you for a career as one of these, like Al Michaels announcer |
| #8959, aired 2023-10-26 | LET'S GO LOBSTERING $800: The American lobster is basically differentiated from the Pacific one by having these big enough to eat claws |
| #8959, aired 2023-10-26 | FASHION STATEMENTS $1000: Napoleon has been credited with coining the phrase "an iron hand in" one of these a velvet glove |
| #8958, aired 2023-10-25 | ON THE "ROAD" AGAIN $200: In 1804 a steam carriage was first put onto one of these; it could haul 70 men & 10 tons of iron for 10 miles railroad |
| #8958, aired 2023-10-25 | SEE "NN" $400: We hope your dog doesn't suffer ennui when boarded in one of these establishments a kennel |
| #8958, aired 2023-10-25 | PRODUCE $400: In 2008 a pair of Brits were out of their gourd, growing a 1,457-lb. one of these; smashing! a pumpkin |
| #18, aired 2023-10-25 | SIGMUND FREUD $300: At the Freud museum in London, the centerpiece of Freud's study is one of these furniture items, famously used in his work a couch |
| #18, aired 2023-10-25 | OLD POP MUSIC HAD SOME VOWELS: E-I-E-I-O $600: It's the former boy band of Harry Styles
_ _ E / _ I _ E _ _ I O _ One Direction |
| #18, aired 2023-10-25 | SCULPTURES $1,500 (Daily Double): It's no lie: almost $80 million dropped at auction for Giacometti's surrealist, "Le Nez", a head with a very long one of these a nose |
| #18, aired 2023-10-25 | OLD POP MUSIC HAD SOME VOWELS: E-I-E-I-O $1500: It's a greatest hits album released by Madonna in 1990
_ _ E / I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ E / _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I O _ The Immaculate Collection |
| #8957, aired 2023-10-24 | "POUND" KEY $400: Traditionally, one of these requires 16 ounces each of butter, sugar & flour a pound cake |
| #8957, aired 2023-10-24 | WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLINER? $400: Have long silk these on hand for a fez or a mortarboard, where one hangs to the right side before graduation a tassel |
| #8957, aired 2023-10-24 | THE USTA $400: To become a USTA umpire or linesman, you must submit a form from a physician or one of these specialists with an O.D. degree an optometrist |
| #8957, aired 2023-10-24 | GO SEE A MOVIE ABOUT A HORSE $800: Passionate about horses, Elizabeth Taylor wins one in a town lottery in this 1944 classic National Velvet |
| #8957, aired 2023-10-24 | THE METROPOLITAN OPERA $2000: In 2021 the Met premiered its first opera by a Black composer, this jazz trumpeter 5 months younger than Wynton Marsalis Terence Blanchard |
| #8955, aired 2023-10-20 | WE MADE IT $400: In the 1960s Robert Moog became a household name for the invention of one of these instruments that bears his name a synthesizer |
| #8955, aired 2023-10-20 | HALLOWEEN COSTUME IDEAS $600: A costume for 2:
This double-crossing pair from Mad magazine, one in black & one in white, created by Antonio Prohías Spy vs. Spy |
| #8955, aired 2023-10-20 | GOOD "P.R." $800: A rodent that carries off items to store in its nest gives us this term for one who hoards useless articles pack rat |
| #8955, aired 2023-10-20 | GOOD "P.R." $1600: It's a system in which one's work is evaluated by those in the same field; NIH grants are subject to dual ones peer review |
| #8954, aired 2023-10-19 | PHILOSOPHIES IN A NUTSHELL $400: Nietzsche named the wild, creative impulse for Dionysus & the orderly one for this sun god Apollo |
| #8953, aired 2023-10-18 | THE 1600s $200: After observing a comet in 1682, he proved it was the same one seen in 1607, 1531, 1456... (Edmund) Halley |
| #8953, aired 2023-10-18 | MIRRORS $400: In 1668 Newton placed a mirror in one of these devices to create a much better image a telescope |
| #8953, aired 2023-10-18 | ROCK & ROLL BOOKSTORE $1600: Danny Sugerman wrote a few books about The Doors & one called "Appetite for Destruction" about this group Guns N' Roses |
| #8953, aired 2023-10-18 | YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE LEFT THE COUCH $1600: This type of neck injury results from a sudden jerking of the head in one direction like from a rear-end collision whiplash |
| #17, aired 2023-10-18 | HISTORICAL MARKERS $100: Located in Kokomo, Indiana, "Haynes' Horseless Carriage" is on the spot where Elwood Haynes first tested one of these in 1894 automobile |
| #17, aired 2023-10-18 | DENZEL WASHINGTON $600: "No one would take on his case... until one man was willing to take on the system" was a tagline for this 1993 Washington film Philadelphia |
| #17, aired 2023-10-18 | PODCASTS $800: Evoking a home run stat belonging to one of its players, "755 is Real" is a podcast about this major league team the Atlanta Braves |
| #8952, aired 2023-10-17 | ANIMALS IN ITALIAN $600: After all the gelato, I feel as big as a balena, one of these a whale |
| #8952, aired 2023-10-17 | SUMMER OLYMPIC CITIES $2000: It took until 1956, but finally a Southern Hemisphere city hosted--this one Melbourne |
| #8951, aired 2023-10-16 | BRITISH SPELLING BEE $200: Go to the famous Globe one to see a play by Shakespeare T-H-E-A-T-R-E |
| #8951, aired 2023-10-16 | BRITISH SPELLING BEE $800: With no pence on hand, you might ask the curry restaurant, "Will you take" a personal one of these? C-H-E-Q-U-E |
| #8951, aired 2023-10-16 | IN THE BASEBALL TEAM'S LINEUP $1600: 1906:
Charley O'Leary,
Pinky Lindsay & here's one who might help a bit... Ty Cobb the Detroit Tigers |
| #8950, aired 2023-10-13 | LIKE A ROCK $200: A record of past performance; some people start over with a clean one a slate |
| #8950, aired 2023-10-13 | PRE-FAME CELEBS IN ADS $2000: One minute you're selling Corn Pops in a 1999 ad, the next, meth on AMC 9 years later--such is this young actor's life Aaron Paul |
| #8949, aired 2023-10-12 | LET'S PLAY SPORTSBALL $200: Down 3 match points in 2012, Sam Groth hit one of these balls a record 163 mph & won the point--but lost the match a tennis ball |
| #8949, aired 2023-10-12 | GEOMETRY $1600: A scalenohedron is a crystal of 8 or 12 faces, each of which is one of these shapes a (scalene) triangle |
| #8948, aired 2023-10-11 | SURELY YOU JOUST $200: King Arthur set up the diamond jousts, a series of 9 annual tournaments all won by this knight Lancelot |
| #8948, aired 2023-10-11 | AN IMMODEST PROPOSAL $400: Marilyn, I think what was lacking in your marriage to that baseball guy was a Pulitzer, & I have one of those! So whaddya say? Miller |
| #8948, aired 2023-10-11 | SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE $400: This "SNL" character who is most definitely his own thing starred in a Halloween special in 2017; any questions?! David S. Pumpkins |
| #8948, aired 2023-10-11 | GRAB A "B"ITE $800: Pears available in winter include the Bosc & this one Bartlett |
| #8948, aired 2023-10-11 | BASEBALL MOVIE HAIKU $800: Jimmy once a pro/ Alas, war calls men away/ Nine gals beats no gals... A League of Their Own |
| #16, aired 2023-10-11 | LESSER-KNOWN SIBLINGS $200: Like her father and Atticus Finch, Alice Lee, sister of author Harper Lee, was one of these professionals lawyer |
| #16, aired 2023-10-11 | WOULDA, COULDA, SHOULDA $300: Decades of TV ads featured beverage drinkers lamenting, "I could've had" one of these juice cocktails a V8 |
| #16, aired 2023-10-11 | AS SEEN ON SHARK TANK $400: "The #1 way to #2" is one notable tagline for this popular Shark-endorsed toilet stool (pun intended) Squatty Potty |
| #16, aired 2023-10-11 | BIG DOGS AS LITTLE PUPPIES $800: The puppy seen here is a Bernese Mountain Dog, named after one of this country's cantons Switzerland |
| #8947, aired 2023-10-10 | COMPOSERS & THEIR KIN $200: Though he wrote a number of operas, Michael Haydn is far less famous than this older brother Joseph (Haydn) |
| #8947, aired 2023-10-10 | NOT SO RECENT SCIENCE $400: In 1891 Brucia, the 323rd asteroid discovered, was unique as it was the first one found by using these photography (photographs from a camera) |
| #8947, aired 2023-10-10 | NOT SO RECENT SCIENCE $1000: In 1879, after thousands of failures, Edison found a simple scorched cotton thread worked best as one of these a filament |
| #8946, aired 2023-10-09 | THOMAS AQUINAS, ADVICE COLUMNIST $200: Dear Worried: It's a slippery slope--a venial one of these disposes you to a mortal one a sin |
| #8946, aired 2023-10-09 | I'D LIKE TO SOLVE THE PUZZLE $800: Solving one of these in London's Daily Telegraph in 1942 could've made you a Bletchley codebreaker in WWII a crossword |
| #8946, aired 2023-10-09 | A BRIEF HISTORY OF THYME $800: Monks know that thyme is an ingredient in this popular upscale French liquor, one of the "B"s in B&B Bénédictine |
| #8946, aired 2023-10-09 | I'D LIKE TO SOLVE THE PUZZLE $1200: On this game show 2 contestants revealed a rebus picture puzzle by matching pairs of prizes & then had to solve the puzzle Concentration |
| #8945, aired 2023-10-06 | 2 WORDS IN ONE $200: Cleopatra's cobra plus a command to stop gives us this road surface asphalt (asp + halt) |
| #8945, aired 2023-10-06 | 2 WORDS IN ONE $400: To ask for spare change plus one ninth of a baseball game gives us this starting place beginning (beg + inning) |
| #8945, aired 2023-10-06 | PICK A NUMBER BETWEEN 5 & 477 $400: The second line in a haiku typically has this many syllables 7 |
| #8945, aired 2023-10-06 | TRY "TRI" AGAIN $800: Swimming, cycling & running all in one event a triathlon |
| #8945, aired 2023-10-06 | 2 WORDS IN ONE $800: A Catholic religious service plus a standard unit of area gives us this wanton slaughter a massacre (mass + acre) |
| #8945, aired 2023-10-06 | DEAD SCIENTISTS SOCIETY $800: This American was a real rocket scientist, launching his first liquid-propelled one March 16, 1926 Goddard |
| #8945, aired 2023-10-06 | 2 WORDS IN ONE $1000: A shark appendage plus a type of beer gives us this musical conclusion finale (fin + ale) |
| #8945, aired 2023-10-06 | SWORDS $2000: The national flag of Sri Lanka depicts one of these animals holding a sword a lion |
| #8944, aired 2023-10-05 | NUN BUT THE BRAVE $400: Spanish nun María de Gaucin is said to have left her convent to become a matadora, one of these, & then returned a bullfighter |
| #8944, aired 2023-10-05 | FRANKLY $800: He won 3 Oscars as a director, including one for "It Happened One Night" (Frank) Capra |
| #8943, aired 2023-10-04 | PLEASE BEAR WITH ME $200: A Feb. 2023 headline said this movie about one seriously hopped-up ursine "snorts up $23 million opening weekend" Cocaine Bear |
| #8943, aired 2023-10-04 | MIRROR WORDS $1000: Money for the return of something lost & a compartment in a cabinet to keep it in reward & drawer |
| #8943, aired 2023-10-04 | WAXING PHILOSOPHICAL $1600: In "Metaphysics of Morals", this 18th c. man wrote that one who makes himself a worm can't complain if he's stepped on Immanuel Kant |
| #8943, aired 2023-10-04 | MERRY MELODIES $6,000 (Daily Double): This 19th c. composer's Mazurka No. 9 (Op. 7 No. 5) is one of the peppier ones Chopin |
| #15, aired 2023-10-04 | JOYCE, CARROLL, OATES $400: "Wonderland" Joyce Carol Oates |
| #15, aired 2023-10-04 | THE MEDI-VERSE $500 (Daily Double): Development of the fighter pilot's G-suit is one of the breakthroughs from this clinic whose name sounds like a deli condiment the Mayo Clinic |
| #15, aired 2023-10-04 | COMPUTING MILESTONES $1000: One of the first search engines shared its name with this comic book character, inspiring successors named Veronica & Jughead Archie |
| #15, aired 2023-10-04 | ESTATE PLANNING $1,200 (Daily Double): In law, it's one party managing another's property for the benefit of a third; in life, some say it's the key to a good relationship trust |
| #8942, aired 2023-10-03 | 2 VOWELS, ONE CONSONANT $200: "Serpentine" feathery wrap a boa |
| #8942, aired 2023-10-03 | LITERARY BIOGRAPHY $400: A book about Poe "& the forging of American science" points out that in his one year at this school, Edgar was great at math West Point |
| #8942, aired 2023-10-03 | 4, 4 $800: It's slang for the offspring of a celeb who becomes a celeb too a nepo baby |
| #8942, aired 2023-10-03 | 4, 4 $1200: One of these is to keep a bar of scented soap in with your dirty laundry when you travel to help clothes smell clean a life hack |
| #8942, aired 2023-10-03 | 4, 4 $2000: This situation means one negative consequence leads to another; Jim Collins popularized the term in his book "Good to Great" a doom loop |
| #8942, aired 2023-10-03 | LITERARY BIOGRAPHY $7,800 (Daily Double): Taken from the title of one of her poems, "Mad Girl's Love Song" is a biography about this 20th-century woman & her "Life Before Ted" Sylvia Plath |
| #8941, aired 2023-10-02 | PROVERB VS. PROVERB $400: I'm supposed to "beware of Greeks bearing gifts"--but if they bring me a gift one of these, I shouldn't look in its mouth... hmmm a horse |
| #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 | WEIRD AL PARODIES $400: Parodying a hit by this singer, "Weird Al" had his own "Party In The CIA" Miley Cyrus |
| #8940, aired 2023-09-29 | FURNITURE $400: With bookshelves, drawers & a writing surface, an escritoire or a secretary is one of these a desk |
| #8940, aired 2023-09-29 | FACTS ABOUT THE BEST PICTURE WINNER $1600: A 1935 article highlights Gable's negging of Colbert in this film: "Peter... tells her she's... spoiled & selfish" It Happened One Night |
| #8939, aired 2023-09-28 | SEOUL FOOD $200: The "International House of" these, doesn't serve hotteok, a deliciously sweet type of one a pancake |
| #8939, aired 2023-09-28 | FASHION HISTORY $400: No spy should be without one of these aptly named outer garments worn by British soldiers in WWI a trench coat |
| #8939, aired 2023-09-28 | SEOUL FOOD $400: Bibimbap is a mixture of foods served with one of these on top, usually sunny-side up an egg |
| #8939, aired 2023-09-28 | NEW WORDS IN THE 1600s $800: From the zesty Italian tongue cometh this word for a large, plush residence; someday methinks it will have its own pants palazzo |
| #8939, aired 2023-09-28 | INVEST $1200: If you invest in a "CD" down at the bank, it's not music, but one of these a certificate of deposit |
| #8938, aired 2023-09-27 | A SOVIET UNION $200: In many U.S. states one of these signs a marriage license; Soviets had 2, mostly a best man & maid of honor, often wearing red sashes a witness |
| #8938, aired 2023-09-27 | SOUNDS FRACTIONAL $800: At Northwestern University, classes in the spring one began March 28, 2023 a quarter |
| #8938, aired 2023-09-27 | THE PIPE ORGAN $800: One common type of pipe produces sound with a thin, vibrating one of these, like a clarinet does a reed |
| #8938, aired 2023-09-27 | A SOVIET UNION $800: Friends of Soviet grooms have been known to playfully make him "pay" one of these, something usually given to get a kidnap victim back a ransom |
| #8938, aired 2023-09-27 | THE PIPE ORGAN $1600: Organ music is often written on 3 of these sets of lines, the lowest one for the pedal part a staff |
| #14, aired 2023-09-27 | OUI, OUI, HISTORY $100: A children's book tells of how this emperor met his "Bunnyloo" in 1807 when he was forced to flee an attacking pack of rabbits Napoleon |
| #14, aired 2023-09-27 | ALSO AN ANIMAL SOUND $100: The very first of these microblogging posts was sent by company cofounder Jack Dorsey on March 21, 2006 a tweet |
| #14, aired 2023-09-27 | ANTS $200: Considered a delicacy by the Aztecs, escamoles, or ant larvae, is a dish that originated in this country Mexico |
| #14, aired 2023-09-27 | MEDITATION $600: "Om" is a familiar example of one of these, a word or phrase repeated over & over as the focal point for a meditation a mantra |
| #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 |
| #14, aired 2023-09-27 | IT "IS" WHAT IT "IS" $1200: Like a mythological character who loved his own reflection, people with this personality style are in love with themselves narcissism |
| #8937, aired 2023-09-26 | SHATTERING ALLUSIONS $200: A person who can get out of tight situations is one of these, the name of a 1920s escape artist Houdini |
| #8937, aired 2023-09-26 | THE HOME SPA $400: For disguise, try one in black silk; to refresh your skin, try one made from oatmeal or avocado a face mask |
| #8937, aired 2023-09-26 | WHO "AR" THEY? $400: In 2006 audio experts said they found the missing "a" in a 37-year-old statement by this man Armstrong |
| #8937, aired 2023-09-26 | YOU COULD PUT AN EYE OUT $1200: Owned by Bilbo & later Frodo, Sting was a magical one of these that glowed blue when servants of Sauron were near a sword |
| #8936, aired 2023-09-25 | INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS $800: An embassy can also be called one of these, which sounds like a secret spy trip a mission |
| #8935, aired 2023-09-22 | THAT'S JUST OFFAL $400: Fancy a traditional steak & this pie? The one at London's Guinea Grill is famous kidney |
| #8935, aired 2023-09-22 | ALL'S WHALE THAT ENDS WHALE $600: One of the 2 3-letter terms for a group of whales a pod (a gam) |
| #8934, aired 2023-09-21 | THE AKC DESCRIBES THE DOG $400: "Famously long, low silhouette, ever-alert expression, and bold, vivacious personality" Dachshund |
| #8934, aired 2023-09-21 | A TRIP TO MUMBAI $800: India's film industry, nicknamed this, began in Mumbai; see stars' mansions in Bandra West, like Shah Rukh Khan's 6-story one Bollywood |
| #8933, aired 2023-09-20 | THE SPORTING NEWS $600: Like Manchester, Newcastle in the north of England has a Premier League soccer club with this all-for-one name United |
| #8932, aired 2023-09-19 | SCRAMBLING TO FIND A JOB $400: Aka a bibliothecary:
BRAIN LAIR a librarian |
| #8932, aired 2023-09-19 | PHYSIOLOGY $400: This word can refer to a network of nerves; you don't want to get punched in the solar one plexus |
| #8932, aired 2023-09-19 | YOU BETTER BELIZE IT $800: Belize's Great Blue Hole was featured in a 1970s episode of "The Undersea World of" him who called it one of Earth's best diving sites Jacques Cousteau |
| #8932, aired 2023-09-19 | FUN & GAMES $800: A 2023 film pulled back the curtain on how this video game took over the world, one falling block at a time Tetris |
| #8932, aired 2023-09-19 | SOUNDS LIKE BIG BUSINESS $1000: One who is in charge of exam surveillance & make a wager proctor & gamble |
| #8932, aired 2023-09-19 | PHRASES & IDIOMS $2000: A James Thurber character who's full of expressions not only uses "the catbird seat" but "tearing up" this garden area the pea patch |
| #8932, aired 2023-09-19 | FUN & GAMES $2000: Cutthroat is one type of this card game that has a name derived from French for "two-eyed" pinochle |
| #8931, aired 2023-09-18 | BOOK TITLES IN OTHER WORDS $600: 1967:
"A Century of Chillin' Solo" One Hundred Years of Solitude |
| #8931, aired 2023-09-18 | ENEMIES--NOT A LOVE STORY $1000: This word for one who deliberately destroys tools or machinery is borrowed from French--note the ending a saboteur |
| #8930, aired 2023-09-15 | FIRE Z $200: Chisel the Z from an abundant mineral & it becomes this liquid measure equal to one-fourth of a gallon a quart (from quartz) |
| #8930, aired 2023-09-15 | FROM "B" TO "F" $1200: It can mean an argument or conflict; Steven Yeun & Ali Wong get into one in a Netflix series a beef |
| #8930, aired 2023-09-15 | CELEB LIT BEFORE & AFTER $1600: Tiny Tim says, "God bless us every one" for an iconic comedian & Eunice in "Mama's Family" A Christmas Carol Burnett |
| #8930, aired 2023-09-15 | SONG BIRDS $2,000 (Daily Double): In the 1960s Fleetwood Mac had an international hit with their song about one of these seabirds; Coleridge put one in a poem an albatross |
| #8929, aired 2023-09-14 | LET'S SEE HOW YOU DO WITH AMERICAN FOOTBALL $1000: Last name of the man who said, "Better to have died as a small boy than to fumble" but whose trophy carries the ball with one hand Heisman |
| #8929, aired 2023-09-14 | RECONSTRUCTION $1000: In 2023, USS Chancellorsville was renamed after this Black Civil War hero & Reconstruction-era congressman Robert Smalls |
| #8929, aired 2023-09-14 | SUCH COLORFUL LANGUAGE! $1200: Vespula alascensis is one species of this picnic-pestering wasp a yellowjacket |
| #8929, aired 2023-09-14 | SUCH COLORFUL LANGUAGE! $1600: The House Un-American Activities Committee inspired Hollywood to create one of these registers of disapproval a blacklist |
| #8928, aired 2023-09-13 | 15-LETTER WORDS $800: It's another name for a movie's director of photography; Conrad Hall was a great one a cinematographer |
| #8928, aired 2023-09-13 | PUEBLOS MÁGICOS $1200: The beautiful town of Cholula lies near the foot of Popocatépetl, not just a mountain but one of these a volcano |
| #8926, aired 2023-09-11 | STARTS WITH "G" $400: Grab some shade in one of these turreted garden houses that as the name suggests is good for a nice view a gazebo |
| #8926, aired 2023-09-11 | SOUNDS LIKE FOOD $800: While playing, Ginger Baker would hold one of these in each hand, but he'd get little nutrition from them drumsticks |
| #8926, aired 2023-09-11 | STARTS WITH "G" $1200: This type of full-rigged sailing ship popular in the 16th & 17th centuries might have one or 2 tiers for guns a galleon |
| #8924, aired 2023-07-27 | ANATOMICAL ANAGRAMS $200: Above the toes & below the neck is this joint, one of a pair elbow (from below) |
| #8924, aired 2023-07-27 | THAT SONG SLAYS $400: "I shot a man in Reno, just to watch him die" is how one gets the "Folsom Prison Blues", per this singer (Johnny) Cash |
| #8924, aired 2023-07-27 | HERE BE PIRATES! $2000: Let's raise a glass of branded rum to this captain, a Welsh buccaneer who somehow ended up as deputy governor of Jamaica in 1674 Captain Morgan |
| #8923, aired 2023-07-26 | PHYSICS $100 (Daily Double): (Spiros Michalakis presents the clue.) A quantum is basically a small & defined unit of energy; this is the term for a light quantum, also called the quantum of the electromagnetic field a photon |
| #8923, aired 2023-07-26 | PHYSICS $400: February 4 is the natl. day to create one of these empty spaces, defined as having lower than atmospheric pressure a vacuum |
| #8923, aired 2023-07-26 | I'M BLUE $600: This company with a blue logo calls itself "one of the largest home improvement retailers in the world" Lowe's |
| #8923, aired 2023-07-26 | PHYSICS $800: Of these 2 opposite everyday words, one has a limit because you can't take away more energy than is there; the other is in theory infinite cold & heat |
| #8922, aired 2023-07-25 | IN DENMARK $200: Denmark claims the longest-used one of these--the Dannebrog, which legend says fell to Earth in a 1219 battle flag |
| #8922, aired 2023-07-25 | SOMETHING'S ROTTEN $400: Valentine in "Army of the Dead" was rotten all over, as a zombie one of these that would make Joe Exotic squeal a tiger |
| #8922, aired 2023-07-25 | SOMEBODY WROTE THAT $800: "'He shows himself; he's a hunchback. He walks; he's bandy-legged. He looks at you; he's one-eyed. You speak to him; he's deaf"' Hugo |
| #8922, aired 2023-07-25 | JUST GOOGLY IT $800: It's an equilateral parallelogram, & it's 7 letters; one thing it's not--a type of public transport a rhombus |
| #8921, aired 2023-07-24 | MUSICAL WORKS $100 (Daily Double): One of Rachmaninoff's best-known works is his "Rhapsody On A Theme of" this Italian violin virtuoso Paganini |
| #8921, aired 2023-07-24 | SPACE MEN & WOMEN $200: In 1995 Eileen Collins became the first woman to pilot one of these & in 1999 the first to command a mission aboard one Space Shuttle |
| #8921, aired 2023-07-24 | HOSTEL $1200: You don't have to BYOV, bring your own volleyball, to this hostel in Bali that sounds exactly like a Tom Hanks film Castaway |
| #8921, aired 2023-07-24 | STARTS WITH 3 CONSONANTS $1200: It's a machine that removes husks from grain; Andrew Meikle patented one in 1788 a threshing machine |
| #8920, aired 2023-07-21 | ENDS IN "X" $400: Pronounced one way, it means intricate; pronounced another, a series of interconnected apartment buildings complex |
| #8920, aired 2023-07-21 | SHAKESPEARE $1000: An arras is a curtain or wall hanging; in "Hamlet", this old man hides behind one & is stabbed through it Polonius |
| #8919, aired 2023-07-20 | COFFEE, NOW $200: One story says the inventor of this type of coffee was inspired by a shipment of beans accidentally soaked by seawater decaf |
| #8919, aired 2023-07-20 | JOHN LENNON $400: On July 27, 1976 John received one of these "colorful" items symbolizing victory in his long battle for U.S. residency a green card |
| #8919, aired 2023-07-20 | CROSSWORD CLUES "W" $400: "Blemish"ed word for one who's overanxious
(9 letters) a worrywart |
| #8919, aired 2023-07-20 | SENATORS $800: In 1859 anti-slavery Democrat David Broderick became the only sitting U.S. senator to be killed in one of these fights a duel |
| #8919, aired 2023-07-20 | A DEEP DIVE INTO... $1600: Contract law: An "efficient" this of contract is done on purpose because one party finds damages cheaper than fulfilling the deal breach |
| #8919, aired 2023-07-20 | THE DANUBE $2000: In 1991 this Danube nation S. of Ukraine became independent of Russia, modified its own name a bit & joined the U.N. the next year Moldova |
| #8918, aired 2023-07-19 | PAINTER SELFIES $200: Completed in 1888, his oil-on-canvas "Self-Portrait as a Painter" shows him with at least one of his ears van Gogh |
| #8918, aired 2023-07-19 | GET YOUR KICKS ON ROUTE 66 $400: In Carthage, Missouri, there's a historic one of these where you can catch a movie without ever leaving your car a drive-in theater |
| #8918, aired 2023-07-19 | FASHION OLD & NEW $600: This one-piece garment that is named for its original use by parachuters is now high fashion a jumpsuit |
| #8918, aired 2023-07-19 | GEOLOGY $2000: Millions of years ago, all of the continents were combined in a "super" one called this, meaning "all earth" Pangaea |
| #8917, aired 2023-07-18 | AUTHORS' FIRST MAJOR WORKS $2,000 (Daily Double): Her 1936 effort "We the Living" is a romantic tragedy set against the perils of Soviet-style totalitarianism Ayn Rand |
| #8917, aired 2023-07-18 | AFRICAN FILMS $2000: In "Night of the Kings", a prisoner in Abidjan acts as one of these West African storytellers & spins a tale to stay alive a griot |
| #8916, aired 2023-07-17 | TOM SWIFT TALES $200: In 1914 Tom had a "Photo" one of these; today he could use a Samsung Galaxy a (photo tele)phone |
| #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 | OPPENHEIMER $800: (Emily Blunt presents the clue.) "I feel I have blood on my hands", said a troubled Oppenheimer in a tense October 1945 meeting with this man, who replied that the blood was on his own instead Truman |
| #8916, aired 2023-07-17 | DOUBLE TALK $2000: In Voodoo shops you can buy one of these bags with a variety of ingredients designed to protect you & bring you luck juju (gris-gris) |
| #8915, aired 2023-07-14 | GOOD AFTERNOON! $200: From the French for "morning", it somehow became a term for a show's afternoon performance... let's take one in! a matinee |
| #8915, aired 2023-07-14 | FAMILIES IN U.S. HISTORY $400: The company founded by this publisher & politician still includes Men's Health, A&E & our own affiliate KSBW Monterey-Salinas Hearst |
| #8915, aired 2023-07-14 | MODERN FANTASY LIT $600: S.A. Chakraborty's "City of Brass" has Nahri team up with Dara, one of these mystical creatures whose name starts with a silent "D" a djinn |
| #8915, aired 2023-07-14 | AROUND THE HOUSE $1200: Useful in home offices & guest rooms, they've been around for centuries as in the 18th century painting of a lady on one a fainting couch (a chaise, a daybed) |
| #8914, aired 2023-07-13 | FLIGHTSEEING ACROSS AMERICA $400: Here's a little flyby of one of the most famous attractions in this city Seattle |
| #8913, aired 2023-07-12 | REVIVAL $200: Fela Kuti has a song named for one of these creatures, the revived undead a zombie |
| #8913, aired 2023-07-12 | READING WITH JENNA BUSH HAGER $400: (Jenna Bush Hager presents the clue.) One of my club picks for 2023 is "Black Candle Women" by Diane Marie Brown, about four generations of women who live under one roof & have a big secret--a love curse relating to a Voodoo sorceress in this Southern city that links the story back to the 1950s New Orleans |
| #8913, aired 2023-07-12 | READING WITH JENNA BUSH HAGER $600: (Jenna Bush Hager presents the clue.) The perfect vacation read & one my sister Barbara & I still talk about is "Summer Sisters", a novel for adults by this woman who is beloved for her young adult fiction Judy Blume |
| #8912, aired 2023-07-11 | FRIENDS $200: Bonding over their love of golf, this entertainer said that of all the presidents Gerald Ford was "the one I can call a pal" Bob Hope |
| #8911, aired 2023-07-10 | STITCH INCOMING $1600: Uh oh! You have a weakness in your abdominal wall in your groin area... you'll need surgery to fix an inguinal one of these a hernia |
| #8911, aired 2023-07-10 | LAKES & RIVERS $1600: During an 1891 visit Oscar Wilde was surely a "fan" of this largest lake in England--it shares its name with one of his characters Windermere |
| #8910, aired 2023-07-07 | ONLY ONE CONSONANT $400: This, a deer, a female deer doe |
| #8910, aired 2023-07-07 | HOTEL CALIFORNIA $600: Such a lovely place, the hotel pictured on the Eagles' "Hotel California" album is actually this one in the 90210 ZIP code the Beverly Hills Hotel |
| #8910, aired 2023-07-07 | ANCIENT ARTIFACTS $800: A vulture & one of these reptiles jut out of the forehead of the mask of Tutankhamun a cobra |
| #8910, aired 2023-07-07 | A BRIDGE TOO FAR $1200: A bridge over 200 years old across a canyon in Málaga, Spain is called this, reminiscent of one in Paris that's over 400 years old New Bridge (Puente Nuevo) |
| #8910, aired 2023-07-07 | ONLY ONE CONSONANT $2000: On the ocean bottom, globigerina is a type of this gooey mud containing dead organisms ooze |
| #8909, aired 2023-07-06 | SOME "HARD" SONGS $800: In a reggae classic by Jimmy Cliff, this title precedes "the harder they fall, one and all" "The Harder They Come" |
| #8909, aired 2023-07-06 | ANTIQUES $800: One of the top "Antiques Roadshow" finds, a jade bowl originally made for the person with this title was appraised at up to $600,000 emperor of China (the Chinese emperor) |
| #8908, aired 2023-07-05 | ART & ARTISTS $400: One of the few women mentioned by art biographer Vasari is Properzia de' Rossi, praised for a scene carved on this fruit item a peach pit |
| #8908, aired 2023-07-05 | BORN ON THE 5th OF JULY $400: "There's a sucker born every minute" is attributed to this showman, who obviously would not be referring to his own 1810 arrival Barnum |
| #8908, aired 2023-07-05 | BORN ON THE 5th OF JULY $800: You don't need one of his Oxford scholarships to know this diamond mogul was a July 5 baby (Cecil) Rhodes |
| #8907, aired 2023-07-04 | ART"S" $400: Like Cézanne's "Apples on a Cloth", it's a painting of inanimate objects for their own sake, or for symbolic significance a still life |
| #8907, aired 2023-07-04 | LADY "A" $600: In recent years she's appeared in "Bad Moms" & as one of the stars of "Dead to Me" Christina Applegate |
| #8907, aired 2023-07-04 | LADY "A" $1000: One of the original judges on "American Idol", she's also been a panelist on "The Masked Dancer" Paula Abdul |
| #8906, aired 2023-07-03 | "NEG" BAIT $600: 3rd century general Carausius is considered one of these outlaws, disobeying Roman law & declaring himself emperor of Britain a renegade |
| #8906, aired 2023-07-03 | COUNTIES OF ENGLAND $2000: Queen Victoria had a vacation residence on this island that is today its own administrative county the Isle of Wight |
| #8905, aired 2023-06-30 | LET'S GET "DOWN" $1200: After a 2011 quake, the Daiichi plant at Fukushima experienced one of these a meltdown |
| #8904, aired 2023-06-29 | THE LAW $400: Federal sentencing guidelines increase for violent crimes if one of these is involved (minimum 5 years) or worse, brandished (7 years) a firearm |
| #8904, aired 2023-06-29 | LIT-POURRI $400: "London, 1802" by Wordsworth is an example of an Italian or Petrarchan one of these a sonnet |
| #8903, aired 2023-06-28 | GET KOALA-FIED $600: When your baby has a li'l accident at the diner, head swiftly to a koala kare, one of these 2-word platforms in the restroom a changing table |
| #8903, aired 2023-06-28 | THE NAME OF THE DAME $1000: In 2019 the queen said, "You're the one that I want" to be a dame, "you" being this British-born & Australian-raised singer Olivia Newton-John |
| #8901, aired 2023-06-26 | HERE COMES THE SUMMER $400: What better time than summer to unleash your inner child on one of these alliterative items a boogie board |
| #8901, aired 2023-06-26 | METER MADE $600: The device seen here is called a pulse one of these & is made to see how well your lungs are working an oximeter |
| #8901, aired 2023-06-26 | SCIENTISTS $800: In 1847, Maria Mitchell, America's first professional female astronomer, discovered one of these, officially known as C/1847 T1 a comet |
| #8901, aired 2023-06-26 | METER MADE $1000: It was a breeze for John Thomas Romney Robinson to make the cup style one of these in the 1800s; a similar design is still used anemometer |
| #8900, aired 2023-06-23 | ANIMAL CHANGE A LETTER $200: These two creatures are only one letter different but not really similar otherwise lion & loon |
| #8900, aired 2023-06-23 | A CHEMISTRY TEST $1600: In the Haber process, magnetite is used as one of these, any substance that speeds up a chemical reaction a catalyst |
| #8899, aired 2023-06-22 | 20th CENTURY HAPPENINGS $600: If you had 2 hours & 25 minutes in 1984, you could watch "Paris, Texas" or see Joan Benoit win the first women's Olympic one of these a marathon |
| #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 | 20th CENTURY HAPPENINGS $800: In 1912 Orillia, Ontario was one of the first towns to try this change, until even the mayor got to church an hour late Daylight Savings Time |
| #8899, aired 2023-06-22 | TRUMPET TOOTIN' $800: In 1944 he tooted his own horn to study at what is today Juilliard; by '57, he was "Miles Ahead" with a masterpiece album Miles Davis |
| #8898, aired 2023-06-21 | THE "SILVER" STATE $200: A consoling aspect; "every cloud" is said to have one a silver lining |
| #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 | COLLECT 'EM ALL! $200: In a significant markup, an 1856 British Guiana one-cent magenta this went for $8.3 million in 2021 a stamp |
| #8898, aired 2023-06-21 | DISCOVERY & INVENTION $400: In the 1950s Grace Hopper & her team created FLOW-MATIC, the first one of these to follow English commands a computer program |
| #8898, aired 2023-06-21 | NEVADA $1000: Native groups living in Nevada before the arrival of settlers include this one who lend their name to a vast desert of the Southwest the Mojave |
| #8898, aired 2023-06-21 | COLLECT 'EM ALL! $1000: To get Tom Hanks, a noted collector of these, on a podcast, Chris Hardwick offered a 1934 Smith Corona one; success! a (manual) typewriter |
| #8898, aired 2023-06-21 | ALLITERATION $2000: Bill McCoy was one of these bringers of illegal hooch; his quality control is said to have made him the original "Real McCoy" a rum runner |
| #8897, aired 2023-06-20 | ARCHITECTS $400: One of the last buildings Zaha Hadid worked on was a Beijing tower with one of these Latin-named inner spaces over 600' tall an atrium |
| #8896, aired 2023-06-19 | TV $200: After her daytime talk show ended, she spent some time on "The View", & in 2022 she made a cameo on the reboot of "A League of Their Own" (Rosie) O'Donnell |
| #8896, aired 2023-06-19 | WHAT AN IDIOM! $800: If you're "in for a penny", you're also in for one of these British units a pound |
| #8896, aired 2023-06-19 | WEIGHTS & MEASURES $1600: A knot equals one of these, a bit over 6,000 feet, per hour nautical mile |
| #8896, aired 2023-06-19 | RANDOM FACTS $1600: Pope Francis was selected for the big job by one of these special assemblies of the College of Cardinals a conclave |
| #8895, aired 2023-06-16 | BIRTHSTONES $200: This June birthstone is the only one produced by a living organism pearl |
| #8895, aired 2023-06-16 | FINISH LAST $1000: Known as "Mr. Cub" & a player on more than one last-place team, he said, "The only way to prove that you're a good sport is to lose" Ernie Banks |
| #8895, aired 2023-06-16 | NIGHT SKIES $1000: NGC 6355 is one of these star clusters named for their somewhat spherical shape a globular cluster |
| #8894, aired 2023-06-15 | BIRD IDIOMS $200: If you keep late hours, you are one of these birds a night owl |
| #8894, aired 2023-06-15 | ITALIAN WORDS & PHRASES $400: A marketplace or square, Rome's Navona one is famous a piazza |
| #8894, aired 2023-06-15 | BIRD IDIOMS $1,000 (Daily Double): This 1843 story has become a metaphor for one who is unpromising initially "The Ugly Duckling" |
| #8894, aired 2023-06-15 | ITALIAN WORDS & PHRASES $1,500 (Daily Double): It means "at a slow tempo"; Samuel Barber composed one "for Strings" adagio |
| #8893, aired 2023-06-14 | 3-, 4- OR 5-LETTER WORDS $200: A sacred oath; in Catholicism, one can be for chastity, poverty or obedience a vow |
| #8891, aired 2023-06-12 | LIKE A STATUE $800: On a bluff above the Missouri, 50-foot-tall "Dignity" honors the Dakota & this related people one letter different the Lakota |
| #8891, aired 2023-06-12 | "AX" MARKS THE SPOT $1200: It transmits a signal from one neuron to another axon |
| #8891, aired 2023-06-12 | HANG UP YOUR TV REBOOTS $1600: "New Blood" was a fitting title for the Showtime reboot of the antics of this serial killer, but it was cut short after one season Dexter |
| #8890, aired 2023-06-09 | PETS ON FILM $400: Bong Joon Ho's 2017 film "Okja" is about a big one of these who has been genetically engineered by an evil corporation pig |
| #8890, aired 2023-06-09 | CLASSIC TOYS & GAMES $800: It originally required a 25-watt bulb & came with colored plastic pegs & black construction paper to make an illuminated picture Lite-Brite |
| #8889, aired 2023-06-08 | 2 PARTS MAKE A WHOLE $1000: One of Santa's reindeer
+
a festive social gathering = this doomed group of American pioneers the Donner Party |
| #8889, aired 2023-06-08 | A "MID" CATEGORY $1,600 (Daily Double): Karl Marx wrote, "Force is the" this "of every old society pregnant with a new one" midwife |
| #8888, aired 2023-06-07 | ETYMOLOGY $400: Checkmate means the king is done for on a chessboard, as check refers etymologically to one of these Persian bigwigs a shah |
| #8888, aired 2023-06-07 | A '90s KID $1600: Every "Jeopardy!" staff member who was a kid in the '90s still keeps one of these digital pets from Bandai, seen here Tamagotchi |
| #8887, aired 2023-06-06 | QUOTABLE NOTABLES $1000: A German philosopher:
"I tell you: one must still have chaos in one, to give birth to a dancing star" Nietzsche |
| #8886, aired 2023-06-05 | IT'S ALSO A BOAT $400: Back in my day, Sonny, we enjoyed these "notes" that could appear on one of the inner sleeves of a phonograph record liner notes |
| #8886, aired 2023-06-05 | TASK: FORCE $800: French term for a clause in a contract protecting one or both parties if an act of God messes everything up force majeure |
| #8886, aired 2023-06-05 | IT'S ALSO A BOAT $1000: As well as a kind of vessel, it's the kitchen area aboard one a galley |
| #8886, aired 2023-06-05 | 4, 4 $1200: For bettors, Aye-Aye Charlie is one of these, Better Getalong is a real one of these a long shot |
| #8886, aired 2023-06-05 | FIRST & LAST NAME'S THE SAME $1200: Commanding officer of one of the first U.S. steamships in the 1830s & could he be more of a star of "Friends"? Matthew Perry |
| #8886, aired 2023-06-05 | 4, 4 $2000: "Saturday Night Live" is famous for beginning its shows with one of these, a scene that precedes the titles a cold open |
| #8885, aired 2023-06-02 | YOU HAVE SELECTED REGICIDE $200: 6th c. B.C. assassin Zhuan Zhu spent months learning to prepare & fillet these so he could hide a dagger in one & kill king Liao a fish |
| #8885, aired 2023-06-02 | IT'S A FACT $800: Catholicism has 7; confirmation is one "of initiation" sacraments |
| #8885, aired 2023-06-02 | ANIMAL ROCK $1600: Jefferson Airplane's "White Rabbit" mentions a hookah-smoking one of these insects a caterpillar |
| #8884, aired 2023-06-01 | THE OPERETTAS OF GILBERT & SULLIVAN $600: In "The Pirates of Penzance" it's the rank of an army officer named Stanley; in fact he's the very model of a modern one major general |
| #8884, aired 2023-06-01 | POTPOURRI $1600: Feb. 2, 2020 provided a numeric form of this across the world, something that last occurred 912 years ago & will happen again in 98 a palindrome |
| #8884, aired 2023-06-01 | "MAN" O' WAR $3,000 (Daily Double): Appropriately, noted clockmaker Aaron Willard was one of these colonial militiamen a minuteman |
| #8883, aired 2023-05-31 | ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER $400: (Andrew Lloyd Webber presents the clue.) One of the twists in "Bad Cinderella" is that this prince is missing in action when the show opens, so I didn't write any songs for him in Act 1
"I am Bad Cinderella / Got a style all my own / And I will not change it for you..." Prince Charming |
| #8883, aired 2023-05-31 | DUDE, HERE'S YOUR CAR $400: It seemed a bit excessive, but in 2018 one of this company's roadsters was sent into space Tesla |
| #8883, aired 2023-05-31 | BARRIERS & DIVIDERS $2000: Get a chuckle with this name for a sunk fence to separate animal from human territory; Monticello had one a ha-ha |
| #8882, aired 2023-05-30 | SCIENTISTS $400: Zhang Heng invented an early device for detecting these; when one occurred a ball fell from a dragon's head into a frog's mouth an earthquake |
| #8882, aired 2023-05-30 | HAMMER $400: You can look like a gunslinger but instead of a pistol, draw a hammer from one of these tool belt accessories a holster |
| #8882, aired 2023-05-30 | AUTHORS' FIRST NOVELS $400: His work at a V.A. hospital led to his first novel "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" Ken Kesey |
| #8882, aired 2023-05-30 | THE BAND'S SONGS TELL A STORY $600: "One Of These Nights", I'll tell you this band did "Pretty Maids All In A Row", but "I Can't Tell You Why" the Eagles |
| #8882, aired 2023-05-30 | CAT BREEDS $1,356 (Daily Double): This place associated with a tiger subspecies is also the name of a beautiful cat breed Bengal |
| #8882, aired 2023-05-30 | MIDDLE "G" $1600: Present tense verb meaning to use 2 known positions on a map to determine a third unknown one triangulate |
| #8881, aired 2023-05-29 | POETIC SUBJECTS $200: Stephen Crane wrote, "Fast rode" one of these men, "ever waving an eager sword, 'to save my lady!"' a knight |
| #8881, aired 2023-05-29 | PLAY "FREE" WORDS $400: In 1993 Gerald Perry became the first NFL player to sign with a new team as one of these under a new unrestricted system a free agent |
| #8881, aired 2023-05-29 | POP INSTRUMENTALS $800: A hit from "Deliverance" is called "Dueling" these, though in the movie, one duellist is playing guitar banjos |
| #8880, aired 2023-05-26 | SPANISH PROFESSIONS $400: Escritor;
one of them created what you're seeing a writer |
| #8880, aired 2023-05-26 | "REE" SEARCH $800: This word can mean arbitrator or one who evaluates scientific proposals for possible grant money a referee |
| #8880, aired 2023-05-26 | AMERICA IN THE 1700s $1000: The second of the French & Indian Wars, this one named for a royal woman was fought in North America beginning in 1702 Queen Anne's War |
| #8880, aired 2023-05-26 | THAT'S ADORABLE $1,500 (Daily Double): The scientific name of one species of sloth includes didactylus, meaning this, part of its common name two-toed |
| #8879, aired 2023-05-25 | A DOCTOR FROM CHICAGO, ILLINOIS $200: (Mandy Patinkin presents the clue.) In one of my first recurring TV roles, I played the temperamental heart surgeon Dr. Jeffrey Geiger on this Windy City medical drama Chicago Hope |
| #8879, aired 2023-05-25 | FLAG TERMINOLOGY $200: The part of a flag farthest from the pole is the fly; the part closest to it is this, which sounds like what you do to raise one up hoist |
| #8879, aired 2023-05-25 | GALACTIC VACATIONS $800: Take a pic for the Gram by the supermassive one of these at the core of the M87 galaxy--but don't get too close! a black hole |
| #8879, aired 2023-05-25 | SHAKESPEARE & HIS WORLD $1200: Similar to a monologue, Hamlet's "To be or not to be" speech is one of these given by an actor alone a soliloquy |
| #8878, aired 2023-05-24 | CON MUST GO $1000: "Con" leaves a word meaning important to get this one, a synonym for consecutive sequential |
| #8878, aired 2023-05-24 | SCIENCE $1,600 (Daily Double): It's the measure of the size of the seismic waves generated by an earthquake; Charles Richter invented one way to measure it magnitude |
| #20, aired 2023-05-24 | "P" IS FOR POETRY $200: Shel Silverstein's poem about one of these, "fresh off the griddle" finds terrible Theresa asking for one in the middle a pancake |
| #20, aired 2023-05-24 | THE 1960s $400: It was a decade of rising youth; Bernadette Devlin of Northern Ireland became the then-youngest-ever female one of these Member of Parliament |
| #20, aired 2023-05-24 | MICHAEL J. FOX $600: (Michael J. Fox presents the clue.) An inspiration for my character in "The American President" was this advisor to Bill Clinton, a spin doctor in his own right; he also made a cameo on my show "Spin City" Stephanopoulos |
| #20, aired 2023-05-24 | IT'S JUST US $800: In a 20-teens FOX comedy, at one point Carol doesn't have many romantic options as it seems Phil is this, the show's title The Last Man on Earth |
| #20, aired 2023-05-24 | THE 1960s $1,000 (Daily Double): U.S. Solicitor General J. Lee Rankin was its general counsel & is credited with smoothing the prose in its 1964 report the Warren Commission |
| #19, aired 2023-05-24 | COMPOSERS $800: Already a veteran of Tin Pan Alley & Broadway, in 1932 he premiered his own "Second Rhapsody", Serge Koussevitzky conducting George Gershwin |
| #19, aired 2023-05-24 | SO YOU THINK YOU'RE PRETTY GOOD AT THIS $1000: Acting as your own attorney, this Latin phrase for "in one's own behalf"? you know what they say about a lawyer who represents himself pro se |
| #8877, aired 2023-05-23 | AVIATION $200: Marking the end of an era, in January 2023 Boeing delivered its last-ever one of these iconic jumbo jets a 747 |
| #8877, aired 2023-05-23 | ANIMALS IN LITERATURE $400: Rudyard Kipling's Hathi, one of these animals, helps Mowgli by trampling a village of evildoers an elephant |
| #8877, aired 2023-05-23 | ANIMALS IN LITERATURE $600: In a book by Paul Gallico, Thomasina is one of these pets that channels the Egyptian goddess Bastet & saves her owner's life a cat |
| #8877, aired 2023-05-23 | HISTORICAL HODGEPODGE $4,200 (Daily Double): Though Geneva is pretty low as Swiss cities go, a Cold War meeting there was the first one called this top-level type a summit |
| #18, aired 2023-05-23 | THEIR OCCUPATIONAL SURNAMES $400: A variation on one who trains birds of prey: this author of "As I Lay Dying" Faulkner |
| #18, aired 2023-05-23 | LABOR $400: The union rep within a workplace is the "shop" one of these; former labor secretary Hilda Solis' dad was one a shop steward |
| #18, aired 2023-05-23 | COOKING WEIGHTS & MEASURES $800: It's one itty-bitty branch of an herb plant; one of rosemary is about 3 inches long a sprig |
| #17, aired 2023-05-23 | BEFORE, DURING & AFTER $2000: Numeric sci-fi book about a metaverse, a singular evening of passion & the controversial right to use deadly force as self-defense Ready Player One-night stand your ground |
| #17, aired 2023-05-23 | SCULPTORS $2000: A 2007 BBC program subtitled "Spiderwoman" is about this artist famous for her spider sculptures, one called "Maman" Bourgeois |
| #8876, aired 2023-05-22 | IF THERE WAS A PROBLEM $800: One symptom of trouble with this finger-shaped pouch is sudden pain near the navel that shifts to the lower right abdomen the appendix |
| #16, aired 2023-05-22 | GEMS $200: The largest one of these gems ever found in the U.S. was the 40.23-carat "Uncle Sam", discovered in Arkansas in 1924 a diamond |
| #16, aired 2023-05-22 | THE MAXIMUM ALLOWED $400: In 2023 the max allowed to contribute to one of these alphanumeric thingies goes up to $22,500 a 401(k) |
| #16, aired 2023-05-22 | THE MAXIMUM ALLOWED $800: Federal regulations set maximum gross vehicle weight at 80,000 pounds, 20,000 pounds on a single one of these axle |
| #16, aired 2023-05-22 | A LIFE IN SCIENCE $1200: Mary Anning found many fossils in the 19th century, including this long-necked marine one sketched here plesiosaur |
| #15, aired 2023-05-22 | FIVE FOR FIGHTING $400: Throwing one of these gloves in medieval times was a great insult, & "taking one up" was a signal that the fight was on a gauntlet |
| #15, aired 2023-05-22 | SPANISH & PORTUGUESE $400: In Spanish, one of these is "caballito de mar"; in Portuguese, "cavalo marinho" a seahorse |
| #15, aired 2023-05-22 | TRIPLE RHYME TIME $600: A more attractive semi-aquatic weasel relative whose job is to make sure your bench press doesn't crush you a hotter otter spotter |
| #15, aired 2023-05-22 | SPANISH & PORTUGUESE $800: When talking to one person in Spanish, you use the pronoun tú with a pal but this other pronoun for a more formal encounter usted |
| #15, aired 2023-05-22 | SIGNS & SYMBOLS $1000: This circular symbol of destruction & rebirth features a serpent devouring its own tail ouroboros |
| #15, aired 2023-05-22 | ALL AROUND THE WORLD $1000: The Majolikahaus is one of one of many Vienna buildings decorated in this style whose name is partly from German for "youth" Jugendstil |
| #15, aired 2023-05-22 | PURE POETRY $1200: (Ada Limón reads.) From French for "step over", this technique in which a thought runs on from one line to the next imports a free-flowing feel, as in Eliot's "April is the cruellest month, breeding
/ Lilacs out of the dead land" enjambment |
| #8875, aired 2023-05-19 | GATES $600: This palace's Gate of Honor is a 21st century re-creation of one that was destroyed during the French Revolution Versailles |
| #8875, aired 2023-05-19 | LITERARY MISMATCHES $800: In a Daphne du Maurier novel, Maxim de Winter tells his nameless second wife he was not happy with this first one Rebecca |
| #8874, aired 2023-05-18 | THE ARTS $800: This bas-relief horizontal panel common in ancient art didn't always depict heroic deeds; here's one showing a census a frieze |
| #8874, aired 2023-05-18 | REPEATS ITSELF $800: In "When Wendy Grew Up", James Barrie changed the name of a fictional setting to this double-talk one Never Never Land |
| #8873, aired 2023-05-17 | PODCASTS $1200: (I'm Matt Rogers.) And, yes, I do have a podcast--thank you for asking--it's "Las Culturistas", & rule of culture number one, this co-host of mine is a national treasure & was Emmy-nominated for "Saturday Night Live" in 2022 Bowen Yang |
| #8873, aired 2023-05-17 | JEOPARDY! AFTER DARK $2000: This name for a Beethoven symphony is the sexy section of the bookstore with one letter removed Eroica |
| #14, aired 2023-05-17 | SECRETS OF THE ANGELENOS $1000: Burbank grew around Lockheed, maker of this fighter that took part in World War II's first shoot-down of a German plane by an American one the P-38 (Lightning) |
| #14, aired 2023-05-17 | MYTHOLOGICAL WORDS & PHRASES $1000: One can be between a rock & a hard place or similarly, between this pair of foes faced by Odysseus Charybdis & Scylla |
| #13, aired 2023-05-17 | FAMOUS PAIRS $200: A crossword puzzle book was the first offering from the publishing house of this pair, one of whom was singer Carly's father Simon & Schuster |
| #13, aired 2023-05-17 | INTERNATIONAL FOOD WITH PADMA LAKSHMI $400: (Padma Lakshmi reads.) Indian dishes are generally accompanied by one or more of these relishes; on my website, I feature a recipe of one made with kumquat & ginger chutneys |
| #13, aired 2023-05-17 | 1990s EMMY AWARDS $1200: In 1991 Patricia Wettig won her third Emmy & Timothy Busfield his first for this drama about a group of yuppies thirtysomething |
| #8872, aired 2023-05-16 | AUTOMOTIVE ALLITERATION $800: Sí, it was a real party as one of Detroit's big 3 made 7 generations of this little car from 1976 to 2019 the Ford Fiesta |
| #8872, aired 2023-05-16 | POP METAL BANDS $1000: "Here I go again on my own, goin' down the only road I've ever known, like a drifter I was born to walk alone" Whitesnake |
| #12, aired 2023-05-16 | A NEW HOPE $200: New hope in 1954: in a successful transplant of this, living donor Ronald Herrick gave one to his identical twin brother Richard a kidney |
| #12, aired 2023-05-16 | GO TO YOUR ROOM $800: Children can go wild in a rec room or this other alliterative one whose name suggests it need not be quiet rumpus room (or romp room) |
| #12, aired 2023-05-16 | NEW WORLD EXPLORATION $800: In 1673 these 2 men, one a missionary, sought the mouth of the Mississippi but turned back at Arkansas Marquette & Joliet |
| #11, aired 2023-05-16 | SCIENCE $2000: The light source here emits roughly one of these, the base unit of measure for light as perceived by humans a candela |
| #8871, aired 2023-05-15 | NEW ZEALAND GEOGRAPHY $400: In the city of Rotorua, you can visit the geothermal area of Wai-O-Tapu, home to Lady Knox, one of these that erupts daily a geyser |
| #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 |
| #8871, aired 2023-05-15 | IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD $3,000 (Daily Double): Acorn Street is one of the most historic in the Boston neighborhood called this Hill, after a warning light that once stood there Beacon Hill |
| #10, aired 2023-05-15 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS & ACCESSORIES $400: The doo-hickey seen here is one of these for a cello; it limits the cello's resonance slightly a mute |
| #10, aired 2023-05-15 | WHATEVER FLOATS $800: In a Police song, Sting floats one of these; later, "a hundred billion" of them show up on his shore a message in a bottle |
| #10, aired 2023-05-15 | MY MISSED CAREER, SUBSTITUTE TEACHER $800: I love A.P. bio! Let's talk pancreas! An adult one has a million of these, named for the German doctor who noted them in 1869 islets of Langerhans |
| #10, aired 2023-05-15 | GET "EM"! $2000: A body of water that juts into land, or a window recess shaped like one an embayment |
| #9, aired 2023-05-15 | CHESS, MASTERS $400: (Jennifer Shahade delivers the clue.) In what became known as the "game of the century", in 1956 this then-little-known 13-year-old announced his presence with a spectacular queen sacrifice to defeat one of America's top masters (Bobby) Fischer |
| #9, aired 2023-05-15 | LET'S GO ON A SAFARI $11,800 (Daily Double): A unique way to see wildlife in the Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park is to take a sunset cruise on this river above Victoria Falls Zambezi |
| #8870, aired 2023-05-12 | STATE CAPITAL TO STATE CAPITAL $200: Capitals don't get much closer than Providence & this one; it's about a half-hour train trip to Back Bay Station on the Acela Boston |
| #8870, aired 2023-05-12 | A BIRTHDAY TO REMEMBER $400: On St. Helena in 2022, Jonathan, one of these animals, moved slowly at his 190th birthday fete--but then again, he's always slow a tortoise |
| #8870, aired 2023-05-12 | ARMY "ANT"s $600: A 3-star general is also known as this type & somewhat surprisingly, outranks a major one lieutenant (lieutenant general) |
| #8, aired 2023-05-12 | CLASSIC MOVIES $200: "No man is a failure who has friends" is just one of the lessons George Bailey learns in this Christmas classic It's a Wonderful Life |
| #8, aired 2023-05-12 | GROWING UP X $600: Cooler, Nose Marie & Whopper were some of these alliterative dogs created by Tonka Pound Puppies |
| #8, aired 2023-05-12 | CLASSIC MOVIES $800: This 1979 film about a small group of friends who cycle to victory was ranked by AFI as one of the most inspiring of all time Breaking Away |
| #8, aired 2023-05-12 | WORLD COINS $800: Cameroon is one of several countries that use a currency called the CFA this; coins come in values from 1 to 500 franc |
| #8, aired 2023-05-12 | WORLD COINS $1,000 (Daily Double): Though Mount Ararat is in Turkey, this neighboring country issued a 500-dram coin featuring the mountain along with Noah's Ark & a dove Armenia |
| #8, aired 2023-05-12 | CLASSIC MOVIES $1000: In this silent film, Charlie Chaplin is a starving prospector who boiled & ate his own boot, which was actually black licorice The Gold Rush |
| #7, aired 2023-05-12 | FUNNY LADIES $400: She recently played one of "Nine Perfect Strangers" in a star-studded miniseries McCarthy |
| #7, aired 2023-05-12 | TABLE TALK $400: If your pool shot is a bit hard to approach, put one of these on the table to make the shot easier a bridge |
| #7, aired 2023-05-12 | THE SUFFERING OF JESUS $1000: The Gospel according to John says Jesus had to carry his own cross "into a place which is called in the Hebrew" this Golgotha |
| #8869, aired 2023-05-11 | DIFFERS BY A LETTER $200: Overly proud of one's own appearance & a form of precipitation vain & rain |
| #8869, aired 2023-05-11 | WATCHING MY STORIES $400: Margaret Atwood is a consultant on this series based on one of her novels & insisted the show not kill Aunt Lydia The Handmaid's Tale |
| #8868, aired 2023-05-10 | AFTER SCHOOL $200: One of the 2 main traditional components of the "Jolly Roger" symbol a skull |
| #8868, aired 2023-05-10 | BELIEVE IT OR NOT... $1600: A house known as "The One" sold for $126 million (down from $295 mil.) in this area of "lovely atmosphere" next to Beverly Hills Bel Air |
| #8868, aired 2023-05-10 | FROM THE FRENCH $1600: The movie "Rocky" had one of these, many shots juxtaposed to form a theme montage |
| #6, aired 2023-05-10 | LET'S GET VERTICAL $600: The C-suite is discussing V.I., or vertical this, where every stage of production of a good is controlled by one company integration |
| #6, aired 2023-05-10 | SOME ELEMENTARY CLUES $800: Elements with atomic numbers above 92 are this type, meaning they come later in the periodic table than a certain radioactive one transuranium |
| #5, aired 2023-05-10 | DON'T CONFUSE THE TWO $400: One's a beloved denizen of Jellystone Park & the other, a beloved Yankees catcher & manager Yogi Bear & Yogi Berra |
| #5, aired 2023-05-10 | TOUGH MOVIE STUFF $400: The first movie to get a PG-13 rating was this 1984 one where the teens call themselves "Wolverines" Red Dawn |
| #5, aired 2023-05-10 | MASTERING PASTRY WITH DOMINIQUE ANSEL $600: (Dominique Ansel reads.) It's been ten years since I launched what Time magazine lauded as one of the best inventions of 2013, this signature hybrid pastry with a portmanteau name a cronut |
| #5, aired 2023-05-10 | GOOD NAME FOR A BREAKFAST CEREAL? $1600: They're also called crow blackbirds & their name is one letter off from a sound some cereal makes grackle |
| #5, aired 2023-05-10 | DON'T CONFUSE THE TWO $2000: As seen here, one is a metalloid, atomic No. 32, & the other a flowering plant germanium & geranium |
| #4, aired 2023-05-09 | NEED! COFFEE! NOW! $200: Heidi Klum takes this espresso & steamed milk drink full-fat; Reese Witherspoon favors an almond soy one a latte |
| #4, aired 2023-05-09 | OVERWROUGHT HISTORY $600: Dec. 29, 1170: Will no one rid me of this meddlesome priest?! I'm Henry II, for heaven's sake! You did? OK, awkward Thomas à Becket |
| #4, aired 2023-05-09 | CONTRONYMS $1600: You can ask for one of these if you wish to delay a trial, but it can also refer to just going on with the trial continuance |
| #4, aired 2023-05-09 | CONTRONYMS $2000: An expression of regret for one's actions, or a defense like the one "of the Augsburg Confession" an apology |
| #3, aired 2023-05-09 | DIANE WARREN $400: (Diane Warren gives the clue.) One of the top films of the '90s was "Armageddon", which features my song "I Don't Want To Miss A Thing", the first No. 1 hit for this group
"And I don't wanna miss a thing" Aerosmith |
| #3, aired 2023-05-09 | 1920s SCIENCE $400: In 1922 Caltech got the Wood-Anderson torsion one of these instruments, a breakthrough in sensitivity & precision seismometer |
| #3, aired 2023-05-09 | TIME TO LAWYER UP $600: A defense that involves claiming one knew nothing, saw nothing & heard nothing is named for this "Hogan's Heroes" character Sergeant Schultz |
| #3, aired 2023-05-09 | ____ OF THE ____ $800: Almost 20 years after an earlier one, Navratilova faced Connors in a match called this Battle of the Sexes |
| #3, aired 2023-05-09 | DIANE WARREN $2000: (Diane Warren gives the clue.) I honored my own dad for believing in me & my music when I wrote "Because You Love Me" for this film in which Robert Redford played a news director who believed in Michelle Pfeiffer Up Close & Personal |
| #8866, aired 2023-05-08 | THE QUOTABLE ALEX $1600: An author & former prisoner:
"Socialism of any type & shade leads to a total destruction of the human spirit" Solzhenitsyn |
| #2, aired 2023-05-08 | BUILD YOUR OWN SPY NOVEL TITLES $400: The + the Babylonian goddess of love & war + a recipe of ingredients for a chemical substance The Ishtar Formula |
| #2, aired 2023-05-08 | BACK IN THE 12th CENTURY $400: A comet sketched by a monk named Eadwine around 1145 is likely this one given its name (not "Eadwine's") in the 18th century Halley's Comet |
| #2, aired 2023-05-08 | FROM THE ARABIC $600: This word comes from "zarafa", also a book about one brought to Europe in 1826 with its head poking through a hole in the deck giraffe |
| #2, aired 2023-05-08 | BUILD YOUR OWN SPY NOVEL TITLES $800: The + a legendary king of the Geats + either of the 2 main divisions of the Christian Bible The Beowulf Testament |
| #2, aired 2023-05-08 | A LITTLE READING MATERIAL $1000: This annual has a hole in the upper left corner so one can hang it in the house or outhouse, making it handy for reading & other uses The Old Farmer's Almanac |
| #2, aired 2023-05-08 | BUILD YOUR OWN SPY NOVEL TITLES $1200: The + the third sign of the zodiac + a synonym for an autograph The Gemini Signature |
| #2, aired 2023-05-08 | BUILD YOUR OWN SPY NOVEL TITLES $1600: The + a city in southern Afghanistan home to Ahmad Shah's tomb + a chess opening involving a sacrifice The Kandahar Gambit |
| #2, aired 2023-05-08 | RELIGION $1600: Being a teen in 1972 is a trip, man--mom won't buy me "Summer Breeze" by Seals & Crofts cuz they practice this 19th c. faith from Iran Baháʼí |
| #2, aired 2023-05-08 | BUILD YOUR OWN SPY NOVEL TITLES $2000: The + the last name of Abe Lincoln's Secretary of War + a disaster (originally, a type of bottle) The Stanton Fiasco |
| #2, aired 2023-05-08 | WOMEN WRITERS $8,000 (Daily Double): Min Jin Lee's novel "Pachinko" follows generations of a Korean immigrant family overcoming bias in this other Asian nation Japan |
| #1, aired 2023-05-08 | A TRIP TO ASIA $400: We'll enjoy Oskemen on the Irtysh River when we're in this country, but we will not make one Borat joke when we're there. Very nice! Kazakhstan |
| #1, aired 2023-05-08 | A REAL FONT OF KNOWLEDGE $400: Vincent Connare designed this font with a 2-word name for word balloons & kids' apps; it has taken on a life of its own Comic Sans |
| #1, aired 2023-05-08 | JASON ALEXANDER: MASTER OF MY DOMAIN $400: (Jason Alexander gives the clue.) The great Robin Williams has a unique link to "Star Trek": the uniform he wore as an alien on this '70s sitcom looks like the one worn by the evil Colonel Green in "The Savage Curtain" (or, "Help me, Spock!") episode Mork & Mindy |
| #8865, aired 2023-05-05 | IT'S A TV MYSTERY $400: Season one of this series ended with the title teen sleuth solving the murder of her best friend Lilly Kane Veronica Mars |
| #8865, aired 2023-05-05 | TAKE ME TO CHURCH $400: In ancient Rome it was a temple to 12 gods; in the 600s it became a church to just one, holding the remains of martyrs the Pantheon |
| #8865, aired 2023-05-05 | THE GREAT AMERICAN BAKING SHOW WITH ELLIE KEMPER $600: (Ellie Kemper presents the clue.) In one challenge, our bakers were asked to combine two classics--a chiffon cake with this citrus-based Florida dessert favorite key lime pie |
| #8865, aired 2023-05-05 | A MUSICAL BOUQUET $1200: The last song Rodgers & Hammerstein wrote together was this one about an Alpine flower from "The Sound of Music" "Edelweiss" |
| #8864, aired 2023-05-04 | U.S. FACTS & FIGURES $200: The largest drop on a wood-tracked one of these is 180 feet on Goliath at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Illinois a roller coaster |
| #8864, aired 2023-05-04 | ABBRE-V-ATIONS $400: A VDT is one of these modern devices (I think I'm getting eyestrain!) a video display terminal |
| #8864, aired 2023-05-04 | A SPECIAL TRAIN CAR $400: Dating from 1916, the Cannery Row one of these train-ending cars is an attraction in Monterey, California a caboose |
| #8864, aired 2023-05-04 | A BIBLE THUMPIN' $800: The jawbone of an ass is an unusual choice for a weapon, but this guy "slew a thousand men" with one in Judges 15 Samson |
| #8863, aired 2023-05-03 | "D" TOUR $400: When it opened in 1955, a one-day ticket cost $1 for adults & each ride was around 10 to 35 cents Disneyland |
| #8862, aired 2023-05-02 | AUSTRALIAN WILDLIFE $200: A Port Macquarie hospital specializes in treating these critters, including the one seen here, who was rescued from a bush fire koalas |
| #8861, aired 2023-05-01 | SITTING IN WITH THE ORCHESTRA $800: A modern symphony has 6 to 10 players of this, the tenor of the violin family & tonight, I'll be one of 'em to help string you along a viola |
| #8860, aired 2023-04-28 | KUWAIT FOR ME! $400: The training of these swift raptors is a popular pastime in Kuwait & one appears on the national emblem a falcon |
| #8860, aired 2023-04-28 | ANIMATED ENTERTAINMENT $1200: "Turning Red" told of Meilin, a teenager who turned into the animal called a red one of these whenever her emotions took over a (red) panda |
| #8860, aired 2023-04-28 | A REAL BODY BUSY $2000: This filtering organ is on the left side of the abdominal cavity under the diaphragm, or maybe "are under"--some grow more than one spleen |
| #8859, aired 2023-04-27 | TAKE A TOUR $400: A real quack-up, a fun way to tour Boston is on one of these amphibious vehicles that ends with a ride on the Charles River a duck boat |
| #8859, aired 2023-04-27 | READY TO WEAR $400: This one-lens eyepiece worn by Mr. Barnacle Jr. in a work by Dickens is commonly associated with the upper class a monocle |
| #8859, aired 2023-04-27 | PRODUCE: WE HAVE NAMES $400: A trendy 21st century one of these, the Campari is sweet, juicy & good for bruschetta & in grilled cheese sandwiches tomatoes |
| #8859, aired 2023-04-27 | TAKE A TOUR $800: In Kentucky, "swing" by the museum & factory for this sporting product, see how it's made & score one for yourself Louisville Slugger |
| #8859, aired 2023-04-27 | TAKE A TOUR $1000: Fashion fit for royalty is one of the specialty tours offered at this palace in Honolulu, once home to Hawaii's monarchs Iolani Palace |
| #8859, aired 2023-04-27 | RECENT LITERARY BIOGRAPHY $1200: For the centennial of its publication, Matthew Hollis' 2022 "Biography of a Poem" is about this culture-spanning one by T.S. Eliot The Waste Land |
| #8859, aired 2023-04-27 | RECENT LITERARY BIOGRAPHY $1600: Lucasta Miller gives us "A Brief Life" (& brief it was) of him "in Nine Poems" (including "Endymion") "& One Epitaph" Keats |
| #8858, aired 2023-04-26 | A NATION OF VODKA BRANDS $1000: Referring to a line of latitude that runs through it,
42 Below New Zealand |
| #8858, aired 2023-04-26 | UNGULATES $2000: An ibex is a 4-letter ungulate ending in X; so is this, with one type being the scimitar-horned an oryx |
| #8856, aired 2023-04-24 | AMERICAN LIT $200: The title of this Ken Kesey novel comes from a children's rhyme & follows "One flew east, one flew west" One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest |
| #8856, aired 2023-04-24 | THAT'S AN ANIMAL SOUND $400: Social media can be hazardous to your career health! Winston Moss said he got fired as a coach in 2018 for one of these posts a tweet |
| #8855, aired 2023-04-21 | SLIDING INTO YOUR "D.M."s $200: "Don't be creepy" is one of the top rules when sliding into someone's DMs, DM standing for this a direct message |
| #8855, aired 2023-04-21 | THE CALIFORNIA MISSIONS $400: Founded in 1791, the mission in this central coast U.C. city is the only one named not for a saint, but for the cross Santa Cruz |
| #8855, aired 2023-04-21 | BASKETBALL GREATS $400: Tim Hardaway was a master of the "crossover" this, switching the ball from one hand to the other to confuse defenders the dribble |
| #8855, aired 2023-04-21 | A HARD BARGAIN $800: China ceded the island of Hong Kong to Britain in 1842 as one of many concessions to end the first of these wars the Opium Wars |
| #8855, aired 2023-04-21 | SLIDING INTO YOUR "D.M."s $800: The two celebrities seen here, one was a member of the Brat Pack & the other the Rat Pack Demi Moore & Dean Martin |
| #8855, aired 2023-04-21 | THE CALIFORNIA MISSIONS $800: A mission could include a pueblo, a town & one of these, a fort for protection; San Francisco has one the Presidio |
| #8854, aired 2023-04-20 | REMEMBERING BARBARA WALTERS $800: Barbara said one of her most moving interviews was with this actor after he was paralyzed in a riding accident Christopher Reeve |
| #8854, aired 2023-04-20 | "P"OTPOURRI $800: One of this element's radioactive isotopes has a half-life of more than 24,000 years plutonium |
| #8854, aired 2023-04-20 | "P"OTPOURRI $1600: It's a small bomb, which is why, as the expression goes, you don't want to be hoisted with your own petard |
| #8853, aired 2023-04-19 | MUSIC-"O"-LOGY $1200: Let's listen to a demonstration of this term--you can't actually "reach" one because it means constantly increasing crescendo |
| #8853, aired 2023-04-19 | A EUROPEAN VACATION $1600: We'll take a castle tour of this nation, the northernmost of the 3 Baltic states; Narva's is an impressive one Estonia |
| #8853, aired 2023-04-19 | MUSIC-"O"-LOGY $2000: A lively, whimsical piece that's not too long; Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky wrote one "Italien" a capriccio |
| #8852, aired 2023-04-18 | SECRETS OF THE ELEPHANTS $400: In night footage, using a branch to bypass an electric fence is one example of this, thought pre-Darwin to be a human only ability using tools |
| #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 |
| #8851, aired 2023-04-17 | ENDS IN SILENT "E" $200: Over 2 nights, the first Democratic one in June 2019 had 20 candidates a debate |
| #8851, aired 2023-04-17 | MEASURE FOR MEASURE $200: One tablespoon =
3 of these a teaspoon |
| #8851, aired 2023-04-17 | BODY LANGUAGE $200: Many people with a herniated intervertebral one of these in their spine don't feel symptoms a disc |
| #8851, aired 2023-04-17 | ENDS IN SILENT "E" $400: Edna from "The Incredibles" is known to advise against wearing one a cape |
| #8851, aired 2023-04-17 | BODY LANGUAGE $400: Consisting of one systole & one diastole, this happens about 100,000 times a day in humans a heartbeat |
| #8851, aired 2023-04-17 | MEASURE FOR MEASURE $600: One second =
one billion of these a nanosecond |
| #8851, aired 2023-04-17 | NON-BOMB ROM COMS $1000: In a supporting role in "Tootsie", this comic legend correctly observed, "That is one nutty hospital" Bill Murray |
| #8851, aired 2023-04-17 | MEASURE FOR MEASURE $1000: One British thermal unit = about 1,055 of these units of energy named for a British physicist the joule |
| #8851, aired 2023-04-17 | GODS & MYTHS $1200: Not just a Fleetwood Mac song, in Welsh mythology she was a goddess unjustly accused of killing her own son Rhiannon |
| #8851, aired 2023-04-17 | 3-SYLLABLE VERBS $1600: Pronounced one way it's an adjective describing a close friend; pronounced as a verb, it means to imply indirectly or suggest intimate |
| #8850, aired 2023-04-14 | "B"ANDS $800: "One Sweet Day" had 16 sweet weeks at No. 1 for Mariah & this vocal group from Philly, back again doin' a little "Jeopardy!" swing Boyz II Men |
| #8850, aired 2023-04-14 | TALES $800: One poem in Longfellow's "Tales of a Wayside Inn" begins, "Listen, my children, and you shall hear of" this the midnight ride of Paul Revere |
| #8850, aired 2023-04-14 | TALES $1000: A Japanese court lady known as Murasaki wrote one of the world's first novels, "The Tale of" him Genji |
| #8850, aired 2023-04-14 | 20th CENTURY WOMEN $1600: Maggie Kuhn's anti-ageism group had a long, dignified name but this moniker from a TV newsman is the one that stuck the Gray Panthers |
| #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 |
| #8848, aired 2023-04-12 | ONE-WORD PLAY TITLES $400: "Double, double toil and trouble" is a famous line from this tragedy Macbeth |
| #8848, aired 2023-04-12 | IN THE DICTIONARY $800: Don't give us a whole long one of these, just identify the German word for "play" or "game" spiel |
| #8848, aired 2023-04-12 | LOST WITH THE TITANIC $1600: A brand new 1912 Renault one of these cars, from French for "cut" & "town" a Coupe DeVille |
| #8848, aired 2023-04-12 | ONE-WORD PLAY TITLES $2,800 (Daily Double): This August Wilson play about a trash collector & his family was turned into a 2016 film Fences |
| #8847, aired 2023-04-11 | TIME FOR A "LITTLE" MUSIC $600: This country quartet has won 3 Grammys, including one in 2016 for "Girl Crush" Little Big Town |
| #8847, aired 2023-04-11 | ONE HOT MoMA $800: Her 1977 oil on canvas "From a Day with Juan II" was a bequest of this painter from New Mexico O'Keeffe |
| #8847, aired 2023-04-11 | I GOT THE RECEIPTS $800: Symbolically hot off the press, this book--one of roughly 50 left in the world--was auctioned in 1987 for $5.39 million a Gutenberg Bible |
| #8847, aired 2023-04-11 | ONE HOT MoMA $1200: Gordon Parks' "Excerpt from" this film about a "Black private dick that's a sex machine to all the chicks" is at MoMA & we can dig it Shaft |
| #8847, aired 2023-04-11 | ONE HOT MoMA $1600: Mais oui, you can take a trip back in time to 1899 & survey his "Tahitian landscape" Gauguin |
| #8847, aired 2023-04-11 | ADAPTERS $2000: This novelist did not adapt his own novel "About a Boy" as a movie but did adapt other writers' "Wild" & "Brooklyn" Nick Hornby |
| #8846, aired 2023-04-10 | "SELF-E"s $800: breastcancer.org advises women to perform one of these every month a self-examination |
| #8846, aired 2023-04-10 | THAT'S ANCIENT HISTORY $1200: This age began in Britain around 2500 B.C., led by the Beaker people named for vessels like the one here the Bronze Age |
| #8845, aired 2023-04-07 | ANIMALISTIC WORDS $400: Meaning sly or crafty, vulpine also means resembling one of these animals a fox |
| #8845, aired 2023-04-07 | LIFE & DEATH IN LITERARY TITLES $400: "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber" is a Hemingway tale of life & death on one of these African expeditions a safari |
| #8845, aired 2023-04-07 | ANIMALISTIC WORDS $800: Simian, meaning resembling one of these primates, comes from Simia, a name for an obsolete genus a monkey (ape) |
| #8845, aired 2023-04-07 | LIFE & DEATH IN LITERARY TITLES $2000: Solzhenitsyn's "One Day in the Life of" this character is the story of an inmate struggling to survive in a Soviet prison camp Ivan Denisovich |
| #8844, aired 2023-04-06 | NOT MAKING IT TO THE END OF THE MOVIE $200: Tina Fey said "Gravity" was about how this actor would rather float away & die in space than spend time with a woman his own age George Clooney |
| #8844, aired 2023-04-06 | & THEN THERE'S MOD $800: Stylist Leonard of Mayfair gave Lesley Hornby the short hairdo that made her a mod icon under this one name Twiggy |
| #8844, aired 2023-04-06 | AT THREES & FOURS $1000: The sole-horned one gets all the press, but this describes an animal having four horns, like the antelope seen here a quadricorn |
| #8844, aired 2023-04-06 | ANCIENT CITIES $1,200 (Daily Double): This town, named for a Greek hero was one of several destroyed by a 79 A.D. disaster Herculaneum |
| #8844, aired 2023-04-06 | LATIN WORDS & PHRASES $1600: Meaning "course of one's life", it's more extensive than a resumé & emphasizes academic achievements a curriculum vitae |
| #8843, aired 2023-04-05 | 3-LETTER WORDS $200: The big one consists of 2 phalanges a toe |
| #8843, aired 2023-04-05 | TRANSPORTATION, IN VARIOUS FORMS $400: In 1957 Eisenhower became the first sitting president to ride in one of these, boarding a Bell Ranger on the White House lawn a helicopter |
| #8843, aired 2023-04-05 | THE LAST BATTLE $1600: A Spartan fleet crushed an Athenian one at the naval battle of Aegospotami, the last big battle of this war the Peloponnesian War |
| #8843, aired 2023-04-05 | SCHOOL OF MUSIC $2000: A member of his Ohio high school drama club, he'd get roles on TV & in films, but he's better known for his own brand of honky-tonk Dwight Yoakam |
| #8842, aired 2023-04-04 | SHALL FOLLOW ME $200: All the kids in the line must do what the one in front does in this children's game with a 3-word name follow the leader |
| #8842, aired 2023-04-04 | PAINT ME A PICTURE $400: "The Old Guitarist" is one of the most famous paintings of this artist's Blue Period Picasso |
| #8842, aired 2023-04-04 | WATERFRONT PROPERTY $400: Portugal's island of Madeira sits at the top of a "shield" one of these, rising up from the floor of the Atlantic Ocean a volcano |
| #8842, aired 2023-04-04 | SHALL FOLLOW ME $600: "We got a mighty" one of these 6-letter groups, consisting of a bunch of semi trailers following in tow a convoy |
| #8842, aired 2023-04-04 | ALL THE DAYS OF MY LIFE $1,000 (Daily Double): He worked to develop a flu vaccine before coming up with one for polio, declared safe on April 12, 1955 Jonas Salk |
| #8842, aired 2023-04-04 | TURTLES ALL THE WAY DOWN $1200: Built in 1775 by David Bushnell, the Turtle was a one-man hand-cranked one of these vessels used by the military a submarine |
| #8842, aired 2023-04-04 | WATERFRONT PROPERTY $3,800 (Daily Double): Once used as a papal fortress & today a museum, Castel Sant'Angelo overlooks this river the Tiber |
| #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 |
| #8840, aired 2023-03-31 | HEY, BIG SPENDER $800: If you're going to splurge for the Ferrari, get a GTO; the G & T stand for this Italian phrase, also a video game Gran Turismo |
| #8839, aired 2023-03-30 | A DEADLY WEAPON $400: The Mons Meg is a massive one of these artillery pieces used by the Scots for 200 years until its barrel broke a cannon |
| #8839, aired 2023-03-30 | A DEADLY WEAPON $600: One tale about this Kentucky frontiersman: his rifle was named Tick-Licker as it could shoot a tick off a bear's snout Boone |
| #8839, aired 2023-03-30 | 5 CONSONANTS IN A ROW $800: The type of this implement called a waiter's one may have a knife to cut the little sleevey part called the capsule a corkscrew |
| #8839, aired 2023-03-30 | A RELIGIOUS SERVICE $1200: Everyone join in on "Have Thine Own Way, Lord", composed by Adelaide A. Pollard, in the book called the United Methodist this a hymnal |
| #8839, aired 2023-03-30 | "EI", OH! $2,000 (Daily Double): A famous one on a kids' TV show debuted in 1968 & included a scale model trolley a neighborhood |
| #8838, aired 2023-03-29 | A DISASTER ARIA $200: In a Gounod opera, Juliet sings to him that she forgives him for killing one of her clan Romeo |
| #8838, aired 2023-03-29 | SYNONYMS $800: Homily is another word for one of these religious speeches delivered from the pulpit to a congregation sermon |
| #8838, aired 2023-03-29 | A REAL LONG SHOT $800: In a 1973 game against Buffalo, this Boston Bruin scored on a length-of-the-ice shot from behind his own goal line Orr |
| #8837, aired 2023-03-28 | FANCIFIED BEASTLY IDIOMS $400: Release one Persian from a sack let the cat out of the bag |
| #8837, aired 2023-03-28 | FANCIFIED BEASTLY IDIOMS $800: In the manner of one flying fox leaving Pandemonium like a bat out of hell |
| #8836, aired 2023-03-27 | BRITISH TO AMERICAN LANGUAGE TRANSLATOR $200: A big dipper is more than a cluster of stars, it's also one of these amusement park attractions a roller coaster |
| #8836, aired 2023-03-27 | NUMBER "ONE" MOVIE $200: "A Star Wars Story" is the subtitle of this 2016 release Rogue One |
| #8836, aired 2023-03-27 | YOU'RE GONNA NEED A BIGGER BOWL $600: This Kellogg's cereal debuted in 1952 with 4 mascots: Katy the Kangaroo, Elmo the Elephant, Newt the Gnu & one more who took over Frosted Flakes |
| #8836, aired 2023-03-27 | NUMBER "ONE" MOVIE $600: "Get off my plane", says an irate Harrison Ford to a soon-to-be-ejected hijacker in this 1997 thriller Air Force One |
| #8836, aired 2023-03-27 | BRITISH TO AMERICAN LANGUAGE TRANSLATOR $600: In Britain, a caravan behind your car isn't a line of vehicles, but just this one, & some pensioners choose to live in one a trailer |
| #8836, aired 2023-03-27 | NUMBER "ONE" MOVIE $800: Steven Spielberg directed this 2018 movie about the hunt for an "Easter egg" in a virtual reality called OASIS Ready Player One |
| #8836, aired 2023-03-27 | BRITISH TO AMERICAN LANGUAGE TRANSLATOR $1000: A child's catapult may sound like an ancient war machine, but it's just one of these implements for flinging small projectiles a slingshot |
| #8836, aired 2023-03-27 | I LIKE AMERICAN MUSIC $1200: This southern city is a hip-hop mecca & one of its temples is Lenox Square Mall, where the OutKast rappers met Atlanta |
| #8836, aired 2023-03-27 | WHAT A BUNCH OF CARICATURES! $2000: She's "The Talented Mr. Ripley" author depicted here, with one of her beloved cats (Patricia) Highsmith |
| #8836, aired 2023-03-27 | WE QUOTE MR. Ts $3,000 (Daily Double): "These lands are ours. No one has a right to remove us, because we were the first owners", said this Shawnee rival of Wm. H. Harrison Tecumseh |
| #8835, aired 2023-03-24 | CATS: THE NON-MUSICAL $800: A statistic commonly cited about this alliterative cat with a blotched, tortoiseshell-&-white coat is only one of 3,000 is male calico |
| #8835, aired 2023-03-24 | THE WWE $800: (The Miz presents the clue.) A beating, a humiliation, decisive setback is how the Oxford English Dictionary defines this, with credit to WWE where it began with some violent festivities one night in 1999 a smackdown |
| #8835, aired 2023-03-24 | CATS: THE NON-MUSICAL $1000: Though it's known for its lack of a tail, this breed seen here can sometimes be born with one Manx |
| #8834, aired 2023-03-23 | POST $200: Originally a French cavalry call, the bugle song known as "Call To The Post" is commonly heard several times a day at one of these a racetrack |
| #8834, aired 2023-03-23 | THAT'S COLD! $600: Outside, this tapered spike is formed by solid water; inside, one can be found on a Christmas tree an icicle |
| #8834, aired 2023-03-23 | THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY $1600: (Amor Towles presents the clue.) In Pennsylvania, the Lincoln Highway follows the route of the Lancaster, one of these toll roads which back in its day was also an innovative long-distance highway a turnpike |
| #8833, aired 2023-03-22 | MAKING MUSIC $800: (Questlove presents the clue.) This use of snippets from other artists' songs is a hip-hop tradition; in 2006 the Roots had a half hour to clear one from Radiohead before our album got shipped, so we got Jay-Z to find Thom Yorke at the gym a sample |
| #8833, aired 2023-03-22 | LONG-LIVED CRITTERS $800: Having a leg up on life, one of these pink birds named Greater got to 83 living at Adelaide Zoo a flamingo |
| #8833, aired 2023-03-22 | MAKING MUSIC $1200: Songs from "Psycho Killer" to "I Wanna Dance With Somebody" have used the Roland TR-808, one of these that replaces a human a drum machine |
| #8832, aired 2023-03-21 | A.K.A. $200: In the original story Pinocchio begins his existence as one of these, also called a string puppet a marionette |
| #8832, aired 2023-03-21 | A.K.A. $600: When your British office mate asks if you can spare a drawing pin, he means one of these with a body part in its name a thumbtack |
| #8832, aired 2023-03-21 | IT'S A JOKE $800: Jon Stewart noted that while Lent is 40 days, Jews have this one day of atonement: "Even in sin you're paying retail" Yom Kippur |
| #8831, aired 2023-03-20 | "ME" $1000: A body part is found in this word describing one who refuses to tell the truth in plain language mealymouthed |
| #8830, aired 2023-03-17 | SPEAK YOUR TRUTH $400: This kind of truth alludes to one of the narratives that begin the New Testament a Gospel |
| #8830, aired 2023-03-17 | "TRI" ME $600: High-ranking Nazis including Rudolf Hess were tried by an international military one of these a tribunal |
| #8830, aired 2023-03-17 | SHAPE UP $800: One corner of the steel frame is left open in this percussion instrument that hangs by a loop & is struck with a rod a triangle |
| #8830, aired 2023-03-17 | "TRI" ME $1000: In math
2a2 + 6a + 9 is one of these expressions a trinomial |
| #8830, aired 2023-03-17 | SHAPE UP $2000: This broad muscle of the upper back & neck gets its name from its resemblance to a quadrilateral with one set of parallel sides the trapezius |
| #8829, aired 2023-03-16 | THE "A"RTS $400: This tune for one singer can come from an opera or an oratorio aria |
| #8829, aired 2023-03-16 | HEAR "YE", HEAR YE $800: A Beefeater is one in the English royal guard a Yeoman |
| #8829, aired 2023-03-16 | WORLD UNIVERSITIES $1000: Hats off to a mosque-turned-university in this Moroccan city; dating from 859, it's one of the world's oldest Fez |
| #8828, aired 2023-03-15 | LITERARY VILLAINS $600: In "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest", she remembers Mr. Taber, who "was an intolerable ward manipulator. For a while" Nurse Ratched |
| #8828, aired 2023-03-15 | WORLD TRAVEL $800: Amazing rock formations of Central Asia include one in Kyrgyzstan called this, like what a forlorn lover has a broken heart |
| #8828, aired 2023-03-15 | HAIR OF THE DOG $800: Long-haired breeds include this one that once served as sentinels in Himalayan monasteries a Lhasa Apso |
| #8828, aired 2023-03-15 | BIBLICAL FIRST NAMES $1200: Not the one who was raised from the dead but a beggar of this name became a patron saint of lepers Lazarus |
| #8828, aired 2023-03-15 | POP CULTURE $2000: In 2022 he returned as Ralphie, all grown up with a family of his own, in "A Christmas Story Christmas" Peter Billingsley |
| #8827, aired 2023-03-14 | 11-LETTER WORDS $400: To draw the boundaries of an electoral district in a way that gives one political party an advantage gerrymander |
| #8827, aired 2023-03-14 | A PLEASURE TO HAVE IN CLASS $800: A laborer in the feudal system; "Our American Cousin" author Tom Taylor titled a play about one, subtitled "Love Levels All" a serf |
| #8827, aired 2023-03-14 | A PLEASURE TO HAVE IN CLASS $1000: "The Communist Manifesto" notes "two great classes directly facing each other--bourgeoisie &" this harder-working one the proletariat |
| #8827, aired 2023-03-14 | "B" IN GEOGRAPHY $1000: Seaweed farmer is a major job on this Indonesian island & in "Ticket to Paradise", George Clooney's daughter falls for one Bali |
| #8827, aired 2023-03-14 | LORD OF THE DINGS $1200: This NBA team has featured a snake & a bell on one of its logos & before home games a bell is ceremonially rung to root them on the 76ers |
| #8827, aired 2023-03-14 | BANKING & FINANCE $1600: One investment strategy is a bond one of these structures; the time between maturity dates can be thought of as rungs a (bond) ladder |
| #8827, aired 2023-03-14 | SCRAMBLED U.S. HISTORY $2000: One was on the radio April 28, 1935:
CHIEFS TIRADE a fireside chat |
| #8826, aired 2023-03-13 | ADVERTISING ICONS $400: To advertise their services, Travelocity has used one of these treasure-guarding lawn ornaments a gnome |
| #8826, aired 2023-03-13 | ADVERTISING ICONS $1000: Available at convenience stores, the drink known as an Icee is represented by one of these ursines a polar bear |
| #8825, aired 2023-03-10 | GETTING SCHOOLED $400: As opposed to a raw score, grading can be done on this, perhaps a bell-shaped one a curve |
| #8825, aired 2023-03-10 | TOOL TALK $2000: A laborious task is this kind of work involving 2 tools, one with a point for splitting rock & one with a blade for digging pick-and-shovel work |
| #8824, aired 2023-03-09 | A BUSINESS, MAJOR $400: This oil company wants to be "a net-zero energy emissions business by 2050 or sooner", & become one "of its former self" Shell |
| #8824, aired 2023-03-09 | ONE-SYLLABLE BODY PARTS $600: It's one of the layers of cartilage seen here a disc |
| #8824, aired 2023-03-09 | YOU, ROBOT $1600: On "The Mandalorian" IG-11 is a lethal robot performing tasks for this guild, the same one the title character belongs to the Bounty Hunter Guild |
| #8823, aired 2023-03-08 | "U" BELONG WITH "ME" $400: Thoreau wrote, "If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different" one of these drummer |
| #8823, aired 2023-03-08 | LIABLE IN THE BIBLE $400: If "a false" one of these "testified falsely against his brother... do unto him, as he had thought to have done unto his brother" a witness |
| #8823, aired 2023-03-08 | AUNTIE HERO $2000: Aunt Mary Beton, mentioned in "A Room of One's Own", has been compared to this author's own Aunt Caroline Virginia Woolf |
| #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 | A LOT OF HOT AIR $200: 1,875 watts of electricity power the Revlon Frizz Fighter, one of these a hair dryer |
| #8821, aired 2023-03-06 | MORE THAN ONE MEANING $400: A gift, or here & accounted for present |
| #8821, aired 2023-03-06 | THE TECH BEAT $400: A relational one of these systems presents the information to be stored & retrieved in rows & columns a database (a matrix) |
| #8821, aired 2023-03-06 | A LOT OF HOT AIR $600: In one of these, a propane-powered burner carried in the basket propels hot air into a nylon bag called the envelope a hot air balloon |
| #8821, aired 2023-03-06 | QUOTABLE TV SHOWS $800: "Advertising is based on one thing:
Happiness. And do you know what happiness is? Happiness is the smell of a new car" Mad Men |
| #8821, aired 2023-03-06 | MORE THAN ONE MEANING $1200: A homogeneous mixture, or the answer to a problem a solution |
| #8821, aired 2023-03-06 | MORE THAN ONE MEANING $1600: Stuff your face, or a deep valley or canyon with steep sides a gorge |
| #8821, aired 2023-03-06 | POP MUSIC $1600: In a No. 1 Michael Jackson hit, "She's just a girl who claims that I am the one, but the kid is not my son" "Billie Jean" |
| #8821, aired 2023-03-06 | MORE THAN ONE MEANING $2,000 (Daily Double): A list of passengers on a ship, or to become visible or obvious manifest |
| #8820, aired 2023-03-03 | U.S. SIGHTS $1000: You needn't go to Capri, Italy for one of these picturesque caves; visit the one "of the Redemption" in West Bend, Iowa a grotto |
| #8820, aired 2023-03-03 | A LOVELY ACCENT $1200: This Québécoise singer has an accent on her first "E" on some French-language albums, but not on English ones like "One Heart" Celine Dion |
| #8820, aired 2023-03-03 | AROUND THE WORLD $1600: Mya Thein Tan, one of these towering shrines in Myanmar, is built to resemble Mount Meru, sacred to Buddhists a pagoda |
| #8819, aired 2023-03-02 | U.S. HISTORY $200: The U.S. had this kind of convention in 1787; the states later held hundreds, but the last full one was Rhode Island's of 1986 (a) constitutional (convention) |
| #8819, aired 2023-03-02 | RANDOM STUFF $400: About the size of a grain of rice, one of these embedded in your pet maximizes the chance of it being returned if lost a microchip |
| #8819, aired 2023-03-02 | DOCUMENTARY SUBJECTS $800: A 2009 doc profiles preacher Arthur Blessitt, who walked 40,000 miles across the globe carrying a 12-foot one of these a crucifix |
| #8819, aired 2023-03-02 | TRANSPORT OVER THE AGES $1600: As part of reparations after World War I, Germany provided to the U.S. one of these, the LZ-126 a zeppelin |
| #8818, aired 2023-03-01 | ART SUPPLIES $400: Looking to throw clay with an evenly rounded shape? You may want to invest in one of these, like the Brent Model B Power one a potter's wheel |
| #8818, aired 2023-03-01 | I'M SORRY, THERE'S MORE MATH $600: 4πr2 gives the surface area of one of these 3-dimensional shapes a sphere |
| #8818, aired 2023-03-01 | RECENT MOVIES $800: (Hi, I'm Constance Wu.) In this 2018 film, I played Rachel Chu, who discovers all of a sudden that her boyfriend is super wealthy & one of Singapore's most eligible bachelors Crazy Rich Asians |
| #8818, aired 2023-03-01 | ONOMATOPOEIA $800: These 2 words that differ by one vowel combine to mean a change of heart flip & flop |
| #8817, aired 2023-02-28 | THE NOSE KNOWS $200: One indicator of COVID infection learned of in recent years is anosmia, this impairment a loss of smell |
| #8817, aired 2023-02-28 | THE NOSE KNOWS $400: Grab a hankie, an epistaxis is just one of these & can have many causes beyond trauma a bloody nose |
| #8817, aired 2023-02-28 | YOU'RE IN COLLEGE NOW $400: A 2022 study found the average cost of one of these college course units was $1,586; hope you have room on your card credit |
| #9080, aired 2024-04-12 | AUTHORS' AFTERLIVES: After his death his son Michel reworked & published manuscripts like one about a meteor made of gold heading for Earth Jules Verne |
| #9074, aired 2024-04-04 | STATE CAPITALS: It was named for a nearby river that explorer Gabriel Moraga named for one of a religious grouping of 7 Sacramento |
| #9069, aired 2024-03-28 | 20th CENTURY BOOKS: TIME mentioned "cruelty & enforced conformity" when summing up this novel with a "stonily silent narrator" One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest |
| #9064, aired 2024-03-21 | 20th CENTURY NOVELS: Virginia Woolf disliked this book that was "cutting out the explanations and putting in the thoughts between dashes" Ulysses |
| #9059, aired 2024-03-14 | THE UNITED NATIONS: Of the 9 countries that have produced a U.N. Secretary-General, this nation is the only one from its hemisphere Peru |
| #9055, aired 2024-03-08 | LITERATURE & RELIGION: This city now in Turkey is the addressee of one of the New Testament epistles & the setting for "The Comedy of Errors" Ephesus |
| #9043, aired 2024-02-21 | 19th CENTURY AMERICANS: In 1896, 15 years after a famous showdown, this man was accused of fixing a championship boxing match Wyatt Earp |
| #25, aired 2024-01-16 | ICONIC DESIGNERS: Once married to a publishing heir who owned citrus groves, her brightly printed dresses were originally designed to hide juice stains Lilly Pulitzer |
| #9009, aired 2024-01-04 | HISTORIC AMERICANS: They went their separate ways in 1806 & both became territorial governors: one of Upper Louisiana, the other of Missouri Lewis & Clark |
| #9005, aired 2023-12-29 | FAMOUS NAMES: In 2023, shortly after his death, his name was added to a Brazilian dictionary to describe one who's superior or out of the ordinary Pelé |
| #9003, aired 2023-12-27 | AMERICANA: After "Black Monday" in 1987, sculptor Arturo Di Modica put a statue of one of these in Manhattan to symbolize strength & power a bull |
| #8999, aired 2023-12-21 | FROM PAGE TO STAGE: The opera based on this 1993 memoir was staged at a prison for the first time in 2023, at Sing Sing with a chorus of 14 inmates Dead Man Walking |
| #8998, aired 2023-12-20 | COUNTRIES: Of the 14 countries that border China, it's the only monarchy & the only one with a population under 1 million Bhutan |
| #8993, aired 2023-12-13 | MOVIE MUSICALS: Of the musicals to win an Oscar for Best Picture, 1 of the 2 with one-word titles based on & named for literary characters (1 of) Gigi or Oliver! |
| #8992, aired 2023-12-12 | AMERICAN LITERATURE: Chapter 100 of this novel introduces the one-armed Captain Boomer of the Samuel Enderby Moby-Dick |
| #8978, aired 2023-11-22 | MUSICIANS: An Esquire profile said, "The most distinguishing thing" about the face of this singer "are his eyes, clear blue & alert" Frank Sinatra |
| #8974, aired 2023-11-16 | POETS: 1793 reports of the killing of Hector Munro by a wild animal in India may have inspired one of this man's best-known poems William Blake |
| #8963, aired 2023-11-01 | 21st CENTURY PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: It was the first election since 1952 in which neither the incumbent president nor the incumbent vice president was a candidate 2008 (Barack Obama & John McCain) |
| #8961, aired 2023-10-30 | DRIVING THE USA: It's the state with the most miles of Interstate Highway, more than 3,200; one Interstate accounts for 1/4 of that mileage Texas |
| #8960, aired 2023-10-27 | FAMOUS AMERICANS: On March 23, 1779 he became the first U.S. diplomat to serve overseas by presenting his credentials to a foreign government Benjamin Franklin |
| #8957, aired 2023-10-24 | AWARDS & HONORS: As of 2023 the only 2 to win a Nobel Prize in Literature & an Academy Award were George Bernard Shaw & this singer-songwriter Bob Dylan |
| #8946, aired 2023-10-09 | WOMEN AUTHORS: In "A Room of One’s Own", the "four famous names" are Austen, 2 Brontës & this author who died closest to Virginia Woolf’s own time George Eliot |
| #8942, aired 2023-10-03 | THE 1500s: In the early 1500s he produced a codex in words & pictures on the flight of birds, one of many subjects that interested him Leonardo da Vinci |
| #8929, aired 2023-09-14 | WORLD CAPITALS: In English, name of 1 of the 2 4-letter capitals with the same first & last letter, one in the N. & one in the S. Hemisphere Apia or Oslo |
| #18, aired 2023-05-23 | OPERA & HISTORY: Appropriately, the last performance at the Vienna State Opera before it was destroyed in 1945 by Allied bombs was this opera from 1876 Götterdämmerung |
| #8874, aired 2023-05-18 | BILLBOARD NO. 1 HITS: Billy Joel said, "I think the one time I didn't write the music" before the lyrics was for this 1989 hit, "and I think it shows" "We Didn't Start The Fire" |
| #14, aired 2023-05-17 | 20th CENTURY FRENCH AUTHORS: He said a famous book of his was inspired by a visit to the zoo, where he observed the gorillas' humanlike expressions Pierre Boulle (author of Planet of the Apes) |
| #12, aired 2023-05-16 | LANDMARKS: For more than a millennium, a huge embroidered work known as the Kiswa has been used to adorn & protect this structure the Kaaba |
| #6, aired 2023-05-10 | HISTORIC HOMES: This residence is part of an estate that includes Ballochbuie Forest, a remnant of the ancient Caledonian pine forest Balmoral |
| #8860, aired 2023-04-28 | U.S. LANDMARKS: In April 1975, to symbolize the start of America's Bicentennial, President Ford lit a third lantern at this landmark the Old North Church |
| #8859, aired 2023-04-27 | HISTORIC FIGURES: Dante gives him, born to a Kurdish family in the 12th century, a place of honor in limbo along with the war heroes of Rome & Troy Saladin |
| #8851, aired 2023-04-17 | ENGLISH LITERATURE: It says, "The mind is its own place, & in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven. What matter where, if I be still the same" Paradise Lost |
| #8844, aired 2023-04-06 | FASHION HISTORY: These decorative items get their name from their origin in the port city of Strasbourg, on the border of France & Germany rhinestones |
| #8832, aired 2023-03-21 | MEDIEVAL PLACES: One of the participants in an 1170 event at this place said, "Let us away, knights; he will rise no more" Canterbury Cathedral |
| #8831, aired 2023-03-20 | COUNTRIES OF AFRICA: At one time a province of the Roman Empire, this kingdom is known to Arabic scholars as Al-Maghrib Al-Aqsa, "the far west" Morocco |
| #8826, aired 2023-03-13 | LITERATURE: A 2006 book was titled "The Poem That Changed America:" this "Fifty Years Later" "Howl" |
| #8823, aired 2023-03-08 | GEOGRAPHIC NAME'S THE SAME: The busiest passenger port in the U.K., it shares its name with a capital of one of the original 13 states Dover |
| #8814, aired 2023-02-23 | FAMOUS NAMES: For a special 1970s cookbook, he provided one simple recipe--a can of Campbell's tomato soup & 2 cans of milk Andy Warhol |
| #8788, aired 2023-01-18 | EARLY AMERICAN HISTORY: In 1692 Increase Mather wrote, "It were better that ten suspected" these "escape, than that one innocent person... be condemned" witches |
| #8782, aired 2023-01-10 | CLASSIC TALE CHARACTERS: In one 19th century translation, she "perceived the dawn of day and ceased" speaking nearly 1,000 times Scheherazade |
| #8761, aired 2022-12-12 | LATIN PHRASES: Originally, this 3-word phrase referred to when a doctor or apothecary substituted one medicine for another quid pro quo |
| #8750, aired 2022-11-25 | STATES & THE CENSUS: The 2020 Census gave Montana a second U.S. House seat; its most populous county, this one that attracts tourists, grew 11% Yellowstone |
| #8737, aired 2022-11-08 | CHEMICAL ELEMENT NAMES: The 3 elements whose names begin with 2 vowels are iodine & these 2, one synthetic & one natural einsteinium & europium |
| #8736, aired 2022-11-07 | PHRASES FROM THE ANCIENT WORLD: Cicero wrote that a tyrant ordered this to be hung from the ceiling "by a horse-hair"; his guest begged to leave the sword of Damocles |
| #7, aired 2022-11-06 | BRANDS: With wood becoming more difficult to source, this company turned to plastic for its automatic binding bricks, introduced in 1949 Lego |
| #8735, aired 2022-11-04 | WORLD CITIES: The name of this city may come from "dur", meaning water, a reference to the Helvetian people's settlement on a lake Zurich |
| #4, aired 2022-10-16 | ANNUAL EVENTS: In 1986 Larry Harvey called a friend & said, let's do this, no one knows exactly why; it evolved into an annual festival in the desert Burning Man |
| #8711, aired 2022-10-03 | 20th CENTURY POEM ENDINGS: These 5 words that end a poem are also a proverb; one citation across the centuries includes a reminder not to make the wall too high Good fences make good neighbors |
| #8686, aired 2022-07-18 | ART & THEATRE: Asked to design a new set for a restaging of this 1952 play, Alberto Giacometti came up with one scraggly plaster tree Waiting for Godot |
| #8685, aired 2022-07-15 | MORE THAN ONE MEANING: Its definitions include containing the metallic element No. 22, pertaining to a group of Greek gods & having great strength or size titanic |
| #8670, aired 2022-06-24 | OSCAR-WINNING ACTORS: Each of the 3 films for which he won an Oscar, from 1975, 1983 & 1997, also garnered a Best Lead Actress Oscar Jack Nicholson |
| #8648, aired 2022-05-25 | FAMOUS SPEECHES: In a draft of FDR's speech of December 8, 1941, the words "world history" were changed to this one word infamy |
| #8644, aired 2022-05-19 | THE ANCIENT WORLD: New research suggests a device now called the Archimedes screw helped maintain this one of the 7 Wonders of the World the Hanging Gardens (of Babylon) |
| #8631, aired 2022-05-02 | THEATER: In November 1864 John Wilkes Booth & his brothers were fittingly part of a performance of this Shakespeare play Julius Caesar |
| #8629, aired 2022-04-28 | BOOKS OF THE 1970s: Aptly, members of a Black family in this novel have biblical names: Pilate, Hagar & the title one, an ancestor of the protagonist Song of Solomon |
| #8616, aired 2022-04-11 | WORDS OF THE YEAR: Oxford's word of the year for 2021 was this 3-letter one, short for a word that goes back to the Latin for "cow" vax |
| #8587, aired 2022-03-01 | THE SILVER SCREEN: He was the first actor to star in 3 films that won the Oscar for Best Picture: those of 1934, 1935 & 1939 Clark Gable |
| #16, aired 2022-02-18 | CHARACTERS IN BANNED BOOKS: Introduced in 1928, this character has a disappointing affair with a writer before she begins a more satisfying relationship Lady Chatterley |
| #15, aired 2022-02-18 | HISTORIC STRUCTURES: In 1100 the Bishop of Durham became the first prisoner here &, after plying his guards with wine, became the first to escape the Tower of London |
| #13, aired 2022-02-17 | WESTERN HEMISPHERE COUNTRIES: In 1882, when these 2 countries' border was settled, a minister in the southern one quit in protest out of loyalty to Central America Mexico & Guatemala |
| #8575, aired 2022-02-11 | INTERNATIONAL PLAYWRIGHTS: A piece of writing advice from this man who died in 1904 concludes, "Otherwise don't put it there" (Anton) Chekhov |
| #1, aired 2022-02-08 | AMERICAN HISTORY: One theory says Charles T. Torrey, a worker on this, coined its name, which appeared in The Liberator on October 14, 1842 the Underground Railroad |
| #8570, aired 2022-02-04 | BEHIND THE DISNEY ATTRACTION: The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror utilizes technology developed by this company founded in 1853 the Otis (Company) |
| #8566, aired 2022-01-31 | WOMEN WHO WRITE: Mimicking her style, a 1912 rejection note read: "Only one look, only one look is enough. Hardly one copy would sell here. Hardly one" Gertrude Stein |
| #8564, aired 2022-01-27 | 18th CENTURY NAMES: In 1793 he left Dublin for the United States, saying, "I expect to make a fortune" off George Washington, & he did Gilbert Stuart |
| #8563, aired 2022-01-26 | COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: The only nation in the world whose name in English ends in an H, it's also one of the 10 most populous Bangladesh |
| #8558, aired 2022-01-19 | FILMS OF THE 2000s: One of the screenwriters of this 2001 film described it as "'Clueless' meets 'The Paper Chase"' Legally Blonde |
| #8547, aired 2022-01-04 | WORD ORIGINS: From the Greek for "ring", the first ones were built by the Romans, including one that could hold 250,000 circus |
| #8545, aired 2021-12-31 | MUSIC LEGENDS: Of their July 1957 first meeting at a church fair, one of this pair recalled: "I was a fat schoolboy and… he was drunk" John Lennon & Paul McCartney |
| #8540, aired 2021-12-24 | INTERNATIONAL LANDMARKS: In December 2020 an international agreement added nearly 3 feet to this; one surveyor lost half a toe in the effort Mount Everest |
| #8528, aired 2021-12-08 | 20th CENTURY PEOPLE: Gen. MacArthur said this man's death by "violence is one of those bitter anachronisms that seems to refute all logic" "Mahatma" Gandhi |
| #8495, aired 2021-10-22 | 1970s TOP 40 HITS: Seeing a poster for a production of "Cyrano de Bergerac" in a seedy Paris hotel & ladies of the evening nearby inspired this hit "Roxanne" |
| #8486, aired 2021-10-11 | COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: Nazi Germany annexed this nation & divided it into regions of the Alps & the Danube; the Allies later divided it into 4 sectors Austria |
| #8449, aired 2021-07-22 | 1970s MOVIE SCENES: Writer Dan O'Bannon based a scene in this film on his own Crohn's disease, which felt like things inside him fighting to get out Alien |
| #8442, aired 2021-07-13 | INVENTORS & INVENTIONS: In 1899 James Atkinson patented his new & improved one of these, including its spring-powered snapping action a mousetrap |
| #8438, aired 2021-07-07 | ROCK BANDS: In 2017 this band whose singer goes by a nickname became the first to have No. 1 albums in the U.S. in the 1980s, 1990s, 2000s & 2010s U2 |
| #8430, aired 2021-06-25 | NEW YORK CITY: Bright new lighting installed in 1880 on a street that crosses Manhattan diagonally led to this 3-word nickname the Great White Way |
| #8428, aired 2021-06-23 | FAMOUS WOMEN: In 1983, 20 years after her famous first, she was honored on a one-ruble coin Valentina Tereshkova |
| #8425, aired 2021-06-18 | FICTION: In a 1915 story by this European, a woman finds a corpse & says, "It's gone & croaked--just lying there, dead as a doornail!" (Franz) Kafka |
| #8380, aired 2021-04-16 | AMERICAN NAMES: One of the luminaries who drove in the "Golden Spike" in Utah in 1869 was this man who later founded a university (Leland) Stanford |
| #8377, aired 2021-04-13 | ASTRONOMY: As Huygens observed in 1656, a weapon in this constellation contains a nebula, one of a few that can be seen with the naked eye Orion |
| #8375, aired 2021-04-09 | AMERICAN LITERATURE: One edition of this 1930s novella shows a farm within the silhouette of a rabbit Of Mice and Men |
| #8363, aired 2021-03-24 | INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS: The "effect" named for this company founded in 1943 refers to increased value of a product to a consumer whose own labor is needed IKEA |
| #8352, aired 2021-03-09 | SCIENCE FICTION: In a 1952 sci-fi story, a time traveler returning to the present finds a dead one of these insects on his shoe a butterfly |
| #8323, aired 2021-01-27 | THE WILD WEST: These 2 legends both known for buckskin clothes & long, flowing hair met violent ends 38 days apart, in Montana & South Dakota (George Armstrong) Custer & (Wild Bill) Hickok |
| #8310, aired 2021-01-08 | WOMEN & SCIENCE: Dr. Margaret Todd gave science this word for different forms of one basic substance; it's from the Greek for "equal" & "place" isotope |
| #8297, aired 2020-12-08 | THE ANCIENT WORLD: He got to propose his own sentence & joked that since he was actually a benefactor of the state, he should get free meals! Socrates |
| #8287, aired 2020-11-24 | HISTORIC DOCUMENTS: One of the liberties listed in this: "No man shall be forced to perform more service for a knight's 'fee'... than is due from it" the Magna Carta |
| #8279, aired 2020-11-12 | WORLD FLAGS: Both Wales & Bhutan have flags bearing one of these mythical creatures a dragon |
| #8278, aired 2020-11-11 | HISTORY OF MEDICINE: 2020 marks the 55th birthday of the first piece of equipment dedicated to this process, now used for regular screenings mammogram |
| #8273, aired 2020-11-04 | COUNTRY NAMES: 5 U.N. member countries have one-syllable names: Chad, Laos & these 3 in Europe Spain, France & Greece |
| #8242, aired 2020-09-22 | DIPLOMACY: The book "The Eagle & the Elephant" is about the relationship between the U.S. & this Asian country beginning in 1833 Thailand (Siam) |
| #8230, aired 2020-06-05 | 18th CENTURY NOVELS: The title character of this 1726 novel reaches 4 different lands as a result of a shipwreck, a storm at sea, pirates & a mutiny Gulliver's Travels |
| #8229, aired 2020-06-04 | NOTABLE BRITS: On this man's death in a 1935 motorcycle accident, Churchill said, his "pace of life was faster & more intense than the ordinary" Lawrence of Arabia |
| #8211, aired 2020-04-27 | CIVIL WAR PEOPLE: Before they were photographed together in 1862, Lincoln wryly noted this general "should have no problem" sitting still for it George McClellan |
| #8203, aired 2020-04-15 | PRESIDENTIAL GEOGRAPHY: This Midwest city is the burial place of one 19th century president & was named for a relative of another Cleveland, Ohio |
| #8199, aired 2020-04-09 | EUROPEAN BORDERS: Barely changed since a 1297 agreement, the border between these 2 countries is called La Raya on one side & A Raia on the other Spain & Portugal |
| #8182, aired 2020-03-17 | U.N. MEMBERS: It incorporated the "one country, two systems" principle in its constitution in 1982 & put it into practice after a 1997 reunification China |
| #8170, aired 2020-02-28 | THE CIVIL WAR: The Chicago Tribune called Clement Vallandigham, an anti-war Ohio Democrat, a "traitor" & a "hissing" one of these creatures Copperhead |
| #8168, aired 2020-02-26 | SCIENCE WORDS: In 1611 Kepler used this word from the Latin for "attendant" to describe the discoveries of Galileo satellite |
| #8164, aired 2020-02-20 | THE RACE TO SPACE: In the 1960s this Mideast country had a space program & one of its rocket launches, the Cedar IV, is commemorated on a stamp Lebanon |
| #8131, aired 2020-01-06 | 1960s NOVELS: This book defines its own title as "concern for one's own safety in the face of dangers... was the process of a rational mind" Catch-22 |
| #8099, aired 2019-11-21 | AMERICAN HISTORY: One a Civil War hero & one a U.S. Senator, brothers with this last name were both considered for the 1884 Republican presidential nomination Sherman |
| #8098, aired 2019-11-20 | MOVIE & BOOK TITLES: This title of a 1962 novel & 1975 film refers to the direction the last of 3 geese took in an old nursery rhyme One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest |
| #8089, aired 2019-11-07 | 20th CENTURY ART: A derisive description of the shape of the houses in the 1908 painting "Houses at l'Estaque" gave this art style its name Cubism |
| #8084, aired 2019-10-31 | NOVELISTS: In a 1952 novel, he wrote, "But there were dry years too, & they put a terror on the valley. The water came in a thirty-year cycle" John Steinbeck |
| #8082, aired 2019-10-29 | 1950s CINEMA: Objects of attention in this suspenseful film include a digging dog, a scantily clad dancer & a possible murderer Rear Window |
| #8065, aired 2019-10-04 | WORLD LITERATURE: Some parts were translated from a 15th century Syrian manuscript when this work was introduced to Europe around 1700 One Thousand and One Nights |
| #8061, aired 2019-09-30 | SYMBOLIC OBJECTS: To complete one of its regular trips, in 1948 it took a boat across the English Channel; in 1952 it took a plane en route to Finland Olympic torch (Olympic flame) |
| #8054, aired 2019-09-19 | TOYS & GAMES: Invented in 1974 as a model to teach 3-D problems, it became one of the bestselling toys of all time Rubik's Cube |
| #8053, aired 2019-09-18 | THE 1940s: This nickname for a history-changing weapon of 1945 came from a character in "The Maltese Falcon" Fat Man |
| #8035, aired 2019-07-12 | WORD ORIGINS: 19th c. boots made with India rubber made one quieter, leading to this slang term for one whose job involves surveillance a gumshoe |
| #8015, aired 2019-06-14 | MEDICAL NEWS 2018: For the first time, the FDA approved a drug for the treatment of this, though there hadn't been a new case in 40 years smallpox |
| #8013, aired 2019-06-12 | POPULAR PRODUCTS: This product that brought virtual tourism into homes in 1939 introduced its first virtual reality device in 2015 View-Master |
| #8005, aired 2019-05-31 | OSCAR-NOMINATED FAMILIES: It's the last name of Alfred, Lionel, David, Emil, Thomas & Randy, who with 90 nominations, are the most Oscar-nominated family Newman |
| #8001, aired 2019-05-27 | GAMES: When this game was introduced in 1860, it had squares like Intemperance & Poverty & if you hit the Suicide square your game was over The Game of Life |
| #7999, aired 2019-05-23 | JAZZ CLASSICS: In one account, this song began as directions written out for composer Billy Strayhorn to Duke Ellington's home in Harlem "Take The "A" Train" |
| #7997, aired 2019-05-21 | POETRY & THE MOVIES: Robert Lowell's "For the Union Dead" honored the 54th Massachusetts, the infantry unit in this 1989 film that won 3 Oscars Glory |
| #7986, aired 2019-05-06 | POETS: A poem by him includes, "It was grassy and wanted wear;/
though...the passing there/
had worn them really about the same" Robert Frost |
| #7985, aired 2019-05-03 | WORDS OF THE 2000s: In 2008 Time magazine described this new practice as "one part social networking and one part capital accumulation" crowdfunding |
| #7984, aired 2019-05-02 | AMERICAN PLAYS: A character in this 1944 play is said to be like a piece in her own collection, "too exquisitely fragile to move from the shelf" The Glass Menagerie |
| #7973, aired 2019-04-17 | 20th CENTURY LITERARY CHARACTERS: His first name refers to the ancient district in which you'd find the Greek capital; his surname is a bird Atticus Finch |
| #7971, aired 2019-04-15 | STAMPS: Living people are rarely seen on a stamp, but in July 1945 the USPS issued one depicting this military event raising the flag on Iwo Jima |
| #7967, aired 2019-04-09 | PHYSICS TERMS: Ironically, it's a metaphor meaning a huge step forward, but this 2-word process only occurs on a subatomic scale a quantum leap |
| #7959, aired 2019-03-28 | FAMOUS PHRASE ORIGINS: One theory says a phrase for euphoria comes from plate No. 9 in an 1896 meteorological "atlas" of these clouds |
| #7956, aired 2019-03-25 | FOREIGN TRANSPORTATION: Operating for only one week a year, a train line to this city moves over half a million people a day Mecca |
| #7947, aired 2019-03-12 | 20th CENTURY HISTORY: Constructed in the 1930s, it extended from La Ferté to the Rhine River, though it also had sections along the Italian frontier Maginot Line |
| #7938, aired 2019-02-27 | 20th CENTURY HISTORY: Interpreting for Vaclav Havel, future ambassador Rita Klimova gave us this phrase for a smooth change of government the velvet revolution |
| #7918, aired 2019-01-30 | WOMEN WRITERS: One of her circle described her as "a lacy sleeve with a bottle of vitriol concealed in its folds" Dorothy Parker |
| #7907, aired 2019-01-15 | PRESIDENTIAL QUOTES: He said, "Victory over (the) Depression will be... by the resolution of our people to fight their own battles in their own communities" Herbert Hoover |
| #7886, aired 2018-12-17 | NORSE MYTHOLOGY: After turning himself into a mare, he gave birth to an 8-legged horse that was later the prized steed of Odin Loki |
| #7790, aired 2018-06-22 | MEDICINE & THE MOVIES: Vestibular rehabilitation is one treatment for a condition that is also the title of this 1958 suspense film Vertigo |
| #7777, aired 2018-06-05 | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS: He got a real N.Y. Times obit in 1975; it said he wore "false mustaches to mask signs of age that offended his vanity" Hercule Poirot |
| #7770, aired 2018-05-25 | OSCAR-NOMINATED ACTORS: He was nominated twice for playing Oscar winners--a real one in a 1992 biopic & a fictional one in a 2008 combat comedy Robert Downey Jr. |
| #7765, aired 2018-05-18 | GEOGRAPHIC HISTORY: 230 miles long, it defined a boundary between a colony founded by Quakers & one founded by Catholics the Mason-Dixon line |
| #7762, aired 2018-05-15 | U.N. LANGUAGES: Of the 6 official U.N. languages, it's the one that is written in a cursive form only Arabic |
| #7745, aired 2018-04-20 | CLASSIC LITERARY CHARACTERS: He declares that one of the people he is trying to emulate is a medieval knight known as Amadís of Gaul Don Quixote de la Mancha |
| #7735, aired 2018-04-06 | CENTRAL AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY: One active, one dormant, Madera & Concepcion are volcanoes in this body of water that shares its name with a country Lake Nicaragua |
| #7719, aired 2018-03-15 | EUROPEAN RIVERS: Of the 10 countries the Danube touches, this one is alphabetically last & is the only one that doesn't end in "Y" or "A" Ukraine |
| #7717, aired 2018-03-13 | 1950s FICTION: The New York Times called this 1,000-page novel by a woman "one of the most influential business books ever written" Atlas Shrugged |
| #7699, aired 2018-02-15 | MEDIEVAL ASIA: Though it means "one who serves", in medieval Japan it was a property holder who received rent from serfs samurai |
| #7696, aired 2018-02-12 | AMERICAN BUSINESS: A 2007 headline said after being ridiculed since the 1950s, it "takes its victory lap" & noted the auction of one for $184,000 the Edsel |
| #7691, aired 2018-02-05 | CABLE TV HISTORY: "You need us... for everything you do" was a slogan used by this channel, one of the first to customize content by location The Weather Channel |
| #7690, aired 2018-02-02 | OFFICIAL STATE STUFF: Composers of this state's various official songs include Richard Rodgers & Woody Guthrie Oklahoma |
| #7687, aired 2018-01-30 | LITERATURE & MYTHOLOGY: The "very name embodies the idea of flight", says one analysis of a 20th century novel in describing this main character Stephen Dedalus |
| #7686, aired 2018-01-29 | THE 1960s: It was already a crime to alter one of these; a 1965 law passed 393-1 in the House criminalized burning one too a draft card |
| #7678, aired 2018-01-17 | SPECIAL DAYS: A 1954 act amended a 1938 one by striking out this word & replacing it with "Veterans" armistice |
| #7674, aired 2018-01-11 | THE MOVIES: It's the first Oscar nominee for Best Picture to be produced by an internet streaming service Manchester by the Sea |
| #7669, aired 2018-01-04 | CARS: When it was introduced in 1953, this car model's emblem had a checkered flag & a red flag with a fleur-de-lis a Chevrolet Corvette |
| #7667, aired 2018-01-02 | NOVELISTS: A 2015 BBC list of the 25 greatest British novels included 12 by women, 3 of them by this woman who died in 1941 Virginia Woolf |
| #7661, aired 2017-12-25 | AUTHORS: A prefatory poem he wrote to one of his novels tells of "the dream-child moving through a land of wonders wild and new" Lewis Carroll |
| #7654, aired 2017-12-14 | AMERICANA: In 2016 the Wingfoot Two, one of these, was christened near Akron a blimp |
| #7623, aired 2017-11-01 | THE OSCARS: For 1992, this New Yorker was the first man with 2 acting Oscar nominations in the same year for different films Al Pacino |
| #7621, aired 2017-10-30 | 19th CENTURY LITERATURE: This 1870 novel has a ship whose name is from the Greek for "sailor" & a captain whose name is Latin for "no one" Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea |
| #7602, aired 2017-10-03 | 20th CENTURY WORLD LEADERS: He said, "Never again shall it be that this beautiful land will again experience the oppression of one by another" Nelson Mandela |
| #7599, aired 2017-09-28 | THE NORTHEASTERN U.S.: Once its own city, it joined with a neighbor in 1898; today on its own it would be the 4th most populous city in the U.S. Brooklyn, New York |
| #7594, aired 2017-09-21 | COMIC BOOKS: Told to create a character called this, Len Wein learned the real animal is short, hairy & will attack an enemy 10 times its size Wolverine |
| #7578, aired 2017-07-19 | HISTORIC EVENTS: In June 1986 a bakers union expressed regret for a disaster in this European city 320 years before London |
| #7576, aired 2017-07-17 | DEADLY CREATURES: The National Ocean Service says one lethal type of this bone-free creature is the most venomous marine animal a jellyfish |
| #7534, aired 2017-05-18 | WOMEN AUTHORS: A 1936 New York Times review called the debut novel by this author "in all probability, the biggest book of the year: 1,037 pages" Margaret Mitchell |
| #7528, aired 2017-05-10 | 20th CENTURY BOOKS: "I felt his spurs in my side & I heard his battle cry" is a line from this 1982 book that became a stage sensation & later a movie War Horse |
| #7475, aired 2017-02-24 | 17th CENTURY GERMANS: Astronomer who began his epitaph, "I used to measure the heavens, now I shall measure the shadows of Earth" Johannes Kepler |
| #7458, aired 2017-02-01 | DUAL-USE TERMS: In 1812 the U.S. endured a literal one of these 2-word terms & beginning in 1964 enjoyed a musical one a British invasion |
| #7434, aired 2016-12-29 | COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: Of the 5 countries with the lowest population density, this U.N. member is the only one named for a desert Namibia |
| #7432, aired 2016-12-27 | THE CIVIL WAR: Made from a boiler at a Mobile, Alabama machine shop, it was deemed a success though it went down off Charleston 3 times the Hunley |
| #7429, aired 2016-12-22 | LITERARY INSPIRATIONS: Seen here, the White City built for Chicago's 1893 Columbian Exposition is said to have inspired this author who then lived near it L. Frank Baum |
| #7427, aired 2016-12-20 | 2016 U.S. OLYMPIANS: If this U.S. state was a country, it would have been in the top 10 in gold medals with 14--9 of them by 1 man & 1 woman Maryland |
| #7419, aired 2016-12-08 | PRINTING: The 3 major Western typefaces are Gothic, Roman & this one first used in an entire book in 1501 for a work by Virgil italics |
| #7416, aired 2016-12-05 | NAME'S THE SAME: Name shared by one of a trio of young chums in a popular book series & the daughter of Menelaus & Helen of Troy Hermione |
| #7410, aired 2016-11-25 | ENTERTAINERS: He won a Tony & later an Oscar for the same role & decades later, published a memoir called "Master of Ceremonies" Joel Grey |
| #7407, aired 2016-11-22 | EARLY AMERICA: William Bradford wrote that this document was partly inspired by the "mutinous speeches" of some passengers the Mayflower Compact |
| #7405, aired 2016-11-18 | SCIENCE & MATH VOCABULARY: These 2 words are just 1 letter different; one is a whirlpool & the other a geometry term for a meeting point vertex & vortex |
| #7400, aired 2016-11-11 | FAMOUS FIRST NAMES: This first name of a 21st century activist was inspired by that of a Pashtun heroine known as the Afghan Joan of Arc Malala |
| #7371, aired 2016-10-03 | CHRISTIANITY: A 4th century traveler gave one of the first descriptions of this day: "All the children... are carried... bearing branches" Palm Sunday |
| #7360, aired 2016-09-16 | FILM ADAPTATIONS: In a 2011 slate.com survey of movie credits, of the top 25 most adapted writers, this novelist is the only one living Stephen King |
| #7347, aired 2016-07-19 | JUDGES: Before he headed up the Supreme Court, he argued only 1 case before it--a 1796 case he ironically argued on states' rights grounds John Marshall |
| #7344, aired 2016-07-14 | CIVIL WAR HISTORY: Of the 4 prewar states that permitted slavery but did not secede, it was the largest in area & latest to join the Union Missouri |
| #7300, aired 2016-05-13 | 20th CENTURY PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES: He was awarded a DFC in WWII for a combat mission as pilot of the B-24 bomber he named the "Dakota Queen" George McGovern |
| #7285, aired 2016-04-22 | 19th CENTURY BRITS: In May 1810 during one of his more famous exploits, he employed the breaststroke Byron |
| #7267, aired 2016-03-29 | STATE CAPITAL GEOGRAPHY: Of the 5 U.S. state capitals that begin with the letter "A", the one that is farthest north Augusta |
| #7263, aired 2016-03-23 | 21st CENTURY NEWS: Russia took out $200 million in insurance, anticipating any damage that might be caused by this in 2001 the crash of the Mir space platform |
| #7257, aired 2016-03-15 | BUSINESS NEWS 2015: In July it replaced Toyota as the world's largest automaker; in September its stock price fell by one-third Volkswagen |
| #7236, aired 2016-02-15 | FAMOUS PHRASES: In one version of a 19th century quote, "There is room and health... away from the crowds" so you're urged to do these 2 words Go West |
| #7230, aired 2016-02-05 | U.S. PRESIDENTS: He was the only 20th century president who never delivered an inaugural address President Ford |
| #7204, aired 2015-12-31 | AFRICAN ANIMALS: This antelope has 2 names, one from Afrikaans describing its looks & one imitating its sound; one is all we need a gnu |
| #7192, aired 2015-12-15 | DYSTOPIAN AUTHORS: The author of his own dystopian classic in 1932, this man taught a young George Orwell at Eton Aldous Huxley |
| #7180, aired 2015-11-27 | AUTHORS: In 1990 he said, "I would like to do what Faulkner did; carve out a little piece of Mississippi territory & claim it for my own" John Grisham |
| #7177, aired 2015-11-24 | THE OSCARS: For films of 2005 through 2012, he received nominations for Best Picture, Director, Writing & Acting George Clooney |
| #7170, aired 2015-11-13 | GREEK MYTHOLOGY: Famous mother of Pyrrha, who survived the Great Flood & with her husband repopulated the Earth Pandora |
| #7140, aired 2015-10-02 | NOTABLE AMERICAN WOMEN: U.N. delegate was one role of this woman who wrote, "I could not... be contented to take my place in a warm corner by the fireside" Eleanor Roosevelt |
| #7138, aired 2015-09-30 | UNITED NATIONS NATIONS: This nation of 55 million is the only one to provide a secretary-general but never to have a seat on the Security Council Burma (or Myanmar) |
| #7137, aired 2015-09-29 | EUROPEAN MUSEUMS: In one of her last official acts before abdicating, Queen Beatrix reopened this museum after a 10-year renovation the Rijksmuseum (in Amsterdam) |
| #7109, aired 2015-07-09 | SCRABBLE & CHEMISTRY: As a word used in Scrabble, this longest-named one of the 6 noble gases would give you the highest score krypton |
| #7105, aired 2015-07-03 | NORTH AMERICAN RIVERS: At about 100 miles it's not one of Canada's 100 longest rivers, but in the 1890s it became perhaps the most famous the Klondike River |
| #7101, aired 2015-06-29 | POETIC INSPIRATIONS: One summer day in 1797 this British poet fell asleep reading a book that adapted the writings of Marco Polo Samuel Taylor Coleridge |
| #7040, aired 2015-04-03 | EUROPEAN HISTORY: A 3-letter 9th century tribe is in the names of 2 21st century countries: the world's most vast, & this one Belarus |
| #7003, aired 2015-02-11 | REFERENCE BOOK MAKERS: In 1863 he used the epigraph "I have gathered... other men's flowers, & nothing but the thread that binds them is mine own" John Bartlett |
| #7000, aired 2015-02-06 | SHAKESPEARE: After England, more Shakespeare plays are set in this present-day country than in any other Italy |
| #6995, aired 2015-01-30 | INVENTORS: In 1702 Thomas Savery wrote of one of his designs, "Such an engine will do the work or labour of ten or twelve" these horses |
| #6992, aired 2015-01-27 | BEST ACTOR OSCARS: 1 of 2 performers to win 2 Best Actor Oscars for films that won Best Picture Marlon Brando or Dustin Hoffman |
| #6963, aired 2014-12-17 | THE AFI's 100 GREATEST FILMS: One of the top 20, this 1946 film was based on a short story published as "The Man Who Was Never Born" It's a Wonderful Life |
| #6946, aired 2014-11-24 | BRITISH MUSICMAKERS OF THE '90s: One critic called them "a social phenomenon", "the most widely recognised group... since John, Paul, George & Ringo" the Spice Girls |
| #6945, aired 2014-11-21 | SHAKESPEAREAN GEOGRAPHY: Of the 5 cities mentioned in Shakespeare play titles, it's the only one not found in Europe Tyre |
| #6944, aired 2014-11-20 | 20th CENTURY PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: In this year, there were no pres's or VPs running, but 3 of the 4 men on the 2 major party ballots would become president 1920 |
| #6936, aired 2014-11-10 | STATE HOLIDAYS: This is the only state that honors a former U.S. Secretary of State with his own legal holiday Alaska |
| #6935, aired 2014-11-07 | SPORTS LOGOS: This NFL team's logo is the only one that is a plant the New Orleans Saints (the Fleur de Lis) |
| #6932, aired 2014-11-04 | THE SUPREME COURT: After Washington & FDR, he is, perhaps fittingly, the president who appointed the most Supreme Court justices (William Howard) Taft |
| #6926, aired 2014-10-27 | ROCK & ROLL: A restaurant chain took its name from a British band's fourth chart-topper, this 1967 song "Ruby Tuesday" |
| #6921, aired 2014-10-20 | LITERATURE: A chapter heading in this 19th century work calls the title character "one-eyed, lame", another calls him "deaf" The Hunchback of Notre Dame |
| #6919, aired 2014-10-16 | LITERATURE: This title 1864 adventure is embarked upon by a descent into Iceland's Mount Sneffels Journey to the Center of the Earth |
| #6914, aired 2014-10-09 | HISTORICAL FIGURES: A 2012 poll by Britain's National Army Museum voted this man, born in 1732, as the nation's greatest military enemy George Washington |
| #6905, aired 2014-09-26 | FAMOUS AMERICANS: In 1936 at age 79, he published an article in Esquire magazine in which he described how to pick a jury Clarence Darrow |
| #6839, aired 2014-05-15 | THE ACADEMY AWARDS: 1 of the 2 movies in the last 30 years, one a drama & one a comedy, to win Oscars for Best Actor & Best Actress The Silence of the Lambs or As Good as It Gets |
| #6835, aired 2014-05-09 | FAMOUS BOOKS: It was published March 26, 1830; a very popular work with the same name premiered March 24, 2011 The Book of Mormon |
| #6833, aired 2014-05-07 | SUPREME COURT DECISIONS: On December 20, 1956 the Court's ruling on Browder v. Gayle went into effect, bringing an end to this 381-day event the Montgomery bus boycott |
| #6828, aired 2014-04-30 | ALBUM COVERS: This band used a picture of the Hindenburg disaster on the cover of its eponymous debut album Led Zeppelin |
| #6820, aired 2014-04-18 | CHARACTERS IN NOVELS: One of this man's "most priceless memories" is of "a delicately nurtured Southern belle with her Irish up" Rhett Butler |
| #6815, aired 2014-04-11 | HISTORIC IRONY: Theodor Herzl was inspired to begin the work that's the foundation for modern Zionism by an opera by this composer Richard Wagner |
| #6812, aired 2014-04-08 | MUSIC MAKERS: Salisbury Cathedral's dean said this man, via his 2013 album, "is creating a huge awareness of" an historic document Jay-Z |
| #6810, aired 2014-04-04 | 20th CENTURY NOVEL QUOTES: "It was one of those pictures... so contrived that the eyes follow you... beneath" the picture was this 5-word quote Big Brother is watching you |
| #6794, aired 2014-03-13 | WORLD CAPITALS: At 4,000 miles, the farthest-apart capitals of bordering countries are these 2 cities, one on a peninsula Moscow & Pyongyang |
| #6793, aired 2014-03-12 | BRITISH ROYALTY: He was the last male monarch who had not previously been Prince of Wales George VI |
| #6769, aired 2014-02-06 | COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: Once a poor British protectorate, in 2012 this peninsular country ranked as the world's richest per capita Qatar |
| #6747, aired 2014-01-07 | THE TITANIC: A member of Parliament said, "Those who have been saved have been saved through one man", this Italian Marconi |
| #6746, aired 2014-01-06 | BROADWAY ACTRESSES: She originated 2 famous Broadway roles: one later played on film by Marilyn Monroe, another by Barbra Streisand Carol Channing |
| #6727, aired 2013-12-10 | STATE CAPITALS: It's the Southern city in which the building seen here is located; counting the panels may help Austin |
| #6725, aired 2013-12-06 | HISTORIC LETTERS: In April 1865 she wrote to Mary Lincoln, "I cannot remain silent... brokenhearted by the loss of my own beloved husband" Queen Victoria |
| #6722, aired 2013-12-03 | THE INTERNET: The inventor of this image format said the OED wrongly has 2 pronunciations of it--the right one is with a soft "G" gif |
| #6721, aired 2013-12-02 | POP GROUPS: In 2012, 22 years after their first album, they released a new one that includes "Good Vibrations" & "Monday Monday" Wilson Phillips |
| #6720, aired 2013-11-29 | COLLEGE SPORTS MASCOTS: In 1947 Walt Disney made a handshake deal to let this university use one of his major characters as its mascot, still in use today the University of Oregon |
| #6709, aired 2013-11-14 | SYMBOLS: One legend says Clovis, king of the Franks, adopted this symbol after flowers revealed a safe river crossing for his army the fleur-de-lis |
| #6703, aired 2013-11-06 | ON THE GLOBE: Of the 5 named circles of latitude on a standard Earth globe, it's the one with the longest name the Tropic of Capricorn |
| #6702, aired 2013-11-05 | FIRST FAMILIES: Sasha & Malia Obama are the first presidential children who were not old enough to vote for Dad since this one Chelsea Clinton |
| #6693, aired 2013-10-23 | FOREIGN CURRENCY: Iran's 50,000 rial note includes an international symbol for one of these, featuring 3 well-defined orbits an atom |
| #6692, aired 2013-10-22 | THE CARIBBEAN: Pico Duarte & Lago Enriquillo in this country 650 miles from Florida are the highest & lowest points in the Caribbean the Dominican Republic |
| #6663, aired 2013-07-31 | THE CIVIL WAR: Abraham Lincoln called this document, which took effect in 1863, "a fit and necessary war measure" the Emancipation Proclamation |
| #6657, aired 2013-07-23 | OSCAR-WINNING ACTORS: They're the only 2 Best Actor winners with the same last name; one was a winner for 1979 & 1988, the other for 2005 Dustin Hoffman & Philip Seymour Hoffman |
| #6627, aired 2013-06-11 | AMERICAN LITERATURE: This 1884 novel begins in the fictional town of St. Petersburg & ends in Pikesville, 1,100 miles down the Mississippi Adventures of Huckleberry Finn |
| #6626, aired 2013-06-10 | 19th CENTURY NAMES: This French engineer once asked, "Why should we disguise the industrial nature of iron, even in the city?" Gustave Eiffel |
| #6615, aired 2013-05-24 | DISNEY SONGS: This 1964 song was inspired when one of the writer's sons took the oral polio vaccine "A Spoonful Of Sugar" |
| #6604, aired 2013-05-09 | THE CONTINENTS: It’s the continent that’s home to the most U.N. member countries, including a new one added in 2011 Africa |
| #6601, aired 2013-05-06 | STATE QUARTERS: The back of the quarter for this state is the only one that features a monarch Hawaii |
| #6576, aired 2013-04-01 | STATE MOTTOS: On a state seal since 1850, this one-word motto is found in a story about Archimedes Eureka |
| #6569, aired 2013-03-21 | ARTISTS: On his deathbed he told police, "What I have done is nobody else's business"; one theory is he was protecting others (Vincent) van Gogh |
| #6556, aired 2013-03-04 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES: One of its mascots is a restored 1930 Sport Coupe that's been in use at the school since 1961 Georgia Tech |
| #6554, aired 2013-02-28 | THE UNIVERSE: In 2006 it was moved to a new list that includes Ceres & Eris Pluto |
| #6552, aired 2013-02-26 | 19th CENTURY AMERICA: One of the 2 years in which 3 men served as president of the United States 1841 or 1881 |
| #6542, aired 2013-02-12 | MILITARY MEN: On June 6, 1944 he said, "The eyes of the world are upon you" Dwight David Eisenhower |
| #6540, aired 2013-02-08 | U.S. GOVERNMENT: Recently in the news, this agency traces its origins to an 1803 act helping Portsmouth, N.H. after a fire FEMA |
| #6539, aired 2013-02-07 | CAPITAL CITIES: It's criss-crossed by dozens of "peace walls" that separate its Catholic & Protestant neighborhoods Belfast |
| #6521, aired 2013-01-14 | COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: 2 of the 3 countries that are completely encircled by one other country (2 of) San Marino, Vatican City & Lesotho |
| #6501, aired 2012-12-17 | 19th CENTURY INVENTIONS: Thoreau noted in 1854, it "resounds at every post. it is a harp with one string--the first strain from the American lyre" a telegraph |
| #6490, aired 2012-11-30 | 20th CENTURY AMERICAN WRITERS: A publisher's note on one of his books called him "The terror of typesetters" & "an enigma to book reviewers" E.E. Cummings |
| #6487, aired 2012-11-27 | BILLBOARD NO. 1 ALBUMS: The soundtrack for this film based on a play holds the record for the most weeks at No. 1, 54 weeks in 1962 & '63 West Side Story |
| #6486, aired 2012-11-26 | PLACE NAMES: Built in 1911, this Wisconsin home was named for a Welsh bard associated with King Arthur Taliesin |
| #6481, aired 2012-11-19 | EUROPEAN AUTHORS: Amazon said this author who died in 2004 was the first to sell a million Kindle e-books Stieg Larsson |
| #6478, aired 2012-11-14 | U.S. PRESIDENTS: The only 2 presidents never to present a State of the Union address are William Henry Harrison & this man James Garfield |
| #6464, aired 2012-10-25 | WORLD LANGUAGES: Of the Romance languages, it has the greatest number of native speakers in a single country Portuguese |
| #6445, aired 2012-09-28 | TOYS & GAMES: When Milton Bradley released this home game in 1966, competitors accused it of selling "sex in a box" Twister |
| #6439, aired 2012-09-20 | 8-LETTER WORDS: This word that means "freedom from narrow restrictions" can also refer to one of a range of imaginary lines latitude |
| #6437, aired 2012-09-18 | HISTORIC FIRSTS: On July 31, 1971 Air Force Colonel David Scott became the first person to drive one of these a lunar rover |
| #6425, aired 2012-07-20 | RECENT FILMS: One of its first lines is "I won't talk! I won't say a word!!!" The Artist |
| #6406, aired 2012-06-25 | PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS: Though shot in the chest, Teddy Roosevelt gave a 1912 speech saying, "it takes more than that to kill" one of these animals a bull moose |
| #6401, aired 2012-06-18 | FICTIONAL PAIRS: These 2 men first meet after one of them tells a friend, Stamford, of needing new lodgings in London Sherlock Holmes & Dr. Watson |
| #6396, aired 2012-06-11 | EVENTS IN THE BIBLE: Acts 1:13 says this event occurred in "an upper room" the Last Supper |
| #6392, aired 2012-06-05 | WOMEN IN ENTERTAINMENT: 1 of the first 2 women in Hollywood to own a studio (according to the official bio of No. 3, Oprah) (1 of) Mary Pickford or Lucille Ball |
| #6391, aired 2012-06-04 | AFRICA: Very different places, the first 2 African nations to gain independence from a European power were Egypt & this one South Africa |
| #6387, aired 2012-05-29 | CLASSIC MYSTERY NOVELS: A letter in this mystery says, "We are going... to Luxor and Assuan by steamer, and perhaps on to Khartoum" Death on the Nile |
| #6373, aired 2012-05-09 | CONTEMPORARY NOVELISTS: Seeing young people competing in a reality show on one channel & fighting a war on another gave this author a book idea Suzanne Collins |
| #6371, aired 2012-05-07 | ON THE PERIODIC TABLE: Of the 5 elements with 4-letter names, it's the only one that is not a solid at room temperature neon |
| #6370, aired 2012-05-04 | THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION: In 1777 an opponent wrote of him "Money is this man's God, and to get enough of it he would sacrifice his country" Benedict Arnold |
| #6363, aired 2012-04-25 | WEBSITES: It launched its first offer on October 22, 2008: a two-for-one pizza deal in Chicago Groupon |
| #6361, aired 2012-04-23 | AMERICAN HISTORY: This state is known as the "Cockpit of the Revolution" for all the battles there, including a pivotal one in December 1776 New Jersey |
| #6320, aired 2012-02-24 | LITERARY BIOGRAPHIES: Quoting a famous line of his, a 2011 biography of this man was titled "And So It Goes" Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. |
| #6307, aired 2012-02-07 | MEDICAL DISCOVERIES: Nicolas Paulescu isolated a substance he called pancrein, now known as this insulin |
| #6305, aired 2012-02-03 | NATIONAL PARKS: A biosphere reserve, this Southern national park is the largest in the lower 48 completely within one state Everglades National Park |
| #6304, aired 2012-02-02 | 19th CENTURY AUTHORS: One of this author's greatest successes came after remarking, "I want to write about a fellow who was two fellows" Robert Louis Stevenson |
| #6301, aired 2012-01-30 | 1960s TV CHARACTERS: One of her first spoken lines is translated as "You have the face of a wise and fearless caliph" Jeannie |
| #6280, aired 2011-12-30 | ROCK ICONS: While he's had 12 Top 10 hits on Billboard, including 7 from a 1984 album, he's never had a No. 1 single Bruce Springsteen |
| #6274, aired 2011-12-22 | ISLANDS: 1 of the 2 islands with a population exceeding 100 million; each one is part of an Asian country (1 of) Honshu or Java |
| #6268, aired 2011-12-14 | POPULAR BABY NAMES: Character names in a book & movie series, the top names for 2009 & 2010 were Isabella for girls & this biblical one for boys Jacob |
| #6245, aired 2011-11-11 | BUSINESS: A 2005 sale of 14,159,265 shares prompted the headline "Google offers shares, seeks global piece of" this pi |
| #6243, aired 2011-11-09 | FRENCH HISTORY: She said, "I told my plans to no one. I was not killing a man, but a wild beast that was devouring the French people" Charlotte Corday |
| #6242, aired 2011-11-08 | 18th CENTURY AUTHORS: In a poem he named himself Cadenus, an anagram of Decanus, or "Dean" Jonathan Swift |
| #6239, aired 2011-11-03 | COUNTRIES' HIGHEST PEAKS: These 2 nations, one an island, have highest peaks with the same name; they also share a common European culture Greece & Cyprus |
| #6229, aired 2011-10-20 | TOP OF THE POP CHARTS: In 1978 he replaced his brothers at No. 1, who then replaced him; one of the brothers was a writer on all 3 songs Andy Gibb |
| #6210, aired 2011-09-23 | AMERICAN BUSINESS: In the 1880s he developed Crystal A Caramels; a product under his own name came out in 1900 Hershey |
| #6205, aired 2011-07-29 | LOS ANGELES LANDMARKS: A James Dean memorial can be found adjacent to this structure, located at one of the high spots in Los Angeles the Griffith Observatory |
| #6204, aired 2011-07-28 | WORLD HISTORY: Surus was the last known one of these to survive a mountain crossing in the 3rd century B.C. an elephant |
| #6188, aired 2011-07-06 | U.S. STATE NAMES: Of the 4 states that begin & end with the same vowel, the one that doesn't begin & end with the same letter as the other 3 states Ohio |
| #6167, aired 2011-06-07 | BESTSELLERS: In the beginning this 2005 novel was simply titled "Forks" Twilight |
| #6147, aired 2011-05-10 | THE NATIONAL STATUARY HALL COLLECTION: In 2009 Alabama replaced a statue in the collection with one of her at age 7, the first child honored Helen Keller |
| #6135, aired 2011-04-22 | BIOGRAPHERS: As many mourned, this minister wrote in a letter, "Washington is gone! Millions are gasping to read... about him" Parson Weems |
| #6126, aired 2011-04-11 | GEOGRAPHIC ADJECTIVES: Of the nations with adjectives in their common names, only this Western Hemisphere one bears the name of a religious order the Dominican Republic |
| #6096, aired 2011-02-28 | BRANDS: Jack Odell gave his child a tiny vehicle to bring to school inside one of these items, & a toy brand name was born a matchbox |
| #6094, aired 2011-02-24 | THE 7 WONDERS OF THE ANCIENT WORLD: The smallest Ancient Wonder, it was the only one ever moved, having been transported to Constantinople around 391 A.D. the Statue of Zeus at Olympia |
| #6093, aired 2011-02-23 | AMERICAN LIT: He wrote, "The hellish tattoo of the heart increased. It grew quicker & quicker, & louder & louder every instant" Edgar Allan Poe |
| #6078, aired 2011-02-02 | U.S. PRESIDENTS: Of the 20 presidents elected to a second term, 2 of the 3 who failed to complete that term (2 of) Lincoln, Nixon & McKinley |
| #6067, aired 2011-01-18 | STATE NAMES: These are the 2 U.S. states with only one consonant in their names Iowa & Ohio |
| #6052, aired 2010-12-28 | CABINET OFFICERS: He was the last Secretary of State to serve in the post under 2 presidents Henry Kissinger |
| #6040, aired 2010-12-10 | MOVIES & LANGUAGE: A 2010 article from Slate called this language created by Paul Frommer "the new Klingon" Na'vi |
| #6038, aired 2010-12-08 | WORLD HISTORY: After the Royal Family fled to this country in 1807, it became the only one in South America from which a European country was ruled Brazil |
| #6029, aired 2010-11-25 | U.S. PRESIDENTS: He is the only president of the United States to be awarded the Purple Heart John F. Kennedy |
| #5977, aired 2010-09-14 | LITERARY & MOVIE TITLE OBJECTS: The inspiration for this title object in a novel & a 1957 movie actually spanned the Mae Khlung River "The Bridge on the River Kwai" |
| #5975, aired 2010-07-30 | THE 9 MUSES: In a Balanchine ballet, Apollo, god of music, has a favorite muse, this one Terpsichore |
| #5972, aired 2010-07-27 | MONARCHIES: 1 of the 2 largely German-speaking monarchies in the world; they're about 250 miles apart (1 of) Liechtenstein & Luxembourg |
| #5966, aired 2010-07-19 | MEN OF PARIS: When the body of this man who died in 1870 was moved in 2002, a cloth with the motto "Un pour tous, tous pour un" was used Alexandre Dumas |
| #5953, aired 2010-06-30 | RUSSIAN COMPOSERS: His first name means "moderate"; sadly, immoderate drinking helped kill him in 1881 at age 42, but not on Bald Mountain Modest Mussorgsky |
| #5947, aired 2010-06-22 | BILLBOARD HOT 100 HISTORY: Besides Frank & Nancy Sinatra, they're the only other father & daughter who each had No. 1 solo hits Pat & Debby Boone |
| #5945, aired 2010-06-18 | SPORTS VENUES: Built in 1914 & named for the club's owner in 1926, it's the oldest National League ballpark still in use Wrigley Field |
| #5942, aired 2010-06-15 | THE 50 STATES: It's the only 2-word state name in which neither word appears in the name of any other state Rhode Island |
| #5935, aired 2010-06-04 | AMERICAN POLITICIANS: Frank Sinatra came out of retirement to sing their praises: "They're both unique... the Quaker & the Greek" Richard Nixon & Spiro Agnew |
| #5925, aired 2010-05-21 | FROM NOVEL TO FILM: First published in 1880 & made into a film in 1907, 1925 & 1959, it was the first work of fiction blessed by a pope Ben-Hur |
| #5906, aired 2010-04-26 | U.S. PRESIDENTS: He's the only president sworn in on a Catholic missal; it wasn't his Lyndon Baines Johnson |
| #5904, aired 2010-04-22 | TELECOMMUNICATIONS TERMINOLOGY: In 1992 New York got the first one: 917 an overlay area code |
| #5900, aired 2010-04-16 | ACTORS: In 1970 he became the first professional actor to be named a lord Laurence Olivier |
| #5894, aired 2010-04-08 | PORTRAIT SUBJECTS: One of Goya's few portraits of a foreigner was of this Englishman painted in 1812 the Duke of Wellington |
| #5893, aired 2010-04-07 | CELEBRITY NAMES: This Oscar winner who had his own WB sitcom took his last name as a tribute to an earlier comic & sitcom star Jamie Foxx |
| #5863, aired 2010-02-24 | THE ACADEMY AWARDS: He was nominated for 8 Best Actor Oscars, including one for a 1961 film; his only win came for its 1986 sequel Paul Newman |
| #5852, aired 2010-02-09 | ASTRONOMY: With a mass of 4.31 millions Suns, Sagittarius A* is thought to be a supermassive one of these in the Milky Way's center black hole |
| #5829, aired 2010-01-07 | TV HISTORY: When this animated TV show premiered, it was sponsored by One-A-Day vitamins & Winston cigarettes The Flintstones |
| #5822, aired 2009-12-29 | AMERICAN MUSIC: The brilliance of Anne Brown, a soprano, changed the title of a 1935 opera that was to be called simply this one name Porgy |
| #5798, aired 2009-11-25 | POSTAL ABBREVIATIONS: A state since the 1700s but not in the original 13, it ends with its own 2-letter postal abbreviation Kentucky |
| #5784, aired 2009-11-05 | THE PLANETS: It's the densest of the planets in our solar system & the only one not named for a deity Earth |
| #5770, aired 2009-10-16 | SCIENTIFIC FIRSTS: The first object in our solar system discovered by telescope was not a planet but one of these a moon |
| #5760, aired 2009-10-02 | EMMY WINNERS: These 2 men with 16 total career Emmys appeared in series with Mary Tyler Moore, one playing a TV host, one a TV producer Ed Asner & Carl Reiner |
| #5711, aired 2009-06-08 | ACTING FAMILIES: Last name of the father & son actors who have played 2 different real U.S. presidents, one on film & one on TV Brolin |
| #5690, aired 2009-05-08 | EUROPEAN HISTORY: He filed for divorce citing Leviticus 20:21, "If a man shall take his brother's wife, it is an unclean thing" Henry VIII |
| #5687, aired 2009-05-05 | ON THE MOON: It's the last word of the inscription on Apollo 11's plaque on the Moon & is also found in a related quotation mankind |
| #5685, aired 2009-05-01 | GLAND FINALE: This human gland important in the immune system takes its name in part from its resemblance to an herb the thymus gland |
| #5677, aired 2009-04-21 | BOOKS ABOUT ACTORS: Stefan Kanfer's 2008 biography of this star is titled "Somebody", a nod to one of his most famous lines Marlon Brando |
| #5675, aired 2009-04-17 | BROADWAY HISTORY: On Oct. 30, 2008 Playbill changed its logo color to green for a special edition marking this show's 5th anniversary on Broadway Wicked |
| #5661, aired 2009-03-30 | ARTISTS: The 2 famous painters who share a March 30 birthday, one born in Spain in 1746, the other in Holland in 1853 Goya & van Gogh |
| #5632, aired 2009-02-17 | AMERICAN BUSINESS: In 1945 Mr. & Mrs. Shoen founded it after no one locally would rent them a trailer for their move from L.A. to Portland U-Haul |
| #5627, aired 2009-02-10 | 20th CENTURY CORRESPONDENCE: A telegram from these 2: "Average speed...thirty-one miles. Longest fifty-nine seconds.
Inform press.
Home Christmas" the Wright Brothers |
| #5614, aired 2009-01-22 | CELEBRITY MARRIAGES: Her 3rd husband won a Best Actor Oscar in the '90s; her 2nd husband, like her dad, is a Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Lisa Marie Presley |
| #5609, aired 2009-01-15 | WRITER/DIRECTORS: His headstone, using a line from one of his scripts, says, "I'm a writer but then nobody's perfect" Billy Wilder |
| #5580, aired 2008-12-05 | HISTORIC PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS: On May 15, 1768 France bought this island from Genoa for 2 million livres Corsica |
| #5574, aired 2008-11-27 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES: The only public state holiday in the U.S. honoring a monarch is one honoring this ruler King Kamehameha |
| #5565, aired 2008-11-14 | HIGHER EDUCATION: The 1st public one of these schools began in Illinois in 1901 for students who wanted to pursue higher education in their home area a community college (or junior college) |
| #5554, aired 2008-10-30 | INVENTORS: A key to Alexander Graham Bell's experiments was one of these, procured by a doctor friend, Clarence Blake an ear |
| #5546, aired 2008-10-20 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY: Of the non-state U.S. territories, areas & districts, the only one that is larger in area than the smallest state Puerto Rico |
| #5535, aired 2008-10-03 | AWARD NAMESAKES: His "A Little Pretty Pocket-Book" from 1744 was one of the 1st books published specifically for children John Newbery |
| #5527, aired 2008-09-23 | TENNIS: This Grand Slam stadium is named for a WWI pilot who pioneered the use of machine guns on fighter planes Roland-Garros Stadium |
| #5525, aired 2008-09-19 | NBA LOGOS: The logo of this NBA team has a rowel on it the San Antonio Spurs |
| #5523, aired 2008-09-17 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY: It's 277 miles long, it's up to 18 miles wide, it's 6 million years old & at a given time temperatures within it can vary by 25 degrees the Grand Canyon |
| #5520, aired 2008-09-12 | ROYALTY: It's the name of today's longest-ruling family in Europe, in power for most of the last 711 years Grimaldi |
| #5503, aired 2008-07-09 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE: Her illustrations for 1890's "A Happy Pair" included elegantly dressed rabbits Beatrix Potter |
| #5499, aired 2008-07-03 | U.S. PRESIDENTS: The first man to receive a million votes for president in one election, he didn't get to enjoy the victory for long William Henry Harrison |
| #5473, aired 2008-05-28 | 20th CENTURY LEADERS: He said, "An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last" Winston Churchill |
| #5451, aired 2008-04-28 | ROYAL WIVES: Her marriage to Henry VIII lasted less than a year, but she had the last laugh, surviving him by 10 years Anne of Cleves |
| #5435, aired 2008-04-04 | SHOW BUSINESS: The wings on this, created in 1948, represent the "muse of art"; the atom represents the "electron of science" the Emmy Award |
| #5431, aired 2008-03-31 | BEFORE THEY WERE SENATORS: Later a U.S. senator, in 1962 he made a famous 75,000-mile trip John Glenn |
| #5430, aired 2008-03-28 | PROS & CONS IN HISTORY: The two 3-letter words applied to those for & against the 18th Amendment, & states with differing laws on the issue dry & wet |
| #5428, aired 2008-03-26 | THE ACADEMY AWARDS: In 1954 he won a record 4 Oscars, including one for "Best Documentary Feature" for a film set in the American desert Walt Disney |
| #5408, aired 2008-02-27 | WORD ORIGINS: It's from the Latin for "hemp" because it was often made of hemp; add a letter & it means to take a survey canvas |
| #5400, aired 2008-02-15 | AMERICAN POETRY: Walt Whitman called this "the beautiful uncut hair of graves" grass |
| #5398, aired 2008-02-13 | THE ANIMAL WORLD: C. familiaris, it has one of the largest size ranges, from a 2-pound Mexican variety to 200 pounders a dog |
| #5388, aired 2008-01-30 | NOTABLE WOMEN: Denied a college education in her own country, in 1903 she became the first woman in France to earn her doctorate Marie Curie |
| #5384, aired 2008-01-24 | RICH & FAMOUS: At $900 million, his fortune was once 2% of the GNP; by his death in 1937, he was down to about $26 million John Rockefeller |
| #5378, aired 2008-01-16 | FOREIGN FILMS: A series of novels includes "Iron Knight, Silver Vase", "Precious Sword, Golden Hairpin" & this one, made into a film in 2000 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon |
| #5366, aired 2007-12-31 | POETRY: In a poem about this battle, Robert Browning wrote, "To Akropolis! Run, Pheidippides, one race more" the Battle of Marathon |
| #5353, aired 2007-12-12 | 20th CENTURY PERSONALITIES: In 1921 he got a patent for a diving suit that allowed one to quickly discard the suit & escape to the surface Harry Houdini |
| #5342, aired 2007-11-27 | CURRENT AMERICAN BUSINESS: This co.'s name is a variation on a word coined by Milton Sirotta & used in the book "Mathematics and the Imagination" Google, Inc. |
| #5339, aired 2007-11-22 | FAMOUS NAMES: In the 19th century he created a new type of reference work, a dictionary named from the Greek for "treasury" Roget |
| #5338, aired 2007-11-21 | 19th CENTURY AUTHORS: In 1833 a French historian said that this author had built "a cathedral as solid as the foundations of the other (one)" Victor Hugo |
| #5308, aired 2007-10-10 | SCIENTIFIC NAMES: It was first given a scientific name meaning "flat-footed duck"; it was later given one meaning "birdlike snout" a platypus |
| #5296, aired 2007-09-24 | AUTHORS: Chapters in a 1914 novel by this author include "Jungle Battles", "His Own Kind" & "The Call of the Primitive" Edgar Rice Burroughs |
| #5292, aired 2007-09-18 | MUSICAL HISTORY: It's the nursery rhyme that inspired the title of a famous musical based on a 1913 G.B. Shaw work London Bridge |
| #5274, aired 2007-07-12 | NOVELISTS: His later works include 1949's "The God-Seeker", about a missionary in his own native Minnesota Sinclair Lewis |
| #5272, aired 2007-07-10 | MYTHICAL HEROES: In a play by Euripides, he goes mad & thinks he's tearing down the walls of Mycenae but destroys his own house Hercules |
| #5263, aired 2007-06-27 | LITERATURE: Maris, Lycon, Laogonus, Erymas, Sarpedon, Erylaus & Patroclus die in Book 16 of this work the Iliad |
| #5255, aired 2007-06-15 | AMERICANA: The original one of these on Mass.'s Little Brewster Island was built in 1716; automation didn't come until 1998 a lighthouse |
| #5249, aired 2007-06-07 | ARTISTS: One of his last letters said, "I am risking my life for (my work) and my reason has half-foundered owing to it..." Vincent van Gogh |
| #5235, aired 2007-05-18 | HISTORICAL MOVIES: One of the 2 actresses nominated for Oscars for playing the same person in a 1997 blockbuster (1 of) Kate Winslet & Gloria Stuart |
| #5228, aired 2007-05-09 | LINES FROM PLAYS: In an Ibsen play, Nora tells her husband that she's been like one of these to him, just as she was to her father a doll |
| #5179, aired 2007-03-01 | WORLD LEADERS: In 1946 she said, "We only want that which is given naturally to all peoples... to be masters of our own fate" Golda Meir |
| #5172, aired 2007-02-20 | FILMS OF THE 1950s: In 2006 Albert II of Monaco attended the Newport Jazz Festival's 50th anniv. celebration of this film that's set during the festival High Society |
| #5169, aired 2007-02-15 | 19th CENTURY MEN: In 1813 Louisiana Governor William Claiborne put a $500 bounty on him; he responded by offering one for the gov.'s head Jean Lafitte |
| #5167, aired 2007-02-13 | 20th CENTURY AUTHORS: This author was born in 1926, the daughter of Amasa, an Alabama lawyer, & Frances, whose maiden name was Finch Harper Lee |
| #5165, aired 2007-02-09 | TOURISM: The 2 leading foreign destination countries for U.S. tourists Canada & Mexico |
| #5158, aired 2007-01-31 | BRITISH ROYAL NAMES: Thomas Malory's posthumous 1485 bestseller inspired this first name of a prince born in 1486 Arthur |
| #5148, aired 2007-01-17 | 18th CENTURY AMERICANS: He preached, "The God that holds you over the pit of Hell, much as one holds a spider... over the fire, abhors you" Jonathan Edwards |
| #5128, aired 2006-12-20 | TECHNOLOGY: A famous one of these was first sent May 24, 1844 & a famous last one, January 27, 2006 a telegram |
| #5124, aired 2006-12-14 | WORD ODDITIES: This Britishism, a homophone of a letter in the alphabet, has one consonant followed by a line of 4 vowels queue |
| #5122, aired 2006-12-12 | CHIEF JUSTICES: He wrote that if a person in custody "cannot afford an attorney, one will be appointed for him... if he so desires" Earl Warren |
| #5102, aired 2006-11-14 | THE UNITED NATIONS: Of the 5 permanent members of the U.N. Security Council, the one that's the smallest in area the United Kingdom |
| #5067, aired 2006-09-26 | LITERARY CINEMA: A silent film of this Russian tale was released in 2 versions: in one, Garbo commits suicide; in the other, Garbo lives Anna Karenina (by Leo Tolstoy) |
| #5055, aired 2006-07-28 | AMERICANA: A monument at this Nebraska site bears the words "He ain't heavy, Father... he's m' brother" Boys Town |
| #5051, aired 2006-07-24 | OSCAR-NOMINATED MOVIES: One of the 2 Best Picture nominees in which CBS newsman & "60 Minutes" producer Don Hewitt is a character (1 of) The Insider & Good Night, and Good Luck. |
| #5014, aired 2006-06-01 | PLAYWRIGHTS: In 2005 Broadway's Virginia Theatre was renamed to honor this late author, the first African-American so honored August Wilson |
| #5012, aired 2006-05-30 | COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: For over a decade starting from 1807, this nation's capital was moved to a city in South America Portugal |
| #5006, aired 2006-05-22 | 19th CENTURY AMERICA: Springs at Weston, Missouri provided water to wagon trains & McCormick's, now the USA's oldest continuously operating one of these a distillery |
| #4997, aired 2006-05-09 | COMPOSING CONTEMPORARIES: One of 2 hyphenated composers who flourished in the 1870s, one with "The Maid of Pskov" & one with "Samson et Dalila" (1 of) Camille Saint-Saens & (Nicolai) Rimsky-Korsakov |
| #4992, aired 2006-05-02 | WORD HISTORY: One Mongol tribe or army, it came to mean "a vast number" because the fierce Mongol warriors seemed so numerous a horde |
| #4990, aired 2006-04-28 | AFRICA: In November 2005 leaders of Spain & France joined in celebrating the 50th anniversary of this country's independence Morocco |
| #4988, aired 2006-04-26 | LITERARY OBJECTS: In literature from the 1200s to today, it has been depicted as a type of dish, a talismanic stone & a woman the Holy Grail |
| #4986, aired 2006-04-24 | ROCKS & MINERALS: Mines near Ticonderoga, New York were once the USA's principal source for this 8-letter mineral graphite |
| #4985, aired 2006-04-21 | FAMOUS OBJECTS: Shah Jahan, Ranjit Singh & Queen Victoria all possessed a famous one whose name means "mountain of light" a diamond |
| #4977, aired 2006-04-11 | THE EARLY 1900s: These 2 nations fought a war on neither nation's soil; the decisive battle came at present-day Shen-Yang Russia & Japan |
| #4976, aired 2006-04-10 | MEMORIALS: Opened in 2002 in Lower Manhattan, a memorial to this 1845-1849 tragedy used Kilkenny limestone the Great Potato Famine in Ireland |
| #4974, aired 2006-04-06 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY: On July 16, 1995 this company made its first sale, a science textbook Amazon.com |
| #4972, aired 2006-04-04 | GERMAN AMERICANS: He famously remarked, "We are all the President's men", giving Woodward & Bernstein their title Henry Kissinger |
| #4957, aired 2006-03-14 | WORD ORIGINS: The word "toxic" comes from the ancient Greek for this weapon an arrow |
| #4952, aired 2006-03-07 | GEOGRAPHIC NICKNAMES: From the 1795 poem "Erin": "Nor one feeling of vengeance presume to defile/ The cause, or the men, of" this place the Emerald Isle |
| #4942, aired 2006-02-21 | FAMOUS PAINTERS: His twin daughters both married generals, & his portrait of one of his sons-in-law is seen here Jacques-Louis David |
| #4930, aired 2006-02-03 | NOTABLE WOMEN: In 1967 Dame Cicely Saunders founded St. Christopher's, the first modern one of these; in 2005 she died there a hospice |
| #4903, aired 2005-12-28 | PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING PLAYS: This play says "Then transfer to one called Cemeteries and ride six blocks and get off at--Elysian Fields!" A Streetcar Named Desire |
| #4895, aired 2005-12-16 | 1940s MOVIES: This 1942 film gained greater distinction following a January 1943 meeting of Allied leaders in its title location Casablanca |
| #4891, aired 2005-12-12 | 19th CENTURY LIT: This work says, "Man is not truly one, but truly two... I learned to recognize the... primitive duality of man" Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde |
| #4887, aired 2005-12-06 | NAMES OF THE 1930s: A famous 1936 speech by this man began, "At long last, I am able to say a few words of my own" King Edward VIII |
| #4885, aired 2005-12-02 | 1950s MOVIE ENSEMBLES: Name missing from this list: Webber, Begley, Marshall, Warden, Balsam, Fiedler, Klugman, Binns, Sweeney, Voskovec & Cobb Fonda |
| #4868, aired 2005-11-09 | STATE CAPITALS: 5 state capitals, all of them on or west of the Mississippi, begin with these 2 letters S-A |
| #4847, aired 2005-10-11 | CLASSIC LITERATURE: Chapter 1 of this book describes "a cyclone cellar, where the family could go in case one of those… whirlwinds arose" The Wizard of Oz |
| #4843, aired 2005-10-05 | RECORD SETTERS: On August 6 & 7, 1961, Gherman Titov did this 17 times; the previous record was one orbit the Earth |
| #4833, aired 2005-09-21 | NOVELISTS: His great-granddad wrote the best-seller "White Rose of Memphis", a city 40 miles north of the county in which he was raised William Faulkner |
| #4831, aired 2005-09-19 | RANKS & TITLES: In 1950 Pius XII was Pontifex Maximus; exactly 2,000 years earlier, this man held a title of the same name Julius Caesar |
| #4828, aired 2005-09-14 | 18th CENTURY LITERATURE: This character studied medicine, "knowing it would be useful in long voyages" Gulliver |
| #4820, aired 2005-07-15 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE: This 1952 classic contains the line "No one was with her when she died" Charlotte's Web |
| #4809, aired 2005-06-30 | OSCAR NOMINEES: In a 1964 film, he played 3 characters but received only one nomination for Best Actor Peter Sellers |
| #4780, aired 2005-05-20 | HISTORIC OBJECTS: Given to Washington by Lafayette, one of the keys to this is on display at Mount Vernon the Bastille |
| #4776, aired 2005-05-16 | BIBLICAL CITIES: Of the 10 most populous U.S. cities, the one that shares its name with a city mentioned in Revelation Philadelphia |
| #4768, aired 2005-05-04 | VOCABULARY: Its original meaning was a resident of a certain wealthy city; now it means one who indulges in luxury sybarite |
| #4762, aired 2005-04-26 | IN THE DICTIONARY: Much in the news of the world at the end of June 2004, it's the only English word to contain "GNT" consecutively sovereignty |
| #4760, aired 2005-04-22 | NEW LAWS: CEOs must personally certify their corporate books following a July 2002 law named for these 2 men Sen. Paul Sarbanes & Rep. Michael Oxley |
| #4757, aired 2005-04-19 | THE CABINET: A top member of the Reagan Cabinet, he was also Labor Secretary & Treasury Secretary under Richard Nixon George Shultz |
| #4744, aired 2005-03-31 | ENGLISH LIT: This 17th century poetic follow-up begins, "I who ere while the happy garden sung, by one man's disobedience lost..." Paradise Regained |
| #4735, aired 2005-03-18 | EUROPEAN LANGUAGES: In this language spoken by 120 million worldwide, all of the days of the week but one end with the same 3 letters German |
| #4715, aired 2005-02-18 | WORDPLAY: This word for a type of war is one of the few 5-letter words that can be made using only Roman numerals civil |
| #4702, aired 2005-02-01 | 19th CENTURY LITERATURE: "The Pastor and His Parishioner" is Chapter 17 of this classic novel The Scarlet Letter |
| #4695, aired 2005-01-21 | FICTIONAL CHILDREN: This boy introduced in a 1902 book flew away from his mother when he was 7 days old Peter Pan |
| #4688, aired 2005-01-12 | DATES IN AMERICAN HISTORY: On this date Philadelphia partied with fireworks & music from a Hessian band captured 6 months earlier July 4, 1777 |
| #4674, aired 2004-12-23 | AUTHORS: He publicly objected to the name of a 2004 documentary for infringing on the title of one of his books Ray Bradbury |
| #4667, aired 2004-12-14 | AWARD-WINNING AUTHORS: The only Oscar winner also to win a Nobel Prize, this European won a 1938 Oscar for adapting his own play George Bernard Shaw |
| #4666, aired 2004-12-13 | BUSINESS HISTORY: Last names of the 2 men, both engineers, who met & formed a partnership at England's Midland Hotel in May 1904 Rolls and Royce |
| #4647, aired 2004-11-16 | OCCUPATIONS: While working as one, Charlotte Bronte complained that one of these "has no existence, is not considered as a living... being" a governess |
| #4629, aired 2004-10-21 | THE EARLY 20th CENTURY: On April 11, 1912, from a pier in Queenstown, Ireland, Francis Browne took one of the last known photos of this the Titanic |
| #4625, aired 2004-10-15 | FAMOUS PAIRS: They first teamed up in 1974; one a quiet Latin teacher & the other a former clown college student Penn & Teller |
| #4616, aired 2004-10-04 | POETS: Called the 2 most innovative 19th century American poets, one didn't read the other after being "told that he was disgraceful" Emily Dickinson & Walt Whitman |
| #4607, aired 2004-09-21 | FIRST LADIES: She survived the President by 39 years & was married to an archaeology professor at the time of her own death in 1947 Frances Folsom Cleveland |
| #4597, aired 2004-09-07 | WAR MOVIES: A controversial 1979 war film was based on a 1902 work by this author Joseph Conrad |
| #4595, aired 2004-07-23 | SHAKESPEARE: 2 of the 4 Shakespeare plays in which ghosts appear on stage (2 of) Hamlet, Julius Caesar, Macbeth & Richard III |
| #4586, aired 2004-07-12 | NAMES IN THE BIBLE: Daniel means "God is my judge", Ezekiel, "God strengthens"; & this name in Genesis 32, "he strives with God" Israel |
| #4585, aired 2004-07-09 | INTERNATIONAL POLITICS: Of the 8 members of the G-8 industrial nations, the one with the smallest population Canada |
| #4574, aired 2004-06-24 | FILMS OF THE '70s: This 1973 thriller was re-released in 2000 with extra footage, including a scene in which Ritalin is prescribed The Exorcist |
| #4566, aired 2004-06-14 | ON EXHIBIT: The Chinese government, which controls all of these in the U.S., won't let a new one be named until it's 100 days old giant pandas |
| #4535, aired 2004-04-30 | 18th CENTURY BRITISH NOVELS: This title person asks a pile of money, "What art thou good for?... one of those knives is worth all this heap" Robinson Crusoe |
| #4524, aired 2004-04-15 | 20th CENTURY BESTSELLERS: First published in 1967, it tells the story of 7 generations of a Colombian family One Hundred Years of Solitude |
| #4494, aired 2004-03-04 | FAMOUS LASTS: In July 2003 the last old-style one of these rolled off an assembly line in Mexico, headed for a museum in Germany the Volkswagen Beetle |
| #4481, aired 2004-02-16 | JOBS: In this job, after the Senate confirms you, you sign your name at least 5 times, then pick one to be engraved U.S. Treasurer or U.S. Treasury Secretary |
| #4479, aired 2004-02-12 | SONGS: One of the first to sing it publicly was Baltimore actor Fredinand Durang at Captain McCauley's tavern in October 1814 "The Star-Spangled Banner" |
| #4464, aired 2004-01-22 | TECHNOLOGY FIRSTS: In 1923 the Zeiss unit seen here was placed under a dome to create the first modern one of these a planetarium |
| #4460, aired 2004-01-16 | THE MOVIES: They're the 2 2-letter abbreviations in the titles of movies directed by Steven Spielberg E.T. (E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial) & A.I. (Artificial Intelligence) |
| #4457, aired 2004-01-13 | DEADLY FIRSTS: The first man to die as the result of one of these accidents was Lt. Thomas Selfridge on Sept. 17, 1908 an airplane crash |
| #4432, aired 2003-12-09 | MAGAZINES: Aimed largely at women, this magazine that has its own institute took 110 years to make a woman its editor Good Housekeeping |
| #4430, aired 2003-12-05 | THE U.S. NAVY: It's the only U.S. battleship ever to have a one-syllable name the Maine |
| #4416, aired 2003-11-17 | OLYMPIC SPORTS: Officially added as a medal event in 1996, it's one of the few team events where shoes are not worn beach volleyball |
| #4394, aired 2003-10-16 | NAME'S THE SAME: This sports superstar of 1973 bears the name of one of the 6 major organs of the United Nations Secretariat |
| #4354, aired 2003-07-03 | OPERA: Title character of a 1787 opera who says he needs women "more than the food I eat,... than the very air I breathe" Don Juan (or Don Giovanni) |
| #4351, aired 2003-06-30 | 5-LETTER WORDS: Term for an opinion or edict issued by a mufti or 'ulama; a famous one was issued in 1989 fatwa |
| #4310, aired 2003-05-02 | CELEBRITY AUCTIONS: A 1999 sale of her effects included a baseball signed by one husband & a conversion certificate signed by her last Marilyn Monroe |
| #4303, aired 2003-04-23 | CHARACTERS: Person missing from: Rossweisse, Ortlinde, Siegrune, Grimgerde, Helmwige, Gerhilde, Waltraute & Schwertleite Brunhilde (one of the Valkyries) |
| #4298, aired 2003-04-16 | THE SECRET SERVICE: This 20th century U.S. president was the first to receive full-time protection from the Secret Service Theodore Roosevelt |
| #4296, aired 2003-04-14 | MOUNTAINS: All of the mountains in the U.S. over 14,500 feet are in this state Alaska |
| #4288, aired 2003-04-02 | CANADIAN GEOGRAPHY: One of the only 2 Canadian provinces that do not border a saltwater ocean or bay Alberta or Saskatchewan |
| #4280, aired 2003-03-21 | GAMING: In 1996 IGT introduced the first themed slot machine based on a TV show, this one Wheel of Fortune |
| #4277, aired 2003-03-18 | PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: In the 20th c., one of the 2 men who've lost as both presidential & vice presidential nominee of a major party Bob Dole or Walter Mondale |
| #4220, aired 2002-12-27 | IN THE DICTIONARY: This 5-letter word can refer to one type of work by a composer, or to several works of different types opera |
| #4163, aired 2002-10-09 | THE CENSUS: The 1930 U.S. Census was the first to ask if residents owned one of these & 12 million were counted a radio |
| #4148, aired 2002-09-18 | THE 7 ANCIENT WONDERS: The oldest of the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World, they're also the only ones still standing today the Pyramids |
| #4140, aired 2002-09-06 | SPORTS STARS: He's the only athlete in history to play in both the Super Bowl & the World Series Deion Sanders |
| #4139, aired 2002-09-05 | TECHNOLOGY: After a demonstration of this, the April 8, 1927 New York Times said, "Commercial use in doubt" television |
| #4137, aired 2002-09-03 | SEPTEMBER 1984: History-making woman whose Sept. 1984 itinerary included speeches in Dallas, Spokane, Syracuse & Youngstown Geraldine Ferraro |
| #4129, aired 2002-07-11 | THE OSCARS: 1 of only 3 movies to be nominated for both Best Picture & Best Foreign Language Film in the same year (1 of) Life is Beautiful, Z, or Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon |
| #4122, aired 2002-07-02 | 1980s BUSINESS: In his job since 1984, this man has been called "the Prince who awakened Sleeping Beauty" Michael Eisner |
| #4103, aired 2002-06-05 | EUROPE: Among countries entirely within Europe, this nation has the highest percentage of Muslims Albania |
| #4101, aired 2002-06-03 | FRANCE: Of France's 22 official regions, this one extends the farthest west Brittany |
| #4100, aired 2002-05-31 | TOYS & GAMES: One face of the icosahedron, a 20-sided figure inside this, says "yes" Magic 8-Ball |
| #4087, aired 2002-05-14 | VICE PRESIDENTS: He was the only vice president to be elected to, & serve, 2 full terms as president Thomas Jefferson |
| #4086, aired 2002-05-13 | WORD HISTORIES: In old philosophy this 12-letter word referred to a fifth substance, superior to earth, air, fire or water quintessence |
| #4084, aired 2002-05-09 | PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING BOOKS: One of its title studies is Sen. Edmund Ross' 1868 vote against convicting President Andrew Johnson Profiles in Courage |
| #4076, aired 2002-04-29 | SOUTHERN WRITERS: He said, "My own little postage stamp of native soil was worth writing about... I would never... exhaust it" William Faulkner |
| #4074, aired 2002-04-25 | THE HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME: One of the 2 birds honored with a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame (1 of) Big Bird or Woody Woodpecker |
| #4060, aired 2002-04-05 | AUTHORS: Like one of his most famous heroines, he died at a train station in 1910 Tolstoy |
| #4058, aired 2002-04-03 | U.S. PRESIDENTS: One of only 2 U.S. presidents to be outlived by their fathers (1 of) John F Kennedy or Warren G. Harding |
| #4031, aired 2002-02-25 | CLASSICAL MUSIC: This orchestral instrument is the first one heard in Stravinsky's "Orpheus" & the second heard in Liszt's "Orpheus" the harp |
| #4026, aired 2002-02-18 | TRANSPORTATION: In 2001 Germany began regular passenger service on one of these, named for a German, for the 1st time since 1937 zeppelin |
| #3960, aired 2001-11-16 | SPORTS MARKETING: Tiger Woods' 22-page booklet "The Making of a Champion" came free on one million boxes of this product Wheaties |
| #3957, aired 2001-11-13 | FIRST LADIES: First & last names of the 2 First Ladies who each had a husband & son serve as president Abigail Adams & Barbara Bush |
| #3956, aired 2001-11-12 | THE EARLY 20th CENTURY: A 1904 issue of Popular Science Monthly reported their success in North Carolina the previous year the Wright Brothers |
| #3948, aired 2001-10-31 | WORDS IN POETRY: The 2 "oo" 4-letter words in the poem inscribed in the base of the Statue of Liberty poor & door |
| #3946, aired 2001-10-29 | HISTORIC GEOGRAPHY: Upon this nation's independence in 1903, it was "moved" from one continent to another Panama |
| #3923, aired 2001-09-26 | IT'S ABOUT TIME: Scientists added an extra one of these to December 31, 1998, giving it 86,401; we hope you made good use of it a second |
| #3913, aired 2001-09-12 | ORGANIZATIONS: Linda Collins's tetanus antitoxin allergy led her parents to found this emergency information service MedicAlert |
| #3898, aired 2001-07-11 | CONTEMPORARY BRITISH AUTHORS: In May 1973 Sports Illustrated ran one of his short stories under the title "A Day of Wine and Roses" Dick Francis |
| #3892, aired 2001-07-03 | THE EMMYS: The star of one of TV's most popular shows ever, he's the only person to win Emmys for acting, writing & directing Alan Alda |
| #3879, aired 2001-06-14 | HISTORIC ENGLISHMEN: A Punch cartoon showed this man like an Ancient Wonder standing over Africa, one foot on the Cape, one on Cairo Cecil Rhodes |
| #3761, aired 2001-01-01 | CELEBRITY WOMEN: She said, "The reason I'm not a nun is...you can't take your own name...I have the most holy name a woman can have" Madonna |
| #3751, aired 2000-12-18 | SPORTS LEGENDS: If Joe DiMaggio's hitting streak had gone one more game in 1941, this company would have given him a $10,000 contract H.J. Heinz (Heinz 57 Varieties) |
| #3746, aired 2000-12-11 | CIVIL RIGHTS HISTORY: By 1948, all but one of the 9 in this group charged in a 1931 crime had been freed the Scottsboro Boys |
| #3741, aired 2000-12-04 | THE SPACE RACE: In 1957 the Soviets sent up Sputnik 1 carrying a radio beacon & Sputnik 2 carrying one of these animals Dog (named Laika) |
| #3712, aired 2000-10-24 | FAMOUS FIRSTS: The world's first one of these opened in 1925; it was in San Luis Obispo, Ca. & had parking in front of each door a motel |
| #3687, aired 2000-09-19 | FAMOUS NAMES: The Hopi Indians gave this German-born man the name "The Great Relative" when he visited Arizona in the 1930s Albert Einstein |
| #3673, aired 2000-07-19 | THE MAP OF EUROPE: Bordering Italy, Austria, Hungary & Croatia, it's one of the world's newest independent countries Slovenia |
| #3652, aired 2000-06-20 | U.S. PAPER CURRENCY: With one of each of the Treasury's currently produced denominations, you'd have this much money $188.00 |
| #3606, aired 2000-04-17 | BRAND NAME PEOPLE: Immigrating to the U.S. at age 17, he cooked at the Plaza in New York & catered Pres. Wilson's wedding reception in 1915 Chef Boyardee (real name Ettore Boiardi) |
| #3600, aired 2000-04-07 | TRAVEL & TOURISM: One of Iowa's top tourist attractions is a set from this 1989 movie Field of Dreams |
| #3584, aired 2000-03-16 | SPACE: On Nov. 13, 1999 a body circling HD 209458 became the first new planet to be photographed since this one Pluto |
| #3578, aired 2000-03-08 | TEXTILES: This synthetic material is named for the sports venue where it was installed in 1966 AstroTurf (for the Houston Astrodome) |
| #3577, aired 2000-03-07 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS: Newly discovered, perhaps the oldest playable instrument is one of these, made from a crane's bone Flute |
| #3555, aired 2000-02-04 | FILMS OF THE '80s: The one-word title of this 1985 film refers to Samuel Lapp, a Penn. farm boy who makes his first visit to a city Witness |
| #3480, aired 1999-10-22 | SISTER CITIES: San Francisco, California is a sister city to this one in Italy Assisi (named after St. Francis of Assisi) |
| #3460, aired 1999-09-24 | OLYMPICS 2000: Name of the new Olympic event that will cover a total of 51.5 kilometers the triathlon |
| #3450, aired 1999-09-10 | FUN WITH NUMBERS: Number of degrees the minute hand on a standard clock travels in one hour 360 |
| #3422, aired 1999-06-22 | HISTORIC DATES: On this date a record 10,471 flags were flown above the U.S. Capitol, one at a time July 4, 1976 (the Bicentennial) |
| #3404, aired 1999-05-27 | DIRECTORS & THEIR FILMS: 1 of the 2 '90s films by German director Wolfgang Petersen concerned with a U.S. president's safety (1 of) Air Force One & In the Line of Fire |
| #3395, aired 1999-05-14 | HISTORIC AMERICANS: This member of William & Mary's Class of 1762 founded a univ. that opened in 1825, one year before his death Thomas Jefferson (University of Virginia) |
| #3394, aired 1999-05-13 | STATE CAPITALS: Add one letter to a word meaning a religious rite & you get this U.S. state capital Sacramento, California |
| #3382, aired 1999-04-27 | ENGLISH HISTORY: 11th century England had 2 kings with this name, one a Dane & one a Saxon Harold |
| #3362, aired 1999-03-30 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY: One story says this point was so named because it was a positive sign of a sea route from Europe to India Cape of Good Hope |
| #3335, aired 1999-02-19 | U.S. INDUSTRIES: Around 1850 it used a fleet of over 700 ships; by 1930 this U.S. industry was practically defunct whaling |
| #3291, aired 1998-12-21 | TOYS: While making a torsion meter, an engineer got the idea for this classic toy Slinky |
| #3287, aired 1998-12-15 | CHARITIES: Major Bill Hendricks, a Warner Bros. publicist, founded this holiday charity in 1947 Toys for Tots |
| #3280, aired 1998-12-04 | AWARDS: In 1927 Cedric Gibbons designed this award that he went on to win 11 times The Academy Award (Oscar) |
| #3272, aired 1998-11-24 | 1998 DISCOVERIES: Discovered by a student, the largest known one of these fills as many pages as a good-sized novel a prime number |
| #3240, aired 1998-10-09 | WORDS: Once luring men to danger, now one warns of it a siren |
| #3215, aired 1998-07-17 | STATUES: In 1820 a man named Yorgos unearthed 3 statues: 2 of Hermes & one of Aphrodite, later renamed this Venus de Milo |
| #3178, aired 1998-05-27 | COMPOSERS: One of his most famous works had its premiere on a barge in 1717 George Frideric Handel (the Water Music) |
| #3144, aired 1998-04-09 | CABLE TV: Spawning a web site, videos & a magazine, this A&E series has taken on a life of its own Biography |
| #3130, aired 1998-03-20 | FINANCE HISTORY: In the 19th c., selling stock you didn't yet own, hoping it would fall, was called selling this animal's skin a bear |
| #3115, aired 1998-02-27 | TELEVISION BIOGRAPHIES: The biography of this man on PBS' "American Masters" was subtitled "Submitted for Your Approval" Rod Serling |
| #3109, aired 1998-02-19 | 1990s TRENDS: One nickname for this product now back in vogue comes from a Penn. region also known for wagons a cigar |
| #3088, aired 1998-01-21 | THE POST OFFICE: Due to demand Bugs Bunny's U.S. commemorative stamp was the first to have a second printing since this one the Elvis Presley stamp |
| #3052, aired 1997-12-02 | 17th CENTURY LITERATURE: Part one of this English allegory ends, "So I awoke, and behold it was a dream" "Pilgrim's Progress" |
| #3049, aired 1997-11-27 | 20th CENTURY HISTORY: The NKVD, which liquidated its own first 2 chiefs in the 1930s, developed into this group in 1954 the KGB |
| #3045, aired 1997-11-21 | THE ARMED SERVICES: In September 1997 this branch of the U.S. Armed Services celebrated its 50th anniversary U.S. Air Force |
| #2989, aired 1997-09-04 | REPUBLICANS: He died in Topeka October 12, 1987, a month after his 100th birthday Alf Landon |
| #2978, aired 1997-07-09 | AMERICAN AUTHORS: One of the USA's greatest novelists, he lived most of his life, from 1876 to 1916, in England Henry James |
| #2975, aired 1997-07-04 | COMPOSERS: One of this Russian's best-known works is the fiendishly difficult Piano Concerto No. 3 of 1909 Sergei Rachmaninoff |
| #2964, aired 1997-06-19 | GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS: Last name of 2 brothers, one currently a cabinet secretary & one mayor of a city of several million Daley (William M. & Richard M.) |
| #2963, aired 1997-06-18 | THE PLANETS: Most of this planet's moons are named for Shakespearean characters Uranus |
| #2941, aired 1997-05-19 | 18th CENTURY AMERICANS: A military post & a Tennessee city are both named for this first U.S. Secretary of War Henry Knox |
| #2940, aired 1997-05-16 | THE LAW: From Latin for "under penalty", you're under penalty if you don't obey one a subpoena |
| #2893, aired 1997-03-12 | THE NOBEL PRIZE: The 1996 Chemistry Prize went to the discoverers of a 60-carbon atom molecule called this Buckyball |
| #2889, aired 1997-03-06 | FAMOUS WOMEN: She worked as a model, caterer, cooking columnist & food stylist before starting her own magazine in 1990 Martha Stewart |
| #2839, aired 1996-12-26 | ASSASSINS: The knife he used to stab Major Henry Rathbone is in a Washington, D.C. museum John Wilkes Booth |
| #2813, aired 1996-11-20 | THE MIDWEST: Of the 4 states that border Lake Michigan, the one whose name is not derived from a Native American word Indiana |
| #2718, aired 1996-05-29 | JAPANESE LITERATURE: One-word title of a 1915 story by Ryunosuke Akutagawa; it was filmed in 1950 Rashomon |
| #2716, aired 1996-05-27 | ANAGRAMS: Anagrams of each other, one is a synonym for home, the other the material it might be made of abode & adobe |
| #2710, aired 1996-05-17 | FAMOUS NOVELS: Published in 1605, the first part of this novel was dedicated to the Duque de Bejar, Marques de Gibraleon... Don Quixote |
| #2709, aired 1996-05-16 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY: On February 6, 1996 Binney & Smith produced its 100 billionth one of these a crayon |
| #2685, aired 1996-04-12 | ARTISTS: At a May 1995 auction, a painting by her sold for $3.2 million, barely topping one by her husband Frida Kahlo |
| #2652, aired 1996-02-27 | FAMOUS FAMILIES: The 1st man named this was a violinist, the 2nd, an actor & the 3rd, CEO at Times Mirror Magazines Efrem Zimbalist |
| #2647, aired 1996-02-20 | QUOTATIONS: In 1947 Bernard Baruch told the Senate, "We are in the midst of" one of these "which is getting warmer" a cold war |
| #2637, aired 1996-02-06 | SHAKESPEARE: Shakespeare's 2 plays with "King" in the title & no numbers following King Lear & King John |
| #2592, aired 1995-12-05 | WOMEN OF SCIENCE: With 32, Carolyn Shoemaker has discovered more of these than any other living person comets |
| #2590, aired 1995-12-01 | U.S. AIRPORTS: In terms of cargo this city's airport was the world's busiest in 1994, handling 1.65 million metric tons Memphis |
| #2551, aired 1995-10-09 | SUPREME COURT JUSTICES: He served as assistant attorney general of Missouri under John C. Danforth from 1974 to 1977 (Clarence) Thomas |
| #2545, aired 1995-09-29 | 19th CENTURY ARTISTS: He sued a man for libel over a criticism of his painting "Nocturne in Black and Gold"--& won (James Abbott McNeil) Whistler |
| #2492, aired 1995-06-06 | POSTAL ABBREVIATIONS: Among the 2-letter abbreviations for U.S. states, this state's is 1st alphabetically Alaska |
| #2435, aired 1995-03-17 | PHILANTHROPISTS: In 1887 the remains of James Lick were placed inside one of these that he endowed a telescope |
| #2420, aired 1995-02-24 | KINGS & QUEENS: This royal wife, Queen of England for just 6 months in 1540, was the daughter of a German duke Anne of Cleves |
| #2417, aired 1995-02-21 | FAMOUS AMERICANS: On October 18, 1938, Hermann Goering decorated him with a service cross Charles Lindbergh |
| #2411, aired 1995-02-13 | ORGANIZATIONS: The name of this organization comes from the phrase "philosophia biou kubernetes" Phi Beta Kappa |
| #2349, aired 1994-11-17 | NAMES IN THE NEWS: This former U.N. ambassador is a co-chairman of the host city's committee for the 1996 Olympic Games Andrew Young |
| #2345, aired 1994-11-11 | ANCIENT ROME: One of these commanded 100 of the 6000 men in a legion a centurion |
| #2326, aired 1994-10-17 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY: It was created in 1931 by a merger of, among others, Boeing Air Transport & National Air Transport United Airlines |
| #2315, aired 1994-09-30 | U.S. PRESIDENTS: Of the presidents who attended a service academy, the only one who graduated in the top 10 percent of his class Jimmy Carter |
| #2304, aired 1994-09-15 | 1994: James Gregory, a former Robben Island warden, was an invited guest at this May 10, 1994 event the inauguration of Nelson Mandela |
| #2275, aired 1994-06-24 | LAST LINES: A J.M. Synge play ends, "Oh my grief, I've lost him surely. I've lost the only" one of these Playboy of the Western World |
| #2267, aired 1994-06-14 | FAMOUS NAMES: In 1921 he was appointed an advisor on Arab affairs to then British colonial minister Winston Churchill T.E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) |
| #2258, aired 1994-06-01 | WORD ORIGINS: This term for one who exposes political corruption comes from a character in "The Pilgrim's Progress" a muckraker |
| #2234, aired 1994-04-28 | OPERA: In Act I of this 1875 opera, the title character stabs a fellow factory worker Carmen |
| #2218, aired 1994-04-06 | WOMEN AUTHORS: In the 1920s she wrote, "A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction" Virginia Woolf |
| #2213, aired 1994-03-30 | PULITZER PRIZE NOVELS: The first Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by a woman, it became a movie in 1993 The Age of Innocence |
| #2209, aired 1994-03-24 | LESSER-KNOWN NAMES: You're most likely to see the names Catalina Villalpando & Nicholas Brady together on one of these a $1 bill |
| #2149, aired 1993-12-30 | SHAKESPEARE: The 2 female title characters in Shakespearean tragedies who die by their own hand Cleopatra & Juliet |
| #2117, aired 1993-11-16 | LITERARY TERMS: Jonathan Swift defined it as a "glass wherein beholders... discover everybody's face but their own" satire |
| #2107, aired 1993-11-02 | PULITZER PRIZE WINNERS: Since 1952 he's hosted a weekday talk & interview show on Chicago's fine arts radio station WFMT Studs Terkel |
| #2069, aired 1993-09-09 | WORD ORIGINS: This word for one who willfully destroys comes from a group that sacked Rome in 455 vandal |
| #2068, aired 1993-09-08 | U.S. CITIES: Name shared by cities on the Kennebec & Savannah rivers; one of them is a state capital Augusta |
| #2057, aired 1993-07-13 | FAMOUS AUTHORS: He used his fishing boat, the Pilar, for counter-intelligence work during World War II Ernest Hemingway |
| #2052, aired 1993-07-06 | PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATIONS: He used more words in his one inaugural address than FDR used in all four of his William Henry Harrison |
| #2024, aired 1993-05-27 | MEN OF SCIENCE: In addition to a pendulum, Jean Foucault made a simple one of these to prove the Earth rotated gyroscope |
| #2008, aired 1993-05-05 | IN THE NEWS: In January 1993 he was elected president of a country 2/3 the size of the one he led 7 months earlier Vaclav Havel |
| #2005, aired 1993-04-30 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES: One of Canada's largest universities, it was endowed by a Scottish- born fur trader McGill University |
| #1987, aired 1993-04-06 | FAMOUS HOMES: There's a famous home on a piece of land called Walker's Point in this U.S. town Kennebunkport, Maine |
| #1985, aired 1993-04-02 | THE TONY AWARDS: He won his first of 9 Tonys for the first Broadway musical he choreographed, "The Pajama Game" Bob Fosse |
| #1968, aired 1993-03-10 | ISLANDS: These islands about 400 miles from Cape Horn were named for a British treasurer of the Navy the Falklands |
| #1959, aired 1993-02-25 | 19th CENTURY AMERICA: The execution of this man & his followers in 1859 is believed to be the only one for treason against a state John Brown |
| #1958, aired 1993-02-24 | GEMS: The Star of Africa is a diamond & the Star of India is one of these a sapphire |
| #1939, aired 1993-01-28 | WORLD BUSINESS: In April 1992 McDonald's opened its biggest restaurant ever in this world capital Beijing |
| #1929, aired 1993-01-14 | MOVIE ROLES: Ed Wynn & W.C. Fields turned down the title role in this 1939 film The Wizard of Oz |
| #1919, aired 1992-12-31 | GOVERNORS: This governor sent in the militia after the 1919 Boston police strike was under control (Calvin) Coolidge |
| #1897, aired 1992-12-01 | FAMOUS NAMES: The last of his 56 children, Mabel Sanborn, died in 1950 at age 87 Brigham Young |
| #1883, aired 1992-11-11 | VICE PRESIDENTS: He served as vice president for the shortest length of time: one month John Tyler |
| #1867, aired 1992-10-20 | MEN OF SCIENCE: In 1927, a year after his death, his autobiography "Harvest of the Years" was published Luther Burbank |
| #1838, aired 1992-09-09 | FAMOUS WOMEN: On her death, Will Rogers said her "consideration of others will live as a mark for any woman to shoot at" Annie Oakley |
| #1834, aired 1992-07-16 | FILMS OF THE '50s: One of the 1st lines in this William Holden film is "The poor dope. He always wanted a pool." Sunset Boulevard |
| #1828, aired 1992-07-08 | NATIONS OF THE WORLD: In one of its official languages, this country is called Repiblik Dayti Haiti |
| #1795, aired 1992-05-22 | COMPOSERS: An anthem that he composed for George II's 1727 coronation has been used for British crownings ever since George Frederick Handel |
| #1794, aired 1992-05-21 | AMERICAN STORIES: Story that begins, "Whoever has made a voyage up the Hudson must remember the Kaatskill Mountains" "Rip Van Winkle" |
| #1792, aired 1992-05-19 | ARTISTS: 2 of his major works are "Synagogue at Safed" (1931) & "King David" (1951) Chagall |
| #1781, aired 1992-05-04 | THE 1970s: These documents revealed the Truman admin. gave military aid to France in its war against the Viet Minh Pentagon Papers |
| #1740, aired 1992-03-06 | 20th CENTURY VICE PRESIDENTS: The only VP to become president not immediately after his vice presidential term Richard Nixon |
| #1715, aired 1992-01-31 | ACTORS OF THE PAST: Born in 1895, 2 of his greatest film roles were Julio Desnoyers & Ahmed Ben Hassan Rudolph Valentino |
| #1714, aired 1992-01-30 | ART: Rodin originally conceived "The Thinker" as a seated portrait of this author for "The Gates of Hell" Dante |
| #1706, aired 1992-01-20 | THE STATUE OF LIBERTY: At her feet is a broken one of these chain |
| #1682, aired 1991-12-17 | PRESIDENTIAL RELATIVES: He's the grandson of one president & the son-in-law of another David Eisenhower |
| #1648, aired 1991-10-30 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES: Ronald Reagan, Errol Flynn, Richard Mulligan & Gary Cole have all played this historical role George Armstrong Custer |
| #1644, aired 1991-10-24 | THE SENATE: The 2 former major party vice presidential nominees who are now senators Robert Dole & Lloyd Bentsen |
| #1588, aired 1991-06-26 | U.S. GOVERNMENT: Of all the independent agencies of the U.S. government, this one has the most employees the Postal Service (the Post Office) |
| #1564, aired 1991-05-23 | ACTRESSES: In NYC in 1955 she said, "An actress's life is so transitory--suddenly you're a building" Helen Hayes |
| #1523, aired 1991-03-27 | U.S. PRESIDENTS: 1 of 2 men elected president while serving as a U.S. senator Warren G. Harding or John F. Kennedy |
| #1494, aired 1991-02-14 | THE 50 STATES: The only one of the 50 states that has a 1-syllable name Maine |
| #1491, aired 1991-02-11 | AMERICAN HISTORY: Edward Everett gave the principal speech here November 19, 1863 Gettysburg |
| #1479, aired 1991-01-24 | WORLD HISTORY: On July 15, 1815 he surrendered to the captain of the Bellerophon Napoleon (I) |
| #1458, aired 1990-12-26 | THE 50 STATES: 3 of the 5 states which, along with part of Minnesota, were formed from the Northwest Territory (3 of) Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Ohio |
| #1429, aired 1990-11-15 | SPACE EXPLORATION: Next pair in the sequence:
Gumdrop, Spider;
Charlie Brown, Snoopy;... the Columbia & the Eagle |
| #1428, aired 1990-11-14 | U.S. HISTORY: After Virginia, more Civil War battles were fought in this state than in any other Tennessee |
| #1425, aired 1990-11-09 | U.S. POLITICS: This city has been the site of more major party presidential nominating conventions than any other Chicago |
| #1423, aired 1990-11-07 | SHAKESPEARE: The 3-word title of this play begins & ends with the same 7-letter word Measure for Measure |
| #1419, aired 1990-11-01 | HISTORIC NAMES: John Adams was the great great grandson of this couple who came to America in 1620 John & Priscilla Alden |
| #1416, aired 1990-10-29 | SAINTS: Founder of the Friars Minor in the 13th c., he was made patron saint of ecologists in 1979 St. Francis of Assisi |
| #1386, aired 1990-09-17 | THE CIVIL WAR: 1 of 2 states of the Confederacy that do not have a seacoast (1 of) Arkansas or Tennessee |
| #1384, aired 1990-09-13 | POETRY: The last words spoken by this title character were "I 'ope you liked your drink" Gunga Din |
| #1382, aired 1990-09-11 | RELIGION: More popes have taken this name than any other, but only the first one was declared a saint John |
| #13, aired 1990-09-08 | THE 20th CENTURY: He was vice president of the U.S. for just 82 days before becoming president Harry Truman |
| #8, aired 1990-08-04 | SHAKESPEAREAN QUOTES: The famous line "Out, out, brief candle!" is spoken after the announcement of this woman's death Lady Macbeth |
| #1372, aired 1990-07-17 | VOCABULARY: From Greek for "little world", it's the body seen as a mini-universe animated by its own soul microcosm |
| #1371, aired 1990-07-16 | THE BIBLE: "The dead which he slew at his death were more than they which he slew in his life" Samson |
| #1296, aired 1990-04-02 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES: This actor won a 1952 Tony & a 1956 Oscar for playing the same ruler Yul Brynner (The King and I) |
| #1275, aired 1990-03-02 | NOTORIOUS: Probably born in France, a U.S. hero in 1815, he burned down his own colony in 1821 & disappeared Jean Lafitte |
| #1263, aired 1990-02-14 | ASTRONOMY: In 1910 it could be seen with the naked eye; in 1911 a telescope was necessary; by 1912 it was gone Halley's Comet |
| #1168, aired 1989-10-04 | TELEVISION: This NBC special was performed live in 1955 & 1956; videotaped in 1960; & re-run in '63, '66, '78 & '89 Peter Pan |
| #1137, aired 1989-07-11 | MOVIES: Title of a 1960 S. Tracy film, it completes the bib. quote "He that troubleth his own house shall..." Inherit the Wind |
| #1127, aired 1989-06-27 | FOREIGN PHRASES: Latin phrase found on the face of the Great Seal of the United States E pluribus unum |
| #1126, aired 1989-06-26 | WOMEN: 1 of 3 states that currently has a woman governor (1 of) Vermont, Nebraska, or Arizona |
| #1104, aired 1989-05-25 | MONEY: It was the 1st country to use paper money China |
| #1103, aired 1989-05-24 | WORLD CITIES: Linked by the world's 5th longest suspension bridge, it lies in both Europe & Asia Istanbul |
| #1089, aired 1989-05-04 | THE ACADEMY AWARDS: "Best Actress" for 1968, she was the only one in Oscar history to win for playing a queen Katharine Hepburn (The Lion in Winter) |
| #1084, aired 1989-04-27 | MONARCHS: He married a woman with royal blood & then killed his own cousin to become king of Scotland Macbeth |
| #1054, aired 1989-03-16 | FOOD & DRINK: The letters in "made" can be made into these 2 different words, one a food & one a drink Edam & mead |
| #1017, aired 1989-01-24 | FILMS OF THE '40s: This 1941 film is the only one with a color in its title to win the "Best Picture" Oscar How Green Was My Valley |
| #960, aired 1988-11-04 | LETTER PERFECT: Vowel found in the names of 7 of the 9 planets U |
| #942, aired 1988-10-11 | 1988: In April the late Dr. Paul D. White became familiar to many people who saw his portrait on this A stamp |
| #922, aired 1988-09-13 | THE CALENDAR: 1st year of the 100th century 9901 |
| #902, aired 1988-07-05 | CIVIL WAR: 1 of 2 states represented in the 13 stars on the Confederate flag even though they stayed in the Union (1 of) Missouri & Kentucky |
| #871, aired 1988-05-23 | POP SINGERS: Only artist to hit Top 10 with a remake of his own #1 hit, the original in '62, the remake in '76 Neil Sedaka |
| #845, aired 1988-04-15 | MYTHOLOGY: Legend says one of these sacred animals chose the site near Rome of the Temple of Aesculapius, the god of medicine a snake |
| #839, aired 1988-04-07 | ISLANDS: This island of 5 million has 3 million fewer people now than it had 150 years ago Ireland |
| #838, aired 1988-04-06 | WORLD TRADE: Of all fresh fruits, the U.S. imports more of this one than any other bananas |
| #793, aired 1988-02-03 | PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: According to the Constitution, minimum number of electoral votes to which a state is entitled 3 |
| #757, aired 1987-12-15 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY: The only 2 countries whose capitals end in "K", their names both end in "land" Iceland and Thailand |
| #738, aired 1987-11-18 | ISLANDS: Just over 4000 square miles, it's the largest single island under the U.S. flag Big Island of Hawaii |
| #735, aired 1987-11-13 | THE CABINET: 1 of 2 Cabinet dept. heads who have held their position for the entire Reagan administration thus far Caspar Weinberger (Secretary of Defense) or Samuel Pierce of HUD |
| #722, aired 1987-10-27 | BRITISH HISTORY: The 1st Tudor monarch of England, he was grandfather of the last Tudor monarch, Elizabeth I Henry VII |
| #720, aired 1987-10-23 | CARD GAMES: Term for marker passed around to designate who is dealer in poker, Truman is associated with one a buck |
| #714, aired 1987-10-15 | BODIES OF WATER: Country in which you'd have to be to build a bridge on the River Kwai Thailand |
| #686, aired 1987-09-07 | FAMOUS QUOTES: Though Neil Armstrong says he uttered it, this word is missing from tapes of his famous quote a |
| #681, aired 1987-07-20 | ACADEMY AWARDS: He was nominated for writing, directing, & acting in a 1978 film, & again for a 1981 film Warren Beatty |
| #672, aired 1987-07-07 | GAMBLING: 3 of the 4 states with the highest lottery sales in dollars in calendar year 1986 (3 of) California, New York, Illinois & Pennsylvania |
| #668, aired 1987-07-01 | WORD PLAY: "Cruciverbalist" is a 14-letter word for one who constructs these crossword puzzles |
| #645, aired 1987-05-29 | THE CABINET: 1st Attorney General under LBJ Robert Kennedy |
| #606, aired 1987-04-06 | ANIMALS: With a young one valued at $1.4 million, Guinness calls them the most costly zoo animals giant pandas |
| #605, aired 1987-04-03 | THE DOLLAR BILL: Number of times the word "one" appears on the front of a $1 bill 2 |
| #565, aired 1987-02-06 | LAKES & RIVERS: Alexandria, Herculaneum & Memphis can be found on banks of this 2348-mile-long river Mississippi |
| #561, aired 1987-02-02 | ANIMALS: It's believed elephants rarely lived beyond 60, about the age the last of these wear out teeth |
| #538, aired 1986-12-31 | 4-LETTER WORDS: The two 4-letter words found on a U.S. penny, one in English, one not cent & unum |
| #525, aired 1986-12-12 | MEDICINE: Condition whose name is Latin for "waterfall", because it's like looking through one a cataract |
| #500, aired 1986-11-07 | ASIA: Only SE Asian nation never a colony of the West, its name aptly means "land of the free" Thailand |
| #492, aired 1986-10-28 | NEWSPAPERS: With the weekday circulation close to that of "The N.Y. Times" & the "L.A. Times" combined, this is the largest-selling U.S. daily The Wall Street Journal |
| #440, aired 1986-05-16 | THE CALENDAR: Day of the week Valentine's Day will be if New Year's Day falls on a Monday Wednesday |
| #434, aired 1986-05-08 | CARTOONS: After debuting in opening credits of a 1963 film, this character got his own theatrical cartoon series the Pink Panther |
| #412, aired 1986-04-08 | THE OSCARS: 1 of the only 2 films whose entire casts were nominated for Oscars, they were both based on plays (1 of) Sleuth or Give 'em Hell, Harry! |
| #363, aired 1986-01-29 | U.S. CURRENCY: Besides "In God We Trust", the other word found on the face of all current U.S. coins Liberty |
| #358, aired 1986-01-22 | SPORTS: Only U.S. Major League Baseball team in which both city & team names are in a foreign language San Diego Padres |
| #356, aired 1986-01-20 | WEATHER: All states have recorded temperatures below zero (F.), except this one Hawaii |
| #304, aired 1985-11-07 | MATHEMATICS: The only positive whole number that is the sum of the two whole numbers before it 3 |
| #274, aired 1985-09-26 | GAMES: The 1 word most frequently found in the center square of a bingo card Free |
| #273, aired 1985-09-25 | IN THE NEWS: A mid-August 1980 strike in the Lenin Shipyard led to the formation of this now famous group Solidarity |
| #264, aired 1985-09-12 | MISS AMERICA: He replaced Bert Parks as host of Miss America pageant for 1980 Ron Ely |
| #191, aired 1985-06-03 | RIVERS: 2 of the 3 "rivers" which surround Manhattan (2 of) East River, Hudson River & Harlem River |
| #163, aired 1985-04-24 | ROYALTY: Queen Elizabeth II's father, he became this king when his brother abdicated the throne George VI |
| #148, aired 1985-04-03 | GAMES: In a standard deck of playing cards, the only suit that does not have a one-eyed face card clubs |
| #139, aired 1985-03-21 | COLLEGES: One of the two "Big Ten" schools without a state name (1 of) Northwestern or Purdue |
| #128, aired 1985-03-06 | THE OSCARS: Best Actress in '72, her father won Oscar in '58 & mother a special "baby" Oscar in '39 Liza Minnelli |
| #89, aired 1985-01-10 | FAMOUS FAMILIES: Illinois family that included a vice-president, governor & U.N. ambassador, & a U.S. senator the Stevensons |
| #13, aired 1984-09-26 | THE SOLAR SYSTEM: Only 1 of 9 planets not named for a Greek or Roman mythological figure the Earth |
|
A.J. Schumacher, a radio show production intern from St. Paul, Minnesota
|
Season 25 1-time champion: $10,800 + $2,000. AJ Schumacher Saint Paul,...
|
|
Aaron Wicks, a planning and evaluation manager from Rochester, New York
|
Season 26 1-time champion: $18,001 + 1,000. Aaron Wicks Rochester, NY...
|
|
Thomas L. Friedman, an author and foreign affairs columnist from The New York Times
|
"He has won three Pulitzer Prizes and authored six best sellers,...
|
|
Ingrid Nelson, a judicial assistant from Lake Mills, Wisconsin
|
Season 25 2-time champion: $27,802 + $2,000. Ingrid Nelson - A...
|
|
Elizabeth Galoozis, a reference librarian from Cambridge, Massachusetts
|
Season 26 2-time champion: $38,801 + $2,000. Elizabeth Galoozis - A...
|
|
Chuck Todd, a journalist and chief White House correspondent from NBC News and Meet the Press
|
"Chief White House correspondent and political director for NBC News, he...
|
|
Gabrielle McMahan, a junior from Florida A&M University
|
2008 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 20 and from Springfield, VA at...
|
|
Janet Wong, a development officer for a museum from Hoboken, New Jersey
|
"As a senior at Drew University, she won the February 2000...
|
|
Bob Verini, a director of academics for a national test preparation company from Los Angeles, California
|
2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
|
|
Terri Pous, a social media editor from New York, New York
|
Season 31 2-time champion: $36,801 + $2,000. Terri produced a podcast...
|
|
Kyle Kahan, a senior from Texas A&M University from Houston, Texas
|
2010-B College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000 + a Nintendo Wii +...
|
|
Dana Perino, a TV host from Fox News Channel's The Five
|
"White House press secretary under George W. Bush, she now appears...
|
|
Oliver Stone, a screenwriter and director from A Child's Night Dream
|
"The winner of three Academy Awards for his work as a...
|
|
Mike Maheu, a high school teacher from San Diego, California
|
Season 25 2-time champion: $46,242 + $1,000. Last name pronounced like...
|
|
Alison Stone Roberg, an administrative assistant from Kansas City, Missouri
|
Season 26 3-time champion: $85,102 + $2,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
|
|
Liz Murphy, a foreign service officer originally from Scranton, Pennsylvania
|
2010 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 25 5-time champion: $121,302...
|
|
Joey Beachum, a senior from Mississippi State University
|
2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2008 College Championship winner: $100,000...
|
|
Becky Anderson, a retired software specialist originally from Morganton, North Carolina
|
Season 25 1-time champion: $16,401 + $2,000. Becky Anderson - A...
|
|
Ariella Goldstein, a junior from Muhlenberg College
|
2009 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 20 and from Cortlandt Manor,...
|
|
Ellen Eichner, a junior from the Ohio State University from Northbrook, Illinois
|
2010-B College Championship semifinalist: $10,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
|
|
Ryan Chaffee, a tutor from Los Angeles, California
|
2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $91,900...
|
|
Danny Devries, a junior from the University of Michigan
|
2008 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 21 and from West Bloomfield, MI...
|
|
Katie Winter, a senior from Tufts University
|
2008 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 22 and from Hershey, PA at...
|
|
Gary Bechtold, a garage door company owner from St. Cloud, Minnesota
|
Season 26 3-time champion: $42,001 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
|
|
Nick Yozamp, a junior from Washington University in St. Louis
|
2010 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 2010-A College Championship winner:...
|
|
Stefan Goodreau, a video game tester and camp counselor from Los Angeles, California
|
2010 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $50,000. Season...
|
|
Hans von Walter, a junior from Southern Adventist University from Avon Park, Florida
|
2010-B College Championship 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $25,000 + a...
|
|
Erin McLean, a sophomore from Boston University from Danvers, Massachusetts
|
2011 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 2010-B College Championship winner:...
|
|
Andrew Chung, a sophomore from Harvey Mudd College
|
2008 College Championship 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $25,000. 20 and...
|
|
Brandon Hensley, a sophomore from Caltech
|
2008 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 19 and from Huntington, WV at...
|
|
Dan Smith, a student from Chicago, Illinois
|
Season 25 3-time champion: $69,200 + $1,000. Dan Smith - a...
|
|
Lindsay Eanet, a senior from the University of Missouri
|
2010-A College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. Hometown: Deerfield, Illinois. Last name pronounced...
|
|
Carl Brandt, an investor originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
|
2009 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 25 4-time champion: $70,799...
|
|
Chris Rodrigues, a personal banking representative from New Bedford, Massachusetts
|
Season 26 3-time champion: $41,498 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
|
|
Eric Betts, a senior from Emory University
|
2009 College Championship first runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $50,000. 21 and...
|
|
Amanda J. Ray, a sophomore at the University of Virginia from Harrisonburg, Virginia
|
2010-B College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
|
|
Brian Muth, a headmaster from Napa, California
|
Season 25 2-time champion: $43,800 + $1,000. Last name pronounced like...
|
|
Zach Safford, a senior from Williams College
|
"His early interest in cryptozoology has been replaced by a history...
|
|
David Hudson, a junior from the University of Virginia
|
"His musical taste has changed since he won $10,000 on Kids...
|
|
Jordan Brand, an anesthesiologist from Westchester, New York
|
Season 26 1-time champion: $24,405 + $2,000. The Sesame Street character...
|
|
Aisha Tyler, a comedienne, host and actress from Talk Soup, Friends, The 5th Wheel and Ghost Whisperer
|
2009 Celebrity Jeopardy! winner: $50,000 split between the International Rescue Committee/Congo...
|
|
Jim Davis, a college music and humanities instructor from Freeport, Illinois
|
Season 25 2-time champion: $62,802 + $2,000. Not be to confused...
|
|
Yoni Freund, a Ph.D. student from Columbia University
|
"He has always wanted to be a writer, and now that...
|
|
Jonathan Hawley, a sophomore from Harvard University
|
2008 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 19 and from Oceanside, CA at...
|
|
Suchita Shah, a senior from the University of Wisconsin-Madison
|
2008 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 20 and from Holmen, WI...
|
|
Patrick Tucker, a senior from the University of Notre Dame
|
2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2009 College Championship winner: $100,000...
|
|
Laura Myers, a senior from the University of Missouri
|
2009 College Championship second runner-up: $29,900. 22 and from Richmond, Virginia...
|
|
Prashant Raghavendran, a sophomore from the University of Texas, Dallas
|
2010-A College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. Hometown: Austin, Texas. Prashant Raghavendran Blog...
|
|
Nate Austin, a student from Hutchinson Community College
|
"His original plan was to own a chain of international hotels...
|
|
Danielle Zsenak, a senior from Marquette University
|
2008 College Championship 1st runner-up: $50,000. Last name pronounced like "zshen-NOCK"....
|
|
James Erwin, a writer from Des Moines, Iowa
|
Season 25 2-time champion: $22,598 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
|
|
Surya Sabhapathy, a senior from the University of Michigan
|
2010-A College Championship 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $26,600. Hometown: Northville,...
|
|
Ryan Stoffers, a sophomore from UCLA
|
2010-A College Championship 1st runner-up: $50,000. Hometown: Saratoga, California. Ryan Stoffers...
|
|
Gail Flemmons, a history teacher from Clinton, Mississippi
|
Season 25 2-time champion: $46,399 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
|
|
Matt Jacobs, a science teacher originally from Stratford, Connecticut
|
Season 25 1-time champion: $10,323 + $1,000. Matt resided in Silver...
|
|
India Cooper, a copy editor from Madison, Indiana
|
\"She was an actor and copy editor in New York City...
|
|
Anderson Cooper, a news anchor and correspondent from CNN
|
"He anchors his own prime-time news show, a syndicated daytime talk...
|
|
Andrew Ceppos, a senior from Tufts University
|
2009 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 21 and from Verona, New...
|
|
Scott Menke, a senior from Johns Hopkins University
|
2009 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 21 and from Flemington, New Jersey...
|
|
Leah Anthony Libresco, a junior from Yale University
|
2010-A College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Hometown: Mineola, New York. Jeopardy!...
|
|
Lewis Black, a stand-up comedian from Lewis Black's Root of All Evil
|
"With success in films, plays, books, and TV specials, he tours...
|
|
Cassie Hill, a recent graduate from the University of Mary Washington
|
\"Her dad is a lawyer, and by the seventh grade, she...
|
|
Max Johansen, a senior from the University of Miami
|
"As a seventh grader, he was planning on a career in...
|
|
Leszek Pawlowicz, a shovel bum from Flagstaff, Arizona
|
"He was a material scientist living in Phoenix when he won...
|
|
Anthony Dedousis, a sophomore from Harvard University
|
2009 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 19 and from Manhasset, New York...
|
|
Jennifer Duann, a senior from the Ohio State University
|
2009 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 21 and from Worthington, Ohio at...
|
|
Tavis Smiley, a talk show host from PBS's The Tavis Smiley Show
|
"He's interviewed such diverse personalities as Fidel Castro, Pope John Paul...
|
|
Steve Greene, a senior from UCLA from Elk Grove, California
|
2010-B College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000 + a Nintendo Wii +...
|
|
Lisa Makar, a senior from University of Maryland
|
"As a seventh grader, she was planning a career as a...
|
|
Olivia Colangelo, a junior from the University of Notre Dame from Murrysville, Pennsylvania
|
2010-B College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
|
|
Larissa Charnsangavej, a senior from Rice University
|
2009 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 21 and from Houston, Texas at...
|
|
Courtney Trezise, a senior from Michigan State University
|
2009 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 21 and from Okemos, Michigan at...
|
|
Mark Petterson, a senior from the University of Kansas
|
2009 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 21 and from Prairie Village,...
|
|
Enrique Machado, an oil filtration business developer from Orlando, Florida
|
Season 26 1-time champion: $30,799 + $2,000. Enrique Machado September 16,...
|
|
Lyndsey Romick, a sophomore from Lewis & Clark College
|
2010-A College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. Hometown: Grants Pass, Oregon. Lyndsey Romick...
|
|
Pat Sajak, a game show host from Wheel of Fortune
|
"A former TV weatherman, he's gone on to become the world's...
|
|
Frank Spangenberg, a police lieutenant from Douglaston, New York
|
2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
|
|
Steve Chernicoff, a technical writer from Berkeley, California
|
"He was one of the top 1-day winners in the 1994-95...
|
|
Anderson Cooper, an anchor from CNN's Anderson Cooper 360°
|
"As a baby, he was photographed by Diane Arbus of Harper's...
|
|
Cheech Marin, an actor, comedian, director, writer and musician from Lost
|
"He's played a cop on Nash Bridges, voiced a 1959 Chevy...
|
|
Neil Patrick Harris, an actor from How I Met Your Mother
|
"He's received critical acclaim on Broadway and on TV, and his...
|
|
Steph Gagelin, a sophomore from the University of North Dakota from Grand Forks, North Dakota
|
2010-B College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
|
|
Mark Dawson, a business manager from Chamblee, Georgia
|
"In 2003, he became the first to win a quarter of...
|
|
India Cooper, an actor and copy editor from New York, New York
|
\"She became a 5-time champion in 1991. An actor and copy...
|
|
Bruce Naegeli, a retired law librarian from Phoenix, Arizona
|
"He finished second in the 1988 Tournament of Champions. A retired...
|
|
Jesse Cuevas, a corporate lawyer originally from Leawood, Kansas
|
Season 27 3-time champion: $65,981 + $2,000. Brother of Season 30...
|
|
Aisha Tyler, an actress, comedian, author and reality-show host from Archer
|
"In addition to film and TV roles, she performs comedy at...
|
|
India Cooper, an actor and copy editor from New York City, New York
|
\"A semifinalist in the Tournament of Champions in 1992, now an...
|
|
Al Franken, an author and radio talk show host from New York City
|
"One of the original writers on Saturday Night Live, he's done...
|
|
Doug Lach, a marketing manager from Columbus, Ohio
|
"He was the biggest winner of the 1999-2000 season. A marketing...
|
|
Michela Rodriguez, from Poway, California
|
"This future author created a board game and had to compete...
|
|
Dan Pawson, a legislative aide from Boston, Massachusetts
|
2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2014 Battle of the Decades...
|
|
Nathaniel Barnes, a composer and bartender from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
|
Season 25 3-time champion: $57,300 + $2,000. In his first game,...
|
|
Mark Born, a musician, writer and teacher from Bangkok, Thailand
|
\"He was the top winner of the 1990-91 season. He\'s a...
|
|
James Grant, a junior from Georgetown University
|
2008 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 21 and from Manhattan Beach,...
|
|
Sid Chandrasekhar, a senior from the University of Pennsylvania from Saratoga, California
|
2010-B College Championship semifinalist: $10,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
|
|
Greg Lichtenstein, a freshman from Vassar College
|
2009 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 18 and from Plainview, New York...
|
|
Dan D'Addario, a senior from Columbia University
|
2010-A College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Hometown: Farmington, Connecticut. Daniel D'Addario...
|
|
Robbie Berg, a freshman from the University of Pennsylvania
|
2010-A College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. Hometown: Davie, Florida. Robbie Berg Blog...
|
|
Tom Nichols, a professor originally from Chicopee, Massachusetts
|
\"A five-time champion in 1994, he used his winnings for a...
|
|
Bob Verini, a film journalist and test prep teacher from Los Angeles, California
|
"A resident of New York City when he won the 1987...
|
|
Bob Harris, an author, comedian, and radio commentator from Los Angeles, California
|
"A 5-time champion and a finalist in the Tournament of Champions,...
|
|
Leszek Pawlowicz, a computer consultant from Flagstaff, Arizona
|
"He was the winner of the 1992 Tournament of Champions. Today...
|
|
Bernard Holloway, a sophomore at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from Chapel Hill, North Carolina
|
"He was a 2002 Teen Champion. He's now a sophomore at...
|
|
Roger Craig, a graduate student of computer science from Newark, Delaware
|
2019 All-Star Games member of wildcard-match 2nd-place Team Austin: a share...
|
|
Kadeem Cooper, a junior from the University of Virginia
|
2009 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 20 and from Brooklyn, New York...
|
|
Isaac Mizrahi, a fashion designer and TV personality from the QVC Network
|
"His fashion designs are a favorite among celebrities on the red...
|
|
Jane Curtin, an actress from Kate & Allie and 3rd Rock from the Sun
|
"One of Saturday Night Live's original Not Ready for Primetime Players,...
|
|
Katie Singh, a sophomore from Northwestern University from Austin, Texas
|
2010-B College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
|
|
Sam Spaulding, a sophomore from Yale University from Wilmington, North Carolina
|
2010-B College Championship 1st runner-up: $50,000 + a Nintendo Wii +...
|
|
Harry Shearer, a humorist, Spinal Tap bassist, and voice from The Simpsons
|
"He recently celebrated the 25th anniversary of This Is Spinal Tap...
|
|
Joshua Malina, a TV actor and creator/producer from Celebrity Poker Showdown
|
"He created and produced Celebrity Poker Showdown for the Bravo Channel,...
|
|
Jane Kaczmarek, a TV, film and Broadway actress from Malcolm in the Middle and Raising the Bar
|
"She went from playing a hard-nosed mom in Malcolm in the...
|
|
Diane Siegel, an educational consultant and writer from Northridge, California
|
"A full-time mom when she won five games in 1993, now...
|
|
Jerome Vered, a writer from Los Angeles, California
|
"The 1-day record of $34,000 he set in 1992 stood for...
|
|
Pam Mueller, an entering law student originally from Chicago, Illinois
|
\"Representing Loyola University, she won the College Championship in November, 2000....
|
|
Anurag Kashyap, a senior from Poway, California
|
2008-B Teen Tournament winner: $75,000. Anurag was also the winner of...
|
|
Eric Newhouse, a director of technical assistance from Vermillion, South Dakota
|
"He won both the 1989 Teen Tournament and the 1998 Teen...
|
|
Rachael Schwartz, a lawyer with an international law firm from Washington, D.C.
|
"In 1994, she became the first woman ever to win the...
|
|
Craig Barker, an Advanced Placement history teacher from Livonia, Michigan
|
"In 1997 he won the College Championship. Today he's an Advanced...
|
|
Michael Dupée, an attorney from Gainesville, Florida
|
"He was the winner of the 1996 Tournament of Champions. Today...
|
|
Liz Murphy, a foreign service officer originally from Scranton, Pennsylvania
|
2010 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 25 5-time champion: $121,302...
|
|
Yevgeny Shrago, a research assistant originally from Rochester, New York
|
Season 26 1-time champion: $24,600 + $2,000. Name pronounced like "yev-GHEN-ee...
|
|
Anthony Fox, an account executive from Arlington Heights, Illinois
|
Season 27 4-time champion: $51,998 + $1,000. Playing as "Tony", Anthony...
|
|
Emily Love, from Overland Park, Kansas
|
"This future chef wants to run her own restaurant and have...
|
|
Mark Lowenthal, an assistant director for the Central Intelligence Agency from Reston, Virginia
|
"The winner of the 1988 Tournament of Champions, he's an assistant...
|
|
Jay Rosenberg, a college professor from Chapel Hill, North Carolina
|
\"After winning 5 times in 1985, he became the moderator for...
|
|
Bob Blake, an actuary from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
|
"In 1990, he won the Tournament of Champions. An actuary from...
|
|
Carson Kressley, a fashion maven from Queer Eye for the Straight Guy
|
"This star of TV's Queer Eye for the Straight Guy says...
|
|
Kermin Fleming, a junior at Carnegie Mellon University from Lexington, Kentucky
|
2006 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions...
|
|
Rachel "Steve" Cooke, a senior from Fishers, Indiana
|
2008-A Teen Tournament 1st runner-up: $25,000. 17 at the time of...
|
|
Nancy Grace, a TV legal expert from Headline News/Court TV
|
"She hosts her own legal analysis program on Headline News and...
|
|
Naren Tallapragada, a junior from Burke, Virginia
|
2008-A Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000. 16 at the time of the...
|
|
Stacy Braverman, a public interest lawyer from Washington, D.C.
|
Season 26 1-time champion: $14,984 + $2,000. As detailed in a...
|
|
Michael McKean, a Grammy winner, Oscar nominee and multi-talented performer from Hairspray and The Pajama Game
|
"This multi-talented performer is a Grammy winner and Oscar nominee and...
|
|
Charles Shaughnessy, an actor from Mad Men
|
"As Shane Donovan on Days of Our Lives, he won three...
|
|
Roger Craig, a computer scientist from Newark, Delaware
|
2019 All-Star Games member of wildcard-match 2nd-place Team Austin: a share...
|
|
Patrick Quinn, a high school German teacher from Chesterfield, Missouri
|
"He teaches at a school whose history goes back to a...
|
|
Dr. Mehmet Oz, a cardiac surgeon and TV host from The Dr. Oz Show
|
"He is a renowned cardiac surgeon who has written seven New...
|
|
Cliff Galiher, a sophomore from UCLA
|
2007 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $50,000 +...
|
|
Michael Daunt, an accountant from Oakville, Ontario, Canada
|
"In 1996, he was a finalist in the Tournament of Champions....
|
|
Bob Harris, a writer from Los Angeles, California
|
"This 5-time champ was a finalist in the 1998 Tournament of...
|
|
Dan Melia, a college professor from Berkeley, California
|
"He was a 1998 Tournament of Champions winner. Today he's a...
|
|
Babu Srinivasan, a history professor from Houston, Texas
|
"His aggressive wagering helped him become the biggest winner from the...
|
|
David Duchovny, an actor from Californication
|
"He's won two Golden Globes and stars as troubled novelist Hank...
|
|
Wolf Blitzer, a journalist from The Situation Room
|
"Since 1990, he's covered every major story for CNN, including the...
|
|
Hill Harper, an author and actor from CSI: NY
|
"As an award-winning author, he's written three New York Times best...
|
|
Susan Lucci, an actress from All My Children
|
"One of daytime TV's most beloved actresses, she's played Erica Kane...
|
|
Scott Turow, a bestselling novelist and practicing attorney from Chicago, Illinois
|
"He's sold more than 25 million copies of his novels worldwide...
|
|
Brian Weikle, a consultant from Minneapolis, Minnesota
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
|
|
Rebecca Lobo, a future Women\'s Basketball Hall of Famer and ESPN analyst originally from the WNBA
|
\"Later this year, she\'ll be inducted into the Women\'s Basketball Hall...
|
|
Brenton Montie, a sixth grade social studies teacher from South Lyon, Michigan
|
"He teaches at a school ranked in the top 5% in...
|
|
Alex Johnson, an 11-year-old from Indianapolis, Indiana
|
"He wants to be a chemist in the future. From Indianapolis,...
|
|
Nico Martinez, a college junior from Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
|
2006 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2005 College Champion: $100,000 +...
|
|
Eddie Timanus, a sports reporter from Arlington, Virginia
|
"A 5-time champion, he went on to become a semifinalist in...
|
|
Frank Spangenberg, a lieutenant in the New York Police Department from Douglaston, New York
|
"He still holds the record for the most money won in...
|
|
Dave Abbott, a musician and licensing executive from Fort Thomas, Kentucky
|
"He won the 1999 Tournament of Champions. A musician and licensing...
|
|
Lan Djang, a health policy analyst from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
|
"He was a 5-time champion in 2001. Today he's a health...
|
|
Alan Bailey, a playwright and director from North Hills, California
|
"This playwright and director became a 5-time winner in 2001. Today,...
|
|
Sandra Gore, a corporate researcher from Berkeley, California
|
"After five wins in 1987, she fulfilled her dream of moving...
|
|
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, a Basketball Hall of Famer and all-time leading scorer from the NBA
|
"He's one of the greatest NBA players in history. Here's Hall...
|
|
Steve Unite, a writer from Studio City, California
|
2007 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
|
|
Meryl Federman, a senior from Livingston, New Jersey
|
2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games champion (semifinalist by wildcard): $75,000. 18...
|
|
Keith Williams, a sophomore at Middlebury College from Middlebury, Vermont
|
"As a freshman from Middlebury College, he won the 2003 College...
|
|
Drew Joanides, a high school history teacher from Miami, Florida
|
"He is one of our four teachers competing in our tournament...
|
|
Katie Gill, a sophomore from Jackson, Mississippi
|
2008-A Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
15 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
|
Vera Swain, a junior from the University of South Carolina
|
2008 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 21 and from Charleston, SC...
|
|
Mark Eckard, an entrepreneur from Bedford, Massachusetts
|
"A 2001 5-time champion as a software designer, he has now...
|
|
Elizabeth Perkins, an actress from Weeds
|
"For the past five seasons, she's played the calculating and manipulative...
|
|
Tom Morris, a substitute teacher and grad student from Irvine, California
|
2009 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 24 4-time champion: $100,801...
|
|
Harry Shearer, an actor/writer/producer from The Simpsons and Le Show
|
"His many credits include providing voices for The Simpsons, and he's...
|
|
Ed Schiffer, an attorney from San Francisco, California
|
"A champion of five shows, he was the top winner of...
|
|
Catherine Ramen, a database developer and writer from New York, New York
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 winner: $44,000. 1998 Tournament...
|
|
Kate Wilson, a high school AP English teacher from Montgomery, Alabama
|
"She is a top-10 AP English language teacher at Alabama's number-one...
|
|
Rahul Francis, a twelve-year-old from Flushing, New York
|
"This electronic wizard's current plans are to run a technology company....
|
|
Mollie Haycock, a senior from Rocklin, California
|
2008-A Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
|
Vik Vaz, a medical student from Austin, Texas
|
2006 Tournament of Champions 1st runner-up: $100,000. Season 22 3-time champion:...
|
|
Mehrun Etebari, a graduate student of international relations from Durham, New Hampshire
|
2007 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
|
|
Kermin Fleming, a junior at Carnegie Mellon University from Lexington, Kentucky
|
"He's the current College Champion. A junior at Carnegie Mellon University...
|
|
Jim Scott, an attorney from Arlington, Virginia
|
"He was a legal assistant living near D.C. when he won...
|
|
Elissa Hoffman, a high school biology and anatomy & physiology teacher from Appleton, Wisconsin
|
"She is in her lucky 13th year of teaching. From Appleton,...
|
|
Bill MacDonald, an attorney from Bonita Springs, Florida
|
2006 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up: $50,000. Season 22 4-time champion:...
|
|
Bill Sloan, a realtor from Mission Viejo, California
|
"Since winning five shows in 1996, he has gone on to...
|
|
Theodora Messalas, an 11-year-old sixth grader from Brooklyn, New York
|
"This future author and illustrator placed second in a regional story-telling...
|
|
Tad Carithers, an attorney from Atlanta, Georgia
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 winner: $41,300. 2001 Tournament...
|
|
Jeff Love, a sophomore at Stanford University from Burlingame, California
|
2004 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. Jeff won $1,000 on Who Wants...
|
|
Steven Popper, an economist from Topanga, California
|
"A winner of 5 shows in 1988, he has since founded...
|
|
Mario Cantone, an actor and comedian from Sex and the City
|
\"He played Anthony Marentino, the wedding planner with an attitude, on...
|
|
Brendan Barnwell, a grad student and tutor from Santa Barbara, California
|
Season 28 player (2011-12-05). Although Brendan played the Jeopardy! and Double...
|
|
Rosie O'Donnell, a comedienne from the hit film A League of Their Own
|
"From the hit film A League of Their Own, comedienne..." 1999-B...
|
|
Dan Katz, a lawyer from Owings Mills, Maryland
|
"Since his five wins in 1990, he's seen Bruce Springsteen 16...
|
|
Curt Schilling, a pitcher from the Boston Red Sox
|
"In helping the Red Sox to win the 2004 World Series,...
|
|
Bob McGreevy, an attorney from South Salem, New York
|
Season 3 1-time champion: $11,150. Bob, being from New York, declined...
|
|
Steve Unite, a writer from Studio City, California
|
2007 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
|
|
Alex Silady, an 11-year-old from Edison, New Jersey
|
"He hopes to be an entrepreneur, because he likes doing things...
|
|
Michael Glick, a 12-year-old from Smithtown, New York
|
"He's in math honors this year, even though math is one...
|
|
Tim Relihan, a senior from the University of Nebraska from Stromsburg, Nebraska
|
2010-B College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
|
|
Lea Tottle, a junior from Florida State University from Oldsmar, Florida
|
2010-B College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000 + a Nintendo Wii +...
|
|
Andy Richter, an actor/comedian from The Tonight Show
|
\"This multitalented actor/comedian is now back on the couch with Conan...
|
|
Colby Burnett, a high school world history teacher from Chicago, Illinois
|
\"He teaches at a school started by the Dominicans of St....
|
|
Justin Hofstetter, a sixth and seventh grade language arts and social studies teacher from Kansas City, Missouri
|
"This sixth and seventh grade teacher is in his first year...
|
|
Clarence Page, a journalist from The Chicago Tribune
|
"His nationally syndicated column began as a local column for the...
|
|
Chris Wallace, a TV host from Fox News Sunday
|
"In March, this Fox News anchor was honored by the National...
|
|
Chris Matthews, a TV host from Hardball and The Chris Matthews Show
|
"He served as a speechwriter for Jimmy Carter, and later as...
|
|
Melanie Bruchet, a senior from Bryn Mawr
|
"Everyone wants to be an astronaut when they're a kid, but...
|
|
Than Hedman, a freshman from University of Colorado-Boulder
|
2008 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 19 and from Denver, CO at...
|
|
Soledad O'Brien, an anchor and special correspondent from CNN's Special Investigations Unit
|
"Currently the host of CNN's Special Investigations Unit, she's received critical...
|
|
Chris Matthews, a TV host from Hardball and The Chris Matthews Show
|
"Once a presidential speechwriter, he's had his own political talk show...
|
|
Will Warren, a senior from the University of Alabama
|
2010-A College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. Hometown: Madison, Alabama. Will Warren Blog...
|
|
Diane Wilshere, an actor and playwright from Manassas, Virginia
|
Season 25 1-time champion: $18,801 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
|
|
Claudia Perry, a sports copy editor from Jersey City, New Jersey
|
"A pop music critic when she first appeared on Jeopardy!, she's...
|
|
Brad Brown, a theater teacher from Nashville, Tennessee
|
"And he is a theater teacher at an international baccalaureate certified...
|
|
Catherine Whitten, a high school history teacher from Plano, Texas
|
"This gifted teacher primarily teaches gifted students. From Plano, Texas, this...
|
|
Katty Kay, a Washington, D.C. anchor from BBC World News America
|
"She's the Washington, D.C. anchor for BBC World News America, as...
|
|
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, a Basketball Hall of Famer and all-time leading scorer from the NBA
|
"In January, the State Department named this NBA Hall of Famer...
|
|
Elyse Mancuso, a junior from Omaha, Nebraska
|
2012 Teen Tournament winner: $79,600. 16 at the time of the...
|
|
Kendra Pettis, a junior from Oberlin College
|
\"She hadn\'t settled on a career goal at age 11. Now...
|
|
Kweisi Mfume, a president from the NAACP
|
2004 Power Players Week player (2004-05-11). Name pronounced like "kwah-EE-see oom-FOO-may"....
|
|
Dara Lind, a junior from Yale University
|
2008 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 20 and from Cincinnati, OH at...
|
|
Larry Cloud, a bookkeeper and computer consultant from Inglewood, California
|
"He won five times in 2001, allowing him to make a...
|
|
Phoebe Juel, a bookseller from Sylva, North Carolina
|
"She won the 1993 College Championship while attending Grinnell College. Today...
|
|
Eugene Finerman, a writer from Northbrook, Illinois
|
"A finalist in the 1987 Tournament of Champions, he's a writer....
|
|
Bob Fleenor, a newspaper copy editor from Martinsburg, West Virginia
|
"Legislative work in his home state was suspended so that lawmakers...
|
|
Lance Johnson, a model aircraft engine technician from Champaign, Illinois
|
"He was the first to get to the 5-win mark in...
|
|
Arthur Phillips, an author from Brooklyn, New York
|
"He was a speechwriter from Boston when he won five shows...
|
|
Shay Collins, an 11-year-old from Averill Park, New York
|
"His passion for music helps this future rock star to play...
|
|
Elizabeth Perkins, an actress from Big and Weeds
|
2009 Celebrity Jeopardy! player: $25,000 to the New England Learning Center...
|
|
Kyle Hale, a college student from Katy, Texas
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 winner: $25,000. 2003 Tournament...
|
|
Travis Troyer, a software engineer from Hereford, Maryland
|
2003 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 19 5-time champion:...
|
|
Brian Weikle, a project manager from Minneapolis, Minnesota
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
|
|
Kate Waits, a law professor at the University of Tulsa from Tulsa, Oklahoma
|
"A Harvard Law graduate when she competed in the 1988 Tournament...
|
|
Grace Veach, a librarian from Lakeland, Florida
|
"After winning 5 games in 1997, she was the grand marshall...
|
|
Ben Lyon, an industrial scaleman from Dallas, Texas
|
"Representing the University of Oklahoma, he won the 1995 College Championship....
|
|
Jimmy Li, a senior from Chesterfield, Missouri
|
2005 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time of...
|
|
Ryan Holznagel, a writer originally from Forest Grove, Oregon
|
"He was the winner of the 1995 Tournament of Champions. Now,...
|
|
Elaine Zollner, a physician from Glendale, California
|
"A winner of 5 shows in 1990, she used her Jeopardy!...
|
|
Monica Thieu, a sophomore at the University of North Texas from Dallas, Texas
|
2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2019 All-Star Games member of...
|
|
Lisa Johnston, a fourth and fifth grade reading and religion teacher from East Boston, Massachusetts
|
"She teaches at a parish that's focus is to dream big....
|
|
Lizzie O'Leary, an aviation and regulation correspondent from CNN
|
"She broke the news that Chrysler would file for Chapter 11...
|
|
Robert Arshonsky, a senior from Cal Poly
|
"As a 12-year-old, he wanted to be the first person on...
|
|
Brady Newell, from Derwood, Maryland
|
"She loves diving and gymnastics, but is headed toward being either...
|
|
Aman Birk, from Irvine, California
|
"He may not be the fastest swimmer on the team, but...
|
|
Rick Knutsen, a musician and stay-at-home dad from Brooklyn, New York
|
"A finalist in the 2001 Tournament of Champions, he's a musician...
|
|
Tom Halpern, a lawyer originally from New York, New York
|
"A writer and researcher when he won 5 times in 1991,...
|
|
John Ryan, a corporate controller from Richmond, California
|
"As a college student, he was the top winner of the...
|
|
Kyle Hale, a college senior from Katy, Texas
|
"Representing Texas A&M, he won the 2002 College Championship. Now he's...
|
|
Paul Thompson, a human resources manager from Cheverly, Maryland
|
"He was the first 5-time champion in the 1995-96 season. A...
|
|
Jack Archey, an actor and writer from Los Angeles, California
|
"He was a CPA and comedian when he won his 5th...
|
|
Eddie Timanus, a sportswriter from Oak Hill, Virginia
|
"His 5 wins in 1999 made him one of the most...
|
|
Tom Cubbage, an attorney from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
|
"He was the very first College Champion, and the only one...
|
|
Andrew Westney, a sports business writer from Charlotte, North Carolina
|
"He was a high-school student from Atlanta when he won the...
|
|
Diane Trap, a librarian and graphics specialist from Athens, Georgia
|
Season 25 1-time champion: $21,400 + $1,000. Diane Trap - a...
|
|
Samira Missaghi, a junior from the University of Minnesota
|
2010-A College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Hometown: Eden Prarie, Minnesota. Samira...
|
|
CCH Pounder, an actress from Avatar and Brothers
|
"She earned an Emmy nomination for her role as Claudette Wyms...
|
|
Rachel Millena, a 10-year-old from Concord, California
|
"Her sights are set on becoming a writer, journalist, photographer, or...
|
|
Kizzle Cote, a 12-year-old from Ludlow, Massachusetts
|
"This future ichthyologist has a 30-gallon aquarium in his bedroom..." 2007...
|
|
Grace Thomas, an 11-year-old sixth grader from Raleigh, North Carolina
|
"This captain of the Brain-Bowl team can name all the countries...
|
|
Scott Gillispie, a project manager and expectant father from Atlanta, Georgia
|
"While attending Georgia Tech, he won the 1991 College Championship. Now...
|
|
Lara Robillard, a policy analyst from Arlington, Virginia
|
"She used the winnings from her 5 shows in 1998 to...
|
|
Emily Riippa, a 12-year-old seventh grader from Grand Rapids, Michigan
|
"She is a fast reader, and her mother says she was...
|
|
Mike Thayer, a mathematics teacher from North Plainfield, New Jersey
|
"He was a junior at Rutgers University when he won the...
|
|
Brad Rutter, a TV quiz show host from Lancaster, Pennsylvania
|
2020 Jeopardy!: The Greatest of All Time 2nd runner-up: $250,000. 2019...
|
|
Michael Rankins, a minister and writer from Rohnert Park, California
|
\"A 5-show winner from 1988, he has been a minister with...
|
|
Matt Polazzo, a high school U.S. government teacher from Brooklyn, New York
|
"He teaches at one of the most selective high schools in...
|
|
Olivia Woods, a 12-year-old from Cincinnati, Ohio
|
"She loves working with little kids and would like to become...
|
|
Gabby Fusco, an 11-year-old from Maspeth, New York
|
"She's loved everything about science she was a little kid, so...
|
|
Taylor Gailliot, from Woodbridge, Virginia
|
"When asked what she wanted us to know about her, she...
|
|
John Genova, a teacher from Granada Hills, California
|
"From 1984, he was the earliest 5-time champion in the tournament....
|
|
James Brown, a university administrator from Baton Rouge, Louisiana
|
Season 27 player (2010-10-05). James won a one-third share of $200,000...
|
|
Joey Beachum, an Air Force intelligence officer from Conway, Arkansas
|
2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2008 College Championship winner: $100,000...
|
|
Charlie Blatt, an 11-year-old from Scarsdale, New York
|
"Besides cooking, working on the computer, and tap dancing, she likes...
|
|
Ben Tritle, an apartment manager from Los Angeles, California
|
2003 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 18 5-time champion: $78,600...
|
|
John Kelly, a retired Air Force officer from Austin, Texas
|
"In 1992, he was one of the top five money winners...
|
|
Michael Braun, a junior from Silver Spring, Maryland
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2005 Teen...
|
|
Sally Umbach, a third grade special education teacher from Cincinnati, Ohio
|
"She teaches at a school district that has been in operation...
|
|
John Shoe, a third and fourth grade teacher from Lakewood, Colorado
|
"He teaches at a school for gifted children who choose their...
|
|
Andrew Vogl, from Yonkers, New York
|
"He can ski the slopes with ease, but navigating his own...
|
|
April McManus, a homemaker from Hertfordshire, England
|
"A high school senior from Minnesota when she won the 1992...
|
|
Graham Gilmer, a senior at Stanford University from Stanford, California
|
"He was the Teen Tournament champion in 2001. Now he's a...
|
|
Lynne Wexler, a librarian from Evanston, Illinois
|
"She was the first 5-time champion in 1991. A librarian from...
|
|
Michelle Clum, an executive assistant originally from Wichita, Kansas
|
"With her 5-time winnings from 2000, she traveled for a year,...
|
|
Jeff Richmond, an attorney from Los Angeles, California
|
"He used his 1988 5-game winnings to pay for law school....
|
|
Greg Peterson, a senior from Park Ridge, Illinois
|
2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games 1st runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $38,600....
|
|
Lorna Johnson, a 12-year-old seventh grader from Willowbrook, Illinois
|
"She loves all animals, especially her dogs Duke and Rudy, but...
|
|
Martin Short, a multitalented man from Fame Becomes Me
|
"Jiminy Glick and Ed Grimley are among his many memorable characters....
|
|
Robin Carroll, an instructional designer from Marietta, Georgia
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
|
|
Charley Tinkham, an eighth grade history and technology teacher from San Bruno, California
|
"He teaches at a school that has been named a California...
|
|
Courtney Jones, a 12-year-old from Largo, Maryland
|
"She wants to dedicate her life to building things that benefit...
|
|
Andy Kravis, a freshman from Farmington Hills, Michigan
|
2002 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. Andy was 13 at the...
|
|
Bernard Holloway, a junior from Mitchellville, Maryland
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2002 Teen...
|
|
Jonathan Reinstein, a junior from Dix Hills, New York
|
2001 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time of the...
|
|
Kevin Keach, an operations manager from St. Ann, Missouri
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2001 Tournament...
|
|
Will Walters, a twelve-year-old from Lexington, Kentucky
|
"He wants to follow in the footsteps of his idols, Albert...
|
|
Billy Baxter, an attorney from Richmond, Virginia
|
"Representing the College of William & Mary, he won the 1992...
|
|
Doug Savant, an actor from Desperate Housewives
|
"He met and then married his wife while both were costarring...
|
|
Michael Rooney, a college professor from Pasadena, California
|
"He was a winner of 5 games in 1999, and is...
|
|
Trevor Norris, a budget analyst from Washington, D.C.
|
"He can't walk through the Pentagon without someone mentioning his five...
|
|
Bruce Borchardt, a metrologist from Washington, D.C.
|
"A winner of five shows in 1995, he spent most of...
|
|
Rowan Spake, from Portland, Oregon
|
"He's interested in nanotechnology and robotics to improve surgery. But getting...
|
|
Emily Sturtz, from Parsippany, New Jersey
|
"Because she would like to help people, she wants to become...
|
|
Doug Lach, a marketing manager from Columbus, Ohio
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2001 Tournament...
|
|
Janelle Lambert, a senior from Brooklyn, New York
|
2008-A Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
|
Vinita Kailasanath, a sophomore at Stanford University from Laurel, Maryland
|
2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
|
|
Dave Willis, a business manager from Ventura, California
|
"He was the first to win five shows in 1992. A...
|
|
Brian Wangsgard, from Salt Lake City, Utah
|
"He was the biggest winner in the 1988-1989 season, and a...
|
|
Michael Arnone, a writer and editor from Alexandria, Virginia
|
"He was the largest 1-day winner in the 2000-2001 season. Today...
|
|
Vinita Kailasanath, a consultant from San Mateo, California
|
"She represented Stanford University when she won the 2001 College Tourney....
|
|
Bob Verini, an academic director for a test preparation company from Los Angeles, California
|
"He was a playwright and an actor living in New York...
|
|
Matt Morris, a financial analyst originally from Louisville, Kentucky
|
"In 1994, he won the Teen Tournament. Today, he's a financial...
|
|
John Hines, a high school social studies teacher from Tacoma, Washington
|
"He teaches at Todd Beamer High School, named for a heroic...
|
|
Hill Harper, an actor from CSI: NY
|
"He graduated magna cum laude from Brown University. He has a...
|
|
Brian Stokes Mitchell, an actor from the Broadway musical Ragtime
|
"His Broadway credits include Ragtime and Kiss Me, Kate, for which...
|
|
Edward Lee, a 12-year-old seventh grader from Sacramento, California
|
"Of the numerous projects he has completed, making gliders and bottle...
|
|
Alex Stambaugh, a 12-year-old from Paris, Kentucky
|
"He feels he can use his talents in math and science...
|
|
Jennifer Wu, a high school junior from Arkadelphia, Arkansas
|
"She won the 2004 Teen Tournament at age 15. Now 17,...
|
|
Dominic Clust, from Metairie, Louisiana
|
"This future lawyer likes to argue and he's good at it....
|
|
Al Lin, a law professor from Davis, California
|
"A law student when he won five times in 1993, he's...
|
|
Sam Daub, an eleven-year-old from Eden Prairie, Minnesota
|
"And he finds video games enticing and has made a fantasy...
|
|
Nicole Savin, an eleven-year-old from Lindenhurst, New York
|
"This little 4'4" New York Yankees fan and her friends started...
|
|
Nick Yozamp, a biology student from St. Cloud, Minnesota
|
2010 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 2010-A College Championship winner:...
|
|
Harry Haghanegi, a 10-year-old from Chicago, Illinois
|
"Extracting DNA was one project this future geneticist enjoyed..." 2007 Kids...
|
|
Francesca Leibowitz, a fifth grade English teacher from Brooklyn, New York
|
"She teaches at a school that opened in 1854. From Brooklyn...
|
|
Savannah Morgan, a 12-year-old from Charlotte, North Carolina
|
"Her future recipe for success is as the star of her...
|
|
Mark Lee, a sales manager from Chicago, Illinois
|
2003 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 18 4-time champion: $67,500...
|
|
Rachel Beckman, an 11-year-old from Danville, Kentucky
|
"As a member of her school's academic team, she has no...
|
|
Nick Dnistrian, an 11-year-old from Webster, New York
|
"With a nickname like Elvis, this future chemist is already the...
|
|
Steve Kaltenbaugh, a sailor originally from Columbia, Maryland
|
Season 22 player (2005-09-19). Steve split $35,000 with Season 27 5-time...
|
|
Scottie Szewczyk, from Belleville, Illinois
|
"He enjoys science and sports, and would like to work as...
|
|
Perry Barber, a baseball umpire from New York City, New York
|
Season 5 player (1988-12-29). Perry was a one-time champion on the...
|
|
Charlotte Scott, a twelve-year-old from Washington, D.C.
|
"Watch out, Diane Sawyer. This future news anchor is ready for...
|
|
Rachel LeCroy, a customer service representative originally from Raleigh, North Carolina
|
Season 27 player (2011-02-08).
|
|
John Baur, an author and pirate from Albany, Oregon
|
Season 24 player (2008-06-26). John was a co-originator of International Talk...
|
|
Jack Ford, a trial attorney and Emmy Award-winning journalist from the Today show
|
"A successful trial attorney and Emmy Award-winning journalist; he's now the...
|
|
John Farley, an eleven-year-old from Marietta, Georgia
|
"This young man has a plan--Notre Dame, professional lacrosse player and...
|
|
Brad Rodriguez, an assistant general manager of a minor league baseball team from Jacksonville, Florida
|
Season 27 player (2010-10-08).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: J!FAIL
|
|
Neal Freyman, a ten-year-old from Longmeadow, Massachusetts
|
"He's not sure recess counts as a subject, but if it...
|
|
Ashley Walker, a senior from Dartmouth College
|
2010-A College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. Hometown: Fort Pierce, Florida. [No contestant...
|
|
Isaac Mizrahi, a fashion designer from the Style Network
|
"Known for bringing high fashion to American women everywhere, and now...
|
|
Chris Dellicarpini, a screenwriter from South Huntington, New York
|
Season 23 1-time champion: $25,199 + $2,000. Chris was a high...
|
|
Maddie Harrington, a twelve-year-old from Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
|
"She wants to be a theater critic and she gets rave...
|
|
Gerry Cuddyer, an elections administrator from South Boston, Massachusetts
|
Season 26 player (2010-06-02). Last name pronounced like "kuh-DY-er" (or "kuh-DY-yuh"...
|
|
Al Michaels, a sportscaster from ABC's Monday Night Football
|
"Named Sportscaster of the Year in 1996 by the American Sportscasters...
|
|
John Munson, a self-proclaimed gadabout originally from Lakeland, Florida
|
Season 25 player (2009-07-24). John managed to write his name on...
|
|
Joanne Platt, a waitress from Minneapolis, Minnesota
|
Season 24 2-time champion: $6,999 + $1,000. Won $16,000 on Who...
|
|
Christine Valada, a photographer and attorney originally from Walton, New York
|
2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $68,703...
|
|
Tom Toce, an actuary from New York, New York
|
Season 26 2-time champion: $39,200 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
|
|
Robert Knecht Schmidt, a patent agent from Cleveland, Ohio
|
Season 26 1-time champion: $12,799 + $1,000. Middle name pronounced like...
|
|
Inta Antler, a retired computer programmer from Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
|
Season 25 1-time champion: $12,700 + $2,000. Inta Antler - A...
|
|
Kevin Wilson, a communications specialist from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
|
Season 26 3-time champion: $76,998 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
|
|
Francois Dominic Laramée, a writer and TV personality from Verdun, Quebec, Canada
|
Season 25 2-time champion: $46,300 + $1,000. Francois's name was printed...
|
|
Jove Graham, a biomedical engineer from Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
|
Season 26 1-time champion: $34,401 + $1,000. Jove's second contestant interview...
|
|
Marty Scott, an assistant district attorney from Forney, Texas
|
Season 26 3-time champion: $64,002 + $2,000. Marty won $250,000 on...
|
|
Andy Srinivasan, a high school science teacher from Garner, North Carolina
|
2010 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $69,600...
|
|
Carolyn Young, a homemaker from Marietta, Georgia
|
Season 25 1-time champion: $30,000 + $2,000. Mother of Season 32...
|
|
Elza Reeves, a bank teller from Louisville, Kentucky
|
Season 25 1-time champion: $16,400 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
|
|
Alyssa McRae, a gift card production designer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
|
Season 25 3-time champion: $50,402 + $2,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
|
|
Kori Tyler, a high school teacher from Cordova, Tennessee
|
Season 26 player (2010-02-26). Season 25 1-time champion: $20,000 + $2,000....
|
|
Melanie Baker-Streevy, a United Methodist pastor from Parma, Michigan
|
Season 25 1-time champion: $26,900 + $1,000. Melanie Baker-Streevy - A...
|
|
Rebecca Dixon, a graduate student and musician from Vancouver, Washington
|
Season 26 2-time champion: $53,002 + $1,000. Rebecca and her partner...
|
|
David Skaar, a research scientist from Raleigh, North Carolina
|
Season 25 3-time champion: $102,000 + $2,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
|
|
Anjali Tripathi, a senior from MIT
|
"Math and science were her favorite subjects in seventh grade. We're...
|
|
Janet Bradlow, an insurance agent from New York, New York
|
Season 26 3-time champion: $58,000 + $2,000. Janet Bradlow New York,...
|
|
Emily Heaney, a freelance costume designer from White Bear Lake, Minnesota
|
Season 25 1-time champion: $2,200 + $1,000. Last name pronounced like...
|
|
Dave Belote, the base commander from Nellis Air Force Base, Las Vegas
|
2010 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 26 5-time champion:...
|
|
Andy Davis, a Chyron operator from South Boston, Massachusetts
|
Season 25 2-time champion: $49,799 + $1,000. Andy Davis - A...
|
|
Paul Wampler, a web programmer from Knoxville, Tennessee
|
Season 27 4-time champion: $72,001 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: paul5562
|
|
Laura Hughes, a mom from New Market, Maryland
|
Season 26 1-time champion: $27,500 + $2,000. Wife of Season 16...
|
|
Justin Bernbach, a lobbyist from Brooklyn, New York
|
2010 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 25 7-time champion: $155,001...
|
|
Sanders Kleinfeld, a publishing technology specialist from Cambridge, Massachusetts
|
Season 25 1-time champion: $26,597 + $2,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
|
|
Ben Bishop, a student originally from Seattle, Washington
|
2009 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 25 4-time champion: $114,800...
|
|
Kara Spak, a newspaper reporter from Chicago, Illinois
|
2011 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 27 5-time champion:...
|
|
Jen McFann, a Peace Corps recruiter from Astoria, New York
|
Season 26 1-time champion: $19,410 + $2,000. Jen McFann Astoria, New...
|
|
Matt Drury, a government analyst from New York, New York
|
Season 26 1-time champion: $18,799 + $2,000. Matthew Drury - A...
|
|
Tom Nissley, an online books editor from Seattle, Washington
|
2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2011 Tournament of Champions...
|
|
Saad Hasan, a nanotechnology scientist from Nashville, Tennessee
|
Season 26 1-time champion: $22,700 + $2,000. Saad Hasan Nashville, TN...
|
|
Fred Beukema, a structural engineer from Minneapolis, Minnesota
|
Season 25 3-time champion: $69,401 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
|
|
Stephen Weingarten, a paraeducator from Portland, Oregon
|
2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $96,690...
|
|
Justin Waters, a resident physician from Royal Oak, Michigan
|
Season 25 1-time champion: $7,199 + $2,000. Justin Waters Royal Oak,...
|
|
Zack Terrill, a senior at Vanderbilt University from Winter Springs, Florida
|
2012 College Championship 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $25,000. 21 at...
|
|
Paul Kursky, a copywriter from San Francisco, California
|
2011 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 5-time champion: $109,411...
|
|
Jean Cui, a student originally from Garden City, New York
|
Season 25 2-time champion: $14,200 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
|
|
Harris Cohen, a family physician from Lower Gwynedd, Pennsylvania
|
Season 25 2-time champion: $17,800 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
|
|
Christine Carrino Gorowara, a teacher educator from Wilmington, Delaware
|
Season 25 2-time champion: $43,202 + $1,000. Wife of Season 26...
|
|
Christopher Meloni, an Emmy-nominated actor from Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
|
"He's played challenging roles on both sides of the law, including...
|
|
Celeste DiNucci, a recent graduate student from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
|
2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2014 Battle of the Decades...
|
|
Matt DeTura, a recent law school graduate from Washington, D.C.
|
Season 27 3-time champion: $61,601 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: MDT
|
|
Peter Severson, a senior from Sioux Falls, South Dakota
|
2005 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time of the...
|
|
Mysti Kofford, a junior at Boston University from New Orleans, Louisiana
|
2001 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. Mysti was 19 at the...
|
|
Vito Cortese, a software engineer and Italian translator from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
|
Season 27 3-time champion: $68,485 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
|
|
Rachel Rothenberg, a senior from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
|
2009 Teen Tournament winner (semifinalist by wildcard): $75,000. Jeopardy! Message Board...
|
|
Judy Mermelstein, a Census field representative from Queens, New York
|
Season 25 1-time champion: $38,401 + $1,000. Judy also appeared on...
|
|
Steve Golden, a junior from Brookeville, Maryland
|
2005 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. 16 at the time of the...
|
|
Rachel Pildis, a software developer from Oak Park, Illinois
|
Season 26 1-time champion: $12,000 + $2,000. Rachel Pildis - A...
|
|
Amy Wilson, a creative writing and women's studies student originally from Portland, Oregon
|
Season 26 1-time champion: $19,999 + $2,000. Not to be confused...
|
|
Dan Jensen, a restaurant manager from Reston, Virginia
|
Season 27 3-time champion: $58,203 + $1,000.
|
|
Neil Patrick Harris, an actor from How I Met Your Mother
|
"He's appeared on Broadway in Proof, Assassins, and Cabaret. He's now...
|
|
Mike Nelson, a mechanical engineer from Geneva, Illinois
|
Season 27 2-time champion: $20,800 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
|
|
Anderson Cooper, a host from CNN's Anderson Cooper 360°
|
2004 Power Players Week player (2004-05-11).
Charity: American Heart Association.
|
|
Blake Hernandez, a senior from Burke, Virginia
|
2002 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. Blake was 16 at the time...
|
|
Josh Powell, a phone-based health coach from San Diego, California
|
Season 27 3-time champion: $26,900 + $1,000.
|
|
Tom Nissley, a writer from Seattle, Washington
|
2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2011 Tournament of Champions...
|
|
Ellen Kimmel, a school nurse from Nanuet, New York
|
Season 27 2-time champion: $37,000 + $1,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: SkoolRN
|
|
Rachel Gottesman, a junior from Cortlandt Manor, New York
|
2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 17 at the...
|
|
Ruvani Fonseka, a junior from Grosse Pointe, Michigan
|
2005 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. 15 at the time of...
|
|
Whitney Prince, a sophomore from Maryville, Tennessee
|
2005 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500.
15 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
|
India Cooper, an actor and copy editor originally from Denver, New York
|
2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
|
|
India Cooper, an actor and copy editor originally from Denver, Colorado
|
2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
|
|
India Cooper, an actor and copy editor originally from Denver, Colorado
|
2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
|
|
Erin Bogart, a junior at Miami University of Ohio from Cincinnati, Ohio
|
2001 College Championship quarterfinalist: $2,500. Erin was 20 at the time...
|
|
Tom Walsh, a writer from Washington, D.C.
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
|
|
Malisha Butts, a senior at North Carolina Central University from Durham, North Carolina
|
2005 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000.
|
|
Dmitry Spivak, a junior from Northwestern University
|
"The 11-year-old wasn't really kidding when he said he wanted to...
|
|
Jaime Green, a sophomore at Brown University from Nanuet, New York
|
2001 College Championship quarterfinalist: $2,500. Jaime was 18 at the time...
|
|
Jason Pratt, a middle school history teacher from Woodbridge, Virginia
|
Season 25 2-time champion: $32,701 + $1,000. Jason Pratt - A...
|
|
Jennifer Broders, a junior high school social studies teacher from Stockton, Iowa
|
Season 26 2-time champion: $59,801 + $1,000. Jennifer Broders - a...
|
|
Amanda Walker, a junior at Gonzaga University from East Wenatchee, Washington
|
2005 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user name:...
|
|
Buddy Wright, an operations engineer from Fort Worth, Texas
|
2011 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up: $50,000. Season 26 4-time champion:...
|
|
Steven Milton, a legal case assistant from San Diego, California
|
Season 26 2-time champion: $30,299 + $1,000. Steve Milton San Diego,...
|
|
Vijay Balse, a chemical engineer from Chatham, New Jersey
|
2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2010 Tournament of Champions...
|
|
Marissa Goldsmith, a web developer from Springfield, Virginia
|
Season 27 3-time champion: $44,100 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: marteena
|
|
Eric Newhouse, a director of technical assistance from Sioux City, Iowa
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
|
|
Allison Peña, a junior from Sunrise, Florida
|
2006 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
|
|
Vicky Manos, a sophomore at St. John’s University from Levittown, New York
|
2004 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000.
|
|
Tara Franey, a senior from Michigan State University
|
2008 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: tarafraney
|
|
Paul Gutowski, an alcohol and drug counselor from Rockford, Illinois
|
"He was the first 5-time winner in 1997. An alcohol and...
|
|
Tom Toal, an orthopedic surgeon from Lake Oswego, Oregon
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $12,200 + $1,000. Last name pronounced like...
|
|
Mark Wales, a substitute teacher from Amherst, New York
|
2009 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 24 5-time champion: $141,804...
|
|
Andrew Watkins, a junior from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
|
2006 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: everyday847
|
|
Allan Long, a freshman from Tallahassee, Florida
|
2005 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. 14 at the time of the...
|
|
Carl Bradshaw, a financial manager from St. Louis, Missouri
|
Season 27 2-time champion: $17,899 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Titmouse
|
|
Brett Dvorak, a junior at Indiana University from Granger, Indiana
|
2001 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. Brett was 20 at the...
|
|
Nick Swezey, a publisher from Washington, D.C.
|
2007 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
|
|
Paul Glaser, a research scientist from Albany, New York
|
2007 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
|
|
Bob Kennedy, a college linguistics instructor from Santa Barbara, California
|
Season 27 2-time champion: $33,800 + $1,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Bobk
|
|
Anderson Cooper, a host from AC360°
|
"He covers major news stories from around the world and plays...
|
|
Bruce Naegeli, a librarian from Phoenix, Arizona
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 winner: $31,600. Lost to...
|
|
Marques Redd, a sophomore at Harvard University from Macon, Georgia
|
2001 College Championship semifinalist: $5,000. Marques was 18 at the time...
|
|
Fraser Woodford, an investment banker from New York, New York
|
"In 1993, winner of the Teen Tournament, he's now an investment...
|
|
Bruce Naegeli, a librarian from Phoenix, Arizona
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 winner: $31,600. Lost to...
|
|
Stephen Weingarten, a stay-at-home dad from Portland, Oregon
|
2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $96,690...
|
|
Regina Robbins, an arts teacher from New York, New York
|
2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $90,700...
|
|
Bruce Naegeli, a law librarian from Phoenix, Arizona
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 winner: $31,600. Lost to...
|
|
Larry Marshall, a junior at the University of Missouri from Kansas City, Missouri
|
2004 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000.
|
|
Claire Winkler, from Fredericksburg, Virginia
|
"This honor roll student participates on both the year-round and summer...
|
|
Muffy Morris, a sophomore from Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
|
1992 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $1,000. Sister of 1989 Teen Tournament semifinalist...
|
|
Stephen Fritz, a sophomore from Lexington, Kentucky
|
2007 Teen Tournament 2nd runner-up: $25,460.
15 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
|
Emily Karrs, a junior from Gibsonia, Pennsylvania
|
2002 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. Emily was 16 at the time...
|
|
Bob Blake, an actuary from Vancouver, British Columbia
|
"An actuary from Vancouver, British Columbia, Bob Blake, who has won...
|
|
Emily Jusino, a Ph.D. candidate in Greek literature originally from Fredericksburg, Virginia
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $18,801 + $1,000.
Last name pronouned like "hoo-SEE-no".
|
|
Bob Blake, an actuary from Vancouver, British Columbia
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 1990 Tournament...
|
|
Bob Blake, an actuary from Vancouver, British Columbia
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 1990 Tournament...
|
|
Matt Bushell, a junior at Georgetown University from Fairfield, Connecticut
|
2004 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000.
|
|
Bonny Jain, a senior from Moline, Illinois
|
2009 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
|
|
Andrew Rostan, a writer and script reader originally from Boardman, Ohio
|
2007 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
|
|
Kathy Cassity, a closed captioner from Honolulu, Hawaii
|
2003 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 18 4-time champion: $59,200....
|
|
Sara Dean, a junior at Syracuse University from Olney, Maryland
|
2001 College Championship semifinalist: $5,000. Sara was 19 at the time...
|
|
Josh Lacey, a 10-year-old from Ellicott City, Maryland
|
"The International Olympic Committee does such good work, he would like...
|
|
Mark Born, an investment analyst from Los Angeles, California
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 1991 Tournament...
|
|
Mark Born, an investment analyst from Los Angeles, California
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 1991 Tournament...
|
|
Karl Coryat, a managing editor from Oakland, California
|
Season 12 2-time champion: $42,400. Karl's one-day total of $26,100 (#2736,...
|
|
Michael Daunt, an accountant from Canada
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Elite Eighteen (Round 2 winners) member:...
|
|
Trevor Norris, a management analyst from Washington, D.C.
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2003 Tournament...
|
|
Steve Chernicoff, a technical writer from Berkeley, California
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Elite Eighteen (Round 2 winners) member:...
|
|
Michael Daunt, an accountant from Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Elite Eighteen (Round 2 winners) member:...
|
|
Kim Smith, a ticket counter originally from Sedalia, Missouri
|
Season 11 player (1994-09-06). Season 10 1-time champion: $7,400. Kim was...
|
|
Kim Smith, a ticket counter originally from Sedalia, Missouri
|
Season 11 player (1994-09-06). Season 10 1-time champion: $7,400. Kim was...
|
|
Colleen Mahoney, a sophomore from East Hampton, Connecticut
|
2001 Teen Tournament 2nd runner-up: $10,000. 15 at the time of...
|
|
Paige Feldman, a sophomore from St. Louis, Missouri
|
2001 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. 16 at the time of the...
|
|
Brad Selvig, a sophomore at Florida State from Jacksonville, Florida
|
2004 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000.
|
|
Kimberly Jantz, an attorney from Tulsa, Oklahoma
|
Season 26 1-time champion: $22,200 + $2,000. Kimberly Jantz - an...
|
|
Michael Farabaugh, a high school chemistry teacher from Charlottesville, Virginia
|
"This chemistry teacher has been making things fizz, smoke, and explode...
|
|
Mike Marmesh, a veterinarian from Miami, Florida
|
Season 26 1-time champion: $4,700 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
|
|
Peggy Noonan, a contributing editor from The Wall Street Journal
|
2004 Power Players Week player (2004-05-10).
Charity: The Sisters of Life.
|
|
Susan Haarman, a sophomore at Marquette University from Louisville, Kentucky
|
2001 College Championship quarterfinalist: $2,500. Susan was 19 at the time...
|
|
Jason Richards, a pharmacy technician from Old Town, Maine
|
2006 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 22 4-time champion: $99,200 + $2,000.
|
|
Kevin Marshall, a student from Metairie, Louisiana
|
2006 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 22 6-time champion: $98,201...
|
|
David Rozenson, a lawyer from Newton, Massachusetts
|
2006 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 21 3-time champion: $76,000 + $1,000.
|
|
John Krizel, a green community program coordinator from Beckley, West Virginia
|
2011 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $105,204...
|
|
Sara Wilkinson, a country club concierge from Athens, Georgia
|
Season 27 3-time champion: $72,701 + $2,000.
|
|
Mike Hodel, a bartender from Bellingham, Washington
|
Season 27 2-time champion: $20,200 + $2,000.
Last name pronounced like "ho-DELL".
|
|
Jenifer Thomas, a teacher assistant from Jacksonville, North Carolina
|
Season 26 1-time champion: $13,400 + $2,000. Jenifer Thomas October 5,...
|
|
Brian Meacham, a film preservationist originally from Anchorage, Alaska
|
2011 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 27 4-time champion: $90,500...
|
|
Kara Spak, a newspaper reporter from Chicago, Illinois
|
2011 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 27 5-time champion: $83,401 + $2,000.
|
|
Tim Russert, a moderator from Meet the Press
|
"He's the Washington Bureau Chief of NBC News and the longtime...
|
|
Jeffrey Gerlomes, a freshman from Napa, California
|
2007 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
14 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
|
Eliza Urban, a sophomore from Richmond, Virginia
|
2007 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 15 at the time of the...
|
|
Cerulean Ozarow, an 11-year-old from Brooklyn, New York
|
"His future is full of options. He wants to become either...
|
|
S.E. Cupp, a political commentator from CNN, New York Daily News, and Glamour
|
"She writes for the New York Daily News, is a contributor...
|
|
Brittany Rogers, a sophomore at Saddleback College from Lake Forest, California
|
2001 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. Brittany was 18 at the...
|
|
Tony Nagatani, a junior at Ithaca College from Honolulu, Hawaii
|
2001 College Championship quarterfinalist: $2,500. Tony was 20 at the time...
|
|
Ari Stern, a mathematician from San Diego, California
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $17,201 + $1,000.
|
|
Don Meals, an environmental scientist from Burlington, Vermont
|
Season 27 3-time champion: $42,599 + $2,000.
|
|
Fred Cofone, a copy editor from Old Greenwich, Connecticut
|
Season 27 2-time champion: $24,400 + $2,000.
Last name pronounced like "kuh-FONE".
|
|
Daniel Stauss, a federal claims examiner from Seattle, Washington
|
Season 25 1-time champion: $25,500 + $2,000. Daniel Stauss - A...
|
|
Donna Vogel, a scientist from Bethesda, Maryland
|
2009 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 24 4-time champion:...
|
|
Jason McCune, an actor originally from Jasper, Indiana
|
2003 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 18 4-time champion: $90,041.
|
|
Brian Weikle, a project manager from Minneapolis, Minnesota
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
|
|
Loren Loiacono, a senior from Setauket, New York
|
2006 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
|
|
Dana Delany, an actress from Kidnapped
|
"She won two Emmys for playing Army nurse Colleen McMurphy on...
|
|
Amy Fletcher, a junior from Cincinnati, Ohio
|
2005 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
|
Lindsey Hargrove, a senior at the University of Texas from Bellaire, Texas
|
2004 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Mother's Jeopardy! Message Board user name: collegemom
|
|
Lauren Romero, a senior from Denver, Colorado
|
2006 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. According to the official Jeopardy! web...
|
|
Caitlin Cook, a sophomore from Arden, North Carolina
|
2005 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
|
Chloé White, a senior from Mission Hills, Kansas
|
2005 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
|
Kelley Burd, a junior at West Virginia University from Bristol, West Virginia
|
2004 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000.
|
|
Charles Temple, a high school English teacher from Ocracoke, North Carolina
|
"He teaches at the smallest public school in North Carolina, and...
|
|
Haley Batz, a senior from Charlotte, North Carolina
|
2008-B Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. Last name pronounced like "BOTS". Jeopardy!...
|
|
Sarah Marx, a junior from Chevy Chase, Maryland
|
2008-B Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user name:...
|
|
Zoë Assasie, an 11-year-old fifth grader from Urbana, Maryland
|
"Bon apétit ! She wants to be a chef and own...
|
|
Dan Royles, a senior from Chula Vista, California
|
2002 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. Dan was 17 at the time...
|
|
Evan Stewart, a sophomore from Frankfort, Kentucky
|
2002 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. Evan was 15 at the time...
|
|
Matt Schnippert, a sophomore at Florida State University from Jacksonville, Florida
|
2001 College Championship 1st runner-up: $19,801. Matt was 19 at the...
|
|
Mitchell Vogel, from Madison, Wisconsin
|
"This future governor of Wisconsin enjoys rollerblading, reading, and playing saxophone....
|
|
Sandra McClellan, a granny nanny from Arlington, Texas
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $4,199 + $2,000.
|
|
Zac Showers, a college English professor from Geneva County, Alabama
|
Season 25 player (2008-12-03).
|
|
Diana North, a first grade teacher from Rock Hill, South Carolina
|
"She recently celebrated her silver anniversary of teaching. From Rock Hill,...
|
|
Will Schultz, a freshman from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
|
2007 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 19 at the time of the...
|
|
Lisa Ackerman, a senior from Livermore, California
|
2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 17 at the...
|
|
Kristiana Henderson, a junior from Kent, Washington
|
2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games quarterfinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time...
|
|
Hon. Margaret Spellings, a U.S. Secretary of Education from Washington, D.C.
|
"As an advisor to President George W. Bush, she helped craft...
|
|
Anne Shivers, a senior from Peotone, Illinois
|
2005 Teen Tournament 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $18,000. 17 at...
|
|
Brad Williams, a reporter and writer from La Crosse, Wisconsin
|
Season 6 player (1990-06-01). Brad is well-known as one of the...
|
|
Tom Baker, a writer from Tokyo, Japan
|
2004 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 20 3-time champion: $102,300 + $2,000.
|
|
Patton Oswalt, a Grammy- and Emmy-award-winning comedian from Portsmouth, Virginia
|
\"A Grammy- and Emmy-award-winning comedian from Portsmouth, Virginia, he rose to...
|
|
Jeff Haylon, a sophomore from Newtown, Connecticut
|
2012 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $10,000.
15 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
|
David Walter, a senior from Wilmington, Delaware
|
2007 Teen Tournament winner (semifinalist by wildcard): $75,000. 17 at the...
|
|
Ana Navarro, a Republican commentator from CNN, ABC News, and Telemundo
|
"Born in Nicaragua, she is one of the leading Hispanic Republican...
|
|
Jayanth Iyengar, a junior at Washington University in St. Louis from Madison, Wisconsin
|
2005 College Championship 2nd runner-up: $25,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Jiyen1213
|
|
Frank Spangenberg, a police officer from New York City, New York
|
"He was a New York City cop when he won five...
|
|
Lisa Dvorak, a grocery store chain administrative assistant from Millersville, Maryland
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $31,201 + $2,000.
|
|
Eureka Nutt, a paralegal from Canoga Park, California
|
Season 27 2-time champion: $38,701 + $1,000.
|
|
Jeff Spoeri, a university administrator from Boynton Beach, Florida
|
2007 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD...
|
|
Soledad O'Brien, a broadcast journalist from CNN's American Morning
|
"This broadcast journalist has covered stories all over the world. Since...
|
|
Vanamali Compton, a junior from Clarkdale, Arizona
|
2005 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. 16 at the time of the...
|
|
Joseph Graumann, a junior from Mays Landing, New Jersey
|
2006 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
|
|
Bob Fleenor, a newspaper copy editor from Martinsburg, West Virginia
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2001 Tournament...
|
|
Orlando Zambrano, a junior from Tampa, Florida
|
2005 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $5,000.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
|
Tom Walsh, a writer from Washington, D.C.
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
|
|
Ben Chuchla, a senior from Calabasas, California
|
2008-B Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Last name pronounced like "HOO-kla"....
|
|
Paul Kursky, an online marketing producer from San Francisco, California
|
2011 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 5-time champion: $109,411...
|
|
Connie Shi, a junior at the University of Michigan from Okemos, Michigan
|
2012 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000.
19 at the time of the College Championship.
|
|
Rob Schrader, a junior from Lexington, Kentucky
|
2012 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. Younger brother of 2008-B Teen Tournament...
|
|
Louie C.K., a comedian, actor, director, writer, and producer from Louie and Horace and Pete
|
"This multitalented actor, writer, producer, and director is also the star...
|
|
Ryan Ballengee, a senior from Pasadena, Maryland
|
2001 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
|
Bev Schwartzberg, an adult literacy program coordinator from Santa Barbara, California
|
"She finished second in the 1993 Tournament of Champions. Today, she's...
|
|
Zach Blumenfeld, a junior from Lincolnshire, Illinois
|
2009 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
|
|
Justin Bernbach, a lobbyist from Brooklyn, New York
|
2010 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 25 7-time champion: $155,001...
|
|
Erik Nelson, a grad student originally from Boston, Massachusetts
|
2009 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 25 4-time champion: $94,404 + $2,000.
|
|
Sarah Nothnagel, a sophomore from the University of Southern California
|
2007 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 19 at the time of the...
|
|
Christina Maes, a senior at the University of Wisconsin - Green Bay from Green Bay, Wisconsin
|
2004 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000.
|
|
Larry Cloud, a computer consultant from Inglewood, California
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2001 Tournament...
|
|
Drew Lachey, a singer and actor from Dancing with the Stars
|
"He was working as an emergency medical technician when brother Nick...
|
|
Jay Schrader, a junior from Lexington, Kentucky
|
2008-B Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000. Older brother of 2012 Teen Tournament...
|
|
Candace Parker, a basketball player from Naperville, Illinois
|
"A basketball player from Naperville, Illinois, she was the number one...
|
|
Kate Bolduan, a co-host from CNN's At This Hour
|
"As a CNN congressional correspondent, she covered the U.S. House and...
|
|
Meredith Johnson, a senior from University of Minnesota
|
2008 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. Attended the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities...
|
|
Andrew Nerlinger, a senior at the University of Notre Dame from Wilmington, Delaware
|
2001 College Championship quarterfinalist: $2,500. Andrew was 21 at the time...
|
|
Lindsey Bartlett, a junior from Winter Haven, Florida
|
2002 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. Lindsey was 16 at the time...
|
|
Allie Pape, a sophomore from Ponte Vedra, Florida
|
2002 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. Allie was 14 at the time...
|
|
Seth Disner, a senior from Los Angeles, California
|
2002 Teen Tournament 2nd runner-up: $28,900. Seth was 17 at the...
|
|
Thomas Zamora, a junior at the University of Southern California from Cypress, California
|
2001 College Championship 2nd runner-up: $14,100. Thomas was 20 at the...
|
|
Rich Rosenlof, a sales representative from Sacramento, California
|
Season 18 3-time champion: $80,800 + $2,000. Alex erroneously reported Rich's...
|
|
Jayce Newton, a senior at UCLA from Long Beach, California
|
2001 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. Jayce was 22 at the...
|
|
Sam Weaver, a sophomore at Bradley University from Pleasanton, California
|
2001 College Championship quarterfinalist: $2,500. Sam was 20 at the time...
|
|
Peter Ellis, a senior at North Carolina State University from Cary, North Carolina
|
2005 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000.
|
|
Kelly Scurry, an 11-year-old seventh grader from Lauderhill, Florida
|
"It's very convenient that Washington, D.C. is his favorite city, because...
|
|
Sara Terrell, a veterinary technician from Windsor, Connecticut
|
2007 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
|
|
Deborah Fitzgerald, a retired government employee from McLean, Virginia
|
2009 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 24 4-time champion: $55,901 + $1,000.
|
|
Elise Burton, a freshman from the University of California-Berkeley
|
2007 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 18 at the time of the...
|
|
Anna Han, a sophomore from Penn State University
|
2007 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 19 at the time of the...
|
|
Alice Luo, a junior from Georgia Institute of Technology
|
2007 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 20 at the time of...
|
|
Frank Spangenberg, a police officer from Flushing, New York
|
"A police officer from Flushing, New York, Frank Spangenberg, who has...
|
|
Amory Jendrek, a freshman at Davidson College from Knoxville, Tennessee
|
2004 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
|
|
Dan Alves, an engineering supervisor from Santa Maria, California
|
Season 2 3-time champion: $36,100. Last name pronounced as one syllable,...
|
|
Matt Amodio, a post-doctoral researcher from Cambridge, Massachusetts
|
2023 Jeopardy! Masters 3rd place player: $150,000. 2022 Tournament of Champions...
|
|
Joel Kim Booster, a comedian from Chicago, Illinois
|
"A comedian from Chicago, his movie Fire Island, which he wrote,...
|
|
Ego Nwodim, a comedian from Baltimore, Maryland
|
"A comedian from Baltimore, Maryland, her one-woman show enjoyed a sold-out...
|
|
Quinn McDonald, an inventory control manager from Lowville, New York
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $20,600 + $1,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Mighty Q
|
|
Kevin Yang, a junior from Birmingham, Alabama
|
2012 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
|
Cosi Audi, a junior from North Canton, Ohio
|
2011 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
|
LeVar Burton, a distinguished actor and TV host from the Emmy-winning children's program Reading Rainbow
|
1995 Celebrity Jeopardy! winner: $14,500 for the Somalia Foundation. "A distinguished...
|
|
Ari Fleischer, a former White House Press Secretary from the current Bush administration
|
"For the first two years of the current Bush administration, he...
|
|
Liana Walters, a junior from Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
|
2002 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. Liana was 16 at the...
|
|
Misti Coronel, a senior from Pottstown, Pennsylvania
|
2001 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
|
Alexis Stephens, a senior from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
|
2001 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000.
15 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
|
Gabriel Johnson, a senior from Teaneck, New Jersey
|
2009 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
|
Brian Moore, an astronomer from Houston, Texas
|
"He was the first 5-day champion in the 1993-1994 season. An...
|
|
Frank Spangenberg, a transit cop from Douglaston, New York
|
2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
|
|
Katie Orphan, a freshman at Whitworth College from Reno, Nevada
|
2002 College Championship semifinalist: $5,000.
|
|
Tyler Allard, a senior from Garrett Park, Maryland
|
2003 Teen Tournament first runner-up: $28,400.
|
|
Charlie Penrod, an assistant professor of law from Natchitoches, Louisiana
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $17,000 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: CharlieP
|
|
Frank Spangenberg, a police officer from Flushing, New York
|
2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
|
|
Christine Kennedy, a freshman from the University of Notre Dame
|
2007 College Championship 2nd runner-up: $25,000. 19 at the time of...
|
|
Paul Shaffer, a composer and musical director from The Late Show with David Letterman
|
"David Letterman's musical director for 24 years, he's also musical producer...
|
|
Lily Wang, a junior at Columbia University from Plano, Texas
|
2004 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000.
|
|
Frank Spangenberg, a police officer from Flushing, New York
|
2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
|
|
Sean Ryan, a graduate student from Whitehall, Pennsylvania
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
|
|
John Pearson, a 4th grade math teacher from Richardson, Texas
|
"His school's theme this year is superheroes. It's a bird! It's...
|
|
Mike Shapiro, an actuary from Denver, Colorado
|
Season 30 2-time champion: $24,800 + $1,000. A clip of one...
|
|
Tom Smolich, a Catholic priest originally from Sacramento, California
|
Season 5 player (1989-04-11). Season 6 3-time champion: $39,802. Last name...
|
|
Tom Smolich, a Catholic priest originally from Sacramento, California
|
Season 5 player (1989-04-11). Season 6 3-time champion: $39,802. Last name...
|
|
Adam Levin, a sports information director from Ashland, Massachusetts
|
Season 35 player (2019-04-29). Adam’s final total of $53,999 in his...
|
|
Mickey Wittman, a manager originally from Nanuet, New York
|
Season 2 player (1985-11-05). Mickey had a long career as a...
|
|
Daniel Okobi, Jr., a medical student from Freeport, New York
|
Season 28 player (2011-10-05).
|
|
Cory Anotado, an interactive designer from Baltimore, Maryland
|
Season 38 player (2022-01-13). Cory founded BuzzerBlog in 2005. Cory appeared...
|
|
Caroline Bartman, a senior from Washington, D.C.
|
2007 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
|
Bob Woodward, an assistant managing editor from The Washington Post
|
2004 Power Players Week player (2004-05-10).
Charity: Sidwell Friends School.
|
|
Matthew Weiner, a series creator and executive producer from Mad Men
|
"He is the creator and executive producer of one of the...
|
|
Pat Schroeder, a former congresswoman from the Association of American Publishers
|
"Former congresswoman, member of the Women's Hall of Fame and current...
|
|
Al Franken, an author and comedian from Lateline
|
"His latest book hit the New York Times bestseller list in...
|
|
Graham Gilmer, a senior from Lynchburg, Virginia
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2001 Teen...
|
|
Andy Siegler, a senior from Cinnaminson, New Jersey
|
2001 Teen Tournament 1st runner-up: $15,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
|
Paul McCrane, an actor from ER
|
[As Paul is introduced, a clip of ER plays, with Dr....
|
|
Sarah Whitaker, a dean's assistant originally from Jackson, Michigan
|
Season 27 player (2010-10-27).
|
|
Jeff Gorham, an accountant from Richmond, Virginia
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $14,001 + $1,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: SpacemanSpiff
|
|
Jim Stevens, a high school math teacher from Fairview Park, Ohio
|
2009 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 25 6-time champion: $140,600 + $2,000.
|
|
Adam Bock, a 13-year-old from St. Louis, Missouri
|
"We're pretty sure that he's the only one of our contestants...
|
|
Kim Worth, a waiter and writer from Venice, California
|
1998 Tournament of Champions 1st runner-up: $15,000. Season 13 4-time champion:...
|
|
Kim Worth, a freelance writer and stand-up comedian from Venice, California
|
1998 Tournament of Champions 1st runner-up: $15,000. Season 13 4-time champion:...
|
|
Greg Hopkins, an energy demonstrator from Waverly, Ohio
|
Season 1 1-time champion: $8,400. Greg was the first champion on...
|
|
Jay Wolman, an attorney and mediator from Washington, D.C.
|
Season 21 player (2004-10-05).
KJL game 50.
|
|
Andrew He, a stay-at-home dad from Concord, California
|
2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament 2nd runner up: $25,000. 2023 Jeopardy! Masters...
|
|
Andrew He, a software developer from San Francisco, California
|
2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament 2nd runner up: $25,000. 2023 Jeopardy! Masters...
|
|
Andrew He, a software developer from San Francisco, California
|
2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament 2nd runner up: $25,000. 2023 Jeopardy! Masters...
|
|
Andrew He, a software developer from San Francisco, California
|
2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament 2nd runner up: $25,000. 2023 Jeopardy! Masters...
|
|
Lilly Chin, a robotics Ph.D. student at MIT from Decatur, Georgia
|
2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2017 Tournament of Champions wildcard...
|
|
Lilly Chin, a senior at MIT from Decatur, Georgia
|
2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2017 Tournament of Champions wildcard...
|
|
Lilly Chin, a robotics professor from Decatur, Georgia
|
2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2017 Tournament of Champions wildcard...
|
|
Amy Schneider, a writer from Oakland, California
|
2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament 1st runner up: $50,000. 2023 Jeopardy! Masters...
|
|
Mattea Roach, a writer and podcaster from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
|
2023 Jeopardy! Masters 2nd place player: $250,000. 2022 Tournament of Champions...
|
|
Lary Ohlson, a stage actor from Van Nuys, California
|
Season 1 1-time champion: $3,200. First name pronounced like \"Larry\". Lary...
|
|
Jeff Richmond, a city planner from West Hollywood, California
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 winner: $33,300. 1990 Super...
|
|
Paula Poundstone, a winner of a CableACE award and star of her own TV show from The Paula Poundstone Show
|
1993 Celebrity Jeopardy! player: $10,000 to charity.
|
|
Torrey DeVitto, an actor from Huntington, New York
|
"An actor from Huntington, New York, she began her career working...
|
|
Katie Annis, a stay-at-home mom from Ashburn, Virginia
|
Season 29 player (2013-07-24).
|
|
Mark Raabe, an IT director from Coon Rapids, Minnesota
|
Season 25 player (2008-09-25).
Last name pronounced like "RAH-bee".
|
|
Martin Garnar, a librarian from Denver, Colorado
|
Season 25 player (2008-11-07).
|
|
Matt Rogers, a comedian from Long Island, New York
|
\"A comedian from Long Island, New York, his podcast, Las Culturistas,...
|
|
Michael Block, a senior from Staten Island, New York
|
1988 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $1,000. 1988 Teen Tournament winner: $25,000....
|
|
Raphie Cantor, a sophomore from San Diego, California
|
2011 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
15 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
|
Joe Emison, a chief technology officer from Asheville, North Carolina
|
Season 29 player (2012-12-18).
|
|
Chloe Horning, a graduate student in library and information science from Seattle, Washington
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $14,000 + $2,000.
|
|
Kerr Houston, a professor of art history from Baltimore, Maryland
|
Season 28 player (2012-04-20).
First name pronounced like "KUR".
|
|
Andrew Sprouse, a historic preservationist from Durham, North Carolina
|
Season 24 player (2008-01-29). Andrew wore a bow tie in his...
|
|
Jeff Richmond, a law student from West Hollywood, California
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 winner: $33,300. 1990 Super...
|
|
Leszek Pawlowicz, a materials scientist from Phoenix, Arizona
|
2014 Battle of the Decades semifinalist: $25,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
|
|
Frank McNeil, a facilities management specialist from Louisville, Kentucky
|
Season 20 player (2004-07-16). KJL game 33. Frank was listed on...
|
|
Lieutenant Commander Alan Echt, an industrial hygienist from Cincinnati, Ohio
|
Season 10 1-time champion: $14,001. Johnny announced Alan\'s rank, but the...
|
|
Catherine Crier, a journalist from The Crier Report
|
"Once the youngest elected state judge in Texas, she now hosts...
|
|
Farah Zolghadr, a sophomore from Springfield, Illinois
|
2001 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500.
15 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
|
Ben Tritle, an apartment manager from Los Angeles, California
|
2003 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 18 5-time champion: $78,600...
|
|
Julie Backer, a librarian from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
|
Season 22 player (2006-05-25).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: JLo
|
|
Beth Doner, a homemaker from Dearborn, Michigan
|
Season 22 player (2005-11-28).
Jeopardy Message Board user name: bethanne
|
|
Vicky Stanton, a school psychologist from Sherman Oaks, California
|
Season 22 2-time champion: $19,799 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Vicky
|
|
Steve Rogitz, a letter carrier from Gardena, California
|
1993 10th Anniversary Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. 1990 Super Jeopardy! quarterfinalist: $5,000....
|
|
Bob Verini, a playwright, actor, and director from New York City, New York
|
2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
|
|
Mike Bober, a political fundraiser from Arlington, Virginia
|
Season 21 2-time champion: $25,602 + $2,000.
Last name pronounced like "BOE-ber".
|
|
Michael Block, a student and winner of the 1988 Teen Tournament from Staten Island, New York
|
1988 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $1,000. 1988 Teen Tournament winner: $25,000....
|
|
Steve Rogitz, a trucking company manager from Gardena, California
|
1993 10th Anniversary Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. 1990 Super Jeopardy! quarterfinalist: $5,000....
|
|
Tom Cubbage, an attorney from Washington, D.C.
|
"In 1989, he was the first College Champion and remains the...
|
|
Bob Verini, a playwright and actor from New York City, New York
|
2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
|
|
Joann Mariani, a high school English teacher from Brooklyn, New York
|
Season 26 1-time champion: $19,500 + $2,000.
|
|
Steven Rogitz, a letter carrier from Gardena, California
|
1993 10th Anniversary Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. 1990 Super Jeopardy! quarterfinalist: $5,000....
|
|
Lucia Macro, an executive editor from Jersey City, New Jersey
|
Season 24 player (2007-11-02).
|
|
Anne Reilly, a stay-at-home mom from Stow, Massachusetts
|
Season 25 1-time champion: $21,200 + $2,000.
|
|
Marta Bowman, a sales assistant from Minneapolis, Minnesota
|
Season 23 player (2007-06-08).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: SwedeGirl
|
|
Steve Rogitz, an operations manager from Torrance, California
|
1993 10th Anniversary Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. 1990 Super Jeopardy! quarterfinalist: $5,000....
|
|
Dave Dye, an import specialist from Torrance, California
|
Season 23 player (2007-06-20).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: TurboDave
|
|
Brad Paisley, a country music singer from the album Mud on the Tires
|
"A young member of the Grand Ole Opry, please welcome one...
|
|
Jeff Richmond, a law student from West Hollywood, California
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 winner: $33,300. 1990 Super...
|
|
Vic Sawyer, a snowcoach driver and hotel manager from Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming and Montana
|
Season 23 1-time champion: $28,001 + $1,000.
|
|
Lorraine Stalberg, a writer from Malibu, California
|
Season 20 player (2004-02-06).
|
|
Josh Kamensky, a communications director from Los Angeles, California
|
Season 23 player (2007-07-09). Josh was the runner-up on the 2020-10-13...
|
|
Bob Verini, a playwright/actor from New York, New York
|
2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
|
|
James Denton, an actor from Desperate Housewives
|
"He plays Mike Delfino, Wisteria Lane's sexy plumber on the hit...
|
|
Leszek Pawlowicz, a materials scientist from Phoenix, Arizona
|
2014 Battle of the Decades semifinalist: $25,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
|
|
Wes Ulm, a medical student from Alexandria, Virginia
|
1998 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $2,500. Season 13 4-time champion: $63,201....
|
