| #9083, aired 2024-04-17 | THE ORIGINAL LANGUAGE $1000: Of
the "Analects", a collection of sayings dating back to around the fifth century B.C. Chinese |
| #9081, aired 2024-04-15 | 3-LETTER SPELLING BEE $1000: It's placed in parentheses after a misspelled word to show it was meant to be printed that way (but spell this word correctly!) S-I-C |
| #9079, aired 2024-04-11 | WOMEN IN ANCIENT TIMES $800: A papyrus dated to 35 B.C. calls her Philopatris, "she who loves her country", the country being Egypt Cleopatra |
| #9078, aired 2024-04-10 | ASK FORGIVENESS $400: An older Elwin Wilson, once part of this notorious white-klad group, asked John Lewis to forgive him for a 1961 assault in S.C. the Ku Klux Klan |
| #9075, aired 2024-04-05 | FARMING HISTORY $200: The 7-spotted type of this beetle was brought to North America in the mid-20th c. to control aphids & other plant-eating pests a ladybug |
| #9075, aired 2024-04-05 | FARMING HISTORY $600: The mold Phytophthora infestans caused this mid-19th c. farming disaster that resulted in a million deaths the Irish Potato Famine |
| #9074, aired 2024-04-04 | "C-U" LATER $400: What we Yanks call a cookie, the Brits call this a biscuit |
| #9074, aired 2024-04-04 | "C-U" LATER $800: In 1882 Robert Koch discovered a germ that ended the debate of whether this disease that claimed the life of Chopin is hereditary tuberculosis |
| #9074, aired 2024-04-04 | "C-U" LATER $1600: Nov. 25, the date the British cleared out of New York City in 1783, was once a blowout holiday called this day Evacuation Day |
| #9074, aired 2024-04-04 | "C-U" LATER $2000: Fancy word from French meaning a glimpse or an outline aperçu |
| #9070, aired 2024-03-29 | BIOLOGY "A", "B", "C"s $400: "A":
This clear fluid surrounds a baby in its mother's womb amniotic fluid |
| #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 | BIOLOGY "A", "B", "C"s $1600: "B":
This pigment gives bile its yellowish color & can lead to gallstones bilirubin |
| #9070, aired 2024-03-29 | BIOLOGY "A", "B", "C"s $2000: "C" "C":
2-word term for the multistage process via which the basic unit of life reproduces itself the cell cycle |
| #9070, aired 2024-03-29 | BIOLOGY "A", "B", "C"s $6,400 (Daily Double): "C":
In myth, it's a fire-breathing hybrid monster, in genetics, it's an organism with 2 distinct sets of DNA chimera |
| #9069, aired 2024-03-28 | DEFINITIONS FROM THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY $200: Under C:
"A familiar kitchen-garden vegetable about as large and wise as a man's head" a cabbage |
| #9063, aired 2024-03-20 | MISSION: PLAUSIBLE $800: Solve the this TV host problem: 3 shut doors, new car-junk-junk. You pick A. He shows you B is junk. Do you switch to C? Monty Hall |
| #9063, aired 2024-03-20 | FIRST NAMES $800: Borrowed from Sanskrit & reflecting her Indian heritage, this first name of a D.C. VIP means "lotus flower" Kamala |
| #9062, aired 2024-03-19 | SILENCE, LETTERS! $600: I accuse the only "C" in this word meaning to charge with a crime of being useless indict |
| #9058, aired 2024-03-13 | DIACRITICAL THINKING $1200: This mark under the C in soupçon (a little bit) softens that sound & makes things much classier than saying "soup-con" a cedilla |
| #9055, aired 2024-03-08 | SUFFIXES $600: As early as 1973 this suffix from a D.C. building was tacked onto "Wine" to describe a scandal involving fake Bordeaux gate |
| #9054, aired 2024-03-07 | GITALONG, OLD PAINT $2000: As it's by this painter, you might call an 1876 view of the Mediterranean at l'Estaque a "C" scape Paul Cezanne |
| #9052, aired 2024-03-05 | TV IN THE AUGHTIES $200: Ben McKenzie played Ryan Atwood, a tough kid from Chino taken in by a wealthy Newport Beach family on this show The O.C. |
| #9049, aired 2024-02-29 | NAME, IMAGE, LIKENESS $1000: Part of the NIL deal of UNC basketball star Armando Bacot Jr. was a part on this Netflix show set on a N.C. island chain Outer Banks |
| #9049, aired 2024-02-29 | SCI. ABBR. $3,200 (Daily Double): C
is short for this unit of electric charge named for a French physicist a coulomb |
| #9043, aired 2024-02-21 | IT'S REIGNING MEN! $400: The I didn't even rule Egypt for a year & a half, but this pharaoh II of the 19th dynasty clocked in for 66, 1279-1213 B.C. Ramses |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #9041, aired 2024-02-19 | NATIONAL STATUARY HALL $2000: Charleston took down a statue of him in 2020, but this pro-slavery VP still stands in the Hall for South Carolina John C. Calhoun |
| #9034, aired 2024-02-08 | THE MOURNING NEWS $400: A 10,000-talent funeral pyre--we can only assume that was expensive--burned in 324 B.C. for Hephaestion, a dear pal of this leader Alexander the Great |
| #9034, aired 2024-02-08 | THE MOURNING NEWS $1000: This British author kept 2 initials & a 5-letter last name as N.W. Clerk to write "A Grief Observed" about his wife's death C.S. Lewis |
| #9032, aired 2024-02-06 | LAYERS $800: The layers of a company's hierarchy appear in this type of chart, a term popularized in the early 1900s by Willard C. Brinton an org. chart |
| #3, aired 2024-02-02 | LITERATURE $800: A sea-witch tells this 19th c. title gal that her transformation will make each step feel like "treading upon sharp knives" Little Mermaid |
| #9025, aired 2024-01-26 | "C" IN THE MIDDLE $400: You want this to work when you exit a Skyvan at 10,000 feet a parachute |
| #9025, aired 2024-01-26 | COACHING BASKETBALL $600: In "I Came As a Shadow", John Thompson diagrammed his life as basketball coach at this D.C. university Georgetown |
| #9025, aired 2024-01-26 | HISTORIC BATTLES $800: 490 B.C.'s Battle of Marathon showed the Greeks for the first time that they could defeat a force of this mighty empire the Persian Empire |
| #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 |
| #9023, aired 2024-01-24 | OUR SONG $200: Tommy, a union man, & Gina, in the food service industry, make a go of it in this 1987 Bon Jovi hit; c'mon, we're halfway there! "Livin' On A Prayer" |
| #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 |
| #9021, aired 2024-01-22 | LETTERS OF THE LAW $1000: C:
A supplementary document that modifies or amends a will a codicil |
| #25, aired 2024-01-16 | SPELLING BIZ $300: Toyota debuted this model in the US in 1983; you can't spell it without spelling...
C A _ R _ Camry |
| #9016, aired 2024-01-15 | WORLD HISTORY $1000: This mystical form of Islam began c. 800 in part with a woman from Basra who introduced a new concept of the love of Allah Sufism |
| #9014, aired 2024-01-11 | NOTORIOUS $200: Nicknamed for his facial hair, this 18th c. buccaneer who terrorized the East Coast reputedly amassed a still-hidden treasure Blackbeard |
| #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 | FEMALE FIRSTS $300: The first female CEO of a Fortune 500 company, Katharine Graham was the longtime publisher of this D.C.-based newspaper The Washington Post |
| #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 | ITALIAN LITERATURE $1600: In Umberto Eco's "The Name of the Rose", murders at a 14th c. monastery center on a book on laughter by this ancient Greek Aristotle |
| #9011, aired 2024-01-08 | FROM C TO D $2000: In the painting seen here, a young woman is playing this instrument a clavichord |
| #9011, aired 2024-01-08 | FROM C TO D $5,400 (Daily Double): It describes the human heart with 4, as well as a certain type of nautilus chambered |
| #9010, aired 2024-01-05 | BLACK HISTORY YEAR $400: Martin Luther King Jr. gives his immortal "I Have a Dream" speech in D.C. 1963 |
| #9007, aired 2024-01-02 | HISTORIC LASTS $2000: Rome put Carthage on the mat for the final time with the third of these wars in a campaign that lasted from 149 to 146 B.C. the Punic Wars |
| #9006, aired 2024-01-01 | CROSSWORD CLUES "C" $200: A container like the Igloo Party Bar
(6 letters) a cooler |
| #9006, aired 2024-01-01 | CROSSWORD CLUES "C" $600: A merchant of Gouda
(12 letters) a cheesemonger |
| #9006, aired 2024-01-01 | CROSSWORD CLUES "C" $800: An official rebuke in Congress
(7 letters) a censure |
| #9006, aired 2024-01-01 | CROSSWORD CLUES "C" $1000: A squid or nautilus
(10 letters) a cephalopod |
| #9006, aired 2024-01-01 | TOUGH 7-LETTER WORDS $1200: Going all the way from A to C, this scientific term means not associated with living organisms abiotic |
| #9002, aired 2023-12-26 | TV COMEDIES BY WORKPLACE $1200: CONTROL, a D.C.-based counter-intelligence agency Get Smart |
| #8999, aired 2023-12-21 | PHILOSOPHY $800: Thomism is a school of thought named for this 13th c. theologian who tried to reconcile Aristotle with Christianity Thomas Aquinas |
| #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 | 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 |
| #8993, aired 2023-12-13 | YOUR DAY IN "C"OURT $2000: Executive clemency can lead to this, reducing the severity of a punishment commutation |
| #8993, aired 2023-12-13 | YOUR DAY IN "C"OURT $6,000 (Daily Double): This effort to boot a juror can be peremptory or for cause a challenge |
| #8990, aired 2023-12-08 | AS EASY AS A-B-C $200: Horse-riding style without a saddle bareback |
| #8990, aired 2023-12-08 | AS EASY AS A-B-C $400: It describes Shakespeare's pentameter iambic |
| #8990, aired 2023-12-08 | AS EASY AS A-B-C $600: It means to construct, or to fake, as in your excuse for being late fabricate |
| #8990, aired 2023-12-08 | AS EASY AS A-B-C $800: The title of a Lewis Carroll poem, it now means meaningless words or gibberish "Jabberwocky" |
| #8990, aired 2023-12-08 | AS EASY AS A-B-C $1000: This gem of a word can precede rattlesnake, terrapin & moth diamondback |
| #8986, aired 2023-12-04 | MATH $1200: Also a type of equation, it describes functions of the form
f(x) = ax2 + bx + c quadratic |
| #8983, aired 2023-11-29 | A, B OR C $200: Alphabetically, it's the first letter that does not begin a state name B |
| #8983, aired 2023-11-29 | A, B OR C $400: Not a blood type C |
| #8983, aired 2023-11-29 | A, B OR C $600: In the name of the outfit that first broadcast the U.S. House in 1979, this precedes "SPAN" C |
| #8983, aired 2023-11-29 | A, B OR C $800: A vitamin found in vegetables & dairy products, it's also called retinol vitamin A |
| #8983, aired 2023-11-29 | A, B OR C $1000: Used as an abbreviation for the standard unit of weight for gems C |
| #8983, aired 2023-11-29 | HERE COMES THE NEIGHBORHOOD $1000: A real Charleston, S.C. neighborhood was the inspiration for this "Row" in the opera "Porgy & Bess" Catfish Row |
| #21, aired 2023-11-29 | COLLEGE PRESS $1200: In 1924, Zora Neale Hurston co-founded The Hilltop, a student newspaper at this D.C. university Howard |
| #8982, aired 2023-11-28 | A CAPITAL IDEA? $600: Seen here, this breed originated around 800 B.C. a Lhasa Apso |
| #8979, aired 2023-11-23 | MODERN ARCHITECTURAL STYLES $1200: Brutalism influenced the design of this D.C. building, named for a long-serving law enforcement official the Hoover Building |
| #8977, aired 2023-11-21 | SPEAK OF THE DEVIL $2,600 (Daily Double): This 17th c. work says, "Abashed the devil stood, and felt how awful goodness is... saw, and pined his loss" Paradise Lost |
| #8976, aired 2023-11-20 | ETCHED IN STONE $1600: When the Nabateans ruled Jordan from about 400 B.C. to 106 A.D., their capital was this city, carved from stone Petra |
| #8975, aired 2023-11-17 | LIFE OF PI $400: Dating to circa 1650 B.C., the Rhind Papyrus, a scroll from this civilization, put the value of pi at about 3.16 the Egyptians |
| #8974, aired 2023-11-16 | SCULPTURE $800: c. 1415 Donatello sculpted a relief of St. George slaying this mythical beast a dragon |
| #8973, aired 2023-11-15 | LET'S TAKE A BATH $1000: The earliest known surviving bathtub dates back to 1700 B.C. & was used in the palace of Knossos on this island Crete |
| #8972, aired 2023-11-14 | ANCIENT TIMES $600: Horrified by the carnage of war, Asoka, a 3rd century B.C. ruler in India, embraced this peaceful religion Buddhism |
| #8968, aired 2023-11-08 | A "C" IN ANATOMY $400: The collarbone, more technically known as this, is part of the pectoral girdle the clavicle |
| #8968, aired 2023-11-08 | AT A LOSS FOR WORLDS $800: At the end of Arthur C. Clarke's "Childhood's End" this world is destroyed the Earth |
| #8968, aired 2023-11-08 | A "C" IN ANATOMY $800: This part seen here is often transplanted the cornea |
| #8968, aired 2023-11-08 | A "C" IN ANATOMY $1200: These major neck arteries get their name from the Greek for "to stupefy" carotid arteries |
| #8968, aired 2023-11-08 | A "C" IN ANATOMY $1600: It's Latin for "neck" & can mean the neck as well as the outer end of the uterus the cervix |
| #8968, aired 2023-11-08 | A "C" IN ANATOMY $2000: If your left brain hemisphere needs to "cc" your right, it's a good thing they're connected by this "cc" corpus callosum |
| #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 |
| #8962, aired 2023-10-31 | MONSTER MANUAL $1600: It had a woman's head & a bird's body & met up with the Argonauts; c'mon, get... harpies |
| #8960, aired 2023-10-27 | "A"UTHORS $800: According to legend, he was a Phrygian slave who may have lived from 620 to 560 B.C. Aesop |
| #8959, aired 2023-10-26 | FASHION STATEMENTS $600: This phrase means a situation has been reversed; in the 19th c. that switch was easier: there weren't right & left ones the shoe is on the other foot |
| #8958, aired 2023-10-25 | PRODUCE $200: Big on vitamins A & C, this leafy vegetable also has a lot of fiber & acts as a mild laxative; look out, sailor man! spinach |
| #18, aired 2023-10-25 | NAME DROPPERS $200: France caught a sick burn in 2003, when D.C. cafeterias dropped the name "French fries" and started serving these Freedom fries |
| #8954, aired 2023-10-19 | PHILOSOPHIES IN A NUTSHELL $10,000 (Daily Double): This man who died around 347 B.C. said we perceive examples of things, not their ideal forms Plato |
| #8951, aired 2023-10-16 | I DIDN'T COME HERE TO MAKE FRIENDS $400: In the 13th c., mock battles of armed horsemen called mêlées began to give way to this related lance-a-lot sport joust |
| #8951, aired 2023-10-16 | BRITISH SPELLING BEE $400: In England Walt Disney would have had a "Wonderful World of" this C-O-L-O-U-R |
| #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 | CHANGE A LETTER $1200: It's to swindle or trick someone, like George C. Scott does in a 1967 film flim-flam |
| #8948, aired 2023-10-11 | THE CALIFORNIANS $1000: Like, for sure not a native, this father of the H-bomb totally helped create Lawrence Livermore Lab at U.C. Berkeley Teller |
| #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 | RISING UP $1000: Washington, D.C. mayor Muriel Bowser unveiled a 2-block plaza on 16th Street NW named for this social justice group Black Lives Matter |
| #8939, aired 2023-09-28 | BEASTLY LITERARY CHARACTERS $1,200 (Daily Double): The title character of this 19th c. tale had "a pretty white star on my forehead. I was thought very handsome" Black Beauty |
| #14, aired 2023-09-27 | ANTS $500: Ants crawl on a seemingly infinite loop in this Dutch artist's 1963 work "Möbius Strip II" M.C. Escher |
| #8936, aired 2023-09-25 | A PLACE IN HISTORY $1200: Pericles might have misappropriated some funds from the Delian League to pay for this Acropolis building, begun in 447 B.C. the Parthenon |
| #8935, aired 2023-09-22 | "C" IN LITERATURE $200: It's where "Native Son" & "A Raisin in the Sun" are set Chicago |
| #8935, aired 2023-09-22 | "C" IN LITERATURE $800: In "East of Eden" this twin brother of Aron Trask reveals to him that their mother is a madam Caleb |
| #8935, aired 2023-09-22 | "C" IN LITERATURE $1000: This Jonathan Franzen novel about the dysfunctional Lambert family won a National Book Award The Corrections |
| #8933, aired 2023-09-20 | THE REAL (WHITE HOUSE) WIVES OF D.C. $400: In 2020 she topped John Waters & the Beastie Boys to win a Grammy for her spoken word album, an audio book of her memoir Michelle Obama |
| #8933, aired 2023-09-20 | THE REAL (WHITE HOUSE) WIVES OF D.C. $800: At Wellesley's 1990 commencement, this Texan said, "Someone in the crowd could also become a presidential spouse and I wish him well" Barbara Bush |
| #8933, aired 2023-09-20 | THE REAL (WHITE HOUSE) WIVES OF D.C. $1200: She met the future president in 1938 when they both tried out for a local play in Whittier, California Pat Nixon |
| #8933, aired 2023-09-20 | THE REAL (WHITE HOUSE) WIVES OF D.C. $3,000 (Daily Double): A year before her death in 1962, she began chairing JFK's Commission on the Status of Women Eleanor Roosevelt |
| #8929, aired 2023-09-14 | HIP-HOP LITERARY REFERENCES $2000: On "Call Me If You Get Lost", Tyler, the Creator takes on this last name of a 19th c. French poet & also of a Lemony Snicket family Baudelaire |
| #8928, aired 2023-09-13 | "C"s THE DAY $800: This holiday that commemorates the victory of Mexico at the Battle of Puebla is also a day to celebrate Mexican culture Cinco de Mayo |
| #8928, aired 2023-09-13 | "C"s THE DAY $1200: "Dedication" in Hebrew, it can be spelled without a "C" & actually spans 8 days, but you still need to know it now Chanukah |
| #8927, aired 2023-09-12 | THAT'S T-B-D $1000: This inn is found in "The Canterbury Tales" & today in Washington, D.C., where it's a favorite brunch spot the Tabard Inn |
| #8926, aired 2023-09-11 | HONORARY HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS $400: Playing center is the Holy C, the Bishop of Rome & the Thunderdome, from Argentina to the arena--this pope turned Trotter Pope Francis |
| #8922, aired 2023-07-25 | STATE THE 19th CENTURY SENATOR $1600: John C. Calhoun & John E. Colhoun, but what's in a name, Y'all? South Carolina |
| #8920, aired 2023-07-21 | INTERNALLY YOURS $2000: Named for a 19th c. French pathologist, this "area" of the left front part of the brain contains neurons involved in speech function Broca's area |
| #8919, aired 2023-07-20 | B.C.-ING YOU $400: Yerevan, the capital of this country, dates back to a settlement of the 700s B.C. Armenia |
| #8919, aired 2023-07-20 | B.C.-ING YOU $1600: This powerful dynasty that began ruling China in 202 B.C. ushered in a golden age of culture & prosperity the Han Dynasty |
| #8911, aired 2023-07-10 | THE HIGH "C"s $400: Meaning "city", it comes before Juárez in the name of a lofty city in Mexico Ciudad |
| #8911, aired 2023-07-10 | THE HIGH "C"s $800: The Andean type of this bird raises its young on ledges or in caves, sometimes at over 10,000 feet a condor |
| #8911, aired 2023-07-10 | THE HIGH "C"s $1000: Funded by DARPA & the CIA, some of the earliest spy satellites were part of this program sharing a name with a part of the Sun CORONA |
| #8908, aired 2023-07-05 | U.S. CITY OF THE BOOK $800: "A Confederacy of Dunces":
not so easy for the Big Guy New Orleans |
| #8905, aired 2023-06-30 | THE SAILOR MAN $1,100 (Daily Double): Lord Drinian is captain of this title vessel in a book by C.S. Lewis the Dawn Treader |
| #8904, aired 2023-06-29 | "I" BEFORE "EE" $600: This little bird is in the title of a W.C. Fields-Mae West pairing a chickadee |
| #8902, aired 2023-06-27 | BANKING "A" "B" "C"s $400: "B":
an especially big payment that comes due at the end of a loan a balloon |
| #8902, aired 2023-06-27 | BANKING "A" "B" "C"s $800: "A":
this type of interest that has accumulated but not yet been paid accrued |
| #8902, aired 2023-06-27 | BANKING "A" "B" "C"s $1200: "C.C.":
the expenses incurred in finalizing the transfer of property ownership closing costs |
| #8902, aired 2023-06-27 | BANKING "A" "B" "C"s $2,000 (Daily Double): "A":
this word meaning to pay off a debt in installments comes partly from Latin for "dead" amortize |
| #8902, aired 2023-06-27 | A SPACE ODYSSEY $2000: Named for the Greek goddess of strife, this dwarf planet, a 21st c. discovery, is comparable in size to Pluto Eris |
| #8902, aired 2023-06-27 | BANKING "A" "B" "C"s $2000: "B.B.":
securities with no registered owner payable to whoever holds the certificate bearer bonds |
| #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 |
| #8897, aired 2023-06-20 | THERE WILL BE MATH $1600: It's the law that says a(b+c) = ab + ac the distributive law |
| #8896, aired 2023-06-19 | GETTING AN EYEFUL $200: A call for an act of retribution, it's No. 196 in the 18th century B.C. code of Hammurabi eye for an eye |
| #8896, aired 2023-06-19 | GENERAL ASSEMBLY $1600: Subutai, a general of this people, was devastating Europe in the 13th c. when he was called back for an election for a new great khan the Mongols |
| #8892, aired 2023-06-13 | 4-LETTER WORLD CITIES $400: Tradition says this city was founded in 753 B.C., but it wasn't built in a day Rome |
| #8890, aired 2023-06-09 | DIASPORA $600: A 19th c. migration from this land began the community of Y Wladfa in Patagonia, with a Patagonian form of their Celtic language Wales |
| #8888, aired 2023-06-07 | FOLLIES $200: In 413 B.C. a failed Athenian campaign became a disaster when Nicias saw this astronomical event as a bad omen & put off leaving Sicily a lunar eclipse |
| #8888, aired 2023-06-07 | FOLLIES $600: If he could have found time to name a successor before dying in 323 B.C., it would have saved a lot of war & trouble Alexander the Great |
| #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 | GARDEN PARTY $1000: George H.W. Bush was famously not a fan of this veggie but it grows fast, is high in vitamins A, C & K, so it gets planted broccoli |
| #8882, aired 2023-05-30 | THE BAND'S SONGS TELL A STORY $400: "I Gotta Feeling" you know this hip-hop group! They did "Don't Stop The Party"... c'mon, "Don't Phunk With My Heart"! Black Eyed Peas |
| #8882, aired 2023-05-30 | "M.C." $800: This term describes a charming & romantic first encounter between 2 people, like on a train or shopping for the same item a meet cute |
| #8881, aired 2023-05-29 | HISTORY $2000: A 6th c. outbreak of bubonic plague bears the name of this Byzantine Emperor; it nearly killed him & devastated his empire Justinian |
| #8879, aired 2023-05-25 | EURO COINS $1200: The image of an owl on this nation's 1-euro coin was copied from a 4-drachma coin from the 5th century B.C. Greece |
| #8877, aired 2023-05-23 | ANIMALS IN LITERATURE $800: In this Greek comedic play from 405 B.C., the title characters form a chorus whose lines include "Brekekekex, ko-ax, ko-ax" The Frogs |
| #16, aired 2023-05-22 | A LIFE IN SCIENCE $4,600 (Daily Double): His name is associated with work & this 19th C. British physicist had an occasional day job managing his family brewery Joule |
| #14, aired 2023-05-17 | BRING WHAT? $1000: An inscription at Washington, D.C.'s Union Station says, "He that would bring home" this phrase "must carry" this phrase "with him" the wealth of the Indies |
| #13, aired 2023-05-17 | FAMOUS NAME OVERLAPS $2000: An early 20th c. female modern dance pioneer & a 19th century male master of cabinetmaking & neo-classical furniture Isadora Duncan Phyfe |
| #8871, aired 2023-05-15 | IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD $2000: Many an artist has lived in this neighborhood in Manhattan's East Village that runs through avenues A, B, C & D Alphabet City |
| #10, aired 2023-05-15 | ARCHAEOLOGY $400: The Hittite Empire may have collapsed around 1200 B.C. due to a severe drought as indicated in the width of these from juniper trees tree rings |
| #7, aired 2023-05-12 | ISLE BE "C"ING YOU $800: Popular tourist highlights on this Italian isle are the Blue Grotto & the Castiglione, a medieval castle Capri |
| #8869, aired 2023-05-11 | HISTORIC ERAS & AGES $200: In a totally metal move, this age took over for bronze in southeastern Europe around 1200 B.C. iron |
| #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 |
| #5, aired 2023-05-10 | DEALING WITH THE GOVERNMENT $1000: Sen. Chris Coons & Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester have a relatively short D.C. commute to this, their home state Delaware |
| #8866, aired 2023-05-08 | CHILDREN'S LIT $600: This nickname for many kings follows "M.C. Higgins" in the title of the first Newbery Medal winner by a Black author the Great |
| #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 |
| #8865, aired 2023-05-05 | QUICK PLANETS $1000: It's surrounded by phenomena named
A, B, C, D, E, F & G Saturn |
| #8863, aired 2023-05-03 | JOHN C. REILLY $600: John is seen here at a Lakers game years before playing this owner of the team on HBO's "Winning Time" (Jerry) Buss |
| #8863, aired 2023-05-03 | JOHN C. REILLY $1000: John in "Talladega Nights": "If you smell a delicious crispy smell after the race, it's not your tailpipe, it's" this catchphrase (a little bit of) Shake 'n Bake |
| #8861, aired 2023-05-01 | WORLD OF BELIEF $400: In the 19th c. this people of New Zealand, not happy with missionaries, formed a native Christian movement called Pai Marire the Maori |
| #8859, aired 2023-04-27 | "A_B_C_D" $800: It's a longer way of saying vitamin C ascorbic acid |
| #8858, aired 2023-04-26 | CONFIDENCE $600: Facing a trial in 399 B.C., this philosopher was confident he was a good man & could not be harmed (he could, & he certainly was) Socrates |
| #8857, aired 2023-04-25 | SEPARATION $1200: In this Missouri city known by a 2-letter moniker, Troost Avenue traditionally divides poorer east from richer west Kansas City (K.C.) |
| #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 |
| #8853, aired 2023-04-19 | A EUROPEAN VACATION $2000: Take six pals & be seven against this Greek city where you can check out what's left of the circa 1400 B.C. Palace of Cadmus Thebes |
| #8851, aired 2023-04-17 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $1200: The Attica region of Greece includes this plain, the site of a pivotal 490 B.C. battle the Plains of Marathon |
| #8851, aired 2023-04-17 | ALPHABETICALLY FIRST $2000: Of the chemical elements that begin with "C" cadmium |
| #8849, aired 2023-04-13 | TRADEMARKED SOUNDS $1000: This fast food chain trademarked a "bong" that is E below middle C Taco Bell |
| #8846, aired 2023-04-10 | THAT'S ANCIENT HISTORY $400: Known for ruling Egypt in the 30s B.C., she was of Macedonian descent but still staked a claim as the new Isis on Earth Cleopatra |
| #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 |
| #8846, aired 2023-04-10 | THAT'S ANCIENT HISTORY $2000: In the 1300s B.C. the empire of this Indo-European people established itself in Syria, making the Egyptians see them as a rival the Hittites |
| #8843, aired 2023-04-05 | LITERARY BAD DAY FOR THE PLANET $1200: Arthur C. Clarke's "The Star" is a sun that went supernova, killing a planet, & is this celestial object from the New Testament the Star of Bethlehem |
| #8840, aired 2023-03-31 | POLITICS TALK $1600: From the name of a D.C. location where many lobbying firms are concentrated, this "Street" is shorthand for lobbyists K Street |
| #8834, aired 2023-03-23 | WITH A SCULPTURE ON TOP $200: A classical statue called "Freedom" sits atop the dome of this Washington, D.C. building the U.S. Capitol |
| #8834, aired 2023-03-23 | PULITZER PRIZES $1600: In 2014 Jason Szep & Andrew R.C. Marshall shared a Pulitzer for reporting on the violent persecution of this Muslim minority in Myanmar the Rohingya |
| #8833, aired 2023-03-22 | 1963 $800: "She" made a rare visit to the U.S. from the Louvre & was displayed in Washington, D.C. & New York before her return trip the Mona Lisa |
| #8832, aired 2023-03-21 | I LOVE A MAN IN CUNEIFORM $400: This ruler's legal decisions were codified in cuneiform in the Old Babylonian language in the 18th century B.C. Hammurabi |
| #8826, aired 2023-03-13 | CALL ME "CAT" $400: 19th c. consumers liked buying from folks they knew, so Mr. Montgomery Ward might send a personal note if you ordered from this the catalog |
| #8822, aired 2023-03-07 | AMERICAN COMPOSERS $400: In 2016, aged 94, Pulitzer winner George Walker composed a tribute to the dead of the Emanuel AME Church in this S.C. city Charleston |
| #8819, aired 2023-03-02 | ACTION & ADVENTURE NOVELS $2000: In 11 books by C.S. Forester, this intrepid sailor starts as a midshipman & ultimately becomes an admiral Horatio Hornblower |
| #8816, aired 2023-02-27 | THE GOLDEN AGE $800: The 11th c. verse of Ibn Gabirol was part of a renaissance of poetry in this language in the golden age of Spanish Jewry Hebrew |
| #8815, aired 2023-02-24 | I LIKE TO SCIENCE! $200: This 20th c. British physicist said, "Because there is a law such as gravity, the universe can & will create itself from nothing" Hawking |
| #8815, aired 2023-02-24 | I LIKE TO SCIENCE! $800: Once a resident of Smiljan, he immigrated to the U.S. with 4 cents & later patented a polyphase system of A.C. dynamos Tesla |
| #8814, aired 2023-02-23 | GREEK LIFE $200: Details are sketchy on him; was he a 9th century B.C. guy? 8th? From Ionia? Did he really create the 2 epic poems he's credited with? Homer |
| #8814, aired 2023-02-23 | GREEK LIFE $400: We have a theorem about this guy who was born in Ionia around 570 B.C.:
a2 + b2 = c2 Pythagoras |
| #8814, aired 2023-02-23 | GREEK LIFE $1000: This 400s B.C. physician had a school at Cos where he taught for fees; no word on if he had a loan program Hippocrates |
| #8812, aired 2023-02-21 | FROM "E" TO "Y" $800: This "Row" in Washington, D.C. generally refers to a stretch of Massachusetts Ave. where many foreign diplomats work Embassy Row |
| #8811, aired 2023-02-20 | TIME TO HIT THE LIBRARY $400: As a young man, D.C.-born J. Edgar Hoover worked at this library as a messenger & in the cataloging department the Library of Congress |
| #8809, aired 2023-02-16 | THE LETTER AFTER C $200: ...in a title for a Russian hereditary ruler Z |
| #8809, aired 2023-02-16 | THE LETTER AFTER C $400: ...in a goat-bodied, flame-spewing monster of Greek myth H |
| #8805, aired 2023-02-10 | DON'T FALL IN! $1000: It's 10 feet wide & 260 deep, so don't fall into Australia's Standley this "C" word--a chi word in Greek Chasm |
| #8804, aired 2023-02-09 | EPONYMS $400: A teaching method using questions & answers & provoking discussion bears the name of this 5th century B.C. philosopher Socrates |
| #8803, aired 2023-02-08 | THE "C" SHORE $200: The waters of this vast "sea" touch Iran, Russia, Azerbaijan & a couple of "Stan" countries the Caspian Sea |
| #8803, aired 2023-02-08 | THE "C" SHORE $600: Steep cliffs line the shores of both the N. & S. Islands of New Zealand separated by this strait named for a British captain (the) Cook (Strait) |
| #13, aired 2023-02-02 | GOING UNDERGROUND $600: Analysis shows that a 700s B.C. altar excavated in Israel has traces of this psychoactive 3-letter compound found in cannabis THC |
| #8797, aired 2023-01-31 | THE SILENT & NOT-SILENT LETTER $800: In one of the academic STEM subjects a C |
| #8797, aired 2023-01-31 | MEDICAL FOLKS $2000: Pernicious anemia was once called by the name of this 19th c. doctor for whom a disease of the adrenal glands is still named Thomas Addison |
| #8794, aired 2023-01-26 | VENOMOUS CREATURES $1600: Entomologist & pain scale creator Justin Schmidt says a sting by this colorful wasp feels like W.C. Fields putting out a cigar on your tongue a yellowjacket |
| #8793, aired 2023-01-25 | GARDEN VARIETY STORIES $400: Mysteries abound as plucky Agatha Raisin tries to find a killer in M.C. Beaton's novel "Pushing up" these flowers Daisies |
| #8790, aired 2023-01-20 | STREET SMARTS $800: The 1960 Olympic marathon was run along this "Way", a road begun in 312 B.C. the Appian Way |
| #8789, aired 2023-01-19 | WHEN IN ANCIENT ROME $200: As a patrician, you could not do this with a plebeian until 445 B.C.'s Lex Canuleia marry |
| #11, aired 2023-01-19 | STARTS WITH A SILENT LETTER $600: Whether it begins with a silent "T" or a silent "C", it's the title for a former ruler of Russia a czar |
| #11, aired 2023-01-19 | LANDMARKS $1,000 (Daily Double): Now that's a construction project! 13,000 miles long & found in part in Gansu province, this dates to the 600s B.C. the Great Wall of China |
| #8787, aired 2023-01-17 | SCIENCEY STUFF $1600: You'll get an "A", but won't give one by naming this computer programming language with a name 3 characters long C++ |
| #8782, aired 2023-01-10 | BETWEEN 2 "C"s $800: Adjective meaning having the innocent nature of a childlike angel cherubic |
| #8782, aired 2023-01-10 | NYC SUBWAY STOPS $1000: If you want a day at the museum, take the C train to 81st Street to enjoy this "Night at the Museum" museum the Museum of Natural History |
| #8781, aired 2023-01-09 | RANDOM FACTS $2000: When he was VP of the U.S., a Colorado town bore his name; when he became a Confederate general, it changed its "kin" to "ken" John C. Breckinridge |
| #8779, aired 2023-01-05 | COLLEGES NAMED AFTER PEOPLE $4,000 (Daily Double): This D.C. university is named for the educator who opened a school for deaf students in 1817 Gallaudet |
| #9, aired 2023-01-05 | SEEMS LIKE ANCIENT TIMES $1000: By 2500 B.C. the Chinese were breeding a special "worm" in order to make thread & garments from this material silk |
| #8777, aired 2023-01-03 | THE GOOD, OLD, U.S. OF A. $400: From c. 1640 & built using dovetailing, the USA's oldest of these 2-word symbols of hardy pioneer life is in western New Jersey a log cabin |
| #8776, aired 2023-01-02 | FRIENDS 'TIL THE ENDS $1,300 (Daily Double): "C" is for this word, once one of the divisions of a Roman legion; it now can mean a colleague or a person born in the same year a cohort |
| #8771, aired 2022-12-26 | WORD PUZZLES $800: New drivers may find it challenging
G
N
I
K
C
A
B backing up |
| #8764, aired 2022-12-15 | GIVING YOU SOME T-L-C $400: Reggie's bringing the potato salad & Veronica, the stew to this type of supper a potluck |
| #8764, aired 2022-12-15 | GIVING YOU SOME T-L-C $800: It's the birdie you bop in badminton a shuttlecock |
| #8763, aired 2022-12-14 | HISTORIC NAMES $200: She once took First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt on a flight over Washington, D.C., both attired in evening gowns Amelia Earhart |
| #8763, aired 2022-12-14 | THE "J.C"s $1600: He founded a society that strives to "uncover the secrets held within our water planet" & "work to keep it alive and healthy" Jacques Cousteau |
| #8756, aired 2022-12-05 | POINTING OUT DECIMALS $1000: At Princeton, if you get straight C+es, this is your semester GPA & you might want to do a bit more studying 2.3 |
| #8756, aired 2022-12-05 | HISTORY ON THE DOUBLE $2,000 (Daily Double): Prophetically, around 30 B.C., these 2 lovers founded a club called Those Who Will Die Together Antony & Cleopatra |
| #8753, aired 2022-11-30 | OUR DIVIDED NATION $800: Writer A.C. Greene said West this state begins at the Brazos River Texas |
| #8752, aired 2022-11-29 | MORE THAN ONE SILENT LETTER $800: This synonym for "destroy" has a spare W & either a spare C or a spare K, take your pick wreck |
| #8752, aired 2022-11-29 | GERMAN CITIES $1600: The site of a Roman fortress in the 1st century B.C., this city was the seat of federal government for 50 years until 1999 Bonn |
| #8748, aired 2022-11-23 | TRANSLATORS $2000: In 1922 C.K. Scott Moncrieff wrote a nice letter to the dying Marcel Proust explaining his translation choices, including this title Remembrance of Things Past |
| #8747, aired 2022-11-22 | UNDER THE "C" $600: Per Black's Law, you can file this "conduct that defies the authority... of a court" under "C", & you can be held in it too contempt |
| #8747, aired 2022-11-22 | A PINEAPPLE $600: One cup of pineapple chunks provides 1/3 of your daily value of this scurvy-preventing vitamin C |
| #8747, aired 2022-11-22 | UNDER THE "C" $1000: A French peasant had to look up to someone with this noble title that includes the French word for horse a chevalier |
| #8747, aired 2022-11-22 | BUILDINGS $2000: A statue of this angel tops many Mormon temples; the one atop the D.C. temple is 18 feet tall Moroni |
| #8743, aired 2022-11-16 | HEARD IN THE MOVIE $2000: "Fred C. Dobbs ain't a guy likes bein' taken advantage of--do the mug in, I say" The Treasure of the Sierra Madre |
| #8741, aired 2022-11-14 | POETRY $1600: A book by Herbert J.C. Grierson about John Donne & other 17th c. poets helped popularize this philosophical adjective for them metaphysical |
| #8, aired 2022-11-13 | A TRIP TO THE MUSEUM $800: The National Air & Space Museum & the National Museum of the American Indian are part of this Washington, D.C. complex the Smithsonian |
| #8738, aired 2022-11-09 | INTERNATIONAL FILM STYLE $400: Dario Argento & Bernardo Bertolucci worked on "C'era una volta il West", this "tasty" type of Western a Spaghetti Western |
| #8738, aired 2022-11-09 | ONOMATOPOEIA $2000: "The Bells" pairs clamor with this word that also starts with "C-L-A" clangor |
| #6, aired 2022-10-30 | PRETTY LITTLE LIES $300: They'll love the story about how you went to Churchill Downs in 2022 for this big race & put a C-note on 80-1 longshot Rich Strike the Kentucky Derby |
| #6, aired 2022-10-30 | THE CHASE $1500: (Brad Rutter delivers the clue.) Chevy Chase never lived in Chevy Chase, a suburb of Washington, D.C., in this state, but Sandra Day O'Connor did while she was on the Supreme Court Maryland |
| #6, aired 2022-10-30 | HI, FINANCE $7,000 (Daily Double): A chapter no one ever wants to read, this one is often called a "reorganization" bankruptcy, like J.C. Penney in 2020 Chapter 11 |
| #8728, aired 2022-10-26 | D.C.-AREA ATTRACTIONS $1200: A statue of the Comte de Rochambeau is across from the White House in this square named for a more famous Frenchman Lafayette (Square) |
| #8728, aired 2022-10-26 | D.C.-AREA ATTRACTIONS $2000: Unlike JFK's, this president's grave at Arlington National Cemetery lacks an eternal flame but does have a 14-foot monument Taft |
| #8726, aired 2022-10-24 | "C" BAND LYRICS $400: 2008:
"I hear Jerusalem bells a-ringing, Roman cavalry choirs are singing" Coldplay |
| #5, aired 2022-10-23 | BIOLOGY $800: As part of metamorphosis, some caterpillars create this "C" structure similar to a cocoon & live in it until their next phase a chrysalis |
| #8725, aired 2022-10-21 | FROM C TO D $200: In music it's 3 or more notes sounded together a chord |
| #8725, aired 2022-10-21 | FROM C TO D $400: This word for how you want your abs to look contains a sculptor's tool chiseled |
| #8725, aired 2022-10-21 | FROM C TO D $1000: A man's overcoat & a sofa with rolled arms, as seen here, are named for the Earl of this Chesterfield |
| #8723, aired 2022-10-19 | A PLACE IN HISTORY $800: Excavations showed that this English site begun around 3000 B.C. was connected to the Avon River by a paved avenue Stonehenge |
| #8722, aired 2022-10-18 | NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TREASURES OF EGYPT $1200: Looking ready to begin, a statue of a scribe from about 2400 B.C. holds a representation of a scroll of this material in his lap papyrus |
| #8722, aired 2022-10-18 | NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TREASURES OF EGYPT $1600: A pendant from the tomb of Princess Mereret from around 1800 B.C. features two of these, a fierce hybrid of a raptor & lion a griffin |
| #8719, aired 2022-10-13 | PONY TALES $800: In C.S. Lewis' "The Horse & His Boy", young Shasta & a talking pony named Bree travel to this magical land Narnia |
| #3, aired 2022-10-09 | ANCIENT ROME $1000: In the 70s B.C. this gladiator led a slave revolt; Kirk Douglas played him on film Spartacus |
| #8712, aired 2022-10-04 | A "C" IN LITERATURE $200: He calls Winnie-the-Pooh "silly old bear" Christopher Robin |
| #8712, aired 2022-10-04 | A "C" IN LITERATURE $400: One of "The Chronicles of Narnia" is named for this prince & rightful heir to the throne Caspian |
| #8712, aired 2022-10-04 | A "C" IN LITERATURE $600: Anthony Burgess claimed this, his best-known book, was "knocked off for money in 3 weeks" A Clockwork Orange |
| #8712, aired 2022-10-04 | A "C" IN LITERATURE $800: From the works of Charles Dickens, it's the last name of the father & son seen here Cratchit |
| #8712, aired 2022-10-04 | A "C" IN LITERATURE $1000: Chaucer had planned to write more than 100 stories for this work, but only got around to 24 The Canterbury Tales |
| #8708, aired 2022-09-28 | A LETTER, THEN A WORD $2000: It's the area where a company's top executives all have their offices the C-suite |
| #8707, aired 2022-09-27 | A FRIENDLY WORD $1000: Friends who get political appointments as favors are called these, a word that goes back to 17th c. college slang cronies |
| #8706, aired 2022-09-26 | ROMANS $600: From Latin for "of a noble father", it was the exclusive ruling class until the third century B.C. the patricians |
| #8695, aired 2022-07-29 | "C"HARACTER STUDY $1600: This beloved educator of a 1934 novel teaches at the fictional Brookfield School Mr. Chips |
| #8694, aired 2022-07-28 | GO IVth & RULE $1200: 2nd century B.C. efforts by Syrian King Antiochus IV to suppress Judaism led to a revolt by this family, including Judah the Maccabees |
| #8693, aired 2022-07-27 | "B.C." $800: In 1921 at age 16 Clara Bow won one of these, winning a part in a Hollywood movie a beauty contest |
| #8693, aired 2022-07-27 | "B.C." $1200: It's one of the few animals commonly called by its genus and species names a Boa constrictor |
| #8693, aired 2022-07-27 | "B.C." $2000: Jenny Lind was a master of this operatic singing technique bel canto |
| #8687, aired 2022-07-19 | 20th CENTURY AMERICA $1000: In 1960 4 students in Greensboro, N.C. staged a sit-in at this store's whites-only lunch counter, sparking other sit-ins in the South Woolworth's |
| #8687, aired 2022-07-19 | LET'S BUILD A HOUSE $2000: "C" if you can come up with this term for a projecting beam that's supported at only one end a cantilever |
| #8682, aired 2022-07-12 | VAMPIRES IN LITERATURE $2000: This 19th c. writer of historical novels, Pere, went goth in "The Pale Lady", a tale of a Polish woman & 2 adoring brothers Alexandre Dumas |
| #8680, aired 2022-07-08 | CROSSWORD CLUES "C" $800: Solid, like a certain building material
(8 letters) concrete |
| #8676, aired 2022-07-04 | THE POWER OF THE DOGE $400: At the end of the 7th c., Paolo Lucio Anafesto became, by tradition, Venice's 1st doge, Venetian Italian for this European noble title a duke |
| #8676, aired 2022-07-04 | ORCHESTRAL INSTRUMENTS $1000: As a visual aid, all the C's are red & the F's are black on the many strings of a standard type of this instrument a harp |
| #8662, aired 2022-06-14 | 3 FOR THE SHOW $400: CBS cops (or C.O.P.S.?) Lina Esco, David Lim & Alex Russell S.W.A.T. |
| #8659, aired 2022-06-09 | ANCIENT HISTORY $200: Sparking a revolt, the Roman slave & gladiator Spartacus & many others escaped in 73 B.C. & first took refuge on this volcano (Mount) Vesuvius |
| #8659, aired 2022-06-09 | ABBREVIATED TV $600: This drama premiered in 2003 with a troubled kid from Chino being taken in by a wealthy family in Newport Beach The O.C. |
| #8659, aired 2022-06-09 | ANCIENT HISTORY $600: This festival commemorates a Jewish victory over Seleucid forces around 165 B.C. & the rededication of the temple Hanukkah |
| #8659, aired 2022-06-09 | ANCIENT HISTORY $800: A noted military use of these animals was by Pyrrhus at the Battle of Heraclea in 280 B.C.; they freaked out the Roman horses elephants |
| #8657, aired 2022-06-07 | THE CABINET $400: In 1966 Robert C. Weaver became the first African-American cabinet member, heading this department known by a 3-letter acronym the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) |
| #8644, aired 2022-05-19 | ASIAN MUSEUMS $800: Victoria Memorial Hall in this Indian city is named for a queen who would have spelled the city with a "C", not a "K" Kolkata |
| #8642, aired 2022-05-17 | POETS $400: Poetic insult contests called flyting, basically 15th c. rap battles, are parodied in this Scottish poet's "To a Louse" (Robert) Burns |
| #8640, aired 2022-05-13 | D.C. TOURISM $400: A small island has a monument honoring the 56 these of the Declaration of Independence & the island is named for them signees (signers) |
| #8640, aired 2022-05-13 | D.C. TOURISM $1000: In the 1880s, General Meigs designed the Pension Bureau building, now a museum; some called it "Meigs' Old Red" this Meigs's Old Red Barn |
| #8631, aired 2022-05-02 | COUNTRY MUSIC SONG TITLES $1200: In a Grammy-winning hit, Jeannie C. Riley sang about "the day my mama socked it to" this school organization the "Harper Valley P.T.A." |
| #8630, aired 2022-04-29 | THE ATMOSPHERE $400: C.A.T., or "clear air" this, refers to dangerous air currents that can cause problems for aircraft turbulence |
| #8622, aired 2022-04-19 | POSSESSIVE THINGS $1000: 9th c. English King Alfred the Great collected this saint's "Pence" for the pope; you can donate to a fund of the same name Peter's Pence |
| #8619, aired 2022-04-14 | ART, OF WAR $1000: 2 black granite walls & a sculpture called "The Three Servicemen" are part of this Washington, D.C. memorial the Vietnam War Memorial |
| #8617, aired 2022-04-12 | I HAVE A PLAN $2000: The 1791 plan for Washington, D.C. with diagonal axes over a more conventional grid was named for this Paris-born man (Pierre) L'Enfant |
| #8614, aired 2022-04-07 | THE AWFUL SOUND OF MUSIC $2000: "C" is for this unpleasant sound, also a term in poetry for discordant word sequences cacophony |
| #8610, aired 2022-04-01 | THANK YOU, THE INTERNET $600: Shout-out to the man who told a barista at this business his name was Marc with a "C" & posted a pic of his cup... for "Cark" Starbucks |
| #8610, aired 2022-04-01 | HISTORY IS CIRCULAR $1000: Paiute prophets saying the dead would return were part of this 19th c. Native American movement named for a circle dance Ghost Dance |
| #8607, aired 2022-03-29 | IT HAPPENED IN EGYPT $400: In the 330s B.C. a Macedonian tough guy took over in Egypt & founded this city that's named for him Alexandria |
| #8602, aired 2022-03-22 | SILENT LETTER STARTERS $400: This title for a European ruler can have a silent "T" or "C" at the front tsar (czar) |
| #8602, aired 2022-03-22 | SCIENTIFIC INITIALS $800: M.C.
(born M.S.),
a 2-time Nobel winner Marie Curie |
| #8602, aired 2022-03-22 | CHARACTERS NAMED ALEX $2000: This James Patterson character is a profiler who is a liaison between the Washington, D.C. police & the FBI Alex Cross |
| #8599, aired 2022-03-17 | CHEMICAL PEOPLE $800: Around 600 B.C. Thales of Miletus devised a system in which this one of the 4 classical elements was the basis of all things water |
| #8595, aired 2022-03-11 | BANK "C" $200: To a banker, a CD is this a certificate of deposit |
| #8595, aired 2022-03-11 | BANK "C" $400: While you don't sign the cashier's one, this double-"C" item that's also guaranteed is signed by you & a bank official a certified check |
| #8595, aired 2022-03-11 | BANK "C" $800: Also called a cap, it's the upper limit of a variable in a transaction, like the rate of an adjustable-rate mortgage the ceiling |
| #8595, aired 2022-03-11 | BANK "C" $1000: The assets you pledge as security for a loan are your this collateral |
| #8593, aired 2022-03-09 | DYNASTIES OF CHINA $2000: This 3-letter dynasty ruled from around 200 B.C. to 200 A.D. & saw the invention of paper & the introduction of Buddhism the Han dynasty |
| #8588, aired 2022-03-02 | THE MAN IN THE DIRECTOR'S CHAIR $200: In 2009 he shot a documentary of "Kobe Doin' Work"; c'mon, do the right thing & name him Spike Lee |
| #8587, aired 2022-03-01 | EDUCATORS $400: I'd like to thank this school founded in the 380s B.C. that employed Aristotle, who left after not getting a big promotion the Academy |
| #8584, aired 2022-02-24 | THE INNER "EAR" $200: In the 15th century B.C. Egyptian queen Hatshepsut was depicted wearing men's attire & a fake one of these a beard |
| #8584, aired 2022-02-24 | HISTORIC WOMEN $1200: One of America's first self-made female millionaires, this founder of a beauty empire was the subject of a Netflix series Madam C.J. Walker |
| #18, aired 2022-02-22 | "C" THE ANIMALS $200: The name of this bewhiskered water dweller can also mean a person who uses a fake profile on social media a catfish |
| #18, aired 2022-02-22 | "C" THE ANIMALS $400: Seen here, this hybrid dog breed that dates back at least 50 years is a family favorite a cockapoo |
| #18, aired 2022-02-22 | "C" THE ANIMALS $600: The spitting type of this can spray its venom to a distance of 6 1/2 feet a cobra |
| #18, aired 2022-02-22 | "C" THE ANIMALS $800: Found in South America & seen here, it's the largest rodent a capybara |
| #18, aired 2022-02-22 | "C" THE ANIMALS $1000: This critically endangered bird with an alliterative name is the largest flying land bird of North America a California condor |
| #18, aired 2022-02-22 | HISTORIC POTPOURRI $1000: Commemorating the lifting of a siege on this city, a bronze colossus was built in the harbor in the 3rd century B.C. Rhodes |
| #17, aired 2022-02-22 | & NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT $1000: This 18th c. dictionary maker & subject of James Boswell's great biography liked to empty his pockets & roll down a hill Samuel Johnson |
| #8581, aired 2022-02-21 | TREES $200: Gifted from Japan as a token of friendship in 1912, here are these trees doing their thing in Washington, D.C. as only they can a cherry blossom |
| #15, aired 2022-02-18 | A LOFTY CATEGORY $1000: Around 2500 B.C. Menkaure, a king of the fourth dynasty, began building a 215-foot-tall one of these a pyramid |
| #8579, aired 2022-02-17 | THE MOVIE TITLE ELEMENT $400: It precedes "& Dime" in the title of a 1992 comedy with Wallace Shawn & C. Thomas Howell Nickel |
| #14, aired 2022-02-17 | NIGHTTIME NEWS WITH WORLD NEWS NOW $800: (Andrew Dymburt delivers the clue.) At a little before 2:00 AM on June 17, 1972, sharp-eyed security guard Frank Wills noticed tape across a door latch in this Washington, D.C. office complex, changing the course of American history Watergate |
| #13, aired 2022-02-17 | VIRTUE SIGNALING $800: Seen in a tarot card, mixing wine & water symbolized this, also a 19th c. movement away from excess in alcohol temperance |
| #12, aired 2022-02-16 | THE FUTURE'S NOT SO BRIGHT... $1200: On this Amazon show set in the 24th c., a terrorist faction among the asteroid belt drops a big rock on Earth with devastating effect The Expanse |
| #10, aired 2022-02-15 | OUR GOVERNMENT $400: Set at $28 trillion since August 2021, this "D.C." is a big topic in D.C. & limits the amount the Treasury can borrow the debt ceiling |
| #8574, aired 2022-02-10 | WAR $200: In 49 B.C., this Roman led his forces from Gaul into Italy, starting a civil war Julius Caesar |
| #4, aired 2022-02-09 | APPROXIMATE WEIGHTS & MEASURES $1000: In many high schools 1 credit equals 120 hours in a classroom--a "unit" named for this 19th c. steel tycoon & philanthropist (Andrew) Carnegie |
| #8571, aired 2022-02-07 | PHOTOGRAPHERS $1600: Pennsylvania Avenue in D.C. looked a little different in May 1865 in a photo credited to this man Brady |
| #8570, aired 2022-02-04 | TITLE WORD PUZZLES $1600: A V.C. Andrews novel or a Schubert work
SYM an Unfinished Symphony |
| #8569, aired 2022-02-03 | IDIOMS & EXPRESSIONS $3,000 (Daily Double): Tangled wires led to the 19th c. phrase this type of "telegraph"; eventually, this became the way you hear a rumor the grapevine |
| #8566, aired 2022-01-31 | STATE CAPITAL HISTORY $200: A famous speedway was built to test cars for this city's many early 20th c. automakers, like the National Motor Vehicle Company Indianapolis |
| #8564, aired 2022-01-27 | A LITTLE 5-NOTE MELODY $600: "C" sharp: they have sharp serrations & you can get delicious ones from Phillips Seafood in Baltimore the crab claws |
| #8562, aired 2022-01-25 | "C" LIFE $400: Stole his way into life in 1866 in Beaver, Utah; led a "Wild Bunch"; died in Bolivia in 1909... maybe (Butch) Cassidy |
| #8562, aired 2022-01-25 | "C" LIFE $800: Born in 12 A.D.; executed the Praetorian Guard prefect who helped get him the top job; in 41, executed by Praetorian Guards Caligula |
| #8562, aired 2022-01-25 | "C" LIFE $1200: Fought for his people in Arizona; brought down by a (General George) Crook; died 1874 on a reservation Cochise |
| #8562, aired 2022-01-25 | "C" LIFE $2000: Born in Halifax, 1787; found a "line" of work sending ships across the Atlantic; made the same journey & died in London, 1865 Cunard |
| #8557, aired 2022-01-18 | MURALS $1200: Relocated to Washington, D.C., Marvin Beerbohm's "Automotive Industry" mural was originally created for a public library in this city Detroit |
| #8555, aired 2022-01-14 | FROM "C" TO "Y" $800: It's the type of seed seen here a caraway seed |
| #8555, aired 2022-01-14 | WORLD HISTORY $2000: Scholars struggle to decipher the language of the IVC, the civilization of this river valley, a power in south Asia in the 2000s B.C. the Indus River |
| #8554, aired 2022-01-13 | ANCIENT FAITH $1600: A famous ziggurat dedicated to the moon god Nanna was built in this 2-letter city around 2000 B.C. Ur |
| #8553, aired 2022-01-12 | IRON MAN $1000: Called the NBA's Iron Man, A.C. Green played 1,192 consecutive games & also collected 3 championship rings with this team the L.A. Lakers |
| #8551, aired 2022-01-10 | NEW CHESS STRATAGEMS? $600: Not the Ruy Lopez, but the him, A.C. Slater on "Saved by the Bell" Mario Lopez |
| #8550, aired 2022-01-07 | MOVE IT! $1000: The Ara Pacis, an altar built to honor this Roman emperor c. 9 B.C., was long forgotten, rescued in the 1930s & moved to a new home Augustus |
| #8546, aired 2022-01-03 | PHYSICAL SCIENCE $1600: A famous 17th c. experiment used a bell inside a jar in which this had been created to prove that air was needed to transmit sound a vacuum |
| #8545, aired 2021-12-31 | POETRY IN MOTION PICTURES $2000: It's the title of a 19th c. poem that Nelson Mandela loved, & of a movie in which Mandela gives a copy to a Rugby player Invictus |
| #8543, aired 2021-12-29 | TWENTY QUESTIONS $1000: The 20th Century Limited was a luxury, overnight train between New York City & this major city, advertising a smooth, water-level route Chicago |
| #8542, aired 2021-12-28 | YOU NEED A VITAMIN BOOST $400: Ghosts of pirates said a collective "Arrr, too late" after vitamin C was identified as a cure for this disease in 1932 scurvy |
| #8542, aired 2021-12-28 | THE "C" TEAM $600: Because of them you'll be seeing red if you're in Lincoln, Nebraska on a fall Saturday the Cornhuskers |
| #8538, aired 2021-12-22 | MAMMALS $4,000 (Daily Double): Its milk, a popular Saharan beverage, has 3 times the vitamin C of a cow's a camel |
| #8534, aired 2021-12-16 | WHAT DO YOU KNOW? $1000: To have knowledge in a particular field is to know these veggies, though some say the word is a reference to a lexicographer onions |
| #8525, aired 2021-12-03 | YOU GET A "C" $200: It's a movable object on a computer screen, not one who swears a lot a cursor |
| #8525, aired 2021-12-03 | YOU GET A "C" $400: This adjective relates to the brain or describes someone with great intellect like you right now, hopefully cerebral |
| #8525, aired 2021-12-03 | YOU GET A "C" $600: It means unbroken & is used to describe the lower 48 U.S. states contiguous |
| #8525, aired 2021-12-03 | YOU GET A "C" $800: As a noun, it's a convent; as a verb, it means to confine cloister |
| #8525, aired 2021-12-03 | YOU GET A "C" $1000: They're 2 alternate ways you can serve multiple prison sentences; one will get you out much sooner than the other concurrent & consecutive |
| #8521, aired 2021-11-29 | WHO'S YOUR "C-O"? $1200: This word from the rowing team also means the most important member of a Coast Guard small boat crew a coxswain |
| #8521, aired 2021-11-29 | WHO'S YOUR "C-O"? $2000: This boss of a squadron once ranked just below a rear admiral a commodore |
| #8518, aired 2021-11-24 | SHORTZ $800: One of Will's favorites from his NPR Sunday puzzle is the fact that this type of pain has the sequence "A-C-H" twice in a row a stomachache |
| #8518, aired 2021-11-24 | NEWS $2000: A 1/16th size "little sister" has been unveiled at the Washington, D.C. residence of this person--in 2021 Philippe Étienne the French ambassador |
| #8510, aired 2021-11-12 | AROUND THE HOUSE $800: Similar to crown molding, this architectural ornamentation seen here, also starts with the letter "C" a cornice |
| #8507, aired 2021-11-09 | THE BEGINNING $1,200 (Daily Double): Around 650 B.C.Greek colonists founded a city on the Bosporus that they called this; it would later be the capital of empires Byzantium |
| #8505, aired 2021-11-05 | CLUBS $200: AAA in the states & the R.A.C. in England helped promote safety regarding these, the "a" in the middle of their names automobile |
| #8504, aired 2021-11-04 | INSTITUTIONS $400: A prestigious think tank, the Brookings Institution is headquartered in this city Washington, D.C. |
| #8503, aired 2021-11-03 | COLOR, MY WORLD $400: Take a glass bottom boat ride in this Springs in Florida, or a short car ride to D.C. from this Spring in Maryland Silver |
| #8501, aired 2021-11-01 | THE MAN'S PEN NAME $800: N.W. Clerk--a play on Old English for "I know not what scholar"--was a pen name for this creator of Aslan C.S. Lewis |
| #8497, aired 2021-10-26 | BOREDOM $400: A 2010 computer analysis said the most boring 20th c. day was a Sunday in the middle of this, known as a decade of dull conformity the 1950s |
| #8496, aired 2021-10-25 | DOUBLE INITIAL GUYS $1000: C.C. ____,
a Cy Young winner Sabathia |
| #8489, aired 2021-10-14 | CONTAINERS $800: In 1954 neuroscientist John C. Lilly designed this tank to explore results of cutting off all external stimuli a sensory deprivation tank |
| #8487, aired 2021-10-12 | & PLAYING TRIANGLE $800: This 6th century B.C. man's theorem about the lengths of the sides of a right triangle is actually far older than even he is Pythagoras |
| #8482, aired 2021-10-05 | I BEFORE E AFTER C $800: One of the letters in a BSEE degree Science |
| #8482, aired 2021-10-05 | I BEFORE E AFTER C $1200: It can be a type of small apartment or a measure of results versus costs efficiency |
| #8482, aired 2021-10-05 | I BEFORE E AFTER C $1600: Term for someone like J.P. Morgan who invests in businesses on a large scale a financier |
| #8482, aired 2021-10-05 | I BEFORE E AFTER C $2000: Drop the last letter from a biological term to get this word meaning "coined money" specie |
| #8479, aired 2021-09-30 | THAT ANIMAL HAD A NAME $1000: Bucephalus carried this man on many of his 4th century B.C. conquests Alexander the Great |
| #8478, aired 2021-09-29 | I NOMINATE YOU FOR A NOBEL PRIZE! $800: Pearl Buck, W.H. Auden & C.S. Lewis all nominated this "North of Boston" poet for Literature, but he never won (Robert) Frost |
| #8469, aired 2021-09-16 | "C" FLAT $200: Saltines are a type of one cracker |
| #8469, aired 2021-09-16 | "C" FLAT $400: Heavy fabric is stretched tight & tacked into place on a frame to make one of these art surfaces canvas |
| #8469, aired 2021-09-16 | "C" FLAT $600: Divided into 64 squares, it's usually found with royalty on it a chessboard |
| #8469, aired 2021-09-16 | "C" FLAT $800: Splash & ride are types of these on a drum kit cymbal |
| #8464, aired 2021-08-12 | TIME FOR SECONDS $800: Around 19 B.C. King Herod expanded the second of these & built a retaining wall that still stands today temple |
| #8458, aired 2021-08-04 | "C" IN SCIENCE $5,000 (Daily Double): Numbers 55 & 58 on the periodic table are these 2 elements that differ by a letter cesium & cerium |
| #8452, aired 2021-07-27 | SCIENCE FICTION $8,400 (Daily Double): Arthur C. Clarke's "Rendezvous with" this isn't about a Hindu god but rather a spooky craft that's entered our galaxy Rama |
| #8449, aired 2021-07-22 | MARK YOUR CALENDARS $800: Using a biblical chronology, Archbishop James Ussher determined that this event occurred on Oct. 22, 4004 B.C. the creation of the Earth |
| #8449, aired 2021-07-22 | ANCIENT HISTORY $1200: The philosopher Anaximander was credited with making an early world map & one of these time-telling devices around 560 B.C. a sundial |
| #8445, aired 2021-07-16 | S.E.C.! S.E.C.! $5,300 (Daily Double): The University of Tennessee is one of 2 S.E.C. schools from the state; this one founded by a shipping magnate in 1873 is the other Vanderbilt |
| #8439, aired 2021-07-08 | A MOMENT OF SCIENCE $200: The c. 300 B.C. "De Historia Plantarum" helped establish Plato's student Theophrastus as the founder of this 6-letter science botany |
| #8439, aired 2021-07-08 | 21st CENTURY MONARCHIES $400: The monarchy of this Asian nation of 125 million has a legendary history dating back to the 7th century B.C. Japan |
| #8438, aired 2021-07-07 | THE "DR" IS IN $1200: The original value of this Greek coin in the mid-6th century B.C. was equivalent to that of a handful of arrows drachma |
| #8437, aired 2021-07-06 | AFRICAN AMERICANS PRE-1860 $1600: In 1838, 272 slaves were sold to keep this D.C. Jesuit U. going; now a building is named for one of them, Isaac Hawkins Georgetown |
| #8436, aired 2021-07-05 | DOCTORED TELEVISION $800: Dr. Abigail Bartlet, who put in a D.C. residency The West Wing |
| #8435, aired 2021-07-02 | TV IS SO HIGH SCHOOL $800: Zack & A.C. roamed the halls of Bayside High in Palisades, California Saved By the Bell |
| #8434, aired 2021-07-01 | "C" AS IN CAT $200: Sadly, this fast spotted cat hasn't prospered--it's endangered a cheetah |
| #8434, aired 2021-07-01 | "C" AS IN CAT $600: Cats with this coat pattern caused by a genetic anomaly are almost always female calico |
| #8434, aired 2021-07-01 | "C" AS IN CAT $800: Naturally, the breed known as this Rex was discovered on a farm in Cornwall, England Cornish |
| #8434, aired 2021-07-01 | "C" AS IN CAT $1000: Neofelis nebulosa is the scientific name of this leopard with a strikingly marked coat the clouded leopard |
| #8434, aired 2021-07-01 | TRYING ON SOME GENES $2000: It's the "T" in the representation G-C-A-T of the 4 nucleic acid building blocks of DNA thymine |
| #8428, aired 2021-06-23 | A CATEGORY IN 5 ACTS $400: A 1909 act of Congress describes this symbol as "the letter C inclosed within a circle" a copyright |
| #8427, aired 2021-06-22 | C.G., I $400: I can't believe a 1930s MGM casting director said, "My ears made me look like a giant sugar bowl" Clark Gable |
| #8427, aired 2021-06-22 | C.G., I $800: TriStar showed me a reported $600,000 for "Jerry Maguire" Cuba Gooding Jr. |
| #8427, aired 2021-06-22 | C.G., I $2000: In the 1970s I had a giant hit with the song "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue" Crystal Gayle |
| #8425, aired 2021-06-18 | CINEMAPOURRI $400: C.B. DeMille made 21 huge Sphinxes for a 1923 version of this Bible epic & now they're being dug from the dunes where they were left The Ten Commandments |
| #8424, aired 2021-06-17 | MUSIC "C"LASS $400: The Benedictine monks of Santo Domingo de Silos had a surprise 1994 international hit with an album of Gregorian these chants |
| #8424, aired 2021-06-17 | MUSIC "C"LASS $600: Italian for "tail", this 4-letter word is a concluding part of a piece of music coda |
| #8424, aired 2021-06-17 | MUSIC "C"LASS $1000: A male alto voice is also known as this 12-letter word a countertenor |
| #8424, aired 2021-06-17 | MUSIC "C"LASS $2,000 (Daily Double): Joan Sutherland was one of these sopranos who decorated her arias with a "rainbow" of musical hues a coloratura |
| #8415, aired 2021-06-04 | ANCIENT HISTORY $2000: Seen here is a depiction of this great guy, the ruler of the Persian Empire who defeated the Babylonians in 539 B.C. Cyrus (II the Great) |
| #8411, aired 2021-05-31 | SOUVENIRS $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from the National Air & Space Museum in Washington, D.C.) The Smithsonian's National Air & Space Museum store sells a Barbie doll of Katherine Johnson, a pioneering NASA mathematician who was portrayed by Taraji P. Henson in this Oscar-nominated 2016 film Hidden Figures |
| #8410, aired 2021-05-28 | IMBIBER'S LEXICON $400: 16th c. Brits would soak a gunpowder pellet in liquor, then try to light it; that test led to this 5-letter term for alcohol content proof |
| #8404, aired 2021-05-20 | CROSSWORD CLUES "C" $1600: A psychic
(11 letters) clairvoyant |
| #8403, aired 2021-05-19 | HERBS $200: While southern Europe embraced this bulb, a late 17th c. British discourse on salads spoke of its "intolerable rankness" garlic |
| #8402, aired 2021-05-18 | I'M ON A BOAT! $800: There's a long & an alternate shortened spelling of this ship area, seen here the forecastle (fo'c'sle) |
| #8400, aired 2021-05-14 | HISTORICAL FICTION $1200: Mary Renault's "The Persian Boy" tells the story of a courtesan in love with this 4th century B.C. warrior king Alexander the Great |
| #8398, aired 2021-05-12 | I'LL REPEAT MYSELF AGAIN, TOO $1200: We'll string you along & say you can "walk the dog" with this item that dates back to the 400s B.C. a yo-yo |
| #8396, aired 2021-05-10 | FROM C TO D $200: It describes a bubbly beverage like tonic water or soda carbonated |
| #8396, aired 2021-05-10 | FROM C TO D $400: In other words, someone who is yellow-bellied a coward |
| #8396, aired 2021-05-10 | FROM C TO D $600: A classic Atari video game of the 1980s was called Missile this Missile Command |
| #8396, aired 2021-05-10 | FROM C TO D $800: As an adjective, it means devoted; as a verb, it means perpetrated committed |
| #8396, aired 2021-05-10 | HISTORIC HAPPENINGS $1000: In the 600s B.C. Cypselus of Corinth seized power with this title related to a dino name, but was so popular he had no bodyguard tyrant |
| #8395, aired 2021-05-07 | A WHOPP"INGTON" OF A CITY $400: In 1790 Congress set aside land for this city Washington, D.C. |
| #8395, aired 2021-05-07 | MONKS $400: 20th c. monk John Main popularized meditation among Christians, including saying this, a personal sacred word mantra |
| #8394, aired 2021-05-06 | 12-LETTER WORDS $400: In the 19th c., this lung disease caused by a mycobacterium reached near epidemic proportions in industrialized regions tuberculosis |
| #8394, aired 2021-05-06 | POTENT HISTORY $1200: Vodka was involved in 1994 as this white-haired Russian leader was found on a D.C. street in his underwear hailing cabs to go get pizza Yeltsin |
| #8391, aired 2021-05-03 | HISTORY $200: Around 1530 B.C. Queen Ahhotep rallied this kingdom's troops to victory against a Hyksos invasion Egypt |
| #8386, aired 2021-04-26 | THE CABINET $2000: A Nobel Prize winner, this soldier served as Secretary of State from 1947 to 1949 (George C.) Marshall |
| #8383, aired 2021-04-21 | AMERICAN HISTORY $800: In 19th c. New York politics, a repeater was a man hired to do this several times in a day, shaving to change his identity vote |
| #8383, aired 2021-04-21 | THEY NAMED A SCHOOL FOR ME $1000: Acknowledging that this Shoshone woman's name can be spelled different ways, a Seattle public school spells it with a C & a J Sacajawea |
| #8381, aired 2021-04-19 | "M.C." $200: The reading section of the S.A.T. includes 52 questions of this type multiple choice |
| #8381, aired 2021-04-19 | "M.C." $600: In "The Italian Job" Mark Wahlberg drove this little car as part of a crime caper a Mini Cooper |
| #8381, aired 2021-04-19 | "M.C." $800: You need a license to authorize getting hitched; this other document proves that you entered wedded bliss a marriage certificate |
| #8380, aired 2021-04-16 | LATIN PHRASEBOOK $1600: Famously spoken in 49 B.C. at the crossing of a river, "iacta alea est" means this "is cast" the die |
| #8379, aired 2021-04-15 | CAPITAL "C" $400: A system of tunnels & bridges connects this capital with Malmo, Sweden Copenhagen |
| #8379, aired 2021-04-15 | HISTORIC WEAPONS $400: The 1275 B.C. Battle of Kadesh saw 5,000 of these battle vehicles rolling around in a melee chariots |
| #8379, aired 2021-04-15 | CAPITAL "C" $800: A promontory of "Good Hope" is near this legislative capital Cape Town |
| #8379, aired 2021-04-15 | CAPITAL "C" $1600: This birthplace of Simon Bolivar has a population of 2 million Caracas |
| #8378, aired 2021-04-14 | 3-NAMED CELEBRITIES $1200: When he first rocked out to "Pink Houses" & "R.O.C.K. In The U.S.A.", he was using these 3 names John Cougar Mellencamp |
| #8369, aired 2021-04-01 | SCIENCE & SCIENTISTS $400: C/1847 T1 is the formal name of one of these astronomical objects a comet |
| #8361, aired 2021-03-22 | 20th CENTURY ART & ARTISTS $1600: A book called "The Magic Mirror of" this Dutch artist gives insight into how he created those optical effects M.C. Escher |
| #8358, aired 2021-03-17 | HOPEFUL HISTORY $200: Starting in the 19th c., these agreements named for a Swiss city set humane norms for prisoners & noncombatants during wartime the Geneva Convention |
| #8356, aired 2021-03-15 | "T.O.C." $1600: One of Bob Barker's first gigs, it's also the name of a New Mexico City Truth or Consequences |
| #8353, aired 2021-03-10 | NICKNAMES $1000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C.) An official of the FBI's New York office said in 1992, "The Don is covered in Velcro" & every charge stuck when the Bureau, at last, succeeded in convicting mafia boss John Gotti, known by this slippery nickname "The Teflon Don" |
| #8352, aired 2021-03-09 | 16-LETTER WORDS $2000: With a name that spans oceans, this global hotel brand includes London's Park Lane & the Willard in Washington, D.C. Intercontinental |
| #8351, aired 2021-03-08 | CURVE YOUR ENTHUSIASM $600: In this curve with a musical instrument in its name, a "C" grade is typically the center of the distribution the bell curve |
| #8349, aired 2021-03-04 | ALPHABET DOGS $600: C: Toto was one of these Scottish terriers bred to chase vermin in rock piles a cairn terrier |
| #8348, aired 2021-03-03 | B.C.-ING YOU $600: Shortly after he attained enlightenment, he gave a sermon in which he presented the 4 noble truths Buddha |
| #8348, aired 2021-03-03 | B.C.-ING YOU $800: The Peace of Nicias in 421 B.C. brought a temporary end to the fighting in this Greek war Peloponnesian |
| #8344, aired 2021-02-25 | HISTORY $1200: This writing system arose in Mesopotamia in the 4th millennium B.C. & disappeared early in the 1st millennium A.D. cuneiform |
| #8343, aired 2021-02-24 | SOLDIERING ON $1200: A man who crossed a stream, he was taken by pirates in the 70s B.C., ransomed, then raised a naval force & crucified the pirates Julius Caesar |
| #8340, aired 2021-02-19 | LOADS OF ROADS $400: A ring road encircles a city; the one around Washington, D.C. is known by this name a beltway |
| #8339, aired 2021-02-18 | TYPES OF NARRATIVE LITERATURE $1000: Meaning not proceeding from event A to event B to event C, this "non" word applies to "Tristram Shandy" & "House of Leaves" nonlinear |
| #8337, aired 2021-02-16 | LITERATURE $400: "The Young Giant" & "Little Red-Cap" were 2 of the more than 200 stories collected by these German brothers in a 19th c. anthology the Brothers Grimm |
| #8330, aired 2021-02-05 | ISLANDS $1600: Ruled by the Al Khalifa family since the 18th c., this island nation has a name from Arabic meaning "two seas" Bahrain |
| #8328, aired 2021-02-03 | SCIENTISTS $600: Pierre-Gilles de Gennes won a Nobel Prize for explaining the behavior of these "L.C."s whose "D" is used in video screens liquid crystals |
| #8327, aired 2021-02-02 | AMERICAN NAMES $400: Linus Pauling wrote a bestselling book called this vitamin "and the Common Cold" vitamin C |
| #8327, aired 2021-02-02 | FASHION $1000: From the French for horsehair, this 19th c. array of fabric & hoops under a skirt was revived by Jean Paul Gaultier crinoline |
| #8326, aired 2021-02-01 | ARCHAEOLOGY $1200: Found in 1982, a ship that sank off Turkey c. 1300 B.C. carried 1 ton of tin & 10 tons of copper, the perfect mixture to make this alloy bronze |
| #8326, aired 2021-02-01 | FAMOUS AMERICANS $3,500 (Daily Double): His work on game theory earned him the 1994 Nobel Prize, which he shared with John C. Harsanyi & Reinhard Selten John Nash |
| #8320, aired 2021-01-22 | 9-LETTER WORDS $200: B or C, but not A or E a consonant |
| #8319, aired 2021-01-21 | 5 MORE "C"s OF DIAMONDS $1200: A diamond is this type of solid, usually with 8 faces a crystal |
| #8315, aired 2021-01-15 | VOCABULARY $2000: An 18th c. group of lovers of everything from archaeology to opera introduced this word for one who flits from one interest to another a dilettante |
| #8313, aired 2021-01-13 | LYRICAL C.V. $400: "Walked like a woman and talked like a man" Lola |
| #8313, aired 2021-01-13 | LYRICAL C.V. $800: "Not my lover", "just a girl who claims that I am the one" Billie Jean |
| #8313, aired 2021-01-13 | LYRICAL C.V. $1200: "Badder than old King Kong, meaner than a junkyard dog" Leroy Brown |
| #8313, aired 2021-01-13 | LYRICAL C.V. $1600: "Born a pauper to a pawn on a Christmas Day, when the New York Times said God is dead" Levon |
| #8312, aired 2021-01-12 | SCIENCE CENTER $800: These distinctive carnivores roamed North America for millions of years until about 10,000 B.C. a saber-tooth tiger |
| #8312, aired 2021-01-12 | THESE SONGS COULD KILL YOU $800: Call the FBI! This title madman of a Talking Heads song is on the loose; qu'est-ce que c'est "Psycho Killer" |
| #8311, aired 2021-01-11 | NONFICTION $600: In "A Grief Observed", he left the land of Narnia to grapple with his feelings of loss after his wife's death C.S. Lewis |
| #8309, aired 2021-01-07 | QUEENS $400: In 30 B.C. her decades of rule were ended, probably via the bite of a cobra Cleopatra |
| #8303, aired 2020-12-16 | MINCED OATHS $5,000 (Daily Double): This, also the surname of a prolific 19th c. British author, was sometimes substituted for "devil" in oaths dickens |
| #8301, aired 2020-12-14 | WORLD CAPITAL BINGO $800: "G", 1812: not named in honor of a D.C. college, this capital of Guyana, formerly Stabroek, gets its new name Georgetown |
| #8299, aired 2020-12-10 | TO LEAD ROME $200: A funny thing happened in the 2nd c.: Trajan built a 900 X 600-foot one of these public gathering places--OK, not so funny a forum |
| #8296, aired 2020-12-07 | OXFORD'S VERY SHORT INTRODUCTIONS $7,800 (Daily Double): "A Very Short Introduction to" him says that like Marx & Freud, this 18th c. economist's work "is more invoked than it is read" (Adam) Smith |
| #8291, aired 2020-11-30 | 3 C's $800: 3-"c" word for the thin red feature on top of a rooster's head cockscomb |
| #8291, aired 2020-11-30 | 3 C's $1200: It's a pastoral letter written by the pope on matters of doctrine encyclical |
| #8291, aired 2020-11-30 | A ROYAL PAIN $1600: In 336 B.C. Pausanias, a young Macedonian, killed this king; no trial--the assassin got killed on the spot Philip (II) |
| #8291, aired 2020-11-30 | 3 C's $2000: Adjective for a letdown, like the end of "The Epic of Gilgamesh"--the hero's quest for a magic plant... ends without it anticlimactic |
| #8290, aired 2020-11-27 | C AS IN "CAT" $400: A robber who gains entry by climbing a cat burglar |
| #8290, aired 2020-11-27 | C AS IN "CAT" $1200: A subterranean burial chamber a catacomb |
| #8290, aired 2020-11-27 | C AS IN "CAT" $2000: It's a question & answer method of religious instruction catechism |
| #8289, aired 2020-11-26 | ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A 5th CENTURY RAIDER? $2000: Attila raided his way deep into the Balkans & was only stopped at this pass where the Persians were stopped in the 400s B.C. Thermopylae |
| #8288, aired 2020-11-25 | À LA CARTOGRAPHY $1200: "C" is for these lines on a map that join points of equal elevation contour |
| #8284, aired 2020-11-19 | IT'S A FACT $400: Spelled with a "C", it's a unit of weight for diamonds; spelled with a "K", it's a measure of the purity of gold carat |
| #8281, aired 2020-11-16 | A BUSY BODY $5,000 (Daily Double): Chronic alcohol drinking is a big cause of this disease, but it can also occur due to obesity or hepatitis C cirrhosis |
| #8280, aired 2020-11-13 | FROM B TO C $1600: Religious territorial jurisdiction aka a diocese a bishopric |
| #8280, aired 2020-11-13 | FROM B TO C $2000: A legal opinion by all the judges of an appeals court, not just a smaller panel, is given "en" this, French for "bench" en banc |
| #8276, aired 2020-11-09 | A NIGHT AT THE OPERA $200: After his U.S. debut with Joan Sutherland in 1965, this bearded Italian tenor hit the high C's as Tonjo in "La fille du régiment" Pavarotti |
| #8274, aired 2020-11-05 | HISTORICAL FACTS $3,000 (Daily Double): During the Gladiator or Third Servile War in the 70s B.C., this rebel & his forces gained control over most of southern Italy Spartacus |
| #8273, aired 2020-11-04 | CLUES ACROSS THE SMITHSONIAN $1000: (Veronica Johnson presents from the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C.) Hi, I'm Veronica Johnson from ABC7: the atrium of the National Museum of the American Indian displays boats, including a birchbark canoe of this people of Lake Superior, also known as the Ojibwe; many of their customs are depicted in "The Song of Hiawatha" the Anishinaabe (Chippewa) |
| #8270, aired 2020-10-30 | FICTION $2000: In a WWI-set novel by C.S. Forester, Rose Sayer & uncouth Captain Charlie Allnutt are thrown together on this title boat The African Queen |
| #8263, aired 2020-10-21 | THE "A", "B", "C"s OF GOLF $200: pga.com says a good one of these assistants "can be worth several strokes a round" a caddy |
| #8263, aired 2020-10-21 | THE "A", "B", "C"s OF GOLF $400: 3-letter aka for a hole in one ace |
| #8263, aired 2020-10-21 | THE "A", "B", "C"s OF GOLF $600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew demonstrates a golf grip.) All ten fingers are placed on the club in this type of grip, named for another sport baseball |
| #8263, aired 2020-10-21 | THE "A", "B", "C"s OF GOLF $800: It's the amount of sideways curve or bend to a putt break |
| #8263, aired 2020-10-21 | THE "A", "B", "C"s OF GOLF $1000: Often traveling 100 yards plus, it's a shot hit to get up close to the green on a longer hole an approach |
| #8255, aired 2020-10-09 | THE DOCTOR WILL "C" YOU NOW $400: Found in the liver, it helps make vitamin D; hope you have a lot more good than bad! cholesterol |
| #8255, aired 2020-10-09 | THE DOCTOR WILL "C" YOU NOW $800: Red blood cells must take things one at a time passing through one of these tiny blood vessels, which can be .008mm capillaries |
| #8255, aired 2020-10-09 | THE DOCTOR WILL "C" YOU NOW $4,000 (Daily Double): Hermes' wand, this symbol of the U.S. Army Medical Corps, is a staff with 2 serpents coiled around it the caduceus |
| #8253, aired 2020-10-07 | HISTORY $600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents by a display monitor.) Tradition says here's the roughly 25-mile route Pheidippides ran in 490 B.C., bringing news of victory to Athens from this plain whose name is known beyond ancient history Marathon |
| #8252, aired 2020-10-06 | YES WE "CAN" $800: This once-popular term for a young female hospital volunteer referred to the red & white uniform a candy striper |
| #8251, aired 2020-10-05 | HEADS UP! & OFF! $2,600 (Daily Double): After his death in 43 B.C., this Roman orator made a final appearance on the speakers' platform at the Forum--well, his head & hands did Cicero |
| #8246, aired 2020-09-28 | THE JEFFERSONS $400: 19th c. rich guy & Monticello owner Jefferson Levy had one of these devices printing out stock prices in his New York home a ticker tape |
| #8244, aired 2020-09-24 | "A" IS FOR AUTUMN $400: Each fall Alabama & this S.E.C. football archrival meet in "The Iron Bowl" Auburn |
| #8241, aired 2020-09-21 | AMERICAN HISTORY $3,000 (Daily Double): This president was said to regret his decision "not to hang John C. Calhoun" as a traitor Andrew Jackson |
| #8238, aired 2020-09-16 | WHAT TO WEAR $800: This long loose Turkish dress that can start with a "C" or a "K" a kaftan |
| #8237, aired 2020-09-15 | KEN JENNINGS ON WINNING STREAKS $1000: (Ken Jennings presents the clue.) The Persian Empire fell to him in the 330s B.C., then Western Asia Minor, the Mediterranean coast, Egypt, on into India; not bad for a guy barely over 30 Alexander the Great |
| #8235, aired 2020-06-12 | TROOP-POURRI $1200: A C.O.S., short for this operations specialist, protects the army's computer networks from getting hacked cyber |
| #8231, aired 2020-06-08 | FONTS OF WISDOM $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents by a display monitor.) California’s 3rd and Texas 3th district make the A; Ohio’s 12th and 7th districts make the B, and Connecticut’s 1st district is the C in a new font called Ugly Gerry in which “Gerry” stands for this partisan process gerrymandering |
| #8228, aired 2020-06-03 | IS IT BIGGER THAN A CHICKEN? $200: Yes, it's this Acropolis temple completed in 438 B.C.; the foundation seems good, but it could probably use a little roof work the Parthenon |
| #8224, aired 2020-05-28 | MYTHOLOGY $1000: In art from the 400s B.C., Odysseus is offered a drink by this sorceress who had already turned his men into swine Circe |
| #8224, aired 2020-05-28 | A POTPOURRI OF PICTURES $1600: Germany's Stuttgart City Library has been described as having the feel of this Dutch artist's mind-bending works (M.C.) Escher |
| #8223, aired 2020-05-27 | FORM "E" $200: A triangle with sides A, B & C all equal in length is in this form equilateral |
| #8223, aired 2020-05-27 | A WRITER'S LIFE $1,000 (Daily Double): Born 1898, taught at Oxford & Cambridge, chronicled big cats, enchantresses & closets, died 1963 C.S. Lewis |
| #8221, aired 2020-05-25 | "C" IN SCIENCE $400: The water droplets that sometimes form on the outside of a glass are an example of this process condensation |
| #8221, aired 2020-05-25 | "C" IN SCIENCE $1600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents while sitting on a sofa with a dog.) Petting a cat or dog for 10 minutes has been shown to reduce the levels of this 8-letter stress hormone produced by the adrenal glands cortisol |
| #8220, aired 2020-05-22 | ON THE MONEY $1600: A Washington, D.C. structure dedicated in 1922 is on the back of this bill the $5 bill |
| #8216, aired 2020-05-18 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY $600: In 1960 at a segregated lunch counter in N.C., 4 African-American students staged one of these immobile protests a sit-in |
| #8215, aired 2020-05-01 | MAY DAY! MAY DAY! $600: Until May 1, 2008 Washington, D.C.'s cabs didn't have these; they used a zone system instead meters |
| #8215, aired 2020-05-01 | HISTORIC HAPPENINGS $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents by a display monitor.) Back in the day, those on the island of Tyre felt pretty safe off the mainland, but when this great conqueror showed up in 332 B.C., he built a causeway and ended a siege by marching across the newly created path Alexander |
| #8212, aired 2020-04-28 | SILENT "C" $400: A song from "Annie Get Your Gun" says, "Got no mansion, got no" this boat, "still I'm happy with what I've got" yacht |
| #8212, aired 2020-04-28 | SILENT "C" $600: Title for a Russian empress, like Nicholas II's Alexandra czarina |
| #8212, aired 2020-04-28 | SILENT "C" $800: A moral compass a conscience |
| #8212, aired 2020-04-28 | SILENT "C" $1000: The Latin for "to declare" is the origin of this legal term for a formal accusation indict(ment) |
| #8203, aired 2020-04-15 | A FULL RIDE $2000: In 1975 the last C-130A Hercules to leave Vietnam before the fall of this city flew hundreds of desperate people to Thailand Saigon |
| #8202, aired 2020-04-14 | HISTORY 101 $1600: A pedestal honoring Agrippa, victor in the 31 B.C. naval Battle of Actium, is on this Athenian hilltop the Acropolis |
| #8200, aired 2020-04-10 | DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT HISTORY $1600: In this 19th c. year the USS President fought a battle with HMS Belvidera, which until then didn't know for sure there was a war on 1812 |
| #8198, aired 2020-04-08 | STRAIGHT C'S $400: 17th century pirates who raided Spanish colonies, or a 21st century team that may take on the Raiders buccaneers |
| #8198, aired 2020-04-08 | ARCHITECTURE $400: Around 2650 B.C. in Saqqara, an early one of these, rising in a series of 6 big steps, was made for King Zoser a pyramid |
| #8198, aired 2020-04-08 | STRAIGHT C'S $800: A person's usual job, or the seizure & control of territory by a foreign army occupation |
| #8198, aired 2020-04-08 | STRAIGHT C'S $1200: Having gained the title, a new king does this to the throne accede |
| #8198, aired 2020-04-08 | OLD HISTORY $1200: Built in the 3rd century B.C. on an island in the harbor, the Pharos of Alexandria was one of these structures a lighthouse |
| #8196, aired 2020-04-06 | E-COLLEGE-Y $200: N.C. State created a program to compost these food boxes, which usually aren't recyclable, especially if they contain crusts pizza boxes |
| #8195, aired 2020-04-03 | NOBEL LITERARY NOMINEES $400: C.S. Lewis nominated this friend & fellow fantasy writer for a Nobel Tolkien |
| #8194, aired 2020-04-02 | FAMOUS NAMES $400: When the federal capital moved to this city in 1790, Pres. Washington used a legal loophole to avoid freeing his slaves Philadelphia |
| #8192, aired 2020-03-31 | C BEFORE E, AFTER I $800: A 200th anniversary a bicentennial |
| #8192, aired 2020-03-31 | C BEFORE E, AFTER I $1200: Pain-controlling care facility for the terminally ill a hospice |
| #8192, aired 2020-03-31 | C BEFORE E, AFTER I $1600: It's a narrow opening in a cliff a crevice |
| #8192, aired 2020-03-31 | C BEFORE E, AFTER I $2000: Decorative molding along the top of a wall or building a cornice |
| #8190, aired 2020-03-27 | LATIN PHRASES $1600: Julius Caesar summed up his victory in a 47 B.C. campaign with these 3 Latin words "Veni, vidi, vici" |
| #8186, aired 2020-03-23 | BRUSHING UP ON YOUR SPANISH HISTORY $2000: In 206 B.C., in the second of these wars, a Roman victory near Seville evicted Carthage from Spain for good the Punic Wars |
| #8177, aired 2020-03-10 | STUDENT WORD LIST $800: A Protestant group promoting Christian unity is called these "of Christ", D.O.C. for short Disciples |
| #8174, aired 2020-03-05 | "C" AS IN SEIZE $200: It's a car pedal, or a verb meaning to hold tightly a clutch |
| #8174, aired 2020-03-05 | "C" AS IN SEIZE $400: To grip, or a jewelry fastener a clasp |
| #8174, aired 2020-03-05 | "C" AS IN SEIZE $600: A boxing hold, or to nail down a playoff spot clinch |
| #8174, aired 2020-03-05 | MONUMENTS & MEMORIALS $800: Near the famous wall, a D.C. memorial to women's service in this war was unveiled on Veterans Day 1993 the Vietnam War |
| #8174, aired 2020-03-05 | "C" AS IN SEIZE $800: To confiscate a vehicle temporarily in an emergency, as when a policeman needs to pursue a suspect commandeer |
| #8174, aired 2020-03-05 | "C" AS IN SEIZE $1000: Slangy clothing term for an arrest by the police a collar |
| #8173, aired 2020-03-04 | HELLER $200: The Supreme Court's decision in the case of D.C. v. Heller used this amendment to strike down a gun control law the Second Amendment |
| #8166, aired 2020-02-24 | ELECTRICITY $1600: Magid makes its A.R.C. insulating gloves from this natural material & they'll protect you up to 1,000 volts rubber |
| #8163, aired 2020-02-19 | OFFBEAT HISTORY $400: The Medians & Lydians who were on the battlefield in 585 B.C. saw one of these in the sky & laid down their arms an eclipse |
| #8161, aired 2020-02-17 | BEARD MAN $200: A Guinness World Record, Hans Langseth's over 17-foot-long beard was eventually cut & donated to this D.C. institution the Smithsonian |
| #8160, aired 2020-02-14 | WOMEN AUTHORS $1000: The Hudson series is a sequence of novels by this "Flowers in the Attic" author V.C. Andrews |
| #8157, aired 2020-02-11 | I WRITE A SYMPHONY $800: This "Carmen" composer hid away his "Symphony in C", maybe because it was too imitative of his teacher Charles Gounod Bizet |
| #8151, aired 2020-02-03 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN ATHLETES $600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew is at the National Museum of African American History & Culture in Washington, D.C.) One of the most memorable moments in Olympic history was when track stars Tommie Smith & John Carlos raised their fists in a Black Power salute in Mexico City in this year of escalated racial tensions six months after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. 1968 |
| #8151, aired 2020-02-03 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN ATHLETES $1000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew is at the National Museum of African American History & Culture in Washington, D.C.) Say hey! This was used in the 1965 All Star Game by this Giant center fielder; in a 2016 85th birthday message, President Obama called him the greatest living ballplayer Willie Mays |
| #8150, aired 2020-01-31 | @ $800: A small trading town until the 19th c., this city on the Huangpu River now has a pop. of 20+ million, kidnapped sailors aside Shanghai |
| #8145, aired 2020-01-24 | THIS & THAT $200: In July 2019 this D.C. monument was "turned" into a rocket for the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 the Washington Monument |
| #8144, aired 2020-01-23 | GET YOUR "B.A." DEGREE $1600: This prehistoric period began around the 4th Millenium B.C. Bronze Age |
| #8142, aired 2020-01-21 | SPACED-OUT POP CULTURE $1200: Directed by Stanley Kubrick, this epic film was inspired by the short story "The Sentinel" by Arthur C. Clarke 2001: A Space Odyssey |
| #8141, aired 2020-01-20 | "STEP" BY STEP $200: Will Ferrell & John C. Reilly were title these in a 2008 film step brothers |
| #8141, aired 2020-01-20 | THE AMERICAS BEFORE COLUMBUS $3,500 (Daily Double): In 1500 B.C. people in Central America were processing rubber in a way similar to this process discovered by Goodyearl" vulcanization |
| #8, aired 2020-01-14 | MATH TO ROMAN NUMERALS TO INITIALS TO NAMES $200: 800 + 250 to this architect of a D.C. landmark dedicated in 1982 Maya Lin |
| #8134, aired 2020-01-09 | MEDICAL MATTERS $400: A risk factor for liver cancer is a chronic infection with the B- or C-type of this virus hepatitis |
| #8134, aired 2020-01-09 | FAIRY TALES & FOLK TALES $1000: The opera "Rusalka", about a water nymph who longs to be human, is partly based on this fairy tale by H.C. Andersen The Little Mermaid |
| #8133, aired 2020-01-08 | 1995 $600: This gathering with a numerical and alliterative name drew hundreds of thousands of black men to Washington, D.C. the Million Man March |
| #4, aired 2020-01-08 | I JUST TOOK A DNA TEST $2000: DNA is composed of nucleotides, which contain 4 nitrogenous bases represented by these 4 letters A, C, G & T |
| #8132, aired 2020-01-07 | OCCUPATION ETYMOLOGY $1000: This word goes way back in Britain, despite the legend that the 1st ones hung out in D.C.'s Willard Hotel to nag Pres. Grant a lobbyist |
| #8131, aired 2020-01-06 | STATUE OF NO LIMITATIONS $200: His D.C. statue signaling "V for victory!" stands outside the British embassy Churchill |
| #8130, aired 2020-01-03 | I'M SO THERE FOR IT! $200: It's 399 B.C. & I'm ready for my trial; 500 Greek jurors are sure to give this harmless elderly philosopher a fair shake Socrates |
| #8129, aired 2020-01-02 | WHITE HOUSE HUNTERS $200: Jimmy & Rosalynn are moving to D.C.; he's putting his farm of this crop into a trust to avoid conflicts of interest peanut |
| #8129, aired 2020-01-02 | WHITE HOUSE HUNTERS $400: Abe & Mary Todd are moving back to D.C., where Abe was a congressman from 1847 to 1849 in this pre-Republican party the Whig Party |
| #8129, aired 2020-01-02 | WHITE HOUSE HUNTERS $800: Pre-D.C., Nancy was an actress & Ronald was a different kind of president, leading SAG, short for this, from 1947 to 1952 the Screen Actors Guild |
| #8128, aired 2020-01-01 | UNCOMMON $800: There are 3 C's in this word for someone who has a truly unconventional personality eccentric |
| #8121, aired 2019-12-23 | FBI HEADQUARTERS $600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from the FBI headquarters in Washington, D.C.) These passports belonged to Cynthia and Richard Murphy, real names Lidiya and Vladimir Guryev, who were among 10 foreign agents arrested in a 2010 operation that inspired this Emmy-winning FX series about Russian spies masquerading as U.S. citizens The Americans |
| #8121, aired 2019-12-23 | FBI HEADQUARTERS $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from the FBI headquarters in Washington, D.C.) Nearly 95% of the over 500 who've appeared on the FBI's 10 Most Wanted fugitives list have been found, including this man who was listed twice--first following an April 1968 assassination and again briefly after a short 1977 prison escape James Earl Ray |
| #8121, aired 2019-12-23 | BIG WORDS $3,000 (Daily Double): Of the 7 Ancient Wonders, the name of this one from the 200s B.C. reflected its huge size the Colossus of Rhodes |
| #8120, aired 2019-12-20 | WRITERS GO WAY BACK $800: Michael Crichton put a 10th c. Muslim traveler into the events of this Old English epic to prove he could make it entertaining Beowulf |
| #8120, aired 2019-12-20 | STUFF $800: The powder for these, worn by 18th c. men, was made of ground starch & scented with lavender; a 1795 tax ended the style a wig |
| #8119, aired 2019-12-19 | NATIVE AMERICANS: THE REALITY $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew is at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C.) The Americans exhibit highlights Native Americans' role in American identity. One legend is Pocahontas' famous 1607 rescue of this man, a story some doubt, as he didn't tell it until 1624, though he had written about his time in Virginia before then John Smith |
| #8117, aired 2019-12-17 | CONTEMPORARY REVIEWS OF CHILDREN'S BOOKS $200: C.S. Lewis' review of this 1937 work by pal J.R.R. Tolkien said, "Prediction is dangerous but" it "may well prove a classic" The Hobbit |
| #8113, aired 2019-12-11 | THERE ONCE WAS THIS MAN FROM... $1000: ...St. Louis / the ragtime king, I can prove this / wrote "Maple Leaf Rag" / with hardly a snag / now say his name, c'mon, do this! Scott Joplin |
| #8112, aired 2019-12-10 | PINK-POURRI $400: In the late 19th c. some U.S. states required this non-dairy product to be dyed pink so it would not be confused for butter margarine |
| #8112, aired 2019-12-10 | AMERICAN HISTORY $600: This man's 1825 inaugural address had to compete with a traveling circus performing in D.C. (John) Quincy Adams |
| #8111, aired 2019-12-09 | FROM "C" TO SHINING "C" $1200: This adjective meaning "puzzling" is used for a type of crossword cryptic |
| #8111, aired 2019-12-09 | FROM "C" TO SHINING "C" $1600: A priest or rabbi a cleric |
| #8110, aired 2019-12-06 | OLD BOOKS $2000: Chretien de Troyes' 12th c. Arthurian tale about this young knight's search for the grail was the basis for a Wagner opera Parsifal |
| #8109, aired 2019-12-05 | "B" SIEGE $800: After a siege by Nebuchadnezzar, Jerusalem fell to this empire around 586 B.C. the Babylonian Empire |
| #8107, aired 2019-12-03 | WHEN I WAS SECRETARY OF STATE... $400: I did enough stuff to have a D.C.-area airport named for me (John Foster) Dulles |
| #8104, aired 2019-11-28 | STATUESQUE AUTHORS $3,000 (Daily Double): Much of her 6th century B.C. poetry is lost, but her reputation as a female writing pioneer remains Sappho |
| #8101, aired 2019-11-25 | HISTORIC MERCENARIES $1200: In the 400s B.C., Athenian soldier & historian Xenophon fought in a rebellion in this empire against its ruler Artaxerxes II the Persian Empire |
| #8101, aired 2019-11-25 | MODELS OF THE HEAVENS $2000: A NASA scale model uses a grapefruit-sized sun in D.C.; the Sun's "neighbor", Proxima this, would be a cherry in California Centauri |
| #8097, aired 2019-11-19 | ISLANDS IN THE "C" $800: Tiburon Island: this sea named for a conquistador, AKA the Gulf of California the Sea of Cortez |
| #8097, aired 2019-11-19 | ISLANDS IN THE "C" $1600: Ile Sumba: this river in a "Democratic Republic" the Congo |
| #8097, aired 2019-11-19 | HUSBANDS & WIVES $2000: Perhaps the birth of their baby c. 1118 was enough of a hint for Abelard to wed this woman, but in secret; that did not end well Heloise |
| #8096, aired 2019-11-18 | HOME IS WHERE THE ART IS $3,000 (Daily Double): A full-length portrait of George Washington from this 18th c. artist is often admired by tourists at the White House Gilbert Stuart |
| #8091, aired 2019-11-11 | MATH GUYS $400: You get an "A" if you know this mathematician of the 200s B.C. wrote a treatise on centers of gravity Archimedes |
| #8088, aired 2019-11-06 | SCIENCE & EXPLORATION $2000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents by a display monitor.) According to "National Geographic", since 1995, there have been major collapses of sections A and B of the ice shelf named for this Norwegian explorer; an iceberg about the size of Delaware broke off section C in 2017 Carl Anton Larsen |
| #8085, aired 2019-11-01 | "B.C." $200: It's a less appealing 2-word name for tofu bean curd |
| #8085, aired 2019-11-01 | NAMED FOR A PRESIDENT $600: Founded in Africa in 1822, it's the only world capital (besides Washington, D.C.) that's named for a U.S. president Monrovia |
| #8085, aired 2019-11-01 | "B.C." $1000: This desert plant is named for its cylindrical shape a barrel cactus |
| #8085, aired 2019-11-01 | B.C. $2000: The 6th century B.C. Temple of Artemis was a mainstay of this city whose residents St. Paul would later pen a letter to Ephesus |
| #8081, aired 2019-10-28 | "C"IENCE $200: Both the cerebrum & this, with a name meaning "little brain", are composed of 2 hemispheres the cerebellum |
| #8081, aired 2019-10-28 | DELIVER THE LETTER $200: A 2.0 GPA a C |
| #8081, aired 2019-10-28 | "C"IENCE $1000: Larger than a pebble, this rock type used in roads tops out at 256 mm in particle size cobble |
| #8076, aired 2019-10-21 | ACCENTS $800: In Latin America, this word of thanks is pronounced with a soft "C"; in most of Spain, the "C" is said as a "th" gracias |
| #8074, aired 2019-10-17 | HISTORIC NAMES $800: The Tribune (not a newspaper but a guy named Clodius) got this orator exiled from Rome in 58 B.C. Cicero |
| #8072, aired 2019-10-15 | THAT CODEX MOMENT $1200: The Madrid Codex is one of a handful of this Mesoamerican culture's hieroglyphic texts to survive 16th C. Spanish burnings the Maya |
| #8066, aired 2019-10-07 | I LEARNED IT FROM MENTAL FLOSS $200: This 19th c. pres. was a champion wrestler who only lost 1 match, to another soldier in the Illinois volunteer militia Abraham Lincoln |
| #8058, aired 2019-09-25 | BOOKS ABOUT CHINA $1200: "Empress Dowager Cixi" is a bio of a 19th c. mother of emperors who began as a low-ranking one of these mistresses concubine |
| #8057, aired 2019-09-24 | PARODY SONGS ON SESAME STREET $800: "Sesame Street" parodied Fine Young Cannibals with a song called this letter "Drives Me Crazy" C |
| #8052, aired 2019-09-17 | FROM C TO D $1200: In a 1982 no. 1 hit The J. Geils Band sang, "My blood runs cold, my memory has just been sold, my angel is" this centerfold |
| #8043, aired 2019-07-24 | HISTORY BOOKS $2,000 (Daily Double): A look at great historic clashes, Philip Sabin's "Lost Battles" includes this 490 B.C. battle the Persians lost to the Greeks Marathon |
| #8043, aired 2019-07-24 | LETTER IMPERFECT $2000: It was one of the 3 original blood groups discovered in 1900 but got changed to O C |
| #8042, aired 2019-07-23 | BRITISH LITERATURE $1000: Set in the 12th c. Middle East, "The Wondrous Tale of Alroy" is a novel about a Jewish conqueror by this author/politician Disraeli |
| #8041, aired 2019-07-22 | FROM "C" TO "X" $400: An extremely talkative person who goes on & on & on as if they have no idea they are droning along on & on & on & on a chatterbox |
| #8041, aired 2019-07-22 | FROM "C" TO "X" $1200: Among its meanings are intricate, a group of related buildings & some type of emotional problem complex |
| #8041, aired 2019-07-22 | FROM "C" TO "X" $1600: It's an ancient manuscript that is the earliest form of a book; there is a Madrid one & a Dresden one a codex |
| #8041, aired 2019-07-22 | FROM "C" TO "X" $2000: It's the diacritical mark seen here over the letter "A" circumflex |
| #8040, aired 2019-07-19 | IF I WERE A TIBETAN MAN $600: In legend, c. 430 A.D., King Nyantsen received a scripture that marked the introduction of this religion into Tibet Buddhism |
| #8034, aired 2019-07-11 | PHYSICS $800: Sheldon Glashow gave this adorable name, C-quark for short, to a particle discovered in 1974 charm |
| #8033, aired 2019-07-10 | ANCIENT EGYPT $400: In the 12th century B.C., hungry necropolis workers staged one of the earliest ones of these, demanding back pay a strike |
| #8033, aired 2019-07-10 | MNEMONICS $400: To distinguish these 2 cave formations:
the one containing a "C" hangs from the ceiling, the one with a "G" rises from the ground stalactites and stalagmites |
| #8029, aired 2019-07-04 | B.C. VIPs $1600: Farmer/soldier Cincinnatus saved ancient Rome, then refused to stay on as a dictator, preserving this Roman form of govt. the republic |
| #8029, aired 2019-07-04 | B.C. VIPs $5,200 (Daily Double): In 399 B.C. he told a jury, "I am not grieved, men of Athens, at this vote of condemnation" Socrates |
| #8027, aired 2019-07-02 | "SC"ILENT C $400: A fertile area in Mesopotamia is described as having this shape a crescent |
| #8027, aired 2019-07-02 | "SC"ILENT C $800: The British crown jewels include one of these "with cross" & one "with dove" a scepter |
| #8026, aired 2019-07-01 | QUEENS RULE! $800: Joan I was a 13th c. queen of Navarre, a land that controlled vital passes in these Franco-Spanish mountains the Pyrenees |
| #8026, aired 2019-07-01 | VILE QUOTES $1200: An 18th c. quote says, "A man who could make so vile" this 3-letter play on words "would not scruple to pick a pocket" a pun |
| #8024, aired 2019-06-27 | WOMEN SOLDIERS $800: Telesilla led an army defending Argos from a 490s B.C. attack by this warlike city-state Sparta |
| #8021, aired 2019-06-24 | SILENT LETTER BUT DEADLY $1000: A silent "C" is the second letter of this agricultural implement, Death's symbolic tool of the trade a scythe |
| #8019, aired 2019-06-20 | CAREER TRACK $1000: C.P.A. is the abbreviation for this job that can be a very taxing profession in April a certified public accountant |
| #8018, aired 2019-06-19 | THE D.C. UNIVERSE $400: A little birdie told me Dick Costolo became CEO of this social media site after a 2010 boardroom coup Twitter |
| #8018, aired 2019-06-19 | THE D.C. UNIVERSE $800: How powerful was this "D.C." vice president in D.C.? After he shot a guy in the face in 2006, the guy apologized to *him* Dick Cheney |
| #8015, aired 2019-06-14 | COMMUNICATION $800: A popular 21st c. communications device was named for this fruit because of its color & the buttons resembling seeds a BlackBerry |
| #8011, aired 2019-06-10 | OUT TO "C" $3,000 (Daily Double): In the United States, this type of transport helps half a million people in distress each year a medevac |
| #8010, aired 2019-06-07 | AMERICAN HISTORY $400: In August 1963 Martin Luther King gave his "I Have A Dream" speech at this Washington, D.C. landmark the Lincoln Memorial |
| #8007, aired 2019-06-04 | ALPHANUMERICS $2000: This plastic explosive needs a shock to go boom; match-lit, it burns slowly, & was used by Vietnam soldiers as a cooking fire C-4 |
| #8001, aired 2019-05-27 | FEELING ART "C" $400: This French-named technique involves sticking photos, papers or really anything onto a canvas or backing a collage |
| #8001, aired 2019-05-27 | FEELING ART "C" $800: MoMA has a series of 32 Andy Warhol paintings of these cans, including clam chowder & chicken noodle Campbell's soups |
| #8001, aired 2019-05-27 | FEELING ART "C" $1200: Botticelli painted Athena with this type of mythic creature a centaur |
| #8001, aired 2019-05-27 | FEELING ART "C" $2000: He was a master of chiaroscuro, the use of light & shadows to add drama to his canvases, as in "The Denial of Saint Peter" Caravaggio |
| #8000, aired 2019-05-24 | FAMOUS LEFTIES $1000: This artist famed for his "impossible constructions" like "Ascending and Descending" constructed them as a lefty M.C. Escher |
| #7995, aired 2019-05-17 | AND A BOOK $200: This author introduced the Pevensie children in "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" C.S. Lewis |
| #7995, aired 2019-05-17 | MVP! MVP! $1000: We get a kick out of Wayne Rooney, D.C. United's 2018 team MVP & also winner of the squad's coveted "Golden" this Golden Boot |
| #7993, aired 2019-05-15 | MATH, TEACHERS $800: The equation A(B + C) = AB + AC shows that multiplication is this with respect to addition distributive |
| #7993, aired 2019-05-15 | ANCIENT BATTLES $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a diagram of a battle on the monitor.) At the decisive 331 B.C. Battle of Gaugamela, Alexander the Great's phalanxes opened ranks to let these wheeled Persian weapons pass through, then wipe them out chariots |
| #7992, aired 2019-05-14 | THE MORE "C"OMMON WORD $800: Cudgel:
A short, heavy one of these a club |
| #7990, aired 2019-05-10 | "O-U" WORDS $1600: Studies suggest that a woman who uses this birthing support person is less likely to have a C-section a doula |
| #7988, aired 2019-05-08 | SPELL THE BEANS $400: A chocolate source--not the spelling Swiss Miss uses C-A-C-A-O |
| #7988, aired 2019-05-08 | "C" WHO SALUTES $3,000 (Daily Double): He fought under King Henry of Navarre before joining a 1603 expedition to Canada Samuel de Champlain |
| #7981, aired 2019-04-29 | THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR $1600: Some 800 American volunteers died fighting for the Loyalists, many as part of a battalion named for this 19th c. president the Abraham Lincoln battalion |
| #7980, aired 2019-04-26 | 1930s SLANG $400: Pay off a debt with a $100 bill & you've parted with one of these letter-word hyphenations a C-note |
| #7980, aired 2019-04-26 | CRAZY WEATHER WE'RE HAVING! $600: A S.C. man said this experience "cooks you from the inside out like being in a microwave" & says it's happened to him 11 times being struck by lightning |
| #7978, aired 2019-04-24 | ROMAN NAMES $1200: The name of this rebel who died in 71 B.C honors a Greek city Spartacus |
| #7976, aired 2019-04-22 | COMMUNITIES $1200: Though never a CEO, Barack Obama worked in his 20s in Chicago as a C.O., short for this community organizer |
| #7975, aired 2019-04-19 | PHRASE ORIGINS $1,800 (Daily Double): 19th c. exhibitions saw fire brigades competing either using water, or in one of these, now a term for a practice effort a dry run |
| #7974, aired 2019-04-18 | GREEK & ROMAN LIT $800: Concerning a war & its aftermath, these 2 great epics were written around the 8th century B.C. the Odyssey and the Iliad |
| #7967, aired 2019-04-09 | BEER $1000: The 1st brewers may have been this Mesopotamian people c. 6000 B.C.; they even had a goddess of beer, Ninkasi the Sumerians |
| #7960, aired 2019-03-29 | PHILOSOPHY $400: 18th c. ethics said actions of virtue are virtuous & actions of vice are this adjective, which today we use for a snarling dog vicious |
| #7957, aired 2019-03-26 | IT HAPPENED IN SOUTH AMERICA $600: These 2 Wild Bunch outlaws are said to have died c. 1909 in a few places; 1 possible checkout spot was near San Vicente, Bolivia Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid |
| #7940, aired 2019-03-01 | HISTORY WITH LESSER-KNOWN PAINTERS $2000: Adolph Menzel painted a concert with this great Prussian king on Flute & C.P.E. Bach at the keyboard Frederick the Great |
| #7940, aired 2019-03-01 | "E"PONYMOUS $7,400 (Daily Double): The plane truth is that this 2-word branch of math is named for a Greek who lived around 300 B.C. Euclidean geometry |
| #7938, aired 2019-02-27 | ART & ARTISTS $400: A first century B.C. writer said of sculptor Praxiteles that he imbued this material with the passions of the soul marble |
| #7938, aired 2019-02-27 | A WALK IN THE PARK $1000: Stop to enjoy the landscaping of Dumbarton Oaks park in this city D.C., or Washington, D.C. |
| #7938, aired 2019-02-27 | A LONG, LONG TIME AGO $1200: Don't call Ayla in "The Clan of the Cave Bear" a Neanderthal--she's this kind of human that emerged later, around 40,000 B.C. a Cro Magnon |
| #7935, aired 2019-02-22 | LET'S "C" SOME DANCING $400: This dance that shares its name with a Southern city was popularized by a 1923 Broadway show the Charleston |
| #7935, aired 2019-02-22 | LET'S "C" SOME DANCING $800: This dance calls for a line, as seen here the conga |
| #7935, aired 2019-02-22 | LET'S "C" SOME DANCING $1200: In the 1890s a woman known as la goulue was said to be Paris' best at this dance dance the can-can |
| #7935, aired 2019-02-22 | LET'S "C" SOME DANCING $1600: Bruno noted the "replacement hip action" of a "Dancing With the Stars" competitor in this dance dance dance the cha-cha-cha |
| #7935, aired 2019-02-22 | LET'S "C" SOME DANCING $2000: "La Bayadere" has 40 arabesques in the entrance for this group, a 3-word French term for a dance troupe's non-soloists the corps de ballet |
| #7931, aired 2019-02-18 | THE BILL OF RIGHTS $600: The 4th Amendment is very "P.C.", as this is needed before a warrant is issued or a place can be searched & stuff seized probable cause |
| #7931, aired 2019-02-18 | ANTEBELLUM $1600: When Rome booted a Carthaginian garrison on Sicily in the 200s B.C., the first of these conflicts was soon afoot the Punic Wars |
| #7927, aired 2019-02-12 | CLASSIC ADVENTURE NOVELS $1600: This C.S. Forester naval hero debuted in "Beat to Quarters" (a call to battle stations--not a chicken recipe instruction) (Horatio) Hornblower |
| #7926, aired 2019-02-11 | EMERALD $600: "Emerald Dawn" is a graphic novel fittingly featuring this ring-bearing D.C. superhero the Green Lantern |
| #7924, aired 2019-02-07 | THE GRAND TOUR $400: Young 18th c. Brits would take a grand tour of Europe, including crossing these mountains into Italy (carried in a chair) the Alps |
| #7924, aired 2019-02-07 | A MAN OF CONSTANT $2000: Per Viswanath's constant, if you randomize this number sequence named for a 13th c. Italian, it'll still follow a pattern Fibonacci |
| #7922, aired 2019-02-05 | FROM B TO C $400: Also a simple programming language, it means unoriginal or mainstream in modern slang basic |
| #7922, aired 2019-02-05 | FROM B TO C $600: It's a cockroach's least favorite acid boric acid |
| #7920, aired 2019-02-01 | RELIGIOUS LITERATURE $1600: In addition to his books featuring talking lions, this author also wrote "Out of the Silent Planet", a book of religious sci-fi C.S. Lewis |
| #7919, aired 2019-01-31 | I BEFORE E, AFTER C $200: One doing this hotel desk job might procure guests some show tickets a concierge |
| #7919, aired 2019-01-31 | "M.C." $400: The half of a credit card receipt that goes to the establishment you've patronized the merchant copy |
| #7919, aired 2019-01-31 | I BEFORE E, AFTER C $600: The Quakers are one "of Friends" a society |
| #7919, aired 2019-01-31 | I BEFORE E, AFTER C $1000: Spanish word for a farming estate; some are now luxury destinations a hacienda |
| #7919, aired 2019-01-31 | "M.C." $1600: On craigslist.org those who noticed each other & almost met but didn't, tried to reach out again under this forum a missed connection |
| #7919, aired 2019-01-31 | "M.C." $2000: Speaking of death in a famous soliloquy, Hamlet was worried about shuffling off one of these a mortal coil |
| #7918, aired 2019-01-30 | SPELLEMENTS $400: C C-A-R-B-O-N |
| #7918, aired 2019-01-30 | SPELLEMENTS $1200: Cd C-A-D-M-I-U-M |
| #7917, aired 2019-01-29 | HAMBURGERS $800: Karl Lagerfeld has designed at Chanel, with its double "C" symbol, & for five decades at this Italian house, using a double "F" Fendi |
| #7916, aired 2019-01-28 | THE TV BIZ $2000: A leading mag of the biz, founded in 1931 as Broadcasting, became Broadcasting & this in the '90s & now goes by B&C Broadcasting & Cable |
| #7914, aired 2019-01-24 | THAT'S SO "P.C." $800: The logo seen here belongs to a bestselling brand of these, around for more than 130 years playing cards |
| #7914, aired 2019-01-24 | THAT'S SO "P.C." $1000: It's a small room where violent patients or inmates are held so they can't hurt themselves a padded cell |
| #7914, aired 2019-01-24 | POTENT POE TALES $1600: A stolen document provides the title of this story featuring detective C. Auguste Dupin "The Purloined Letter" |
| #7913, aired 2019-01-23 | 1970s TV MOVIES $400: With George C. Scott as Rochester, a TV adaptation of this Bronte classic was filmed in part in Yorkshire Jane Eyre |
| #7909, aired 2019-01-17 | "C" IN COOKING $400: Latin for "heat" gives us the name of this type of dish that keeps food warm a chafing dish |
| #7909, aired 2019-01-17 | "C" IN COOKING $600: A famous movie quote is "Leave the gun. Take" this totally tubular dessert cannoli |
| #7909, aired 2019-01-17 | "C" IN COOKING $800: The root of this endive relative can be roasted & used as a coffee substitute chicory |
| #7907, aired 2019-01-15 | SEND ME A LETTER $200: At Harvard, this letter grade indicates "satisfactory comprehension of the course material" a C |
| #7903, aired 2019-01-09 | WHEEL OF JEOPARDY! $200: A board for when you are bored
_ _ C K _ _ M M _ _ backgammon |
| #7901, aired 2019-01-07 | A BIRD $2000: This man's 414 B.C. comedy "The Birds" features a chorus of them that directly addresses the audience Aristophanes |
| #7897, aired 2019-01-01 | MIDDLE "C" $400: A sophisticate city dweller, or a raincoat a slicker |
| #7897, aired 2019-01-01 | MIDDLE "C" $800: Right-o! This type of broad neck scarf was named after a British horse race an ascot |
| #7897, aired 2019-01-01 | MIDDLE "C" $1,200 (Daily Double): In the Old Testament, this book named for a prophet follows Jonah Micah |
| #7897, aired 2019-01-01 | MIDDLE "C" $1600: Here's one tree that thrives indoors a ficus |
| #7882, aired 2018-12-11 | DE-CAP-ITATE 'EM! $800: Take the "C-A-P" off a type of chicken & you get this preposition on |
| #7882, aired 2018-12-11 | BORN IN 1818 $1600: This abolitionist born a slave got a 200th birthday celebration at his national historic site in Washington, D.C. Frederick Douglass |
| #7882, aired 2018-12-11 | DE-CAP-ITATE 'EM! $1600: Cut "C-A-P" off a word meaning having the skill to do something & get this shorter word meaning the same thing ability (or able) |
| #7874, aired 2018-11-29 | ELEMENTAL U.S. PLACES $400: Silver Spring, Maryland is a suburb of this city Washington, D.C. |
| #7873, aired 2018-11-28 | ACCIDENTS OF HISTORY $400: Some say this British scientist never recovered from the burning of his papers c. 1690 when his dog upset a candle Newton |
| #7872, aired 2018-11-27 | THE WRITER SPEAKS $1000: This "Space Odyssey" author: "I predict that a new species could well appear on Earth--what I call Robo sapiens" Arthur C. Clarke |
| #7872, aired 2018-11-27 | LANGUAGE $2000: 2-word term for the language of the c. 990 poem "The Battle of Maldon", about a Viking-Saxon clash Old English |
| #7871, aired 2018-11-26 | RECENT NONFICTION $400: In "Inseparable", about these 19th c. twins, we learn the 4" band that joined them stretched to a freeing 6" late in life Siamese twins |
| #7870, aired 2018-11-23 | VISITING ATLANTA $1000: The Michael C. Carlos Museum is on the campus of this university named for a bishop Emory |
| #7861, aired 2018-11-12 | IN THE SPANISH DICTIONARY $600: Under C:
Castillo de arena is this, something you see at the beach a sandcastle |
| #7853, aired 2018-10-31 | THE FIRST MILLENNIUM $2000: Founded by the Fatimid dynasty c. 970 as a center of Islamic learning, al-Azhar Univ. is still going in this country Egypt |
| #7850, aired 2018-10-26 | PEOPLE $2,000 (Daily Double): In 2016 Carla Hayden became the first woman & first African-American in this D.C. post & naturally was sworn in on a book the Librarian of Congress |
| #7849, aired 2018-10-25 | CONQUISTADORS $1200: The conquistador-laden ships that landed at Darien in 1514 were called this, also the name of a later 16th c. Spanish fleet the Armada |
| #7846, aired 2018-10-22 | HERSTORY $200: Around 50 B.C. this queen was forced to flee Egypt to Syria, but she came back with an army a few years later Cleopatra |
| #7845, aired 2018-10-19 | C'EST LA TV $200: In 2017 he brought "All-Star" chefs back for a second chance to run one of his Vegas restaurants Gordon Ramsay |
| #7845, aired 2018-10-19 | C'EST LA TV $400: Robert Hewitt Wolfe & Brannon Braga co-wrote "A Fistful of Datas" in 1992, bringing the old West to this show's Holodeck Star Trek: Next Generation |
| #7845, aired 2018-10-19 | C'EST LA TV $800: Here's a not-so-small claim--she sold her 5,000-plus court show archive back to CBS for $95 mil, give or take Judge Judy |
| #7840, aired 2018-10-12 | C & C ALLITERATION FACTORY $400: Sometimes before a TV show, you'll see a "CC" indicating this sort of transcription closed caption |
| #7840, aired 2018-10-12 | C & C ALLITERATION FACTORY $600: When you CC a coworker on an e-mail, "CC" is short for this, representing bygone technology carbon copy |
| #7840, aired 2018-10-12 | C & C ALLITERATION FACTORY $800: Though legal, this blackjack strategy got Ben Affleck booted from a casino card counting |
| #7840, aired 2018-10-12 | C & C ALLITERATION FACTORY $2,500 (Daily Double): After a "La Fille du Regiment" performance, Pavarotti received 17 of them curtain calls |
| #7835, aired 2018-10-05 | POTPOURRI $1200: Ancient Olympians were nude, including in this sport introduced in 708 B.C. that has a move called the flying mare wrestling |
| #7829, aired 2018-09-27 | RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY BOOKS $2000: "Mere Christianity" was a non-fiction testament of faith by this novelist of fantastic children's tales C.S. Lewis |
| #7827, aired 2018-09-25 | LETTER PERFECT $400: It's used with dates to mean approximately or around that time a C |
| #7824, aired 2018-09-20 | 8-LETTER WORDS $4,000 (Daily Double): c. 1666 a British work used this word for a literal barrier; a 1971 text on operating system principles gave it a new sense a firewall |
| #7822, aired 2018-09-18 | TOMB RAIDER $2000: In the 1100s B.C. robbing of royal tombs in this ancient Upper Egyptian capital was already a problem Thebes |
| #7818, aired 2018-09-12 | OR BUST $800: Oh say can you see the bust of this lawyer, who became D.C.'s D.A. in 1833 (Francis Scott) Key |
| #7818, aired 2018-09-12 | OR BUST $1200: A bronze head of this man who became Rome's sole ruler in 27 B.C. was found in 1910 Augustus |
| #7817, aired 2018-09-11 | U.S. HISTORY $1000: On Feb. 1, 1960 4 students held a historic sit-in at a lunch counter in this N.C. city in protest over segregation Greensboro |
| #7815, aired 2018-07-27 | DEFUNCT SPORTS FRANCHISES $800: In the 1950s Washington, D.C. had a NBA team called this, like the current NHL team but spelled -ols the Capitols |
| #7813, aired 2018-07-25 | RELIGIOUS -ISMs $400: The 5th c. heresy Nestorianism held that he was 2 beings, 1 human & 1 divine, in a single body Jesus |
| #7813, aired 2018-07-25 | RELIGIOUS -ISMs $1200: Jansenism was a 17th c. movement within Catholicism that emphasized this condition of humankind--thanks a lot, Adam original sin |
| #7810, aired 2018-07-20 | GET ME REWRITE! $1000: An 18th c. Philly printer put out a work called simply "Encyclopaedia", with less London bias & this title word removed Britannica |
| #7810, aired 2018-07-20 | LANGUAGE $1600: (Kelly shows two French words on the monitor.) In French words like garçon & français, this diacritical mark goes under the "C" to soften it to an "S" sound, not a "K" sound a cedilla |
| #7810, aired 2018-07-20 | "C" YOU IN THE FUNNY PAPERS $1600: "Thin Thighs in Thirty Years" is a collection about her from Ms. Guisewite Cathy |
| #7810, aired 2018-07-20 | "C" YOU IN THE FUNNY PAPERS $2000: It's about a grumpy bus driver Crankshaft |
| #7802, aired 2018-07-10 | LITERARY TYPES $800: The actions of a crewman under 18th c. captain George Shelvocke were an inspiration for this Coleridge poem "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" |
| #7801, aired 2018-07-09 | ANCIENT ROME $400: Around 509 B.C. the Romans formed this kingless type of government mentioned in the U.S. pledge of allegiance a republic |
| #7787, aired 2018-06-19 | WORLD HISTORY $200: Around 200 B.C. an anonymous Chinese innovator froze rice, milk & spices in a paste, creating a type of this dessert ice cream |
| #7786, aired 2018-06-18 | 4-LETTER WORDS $1600: A Washington, D.C. university honors this policy expert "of the year" wonk |
| #7781, aired 2018-06-11 | "C" IT NOW $400: The front section of a semi where the driver sits a cab |
| #7781, aired 2018-06-11 | "C" IT NOW $800: This word for a school ground is from Latin for "field" campus |
| #7781, aired 2018-06-11 | "C" IT NOW $1600: A judge in his private chamber, not in open court, is said to be "in" this in camera |
| #7781, aired 2018-06-11 | "C" IT NOW $2000: It's the typical sailors' & pirates' weapon seen here a cutlass |
| #7780, aired 2018-06-08 | ITALY BEFORE THE ROMANS $1,000 (Daily Double): Around 600 B.C. the Insubres, a tribe in northern Italy, founded Mediolanum, today this city Milan |
| #7778, aired 2018-06-06 | WORLD HISTORY $1,000 (Daily Double): In the 400s B.C. Greek cities like Thebes & Megara had not a monarchy but this form of rule by a small group an oligarchy |
| #7775, aired 2018-06-01 | SPY STUFF $1200: It's not just in movies: D.C.'s International Spy Museum has these disguised as pens, lighters & from around 1950, a watch a camera |
| #7760, aired 2018-05-11 | LET'S HAVE A GARAGE SALE $600: A copy of this book printed in mid-15th c. Germany has gone for over $5 million; maybe rethink tagging it for $8 the Gutenberg Bible |
| #7752, aired 2018-05-01 | SCIENCE FRICTION $2,800 (Daily Double): In a 19th c. spat in this field, O.C. Marsh won a round when it turned out E.D. Cope had put an elasmosaurus skull on the tail paleontology |
| #7749, aired 2018-04-26 | ITALIAN LITERATURE $4,000 (Daily Double): The 1st known one was written c. 1235 by Giacomo da Lentini; Petrarch wrote several to the unattainable Laura a sonnet |
| #7747, aired 2018-04-24 | ALL GOOD THINGS $400: First made by a 17th c. monk, this fine champagne can go for $1,200 for a 1964 magnum Dom Perignon |
| #7745, aired 2018-04-20 | SUMMER JOB IDEAS $1600: Too hot & humid? Spend your days cruising in A/C for this delivery app Postmates |
| #7737, aired 2018-04-10 | B.C.-ING YOU $1,200 (Daily Double): Called the "Father of History", he wrote a long account of the Greco-Persian Wars Herodotus |
| #7737, aired 2018-04-10 | AP JOURNALISM $2000: The AP requires fixes to a story after publication to be marked with this "C" word, not weaselisms like "clarification" correction |
| #7732, aired 2018-04-03 | DOLL COLLECTING $1000: 19th c. Kammer & Reinhardt dolls often have wood bodies but heads of bisque, a type of this material porcelain |
| #7730, aired 2018-03-30 | R.C. $400: It's not just a (game) theory--he played mathematician John Nash in "A Beautiful Mind" Russell Crowe |
| #7730, aired 2018-03-30 | R.C. $1000: This author's story "What We Talk About When We Talk About Love" is adapted as a stage play in the film "Birdman" Raymond Carver |
| #7730, aired 2018-03-30 | PLAYING THE PALLADIUM $2000: You may have palladium in your pocket; cell phones use it in the ceramic type of this "C" device that stores electricity a capacitor |
| #7729, aired 2018-03-29 | THAT'S NOT FLYING! $1600: The flying this reptile goes from a "J" shape to an "S" shape to a "C" shape to get air a snake |
| #7728, aired 2018-03-28 | MYSTERIOUS WORDS $2000: O say can you "C" this puzzling word that may involve puns? Oh, it's a... a conundrum |
| #7726, aired 2018-03-26 | GEOGRAPHIC SPELLING BEE $1200: It's Paraguay's largest city A-S-U-N-C-I-O-N |
| #7724, aired 2018-03-22 | NEWS OF 2017 $800: Soprano Audrey Luna hit the note known as A above this, a first in Metropolitan Opera history high C |
| #7721, aired 2018-03-19 | MUST "C" TV $400: A Red Sox pitcher & coach were bartenders on this series Cheers |
| #7721, aired 2018-03-19 | MUST "C" TV $600: Matt Smith plays a young Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, on this Netflix series The Crown |
| #7721, aired 2018-03-19 | MUST "C" TV $1000: Crack addict Tyrone Biggums was a recurring character on this sketch comedy series Chappelle's Show |
| #7720, aired 2018-03-16 | AFTER THE VICE PRESIDENCY $1200: Falling out with President Jackson, Veep John C. Calhoun resigned & returned to being a senator for this Southern state South Carolina |
| #7717, aired 2018-03-13 | POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY $1200: The origin of modern conservatism is thinking this 18th c. revolution was a really bad idea the French Revolution |
| #7716, aired 2018-03-12 | EDUCATION $400: 19th c. teacher James Pillans boasted of being among the first to have students make chalk markings on this a slate (or blackboard) |
| #7716, aired 2018-03-12 | EDUCATION $3,000 (Daily Double): There was a 21st C. boom in boot camps for this activity, a less scary version of computer programming coding |
| #7714, aired 2018-03-08 | CHINESE EMPERORS $400: In the 200s B.C. Emperor Zheng connected a number of fortresses into what became this single system the Great Wall of China |
| #7713, aired 2018-03-07 | SUFFRAGETTE CITY $600: In 1913 Alice Paul arranged for a demonstration of over 5,000 women before this man's inauguration in D.C. Wilson |
| #7712, aired 2018-03-06 | ELECTRICITY $2000: Electric fields have values expressed in N/C, newtons per this other unit named for a physicist coulomb |
| #7711, aired 2018-03-05 | YOU GET A "C" $400: It can refer to blocked nasal passages or crowded traffic congestion |
| #7711, aired 2018-03-05 | YOU GET A "C" $800: An official in a town who made public announcements a town crier |
| #7711, aired 2018-03-05 | YOU GET A "C" $1200: This adjective for the married state often precedes "bliss" conjugal |
| #7711, aired 2018-03-05 | YOU GET A "C" $1600: This word refers to how polite I'm being to you at the dinner party, or to the sweet after-dinner drink you're sipping on cordial |
| #7711, aired 2018-03-05 | YOU GET A "C" $2000: This Brazilian martial art incorporates elements of dance & music capoeira |
| #7704, aired 2018-02-22 | PLACES TO "C" $600: This L.A. suburb settled in 1867 came straight outta an 18th century Spanish land grant Compton |
| #7703, aired 2018-02-21 | "C" THE FLOWERS $400: The daisy-like flowers of this herb are used to make a calming tea chamomile |
| #7703, aired 2018-02-21 | "C" THE FLOWERS $600: The rose seen here is nicknamed this for its resemblance to a head of one cabbage |
| #7703, aired 2018-02-21 | "C" THE FLOWERS $800: It's also known as a trumpet lily a calla lily |
| #7703, aired 2018-02-21 | "C" THE FLOWERS $1000: Linnaeus named this pretty flower for a Jesuit missionary camellia |
| #7701, aired 2018-02-19 | TAYLOR MADE $1200: Jack C. Taylor lived long & prospered, starting this rent-a-car- co. with 7 vehicles in 1957 Enterprise |
| #7700, aired 2018-02-16 | TAKE A LETTER $1000: It was the middle initial of vice president John Calhoun a C |
| #7699, aired 2018-02-15 | WHAT'S FOR BREAKFAST? $400: It was created as a health food in the 19th c. & returned to tables as Heartland Natural Cereal in 1972 granola |
| #7698, aired 2018-02-14 | EDISON: THE LIGHT & THE DARK $1000: To discredit the A.C. power system, Edison tried to make this tycoon's name synonymous with electrocution Westinghouse |
| #7696, aired 2018-02-12 | C.C. & ME $400: 1500 was a bad year for this explorer: he was sent back home in chains by Francisco de Bobadilla, his replacement Christopher Columbus |
| #7696, aired 2018-02-12 | WORLD WAR I LITERATURE $400: R.C. Sherriff's "Journey's End" is set in a dugout connected to one of these, which have come to symbolize the war a trench |
| #7696, aired 2018-02-12 | FITNESS ABBREV. $400: C&J is this overhead lift a clean and jerk |
| #7696, aired 2018-02-12 | DUMB CRIMINALS $600: At a hockey game, a Fargo man with a .314 B.A.C. crashed into the boards driving this, yelling for AC/DC to perform a Zamboni |
| #7696, aired 2018-02-12 | C.C. & ME $2000: Here is Herbert Hoover with this man, the vice-president whom Hoover largely ignored Charles Curtis |
| #7693, aired 2018-02-07 | THE WASHINGTON POST $400: Donald L. Neiffer is the chief one of these doctors at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C. veterinarian |
| #7693, aired 2018-02-07 | AUTHORS' FICTIONAL PLACES $1000: Calormen--it's south of a more famous land C. S. Lewis |
| #7692, aired 2018-02-06 | MEMORIALS $800: Danvers, Massachusetts has a memorial for those who died after being accused of this in the late 17th c. witchcraft |
| #7688, aired 2018-01-31 | THE PHARAOHS $400: At 9 he was the youngest pharaoh in history & his sarcophagus from the 1300s B.C. is a classic symbol of Ancient Egypt King Tut |
| #7688, aired 2018-01-31 | NICKNAMES FOR NATIVES $600: This nickname for residents of N.C. may derive from a Civil War regiment that stubbornly held their position as if glued down Tar Heels |
| #7687, aired 2018-01-30 | EVERY YEAR $1600: Hampton, S.C. has been holding a warm-weather festival in honor of these large gourd fruits since 1939 watermelons |
| #7681, aired 2018-01-22 | FROM "C" TO "D" $800: Ambrose Bierce defined this as "one who, in a perilous emergency, thinks with his legs" a coward |
| #7681, aired 2018-01-22 | FROM "C" TO "D" $1600: It's another name for a canine tooth a cuspid |
| #7679, aired 2018-01-18 | PRISONER OF WAR CAMPS $5,000 (Daily Double): The only president who had been a P.O.W., he was held in Camden, S.C. by the British while just a teenager in 1781 Andrew Jackson |
| #7677, aired 2018-01-16 | GETTING POSSESSIVE $200: Stoddard's Way was a religious innovation in 17th c. New England allowing anyone to receive this during mass communion |
| #7677, aired 2018-01-16 | ANCIENT TIMES $400: Still in use, China's "Grand" one of these man-made waterways may date back to the 300s B.C. a canal |
| #7677, aired 2018-01-16 | HARD "C" $400: One gardening encyclopedia says it's a name for generally obnoxious weeds, particularly in lawns crabgrass |
| #7677, aired 2018-01-16 | ANCIENT TIMES $800: This Egyptian port was founded around 332 B.C. by--well, let's just say by a pretty great guy Alexandria |
| #7677, aired 2018-01-16 | HARD "C" $800: This word for a harsh discordance of sound comes from the Greek for "bad sound" cacophony |
| #7677, aired 2018-01-16 | ANCIENT TIMES $1200: Though we have no writings of his, this Greek who died in 399 B.C. invented a little thing called moral philosophy Socrates |
| #7677, aired 2018-01-16 | HARD "C" $1600: English chemist Humphry Davy figured out how this element works as a bleaching agent chlorine |
| #7677, aired 2018-01-16 | HARD "C" $2000: A pale blue porcelain glaze is called this, a French phrase meaning moonlight clair de lune |
| #7676, aired 2018-01-15 | STREET SMARTS $400: (Alex presents the clue from the Canadian Embassy in Washington, D.C.) Reflecting the close relationship that exists between our two countries, Canada is the only one to have its embassy on a section of this stately Washington avenue that connects the White House to the U.S. Capitol Pennsylvania |
| #7673, aired 2018-01-10 | PUTTING UP A SMOKE SCREEN $1600: Dating back to the 1600s B.C., this long fortification used smoke mounds to send military communications the Great Wall of China |
| #7673, aired 2018-01-10 | PUTTING UP A SMOKE SCREEN $2000: Early in the 20th c. the original "smoke-filled room" in a Chicago hotel chose him as the GOP nominee & soon, the pres. Warren Harding |
| #7670, aired 2018-01-05 | -ISMS & -OLOGIES $4,000 (Daily Double): 19th c. English physician John Snow's knowledge of chloroform & ether made him a master of this -ology anesthesiology |
| #7664, aired 2017-12-28 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $400: Starting c. 600 there were fewer free peasants & more of these lowliest people, bonded to a nobleman's estate serfs |
| #7661, aired 2017-12-25 | THERE IS ROOM ON THAT BOARD! $2000: If you're the vice president or chief justice, there's a spot for you on this D.C. institution's Board of Regents the Smithsonian |
| #7660, aired 2017-12-22 | SCULPTURE $800: Doctors' offices can have nice art & this organization put a 10-ton Louise Nevelson sculpture outside its D.C. building American Medical Association |
| #7658, aired 2017-12-20 | SANTA CLAUS IS COMIN' TO TOWN $200: Mr. C is flying down I-15 to a 5,000-room hotel in this seat of Clark County, 'cause Santa's feelin' lucky! Las Vegas |
| #7651, aired 2017-12-11 | HOME SWEET HOME $1600: In 1889 a member of this family began building a little country home in N.C., the 250-room Biltmore House the Vanderbilts |
| #7650, aired 2017-12-08 | FROM B TO C $200: Hollywood slang for a movie that tells the story of a real person's life a biopic |
| #7650, aired 2017-12-08 | FROM B TO C $400: Quarterback Jameis Winston, or any other member of the NFL's Tampa Bay team Buc |
| #7650, aired 2017-12-08 | FROM B TO C $600: In the name of a rodeo riding event, it follows saddle bronc |
| #7650, aired 2017-12-08 | FROM B TO C $1000: This temporary military encampment is often set up without shelter or protection from enemy fire a bivouac |
| #7649, aired 2017-12-07 | THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR BIOGRAPHY $1600: Samuel Eliot Morison won a 1960 Pulitzer for his bio of this reformed slaver & 18th c. American naval hero John Paul Jones |
| #7648, aired 2017-12-06 | PUT A "LID" ON IT $800: In the 19th c. a medical journal defined a chronic one as having been incapacitated by disease for the duties of life an invalid |
| #7647, aired 2017-12-05 | HALLS OF FAME $400: J.C. Hall co-founded this greeting card company that has a Hall of Fame all its own Hallmark |
| #7645, aired 2017-12-01 | MEDIEVAL FOLKS WHO COULD WRITE $800: Scholars have identified monks with this job who wrote out the Book of Kells, but only know them as Hands A, B & C scribes |
| #7639, aired 2017-11-23 | REBEL WITHOUT A PULSE $400: I'm this man from Thrace who led a 90,000-man slave rebellion vs. Rome until his death in 71 B.C.--No! I'm this man! Spartacus |
| #7636, aired 2017-11-20 | LITERATURE, SCIENCE & THE ARTS $800: Known for his portraits of full-figured ladies, this 17th c. Flemish artist painted 20+ large pictures of Marie de Medicis Rubens |
| #7636, aired 2017-11-20 | THE PERSIAN PAST $2000: Around 550 B.C. this great king founded the Persian empire by overthrowing Astyages, king of the Medes Cyrus the Great |
| #7635, aired 2017-11-17 | HISTORIC OBJECTS $200: Over 5 feet long, one of these in Stirling, Scotland is claimed to be the personal weapon of 13th c. Scottish leader Wm. Wallace a sword |
| #7631, aired 2017-11-13 | LIGHT UP A CIGAR $400: Brownish-red cigars are classed as "C", standing for this Spanish word, also a U.S. state colorado |
| #7631, aired 2017-11-13 | QUEEN-SIZED $600: As queen of Egypt in the 1300s B.C., she played a prominent role in the cult of the sun god Aton Nefertiti |
| #7630, aired 2017-11-10 | PLAYING MIDDLE C $400: A division of an opera an act |
| #7630, aired 2017-11-10 | PLAYING MIDDLE C $800: Fancy schmancy private cruising vessel a yacht |
| #7630, aired 2017-11-10 | PLAYING MIDDLE C $1200: To surpass others, perhaps at making a spreadsheet to excel |
| #7630, aired 2017-11-10 | PLAYING MIDDLE C $1600: An agitator, with or without "agent" in front of it a provocateur |
| #7630, aired 2017-11-10 | PLAYING MIDDLE C $2000: A dense growth of bushes a thicket |
| #7626, aired 2017-11-06 | B.C. PLACES $2000: Hattusa, a vast fortress city, served as the capital of this empire that covered most of ancient Anatolia the Hittite Empire |
| #7624, aired 2017-11-02 | BRIDGE ACROSS THE "C" $1,000 (Daily Double): The Matadi suspension bridge traverses this big river in a certain democratic republic the Congo |
| #7624, aired 2017-11-02 | BRIDGE ACROSS THE "C" $2000: Austin's Pennybacker Bridge offers a picturesque view of this river the Colorado |
| #7619, aired 2017-10-26 | REAL PEOPLE ON QUARTERS $400: A quarter honors his national historic site in Washington, D.C., & on the back is the man himself Frederick Douglass |
| #7617, aired 2017-10-24 | HOLD MY BEER $400: A man named Sebastian was actually the 18th c. brewmaster who founded this Belgian "star" brand Stella Artois |
| #7614, aired 2017-10-19 | THE BAKER $400: 18th c. builder William Baker lent his name to a street most famous as the home of this character Sherlock Holmes |
| #7614, aired 2017-10-19 | WASHINGTON, D.C. $600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents the clue from the National Mall in Washington, D.C.) Because the ground is firmer, the Washington Monument was placed here, instead of at a spot in the center of the original D.C., as planned by this designer of the city (Pierre) L'Enfant |
| #7614, aired 2017-10-19 | WASHINGTON, D.C. $1,000 (Daily Double): This 3-word motto is on D.C. license plates to protest its lack of voting rights; a 2016 proposal is start the motto "end" "Taxation Without Representation" |
| #7612, aired 2017-10-17 | ANCIENT WISDOM $1600: In the 4th century B.C., Aristotle said that "man is by nature" this type of "animal" a political animal |
| #7611, aired 2017-10-16 | NEWBERY MEDAL WINNERS $600: "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" tells the tale of a young 18th c. sailor who masters & improves this science of guiding a ship navigation |
| #7605, aired 2017-10-06 | 19th CENTURY WOMEN AUTHORS $1200: Henrik Ibsen was influenced by Camilla Collett, a 19th c. novelist & women's rights advocate in this, their home country Norway |
| #7604, aired 2017-10-05 | SPORTS STUFF $2,000 (Daily Double): The PGA says that this sports term dates to a 19th c. song about a monster who cackled, "Catch me if you can" a bogey |
| #7601, aired 2017-10-02 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $2000: The song "My Dog Has Fleas" is often used to tune its 4 strings, G-C-E-A a ukulele |
| #7600, aired 2017-09-29 | NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WINNING WORDS $800: In 1948 the winning word was this medical branch that deals with the treatment & prevention of mental illness P-S-Y-C-H-I-A-T-R-Y |
| #7600, aired 2017-09-29 | NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WINNING WORDS $1200: In 1981 Paige Pipkin buried the competition with this word for an ancient stone coffin S-A-R-C-O-P-H-A-G-U-S |
| #7595, aired 2017-09-22 | TIME FOR A DRINK $400: I'm gonna party like it's 44 "B.C."! Mix me one of these, a Bloody Mary with clamato rather than tomato juice a Bloody Caesar |
| #7594, aired 2017-09-21 | ONE-NAMED AUTHORS $800: Moliere dominated 17th c. theatre with works like "Tartuffe", "The Miser" & this 1666 play about a true hater Le Misanthrope |
| #7594, aired 2017-09-21 | ONE-NAMED AUTHORS $1200: This Roman poet's "Art of Love" from around 1 B.C. is a hedonistic seduction manual still useful today Ovid |
| #7586, aired 2017-09-11 | "A-C"/"D-C" $200: It means "severe", as in "we have to resort to" these "measures" drastic |
| #7586, aired 2017-09-11 | "A-C"/"D-C" $400: Term for someone who can't remember who he is amnesiac |
| #7586, aired 2017-09-11 | "A-C"/"D-C" $600: Late in 2016 President Obama expelled from the U.S. several Russian members of this corps the diplomatic corps |
| #7586, aired 2017-09-11 | REJECTED GREETING CARDS $600: "Tummyache? Next time, take a close look at" this "C" food "casino", made with wine, Parmesan & bacon clams |
| #7586, aired 2017-09-11 | "A-C"/"D-C" $800: Meaning "antiquated", it has nothing to do with a Biblical boat archaic |
| #7586, aired 2017-09-11 | "A-C"/"D-C" $1000: St. Nilus of Ancyra was AKA Nilus the this type of monk who lives simply ascetic |
| #7584, aired 2017-07-27 | LET'S ALL GO TO THE LIBRARY $1600: Have a cup of coffee before taking in this D.C. Shakespeare library's 255,000 books & 55,000 manuscripts Folger |
| #7582, aired 2017-07-25 | BAWLERS $1000: Will Ferrell & John C. Reilly dissolve into tears when their folks announce they're getting a divorce in this comedy Step Brothers |
| #7582, aired 2017-07-25 | THE EMPIRE STRIKES OUT $1600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) Seen at its height around 500 B.C., this empire once led by Darius I ended in 330 B.C. at the hands of Alexander the Great Persia |
| #7580, aired 2017-07-21 | ANCIENT COINS $400: A tiny silver denarius coin from around 32 B.C. depicts both Mark Antony & her Cleopatra |
| #7580, aired 2017-07-21 | ANCIENT COINS $1200: Around 43 B.C this assassin issued a coin with his image on one side & 2 daggers & "Ides of March" on the other Brutus |
| #7579, aired 2017-07-20 | HISTORICAL CHESS PIECES $200: 14th c. knight Sir John Hawkwood served England, Florence, Pisa & Milan as this type of paid soldier a mercenary |
| #7578, aired 2017-07-19 | DOWN TO A "SCIENCE" $800: C'mon, we're only talking the Titan II & Saturn V! It's not this! Wait! It totally is! rocket science |
| #7578, aired 2017-07-19 | LITERARY THREESOMES $2000: In his Pulitzer Prize-winning play "Three Tall Women", the women are not known by names but by the letters A, B & C Edward Albee |
| #7575, aired 2017-07-14 | ICYMI $600: Mexico's first Trump-era IPO was a success for this tequila company named for an 18th c. señor Jose Cuervo |
| #7574, aired 2017-07-13 | HOW INVENTIVE $1600: In 1679 Denis Papin invented the steam digester, the forerunner of this very "P.C." kitchen appliance a pressure cooker |
| #7573, aired 2017-07-12 | THE PITTSBURGH ADDRESS $800: In 1948 this general told the Chamber of Commerce, "Business has a special stake in European recovery" (George C.) Marshall |
| #7569, aired 2017-07-06 | A SPARKLE QUIZ $800: Of the 4 "C"s of the diamond world, the facets created by this one really help the gems sparkle with light cut |
| #7568, aired 2017-07-05 | STUPID ANSWERS $600: (Hi, I'm Louis C.K.) I won a 2014 Emmy for writing the "So Did the Fat Lady" episode of this FX series of mine Louie |
| #7567, aired 2017-07-04 | ON JULY 4th $600: Discovered by British explorers in 1584, this N.C. island would later witness a series of strange disappearances Roanoke |
| #7567, aired 2017-07-04 | LOOK AT THOSE CURVES $1600: A curve is named for this 17th c. French philosopher & geometer who challenged Pierre de Fermat to find its tangent René Descartes |
| #7565, aired 2017-06-30 | CANADA 150 $400: (Alex presents from the Canadian embassy in Washington, D.C.) Canada's sesquicentennial celebrates the 150th anniversary of the British North America Act of 1867, which joined Nova Scotia & New Brunswick to Ontario & this province in a single dominion under the British monarch Quebec |
| #7565, aired 2017-06-30 | CANADA 150 $800: (Alex presents from the Canadian embassy in Washington, D.C.) In 1964 the country was divided over the selection of a new flag, but when Parliament ended months of bitter dispute with the selection of this now familiar maple leaf design, the members got together, and in a show of national unity, sang this anthem that was itself only officially adopted in 1980 "O Canada" |
| #7565, aired 2017-06-30 | CANADA 150 $2000: (Alex presents from the Canadian embassy in Washington, D.C.) Canada is both a parliamentary democracy headed by a prime minister and a constitution monarchy, headed by Her Majesty, the Queen, who is represented in the country by someone in this largely ceremonial post governor general |
| #7565, aired 2017-06-30 | CANADA 150 $3,500 (Daily Double): (Alex presents from the Canadian embassy in Washington, D.C.) The embassy's art collection includes a reminder of the warm relations between Canada & this country; during World War II, Canada helped provide refuge for its royal family, including the young Princess Beatrix, & later, Canada helped liberate this country from Nazi rule the Netherlands |
| #7563, aired 2017-06-28 | AFRICAN AMERICANS $800: (I'm D.C. mayor Muriel Bowser.) On January 2, 1975 Walter Washington became D.C.'s first elected mayor in a century as he was sworn in by this fellow Howard University alumnus Thurgood Marshall |
| #7559, aired 2017-06-22 | LOW TECH $1000: c. 1100 it was found that these generators work better with blades turning on a horizontal rather than a vertical axis windmills |
| #7559, aired 2017-06-22 | THE YOUNG POPE $1600: In 27 B.C. a Roman of this name became Emperor Augustus; in 955 a Roman of this name became the teen Pope John XII Octavian |
| #7555, aired 2017-06-16 | A LONG TIME AGO IN AMERICA $1600: By about 9,000 B.C., many large animals in North America were extinct, including this "breast tooth" species a mastodon |
| #7554, aired 2017-06-15 | U.S. MUSEUMS $800: This museum in Washington, D.C. includes a Hall of Witness & a Hall of Remembrance the Holocaust Museum |
| #7552, aired 2017-06-13 | SAILING STORIES $2000: In a C.S. Lewis work, King Caspian & the kids sail the seas aboard this title vessel the Dawn Treader |
| #7543, aired 2017-05-31 | SOME FASHION CENTS $2000: A crocodile lady bag PM from the French house named for this 19th c. trunk maker would set you back a mere $54,500 Louis Vuitton |
| #7540, aired 2017-05-26 | LIBERTY $800: In 1857 she led her parents out of Maryland to freedom & from 1863 to 1865 served in S.C. as a scout for Union forces (Harriet) Tubman |
| #7540, aired 2017-05-26 | BULLET POINTS $1000: The single bullet that killed Abraham Lincoln was fired by a .44 caliber type of this 19th c. pocket pistol a derringer |
| #7536, aired 2017-05-22 | THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL $200: (Alley Mills and Dick Christie give the clue as Pamela and Charlie from The Bold and the Beautiful.)
"You go ahead, Charlie, I'll be home in a few hours."
"Pammy, do I need to steal you away like this beautiful Grecian woman abducted by Paris around 1100 B.C." Helen of Troy |
| #7536, aired 2017-05-22 | THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL $1000: (Heather Tom and Thorsten Kaye give the clue as Katie and Ridge from The Bold and the Beautiful.) "Ridge, why are you still concealing the truth?" "Because, Katie, it is our secret to reveal, no one else's. & I'll stand behind that like Leonidas & his 300 men at this famous mountain pass in the 5th century B.C." Thermopylae |
| #7530, aired 2017-05-12 | GRADE THAT WORD $200: This abbreviation for a method of child delivery earns a middling mark C-section |
| #7522, aired 2017-05-02 | ART "C" $1200: His relative by marriage James Ives served as a partner of their lithographic firm (Nathaniel) Currier |
| #7519, aired 2017-04-27 | ROMAN BRITAIN $800: This leader liked raiding Britain so much in 55 B.C., he tried again a year later Julius Caesar |
| #7513, aired 2017-04-19 | SOCIETY $1000: It's the small group at the top; C. Wright Mills said a "power" one really runs things in America the elite |
| #7509, aired 2017-04-13 | ANCIENT HISTORY $800: In the 1200s B.C., warring Egyptians & Hittites produced the document seen here, said to be the first of these in history a peace treaty |
| #7505, aired 2017-04-07 | LIGHTHOUSES $3,000 (Daily Double): This N.C. cape's lighthouse, the USA's tallest at 200 feet, was used as a lookout tower for German subs in WWII Cape Hatteras |
| #7504, aired 2017-04-06 | MARITIME FLAGS OF CONVENIENCE $2000: The relative calm in this West African country after the fall of Charles Taylor has made it a popular F.O.C. nation once more Liberia |
| #7501, aired 2017-04-03 | WHERE ART THOU? $200: In Murphy, N.C., climbing a hillside where these Old Testament injunctions are written in 4'-by-5' letters the Ten Commandments |
| #7501, aired 2017-04-03 | ON THE LISZT $800: Liszt, the 19th c. equivalent of a rock star, was played by this frontman of The Who in the movie "Lisztomania" (Roger) Daltrey |
| #7498, aired 2017-03-29 | IT'S EPIC $1,400 (Daily Double): This Roman poet wrote his own epic around 19 B.C. & in 1321 A.D. appeared as a character in one Virgil |
| #7497, aired 2017-03-28 | PLAY TIME $400: This mythic woman launched some ships & a play by Euripides in 412 B.C. Helen of Troy |
| #7496, aired 2017-03-27 | THE BUSY BUSINESSMAN $400: Who wastes breath saying this startup-funding person? Just call him a V.C. venture capitalist |
| #7492, aired 2017-03-21 | "C" ALL THE ANIMALS $200: The National Institutes of Health has sent most of its 360 of these lab apes to a swinging retirement home chimpanzees |
| #7492, aired 2017-03-21 | "C" ALL THE ANIMALS $400: This wild dog of North America is also known as a prairie wolf or brush wolf a coyote |
| #7492, aired 2017-03-21 | "C" ALL THE ANIMALS $600: Orinoco is one species of this river-dwelling reptile a crocodile |
| #7492, aired 2017-03-21 | "C" ALL THE ANIMALS $800: Unlike most parrots, this parrot of Australia & New Guinea can raise & lower its crest of feathers a cockatoo |
| #7492, aired 2017-03-21 | "C" ALL THE ANIMALS $1000: This rodent of Panama & South America can weigh as much as 100 pounds & grow to 4 feet in length a capybara |
| #7482, aired 2017-03-07 | AMERICAN LIVES $4,000 (Daily Double): Manteo, a Native American, helped establish this colony in N.C.; when its colonists went missing, so did he Roanoke |
| #7480, aired 2017-03-03 | THE DREADED SPELLING CATEGORY $800: Medical condition characterized by involuntary sleeping N-A-R-C-O-L-E-P-S-Y |
| #7478, aired 2017-03-01 | PLUS "C" $400: A "C" added to this kitchen fixture gives you this term for a group of witches coven and oven |
| #7478, aired 2017-03-01 | A SMALL COLLEGE $400: This D.C. schools says it's "the world's only university designed to be barrier-free for deaf & hard of hearing students" Gallaudet |
| #7478, aired 2017-03-01 | PLUS "C" $800: A "C" inserted into this factual word gives you this temporary cessation of military action true and truce |
| #7478, aired 2017-03-01 | PLUS "C" $1200: Combine a "C" with this word meaning difficult & you get this Swiss vegetable hard and chard |
| #7478, aired 2017-03-01 | PLUS "C" $1600: Join a "C" to what's seen on the left to get this weapon seen on the right lane and lance |
| #7478, aired 2017-03-01 | PLUS "C" $2000: Insert a "C" into this charged atom & get this object of veneration in the Eastern Orthodox church ion and icon |
| #7477, aired 2017-02-28 | ROBOTS $200: These 2 robots from a galaxy far, far away first appeared in a 1977 hit movie R2-D2 & C-3PO |
| #7477, aired 2017-02-28 | ABBREV. $800: The Federal Circuit has one of these intermediate bodies, C.O.A. for short court of appeals |
| #7477, aired 2017-02-28 | ANCIENT BATTLES $1200: 7,000 Thebans at the Battle of Leuctra in 371 B.C. broke the power this Greek city had enjoyed for a generation Sparta |
| #7476, aired 2017-02-27 | THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY & CULTURE $200: (Alex gives the clue from the Nat'l Museum of African American History & Culture in Washington, D.C.) Dismantled at its original location on Edisto Island, South Carolina, & now restored & a centerpiece of the museum, this cabin dates back to the early days of slavery but was used well into the 20th century, with residents picking as much as 100 pounds a day of this crop cotton |
| #7476, aired 2017-02-27 | THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY & CULTURE $400: (Alex gives the clue from the Nat'l Museum of African American History & Culture in Washington, D.C.) Guests at the opening ceremony for the museum included these men who trained in Alabama as part of this World War II group of aviators who escorted over 200 bombing missions with the loss of just a handful of bombers the Tuskegee Airmen |
| #7476, aired 2017-02-27 | THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY & CULTURE $600: (Alex gives the clue from the Nat'l Museum of African American History & Culture in Washington, D.C.) He was known to always carry a Bible, & the small one displayed here likely belonged to this preacher & slave rebellion leader, who may have been carrying it when he was captured in 1831 Nat Turner |
| #7476, aired 2017-02-27 | THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY & CULTURE $800: (Alex gives the clue from the Nat'l Museum of African American History & Culture in Washington, D.C.) Among the museum's largest artifacts is a railroad car whose colored section had no luggage racks & smaller bathrooms--just a reminder of these laws of segregation that persisted until the 1960s Jim Crow laws |
| #7476, aired 2017-02-27 | THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY & CULTURE $2,000 (Daily Double): (Alex gives the clue from the Nat'l Museum of African American History & Culture in Washington, D.C.) On Easter in 1939, after she was denied permission to sing at Constitution Hall, this contralto put on her Sunday best clothes & sang "My Country, 'Tis Of Thee" to a crowd of over 75,000 at the Lincoln Memorial Marian Anderson |
| #7472, aired 2017-02-21 | THEY NAMED A SCHOOL FOR ME $800: A Union officer & head of the Freedman's Bureau gave his name to this historically black university in Washington, D.C. Howard |
| #7472, aired 2017-02-21 | THE ELDER SCROLLS $1600: In a 14th c. tale Gawain causes the Green Knight to lose this, but he picks it up & rides off anyway his head |
| #7466, aired 2017-02-13 | IN OLDEN TIMES $600: 5th century B.C.: Athenians carry out an ambitious building program on this hill with a name meaning "upper city" Acropolis |
| #7461, aired 2017-02-06 | NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE $400: (Alex delivers the clue from the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C.) At the gift shop, you can pick up a kinara, a candleholder that represents African roots; it'll hold candles in the symbolic colors of black for the people, red for their struggle & green for hope, all to help you celebrate this late December holiday Kwanzaa |
| #7461, aired 2017-02-06 | NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE $800: (Alex delivers the clue from the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C.) Thomas Jefferson wrote that "all men are created equal", yet, as seen from the names on the bricks, he was a major slaveholder, owning hundreds at this home & plantation in Virginia Monticello |
| #7461, aired 2017-02-06 | NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE $1200: (Alex delivers the clue from the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C.) Among Harriet Tubman's most treasured possessions was a lace shawl she received in recognition of her heroic efforts from this woman, who was celebrating her diamond jubilee Queen Victoria |
| #7461, aired 2017-02-06 | NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE $1600: (Alex delivers the clue from the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C.) "Our feet are tired, but our souls are rested", said Martin Luther King, & then soaked his feet in the bucket on display here after leading thousands on a 5-day, 54-mile freedom march from Selma to the steps of the Capitol in this city Montgomery |
| #7461, aired 2017-02-06 | NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE $2000: (Alex delivers the clue from the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C.) The tape recorder was used by this man, whose ideas for black activism couldn't be contained by the Nation of Islam, leading to the sad correctness of his prediction in his autobiography that, "I, too, will die by violence" Malcolm X |
| #7457, aired 2017-01-31 | TRAVEL & TOURISM $400: Every even year watch the world's top sailors in the Atlantic Cup, a 1,000-mile race from this S.C. port to Portland, Me. Charleston |
| #7455, aired 2017-01-27 | PUTTIN' OUT THE WELCOME MUTT $400: A likeness of this "fast as a bus" breed was found on an Egyptian tomb dating from about 3000 B.C. a greyhound |
| #7452, aired 2017-01-24 | DEEP BLUE "C" $200: Salute if you know there's a hue named for these West Pointers seen here cadet |
| #7452, aired 2017-01-24 | DEEP BLUE "C" $600: A greenish-blue, this 4-letter shade is one of the 3 primary colors used by printers cyan |
| #7452, aired 2017-01-24 | DEEP BLUE "C" $1,600 (Daily Double): Elementary! The name of this deep blue is from a German word for a type of goblin cobalt |
| #7450, aired 2017-01-20 | MUST "C" TV $200: The Windy City has a Major League Soccer team & a Dick Wolf series both called this Chicago Fire |
| #7450, aired 2017-01-20 | MUST "C" TV $1000: Jimmy Vivino leads the Basic Cable Band on this talk show with a 1-word title Conan |
| #7446, aired 2017-01-16 | "C"OUNTIES $1,300 (Daily Double): Southwest Texas county named for a man who died in San Antonio Crockett |
| #7445, aired 2017-01-13 | RUNNING A HOTEL $400: In 1963 D.C.'s Madison Hotel pioneered this room feature with convenient drinks, snacks & 300% price markups a mini-bar |
| #7445, aired 2017-01-13 | UP ON MT. LUSHMORE $800: Bill Clinton said this blotto Russian president tried to hail a cab on a D.C. street clad only in underwear; he wanted pizza Boris Yeltsin |
| #7444, aired 2017-01-12 | YAS QUEEN $800: The name of this Egyptian queen of the 1300s B.C. translates as "a beautiful woman has come" Nefertiti |
| #7440, aired 2017-01-06 | WRITERS ON FILM $2000: (I'm Louis C.K.) In a 2015 film I played Arlen Hird, a composite character who is blacklisted along with this screenwriter played by Bryan Cranston (Dalton) Trumbo |
| #7432, aired 2016-12-27 | SCULPTURE $800: Myron's most famous bronze was made around 425 B.C. & depicts an Olympic athlete throwing this object a discus |
| #7430, aired 2016-12-23 | PLACES THAT BECAME WORDS $600: A Hungarian town spelled K-O-C-S gave us this word for a class of travel or for a vehicle for travel coach |
| #7422, aired 2016-12-13 | ALL ABOUT ANIMALS $200: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington, D.C.) In China, giant pandas, with their black-&-white fur, were thought to be a physical manifestation of these two principles that come together to create peace & harmony yin & yang |
| #7422, aired 2016-12-13 | THAT OLD-TIME RELIGION $800: It arose from the teachings of a man who lived in northeastern India sometime between the 6th & 4th centuries B.C. Buddhism |
| #7422, aired 2016-12-13 | ALL ABOUT ANIMALS $1000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington, D.C.) Extinct in the wild until recently, Przewalski's horse, the only truly wild horse, has been reintroduced back into China & this landlocked neighbor to the north, where it is a symbol of national heritage Mongolia |
| #7422, aired 2016-12-13 | THAT OLD-TIME RELIGION $1200: In the 1st century B.C., this epistle apostle called for God to curse competing preachers (St.) Paul |
| #7416, aired 2016-12-05 | MOTTOES $200: (I'm D.C. mayor Muriel Bowser.) The official motto of the District of Columbia translates to these 3 words that follow the word "and" in the Pledge of Allegiance justice for all |
| #7411, aired 2016-11-28 | A SPELLING BEE $400: You get one of these as a record for paying a bill; don't forget the silent letter R-E-C-E-I-P-T |
| #7411, aired 2016-11-28 | A SPELLING BEE $800: It's the sea that surrounds Jamaica & Cuba C-A-R-I-B-B-E-A-N |
| #7409, aired 2016-11-24 | BUTTERFLIES $400: Butterflies don't form a cocoon; their equivalent stage is this other "C" term a chrysalis |
| #7405, aired 2016-11-18 | "C" THE WORLD $800: A folk dance called the kolo is popular in this former Yugoslav republic Croatia |
| #7405, aired 2016-11-18 | "C" THE WORLD $1600: About 1/4 of this Central American country's land has been set aside as protected area for the nation's diverse wildlife Costa Rica |
| #7405, aired 2016-11-18 | "C" THE WORLD $4,000 (Daily Double): It's a small New Hampshire town as well as an ancient name for Palestine Canaan |
| #7404, aired 2016-11-17 | MOVIE VILLAINS $600: This "X-Men" character turned 2 D.C. landmarks into 1 when he dropped a stadium around the White House Magneto |
| #7403, aired 2016-11-16 | ENDANGERED ANIMALS AT THE SMITHSONIAN'S NATIONAL ZOO $1200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington, D.C..) Known since ancient times & extinct in the wild until recent reintroductions, the scimitar-horned oryx is noted for its long, curved horns; if one breaks off, it doesn't grow back, which may have inspired the myth of this legendary creature the unicorn |
| #7398, aired 2016-11-09 | MONEY, MONEY, MONEY $1,200 (Daily Double): A silver tetradrachm from the 300s B.C. features a "Great" portrait of him Alexander the Great |
| #7395, aired 2016-11-04 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $400: In the mid-20th C. the pedal steel one largely replaced the lap steel one as a typical country music sound guitar |
| #7395, aired 2016-11-04 | "C"s THE DAY $800: Marking the ascension to the throne by King Bhumibol, this Thai national holiday is held on May 5 Coronation Day |
| #7395, aired 2016-11-04 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $1600: Unlike a piano, this 17th & 18th c. instrument creates sound by plucking strings rather than striking them harpsichord |
| #7393, aired 2016-11-02 | TV SHOWS BASED ON BOOKS $400: Author Jeff Lindsay created this serial killer who worked by day as a blood spatter expert; Michael C. Hall played him Dexter |
| #7392, aired 2016-11-01 | E BEFORE I, BUT NO C DO I SPY $200: Anyone who lives near you a neighbor |
| #7392, aired 2016-11-01 | E BEFORE I, BUT NO C DO I SPY $400: A big steal from a big bank a heist |
| #7388, aired 2016-10-26 | "C"ITIES $1600: You'll find a great American--heck, the Great American Ball Park in this city on the Ohio River Cincinnati |
| #7383, aired 2016-10-19 | THAT EXPLAINS IT $600: This 21st c. word happens when a male patronizingly tells a female about a topic she already understands mansplaining |
| #7382, aired 2016-10-18 | DOME, DOME ON THE RANGE $800: This concert, NFL & Atlanta Olympics venue has 4 A/C units totaling 5,000 tons the Georgia Dome |
| #7374, aired 2016-10-06 | GREEK HISTORY $1600: In 480 B.C. this son of Darius invaded Greece but the Greek navy defeated him at the Bay of Salamis & he returned to Persia Xerxes |
| #7374, aired 2016-10-06 | GREEK HISTORY $2000: In the 5th century B.C., Sparta led a league of city-states on this peninsula to combat Athens' Delian League the Peloponnesian Peninsula |
| #7373, aired 2016-10-05 | ALLITERATIVE TV ACTRESSES $400: She had to deal with a cancer diagnosis on the cable dramedy "The Big C" Laura Linney |
| #7372, aired 2016-10-04 | RISING $1600: Abbreviated C.O.L.A., it's a wage increase to help workers keep up with rising prices a cost of living allowance |
| #7371, aired 2016-10-03 | THE ____ OF ____ $600 (Daily Double): This one of the Ancient Wonders was toppled by an earthquake around 225 B.C. the Colossus of Rhodes |
| #7371, aired 2016-10-03 | U.S. MUSEUMS $1200: Not surprisingly, the basement of this building in Washington, D.C. houses a museum of Lincoln memorabilia Ford's Theatre |
| #7369, aired 2016-09-29 | MICHIGAN HISTORY $1600: A city up north is named for this French priest who founded Michigan's first permanent Eur. settlement c. 1668 Father Marquette |
| #7368, aired 2016-09-28 | THAT'S T-B-D $1000: This inn is found in "The Canterbury Tales" & today in Washington, D.C., where it's a favorite brunch spot the Tabard Inn |
| #7359, aired 2016-09-15 | ENTERTAINING REDHEADS $200: (Hi, I'm Louis C.K.) I got my big break in 1993 when I became a writer on "Late Night" with this other redhead; I was also the first to do stand-up on his show Conan O'Brien |
| #7358, aired 2016-09-14 | ERAS OF HISTORY $1000: Instead of B.C. some prefer the less religious B.C.E., for "before" this "Era" the Common Era |
| #7357, aired 2016-09-13 | NUMERICAL LIT $800: In a sci-fi story by Arthur C. Clarke, computer experts help Buddhist monks determine the "9 billion names of" this being God |
| #7357, aired 2016-09-13 | I'M NOT JUST SAYING $2000: This 18th c. "Angry God" theologian also said, "I affirm" that the true Christian spirit is that of a lamb or a dove Jonathan Edwards |
| #7356, aired 2016-09-12 | COLLEGE FOOTBALL $600: In 2013 the Military Bowl moved from Washington, D.C. to the home field of this nearby military academy the Naval Academy |
| #7355, aired 2016-07-29 | "C-U" $200: It's a person in charge of a museum collection; Margaret Mead was one at the American Museum of Natural History a curator |
| #7355, aired 2016-07-29 | "C-U" $600: The name of this movement came from a derisive 1908 review about Georges Braque Cubism |
| #7352, aired 2016-07-26 | POTPOURRI $2000: The 421 B.C. Peace of Nicias was a break in this decades-long war the Peloponnesian War |
| #7345, aired 2016-07-15 | HERE COMES THE NEIGHBORHOOD $1000: A real Charleston, S.C. neighborhood was the inspiration for this "Row" in the opera "Porgy & Bess" Catfish Row |
| #7344, aired 2016-07-14 | ARCHITECTURE $800: Frank Lloyd Wright's pyramidal Tokyo Imperial Hotel reflected a revival named for this C. Am. culture big around 700 A.D. the Maya |
| #7343, aired 2016-07-13 | POLYSYLLABIC $4,000 (Daily Double): 5 syllables: a 19th c. song said, “I am” this / “then urge me not to pause / for joyfully do I enlist / in freedom’s sacred cause” abolitionist |
| #7342, aired 2016-07-12 | GETTING READY FOR THE OLYMPICS $2000: It's Thomas Bach's first Summer Games in this job; Jacques Rogge will be a tough act to follow head (or president) of the I.O.C. |
| #7341, aired 2016-07-11 | KIND OF A GREY AREA $400: The ghostly "Grey Man" of Pawleys Island, S.C., appears to warn residents of these approaching storms hurricanes |
| #7337, aired 2016-07-05 | MONUMENTS & MEMORIALS $1600: His words "Out of the mountain of despair, a stone of hope" are inscribed on his Washington, D.C. memorial Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| #7335, aired 2016-07-01 | DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME $2000: A request to Congress to change a state's DST status should be for the "convenience of" this other "C" word commerce |
| #7331, aired 2016-06-27 | BIBLE BRIEFS $800: A trio of sons:
C., A. & S. Cain, Abel & Seth |
| #7327, aired 2016-06-21 | AS EASY AS C-D-E $400: Known as a poison, it's also used to extract gold cyanide |
| #7327, aired 2016-06-21 | AS EASY AS C-D-E $800: It describes a witness worthy of belief; that's...! credible |
| #7327, aired 2016-06-21 | AS EASY AS C-D-E $1600: It can be a small waterfall, an outpouring of objects or events, or the simple juggling pattern seen here a cascade |
| #7327, aired 2016-06-21 | AS EASY AS C-D-E $2000: The rhythmic flow of a sequence of sounds cadence |
| #7324, aired 2016-06-16 | WHOSE WHAT? $400: In 1894 a throng of unemployed men known as "Coxey's Army" marched to this city to demand jobs & public spending Washington, D.C. |
| #7324, aired 2016-06-16 | INDOORS $1000: Mausolus' widow raised a splendid indoor tomb at this Turkish site in the 300s B.C. & it was quite a wonder the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus |
| #7319, aired 2016-06-09 | A JASON $400: If you'll "Walk This Way", you'll find Jason Mizell was known as Jam Master Jay in this '80s rap trio Run-D.M.C. |
| #7318, aired 2016-06-08 | DIRTY BIRDS $1000: Yeah, baby! This "C" bird that produces guano, valued as fertilizer, is also called a shag the cormorant |
| #7315, aired 2016-06-03 | C.T. $1600: Peter Rabbit's mom put him to bed & gave him this beverage chamomile tea |
| #7315, aired 2016-06-03 | C.T. $2000: IRS code 4947(a)(1) covers these entities; the Pew ones try to solve today's most challenging problems charitable trusts |
| #7309, aired 2016-05-26 | MOUNTAIN / MAN $1000: Around 1890 I.C. Russell named this mountain, the tallest in Canada, for a geologist Logan |
| #7308, aired 2016-05-25 | THE OLD MAN & THE "C" $400: A grandson does this carrying job & doesn't mind shaving a few strokes off the old man's scorecard caddying (or caddie) |
| #7308, aired 2016-05-25 | THE OLD MAN & THE "C" $800: It's finally time to open that 1964 Pomerol, so he'll need this implement a corkscrew |
| #7303, aired 2016-05-18 | D.C. HISTORY $1200: Recently, D.C.'s Latino population has grown with a very large number from this smallest Central American nation by area El Salvador |
| #7302, aired 2016-05-17 | PEOPLE IN HISTORY $2000: A golden age of culture, the Age of him in Greece lasted from about 460 B.C. to 430 B.C. Pericles |
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Nate Austin, a student from Hutchinson Community College
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"His original plan was to own a chain of international hotels...
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Than Hedman, a freshman from University of Colorado-Boulder
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2008 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 19 and from Denver, CO at...
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Dara Lind, a junior from Yale University
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2008 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 20 and from Cincinnati, OH at...
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Chris Matthews, a TV host from Hardball and The Chris Matthews Show
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"Once a presidential speechwriter, he's had his own political talk show...
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Kadeem Cooper, a junior from the University of Virginia
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2009 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 20 and from Brooklyn, New York...
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Jane Curtin, an actress from Kate & Allie and 3rd Rock from the Sun
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"One of Saturday Night Live's original Not Ready for Primetime Players,...
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Diane Wilshere, an actor and playwright from Manassas, Virginia
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Season 25 1-time champion: $18,801 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Robin Quivers, a radio and television personality from The Howard Stern Show
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"Howard Stern's news anchor and sidekick for the past 28 years,...
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Pam Mueller, a college student from Wilmette, Illinois
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2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2019 All-Star Games member of...
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Craig Sallinger, a government librarian from Washington, D.C.
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Season 29 player (2013-03-01).
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Darren Abernethy, a telecommunications attorney from Washington, D.C.
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Season 29 player (2013-04-18).
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Shaanti Kapila, a climate change specialist from Washington, D.C.
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Season 29 player (2012-10-16).
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Katie Newcomb, a paralegal from Washington, D.C.
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Season 29 player (2013-04-04).
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Eddie Huang, a chef and restaurateur from Washington, D.C.
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"A chef and restaurateur from Washington, D.C., his 2013 memoir was...
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Kelly O'Donnell, a political reporter from NBC News
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"An Emmy-winning political reporter, she has covered Capitol Hill and the...
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Miriam Bamberger, an executive coach and author from Washington, D.C.
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Season 20 player (2004-06-24).
KJL game 17.
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Aaron Schroeder, a graduate student originally from Washington, D.C.
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2009 Tournament of Champions second runner-up: $50,000. Season 24 5-time champion:...
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Emma King, a legislative analyst from Washington, D.C.
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Season 31 player (2014-10-20).
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Keith Whitener, a research chemist from Washington, D.C.
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"He is a research chemist who won seven games during Season...
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Aaron Thompson, a special assistant from Washington, D.C.
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2006 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 21 3-time champion:...
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Jennifer Hill, a Korean studies program coordinator from Washington, D.C.
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Season 27 player (2010-11-04).
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Amanda Lahan, an account manager from Washington, D.C.
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Season 26 player (2010-04-12).
Last name pronounced like "LAY-un".
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Tom Cubbage, an attorney from Washington, D.C.
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"In 1989, he was the first College Champion and remains the...
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Nathan Brownback, a research assistant from Washington, D.C.
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Season 21 player (2004-12-01).
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Kelani Chan, an investment relations associate from Washington, D.C.
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Season 25 player (2009-06-29).
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Naomi Seiler, a health policy lawyer from Washington, D.C.
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Season 25 player (2009-06-18).
Last name pronounced like "SY-ler".
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Jesse Achtenberg, a documentary filmmaker from Washington, D.C.
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Season 26 1-time champion: $25,200 + $1,000.
Last name pronounced like "OCK-ten-berg".
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Anne Noble, an appellate lawyer from Washington, D.C.
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Season 20 player (2004-03-30).
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Michael Rose, a labor relations journalist from Washington, D.C.
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Season 27 player (2011-01-10).
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Marc Sacks, an international development manager from Washington, D.C.
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Season 25 1-time champion: $23,601 + $2,000.
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Nick Swezey, a publisher from Washington, D.C.
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2007 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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Jennifer Thorne, an energy efficiency analyst from Washington, D.C.
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Season 20 player (2004-03-16).
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Will Durbin, a general litigation attorney from Washington, D.C.
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Season 27 player (2010-12-06).
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Zach Goldberg, a Congressional aide from Washington, D.C.
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Season 25 player (2009-07-23).
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Rita Byrd, an IT consultant from Washington, D.C.
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Season 24 player (2007-10-03).
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Nick Swezey, a publisher from Washington, D.C.
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2007 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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Eric Terzuolo, a foreign service officer from Washington, D.C.
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"A foreign service officer from Washington, D.C., Eric Terzuolo, who has...
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Paul Boymel, a civil rights attorney from Potomac, Maryland
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"He was the top winner of the 1984-85 season. Now he's...
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J.D. Smith, an editor and writer from Washington, D.C.
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Season 21 player (2004-09-06).
KJL game 39.
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Emily Zhang, from Indianapolis, Indiana
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"A National Science Merit Award recipient, she plans on becoming a...
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Nicole Karrow, an 11-year-old from Lewes, Delaware
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"Her goals are to be a horse breeder and trainer..." 2007...
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Jim Scott, an attorney from Arlington, Virginia
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"He was a legal assistant living near D.C. when he won...
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Hon. Margaret Spellings, a U.S. Secretary of Education from Washington, D.C.
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"As an advisor to President George W. Bush, she helped craft...
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Joanna Rom, a docent from Washington, D.C.
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Season 35 player (2018-10-22). Joanna appeared on the original version of...
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Tom Walsh, a writer from Washington, D.C.
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
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Tom Walsh, a writer from Washington, D.C.
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
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Amanda Hall, from Farmington, Maine
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"Whether it's writing a biography of Yo-Yo Ma or working on...
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Andrew Nerlinger, a senior at the University of Notre Dame from Wilmington, Delaware
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2001 College Championship quarterfinalist: $2,500. Andrew was 21 at the time...
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Kelly Scurry, an 11-year-old seventh grader from Lauderhill, Florida
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"It's very convenient that Washington, D.C. is his favorite city, because...
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Lauren Kutner, an 11-year-old from Newtown, Pennsylvania
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"The best part of middle school for this seventh grader is...
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Richard Cordray, the head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau from Grove City, Ohio and Washington, D.C.
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\"He had just graduated from law school and was clerking for...
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Ross Gardiner, an 11-year-old sixth grader from La Plata, Maryland
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"And this self-proclaimed sports fanatic likes all the teams in the...
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Kim Taylor, a professor and scientist from Falls Church, Virginia
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Season 26 player (2009-10-07). Not to be confused with Season 18...
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Matt Jackson, a paralegal from Washington, D.C.
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2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament semifinalist: $10,000. 2019 All-Star Games member of...
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Leslie Goodman-Malamuth, a freelance writer and housewife from Washington, D.C.
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Season 4 1-time champion: $12,801 + a Broyhill Queen Anne style...
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Tristan Mohabir, a nonprofit associate director from Washington, D.C.
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Season 34 1-time champion: $15,200 + $1,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Caroline Bartman, a senior from Washington, D.C.
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2007 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Tim Russert, a journalist from Meet the Press
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"The host of the longest-running show in the history of television,...
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Jack Archey, a C.P.A. and comedian from Los Angeles, California
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2000 Tournament...
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S. R. Sidarth, a law student from Dunn Loring, Virginia
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Season 26 player (2009-12-07). Sidarth was famously the object of a...
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Jack Archey, a C.P.A. and comedian from Los Angeles, California
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2000 Tournament...
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Matt Jackson, a paralegal from Washington, D.C.
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2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament semifinalist: $10,000. 2019 All-Star Games member of...
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Matt Jackson, a grad student in computer science and public policy originally from Washington, D.C.
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2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament semifinalist: $10,000. 2019 All-Star Games member of...
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Matt Jackson, a digital fundraising professional from Washington, D.C.
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• 4th highest earning player • 4th most regular season wins...
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Tom Walsh, a writer from Washington, D.C.
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
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Emily Hogg, a consultant from Washington, D.C.
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Season 37 player (2021-03-11). Last name pronounced to rhyme with "vogue"....
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Brian Lehman, a communications manager from Washington, D.C.
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Season 28 player (2011-09-22).
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George McAleese, a political researcher from Washington, D.C.
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Season 29 2-time champion: $56,402 + $2,000.
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Mark Japinga, a legislative researcher from Washington, D.C.
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2014 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 29 4-time champion:...
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Darryl Scott, an Air Force lieutenant colonel originally from Washington, D.C.
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Season 9 2-time champion: $13,402 + the Jeopardy! '92 home game....
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Jocelyn Beer, an attorney from Washington, D.C.
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Season 23 player (2006-12-26).
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Andy Gefen, a financial consultant from Bethesda, Maryland
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Season 22 player (2006-01-04). Andy used his contestant interview to propose...
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David Becker, an attorney from Washington, D.C.
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Season 15 2-time champion: $27,601. David won $125,000 on Who Wants...
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Dave Childs, a government contractor from Washington, D.C.
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Season 31 player (2014-09-22).
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Kathryn Perry, a technical consultant from Washington, D.C.
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Season 12 player (1996-04-01). Sister of Claudia Perry, a 4-time champion...
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James Rogers, a musician and computer programmer from Washington, D.C.
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Season 20 player (2004-04-22).
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Ben Flaccus, a political consultant from Washington, D.C.
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Season 26 1-time champion: $20,400 + $1,000.
Last name pronounced like "FLACK-us".
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Trevor Norris, a management analyst from Washington, D.C.
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2003 Tournament...
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Jill Bunzendahl Chimka, a speech and language pathologist from Washington, D.C.
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2003 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 18 4-time champion: $85,099...
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Chris Capozzola, a graduate student from Washington, D.C.
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"Ten years ago, he was a junior in Worcester, New York....
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Rebecca Dixon, a graduate student and musician from Vancouver, Washington
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Season 26 2-time champion: $53,002 + $1,000. Rebecca and her partner...
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Robert Knecht Schmidt, a patent agent from Cleveland, Ohio
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Season 26 1-time champion: $12,799 + $1,000. Middle name pronounced like...
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Carl Brandt, an investor originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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2009 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 25 4-time champion: $70,799...
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David Skaar, a research scientist from Raleigh, North Carolina
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Season 25 3-time champion: $102,000 + $2,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Francois Dominic Laramée, a writer and TV personality from Verdun, Quebec, Canada
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Season 25 2-time champion: $46,300 + $1,000. Francois's name was printed...
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Carolyn Young, a homemaker from Marietta, Georgia
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Season 25 1-time champion: $30,000 + $2,000. Mother of Season 32...
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Jove Graham, a biomedical engineer from Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
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Season 26 1-time champion: $34,401 + $1,000. Jove's second contestant interview...
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Tucker Carlson, an author and co-host from Crossfire
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2004 Power Players Week player (2004-05-10). Charities: American Camping Association &...
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Christine Valada, a photographer and attorney originally from Walton, New York
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2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $68,703...
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Andy Davis, a Chyron operator from South Boston, Massachusetts
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Season 25 2-time champion: $49,799 + $1,000. Andy Davis - A...
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Dave Belote, the base commander from Nellis Air Force Base, Las Vegas
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2010 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 26 5-time champion:...
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Alyssa McRae, a gift card production designer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Season 25 3-time champion: $50,402 + $2,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Allison Peña, a junior from Sunrise, Florida
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2006 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
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Anderson Cooper, a host from CNN's Anderson Cooper 360°
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2004 Power Players Week player (2004-05-11).
Charity: American Heart Association.
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S.E. Cupp, a political commentator from CNN, New York Daily News, and Glamour
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"She writes for the New York Daily News, is a contributor...
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Paul Gutowski, an alcohol and drug counselor from Rockford, Illinois
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"He was the first 5-time winner in 1997. An alcohol and...
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Amy Fletcher, a junior from Cincinnati, Ohio
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2005 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Christie Whitman, a former governor from New Jersey
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"She was New Jersey's first woman governor, and later became administrator...
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Gabe Orlet, a senior from Belleville, Illinois
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2009 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
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Matt Kohlstedt, a grad student originally from La Grange, Illinois
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2009 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 25 5-time champion: $77,803 + $2,000.
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Pam Mueller, a junior at Loyola University, Chicago from Wilmette, Illinois
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2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2019 All-Star Games member of...
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Pam Mueller, a justice researcher originally from Chicago, Illinois
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2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2019 All-Star Games member of...
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Greer Mackebee, a senior at Duke University from Knoxville, Tennessee
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2012 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 22 at the time of the...
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Kaitlin Welborn, a sophomore from the University of Pennsylvania
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2007 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 20 at the time of the...
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Larissa Kelly, an editor for academic competitions from Richmond, California
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\"She was a graduate student at U.C. Berkeley in Season 24...
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Jonathan Capehart, a journalist from The Washington Post
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"This Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist is a member of the Washington Post...
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Dan Melia, a retired professor from Berkeley, California
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"He was a professor at U.C. Berkeley when he won the...
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Adam Bibler, an economist originally from Lancaster, Ohio
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Season 27 1-time champion: $12,000 + $2,000.
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Ari Fleischer, a former White House Press Secretary from the current Bush administration
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"For the first two years of the current Bush administration, he...
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Mary Ann Eitler, a geologist from Alexandria, Virginia
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Season 20 player (2004-07-02). KJL game 23. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Bryan Barnett, a military charter flight attendant from Potomac Falls, Virginia
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Season 28 player (2012-01-10).
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Bob Woodward, an assistant managing editor from The Washington Post
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2004 Power Players Week player (2004-05-10).
Charity: Sidwell Friends School.
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Matt Martin, a police officer from Arlington, Virginia
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Season 27 player (2010-09-21).
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Jennifer Seiger, a singer and voice teacher from Cary, North Carolina
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Season 25 player (2009-02-11).
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Erika Eason, a K-12 technology teacher from Derwood, Maryland
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2018 Teachers Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000 + a $2,500 grant. At...
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Erin Hoesly, a preschool teacher from Fredericksburg, Virginia
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Season 30 player (2013-10-08).
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Ryan Wenstrup-Moore, an associate director of social media from Cincinnati, Ohio
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Season 36 player (2020-01-29). Ryan's sign-in included a small "C.E." below...
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Nicole Willson, a web designer from Centerville, Virginia
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Season 28 player (2011-12-09).
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Hilary Hultman-Lee, a mom and tutor from Sterling, Virginia
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Season 29 player (2012-10-11).
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Bridget Gallagher, a fundraising consultant from Arlington, Virginia
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Season 28 player (2012-06-22). Last name pronounced like "GAL-uh-her". Not to...
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Matt Andelman, a family law attorney from Silver Spring, Maryland
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Season 28 player (2011-11-17).
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Adam Marshall, a student of government originally from Bethesda, Maryland
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Season 27 2-time champion: $51,800 + $2,000.
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Helaine Greenfeld, a government attorney from Chevy Chase, Maryland
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Season 28 player (2011-10-28).
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Catherine Muldoon, a graduate student from Somerville, Massachusetts
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Season 25 player (2008-11-03).
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Meg Khavari, a high school biology and religion teacher from Silver Spring, Maryland
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Season 27 player (2011-03-08).
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Renee Huff, a high school English teacher from Olney, Maryland
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Season 27 player (2011-05-27).
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Matthew LaMagna, a digital consultant from Arlington, Virginia
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Season 31 2-time champion: $33,800 + $2,000.
Last name pronounced like "la-MAG-nah".
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LeeAundra Temescu, a communications coach originally from Troy, Michigan
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Season 22 1-time champion: $20,001 + $2,000.
Web site at thecontrarypublicspeaker.com.
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Elizabeth Pfeifer, an executive assistant from Oakton, Virginia
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Season 29 player (2012-11-01). Elizabeth died at the age of 57...
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Jeff Pandin, a history teacher from Alexandria, Virginia
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Season 22 1-time champion: $18,000 + $2,000.
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Sara Mixter, a child health advocate originally from Chevy Chase, Maryland
|
Season 21 player (2005-06-03).
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Christopher Scheeren, a stage actor and product specialist from Centreville, Virginia
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Season 26 player (2010-06-29).
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Michael Starsinic, a mathematical statistician from Bowie, Maryland
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Season 21 player (2004-12-31).
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Megan Susman, an environmental policy specialist from Arlington, Virginia
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Season 21 1-time champion: $19,599 + $1,000.
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Josh Kolchins, a homeland security consultant from Bethesda, Maryland
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Season 21 player (2004-12-02).
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Tyrone Rogers, a bank teller from Camp Springs, Maryland
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Season 25 player (2009-06-30).
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Bryan Porter, a prosecutor from Alexandria, Virginia
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Season 25 player (2009-06-26).
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Teresa McGervey, a technical information specialist from Alexandria, Virginia
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Season 20 player (2004-04-28).
|
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Diane Armstrong, a consultant and retired Navy officer from Alexandria, Virginia
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Season 26 player (2009-09-21).
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Raghuveer Mukkamalla, an IT analyst from Herndon, Virginia
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Season 27 player (2010-12-29). Raghuveer wrote up his Jeopardy! experience at...
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Phil York, a bus driver from Springfield, Virginia
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Season 20 player (2004-03-05).
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Jen Maloney, an in-house security and web designer from Millersville, Maryland
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Season 24 player (2007-10-02).
Husband's Jeopardy! Message Board user name: mefailenglish
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Connie Toohey, a financial secretary and bartender from Solomons, Maryland
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Season 23 player (2006-10-31).
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Cathy Sorge, an archivist from Silver Spring, Maryland
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Season 26 player (2009-11-23).
Last name pronounced like "SORJ".
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Mike Janssen, a journalist from Arlington, Virginia
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Season 20 player (2004-01-30).
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Sharon Neufeld, a C.P.A. from Vienna, Virginia
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Season 14 player (1998-02-23).
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Ray Freson, a retired advertising executive from Arlington, Virginia
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Season 22 1-time champion: $14,200 + $1,000.
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Leo Wolpert, a college student from Fairfax, Virginia
|
Season 21 player (2004-11-06).
KJL game 68.
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Jack Deschauer, a public relations professional from Arlington, Virginia
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Season 22 1-time champion: $9,200 + $1,000.
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