| #9011, aired 2024-01-08 | THE ANNALS OF HISTORY $400: These "States" ruled by His Holiness were created in 756 & lasted about 1,100 years Papal States |
| #8783, aired 2023-01-11 | ALL ABOUT MEXICO $1000: A Spanish word for "processing fee" gives us this term for low-wage export factories that dot Mexico's border with the United States the maquiladoras |
| #8667, aired 2022-06-21 | GEOGRAPHIC SUPERLATIVES $400: At about 3.3 million square miles, this largest desert covers an area that's almost equal to that of the United States the Sahara |
| #8498, aired 2021-10-27 | THE FOREST FOR THE TREES $400: The Amazon rainforest makes up about 40% of the area of this nation larger than the area of the 48 contiguous U.S. states Brazil |
| #8457, aired 2021-08-03 | DEFINITELY NOT ONE OF THE 50 U.S. STATES $1600: The third book Bob Woodward wrote about the Bush administration's Iraq War failings is called "State of" this Denial |
| #8254, aired 2020-10-08 | 3 THINGS ABOUT THE PRESIDENT $2,400 (Daily Double): Civil governor of the Philippines, Secretary of War, wrote opinion on Myers v. United States Taft |
| #8242, aired 2020-09-22 | COUNTRY CLUBS? $1600: AOSIS, the Alliance of Small Island States, is concerned about a rise in this--1 meter would doom some of its members sea-levels |
| #8169, aired 2020-02-27 | I QUIT $1600: Sir Kim Darroch resigned from this post in 2019 after the leak of some comments of his about the U.S. administration the U.K. Ambassador to the United States |
| #8148, aired 2020-01-29 | STATES' BIG EMPLOYERS $600: About 3 million people live in this state--51,000 work for MGM Resorts International Nevada |
| #8095, aired 2019-11-15 | SITCOMS $200: Randall Park stars in this sitcom about a family of Asian immigrants in the United States Fresh Off the Boat |
| #8074, aired 2019-10-17 | ENFANTS TERRIBLES $1000: Little Antoine can think about his ways, during une mise à l'écart temporaire, what we in the States know as this a time-out |
| #7791, aired 2018-06-25 | THAT'S THE GOVERNMENT FOR YOU $600: About half the states have elections for the top level of this branch of government the judiciary |
| #7709, aired 2018-03-01 | THAT'S ABOUT THE SIZE OF IT $400: Think there are a lot of people in the eastern United States? Compare this country and there's clearly room for a billion India |
| #7625, aired 2017-11-03 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $1000: His 1935 novel "It Can't Happen Here" is a cautionary tale about the rise of fascism in the United States Sinclair Lewis |
| #7528, aired 2017-05-10 | ARCHIPELAGO-GO $2000: Will you quit yapping about the Yap Islands, part of the Federated States of this Micronesia |
| #7407, aired 2016-11-22 | YOU DO THE GEOGRAPHIC MATH $2000: The number of U.S. states on the Pacific Ocean squared 25 |
| #7390, aired 2016-10-28 | STUFF ABOUT STATES $200: Red Lake is the largest of the more than 10,000 lakes within this state Minnesota |
| #7390, aired 2016-10-28 | STUFF ABOUT STATES $400: It ranks second among the states in both population & area Texas |
| #7390, aired 2016-10-28 | STUFF ABOUT STATES $1000: The words "Battle Born" appear on the flag of this state that entered the Union during the Civil War Nevada |
| #7390, aired 2016-10-28 | STUFF ABOUT STATES $1,500 (Daily Double): It was the first state to have a chemical element named for it California |
| #7385, aired 2016-10-21 | HISTORIC OOPSIES $400: A 1922 deal dividing water among 7 states was based on a vast overestimate of the flow of this Southwest river the Colorado River |
| #7335, aired 2016-07-01 | THE UNITED STATES OF KENTUCKY $600: Montauk Springs in the Ozarks of this state has a daily flow of about 50 million gallons Missouri |
| #7072, aired 2015-05-19 | ETERNAL DAN NATION $1200: Longtime politician Daniel Akaka the United States |
| #6954, aired 2014-12-04 | PLACES, EVERYBODY $600: Region:
About 1/6 of the Lower 48 states is the "Great" these flat areas the Plains |
| #6787, aired 2014-03-04 | WORLD CAPITALS $400: About one third of Latvia's people live in this capital, the largest city in the Baltic states Riga |
| #6697, aired 2013-10-29 | THE NEW YORK TIMES ALL THE NEWS THAT'S FIT TO CLICK $400: (I'm Frank Bruni.) My 2013 blog post titles "'I Do' & the ACLU" points out that the number of states allowing this doubled from 6 to 12 in about a year gay marriage |
| #6620, aired 2013-05-31 | LEGAL MATTERS $600: The McNaghten case of 1843 is the standard in about half the states for a verdict of not guilty by reason of this insanity |
| #6608, aired 2013-05-15 | STUFF ABOUT STATES $800: This original 13er is the largest state in land area east of the Mississippi River Georgia |
| #6608, aired 2013-05-15 | STUFF ABOUT STATES $1200: This Rhode Island city is home to the U.S. Naval War College & the Tennis Hall of Fame Newport |
| #6608, aired 2013-05-15 | STUFF ABOUT STATES $2000: Its national monuments include the Real Rainbow Bridge, Natural Bridges & Timpanogos Cave Utah |
| #6608, aired 2013-05-15 | STUFF ABOUT STATES $7,200 (Daily Double): Of the 4 states officially called commonwealths, it's alphabetically last Virginia |
| #6550, aired 2013-02-22 | GOOD CAUSES $2000: The H is silent, but many veterans are vocal about helping Laotians of this group who fought for the United States the Hmong |
| #6534, aired 2013-01-31 | ONE DIRECTION $400: "Allemande left" is a direction in this, an official dance in about half the states square dance |
| #6523, aired 2013-01-16 | STATES' MOST POPULOUS CITIES $400: Missouri:
population about 463,000 Kansas City |
| #6327, aired 2012-03-06 | NUTRITION $200: With almost as much protein as a cow's, milk from these beans sells about $1 billion worth a year in the United States soybeans |
| #6259, aired 2011-12-01 | ABOUT THE STATES $200: It's the only state that borders Maine New Hampshire |
| #6259, aired 2011-12-01 | ABOUT THE STATES $400: Delaware has only 3 of these: New Castle, Kent & Sussex counties |
| #6259, aired 2011-12-01 | ABOUT THE STATES $600: The state ship of Connecticut is this early nuclear submarine the Nautilus |
| #6259, aired 2011-12-01 | ABOUT THE STATES $800: Orson Welles' birthplace of Kenosha is in this state Wisconsin |
| #6259, aired 2011-12-01 | ABOUT THE STATES $1000: It's named for an Indian people also known as the Kaw Kansas |
| #6105, aired 2011-03-11 | THE GREAT WAR $400: Stanley Kubrick's WWI film "Paths Of Glory" is about a real incident involving this country's army France |
| #6089, aired 2011-02-17 | THE 50 STATES $200: "America's Dairyland", it produces about 1/4 of our nation's butter & cheese Wisconsin |
| #5820, aired 2009-12-25 | LITERARY SEVENS $1600: A 1964 film was based on the novel "Seven Days in" this month, about an army coup attempt in the United States May |
| #5771, aired 2009-10-19 | LET'S TALK ABOUT THE WEATHER $4,000 (Daily Double): (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows an animated weather map on the monitor.) Named for the direction from which they come, much of our weather is carried across the United States & Canada by these dominant winds, between 30 & 60 degrees latitude westerlies |
| #5584, aired 2008-12-11 | THE 50 STATES $800: Mount Mansfield, about 30 miles east of Lake Champlain, is this state's highest point Vermont |
| #5460, aired 2008-05-09 | AMERICAN ISLE $2000: The southernmost city in the continental United States is located here, on this coral island about 100 miles from the mainland Key West |
| #5345, aired 2007-11-30 | STATES OF THE UNION $400: With a population of about 120,000, Columbia is this state's most populous city South Carolina |
| #5345, aired 2007-11-30 | STATES OF THE UNION $600: These 2 states have the shortest coasts on the Gulf of Mexico, only about 50 miles apiece Alabama & Mississippi |
| #5275, aired 2007-07-13 | CHECK YOUR OIL $400: With about 12 million barrels each day, this country leads the world in oil imports, followed by China & Japan the United States |
| #5267, aired 2007-07-03 | U.S. GEOGRAPHIC DISTINCTIONS $1200: The geographic center of the contiguous U.S. states is about 4 miles west of the city of Lebanon in this state Kansas |
| #5267, aired 2007-07-03 | U.S. GEOGRAPHIC DISTINCTIONS $1600: The heart of an ancient volcano, Crater Lake in this West Coast state is the USA's deepest at about 1,932 feet Oregon |
| #5250, aired 2007-06-08 | STATE FLAGS $2,000 (Daily Double): (Jimmy of the Clue Crew talks about an image of two state flags on a monitor.) On an alphabetical list of states, these two states with somewhat similar flags are next to each other Tennessee & Texas |
| #5220, aired 2007-04-27 | THE NEW YORK TIMES ARTS $600: In 2006 Donald Hall, known for poems about his wife, Jane Kenyon, was lauded after his appointment as this (United States) Poet Laureate |
| #5220, aired 2007-04-27 | IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STATE $4,000 (Daily Double): "Ask" me about these 2 states (I love them) Alaska and Nebraska |
| #4952, aired 2006-03-07 | CHIEF JUSTICES OF THE U.S. $800: No. 17, as a lawyer he argued 39 cases before the high court, more than the rest of the sitting justices combined Chief Justice Roberts |
| #4854, aired 2005-10-20 | THE VIRGINIAN $800: In 1790 this Virginian & "Federalist" co-author began to worry about states losing their rights Madison |
| #4244, aired 2003-01-30 | U.S. GOVT. ABBREV. $800: Map out your response about this government unit, the USGS United States Geological Survey |
| #4227, aired 2003-01-07 | A REALLY BIG CATEGORY $800: At 3 1/2 million square miles, this largest desert could just about cover the United States Sahara |
| #4180, aired 2002-11-01 | LET'S VISIT BELIZE $1200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Belize City, Belize.) Belize has a holiday every May to recognize this group of about 50 nations to which it belongs the (British) Commonwealth |
| #4101, aired 2002-06-03 | STATES OF THE UNION $1,400 (Daily Double): This southern state has more than 3,000 named lakes including one about 700 square miles in area Florida |
| #3655, aired 2000-06-23 | FUN FACTS ABOUT STATES & CAPITALS $200: The only state capital whose name ends in 3 vowels, it's also the northernmost Juneau, Alaska |
| #3655, aired 2000-06-23 | FUN FACTS ABOUT STATES & CAPITALS $400: The only state whose name ends in 3 vowels Hawaii |
| #3655, aired 2000-06-23 | FUN FACTS ABOUT STATES & CAPITALS $600: One of the original 13, it's the only state whose name ends in 3 consonants Massachusetts |
| #3655, aired 2000-06-23 | FUN FACTS ABOUT STATES & CAPITALS $800 (Daily Double): The only state capital whose name ends in 3 consonants, namely R, C & K Bismarck, North Dakota |
| #3655, aired 2000-06-23 | FUN FACTS ABOUT STATES & CAPITALS $1000: It's the only state whose name begins with 2 vowels Iowa |
| #3373, aired 1999-04-14 | MUSICAL STATES $100: In 1966 the Mamas & the Papas were "Dreamin'" about this state "on such a winter's day" California |
| #3301, aired 1999-01-04 | THE PEACE OF WESTPHALIA $200: What was once the province of Westphalia is now part of 3 states in this country Germany |
| #3152, aired 1998-04-21 | LINES FROM LONGFELLOW $1,500 (Daily Double): "Santa Filomena", about this woman, states: "A lady with a lamp shall stand in the great history of the land" Florence Nightingale |
| #3102, aired 1998-02-10 | WE'RE MALAYSIA-BOUND $800: The states of Sarawak & Sabah on this island make up about 6% of Malaysia's land area Borneo |
| #2876, aired 1997-02-17 | U.S. STATES $200: About one-third of this state's industrial workers are employed in the auto industry Michigan |
| #2838, aired 1996-12-25 | THE 50 STATES $1000: "If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you" is the motto of this state Michigan |
| #2643, aired 1996-02-14 | DESERTS $200: At 3 1/2 million square miles, this desert is about as big as the United States Sahara |
| #2582, aired 1995-11-21 | U.S. STATES $400: This New England state is about as large as the other five New England states combined Maine |
| #2470, aired 1995-05-05 | U.S. STATES $200: Since WWII about half of this state's tax revenues have come from the gambling & tourism industries Nevada |
| #2458, aired 1995-04-19 | THE 50 STATES $100: You'll find this state about 2,100 nautical miles from the U.S. mainland Hawaii |
| #2452, aired 1995-04-11 | THE UNITED STATES $200: Minnesota is famous for having "10,000" of these but it actually has about 15,000 lakes |
| #2364, aired 1994-12-08 | U.S. STATES $100: About 1/4 of this "Pelican State"'s area consists of the Mississippi River delta Louisiana |
| #2323, aired 1994-10-12 | U.S.A. $200: Covering about 45 acres west of downtown Boston, this is the United States' oldest public park Boston Common |
| #2234, aired 1994-04-28 | U.S. STATES $300: The Rio Grande River forms about 15 miles of the border between Texas & this state New Mexico |
| #2188, aired 1994-02-23 | THE 50 STATES $100: About half of its population lives in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area Minnesota |
| #2051, aired 1993-07-05 | THE 50 STATES $1000: This "Ocean State"s territory includes about 35 small offshore islands Rhode Island |
| #2019, aired 1993-05-20 | SUBMARINES $100: By the mid-1950s this country had about 375 subs in various oceans & seas the Soviet Union |
| #1966, aired 1993-03-08 | THE 50 STATES $1000: The geographic center of this state is in Rutherford County, about 5 miles northeast of Murfreesboro Tennessee |
| #1912, aired 1992-12-22 | PAPER $2,200 (Daily Double): 2 of the 3 countries that produce about 50% of the world's paper (2 of) Canada, the United States, or Japan |
| #1871, aired 1992-10-26 | U.S. STATES $200: Hawaii's state seal features a shield flanked by the goddess of liberty & this king King Kamehameha |
| #1841, aired 1992-09-14 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $400: About 2/3 of this Boston-based safety razor company's sales are outside the United States Gillette |
| #1755, aired 1992-03-27 | U.S. STATES $500: This state produced about 1% of the world's raw sugar in 1990 Hawaii |
| #1623, aired 1991-09-25 | U.S. STATES $500: About 60% of the iron ore in the U.S. comes from this state's Mesabi range Minnesota |
| #1542, aired 1991-04-23 | LABOR UNIONS $100: This organization includes about 78% of organized workers in the United States the AFL-CIO |
| #1488, aired 1991-02-06 | MEXICO $100: In 1963 this country ceded about 500 acres to Mexico to settle a 100-year-old border dispute the United States |
| #1262, aired 1990-02-13 | U.S. STATES $100: The Bimini Islands of the Bahamas lie about 50 miles east of this state Florida |
| #790, aired 1988-01-29 | KANSAS $200: Growing about 1/5 of the nation's total, Kansas leads the states in production of this crop wheat |
| #678, aired 1987-07-15 | AUTOMOBILES $200: Country whose people own about 35% of the world's cars United States |
| #658, aired 1987-06-17 | U.S. STATES $600: About 46% of the population of this most rural & eastern of Pacific NW states live on farms & ranches Idaho |
| #423, aired 1986-04-23 | THE KENNEDYS $400: States that have been represented by Joseph Kennedy’s sons in the U.S. Senate Massachusetts & New York |
| #262, aired 1985-09-10 | U.S. STATES $1,000 (Daily Double): State in which this song takes place:
"And I dreamed about them cottonfields 'n' home /
I dreamed about my mother /
Dear old sister and papa and brother /
Dreamed about that sweetheart who's been waitin' for so long /
I wanna go home..." Michigan |
| #150, aired 1985-04-05 | RADIO $200: About half of all the world's radios are in this country the United States |
| #143, aired 1985-03-27 | FAMOUS PAIRS $300: The 40th president & 43rd vice-president of the United States Ronald Reagan & George Bush |
| #141, aired 1985-03-25 | CRIME & PUNISHMENT $300: It's estimated there are about 40,000 separate police agencies in this country the United States |
| #125, aired 1985-03-01 | LITERATURE $600: Though the United States doesn't have this literary post, about half the states do a poet laureate |
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