| #9084, aired 2024-04-18 | 9-LETTER WORDS $1200: Found in Motrin, it's derived from propionic acid ibuprofen |
| #9049, aired 2024-02-29 | SCI. ABBR. $400: Biologically speaking, it's what the N-A stands for in RNA & DNA nucleic acid |
| #9023, aired 2024-01-24 | BAD BLOOD $800: To prevent bleeding problems due to a deficiency, newborn babies are given a shot of this vitamin vital for blood clotting vitamin K |
| #9019, aired 2024-01-18 | PAINFUL MEMORIES $1600: High in anthocyanins, cherries may ease pain from this arthritis often in the big toe & caused by excess uric acid gout |
| #9018, aired 2024-01-17 | ALLITERATIVE TERMS $1600: Coming up with this chemical name for aspirin is enough to give you a headache acetylsalicylic acid |
| #8963, aired 2023-11-01 | MEN & WOMEN OF SCIENCE $1000: The "Hans"-on work of this biochemist born in 1900 unraveled the mystery of the citric acid cycle Hans Krebs |
| #19, aired 2023-11-01 | VITAMINS & MINERALS $1500: Expectant moms know it's the other name for vitamin B9, a key ingredient in prenatal vitamins folic acid |
| #8961, aired 2023-10-30 | ORGANIC CHEMISTRY $400: Joseph Lister pioneered antiseptic medicine with the carbolic type of this, today called phenol acid |
| #8940, aired 2023-09-29 | CHEMICAL FORMULAS $200: HCl is this, & don't spill any on yourself hydrochloric acid |
| #8900, aired 2023-06-23 | A CHEMISTRY TEST $1200: A solution with a pH of less than 7 is an acid, which will turn this paper red litmus |
| #8899, aired 2023-06-22 | OF FUELS $800: The burning of the bituminous type of this has been linked to acid rain coal |
| #8875, aired 2023-05-19 | LITERARY MISMATCHES $6,000 (Daily Double): Nora Ephron's novel about the end of a marriage bemoans "mysteries like... neuritis, neuralgia, acid indigestion &" this title condition heartburn |
| #14, aired 2023-05-17 | MEDICAL TERMS $2000: Low levels of folic acid during pregnancy are linked to this condition, Latin for "split backbone" spina bifida |
| #5, aired 2023-05-10 | YOU BUG ME $7,000 (Daily Double): Perhaps to kill parasites, some birds encourage angry ants to spray this substance on their plumage formic acid |
| #8860, aired 2023-04-28 | IT'S A COOKBOOK! $1000: This, "Fat, Acid, Heat" by Samin Nosrat is subtitled "Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking" Salt |
| #8859, aired 2023-04-27 | "A_B_C_D" $800: It's a longer way of saying vitamin C ascorbic acid |
| #8834, aired 2023-03-23 | SCIENCE $1200: Sulfur dioxide & nitrogen oxides react with other elements to create this harmful precipitation acid rain |
| #8833, aired 2023-03-22 | HANS, SOLO $2000: Famous for the citric acid cycle that bears his name, this German-born biochemist received the Royal Society's Copley Medal in 1961 (Hans) Krebs |
| #8829, aired 2023-03-16 | SCIENTIFIC LAWS & THEOREMS $400: The Brønsted-Lowry theory states that any compound that can transfer a proton is an acid & any that can accept a proton is a this a base |
| #8821, aired 2023-03-06 | "A"DJECTIVES $600: Greater than pH 7, it means capable of neutralizing an acid alkaline |
| #8760, aired 2022-12-09 | SONG TITLE TITLES $1000: The Who:
"The Acid ____" Queen |
| #8745, aired 2022-11-18 | BAND AD $400: A 1988 ad in a Seattle mag said, "Drummer wanted... Soundgarden, Zep, Scratch Acid" & was signed "Kurdt"--him Cobain |
| #8739, aired 2022-11-10 | DROP THE MIC $400: from an ant acid to get this preposition for (from formic) |
| #8739, aired 2022-11-10 | NUTRITION $600: It may be Greek to you, but this essential fatty acid found in salmon & tuna is good for your skin & may help with depression omega-3 fatty acids |
| #8697, aired 2022-09-13 | GOING ON A POWER TRIP $800: The Energy Dept. says of this source, its "turbines don't produce atmospheric emissions that cause acid rain... or greenhouse gases" wind |
| #8697, aired 2022-09-13 | A CHEM/ PHYSICS/ BIO SAMPLER $2000: With hard work & strong acid, you can get the original metals from alloys, like this partner of zinc out of brass copper |
| #8689, aired 2022-07-21 | HEALTH & MEDICINE $2000: Pregnant women need 600 mcg of this B9 vitamin daily to help prevent birth defects like spina bifida folic acid |
| #8675, aired 2022-07-01 | IT'S A PROCESS $1600: Here's a vitriolic clue--the lead-chamber process produces this acid that doesn't react with lead sulfuric acid |
| #8630, aired 2022-04-29 | THE ATMOSPHERE $600: The combustion of fossil fuels can lead to this type of precipitation that weakens trees & soil acid rain |
| #8583, aired 2022-02-23 | SCIENCE $1600: Aqua fortis is an old name for this corrosive liquid, HNO3 nitric acid |
| #8548, aired 2022-01-05 | RAIN $400: For acid rain, the EPA says this measure is about 4.3 pH |
| #8543, aired 2021-12-29 | SCIENCE $2000: In a molecule of sulfuric acid, there are this many atoms of oxygen 4 |
| #8528, aired 2021-12-08 | DEALING WITH THE ENVIRONMENT $600: The 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary this problem that doesn't respect borders has helped reduce it dramatically air pollution |
| #8527, aired 2021-12-07 | I'VE GOT A THEORY $1200: Brønsted-Lowry says any compound that transfers a proton to another compound is an acid; the one taking on a proton is a this a base |
| #8516, aired 2021-11-22 | VENUS $800: Venus is shrouded in yellowish clouds mostly made of this acid, H2SO4 sulfuric acid |
| #8514, aired 2021-11-18 | OUT OF THE CRADLE $400: To use an acid to produce a pattern on glass etch |
| #8492, aired 2021-10-19 | 20th CENTURY ENGLISH $400: The 1960s gave us acid rock; the acid was this LSD |
| #8459, aired 2021-08-05 | COOKING VERBS $800: To soak meat for several hours in a mix of oil, acid & flavorings--in the fridge, never at room temp marinate |
| #8454, aired 2021-07-29 | TAKE A FEW LETTERS $2000: Digging into the hardest naturally occurring substance brings up this type of acid that makes up protein amino |
| #8445, aired 2021-07-16 | SCIENCE & NATURE $2000: The citric acid cycle also goes by the name of this German-born biochemist who discovered it in 1937 Krebs |
| #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 |
| #8427, aired 2021-06-22 | "AL" WORDS FROM ARABIC $600: It will neutralize an acid & it's from Arabic for "the ashes" alkaline |
| #8423, aired 2021-06-16 | NOT QUITE STUPID ANSWERS $1000: Italian chemist Ascanio Sobrero created this in 1846 by mixing glycerol with sulfuric & nitric acid nitroglycerin |
| #8410, aired 2021-05-28 | CLASSIC TOYS & GAMES $400: Combining silicone oil & boric acid creates the bouncy, moldable material first sold as this in 1949 Silly Putty |
| #8391, aired 2021-05-03 | ALLITERATIVE AUTHORS $800: Tom Wolfe wrote of the adventures of this author & the Merry Pranksters in "The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test" Ken Kesey |
| #8389, aired 2021-04-29 | TO YOUR HEALTH $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from the Hungarian Open Air Museum in Szentendre, Hungary.) Paprika plants are rich in this vitamin, also called ascorbic acid; Hungarian Nobel Prize winner Albert Szent-Györgyi, the first to isolate it, used the plants in his experiments vitamin C |
| #8388, aired 2021-04-28 | WE HAVE SUCH CHEMISTRY $1600: These naturally occurring lipids are named for their trios of molecules; in tristearin, they're all stearic acid triglycerides |
| #8387, aired 2021-04-27 | SCIENCY STUFF $1200: Alcohol dehydrogenase, one of these complex proteins, breaks down ethanol during digestion an enzyme |
| #8382, aired 2021-04-20 | PLANET SHAMING $1000: Always covered by clouds of sulfuric acid. No silver linings Venus |
| #8375, aired 2021-04-09 | ACIDS $400: A key ingredient in salad dressings, this liquid is about 5% acetic acid, 95% water vinegar |
| #8375, aired 2021-04-09 | ACIDS $800: Heparin, a natural acid that prevents blood clots, is produced in this organ the liver |
| #8375, aired 2021-04-09 | ACIDS $1600: Careful! H2SO4 is this very strong acid sulfuric acid |
| #8375, aired 2021-04-09 | ACIDS $2000: This irritant acid is in the venom of ants & also in the stings of nettles formic acid |
| #8375, aired 2021-04-09 | ACIDS $3,500 (Daily Double): Feel the burn! This acid is produced by our bodies during strenuous exercise lactic acid |
| #8372, aired 2021-04-06 | BIOCHEMISTRY $800: It was seen as the sad sack nucleic acid until the 1980s discovery that it can be a catalyst for biological reactions RNA |
| #8318, aired 2021-01-20 | SCIENCE GLOSSARY $1200: Pass the this, defined as a substance produced by the reaction of a base & an acid salt |
| #8313, aired 2021-01-13 | SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERIES $600: When Carl Scheele discovered this element found in salt, he called it "dephlogisticated muriatic acid" chlorine |
| #8303, aired 2020-12-16 | MEDICAL TERMS $2000: Acid reflux problems can cause dysphagia, difficulty in doing this swallowing |
| #8270, aired 2020-10-30 | 2-WORD SCIENCE TERMS $200: Found in almost every living cell, DNA stands for this deoxyribonucleic acid |
| #8252, aired 2020-10-06 | ENZYMES & AMINO ACIDS $1600: Add sodium to glutamic acid & you end up with this 3-letter flavor enhancer MSG |
| #8199, aired 2020-04-09 | CHEMISTRY $2000: Known to early chemists as "oil of vitriol", this corrosive, colorless acid is found in car batteries sulfuric |
| #8185, aired 2020-03-20 | THIS PLANET $200: ...is called Earth's twin, but it must be fraternal, as we don't enjoy the same thick clouds of sulfuric acid Venus |
| #8172, aired 2020-03-03 | 4,4 $1600: Precipitation with a pH below 5.0 acid rain |
| #8165, aired 2020-02-21 | FAMILIAR PHRASES $1,000 (Daily Double): "Passing" this "test" originated with using it to dissolve substances to see if they were really gold or not the acid test |
| #8084, aired 2019-10-31 | HOBBIES $800: Using the 3 main ingredients, baking soda, Epsom salts & citric acid, you too can make these "explosive" tub additions bath bombs |
| #8065, aired 2019-10-04 | GUT FEELING $800: The stomach secretes gastrin, a hormone that in turn helps you secrete this acid that kills bacteria in your food hydrochloric acid |
| #7995, aired 2019-05-17 | THE WAR ON BACTERIA $1600: Sulfa drugs kill bacteria by preventing the production of this B vitamin acid that's crucial to life folic acid |
| #7983, aired 2019-05-01 | ONE "L" OF A DRUG $2000: In the name of a well-known hallucinogen, it comes before "acid diethylamide" lysergic |
| #7935, aired 2019-02-22 | THAT'S A MOUTHFUL! $800: I get to say "aspirin"; you get to say this "acid", its other name acetylsalicylic acid |
| #7922, aired 2019-02-05 | FROM B TO C $600: It's a cockroach's least favorite acid boric acid |
| #7895, aired 2018-12-28 | ALTERED CARBON $2000: Mix carbon with nitrogen & hydrogen to get this type of poison aka prussic acid--actually, don't cyanide |
| #7889, aired 2018-12-20 | WORDS OF SCIENCE $200: It's a substance capable of reacting with an acid to form salts a base |
| #7836, aired 2018-10-08 | TRAVEL BOOKS $800: He wrote about a bus trip & other kinds of trips in 1968's "The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test" (Tom) Wolfe |
| #7808, aired 2018-07-18 | A LITTLE SCIENCE $1200: We don't love this "L.A." when it makes our muscles burn during exercise lactic acid |
| #7794, aired 2018-06-28 | KITCHEN CONFUSION $800: The difference between baking soda & baking powder is that baking powder contains an acid like cream of this tartar |
| #7783, aired 2018-06-13 | IDIOM ORIGINS $400: Can you pass the acid test? It dates back to the use of nitric acid to test the content of this precious metal gold |
| #7743, aired 2018-04-18 | FOOD STUFF $1000: Mangoes & bell peppers are loaded with ascorbic acid, AKA this Vitamin C |
| #7717, aired 2018-03-13 | THE HUMAN BODY $400: A person sleeping can wake up coughing & choking with GERD, in which stomach acid flows back up into this tube the esophagus |
| #7651, aired 2017-12-11 | ACID $400: This drug, AKA acetylsalicylic acid, fights pain by inhibiting chemicals that activate nerve endings aspirin |
| #7651, aired 2017-12-11 | ACID $800: Not carbonic acid but this is the simplest of the phenol family of disinfectants carbolic acid |
| #7651, aired 2017-12-11 | ACID $1200: Milk protein contains the 9 of these organic compounds that are essential in the human diet amino acids |
| #7651, aired 2017-12-11 | ACID $1600: H2SO4, this corrosive stuff, exists in cloud form on Venus sulfuric acid |
| #7651, aired 2017-12-11 | ACID $2000: Leafy green vegetables are a good source of this B vitamin whose name is from the Latin for "leaf" folic acid |
| #7597, aired 2017-09-26 | INSECTS $2000: Some birds put ants in their feathers, maybe because the ants spray this caustic acid, killing parasites formic acid |
| #7583, aired 2017-07-26 | ELECTRICITY $800: Many car batteries use a solution of sulfuric acid & water called this, also what Gatorade tries to replenish electrolytes |
| #7579, aired 2017-07-20 | AN ECO-CATEGORY $1000: This trout species name for a small body similar to a stream has battled back from acid rain deposition in U.S. streams brook trout |
| #7564, aired 2017-06-29 | PANTS ON FIRE $600: A big trend of the '80s was denim treated with bleach to fade the color, creating this-washed jeans acid |
| #7555, aired 2017-06-16 | HEALTH & MEDICINE $2000: Chronic acid reflux is also known by this 4-letter acronym GERD |
| #7552, aired 2017-06-13 | THE AGONY OF DA FEET $4,600 (Daily Double): Caused by a buildup of uric acid, it can affect other parts of the foot along with the big toe gout |
| #7522, aired 2017-05-02 | SCIENCE & NATURE $400: Peas have 14, shrimp have 254 & humans have 46 of these nucleic acid structures, arranged in 23 pairs chromosomes |
| #7516, aired 2017-04-24 | IT'S A TRAP! $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows some mosquito traps.) Some mosquito traps release CO2 to mimic human breath; new traps emit skin scents, like lactic acid & this pungent chemical to attract the bugs ammonia |
| #7441, aired 2017-01-09 | HEALTH & MEDICINE $400: Heartburn is also called acid this reflux |
| #7399, aired 2016-11-10 | THE ELEMENTS $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew bends a chicken bone like rubber.) Look what happens when a strong, healthy bone is soaked in vinegar; the acidic acid dissolves this key element, atomic No. 20; without it, the bone becomes soft & weak calcium |
| #7387, aired 2016-10-25 | WHATSAMATTA "U"? $2000: Swollen, painful big toe--sounds like gout, caused by elevated blood levels of this acid uric acid |
| #7367, aired 2016-09-27 | IT'S EASY AS "A_B_C_D" $1200: Vitamin C ascorbic acid |
| #7352, aired 2016-07-26 | POTPOURRI $400: AKA ascorbic acid, this vitamin helps form collagen in bones & aids in the absorption of iron Vitamin C |
| #7348, aired 2016-07-20 | TREES $2000: This chemical used to make aspirin was first isolated in 1828 from the tannins of willow trees salicylic acid |
| #7299, aired 2016-05-12 | AN ENVIRONMENTAL CATEGORY $800: The phenomenon of acid rain is largely caused by emissions of this industrial pollutant, SO2 sulfur dioxide |
| #7275, aired 2016-04-08 | THERE'S CHEMISTRY BETWEEN US $1000: A boiling dilute acid breaks down starch into a simple sugar called this glucose |
| #7195, aired 2015-12-18 | NUT-TRITION $1000: Have some hazelnuts before bed; they're high in this sleep-aiding amino acid that's also found in turkey tryptophan |
| #7187, aired 2015-12-08 | SCIENCE $1000: It's what RNA stands for ribonucleic acid |
| #7160, aired 2015-10-30 | DAY OF THE DEAD $800: Dec. 11, 1965:
The Dead join this "Cuckoo" author & his Merry Pranksters for an event called an Acid Test (Ken) Kesey |
| #7127, aired 2015-09-15 | PUT SOME FIBER IN YOUR DIET $1000: Mentioned in the book of Genesis, these legumes are a good source of fiber & folic acid lentils |
| #7124, aired 2015-07-30 | MEDICAL HISTORY $200: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the Dittrick Medical History Center in Cleveland, OH.) At one time a piece of cutting-edge technology, the atomizer sprayed carbolic acid to provide this type of surgical environment, pioneered by Joseph Lister antiseptic (sterile accepted) |
| #7115, aired 2015-07-17 | ACIDS $200: Prussic acid, which can be deadly to humans, can be found in small amounts in this part of a nectarine or plum the pit |
| #7115, aired 2015-07-17 | ACIDS $400: Also a stomach acid, it's used to remove rust from steel in preparation for a protective coating hydrochloric acid |
| #7115, aired 2015-07-17 | ACIDS $600: Phosphoric acid gives tartness to this delicious stuff created in 1886 Coca-Cola |
| #7115, aired 2015-07-17 | ACIDS $800: This acid found in the bark of oak trees gives tea its astringency, color & taste tannic acid |
| #7115, aired 2015-07-17 | ACIDS $1000: This acid also known as vitamin C can be found in tomatoes & potatoes as well as citrus fruit ascorbic acid |
| #7110, aired 2015-07-10 | TIME FOR YOUR FORMULA $1600: H2SO4 is this acid used in batteries sulfuric |
| #7091, aired 2015-06-15 | STATE AMPHIBIANS & REPTILES $1200: New Hampshire elevated the red-spotted newt to publicize its declining numbers due to this type of precipitation acid rain |
| #7081, aired 2015-06-01 | 4-LETTER SCIENCE $2000: Specifically, it's any compound other than water formed by the reaction of an acid & a base salt |
| #7047, aired 2015-04-14 | GENERAL SCIENCE $800: In a lead-acid battery, this liquid used to conduct current is usually 35% sulfuric acid, 65% water the electrolyte |
| #7041, aired 2015-04-06 | YOU MAY BE A WALNUT... $1000: ...if you're loaded with L-arginine, one of these alliterative compounds vital to growth & immunity an amino acid |
| #7041, aired 2015-04-06 | SCIENCE "N" MEDICINE $1200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew demonstrates by stirring a powder into a beaker of liquid.) When stomach acid, represented here, backs up into the esophagus, it causes heartburn; taking an antacid, which is a base, does this to some of the acid, relieving the symptoms neutralize |
| #7005, aired 2015-02-13 | SCIENCE-Y STUFF $800: The stomach's gastric acid consists primarily of this other acid along with a few enzymes like pepsin hydrochloric |
| #6982, aired 2015-01-13 | SWEET! POTATOES! $1000: Potatoes are a good source of vitamin B3, aka this, which helps prevent the nutritional disease pellagra niacin |
| #6952, aired 2014-12-02 | BRING IT $800: on a hike:
An Odwalla "Monster" drink with 20 grams of this muscle-building amino acid-based stuff protein |
| #6910, aired 2014-10-03 | "D" IN SCIENCE $1200: Big breath, now--it's what DNA stands for deoxyribonucleic acid |
| #6897, aired 2014-09-16 | PLASTIC SURGERY $1000: Trichloroacetic acid, phenol & alphahydroxy acids are used to improve your skin in a "chemical" this a peel |
| #6880, aired 2014-07-11 | 18th CENTURY SCIENTISTS $800: In 1759 Braun & Lomonosov used snow & acid to freeze this liquid metal mercury |
| #6827, aired 2014-04-29 | SCIENCE & SCIENTISTS $2000: In 1867 he came up with the idea of using carbolic acid to kill germs in surgical wounds (Joseph) Lister |
| #6815, aired 2014-04-11 | KNOW YOUR CAR $200: You start your car with the help of a lead-acid reaction inside this auto part the battery |
| #6814, aired 2014-04-10 | ROCK & ROLE $2000: The Acid Queen in 1975's "Tommy" Tina Turner |
| #6809, aired 2014-04-03 | FAIRLY RECENT NEWS $800: In offstage drama, a member of this Russian cultural institution was convicted for an acid attack on the artistic director the Bolshoi |
| #6778, aired 2014-02-19 | RECENTLY BANNED OR CHALLENGED BOOKS $800: A beef with his "Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test" on a Penn. reading list: "sexual content &... there is nothing good about it" Tom Wolfe |
| #6774, aired 2014-02-13 | THE ELEMENTS $2000: Chemist Carl Scheele named the gas that bleached flowers dephlogisticated muriatic acid; we call it this element chlorine |
| #6773, aired 2014-02-12 | BIOLOGY CLASS $1000: In 1937 this German-born biochemist discovered the citric acid cycle that bears his name (Hans) Krebs |
| #6751, aired 2014-01-13 | CHEMISTRY $400: On this scale, battery acid is listed as a 1, lye as a 14 pH |
| #6738, aired 2013-12-25 | MEDICINE $3,000 (Daily Double): The name of this anti-inflammatory comes from the longer version, isobutylphenyl propionic acid ibuprofen |
| #6725, aired 2013-12-06 | METALS $200: In 1759 a solid version of this metal was made by freezing a thermometer in a mixture of snow & nitric acid mercury |
| #6716, aired 2013-11-25 | HEAL THYSELF $400: You give me fever, so hand me 2 of these acetylsalicylic acid tablets & a glass of water aspirin |
| #6704, aired 2013-11-07 | ALAS, POOR... $800: This acid produced in the stomach hydrochloric |
| #6679, aired 2013-10-03 | IN CARS $200: Types of these used in electric cars include lead-acid, nickel metal hydride, & lithium-ion batteries |
| #6674, aired 2013-09-26 | & FEEL ALL RIGHT $200: L-theanine, an amino acid in the green type of this beverage, helps curb a rising heart rate & may relieve anxiety (green) tea |
| #6669, aired 2013-09-19 | BACTERIA $6,000 (Daily Double): Meaning "acid loving", this "good" species of bacteria is used to make yogurt acidophilus |
| #6640, aired 2013-06-28 | AN OGDEN NASH MENAGERIE $1,000 (Daily Double): About this insect Nash wrote, "would you be calm and placid if you were full of formic acid?" an ant |
| #6625, aired 2013-06-07 | TIME FOR SOME HAIR CARE $600: Judging by its name, this kind of perm producing soft curls should have a pH below 7.0 an acid perm |
| #6615, aired 2013-05-24 | B1, B2... $3,500 (Daily Double): This common name for B9 is from the Latin word for "leaves", since it's found in green, leafy vegetables folic acid |
| #6596, aired 2013-04-29 | A DISH BEST SERVED COLD $1000: This Latin American appetizer is raw fish marinated in lime juice; the acid in the lime juice "cooks" the fish ceviche |
| #6588, aired 2013-04-17 | SWITZERLAND $1600: (Kelly of the Clue Crew visits a cheese stand in Switzerland.) Emmental, which is basically synonymous with Swiss cheese, gets its recognizable look from these microorganisms; they ferment lactic acid into the carbon dioxide that make the holes bacteria |
| #6580, aired 2013-04-05 | CHEMISTRY $400: Being amphoteric, ammonia likes to react with either of these, the 2 types of substances on the pH scale an acid or a base |
| #6555, aired 2013-03-01 | CONTEMPORARIES $2000: In July, 1865 Edward Whymper scaled the Matterhorn; a month later, he found an effective antiseptic with carbolic acid (Joseph) Lister |
| #6543, aired 2013-02-13 | THE 4 ELEMENTS $1600: EPA programs under this act include Ozone Layer Protection, the Acid Rain Program & Climate Change the Clean Air Act |
| #6540, aired 2013-02-08 | WHAT TO WEAR? $1200: Jeans "washed" in this liquid, a style that was big in the '80s, have been seen on stars like Rihanna acid (bleach accepted) |
| #6510, aired 2012-12-28 | I LOVE "L.A." $800: During strenuous exercise, the muscles produce this, C3H6O3; it's also abundant in sour milk lactic acid |
| #6500, aired 2012-12-14 | ADVENTURES IN JOURNALISM $1200: He reported on Ken Kesey's travels with the Merry Pranksters in "The Electric Kool-aid Acid Test" Tom Wolfe |
| #6494, aired 2012-12-06 | 1930s SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY $400: Norman Haworth, who synthesized this vitamin aka ascorbic acid, won a 1937 Nobel Prize Vitamin C |
| #6464, aired 2012-10-25 | SMELL $1000: Add a letter to "acid" & you get this adjective for an irritating smell acrid |
| #6443, aired 2012-09-26 | CHEMISTRY $1600: In a standard lead-acid battery, lead plates & an electrolyte of this diluted acid create electrical energy sulfuric acid |
| #6442, aired 2012-09-25 | TO YOUR HEALTH $400: Also known as renal lithiasis, these small, hard deposits can be made of mineral & acid salts a kidney stone |
| #6396, aired 2012-06-11 | THE HELOISE WITH YOU $400: Heloise uses boric acid powder on ants & these pests some say could survive a nuclear war cockroaches |
| #6373, aired 2012-05-09 | BIOLOGY $2,000 (Daily Double): Canavanine, produced by some plants, is a special one of these acids; it messes up proteins in insects' bodies an amino acid |
| #6362, aired 2012-04-24 | ORE $1000: When pitchblende, an ore of this element, goes to a mill, sulfuric acid is used to produce yellowcake uranium |
| #6327, aired 2012-03-06 | NUTRITION $800: Unlike other nuts, chestnuts have a significant amount of this, aka ascorbic acid Vitamin C |
| #6326, aired 2012-03-05 | "A" IN CHEMISTRY $400: Sulfur dioxide emissions lead to this nasty atmospheric deposit acid rain |
| #6320, aired 2012-02-24 | TABLETS $200: It says right on the label of Pepcid AC, "Just one tablet prevents & relieves" this "due to acid indigestion" heartburn |
| #6305, aired 2012-02-03 | EASY "A" $1600: Acid that gives vinegar its taste & smell acetic acid |
| #6273, aired 2011-12-21 | PHYSICAL SCIENCE $1200: Glycerin reacts with sulfuric acid & this acid, HNO3, to form an explosive nitric acid |
| #6262, aired 2011-12-06 | FOOD TALK $600: (I'm Dr. Oz.) For a bedtime snack try popcorn with parmesan; the dairy & carbs activate the effect of this amino acid that's more associated with turkey tryptophan |
| #6260, aired 2011-12-02 | NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS $3,400 (Daily Double): Pregnant women take this, also called vitamin B9, to reduce the risk of birth defects of the brain & spinal cord folic acid |
| #6226, aired 2011-10-17 | "CARB"S $1000: This acid also called phenol is used as a disinfectant carbolic |
| #6223, aired 2011-10-12 | CHILDHOOD HEALTH $400: (Dr. Oz delivers the clue.) An old-fashioned way to bring down fever is applying a vinegar solution--acid draws out heat & is specially effective on the feet, which have a high concentration of these glands sweat glands |
| #6209, aired 2011-09-22 | CHEMISTS $2000: In the 18th century Antoine Lavoisier gave this element its name, from the Greek for "acid forming" oxygen |
| #6207, aired 2011-09-20 | AGING GRACEFULLY $600: Moisturizer with glycolic acid helps prevent these alliteratively named results of years of chuckling laugh lines |
| #6174, aired 2011-06-16 | GOULASH $1200: This type of glass decoration is made by wrapping a paper pattern around the glass & dipping it in acid etch |
| #6167, aired 2011-06-07 | SCIENCE $1600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew displays a chemical formula on the monitor.) When acetic acid in vinegar reacts with CaCO3, this compound in the eggshell, bubbles of CO2 form in the vinegar & dissolve the shell, leaving just the membrane calcium carbonate |
| #6138, aired 2011-04-27 | THE DOG WHISPERER $600: (Cesar Millan stands next to a seated dog.) Dogs look to us for reassurance & notice fear immediately; in an entire city, a dog could find 1 gram of butyric acid, a component of this human secretion sweat (or perspiration) |
| #6135, aired 2011-04-22 | THE ENVIRONMENT $400: A New York Times article said this, falling in winter in the Adirondacks, may be more toxic for fish than its liquid counterpart acid snow |
| #6090, aired 2011-02-18 | THAT'S AN UNDERSTATEMENT $2000: One should be careful with this substance, formula HCl hydrochloric acid |
| #6063, aired 2011-01-12 | WORDS BEFORE BALL $1600: As in ammonia, this type of compound reacts with an acid to form a salt a base |
| #6048, aired 2010-12-22 | MOLECULES $1200: In 2008 scientists discovered an unusual molecule, with 2 hydrogen bonds, that may clean up this toxic precipitation acid rain |
| #6022, aired 2010-11-16 | ENVIRONMENTALISM $800: In 1872 Scottish scientist Robert Angus Smith first described this toxic precipitation & its effects acid rain |
| #6011, aired 2010-11-01 | IN THE CLOSET $400: Store this item from a memorable day in acid-free paper, especially if it's a Vera Wang, who's made them since 1990 a wedding dress |
| #5992, aired 2010-10-05 | TAKE A POWDER $800: Toss back 1,000 mg of ascorbic acid with this powder whose name sounds like a dire situation Emergen-C |
| #5992, aired 2010-10-05 | TAKE A POWDER $1000: Sold as a powder, this protein found in cow's milk helps replace amino acids you lose in a workout whey |
| #5965, aired 2010-07-16 | DOCTOR WHO $3,000 (Daily Double): ...pioneered the use of carbolic acid to disinfect wounds & surgical instruments (Joseph) Lister |
| #5922, aired 2010-05-18 | THE ATMOSPHERE $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows an animation on the monitor.) Fossil fuel-burning industries emit sulfur dioxide & nitrogen oxide, which combine with water in the atmosphere & fall as this nasty stuff acid rain |
| #5921, aired 2010-05-17 | CHEMISTRY $1,600 (Daily Double): It's the conversion of a carbohydrate such as sugar into an acid or an alcohol fermentation |
| #5893, aired 2010-04-07 | WHAT, ME WORRY? $1600: So my ankles are sore & swollen--doesn't mean I have this painful arthritic buildup of uric acid in my joints gout |
| #5856, aired 2010-02-15 | HOUSEHOLD HINTS $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew brushes the cut surface of an apple.) Apples brushed with lemon juice don't brown, because the enzymes that cause the apple's oxidation are rendered inactive by this acid, also known as vitamin C ascorbic acid |
| #5854, aired 2010-02-11 | WE'VE GOT CHEMISTRY $1200: A 19th century German chemist noted that a nation's wealth can be gauged by the amount it uses of this, H2SO4 sulfuric acid |
| #5851, aired 2010-02-08 | GENERAL SCIENCE $1600: This 4-letter neutral compound is produced by the reaction of an acid & a base a salt |
| #5826, aired 2010-01-04 | POTPOURRI $800: If Simon LeBon had stomach acid going up his esophagus & causing heartburn, he'd be suffering this acid reflux |
| #5789, aired 2009-11-12 | 10-LETTER WORDS $1000: It's a myth that this amino acid in turkey is the reason you nod off after a Thanksgiving meal tryptophan |
| #5779, aired 2009-10-29 | A DATE $2000: Our whirlwind tour ends when you come up & see these, made from acid-incised plates my etchings |
| #5758, aired 2009-09-30 | HEALTH & MEDICINE $200: Bacteria in the mouth produce an acid that eats away at this outer part of the tooth & causes cavities enamel |
| #5757, aired 2009-09-29 | "A" IN SCIENCE $400: Glycine is the simplest one of these, the essential building blocks of all proteins amino acid |
| #5708, aired 2009-06-03 | THE WRATH OF GRAPES $2000: Alcohol causes the stomach to secrete this acid, HCl; drink too much & the body tells the stomach to get rid of it hydrochloric acid |
| #5670, aired 2009-04-10 | WALK INTO A "BAR" $600: An 11-letter acid derivative used in medicine as a sedative a barbiturate |
| #5659, aired 2009-03-26 | OCEAN O' LOTION $400: Over-the-counter remedies for this teen affliction should have resorcinol, salicylic acid or benzoyl peroxide acne |
| #5656, aired 2009-03-23 | MEDICINE SHOW $600: Nexium fights acid reflux, which also goes by this name, though it has nothing to do with the organ heartburn |
| #5649, aired 2009-03-12 | "BO"POURRI $800: Weak acid used in roach powder & eyewash boric acid |
| #5635, aired 2009-02-20 | CHEESE $2000: Tyros is Greek for "cheese", & the crystals in aged cheese are tyrosine, one of these building blocks of protein amino acid |
| #5634, aired 2009-02-19 | FOODIE TECHNIQUES $1000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew cuts an onion in a bowl full of water.) To slice an onion without tears, cut it under water where the allinase enzymes present can't form sulfinic this when reacting with your eyes acid |
| #5632, aired 2009-02-17 | MEDICAL MILESTONES $400: In 1853 Charles Gerhardt buffered salicylic acid, creating acetylsalicylic acid, later marketed as this aspirin |
| #5625, aired 2009-02-06 | COMPOUNDS $400: An amphoteric compound like aluminum hydroxide can act either as an acid or as this a base |
| #5592, aired 2008-12-23 | FOOD & DRINK $1000: This old-timey soda fountain drink got its name from one ingredient--a little phosphoric acid a phosphate |
| #5591, aired 2008-12-22 | SCIENCE & NATURE $1200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew experiments in the Babcock Hall Dairy Plant.) The Babcock test, invented here at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, uses this potent non-potable, H2SO4, to dissolve everything in milk except the fat, so the fat content can be measured sulfuric acid |
| #5585, aired 2008-12-12 | HEALTH MATTERS $800: Folic acid is credited with reducing the risk of this birth defect whose name means "divided spine" spina bifida |
| #5572, aired 2008-11-25 | BIOLOGY $1200: Arginine, one of these acids, is made in the body but not enough for growth--so it's an "essential" one only in kids an amino acid |
| #5563, aired 2008-11-12 | SHIFT INTO... $1200: In chemistry, neither acid nor alkaline neutral |
| #5502, aired 2008-07-08 | SCIENCE $600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew performs a science experiment.) By mixing baking soda, a chemical base, with the acid in the lime juice, this gas is produced, resulting in a bubbly liquid carbon dioxide |
| #5484, aired 2008-06-12 | BODILY FLUIDS $400: Ptyalin is an enzyme in this bodily fluid that helps break down starches saliva |
| #5462, aired 2008-05-13 | IT'S ALL FROM THE GREEK TO ME $1600: From the Greek for "acid former", this gas is the most abundant element in the earth's crust oxygen |
| #5461, aired 2008-05-12 | CHEMISTRY $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew squeezes lemon juice into a beaker of tea.) This type of acid in the lemon acts as a bleaching agent with the dye in the tea, causing the tea's color to fade citric acid |
| #5428, aired 2008-03-26 | WORD & PHRASE ORIGINS $1200: A component of acids, this gas discovered in 1774 gets its name from the Greek words for "acid" & "forming" oxygen |
| #5417, aired 2008-03-11 | THAT WORD'S FOREIGN TO ME $600: This verb for an artistic process applying acid to metal comes from the Dutch, & many Dutch masters were good at it etching |
| #5412, aired 2008-03-04 | WELCOME TO CARLSBAD CAVERNS $2000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from inside Carlsbad Caverns Nat'l Park, New Mexico.) The immense chambers in the cave at Carlsbad Cavern are the result of the aggressive dissolution of limestone by this acid, H2SO4 sulfuric acid |
| #5409, aired 2008-02-28 | SWEET $600: This powdery stuff that's 200 times sweeter than sugar is aka aspartic acid phenylalinine methyl ester NutraSweet (or aspartame) |
| #5368, aired 2008-01-02 | SCIENCE CLASS $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew gives the clue.) We've rubbed the pigment of a radish on these cards; lemon juice turns the pigment orange, indicating that it's an acid; milk of magnesia turns it blue, indicating that it's this a base |
| #5359, aired 2007-12-20 | DESERT SURVIVAL SKILLS $2000: (Jon of the Clue Crew reports from White Sands National Monument, New Mexico.) Sounds odd, but black tea bags are handy in the desert: steep the bags & apply to sunburn; this acid in the tea relieves heat, pain & itching tannin (or tannic acid) |
| #5349, aired 2007-12-06 | "A" IN SCIENCE $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew demonstrates.) After five minutes in lemon juice, the coin is shiny because the lemon's this works chemically to remove the oxide acid |
| #5339, aired 2007-11-22 | THE SCIENCE OF LIQUOR $1600: Jameson Irish Whiskey gains its golden hue thanks partly to this acid that also helps give leather its color tannic acid |
| #5325, aired 2007-11-02 | ADD A LETTER $1600: Drop a letter into "acid" & it becomes this, meaning bitterly pungent acrid |
| #5323, aired 2007-10-31 | AT THE DENTIST'S OFFICE $1200: Cavities form when bacteria break down sugars, forming this substance that dissolves enamel acid |
| #5320, aired 2007-10-26 | PHYSICAL SCIENCE $800: (Kelly of the Clue Crew explains her science experiment.) Chemical reactions of the paper clip's iron & the copper wire in the acid of the lemon juice draw these elementary particles from one wire to the other electrons |
| #5317, aired 2007-10-23 | "V" ME $1000: This adjective for a scathing comment or review literally refers to sulfuric acid vitriolic |
| #5303, aired 2007-10-03 | IN THE NECK $800: This gland makes its hormones by combining iodine with the amino acid tyrosine a thyroid |
| #5298, aired 2007-09-26 | 19th CENTURY MEDICINE $800: In 1865 Joseph Lister began using carbolic acid as this, from the Latin for "against putrefaction" an antiseptic |
| #5273, aired 2007-07-11 | GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT $1200: James Bond drove a BMW Z3 in "GoldenEye"; vitamin B3 is also called this niacin |
| #5271, aired 2007-07-09 | WORD WORDS $1600: This 7-letter word can mean a trite remark, a bore or any of the salts of hydrobromic acid a bromide |
| #5267, aired 2007-07-03 | MIXED NUTS $600: A MAMA ACID macadamia |
| #5263, aired 2007-06-27 | MUSCLING IN $400: During strenuous activity, the glycogen in your muscles is converted into this "milky" acid, C3H6O3 lactic acid |
| #5233, aired 2007-05-16 | BOTANY $1000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew indicates a flower.) The color of a hydrangea's flowers can be determined by the level of this in the soil; above 6 for pink flowers, lower for blue acid |
| #5230, aired 2007-05-11 | ON BROADWAY $1000: Revived in 2007, it's Eric Bogosian's play about an acid-tongued talk show host Talk Radio |
| #5217, aired 2007-04-24 | THE NEW YORK TIMES SCIENCE TIMES $2000: This second fiddle among nucleic acids may be linked to types of leukemia & mental retardation ribonucleic acid (RNA) |
| #5213, aired 2007-04-18 | SCIENCE $1600: Boric acid, a weak acid, is used as this bacteria-killing infection-preventing type of substance antiseptic |
| #5212, aired 2007-04-17 | SCIENC"E" $3,000 (Daily Double): (Kelly of the Clue Crew delivers the clue.) Being an acid, the juice from a lemon acts as this type of liquid, defined as one that conducts current electrolyte |
| #5188, aired 2007-03-14 | EL "CID" $2000: Let's see if knowing this is what "RNA" is short for is in your RNA ribonucleic acid |
| #5186, aired 2007-03-12 | SCIENCE $200: This type of rain forms when nitrogen oxides & sulfur dioxide react within growing droplets acid rain |
| #5184, aired 2007-03-08 | TALKING TURKEY $1000: Though this amino acid in turkey is reputed to make you doze off on Thanksgiving, carbs & booze do at least as much tryptophan |
| #5161, aired 2007-02-05 | CHEM CLASS $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew pours the contents of a flask into a beaker.) Milk has its solids distributed throughout the liquid; to clump the solids into curd, I've added vinegar, a weak one of these an acid |
| #5142, aired 2007-01-09 | FEEL THE "BURN" $400: Discomfort produced by stomach acid touching the lining of the esophagus heartburn |
| #5132, aired 2006-12-26 | MEDICINE $400: To help the baby's nervous system develop, pregnant women need lots of the B vitamin known as this acid folic |
| #5104, aired 2006-11-16 | SCIENCE $200: The opposite of a base, it turns blue litmus red an acid |
| #5091, aired 2006-10-30 | THE BODY HUMAN $1000: The sticky alkaline mucus on your stomach's wall is there to protect it from this corrosive acid hydrochloric acid |
| #5086, aired 2006-10-23 | COMPOUNDS IN ACTION $600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from inside a science lab.) To make cake batter rise, you need to create a chemical reaction by combining an acid like buttermilk with this alkaline compound--NaHCO3 baking soda |
| #5082, aired 2006-10-17 | LETTER PERFECT $800: Ascorbic acid is another name for this vitamin C |
| #5063, aired 2006-09-20 | Rx $1200: A caution on some prescriptions, ASA means this acid is present, an aka for aspirin acetylsalicylic acid |
| #5027, aired 2006-06-20 | CHEMISTRY $400: 1,6-diaminohexane & hexanedioic acid mix to make this polymer popular in stockings nylon |
| #5013, aired 2006-05-31 | EMBRACE THE "ORB" $1200: Scurvy is caused by a lack of this "acid" found in citrus ascorbic acid |
| #4997, aired 2006-05-09 | YOU HAVE NO LIFE $400: Don't plan a Europan vacation--Jupiter's moon Europa is awash in this, also called battery acid sulfuric acid |
| #4972, aired 2006-04-04 | SESAME STREET EATS $200: (Alex chats with Elmo on Sesame Street.)
"Elmo, did you know that kiwis are an excellent source of vitamin C, which is also known as this acid?"
"Well, Elmo love kiwis!"
"Good!" ascorbic acid |
| #4971, aired 2006-04-03 | DESERT LIFE $1200: (Jon of the Clue Crew delivers a thorny proposition from the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum in Tucson, AZ.) Fortunes were made harvesting the prickly pear for this color dye, not from the plant, but from an insect on it that secrets caminic acid red |
| #4955, aired 2006-03-10 | GROOVY $1000: In this artistic process, printing is done by forcing ink into grooves made by acid copperplate etching |
| #4950, aired 2006-03-03 | A NICE "VIN"TAGE $800: A dilute acetic acid made by fermenting wine, beer or cider vinegar |
| #4864, aired 2005-11-03 | BACTERIOLOGY $800: Helicobacter pylori has special defenses against this acid, which allow it to live in the stomach & cause ulcers hydrochloric acid |
| #4860, aired 2005-10-28 | SCIENCE LAB $600: (Kelly of the Clue Crew juices a lemon in the chemistry lab.) This acid--C6H8O7--is found in the juice I'm extracting citric acid |
| #4813, aired 2005-07-06 | ANTS $2000: Some ants, as a defensive mechansim, spray vapors of this caustic liquid, HCOOH formic acid |
| #4785, aired 2005-05-27 | MEDICINE $400: A few almonds might help a headache; they contain salicylic acid, found in this drug synthesized in 1853 aspirin |
| #4784, aired 2005-05-26 | ABBREV. $1000: In genetics:
DNA deoxyribonucleic acid |
| #4783, aired 2005-05-25 | WEBSTER'S NEW WORLD COLLEGE DICTIONARY $800: Something's fishy with the addition of this fatty acid found in fish oil that's linked to low cholesterol & LDL levels omega-3 |
| #4776, aired 2005-05-16 | OLIVE ME $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew wanders through an ancient olive pressery on Naxos, Greece.) Cold-pressed olive oil is naturally low in this, & is classified by its ascending level of it acid |
| #4744, aired 2005-03-31 | WORDS OF A FEATHER $2000: This important compound is prepared by mixing a type of alcohol with sulfuric acid ether |
| #4679, aired 2004-12-30 | MEN & WOMEN OF SCIENCE $1000: The "Hans"-on work of this biochemist born in 1900 unraveled the mystery of the citric acid cycle Hans Krebs |
| #4676, aired 2004-12-27 | SCIENCE $2,200 (Daily Double): This amino acid is the sodium salt of glutamic acid monosodium glutamate (or MSG) |
| #4667, aired 2004-12-14 | TOM WOLFE $2000: It's Wolfe's 1968 book about Ken Kesey & friends' cross-country journey The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test |
| #4662, aired 2004-12-07 | BIOLOGY $200: Juices naturally occuring in this organ include hydrochloric acid & pepsin, but no orange the stomach |
| #4662, aired 2004-12-07 | BIOLOGY $1000: Aye-aye, it's a lack of ascorbic acid that can cause this disease scurvy |
| #4658, aired 2004-12-01 | ASK YOUR DOCTOR... $1000: ...about taking omeprazole, sold under this brand name and available over the counter, to treat acid reflux disease Prilosec |
| #4646, aired 2004-11-15 | OUR TROUBLED PLANET $2000: Newts are New Hampshire's state amphibian, partly for helping track this form of liquid pollution acid rain |
| #4627, aired 2004-10-19 | THE NIGHTTIME SKY $400 (Daily Double): Called the Earth's twin, this planet's surface features are obscured by thick clouds of sulfuric acid Venus |
| #4594, aired 2004-07-22 | SEDIMENTARY ROCK $1000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew dissolves a piece of rock in a chemistry experiment.) With diluted hydrochloric acid, you can test for this rock; the acid reacts with the calcite to form CO2 limestone |
| #4569, aired 2004-06-17 | SCIENCE POTPOURRI $2000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew burns one in from Volcanoes National
Park, Hawaii.) Volcanic fumes can be hazardous to your health: they contain sulfuric acid, glass particles & this, HCl hydrochloric acid |
| #4562, aired 2004-06-08 | "EXTRA" HELPINGS $800: Characterized by good flavor, this type of olive oil has an acid level of less than 1 percent extra virgin |
| #4510, aired 2004-03-26 | BEGINS & ENDS WITH "N" $1200: Nicotinic acid niacin |
| #4499, aired 2004-03-11 | CHEMISTRY $800: If toluene reacts with nitric acid, things get explosive with the compound known by these 3 letters TNT |
| #4465, aired 2004-01-23 | ABBREVIATIONS $400: Biologically speaking:
RNA ribonucleic acid |
| #4433, aired 2003-12-10 | ART $400: In addition to his portrait work, Rembrandt was also a master of this form that required acid etching |
| #4431, aired 2003-12-08 | BE BITTER $800 (Daily Double): The Clue Crew demo of prussic acid ended before it began when they smelled this distinct odor (bitter) almonds |
| #4405, aired 2003-10-31 | FACTORIES $800: At Vinterviken, Sweden, this family had a sulfuric acid as well as a dynamite factory the Nobels |
| #4382, aired 2003-09-30 | ORGANIC CHEMISTRY $200: Joseph Lister pioneered antiseptic medicine with the carbolic type of this, today called phenol acid |
| #4325, aired 2003-05-23 | SCIENCE LAB $400: These oral receptors are divided into 4 types: acid, salty, bitter & sweet taste buds |
| #4264, aired 2003-02-27 | THE BAD AIR UP THERE $1000: Sulfur dioxide reacts in the atmosphere to form particles & this tree-damaging precipitation acid rain |
| #4236, aired 2003-01-20 | "S"-ENCE $1600: Used in making aspirin, this acid comes from the bark of the willow tree Salicylic acid |
| #4235, aired 2003-01-17 | TEXAS TECH $1000: Texas is a leading state in mining this element, atomic number 16 & in manufacturing its acid sulphur |
| #4223, aired 2003-01-01 | ROCKS & MINERALS $400: The sulfur from this mineral, also known as fool's gold, is used to make sulfuric acid pyrite |
| #4208, aired 2002-12-11 | AUNTIE UP $600: She played the Acid Queen in "Tommy" & Aunty Entity in "Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome" Tina Turner |
| #4198, aired 2002-11-27 | THANKSGIVING AT ALEX'S HOUSE $1000: (Jimmy gives the last clue.) The sedative effects of turkey have been attributed to this amino acid, sold as a sleep aid until 1990 tryptophan |
| #4193, aired 2002-11-20 | DRUGS $1200: The name of this anti-inflammatory drug used in OTC preparations is a contraction of isobutylphenyl propionic acid ibuprofen |
| #4181, aired 2002-11-04 | MEDICINE $400: During acid reflux, acid from here goes up into the esophagus stomach |
| #4108, aired 2002-06-12 | CHEMISTRY $1200: This letter & number precede SO4 in the formula for sulfuric acid H2 |
| #4099, aired 2002-05-30 | ACID REIGN $400: This paper turns red in the presence of acid litmus (paper) |
| #4099, aired 2002-05-30 | ACID REIGN $800: English chemist Sir Walter Haworth coined this term for vitamin C ascorbic acid |
| #4099, aired 2002-05-30 | ACID REIGN $1200: You get this explosive found in dynamite by treating glycerol with a mixture of nitric & sulfuric acids nitroglycerin |
| #4099, aired 2002-05-30 | ACID REIGN $2,000 (Daily Double): On March 10, 1876 he spilled acid on himself & then made an urgent phone call Alexander Graham Bell |
| #4099, aired 2002-05-30 | ACID REIGN $2000: The "essential" ones of these acids include tryptophan, valine & lysine amino acids |
| #4085, aired 2002-05-10 | INTERNATIONAL CUISINE $1200: The seafood in this Mexican dish is "cooked" not by heat, but by the acid in lime juice ceviche |
| #4076, aired 2002-04-29 | "B.S." $1000: When combined with an acid ingredient, this compound, NaHCO3, produces gas bubbles, causing batter to rise baking soda |
| #4048, aired 2002-03-20 | GOT "MEL"? $1200: Albinos lack this pigment produced from the amino acid tyrosine melanin |
| #4039, aired 2002-03-07 | ART $400: Rembrandt turned this engraving method involving acid into an art form etching |
| #3984, aired 2001-12-20 | TV TALK SHOW HOSTS $400: This "Politically Incorrect" host once described his show as "The McLaughlin Group on acid" Bill Maher |
| #3958, aired 2001-11-14 | IT'S ALL IN THE DNA $800: 3 types of this nucleic acid are transfer, ribosomal & messenger RNA |
| #3956, aired 2001-11-12 | CHEMISTRY 101 $600: It's a substance that reacts with an acid to decrease or neutralize its acidic properties; lye, for example a base |
| #3954, aired 2001-11-08 | IN THE MEDICINE CHEST $600: It's the more common name for acetylsalicylic acid (& it's easier to pronounce) aspirin |
| #3949, aired 2001-11-01 | QUASI-RELATED PAIRS $200: Sodium chloride, for example, & a park at the southern tip of Manhattan a salt & Battery |
| #3896, aired 2001-07-09 | YES, I CAN $200: Keep canned fruit from darkening by adding ascorbic acid, better known nutritionally as this vitamin C |
| #3883, aired 2001-06-20 | "HY" SCIENCE $200: Before it's galvanized, iron is cleaned with this very caustic acid hydrochloric acid |
| #3851, aired 2001-05-07 | THE 1800s $200: Joseph Lister used carbolic acid to do this to his surgical instruments, a medical first sterilize |
| #3824, aired 2001-03-29 | COKE'S NON-SECRET INGREDIENTS $300: Regular Coke contains the phosphoric type; Diet Coke has citric, too Acid |
| #3823, aired 2001-03-28 | THE BODY HUMAN $300: Heartburn has nothing to do with the heart; it's caused by acid from the stomach rising back into this tube Esophagus |
| #3819, aired 2001-03-22 | ORGANIC COMPOUNDS $200: Prepare a 5% solution of acetic acid in water & you've got this salad dressing ingredient vinegar |
| #3732, aired 2000-11-21 | SIMPLE SCIENCE $500 (Daily Double): (Here is our science guy, Bill Nye) It's the gas produced by adding vinegar, an acid, to sodium bicarbonate Carbon dioxide |
| #3729, aired 2000-11-16 | CHEMISTRY $800: "Willie was a chemist, but Willie is no more, what Willie thought was H2O was" this H2SO4 (Sulfuric acid) |
| #3665, aired 2000-07-07 | LIFE SCIENCE $300: These disease-causers have a nucleic acid in a protein shell, but not even a single cell Viruses |
| #3656, aired 2000-06-26 | PHYSICAL SCIENCE $400: To a chemist, ammonia is an example of one of these, not an acid or salt base |
| #3649, aired 2000-06-15 | THAT 1870s SHOW $200: In a wacky episode, Clovis spills acid, prompting this inventor to make his call to Watson on March 10, 1876 Alexander Graham Bell |
| #3626, aired 2000-05-15 | AMERICAN AUTHORS $1000: This author & his loose lifestyle were the subject of Tom Wolfe's "The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test" Ken Kesey |
| #3542, aired 2000-01-18 | DIGESTION $100: It's the "A" being controlled by Pepcid AC Acid |
| #3491, aired 1999-11-08 | FAMILIAR MOLECULES $400: Chemical name of the salt produced when sodium hydroxide, NaOH, meets hydrochloric acid, HCl Sodium chloride (NaCl) |
| #3491, aired 1999-11-08 | FAMILIAR MOLECULES $1000: In the boric acid molecule seen here, the yellow ball represents this element Boron |
| #3490, aired 1999-11-05 | ECO TRIP $500: Sulfur & nitrogen compounds mix with water, lowering the pH level, & produce this kind of precipitation acid rain |
| #3484, aired 1999-10-28 | NATURE $300: This green fruit's juice, which has a high level of citric acid, was used by the British navy to prevent scurvy Limes |
| #3432, aired 1999-07-06 | SIZE MATTERS $300: Olive oil with oleic acid content under 1% is graded "Extra" this Extra Virgin |
| #3391, aired 1999-05-10 | GETTING SCIENTIFIC $200: Litmus paper turns this color when it makes contact with an acid Red |
| #3378, aired 1999-04-21 | SCI. $400: The part of a tree from which quinine & aspirin's salicyclic acid are extracted Bark |
| #3378, aired 1999-04-21 | LITERARY SAN FRANCISCO $500: He detailed the high life in Haight-Ashbury in his '60s opus "The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test" Tom Wolfe |
| #3373, aired 1999-04-14 | IN OTHER WORLDS $600: Instead of this, a shady Venusian might leave town "beneath one concentration of sulfuric acid particles" Under a dark cloud |
| #3361, aired 1999-03-29 | MAKEUP $1000: Gash & acid rain are popular hues of Urban Decay makeup, whose ads have asked, "Does" this pastel color "make you puke?" pink |
| #3343, aired 1999-03-03 | GENERAL SCIENCE $600: The "master plan of all life", it consists of thymine, adenine, guanine, cytosine, phosphate & deoxyribose DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) |
| #3290, aired 1998-12-18 | RAIN $200: Caused in part by sulfur dioxide emissions, it has "killed" 500 bodies of water in the Adirondacks acid rain |
| #3268, aired 1998-11-18 | PRESIDENTIAL ANAGRAMS $600: ACID LOGIC NOVEL Calvin Coolidge |
| #3248, aired 1998-10-21 | THE BODY HUMAN $800: Sometimes called crystal-induced arthritis, it's caused by an excess of uric acid in the body Gout |
| #3164, aired 1998-05-07 | LIFE $1,500 (Daily Double): Oswald Avery discovered it wasn't a protein but this acid that transfers genetic material DNA |
| #3162, aired 1998-05-05 | MEN OF SCIENCE $400: In 1931, to produce this fiber, Wallace Carothers heated hexamethylene diamine & adipic acid Nylon |
| #3015, aired 1997-10-10 | BIOLOGY $200: In 1970 David Baltimore proved that this nucleic acid could transmit information to DNA RNA (Ribonucleic acid) |
| #2970, aired 1997-06-27 | BIOLOGY $800: Its 2 coiled polynucleotide chains have opposite polarities DNA (Deoxyribonucleic acid) |
| #2962, aired 1997-06-17 | CHEMISTRY $600: This corrosive substance, H2SO4, was once known as oil of vitriol Sulphuric Acid |
| #2952, aired 1997-06-03 | ROCK COLLECTING $300: Diluted in water, this chemical, HCI, can be used to dissolve calcite deposits on specimens hydrochloric acid |
| #2948, aired 1997-05-28 | POP MUSIC $400: The "Acid Queen" costume she wore in "Tommy" is now in Cleveland's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Tina Turner |
| #2893, aired 1997-03-12 | WHEAT $100: Glutamic acid from wheat is used to produce this flavor enhancer MSG (Monosodium Glutamate) |
| #2885, aired 1997-02-28 | SCIENCE $1000: This British baron pioneered antiseptic surgery using carbolic acid for sterilization Joseph Lister |
| #2884, aired 1997-02-27 | GENERAL SCIENCE $800: This instrument is used to check the density of liquids, such as the acid in a storage battery Hydrometer |
| #2868, aired 1997-02-05 | ABBREV. $500: Biologically speaking, DNA is an abbreviation for this deoxyribonucleic acid |
| #2867, aired 1997-02-04 | CHEMISTRY $800: An acid gives up these subatomic particles; a base receives them Protons |
| #2866, aired 1997-02-03 | MUSIC $600: Term for the high volume, high intensity style of rock groups like AC/DC & Def Leppard heavy metal |
| #2850, aired 1997-01-10 | GENERAL SCIENCE $300: A dilute solution of this acid forms the electrolyte in a lead-acid car battery sulfuric acid |
| #2826, aired 1996-12-09 | THE PLANETS $300: Layers of sulfuric acid clouds completely obscure the surface of this neighboring planet Venus |
| #2805, aired 1996-11-08 | CHEMISTRY $500: The citric acid cycle is also known as this after the British biochemist who described it Krebs |
| #2798, aired 1996-10-30 | GENERAL SCIENCE $200: The hormone gastrin causes this organ to secrete acid stomach |
| #2797, aired 1996-10-29 | BRAND NAMES $300: Aspirin was originally the brand name under which this company sold its acetylsalicylic acid Bayer |
| #2746, aired 1996-07-08 | SCIENTISTS $1000: A 1953 Nobel Prize was awarded to this discoverer of the citric acid cycle, now named for him (Hans) Krebs |
| #2715, aired 1996-05-24 | SCIENCE $600: Produced by the fermentation of milk sugar, it's the acid that turns milk sour lactic acid |
| #2694, aired 1996-04-25 | HODGEPODGE $300: Formed when water vapor joins with nitrogen & sulfur oxides, it reportedly damaged half of Germany's trees acid rain |
| #2672, aired 1996-03-26 | ROCKS & MINERALS $400: Calcite is recognizable from the bubbles that form when this is applied during a test Acid |
| #2657, aired 1996-03-05 | CHEMISTRY $600: A "strong" one of these, like sulfuric or hydrochloric, will ionize completely in water An acid |
| #2638, aired 1996-02-07 | 1899 $300: Acetylsalicylic acid, better known as this, was introduced into widespread medical use aspirin |
| #2624, aired 1996-01-18 | GARDENING $400: This type of moss is most useful for growing acid-loving plants peat moss |
| #2579, aired 1995-11-16 | FLOWERS $1000: The oil from this evening flower is high in gamma-linolenic acid, an essential fatty acid Evening primrose |
| #2578, aired 1995-11-15 | SCIENCE $200: Like humans, the Red-vented Bulbul bird needs a dietary source of this vitamin, also called ascorbic acid Vitamin C |
| #2571, aired 1995-11-06 | GENERAL SCIENCE $200: Deoxyribonucleic acid, the genetic material of all cells is better known by this abbreviation DNA |
| #2567, aired 1995-10-31 | ART $200: Rembrandt made his first of these using acid in 1628 an etching |
| #2565, aired 1995-10-27 | INSECTS $400: Boric acid powder is used to combat these household pests of the order Blattaria cockroaches |
| #2549, aired 1995-10-05 | MUSIC STYLES $200: It's the decade that introduced us to acid rock the '60s |
| #2547, aired 1995-10-03 | GARDENING $500: Hydrangeas that flower pink in normal soil will produce blooms of this color in acid soil blue |
| #2537, aired 1995-09-19 | SCIENCE $200: Around 1900 DNA was extracted from calf thymus & this nucleic acid was extracted from yeast cells RNA (ribonucleic acid) |
| #2506, aired 1995-06-26 | MEDICINE MEN $1000: The 4/25/1953 issue of nature had a paper by these 2 men on "a structure for deoxyribose nucleic acid" Watson & Crick |
| #2497, aired 1995-06-13 | MORE HINTS FROM HELOISE $500: This acid found in powdered lemonade can be used to clean the dishwasher citric acid |
| #2463, aired 1995-04-26 | SICKNESS & HEALTH $800: Folic acid deficiency is a type of this disease defined as a decrease in hemoglobin or red blood cells anemia |
| #2434, aired 1995-03-16 | SCIENCE $800: One of the B vitamins, nicotinic acid is more commonly called this niacin |
| #2429, aired 1995-03-09 | AROUND THE ART STUDIO $500: A mordant is the acid mixture used in creating these images etchings (photoengravings) |
| #2414, aired 1995-02-16 | NUTRITION $200: This part of an egg is rich in pantothenic acid the yolk |
| #2408, aired 1995-02-08 | SCIENCE $600: This digestive juice contains hydrochloric acid gastric juice |
| #2353, aired 1994-11-23 | FILE UNDER "S" $300: This disease caused by the lack of ascorbic acid is called Barlow's Disease in infants Scurvy |
| #2289, aired 1994-07-14 | INTERNATIONAL CUISINE $600: The fish in ceviche is "cooked" not by heat but by the acid in this fruit juice lime juice (lemon) |
| #2285, aired 1994-07-08 | MEDICINE $1000: Around 1930 Albert Szent-Gyorgyi & Charles G. King isolated this antiscurvy substance vitamin C (ascorbic acid) |
| #2226, aired 1994-04-18 | SCIENCE $100: Folic acid is necessary for the production of red blood cells in this part of the bones the marrow |
| #2207, aired 1994-03-22 | DECORATIVE ARTS $400: It's the process of decorating metal by using acid to bite patterns into the surface etching |
| #2204, aired 1994-03-17 | NUTRITION $400: The "ascorbic" in ascorbic acid, this vitamin's chemical name means "anti-scurvy" Vitamin C |
| #2192, aired 1994-03-01 | HINTS FROM HELOISE $500: To rid your home of these bugs, try Heloise's boric acid, flour, sugar, onion & fat mixture cockroaches |
| #2179, aired 1994-02-10 | SCIENTISTS & INVENTORS $1000: This biochemist who discovered the citric acid cycle was knighted in 1958 (Hans) Krebs |
| #2159, aired 1994-01-13 | MILITARY SLANG $100: Beverage referred to as battery acid, blackout & paint remover coffee |
| #2112, aired 1993-11-09 | SCIENCE $800: In 1953 Crick & Watson came up with the double helix model for this nucleic acid's molecule DNA |
| #2103, aired 1993-10-27 | SCIENCE $200: In 1780 Carl Scheele isolated lactic acid in this substance that had soured milk |
| #2059, aired 1993-07-15 | NUTRITION $200: Like olive oil, avocados contain the monounsaturated type of this fatty acid |
| #2047, aired 1993-06-29 | BIOLOGY $1000: This nucleic acid occurs in 3 forms: messenger, ribosomal & transfer RNA |
| #2034, aired 1993-06-10 | NUTRITION $400: The name of this B-complex vitamin comes from the Latin word for "leaf", folium folic acid |
| #2021, aired 1993-05-24 | "D" IN SCIENCE $600: Alcohol & carbolic acid are 2 examples of this type of solution used to kill microorganisms a disinfectant |
| #1996, aired 1993-04-19 | THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM $1000: To neutralize this stomach acid, the pancreas adds bicarbonate hydrochloric acid |
| #1995, aired 1993-04-16 | ART $400: As distinguished from engraving, this printing process uses acid to eat away parts of the plate etching |
| #1989, aired 1993-04-08 | SCIENCE $800 (Daily Double): Formed by bacterial fermentation, it's the acid that makes sour milk sour lactic acid |
| #1972, aired 1993-03-16 | FATS & OILS $2,000 (Daily Double): Because 3 fatty acid molecules join 1 of glycerol, this term is used to refer to fats & oils triglycerides |
| #1945, aired 1993-02-05 | THE ENVIRONMENT $400: The pH value of acid rain is equivalent to that of this common salad dressing ingredient vinegar |
| #1924, aired 1993-01-07 | "A" IN SCIENCE $500: Chemically speaking, it's vitamin C ascorbic acid |
| #1895, aired 1992-11-27 | FOOD $200: Methylparaben, benzoic acid & sodium nitrate are added to foods to do this preserve them |
| #1895, aired 1992-11-27 | ANATOMY $200: Its muscles contract & relax about 3 times a minute & it contains a powerful acid the stomach |
| #1889, aired 1992-11-19 | CHEMISTRY $800: This acid is the electrolyte in a lead-acid battery Sulfuric Acid |
| #1846, aired 1992-09-21 | GENERAL SCIENCE $400: Highly poisonous prussic acid is said to have the smell of these "bitter" nuts almonds |
| #1796, aired 1992-05-25 | "HYDRO" SCIENCE $400: Also known as muriatic acid, it's widely used as a cleaning agent hydrochloric acid |
| #1755, aired 1992-03-27 | SCIENCE $400: The salicylic acid first used in making aspirin came from this part of the willow tree bark |
| #1715, aired 1992-01-31 | HINTS FROM HELOISE $500: To reduce the acid flavor of spaghetti sauce, Heloise suggests adding 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon of this instant beverage instant coffee |
| #1704, aired 1992-01-16 | SCIENCE $800: Found in body cells, this compound comes in 2 types, "messenger" & "transfer" ribonucleic acid |
| #1672, aired 1991-12-03 | 7-LETTER WORDS $500: Technically, it's a white, crystalline compound of acetylsalicylic acid aspirin |
| #1670, aired 1991-11-29 | BIOLOGY $1000: Liver, leafy vegetables & kidneys provide a dietary source of folic acid, part of this vitamin group vitamin B |
| #1668, aired 1991-11-27 | SICKNESS & HEALTH $500: Cooking destroys this vitamin whose scientific name is ascorbic acid vitamin C |
| #1610, aired 1991-09-06 | SCIENCE $200: Treat glycerol with nitric & sulfuric acid to make this explosive found in dynamite nitroglycerin |
| #1604, aired 1991-07-18 | SCIENCE & NATURE $100: Taste buds are usually divided into 4 types, salt, acid, bitter & this sweet |
| #1598, aired 1991-07-10 | SCIENTISTS $200: This chemist's research into ascorbic acid led to the 1970 book "Vitamin C and the Common Cold" Linus Pauling |
| #1593, aired 1991-07-03 | THE HUMAN BODY $500 (Daily Double): Gastric juice in the stomach consists of the enzyme pepsin & this acid hydrochloric acid or HCl |
| #1569, aired 1991-05-30 | CHEMISTRY $400: Chemistry books warn you not to add this common substance to sulfuric acid; it may cause it to blow up water |
| #1564, aired 1991-05-23 | ARTISTS $300: Rembrandt made his by using acid on a metal plate, then printing onto paper etching |
| #1554, aired 1991-05-09 | FRUITS & VEGETABLES $100: Don't tell Popeye, but the oxalic acid in this vegetable makes it difficult to absorb its iron spinach |
| #1548, aired 1991-05-01 | BOTANY $600: This acid is the chemical constituent of genes in plants too DNA |
| #1508, aired 1991-03-06 | SCIENCE $400: It's the acid that makes lemons & limes sour citric acid |
| #1492, aired 1991-02-12 | THE ENVIRONMENT $1000: When moisture combines with nitrogen oxide & sulfur dioxide, this kind of precipitation falls acid rain |
| #1439, aired 1990-11-29 | PHYSICAL SCIENCE $600: A drop of most types of this will cause marble to bubble acid |
| #1424, aired 1990-11-08 | WEATHER $300: Word used to describe rain, snow or fog with a pH value of less than 5.6 acid rain |
| #1409, aired 1990-10-18 | TRADEMARK NAMES $200: Now a generic term, it went originally by its trade name for acetylsalicylic acid aspirin |
| #1408, aired 1990-10-17 | "A" IN SCIENCE $300: The type of acid found in vinegar acetic |
| #1303, aired 1990-04-11 | SINGERS & THEIR ROLES $300: She was the Acid Queen in "Tommy" & Auntie Entity in "Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome" Tina Turner |
| #1290, aired 1990-03-23 | THE ENVIRONMENT $200: Emmissions of nitrogen & sulfur oxides into the air cause this, endangering fish & aquatic life acid rain |
| #1264, aired 1990-02-15 | COMMUNICATION $1000: As an example of "doublespeak", Prof. Wm. Lutz quotes the EPA calling this "poorly buffered precipitation" acid rain |
| #1260, aired 1990-02-09 | ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL $1000: Most reference sources report that on March 10, 1876 Bell spilled this on his pants Battery Acid (hence the call, "Watson, come here, I need you") |
| #1256, aired 1990-02-05 | SCIENCE $600: English chemist Sir Walter Haworth coined this acid name for vitamin C ascorbic acid |
| #1232, aired 1990-01-02 | PLANTS $1,200 (Daily Double): When these shrubs are grown in alkaline soil, their flowers are usually pink; in acid soil, blue hydrangeas |
| #1220, aired 1989-12-15 | SCIENCE $300: Warning! Warning! Your litmus paper has just turned red, indicating this type of solution acid |
| #1189, aired 1989-11-02 | MILK $300: Carl Scheele, a Swedish chemist, first isolated this acid in sour milk in 1780 lactic acid |
| #1176, aired 1989-10-16 | 20th CENTURY WRITERS $1000: Writer whose "merry pranks" are detailed in Tom Wolfe's "The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test" Ken Kesey |
| #1170, aired 1989-10-06 | IN THE NEWS $500: On his 1st foreign trip as president, Bush traveled to this country & discussed acid rain Canada |
| #1136, aired 1989-07-10 | LEATHER $200: Placing hides in a solution of sodium sulfide & limewater for about 18 hours removes this the hair |
| #1128, aired 1989-06-28 | "L.A." $1000: Found in sour milk, it's used in adhesives, preservatives & pharmaceuticals lactic acid |
| #1122, aired 1989-06-20 | VITAMINS & MINERALS $200: A deficiency of this B vitamin, also known as nicotinic acid, causes pellagra niacin |
| #1107, aired 1989-05-30 | WINE $200: It's this gas that makes crackling rosé crackle carbon dioxide (carbonic acid gas) |
| #1094, aired 1989-05-11 | FIRST AID $100: If you accidentally splash acid in your eye, immediately flush it with this water |
| #1018, aired 1989-01-25 | BIOLOGY $1000: The gastric pits in your stomach contain oxyntic cells that secrete this acid hydrochloric acid |
| #1016, aired 1989-01-23 | ART $400: Perfected in 16th century Europe, this art process uses a corrosive acid on metal plates etching |
| #1007, aired 1989-01-10 | WEATHER $1000: Rain with a pH reading of less than 5.6 acid rain |
| #992, aired 1988-12-20 | FITNESS $800: A form of this acid has been called "acid of fatigue" since it increases in muscles during exercise lactic acid |
| #969, aired 1988-11-17 | IN THE NEWS $400: Canada's maple sugar industry is directly endangered by this pollution acid rain |
| #944, aired 1988-10-13 | LITERATURE $300: This pivotal animal from "Alice in Wonderland" became the title of a classic 1967 acid rock hit White Rabbit |
| #931, aired 1988-09-26 | CHEMISTRY $400: Found in rhubarb, oxalic acid removes calcium from the body & this common oxide from iron rust (ferric oxide) |
| #931, aired 1988-09-26 | CHEMISTRY $800: You can clean silverware by boiling it in an aluminum pan using a solution of this, NaHCO3 sodium bicarbonate (baking soda) |
| #914, aired 1988-07-21 | SCIENTISTS $600: Once a "Quiz Kid" on radio, James Watson helped figure out the double-helix structure of this DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) |
| #903, aired 1988-07-06 | GLASS $600: Process in which glass is dipped in or sprayed with hydrofluoric acid to form designs etching |
| #866, aired 1988-05-16 | ECOLOGY $800: In 1985, he began lobbying on the acid rain issue on behalf of the Canadian government Michael Deaver |
| #855, aired 1988-04-29 | SICKNESS & HEALTH $300: Occuring many times more often in men than in women, this uric acid disorder can get you by the toes gout |
| #836, aired 1988-04-04 | BACTERIA $400: Meaning "acid loving" this bacterial culture that thrives in acid is sometimes added to milk acidophilus |
| #825, aired 1988-03-18 | 20TH C. FASHION $200: The commonest fabric you can find acid washed, stone washed, or distressed denim |
| #808, aired 1988-02-24 | VENUS $800: While ours mainly consist of water vapor, those of Venus mainly consist of sulfuric acid the clouds |
| #803, aired 1988-02-17 | TECHNOLOGY $200: A soda-acid extinguisher is designed to produce this fire-fighting gas carbon dioxide |
| #802, aired 1988-02-16 | NONPOTENT POTABLES $500: If your milk's turned sour, this acid has formed lactic acid |
| #765, aired 1987-12-25 | CHEMISTRY $800: When acid is added to an aqueous solution, the pH does this go down |
| #747, aired 1987-12-01 | THE HUMAN BODY $100: Acid here sterilizes digested food & kills bacteria stomach |
| #746, aired 1987-11-30 | SCIENCE $500: Derived from lichens, it's one of the oldest acid-based indicators litmus |
| #702, aired 1987-09-29 | BIOLOGY $800: It's hereditary material in the form of 2 coiled polynucleotide chains that form a double helix DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) |
| #659, aired 1987-06-18 | VITAMINS $1,000 (Daily Double): Names of 3 of the 8 vitamins that make up the vitamin B complex (3 of) thiamine, niacin, riboflavin, pantothenic acid, biotin, folic acid, pyridoxine & cyanocobalamin |
| #642, aired 1987-05-26 | SCIENCE $300: Sometimes known as muriatic acid, it's a solution of hydrogen chloride in water hydrochloric acid |
| #640, aired 1987-05-22 | ARTISTS $400: Rembrandt could have invited girls up to see these prints made from acid-marked copper plates etchings |
| #605, aired 1987-04-03 | SODA POP QUIZ $500: "Takes the 'ouch' out of 'grouch'" was claim of this soda once sold as "anti-acid" hangover remedy 7-Up |
| #602, aired 1987-03-31 | WEATHER $600: Term for modern weather eco-hazard caused by sulfur dioxide's reaction to moisture in air acid rain |
| #569, aired 1987-02-12 | "SOUR" $500: Candy the British sometimes call acid drops sour balls |
| #563, aired 1987-02-04 | TECHNOLOGY $300: Type of acid in your car battery sulfuric |
| #557, aired 1987-01-27 | IN OTHER WORDS... $500: Ingest a pair of acetylsalicylic acid tablets, then make my phone bell ring at 7 a.m. tomorrow take two aspirin & call me in the morning |
| #553, aired 1987-01-21 | DRUG STORE $300: Generic name of the pain reliever in Bufferin acetylsalicylic acid |
| #503, aired 1986-11-12 | SCIENCE $400: Vegetable dye that turns red in acid solutions & blue in alkaline solutions litmus |
| #448, aired 1986-05-28 | TREES $500: The bark of the oak contains this acid, used in turning animal hide into leather tannin (tannic acid) |
| #438, aired 1986-05-14 | "FIRE" $100: The oldest portable one, invented about 1837, used soda-acid fire extinguisher |
| #424, aired 1986-04-24 | ACIDS $200: Salicylic acid is used in making perfumes, fungicides, & this most common fever reducing drug aspirin |
| #424, aired 1986-04-24 | ACIDS $400: Generic name for a plain carbonic acid drink soda (soda water) |
| #424, aired 1986-04-24 | ACIDS $600: 1st prepared in 1400s, this poisonous & highly corrosive acid is found naturally in your stomach hydrochloric acid |
| #419, aired 1986-04-17 | SCIENCE $300: Derived from lichens, some turn red in acid solutions, some blue in alkaline solutions litmus papers |
| #351, aired 1986-01-13 | MEDICAL MYTHS $300: Triggering stomach acid, milk can actually irritate, not soothe, this stomach disorder an ulcer |
| #341, aired 1985-12-30 | MUSCLES $1000: A variant of this acid in buttermilk & beer causes the fatigue & pain of exercise lactic acid |
| #328, aired 1985-12-11 | HEALTH $800: Carbolic acid was used as this in surgery before being replaced by less caustic ones disinfectants (antiseptics) |
| #308, aired 1985-11-13 | ROCKS & MINERALS $500: Fizzing when acid is applied, this mineral is the base of the Portland cement industry limestone |
| #284, aired 1985-10-10 | AMERICAN AUTHORS $600: "Cuckoo's Nest" author whose lifestyle was the subject of Tom Wolfe's "The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test" Ken Kesey |
| #262, aired 1985-09-10 | VITAMINS & MINERALS $300: A sunscreen when applied externally, B vit. para-amino benzoic-acid is better known as this PABA |
| #186, aired 1985-05-27 | ECOLOGY $400: Weather phenomenon that's been killing wildlife in lakes acid rain |
| #156, aired 1985-04-15 | AGRICULTURE $400: Rainmaking process banned in some states for upsetting the balance in nature cloud seeding |
| #133, aired 1985-03-13 | MEDICINE $400: Technical term for vitamin C, it means "no scurvy" ascorbic acid |
| #106, aired 1985-02-04 | SCIENCE $800: Part of human body where hydrochloric acid is found the stomach |
| #87, aired 1985-01-08 | FICTION $400: "Alice-In-Wonderland" animal featured in title of Jefferson Airplane's acid rock classic the White Rabbit |
| #68, aired 1984-12-12 | DRUGS $200: Lysergic acid diethylamide LSD |
| #45, aired 1984-11-09 | NUTRITION $100: Also known as ascorbic acid vitamin C |
| #43, aired 1984-11-07 | CHEMISTRY $1000: Chemical combination of a non-metal with hydrogen, such as H2SO4 an acid |
| #41, aired 1984-11-05 | NOBEL PRIZE $800: "Twisted ladder" model of this substance brought medicine award to Watson & Crick DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) |
| #19, aired 1984-10-04 | POLITICAL QUOTES $800: Acid-tongued V.P. who said, "Some newspapers dispose of their garbage by printing it" Spiro Agnew |
| #5, aired 1984-09-14 | CHEMISTRY $1,000 (Daily Double): The chemical symbol for sulfuric acid, it completes this poem:
"Say farewell to the professor /
He'll be with us no more /
For what he thought was H2O /
Was..." H2SO4 |
| #2, aired 1984-09-11 | BIOLOGY $1000: Deoxyribonucleic acid DNA |
