| #8886, aired 2023-06-05 | TASK: FORCE $800: French term for a clause in a contract protecting one or both parties if an act of God messes everything up force majeure |
| #20, aired 2023-05-24 | THE GRAMMAR POLICE $1000: 30 years on the force, but I was sickened by "I went to lunch, Tim showed up" --what animal does this act with an innocent comma? splice |
| #8803, aired 2023-02-08 | ACTS OF CONGRESS $200: 2016's 21st Century Cures Act told this agency to speed up the drug approval process & pay more heed to "patient experience data" the FDA |
| #6, aired 2022-10-30 | PATRIOT ACT $100: Daniel O'Connell, a patriot of this country, got the British to pass the Catholic Emancipation Act of 1829 Ireland |
| #8503, aired 2021-11-03 | COFFEE IS LIFE $800: A 1773 act & this following protest prompted many in America to take up coffee the Boston Tea Party |
| #8354, aired 2021-03-11 | UP IN THE AIR $600: In the U.S., air pollutants have fallen more than 70% in the past 48 years largely thanks to this 1970 act & its amendments the Clean Air Act |
| #8354, aired 2021-03-11 | VETO $2000: Gerald Ford vetoed the beefed-up version of this act, FOIA for short, but congress overrode the veto in 1975 Freedom of Information Act |
| #8217, aired 2020-05-19 | BILLS, BILLS, BILLS $400: A bipartisan 2018 criminal justice reform bill, the First Step Act eases up the federal rule known as this "and you're out" three strikes |
| #5, aired 2020-01-09 | COMEDIANS $1000: In "Dolemite Is My Name", Eddie Murphy tells the story of this entertainer who had a stand-up act of his own back in the day Rudy Ray Moore |
| #7549, aired 2017-06-08 | THE NEW DEAL $800: The Glass-Steagall Banking Act of 1933 created this agency that insured bank accounts up to $2,500 originally the FDIC |
| #7438, aired 2017-01-04 | MARIE $1000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents.) The act of folding shows your gratitude to the shirt, according to this author of "The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up"'; a correctly folded shirt will stand on its side Marie Kondo |
| #7208, aired 2016-01-06 | REVOLUTIONARY QUOTATIONS $1200: On Jan. 2, 1776 this body passed the Tory Act, saying lock up "unworthy Americans as... have taken part with our oppressors" the Continental Congress |
| #7199, aired 2015-12-24 | BANKING $400: The Americans with Disabilities Act says these must have Braille, even the drive-up ones an ATM |
| #7081, aired 2015-06-01 | THE LAW OF THE LAND $600: In Michigan, thou shalt not hook up with thy neighbor's wife--this act--lest ye get 4 years in prison adultery |
| #7002, aired 2015-02-10 | AMERICAN HISTOR-"E" $1000: Congress passed this act in 1807 to deal with abuses to U.S. shipping by England & France the Embargo Act |
| #6919, aired 2014-10-16 | ELEMENTS OF THE FAIRY TALE $800: A dude gets all Eminem up in here with a miller's daughter with his "Hi, my name is (what?), my name is (who?)" act "Rumpelstiltskin" |
| #6770, aired 2014-02-07 | "DUM" IT UP $800: In a 1941 film, this circus performer is forced to join a clown act Dumbo |
| #6758, aired 2014-01-22 | CLEAN UP YOUR ACT $200: July 2, 2014 is the 50th anniversary of LBJ signing a milestone in equality:
The ____ ____ Act the Civil Rights Act |
| #6758, aired 2014-01-22 | CLEAN UP YOUR ACT $400: Present a clue in charades, or for a kid, behave badly to express emotion:
Act ____ act out |
| #6758, aired 2014-01-22 | CLEAN UP YOUR ACT $600: Whoopi in protective custody:
"____ Act" Sister |
| #6758, aired 2014-01-22 | CLEAN UP YOUR ACT $800: "A diverse non-partisan group... committed to direct action to end the AIDS crisis":
ACT-____ ACT UP |
| #6758, aired 2014-01-22 | CLEAN UP YOUR ACT $1000: Act of ____:
"O my God, I am heartily sorry" an act of contrition |
| #6747, aired 2014-01-07 | PLAY THAT FIDDLE $1200: Dubbed "king of the one-liners", this comedian began his career as a violinist & used the instrument in his stand-up act Henny "Take my wife, please" Youngman |
| #6646, aired 2013-07-08 | "UP" WORDS $200: The Supreme Court case Jones v. Van Zandt didn't overturn the Fugitive Slave Act but did this opposite uphold it |
| #6546, aired 2013-02-18 | LET'S GO TO THE CIRCUS $1200: David Smith Sr. once flew over 2 Ferris wheels, 201 feet up, as part of this act a human cannonball |
| #6457, aired 2012-10-16 | NEW DEAL PROGRAMS $800: The Glass-Steagall Act of 1933 established this government body, guaranteeing bank accounts up to a certain limit the F(ederal) D(eposit) I(nsurance) C(orporation) |
| #6366, aired 2012-04-30 | DOUBLE "F" $2000: This title impostor in a Moliere comedy doesn't show up until the third act Tartuffe |
| #6345, aired 2012-03-30 | RECORD DESTROYERS $800: FOIA requests for files on Rosa Parks & Walter Cronkite came up empty, as this agency said it had destroyed those the FBI |
| #6267, aired 2011-12-13 | GETTING DEFENSIVE $800 (Daily Double): One form of justification for a bad act is having had these, proverbially the asphalt on the way to hell good intentions |
| #6222, aired 2011-10-11 | THE SEC $1600: The act that set up the SEC restricted buying stocks "on" this--no more than 45% of the market price could be borrowed credit margin |
| #6157, aired 2011-05-24 | ACT I, SCENE 1 $1000: Moliere's "The Imaginary" this opens with the title character adding up his apothecary's bill Invalid |
| #6067, aired 2011-01-18 | "PAY" UP $800: It sounds positive, but it can also be the act of taking revenge payback |
| #6067, aired 2011-01-18 | "PAY" UP $1200: It's a bribe paid to a radio DJ to play & promote a particular song or act payola |
| #5912, aired 2010-05-04 | "M" & EMMYS $200: Oui! This legendary mime picked up a 1955 Emmy for Best Specialty Act Marcel Marceau |
| #5442, aired 2008-04-15 | PAY UP! $400: For working more than a 40-hour week, employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act must get this much overtime pay time-and-a-half |
| #5109, aired 2006-11-23 | RAKE $200: In Act I, Scene i he won't shut up about his love for the fair Rosaline; in Act I, Scene v, he falls for another girl Romeo |
| #4983, aired 2006-04-19 | BEFORE & AFTER $400: English Quaker colonialist who teams up for a funny Vegas magic act William Penn & Teller |
| #4835, aired 2005-09-23 | COMPOSING, DECOMPOSING $2000: Doctored up the 1-act operetta "Le docteur miracle" in 1857, went past doctor's help on June 3, 1875 in Bougival, France (Georges) Bizet |
| #4823, aired 2005-07-20 | MAGICAL HISTORY TOUR $600: This magician does the ultimate disappearing act & ends up on an enchanted island with Ariel & the brutish Caliban Prospero |
| #4673, aired 2004-12-22 | SHHHH! $1200: A strategy for concealing an unethical act; the Watergate one was famous a cover-up |
| #4655, aired 2004-11-26 | SHAKESPEARE'S SMALL PARTS $2000: In Act V, Scene ii Dr. Butts shows up for a couple of lines with Cranmer & this title king Henry VIII |
| #4313, aired 2003-05-07 | IT'LL TAKE AN ACT OF PARLIAMENT $400: In 1993 a bwrdd was set up to promote the use of this language Welsh |
| #4236, aired 2003-01-20 | THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT $400: The 1957 Civil Rights Act set up a Civil Rights division in this cabinet department Justice |
| #4173, aired 2002-10-23 | HERE'S TO YOU, MR. ROBINSON $1000: In "The Ten Commandments" this actor famously snarled, "Where's your messiah now?" Edward G. Robinson |
| #4039, aired 2002-03-07 | THE CLINTON YEARS $2000: (Former President Clinton wraps things up for us.) This program providing financial aid for education was created with the 1993 signing of the National & Community Service Trust Act Ameri-Corps |
| #4029, aired 2002-02-21 | ACT UP $200: Before donning his pointed ears, he acted in "The Brain Eaters" & "Zombies of the Stratosphere" Leonard Nimoy |
| #4029, aired 2002-02-21 | ACT UP $400: "An actress can only play a woman. I'm an actor, I can play anything", once boasted this star of "Ghost" Whoopi Goldberg |
| #4029, aired 2002-02-21 | ACT UP $600: In 1996 this hunk won a Golden Globe award for his supporting work in "Twelve Monkeys" Brad Pitt |
| #4029, aired 2002-02-21 | ACT UP $800: In 1983 he played Tony Montana, whom you might remember better as Scarface Al Pacino |
| #4029, aired 2002-02-21 | ACT UP $1000: This folksinger & actor surely had "A Holly Jolly Christmas" in 1959, the year he won an Oscar for "The Big Country" Burl Ives |
| #3889, aired 2001-06-28 | "ACT" UP $200: An ardent pursuer of political or social ends an activist |
| #3889, aired 2001-06-28 | "ACT" UP $400: NYC school of Palance, Brando & Newman the Actors Studio |
| #3889, aired 2001-06-28 | "ACT" UP $600: Full title of the fifth book of the New Testament Acts of the Apostles |
| #3889, aired 2001-06-28 | "ACT" UP $800: An insurance statistician an actuary |
| #3889, aired 2001-06-28 | "ACT" UP $1000: A mythological hunter turned into a stag by Artemis Actaeon |
| #3499, aired 1999-11-18 | ODDS & ENDS $1,900 (Daily Double): (Alex: And to help set up the clue, please welcome Broadway's "Phantom of the Opera", Howard McGillen) Act I of "Phantom of the Opera" ends with this fixture crashing to the stage Chandelier |
| #3452, aired 1999-09-14 | COLONIAL AMERICA $800: Taking its name from a speech in Parliament, this organization sprang up in 1765 to oppose the Stamp Act Sons of Liberty |
| #3385, aired 1999-04-30 | MICHELLE PFEIFFER PFILMS $600: Michelle livened up the lounge act of piano-playing brothers Beau & Jeff Bridges in this film The Fabulous Baker Boys |
| #3337, aired 1999-02-23 | 20th CENTURY AMERICA $1000: This 1935 act set up a system of old-age benefits for Americans Social Security Act |
| #3169, aired 1998-05-14 | STAMP ACT $200: What's up Doc? The bestselling postage stamp of 1997 featured this cartoon character Bugs Bunny |
| #3121, aired 1998-03-09 | "B" GIRLS $600: Created by Max Fleischer, she was forced to clean up her act by the Hays office censors in the mid-'30s Betty Boop |
| #3018, aired 1997-10-15 | THE "BLUES" $100: This duo dreamed up by John Belushi & Dan Aykroyd began as a pre-show warmup act for "SNL" The Blues Brothers |
| #2983, aired 1997-07-16 | SINGERS WHO ACT $400: Bette Midler sang in the chorus of this Broadway musical before she moved up to the role of Tzeitel "Fiddler On The Roof" |
| #2493, aired 1995-06-07 | AMERICAN HISTORY $600: Before the great debates, he drew up the Kansas-Nebraska Act Stephen Douglas |
| #2483, aired 1995-05-24 | J LETTER MEN $1000: This Arkansas senator's 1946 act set up a student exchange program (J. William) Fulbright |
| #1993, aired 1993-04-14 | U.S. HISTORY $800 (Daily Double): The Republican Party was founded in 1854 partly as a reaction against this act named for 2 territories the Kansas-Nebraska Act |
| #1927, aired 1993-01-12 | ACTS $400: This 1890 act was used in the early 1900s to break up Standard Oil & the American Tobacco Company the Sherman Antitrust Act |
| #1857, aired 1992-10-06 | PEOPLE $500: 20 years after they broke up their act, these 2 stars were reunited on the MDA Telethon in 1976 Martin & Lewis |
| #1744, aired 1992-03-12 | POLITICIANS $1000: This Ohio Republican was co-author of a 1947 act which set up controls over labor unions Robert Taft |
| #1138, aired 1989-07-12 | THE 1955 EMMYS $400: His current act could include mime of his picking up a "Best Specialty Act" Emmy Marcel Marceau |
| #1073, aired 1989-04-12 | TV ACT IT OUT $100: It's the trademark gesture of the Fonz [sticking both thumbs up and saying "Hey!"] |
| #1073, aired 1989-04-12 | TV ACT IT OUT $300: What a split opinion would look like on "Siskel & Ebert & the Movies" [one thumb up, one thumb down] |
| #859, aired 1988-05-05 | GOVERNMENT $800: Adopted by Congress in 1913, this act completely reorganized the U.S. banking system the Owen-Glass Act (the Federal Reserve Act of 1913) |
| #785, aired 1988-01-22 | BIG TOP $400: Greatest height at which this type of act was performed was 16,420' up, hanging from a balloon a trapeze act |
| #370, aired 1986-02-07 | THE OLD WEST $1000: The Great Plains, last great frontier to be exploited, was opened up by this Act of 1862 the Homestead Act |
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