| #9082, aired 2024-04-16 | A "M"EDICAL DICTIONARY $1200: This type of neuron conveys impulses from the brain or nervous system to a muscle, organ or gland to trigger an action a motor neuron |
| #9080, aired 2024-04-12 | FAKE MOVIES IN MOVIES $800: This actor is the star of "Last Action Hero" & plays Jack Slater in "Jack Slater IV", the movie within it Arnold Schwarzenegger |
| #9068, aired 2024-03-27 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $400: The double-action type of this instrument has 2 reeds tuned to the same note for extra fun when using the bellows an accordion |
| #9067, aired 2024-03-26 | SPORTY TALK $600: If you've been placed out of action, you've been benched or this, sent to the edge of the field with the inactive players sidelined |
| #9064, aired 2024-03-21 | THE CINEMA IN 2023 $200: One of the new songs for the live-action remake of this 1989 animated film was "Wild Uncharted Waters", sung by Prince Eric The Little Mermaid |
| #9054, aired 2024-03-07 | BEFORE & AFTER $400: Actor lookalike who does the dangerous action scenes as an iconic red London vehicle a stunt double decker (bus) |
| #9042, aired 2024-02-20 | ACTION MOVIES $400: Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham & Jet Li are among the less than precious title mercenaries in this 2010 film The Expendables |
| #9042, aired 2024-02-20 | ACTION MOVIES $800: "Pain don't hurt" is one of Patrick Swayze's iconic (?) lines from this 1989 cheese- & slugfest Road House |
| #9042, aired 2024-02-20 | ACTION MOVIES $1200: Jann Mardenborough became a pro race car driver by using this racing simulation video game, also the 2023 biopic about him Gran Turismo |
| #9042, aired 2024-02-20 | ACTION MOVIES $1600: This star-filled 1963 film featuring some epic Steve McQueen motorcycle scenes was (very) loosely based on a true story The Great Escape |
| #9042, aired 2024-02-20 | ACTION MOVIES $2000: "El Mariachi", "Desperado" & "Once Upon a Time in Mexico" make up this director's "Mexico Trilogy" Rodriguez |
| #9038, aired 2024-02-14 | 5 FOR THE ROAD $800: A child's game fronts this phrase used in politics for postponing a needed action to kick the can down the road |
| #9033, aired 2024-02-07 | IT HAPPENED IN FEBRUARY $800: Following a referendum, the strongly Catholic nation of Ireland made this action legal February 27, 1997 divorce |
| #9029, aired 2024-02-01 | CANADIANS INVADE OUR LIVING ROOM! $800: One of the Kids in the Hall, Mark McKinney had the memorable ability to do this devastating action to strangers at a distance crush their heads |
| #9023, aired 2024-01-24 | BALD IS BEAUTIFUL $1600: To date, he's played newsman J. Jonah Jameson in five live-action "Spider-Man" movies J.K. Simmons |
| #9022, aired 2024-01-23 | THESE STARS SOUND LIKE CARS $200: Henry in "Regarding Henry" & Branch Rickey in "42" are 2 more sedentary roles of this star of many action flicks Harrison Ford |
| #9021, aired 2024-01-22 | THE JOB IS THE MOVIE TITLE $1000: It was Ben Affleck's turn to be a math whiz when the books were cooking in this 2016 action film, & Ben did more than the title implies The Accountant |
| #9010, aired 2024-01-05 | THIS & THAT $200: Budgies are the first known non-mammals to experience contagious this action, perhaps leading to a nap yawning |
| #8999, aired 2023-12-21 | UNION ACTIONS $200: Cemetery Ridge was the site of the decisive action at this 1863 battle, with the Union emerging victorious Gettysburg |
| #8999, aired 2023-12-21 | UNION ACTIONS $600: Union victory at the September 17, 1862 Battle of Antietam emboldened President Lincoln to take this historic action 5 days later the Emancipation Proclamation |
| #8996, aired 2023-12-18 | PLAY SETTINGS $800: "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead": Within & around the action of this other play Hamlet |
| #8994, aired 2023-12-14 | A MATTER OF "LIFE" OR "DEATH" $1600: Though they sound like they sit on the beach, they're the senior British army regiment & first saw action in the 1600s the Life Guards |
| #8990, aired 2023-12-08 | CAR"EER" OPPORTUNITIES $800: You need a good line of patter to do this job, heard in action here auctioneer |
| #8983, aired 2023-11-29 | A CONTRADICTION IN TERMS $600: Alliterative 2-word term for action by one's own forces causing casualties to one's own troops friendly fire |
| #8977, aired 2023-11-21 | ALL ABOUT ACTING $800: Your line "Amanda, I'm leaving you!" is part of dialogue; your action of crossing the stage & exiting is part of this blocking |
| #8973, aired 2023-11-15 | FINISH THE TERRIBLE RHYME $200: "Diplomacy in action", which really does sound great / Was on the website of the cabinet department that we call... State |
| #8969, aired 2023-11-09 | A LITTLE LEGALESE $400: This 3-word Latin phrase means "something for something ", like one action being exchanged for another of value quid pro quo |
| #8966, aired 2023-11-06 | CALL OUT THE BOB SQUAD $400: Known for playing a TV lawyer, he got buff & turned action-movie star for 2021's "Nobody" Odenkirk |
| #8964, aired 2023-11-02 | MYTHING IN ACTION $200: It's where the goddess Persephone spends a third of the year away from home Hades |
| #8964, aired 2023-11-02 | MYTHING IN ACTION $400: Collective name for 7 sisters, daughters of Atlas & Pleione, whom Zeus placed among the stars the Pleiades |
| #8964, aired 2023-11-02 | MYTHING IN ACTION $600: This woman whose prophecies were disbelieved was one of Agamemnon's spoils after Troy fell Cassandra |
| #8964, aired 2023-11-02 | MYTHING IN ACTION $800: Laertes was the king of Ithaca & the father of this world traveler Odysseus |
| #8964, aired 2023-11-02 | MYTHING IN ACTION $1000: In Norse mythology's great final battle, Fenrir, a giant one of these animals, is destined to swallow Odin a wolf |
| #8949, aired 2023-10-12 | LET'S PLAY SPORTSBALL $400: Here's some action from the 2022 World Championships of this dodgeball |
| #8944, aired 2023-10-05 | I HAVE A PREPOSITION FOR YOU $600: It means against, whether in a legal action or a sports contest versus |
| #8941, aired 2023-10-02 | A CATEGORY ABOUT NOTHING $600: The "hour" for a military action to start zero hour |
| #8926, aired 2023-09-11 | WORLD OF BARBIE $200: In 2023 she & Ryan Gosling were the leads for a big-screen live-action "Barbie" adventure Margot Robbie |
| #8914, aired 2023-07-13 | ESPAÑ-O $1200: In the live action movie "Dora & the Lost City of Gold", Dora asks the audience, "Can you say" this tasty word? delicioso |
| #8911, aired 2023-07-10 | WORD PUZZLES $400: A call to action:
D B1
N B2
A B3
T B4
S B5 stand up and be counted |
| #8907, aired 2023-07-04 | WORDS THAT END WITH DOUBLE LETTERS $400: To not buy something as a protest, or the mass action of shunning the product boycott |
| #8905, aired 2023-06-30 | LET'S GET "DOWN" $800: In a car, this action gets you into a lower gear downshift |
| #8901, aired 2023-06-26 | UNITED KINGDOM ELECTION CONSTITUENCIES $400: You can catch some Grand Slam tennis action as well as election results from this place in the outer boroughs of London Wimbledon |
| #8890, aired 2023-06-09 | STARTS WITH "W" $800: This action means to take something innocuous & then make it suitable to use against another weaponize |
| #8883, aired 2023-05-31 | ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER $400: (Andrew Lloyd Webber presents the clue.) One of the twists in "Bad Cinderella" is that this prince is missing in action when the show opens, so I didn't write any songs for him in Act 1
"I am Bad Cinderella / Got a style all my own / And I will not change it for you..." Prince Charming |
| #8883, aired 2023-05-31 | LANDMARKS OF GREAT BRITAIN $1200: Seeing what's left of the Helvetia on a beach in Wales, be consoled that the crew had time to do this 2-word nautical action abandon ship |
| #8878, aired 2023-05-24 | STATE OF THE UNION $1000: In 1864 it became the northernmost state to see land action when about 25 Confederate soldiers raided the town of St. Albans Vermont |
| #17, aired 2023-05-23 | YOU CAN'T GO THERE $1000: Volcanic action created this Icelandic island in the 1960s, providing scientists a lab to study biological colonization Surtsey |
| #11, aired 2023-05-16 | MOVIE MUSIC WITH HANS ZIMMER $200: (Hans Zimmer reads and plays.) Contrasting with the music from the big action scenes, my theme "Tennessee" refers to the state Ben Affleck & Josh Hartnett come from in this war film Pearl Harbor |
| #11, aired 2023-05-16 | SCIENCE $400: Also a reason not to sip from your friend's beer, it's the action of waves pulling sand off a beach, causing erosion backwash |
| #8, aired 2023-05-12 | GROWING UP X $1000: On the serious side, the exhibit includes a button bearing this equation that protested the lack of action or even talk about AIDS silence = death |
| #8861, aired 2023-05-01 | TITLES WITH EXCLAMATION POINTS! $800: "Raise the Titanic!" is the fourth book featuring this author's action hero Dirk Pitt Clive Cussler |
| #8857, aired 2023-04-25 | WRITERS: BORN & DIED $1600: This "Trees" poet was born in New Jersey in 1886 & was killed in action in World War I Joyce Kilmer |
| #8843, aired 2023-04-05 | THE LAST BATTLE $400: The last Western Hemisphere action of the Spanish-American War wasn't on Cuba but on this island Puerto Rico |
| #8840, aired 2023-03-31 | HEY, BIG SPENDER $200: If you've really got all that dough, why don't you buy Action Comics #1 from 1938, which saw the debut of this otherworldly hero Superman |
| #8833, aired 2023-03-22 | 4-LETTER SPORTS TERMS $200: In football, it can refer to a chosen play, a referee's decision on a play, or an announcer's portrayal of the action a call |
| #8829, aired 2023-03-16 | THE "A"RTS $2000: In 1952 critic Harold Rosenberg coined this type of "painting" for the dynamic abstract works of Pollock & de Kooning an action painting |
| #8819, aired 2023-03-02 | ACTION & ADVENTURE NOVELS $400: In "The Mystery of the Ivory Charm", this teen sleuth & her friends uncover a stolen cache of jewels & thwart a kidnapping Nancy Drew |
| #8819, aired 2023-03-02 | ACTION & ADVENTURE NOVELS $800: A misfit computer hacker teams up with a reporter in Sweden in this 2005 novel, the first in a series The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo |
| #8819, aired 2023-03-02 | ACTION & ADVENTURE NOVELS $1200: Craig Alanson created this series of novels, exforce for short, as a "military space opera" Expeditionary Force |
| #8819, aired 2023-03-02 | ACTION & ADVENTURE NOVELS $1600: A canine is the main character of this 1903 novel set in part in Canadian gold rush country The Call of the Wild |
| #8819, aired 2023-03-02 | ACTION & ADVENTURE NOVELS $2000: In 11 books by C.S. Forester, this intrepid sailor starts as a midshipman & ultimately becomes an admiral Horatio Hornblower |
| #8817, aired 2023-02-28 | THAT'S A LAUGH! $800: TV's longest-running live-action sitcom is this one set at Paddy's Pub in the city of Brotherly Love It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia |
| #8812, aired 2023-02-21 | SHAKESPEARE'S WOMEN $400: Before the start of the action of the play, she elopes with Othello; things don't end well for her Desdemona |
| #13, aired 2023-02-02 | THOUGHT YOU'D LIKE TO KNOW $400: Oh, baby! In space, with no gravity to keep solid & liquid food down as gas escapes your mouth, you can't do this 4-letter action burp |
| #12, aired 2023-01-26 | A SIGN OF SHAME $3,000 (Daily Double): In this Nathaniel Hawthorne novel, single mom Hester Prynne must wear a red "A" on her dress The Scarlet Letter |
| #12, aired 2023-01-26 | UNDER STUDY $5,000 (Daily Double): It sounds like it might be the study of shooting stars, but it's the science of the atmosphere, weather & weather forecasting meteorology |
| #8792, aired 2023-01-24 | FINDING NIMOY $1000: This remake about a pod people takeover moved the action from a small town to San Francisco, with Leonard as a famous psychologist Invasion of the Body Snatchers |
| #11, aired 2023-01-19 | SOME SERIOUS SCIENCE $300: Newton's third law of motion is often stated as "For every action, there is an equal and opposite" this a reaction |
| #10, aired 2023-01-12 | OTHER FAMOUS VOLUNTEERS $300: Here is the logo of the Cajun Navy Ground Force, whose volunteers sprang into action after 2016 floods in this "Bayou State" Louisiana |
| #10, aired 2023-01-12 | TRIANGLES $600: You need a triangle for this action to set up billiard balls for the break shot racking |
| #8779, aired 2023-01-05 | THE LIFE OF RILEY $2000: Mortally wounded in action in Vietnam in 1967, Captain Riley Pitts became the first African-American officer to receive this the Medal of Honor |
| #9, aired 2023-01-05 | CHAO! $100: Rosalind Chao's movie roles include Hua Li, mother of this heroine in a 2020 Disney live-action remake Mulan |
| #9, aired 2023-01-05 | ARRESTED DEVELOPMENTS $500: Singer Bonnie Raitt was arrested in 2001 during a sit-in by the RAN, the "Action Network" for these luxuriant tropical regions the rainforests |
| #9, aired 2023-01-05 | NATURE $600: Oops! Here's this carnivorous plant of the Carolinas in action a venus fly trap |
| #8758, aired 2022-12-07 | I WILL LEAVE $2000: Without an I, an adjective describing a shade like indigo becomes an action that shades you crimson bluish & blush |
| #8755, aired 2022-12-02 | IT'S EPIC $400: The action of this epic work begins in the 10th year of the Greek siege of Troy the Iliad |
| #8749, aired 2022-11-24 | CHARACTER ACTORS $1000: This veteran of TV comedy & time travel movies picks up a big gun in the 2021 action film "Nobody" (Christopher) Lloyd |
| #8744, aired 2022-11-17 | HEAD FOR THE HILLS $600: History remembers Bunker Hill as the big battle site, but it was actually this hill that saw most of the action on June 17, 1775 Breed's Hill |
| #8732, aired 2022-11-01 | 5 HEARTS $800: This military decoration was first awarded for bravery in action but later came to honor those wounded or killed serving their nation a Purple Heart |
| #8731, aired 2022-10-31 | FROM EAR TO FRATERNITY $800: A military supply unit far from the action is in the "rear" this echelon |
| #8729, aired 2022-10-27 | OCTOBERFEST $1600: In the first united action by the 13 colonies (well, 9 of them), in Oct. 1765 delegates met to work to repeal this British law the Stamp Act |
| #8721, aired 2022-10-17 | "IF" AT FIRST... $800: In computer programming, this 2-word "statement" means that when a specific condition is met, a specific action follows if-then |
| #4, aired 2022-10-16 | COLORFUL RESPONSES $1500: A member of the armed forces who has been wounded in action may receive this medal the Purple Heart |
| #8716, aired 2022-10-10 | CRITICAL "MASS" $400: From French, it describes an action taken all together en masse |
| #8715, aired 2022-10-07 | GIBSON GIRLS & GUYS $800: Tyrese Gibson has appeared as Roman Pearce, known for his banter & his driving, in this action film franchise The Fast and the Furious |
| #8714, aired 2022-10-06 | INSIGNIFICANT IDIOMS $1600: Used by the military, unavoidable harm in the course of an action is called this "damage" collateral |
| #8707, aired 2022-09-27 | POLITICAL WRITING $400: This book begins on June 17, 1972 as "Woodward fumbled for the receiver and snapped awake" All the President's Men |
| #8698, aired 2022-09-14 | LITERARY CHARACTERS $400: The action begins in a children's tale when this character blows into London's Cherry Tree Lane on the east wind Mary Poppins |
| #8698, aired 2022-09-14 | THE LAW $4,000 (Daily Double): Many people trying to sue over the same thing may be certified as this group to prevent unfair variations in their outcomes a class |
| #8688, aired 2022-07-20 | EATING & DRINKING PLACES $400: The action of going to a drinking establishment located in a basement gave rise to this term for an unsavory tavern a dive bar |
| #8685, aired 2022-07-15 | MODEL BEHAVIOR $800: Once a model for Tom Ford & Armani, in 2021 Noah Mills joined the newest spin-off in this CBS action franchise, set in Hawaii NCIS |
| #8682, aired 2022-07-12 | IN DISPOSABLE $200: Despicable Little Bunny Foo Foo does this 3-letter action to the heads of all the little field mice bop |
| #8656, aired 2022-06-06 | 1992 FILMS $2000: Chow Yun-fat starred in this Hong Kong director's action epic "Hard Boiled" John Woo |
| #8647, aired 2022-05-24 | YES, YES, YES $1600: This word found before "action" in the name of a social remedy can also be used to say "yes" affirmative |
| #8640, aired 2022-05-13 | STARTS WITH "Y" $400: This action stretches the jaw, may increase blood flow to the brain & causes others around you to do it too yawning |
| #8639, aired 2022-05-12 | THE 1960s $400: Protests in May 1968 that rocked Paris were kicked off by student occupation & police action at this Latin Quarter school the Sorbonne |
| #8629, aired 2022-04-28 | BALLET & OPERA $800: Siegfried threatens at least 2 characters with a crossbow in this ballet... what a bird brain! Swan Lake |
| #8622, aired 2022-04-19 | POLICING & PUNISHMENTS $400: Often made by a grand jury, it's a written legal action charging someone with an offense an indictment |
| #8622, aired 2022-04-19 | THE CAST OF THE MOVIE $1600: 1981:
All the director needed was the two guys seen here--plus a waiter & a bartender My Dinner with Andre |
| #8600, aired 2022-03-18 | SOUTH AMERICAN HISTORY $400: In 1822 Brazil declared independence from this country, which recognized that action 3 years later Portugal |
| #8599, aired 2022-03-17 | THROWING SHADE $400: Drop a "Y" from an action made by sleepy people to get this shade-giving roof extension awning (from yawning) |
| #8597, aired 2022-03-15 | BUILDINGS IN HISTORY $400: Martin Luther King wrote his famous letter on the need for civil rights action from a jail in this city Birmingham |
| #8584, aired 2022-02-24 | HODGEPODGE $1000: The master one transmits pedal action to the wheels; a bad one may be the culprit if your brake goes right to the floor a cylinder |
| #15, aired 2022-02-18 | ONE-WORD MOVIE TITLES $800: Emma Stone, in a live-action prequel to "101 Dalmatians" Cruella |
| #12, aired 2022-02-16 | TECH TALK $1600: Sony's PlayStation 5 controller ditches rumble motors to create this 6-letter "feedback" so your hands can better feel the action haptic |
| #8577, aired 2022-02-15 | 6-LETTER VERBS $800: Disinter is another word for this action of digging something out of the ground to exhume |
| #9, aired 2022-02-15 | THAT FILM IS FIRE $400: Mowgli accidentally starts a forest fire in this 2016 live-action/CGI film The Jungle Book |
| #5, aired 2022-02-10 | BEFORE & AFTER $800: That bold end-of-a-performance action is still very small compared to all the water it's in a mic drop in the bucket |
| #8573, aired 2022-02-09 | SPORTY LINGO $1000: Sporty term for the action here that's deliberately, perhaps sarcastically, restrained a golf clap |
| #8568, aired 2022-02-02 | SONGS ON MY PLAY LIST $400: A No. 1 hit by Wild Cherry says, "Somebody turned around & shouted" do this title action, "white boy" Play that funky music |
| #8566, aired 2022-01-31 | ENDS IN A SILENT T $200: The initial appearance of a new product or course of action a debut |
| #8566, aired 2022-01-31 | ALLITERATION $1600: U.S. troops in the Spanish-American War carried a .30-caliber bolt-action this type of weapon weapon weapon a repeating rifle |
| #8559, aired 2022-01-20 | ACTION MOVIE! $200: Tokyo does not appreciate this 1954 title character coming to town--talk about bad breath! Godzilla |
| #8559, aired 2022-01-20 | ACTION MOVIE! $400: Give us your best Billy Batson impression as you say the title of this 2019 DC film Shazam! |
| #8559, aired 2022-01-20 | ACTION MOVIE! $600: Howard Hill did the archery stunts, including splitting one arrow with another, for 1938's "The Adventures of" him Robin Hood |
| #8559, aired 2022-01-20 | ACTION MOVIE! $800: "Yes, Madam" is what we might say to this actress & is one of her Hong Kong action films Michelle Yeoh |
| #8559, aired 2022-01-20 | ACTION MOVIE! $1000: One of Rotten Tomatoes' Top 100 action & adventure movies is 1976's "Assault on" this unlucky police station Precinct 13 |
| #8554, aired 2022-01-13 | PLATES, POTS & PANS $400: Time to go stir-crazy with this bowl-shaped pan, seen here in action a wok |
| #8553, aired 2022-01-12 | WAR MACHINE $400: The iconic Bell AH-1 Cobra attack helicopter first saw action in this war Vietnam |
| #8551, aired 2022-01-10 | CELEBRITY HOBBIES $600: Though not noted for action movies, Forest Whitaker has a black belt in the kenpo type of this martial art karate |
| #8547, aired 2022-01-04 | MIDDLE "J" $800: This part of a sentence denotes the doer of the action subject |
| #8547, aired 2022-01-04 | THE NEW TESTAMENT $1200: In the Garden of Gethsemane, Judas Iscariot reveals which man is Jesus by this action a kiss |
| #8540, aired 2021-12-24 | "K" 9 $400: A single action of pressing a letter or other button on a computer console keystroke |
| #8522, aired 2021-11-30 | JOHNNY GILBERT IS THE ACTION MOVIE CHARACTER $200: "I'm a friend of Sarah Connor. I was told that she's here. Could I see her please?... Where is she?... I'll be back" the Terminator |
| #8522, aired 2021-11-30 | JOHNNY GILBERT IS THE ACTION MOVIE CHARACTER $400: "Oh, I'm very sorry, Hans... I figured since I waxed Tony & Marco & his friend here I figured you & Karl & Franco might be a little lonely" (John) McClane |
| #8522, aired 2021-11-30 | JOHNNY GILBERT IS THE ACTION MOVIE CHARACTER $600: "No retreat. no surrender. That is Spartan law & by Spartan law we will stand & fight & die" King Leonidas |
| #8522, aired 2021-11-30 | JOHNNY GILBERT IS THE ACTION MOVIE CHARACTER $800: "You're thinking, 'did he fire 6 shots or only 5?'... You've gotta ask yourself a question. 'Do I feel lucky?' Well, do ya, punk?" Dirty Harry |
| #8522, aired 2021-11-30 | JOHNNY GILBERT IS THE ACTION MOVIE CHARACTER $1000: "Servant to the true emperor, Marcus Aurelius... husband to a murdered wife, & I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next" Maximus |
| #8515, aired 2021-11-19 | YOU MAKE ME FEEL $2000: Latin vocare, "to call", is one origin of this word meaning to irritate someone into action provoke |
| #8508, aired 2021-11-10 | SCIENCE & NATURE $400: For every action there's an equal & opposite reaction, according to Newton's third law of this motion |
| #8506, aired 2021-11-08 | MOVIE STARS $800: The Ceti Alpha star system is the scene of the action in the "Star Trek" film subtitled "The Wrath of" him Khan |
| #8503, aired 2021-11-03 | MOVIE THEATER GIMMICKS $800: Some theaters showed this 2019 Will Smith clone movie in 60 frames per second, which made the action look smoother Gemini Man |
| #8483, aired 2021-10-06 | ____ & ____ $200: This cat & mouse duo were at odds in the Big Apple in a 2021 live action/animated film Tom & Jerry |
| #8480, aired 2021-10-01 | THAT'S A BIG BOOK $1600: There's a synonym for "dreary" in the title, then 67 chapters of Jarndyce v. Jarndyce court action in this Dickens work Bleak House |
| #8479, aired 2021-09-30 | FROM BOOK TO RETITLED FILM $800: Released in 1961, this live-action Disney film that was remade in 1998 was based on the German novel "The Double Lottie" The Parent Trap |
| #8478, aired 2021-09-29 | 3-LETTER VERBS $200: To solemnly pledge to undertake an action vow |
| #8472, aired 2021-09-21 | NEW TO THE OED $2000: If you're acting in a manner meant to win approval for your good character, you're engaging in this 2-word action virtue signaling |
| #8468, aired 2021-09-15 | ACTION & SUSPENSE NOVELS $200: Truly on a voyage of self-discovery, this Robert Ludlum character has a realization--"The J was for Jason!" (Jason) Bourne |
| #8468, aired 2021-09-15 | ACTION & SUSPENSE NOVELS $400: A symbologist & a cryptologist deal with a murder at the Louvre in this novel The Da Vinci Code |
| #8468, aired 2021-09-15 | REDUPLICATIVES $600: Let's "give 'em the old" this, showy action that causes a distraction razzle-dazzle |
| #8468, aired 2021-09-15 | ACTION & SUSPENSE NOVELS $800: Dunne & Dunne! (Nick & Amy) quite appropriately, part one of this novel is "Boy Loses Girl" Gone Girl |
| #8468, aired 2021-09-15 | ACTION & SUSPENSE NOVELS $1000: Do you wanna build "The Snowman", in which Jo Nesbø sends this inspector with an alliterative name after a Norwegian serial killer Harry Hole |
| #8468, aired 2021-09-15 | ACTION & SUSPENSE NOVELS $5,400 (Daily Double): "Marko Ramius of the Soviet navy was dressed for the Arctic conditions normal to the... submarine base" in this book The Hunt for Red October |
| #8458, aired 2021-08-04 | TALK TO THE HAND $600: This twisting action done out of grief or concern can also mean showing an exaggerated amount of those emotions wringing your hands |
| #8458, aired 2021-08-04 | AUDIBLE $600: Feel your pulse pound with a 1988 bestseller by this action novelist
"Look, Dr. Ryan," the general started to say. Jack cut him off. "General, I am cleared for Tea Clipper. You know that, so let's stop screwing around." (Tom) Clancy |
| #8456, aired 2021-08-02 | HILL & MOUNTAIN IDIOMS $400: A course of action with the potential for greater difficulties is this alliterative downhill course a slippery slope |
| #8439, aired 2021-07-08 | & I TOOK THAT PERSONALLY $800: In 1950 this U.S. "action painter" told Time magazine a previous article was incorrect, that his work was not chaotic Jackson Pollock |
| #8417, aired 2021-06-08 | SUMMER MOVIES $400: In 2017 there were plenty of robotic performances in "The Last Knight", a continuation of this action film series Transformers |
| #8414, aired 2021-06-03 | BARNS $800: In some barns, the ground floor is for animals & the top floor is named for this action where grain is separated from husks threshing |
| #8413, aired 2021-06-02 | POTPOURRI $2000: To keyboard players a "smear" is this finger-sweeping action, from a word meaning to slide glissando |
| #8412, aired 2021-06-01 | AUTHORS WHEN YOUNG $800: As a young man, he wrote action novels under the name John Lange, but would go on to write of re-created dinosaurs Michael Crichton |
| #8410, aired 2021-05-28 | CLASSIC TOYS & GAMES $800: First sold in 1976, this gel-filled action figure can be twisted, pulled & tied in knots but always returns to its original shape Stretch Armstrong |
| #8409, aired 2021-05-27 | LAW SLAW $1200: Res judicata, "a thing already judged", is the civil law version of this 2-word action banned by the Bill of Rights double jeopardy |
| #8402, aired 2021-05-18 | 4 OF THE SAME LETTER $2000: Collective name for strategic measures taken by a nation to discourage hostile action by another deterrence |
| #8388, aired 2021-04-28 | IN-CAR-CERATED $600: This action by OPEC in October 1973 produced long lines at U.S. gas stations an oil embargo |
| #8375, aired 2021-04-09 | ACTION FIGURES $200: Fact: This "Office" star sees plenty of action as the title character on Amazon's "Jack Ryan" John Krasinski |
| #8375, aired 2021-04-09 | ACTION FIGURES $400: In a tune by the Flaming Lips, Yoshimi battles some pink these; "she's a black belt in karate" robots |
| #8375, aired 2021-04-09 | ACTION FIGURES $600: In the "Left 4 Dead" video games, you can play as an apocalyptic survivor or as one of these undead beings, "the infected" a zombie |
| #8375, aired 2021-04-09 | ACTION FIGURES $800: In the Bravo reality show "Spy Games", contestants are assessed by a former officer at this Langley, Virginia organization the CIA |
| #8375, aired 2021-04-09 | ACTION FIGURES $1000: In between epic fights, this Toronto hero of comics fame plays in a band called Sex Bob-omb Scott Pilgrim |
| #8374, aired 2021-04-08 | WIPE OUT $1200: A word meaning excellent loses its initial "out", becoming this action performed by many waiting in line standing (from outstanding) |
| #8371, aired 2021-04-05 | 11-LETTER WORDS $1600: Attributed to Seneca is the line "Luck is what happens when" this action "meets opportunity" preparation |
| #8364, aired 2021-03-25 | ICONS OF TECHNOLOGY $600: A series of three connected dots is an icon for this 7-letter action with files, not toys sharing |
| #8356, aired 2021-03-15 | ART $800: In the 1940s & '50s this artist's drip technique opened the way to what was referred to as "action painting" Jackson Pollock |
| #8347, aired 2021-03-02 | COMPOUNDS $2000: In 1839 John Herschel used sodium thiosulfate "to arrest action of light", making it this type of photographic agent a fixer (fixing agent) |
| #8333, aired 2021-02-10 | HISTORY QUICK SHOTS $600: Depicted here is some Lancaster-on-York action in these wars the Wars of the Roses |
| #8331, aired 2021-02-08 | NON-VOCABULARY $1200: From Latin for "not" & "join together", this adjective means refusing to agree to an opinion or course of action noncommittal |
| #8320, aired 2021-01-22 | COLLECTING $600: Pannapictagraphists collect comic books & don't knock it--a copy of Action Comics #1 featuring this hero sold for $3.2 million Superman |
| #8304, aired 2020-12-17 | AUDIO DRAMAS $400: The infamous 1938 radio adaptation of this H.G. Wells novel moved the action from England to Grovers Mill, New Jersey The War of the Worlds |
| #8298, aired 2020-12-09 | DURING THE RENAISSANCE $1200: The sale of these reductions in punishment by the church troubled Martin Luther & influenced him to take action indulgences |
| #8297, aired 2020-12-08 | THE HELPFUL WEB $800: The Great Global Cleanup & Taking Climate Action are things you can learn about on the website named for this day created in 1970 Earth Day |
| #8294, aired 2020-12-03 | DOLL "R"s $200: Kenner's "Star Wars" action figures have included this droid complete with pop-up lightsaber R2-D2 |
| #8288, aired 2020-11-25 | CHASE SCENES $1600: In 2020 the Mustang driven by this action star in the big chase in "Bullitt" was auctioned for $3.74 million Steve McQueen |
| #8287, aired 2020-11-24 | FARMING $400: Farms like the cotton one here embrace reduced tillage, meaning this furrowing action is lessened, netting better soil plowing |
| #8269, aired 2020-10-29 | WEAPON TYPES $800: Bolt action; AR, also called modern sporting rifle |
| #8262, aired 2020-10-20 | MILITARY MATTERS $400: Rear Adm. Isaac Kidd, the 1st U.S. Navy flag officer killed by foreign enemy action, was on the Arizona's bridge during this attack Pearl Harbor |
| #8261, aired 2020-10-19 | MOVIES PERFECT FOR A MATINEE $400: Tom Cruise was Cole Trickle, a driver on the southern stock-car circuit, in this action flick Days of Thunder |
| #8254, aired 2020-10-08 | WORD ORIGINS $800: A voluntary action done by monarchs, this word originally meant to disinherit a child abdicate |
| #8245, aired 2020-09-25 | FLICK OF SEAGULLS $1200: In "The Shallows", Blake Lively names her seagull companion this, a pun on a ponytailed action star Steven Seagull |
| #8233, aired 2020-06-10 | TAKING A "SELF-D" $1000: It's an action by someone with a fiduciary duty to a corporation that benefits his own bank account, not the corporation self-dealing |
| #8231, aired 2020-06-08 | AMERICAN PLAYS $400: Stella could tell ya the action in "A Streetcar Named Desire" takes place in this city New Orleans |
| #8227, aired 2020-06-02 | THE OLD UNIVERSITY TRY $2000: The William F. Harrah College of Hospitality checks in at this school, a few blocks away from the action UNLV |
| #8210, aired 2020-04-24 | 20th CENTURY AUTHORS $2000: John Fowles interrupts himself in this novel he wrote, commenting on the lives of the 1867 lovers at the heart of the action The French Lieutenant's Woman |
| #8207, aired 2020-04-21 | LEGALESE $200: Black's Law defines this as "the corrupt payment, receipt, or solicitation of a private favor for official action" bribery |
| #8205, aired 2020-04-17 | 3 G's $1600: Took repeated evasive action, as in "I" did this motion "frantically to try to shake my pursuer" zigzagged |
| #8205, aired 2020-04-17 | GET YOUR GROUP ON $1600: In this type of lawsuit, legal action is filed against a defendant on behalf of a group of people a class action lawsuit |
| #8197, aired 2020-04-07 | OK BOOMER $2000: Bobby Muller, almost killed in action in 1969, became the first president of the V.V.A., these brave people of America the Vietnam Veterans of America |
| #8193, aired 2020-04-01 | HUGH JACKMAN $600: Spectacular circus performances provide much of the action in "The Greatest Showman" with Hugh as this master impresario (P.T.) Barnum |
| #8187, aired 2020-03-24 | WHAT AN IDIOM! $800: I'm going to expose a scandal! So I'll be doing this action involving a device that emits a high-pitched sound a whistle blower, blowing a whistle |
| #8183, aired 2020-03-18 | STAGEY DIALOGUE $1000: Your presentation was a real one of these, a song that gets such long applause that it halts the action a showstopper |
| #8183, aired 2020-03-18 | PLACES IN FANTASY $2000: Much of the action in the "Files" of this guy, the city's resident practicing professional wizard, takes place in Chicago Harry Dresden |
| #8174, aired 2020-03-05 | CONGRESS $1000: Originally to be in the Bill of Rights, the amendment regulating this action by Congress was finally ratified in 1992 as the 27th Congress raising its own pay |
| #8167, aired 2020-02-25 | ANCIENT GREEK THEATER $1200: In a precursor to Greek tragedy, this group that described & commented on dramatic action could have as many as 50 members a chorus |
| #8157, aired 2020-02-11 | GOT A DeVITO $400: Danny was ringmaster Max Medici in the 2019 live-action version of this classic Disney cartoon Dumbo |
| #8150, aired 2020-01-31 | 14-LETTER WORDS $400: The action of changing a lowercase letter into an uppercase one capitalization |
| #5, aired 2020-01-09 | A MILLION BUCKS AIN'T WHAT IT USED TO BE $800: In 1938 this first Superman comic cost a dime; now a million bucks will get you a third of one copy Action Comics |
| #8131, aired 2020-01-06 | "ALL" THE RIGHT MOVIES $600: Diamonds & a winning lottery ticket, not $100 bills, are the goal in this 2002 action comedy All About the Benjamins |
| #8129, aired 2020-01-02 | CREATURES OF THE DEEP? $2,400 (Daily Double): This U S. Army officer with a summit named for him in the Rockies was killed in action in the War of 1812 (Zebulon) Pike |
| #8125, aired 2019-12-27 | MAIL-ORDER NOVELTIES $400: The company Archie McPhee is known for novelties like this profession action figure with "amazing shushing action!" librarian |
| #8120, aired 2019-12-20 | BOOKS FILMED WITH DIFFERENT TITLES $800: "Nothing Lasts Forever", with a cop named Leland flying out to the coast to visit his daughter at Christmas, became this action film Die Hard |
| #8113, aired 2019-12-11 | A CINDERELLA STORY $1200: Stephen Sondheim wove the story into the wider action of this fairy tale musical in 1987 Into the Woods |
| #8110, aired 2019-12-06 | REMEMBER THE "L_M_O" $800: "Everybody's doing" this, the action of moving from one place to another locomoting |
| #8109, aired 2019-12-05 | THE WORLD ACCORDING TO JEFF GOLDBLUM $1200: Seeing as how I'm no slouch on putting on a fancy costume, I felt right at home at a gathering of the whimsical folk who are into L.A.R.P. or LARP, short for "live action" this role-playing |
| #8105, aired 2019-11-29 | THE WWE SLAMMY AWARDS $600: New Sensation of the Ring in 1997 was this guy who now dabbles in action films...& TV...& basically, world domination Dwayne Johnson (the Rock) |
| #8104, aired 2019-11-28 | WHERE THE FISH ARE $1600: AKA the coalfish, it doesn't do action painting but does provide action for North Atlantic anglers the pollock |
| #8101, aired 2019-11-25 | IF IT WERE AN ACTION MOVIE $200: "Losers' Club? No. Not tonight. That clown came after my friends. That clown came after me. Tonight, that clown...goes down" It |
| #8101, aired 2019-11-25 | IF IT WERE AN ACTION MOVIE $400: To an Aussie dentist: "I know where you work--42 Wallaby Way. Release my son from your tank, or I will come for you" Finding Nemo |
| #8101, aired 2019-11-25 | IF IT WERE AN ACTION MOVIE $600: Audrey Tautou: "I tried to help people be happy. But your relative killed my mom. Now this French waitress is serving revenge...cold" Amélie |
| #8101, aired 2019-11-25 | IF IT WERE AN ACTION MOVIE $800: A 2008 film: "I may or may not be your father, but know this. If anyone ever kidnaps you, I will find you. Now, let's all sing 'Waterloo"' Mamma Mia! |
| #8101, aired 2019-11-25 | IF IT WERE AN ACTION MOVIE $1000: In a 2016 musical, "You fired me for playing jazz piano, not Xmas songs. We each made a choice. But you won't get to live with yours" La La Land |
| #8094, aired 2019-11-14 | PHYSICS $1600: Water seems to defy gravity in this "action": the molecules' adhesion to the walls of a tube is stronger than their cohesion capillary action |
| #8092, aired 2019-11-12 | COMMUNICATION $1200: This sneaky alliterative baseball action has been done using a telescope (1951) & an Apple Watch (2017) stealing signs |
| #8086, aired 2019-11-04 | HARDPODGE $800: It's the culinary verb for the action being done to the bird so it'll hold its shape trussed |
| #8085, aired 2019-11-01 | THE U.N. REPORTS $200: An alarming 2019 environmental report called for action to reduce the 8 million tons of this substance going into oceans every year plastic |
| #8077, aired 2019-10-22 | GIVING AWAY THE MOVIE'S ENDING $1600: Professor Henry Jones is called back into action to uncover the secret of ancient craniums skull |
| #8073, aired 2019-10-16 | & SOMETIMES Y $800: A canvas roof extension extends further with a Y to become an action done when drowsy awning & yawning |
| #8069, aired 2019-10-10 | OLD PHRASES $1600: Modification made tunics practical for work; one tweak allowed mobility & gave us this phrase meaning "to prepare for action" to gird your loins |
| #8063, aired 2019-10-02 | PART-TIME WRITERS $400: This action star co-wrote the "Encyclopedia of Modern Bodybuilding" with Bill Dobbins Arnold Schwarzenegger |
| #8054, aired 2019-09-19 | A "DROP" $400: This onstage action has become a metaphor for a stylish ending mic drop |
| #8040, aired 2019-07-19 | COMPUTER "D"s $800: A pair of 4-letter words are in this action that moves a file, like putting a photo of an ex into the recycle bin drag and drop |
| #8034, aired 2019-07-11 | GRAB A SEAT $600: An idiom for a futile action in the face of disaster is "rearranging" these "on the Titanic" the deck chairs |
| #8034, aired 2019-07-11 | 5-SYLLABLE WORDS $1200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a model of a synapse on the monitor.) Defusing across synapses after being released by neurons, these substances stimulate other parts of the brain & body to action neurotransmitters |
| #8034, aired 2019-07-11 | PHYSICS $2000: Magnetism is "action at" this; Einstein added "spooky" to dismiss the weird phenomenon quantum entanglement distance |
| #8030, aired 2019-07-05 | "G.O." $1200: A legal action by a court restricting comment by the participants in a lawsuit a gag order |
| #8026, aired 2019-07-01 | ACTION MOVIE STARS $400: In this film, gunfighter Steve McQueen joins up with 6 others to defend a Mexican village from bandits The Magnificent Seven |
| #8026, aired 2019-07-01 | ACTION MOVIE STARS $800: As Snake Plissken, this actor had to "Escape from" New York & Los Angeles (Kurt) Russell |
| #8026, aired 2019-07-01 | ACTION MOVIE STARS $1200: This actor returns as Peter Parker in "Spider-Man: Far From Home", trying to enjoy a vacation while battling new foes in Europe Tom Holland |
| #8026, aired 2019-07-01 | ACTION MOVIE STARS $1600: It was Riggs, Murtaugh & Chris Rock as Detective Lee Butters in film number 4 in this series Lethal Weapon |
| #8026, aired 2019-07-01 | ACTION MOVIE STARS $2000: This actress' role in "Salt" as an accused spy for Russia was originally written for Tom Cruise Angelina Jolie |
| #8023, aired 2019-06-26 | A SNGL VWL $200: Itch has one--so does this action to deal with the itch scratch |
| #8008, aired 2019-06-05 | VANS $800: In "Double Impact" this action star played twins separated at birth; thankfully they both learned roundhouse kicks Jean-Claude Van Damme |
| #8001, aired 2019-05-27 | POETIC GEOGRAPHY $1200: Emerson wrote a "Hymn" to this Massachusetts town that got in on Revolutionary War action on day one Concord |
| #7999, aired 2019-05-23 | NEWS SPEAK $1600: Frank Magid created the action news format, including the now-common "happy talk", banter between these people anchors |
| #7993, aired 2019-05-15 | CLASSIC FOREIGN FILMS $1200: The 1989 action film "The Killer" was a thrill ride from this Hong Kong director John Woo |
| #7992, aired 2019-05-14 | THE MORE "C"OMMON WORD $400: Masticate:
This 4-letter action chew |
| #7980, aired 2019-04-26 | SOCIAL STUDIES $1200: Law professor Randall Kennedy's "For Discrimination" argues in favor of this effort to boost minorities in education affirmative action |
| #7979, aired 2019-04-25 | ENERGY $400: Term for any device that stores energy & produces an electric current by chemical action battery |
| #7969, aired 2019-04-11 | "EX" $2000: The mission's over or aborted--time for this action of getting a military team out of there extraction |
| #7952, aired 2019-03-19 | THE BOOK TITLE TITLE $800: "Action Figure! The Life and Times of Doonesbury's Uncle ____" Uncle Duke |
| #7949, aired 2019-03-14 | CINEMATIC OAKLAND $800: Much of the action of this 2011 Brad Pitt film takes place at the Oakland Coliseum Moneyball |
| #7940, aired 2019-03-01 | HISTORY WITH LESSER-KNOWN PAINTERS $1600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a painting on the monitor.) The scepter has symbolically fallen from King Robert's hand in a 19th-century painting by Jean-Paul Laurens titled after this action taken against the king by the pope excommunication |
| #7939, aired 2019-02-28 | TRIOS $800: The law of inertia,
F=ma, &
the law of action & reaction Newton's Three Laws of Motion |
| #7937, aired 2019-02-26 | "INTER" $400: A group action to get a substance abuser to seek help intervention |
| #7935, aired 2019-02-22 | LET'S "C" SOME DANCING $1600: Bruno noted the "replacement hip action" of a "Dancing With the Stars" competitor in this dance dance dance the cha-cha-cha |
| #7932, aired 2019-02-19 | EATING VERBS $200: To alter food by the action of stomach chemicals so that it can be absorbed digest |
| #7930, aired 2019-02-15 | IT WAS SO FUNNY $400: In this action pic, M'Baku warns, "One more word, & I will feed you to my children... I'm kidding. We are vegetarians" Black Panther |
| #7930, aired 2019-02-15 | THE WORLD ALMANAC 2019 $600: Top 10 news topics of 2018 include this movement, known by a social media hashtag, leading to legal action for sexual assault #MeToo |
| #7922, aired 2019-02-05 | EXPRESS YOURSELF $1600: To signal to action, or to cue an actor from offstage with a forgotten line prompt |
| #7908, aired 2019-01-16 | ENGLISH ROYAL FIRSTS $200: In 1327 Edward II became the 1st king forced to take this action of formally giving up power, to the son who became Edward III abdicating |
| #7906, aired 2019-01-14 | THEY GOT THE MEMO $2000: Germany's "Blank Check" memo of July 1914 promised support for any action this country took against Serbia Austria-Hungary |
| #7898, aired 2019-01-02 | BUILDING AN IDIOM $600: To do this action of fixing barriers is to try to improve damaged relations with others to mend fences |
| #7891, aired 2018-12-24 | "POT"POURRI $1600: Where the action is, especially for wireless users hot spot |
| #7884, aired 2018-12-13 | THE MOVIE'S CHARACTERS $400: Primrose Everdeen & Effie Trinket, in the action series' first offering The Hunger Games |
| #7883, aired 2018-12-12 | 21st CENTURY FILMS $800: An action-packed 2017 for Karen Gillan, planet hopping as Nebula in "Guardians 2" & jungle jumping as Martha in this film Jumanji |
| #7874, aired 2018-11-29 | IT'S A "DATE" $400: To coerce someone into an action by threats to intimidate |
| #7874, aired 2018-11-29 | LET'S PUT RUTHERFORD B. HAYES IN THE PICTURE! $800: Hayes visits this Maryland battlefield also known as Sharpsburg; he was wounded & missed the action when his regiment fought there in 1862 Antietam |
| #7862, aired 2018-11-13 | PASTURE BEDTIME $1600: It's not bedtime yet--the goats seen here are known as this type, from their action that looks like a swoon Tennessee fainting goats |
| #7857, aired 2018-11-06 | 2018 COLLEGE FOOTBALL NAMES $200: Cameron Rising isn't an action movie, he's a QB who wants to "hook 'em" for the Longhorns of this school University of Texas |
| #7857, aired 2018-11-06 | AT THE SODA FOUNTAIN $400: (Kelly of the Clue Crew presents from the Franklin Fountain in Philadelphia.) Originally closer to pharmacists than bartenders, these first soda slingers were named for the quick action of pulling on the soda handles jerk |
| #7852, aired 2018-10-30 | NATIONAL MEMORIALS $400: Its black granite walls list the names of more than 58,000 killed or missing in action the Vietnam War Memorial |
| #7847, aired 2018-10-23 | I'M BESIDE MYSELF! $1200: In "The Last Action Hero", this actor tells himself "you've brought me nothing but pain" Arnold Schwarzenegger |
| #7845, aired 2018-10-19 | WHERE THERE'S SMOKE $200: Smoke jumpers are a specialized group of these emergency workers who parachute into action firefighters |
| #7845, aired 2018-10-19 | ENDS IN "U" $1600: The bulk of the action in "Black Hawk Down" takes place in this African city Mogadishu |
| #7841, aired 2018-10-15 | SOCIAL MEDIA ABBREV. $600: Tedious things warrant "MEGO", meaning "my eyes" do this action my eyes glaze over |
| #7839, aired 2018-10-11 | EDISON LABS $600: (Kelly of the Clue Crew presents from Edison Labs in Menlo Park, NJ.) In 1894 Edison filmed members of Buffalo Bill's Wild West show, including this trick-shot artist in action Annie Oakley |
| #7838, aired 2018-10-10 | JACK & THE FIEND STALK $1600: In "Worth Dying For", this 6'5", 250-lb. Lee Child action hero makes life very difficult for the evil Duncan boys Jack Reacher |
| #7832, aired 2018-10-02 | A LITTLE DRY $2000: Rhyming term for the type of fishing seen here, with the lure above the water so you can see all the action a dry fly |
| #7817, aired 2018-09-11 | NUMERICAL CINEMA $600: A chaste nerd trades his action figures in for chicks The 40-Year-Old Virgin |
| #7815, aired 2018-07-27 | DEFUNCT SPORTS FRANCHISES $1600: The Stapletons briefly brought NFL action to this NYC island borough Staten Island |
| #7804, aired 2018-07-12 | MATH & SCIENCE $800: Newton's Third Law is often given as "for every action..." these 7 words there is an equal and opposite reaction |
| #7803, aired 2018-07-11 | CLASSIC MOVIE: THE VIDEO GAME $200: A kid's life is in your hands as you play as any one of a dozen jurors; the action is all in one room; sway opinions as No. 8 12 Angry Men |
| #7793, aired 2018-06-27 | ALLUSIONS $1000: Phrase for a deadly array, poised for action, also a prison term applied to the lineup of the 1927 Yankees murderers' row |
| #7792, aired 2018-06-26 | COMMON BONDS $2000: A family of beetles,
the Zulu language,
an action with a mouse things that click |
| #7790, aired 2018-06-22 | "H" TO "H" $400: Idiomatically, the ambitious want to complete this action connecting a "wagon" & a "star" hitch |
| #7785, aired 2018-06-15 | DOMAIN EXTENSIONS MATTER $600: these.gov takes you to Atlantic marine forecasts; these.com takes you to Carolina NHL action hurricanes |
| #7781, aired 2018-06-11 | INSTANT GRATIFICATION $2000: The main action of an Ambrose Bierce short story takes place in the instant of a hanging on this bridge Owl Creek Bridge |
| #7776, aired 2018-06-04 | MOVIES OF "WONDER" $400: Directed by Patty Jenkins, this action film had one particularly amazing Amazon delivery Wonder Woman |
| #7763, aired 2018-05-16 | I HEAR VOICES $400: In "Justice League Action" shorts, Tara Strong shows range both as Harley Quinn & as this alliterative reporter Lois Lane |
| #7763, aired 2018-05-16 | SORTA BEFORE & AFTER $400: Action star known as "The Muscles from Brussels" who's a Broadway musical with the song "Whatever Lola Wants" Jean Claude Van Damn Yankees |
| #7758, aired 2018-05-09 | DISNEY FACTS $1000: The title animal in this, Disney's first live-action comedy, is a Bratislavian sheepdog The Shaggy Dog |
| #7748, aired 2018-04-25 | THE FAST & THE FASTIDIOUS $600: Sean has joined the chase, but not before touching up these decorative car lines, also a live-action zebra movie racing stripes |
| #7741, aired 2018-04-16 | "MAG"NA CUM LAUDE $400: The action of making something look bigger than it actually is magnify |
| #7741, aired 2018-04-16 | HETERONYMS $600: Multiple female deer & a third person action verb conjugation does [DOHZ] and does [DUHZ] |
| #7733, aired 2018-04-04 | BETTING AT THE TRACK $800: Your bet may move to the favorite if you've bet on a horse that's pulled out of a race before it starts, this action scratched |
| #7732, aired 2018-04-03 | DOLL COLLECTING $200: 2-word term for a jointed, posable male or female character an action figure |
| #7728, aired 2018-03-28 | GO SEE "AL" $600: The logical reasons why an action was taken a rationale |
| #7727, aired 2018-03-27 | ISLANDS $800: 2 R.N. ships named HMS Invincible saw action in these south Atlantic islands, one in WWI & the second, 68 years later the Falklands |
| #7720, aired 2018-03-16 | IN A STORM $4,800 (Daily Double): When tropical storms threaten, the National Hurricane Center HQed in this city jumps into action Miami |
| #7718, aired 2018-03-14 | 20th CENTURY REFERENCES $800: Also meaning the damaging effects of an action, it's radioactive particles carried into the air after an explosion fallout |
| #7712, aired 2018-03-06 | 2 LETTERS DIFFERENT $400: Batter's action & slang for flashy jewelry swing and bling |
| #7703, aired 2018-02-21 | SITCOMEDY TONIGHT $800: Before becoming an action movie star, he hung around Indiana as Andy Dwyer on "Parks & Rec" Chris Pratt |
| #7691, aired 2018-02-05 | BODY PART PHRASES $400: If you say something embarrassing, you do this difficult action involving 2 parts put your foot in your mouth |
| #7689, aired 2018-02-01 | INTRODUCTION TO FILM $600: "And introducing Ke Huy Quan as Short Round" in this 1984 action sequel Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom |
| #7687, aired 2018-01-30 | THROWING SHADE $800: In "Don't Come Around Here No More", Tom Petty uses this shadowy action before "my door" darken my door |
| #7675, aired 2018-01-12 | IT'S RAINING "MEN" $400: A regulated course of action, like that of a diet a regimen |
| #7672, aired 2018-01-09 | WHAT IN TARNATION? $1200: Legally speaking, it's a wrongdoing for which someone may take civil action a tort |
| #7653, aired 2017-12-13 | CONGRESSIONAL POWERS $400: Congress declares war & takes this action regarding treaties that might follow one ratifies |
| #7648, aired 2017-12-06 | "L" ON THE MAP $1600: This gulf was the site of a naval action also called the Second Battle of the Philippine Sea Leyte Gulf |
| #7636, aired 2017-11-20 | "HOME" LINES $400: The 17th c. play "The Scornful Lady" speaks of kissing until this bovine action occurs the cows come home |
| #7620, aired 2017-10-27 | MODERN LINGO $1,000 (Daily Double): This action signals a definitive end; it followed "Obama out" at the 2016 White House Correspondents Dinner mic drop |
| #7619, aired 2017-10-26 | ALL ARE INVITED $400: Any citizen can sit in this part of the Senate & watch the action; you need to get passes from your senator's office the gallery |
| #7614, aired 2017-10-19 | ONE "DAY" AT A TIME $400: 3-word term for a time when consequences for an action must be faced day of reckoning |
| #7608, aired 2017-10-11 | 3-LETTER WORDS $800: It's the 3-letter name for the action seen here dap |
| #7602, aired 2017-10-03 | OCCUPATIONS $400: You need a good line of patter to do this job, heard in action here auctioneer |
| #7596, aired 2017-09-25 | "PRE" SCHOOL $400: It's defined as "an action taken in advance to protect against possible danger" precaution |
| #7593, aired 2017-09-20 | FOND MEME-ORIES $600: This action is a symbol of intense & perhaps goofy environmentalism; a pic of Jared Leto doing it went viral hugging a tree |
| #7588, aired 2017-09-13 | BROADWAY COMPOSERS $400: "Love Never Dies", Andrew Lloyd Webber's sequel to this show, moves the action from Paris to Coney Island Phantom of the Opera |
| #7582, aired 2017-07-25 | WHO WROTE THE LINE? $800: Tragedy is "the imitation of an action... arousing pity and fear... to accomplish its catharsis" (c. 330 B.C.) Aristotle |
| #7581, aired 2017-07-24 | FAKE NEWS $800: In 2013 a NYC woman was convicted of selling forgeries of this American action painter's drippy work; how could they tell? Jackson Pollock |
| #7573, aired 2017-07-12 | BIBLICAL BEFORE & AFTER $2000: Amazing shrub seen by Moses that says the U.S. has the right to preemptive action to stop terror the burning Bush Doctrine |
| #7570, aired 2017-07-07 | ANA: ANOTHER NEW ACRONYM $400: "SMH" stands for this action, what I'm likely to be doing if you miss a super-easy clue shaking my head |
| #7557, aired 2017-06-20 | THE GAME IS RIGGED $1000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew deals cards.) As the dealer, I've secretly organized the cards so that I get a great starting hand, an action known by this 3-word phrase stack the deck |
| #7556, aired 2017-06-19 | THE FIGHT OF THE CENTURY $600: Micky Ward & Arturo Gatti's classic 2002 bout featured 3 minutes of nonstop action known as the this "of the Century" a round |
| #7545, aired 2017-06-02 | I USED TO RUN THE PLACE $200: Vicente Fox of the National Action Party Mexico |
| #7539, aired 2017-05-25 | SCI-FI MOVIES $600: This 1995 film with Kevin Costner as The Mariner became a Universal Studios "tidal wave of explosive action" Waterworld |
| #7534, aired 2017-05-18 | PLANTS & FLOWERS $400: Here's this plant of the Carolinas in action the Venus flytrap |
| #7511, aired 2017-04-17 | THE LAW $1200: 20% of the 32,000 Alaskans who filed a 1994 class action vs. this co. were dead by the time it got to the Supreme Court in 2008 Exxon |
| #7510, aired 2017-04-14 | STARTS WITH "R" $2000: As a verb, it's the action seen here; as a noun, it's stale material done again in a book or movie retread |
| #7488, aired 2017-03-15 | MOVIE TITLE PLACES $1600: Snake Plissken hits the Big Apple --& by that I mean he really beats the bejeezus out of it--in this 1981 action pic Escape from New York |
| #7487, aired 2017-03-14 | IT'S A TOY HALL-ER $800: This action figure with 21 moving parts & "life like hair" stepped up for a different kind of induction in 2004 G.I. Joe |
| #7485, aired 2017-03-10 | TELL THEM WHAT THEY'VE WON, JOHNNY! $200: You've won this medal, instituted in 1782 for bravery in action but with a different purpose today; let's avoid a repeat, soldier! a Purple Heart |
| #7481, aired 2017-03-06 | FAMILIAR TRIOS $800: Traffic signals, a private chamber & the events of a drama lights, camera, action |
| #7478, aired 2017-03-01 | OBJECTS $600: When they're in action, it's where you'll find andirons your fireplace |
| #7478, aired 2017-03-01 | PLUS "C" $800: A "C" inserted into this factual word gives you this temporary cessation of military action true and truce |
| #7475, aired 2017-02-24 | SNAP CHAT $400: Malcolm Gladwell's book about snap judgments is titled this eye-closing-&-opening action Blink |
| #7470, aired 2017-02-17 | SERIOUS HARDWARE $800: No need to be on the firing range to use this gun, heard in action here a nail gun |
| #7468, aired 2017-02-15 | SCIENCE $1600: It seems to defy gravity when a liquid goes up tubes by means of this action capillary action |
| #7466, aired 2017-02-13 | FACTS ON FEBRUARY $800: Name of the Punxsutawney groundhog traditionally at the heart of the action on February 2 Phil |
| #7456, aired 2017-01-30 | YES, MR. MOVIE PRESIDENT $1000: This British actor Snape-d into action as Ronald Reagan in "Lee Daniels' The Butler Alan Rickman |
| #7456, aired 2017-01-30 | COMIC STRIP CANINES $1200: In 2010 this Great Dane leaped from the funny papers to the big screen in a live action film with Owen Wilson providing his voice Marmaduke |
| #7449, aired 2017-01-19 | SONG OF "MYSELF" $1000: In a '50s hit Billy Williams was "Gonna Sit Right Down And" take this epistolary action "Write Myself A Letter" |
| #7446, aired 2017-01-16 | THE EMMYS 1967 $400: Before it was an action film series with Tom Cruise, it was the 1967 Emmy winner as Outstanding Drama Mission: Impossible |
| #7437, aired 2017-01-03 | LITERATURE IN ACTION $200: The action-packed Book 7 of this ancient poem features the duel of Hector & Ajax the Iliad |
| #7437, aired 2017-01-03 | LITERATURE IN ACTION $400: This Vietnam vet & action hero sprang form the pages of "First Blood" by David Morrell Rambo |
| #7437, aired 2017-01-03 | LITERATURE IN ACTION $600: Like Michael Crichton, Arthur Conan Doyle wrote a thriller with this title about a land inhabited by dinosaurs The Lost World |
| #7437, aired 2017-01-03 | LITERATURE IN ACTION $800: "The Last of the Mohicans" takes place against the backdrop of this 18th century war the French and Indian War |
| #7437, aired 2017-01-03 | LITERATURE IN ACTION $1000: Brian Garfield's wife had her purse stolen, so Brian wrote this novel about a vigilante whose wife has been murdered Death Wish |
| #7416, aired 2016-12-05 | WHO "AR" THEY? $400: The action of a helix is central to this man's 2,000-year-old concept, still utilized today Archimedes |
| #7408, aired 2016-11-23 | FAMILIAR PHRASES $800: Found in "Macbeth", "at one" this refers to the action of a bird of prey at one fell swoop |
| #7406, aired 2016-11-21 | HOBBIES & PASTIMES $800: It's the practice of dressing up like a character from a pop culture source, especially manga or anime cosplay |
| #7398, aired 2016-11-09 | 3 CONSONANTS IN A ROW $800: It's a belief, not based in reason, that something bad will happen if you perform a particular action... or if you don't superstition |
| #7396, aired 2016-11-07 | TOYS & GAMES $600: Action figures inspired by these animated characters include Bob with teddy bear & a banana-eating Kevin Minions |
| #7396, aired 2016-11-07 | TOYS & GAMES $1000: This game's action cards include reverse, skip & wild draw four Uno |
| #7393, aired 2016-11-02 | GUNS N' ROSES $1000: The Remington 700 is an example of a rifle with this manual action to load a cartridge into the chamber a bolt action |
| #7373, aired 2016-10-05 | "TRANS" ACTION $200: The broadcasting of electromagnetic waves, or an important part of your car transmission |
| #7373, aired 2016-10-05 | "TRANS" ACTION $400: From Latin for "to write across", it tells how you did in school transcript |
| #7373, aired 2016-10-05 | "TRANS" ACTION $600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows time-lapse footage on the monitor.) A plastic bag wrapped around a plant allows you to see a build-up of moisture on the inside because plants give off water vapor through their leaves in a process called this transpiration |
| #7373, aired 2016-10-05 | "TRANS" ACTION $800: The concept of rebirth found in Eastern religions is also known as this "of souls" transmigration |
| #7373, aired 2016-10-05 | "TRANS" ACTION $1000: In a 2016 report Somalia was worst on the corruption index of the organization called this International Transparency |
| #7372, aired 2016-10-04 | THEATER TALK $1,800 (Daily Double): The 3 elements of drama according to German theater critic Gustav Freytag: rising action, this, falling action climax |
| #7371, aired 2016-10-03 | DEAD LINES $1200: This call to action from "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" goes back to a not-so-funny time during the Great Plague Bring out your dead |
| #7369, aired 2016-09-29 | YOU CAN'T FIGHT $400: His first major nonviolent satyagraha action was protesting salt taxes imposed by the British Gandhi |
| #7355, aired 2016-07-29 | BATTLESHIPS $1200: Built in the 1940s in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, this battleship known as "Mighty Mo" saw action in the Persian Gulf War the U.S.S. Missouri |
| #7354, aired 2016-07-28 | CLUES ACROSS AMERICA $400: (I'm Christa Dubill from 41 Action News.) Synonymous with Kansas City barbecue, Arthur Bryant's, one of the city's oldest & most iconic barbecue joints, has been a favorite of several president beginning with this Missouri native son (Harry) Truman |
| #7351, aired 2016-07-25 | THE MAGIC OF LAIKA ANIMATION $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Laika Animation Studios.) It's the "L.A." in "L.A.V.s", videos recorded by Laika animators walking through the scenes themselves beforehand, for a reference when animating later live action |
| #7341, aired 2016-07-11 | PERIODIC SPELLING $1600: Tungsten + silver =
an action by a happy dog wag |
| #7339, aired 2016-07-07 | PUNNY & NOT-PUNNY DEFINITIONS $1200: "Before a cell phone message", or a reason for taking action pretext |
| #7338, aired 2016-07-06 | TAXONOMIC FILM LIST $2000: It's father vs. daughter in the courtroom as Gene Hackman tilts with Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio in this legal thriller Class Action |
| #7327, aired 2016-06-21 | MEMORY $800: Serta offers Cool Action Gel Memory Foam for "more support where you need it most" in one of these a mattress |
| #7302, aired 2016-05-17 | MEN OF STEEL $200: This man of steel made his heroic debut in Action Comics #1 in 1938 Superman |
| #7295, aired 2016-05-06 | LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION MOVIE! $400: In this 1997 movie hijackers seize the plane carrying the President, who works from hiding to defeat them Air Force One |
| #7295, aired 2016-05-06 | LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION MOVIE! $800: Captain Jack, Will Turner & Elizabeth Swann sail off the edge of the map in 2007's "Pirates of the Caribbean: At" this place World's End |
| #7295, aired 2016-05-06 | LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION MOVIE! $1200: In a popular series the heavyset Po is a "Kung Fu Panda" chosen as this more fearsome type of "warrior" Dragon |
| #7295, aired 2016-05-06 | LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION MOVIE! $1600: In "300" this Spartan king & his men face off against the Persians at Thermopylae Leonidas |
| #7295, aired 2016-05-06 | LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION MOVIE! $2000: This Shakespeare & "Shackleton" actor directed 2011's "Thor" (Kenneth) Branagh |
| #7291, aired 2016-05-02 | SONG LYRICS $1200: Requests from Sam Smith: "I don't want you to leave, will you hold my hand? Oh, won't you" do this title action "Stay With Me" |
| #7265, aired 2016-03-25 | PLAYTIME WITH SHAKESPEARE $600: With action at Agincourt, "H the F" Henry V |
| #7261, aired 2016-03-21 | E BEFORE I $800: A deceptive action designed to divert attention away from one's real point of attack a feint |
| #7258, aired 2016-03-16 | I HAVE A PREPOSITION FOR YOU $600: It means against, whether in a legal action or a sports contest versus |
| #7252, aired 2016-03-08 | ORGANS OF THE BODY $2,000 (Daily Double): These swishing or hissing sounds heard after normal heart action may indicate leaky valves a heart murmur |
| #7247, aired 2016-03-01 | THIS IS... J TO Y! $600: To make a case for your action to justify |
| #7246, aired 2016-02-29 | THE QUOTA SYSTEM $800: In the 1978 Bakke case, the Supreme Court nixed racial quotas but said this alliterative system is constitutional affirmative action |
| #7240, aired 2016-02-19 | A GOOD VIEW AT THE OPERA $800: 2-word term for this essential that should bring the action on stage into focus opera glasses |
| #7235, aired 2016-02-12 | COLORFUL WORDS & PHRASES $600: A detailed outline of a course of action; it's not just for architects a blueprint |
| #7233, aired 2016-02-10 | SUBCULTURES $800: Let's put on our costumes & do some LARPing, "live action" this roleplaying |
| #7221, aired 2016-01-25 | WHAT'D I SAY? $1,000 (Daily Double): Abe Lincoln:
"If" this general "isn't going to use his army, I'd like to borrow it for a time" George McClellan |
| #7217, aired 2016-01-19 | CROSSWORD PUNS $1200: Affirmative action:
_ _ D nod |
| #7175, aired 2015-11-20 | MOVIE LINES, MADE TV-SAFE $800: In a big moment in an action movie franchise, this actor let loose with, "Yippee-ki-yay, Mr. Falcon" (Bruce) Willis |
| #7175, aired 2015-11-20 | THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH $2000: An executive action delayed deportation for people brought to the U.S. as kids, known by this hopeful term the Dreamers |
| #7155, aired 2015-10-23 | RHYME TIME $1000: Any action word used in a short publicity statement a verb blurb |
| #7132, aired 2015-09-22 | FRENCH FILM REMAKES $2000: In this 1994 action film based on "La Totale!", agent Arnold Schwarzenegger dances the tango with Tia Carrere True Lies |
| #7119, aired 2015-07-23 | LINGO $1200: The U.S. military does not do this 7-letter action; instead, it is referred to as a "tactical retrograde" retreat |
| #7102, aired 2015-06-30 | "USA"! $400: Adjective for an action that can't be forgiven inexcusable |
| #7088, aired 2015-06-10 | TOYS & GAMES $400: Hasbro said this action figure that debuted in 1964 was "America's movable fighting man" G.I. Joe |
| #7083, aired 2015-06-03 | LITERARY SIMILES $1200: In "The Sun Also Rises", the cafe in this Spanish city "was like a battleship stripped for action" Pamplona |
| #7073, aired 2015-05-20 | THAT MOVIE TITLE IS LEGAL $1200: Rather than take a settlement, attorney Paul Newman goes to trial in this legal drama The Verdict |
| #7066, aired 2015-05-11 | ACTION WORDS $400: Slang meaning to give up a bad habit; a soccer player also does it kick |
| #7066, aired 2015-05-11 | ACTION WORDS $800: To strike with a flat hand; Harry did it to little Hugo in a 2015 TV series slap |
| #7066, aired 2015-05-11 | ACTION WORDS $1200: Pugnacious word preceding "in" when you deal with the time clock at work punch |
| #7066, aired 2015-05-11 | ACTION WORDS $1600: It's how you capture a piece in checkers jump |
| #7066, aired 2015-05-11 | ACTION WORDS $2000: To display a flag, or a part of your pants for non-display fly |
| #7028, aired 2015-03-18 | DOCUMENTS $1,400 (Daily Double): This 2-word term for freedom of action is used of a 1914 message from Germany to Austria about attacking Serbia blank check (or carte blanche) |
| #7019, aired 2015-03-05 | DISNEY MOVIES $600: This live-action favorite with versions in 1961 & 1998 was based on a German novel, "Das doppelte Lottchen" The Parent Trap |
| #7009, aired 2015-02-19 | BABIES ARE BORING $800: Baby's big move is spreading & re-closing the arms on being startled, called the "moro" this action reflex |
| #7006, aired 2015-02-16 | AVIATION $1200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Western Reserve Historical Society in Cleveland, Ohio.) This amazing single-seat fighter with an alphanumeric name saw action in World War II, the Korean War & other conflicts & was not phased out of some nations' Air Forces until the 1980s the P-51 |
| #7005, aired 2015-02-13 | NON-FAILURE TO COMMUNICATE $600: Though we link this alliterative 2-word action to Native Americans, China used them as a defensive system at the Great Wall smoke signals |
| #7003, aired 2015-02-11 | GENERAL SCIENCE $1000: This "action" draws liquid up a narrow tube placed vertically in the liquid capillary action |
| #7002, aired 2015-02-10 | BACK PACS $400: In 1944 the first political action committee sought funds for this president's re-election Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
| #7002, aired 2015-02-10 | BACK PACS $1200: Unveiled in 2014, the Freedom Partners Action Fund isn't a regular PAC but this kind that can give without limits a super PAC |
| #7000, aired 2015-02-06 | FROM BOOK TO FILM $800: Joe Leland became John McClane & "Nothing Lasts Forever" became this action romp Die Hard |
| #6993, aired 2015-01-28 | I'LL HAVE A TRIPLE $1000: An action word,
an aromatic plant &
a Belgrade native a verb, an herb, & a Serb |
| #6984, aired 2015-01-15 | EXISTENTIALISM $400: A section in a Sartre work is titled this: "The First Condition of Action"; let it ring "Freedom" |
| #6982, aired 2015-01-13 | I'M "N"TITLED! $1600: Liam Neeson sprang to action as an air marshal on a hijacked plane in this 2014 thriller Non-Stop |
| #6967, aired 2014-12-23 | CHRISTMAS ON BROADWAY $1000: Songs from this show based on a movie include "Red Ryder Carbine Action BB Gun" & "Ralphie To The Rescue" A Christmas Story |
| #6966, aired 2014-12-22 | THE OLD WEST $1000: This Chiricahua Apache leader's surrender to Gen. Nelson Miles in 1886 ended major military action with Native Americans Geronimo |
| #6956, aired 2014-12-08 | "DANCE" MUSIC $400: The Drifters sang, "But don't forget who's taking you home and in whose arms you're gonna be, so darlin'" do this title action save the last dance for me |
| #6942, aired 2014-11-18 | QUOTES OF NOTE $1,000 (Daily Double): Churchill said he couldn't forecast the action of Russia: "It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside" this an enigma |
| #6932, aired 2014-11-04 | "PUMP" UP $800: Type of shotgun that has a mechanism for ejecting a shell pump action |
| #6922, aired 2014-10-21 | ROLE REVERSAL $800: In 1994's "Junior", this macho action superstar got in touch with his feminine side as a pregnant male research subject Schwarzenegger |
| #6914, aired 2014-10-09 | LINGUISTICS $1200: This linguistic term for the performer of a verbal action sounds like an actor's representative agent |
| #6913, aired 2014-10-08 | JOURNALISM CLICHES $400: Someone who switches from one pastime to another, or an action that effects a major shift a game changer |
| #6910, aired 2014-10-03 | LEGAL MATTERS $400: From the Middle English for "summary", it's the calendar of cases awaiting action in a court a docket |
| #6907, aired 2014-09-30 | ARMS AND THE MAN $1600: It's said that this action star & Total Gym endorser can split the atom...
with his bare hands Chuck Norris |
| #6900, aired 2014-09-19 | THE DOONESBURY GROUP $800: In 2010 an "action doll" of this political figure had a Tea Party & proclaimed, "No lamestream media allowed!" Sarah Palin |
| #6889, aired 2014-07-24 | THE VOICE $1200: In "Looney Tunes: Back in Action", Billy West brought this noted "wabbit hunter" to life Elmer Fudd |
| #6880, aired 2014-07-11 | COMMUNICATION $400: psychologytoday.com says this ocular teenage action of disdain "is often associated with a dramatic sigh" an eye roll |
| #6864, aired 2014-06-19 | MOVIEMAKERS $800: Ridley's brother, this late director delivered lots of action from "Top Gun" to "Man on Fire" Tony Scott |
| #6862, aired 2014-06-17 | MOVIE TERMS $2000: Named for an early film technician, it's the art of matching sound effects to a scene's action; coconuts may help Foley |
| #6861, aired 2014-06-16 | FINISH THE TERRIBLE RHYME $200: "Diplomacy in action", which really does sound great / Is on the website of the cabinet department that we call... State |
| #6854, aired 2014-06-05 | PSYCHOLOGY $1200: A 1980s experiment using this, EEG for short, seemed to show the brain starting an action before a conscious decision is made electroencephalogram |
| #6849, aired 2014-05-29 | SUFFIXES $2000: This double-vowel suffix denotes the object or beneficiary of an action -ee |
| #6841, aired 2014-05-19 | YOU LIKE KABUKI, NOH? $1600: At a climactic moment, a kabuki actor strikes a pose called a mie, usually characterized by this ocular action crossing the eyes |
| #6830, aired 2014-05-02 | THE 4 Rs $1200: A set of fixed instructions for a routine action is S.O.P., short for this standard operating procedure |
| #6828, aired 2014-04-30 | LET'S AGREE ON A PRICE $400: He's a bad mother--shut your mouth! But I'm talkin' about Richard Price, who co-wrote this 2000 action reboot Shaft |
| #6825, aired 2014-04-25 | RECENT HISTORY $400: (Justice Sandra Day O'Connor delivers the clue.) The Court's legacy of civil rights cases includes Brown v. Board of Education & also Grutter v. Bollinger, a decision I wrote for the court allowing this race-conscious practice in law school admissions affirmative action |
| #6824, aired 2014-04-24 | IT WAS AN ACCIDENT $800: A 1947 ship explosion in Texas killed 500 & led to the first of these mass lawsuits against the federal govt. a class action lawsuit |
| #6824, aired 2014-04-24 | FILL IN THE MOVIE TITLES $800: An action flick & a musical:
"____ Gun" & "____ Hat" Top |
| #6818, aired 2014-04-16 | WE HAVE LAWS $200: Massachusetts law largely bans the sale of booze on Sundays, legal holidays & this day of democracy in action voting day (or Election Day) |
| #6812, aired 2014-04-08 | OVER THE "P.A." $2000: Harry Truman referred to the fighting in Korea not as a war but as this phrase a police action |
| #6782, aired 2014-02-25 | NET ADVERTISING $1200: Forcing users to do a certain Facebook action before getting more product info is called this "-gating" like |
| #6780, aired 2014-02-21 | COUPLING ON TV $1600: Michael Westen & Fiona Glenanne were always in on the action Burn Notice |
| #6778, aired 2014-02-19 | SCIENCE IN THE WORLD $800: If you're doing this colorful cooking action to meat, you're making use of the Maillard reaction of sugars & amino acids browning |
| #6769, aired 2014-02-06 | BRITISH POETS & POETRY $800: Antiwar poet Wilfred Owen was killed in action one week before the end of this war World War I |
| #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 |
| #6755, aired 2014-01-17 | GUYS, CAPITALISM WORKS! $1200: The 1930s pitted free market fan F.A. Hayek at the LSE, this school, vs. Cambridge's pro-government action J.M. Keynes the London School of Economics |
| #6747, aired 2014-01-07 | THE "CLASS" STRUGGLE $400: Lawsuit type representing the common interests of a large group class action |
| #6731, aired 2013-12-16 | GORILLAS $1000: Actually done with cupped hands, this often-imitated male gorilla action is part of a 9-step series that begins with hooting chest-beating |
| #6731, aired 2013-12-16 | A MATTER OF "LIFE" OR "DEATH" $1600: Though they sound like they sit on the beach, they're the senior British army regiment & first saw action in 1665 the Life Guards |
| #6706, aired 2013-11-11 | LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION FILM! $200: In 2011 Jeremy Renner & Simon Pegg followed "Ghost Protocol" in the fourth installment of this series Mission: Impossible |
| #6706, aired 2013-11-11 | LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION FILM! $400: These 2 eventual state governors grappled, but not over fiscal policy, in the 1987 futuristic flick "The Running Man" Ventura & Schwarzenegger |
| #6706, aired 2013-11-11 | LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION FILM! $600: In 2013 this actor was back as "Riddick", left for dead on a nasty planet Vin Diesel |
| #6706, aired 2013-11-11 | LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION FILM! $800: This Danny Trejo title guy named for his weapon "Kills" again in 2013, & now, Charlie Sheen is involved Machete |
| #6706, aired 2013-11-11 | LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION FILM! $1000: Among the exploits of this character in action films: making 2 Gruber brothers sad & killing a helicopter with a car John McClane |
| #6704, aired 2013-11-07 | AROUND THE USA $200: Gobbler's Knob is the scene of the action for a critter named Phil in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania for this annual event Groundhog Day |
| #6699, aired 2013-10-31 | ABBREVIATED VIDEO GAME TITLES $400: We'll need to enlist your knowledge of "C.O.D.". this action game series Call of Duty |
| #6684, aired 2013-10-10 | PLAY BALL MUSIC $1600: The Beastie Boys rhymed "I've got more action than my man John Woo" with "and I've got mad hits like" this hall of famer Rod Carew |
| #6668, aired 2013-09-18 | PLAY ACTION $200: Psychiatrist is fascinated by stable boy's mutilation of horses Equus |
| #6668, aired 2013-09-18 | PLAY ACTION $400: Young lovers, both in trouble, are forced to flee, & (what do you know!) both end up in the Forest of Arden As You Like It |
| #6668, aired 2013-09-18 | PLAY ACTION $600: The Youngers get a $10,000 insurance check & leave their apartment to move into the all-white Clybourne Park neighborhood A Raisin in the Sun |
| #6668, aired 2013-09-18 | PLAY ACTION $800: Recently deceased mathematician leaves behind huge discovery; or was it his daughter? Proof |
| #6668, aired 2013-09-18 | PLAY ACTION $1000: Psychic Madame Arcati is no "coward"; she summons the ghost of Charles Condomine's ex, to hilarious effect Blithe Spirit |
| #6664, aired 2013-08-01 | ANIMATION APPRECIATION $2000: These 2 title words preceded "Action", "World Tour" & of course "Island" in an animated "Survivor" spoof Total Drama |
| #6656, aired 2013-07-22 | AGE AIN'T NOTHIN' BUT A NUMBER $400: This action star turned 73 in March 2013, or would have, but the calendar turned backward out of fear of him Chuck Norris |
| #6653, aired 2013-07-17 | ONE-WORD SHOUT OUTS $1000: David Cronenberg calls it to get a scene started! action! |
| #6641, aired 2013-07-01 | PAINTERS' MONOGRAMS $1000: He was a man of action (painting): W de K de Kooning |
| #6639, aired 2013-06-27 | GEOLOGY $400: A fluvial process such as erosion is caused by the action of this geographic feature river |
| #6626, aired 2013-06-10 | YES, "MASTER" $400: This Mattel toy line includes such action figures as Skeletor, Stratos & He-Man Masters of the Universe |
| #6585, aired 2013-04-12 | THE RICH MAN'S... $600: Political contributions, in unlimited amounts, go to his favorite Super PAC, PAC standing for this political action committee |
| #6570, aired 2013-03-22 | "ACT" LOCAL $200: It's not a doll! My G.I. Joe is known by this 2-word term an action figure |
| #6561, aired 2013-03-11 | & FINALLY $600: It can refer to the preparatory motion of a baseball pitcher or the final action of any event the wind-up |
| #6555, aired 2013-03-01 | WITCH MOVIE? $800: Angela Lansbury played an apprentice witch with a flying bed in this Disney film that mixed live action & animation Bedknobs And Broomsticks |
| #6555, aired 2013-03-01 | WINGS $1600: He was flying the Fokker DRI triplane no. 425/17 when he was killed in action in April 1918 the Red Baron (Baron Richthofen) |
| #6517, aired 2013-01-08 | HOCKEY TALK? $1000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew gives us the clue while performing the action described with Kelly.) It's two people... in a hostile confrontation... close together... & eye-to-eye, as described in the title of a 1997 John Woo movie face off |
| #6503, aired 2012-12-19 | MYTHING IN ACTION $200: It's where the goddess Persephone spends a third of the year away from home Hades |
| #6503, aired 2012-12-19 | MYTHING IN ACTION $400: Collective name for 7 sisters, daughters of Atlas & Pleione, whom Zeus placed among the stars the Pleiades |
| #6503, aired 2012-12-19 | MYTHING IN ACTION $600 (Daily Double): Oh, the heartache! After the hero Aeneas left her, Dido the queen of this land took her own life Carthage |
| #6503, aired 2012-12-19 | MYTHING IN ACTION $600: This woman whose prophecies were disbelieved was one of Agamemnon's spoils after Troy fell Cassandra |
| #6503, aired 2012-12-19 | MYTHING IN ACTION $800: In Norse mythology's great final battle, Fenrir, a giant one of these animals, is destined to swallow Odin a wolf |
| #6500, aired 2012-12-14 | TOON TIME $2000: It's no joke: the death of this hero kicks off the action in Alan Moore's graphic novel "Watchmen" The Comedian |
| #6496, aired 2012-12-10 | RECENTLY DIRECTED $2000: "Transformers: Dark of the Moon" was another stew of action & effects from this director Michael Bay |
| #6494, aired 2012-12-06 | SHALL I COMPARE THEE? $800: Something that happens "as quick as" this action literally takes place in 2/5 of a second blink of an eye |
| #6494, aired 2012-12-06 | HOME SWEET MOTOR HOME $800: This 5-letter action comes before "out" in the name of a motor home attachment that adds room space glide (or slide) |
| #6489, aired 2012-11-29 | ALL ABOUT ACTING $800: Your line "Amanda, I'm leaving you!" is part of dialogue; your action of crossing the stage & exiting is part of this stage direction (or blocking) |
| #6473, aired 2012-11-07 | COMPOSERS $2000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Metropolitan Opera in New York.) A silver rose is central to the action in "Der Rosenkavalier" by this composer Richard Strauss |
| #6470, aired 2012-11-02 | TRIOS $800: The third of his 3 laws of motion is that for every action there is an equal & opposite reaction (Isaac) Newton |
| #6468, aired 2012-10-31 | THE BOX $400: 6-letter word for an elevated enclosed private section from which to watch stadium action in luxury a skybox |
| #6461, aired 2012-10-22 | CRIME $1200: In Texas you may not possess this "quick" 3-letter type of homemade gun a zip gun |
| #6451, aired 2012-10-08 | CINEMANIA $600: Also a type of saw, it means to interweave 2 scenes in editing, indicating simultaneous action crosscut |
| #6451, aired 2012-10-08 | CINEMANIA $800: Not just animated movies but many live-action films today use the technique known as CGI, which stands for this computer generated imagery |
| #6434, aired 2012-08-02 | WHAT KIND OF MOVIE? $800: The "Spy Kids" movies:
A synonym for "movement" action |
| #6423, aired 2012-07-18 | THE OED SEZ $800: "The action of killing one's father...also: betrayal of one's country" patricide |
| #6422, aired 2012-07-17 | HOMOPHONES $1200: Intuitive understanding, or to prompt into action, as a crowd to riot insight/incite |
| #6414, aired 2012-07-05 | YOU DO KNOW JACK $2000: Stopping at mid-thigh, they're associated with heavy-handed government action jackboots |
| #6412, aired 2012-07-03 | ON THE TURNTABLE $200: Turntable expert Grandmaster Flash excels at moving the record back & forth under the needle, also called this action scratching |
| #6404, aired 2012-06-21 | TV & MOVIE CARS $200: In a 2005 film this "love bug" was "fully loaded" & back in action Herbie |
| #6395, aired 2012-06-08 | THE TV CHARACTER WHO WASN'T THERE $600: Nothing like watching Farrah watch a voice box on a desk deliver exposition via Mr. Townsend on this '70s action show Charlie's Angels |
| #6384, aired 2012-05-24 | "O", HOW ENTERTAINING $2000: Young Walt Disney felt constricted by live-action film, & created this lucky rabbit, his first major animated character Oswald |
| #6382, aired 2012-05-22 | BEFORE & AFTER GOES TO THE MOVIES $1600: Roger Moore 007 film that turns into another action pic with Uma Thurman as a killer bride View to a Kill Bill |
| #6373, aired 2012-05-09 | PLAY SETTINGS $800: "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead": within & around the action of this other play Hamlet |
| #6370, aired 2012-05-04 | ACTION & INACTION MOVIES $400: Fozzie's casino-ing in Reno & Animal's Animal-ing in Santa Barbara in this 2011 movie The Muppets |
| #6370, aired 2012-05-04 | ACTION & INACTION MOVIES $800: Nicholas Cage is back riding a motorcycle like his head was on fire in this: "Spirit of Vengeance" Ghost Rider |
| #6370, aired 2012-05-04 | ACTION & INACTION MOVIES $1200: This animated title robot goes about collecting trash in the year 2700 & is a sucker for musicals WALL-E |
| #6370, aired 2012-05-04 | ACTION & INACTION MOVIES $1600: In 2012 the artist formerly known as The Rock was rolling in this "2: The Mysterious Island" Journey |
| #6370, aired 2012-05-04 | ACTION & INACTION MOVIES $2000: Things get rough after 3 teens gain telekinetic powers in this 2012 film co-written by Max Landis, son of director John Chronicle |
| #6368, aired 2012-05-02 | IT'S NOT A MESS, IT'S A COLLECTION $1000: One of these collectibles, "Action No. 1", sold in 2011 for $2.16 million comic books |
| #6352, aired 2012-04-10 | I'M READY TO PLAY, TODAY $800: In 1970 this action figure took on a more peaceful role, recovering mummies & helping the environment G.I. Joe |
| #6339, aired 2012-03-22 | HISTORIANS $1600: The son of a historian, he co-founded Americans for Democratic Action & served in JFK's administration Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. |
| #6317, aired 2012-02-21 | TEACHER'S "PET" $400: A document signed by many people asking for a specific action to be taken a petition |
| #6309, aired 2012-02-09 | GO OUT OR STAY IN? $400: Go out & catch some NHL action; this city's Blues are in town St. Louis |
| #6301, aired 2012-01-30 | HOPE "U" CAN MAKE IT $1600: John Stuart Mill wrote the book on this philosophy that says an action is right if it promotes happiness utilitarianism |
| #6264, aired 2011-12-08 | QUOTES ABOUT PLACES $4,500 (Daily Double): In "The Third Man" Orson Welles said it "had 500 years of democracy & peace, & what did that produce? The cuckoo clock" Switzerland |
| #6261, aired 2011-12-05 | PHRASES OF DEATH $200: Completing 2 tasks with one action is "killing 2" of these "with one stone" birds |
| #6248, aired 2011-11-16 | I'M GONNA MOON YOU! $400: As the Moon changes from new to full & more & more of it becomes visible, it's said to be doing this 6-letter action waxing |
| #6247, aired 2011-11-15 | YOU MUST REMEMBER CASABLANCA $400: It's this character's "Cafe Americain" where much of the action takes place Rick |
| #6237, aired 2011-11-01 | BACK TO '80s TV $400: When this '80s action series was brought to the big screen in 2010, Rampage Jackson got the role of B.A. Baracus The A-Team |
| #6233, aired 2011-10-26 | AMERICAN ART & ARTISTS $800: A 1948 action painting by this American artist is seen here Jackson Pollock |
| #6215, aired 2011-09-30 | BLU-RAYS $800: An interactive guide to class action is a helpful part of the season 1 Blu-ray of this Glenn Close series Damages |
| #6213, aired 2011-09-28 | HELLO, DOLLY! $400: For the 60th anniversary of Pearl Harbor, Hasbro introduced a special line of this military action figure G.I. Joe |
| #6210, aired 2011-09-23 | PAINT IN OILS $2000: Rembrandt used the other end of a brush to depict curls, a technique called scraffito, from the Italian for this action scratching |
| #6197, aired 2011-07-19 | THE "RAT" PACK $2000: 9-letter word for the underlying reason for a belief or course of action rationale |
| #6181, aired 2011-06-27 | MOVIE REMAKES $6,200 (Daily Double): Sam Worthington didn't use Harry Hamiln's toga as Perseus in the 2010 remake of this action flick Clash of the Titans |
| #6115, aired 2011-03-25 | I "GET" IT $2000: A vacation far from your daily worries, or a Steve McQueen action film getaway |
| #6102, aired 2011-03-08 | BOOK NUMBERS $800: The action of this novel is seen through the eyes of the seemingly mute Chief Bromden One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest |
| #6090, aired 2011-02-18 | 2010 MOVIES $1000: Noah Ringer stars as the avatar (no, not that avatar) in this live-action adaptation of an animated TV series The Last Airbender |
| #6084, aired 2011-02-10 | EMOTICONS $200: Your choices to express this action are
=))
or ROTF, which sometimes has an "L" added on laughing (or rolling on the floor) |
| #6073, aired 2011-01-26 | "ACTION"! $200: I try, & I try, but I can't get no this word meaning an act of gratification satisfaction |
| #6073, aired 2011-01-26 | "ACTION"! $400: A decrease in economic activity; I couldn't bear it! I can't! I won't! I shan't! a contraction |
| #6073, aired 2011-01-26 | "ACTION"! $600: 2-word "atomic" term for a series of events in which each event is the result of the one preceding & the cause of the next a chain reaction |
| #6073, aired 2011-01-26 | "ACTION"! $800: Rotting, or the anaerobic decomposition of organic matter by bacteria putrefaction |
| #6073, aired 2011-01-26 | "ACTION"! $1000: For federal contracts, this 2-word employment term was first used in an order issued by JFK in 1961 affirmative action |
| #6058, aired 2011-01-05 | LITERARY E-MAIL ADDRESSES $1600: naval-historian-action-guy@clancy.cia.gov Jack Ryan |
| #6038, aired 2010-12-08 | CHINESE CINEMA $400: This Chinese action star of films like "Drunken Master" & "Rumble in the Bronx" has broken a number of bones doing stunts Jackie Chan |
| #6035, aired 2010-12-03 | PLANE CRAZY $1600: This long-range bomber that first flew in 1954 also saw action in Iraq in the 21st Century the B-52 |
| #6027, aired 2010-11-23 | ACTION CINEMA 2010! $200: Rampage was the name of an actor in this film; Faceman was the name of a character The A-Team |
| #6027, aired 2010-11-23 | ACTION CINEMA 2010! $400: This character took on "the World"--his new girlfriend's 7 evil ex-boyfriends, to be more specific (Scott) Pilgrim |
| #6027, aired 2010-11-23 | ACTION CINEMA 2010! $600: Nicolas Cage was magic as Balthazar, but as this film's title indicates, he needed a little help The Sorcerer's Apprentice |
| #6027, aired 2010-11-23 | ACTION CINEMA 2010! $800: One line sums up this film: "Release the kraken!" (we certainly saw it enough in the trailers!) Clash of the Titans |
| #6027, aired 2010-11-23 | ACTION CINEMA 2010! $1000: Variety said this Sly Stallone pic had enough pyrotechnic displays to alter the planet's orbit The Expendables |
| #6026, aired 2010-11-22 | CONTRONYMS $2000: To bless an action by decree, or to ban an action by decree sanction |
| #6022, aired 2010-11-16 | TV $2000: USA's website for this action drama says, "When spies get fired, they don't get a letter from human resources" Burn Notice |
| #6017, aired 2010-11-09 | BASKETBALL $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew bounces the ball on the court.) The alliterative action that I'm demonstrating results in this infraction & puts my team on defense double dribble |
| #5998, aired 2010-10-13 | METAPHORS BE WITH YOU $1200: Meaning "to use unfair means", this action was prohibited by the Marquess of Queensberry's rules hit below the belt |
| #5997, aired 2010-10-12 | PRINCESS $1200: The warring countries of Guilder & Florin propel the action in this William Goldman tale The Princess Bride |
| #5988, aired 2010-09-29 | 20th CENTURY HISTORY $400: It's the city where the heroic action seen here took place in 1989 Beijing |
| #5982, aired 2010-09-21 | I KNOW "UR" $200: Adjective meaning calling for prompt action urgent |
| #5979, aired 2010-09-16 | "V" $800: 9-letter word meaning to waver between courses of action vacillate |
| #5972, aired 2010-07-27 | HERE'S 2 "U" $400: This grandfather clock part moves to & fro by the action of gravity & acquired momentum pendulum |
| #5972, aired 2010-07-27 | DOUBLE TALK $600: A soft sound separate from normal heart action; it may indicate a serious problem a murmur |
| #5971, aired 2010-07-26 | PURE CLASS $400: Vietnam vets exposed to Agent Orange brought one of these against the manufacturers a class-action suit |
| #5951, aired 2010-06-28 | "MATE" $800: A deadlock in which no action can be taken a stalemate |
| #5949, aired 2010-06-24 | THE MOVIES $1000: Stellan Skarsgard played the commander of the Swiss Guard in this 2009 religious action thriller Angels & Demons |
| #5928, aired 2010-05-26 | A KISS IS STILL A KISS $1000: Natalie Portman was just shy of lip action in this 2005 movie, though she does smooch Hugo Weaving's Guy Fawkes mask V for Vendetta |
| #5905, aired 2010-04-23 | DISNEY DOGS $2000: Sadly, in a live-action favorite, after contracting rabies, this title dog has to be put down Old Yeller |
| #5898, aired 2010-04-14 | ISSUE NO. 1 $400: Action Comics No. 1 specifies that he can leap 1/8 of a mile & hurdle a 20-story building Superman |
| #5896, aired 2010-04-12 | THE TIMES OF YOUR LIFE $1200: This ordinal "hour" on the clock refers to the last possible moment to take effective action the eleventh hour |
| #5895, aired 2010-04-09 | "C" IN SCIENCE $4,000 (Daily Double): (Sarah of the Clue Crew does a demonstration with some falling water.) The two streams of water form one, because water molecules are so attracted to each other that when they come near, they stick together, a uniting action known as this cohesion |
| #5893, aired 2010-04-07 | POLITICAL LINGO $400: Calling someone who favors talk over military action this bird dates from the Cuban Missile Crisis a dove |
| #5891, aired 2010-04-05 | ON THE WARPATH $800: Anthony Swofford's book "Jarhead" was his firsthand chronicle of action in this war the Persian Gulf War (or Desert Storm) |
| #5891, aired 2010-04-05 | ON THE WARPATH $2000: The last American soldier killed in action in WWI, Private Henry Gunther, died on this date in 1918 November 11 |
| #5888, aired 2010-03-31 | MYTHING IN ACTION $200: The yata-no-kagami mirror was used by the sun goddess Amaterasu to bring light to the world in this country's mythology Japan |
| #5888, aired 2010-03-31 | MYTHING IN ACTION $400: Maori legend says the South Island of this country is the canoe of the Polynesian demi-god Maui New Zealand |
| #5888, aired 2010-03-31 | MYTHING IN ACTION $600: The wooden statue Palladium kept this city safe until Odysseus & Diomedes took it Troy |
| #5888, aired 2010-03-31 | WHERE BEAGLES DARE $800: The valiant termite-detecting beagle here is ready for action in Chapel Hill in this state North Carolina |
| #5888, aired 2010-03-31 | MYTHING IN ACTION $800: One legend says this was given by the Lady of the Lake & thrown back in the lake on King Arthur's death Excalibur |
| #5888, aired 2010-03-31 | MYTHING IN ACTION $1000: Now an emblem of the medical profession, it was the staff carried by Mercury the caduceus |
| #5874, aired 2010-03-11 | DAMAGES $400: (Glenn Close reads the clue from a chair on the set of Damages.) Patty's lawsuit against Arthur Frobisher is this type in which 1 plaintiff or 1 defendant represents a group with similar interests a class action |
| #5873, aired 2010-03-10 | "K" RATIONS $400: This center is the center of the action for Space Shuttle launches Kennedy |
| #5873, aired 2010-03-10 | FILMMAKING 101 $1200: The slate that gets the action going on a film is also called this, from the sound it makes a clapper |
| #5870, aired 2010-03-05 | THE TOYOTA GRAND PRIX OF LONG BEACH $2000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Toyota Grand Prix in Long Beach, CA.) The area between the track & the pit lane is called this 12-letter zone; it's the action the driver has to do from over 200 to 60 miles per hour, the top speed in the pits the deceleration zone |
| #5863, aired 2010-02-24 | "L.L.", SEE $400: This villain's obsession with Superman goes back to Action Comics No. 23 in 1940 Lex Luthor |
| #5845, aired 2010-01-29 | THEY ALL RHYME $200: To deliberately delay an action or event stall |
| #5820, aired 2009-12-25 | SHIRLEY MacLAINE $1000: In 1970 Shirley replaced Elizabeth Taylor in "Two Mules for Sister Sara" opposite this action star Clint Eastwood |
| #5819, aired 2009-12-24 | "BLUE" MOVIES $1600: This action flick starring Roy Scheider & a high-tech police helicopter was also briefly a TV series Blue Thunder |
| #5785, aired 2009-11-06 | THEM'S FIGHTIN' WORDS! $400: Breathing is but a memory if you take this proverbial action toward "the bucket" kicking |
| #5784, aired 2009-11-05 | LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION MOVIE $400: In a 2008 sequel this title action hero sought out "the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" Indiana Jones |
| #5784, aired 2009-11-05 | LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION MOVIE $800: "Revenge of the Fallen" is the follow-up to this film about robots Transformers |
| #5784, aired 2009-11-05 | LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION MOVIE $1200: This time it's about "Salvation" from the evil cyborgs in this 2009 film Terminator Salvation (Terminator accepted) |
| #5784, aired 2009-11-05 | LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION MOVIE $1600: "X-Men Origins" was the story of this title superhero's beginnings Wolverine |
| #5784, aired 2009-11-05 | LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION MOVIE $2000: Based on a video game franchise, this 2009 action fest is subtitled "The Legend of Chun-Li" Street Fighter |
| #5757, aired 2009-09-29 | AT THE MOVIES $2000: Jules Verne could not have imagined Brendan Fraser in 3-D in this action film Journey to the Center of the Earth |
| #5700, aired 2009-05-22 | FAMOUS AMERICANS $200: Legendary General George Armstrong Custer first saw action in this war the Civil War |
| #5687, aired 2009-05-05 | LET'S GET PHYSICS-AL $800: It sounds like a pit crew, but it's the branch of physics concerned with motion & the action of forces on matter mechanics |
| #5687, aired 2009-05-05 | RALLY TO THE CAUSE $1600: It's organized by this lefty dot-org, motto "Democracy in action" MoveOn |
| #5670, aired 2009-04-10 | WHAT THE '90s MOVIE TITLE MEANS $1600: This 1996 Geena Davis action title can be a euphemism for death (Hint: In the film, she puts her past life to bed) The Long Kiss Goodnight |
| #5660, aired 2009-03-27 | OUT LIKE A "LAM" $800: "Fiery" adjective used for statements that arouse angry action or rebellion inflammatory |
| #5659, aired 2009-03-26 | RHYME TIME $1600: A splendid, brilliantly shining person against whom legal action is brought a resplendent defendant |
| #5644, aired 2009-03-05 | PHYSICS $1600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew demonstrates pedulums in action.) Two of the three pendulums have the same resonant frequency, in this case, the same length; when one swings, the matching one
will begin to swing, too, which is known as this type of vibration sympathetic vibration |
| #5627, aired 2009-02-10 | SUPERHERO CINEMA $600: Talk about poor coping skills! In this 2008 action film Edward Norton turns into a monster when he's stressed The Incredible Hulk |
| #5624, aired 2009-02-05 | FASHIONABLE COMMON BONDS $400: Action,
kid,
opera gloves |
| #5624, aired 2009-02-05 | COMMON ABBREVIATIONS $1200: A PAC, one of these, might help your electoral chances a political action committee |
| #5622, aired 2009-02-03 | BARD BITS $1600: Much of the action takes place in the court of the Duke of Milan in this play with another Italian locale in its title Two Gentlemen of Verona |
| #5610, aired 2009-01-16 | FILMS OF THE 1980s $600: "I'm not bad, I'm just drawn that way" is a line from this 1988 film that mixed live action & animation Who Framed Roger Rabbit |
| #5604, aired 2009-01-08 | 19th CENTURY AMERICA $600: A strike started by workers of this railroad co. paralyzed the U.S. economy in 1894 until broken up by government action the Pullman Company |
| #5592, aired 2008-12-23 | IN-FLIGHT MOVIES $800: Gary Oldman leads the terrorists who hijack the President's plane in this 1997 action film Air Force One |
| #5589, aired 2008-12-18 | NOVELIST/POETS $800: A specialist in action-packed young people's novels, in 1885 he put out the quiet "A Child's Garden of Verses" Robert Louis Stevenson |
| #5569, aired 2008-11-20 | FAR-OUT CINEMA $1200: The disappearance of a $5 billion space probe forces these title simians into action in a 2008 film Space Chimps |
| #5568, aired 2008-11-19 | TEEN CHOICE AWARDS 2008 $1000: This skater boy was honored as Choice Action Sports Male Ryan Sheckler |
| #5567, aired 2008-11-18 | IN TOON $400: In this Jerry Seinfeld film, eating honey brings on a class action lawsuit Bee Movie |
| #5548, aired 2008-10-22 | CHURCHILLIAN PONDERINGS $400: "I cannot forecast to you the action of" this country. "It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma" the Soviet Union (Russia) |
| #5528, aired 2008-09-24 | ACTRESSES $1200: Wednesday in "The Addams Family", she played Trixie in the live-action "Speed Racer" film Christina Ricci |
| #5524, aired 2008-09-18 | YOU GOT AN F MINUS! $1200: A clique within a larger group gets rid of its F to be a movie director's shout to start a scene faction & action |
| #5515, aired 2008-07-25 | BRITISH PHYSICISTS $400: His universal law of gravitation explained many things, including the action of tides & the motion of comets Newton |
| #5515, aired 2008-07-25 | THE NEW YORK TIMES 2008 NEWS $800: A tentative deal with producers reported on February 10 proved to be the end of this labor action the Writers Guild strike |
| #5510, aired 2008-07-18 | "R"2 "D"2 $800: Deteriorated (hey, that works too!), especially by chemical action, like an old battery corroded |
| #5488, aired 2008-06-18 | WE HAVE MET THE ANIME $1200: In this anime TV series, Bumblebee turned into a VW Beetle; in the 2007 live-action movie, he got upgraded to a Camaro Transformers |
| #5487, aired 2008-06-17 | THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR $2000: In annexing the Philippines, this president said that "The march of events rules and overrules human action" William McKinley |
| #5478, aired 2008-06-04 | FILM FISTICUFFS $800: Yippee-ki-yay! Ex-hostage Bonnie Bedelia smacks a smarmy TV reporter in this 1988 action film Die Hard |
| #5472, aired 2008-05-27 | ODE TO JAY $2000: For 2 seasons he found some "action" on "SNL", often imitating Christopher Walken Jay Mohr |
| #5461, aired 2008-05-12 | FOREIGN COLLEGE TOWNS $1200: Study in this city & you can always knock off for the day & catch some action at the International War Crimes Tribunal The Hague |
| #5455, aired 2008-05-02 | WORD ORIGINS $1600: From the Greek for "generalship", it's a plan of action, like those employed by the military a strategy |
| #5454, aired 2008-05-01 | QUOTATIONS $1600: In 1939 Churchill said the action of Russia "is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside" this an enigma |
| #5451, aired 2008-04-28 | "C" IN PHYSICS $1200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew puts a thin glass tube in a dish of liquid, and the liquid crawls up inside the tube.) Appropriately, blood & other liquids tend to rise up a small tube because of a phenomenon called this action capillary |
| #5429, aired 2008-03-27 | MY, YOU'VE AGED $1200: The 1530s were hard on Henry VIII; marital problems, weight gain, & this action taken by the Pope in 1533 excommunication |
| #5411, aired 2008-03-03 | "BO"s $1600: The Mauser was the first practical version of this type of rifle with a manually operated slide a bolt action |
| #5392, aired 2008-02-05 | THE SILVER SCREEN $1000: Schwarzenegger is a Soviet cop teamed with James Belushi's Chicago cop in this action movie Red Heat |
| #5391, aired 2008-02-04 | UNICEF $200: (Queen Rania delivers the clue.) In May 2007 I issued UNICEF's worldwide call to action to aid the 2 million children in this Mideast country who have been displaced from their homes in the last 4 years Iraq |
| #5379, aired 2008-01-17 | "ODE" TO JOY $400: 7-letter word meaning to wear or eat away by the action of a chemical corrode |
| #5338, aired 2007-11-21 | BEFORE & AFTER AT THE MOVIES $2000: A chummy animated phantom teams up with Nicolas Cage's demonic motorcyclist in this action fest Casper the Friendly Ghost Rider |
| #5335, aired 2007-11-16 | RECENT CINEMA $600: Some officials in New Hampshire were unhappy that the title of this action film was a play on the state motto Live Free or Die Hard |
| #5317, aired 2007-10-23 | ANIMATED MOVIES $1000: Elastigirl is living in the suburbs as Helen Parr in this action comedy The Incredibles |
| #5305, aired 2007-10-05 | LE CINEMA $800: 45 years before Disney, Jean Cocteau made a live-action version of this film with Josette Day as Belle Beauty and The Beast |
| #5275, aired 2007-07-13 | THE NEW YORK TIMES WEEK IN REVIEW $4,000 (Daily Double): On Thurs., Jan. 11, 2007 the Times reported the first public U.S. Military action in this African nation since 1994 Somalia |
| #5265, aired 2007-06-29 | RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE $1200: 18 years of deadly rage & action towards universities & airlines earned Ted Kaczynski this moniker the Unabomber |
| #5257, aired 2007-06-19 | LITERARY MOUNTAINS $400: The action of this novel concerns a quest to defeat the dragon Smaug in his lair in Erebor, the lonely mountain The Hobbit |
| #5254, aired 2007-06-14 | 2006 SPORTS LAUGHS $1600: A U.K. company was vilified for marketing "Little Hooliganz", action figures of fans of this sport soccer |
| #5245, aired 2007-06-01 | '90s TV $2000: This title assassin seen here debuted on MTV's Liquid Television in 1991. Charlize Theron played her in the live action film Aeon Flux |
| #5219, aired 2007-04-26 | PITFALL $3,000 (Daily Double): It's the foolhardy 1854 military action depicted here the Charge of the Light Brigade |
| #5215, aired 2007-04-20 | HARD STUPID ANSWERS $2000: Most of the action in this 2005 movie takes place in Basin City Sin City |
| #5213, aired 2007-04-18 | SCIENCE $800: Newton's Third Law of Motion is usually quoted as "For every action there is" this 3-word type of "reaction" equal and opposite |
| #5198, aired 2007-03-28 | "C" POTPOURRI $1600: Ian Fleming wrote, "Once is happenstance, twice is" this. "The third time it's enemy action" coincidence |
| #5186, aired 2007-03-12 | ART & MUSIC $1200: Handel's "Messiah" is one of these compositions, with vocal soloists but no stage action an oratorio |
| #5170, aired 2007-02-16 | CLEAN THIS PLACE UP! $1000: This name of doctors' green suits comes from the cleaning action usually done while wearing them scrubs |
| #5112, aired 2006-11-28 | THE POLITICS OF BEFORE & AFTER $1200: Walt Whitman lobbied hard for this 1855 work that he hoped would inspire people to action at a local level Leaves of Grassroots |
| #5089, aired 2006-10-26 | THE 20th CENTURY $200: This October 1973-March 1974 action by Arab states caused headaches for U.S. drivers the oil embargo |
| #5088, aired 2006-10-25 | ADD A LETTER $400: Add this letter to "action" to get a little bidding action going U (for auction) |
| #5086, aired 2006-10-23 | COMPOUNDS IN ACTION $200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from inside a science lab.) When hydrogen sulfide in the air reacts with silver, it creates a coating called silver sulfide, better known by this one word tarnish |
| #5086, aired 2006-10-23 | COMPOUNDS IN ACTION $400: The digestive effect of sodium hydroxide on organic material makes this Clorox drain cleanr a winr Liquid-Plumr |
| #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 |
| #5086, aired 2006-10-23 | COMPOUNDS IN ACTION $800: Some fire extinguishers for fossil fuels use potassium compounds & are known as Purple this letter K |
| #5086, aired 2006-10-23 | COMPOUNDS IN ACTION $1000: (Jon of the Clue Crew reports from inside a lab.) Because the enzyme catalase turns it into water & oxygen gas, this compound, H2O2, foams when used as an antiseptic on human skin or on a potato hydrogen peroxide |
| #5068, aired 2006-09-27 | ENDS IN "TION" $800: Movement of the blood through the body as a result of the heart's pumping action circulation |
| #5057, aired 2006-09-12 | MARSUPIAL RHYME TIME $2000: Battlefield action for a small burrowing marsupial wombat combat |
| #5054, aired 2006-07-27 | "E" BAY $1600: In a movie this type of shot lets the audience know where the ensuing action is taking place an establishing shot |
| #5047, aired 2006-07-18 | BROADWAY GEOGRAPHY $200: (Jon of the Clue Crew reads from a castle rampart in the Shubert Theatre, New York.) In "Spamalot" the year is 932 A.D., & most of the action takes place in this Merrie Olde country England |
| #5039, aired 2006-07-06 | MOVIES BEFORE & AFTER $600: On his last 007 mission, Timothy Dalton wanders into Vol. 1 of this Tarantino action saga; my money is on Uma License to Kill Bill |
| #5027, aired 2006-06-20 | SEASONAL ACTING $1600: Lee Majors made a name for himself after "The 6 Million Dollar Man" playing Colt Seavers on this action series The Fall Guy |
| #5019, aired 2006-06-08 | CLASSIC TV THEMES $2000: Stand back! It's the '70s action series whose theme is heard here S.W.A.T. |
| #5012, aired 2006-05-30 | SHERMANS $1200: General William Tecumseh Sherman was born in 1820 & saw action during this 1846-48 war the Mexican-American War |
| #5008, aired 2006-05-24 | ALL DOLLED UP $800: 11 1/2" of macho muscle when he debuted in 1964, this action figure had shrunk to a mere 3 3/4" by 1982 G.I. Joe |
| #5006, aired 2006-05-22 | ____ & ____ $800: When this gun-related phrase meaning "Get ready for action!" originated, it was the reverse of how it's used now lock & load |
| #5006, aired 2006-05-22 | MOVIE TERMS $800: (Jon of the Clue Crew shows some computer-rendered stills of movie action on a monitor.) Computer programs have their own version of this traditional series of sketches that illustrates the narrative the storyboard |
| #5004, aired 2006-05-18 | MACHINERY $800: In 1895 Dr. Shields invented one of these machines that simulated the action of a calf a milker |
| #4997, aired 2006-05-09 | ACTION FIGURES $200: Paddy Doyle's fitness records include throwing 470 of these in 1 minute--that should win the round punches |
| #4997, aired 2006-05-09 | ACTION FIGURES $400: In 2003 Paul Crake ran up the 1,576 steps of this NYC building in 9 minutes 33 seconds the Empire State Building |
| #4997, aired 2006-05-09 | ACTION FIGURES $600: In 2006 Leyan Lo, a student at this Pasadena school, solved a Rubik's Cube puzzle in 11.13 seconds Caltech |
| #4997, aired 2006-05-09 | ACTION FIGURES $800: A term for a tireless Soviet worker comes from the name of Alexei Stakhanov; he mined 102 tons of this in 6 hours coal |
| #4997, aired 2006-05-09 | ACTION FIGURES $1000: Ted Martin kept one of these fad items aloft with 63,326 consecutive kicks in just under 9 hours a Hacky Sack |
| #4996, aired 2006-05-08 | LATIN LEXICON $1000: Literally "into the middle of things", it's how you describe a story that begins in the middle of the action in medias res |
| #4989, aired 2006-04-27 | SLOW DOWN $1000: This royal bird is seen here performing the action that gives it part of its name the kingfisher |
| #4958, aired 2006-03-15 | BUDDHISM'S EIGHTFOLD PATH $1,000 (Daily Double): The right views aren't the ones out your window; they concern the 4 Noble Truths & this, Sanskrit for "action" or "fate" karma |
| #4951, aired 2006-03-06 | ANCIENT GREEK DRAMA $800: In ancient Greek plays, this group of performers often served as a narrator & commented on the action the chorus |
| #4932, aired 2006-02-07 | "BIO" $1600: It means capable of decaying through the action of living organisms biodegradable |
| #4919, aired 2006-01-19 | BEN-HUR $1200: The film cutting ratio of this action sequence is over 260-1; for every 260' of film shot, 1' was used the chariot scene |
| #4908, aired 2006-01-04 | MYTHING IN ACTION $200: "Don't hate" her because the maiden Psyche was just too this, or so the myth says beautiful |
| #4908, aired 2006-01-04 | MYTHING IN ACTION $400: This man who taught music to Hercules shares his name with a character in "Peanuts" Linus |
| #4908, aired 2006-01-04 | MYTHING IN ACTION $600: This Greek god put a curse on Cassandra after she spurned him; she should have seen that coming Apollo |
| #4908, aired 2006-01-04 | MYTHING IN ACTION $800: Also the name of a Tennessee city, this ancient capital was a center of worship of Ptah, father of the Egyptian gods Memphis |
| #4908, aired 2006-01-04 | MYTHING IN ACTION $1000: This creature whose name means "round eye" may be inspired by workers with concentric circle forehead tattoos Cyclops |
| #4902, aired 2005-12-27 | YOU'RE TOYING WITH ME! $600: This "Toy Story" action figure has a special vehicle that he can drive "on any type of planet" (does NASA know about this?) Buzz Lightyear |
| #4897, aired 2005-12-20 | OVERLAPS $1200: Carbonated soft drink that was a VH1 show using thought balloons to comment on the action in the video soda Pop-Up Video |
| #4875, aired 2005-11-18 | I NEED MORE COWBELL $1200: I say a little less conversation, a little more cowbell by this remixed singer
"A little less conversation, a little more action, please..." Elvis Presley |
| #4864, aired 2005-11-03 | REALLY TOUGH WHEEL OF FORTUNE PUZZLES $800: BEFORE & AFTER: French action movie & Peta Wilson TV show that became a world leader in 1958 La Femme Nikita Khrushchev |
| #4859, aired 2005-10-27 | MAA (military acronyms & abbreviations) $2000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew gives the clue from a Pentagon hallway.) Abbreviated NMCC, it's located in the Pentagon & sends EAMs, emergency action messages, to battlefields & nuclear subs National Military Command Center |
| #4847, aired 2005-10-11 | WARNER BROS. ANIMATION $1000: Monks in training battle villains for sacred, ancient objects on this action-packed program Xiaolin Showdown |
| #4842, aired 2005-10-04 | A CONTRADICTION IN TERMS $600: Alliterative two-word term for action by one's own forces causing casualties to one's own troops friendly fire |
| #4822, aired 2005-07-19 | APRIL $400: On April 3, 1945, an all-black platoon called the Dusty Devastators saw action for the first time in this country Germany |
| #4813, aired 2005-07-06 | THE HIGH COST OF LIVING $1000: This company's first Superman comic book cost 10 cents; in 2004 its "Superman/Batman" No. 14 was $2.95 DC Comics |
| #4811, aired 2005-07-04 | PARDON MY ADJECTIVE $600: "Game of Death" fans know the adjective "chopsocky" refers to this kind of action film martial arts |
| #4787, aired 2005-05-31 | THE "CAPTAIN" $2000: Errol Flynn is a doctor who is forced to become a pirate in this 1935 action fest Captain Blood |
| #4782, aired 2005-05-24 | GUNS & AMMO $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from a biathlon range at Soldier Hollow, Utah.) The biathlon rifle's a straight-pull, bolt-action model that fires 5.6 millimeter rounds, or this small caliber .22 |
| #4739, aired 2005-03-24 | SMITH COLLEGE ALUMNAE $800: This 1956 grad co-founded the Ms. Foundation & the Women's Action Alliance (Gloria) Steinem |
| #4734, aired 2005-03-17 | GRAMMAR $2000: It can mean a follower of Bob La Follette or a verb expressing continuing action, as in "I am going" a progressive |
| #4731, aired 2005-03-14 | G.I. JOE $200: Because '60s boys didn't play with dolls, Hasbro coined this 2-word term to describe Joe an action figure |
| #4682, aired 2005-01-04 | GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $800: It's congressional action that spends our money for an authorized purpose; there's a committee for it appropriations |
| #4681, aired 2005-01-03 | THIRD BASE $400: His third law of motion is the law of action & reaction Isaac Newton |
| #4657, aired 2004-11-30 | A CATEGORY ABOUT NOTHING $600: The "hour" for a military action to start zero hour |
| #4656, aired 2004-11-29 | THE ULTIMATE DIVING MACHINE $1600: The historical claim to fame of the German submarine known as U-20 was this action on May 7, 1915 sinking the Lusitania |
| #4655, aired 2004-11-26 | MUSICAL IDIOMS $400: It's the action heard here; someone talking in fantasies is said to be doing it whistling "Dixie" |
| #4655, aired 2004-11-26 | MUSICAL IDIOMS $2,000 (Daily Double): To "pay" him is to bear the consequences of your action the piper |
| #4648, aired 2004-11-17 | LAST YEAR'S NEWS $400: Donald Rumsfeld called these 2 countries “Old Europe” after they opposed military action against Iraq Germany and France |
| #4645, aired 2004-11-12 | BETTER LIVING THROUGH CHEMISTRY $2000: A narrow tube, or the type of "action" that explains how tall trees bring moisture up from the roots capillary |
| #4635, aired 2004-10-29 | THE CIA $800: Only the President can direct the CIA to start a covert action, & it's usually at the recommendation of this council the National Security Council |
| #4632, aired 2004-10-26 | AROUND THE BODY $400: The superior colliculus in the brain controls this action you try to avoid in a staring contest blinking |
| #4596, aired 2004-09-06 | TRANSPORTATION $400: After turning the key, it's the final action with which you start a Yamaha YZ426F 4-stroke motorcycle kick |
| #4590, aired 2004-07-16 | AMERICAN WRITERS $600: This poet who wrote "Trees" was killed in action during WWI Joyce Kilmer |
| #4588, aired 2004-07-14 | TELEVISION MILESTONES $200: When Samantha joined Darrin, it became the first live-action show to regularly put a man & wife in the same bed Bewitched |
| #4567, aired 2004-06-15 | PHOTOGRAPHY $2000: In darkroom chemicals, this one is used to arrest the action of the developer a stop bath |
| #4534, aired 2004-04-29 | SYLVESTER STALLONE $2000: In a 1989 action comedy, Stallone was Tango & he was Cash Kurt Russell |
| #4513, aired 2004-03-31 | DOLL $2000: Action figures of famous Dorfmans include the one from this film Animal House |
| #4475, aired 2004-02-06 | ART HISTORY $400: The leader of the post-WWII style, sometimes called action painting; his work is seen here (Jackson) Pollock |
| #4457, aired 2004-01-13 | OF THE "THIRD" KIND $800: This type of narrator is outside of the action commenting on it third person |
| #4456, aired 2004-01-12 | TOYS & GAMES $400: Introduced as a doll for boys, this action figure was named after a 1945 WWII movie G.I. Joe |
| #4452, aired 2004-01-06 | MACHINERY $800: Also meaning "to disturb or excite", it's the term for the action of most automatic washing machines agitate |
| #4440, aired 2003-12-19 | "ICE"LAND $400: To repeat an action in order to get better at it practice |
| #4434, aired 2003-12-11 | "T"EASE ME $800: As in sailing, to get upwind while windsurfing you'll have to perform this zigzag back & forth action tack |
| #4421, aired 2003-11-24 | CATCHPHRASES $200: Referring to the action of an ungrateful pet, it means to act with hostility to a benefactor to bite the hand that feeds you |
| #4409, aired 2003-11-06 | 2003 NEWS $800: In a long-awaited decision on this univ.'s Affirmative Action policies, the Supreme Court said...some are OK, some aren't the University of Michigan |
| #4396, aired 2003-10-20 | BEFORE & AFTER $1000: Hong Kong action star of "The Replacement Killers" who's the English name for the day before Lent Chow Yun-Fat Tuesday |
| #4392, aired 2003-10-14 | THREE'S COMPANY $1200: The principal action of this 1844 novel involves the return of 12 diamond pendants to the queen of France The Three Musketeers |
| #4392, aired 2003-10-14 | 1970s TV $2000: Created by Sid & Marty Krofft, this live-action show, whose characters are seen here, was set in Tranquility Forest The Bugaloos |
| #4364, aired 2003-07-17 | I LEARNED IT IN DRAMA CLASS $800: It's the term for a word or action that prompts an actor to remember when to speak or make an entrance cue |
| #4360, aired 2003-07-11 | AT THE MOVIES $1200: Disney's first live-action comedy, this 1959 film starred Tommy Kirk as a boy who changes into a sheepdog The Shaggy Dog |
| #4359, aired 2003-07-10 | THE HARP $800: The orchestral harp has 7 double-action ones, each controlling one string in every octave pedals |
| #4343, aired 2003-06-18 | MYTHING IN ACTION $200: In the legends & mythologies of many of the world's cultures you'll find these fiery reptilians dragons |
| #4343, aired 2003-06-18 | MYTHING IN ACTION $400: The Irish word luchorpan, meaning "little body", gives us this word for a little mythical Irish creature leprechaun |
| #4343, aired 2003-06-18 | MYTHING IN ACTION $600: In Incan myths from South America, this camel relative warns man of an impending great flood llama |
| #4343, aired 2003-06-18 | MYTHING IN ACTION $800: One way into this Greek mythical place was to take a boat ride with Charon Hades |
| #4343, aired 2003-06-18 | MYTHING IN ACTION $1000: In Greek mythology, Medea falls for this man & helps him steal the Golden Fleece Jason |
| #4337, aired 2003-06-10 | WE NEED "ACTION" $200: Hasbro's G.I. Joe is one of these action figure |
| #4337, aired 2003-06-10 | WE NEED "ACTION" $400: Litigation brought by multiple plaintiffs sharing the same legal problem class action |
| #4337, aired 2003-06-10 | WE NEED "ACTION" $600: If you're a PAC man in Washington, D.C. you belong to one of these interest groups political action committee |
| #4337, aired 2003-06-10 | WE NEED "ACTION" $800: It's where Superman made his debut in 1938 Action Comics |
| #4337, aired 2003-06-10 | WE NEED "ACTION" $1000: A small-scale military operation undertaken without a declaration of war; Korea, for example police action |
| #4336, aired 2003-06-09 | HOLLYWOOD MYSTERIES $800: This 21st century action star won't reveal his real name; Mark Vincent is a popular guess Vin Diesel |
| #4330, aired 2003-05-30 | THE LANGUAGE OF CINEMA $800: The genre of "Kickboxer 4: The Aggressor", or what the director says once camera & sound are running action |
| #4316, aired 2003-05-12 | DEADLY DEVICES $1000: A bolt-action rifle & a pistol are named after this man from Oberndorf, Germany Mauser |
| #4315, aired 2003-05-09 | LOCUTION, LOCUTION, LOCUTION $1,000 (Daily Double): To do this is to make an irrevocable decision, like the action that touched off the Roman Civil War to cross the Rubicon |
| #4305, aired 2003-04-25 | A COLORFUL CATEGORY $400: This U.S. military decoration is awarded to all armed forces personnel wounded or killed in action Purple Heart |
| #4297, aired 2003-04-15 | RECENT FILMS $800: Owen Wilson & Eddie Murphy teamed up for this action comedy loosely based on an old TV show I Spy |
| #4283, aired 2003-03-26 | VERBS $400: (Sofia of the Clue Crew sitting in front of a table with a checkerboard) It's the action I'm performing, giving my opponent a more powerful piece kinging |
| #4279, aired 2003-03-20 | MOVIES BY THE NUMBERS $800: Nicolas Cage's character, once the greatest car thief in L.A., comes out of retirement in this 2000 action flick Gone in 60 Seconds |
| #4277, aired 2003-03-18 | WE'VE GOT ISSUES $1000: This 2-word phrase for policies assisting minorities is found in a 1961 executive order affirmative action |
| #4264, aired 2003-02-27 | IN THE HARDWARE STORE $400: Keep bad men outside with this, defined as a bolt operated by key or knob without spring action deadbolt |
| #4242, aired 2003-01-28 | INDIAN CINEMA $600: India's 1st talkie, 1931's "Alam Ara", began a pattern of stopping the action for an often irrelevant one of these song |
| #4230, aired 2003-01-10 | FUN IN THE SNOW $2000: According to Newton's Third Law of Motion, every action has an equal and opposite one of these. reaction |
| #4229, aired 2003-01-09 | NICKELODEON $2000: For some action & extreme sports cartoon-style, tune into this series, seen here Rocket Power |
| #4228, aired 2003-01-08 | ZOOG DISNEY CHANNEL $1600: Britney made a guest appearance on this "famous" show about a TV action hero who moves back to his hometown The Famous Jett Jackson |
| #4224, aired 2003-01-02 | ON THE MANTELPIECE $800: (Sofia of the Clue Crew reports) The name of this vessel comes from the action I'm performing decanter |
| #4206, aired 2002-12-09 | SHAKESPEARE'S EARLY DRAFTS $2000: "If playing that lute will increase my chance of getting some action around here, play on!" Twelfth Night |
| #4205, aired 2002-12-06 | I FEEL LIKE SUCH AN IDIOM $400: When you're fully prepared for action, you're like a hunter with a heavy charge of ammo who's "loaded for" this bear |
| #4203, aired 2002-12-04 | THAT'S GOTTA HURT $600: This action of damaging a leg bone became a favorite tactic in political violence in Northern Ireland breaking a kneecap (kneecapping) |
| #4202, aired 2002-12-03 | SAM I AM $800: "I'm just talking about" the figurine seen here of this actor in a 2000 action blockbuster Samuel L. Jackson |
| #4195, aired 2002-11-22 | THE PLAY'S PLAY-BY-PLAY $1600: Tesman & Mrs. Elvsted are blathering on. Not much action -- wait! There's a gunshot! Hedda Gabler |
| #4190, aired 2002-11-15 | GET A JOB! $400: It's the 10-letter name for the job heard here in action auctioneer |
| #4188, aired 2002-11-13 | SCOOBY-DOO AT 32 $200: As Daphne in the 2002 live-action film, she traded in her vampire stakes for Scooby snacks Sarah Michelle Gellar |
| #4169, aired 2002-10-17 | THE DIRECTOR'S CHAIR $2000: "Medicine Man",
"Die Hard",
"The Last Action Hero" John McTiernan |
| #4168, aired 2002-10-16 | JEAN-CLAUDE VAN DAMME $400: In 1987 Jean-Claude appeared uncredited in this jungle action film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger & Jesse Ventura Predator |
| #4157, aired 2002-10-01 | LAST ACTION HERO $200: The first major work of English literature is about this brave hero who took on Grendel & his mom "Beowulf" |
| #4157, aired 2002-10-01 | LAST ACTION HERO $400: The hero of "The Big Kill" & "My Gun is Quick" is this Mickey Spillane tough guy Mike Hammer |
| #4157, aired 2002-10-01 | LAST ACTION HERO $600: This son of Gargamelle was a medieval hero well before Rabelais wrote about him Gargantua |
| #4157, aired 2002-10-01 | LAST ACTION HERO $800: The subject of an epic poem of Spain dating from the mid-12th century, this hero died in 1099 El Cid (Rodrigo Diaz) |
| #4157, aired 2002-10-01 | LAST ACTION HERO $1000: After years in a French prison, this character escapes to seek revenge in "The Count of Monte Cristo" Edmond Dantes |
| #4148, aired 2002-09-18 | RECENT MOVIES $200: Those darn meddling kids Shaggy, Velma, Daphne & Fred made it to the big screen in this 2002 live-action film Scooby-Doo |
| #4148, aired 2002-09-18 | RECENT MOVIES $600: The Rock played the title role in this 2002 action film, a prequel to "The Mummy Returns" The Scorpion King |
| #4136, aired 2002-09-02 | EYE ON ASIA $800: Asian action star Zhou Run Fa is better known by this name in the West Chow Yun Fat |
| #4122, aired 2002-07-02 | BIRD VERBS $800: Figuratively, to prod someone into action goose |
| #4119, aired 2002-06-27 | LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS $3,000 (Daily Double): The action in this Jay Anson horror novel takes place at 112 Ocean Avenue, a house on Long Island The Amityville Horror |
| #4115, aired 2002-06-21 | KISS-AND-TELL $1000: In 2001 this martial arts master was back in action in "Kiss of the Dragon" Jet Li |
| #4102, aired 2002-06-04 | OF THE FISHERMAN $400: This action of fishermen is also a term for selecting the performers for a film casting |
| #4087, aired 2002-05-14 | "U"2 $200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew unrolls a flag with a flourish.) It's the action I'm performing unfurling |
| #4082, aired 2002-05-07 | THE 1940s $800: The action in this bestselling novel published in 1949 takes place 35 years later 1984 |
| #4050, aired 2002-03-22 | THE 3 $1200: The 3 people to play Batman in live-action films of the 1990s Michael Keaton, Val Kilmer & George Clooney |
| #4047, aired 2002-03-19 | AMERICAN MEMORIALS $400: The Brigade 2506 Memorial in Miami commemorates this military action that took place in 1961 the Bay of Pigs |
| #4046, aired 2002-03-18 | KID STUFF $200: She's the person you have to ask, "May I?" before carrying out an action Mother |
| #4019, aired 2002-02-07 | CELEBRITIES $800 (Daily Double): Born in Hong Kong, he's called Asia's action film equivalent of Schwarzenegger, Van Damme, & Mel Gibson all in one Jackie Chan |
| #4016, aired 2002-02-04 | ACTION MOVIE $200: With a total of $1.8 billion, this big 1997 film about a big boat has the biggest worldwide box office ever Titanic |
| #4016, aired 2002-02-04 | ACTION MOVIE $400: "The World is Not Enough" was the third time Pierce Brosnon played this action hero James Bond |
| #4016, aired 2002-02-04 | GOING TO COLLEGE $400: With this type of "decision", you commit to a school if accepted; with the same type of "action", you don't early |
| #4016, aired 2002-02-04 | ACTION MOVIE $600: In this windy 1996 action smash, Bill Paxton played storm-chasing weatherman Bill Harding Twister |
| #4016, aired 2002-02-04 | ACTION MOVIE $800: In this 2001 action movie, Gene Hackman plays a Navy commander trying to rescue two downed aviators Behind Enemy Lines |
| #4016, aired 2002-02-04 | ACTION MOVIE $1000: In this 1995 space thriller based on a true story, a moon-bound mission develops severe trouble Apollo 13 |
| #4014, aired 2002-01-31 | THAT '70s MOVIE $1600: In this "Force"ful 1973 sequel Clint Eastwood came back for more action as Dirty Harry Callahan Magnum Force |
| #4001, aired 2002-01-14 | WHAT "R" YOU DOING? $1600: It's the action being performed here rappelling |
| #3994, aired 2002-01-03 | ACTION $400: To halt the growth of something, especially "in the bud" to nip |
| #3994, aired 2002-01-03 | ACTION $800: (Jimmy whips up the clue.) It's the five-letter word meaning "to agitate milk or cream to get butter", or the vessel in which this is done churn |
| #3994, aired 2002-01-03 | ACTION $1200: Canine verb portrayed here wolf |
| #3994, aired 2002-01-03 | ACTION $1600: The item seen here, it's also a verb meaning "to lead an effort" spearhead |
| #3994, aired 2002-01-03 | ACTION $2000: From the Latin for "heavy", it means to make something worse, or to annoy somebody to aggravate |
| #3983, aired 2001-12-19 | RHYME SPREE $1200: The name of a Sandra Bullock action movie rhymes with this word meaning a kind of gluttony greed |
| #3966, aired 2001-11-26 | AT THE MOVIES $800: In this "Romantic" action smash of 2000, Russell Crowe slays them in the Coliseum, he really slays them Gladiator |
| #3960, aired 2001-11-16 | RECENT MOVIES $200: Jackie Chan & Chris Tucker teamed up again in the sequel to this 1998 action comedy Rush Hour |
| #3955, aired 2001-11-09 | VIDEO GAME WORLD $400: You like action? Hunt for this author's Red Storm games like "Rainbow Six" & "Ghost Recon" Tom Clancy |
| #3953, aired 2001-11-07 | BEATING THE TROJANS $400: This greatest Greek hero sprang into action after his friend Patroclus was killed Achilles |
| #3949, aired 2001-11-01 | DOGS OF WAR $400: Scout dog York completed 148 combat patrols in this "police action" the Korean War |
| #3939, aired 2001-10-18 | ENGLISH LIT $800: All of the action of this novel takes place on June 16, 1904 in Dublin Ulysses |
| #3932, aired 2001-10-09 | JPL $100: (Sofia of the Clue Crew is at the JPL in Pasadena.) The inflatable rover, in action here, was designed like the Sojourner rover to crawl over this planet Mars |
| #3929, aired 2001-10-04 | WHEEL OF JEOPARDY! $400: To perform a superfluous action
_ _ L _
T _ E
L _ L Y gild the lily |
| #3923, aired 2001-09-26 | HARRY THE POTTER $600: Harry makes small pots by squeezing clay between his thumb & fingers, this action pinching |
| #3915, aired 2001-09-14 | WHY DID THEY MAKE THIS MOVIE? $600: Patrick Swayze is a world-class bouncer (with a Ph.D. in philosophy!) in this 1989 action flick Road House |
| #3914, aired 2001-09-13 | MYTHING IN ACTION $200: A beautiful young Trojan, Ganymede was whisked away to this home of the gods to be their cupbearer Mount Olympus |
| #3914, aired 2001-09-13 | MYTHING IN ACTION $400: This fire-stealer wasn't chained to a rock forever; Hercules eventually rescued him Prometheus |
| #3914, aired 2001-09-13 | MYTHING IN ACTION $600: In some accounts Zeus' head had to be split with an ax to facilitate her birth in full armor Athena |
| #3914, aired 2001-09-13 | MYTHING IN ACTION $1,000 (Daily Double): After Achilles was killed, his armor was awarded to this journey man Odysseus |
| #3914, aired 2001-09-13 | MYTHING IN ACTION $1000: On one adventure, the Argonauts encountered these fierce female winged monsters harpies |
| #3903, aired 2001-07-18 | CLIMBING $1000: Also meaning to stop an action, in climbing it means to secure another person with a rope to belay |
| #3845, aired 2001-04-27 | TREE-LETTER WORDS $600: Yes, this "action" is a program trying to end discrimination in employment affirmative |
| #3836, aired 2001-04-16 | THE LAW $1000: They're the laws saying that if you don't bring an action or suit within a set time period, you can't later Statutes of limitations |
| #3823, aired 2001-03-28 | AS WE KNOW IT $800 (Daily Double): Aristotle called this type of drama "The imitation of an action that is serious and...complete in itself" Tragedy |
| #3814, aired 2001-03-15 | JUST "ONE" MORE THING $100: Proverbially, this action "deserves another" one good turn |
| #3813, aired 2001-03-14 | MILITARY MATTERS $600: MIA is Missing In Action; WIA is this Wounded In Action |
| #3806, aired 2001-03-05 | MOVIE ROLES $400: Ian McKellen played Magneto, leader of the bad guys, in this 2000 action movie based on Marvel Comics X-Men |
| #3795, aired 2001-02-16 | CELEBRITIES $200: This action star seen here once held the title of "Best Built Man of Europe" Arnold Schwarzenegger |
| #3784, aired 2001-02-01 | QUOTATIONS $600: In 1939 Churchill said the action of Russia "is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside" this an enigma |
| #3780, aired 2001-01-26 | BUTTER $100: It's the action you do to make butter or the device it's made in Churn |
| #3746, aired 2000-12-11 | TOM CRUISE FILMS $2,000 (Daily Double): Leonard Maltin said the cliches in this 1990 action drama gave new meaning to the term "Formula One" Days of Thunder |
| #3729, aired 2000-11-16 | LIGHTS! CAMERA! ACTION MOVIE! $200: As Annie, the reluctant bus driver, Sandra Bullock ground through the gears in this 1994 action hit Speed |
| #3729, aired 2000-11-16 | LIGHTS! CAMERA! ACTION MOVIE! $400: Like Scotland in 1995, the American colonies are defended by Mel Gibson in this jingoistic 2000 epic The Patriot |
| #3729, aired 2000-11-16 | LIGHTS! CAMERA! ACTION MOVIE! $600: Arnold Schwarzenegger has come back several times as one of these deadly title movie robots The Terminator |
| #3729, aired 2000-11-16 | LIGHTS! CAMERA! ACTION MOVIE! $800: $20 million was "Gone" from producers' pockets to pay Nicolas Cage's salary in this 2000 actioner Gone in 60 Seconds |
| #3729, aired 2000-11-16 | LIGHTS! CAMERA! ACTION MOVIE! $1000: This man directed the action hits "Just Heroes" & "The Killer" in Hong Kong before directing "M:I-2" in the U.S. John Woo |
| #3722, aired 2000-11-07 | HOW SOON WE FORGET $400: At age 70, this former action star won the 1998 Best Supporting Actor Oscar for "Affliction" James Coburn |
| #3719, aired 2000-11-02 | WORD ORIGINS $800: From the Greek for "generalship", it's a plan of action, like those employed by the military strategy |
| #3706, aired 2000-10-16 | THIS MEANS WAR! $400: (Hi, I'm Andy Summers.) The U.S. government called the Korean War this, which sounds like a lawsuit by my old band police action |
| #3694, aired 2000-09-28 | PHYSICS $600: An example of the conservation of momentum in action is this felt by a person who fires a gun Recoil |
| #3691, aired 2000-09-25 | '80s TV $400: The Carrington Mansion on "Dynasty" was in this city, where most of the action took place Denver |
| #3682, aired 2000-09-12 | THE HOLLYWOOD STOCK EXCHANGE $100: One of the hottest stocks of summer 2000 was for this nautical action film starring George Clooney The Perfect Storm |
| #3664, aired 2000-07-06 | REPRISE $200: On film she reprised the role of action hero Ellen Ripley in 1986, 1992, & 1997 Sigourney Weaver |
| #3637, aired 2000-05-30 | THE WRITS $1000: The name of this writ ordering a specific action is Latin for "we command" mandamus |
| #3611, aired 2000-04-24 | POLITICALLY CORRECT $400: To "empower people", in 1998 this Republican Calif. governor abolished affirmative action in state contracts Pete Wilson |
| #3597, aired 2000-04-04 | "A.C." $600: The June 1938 issue No. 1 of this periodical included Superman's first appearance Action Comics |
| #3590, aired 2000-03-24 | HEY "LADY"! $200: A steamy spaghetti scene heats up the action in this 1955 Disney animated romance Lady and the Tramp |
| #3580, aired 2000-03-10 | SCIENCE $400: These in the skies of Albuquerque on October 3, 1999 were a fine example of Charles' Law in action hot air balloons |
| #3565, aired 2000-02-18 | TOY STORY $100: In 1999 this Hasbro action figure celebrated his 35th year in the service G.I. Joe |
| #3560, aired 2000-02-11 | SAT: VERBAL $500: When given freedom of action or choice, you're given this type of line that encircles the world Latitude |
| #3516, aired 1999-12-13 | LEGAL LINGO $500: This word also found in the First Amendment means a formal written request to the court for judicial action Petition |
| #3512, aired 1999-12-07 | FONDUE $100: "Fondue" comes from the French fondre, meaning this action that's done to the cheese Melting |
| #3507, aired 1999-11-30 | SPORTS VENUES $600: For first-class Thai kick-boxing action, head for Rajadamnoen Stadium in this city Bangkok |
| #3502, aired 1999-11-23 | GENERAL SCIENCE $500: "For every action there's an equal & opposite reaction" is Newton's third law of this Motion |
| #3494, aired 1999-11-11 | THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT! $600: He played Barney in the 1994 live-action "Flintstones" movie Rick Moranis |
| #3490, aired 1999-11-05 | LIGHTS! CAMERA! ACTION MOVIE! $200: This actor was "Missing in Action" & feeling "Silent Rage" before he became TV's "Walker, Texas Ranger" Chuck Norris |
| #3490, aired 1999-11-05 | LIGHTS! CAMERA! ACTION MOVIE! $400: Randy Quaid & Will Smith help save the Earth in this 1996 action thriller Independence Day |
| #3490, aired 1999-11-05 | LIGHTS! CAMERA! ACTION MOVIE! $600: Jeff Goldblum starred in this 1997 sequel about Jurassic predators The Lost World |
| #3490, aired 1999-11-05 | LIGHTS! CAMERA! ACTION MOVIE! $800: With films like "Rush Hour", this Chinese action hero's star is rising in the U.S. Jackie Chan |
| #3490, aired 1999-11-05 | LIGHTS! CAMERA! ACTION MOVIE! $1000: These 2 actors play detectives Riggs & Murtaugh in the "Lethal Weapon" movies Mel Gibson & Danny Glover |
| #3487, aired 1999-11-02 | UNIVERSAL STUDIOS ISLANDS OF ADVENTURE $100: If you like 3-D action, you'll love the amazing adventures of this webslinger Spider-Man |
| #3482, aired 1999-10-26 | THE SHORT VERSION $400: To a candidate:
PAC political action committee |
| #3480, aired 1999-10-22 | THE FILM VAULT $800: An action star from the '30s to the '70s, this actor headlined "The Fighting Seabees" & "Flying Tigers" John Wayne |
| #3470, aired 1999-10-08 | THE MOVIES $500: She turned pirate in "Cutthroat Island" & action star in "The Long Kiss Goodnight" Geena Davis |
| #3443, aired 1999-07-21 | MILITARY MATTERS $200: It's what the abbreviation POW/MIA stands for Prisoner of War/Missing in Action |
| #3440, aired 1999-07-16 | ADVERTISING $800: Peggy Charren founded "Action for" this kind of "Television" to help reduce overbearing advertising in it Children's Television |
| #3436, aired 1999-07-12 | RELIGION BY THE NUMBERS $1000: Right effort, right speech & right action are 3 parts of this noble Buddhist way the Eightfold Path |
| #3403, aired 1999-05-26 | TOM JONES $200: In book 13 country boy Tom arrives in this metropolis, where the climactic action takes place London |
| #3401, aired 1999-05-24 | COURTROOM DRAMAS $1000: Lawyer John Travolta battles corporate water polluters in this 1998 drama A Civil Action |
| #3397, aired 1999-05-18 | SPORTS RHYME TIME $200: Friendly frozen surface for NHL action nice ice |
| #3383, aired 1999-04-28 | PHYSICAL SCIENCE $200: Also called zymosis, this action involving enzymes produces beer & cheese fermentation |
| #3370, aired 1999-04-09 | U.S. HISTORY $100: It was the last battle in which George Armstrong Custer saw action Little Big Horn |
| #3364, aired 1999-04-01 | ART $400: To film Jackson Pollock at work, you'd say, "Lights! Camera!" this type of painting Action |
| #3352, aired 1999-03-16 | '50s TV $300: Dum de dum dum. This cop show won an Emmy as Best Mystery, Action or Adventure Program of 1952 Dragnet |
| #3350, aired 1999-03-12 | HEADS $200: This president was wounded during army action in Algeria in the 1950s Jacques Chirac |
| #3337, aired 1999-02-23 | NEWTONIAN PHYSICS $1000: Usual translation of Newton's words "Actioni contrariam semper et aequalem esse reactionem" For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction |
| #3311, aired 1999-01-18 | BETTER KNOWN AS... $500: 1970s action hero Lee Yuen Kam Bruce Lee |
| #3302, aired 1999-01-05 | COMING UP IN '99 $100: Pro Player Stadium in Miami will be primed for action when this event kicks off on January 31, 1999 Super Bowl XXXIII |
| #3300, aired 1999-01-01 | THE MOVIES $100: He yelled, "You're luggage" after blowing away an alligator in the 1996 action film "Eraser" Arnold Schwarzenegger |
| #3295, aired 1998-12-25 | PERFORMANCE ART $400: Kurt Schwitters probably heard "Gesundheit" a lot during his "Niesscherzo" piece consisting of this action Sneezing |
| #3294, aired 1998-12-24 | CRICKET $600: The player in this position initiates the action the bowler |
| #3293, aired 1998-12-23 | THE PERFECT GIFT $200: In the past, a gold watch from an employer followed an employee's decision to take this action retirement |
| #3280, aired 1998-12-04 | TV ON TV $200: Kent Brockman is the local Emmy-winning anchor of the "Springfield Action News" on this show The Simpsons |
| #3266, aired 1998-11-16 | GOVERNORS $200: Action by Nebraska gov. Charles Thone kept order when these "breezed" through Grand Island in June 1980 Tornadoes |
| #3258, aired 1998-11-04 | THE MASK OF ZORRO $300: This executive producer must like action heroes; he also directed the Indiana Jones films Steven Spielberg |
| #3257, aired 1998-11-03 | JUST SHOOT ME $600: Seen here, this weapon "heats up" the action in caves & pillboxes a flamethrower |
| #3242, aired 1998-10-13 | THE U.S. CONSTITUTION $1000: The Constitution uses this 3-word Latin term for laws banning an action retroactively Ex post facto |
| #3234, aired 1998-10-01 | THE VIETNAM WAR $400: 2 deltas that saw a lot of action were the Red & this river, originating in Tibet & emptying in the S. China Sea Mekong |
| #3231, aired 1998-09-28 | THEATER $500: All the action in this hit Broadway musical takes place between April 10 & 15, 1912 "Titanic" |
| #3212, aired 1998-07-14 | '90s MOVIES $300: 1997 action movie seen here: Con Air |
| #3184, aired 1998-06-04 | TOUGH TV $600: This action show starring Richard Dean Anderson is a favorite of Marge Simpson's sisters MacGyver |
| #3183, aired 1998-06-03 | IT'S SUPERMAN! $400: The famous cover of Action Comics No. 1 shows Superman lifting one of these Car |
| #3176, aired 1998-05-25 | LITERARY EPICS $300: Part of the action of this Old English poem takes place in Hrothgar's great hall Heorot Beowulf |
| #3129, aired 1998-03-19 | BASKETBALL $200: This action by 2 opposing players & a referee begins a basketball game tip-off (or jump ball) |
| #3127, aired 1998-03-17 | IN THE NIGHT $300: Action taken by coastal cities to prevent U-Boats from targeting the silhouettes of ships turning the lights out (or a blackout) |
| #3124, aired 1998-03-12 | BODY LANGUAGE $200: It's the type of predictable automatic action some liberals are accused of having knee jerk |
| #3112, aired 1998-02-24 | ACTION! $100: This hero made his comic book debut in & on the cover of Action Comics No. 1 Superman |
| #3112, aired 1998-02-24 | ACTION! $200: In a 1965 speech this president put out a call for "affirmative action" in hiring by federal contractors Johnson |
| #3112, aired 1998-02-24 | ACTION! $300: You may not give a fig, but according to Newton, there's one of these for every action an equal & opposite reaction |
| #3112, aired 1998-02-24 | ACTION! $400: The action of a boy can ring a girl's bell, & the action of these can ring a buoy's bell a wave |
| #3112, aired 1998-02-24 | ACTION! $500: Dutch-American artist about whose work the term "action painting" was coined Willem de Kooning |
| #3111, aired 1998-02-23 | CRYING $800: Grown men who don't want to cry may hold back with this action normally performed every 2-10 seconds blinking |
| #3100, aired 1998-02-06 | DIRECTORS $800: The 1985 action film "Runaway Train" was based on a screenplay by this great Japanese director Akira Kurosawa |
| #3084, aired 1998-01-15 | GARFIELD $200: During this war, Garfield saw action at both Shiloh & Chickamauga Civil War |
| #3076, aired 1998-01-05 | "G" WHIZ! $600: In a familiar phrase, you do it to your loins to prepare for action gird |
| #3067, aired 1997-12-23 | '60s FLICKS $1,000 (Daily Double): A top-grossing animated film of 1961, a live-action remake was released in 1996 101 Dalmatians |
| #3053, aired 1997-12-03 | BEFORE & AFTER $200: Popular sax-playing war action figure Kenny G.I. Joe |
| #3045, aired 1997-11-21 | POLITICALLY INCORRECT $300: In July 1997 the National Federation for the Blind urged a halt to a live-action version of this cartoon Mr. Magoo |
| #3038, aired 1997-11-12 | COMPUTERESE $100: It's the action of moving an image across the screen by holding the mouse button down Dragging |
| #3032, aired 1997-11-04 | SCHWARZENEGGER FILMS $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1993 Arnold was Jack Slater, the title idol of the boy seen in this film: Last Action Hero |
| #3023, aired 1997-10-22 | MOVIE QUOTES $500: In a 1994 action film this actress said, "Oh, sure, it's just like driving a really big Pinto" Sandra Bullock (in "Speed") |
| #3016, aired 1997-10-13 | NURTURE $200: Action taken against a misbehaving teen or an unsafe airline grounded |
| #3010, aired 1997-10-03 | "DOUBLE" JEOPARDY $1,500 (Daily Double): Action seen here:
[Curly Howard]
"Hey you, this is no time to play games--ewww!" Double take |
| #3001, aired 1997-09-22 | MOVIE DEBUTS $200: This Belgian first flexed his movie muscles in "Missing in Action" with Chuck Norris Jean-Claude Van Damme |
| #2985, aired 1997-07-18 | U.S. PRESIDENTS $200: During the Spanish-American War, his unit first saw action June 24, 1898 at Las Guasimas, Cuba Theodore Roosevelt |
| #2985, aired 1997-07-18 | THE MOVIES $200: This 1996 animated & live action sports film featured the songs "Fly Like an Eagle" and "I Believe I Can Fly" Space Jam |
| #2984, aired 1997-07-17 | FITNESS $300: These machines mimic the action of running up stadium bleachers, with much more convenience Stair machines |
| #2918, aired 1997-04-16 | GEOLOGY $200: It's a circular hollow often formed by volcanic action or by a meteor strike a crater |
| #2907, aired 1997-04-01 | SAY "JACK" $100: This man's Chicago-based Rainbow/PUSH action network is a merger of 2 earlier political groups Jesse Jackson |
| #2899, aired 1997-03-20 | THE MOVIES $800 (Daily Double): The action seen here occurs one day before this holiday: [video clue] Independence Day/ 4th of July |
| #2883, aired 1997-02-26 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $1000: In 1922 it introduced the Gyrofoam, the first washing machine to clean with water action Maytag |
| #2843, aired 1997-01-01 | THE KOREAN WAR $100: 8,170 Americans who served in the Korean War are still listed as MIA, which stands for this Missing in Action |
| #2839, aired 1996-12-26 | A.K.A. $300: This action star famous for performing his own stunts was born Chan Kwong-Sang in Hong Kong Jackie Chan |
| #2838, aired 1996-12-25 | PREGNANCY & CHILDBIRTH $500: Psychoprophylaxis teaches a mother techniques of relaxing & controlling this action Breathing |
| #2831, aired 1996-12-16 | ACTORS & ACTRESSES $600: Christine Lahti of this TV medical series won an Oscar for her live-action short film "Lieberman in Love" "Chicago Hope" |
| #2825, aired 1996-12-06 | TELEVISION $600 (Daily Double): Character seen here, his action-packed journeys are legendary: Hercules (Kevin Sorbo) |
| #2824, aired 1996-12-05 | THE MARINE CORPS $500 (Daily Double): Island on which the action depicted here took place: Iwo Jima |
| #2806, aired 1996-11-11 | CELEBRITY ASTROLOGY $300: This sign of the ram is the sign of action, so it's perfect for action star Steven Seagal Aries |
| #2770, aired 1996-09-20 | SCIENCE $1000: This type of upward "action" occurs when a fine tube is placed vertically with one end in water capillary action |
| #2766, aired 1996-09-16 | "LAST" FILMS $400: Arnold Schwarzenegger starred as Jack Slater, a young boy's movie idol, in this 1993 spoof the Last Action Hero |
| #2754, aired 1996-07-18 | ACTION STARS $100: He's starred in one series of action-adventure movies as Han Solo & in another as Indiana Jones Harrison Ford |
| #2754, aired 1996-07-18 | ACTION STARS $200: "I'll be back!" was one of this Austrian-American's few lines in 1984's "The Terminator" Arnold Schwarzenegger |
| #2754, aired 1996-07-18 | ACTION STARS $300: He earned Oscar nominations for writing & acting in "Rocky" Sylvester Stallone |
| #2754, aired 1996-07-18 | ACTION STARS $400: Believe it or not, she's appeared as Ripley in 3 "Alien" films Sigourney Weaver |
| #2754, aired 1996-07-18 | ACTION STARS $500: Star of films like "Kickboxer" & "Bloodsport", this karate champ is nicknamed "The Muscles from Brussels" Jean-Claude Van Damme |
| #2700, aired 1996-05-03 | POTS & PANS $600: A tightly sealed pot that uses steam action, it has a safety valve to keep it from exploding pressure cooker |
| #2698, aired 1996-05-01 | FRENCH FILM REMAKES $200: Arnold Schwarzenegger danced with Jamie Lee Curtis in this 1994 action film based on "La Totale!" True Lies |
| #2684, aired 1996-04-11 | JULY $400: This "Trees" poet was killed in action in France on July 30, 1918 Joyce Kilmer |
| #2681, aired 1996-04-08 | POTPOURRI $300: Introduced in the mid-1960s, this boys' action figure became Hasbro's primary toy line G.I. Joe |
| #2651, aired 1996-02-26 | CONGRESS $400: In 1970 Congress repealed this resolution authorizing military action in Vietnam The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution |
| #2644, aired 1996-02-15 | WORD ORIGINS $1,200 (Daily Double): Meaning "to spur to action", it comes from the name of an Italian scientist famous for experiments with frogs' legs galvanize |
| #2640, aired 1996-02-09 | THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION $100: On Sept. 11, 1777 this French aristocrat was wounded in his first action at the Battle of Brandywine Lafayette |
| #2603, aired 1995-12-20 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $500: This hexagonal accordion relative comes in single- & double-action versions a concertina |
| #2570, aired 1995-11-03 | THE CIVIL WAR $600: In the first action of the war, Gen. Pierre Beauregard directed the Confederate bombing of this fort Fort Sumter |
| #2558, aired 1995-10-18 | BAYS & GULFS $300: It was the center of naval action in the 1991 Gulf War the Persian Gulf |
| #2555, aired 1995-10-13 | THE QUOTABLE CHURCHILL $1000: "I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia, it is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside" this an enigma |
| #2539, aired 1995-09-21 | DISNEY FILMS $300: Disney released an animated version of this Kipling classic in 1967 & a live action adaptation in 1994 Jungle Book |
| #2500, aired 1995-06-16 | MOVIES $400: 1994 action film in which Arnold Schwarzenegger plays intelligence agent Harry Tasker True Lies |
| #2481, aired 1995-05-22 | BACTERIA $200: This sour liquid is produced by the action of bacteria on wine Vinegar |
| #2448, aired 1995-04-05 | VIEWPOINTS $400: In the U.S. Capitol you can watch Congress in action from these viewing areas the galleries |
| #2433, aired 1995-03-15 | ARTISTS $1000: American painter Lee Krasner was married to this "action painter" who died in 1956 Jackson Pollock |
| #2421, aired 1995-02-27 | GALILEO $500: Galileo suggested that the action of one of these could be used to regulate a clock a pendulum |
| #2364, aired 1994-12-08 | THE 1970s $800: In 1979 Jerry Falwell founded this political action group The Moral Majority |
| #2360, aired 1994-12-02 | HEALTH & MEDICINE $800: The action of a hormone called cholecystokinin makes this bile-storing organ contract the gallbladder |
| #2260, aired 1994-06-03 | "HAM" $200: It can mean to prevent action, or it can be a large basket with a cover a hamper |
| #2204, aired 1994-03-17 | ART $800: This American "action" painter abandoned the use of brushes in 1947, pouring the paint on the canvas (Jackson) Pollock |
| #2104, aired 1993-10-28 | HISTORY $1000: A soldier & man of action, Maurice of Nassau was head of this house in Holland the House of Orange |
| #2051, aired 1993-07-05 | ABBREVIATIONS $500: PAC men & women in Washington, D.C. belong to one of these a political action committee |
| #2029, aired 1993-06-03 | COLORFUL PHRASES $300: The modern version of this military medal was established in 1932 for those wounded or killed in action the Purple Heart |
| #2018, aired 1993-05-19 | OPERA $800: First name shared by a servant in "La Traviata" & the composer of "La Traviata" Giuseppe |
| #2017, aired 1993-05-18 | MEDICINE $1000: This ancient Greek physician first described the action of muscles in respiration Galen |
| #1976, aired 1993-03-22 | SCIENCE $800: It's Newton's third & probably best known law of motion for every action there is an equal & opposite reaction |
| #1949, aired 1993-02-11 | AMERICAN HISTORY $100: This organization that sends volunteers to developing countries was made part of ACTION in 1971 the Peace Corps |
| #1948, aired 1993-02-10 | BUSINESS PARTNERS $600: After he adapted the repeating action for revolvers, he & Horace Smith formed a company to produce them Wesson |
| #1945, aired 1993-02-05 | COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $600: The Gallipoli Peninsula, a site of major action in WWI, is part of this country Turkey |
| #1895, aired 1992-11-27 | ARTISTS $1000: Last name of Dutch-born American artist Willem, who created the action painting "Woman" series de Kooning |
| #1894, aired 1992-11-26 | PEOPLE & PLACES $400: Action songs are an important tradition in the culture of these New Zealand natives the Maori |
| #1848, aired 1992-09-23 | THEATER $600: A.R. Gurney named his 1982 play for this room; much of the action takes place around a table The Dining Room |
| #1774, aired 1992-04-23 | SWIMMING & DIVING $200: This basic kick resembles the action of a cutting implement, hence its name a scissors kick |
| #1736, aired 1992-03-02 | ABOLITIONISTS $600: He viewed a solar eclipse as a for action & began a slave revolt August 21, 1831 Nat Turner |
| #1727, aired 1992-02-18 | PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE $400: This brief statement of a proposed action can be made only when a member has the floor a motion |
| #1716, aired 1992-02-03 | BLACK HISTORY $200: Wm. Thompson, killed in action in 1950, was the 1st Black to win the Medal of Honor in this war the Korean War |
| #1696, aired 1992-01-06 | FAMOUS WOMEN $500: Former First Daughter who co-wrote "In Our Defense: the Bill of Rights in Action" Caroline Kennedy |
| #1693, aired 1992-01-01 | ACTION COMICS $100: This alien hero made his debut in Action Comics No. 1, June 1938 Superman |
| #1693, aired 1992-01-01 | ACTION COMICS $200: The name of this great Metropolitan newspaper first appeared in Issue 23 The Daily Planet |
| #1693, aired 1992-01-01 | ACTION COMICS $300: Issue No. 282 was the last one at this price; today Issue 673 costs 10 times as much 10 cents |
| #1693, aired 1992-01-01 | ACTION COMICS $400: In 1991 he was laid off from his job as a cub reporter Jimmy Olsen |
| #1693, aired 1992-01-01 | ACTION COMICS $500: Introduced in Action No. 252, she used the alter ego of Linda Lee & was adopted by Mr. & Mrs. Danvers Supergirl |
| #1692, aired 1991-12-31 | IN OTHER WORDS... $300: A pair of incorrect actions is unequal to one correct action Two wrongs don't make a right |
| #1688, aired 1991-12-25 | VICE PRESIDENTS $800: While mayor of Minneapolis in 1947, he helped found Americans for Democratic Action Hubert Humphrey |
| #1654, aired 1991-11-07 | FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES $200: For bravery in action a French soldier might receive this decoration meaning "cross of war" the Croix de Guerre |
| #1596, aired 1991-07-08 | AVIATION $400: Although developed in the 1950s, this U.S. heavy bomber saw action against Iraq in 1991 B-52 |
| #1592, aired 1991-07-02 | LAW $200: It can be defined as action taken to prevent harm to one's property as well as one's person self-defense |
| #1573, aired 1991-06-05 | 2-CHARACTER PLAYS $2,500 (Daily Double): The entire action of this 1951 play takes place in a bedroom & much of it on the title bed The Fourposter |
| #1551, aired 1991-05-06 | CLICHÉS $200: To take action in a crisis is to "take the bull by" these the horns |
| #1548, aired 1991-05-01 | BOTANY $200: Maples, oaks & grasses are pollinated by the action of this wind |
| #1528, aired 1991-04-03 | FAMILIAR PHRASES $1000: To make an irrevocable decision, from action taken by Julius Caesar, touching off war in Rome to cross the Rubicon |
| #1526, aired 1991-04-01 | AUTHORS $200: The short story writer Saki was killed in action in this war in 1916 World War I |
| #1512, aired 1991-03-12 | SUPER TV $500: Term for the puppetry technique used by Gerry Anderson in Fireball XL 5 & "Thunderbirds" Supermarionation |
| #1493, aired 1991-02-13 | U.S. GOVERNMENT $200: Senators can block action on a proposed bill by engaging in this practice of lengthy speechmaking a filibuster |
| #1462, aired 1991-01-01 | AMERICAN NOVELS $1000: "The Making of Americans", a novel by this female expatriate, has no dialogue & no action Gertrude Stein |
| #1454, aired 1990-12-20 | CHARACTERS IN MUSICALS $1000: Action, Gee-Tar, Big Deal, Diesel, Tiger, Riff, Tony West Side Story |
| #1443, aired 1990-12-05 | ROCKS & MINERALS $1000: Slate is formed by the action of heat & pressure upon this sedimentary rock shale |
| #1440, aired 1990-11-30 | VOCABULARY $300: It's slang for the lever that controls an airplane's movement, or a video game's action a joystick |
| #1431, aired 1990-11-19 | MUSIC $100: A musical composition telling a sacred story without costumes, scenery, or dramatic action an oratorio |
| #1336, aired 1990-05-28 | LITERARY TERMS $300: Style of writing in which the writer is outside of the action third person |
| #1317, aired 1990-05-01 | SIR ISAAC NEWTON $400: A body at rest stays at rest, F=ma & reaction is always equal & opposite in action Newton's 3 Laws of Motion |
| #1301, aired 1990-04-09 | WORLD LEADERS $600: Idi Amin served in the British action against this country's Mau Mau rebels in the 1950s Kenya |
| #1267, aired 1990-02-20 | U.S. HISTORY $200: Date during WWII on which the Allies put Operation Overlord into action June 6, 1944 (D-Day) |
| #1265, aired 1990-02-16 | CHEMISTRY $300: Perfectly dry iron doesn't do this because galvanic action won't take place without water being present rust |
| #1250, aired 1990-01-26 | "G" WHIZ $400: Figuratively speaking, to prepare for action you do this to your loins gird |
| #1226, aired 1989-12-25 | FOREIGN PHRASES $400: In Norwegian this useless action becomes "Kaste perler for svin" cast pearls before swine |
| #1222, aired 1989-12-19 | PBS $200: Portraying Mireille & Robert, Valerie Allain & Charles Meyer show us this language "in Action" French |
| #1180, aired 1989-10-20 | ART $800: The fusing of powdered glass to a metal base by the action of fire enameling/cloisonne |
| #1178, aired 1989-10-18 | THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION $600: The Battle of Long Island was the 1st time the Americans saw action against these soldiers the Hessians |
| #1106, aired 1989-05-29 | LEGAL LINGO $400: An accusation of a wrong, or an action of the Light Brigade a charge |
| #1100, aired 1989-05-19 | DISNEY DOGS $800: Walt Disney's 1st live-action comedy & his 1st to star Fred MacMurray The Shaggy Dog |
| #1093, aired 1989-05-10 | FILE UNDER "A" $800: Lyndon Johnson popularized this phrase to describe job programs for women & minorities affirmative action |
| #1088, aired 1989-05-03 | PUBLISHING $400: This romance author has a Golden Eagle division with action-adventure books aimed at men Harlequin |
| #1026, aired 1989-02-06 | GOVERNMENT $400: PACs, which have been the subject of much controversy, are these political action committees |
| #971, aired 1988-11-21 | DOUBLE LETTERS $500: Double talk, or a flashy action intended to deceive, it's probably an alteration of razzle dazzle razzmatazz |
| #962, aired 1988-11-08 | "ACTION" $200: A departing game show contestant might receive one of these chairs by Lane an Action Recliner |
| #962, aired 1988-11-08 | "ACTION" $300: Recent movies about Detroit policemen include "RoboCop" & this film starring Carl Weathers Action Jackson |
| #962, aired 1988-11-08 | "ACTION" $400: A rocket lifting off is an example of the third law of motion, which states this for every action there is an equal & opposite reaction |
| #962, aired 1988-11-08 | CAMERAS $400: This company made the Fun Touch, One Touch, Action Touch & Tele-Touch cameras Nikon |
| #962, aired 1988-11-08 | "ACTION" $500: In 1965 Freddy Cannon intoned, "Oh baby come on let me take you" there where the action is |
| #947, aired 1988-10-18 | BIOLOGY $100: The action of these organisms on sugar produces alcohol & CO2, as brewers well know yeasts |
| #933, aired 1988-09-28 | ACTORS & ROLES $600: Dave Thomas & Sally Kellerman will play this pair from the Bullwinkle show in a live-action film Boris & Natasha |
| #919, aired 1988-09-08 | ISLANDS $600: Site of heavy action in WWII, the very small island of Corregidor is part of this country the Philippines |
| #898, aired 1988-06-29 | COMIC BOOKS $300: While most comics are monthlies, DC's 50-year-old Action Comics are now issued this often weekly |
| #888, aired 1988-06-15 | EARTH SCIENCE $300: It's the common name for the wave action between the shore & the outermost breakers surf |
| #887, aired 1988-06-14 | AWARDS $1,000 (Daily Double): 2 of the 3 types of short subjects for which you can win an Oscar animation & documentary |
| #811, aired 1988-02-29 | AUCTIONS $200: Auctioneer's action that signifies the moment at which a contract is created between buyer & seller the banging of the gavel |
| #808, aired 1988-02-24 | TUNES OF THE '20s $500 (Daily Double): Alternative courses of action given in the title of the following:
[Instrumental music plays] "Love Me Or Leave Me" |
| #796, aired 1988-02-08 | LEGAL LINGO $200: A postponement of a legal action, you might receive one "of execution" stay |
| #786, aired 1988-01-25 | CHILD CARE $200: Produced by bacterial action, the chief cause of diaper rash is this, NH3 ammonia |
| #754, aired 1987-12-10 | 6-LETTER WORDS $300: As your grammar teacher taught you, it's what you call the noun that receives the action of the verb object |
| #753, aired 1987-12-09 | CARTOONS $100: A live action version of this cartoon sitcom is planned with Jim Belushi playing Fred The Flintstones |
| #745, aired 1987-11-27 | "B.H." $1000: Though we know it as the Battle of Hunker Hill, the real action took place here Breed's Hill |
| #735, aired 1987-11-13 | TOUGH DISNEY $1000: Title character of this 1961 live-action hit was named Ned Brainard The Absent-Minded Professor |
| #733, aired 1987-11-11 | CHEMISTRY $800: Smog is produced from the action of this on chemicals in the air sunlight |
| #643, aired 1987-05-27 | CONGRESS $600 (Daily Double): Action to expel a member of either house of Congress must carry by this fraction two-thirds |
| #636, aired 1987-05-18 | ANTONYMS $400: Pair of action antonyms used for both dinner tables & typewriter tabs set & clear |
| #634, aired 1987-05-14 | PHYSICAL SCIENCE $200: Newton's 3rd law is sometimes called the law of action & this reaction |
| #630, aired 1987-05-08 | SOUTH AMERICA $300: Near death, this liberator wrote "The most sensible action to take in (Latin) America is to emigrate" (Simon) Bolivar |
| #603, aired 1987-04-01 | AMERICAN HISTORY $1000: Ordered by Lincoln in April 1861, this naval action played a major role in the Union Civil War victory the Union blockade |
