| #9021, aired 2024-01-22 | WORD ORIGINS $600: This breakfast fare derives its name from the Roman goddess of agriculture cereal |
| #9020, aired 2024-01-19 | AGRICULTURE $400: More than half of the world's farmers use a nitrogen-based fertilizer that's processed from this gas ammonia |
| #9020, aired 2024-01-19 | AGRICULTURE $800: This founder of Microsoft became America's largest private owner of farm land, with around 250,000 acres in 18 states Gates |
| #9020, aired 2024-01-19 | AGRICULTURE $1200: In 1915 International Harvester introduced its first one of these with an onboard engine to power the thresher the combine |
| #9020, aired 2024-01-19 | AGRICULTURE $1600: India produces about two-thirds of the world's supply of this rice with a more delicate aroma than jasmine rice basmati rice |
| #9020, aired 2024-01-19 | AGRICULTURE $2000: This former governor of Iowa served 8 years as Obama's secretary of agriculture & now has the same position under Biden Tom Vilsack |
| #9009, aired 2024-01-04 | WHICH CABINET DEPARTMENT? $1000: The Food & Nutrition Service
(The myplate.gov folks) Agriculture |
| #23, aired 2024-01-02 | SCIENTISTS $1500: When hired at Tuskegee Institute in 1896, George Washington Carver served as director of this department the Department of Agriculture |
| #8963, aired 2023-11-01 | GREEK GOD OUT, ROMAN GOD IN $800: Greeks were from Ares, Romans, from this deity, originally an ancient Italian god who watched over agriculture Mars |
| #8925, aired 2023-07-28 | BREEDS OF SHEEP $200: With a white face mostly free of wool, the Columbia was developed by this Cabinet department in the early 1900s Agriculture |
| #8913, aired 2023-07-12 | STATE INSECTS $1,000 (Daily Double): This industrious insect important to agriculture was chosen by Nebraska & Missouri a honeybee |
| #8887, aired 2023-06-06 | WHICH CABINET DEPARTMENT? $200: The Farm Service Agency Agriculture |
| #8851, aired 2023-04-17 | ALPHABETICALLY FIRST $400: Of U.S. Cabinet departments Agriculture |
| #8815, aired 2023-02-24 | I LIKE TO SCIENCE! $400: Seen here, this American advised President Theodore Roosevelt & Mahatma Gandhi about agriculture George Washington Carver |
| #8729, aired 2022-10-27 | WHICH CABINET DEPARTMENT? $400: The Office of Pest Management Policy Agriculture |
| #8717, aired 2022-10-11 | IT'S JUST A GEOMETRIC FIGURE OF SPEECH $800: In 1992 the U.S. Department of Agriculture gave us this shapely guideline; MyPlate was introduced in 2011 the food pyramid |
| #8685, aired 2022-07-15 | MEXICAN HISTORY $800: From the 1940s to the 1960s, millions of Mexicans known as braceros got temporary U.S. permits to work in this sector agriculture |
| #8622, aired 2022-04-19 | "ICU" THERE! $1600: Latin for "garden" gives us this word for the art & science of growing fruits & vegetables horticulture |
| #8619, aired 2022-04-14 | WORDS FROM MYTHOLOGY $400: You can thank the Roman goddess of agriculture for this breakfast staple cereal |
| #8613, aired 2022-04-06 | LANDMARK LEGISLATION $800: The 1862 act that provided money for land-grant colleges specified that they should teach mechanical arts & this agriculture |
| #8548, aired 2022-01-05 | WHICH CABINET DEPARTMENT? $400: The Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service Agriculture |
| #8502, aired 2021-11-02 | ORGANIZATIONS $200: Working to end hunger, the Food & Agriculture Organization is the oldest specialized agency founded by this body the United Nations |
| #8446, aired 2021-07-19 | IT'S IN THE CABINET DEPARTMENT! $800: Food Safety & Inspection Service Agriculture |
| #8443, aired 2021-07-14 | CANADIAN PROVINCES & TERRITORIES $1200: The Fraser Valley in this Pacific province accounts for much of its agriculture British Columbia |
| #8417, aired 2021-06-08 | LAKES OF EUROPE $2000: The shores of Hungary's Lake Balaton have been used for this type of agriculture for 2,000 years wine |
| #8385, aired 2021-04-23 | MOON $1200: Named for a Titan, Iapetus is a moon of this planet that's named for the Roman god of agriculture Saturn |
| #8377, aired 2021-04-13 | VICE PRESIDENTS $600: Henry Wallace served for seven years as secretary of this before becoming vice president in 1941 agriculture |
| #8331, aired 2021-02-08 | FEMALE FIRST NAMES $2000: Chloe was a summer name for this Greek goddess of agriculture Demeter |
| #8288, aired 2020-11-25 | PUT IT IN THE CABINET DEPARTMENT $800: The Food and Nutrition Service Agriculture |
| #8242, aired 2020-09-22 | COUNTRY CLUBS? $1200: The FAO, the Food & this Organization, operates in more than 130 countries Agriculture |
| #8213, aired 2020-04-29 | THERE SHE IS, MYTH GREECE $800: This Olympian goddess of wisdom was big in agriculture, too, teaching man how to yoke oxen Athena |
| #8196, aired 2020-04-06 | ALPHANUMERICS $800: This club within the Dept. of Agriculture helps kids learn not only about animal sciences but rocketry & robotics, too the 4H Club |
| #8173, aired 2020-03-04 | HOW DOES YOUR GARDEN GROW? $200: My garden grows great because I first consulted the hardiness zone map from this organization, USDA for short U.S. Department of Agriculture |
| #8160, aired 2020-02-14 | TREES GROW ON MONEY $9,800 (Daily Double): A former Italian 100-lire coin shows Minerva grasping one of 4 these trees big in Italian agriculture an olive tree |
| #8120, aired 2019-12-20 | AGRICULTURE $400: Fed to livestock, it's the USA's most widely produced feed grain, grown on more than 400,000 farms corn |
| #8120, aired 2019-12-20 | AGRICULTURE $800: Glyphosate is one of the most widely used of these, another word for a weedkiller an herbicide |
| #8120, aired 2019-12-20 | AGRICULTURE $1200: The volcanic soil of Maui is low in harsh sulfur compounds, producing the sweetness of Maui or Kula these onions |
| #8120, aired 2019-12-20 | AGRICULTURE $1600: Starting with the same 3 letters as "agriculture", it's the science of soil management & crop production agronomy |
| #8120, aired 2019-12-20 | AGRICULTURE $2000: About 1/4 inch in length, this geographic-named pest is associated with citrus crops but also attacks peppers and tomatoes the medfly |
| #8085, aired 2019-11-01 | AGRICULTURE $400: Farmers plant trees around farms to create windbreaks as they battle this, attrition of soil by wind erosion |
| #8085, aired 2019-11-01 | AGRICULTURE $800: A 138-pound cabbage set a world record for Scott Robb, a farmer in this state, benefiting from the above-average amount of sunlight Alaska |
| #8085, aired 2019-11-01 | AGRICULTURE $1,500 (Daily Double): In France & Germany, asparagus is grown underground to inhibit this pigment, creating a delicious white variety chlorophyll |
| #8085, aired 2019-11-01 | AGRICULTURE $1600: This 11-letter type of farming supplies produce for the farmer to eat, but not enough for market subsistence |
| #8085, aired 2019-11-01 | AGRICULTURE $2000: Most of the dairy cows in the U.S. are descended from this cattle breed named for an area of northern Germany Holstein |
| #7975, aired 2019-04-19 | IN THE CABINET DEPARTMENT $600: Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service Agriculture |
| #7937, aired 2019-02-26 | ANCIENT AGRICULTURE $400: This robust New World crop descended from teosinte, which only had about a dozen kernels per ear maize |
| #7937, aired 2019-02-26 | ANCIENT AGRICULTURE $800: Used to break up the soil, it evolved from the prehistoric digging stick & was improved in the 18th century with a moldboard a plow |
| #7937, aired 2019-02-26 | ANCIENT AGRICULTURE $1600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows an irrigation model on the diagram.) To irrigate farmland, the Persian empire built qanats, tunnels that tap into this underground source, from the Latin for "water-bearing" aquifer |
| #7937, aired 2019-02-26 | ANCIENT AGRICULTURE $2000: Deuteronomy 8:8 promises a land not of milk & honey but of this salad dressing "and honey" olive oil |
| #7937, aired 2019-02-26 | ANCIENT AGRICULTURE $4,000 (Daily Double): The Romans made sure to plant legumes, which increase yield by returning this element to the soil nitrogen |
| #7896, aired 2018-12-31 | SYMBOLS $2000: The symbol for this asteroid is a stylized sickle, which makes sense, since it was named for the goddess of agriculture Ceres |
| #7877, aired 2018-12-04 | BE SAFE! $600: If you're chicken about eating that chicken, call 888-674-6854, this Cabinet dept.'s meat & poultry hotline the Department of Agriculture |
| #7812, aired 2018-07-24 | 2-TERM CABINET OFFICERS $800: Ezra Benson was on this church's Council of the 12 Apostles when he served as Sec. of Agriculture 1953-1961 the Mormon church |
| #7806, aired 2018-07-16 | GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER $3,000 (Daily Double): Among his teachers, Carver counted James Wilson & Henry C. Wallace, who went on to be secretaries of this department Agriculture |
| #7804, aired 2018-07-12 | THE MONTH OF JULY $200: It's Ice Cream Month & add these colorful berries--in 2003 the Agriculture Dept. proclaimed July their month too blueberries |
| #7803, aired 2018-07-11 | GREEK MYTHOLOGY $1200: This Greek goddess of agriculture has a daughter by Zeus (her brother) Demeter |
| #7798, aired 2018-07-04 | AGRICULTURE $200: From the Latin for "gnaw away", it's the serious potential loss of soil over time if it's not replenished erosion |
| #7798, aired 2018-07-04 | AGRICULTURE $400: The phosphorus- & potassium-based types of this material help with root development fertilizer |
| #7798, aired 2018-07-04 | AGRICULTURE $600: With 15 billion bushels grown annually, this is the leading U.S. grain crop corn |
| #7798, aired 2018-07-04 | AGRICULTURE $800: Like planting oats after soybeans, it's the term for changing crops every few years to keep soil healthy rotation |
| #7798, aired 2018-07-04 | AGRICULTURE $1000: Careful! If a farm disease is "zoonotic", by definition it can be spread this dangerous way from animals to humans |
| #7775, aired 2018-06-01 | I ONLY HAVE Es FOR YOU $800: Ceres is the Roman counterpart of this Greek goddess of agriculture Demeter |
| #7738, aired 2018-04-11 | SPRING BREAK $1000: In Greek myth, spring was marked by the return from Hades of this daughter of the goddess of agriculture Persephone |
| #7727, aired 2018-03-27 | ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE AT BOWERY FARMS $200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from Bowery Farms in Kearny, NJ.) Indoor farming can consume 95% less water than traditional methods & doesn't require application of these chemicals that release more than 5 billion pounds of contaminants into the environment each year pesticides |
| #7727, aired 2018-03-27 | ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE AT BOWERY FARMS $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from Bowery Farms in Kearny, NJ.) Bowery tends its crops with a proprietary automated operating system that monitors every step of the growing process, beginning with this first stage, from Latin for "to sprout" germination |
| #7727, aired 2018-03-27 | ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE AT BOWERY FARMS $600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from Bowery Farms in Kearny, NJ.) The practice of vertical farming dates to antiquity, with historic examples including the 2000-year-old rice terraces of the Philippines & this possibly legendary one of the seven wonders of the ancient world the Hanging Gardens of Babylon |
| #7727, aired 2018-03-27 | ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE AT BOWERY FARMS $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from Bowery Farms in Kearny, NJ.) It's projected that by 2050 two-thirds of Earth's population will live in cities far from traditional food sources; indoor vertical farming brings fresh produce to urban areas with this soil-free growing process, from Greek words meaning "water" & "labor" hydroponics |
| #7727, aired 2018-03-27 | ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE AT BOWERY FARMS $1000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from Bowery Farms in Kearny, NJ.) Urban farming also has a long tradition; in both World Wars I and II, patriotic ads encouraged city-dwellers across America to grow food in these gardens with a winning name victory gardens |
| #7648, aired 2017-12-06 | "L" ON THE MAP $2000: It's Italy's most populous region & a center of both agriculture and industry Lombardy |
| #7621, aired 2017-10-30 | FANTASTIC 4 $800: A 4-leaf clover is the logo of this organization that teaches kids about agriculture 4-H |
| #7617, aired 2017-10-24 | ROBOTS $200: Robotic milkers & strawberry pickers are examples of agbots, short for these agriculture robots |
| #7481, aired 2017-03-06 | WHO IS OUR LEADER? $800: Abbrev. FAO, this U.N. agency headed by Jose Da Silva of Brazil leads the world's efforts to defeat hunger Food and Agriculture Organization |
| #7475, aired 2017-02-24 | OLYMPIANS $1600: The Eleusinian Mysteries were secret religious rites honoring this Greek goddess of agriculture Demeter |
| #7470, aired 2017-02-17 | GOVERNMENT AGENCIES $1000: This Cabinet department runs a meat & poultry hotline the Department of Agriculture |
| #7453, aired 2017-01-25 | WE HAVE "U" SURROUNDED! $800: The science of soil cultivation agriculture |
| #7402, aired 2016-11-15 | AGRICULTURE $200: Eating pasta? Thank North Dakota, the USA's biggest producer of the durum type of this, which gives us semolina wheat |
| #7402, aired 2016-11-15 | AGRICULTURE $400: Once considered unhealthy, this hog fat has made a comeback; it's high in Vitamin D lard |
| #7402, aired 2016-11-15 | AGRICULTURE $600: The hormone bovine somatotropin is used to increase the production of this milk |
| #7402, aired 2016-11-15 | AGRICULTURE $800: Growers of this nut, the top crop of California's San Joaquin Valley, had no "joy" in being blamed for using too much water almonds |
| #7402, aired 2016-11-15 | AGRICULTURE $1000: On Angola's flag agricultural work is represented by this large, heavy knife with a Spanish name a machete |
| #7380, aired 2016-10-14 | THE CHINA CABINET $800: Han Changfu is Minister of this; with 1.4 billion people to feed, he'd better have a green thumb Agriculture |
| #7320, aired 2016-06-10 | THAT'S MY DEPARTMENT! $1000: J. Sterling Morton,
Earl Butz,
Mike Espy Agriculture |
| #7308, aired 2016-05-25 | HAWAIIAN HISTORY $2,000 (Daily Double): Fresh out of Harvard's School of Horticulture & Agriculture, he founded the Hawaiian Pineapple Company in 1901 (James) Dole |
| #7279, aired 2016-04-14 | RANCHING AS IT WAS $2000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from George Ranch Historical Park in Richmond, TX.) After the Civil War, many African-American families rented & tended plots of land in exchange for a portion of the agriculture they grew, a system called "tenant farming", or this sharecropping |
| #7271, aired 2016-04-04 | TEXAS HISTORY $800: The first public college in Texas opened in 1876 & emphasized these 2 fields found in the school's name agricultural & mechanical |
| #7260, aired 2016-03-18 | TOM, DICK & HARRY $2000: A former governor of Iowa, Tom Vilsack has served as this Cabinet secretary since 2009 Agriculture |
| #7243, aired 2016-02-24 | AGRICULTURE $400: "Agriculture" & this unit of measure equal to 43,560 square feet both come from the Latin for "field" acre |
| #7243, aired 2016-02-24 | AGRICULTURE $800: Before harvest, sugarcane fields undergo short burns to remove leaves, with these sugar-containing stems remaining the stalks |
| #7243, aired 2016-02-24 | AGRICULTURE $3,000 (Daily Double): In the 1930s, Pan Am grew vegetables on Wake Island for passengers by using this soilless method hydroponics |
| #7240, aired 2016-02-19 | 1890s AMERICA $400: Farmers got help with forecasts as the weather bureau was moved from the military to this Cabinet department Agriculture |
| #7233, aired 2016-02-10 | WHICH CABINET DEPARTMENT? $200: The Farm Service Agency Agriculture |
| #7204, aired 2015-12-31 | ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE $400: In the SARE program, S stands for this type of "agriculture" that protects both crop yields & the environment sustainable |
| #7175, aired 2015-11-20 | THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH $10,000 (Daily Double): Overseeing the FDA is one job of this Cabinet department Health and Human Services |
| #7063, aired 2015-05-06 | AGRICULTURE $400: About 400 of these beans are required to make a pound of chocolate cocoa beans |
| #7063, aired 2015-05-06 | AGRICULTURE $800: California's top cash crop is grapes; a close 2nd is this nut for which the state supplies 80% of world production almonds |
| #7063, aired 2015-05-06 | AGRICULTURE $1200: The emblem of this "forward-looking" youth organization features an ear of corn & an owl sitting on a plow the Future Farmers of America |
| #7063, aired 2015-05-06 | AGRICULTURE $1600: The Bible commands that every 7 years, land should be left unused, lying this 6-letter word fallow |
| #7063, aired 2015-05-06 | AGRICULTURE $2000: Last name of father & son John & Don, who made Arkansas a national leader in poultry Tyson |
| #7054, aired 2015-04-23 | IN THE PANTHEON $1000: The name of this goddess of agriculture indicates that she's a mother; she is--of Persephone Demeter |
| #6981, aired 2015-01-12 | SYMBOLS $6,200 (Daily Double): This beryl gem symbolized fertility & the Aztecs associated it with Quetzalcoatl, a god of agriculture emerald |
| #6876, aired 2014-07-07 | WHATCHU TALKIN' 'BOUT, WALLACE? $1000: Second of FDR's 3 vice presidents, he also served as Secretary of Agriculture, like his father before him Henry Wallace |
| #6857, aired 2014-06-10 | STAMPS $400: France's first postage stamp was issued in 1849 & featured this Roman goddess of agriculture Ceres |
| #6800, aired 2014-03-21 | FEDERAL AGENCIES $2000: The Rural Housing Service is not a part of HUD but of this other Cabinet department Agriculture |
| #6782, aired 2014-02-25 | LIFE OF RILEY $1600: In 1878 pioneering bug scholar Charles Riley was appointed chief entomologist of this Cabinet department Agriculture |
| #6742, aired 2013-12-31 | IT'S A GAS... GIANT $600: It's named for the Roman god of agriculture Saturn |
| #6733, aired 2013-12-18 | CABINET DEPARTMENT BY COPS $2000: The U.S. Forest Service Law Enforcement & Investigations unit Agriculture |
| #6725, aired 2013-12-06 | GREEK GOD OUT, ROMAN GOD IN $400: Greeks were from Ares, Romans from this deity, originally an ancient Italian god who watched over agriculture Mars |
| #6686, aired 2013-10-14 | AGRICULTURE $200: Since 1970 annual production of this per cow has grown from around 10,000 pounds to around 20,000 milk |
| #6686, aired 2013-10-14 | AGRICULTURE $400: A rich protein substitute, as well as an oil source, these legumes are grown on
more than 75 million U.S. Acres soybeans |
| #6686, aired 2013-10-14 | AGRICULTURE $600: Calif.'s leading forage crop, it's human food too, in the form of a sprout associated with a healthy lifestyle alfalfa |
| #6686, aired 2013-10-14 | AGRICULTURE $800: This type for grass, used for pasture, shares its name with a disciple of Saint Paul Timothy grass |
| #6686, aired 2013-10-14 | AGRICULTURE $1000: Growing faster than any other poultry, including turkeys, they can weigh 7 pounds in 7 weeks duck |
| #6682, aired 2013-10-08 | FOOD & DRINK $400: Coffee & seafood are regulated by the FDA; beef, lamb & pork are regulated by this cabinet department agriculture |
| #6647, aired 2013-07-09 | AGRICULTURE $200: Farmers study kernels for the "black layer", a sign that this crop is ready to harvest for seed corn |
| #6647, aired 2013-07-09 | AGRICULTURE $400: Indian stock helped create the American Brahman breed of this cattle |
| #6647, aired 2013-07-09 | AGRICULTURE $600: The federally subsidized crop type of this for farmers provides 50% catastrophic coverage insurance |
| #6647, aired 2013-07-09 | AGRICULTURE $800: For chicken farmers, this "sullen" measure refers to a clutch of eggs hatched at one time a brood |
| #6647, aired 2013-07-09 | AGRICULTURE $1000: Most modern tractors run on gasoline, kerosene or LPG, short for "liquefied" this gas petroleum |
| #6591, aired 2013-04-22 | WRITTEN IN THE STARS $1000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew presents the clue.) Spica, the brightest star in Virgo, means "ear of grain", which she's holding, & explains why the constellation is identified as this Greek agriculture goddess, Persephone's mother Demeter |
| #6589, aired 2013-04-18 | SIGNS & SYMBOLS $2000: This planet's symbol is not an "h" but a sickle or scythe & may represent the Roman god of agriculture Saturn |
| #6567, aired 2013-03-19 | WHICH U.S. CABINET DEPARTMENT? $1,400 (Daily Double): The Food Safety and Inspection Service the Department of Agriculture |
| #6501, aired 2012-12-17 | GEORGE, UHHH... $1200: Oh, drat, him... chose his own famous middle name, taught agriculture at Tuskegee in 1896 George Washington Carver |
| #6387, aired 2012-05-29 | AMERICAN GOVERNMENT $400: Farm security & home economics are among the concerns of the House Committee on this, founded in 1820 Agriculture |
| #6370, aired 2012-05-04 | MICHELLE OBAMA'S AMERICAN GROWN $600: (Michelle Obama delivers the clue.) Community gardens like those at the White House allow children to plant & harvest fresh fruits & veggies. In 2009 a formal farm to school initiative was established by this Cabinet department the Department of Agriculture |
| #6273, aired 2011-12-21 | 5 DEGREES $600: MAg, from Texas A&M master of agriculture |
| #6247, aired 2011-11-15 | USDA FOREST SERVICE $800: The Transfer Act of 1905 transferred U.S. forest reserves to the Department of Agriculture from this Cabinet dept. Interior |
| #6246, aired 2011-11-14 | MISSISSIPPI MISTERS $600: This Muppet master was born in Mississippi, where his father was doing research for the Department of Agriculture Jim Henson |
| #6214, aired 2011-09-29 | UNDER THIS CABINET DEPARTMENT $400: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Agriculture |
| #6174, aired 2011-06-16 | BE PREPARED $800: This youth organization, the FFA, prepares young people for careers in agriculture the Future Farmers of America |
| #6170, aired 2011-06-10 | NYSE $200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from outside the New York Stock Exchange.) The pediment above the New York City Stock Exchange entrance is titled "Integrity Protecting the Works of Man"; presiding over images of industry, science & agriculture, the figure of Integrity wears the winged hat representing & associated with this Roman god of commerce Mercury |
| #6159, aired 2011-05-26 | I SERVED IN HIS CABINET $1600: Secretary of Agriculture Earl Butz Nixon |
| #6116, aired 2011-03-28 | SOUNDS GEOMETRIC $400: The Texas Dept. of Agriculture uses this geometric term for the nutritious food kids should eat--breakfast, lunch & dinner a square meal |
| #6102, aired 2011-03-08 | ABBREV. $2,000 (Daily Double): It's what the "A&M" stands for in the name of Alabama A&M University Agricultural & Mechanical |
| #6038, aired 2010-12-08 | HAWAIIAN AGRICULTURE $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents the clue from a jungle on Maui.) Hawaii, the only U.S. state with a true tropical one of these environments, grows most of the USA's macadamias, which originated in the same type of environment when it covered much of Australia rainforest |
| #6038, aired 2010-12-08 | HAWAIIAN AGRICULTURE $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents the clue from a coffee bean field on Molokai.) Coffee gets its flavor from the earth, & the nutrient-rich soil of Molokai, which gets its red color from this element, is ideal for growing coffee iron |
| #6038, aired 2010-12-08 | HAWAIIAN AGRICULTURE $1200: (Kelly of the Clue Crew presents the clue from Molokai.) High-temperature, forced-air treatment is used to kill any insect larvae in fruits as part of this, also a term for isolating contagious humans quarantine |
| #6038, aired 2010-12-08 | HAWAIIAN AGRICULTURE $1600: (Kelly of the Clue Crew presents the clue from a pineapple factory on Maui.) The Spanish & the Portuguese spread the pineapple from South America around the world, & it was introduced to Hawaii in 1813 by a Spanish advisor to this ruler Kamehameha |
| #6019, aired 2010-11-11 | MYSTERY MEAT $200: You get a grade "A" if you know USDA stands for this, which has been grading meat quality since 1923 U.S. Department of Agriculture |
| #5987, aired 2010-09-28 | BLOGS & BLOGGERS $1200: In July 2010 a video posted on a blog forced Shirley Sherrod to quit this cabinet dept.--then she got lots of apologies Agriculture |
| #5974, aired 2010-07-29 | AGRICULTURE $200: Iowa is the USA's leading producer of this "pop"ular crop corn |
| #5974, aired 2010-07-29 | AGRICULTURE $400: Double whoa! The highest grade of egg is this AA |
| #5974, aired 2010-07-29 | AGRICULTURE $600: The best soil for most plants & soil organisms is this sand, silt & clay mixture whose name is akin to "lime" loam |
| #5974, aired 2010-07-29 | AGRICULTURE $800: This alliterative type of crop keeps soil from eroding & weeds from growing during the winter a cover crop |
| #5974, aired 2010-07-29 | AGRICULTURE $1000: Despite its name, this fruit is not a berry in the botanical sense, as the seeds are on the outside a strawberry |
| #5962, aired 2010-07-13 | FAIL TO THE CHIEF $1000: Taft misstepped when he fired conservation hero Gifford Pinchot, head of this "Service" in the Agriculture Dept. the Forest Service |
| #5919, aired 2010-05-13 | THE NEW YORK TIMES SCIENCE TIMES $400: nytimes.com calls these insects "the angels of agriculture" bees |
| #5888, aired 2010-03-31 | WHERE BEAGLES DARE $400: Here, a member of the Department of Agriculture's Beagle Brigade sniffs for contraband at LAX in this city Los Angeles |
| #5849, aired 2010-02-04 | OFF TO GRAD SCHOOL $800: Subjects in this grad field include food science & plant breeding; maybe you'll run the Cabinet dept. of it agriculture |
| #5834, aired 2010-01-14 | SCIENCE GUYS $1,600 (Daily Double): Born a slave in Missouri, this scientist received a B.S. in Agriculture from Iowa State in 1894 George Washington Carver |
| #5804, aired 2009-12-03 | LIFE IN DES MOINES $1200: Let's visit Wallace House, home to a family that produced 2 Secys. of this; maybe there'll be Vilsack House someday agriculture |
| #5797, aired 2009-11-24 | SCIENCE & NATURE $400: The ARS, an agency of this U.S. government department, is looking to develop better bio-insecticides the Department of Agriculture |
| #5545, aired 2008-10-17 | TRIPLE DOUBLE-LETTER WORDS $400: In the U.S. House of Representatives, these include Agriculture, Judiciary & Ways & Means committees |
| #5518, aired 2008-09-10 | STATE FLAGS $1600: This Roman goddess of agriculture holds a cornucopia on New Jersey's state flag Ceres |
| #5516, aired 2008-09-08 | PEEKABOO, "ICU"! $1600: On Jan. 28, 2008 Ed Schafer was sworn in as the 29th head of this cabinet department Agriculture |
| #5378, aired 2008-01-16 | AN ABBREVIATED CATEGORY $2000: An agriculture company that billed itself as "Supermarket to the world": ADM Archer Daniels Midland |
| #5345, aired 2007-11-30 | WHICH U.S. CABINET DEPT.? $400: Grain Inspection,
Packers & Stockyards Administration the Department of Agriculture |
| #5301, aired 2007-10-01 | MAY THE FOREST BE WITH YOU $800: Originally set up to provide water & timber to the nation, the U.S. Forest Service is a branch of this cabinet dept. Agriculture |
| #5284, aired 2007-07-26 | SIGNS & SYMBOLS $800: A sheaf of this grain symbolizes-- what else?-- agriculture on Ohio's state seal wheat |
| #5244, aired 2007-05-31 | GIVE ME AN "A" $400: Saturn was the ancient Roman god of this land-loving discipline agriculture |
| #5213, aired 2007-04-18 | 1902 $2000: This cabinet dept. set up a "Poison Squad", a group of volunteers determining which food additives were harmful Agriculture department |
| #5132, aired 2006-12-26 | ANAGRAMMED CABINET DEPARTMENTS $1000: CRUEL GUITAR Agriculture |
| #5059, aired 2006-09-14 | SOUTHWESTERN INDIAN LIFE $1600: The pre-Columbian Hohokam Indians produced networks of these engineering marvels for their agriculture canals |
| #5005, aired 2006-05-19 | ALMA MATER MATTERS $400: In 1946 Congress designated January 5 as the "Day" of this Tuskegee Institute agriculture professor (George Washington) Carver |
| #4925, aired 2006-01-27 | MAGAZINES $800: Edwin Meredith, a former Secy. of Agriculture, founded Fruit, Garden and Home, which later was changed to this Better Homes and Gardens |
| #4873, aired 2005-11-16 | AROUND THE WORLD $2,000 (Daily Double): (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reads from the Aswan High Dam in Egypt.) The Aswan High Dam gave Egyptians control over this annual event that dominated ancient agriculture the flooding of the Nile |
| #4867, aired 2005-11-08 | ANAGRAMMED CABINET DEPARTMENTS $1000: CURTAIL URGE Agriculture |
| #4850, aired 2005-10-14 | AMERICAN GOVERNMENT $400: This Cabinet department is in charge of grading meat, poultry & dairy products to ensure their quality the Department of Agriculture |
| #4728, aired 2005-03-09 | ANCIENT STRUCTURES $1600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports alongside ruins on Naxos, Greece.) On Naxos, archaelogists have restored the temple dedicated to this Greek goddess of agriculture Demeter |
| #4624, aired 2004-10-14 | NOTHING "BUT" $1200: He was Secretary of Agriculture under Nixon & Ford Earl Butz |
| #4595, aired 2004-07-23 | THE BIG BANGLADESH $400: About two-thirds of all Bangladeshis work in agriculture, mostly farming this product rice |
| #4589, aired 2004-07-15 | SPANISH CLASS $800: (Sofia of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from a Mexican beach.) This Spanish word for beer comes from Ceres, the Roman goddess of agriculture cerveza |
| #4586, aired 2004-07-12 | STATE FACTS $200: It ranks No. 1 in agriculture & people California |
| #4551, aired 2004-05-24 | GOVERNMENT AGENCIES $400: This cabinet department oversees the grain inspection, packers & stockyards administration the Department of Agriculture |
| #4538, aired 2004-05-05 | U.S. GOVERNMENT $2,000 (Daily Double): A plow is depicted on the seal of this cabinet department created in 1862 the Department of Agriculture |
| #4521, aired 2004-04-12 | CONGRESSIONAL RECORD $2000: He gave a Golden Fleece Award to a $46,000 Dept. of Agriculture study on how long it takes to cook breakfast William Proxmire |
| #4497, aired 2004-03-09 | THE CABINET $400: Dang, this department's Risk Management Agency insures more than 100 crops Agriculture |
| #4491, aired 2004-03-01 | OLD BUSINESS $1,100 (Daily Double): In 1922 George Mecherle founded this insurance company for those in agriculture State Farm |
| #4484, aired 2004-02-19 | STATE FLAGS $800: On this state's flag, adopted in 1907, a sheaf of grain, not a potato, symbolizes state agriculture Idaho |
| #4449, aired 2004-01-01 | THE SOLAR SYSTEM $1600: Ceres, one of these objects, is about 600 miles in diameter & was named for the Roman goddess of agriculture asteroid |
| #4401, aired 2003-10-27 | WHICH U.S. CABINET DEPARTMENT? $200: The Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service Department of Agriculture |
| #4343, aired 2003-06-18 | AGRICULTURE $200: ISE America, specializing in this food product, boasts of having over 5 million layers eggs |
| #4343, aired 2003-06-18 | AGRICULTURE $400: Moisture & temperature are regulated in these rounded buildings to keep the fodder nutritious silos |
| #4343, aired 2003-06-18 | AGRICULTURE $600: To harvest sugar cane, workers set fire to the fields; the leaves burn but these sugar-containing parts don't stalks |
| #4343, aired 2003-06-18 | AGRICULTURE $1000: The name of this type of vegetable farm comes from a word for "barter", not a vehicle truck farm |
| #4343, aired 2003-06-18 | AGRICULTURE $2,600 (Daily Double): Bollgard is a genetically modified brand of this plant cotton |
| #4327, aired 2003-05-27 | HAWAII $1000: (Sofia of the Clue Crew on the island of Kauai) Hawaiian agriculture was transformed when this man took his 1899 Harvard degree & headed for the islands James Dole |
| #4295, aired 2003-04-11 | BEAGLEMANIA $400: The Beagle Brigade of this cabinet department helps keep banned fruits & vegetables out of the U.S. the Department of Agriculture |
| #4278, aired 2003-03-19 | FEDERAL AID PROGRAMS $1600: The National School Lunch Program comes from this dept., also concerned with foot-and-mouth disease Agriculture |
| #4242, aired 2003-01-28 | AUTHORS $1600: This author of "The House of Spirits" once worked for the U.N.'s food & agriculture organization Isabel Allende |
| #4207, aired 2002-12-10 | ROMANCING THE THRONE $800: Prince Constantijn, the youngest son of this queen, married the daughter of the Dutch minister of agriculture in 2001 Beatrix |
| #4183, aired 2002-11-06 | AGRICULTURE $400: In 1981 the U.S. government, with 560 million lbs. of this dairy food in storage, released 30 million lbs. to the needy cheese |
| #4183, aired 2002-11-06 | AGRICULTURE $800: Generally, a steer is a castrated bull used for food; this shorter word refers to one used as a draft animal ox |
| #4183, aired 2002-11-06 | AGRICULTURE $1200: Spain, Italy & Greece are the leading producers of this liquid from the fruit of Olea europaea olive oil |
| #4183, aired 2002-11-06 | AGRICULTURE $1600: The type of irrigation seen here, it was used in Israel to make the desert bloom drip irrigation |
| #4183, aired 2002-11-06 | AGRICULTURE $2,000 (Daily Double): What do you do to wheat to get flour? The answer is the name of this grain millet |
| #4126, aired 2002-07-08 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $2000: They're the adjectives A&M originally stood for in the name of Texas A&M Agricultural & Mechanical |
| #3927, aired 2001-10-02 | HAVEN'T WE "MET" BEFORE? $1000: She was a goddess of agriculture in Greek mythology Demeter |
| #3919, aired 2001-09-20 | "D" TOUR $800: A shipping point for agriculture, this eastern Iowa city is located on the Mississippi River across from Rock Island Davenport |
| #3881, aired 2001-06-18 | MYTHOLOGICAL RHYME TIME $800: Roman agriculture god's sewing aids Saturn's patterns |
| #3822, aired 2001-03-27 | THE CABINET $1,000 (Daily Double): The National School Lunch Program is one of many assistance programs run by this cabinet department Agriculture |
| #3737, aired 2000-11-28 | THE MIDDLE AGES $200: This animal accessory changed agriculture; no wonder it's a symbol of luck Horseshoe |
| #3727, aired 2000-11-14 | AMERICAN HISTORY $300: The Dept. of Agriculture began a new version of this program in 1964; by 1975 it was helping over 17 million people food stamps |
| #3687, aired 2000-09-19 | CABINET SECRETARIES $600: In 1976 this agriculture secretary lost his job after making crude remarks to John Dean & Pat Boone Earl Butz |
| #3676, aired 2000-09-04 | TREES $800: The U.S. Forest Service is an agency of this Cabinet department, not the Interior Agriculture |
| #3653, aired 2000-06-21 | CABINET MINISTERS $800: This former minister of agriculture & rural development became president of France in 1995 Jacques Chirac |
| #3622, aired 2000-05-09 | IF I HAD A HAMMER $200: The Soviet Union used a hammer to represent industry & this tool for agriculture Sickle |
| #3620, aired 2000-05-05 | OF WHEAT $100: Based on qualities like color & texture, this U.S. government department divides wheat into 7 market classes Agriculture |
| #3613, aired 2000-04-26 | MYTHOLOGICAL WORDS & PHRASES $800: Worshiped by farmers & the average Roman, this goddess of agriculture lent her name to the word cereal Ceres |
| #3531, aired 2000-01-03 | U.S. GOVERNMENT $400: This cabinet department administers the Food Stamp program the USDA (the Department Agriculture) |
| #3523, aired 1999-12-22 | BLACK AMERICANS $200: In 1896 he became director of agriculture at the Tuskegee Institute George Washington Carver |
| #3476, aired 1999-10-18 | THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE NEBRASKA $400: The U. of N. College of Agriculture helped develop the technology for this McDonald's McPork sandwich McRib |
| #3309, aired 1999-01-14 | ALL THE PRESIDENTS' MEN $800: He was FDR's Secretary of Agriculture before becoming his vice president in 1941 Henry Wallace |
| #3173, aired 1998-05-20 | OFFICIAL STATE SEALS $600: New Jersey's seal shows 3 plows on a shield held by liberty & this Roman goddess of agriculture Ceres |
| #3087, aired 1998-01-20 | THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF BEER $600: This Spanish word for beer is derived from Ceres, the goddess of agriculture cerveza |
| #3085, aired 1998-01-16 | AGRICULTURE $200: Hawaii produces 300,000 tons of this tropical fruit a year, the vast majority of the USA's crop Pineapple |
| #3085, aired 1998-01-16 | AGRICULTURE $400: Bovine Somatotropin, or BST, is a hormone used to increase the yield of this Milk |
| #3085, aired 1998-01-16 | AGRICULTURE $600: It's the most important grain that originated in the Americas Corn |
| #2958, aired 1997-06-11 | TECHNOLOGY $400: Used in medicine, waste disposal & agriculture, it's the technology of manipulating organisms for human benefit bioengineering |
| #2941, aired 1997-05-19 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $600 (Daily Double): This holiday was first suggested by J. Sterling Morton, a future Secretary of Agriculture Arbor Day |
| #2915, aired 1997-04-11 | AGRICULTURE $100: This country usually produces almost one-third of the world's coffee crop Brazil |
| #2915, aired 1997-04-11 | AGRICULTURE $200: Nitrogen fertilizers are produced primarily from this gas Ammonia |
| #2915, aired 1997-04-11 | AGRICULTURE $300: It's the main labor union for migrant workers UFW (United Farm Workers) |
| #2915, aired 1997-04-11 | AGRICULTURE $400: The Department of Agriculture's official seal features corn & this farm implement Plow |
| #2915, aired 1997-04-11 | AGRICULTURE $500: More of the Earth's surface is covered by this grain than by any other food crop Wheat |
| #2902, aired 1997-03-25 | GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $200: In 1971 President Nixon proposed the disbanding of several cabinet departments including this one, the USDA U.S. Department of Agriculture |
| #2896, aired 1997-03-17 | AGRICULTURE $100: The leading commercial crop of the Dominican Republic, it's grown on plantations sugarcane |
| #2896, aired 1997-03-17 | AGRICULTURE $200: Indians taught the Pilgrims to fertilize crops by putting one of these in the ground fish |
| #2896, aired 1997-03-17 | AGRICULTURE $300: A field is "left" this way if it's plowed but not seeded fallow |
| #2896, aired 1997-03-17 | AGRICULTURE $400: Pyrethrum, extracted from a type of chrysanthemum, is a natural one of these pest controllers insecticide |
| #2896, aired 1997-03-17 | AGRICULTURE $500: In this type of tropical agriculture, trees are cut down in an area & set on fire slash & burn |
| #2886, aired 1997-03-03 | AUTHORS $500: This author of "She" was an advisor to the British government on agriculture H. Rider Haggard |
| #2886, aired 1997-03-03 | POLITICIANS $600: In 1993 the Senate confirmed him as the first black Secretary of Agriculture Mike Espy |
| #2858, aired 1997-01-22 | U.S.A. $100: This state's motto is "Agriculture And Commerce", but it could be "The Home Of Country Music" Tennessee |
| #2845, aired 1997-01-03 | POTPOURRI $300: The 4-H Clubs are an extension service of this U.S. cabinet department agriculture |
| #2821, aired 1996-12-02 | GODS & GODDESSES $800: Persephone's mother, she was the goddess of agriculture Ceres (or Demeter) |
| #2719, aired 1996-05-30 | AGRICULTURE $100: This grain, threshed & unhulled, is called paddy rice |
| #2719, aired 1996-05-30 | AGRICULTURE $200: The cutting edge of this common farm implement is called a share a plow |
| #2719, aired 1996-05-30 | AGRICULTURE $300: For this crop to develop fully, each thread of the silk must receive a grain of pollen corn |
| #2719, aired 1996-05-30 | AGRICULTURE $400: Some organic wastes used as manures are compost & seabird droppings, called this guano |
| #2719, aired 1996-05-30 | AGRICULTURE $500: 2,4-D, a selective one of these weedkillers, came into use in the 1940s an herbicide |
| #2677, aired 1996-04-02 | GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $600: National grasslands are administered by the Forest Service, an agency of this cabinet department Agriculture |
| #2666, aired 1996-03-18 | STATE MOTTOES $500: Business-minded Tennessee's motto has 2 cabinet departments in it: Agriculture & this Commerce |
| #2663, aired 1996-03-13 | AGRICULTURE $200: The Food and Agriculture Organization, an agency of this body, is headquartered in Rome the UN |
| #2663, aired 1996-03-13 | AGRICULTURE $400: Over 90% of this fiber grown in the United States is the Upland variety, Gossypium hirsutum cotton |
| #2663, aired 1996-03-13 | AGRICULTURE $600: No wild forms of this cereal, Zea mays, have been found corn |
| #2595, aired 1995-12-08 | GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $400: This cabinet department operates the food stamp program & grades beef & poultry the USDA (United States Department of Agriculture) |
| #2571, aired 1995-11-06 | POTPOURRI $300: Founded in 1862, this government department that deals with farmers was given cabinet status in 1889 The Department of Agriculture |
| #2553, aired 1995-10-11 | AGRICULTURE $200: This branch of agriculture is concerned with the production of milk & milk products dairy |
| #2553, aired 1995-10-11 | AGRICULTURE $400: Of 7 days, 7 weeks or 7 months, the approximate time it takes to produce a broiler chicken 7 weeks |
| #2553, aired 1995-10-11 | AGRICULTURE $600 (Daily Double): In the Western Hemisphere, the Arabica type of this crop is divided into Brazils & milds coffee |
| #2553, aired 1995-10-11 | AGRICULTURE $800: To produce a dwarf fruit tree, a dwarfing rootstock is attached to a scion by this joining method grafting |
| #2553, aired 1995-10-11 | AGRICULTURE $1000: This type of tillage that follows the natural shape of the land helps reduce soil erosion contour plowing |
| #2550, aired 1995-10-06 | STATE CAPITALS $100: It's home to the University of Minnesota's College of Agriculture St. Paul |
| #2407, aired 1995-02-07 | 1994 $300: In October Mike Espy announced his resignation from this cabinet post Secretary of Agriculture |
| #2352, aired 1994-11-22 | AWARDS $400: Named for John Chapman, this award is given to pioneers in agriculture Johnny Appleseed Award |
| #2339, aired 1994-11-03 | AGRICULTURE $200: This grain was the most important product of Aztec agriculture corn |
| #2339, aired 1994-11-03 | AGRICULTURE $400: This dictator's support for the erroneous theories of Trofim Lysenko set back Soviet agriculture Stalin |
| #2339, aired 1994-11-03 | AGRICULTURE $600: This type of plant, the offspring of genetically different parents, is important in agriculture a hybrid |
| #2339, aired 1994-11-03 | AGRICULTURE $800: In the 1700s C. Townshend discovered that turnips could be the 4th crop in a 4-field system of this crop rotation |
| #2339, aired 1994-11-03 | AGRICULTURE $1000: This science of growing plants without soil was developed in the mid-19th century hydroponics |
| #2334, aired 1994-10-27 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $200: This university in East Lansing was the first state school to offer agriculture courses for credit Michigan State |
| #2311, aired 1994-09-26 | GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $400: In 1904 the Bureau of Entomology was established in this Cabinet department the Department of Agriculture |
| #2303, aired 1994-09-14 | MAGAZINES $400: In 1922 former Secretary of Agriculture Edwin T. Meredith founded it as "Fruit, Garden and Home" Better Homes and Gardens |
| #2249, aired 1994-05-19 | ORGANIZATIONS $400: The 4-H Clubs work with this cabinet department Agriculture |
| #2188, aired 1994-02-23 | U.S. GOVERNMENT $200: A plow appears on the seal of this cabinet department Agriculture |
| #2069, aired 1993-09-09 | U.S.A. $400: There's a statue of Ceres, the goddess of agriculture, atop Vermont's state capitol in this city Montpelier |
| #2053, aired 1993-07-07 | AWARDS $500 (Daily Double): In 1977 William Proxmire gave it to the Dept. of Agriculture for studying how long it takes to cook breakfast the "Golden Fleece" |
| #2039, aired 1993-06-17 | CABINET MEMBERS $600: Those who have held this cabinet post include Bob Bergland, J. Sterling Morton & Earl Butz Secretary of Agriculture |
| #1949, aired 1993-02-11 | VICE PRESIDENTS $800: He served as FDR's Secretary of Agriculture for 2 terms before becoming vice president in 1941 Henry Wallace |
| #1947, aired 1993-02-09 | "4"! $100: If farm living is the life for you, this youth org. sponsored by the Dept. of Agriculture can help 4-H |
| #1883, aired 1992-11-11 | THE IROQUOIS $200: Squash & these 2 succotash ingredients were the "Three Sisters" of Iroquois agriculture corn & lima beans |
| #1882, aired 1992-11-10 | 19th CENTURY AMERICA $300: Julius Sterling Morton, who helped found Arbor Day, later held this cabinet post Secretary of Agriculture |
| #1826, aired 1992-07-06 | U.S. GOVERNMENT $200: A plow & a haystack are on this cabinet department's seal Department of Agriculture |
| #1713, aired 1992-01-29 | THE CABINET $1000: A controversial remark made by this Agriculture Secretary led to his resignation in 1976 Earl Butz |
| #1711, aired 1992-01-27 | DAMS $800: Federal dams for irrigation projects are usually built by the Bureau of this Reclamation |
| #1703, aired 1992-01-15 | GREEK GODDESSES $1000: The Eleusinian Mysteries were part of a secret cult honoring this goddess of agriculture Demeter |
| #1653, aired 1991-11-06 | AGRICULTURE $200: If you're on a kibbutz, you're on a collective farm in this country Israel |
| #1653, aired 1991-11-06 | AGRICULTURE $400: In the late 1830s John Deere introduced one of these made of steel Plow |
| #1653, aired 1991-11-06 | AGRICULTURE $600: Agriculture comes from the Latin word for field, as does this unit of measurement for fields Acre |
| #1653, aired 1991-11-06 | AGRICULTURE $800: 2-word term for products like tobacco or soybeans grown to be sold rather than used on the farm Cash crops |
| #1653, aired 1991-11-06 | AGRICULTURE $1,900 (Daily Double): The Book of Knowledge calls this tropical fruit the most commonly eaten fruit in the world the banana |
| #1650, aired 1991-11-01 | BOTANY $800: The field of agriculture that deals with the growth of crops & the proper use of soil agronomy |
| #1631, aired 1991-10-07 | THE "BUCK" STOPS HERE $100: In agriculture it's a minor grain crop, on "The Little Rascals" it's the name of a major character Buckwheat |
| #1578, aired 1991-06-12 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $2,000 (Daily Double): In Colonial America colleges & universities were concerned mainly with training men for this vocation the ministry |
| #1565, aired 1991-05-24 | THE CABINET $300: When founded on May 15, 1862, it had only a commissioner, 4 clerks, 1 gardener & his aides Department of Agriculture |
| #1556, aired 1991-05-13 | AGRICULTURE $100 (Daily Double): This country is the world's biggest importer of wheat the Soviet Union |
| #1556, aired 1991-05-13 | AGRICULTURE $200: El! Whitney's invention helped make this the leading crop of the South cotton |
| #1556, aired 1991-05-13 | AGRICULTURE $400: The British use the word "corn" for grains such as oats & barley, & this American Indian word for corn itself maize |
| #1556, aired 1991-05-13 | AGRICULTURE $600: This organization founded in 1928 prepares high school students for careers in agriculture the Future Farmers of America |
| #1556, aired 1991-05-13 | AGRICULTURE $1000: It's the science or art of cultivating fruit, vegetables & flowers horticulture |
| #1535, aired 1991-04-12 | MAGAZINES $100: In 1922, a former Secretary of Agriculture published Fruit, Garden & Home, which became this in 1924 Better Homes & Gardens |
| #1526, aired 1991-04-01 | AGRICULTURE $400: A combine is a combination harvester & this machine that separates seed from straw thresher |
| #1526, aired 1991-04-01 | AGRICULTURE $600: The largest farms, some over 60,000 acres, are the state farms in this country the Soviet Union |
| #1526, aired 1991-04-01 | AGRICULTURE $800: Of the top 3 grains grown in the world, the U.S. is first in the production of this one corn |
| #1462, aired 1991-01-01 | THE CABINET $2,000 (Daily Double): The Forest Service isn't part of Interior, but this Cabinet department the Department of Agriculture |
| #1431, aired 1990-11-19 | MYTHS & LEGENDS $200: The Romans honored this goddess of agriculture with a festival called the Cerealia Ceres |
| #8, aired 1990-08-04 | U.S. GOVERNMENT $7,500 (Daily Double): The Food Stamp Program is administered by this Cabinet department the Department of Agriculture |
| #1355, aired 1990-06-22 | U.S. GOVERNMENT $200: Ezra Taft Benson, Earl Butz & John R. Block have held this cabinet post Agriculture Secretary |
| #1330, aired 1990-05-18 | WEATHER $200: A dry spell that continues long enough to affect agriculture or other activities Drought |
| #1315, aired 1990-04-27 | GOVERNMENT $800: The Forest Service is an agency of this department, not the Department of the Interior the Department of Agriculture |
| #1271, aired 1990-02-26 | AROUND THE HOUSE $100: The U.S. Dept. of Agriculture says this by-product of sugar will last 2 years on the shelf Molasses |
| #1251, aired 1990-01-29 | THANKS, GUYS $100: Jim Cole, who keeps us posted on fruit imports & exports, works for this Cabinet dept. the Dept. of Agriculture |
| #1209, aired 1989-11-30 | SWITZERLAND $200: This type of farming is the most important branch of agriculture dairy farming |
| #1132, aired 1989-07-04 | FORESTS $400: The U.S. Forest Service was established in 1905 as part of this Cabinet department Agriculture |
| #1085, aired 1989-04-28 | MYTHS & LEGENDS $600: He was the Roman god of both agriculture & war Mars |
| #1083, aired 1989-04-26 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $600: The A & M in Texas A & M & other land grant colleges stand for these two areas of study agriculture & mechanic arts |
| #1017, aired 1989-01-24 | FOOD $200: Federal cabinet department responsible for grading meat Agriculture |
| #984, aired 1988-12-08 | PREHISTORIC TIMES $500: This, the "New Stone" Age, saw man settle in villages & turn to agriculture the Neolithic Age |
| #971, aired 1988-11-21 | PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA $600: Greatly interested in agriculture, this Virginia president once invented a plow Thomas Jefferson |
| #960, aired 1988-11-04 | CORPORATE AMERICA $600: In '88 this popcorn developer received an honorary doctorate in agriculture from Purdue Orville Redenbacher |
| #899, aired 1988-06-30 | SPORTS $500: This Redskins defensive tackle is a nephew of former Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz Dave Butz |
| #887, aired 1988-06-14 | POLAND $400: More than 70% of land for this use remains in private hands, the highest % in the Warsaw Pact agriculture (farming) |
| #879, aired 1988-06-02 | DEMOCRATS $800: Minn. governor Orville Freeman nominated JFK for president, then served him as secretary of this Agriculture |
| #827, aired 1988-03-22 | AGRICULTURE $200: American corn is called this not only in Europe but in Latin America as well maize |
| #827, aired 1988-03-22 | AGRICULTURE $400: This country produces about 25% of the world's coffee crop Brazil |
| #827, aired 1988-03-22 | AGRICULTURE $600: Pigs with less fat, longer body & uniform belly thickness have been developed primarily to produce this bacon |
| #827, aired 1988-03-22 | AGRICULTURE $800: Recent statistics show this industrialized Asian nation is now world's leading importer of rice Korea |
| #827, aired 1988-03-22 | AGRICULTURE $1000: Until a few hundred years ago, this, not wheat or rye, was primary grain used for bread in Europe barley |
| #802, aired 1988-02-16 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $400: A land-grant college must, by the Morrill Act of 1862, offer courses in the mechanical arts & this agriculture |
| #749, aired 1987-12-03 | GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $1,900 (Daily Double): Of Secretaries of Agriculture, Labor, or Energy, the one highest in order of presidential succession Secretary of Agriculture |
| #743, aired 1987-11-25 | UTAHANS $1000: Agriculture Secretary under Eisenhower, he's now President of the Mormon Church Ezra Taft Benson |
| #701, aired 1987-09-28 | CULTS $200: The word "cult" comes from the same Latin root as this term for the basic process of agriculture cultivating (cultivation) |
| #681, aired 1987-07-20 | COLLEGE GRADS $300: This consumer advocate did a senior thesis at Princeton titled "Lebanese Agriculture" Ralph Nader |
| #662, aired 1987-06-23 | AGRICULTURE $200: It usually takes over 4 lbs. of feed for a hen to produce a dozen of these eggs |
| #662, aired 1987-06-23 | AGRICULTURE $400: The larvae of this "cotton bug" are more destructive than the adults weevils |
| #662, aired 1987-06-23 | AGRICULTURE $600: The average farm in this Southwestern state is larger than the average farm in any other state Arizona |
| #662, aired 1987-06-23 | AGRICULTURE $800: After this takes place, a corn cob turns into an ear of corn pollenation (or fertilization) |
| #656, aired 1987-06-15 | CIVICS $200: The original staff of this gov't dept. created in 1862 included a gardener & department head Isaac Newton the Department of Agriculture |
| #564, aired 1987-02-05 | AGRICULTURE $200: This huge flower which can be a foot in diameter, is grown for both its seeds & their oil sunflower |
| #564, aired 1987-02-05 | AGRICULTURE $400: It only takes about 85 of these to make a pound of milk chocolate cocoa beans |
| #564, aired 1987-02-05 | AGRICULTURE $600: Summer berries only found growing wild until 1st cultivated in New Jersey in early 20th c. blueberries |
| #564, aired 1987-02-05 | AGRICULTURE $800: Pea, beans & peanuts are members of this 2nd largest family of flowering plants legumes |
| #564, aired 1987-02-05 | AGRICULTURE $1000: 85% of U.S. supply of this species of hard wheat used in pasta comes from North Dakota durum |
| #504, aired 1986-11-13 | AGRICULTURE $100: In 1986, during the week before this, egg sales went up nearly 50% from weekly average Easter |
| #504, aired 1986-11-13 | AGRICULTURE $200: It wasn't until about 1890 that this pest invaded the U.S. & ruined cotton crops boll weevil |
| #504, aired 1986-11-13 | AGRICULTURE $300: Asian country second only to U.S. in corn production China |
| #504, aired 1986-11-13 | AGRICULTURE $400: Season in which winter barley is harvested (following) summer |
| #504, aired 1986-11-13 | AGRICULTURE $500: Dry farming, growing without irrigation on semi-arid land, gained 1st wide use in this Beehive State Utah |
| #504, aired 1986-11-13 | UNIVERSITIES $600: The Morrill Act of 1862 provided land grants to support colleges that emphasized these "A & M" fields agriculture and mechanical (arts) |
| #437, aired 1986-05-13 | THE 1950's $1000: Ezra Taft Benson, now prophet & pres. of the Mormon church, held this cabinet post in the '50s Secretary of Agriculture |
| #428, aired 1986-04-30 | AGRICULTURE $100: USA Today said "it'd be simpler to fire the cows" as House comm. voted to pay farmers not to produce this milk |
| #428, aired 1986-04-30 | AGRICULTURE $200: The Indians taught the Pilgrims to plant herring for fertilizer along with seeds of this crop corn |
| #428, aired 1986-04-30 | AGRICULTURE $300: Since 1960, U.S. production of this hog fat has been almost twice the rate of consumption lard |
| #404, aired 1986-03-27 | 1976 $500: Secretary of Agriculture who resigned after telling a tasteless joke to Pat Boone & John Dean Earl Butz |
| #358, aired 1986-01-22 | AGRICULTURE $200: Domesticated since 2000 B.C., its ancestors only laid about 12 eggs a year the hen (the chicken) |
| #358, aired 1986-01-22 | AGRICULTURE $400: In parts of the world, this beverage is from yaks, zebras, or camels milk |
| #358, aired 1986-01-22 | AGRICULTURE $600: Most widely grown earth vegetable, it isn't a root but a modified stem potatoes |
| #358, aired 1986-01-22 | AGRICULTURE $800: This tropical cereal is an indispensable food for about ½ the world's population rice |
| #324, aired 1985-12-05 | GOVERNMENT $400: Until 1862, the Department of Agriculture was part of this "inventive" government office the Patent Office |
| #281, aired 1985-10-07 | AGRICULTURE $200: In 1608, John Smith had 2 Indians teach him how to raise this grain corn |
| #277, aired 1985-10-01 | AGRICULTURE $200: Asian nation 2nd only to U.S. in meat production (mainland) China |
| #277, aired 1985-10-01 | AGRICULTURE $400: Recently, New Jersey had the highest value per farm acre & this other "New" state the lowest New Mexico |
| #277, aired 1985-10-01 | AGRICULTURE $600: Farms on this continent average about 5000 acres Australia |
| #277, aired 1985-10-01 | AGRICULTURE $800: Over 90% of the world food supply comes from farms or ranches & the rest from these 2 methods hunting & fishing |
| #156, aired 1985-04-15 | AGRICULTURE $200: Forage crops such as alfalfa & clover are grown for this purpose feed |
| #156, aired 1985-04-15 | AGRICULTURE $400: Rainmaking process banned in some states for upsetting the balance in nature cloud seeding |
| #156, aired 1985-04-15 | AGRICULTURE $600: Controversial ex-Secretary of Agriculture who spent 30 days in jail for tax evasion Butz |
| #137, aired 1985-03-19 | VEGETABLES $1000: Field of agriculture that includes the raising of fruits and vegetables horticulture |
| #98, aired 1985-01-23 | U.S. GOVERNMENT $400: What "U.S.D.A." on meats stands for United States Department of Agriculture |
| #94, aired 1985-01-17 | U.S. GOVERNMENT $1,500 (Daily Double): The National Weather Service is a part of this federal department the Department of Commerce |
| #80, aired 1984-12-28 | AGRICULTURE $200: 40% of all water used in U.S. is used for this farming activity irrigation |
| #80, aired 1984-12-28 | AGRICULTURE $400: Farming's itinerant labor force migrant workers |
