| #9024, aired 2024-01-25 | MOMENTS OF INSPIRATION $800: Late one night in her lab in 1981, Patricia Bath had the aha! that led to a method of eye surgery using not scalpels but these lasers |
| #8691, aired 2022-07-25 | CELEBRITY CATCHPHRASES $4,000 (Daily Double): In 2012 Merriam-Webster added this phrase about inspiration popularized by Oprah aha moment |
| #8468, aired 2021-09-15 | ORGANIZATIONS $800: Here's the logo of this organization AHA (the American Heart Association) |
| #8181, aired 2020-03-16 | THAT'S WHAT I'M WALKING ABOUT $1000: The AHA's Heart Walk raises money "to save lives from this country's No. 1 and No. 5 killers, heart disease and" this stroke |
| #7777, aired 2018-06-05 | THE INTERJECTION SECTION $1600: The French have "voila!"; we use this hyphenated word ending in "A" for the same purpose ta-da |
| #7397, aired 2016-11-08 | PALINDROMES $600: O Magazine has a section on flashes of understanding--these moments Aha! moments |
| #7280, aired 2016-04-15 | IN MY DESK DRAWER $200: Aha! A glue stick from this brand whose mascot is seen here Elmer's |
| #7182, aired 2015-12-01 | HEY "EU"! $400: Aha! You'll find that this word is used to express triumph at a discovery eureka |
| #7080, aired 2015-05-29 | NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES $400 (Daily Double): Historically, the Mojave were known as the Pipa Aha Macav, "people by the river"--this river the Colorado (River) |
| #7012, aired 2015-02-24 | "T.V." LAND $1,000 (Daily Double): This part of speech requires an object transitive verb |
| #6537, aired 2013-02-05 | NEW IN MERRIAM-WEBSTER $400: This "moment" of sudden realization, like "Hey! This word is a palindrome!" an aha! moment |
| #6466, aired 2012-10-29 | FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES $400: Aha! I have found it, this Greek word that's the state motto of California Eureka |
| #6296, aired 2012-01-23 | CAN I HAVE A MOMENT? $400: Oprah calls instants of realization these moments; actress Ginnifer Goodwin had one that made her become a vegan an Aha! Moment |
| #5989, aired 2010-09-30 | OPRAH'S AHA! MOMENTS $200: (Oprah reads the clue from a chair.) I told my audience about the thing I wanted most in my life, the role of Sofia in this movie; the moment I surrendered to the possibility it wouldn't happen was when I got the call from Steven Spielberg The Color Purple |
| #5989, aired 2010-09-30 | OPRAH'S AHA! MOMENTS $400: (Oprah reads the clue from a chair.) We gave some moms a possibly life-saving aha! moment when we showed how easily kids can be lured by a stranger who asks them to find a lost one of these a puppy |
| #5989, aired 2010-09-30 | OPRAH'S AHA! MOMENTS $600: (Oprah reads the clue from a chair.) Several "aha!" moments on the show have come courtesy of this straight-talking Texan, like when he tells people who've been stepped on that "you teach people how to treat you" Dr. Phil |
| #5989, aired 2010-09-30 | OPRAH'S AHA! MOMENTS $800: (Oprah reads the clue from a chair.) An aha! moment is grasping something for the first time--I could see it in this former "Growing Pains" actress when she realized her drunk driving arrest was a sign she needed to listen to her instincts Tracey Gold |
| #5989, aired 2010-09-30 | OPRAH'S AHA! MOMENTS $1000: (Oprah reads the clue from a chair.) I'd always kept a journal, but often of complaints, not of gratitude; all of that changed for me with this book by Sarah Ban Breathnach Simple Abundance |
| #5975, aired 2010-07-30 | STATE MOTTOES $400: Aha! I have found it--this Greek word, California's motto Eureka |
| #5937, aired 2010-06-08 | HUEY, DEWEY OR LOUIS $400: Despite the Chicago Tribune headline, he didn't defeat Truman Thomas Dewey |
| #5628, aired 2009-02-11 | ODDPODGE $400: Good timing: in 2006 a man went into cardiac arrest at a fundraiser for the AHA, this org. (he made it) the American Heart Association |
| #5551, aired 2008-10-27 | MOVIES ON MY TiVo DVR $2000: Nick Nolte / Sunken treasure, bla bla / Aha, there's Jacqueline Bisset underwater The Deep |
| #5393, aired 2008-02-06 | PRINCE $200: In a Stravinsky ballet, this title creature gives Prince Ivan a magic feather the Firebird |
| #5266, aired 2007-07-02 | THE "ACT" YOU'VE KNOWN FOR ALL THESE YEARS $400: "I can't get no" contentment...
no, that's not it...
gratification is close...aha! "I can't get no" this satisfaction |
| #5025, aired 2006-06-16 | HUMMINGBIRDS $1000: This species, which shares its name with a steam organ, is North America's smallest bird at around 2 3/4" in length the Calliope hummingbird |
| #4914, aired 2006-01-12 | EASILY IMITATED $1000: "You're the man now, dog!" Sean Connery |
| #4587, aired 2004-07-13 | FOLLOW THE LEADER $1,400 (Daily Double): It's the military rank of the head of state of Libya Colonel |
| #3212, aired 1998-07-14 | CROSSWORD CLUES "I" $400: "Aha!", e.g.
(12) interjection |
| #3146, aired 1998-04-13 | BASEBALL $1000: Tony Gwynn of this National League team has the highest career average of all active players with .340 San Diego Padres |
| #3105, aired 1998-02-13 | INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS $800: The name of his 1896 painting "No Te Aha Oe Riri" means "Why Are You Angry"? Paul Gauguin |
| #2512, aired 1995-07-04 | PLACE NAME ORIGINS $2,000 (Daily Double): The name of this large Russian lake is from Altaic for "rich take", referring to its rich take of fish Lake Baikal |
| #875, aired 1988-05-27 | STARTS & ENDS WITH "A" $400: One dictionary defines it as an "interjection used to express surprise, triumph, or pleasure" aha! |
