| #9087, aired 2024-04-23 | NAME THAT AUTHOR $1200: "The John Galt line was moving forward. The attacks on his metal had ceased" Ayn Rand |
| #9076, aired 2024-04-08 | WORKING HARD, HARDLY WORKING $200: A 2022 study said this state had the longest average work week, 41.4 hours; commercial fishing & drilling for oil ain't easy Alaska |
| #9072, aired 2024-04-02 | FICTION $1000: The title of this 2023 bestseller by Ann Patchett refers to a theater company, not a body of water Tom Lake |
| #9065, aired 2024-03-22 | THE LYRICAL STYLINGS OF JOHNNY GILBERT $800: "Say it ain't so, I will not go, turn the lights off, carry me home, na-na, na-na, na-na, na-na, na na" Blink-182 |
| #9040, aired 2024-02-16 | I'M CUBAN $1000: A graduate of the National Theater School of Havana, she co-starred in "Knives Out" (Ana) de Armas |
| #3, aired 2024-02-02 | LITERATURE $1200: Ayn Rand influenced many with this novel about architect Howard Roark and his uncompromising individualism The Fountainhead |
| #9028, aired 2024-01-31 | PLATFORMING $1000: Upvote or downvote posts on this social media platform that has communities like AMA (Ask Me Anything) & WallStreetBets Reddit |
| #26, aired 2024-01-23 | COLLEGE-LEVEL HISTORY COURSES $100: Located twelve miles outside of it, Villanova offers a course on the "History of" this Pennsylvania city Philadelphia |
| #26, aired 2024-01-23 | ADVANCED CINEMATOGRAPHY $100: That's what I call range! Rodrigo Prieto was behind the lens for Greta Gerwig's "Barbie" & this 2023 Martin Scorsese drama Killers of the Flower Moon |
| #26, aired 2024-01-23 | PEAK TV $200: Due to a mix-up, the giant robot doll from this South Korean series was briefly displayed in front of a museum Squid Game |
| #26, aired 2024-01-23 | MO ROCCA DRINKING VODKA WITH CHEWBACCA $200: If Mo Rocca was munching on a latke in Osaka, he'd be enjoying a potato pancake in a city in this country Japan |
| #26, aired 2024-01-23 | LISA, ANN OR WALTER? $200: '90s Texas governor Richards who once quipped, "I get a lot of cracks about my hair, mostly from men who don't have any" Ann |
| #26, aired 2024-01-23 | COLLEGE-LEVEL HISTORY COURSES $200: Vassar offers "Cold War America", a history course "from 1945 until the fall of" this European landmark "in 1989" the Berlin Wall |
| #26, aired 2024-01-23 | OZZY OSBOURNE'S FAVORITE SONGS $300: Said to be inspired by Judy Garland, this Elton John hit is actually about giving up the fast lane for a quieter life "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" |
| #26, aired 2024-01-23 | NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM $300: Before flowers & bones, the open skies of Texas were one of her early subjects, like the 1917 work "Starlight Night" Georgia O'Keeffe |
| #26, aired 2024-01-23 | ADVANCED CINEMATOGRAPHY $400 (Daily Double): Erik Messerschmidt shot the film "Mank" primarily in deep focus as a nod to this Orson Welles opus that pioneered the technique Citizen Kane |
| #26, aired 2024-01-23 | LISA, ANN OR WALTER? $400: Arizona State University's Cronkite School is named after this legendary news anchor Walter (Cronkite) |
| #26, aired 2024-01-23 | WACKY FAD OBITUARIES $600: Funeral services for this line dance will be held on the nearest cruise ship, featuring a special performance by Los del Rio the "Macarena" |
| #26, aired 2024-01-23 | LISA, ANN OR WALTER? $600: The child of Steve Jobs for whom an early Apple computer was named Lisa |
| #26, aired 2024-01-23 | LISA, ANN OR WALTER? $800: First name of the subject of the 2011 sports biography "Sweetness" Walter (Peyton) |
| #26, aired 2024-01-23 | LISA, ANN OR WALTER? $1000: Patchett who wrote the 2023 novel "Tom Lake"; Meryl narrated the audiobook Ann (Patchett) |
| #26, aired 2024-01-23 | BOX OFFICE SLEEPERS $1,500 (Daily Double): "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" introduced the idea that this household cleaner could cure anything, "from psoriasis to poison ivy" Windex |
| #26, aired 2024-01-23 | I'M JUST KEN $10,400 (Daily Double): In 2023 this documentarian released his latest film, a four-hour series examining the rich history of the American buffalo Ken Burns |
| #9015, aired 2024-01-12 | HISTORIC AMERICAN WOMEN $1600: She gave her famous "Ain't I a Woman" speech at an 1851 women's rights convention, though she probably never used that phrase Sojourner Truth |
| #9010, aired 2024-01-05 | 20th CENTURY POP CULTURE $2000: Seen here are twins Pauline & Esther Friedman who doled out advice under the names Abigail Van Buren, aka Dear Abby, & her Ann Landers |
| #9009, aired 2024-01-04 | 5-SYLLABLE VERBS $1600: To give human qualities to an animal or an inanimate object anthropomorphize |
| #23, aired 2024-01-02 | MAINE ATTRACTIONS $200: For wildlife lovers, Maine offers safaris to spot this large mammal featured on its flag moose |
| #23, aired 2024-01-02 | CELEBRITY JEOPARDY AIN'T THE ONLY "CJ" $300: Written in 1908, "Take Me Out To The Ballgame" features the lyric "Buy me some peanuts and" this ballpark treat Cracker Jacks |
| #23, aired 2024-01-02 | SCIENTISTS $300: A popular way of saying something is uncomplicated is to say it's not this field of Wernher von Braun rocket science |
| #23, aired 2024-01-02 | GEOGRAPHY & A LITTLE MATH $400: Central U.S. state + "polis" = this capital city of that same state Indianapolis |
| #23, aired 2024-01-02 | ONE BELLY BUTTON, TWO NIPPLES $500: Epiglottis, naris, testis:
it's the one a male has one of epiglottis |
| #23, aired 2024-01-02 | CELEBRITY JEOPARDY AIN'T THE ONLY "CJ" $600: As an April Fools' prank in 2023, Michael Che directed the audience at "SNL" to not laugh at this co-anchor's jokes Colin Jost |
| #23, aired 2024-01-02 | AFRICAN HISTORY $600: In 1975, both Angola and Mozambique gained their independence from this Iberian country Portugal |
| #23, aired 2024-01-02 | DIFFERENT SONGS, SAME TITLES $800: Elvis Presley,
Cheap Trick
(Mommy's alright, Daddy's alright, they just seem a little weird) "Surrender" |
| #23, aired 2024-01-02 | AFRICAN HISTORY $800: This country, where "Casablanca" is set, is often considered the first to have recognized the U.S. by a 1777 shipping decree Morocco |
| #23, aired 2024-01-02 | CELEBRITY JEOPARDY AIN'T THE ONLY "CJ" $900: Many of these treasures stored at the Tower of London have been on display since 1661 the Crown Jewels |
| #23, aired 2024-01-02 | "LADY"S FIRST $1000: In legend, King Arthur got his beloved sword Excalibur from this woman who lived underwater the Lady of the Lake |
| #23, aired 2024-01-02 | CELEBRITY JEOPARDY AIN'T THE ONLY "CJ" $1200: She ran in a special election for California governor in 2021; who knows how many Kardashians voted for her Caitlyn Jenner |
| #23, aired 2024-01-02 | SCIENTISTS $1200: Not only did this scientist invent the electric battery as his name suggests, he also discovered methane gas Alessandro Volta |
| #23, aired 2024-01-02 | SOJOURNER TRUTH $1200: In this year when America celebrated its 50th anniversary of independence, Truth sought her independence by escaping bondage 1826 |
| #23, aired 2024-01-02 | KNOW YOUR -OLOGIES $1,500 (Daily Double): Geek out if you graduated from MIT where the "T" stands for this Technology |
| #23, aired 2024-01-02 | CELEBRITY JEOPARDY AIN'T THE ONLY "CJ" $1500: The image here depicts Verdi's version of this type of entertainer the court jester |
| #23, aired 2024-01-02 | SOJOURNER TRUTH $1500: Though evidence suggests she never uttered the words, Truth's famous 1851 speech is known by the title "Ain't I a..." this Woman |
| #23, aired 2024-01-02 | SCIENTISTS $3,000 (Daily Double): Through her book "Silent Spring", Rachel Carson spurred interest in this field, the "EP" in the federal agency EPA environmental protection |
| #8988, aired 2023-12-06 | WHAT DO I "GET" $400: Take aim at this "date" set for completion of a task target date |
| #8984, aired 2023-11-30 | IF IT AIN'T BAROQUE… $400: Degas often worked with these chalk-like sticks of powdered pigment whose name also means delicate in color pastels |
| #8984, aired 2023-11-30 | IF IT AIN'T BAROQUE… $800: 1947's "Lucifer" was one of the first "poured" paintings by this artist Pollock |
| #8984, aired 2023-11-30 | IF IT AIN'T BAROQUE… $1600: Georges Seurat painted "A Sunday on" this island, literally "the big platter" La Grande Jatte |
| #8984, aired 2023-11-30 | IF IT AIN'T BAROQUE… $2000: This late graffiti artist's paintings are paired with Maya Angelou's poems in the children's book "Life Doesn't Frighten Me" Basquiat |
| #8984, aired 2023-11-30 | IF IT AIN'T BAROQUE… $3,000 (Daily Double): A 1912 work by Marc Chagall is titled after this musician found in the title of a Broadway show The Fiddler |
| #8978, aired 2023-11-22 | "B"OOKS $1,000 (Daily Double): The title of this bestseller by Ann Patchett refers to a smooth style of opera singing bel canto |
| #20, aired 2023-11-15 | "N-I-A-L" AIN'T A RIVER IN EGYPT $200: It's the term for a 200th anniversary; the United States celebrated one in 1976 bicentennial |
| #20, aired 2023-11-15 | "N-I-A-L" AIN'T A RIVER IN EGYPT $400: Stereotypes about this demographic -- also known as "Gen Y" -- include "tech-savvy" & "saddled with student loan debt" millennial |
| #20, aired 2023-11-15 | "N-I-A-L" AIN'T A RIVER IN EGYPT $600: It describes the "first pitch" thrown by a guest of honor at a baseball game -- a nice way of saying it doesn't actually count ceremonial |
| #20, aired 2023-11-15 | "N-I-A-L" AIN'T A RIVER IN EGYPT $800: Showcasing life in the 18th century, this Virginia attraction calls itself "the world's largest living history museum" Colonial Williamsburg |
| #20, aired 2023-11-15 | "N-I-A-L" AIN'T A RIVER IN EGYPT $1000: It's the 2000 comedy with the Sandra Bullock line, "I'm in a dress, I have gel in my hair... & I'm armed. Don't mess with me" Miss Congeniality |
| #8965, aired 2023-11-03 | BIG-SCREEN ELVIS $400: An ad for this film said, "It's that 'go-go' guy (Elvis) and that 'bye-bye' gal (Ann-Margret) in the fun capital of the world!" Viva Las Vegas |
| #8961, aired 2023-10-30 | THE JOKERS $200: His final role was as Tony in "The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus" in 2009 Heath Ledger |
| #8959, aired 2023-10-26 | "HOUSE" $1600: The AMA says, "physicians making" these "may sound like fabled history", but they have a place in medicine today house calls |
| #8954, aired 2023-10-19 | AUNTIE UP $800: Ann Dowd won an Emmy for playing the tyrannical overseer Aunt Lydia on this dystopian favorite The Handmaid's Tale |
| #17, aired 2023-10-18 | REPETITIVE SONG TITLES $100: It ain't no lie--*NSYNC had a top 10 hit in 2000 with this song (and we'd love for you to do the "talking puppet hand" motion) "Bye Bye Bye" |
| #8951, aired 2023-10-16 | THE LITERARY CHARACTER WHO SAID... $800: "He hasn't taught me anything, Miss Caroline. Atticus ain't got time to teach me anything" Scout Finch |
| #8946, aired 2023-10-09 | ELTON JOHN SONGS $400: "Mars ain't the kind of place to raise your kids, in fact it's cold as hell" "Rocket Man" |
| #15, aired 2023-10-04 | AND THE STATE CAPITAL IS... $200: Arizona:
Tucson,
Scottsdale,
Phoenix Phoenix |
| #15, aired 2023-10-04 | NAME GAME $200: First name + R&B singer who married Whitney Houston = this "Stranger Things" actress Millie Bobby Brown |
| #15, aired 2023-10-04 | EUROPEAN COUNTRY NICKNAMES $200: "The Boot"
(It has more World Heritage sites than any other country) Italy |
| #15, aired 2023-10-04 | ANATOMY IN LATIN $300: The debate rages as to whether this is a finger:
pollex your thumb |
| #15, aired 2023-10-04 | JOYCE, CARROLL, OATES $300: "Blonde" Joyce Carol Oates |
| #15, aired 2023-10-04 | BLUNT BIOS OF BRAND MASCOTS $400: A mustachioed cartoon man, currently lacking a mouth to eat the potato crisps he sells (the) Pringles (guy) (Julius Pringle) |
| #15, aired 2023-10-04 | JOYCE, CARROLL, OATES $400: "Wonderland" Joyce Carol Oates |
| #15, aired 2023-10-04 | AND THE STATE CAPITAL IS... $400: Tennessee:
Chattanooga,
Memphis,
Nashville Nashville |
| #15, aired 2023-10-04 | THE MEDI-VERSE $500 (Daily Double): Development of the fighter pilot's G-suit is one of the breakthroughs from this clinic whose name sounds like a deli condiment the Mayo Clinic |
| #15, aired 2023-10-04 | FAMOUS TV SPOILERS $500: Why did Mary Alice kill herself? She was being blackmailed! For murdering her adopted son's mom! Desperate Housewives |
| #15, aired 2023-10-04 | NO CAP $600: It's a domesticated woolly relative of the camel
_ L _ _ _ _ alpaca |
| #15, aired 2023-10-04 | ANATOMY IN LATIN $600: Keeping this to the ground means you're staying up on events:
auris ear |
| #15, aired 2023-10-04 | EUROPEAN COUNTRY NICKNAMES $600: "The Land of Fire & Ice"
(Do its citizens really believe in elves? I guess we'll never gnome) Iceland |
| #15, aired 2023-10-04 | WHAT A LOAD OF B.S. $800: "I gets high off your love / I don't know how to behave"; it's the title track on D'Angelo's 1995 album "Brown Sugar" |
| #15, aired 2023-10-04 | NAME GAME $1000: 16th century queen of Scotland + last name = this actress who plays Joon in 1993's "Benny & Joon" Mary Stuart Masterson |
| #15, aired 2023-10-04 | COMPUTING MILESTONES $1000: One of the first search engines shared its name with this comic book character, inspiring successors named Veronica & Jughead Archie |
| #15, aired 2023-10-04 | BIG-SCREEN BALLADS $1000: At a Hollywood Bowl concert in 2012, Peter Gabriel played this song from "Say Anything" after John Cusack took the stage with a boombox "In Your Eyes" |
| #15, aired 2023-10-04 | ESTATE PLANNING $1,200 (Daily Double): In law, it's one party managing another's property for the benefit of a third; in life, some say it's the key to a good relationship trust |
| #15, aired 2023-10-04 | SCIENTISTS' RHYME TIME $1,500 (Daily Double): Physicist Isaac's proteins that celiac disease sufferers avoid Newton's glutens |
| #14, aired 2023-09-27 | BOOK DEDICATIONS $2,000 (Daily Double): This author of "The Fountainhead" dedicated 1957's "Atlas Shrugged" to 2 different men: her husband and her lover Ayn Rand |
| #8934, aired 2023-09-21 | JOHNNY GILBERT GOES COUNTRY $400: "...Found new thread for my old spool, just because I'm blonde, don't think I'm dumb, 'cause this dumb blonde ain't nobody's fool" Dolly Parton |
| #8934, aired 2023-09-21 | JOHNNY GILBERT GOES COUNTRY $800: "I hear the train a-comin', it's rolling 'round the bend, & I ain't seen the sunshine since I don't know when" Johnny Cash |
| #8934, aired 2023-09-21 | JOHNNY GILBERT GOES COUNTRY $2000: "Take this job & shove it, I ain't workin' here no more, my woman done left & took all the reason I was workin' for" (Johnny) Paycheck |
| #8933, aired 2023-09-20 | NAME THAT PLAY $600: "I ain't done nothing wrong by speaking to the gentleman. I've a right to sell flowers if I keep off the kerb" Pygmalion |
| #8925, aired 2023-07-28 | IT GETS OLD $400: In the classic children's song, she "ain't what she used to be, many long years ago" the old gray mare |
| #8925, aired 2023-07-28 | MESSIN' WITH TEXAS $1000: At dusk, hundreds of thousands of bats emerge from under the Ann Richards Congress Avenue Bridge in this city Austin |
| #8917, aired 2023-07-18 | THE SONGS OF MAX MARTIN $1000: The finale of "& Juliet" features the cast performing this Justin Timberlake hit
"Come on /
All those things I shouldn't do /
But you dance, dance, dance /
And ain't nobody leavin' soon, so keep dancin'" "Can't Stop The Feeling!" |
| #8917, aired 2023-07-18 | AUTHORS' FIRST MAJOR WORKS $2,000 (Daily Double): Her 1936 effort "We the Living" is a romantic tragedy set against the perils of Soviet-style totalitarianism Ayn Rand |
| #8893, aired 2023-06-14 | A CHORUS LINE $400: "So it's not just gonna happen like that, 'cause I ain't no hollaback girl" Gwen Stefani |
| #8893, aired 2023-06-14 | 3-, 4- OR 5-LETTER WORDS $400: Before singing "He's my brother", The Hollies noted that "He ain't" this heavy |
| #8881, aired 2023-05-29 | THE GULF OF MEXICO $400: This powerful warm current flows north from the Gulf into the Atlantic Ocean the Gulf Stream |
| #8876, aired 2023-05-22 | POP CULTURE 2003 $800: Ann Coulter & Chris Rock both appeared on the 2003 premiere episode of this current Bill Maher series Real Time with Bill Maher |
| #11, aired 2023-05-16 | WOMEN IN HISTORY $2000: In 1996, Ann Richards eulogized this Texas congresswoman as "an American original... a national treasure" & a friend Jordan |
| #8866, aired 2023-05-08 | CHILDREN'S LIT $800: In a story by Johnny Gruelle, this doll says, "I can't seem to think clearly today... it feels as if my head were ripped" (it was) Raggedy Ann |
| #8862, aired 2023-05-02 | MIND YOUR GRAMMAR $400: Generations have done this to the Latin verb for "to love": amo, amas, amat, amamus, amatis, amant conjugate |
| #8853, aired 2023-04-19 | OLIVE YOU $600: At least 2,000 years old, one of the oldest olive trees still bearing fruit is found in Ano Vouves on this largest Greek island Crete |
| #8845, aired 2023-04-07 | DE-COMPOSING $400: After taking aim at "William Tell" & then quitting theater entirely at age 37, he quit more than that on Nov. 13, 1868 (Gioachino) Rossini |
| #8841, aired 2023-04-03 | PRESIDENT GROVER CLEVELAND'S NON-CONSECUTIVE WORLD $200: Police linked this man to the 1888 murders of Mary Ann Nichols, Annie Chapman & several others Jack the Ripper |
| #8828, aired 2023-03-15 | THOSE DARN NEBRASKANS $1200: Poet John Trudell, who helped lead the 1969-71 occupation of Alcatraz, later became chairman of the AIM, this movement the American Indian Movement |
| #8825, aired 2023-03-10 | SHOPPING AT THE MALL $1000: Love the tops & sweaters at LOFT, the more casual spin-off of this store with a woman's name Ann Taylor |
| #8822, aired 2023-03-07 | AMERICAN COMPOSERS $400: In 2016, aged 94, Pulitzer winner George Walker composed a tribute to the dead of the Emanuel AME Church in this S.C. city Charleston |
| #8808, aired 2023-02-15 | A DECADE OF NO. 1 HITS TELLS A STORY $1000: "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?", "You're So Vain",
"You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" the 1970s |
| #8792, aired 2023-01-24 | POP CULTURE GOES TO MARS $400: "Mars ain't the kind of place to raise your kids, in fact it's cold as hell", sang Elton John in this hit "Rocket Man" |
| #10, aired 2023-01-12 | THE MOVIES $400: The 2022 film "Blonde" stars Ana de Armas as this film icon & recreates an iconic moment from "The Seven Year Itch" Marilyn Monroe |
| #10, aired 2023-01-12 | "MIS"INFORMATION $1200: A Broadway musical based on the music of Fats Waller is called "Ain't" this Misbehavin' |
| #8776, aired 2023-01-02 | STATE GOVERNORS $800: Holland Taylor wrote & starred in "Ann" , a Tony-nominated play about this Texas governor Ann Richards |
| #8776, aired 2023-01-02 | FRIENDS 'TIL THE ENDS $1200: French for "good friend", this 2-word phrase can refer to a buddy or to a girlfriend bon ami(e) |
| #8768, aired 2022-12-21 | SUPERLATIVES $400: "I'm losin' you, I'm losin' you", sang U2, "ain't love the" this "thing" sweetest |
| #8767, aired 2022-12-20 | CONTRACTIONS $400: Britannica notes that this word "can be used to mean am not, are not, is not, have not & has not" ain't |
| #8756, aired 2022-12-05 | POINTING OUT DECIMALS $200: In 1938 the AMA signed off on a legal limit for blood alcohol concentration of a rather startling .15; today it's this .08 |
| #8748, aired 2022-11-23 | TRANSLATORS $1600: Ann Goldstein learned Italian to read Dante & has translated this pseudonymous author whose name rhymes with Dante (Elena) Ferrante |
| #8745, aired 2022-11-18 | 20th CENTURY FICTION $400: Ayn Rand is thought to have based the architect in this novel on Frank Lloyd Wright The Fountainhead |
| #8743, aired 2022-11-16 | HEARD IN THE MOVIE $2000: "Fred C. Dobbs ain't a guy likes bein' taken advantage of--do the mug in, I say" The Treasure of the Sierra Madre |
| #8742, aired 2022-11-15 | A LITTLE PEACE OF HISTORY $1600: On March 27, 1802 Britain & France signed a treaty at this city whose name begins with "Ami"; they stayed friends for 14 months Amiens |
| #8, aired 2022-11-13 | THE BIBLE $600: There was some serious sibling rivalry with these first 2 sons of Adam & Eve Cain & Abel |
| #6, aired 2022-10-30 | HI, FINANCE $200: In U.S. v. U.S. Steel, the Supreme Court noted "the menace of" this, where one company corners the market, & that ain't no game monopoly |
| #8728, aired 2022-10-26 | THE NUMBER IN MUSIC $600: In 2004 Jay-Z had a hit with this many title "Problems" but hopefully, our clue ain't one 99 |
| #8723, aired 2022-10-19 | WHAT A BUTTE! $3,699 (Daily Double): Grizzly Bear Lodge is another name for this butte that rises 1,267 feet above Wyoming Devils Tower |
| #8716, aired 2022-10-10 | PEN NAMES $5,000 (Daily Double): After moving from Russia to the U.S. in the 1920s, Alissa Rosenbaum adopted this pen name with the same initials Ayn Rand |
| #8715, aired 2022-10-07 | PLAZA, SWEET! $1000: Chicago's AMA Plaza was designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, last director of this German design school Bauhaus |
| #8706, aired 2022-09-26 | POP MUSIC $1600: This rap group that "Ain't Nuthin' But A She Thing" hit the charts with "Push It" & "Shoop" Salt-N-Pepa |
| #8691, aired 2022-07-25 | YOUR ROLE $200: Tonya Harding's movie mom & Anna Faris' TV "Mom" Allison Janney |
| #8690, aired 2022-07-22 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $2000: This private Catholic university in New Jersey was named for a woman who was one of the first American-born saints Seton Hall |
| #8688, aired 2022-07-20 | THE TITLE THAT COMPLETES THE RHYME $800: "I know that I can't take no more it ain't no lie I wanna see you out that door baby..." "Bye Bye Bye" |
| #8688, aired 2022-07-20 | THE TITLE THAT COMPLETES THE RHYME $2000: "If no one is around you say 'baby, I love you', if you ain't runnin' game..." "Say My Name" |
| #8683, aired 2022-07-13 | PLAYS & PLAYWRITING $2,000 (Daily Double): The courtroom drama "Night of January 16th" by Ayn Rand needs exactly this many people to be selected from the audience 12 |
| #8670, aired 2022-06-24 | FOXES $600: Widespread vaccination programs aim to reduce the incidence of this deadly disease in foxes, from the Latin for "madness" rabies |
| #8654, aired 2022-06-02 | THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE $800: For actions in 2005 in Operation this country Freedom, Leigh Ann Hester became the first woman since WWII to earn a Silver Star Iraqi |
| #8645, aired 2022-05-20 | THEIR LAST NOVEL $400: "Atlas Shrugged", & that was it (Ayn) Rand |
| #8645, aired 2022-05-20 | THEIR LAST NOVEL $2000: Her 1876 work
"Daniel Deronda" (George) Eliot (Mary Ann Evans) |
| #8644, aired 2022-05-19 | ASIAN MUSEUMS $200: Flagstaff House, an old Colonial building in Hong Kong, is now a museum devoted to this beverage & its accessories tea |
| #8644, aired 2022-05-19 | THE DRUGS OF HUMANITY $600: What an adrenaline rush! This 11-letter hormone discovered in the late 1800s treats anaphylactic shock as it stimulates the heart epinephrine |
| #8644, aired 2022-05-19 | LIT BITS $600: This book introduced us to the Eloi & Morlocks The Time Machine |
| #8644, aired 2022-05-19 | LIT BITS $1000: The surname of this Persian astronomer & poet means "tentmaker" (Omar) Khayyam |
| #8644, aired 2022-05-19 | TV PERSONALITIES $1200: A judge on "The Great British Baking Show", this man who sounds right at home in L.A. provides recipes for the BBC Paul Hollywood |
| #8644, aired 2022-05-19 | THE VICE PRESIDENT WHO SAID... $1,400 (Daily Double): "You win some, you lose some. And then there's that little-known third category... take it from me. Every vote counts" Al Gore |
| #8639, aired 2022-05-12 | AUNTIE $1600: Seen here, she plays Aunt Lydia on "The Handmaid's Tale" Ann Dowd |
| #8634, aired 2022-05-05 | IT'S TV MOTHER'S DAY $1600: A sitcom with this title featuring single mom Ann Romano began in 1975; another, with single mom Penelope Alvarez, in 2017 One Day at a Time |
| #8626, aired 2022-04-25 | MANE-SPLAINING $400: The brown this dog-like mammal of the African savannah ain't laughin' when its mane is erect--it's frightened a hyena |
| #8622, aired 2022-04-19 | THE CAST OF THE MOVIE $800: 2019:
Chris Evans & Ana de Armas have murder on their minds Knives Out |
| #8621, aired 2022-04-18 | ONE E, DOUBLE E $400: It ain't Christmas Eve without a certain 8 of these animals providing their power reindeer |
| #8618, aired 2022-04-13 | BOOK 'EM $800: African-American actress & writer Alice Childress is known for her young adult novel "A Hero Ain't Nothin' But" this a Sandwich |
| #8615, aired 2022-04-08 | AIN'T NO CENTURY LIKE THE 17th CENTURY $400: You spend 22 years having this 42-acre Indian landmark built, & what thanks do you get? Getting deposed by your son in 1658! the Taj Mahal |
| #8615, aired 2022-04-08 | AIN'T NO CENTURY LIKE THE 17th CENTURY $800: This London theater most associated with Shakespeare was torn down in 1644, 2 years after the Puritans closed all the theaters the Globe |
| #8615, aired 2022-04-08 | AIN'T NO CENTURY LIKE THE 17th CENTURY $1200: San Antonio got its name in 1691 when explorers camped at the site on June 13, the feast day of St. Anthony of this Italian city Padua |
| #8615, aired 2022-04-08 | AIN'T NO CENTURY LIKE THE 17th CENTURY $1600: In 1685 this edict that had granted freedom of worship to French Protestants was revoked the Edict of Nantes |
| #8615, aired 2022-04-08 | AIN'T NO CENTURY LIKE THE 17th CENTURY $2000: This man's 1689 "Essay Concerning Human Understanding" dealt with the tabula rasa, or "clean slate" of a newborn mind John Locke |
| #8614, aired 2022-04-07 | LITERATURE FOR YOUNGER READERS $1000: Billy has a pair of hounds named Old Dan & Little Ann in the kids' classic "Where" this plant "Grows" the Red Fern |
| #8613, aired 2022-04-06 | IT'S ALL RELATIVE $400: Twin sisters Pauline & Esther Friedman both saw success as these 2 pseudonymous newspaper advice columnists Ann Landers & Dear Abby (Abigail Van Buren) |
| #8609, aired 2022-03-31 | THE VERB IN THE NOVEL TITLE $400: 1957:
Ayn been working on the Transcontinental Railroad shrugged |
| #8604, aired 2022-03-24 | FEUD ORIGINS $1600: Her contempt for the urologist husband of Louella Parsons was one reason for the 2 gossip columnists' longtime rivalry Hedda Hopper |
| #8600, aired 2022-03-18 | WOMEN OF COUNTRY MUSIC $800: Among those joining this icon for her 50th anniversary at the Grand Ole Opry were Miranda Lambert, Lee Ann Womack & sister Crystal Gayle Loretta Lynn |
| #8596, aired 2022-03-14 | TUNE RIVER $800: In her first solo No. 1 hit after leaving The Supremes, she sang, "Ain't no river wide enough to keep me from you" Ross |
| #8595, aired 2022-03-11 | SAYS ANN(E) $200: A lot of Fay Wray's lines as Ann Darrow in this 1933 monster movie are bloodcurdling screams King Kong |
| #8595, aired 2022-03-11 | SAYS ANN(E) $400: Of co-hosting the Oscars in 2011, this actress said James Franco "convinced me to do it" Anne Hathaway |
| #8595, aired 2022-03-11 | SAYS ANN(E) $600: On film Henry VIII asks her, played by Natalie Portman, "How do you propose to stay on the horse?" Her reply: "with my thighs" Anne Boleyn |
| #8595, aired 2022-03-11 | SAYS ANN(E) $800: "But if you call me Anne, please call me Anne spelled with an E", says the title character in this novel, the first of a series Anne of Green Gables |
| #8595, aired 2022-03-11 | SAYS ANN(E) $1000: At the DNC in 1988, Texan Ann Richards said of this man, "He can't help it. He was born with a silver foot in his mouth" George Herbert Walker Bush |
| #8588, aired 2022-03-02 | HER EMMY-WINNING ROLE $400: Ann-Margret, Ellen Burstyn & Cynthia Nixon, all for guest appearances on this crime drama Law & Order: SVU |
| #8586, aired 2022-02-28 | KICKIN' IT $1000: Dean Martin sang, "How lucky can one guy be? I kissed her & she kissed me, like the fella once said, ain't that" this? a kick in the head |
| #8581, aired 2022-02-21 | TV DOUBLE TAKES $600: Rose Nivens Betty White |
| #8, aired 2022-02-11 | FANCIFIED PROVERBS $400: In the absence of any fracture, refrain from repair if it ain't broke, don't fix it |
| #8574, aired 2022-02-10 | SINGING ABOUT THE WEATHER $2000: Bill Withers passed away in 2020 & as he sang, "Ain't No" this when he's gone Sunshine |
| #3, aired 2022-02-09 | APPS & WEBSITES $600: Carnegie Mellon professor Luis von Ahn was part of the team behind this app for learning a foreign language or 2 Duolingo |
| #8568, aired 2022-02-02 | IN MY WORDS $800: Her "Going There" has stories of her rise in journalism & colleagues like Matt Lauer & Ann Curry Katie Couric |
| #8554, aired 2022-01-13 | WE GOT STUCK $800: Ready, aim, fire--this gun seen here, used in bonding surfaces to make things watertight a caulking gun |
| #8554, aired 2022-01-13 | 5-LETTER WORDS $2000: It can mean the wading bird seen here or take aim at verbally & criticize snipe |
| #8548, aired 2022-01-05 | LIT IN THE FUTURE TENSE $2000: In her novella "Anthem", humanity has entered a dark age of collectivism where using the word "I" is punishable by death (Ayn) Rand |
| #8544, aired 2021-12-30 | NEW YEAR'S ROCKIN' EVE $800: A highlight of New Year's Rockin' Eve 2010 was her "Let's Get Loud"
"Let's get loud /
Let's get loud /
Ain't nobody gotta tell ya /
What you gotta do..." Jennifer Lopez |
| #8541, aired 2021-12-27 | CLASSIC NOVELS $800: Anna Sewell said the aim of this book was "to induce kindness, sympathy and an understanding treatment of horses" Black Beauty |
| #8527, aired 2021-12-07 | NONFICTION $1,000 (Daily Double): This bestselling memoir about a woman's quest to find balance in her life was published in Spanish as "Come, reza, ama" Eat, Pray, Love |
| #8524, aired 2021-12-02 | AIN'T THAT AMERICA $200: The Levi Coffin House in Indiana was a stop on this system, that defied the Fugitive Slave Act the Underground Railroad |
| #8524, aired 2021-12-02 | AIN'T THAT AMERICA $400: By 1962 this doc's injected vaccine helped reduce polio cases in the U.S. from more than 50,000 a year to fewer than 1,000 Salk |
| #8524, aired 2021-12-02 | AIN'T THAT AMERICA $600: It was a tempest in this govt. scandal, so large that Senate committees & a special commission looked into it from 1922 to 1928 Teapot Dome |
| #8524, aired 2021-12-02 | AIN'T THAT AMERICA $800: Katherine Johnson was such a genius she made sure the computer was correct in planning the 1962 flight of Friendship 7 for this astronaut John Glenn |
| #8524, aired 2021-12-02 | AIN'T THAT AMERICA $1000: The 1968 Democratic National Convention became a battleground despite this mayor's promise of law & order Daley |
| #8515, aired 2021-11-19 | THE AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS $200: He won an AMA in 2020 & performed "Holy", perhaps in tribute to wife Hailey Justin Bieber (Biebs) |
| #8512, aired 2021-11-16 | LOOK AT THAT MOUNTAIN! $600: Though it's far from the tallest, 22,350-foot tall Ama Dablam is often called the most beautiful peak in this range the Himalayas |
| #8510, aired 2021-11-12 | 200 YEARS AGO $1000: Later to be America's first homegrown saint, she wrote before her 1821 passing, "I'll be wild Betsy to the last" (Elizabeth Ann) Seton |
| #8499, aired 2021-10-28 | ACTRESS BY ROLES $1000: Ann Perkins on "Parks & Rec" & top cop Angie Tribeca Rashida Jones |
| #8490, aired 2021-10-15 | NOW READ THIS! $1,000 (Daily Double): Howard Roark is to "The Fountainhead" as John Galt is to this 1,100-page tome Atlas Shrugged |
| #8486, aired 2021-10-11 | NATIONAL LITERARY TITLES $2000: A home built by the VanHoebeek family gives this 2019 Ann Patchett bestseller its title The Dutch House |
| #8483, aired 2021-10-06 | GET A HOBBY $1000: Aim to get better at this game; its PDC World Championship in 2021 included throwing a 180 & winning three legs on the trot darts |
| #8482, aired 2021-10-05 | THE AMERIC-ANNS $400: In 2008 Ann Dunwoody became the first woman promoted to the rank of full or 4-star this general |
| #8482, aired 2021-10-05 | THE AMERIC-ANNS $800: In 1986 Ann Bancroft (not the actress) left Ellesmere Island & 56 days later became the 1st woman to cross the ice to this point North Pole |
| #8482, aired 2021-10-05 | THE AMERIC-ANNS $1200: In the 18th century "Mother Ann" Lee was a big mover in this offshoot of the Quakers whose name rhymes with Quakers Shakers |
| #8482, aired 2021-10-05 | THE AMERIC-ANNS $1600: John Allen & Elisha Rumsey were both married to women named Ann when they founded this city amidst some groves in 1824 Ann Arbor |
| #8482, aired 2021-10-05 | THE AMERIC-ANNS $2000: The University of Hawaii's Ann Dunham Soetoro Endowment honors a noted anthropologist, this man's mother Barack Obama |
| #8452, aired 2021-07-27 | ACTORS SING $2000: Joaquin Phoenix & Reese Witherspoon did an upbeat version of Dylan's "It Ain't Me Babe" for an excited crowd in this 2005 film Walk the Line |
| #8448, aired 2021-07-21 | MED SCHOOL $400: 510 or above (out of a possible 528) is a good score to aim for when you take this 4-letter medical school admissions test the MCAT |
| #8442, aired 2021-07-13 | TUNE A FISH $800: Ann & Nancy Wilson wrote about the sleazy side of the music industry in this fishy song "Barracuda" |
| #8437, aired 2021-07-06 | AFRICAN AMERICANS PRE-1860 $2000: Richard Allen was honored on a 2016 stamp, 200 years after he founded the church commonly known by these three initials AME (African Methodist Episcopal) |
| #8435, aired 2021-07-02 | CANADIANA $1200: The pride of Cardston, Alberta, she played Ann Darrow in "King Kong" Fay Wray |
| #8430, aired 2021-06-25 | WHAT ELSE SHOULD "IB"? $200: You ain't got no this, an innocence-proving story from the Latin for "elsewhere" alibi |
| #8420, aired 2021-06-11 | 1930s LITERATURE $2000: Her novella "Anthem" is set in a future where people live without freedom in collectives Ayn Rand (Alisa Rosenbaum) |
| #8414, aired 2021-06-03 | LICENSE TO WHATEVER $800: If you want to get a dog license in Ann Arbor, Michigan, your pooch must be vaccinated for this malady rabies |
| #8407, aired 2021-05-25 | ROCK BANDS $800: There "Ain't No Rest For The Wicked" for this band with a name that includes a pachyderm Cage the Elephant |
| #8405, aired 2021-05-21 | ALSO KNOWN AS $1000: Originally known as St. Ann's Valley, a San Francisco neighborhood eventually got this meatier moniker the Tenderloin |
| #8398, aired 2021-05-12 | 'CAUSE WE SPELL GOOD $600: Here's a colonel of truth--"colonel" ain't spelled right in that phrase; please spell out this homophone, the gist of an idea K-E-R-N-E-L |
| #8397, aired 2021-05-11 | NOTABLE WOMEN $3,200 (Daily Double): In an 1851 speech this formerly enslaved abolitionist & a feminist wondered, "Ain't I a woman?" Sojourner Truth |
| #8392, aired 2021-05-04 | READING MATERIAL $1000: A version of the Book of the Dead, including a hymn to Ra, is called the this plant material "of Ani" papyrus |
| #8391, aired 2021-05-03 | PROM MUSIC $400: Giving kids that take-charge vibe, Gwen Stefani sings about being a real cheerleader, "I ain't no" this hollaback girl |
| #8368, aired 2021-03-31 | ENGLISH DRAMA THAT AIN'T SHAKESPEARE $400: Comic actor & playwright Richard Tarlton also served as the favorite of these court fools for Queen Elizabeth I a jester |
| #8368, aired 2021-03-31 | RANCH DRESSING $600: Montana silversmiths makes these fasteners, about 3 by 4 inches, with mottos like "Don't fence me in" & "You ain't no cowboy" belt buckles |
| #8368, aired 2021-03-31 | ENGLISH DRAMA THAT AIN'T SHAKESPEARE $800: Every character in Ben Jonson's "Volpone" is based on an animal; Corvino on a crow & Volpone on this canine a fox |
| #8368, aired 2021-03-31 | ENGLISH DRAMA THAT AIN'T SHAKESPEARE $1200: In a "tragical" play by Marlowe, 2 scholars named Cornelius & Valdes teach Doctor this how to summon demons Doctor Faustus |
| #8368, aired 2021-03-31 | ENGLISH DRAMA THAT AIN'T SHAKESPEARE $1600: Richard Sheridan's 18th century comedies of manners include "The School for" this disgrace Scandal |
| #8368, aired 2021-03-31 | ENGLISH DRAMA THAT AIN'T SHAKESPEARE $6,000 (Daily Double): This period of the returned monarchy featured plays known for bawdiness, like "The Country Wife" Restoration |
| #8350, aired 2021-03-05 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $200: In the roles of Diva Donna, Disco Donna & Duckling Donna, 3 actresses played this 1970s singer in a 2018 show Donna Summer |
| #8350, aired 2021-03-05 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $1,400 (Daily Double): "The Morning Of The Dragon" was one of the songs from this Puccini-based Broadway musical Miss Saigon |
| #8348, aired 2021-03-03 | TITLES & HONORIFICS $400: The wife of a lord ain't just a lady (though that is a title equivalent), she's a this a dame |
| #8334, aired 2021-02-11 | WHAT HAPPENS IN CHAPTER 1? $400: An Oklahoma opening; dust obscures the stars, & the corn, it ain't growin' well; "the men sat still--thinking--figuring" The Grapes of Wrath |
| #8322, aired 2021-01-26 | LOCATION $1600: Established in 1850, this private eye agency whose motto is "We never sleep" has its main office on Main St. in Ann Arbor, Mich. Pinkerton |
| #8321, aired 2021-01-25 | NAME THAT MALE AUTHOR $200: " 'Contrariwise,' continued Tweedledee, 'if it was so, it might be... but as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic"' (Lewis) Carroll |
| #8317, aired 2021-01-19 | 3-LETTER RESPONSES $400: An organization for doctors, or a patient who checks out of a hospital despite what the doctors suggest AMA |
| #8306, aired 2021-01-04 | HOW DO YOU... $2000: Nock the projectile in the string, hold solid part of weapon firmly, pull back on string, aim, release fire a bow & arrow |
| #8296, aired 2020-12-07 | LITERARY VIDEO GAMES $1000: Andrew Ryan, the industrialist villain in "Bioshock", was inspired by this female author with the same initials Ayn Rand |
| #8284, aired 2020-11-19 | AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS $200: Making her AMA debut in 2019, she performed "All The Good Girls Go To Hell" & also won the award for New Artist of the Year Billie Eilish |
| #8284, aired 2020-11-19 | AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS $600: Nominated for 2 awards in 2019, they made their first AMA appearance in more than 10 years with a special performance of "Only Human" the Jonas Brothers |
| #8280, aired 2020-11-13 | CELEBRITY CLASS OF 1980 $2000: At her Connecticut high school most of this lawyer and conservative media pundit's jabs were as a member of the fencing team Ann Coulter |
| #8279, aired 2020-11-12 | YOU MAKE MY HEART SING $1000: Heart, a group formed by sisters Ann & Nancy Wilson, had a hit in 1977 with this song named for a predatory fish "Barracuda" |
| #8279, aired 2020-11-12 | ADVICE TO THE NOVEL HEROINE $1200: Dagny, you will fall in love with John Galt even though you are a stand-in for Ayn Rand's vision of capitalism Atlas Shrugged |
| #8277, aired 2020-11-10 | ODD PAIRS $1600: Trinity portrayer from "The Matrix" & "national" grayish plant that drapes trees throughout the south Carrie Ann & Spanish moss |
| #8260, aired 2020-10-16 | ELVI $800: This rocker's backing band on 1977's "My Aim Is True" included members of the News, of Huey Lewis fame Elvis Costello |
| #8245, aired 2020-09-25 | WJPY CLASSICAL RADIO $600: On Sunday at 2 P.M. I'll feature Vivaldi when I host my weekly show "If It Ain't" this musical period Baroque |
| #8238, aired 2020-09-16 | SUMMARIZING THE NOVEL $2000: Utopia (not!); I ain't goin' nowhere; the Butler did it (in 1872) Erewhon |
| #8233, aired 2020-06-10 | BLOOD, SWEAT & CHEERS $400: This Minn.-based clinic says, "as a general goal, aim for at least 30 minutes of moderate physical activity every day" the Mayo Clinic |
| #8231, aired 2020-06-08 | "ROCK" &/OR "ROLL" SONGS $600: "Today's music ain't got the same soul, I like that" 1979 Bob Seger hit with this title "Old Time Rock And Roll" |
| #8230, aired 2020-06-05 | LITERARY HODGEPODGE $1000: Mary Ann Evans published her novels, including "Adam Bede", under this pen name (George) Eliot |
| #8222, aired 2020-05-26 | WOMEN'S FIRSTS $1200: In 1924, long before Ann Richards, Miriam "Ma" Ferguson was elected this state's first woman governor Texas |
| #8204, aired 2020-04-16 | SONGS OF YOUR OLDER SIBLINGS $2000: Hey! This Train song wonders, "Ain't that Mr. Mister on the radio, stereo" "Hey, Soul Sister" |
| #8199, aired 2020-04-09 | PARTY IN THE USA $2000: The Objectivist Party seeks to promote the political philosophy of this female novelist who died in 1982 Ayn Rand |
| #8194, aired 2020-04-02 | MOVIE MONSTERS $400: As Ann Darrow, Fay Wray got up close & personal with this Eighth Wonder of the World in 1933 King Kong |
| #8190, aired 2020-03-27 | OPERA $400: The music from this 1816 opera heard here sure ain't shave & a haircut, 2 bits The Barber of Seville |
| #8189, aired 2020-03-26 | AMERICAN AUTHORS $1600: Author-run bookstores include Ann Patchett's Parnassus Books in Nashville & his Booked Up Inc. in Archer City, Texas Larry McMurtry |
| #8181, aired 2020-03-16 | X MARKS THE MIDDLE SPOT $200: You ain't just whistlin' this, once slang for a $10 bill a dixie |
| #8165, aired 2020-02-21 | 3 "M" $1200: In the Eddie Cochran hit song from 1958, "There ain't no cure for" these "blues" summertime |
| #8154, aired 2020-02-06 | 1980s POP LYRICS $1000: Janet Jackson: "No, my first name ain't baby, it's Janet" "Nasty" |
| #8148, aired 2020-01-29 | PLACES $800: The opera ain't over until you get to Bayreuth, Germany & its periodic festivals celebrating this composer's work Wagner |
| #8146, aired 2020-01-27 | PHRASE HISTORY $800: 1970s Budget Director Bert Lance got people saying "If it ain't broke", this don't fix it |
| #8140, aired 2020-01-17 | NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, WEST $2000: The then Agricultural College of the State of Michigan was founded in what's now this city in 1855 East Lansing |
| #7, aired 2020-01-14 | THE BACHELOR $400: When fiancee Ann Coleman died soon after breaking off their engagement in 1819, this man returned to politics & never married (James) Buchanan |
| #5, aired 2020-01-09 | A MILLION BUCKS AIN'T WHAT IT USED TO BE $200: With a million bucks you could have seen 20 million movies at one of these early 1900s theaters, as the name told you a nickelodeon |
| #5, aired 2020-01-09 | A MILLION BUCKS AIN'T WHAT IT USED TO BE $400: In the first sale of a diamond for a mil, in 1969, the parent co. of this French jeweler outbid Richard Burton, then sold it to him Cartier |
| #5, aired 2020-01-09 | A MILLION BUCKS AIN'T WHAT IT USED TO BE $600: In 1957 a million bucks would have paid for a helluva baseball team; this man, No. 24 for the Giants, made $50,000 Willie Mays |
| #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 |
| #5, aired 2020-01-09 | A MILLION BUCKS AIN'T WHAT IT USED TO BE $1000: Probably the USA's only millionaire in 1799 was Elias Derby, who sent the 1st ship from New Eng. to Guangzhou, then called this Canton |
| #4, aired 2020-01-08 | AUDIBLE $1600: Frances McDormand introduces us to a beloved character in this first book in a series by Armistead Maupin
Mary Ann Singleton was twenty-five years old when she saw San Francisco for the first time Tales of the City |
| #8122, aired 2019-12-24 | 1990s BESTSELLERS $2,000 (Daily Double): The author of this 1996 "Novel of Politics" was listed as anonymous Primary Colors |
| #8111, aired 2019-12-09 | FROM "C" TO SHINING "C" $1200: This adjective meaning "puzzling" is used for a type of crossword cryptic |
| #8111, aired 2019-12-09 | QUOTES OF NOTE $1600: Dick Cheney, talking of this, something his daughter Mary went on to do: "I think freedom means freedom for everyone" gay marriage |
| #8111, aired 2019-12-09 | PSYCHOLOGY JARGON $2000: Most psychologists now refer to multiple personality disorder as D.I.D., or this type of "identity disorder" dissociative (*disassociative) |
| #8108, aired 2019-12-04 | IN THE NATIONAL TOY HALL OF FAME $1000: She was born when cartoonist Johnny Gruelle drew a face on an old doll his daughter owned Raggedy Ann |
| #8107, aired 2019-12-03 | WORDS & THEIR MEANINGS $600: It's No. 1 of the 10 objects a bowler takes aim at kingpin (headpin) |
| #8104, aired 2019-11-28 | UNFIX THE SONG TITLE $400: "There Is Not Any Mountain That Is High Enough" by Diana Ross "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" |
| #8104, aired 2019-11-28 | UNFIX THE SONG TITLE $800: A '70s smash from Bachman-Turner Overdrive: "You Have Not Seen Anything Yet" "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" |
| #8104, aired 2019-11-28 | STATUESQUE AUTHORS $2000: The statue of this Victorian author, born Mary Ann Evans, is in Warwickshire, where she set many of her novels George Eliot |
| #8093, aired 2019-11-13 | THE MOVIES $1200: A line from this Tarantino film: "We ain't in the prisoner-takin' business; we in the killin' Nazi business" Inglourious Basterds |
| #8088, aired 2019-11-06 | REALITY SHOW BREAKOUTS $1000: An original judge on "Dancing with the Stars", she now also judges more broadly on "The Talk" Carrie Ann Inaba |
| #8072, aired 2019-10-15 | TV MORNING SHOWS $600: Ana Patricia Gámez helps wake up the USA's Spanish speakers on "Despierta América" on this TV network Univision |
| #8061, aired 2019-09-30 | FUN-TO-SAY QUOTATIONS $1200: This film: "Badges? We ain't got no badges! We don't need no badges! I don't have to show you any stinking badges!" The Treasure of the Sierra Madre |
| #8052, aired 2019-09-17 | CAL. "A" $200: The name of this city near Los Angeles is from the German for "home" on the Santa "Ana" River Anaheim |
| #8042, aired 2019-07-23 | THAT PLACE SOUNDS LEGENDARY $800: Danny Kaye & Ayn Rand went to this Norse hall of heroes, or at least a cemetery in a New York hamlet named for it Valhalla |
| #8018, aired 2019-06-19 | THE DC UNIVERSE $600: This show starring Stephen Amell as a billionaire who takes aim at crime began in 2012; get the point? Arrow |
| #8012, aired 2019-06-11 | FERGUSON $400: Stacy Ann Ferguson, AKA Fergie, sang for this group & hosts the competition show "The Four" The Black Eyed Peas |
| #8012, aired 2019-06-11 | LITERARY GREEN THUMB $1600: In a 1961 classic, 2 dogs--Old Dan & Little Ann--are buried next to "Where" this "Grows" the red fern |
| #8006, aired 2019-06-03 | JUKEBOX MUSICALS $1000: "Ain't Too Proud":
This Motown group The Temptations |
| #8001, aired 2019-05-27 | ACTRESSES $1600: On "The Handmaid's Tale", Ann Dowd plays this imposing & authoritarian aunt Aunt Lydia |
| #7991, aired 2019-05-13 | PARTS OF SPEECH $200: Ohhhhh man, that curry just ain't sitting well right now:
curry a noun |
| #7984, aired 2019-05-02 | "FOR" A SONG $1600: A Creedence classic says, "It ain't me, I ain't no" this title "Fortunate Son" |
| #7977, aired 2019-04-23 | PREGNANCY $2000: If you were having a baby at 35 or older, it used to be called a geriatric pregnancy; now the AMA prefers this, AMA for short advanced maternal age |
| #7967, aired 2019-04-09 | LIGHT $600: A motto was born when a boys town boy carrying another boy who had polio said, "He ain't heavy..., he's" this my brother |
| #7966, aired 2019-04-08 | TRUE CRIME BOOK SHELF $1000: Ann Rule first made a name for herself with "The Stranger Beside Me", about this serial killer who turned out to be someone she knew (Ted) Bundy |
| #7952, aired 2019-03-19 | U.S. CITIES $600: A type of oak tree appears on the official seal of this city where the Wolverines play their home games Ann Arbor |
| #7944, aired 2019-03-07 | STEAMED PUNK $400: "She ain't no human being", Sex Pistol Johnny Rotten snarled in "God Save" her the queen |
| #7938, aired 2019-02-27 | FAMILIAR BRANDS IN SONGS $400: This Meghan Trainor tune says, "I see the magazines working that Photoshop, we know that...ain't real" "All About That Bass" |
| #7934, aired 2019-02-21 | POLITICIANS $1200: At the 1988 Democratic convention, this fellow Texan said George H.W. Bush was born with a silver foot in his mouth Ann Richards |
| #7920, aired 2019-02-01 | WHAT A DAD WANTS $1000: Hey, Dad! That back 40 ain't gonna plow itself! Perhaps a plow from this maker might help! He created his first one in 1837 John Deere |
| #7915, aired 2019-01-25 | BRIT SPEAK $600: Agony aunt is what the British call this type of writer like Amy Dickinson or the late Ann Landers advice columnist |
| #7907, aired 2019-01-15 | WOMEN WRITERS $1600: This Ayn Rand book ends with the line "Then there was only the ocean and the sky and the figure of Howard Roark" The Fountainhead |
| #7883, aired 2018-12-12 | A.M.A. $1000: In 2018 the AMA told doctors to prepare for these cards redesigned to stop identity theft, going out to 60 million people Medicare cards |
| #7870, aired 2018-11-23 | GOVERNORS $400: A typical recent headline in the New York Daily News: Mayor de Blasio & this man "Squabble Over Who Funds Subway Work" (Andrew) Cuomo |
| #7870, aired 2018-11-23 | THE DAYTIME EMMYS $600: In 2015 Anthony Geary checked in to his 8th Emmy for his work on this show, then checked out to go live in Amsterdam General Hospital |
| #7870, aired 2018-11-23 | THE SHORT FORM $800: Piano is Italian for "soft" & short for this word meaning "soft loud" pianoforte |
| #7870, aired 2018-11-23 | ON TOP OF THE WORLD $800: Unlike other species, the ribbon type of this animal crosses the ice by putting one flipper forward, then the other a seal |
| #7870, aired 2018-11-23 | ON TOP OF THE WORLD $2000: The Lapps of northern Scandinavia are AKA this, the name of their language the Sami |
| #7869, aired 2018-11-22 | SOCIAL SCIENCE $800: Oddly, linguists say New Orleans is now the best place to hear the accent called this NYC borough-ese, as in "berl the water" Brooklynese |
| #7869, aired 2018-11-22 | ALL ENCOMPASSING WORDS $1200: A mine raider would have to contend with these little folklore men standing guard gnomes |
| #7869, aired 2018-11-22 | '99 PROBLEMS $2000: 1999: As part of NATO operations, a stealth aircraft mistakenly bombed the Chinese embassy in this Balkan capital Belgrade |
| #7868, aired 2018-11-21 | WACKY WEDNESDAY $800: Already once bitten by a rattlesnake & mauled by a bear, in 2018 Dylan McWilliams got chomped by an 8' this in Hawaii a shark |
| #7868, aired 2018-11-21 | MUSIC OF YESTERDAY & TODAY $1200: In 2018 this "American Idol" winner & country star sang you can do a lot to cover stuff up, but you can't "Cry Pretty" Carrie Underwood |
| #7868, aired 2018-11-21 | 5 SAINT'S DAYS $1600: June 3 is the feast of Clotilda, queen of this Germanic people who gave their name to Germany's big western neighbor the Franks |
| #7868, aired 2018-11-21 | SUCH NOVEL CHARACTERS $1600: In 1817 Sir Walter Scott published this novel about a Scottish outlaw Rob Roy |
| #7857, aired 2018-11-06 | IN THE '90s $1000: A.P. journalist Terry Anderson was freed in 1991 after 2,454 days as a hostage of Hezbollah in this country Lebanon |
| #7857, aired 2018-11-06 | WHAT DO YOUR SHOES MEAN? $2,000 (Daily Double): Queen Victoria's Scottish castle is the source of the name of this laced shoe Balmoral |
| #7857, aired 2018-11-06 | ON BROADWAY IN 2018 $2000: Matt Bomer, Zachary Quinto & Jim Parsons were some of the "Boys" in this revived Mart Crowley play Boys in the Band |
| #7856, aired 2018-11-05 | POKER FACE $200: Your face falls as it's 7-card stud & your straight just lost to a hand with 3 queens & 2 jacks, called this a full house |
| #7856, aired 2018-11-05 | BAD ROMANCE $3,000 (Daily Double): This novel ends with Amy & Nick Dunne reunited--sure, she framed him for her murder, but now she's pregnant Gone Girl |
| #7853, aired 2018-10-31 | SONG TITLE WOMEN BY LYRIC $1200: "I know this world is killing you... my aim is true" "Alison" |
| #7852, aired 2018-10-30 | '60s MUSIC POTPOURRI $600: (Kelly of the Clue Crew presents from Rickenbacker Guitars in Santa Ana, California.) The Beatles were so identified with Rickenbacker guitars that many fans thought the company was British; in the '60s, the Southern California factory received dozens of letters address to this city in the north of England Liverpool |
| #7851, aired 2018-10-29 | AT THE ARCADE $1200: Bally's 1975 Pinball Wizard machine featured Ann-Margret & this lead singer of The Who Roger Daltrey |
| #7847, aired 2018-10-23 | THE "HEART" OF COUNTRY $800: In a 2013 smash a distraught Miranda Lambert said the cause of her suffering "ain't my mama's" this broken heart |
| #7837, aired 2018-10-09 | THE AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS $800: This pop star's 1987 AMA for Best Female Soul/R&B Singer was donated to the Smithsonian by her estate Whitney Houston |
| #7837, aired 2018-10-09 | THE AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS $1600: Nina Dobrev gave the 2016 AMA for Best Rap/Hip Hop album to this former "Degrassi" costar Drake |
| #7830, aired 2018-09-28 | YOUR SIGNIFICANT AUTHOR $2000: Though not into big government, she did take social security payments & medicare benefits under the name Ann O'Connor Ayn Rand |
| #7819, aired 2018-09-13 | CONTRACTIONS $4,000 (Daily Double): A 2015 book says that for over 200 years, this word "has been knocking at the door of standard English" but is still shunned ain't |
| #7805, aired 2018-07-13 | THE SOCIAL NETWORK $1600: Under this 3-letter word, a "Dictionary of American Regionalisms" has "Family, relations. 'He ain't no ____ of mine'" kin |
| #7802, aired 2018-07-10 | YESTERCAREER $1600: The knocker-upper, with a long pole or a peashooter to aim at windows, has been replaced by this bedside device an alarm clock |
| #7795, aired 2018-06-29 | MULTIPLE A's $400: AAM stands for this type of missile, likely shot by a plane at a plane air-to-air missile |
| #7794, aired 2018-06-28 | NOWHERE LAND $1600: Sent to work for an obscure movie co., Clark Gable asked employees, "Why ain't you wearing parkas in" this region? Siberia |
| #7787, aired 2018-06-19 | CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD $600: A member of Ayn Rand's inner circle, this jazz musician became chairman of the Fed's board of governors (Alan) Greenspan |
| #7771, aired 2018-05-28 | THE STATE SHE GOVERNED $400: Ann Richards Texas |
| #7764, aired 2018-05-17 | 21st CENTURY BESTSELLERS $2000: This Ann Patchett bestseller about opera & terrorism has been turned into a real opera Bel Canto |
| #7757, aired 2018-05-08 | THE ROARING '20s $800: Inspired by the composer's daughter, this song was a big hit in the 1920s "Ain't She Sweet" |
| #7757, aired 2018-05-08 | MUSICAL KINGS $2000: This Rat Packer was the "King of Cool", the title of his greatest hits CD featuring "Ain't That A Kick In The Head" Dean Martin |
| #7750, aired 2018-04-27 | LET IT "RAIN" $600: Abstain & this other "ain" word both mean to just not do it refrain |
| #7748, aired 2018-04-25 | SINGERS $1600: Ain't that a shame tat this singer of '50s hits like "Ain't That A Shame" & "Blueberry Hill" died in 2017 Fats Domino |
| #7745, aired 2018-04-20 | BEFORE & AFTER $1200: Middle Eastern entertainment with rapid gyrations of the hips that's a reality TV show judged by Len, Bruno & Carrie Ann belly Dancing with the Stars |
| #7712, aired 2018-03-06 | NAME THAT POET! $600: "If you can dream--and not make dreams your master; if you can think--and not make thoughts your aim" Rudyard Kipling |
| #7709, aired 2018-03-01 | GETTING THE BAND BACK TOGETHER $2000: This band's Black Francis said of reunions, "This ain't about the art anymore...now it's time to talk about the money" the Pixies |
| #7704, aired 2018-02-22 | LAUGH-IN AT 50 $800: Edith Ann was one of the characters this comedienne performed on the show--& that's the truth Lily Tomlin |
| #7684, aired 2018-01-25 | BAND OF BROTHERS & SISTERS $400: Ann & Nancy Wilson Heart |
| #7676, aired 2018-01-15 | MEN IN BOOKS BY WOMEN $1600: Ayn Rand is the architect of this architect at the center of "The Fountainhead" (Howard) Roark |
| #7663, aired 2017-12-27 | TIME FOR SECONDS $400: "On the shore dimly seen through the mists of the deep", begins the second verse of this patriotic song "The Star-Spangled Banner" |
| #7663, aired 2017-12-27 | HODGEPODGE $600: It was the "conservative" starting position played by the NHL's Brett Hull & Gordie Howe right wing |
| #7663, aired 2017-12-27 | TIME FOR SECONDS $800: This element with a nucleus containing 2 protons is the second-most abundant in the universe & the second-lightest helium |
| #7663, aired 2017-12-27 | AROUND THE PACIFIC $1200: If Lennon played the second-largest Japanese city, it'd be the ballad of John & this Yokohama |
| #7663, aired 2017-12-27 | TRANSLATE THE LANGUAGE $1200: Erse, aka Gaeilge Gaelic (or Irish) |
| #7663, aired 2017-12-27 | SHAKESPEARE IN THE PARK $2000: In this revenge play, Marcus says he found Lavinia "straying in the park, seeking to hide herself, as doth the deer" Titus Andronicus |
| #7662, aired 2017-12-26 | ABRUPT ABBREV. $400: On a boat,
HMS Her Majesty's Ship |
| #7662, aired 2017-12-26 | THE BOOK OF PALMS $800: The beginning of this Michener collection mentions the "coconut palms nodding gracefully" Tales of the South Pacific |
| #7662, aired 2017-12-26 | GREEK LETTER PHRASES $1,600 (Daily Double): This transport business began as a crop-dusting operation in 1924 Delta Airlines |
| #7662, aired 2017-12-26 | FRANCE IN YOUR PANTS $2000: Mais oui! An original 1967 Carte Bleue from "Credit" this bank! Credit Lyonnais |
| #7660, aired 2017-12-22 | SCULPTURE $800: Doctors' offices can have nice art & this organization put a 10-ton Louise Nevelson sculpture outside its D.C. building American Medical Association |
| #7634, aired 2017-11-16 | YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY $600: "The opera ain't over till" this the fat lady sings |
| #7629, aired 2017-11-09 | "N" TITLED TO LITERATURE $200: With this book Jane Austen satirized the fashion for novels like those of Ann Radcliffe Northanger Abbey |
| #7620, aired 2017-10-27 | AMERICAN AUTHORS $1200: A stamp collector herself, this "Atlas Shrugged" author appeared on a 1999 stamp (Ayn) Rand |
| #7611, aired 2017-10-16 | NEWBERY MEDAL WINNERS $400: A boy who tends llamas learns about his ancestors in Ann Nolan Clark's "Secret of" these mountains the Andes |
| #7610, aired 2017-10-13 | RICKENBACKER GUITARS $200: (Kelly of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Rickenbacker Guitars HQ in Santa Ana, California.) Rickenbacker began a music revolution with the prototype of the first truly electric guitar, the frying pan; it was made of solid wood so it could be loudly amplified without producing this screeching also known as the Larsen effect feedback |
| #7610, aired 2017-10-13 | RICKENBACKER GUITARS $400: (Kelly of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Rickenbacker Guitars HQ in Santa Ana, California.)
Rickenbacker changed the sound of the 1960s when it gave the second-ever Model 360 12-string to George Harrison, who used it for the opening chord of the theme song for this 1964 movie A Hard Day's Night |
| #7610, aired 2017-10-13 | RICKENBACKER GUITARS $800: (Kelly of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Rickenbacker Guitars HQ in Santa Ana, California.)
A Model 1998 was the victim when this musician who later got his own Limited Edition model did his first onstage guitar smashing in London in 1964 Pete Townshend |
| #7610, aired 2017-10-13 | RICKENBACKER GUITARS $1000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Rickenbacker Guitars HQ in Santa Ana, California.) Rickenbacker-based guitars have provided the thunder for generations of rock bands; the bass here was played by John Paul Jones on this band's first US tour in 1969 Led Zeppelin |
| #7586, aired 2017-09-11 | SELF-HELP BOOKS $600: "Quantum Healing" & other books by this New Delhi-born man aim to put you on the path to wellness Deepak Chopra |
| #7577, aired 2017-07-18 | THE NAME OF THE WIND $400: Spanish for "devil", it's northern California's version of a Santa Ana wind diablo |
| #7571, aired 2017-07-10 | CENTRAL AMERICA $800: (I'm political commentator Ana Navarro.) In 1980 my family & I left Nicaragua, where I was born, after this group overthrew Anastasio Somoza Sandinistas |
| #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 |
| #7570, aired 2017-07-07 | ANA: ANOTHER NEW ACRONYM $800: A variant of the classic "IANAL" is "IANAD", I am not this professional a doctor |
| #7570, aired 2017-07-07 | ANA: ANOTHER NEW ACRONYM $1200: Reddit is known for Q&A sessions with notable folks; called "AMA", they invite you to... ask me anything |
| #7570, aired 2017-07-07 | ANA: ANOTHER NEW ACRONYM $1600: "Bae" can refer to your baby or this acronym, meaning she is first in your heart before anyone else |
| #7570, aired 2017-07-07 | ANA: ANOTHER NEW ACRONYM $2000: On Instagram the last letter of "MCM" is Monday & the first 2 stand for this, maybe on LeBron or on Eric Bana man crush |
| #7555, aired 2017-06-16 | EAST ON THE MAP $600: It's home to Michigan State University East Lansing |
| #7554, aired 2017-06-15 | AIN'T NOTHING BUT A SANDWICH $200: With the addition of this ingredient, your BLT becomes a BLAT avocado |
| #7554, aired 2017-06-15 | AIN'T NOTHING BUT A SANDWICH $400: This sandwich whose name reflects its messiness evolved from the loose meat sandwich of the Midwest a sloppy joe |
| #7554, aired 2017-06-15 | AIN'T NOTHING BUT A SANDWICH $600: The pit viper at this ball team's Chase Field isn't really snake but a battered & deep-fried pork sandwich the (Arizona) Diamondbacks |
| #7554, aired 2017-06-15 | STATE THE CITY $600: Riverside, on the Santa Ana River California |
| #7554, aired 2017-06-15 | AIN'T NOTHING BUT A SANDWICH $1000: From Kentucky, the hot brown is an open-faced turkey & bacon sandwich topped with this cheesy bechamel sauce Mornay |
| #7554, aired 2017-06-15 | AIN'T NOTHING BUT A SANDWICH $2,000 (Daily Double): Served on a warm baguette & filled with grilled meats & pickled vegetables, banh mi is a sandwich from this country Vietnam |
| #7550, aired 2017-06-09 | PEOPLE-POURRI $800: Abigail "Dear Abby" Van Buren & this twin sister in the same line of work were born July 4, 1918 Ann Landers |
| #7548, aired 2017-06-07 | REAL PEOPLE IN SONG $1200: "You say you want a revolution...but if you go carrying pictures of" him, "you ain't gonna make it with anyone anyhow" Chairman Mao |
| #7547, aired 2017-06-06 | NOTABLE WOMEN $200: Ann Bancroft (not the actress) became the first woman to reach this spot by sled & on foot the North Pole |
| #7546, aired 2017-06-05 | JUST WHAT I NEED $600: You got me a ticket to Brazil to learn this "new tendency" dance? Eu te amo! the bossa nova |
| #7542, aired 2017-05-30 | SEOUL MAN & WOMAN $3,000 (Daily Double): In 1971 Seoul-born Kyongwon Ahn founded the UTA, the United this Korean martial art Association taekwondo |
| #7530, aired 2017-05-12 | MUSIC TO YOUR EARS $400: "I got 99 problems, but (my fantastic wife, who I love very much) ain't one"--can you spot where we changed his lyric? Jay-Z |
| #7525, aired 2017-05-05 | 2 OUT OF 3 AIN'T "BAD" $200: Proverbially, it is said to spoil the whole bunch (or barrel) a bad apple (or one bad apple) |
| #7525, aired 2017-05-05 | 2 OUT OF 3 AIN'T "BAD" $400: Disney Channel had a movie called this, when your coiffure just won't cooperate Bad Hair Day |
| #7525, aired 2017-05-05 | 2 OUT OF 3 AIN'T "BAD" $600: This song by CCR says, "Looks like we're in for nasty weather" "Bad Moon Rising" |
| #7525, aired 2017-05-05 | 2 OUT OF 3 AIN'T "BAD" $800: BCD is short for this not-so-great way of getting out of the military a bad conduct discharge |
| #7525, aired 2017-05-05 | 2 OUT OF 3 AIN'T "BAD" $1000: Henry is the first name of this naughty character created for newspapers in the 1880s Peck's Bad Boy |
| #7512, aired 2017-04-18 | STATE THE CITY $200: Ohio:
The most populous on Lake Erie Cleveland |
| #7512, aired 2017-04-18 | GRAVE MATTERS $200: Frank Sinatra's epitaph is this song title (but not "And babe, won't that be fine") "The Best Is Yet To Come" |
| #7512, aired 2017-04-18 | GAMBLING ON VEGAS MOVIES $400: Fiance Nicolas Cage had a rough plane ride over Vegas in this 1992 film Honeymoon in Vegas |
| #7512, aired 2017-04-18 | STATE THE CITY $800: Down south, "the birthplace of California" San Diego |
| #7509, aired 2017-04-13 | GEOGRAPHY $1600: This cape seen here is named for the woman seen here Cape Ann |
| #7503, aired 2017-04-05 | AMERICAN HISTORY $2000: At a women's convention in Ohio in 1851 this former slave delivered her "Ain't I A Woman" speech Sojourner Truth |
| #7499, aired 2017-03-30 | PEN NAMES $800: This author of "The Fountainhead" was born Alissa Rosenbaum in St. Petersburg, Russia Ayn Rand |
| #7488, aired 2017-03-15 | WALK, THIS WAY $600: "Ain't nothin' gonna break my" this, long steps walked with vitality, "Nobody gonna slow me down, oh no" stride |
| #7487, aired 2017-03-14 | WOMEN ON TELEVISION $200: (I'm political commentator Ana Navarro.) In 2015 I became a political contributor for this show that is co-hosted by Joy Behar & Whoopi Goldberg The View |
| #7486, aired 2017-03-13 | WHO "RU"? $1600: Last name of Ann, said (maybe wrongly) to have been Abe Lincoln's first love Rutledge |
| #7484, aired 2017-03-09 | BRAND NAMES--FIRST & LAST $1000: Richard Liebeskind started this women's clothing store in New Haven, Connecticut in 1954 Ann Taylor |
| #7481, aired 2017-03-06 | WAR STORIES $600: "In Country" is Bobbie Ann Mason's novel of a young woman coming to terms with her father's death in this war the Vietnam War |
| #7473, aired 2017-02-22 | WHAT'S THAT SONG? $400: Meghan Trainor's title advice for how to respond to a boy who "ain't giving up"? This word "No" |
| #7472, aired 2017-02-21 | PROVERBIAL VERBS $200: "If it ain't broke, don't ____ it" fix |
| #7471, aired 2017-02-20 | LET'S RAP, KIDS! $400: "They mad they ain't famous, they mad they still nameless... but we still hood famous, yeah, we still hood famous" Kanye West |
| #7469, aired 2017-02-16 | ENGLISH LIT $800: Mary Ann Evans wrote the novels "Adam Bede" & "Middlemarch" under this pen name (George) Eliot |
| #7467, aired 2017-02-14 | GOTTA CRAM $200: The largest crowd for a hockey game came in 2010 when 104,173 fans filled Michigan's "Big House" in this city Ann Arbor |
| #7465, aired 2017-02-10 | STATE SCHOOL ALUMNI $1200: Arthur Miller, Madonna University of Michigan at Ann Arbor |
| #7457, aired 2017-01-31 | THE DRUMMER SINGS $2000: A Prince protege, she led "The Glamorous Life" to a Top 10 position in 1984, but without love, it ain't much Sheila E. |
| #7445, aired 2017-01-13 | STATES BY CITY TRASH-TALKING $800: "I'm not Spokane for, & I ain't putting on the Ritzville! Everybody loves Raymond!" Washington |
| #7444, aired 2017-01-12 | DAD BOD $200: For the movie "Southpaw", Jake Gyllenhaal's day included 1,000 sit-ups & 100 this-ups; most dads should aim for 5 pull-ups |
| #7443, aired 2017-01-11 | LETTERS FROM WRITERS $1000: To Frank Lloyd Wright:
"I would like to tell you now that Howard Roark represents my conception of man as God" Ayn Rand |
| #7441, aired 2017-01-09 | WOMEN & THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION $800: Ann Bates spied for the British & Lydia Darragh spied for the colonists in this city that was also Betsy Ross' home Philadelphia |
| #7434, aired 2016-12-29 | BRANDS $1000: The name of this brand of cleanser means "good friend" Bon Ami |
| #7433, aired 2016-12-28 | ON SIRIUSXM RADIO $800: Hats off to this country star who "ain't going down 'til the sun comes up" now that he got his own channel in 2016 Garth Brooks |
| #7427, aired 2016-12-20 | SERVING THE STATE $800: (I'm political commentator Ana Navarro.) In 1999 I served as the first director of immigration policy for this governor of Florida Jeb Bush |
| #7425, aired 2016-12-16 | WOMEN WHO WRITE $3,000 (Daily Double): In 1964 this woman big into laissez-faire capitalism offered "The Virtue of Selfishness" Ayn Rand |
| #7406, aired 2016-11-21 | THE VOICE SONG CHOICES $1600: Lee Ann Womack's "I Hope You" do this "I Hope You Dance" |
| #7383, aired 2016-10-19 | CROSSED OFF WALTZ $2000: Dancing in "Ain't Misbehavin'" I performed Fats Waller's waltz with this "insect" name "Jitterbug Waltz" |
| #7378, aired 2016-10-12 | TRAVELING THROUGH TIME $200: A '70s ABA player, on departing this "Bluegrass State" at 8 & landing in St. Louis at 7:59: "I ain't goin' on no time machine" Kentucky |
| #7376, aired 2016-10-10 | CARRIE-OKE $1600: When Graham Nash wrote about this singer he was too shy to use her 1st name so he chose one that rhymed: "Carrie Ann" Marianne Faithfull |
| #7334, aired 2016-06-30 | HOW NOVEL! $400: Ann Radcliffe's 1794 novel "The Mysteries of Udolpho" helped launch this "architectural" literary genre Gothic |
| #7330, aired 2016-06-24 | WORRIER PRINCESS $2000: Audrey Hepburn as Princess Anne has royal worries that she ditches while going incognito in this city Rome |
| #7311, aired 2016-05-30 | AFRICAN COUNTRIES $800: It gets its "N"ame from its large coastal desert Namibia |
| #7309, aired 2016-05-26 | BEASTLY EXPRESSIONS $1200: To achieve dual goals with a single effort is to do this, perhaps with a pebble--ready, aim, throw! kill two birds with one stone |
| #7307, aired 2016-05-24 | NYC TV $400: A line from this Big Apple show is "There ain't no party like a Liz Lemon party 'cause a Liz Lemon party is mandatory" 30 Rock |
| #7304, aired 2016-05-19 | SANTA ANNA $400: In 1829 Santa Anna became a hero after putting an end to this country's attempt to reclaim Mexico Spain |
| #7304, aired 2016-05-19 | THE AL FRANKEN DECADE $400: On May 22, 1980 Namco began gobbling up the competition by releasing this video game Pac-Man |
| #7304, aired 2016-05-19 | "LIB"ERAL $1600: This country's first & only monarch was King Idris, who was deposed in 1969 Libya |
| #7293, aired 2016-05-04 | TOYS $200: In 2002 she was inducted into the Toy Hall of Fame; brother Andy joined her in 2007 Raggedy Ann |
| #7292, aired 2016-05-03 | THE DEDICATION $200: In a rather bold move, she dedicated "Atlas Shrugged" to her husband Frank O'Connor & her lover Nathaniel Branden Ayn Rand |
| #7290, aired 2016-04-29 | MOUNTAIN SONGS OF OLD $1600: In 1967 this late, great R&B singer teamed with Tammi Terrell on "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" Marvin Gaye |
| #7280, aired 2016-04-15 | COUNTRY MUSIC $1000: Completes the lyric in the Johnny Cash classic, "I tell ya, life ain't easy for a..." Boy named Sue |
| #7276, aired 2016-04-11 | 1940s LIT $400: To research this bestseller, Ayn Rand worked in the office of architect Ely Kahn The Fountainhead |
| #7271, aired 2016-04-04 | TEXAS HISTORY $1000: We miss this outspoken woman with white hair who became the governor of Texas in 1991 Ann Richards |
| #7263, aired 2016-03-23 | NAMESAKES $400: (Hi, I'm Ginger Zee of Good Morning America.) My dad grew up in the Netherlands & learned English by watching this sitcom; I'm named for Ginger but I think I'm more of a Mary Ann Gilligan's Island |
| #7245, aired 2016-02-26 | CELEBRITY MEMOIRS $2,000 (Daily Double): "Kicking & Dreaming: A Story of Heart, Soul, and Rock & Roll" by these 2 sisters Ann & Nancy Wilson (of Heart) |
| #7235, aired 2016-02-12 | SCI-FI BOOKS $1000: An anthology edited by Ann & Jeff Vandermeer is titled this genre that takes sci-fi back to Victorian times steampunk |
| #7231, aired 2016-02-08 | COLLEGE TOWNS $200: The University of Michigan is this city's largest employer Ann Arbor |
| #7218, aired 2016-01-20 | INCREDIBLY SPECIFIC WEDDING VOWS $600: I vow I won't keep looking at my watch as you shop at A.T., this clothing store Ann Taylor |
| #7217, aired 2016-01-19 | MOVIE ROLE, TV ROLE $1200: Clare in "The Time Traveler's Wife";
Detective Ani Bezzerides on Season 2 of "True Detective" Rachel McAdams |
| #7205, aired 2016-01-01 | SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK $800: Gwen Stefani sang, "Meet me at the bleachers, no principals, no student teachers... I ain't no" this Hollaback Girl |
| #7204, aired 2015-12-31 | 1940s FICTION $400: The hero of this Ayn Rand novel says, "A house can have integrity just like a person... and just as seldom" The Fountainhead |
| #7199, aired 2015-12-24 | "SANTA" GOES AROUND THE WORLD $600: An Orange County city, an El Salvador volcano or a hot, dusty wind that bears down on Los Angeles Santa Ana |
| #7187, aired 2015-12-08 | THE "NBA" $2000: A saying popularized in 1895 is "Politics ain't" this object that kids toss around a beanbag |
| #7166, aired 2015-11-09 | STOCK SYMBOLS $200: ANN represents this women's apparel brand Ann Taylor |
| #7163, aired 2015-11-04 | DEBUT NOVELS $1,400 (Daily Double): Her 1936 debut "We the Living" began a lifelong theme by attacking the evils of socialist collectivism Ayn Rand |
| #7162, aired 2015-11-03 | SHORT STORIES $400: This jumping Twain creature ends up putting on a lot of weight--he goes about "five pound!" & that ain't right the celebrated jumping frog of Calaveras County |
| #7162, aired 2015-11-03 | MUSICAL QUOTES $2000: On being told he played the wrong notes, Thelonious Monk said this instrument "ain't got any wrong notes" a piano |
| #7148, aired 2015-10-14 | MOVIE TAGLINES $200: Him "Forever After":
"It ain't ogre... til it's ogre" Shrek |
| #7145, aired 2015-10-09 | "HOUSE" $1600: The AMA says, "Physicians making" these "may sound like fabled history", but they have a place in medicine today house visits |
| #7133, aired 2015-09-23 | NOTABLE WOMEN $600: A bridge on Congress Avenue in Austin, Texas is named for this feisty late governor Ann Richards |
| #7132, aired 2015-09-22 | "B"OOKS $600: The title of this bestseller by Ann Patchett refers to a smooth style of opera singing Bel Canto |
| #7131, aired 2015-09-21 | THAT SOUNDS FAMILIAL $200: Dakar, Senegal has been designated as this type of city to Ann Arbor, Michigan a sister city |
| #7119, aired 2015-07-23 | LINGO $2000: If you choose to leave a hospital "AMA", you've done so this way against medical advice |
| #7113, aired 2015-07-15 | ALL THAT JAZZ $1200: "Ain't Misbehavin'" is a biography of this jazz great written by his manager Ed Kirkeby Fats Waller |
| #7111, aired 2015-07-13 | TOYS "R" US $400: This smiling gal with yarn for hair was the subject of a U.S. patent issued in September 1915 Raggedy Ann |
| #7108, aired 2015-07-08 | NAME-DROPPING SONG LYRICS $3,000 (Daily Double): Pink complained, "Tired of being compared to damn" this blonde singer; "She's so pretty, that just ain't me" Britney Spears |
| #7104, aired 2015-07-02 | MULTI-BAND MUSICIANS $800: Damon Albarn fronted Blur & this animated "animal" band that sang, "I ain't happy, I'm feeling glad, I got sunshine in a bag" Gorillaz |
| #7083, aired 2015-06-03 | FAMILIAR PHRASES $1000: The economic line "There ain't no such thing as" one of these is also known by the acronym TANSTAAFL a free lunch |
| #7081, aired 2015-06-01 | HISTORIC MOTTOES & SLOGANS $1600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from Kibbutz Ami'ad in Israel.) The original vision of kibbutz life focused on the collective good & the motto was, "From each according to his ability, to each according to" these his needs (his need accepted) |
| #7078, aired 2015-05-27 | GREAT AMERICAN NOVELS $800: Howard Roark is the visionary architect in this novel The Fountainhead |
| #7064, aired 2015-05-07 | CRIMINALITY... IN SONG $800: Embezzlement & mugging are chronicled in this band's 2009 hit "Ain't No Rest For The Wicked" Cage the Elephant |
| #7056, aired 2015-04-27 | POP CULTURE STUPID ANSWERS $400: In 1983 & again in 1999, Prince had a Top 40 hit with this song "1999" |
| #7056, aired 2015-04-27 | THE VIETNAM WAR $400: A key U.S. aim was winning Vietnamese "Hearts and" these, the title of an Oscar-winning documentary opposing the war Minds |
| #7056, aired 2015-04-27 | FROM THE FRENCH $600: Old French gives us this word for a winner of a competition, like certain show dogs champion |
| #7056, aired 2015-04-27 | FROM THE GERMAN $800: Around 1820 this towering composer said, "True art is selfish and perverse--it will not submit to the mold of flattery" Beethoven |
| #7056, aired 2015-04-27 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $1600: A character known as Oliver Stone is the leader of the Camel Club in political thrillers by this former attorney David Baldacci |
| #7055, aired 2015-04-24 | ALPHABETICALLY LAST $400: ...word in the first spoken line in the first motion picture talkie you |
| #7053, aired 2015-04-22 | AUTHORS: BORN & DIED $800: Born in Russia in 1905, she died in capitalist New York in 1982 Ayn Rand |
| #7053, aired 2015-04-22 | SOJOURNER TRUTH $2000: A speech attributed to Truth declares, "I have plowed, and planted, and... no man could head me, and" these 4 words ain't I a woman? |
| #7050, aired 2015-04-17 | LITERARY MEALTIME? $1000: In the title of Alice Childress' 1973 novel of teenage heroin addiction, this "Ain't Nothin' but a Sandwich" a hero |
| #7046, aired 2015-04-13 | INTERNATIONAL LAW $2000: The United Nations defines "human" this-ing as the acquisition of people with the aim of exploiting them trafficking |
| #7042, aired 2015-04-07 | TIME TO "GO" $600: "Now I ain't sayin' she" is this, a woman who weds a man for material gain... oh, wait, I am a gold digger |
| #7041, aired 2015-04-06 | DOUBLE A $600: AAM refers to this repetitive missile, like a Sidewinder air-to-air |
| #7038, aired 2015-04-01 | SINGLE MOMS ON TV $800: MacKenzie & Valerie were the kids & Bonnie Franklin played their mom Ann Romano on this show One Day at a Time |
| #7037, aired 2015-03-31 | INSTRUMENTAL IN SCIENCE $200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew, at Harvard University's Historical Scientific Instruments, holds a metal right angle with a plumb bob.) One instrument, a geometrical & military compass, was used to find areas & volumes, & even determined how best to load & aim a cannon, thanks to this Italian astronomer, who devised it in 1597 Galileo |
| #7018, aired 2015-03-04 | BOOKS ABOUT WRITERS $1600: "The Real Life of Mary Ann Evans" paints a portrait of this author George Eliot |
| #7012, aired 2015-02-24 | DRAWING A CROWD $400: In September 2013 a record crowd of more than 115,000 saw host Michigan beat Notre Dame in this football-crazy city Ann Arbor |
| #7009, aired 2015-02-19 | PLEASE, NO LETTERS $800: I got fourscore & 19 problems, this many, but your response ain't one 99 |
| #7005, aired 2015-02-13 | THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE $800: He wrote, "A prince ought to have no other aim or thought... than war and its rules and discipline" Machiavelli |
| #7005, aired 2015-02-13 | NO. 2 HITS $1000: The Beach Boys hit No. 2 with this girl who had them "rockin' and a-reelin'" Barbara Ann |
| #7003, aired 2015-02-11 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY $800: Freed slave Richard Allen was the founder & first bishop of the church known by these 3 initials for short AME |
| #6991, aired 2015-01-26 | ALISON WONDERLAND $1200: The lyrics of his song "Alison" provided the title for his debut album, "My Aim Is True" Elvis Costello |
| #6984, aired 2015-01-15 | ALADDIN ON BROADWAY $1600: (Genie reads.) In a big 8-minute showstopper in Act I, I emerge from the magic lamp to perform this song, whose chorus is "You ain't never had..." "Friend Like Me" |
| #6970, aired 2014-12-26 | 3-LETTER WORDS $600: This British ending to the alphabet ain't dead, baby zed |
| #6966, aired 2014-12-22 | SANTA $2,000 (Daily Double): In the early 1980s an offensive by the FMLN severely damaged Santa Ana in this Central American country El Salvador |
| #6957, aired 2014-12-09 | WHAT'S KILLING YOU? $600: "Transformers" a Decepticon |
| #6957, aired 2014-12-09 | KIDDY LIT TITLE WORDS $800: "From the ____ Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" Mixed-Up |
| #6957, aired 2014-12-09 | A EUROPEAN HOLIDAY $1000: Jan Hus, born in what's now this country, is honored there on July 6, the day he was burned at the stake in 1415 the Czech Republic |
| #6957, aired 2014-12-09 | PROOFREADING $1600: In 1637 he wrote, "I have discovered a truly remarkable proof, but this margin is too small to contain it" Pierre de Fermat |
| #6956, aired 2014-12-08 | "AIM" $400: A written statement disavowing responsibility a disclaimer |
| #6956, aired 2014-12-08 | AQUA, FRESH $800: Limestone fractures easily, allowing ground-water to penetrate & emerge as this 6-letter flow of fresh water a spring |
| #6956, aired 2014-12-08 | "AIM" $800: Enthusiastic public approval & praise acclaim |
| #6956, aired 2014-12-08 | THE NICK OF TIME $800: In 1938 Dashell Hammett created this amateur detective & husband in "The Thin Man" Nick & Nora Charles |
| #6956, aired 2014-12-08 | "AIM" $1200: In a pun on a Broadway title, a woman who attacked her nieces had this title in the New York Post Aunty Maim |
| #6956, aired 2014-12-08 | CLOSE-UP $1200: Named for an area of France, he was the first type of human to have a strong chin the Cro-Magnon man |
| #6949, aired 2014-11-27 | YOU, PRONOUNS & ME $400: Boze-dee boze-dee bop! In 1985 David Lee Roth double-negatived, "I ain't got" this nobody |
| #6940, aired 2014-11-14 | AUTHORS $1000: In 1960 she delivered a campus lecture titled "Faith and Force: The Destroyers of the Modern World" Ayn Rand |
| #6934, aired 2014-11-06 | WOMEN IN GOVERNMENT $800: This 2-named Michigan city, thought Susan Baldwin, was grrreat! Susan served 4 terms as mayor Battle Creek |
| #6931, aired 2014-11-03 | NOVELS $2000: John Galt stops the motor of the world in this Ayn Rand novel Atlas Shrugged |
| #6929, aired 2014-10-30 | DEEP CUTS $400: Off "Piano Man":
"Stop In Nevada",
"Ain't No Crime" Billy Joel |
| #6917, aired 2014-10-14 | CHAINED TO A HOTEL $200: This word of solace precedes "Inn & Suites" on Ann Arbor's State Street & at Sea-Tac Airport Comfort |
| #6916, aired 2014-10-13 | QUESTIONABLE GRAMMAR IN LYRICS $400: "I still haven't found what I'm looking for" ain't preferred by some, due to this part of speech the title ends with a preposition |
| #6915, aired 2014-10-10 | WEBSITES $400: This site that calls itself "the front page of the Internet" hosted its first Presidential AMA in 2012 Reddit |
| #6913, aired 2014-10-08 | FRUIT & NUTS $200: The sweet Royal Ann variety of this is usually the type used to make maraschinos a cherry |
| #6913, aired 2014-10-08 | GRAVE NEW WORLD $2,000 (Daily Double): He was entombed with his Gibson Les Paul in 1981 in Saint Ann, Jamaica Bob Marley |
| #6911, aired 2014-10-06 | ATLAS CHAPS $800: William, not Ayn, was the senior partner of this duo who started making maps in 1870s Chicago Rand McNally |
| #6908, aired 2014-10-01 | LITERARY QUOTES $800: This Ayn Rand novel begins, "Howard Roark laughed" The Fountainhead |
| #6883, aired 2014-07-16 | NOT-SO-CURRENT SLANG $600: Hey, youse mugs! A raspberry ain't no fruit, it's a sound, this borough's "cheer" Bronx |
| #6874, aired 2014-07-03 | THE GHOST OF TOM JOAD $400: ...remembers that when we meet Tom, he's just finished 4 years here, & it ain't college prison |
| #6865, aired 2014-06-20 | COLORFUL WORDS & PHRASES $1200: This No. 1 country hit by Gretchen Wilson begins, "Well, I ain't never been the Barbie doll type" "Redneck Woman" |
| #6862, aired 2014-06-17 | TRUE RELIGION $1000: Now a saint, she founded the first free Catholic school for girls in America Elizabeth Ann Seton |
| #6855, aired 2014-06-06 | I'M ON A BOAT! $800: I'll take you where you need to go on this boat, but singing ain't gonna happen a gondola |
| #6851, aired 2014-06-02 | HAVE A COUNTY SEAT $400: Washtenaw's county seat is Ann Arbor in this state; go Blue! Michigan |
| #6831, aired 2014-05-05 | WE'RE A NORTH AMERICAN BAND! $600: B-b-b-baby, name this band that topped the charts in 1974
"You ain't seen nothin' yet /
B-b-b-baby, you just ain't seen nothin' yet /
Here's something, here's..." Bachman-Turner Overdrive |
| #6818, aired 2014-04-16 | PUP CULTURE $200: This Elvis hit says, "you ain't never caught a rabbit and you ain't no friend of mine" "Hound Dog" |
| #6813, aired 2014-04-09 | SPORTS IDIOMS $400: Sorry champ, it ain't your night: to give up, it's said you "throw in" this the towel |
| #6805, aired 2014-03-28 | THE STATE HOLDING THE FORT $1600: Fort Lee
(but it ain't in New Jersey, pal!) Virginia |
| #6792, aired 2014-03-11 | reddit AMA RESPONSES $400: This rocker:
"'School's Out', 'Billion Dollar Babies' were very creative times" Alice Cooper |
| #6792, aired 2014-03-11 | reddit AMA RESPONSES $600: This guy:
"Forshizzle" Snoop Dogg |
| #6792, aired 2014-03-11 | reddit AMA RESPONSES $800: This NFL running back:
"I don't really like to be called Purple Jesus because there's only one" Adrian Peterson |
| #6792, aired 2014-03-11 | reddit AMA RESPONSES $1000: This director:
"That's when I got the idea to make Mookie's girlfriend Puerto Rican" Spike Lee |
| #6788, aired 2014-03-05 | IN A FRENCH KITCHEN $400: Stand back, mon ami; brandy or rum can be used when serving something this way, meaning "on fire" flambé |
| #6769, aired 2014-02-06 | RHYMING SONG TITLES $2000: The Beatles:
"Tell me, tell me, tell me the answer you may be a lover but you ain't no dancer" "Helter Skelter" |
| #6764, aired 2014-01-30 | NEWSPAPERS $800: Publishers watch sales figures via AAM, the Alliance for Audited Media, formerly ABC, the Audit Bureau of these Circulations |
| #6755, aired 2014-01-17 | GUYS, CAPITALISM WORKS! $800: Better known as a novelist, she defended the morality of laissez-faire in "Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal" Ayn Rand |
| #6748, aired 2014-01-08 | BRINGING UP BABY $800: Baby wants to take over for Ann Turner Cook, whose "baby" face became the official trademark of this co. in 1931 Gerber |
| #6746, aired 2014-01-06 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $800: Ann Brashares' "The Second Summer of the Sisterhood" was a follow-up to this novel The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants |
| #6744, aired 2014-01-02 | A SLAYING SONG TONIGHT $2000: In a song by The Killers, "there ain't no motive for this crime" because this girl "was a friend of mine" Jenny |
| #6734, aired 2013-12-19 | MAP QUEST $800: A-squared equals good times in this city, home to a 40,000-student
university Ann Arbor |
| #6730, aired 2013-12-13 | THE MOVIE IS COMPLIMENTARY $1000: 1972:
"He got a real pretty mouth, ain't he?" Deliverance |
| #6726, aired 2013-12-09 | NOW THAT'S COMEDY $1600: Marlo Thomas played aspiring New York actress Ann Marie on this '60s sitcom That Girl |
| #6717, aired 2013-11-26 | DOOHICKEYS $200: Also one of the senses, it's that little metal notch on a rifle barrel that helps you aim sight |
| #6716, aired 2013-11-25 | ALL YOU NEED IS "OVE" $1000: To aim a gun directly at someone cover |
| #6697, aired 2013-10-29 | I CAN'T STOP THIS FEELING $600: For a pet, I want this marsupial named for an island state, but its diet of roadkill & dead sheep ain't at Petco a Tasmanian devil |
| #6689, aired 2013-10-17 | KENTUCKY-ANA $200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Lexington, KY.) The rolling plateaus of Lexington, Ky.'s Fayette County are covered with Poa pratensis, also known as this, the name of a region here & a type of music bluegrass |
| #6689, aired 2013-10-17 | KENTUCKY-ANA $400: Bowling Green is home to the assembly plant & national museum of this Chevy sports car Corvette |
| #6689, aired 2013-10-17 | KENTUCKY-ANA $600: In 1935 Kentucky's governor gave this restaurant founder his "rank" Colonel Sanders |
| #6689, aired 2013-10-17 | KENTUCKY-ANA $800: Alumna Ashley Judd is part of the big blue nation as a fan of this University of Kentucky basketball team Wildcats |
| #6689, aired 2013-10-17 | KENTUCKY-ANA $1000: The Kentucky bourbon Old Tub was renamed this, for the man who rebuilt the family business after prohibition Jim Beam |
| #6678, aired 2013-10-02 | AIM! $200: Shaq holds the NBA record for most attempts of these in a game without making one, going 0-for-11 on a rough night in 2000 free throws |
| #6678, aired 2013-10-02 | AIM! $400: Guinness reported the youngest male golfer to achieve this singular feat was 4 years & 195 days old a hole-in-one |
| #6678, aired 2013-10-02 | AIM! $600: Bull's-eye! On "Sport Science", QB Drew Brees of this team hit the center of a target 20 yards away 10 out of 10 times the New Orleans Saints |
| #6678, aired 2013-10-02 | AIM! $800: Bull's-eye! You ski cross-country to return to a 50-meter shooting range in this competition the biathlon |
| #6678, aired 2013-10-02 | AIM! $1000: Bull's-eye! Cricket, baseball & 51 by 5s are varieties of this game darts |
| #6673, aired 2013-09-25 | POLITICAL BEFORE & AFTER $1200: An "Atlas Shrugged" author turns into a Kentucky senator who loves him some "Atlas Shrugged" Ayn Rand Paul |
| #6656, aired 2013-07-22 | AGE AIN'T NOTHIN' BUT A NUMBER $200: This ex-brat packer who plays Chris Traeger on "Parks & Rec" is 49 but literally looks better than men half his age Rob Lowe |
| #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 |
| #6656, aired 2013-07-22 | AGE AIN'T NOTHIN' BUT A NUMBER $600: In 2012 this "Inside the Actors Studio" host turned an amazing 86 years old... how marvelous! (James) Lipton |
| #6656, aired 2013-07-22 | AGE AIN'T NOTHIN' BUT A NUMBER $800: She has spent 14 of her 49 years busting bad guys as Olivia Benson on "Law & Order: SVU" (& looks the same as when she began) Mariska Hargitay |
| #6656, aired 2013-07-22 | AGE AIN'T NOTHIN' BUT A NUMBER $1000: Perhaps this "Big Bang theory" character played by Jim Parsons could explain how Jim looks 25 but is actually 40 Dr. Sheldon Cooper |
| #6656, aired 2013-07-22 | WORD & PHRASE ORIGINS $4,200 (Daily Double): A weather event off Cape Ann Oct. 30, 1991 popularized this phrase for when a lot of bad things happen at once a perfect storm |
| #6654, aired 2013-07-18 | TO PROTECT THE INNOCENT $1600: Summerville, South Carolina uses 2 breeds of K-9 unit dogs: Belgian Malinois & this breed (it ain't a Chihuahua!) German Shepherd |
| #6646, aired 2013-07-08 | TEACH YOUR CHILDREN $2000: In the firefighting acronym P.A.S.S., pull the pin, aim at the fire's base, squeeze the lever, then do this until the fire is out sweep |
| #6625, aired 2013-06-07 | EUROPEAN HOLIDAYS $200: The Portuguese call it Ano Novo New Year's Day |
| #6618, aired 2013-05-29 | WHERE IS IT? $600: The Vegas hotel:
Mon Ami Gabi Bistro & Le Rendezvous Lounge Paris |
| #6610, aired 2013-05-17 | METROPOLITAN PARTNERS $200: This city- Long Beach- Santa Ana Los Angeles |
| #6609, aired 2013-05-16 | TECH STUFF $400: Reddit is known for hosting online interviews where you can AMA, short for this ask me anything |
| #6609, aired 2013-05-16 | NONFICTION $600: "The Virtue of Selfishness", a 1964 collection of essays by this woman, is a favorite of young conservatives Ayn Rand |
| #6598, aired 2013-05-01 | DEFINING THE UNDEFINABLE $800: In Mark Twain's writings, you'll find this religious word defined as "believing what you know ain't so" faith |
| #6598, aired 2013-05-01 | MY 3 SONGS $2000: In the '70s:
"Ain't No Sunshine",
"Lean On Me",
"Use Me" Bill Withers |
| #6593, aired 2013-04-24 | RADIO, RADIO $800: Gilda Radner was the weather girl on WCBN, the campus broadcasting network of this Michigan college town Ann Arbor |
| #6583, aired 2013-04-10 | GROUP ON $400: The logo of this group, some 300,000 members strong, is seen here the AMA (American Medical Association) |
| #6583, aired 2013-04-10 | GIVING US THE TIME OF DAY $1600: An Ann Arbor cafe that's big on lunch shares its name with this song that had "skyrockets in flight" "Afternoon Delight" |
| #6583, aired 2013-04-10 | GOVERNORS $1600: In 1982 this politician was elected Texas treasurer--the first woman to win a state office in 50 years Ann Richards |
| #6580, aired 2013-04-05 | YOU'VE GOT TASTE $800: You can keep your Cheez Whiz; I'm sticking with this other Kraft cheese food that got the AMA seal of approval in 1931 Velveeta |
| #6580, aired 2013-04-05 | CHEMISTRY $2000: AMU stands for this "unit" based on the isotope carbon-12 atomic mass unit |
| #6574, aired 2013-03-28 | BASED ON THE COMIC BOOK $1000: This team first came to TV in 1967 as an animated series on which Jo Ann Pflug voiced the Invisible Woman The Fantastic Four |
| #6572, aired 2013-03-26 | MUSICAL THEATRE $1600: "Tryouts" & "We Ain't No Cheerleaders" are songs in this musical inspired by a cheerleading film of the same name Bring It On |
| #6570, aired 2013-03-22 | IN THE BOY SCOUT HANDBOOK $400: The Scout motto ain't be-bop-a-lula, it's "be" this; let's see if you are prepared |
| #6568, aired 2013-03-20 | BOOK SERIES $800: "Forever In Blue" is the fourth book in this "fashionable" series by Ann Brashares The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants |
| #6567, aired 2013-03-19 | MUSIC LEGENDS: BORN & DIED $800: Born 1945 in St. Ann, Jamaica; died 1981 in Miami Bob Marley |
| #6567, aired 2013-03-19 | THE QUEENS ENGLISH $2000: It ain't no Waldorf, but this neighborhood has lots of Greeks, & Telly's Taverna--to die for Astoria |
| #6556, aired 2013-03-04 | SHOPPING ABBREV. $800: Clothes for the working woman: AT Ann Taylor |
| #6556, aired 2013-03-04 | GEOGRAPHIC TITLES $1600: Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows:
"The ____ Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society" Guernsey |
| #6553, aired 2013-02-27 | THE BAND'S KILLER ALBUM FILLER $1200: On "Back in Black": "Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution" AC/DC |
| #6553, aired 2013-02-27 | COLONIAL AMERICA $2000: Last name of the theologian who married his stepsister Maria Cotton in 1662 & his nephew's widow Ann Cotton in 1715 (Increase) Mather |
| #6541, aired 2013-02-11 | COLLEGE RECOMMENDATIONS $200: Don't walk on the brass "M" on the diag before your first test at this Ann Arbor school; legend says you'll flunk it if you do Michigan |
| #6537, aired 2013-02-05 | A STUDENT OF HISTORY $4,000 (Daily Double): Paul Ryan was greatly influenced by this female novelist who studied history in Russia Ayn Rand |
| #6532, aired 2013-01-29 | WE'RE PULLING 3 Gs $800: 2-word term for a woman who weds chiefly for financial gain; now I ain't sayin' she's one a gold digger |
| #6518, aired 2013-01-09 | TV NEWS $800: In 2012 she succeeded Ann Curry as co-anchor of the "Today" show Savannah Guthrie |
| #6511, aired 2012-12-31 | 3-SYLLABLE VERBS $800: To lighten a ship, you might do this, cast overboard something that's not needed jettison |
| #6511, aired 2012-12-31 | PEOPLE ARE READING... $800: "Wherever I Wind Up" by R.A. Dickey, who unlike most baseball players has mastered both written English & this weird pitch the knuckleball |
| #6511, aired 2012-12-31 | NAME THE OLYMPIANS' SPORT $1000: Dick Button (1948 & 1952) figure skating |
| #6511, aired 2012-12-31 | WORLD WAR II $2,000 (Daily Double): Germany launched its ill-fated invasion of the Soviet Union in June of this year 1941 |
| #6503, aired 2012-12-19 | MR. OR MS. RODRIGUEZ $400: Michelle Rodriguez' Ana Lucia got "voted" off the island with extreme prejudice on this ABC show Lost |
| #6494, aired 2012-12-06 | AMERICAN WOMAN $1000: The first U.S.-born person to be named a saint, she has a "Hall" of a college named for her (Elizabeth Ann) Seton |
| #6484, aired 2012-11-22 | SONG BIRDS $1000: Louis Jordan headed out to the barnyard for "ain't nobody here but us" these birds chickens |
| #6480, aired 2012-11-16 | ACT I $1000: From Act I of this 1913 play: "I ain't done nothing wrong by speaking to the gentleman. I've a right to sell flowers" Pygmalion |
| #6477, aired 2012-11-13 | TEACHER'S PET $2000: ...is a pair of these large blue-eyed cats, Ann & Andy, who go limp & floppy when you pick them up ragdolls |
| #6473, aired 2012-11-07 | "NEA" $800: Mary Ann Esposito's book on 3 yeast doughs is "What You" this Knead |
| #6467, aired 2012-10-30 | LITERARY LOVERS $800: In this Ayn Rand novel, the chilly Dominique Francon finally throws herself at heroic architect Howard Roark The Fountainhead |
| #6462, aired 2012-10-23 | WHO "R-U"? $2000: Abe Lincoln was fond of this New Salem girl who died in 1835, but a grand romance is not supported by historical evidence Ann Rutledge |
| #6460, aired 2012-10-19 | 18th CENTURY AMERICA $1600: In 1774 Mother Ann Lee brought this religious sect known for its furniture to America from England the Shakers |
| #6454, aired 2012-10-11 | PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES $800: Ann Arbor, Michigan Gerald Ford |
| #6450, aired 2012-10-05 | THE NAME OF THE WIND $600: A story set in this city says Santa Ana winds make "wives feel the edge of the carving knife and study their husbands' necks" Los Angeles |
| #6445, aired 2012-09-28 | AFTRA $200: Bruno Tonioli & Carrie Ann Inaba are judges on this reality competition covered by AFTRA from its 2005 debut Dancing with the Stars |
| #6425, aired 2012-07-20 | HEADING FOR "DIXIE" $800: If you said something important, you ain't just doing this whistling Dixie |
| #6417, aired 2012-07-10 | FACTS ABOUT AUTHORS $400: Upon arriving in the U.S. from Russia in 1926, Alisa Rosenbaum took this name; the first name rhymes with "pine" Ayn Rand |
| #6415, aired 2012-07-06 | IF IT AIN'T BAROQUE... $400: A 1912 work by Marc Chagall is titled after this musician found in the title of a Broadway show Fiddler |
| #6415, aired 2012-07-06 | IF IT AIN'T BAROQUE... $800: This Spaniard called some of his pieces "hand-painted dream photographs" Salvador Dali |
| #6415, aired 2012-07-06 | IF IT AIN'T BAROQUE... $1200: 1947's "Lucifer" was one of the first "poured" paintings by this artist Jackson Pollock |
| #6415, aired 2012-07-06 | IF IT AIN'T BAROQUE... $2,000 (Daily Double): Edward Hopper captured the isolation of urban life in this 1942 masterpiece depicting a diner that's open late The Nighthawks |
| #6415, aired 2012-07-06 | IF IT AIN'T BAROQUE... $2000: Georges Seurat painted a "Sunday Afternoon On" this island, literally "the big platter" La Grande Jatte |
| #6403, aired 2012-06-20 | COMPLETE THE ANIMAL PHRASE $800: "The old ____ ____, she ain't what she used to be" gray mare |
| #6397, aired 2012-06-12 | "SIDE" DISHES $2000: This song begins, "Oh we ain't got a barrel of money, maybe we're ragged and funny" "Side By Side" |
| #6383, aired 2012-05-23 | MORE THAN ONE MEANING $800: To teach a pet dog to perform a certain way, or to direct, point or aim a camera at something to train |
| #6379, aired 2012-05-17 | PAGE TURNERS $400: Ann Charles sets creepy novels in this morbid-sounding South Dakota city Deadwood |
| #6367, aired 2012-05-01 | HISTORICAL QUOTES $2000: A 1532 book by him says, "A prince should...have no other aim or thought...but war & its organization and discipline" Machiavelli |
| #6363, aired 2012-04-25 | SALESWOMEN $800: Laura Ann's Jams sells a syrah-infused version of this classic "berry" jam made from fruit of the genus Fragaria strawberry jam |
| #6360, aired 2012-04-20 | JAZZ PIANISTS $1600: His score for the 1929 stage production "Hot Chocolates" included the hit tune "Ain't Misbehavin'" Fats Waller |
| #6359, aired 2012-04-19 | SCIENCE "B" $1200: The name of this sedative compound synthesized in 1903 is also found after seco-, amo- & pheno- barbital |
| #6358, aired 2012-04-18 | NEWSPAPERS $400: A career was born in 1955 when Esther Lederer took over the Ann Landers column of this city's Sun-Times Chicago |
| #6355, aired 2012-04-13 | POETS & POETRY $1600: Referring to Abe's supposed early love, Edgar Lee Masters called her "beloved in life of Abraham Lincoln" Ann Rutledge |
| #6351, aired 2012-04-09 | I'M GONNA HURL $1200: Forms of this field event, in which a 16-pound object is hurled, were once practiced at festivals honoring Thor a hammer (throw) |
| #6348, aired 2012-04-04 | INTERNATIONAL PLURAL-ISM $400: In Spanish:
Un año, dos... años |
| #6342, aired 2012-03-27 | QUOTATIONS $600: After a scandal, this line entered baseball lore, though Mr. Jackson said he never heard those words "Say it ain't so" |
| #6337, aired 2012-03-20 | BESTSELLERS $400: Last name of bestselling authors Catherine (the thriller "Split Second") & Ann ("How to Talk to a Liberal") Coulter |
| #6336, aired 2012-03-19 | "YOU" ROCK $2000: "So I took what I could get, yes I took what I could get, & then she looked at me with those big brown eyes & said" this "You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet" |
| #6320, aired 2012-02-24 | WEBSTER'S LAST WORDS $600: I:
British comedian Eddie knows it's another word for the letter "Z" izzard |
| #6320, aired 2012-02-24 | BROADWAY $1600: In 1942 the cast of this great tunesmith's revue "This Is The Army" formed the army's only integrated unit Irving Berlin |
| #6316, aired 2012-02-20 | "SETT"ING $200: A VHS or beta tape container a cassette |
| #6316, aired 2012-02-20 | THEME $1,800 (Daily Double): The theme for this Tom Hanks movie is sometimes referred to as "The Feather Theme" Forrest Gump |
| #6315, aired 2012-02-17 | RELIGION $400: Ann Judson went to Burma in 1812 as the first American woman to do this religious work converting souls overseas missionary |
| #6308, aired 2012-02-08 | BUZZ BANDS $800: Get out the tranquilizer gun! Time to round up the rampaging circus animal that's this band
"Oh, there ain't no rest for the wicked /
Money don't grow on trees..." Cage the Elephant |
| #6307, aired 2012-02-07 | A NOVEL DESCRIPTION $4,000 (Daily Double): Workin' on the transcontinental railroad; Galt-ernate reality; from the Rand non-corporation Atlas Shrugged |
| #6277, aired 2011-12-27 | LESSER-KNOWN AMERICANS $1000: Katharine Drexel is only the second person born in the U.S. to be recognized as one of these; Elizabeth Ann Seton was 1st saints |
| #6270, aired 2011-12-16 | CANADA ROCKS $1000: This arena-rock trio hit it big in the '70s with the Ayn Rand-inspired album "2112" Rush |
| #6269, aired 2011-12-15 | TV SHOW SUPPORTING CHARACTERS $1200: Parker Scavo,
Ana Solis,
Danielle Van de Kamp Desperate Housewives |
| #6267, aired 2011-12-13 | CAPES $800: In 1623 this Massachusetts cape was named for the then-queen of England Cape Ann |
| #6261, aired 2011-12-05 | AMERICAN NOVELISTS $200: While collecting material for "The Fountainhead", she worked without pay as a typist for a New York City architect (Ayn) Rand |
| #6258, aired 2011-11-30 | HELP ME, FONDA $400: As "Young Mr." him, Henry Fonda romances Ann Rutledge Lincoln |
| #6256, aired 2011-11-28 | MICHIGAN $1,200 (Daily Double): The wives of the co-founders of the city now home to the University of Michigan both had this first name Ann (Arbor) |
| #6255, aired 2011-11-25 | THE LONELY ISLAND $400: This island--some 1,200 miles from the west coast of Africa--was used for Napoleon's final exile because of its remoteness St. Helena |
| #6255, aired 2011-11-25 | WHAT THE DICKENS? $600: "Holiday Song" A Christmas Carol |
| #6255, aired 2011-11-25 | RAILROADING 101 $1200: (Alex delivers the clue in front of a train engine.) If you don't have a rail loop line, the best way to get the engine to reverse direction is on one of these; fortunately, Frostburg has one a turntable |
| #6255, aired 2011-11-25 | TRUTH SEEKERS $1200: In his "Genealogy of Morals", this 19th c. German philosopher wrote that "The will to truth requires a critique" (Friedrich) Nietzsche |
| #6255, aired 2011-11-25 | HALOGENS $1200: It combines with other elements more readily than any other element & reduces tooth decay fluorine |
| #6255, aired 2011-11-25 | GRHYME TYME $1600: The principal splotch that fell on your pristine pants the main stain |
| #6254, aired 2011-11-24 | NUDE WORDS & PHRASES $800: This 5-letter synonym for bare or plain is often found before "naked" to mean totally nude stark |
| #6254, aired 2011-11-24 | COLLEGES' HOME FOOTBALL STADIUMS $800: Tiger Stadium LSU |
| #6254, aired 2011-11-24 | COLLEGES' HOME FOOTBALL STADIUMS $1000: Boone Pickens Stadium Oklahoma State University |
| #6254, aired 2011-11-24 | HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER $7,200 (Daily Double): Pen, my boy, I fell in love with your mother's poetry before I met her in person at her Wimpole Street house in May 1845 Robert Browning |
| #6248, aired 2011-11-16 | GILLIGAN'S ISLAND $600: For the second season, the theme song was changed to include "The Professor and" this Kansas girl Mary Ann |
| #6232, aired 2011-10-25 | LIBROS EN ESPAÑOL $1,400 (Daily Double): A bestselling memoir:
"Come, Reza, Ama" Eat, Pray, Love |
| #6230, aired 2011-10-21 | THE SONG DYNASTY $800: "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" & "I'm Every Woman" were written by this man who died in 2011 & his wife Valerie Simpson (Nick) Ashford |
| #6226, aired 2011-10-17 | WORD DERIVATIONS $800: It's from the Old English for simply "woman"; that ain't no lady, that's my this wife |
| #6221, aired 2011-10-10 | SISTER SISTER $1200: Ann & Nancy Wilson are the creative spark behind this rock band Heart |
| #6219, aired 2011-10-06 | TIDY $400: The name of this earth-friendly polishing cleanser is French for "good friend" Bon Ami |
| #6213, aired 2011-09-28 | INVENTORS & INVENTIONS $800: Ann Moore invented this "cozy" baby carrier after seeing women in Togo carry their babies in fabric slings a Snugli |
| #6212, aired 2011-09-27 | CELEBRITIES' FAVORITE MOVIES $400: (I'm Michael McKean.) A favorite film of mine is this Hitchcock classic in which a man tells Cary Grant, "That plane's dustin' crops where there ain't no crops" North by Northwest |
| #6207, aired 2011-09-20 | THIS IS A JOB FOR A HERO $1600: Howard Roark an architect |
| #6202, aired 2011-07-26 | SIDES $200: Elvis wasn't "crying all the time", having a dual-sided No. 1 hit with "Don't Be Cruel" & this song "(You Ain't Nothin' But A) Hound Dog" |
| #6201, aired 2011-07-25 | ORGANIZATIONS FOR SHORT $200: Founded in 1847, the AMA the American Medical Association |
| #6199, aired 2011-07-21 | BOURBON PLANNING $800: Bourbon is made with this type of mash that uses liquid from a prior distillation; so is Jack Daniel's, but Jack ain't bourbon sourmash |
| #6199, aired 2011-07-21 | THERE SHE IS, MISS AMERICA $800: 1959's Mary Ann Mobley played Maggie Drummond on this Gary Coleman sitcom Diff'rent Strokes |
| #6199, aired 2011-07-21 | NOVEL QUOTES $1200: "George gonna say I done a bad thing. He ain't gonna let me tend no rabbits" Of Mice and Men |
| #6195, aired 2011-07-15 | BY THE "BOOK" $400: A bachelor may keep a "little" one of these with phone numbers of girls ranging from Ann to Zoe a little black book |
| #6180, aired 2011-06-24 | THE NATIONAL TOY HALL OF FAME $400: This doll was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2002; her brother Andy didn't join her until 2007 Raggedy Ann |
| #6179, aired 2011-06-23 | TERMS OF ENDEARMENT $2000: It's the literal translation of "my love" into French mon amour |
| #6178, aired 2011-06-22 | COURSE CORRECTION $400: Dropped Bankruptcy for Bloodfeuds, at this Ann Arbor Univ.'s law school 'cause Bloodfeuds sounded awesome! the University of Michigan |
| #6175, aired 2011-06-17 | AMERICAN POETRY $3,000 (Daily Double): He began a 1951 poem, "Good morning, Daddy! Ain't you heard the boogie-woogie rumble of a dream deferred?" Langston Hughes |
| #6159, aired 2011-05-26 | 3-LETTER THE BETTER $200: To point your Mauser aim |
| #6158, aired 2011-05-25 | REMEMBER THE 2000s? $1600: September 15, 2008:
Say it ain't so, bro! This overleveraged investment bank went underwater Lehman Brothers |
| #6156, aired 2011-05-23 | CELEBRITIES' FAVORITE BOOKS $400: (Pat Sajak presents the clue.) Ayn Rand put the individual's right to seek happiness at the center of this 1957 novel with a mythical character in its title Atlas Shrugged |
| #6155, aired 2011-05-20 | THE STATE SHE GOVERNED $400: Ann Richards, 1991-1995 Texas |
| #6150, aired 2011-05-13 | CURRENT MUSIC $200: She's the flamboyant performer heard here
"Born this way, oh there ain't no other way /
Baby I was born this way /
Baby I was born..." Lady Gaga |
| #6140, aired 2011-04-29 | ARBOR DAY READING? $1200: In the title of a bestseller by Olive Ann Burns, this word comes between "Cold" & "Tree" Sassy |
| #6108, aired 2011-03-16 | THE BRITISH POET LAUREATE WRITES $2,000 (Daily Double): In 2010 David Beckham injured his heel, inspiring Carol Ann Duffy to compare him in verse to this Greek hero Achilles |
| #6106, aired 2011-03-14 | WOMEN AUTHORS $1200: Her novel "The Fountainhead" was rejected by 12 publishers, some of whom declared it too controversial Ayn Rand |
| #6102, aired 2011-03-08 | NAME THAT PREZ $400: Was engaged only once, to Ann Coleman, but broke it off Buchanan |
| #6101, aired 2011-03-07 | THE LANGUAGE OF LOVE $400: Te amo Spanish |
| #6101, aired 2011-03-07 | THE LANGUAGE OF LOVE $1600: Ani ohev otach Hebrew |
| #6099, aired 2011-03-03 | WHAT'S IN YOUR WALLET? $800: My rewards card from this bookstore chain that has its headquarters in Ann Arbor, Michigan Borders |
| #6089, aired 2011-02-17 | TEENS & POETRY $1000: Don Juan, the teenage hero of a poem by this British lord, is "tall, handsome, slender, but well knit" Lord Byron |
| #6080, aired 2011-02-04 | BIRDIE $1000: For his service during WWI, Cher Ami, one of these useful birds, was awarded France's Croix de Guerre a homing pigeon |
| #6079, aired 2011-02-03 | BRITISH NOVELISTS $800 (Daily Double): Her only published work under her real name, Mary Ann Evans, was a translation of "Essence of Christianity" (George) Eliot |
| #6077, aired 2011-02-01 | MOVIE REMAKES $1200: In this movie's 2005 incarnation, the role of the girl, Ann Darrow, was played by Naomi Watts King Kong |
| #6056, aired 2011-01-03 | SKY HIGH $600: Aon center at 707 Wilshire Blvd Los Angeles |
| #6050, aired 2010-12-24 | PUNDITS $400: "Guilty: Liberal 'Victims' and their Assault on America" is one of this blonde pundit's bestsellers Ann Coulter |
| #6050, aired 2010-12-24 | CHRISTIANITY $1000: Born the son of slaves in 1760, Richard Allen became the first bishop & leader of this church, the AME, in 1816 African Methodist Episcopal church |
| #6049, aired 2010-12-23 | AMERICAN COMPOSERS $800: He popularized the term "swing" by composing "It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing" Duke Ellington |
| #6041, aired 2010-12-13 | 1901-1910 $600: On Jan. 1, 1902 the first postseason college football game was played in this city; Michigan beat Stanford, 49-0 Pasadena |
| #6028, aired 2010-11-24 | BRITISH POETS $400: In May 2009 Carol Ann Duffy became the first woman in history appointed to this U.K. post Poet Laureate |
| #6025, aired 2010-11-19 | FRENCH NOVELISTS $1600: This Guy, a master of the short story, also wrote 6 novels, including "Bel-Ami" & "Pierre et Jean" Guy de Maupassant |
| #6021, aired 2010-11-15 | NOW THAT'S COMEDY $1600: Chris Rock:
"If you haven't contemplated murder, you ain't been in" this love |
| #6013, aired 2010-11-03 | DEPARTMENT OF REDUNDANCY DEPARTMENT $1200: Completes Yogi Berra's declaration "it ain't over till..." "it's over" |
| #5999, aired 2010-10-14 | WOMEN'S FIRSTS $800: Not Mel Brooks' wife but this explorer was the first woman to cross the ice to the North Pole Ann Bancroft |
| #5967, aired 2010-07-20 | HELLO, DOLL-Y $1000: This doll with the red-&-white striped legs & red yarn hair was created by cartoonist Johnny Gruelle in 1915 Raggedy Ann |
| #5934, aired 2010-06-03 | COLONIAL NAMES FOR COUNTRIES $800: British Guiana Guyana |
| #5912, aired 2010-05-04 | FROM THE YIDDI"SCH" $800: To converse with the aim of gaining an advantage or making a connection schmooze |
| #5890, aired 2010-04-02 | REWRITING HAMLET $2000: You "two-school-fellows, whom I will trust as I will adders fanged" ...Aw, I ain't mad atcha! Giveth me hugs! Rosencrantz and Guildenstern |
| #5889, aired 2010-04-01 | '50s FICTION $400: Ayn Rand's original title for this 1957 novel was "The Strike" Atlas Shrugged |
| #5884, aired 2010-03-25 | PLANES, TRAINS & AUTOMOBILES $800: The Ann Rutledge, a train that ran between Chicago & Kansas City, was named for an early love of this president Abraham Lincoln |
| #5869, aired 2010-03-04 | THE BELOVED OSTRICH $1,000 (Daily Double): In a tradition stretching back millennia, residents of this desert in Botswana use ostrich eggs as water jugs the Kalahari |
| #5869, aired 2010-03-04 | SLOVAKIAN HISTORY $1200: In 2007 socialist PM Robert Fico pulled Slovakia's troops out of Iraq; they'd mainly been busy clearing these 2-word items land mines |
| #5865, aired 2010-02-26 | 20th CENTURY FICTION $1200: As this 1943 Ayn Rand novel begins, Howard Roark has just been expelled from the Stanton Institute of Technology The Fountainhead |
| #5852, aired 2010-02-09 | 21st CENTURY WOMEN $400: In 2008 Ann Dunwoody was promoted to this numerical rank in the Army, the highest ever for a woman 4-star general (full general) |
| #5847, aired 2010-02-02 | GOING ABSOLUTELY DENTAL $800: It ain't cheap fiction; it's the inner substance of the tooth containing veins, arteries & nerves pulp |
| #5845, aired 2010-01-29 | THE GRAMMYS $400: In 2007 this ex-Mouseketeer not named Britney was honored for her song "Ain't No Other Man" Christina Aguilera |
| #5836, aired 2010-01-18 | NAME DROPPING AT THE MALL $800: Fashion for today's woman:
____ Studio Max |
| #5833, aired 2010-01-13 | YOU KNOW HOW TO WHISTLE, DON'T YOU? $400: We ain't just whistlin' this tune here... oh, yeah. actually, we are Dixie |
| #5826, aired 2010-01-04 | THE SECOND TIME AROUND $800: "Barbara Ann":
The Regents in 1961, this group in 1966 The Beach Boys |
| #5824, aired 2009-12-31 | THAT AIN'T IN YOUR TYPICAL COUNTRY SONG $400: I never grew up poor / I have no old blue jeans / My suits are all from these siblings' store / In business since 1818 Brooks Brothers |
| #5824, aired 2009-12-31 | THAT AIN'T IN YOUR TYPICAL COUNTRY SONG $1000: This 6-letter Tony Stewart sport / Don't thrill me at all / July is too short / That's when Wimbledon calls NASCAR |
| #5809, aired 2009-12-10 | ORGANIZATIONS $400: On June 15, 2009 President Obama addressed this group to try to get them to scrub in & agree to health care reform the AMA (the American Medical Association) |
| #5809, aired 2009-12-10 | INSIDE A B-17 $2000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from inside a B-17.) The bombardier took aim through this top-secret bombsight that was said to be able to drop a bomb in a pickle barrel from 18,000 feet the Norden bombsight |
| #5808, aired 2009-12-09 | ANIMAL SONGS $200: Elvis Presley:
"You ain't never caught a rabbit" "Hound Dog" |
| #5793, aired 2009-11-18 | GET SOME HELP $800: Go ask Alice if you want to know that Ann B. Davis played the housekeeper Alice on this family sitcom The Brady Bunch |
| #5784, aired 2009-11-05 | ABBREV. $2000: Precede a digression with AON, this "of nothing" apropos |
| #5780, aired 2009-10-30 | BROTHERHOOD & SISTERHOOD $600: Carmen, Tibby, Lena & Bridget are this quartet created by Ann Brashares the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants |
| #5779, aired 2009-10-29 | MOBISODES $200: "Chris-tuh-fuh"'s girlfriend Adriana took a ride she ain't comin' back from on this show; join the club, Adriana The Sopranos |
| #5776, aired 2009-10-26 | & HOW $600: Use your dominant leg; aim for the lock or knob area; first make sure the person inside isn't just in the bathroom break down a door |
| #5770, aired 2009-10-16 | TASTES OF TOKYO $1200: This crustacean, ama-ebi, is cultivated in the cold waters in the Sea of Japan & is sweet, so it's eaten raw shrimp |
| #5764, aired 2009-10-08 | WHAT'S THE POINT? $3,600 (Daily Double): The USA's northernmost point, it was named for the founder of the Royal Geographic Society Point Barrow (Alaska) |
| #5762, aired 2009-10-06 | COLORFUL SONGS $800: "Ohh, but ain't that America for you & me, ain't that America something to see" "Pink Houses" |
| #5761, aired 2009-10-05 | REAL PEOPLE IN BEATLES SONGS $200: In "The Ballad Of" these 2, they were getting "married in Gibraltar"; you know it ain't easy John and Yoko (Ono) |
| #5761, aired 2009-10-05 | REAL PEOPLE IN BEATLES SONGS $600: In "Revolution" "if you go carrying pictures of" this guy "you ain't gonna make it with anyone anyhow" Chairman Mao |
| #5744, aired 2009-07-23 | EAST ASIA $200: Created by So-ami, a garden at Ryoan-ji outside Kyoto consists of rocks arranged on a bed of this sand |
| #5733, aired 2009-07-08 | SONG TITLES' MISSING BEGINNINGS $200: "Mountain High Enough" &
"Way To Treat A Lady" "Ain't No" |
| #5729, aired 2009-07-02 | COLLEGE FOOTBALL QUOTES $800: This Seminoles coaching legend: "After you retire, there's only one big event left... and I ain't ready for that" Bobby Bowden |
| #5721, aired 2009-06-22 | ANN(E)-TASTIC! $200: She announced that 2003's "Blood Canticle" will be her final vampire novel Anne Rice |
| #5721, aired 2009-06-22 | ANN(E)-TASTIC! $400: Her 16th c. cottage in Shottery, England is kept as a memorial (she never danced at the Oscars with Hugh Jackman) Anne Hathaway |
| #5721, aired 2009-06-22 | ANN(E)-TASTIC! $600: This advice columnist said "Truth is Stranger"; at least she did when she wrote that book in 1968 Ann Landers |
| #5721, aired 2009-06-22 | ANN(E)-TASTIC! $800: This college town is the seat of Michigan's Washtenaw County Ann Arbor |
| #5721, aired 2009-06-22 | ANN(E)-TASTIC! $1000: She delivered a sparkling keynote address at the 1988 Democratic National Convention Ann Richards |
| #5719, aired 2009-06-18 | TOP 40 COMMENCEMENT ADDRESSES? $1000: "Whenever one door closes I hope one more opens... & when you get the choice to sit it out or dance, I hope you dance" Lee Ann Womack |
| #5718, aired 2009-06-17 | THE BELLES $400: Mary Ann Mobley was Miss Mississippi before winning this national title Miss America |
| #5716, aired 2009-06-15 | ALAN $2000: This economist seen here was influenced by Ayn Rand (Alan) Greenspan |
| #5715, aired 2009-06-12 | DANCES WITH WOLVES $800: His girls! girls! girls! included "Viva Las Vegas" dance partner & co-star Ann-Margret Elvis Presley |
| #5707, aired 2009-06-02 | SIMILES $600 (Daily Double): This rhyming simile seems to have been a reference to movie star Errol in like Flynn |
| #5707, aired 2009-06-02 | SILENT PARTNERS $600: This late night talk show host has been a silent partner with Bobby Rahal on auto racing circuits David Letterman |
| #5707, aired 2009-06-02 | ACTUAL ITEMS $800: In making pencils the ferrule is the metal ring into which this is inserted the eraser |
| #5693, aired 2009-05-13 | WOMEN IN GOVERNMENT $1600: In 1967 Ann Uccello was elected the first woman mayor of a capital city--this capital of Connecticut Hartford |
| #5671, aired 2009-04-13 | ST. PAUL-Y GIRL $400: Former St. Paul teacher Ann Bancroft is the first woman to reach both these extremes by land the North and South Poles |
| #5664, aired 2009-04-02 | MOVIE TAGLINES $400: 1984:
"They ain't afraid of no ghost" Ghostbusters |
| #5648, aired 2009-03-11 | THE OLD FARMER'S ALMANAC $400: In late May, ahead of the official hurricane season, Tropical Storm Ana will threaten this state Florida |
| #5636, aired 2009-02-23 | LIVIN' LIBIDO LOCA $800: In 1836 this 27-year-old U.S. poet married Virginia Clemm, his underage cousin; every bit of that just ain't right (Edgar Allan) Poe |
| #5624, aired 2009-02-05 | THERE ARE SOME STRINGS ATTACHED $2000: It ain't slang for money, dough or cashola, but it is the instrument seen here a lute |
| #5621, aired 2009-02-02 | IT AIN'T BRAIN SURGERY $400: Your arch of this is okay, but we'll still have to crack your chest to work on the thoracic part of this artery the aorta |
| #5621, aired 2009-02-02 | IT AIN'T BRAIN SURGERY $800: Time for surgery to remove the vermiform this; when it's inflamed, no laxatives or purgatives should be taken the appendix |
| #5621, aired 2009-02-02 | IT AIN'T BRAIN SURGERY $1200: Today we'll be poking around this organ that produces insulin, glucagon & digestive juices the pancreas |
| #5621, aired 2009-02-02 | IT AIN'T BRAIN SURGERY $1600: Today we examine this 5-foot-long part of the large intestine, specifically, its S-shaped sigmoid part the colon |
| #5621, aired 2009-02-02 | IT AIN'T BRAIN SURGERY $2000: We have to repair your torn ACL, this, which helps connect the tibia to the femur; you're out for the season the anterior cruciate ligament |
| #5615, aired 2009-01-23 | NEIL DIAMOND'S GEMS $800: It's the title line that follows, "L.A.'s fine but it ain't home, New York's home but it ain't mine no more" "I am," I said |
| #5609, aired 2009-01-15 | A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS $200: It ain't no walk in the park; in 2004, England's Dept. of Health said 1,839 people--78% of them kids--fell out of these trees |
| #5609, aired 2009-01-15 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $400: She dedicated both "Atlas Shrugged" & "The Fountainhead" to Frank O'Connor Ayn Rand |
| #5605, aired 2009-01-09 | HAIKU TO THE CHIEF $600: He preceded Abe /
The Union, not in great shape /
Marriage ain't for him James Buchanan |
| #5600, aired 2009-01-02 | NOT-SO-UGLY BETTY $400: Before she was snarky Sue Ann and ditzy Rose, she was Vicki Angel on the '50s sitcom "Date With The Angels" Betty White |
| #5599, aired 2009-01-01 | VERY ANIMATED ACTORS $200: This actress provided the inspiration & voice for Stone Age sexpot Ann-Margrock on "The Flintstones" Ann-Margret |
| #5598, aired 2008-12-31 | "IT" IS A 7-LETTER WORD $800: A notable one of these read, "Here lies Ann Mann, who lived an old maid but died an old Mann" an epitaph |
| #5596, aired 2008-12-29 | WHERE AM I? $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Michigan.)
I'm not at Gerald R. Ford's presidential library in Ann Arbor, but at his museum in this city, Michigan's second largest Grand Rapids |
| #5587, aired 2008-12-16 | PUBLIC DOMAIN SONGS GO HEAVY METAL $200: Let's horse around with this tune; it ain't what it used to be "The Old Gray Mare" |
| #5582, aired 2008-12-09 | SONG LYRICS $1200: This Texas trio:
"I ain't askin' for much I said Lord, take me downtown I'm just lookin' for some tush" ZZ Top |
| #5578, aired 2008-12-03 | THEIR FIRST TOP 40 POP HIT $800: "It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over"
(1991) Lenny Kravitz |
| #5571, aired 2008-11-24 | DR. ALEX' OLD-TIME FEEL-GOOD MEDICINE SHOW $200: Muscles inflamed?
Joints in pain?
Dr. Alex' Youth Elixir clears away the ol' rheumatiz, or osteo- this (& it ain't "porosis"!) arthritis |
| #5568, aired 2008-11-19 | A-HAUNTING WE WILL GO $1000: An old forest farmhouse in Salt Lake City is supposedly haunted by Ann Eliza Webb, this man's 19th wife Brigham Young |
| #5561, aired 2008-11-10 | DE-ELECTABLE $200: Ann Richards lost her job as governor to this part-owner of the Texas Rangers George W. Bush |
| #5560, aired 2008-11-07 | ELVIS A TO Z $600: "V" is for this 1964 film that used the tagline "Elvis is at the wheel but Ann-Margret drives him wild!" Viva Las Vegas |
| #5558, aired 2008-11-05 | BY GEORGE $1600: In 1876 Mary Ann Evans used this masculine pen name for "Daniel Deronda" George Eliot |
| #5538, aired 2008-10-08 | ATLANTIS $1600: She called Atlantis "the isles of the blessed", & a chapter in "Atlas Shrugged" is entitled "Atlantis" Ayn Rand |
| #5537, aired 2008-10-07 | JOHNNY GILBERT RAPS & ROCKS ON $800: "A few times I've been around that track, so it's not just gonna happen like that, because I ain't no hollaback girl" Gwen Stefani |
| #5536, aired 2008-10-06 | THEY CALL THE WIND... $2000: Warm, dry winds called foehns include the Santa Ana of California & this one that descends the Eastern Rockies a Chinook |
| #5529, aired 2008-09-25 | THE 20th CENTURY $1200: In 1973 members of AIM occupied this South Dakota village for 71 days to protest federal policies toward Indians Wounded Knee |
| #5525, aired 2008-09-19 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $600: "Forever in" this color is Ann Brashares' third sequel to "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" blue |
| #5524, aired 2008-09-18 | FRUIT $600: The Royal Ann type of this fruit is often canned or used to make maraschinos cherries |
| #5516, aired 2008-09-08 | RHYME TRAP $800: Ann Miller's dance specialty tap |
| #5510, aired 2008-07-18 | MAKIN' STUFF $1000: This religious group founded by Ann Lee used time not spent on fleshly pursuits to make elegantly simple furniture the Shakers |
| #5501, aired 2008-07-07 | ERIC THE READ $1200: English prof & media pundit Eric Alterman is also the author of "It Ain't No Sin to Be Glad You're Alive", about this rocker Bruce Springsteen |
| #5493, aired 2008-06-25 | CLASSIC TOYS $2000: This doll first came out way back in 1915; Andy soon followed Raggedy Ann |
| #5476, aired 2008-06-02 | 2-LETTER WORDS $200: Before the grand jury, Bill Clinton said, "It depends on... your definition of" this word "is" |
| #5476, aired 2008-06-02 | THOSE AMAZING ANIMALS $400: No longer used in Thailand to haul teak from the jungle, these animals are being trained to paint an elephant |
| #5476, aired 2008-06-02 | ART $1600: Roger Fry of the Met coined this term for the works of artists like Cezanne & Gauguin Postimpressionist |
| #5476, aired 2008-06-02 | COMPUTER TERMS $2,000 (Daily Double): In the acronym BIOS, these 2 words come between "basic" & "system" input & output |
| #5476, aired 2008-06-02 | WORLD UP! $2000: In 1980 Luis Garcia Meza took power in this landlocked S. Amer. country that's had more than 180 coups in its history Bolivia |
| #5469, aired 2008-05-22 | ROMANCE & HISTORY $800: This future president's romance with Ann Rutledge is now believed to be a myth Lincoln |
| #5461, aired 2008-05-12 | HISTORICAL DIARIES? $1200: 1931: Busted for tax evasion?! I'm going to end up in Alcatraz for that?! That ain't the Chicago way! Al Capone |
| #5443, aired 2008-04-16 | MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS $400: In 1999 Ford snatched up the auto unit of this company for 50 billion kronor Volvo |
| #5443, aired 2008-04-16 | RODENTS $1000: A S. Am. delicacy, this water-dwelling herbivore was declared a fish by the Vatican so it could be eaten during Lent a capybara |
| #5443, aired 2008-04-16 | MARK TWAIN: BOOK LOVER $1,600 (Daily Double): "The only poem I have ever carried about with me", said Twain, was this classic, best enjoyed with "a jug of wine" the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam |
| #5443, aired 2008-04-16 | EARLY AMERICA $1600: His 1699 proposal for a permanent French trading post on the Detroit River didn't include a car dealership Cadillac |
| #5443, aired 2008-04-16 | SIGNS & SYMBOLS $2,000 (Daily Double): At her swearing-in, Speaker Pelosi wore this color (also a longtime symbol of power) as a symbol of the Suffragettes purple |
| #5441, aired 2008-04-14 | LEFT FIELD $800: She beat Warren G. Harding (not that one) for Texas treasurer in 1982; later, she would be governor Ann Richards |
| #5435, aired 2008-04-04 | ORGANIZATIONS $1000: In 1957 Tom Hayden went off to college in Ann Arbor, where he would co-found this 1960s student organization Students for a Democratic Society |
| #5430, aired 2008-03-28 | MAY I HAVE A WORD WITH "U"? $200: On Feb. 15, 1898 it famously sank in Havana harbor the U.S.S. Maine |
| #5430, aired 2008-03-28 | ALMOST BEFORE & AFTER $400: Depression era Erskine Caldwell novel about sharecroppers residing in the smallest U.S. state Tobacco Rhode Island |
| #5430, aired 2008-03-28 | OF THE SEA & SHIPS $600: On a sailing ship, these can be buntlines, downhauls or sheets ropes |
| #5430, aired 2008-03-28 | THE CALENDAR $800: 2 of the 4 months without a U.S. federal holiday (2 of) March, April, June & August |
| #5430, aired 2008-03-28 | OF THE SEA & SHIPS $800: Apollo 15's command module was named in honor of this ship commanded by captain James Cook the Endeavour |
| #5426, aired 2008-03-24 | NONFICTION $400: In "Ana's Story", this First Daughter tells of a young mother she met through UNICEF who's HIV positive Jenna Bush |
| #5423, aired 2008-03-19 | THE WORLD ALMANAC'S WIDELY KNOWN AMERICANS $1,000 (Daily Double): In order, you'll find Bob Costas, Ann Coulter, Katie Couric & this former TV anchor Walter Cronkite |
| #5423, aired 2008-03-19 | LITERATURE $2000: The 2-word title of this 1985 Bobbie Ann Mason novel refers to the time a soldier spent in Vietnam In Country |
| #5422, aired 2008-03-18 | FROM A TO Y $800: Back in the Middle Ages, the aim of this practice was to change base metals into gold alchemy |
| #5416, aired 2008-03-10 | HOW'S THE WEATHER? $800: Mountain passes speed up hot, dry air, giving this U.S. state its Santa Ana winds California |
| #5412, aired 2008-03-04 | "C" BIRDS $400: The ani is a species of this "crazy" bird a cuckoo |
| #5411, aired 2008-03-03 | 7-LETTER WORDS $1000: If it ain't this period of music said to have ended with Bach's death in 1750, don't fix it Baroque |
| #5407, aired 2008-02-26 | LITERARY MOMMAS $200: After arriving in California from Dust Bowl Oklahoma, she tells her son Tom, "They ain't gonna wipe us out" Mother Joad |
| #5402, aired 2008-02-19 | AN ABBREV. CATEG. $800: Doctors' group:
AMA the American Medical Association |
| #5399, aired 2008-02-14 | WHEN YOU WERE A TEENAGER, ALEX $400: At 16 I perfected my Elvis impression with his big hit "You Ain't Nothin' But A" this a hound dog |
| #5394, aired 2008-02-07 | THE SECRET OF NYM $400: "George Eliot" is one of these -nyms; her autonym is Mary Ann Evans a pseudonym |
| #5393, aired 2008-02-06 | GOVERNORS $1000: In 2001 Ruth Ann Minner became the first female governor of this small Eastern state Delaware |
| #5392, aired 2008-02-05 | HISPANIC HISTORY $2000: Around 1829 this Mexican began calling himself the "Napoleon of the West" General Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana |
| #5384, aired 2008-01-24 | WHO CREATED THEM? $800: Genius architect Howard Roark Ayn Rand |
| #5367, aired 2008-01-01 | "AIN" WE GOT FUN $200: Mensa's organ of choice the brain |
| #5367, aired 2008-01-01 | "AIN" WE GOT FUN $400: The silo's full of it grain |
| #5367, aired 2008-01-01 | "AIN" WE GOT FUN $600: You can do it to a muscle or wet spaghetti strain |
| #5367, aired 2008-01-01 | "AIN" WE GOT FUN $800: Delicately beautiful, like some little girls or flowers dainty |
| #5367, aired 2008-01-01 | "AIN" WE GOT FUN $1000: Shiites are dominant in this Qatar neighbor Bahrain |
| #5364, aired 2007-12-27 | "LOVE" IS A BATTLEFIELD $600: Ann Landers was a big supporter of this program for parents who want to control their teenagers ToughLove |
| #5350, aired 2007-12-07 | DREW BARRYMORE LOVES MUSIC $800: (Drew Barrymore gives the clue again.) "It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" swings with the lyrics of Irving Mills & the music of this jazzman (Duke) Ellington |
| #5349, aired 2007-12-06 | ACCENT-A-PALOOZA $800: "No woman, no cry", no problem for this country, from St. Ann's Bay to Port Maria Jamaica |
| #5335, aired 2007-11-16 | IT AIN'T ROCKET SCIENCE $200: This electronically recorded graphic representation is unique to each individual speaker a voice print |
| #5335, aired 2007-11-16 | IT AIN'T ROCKET SCIENCE $400: In 1912 he opened his eponymous clothing & shoe store in Freeport, Maine L.L. Bean |
| #5335, aired 2007-11-16 | IT AIN'T ROCKET SCIENCE $600: Henri Dunant, founder of the Red Cross, was a native of this city Geneva |
| #5335, aired 2007-11-16 | IT AIN'T ROCKET SCIENCE $800: (Jon of the Clue Crew demonstrates with a chess board.) Usually done early in the game, it's the chess move seen here & can't be done if you've previously moved your king castling |
| #5335, aired 2007-11-16 | IT AIN'T ROCKET SCIENCE $1000: Usually sold without the bone, this beef cut is taken from the breast section under the first 5 ribs a brisket |
| #5331, aired 2007-11-12 | GIRLS OF SONG $400: Elvis Costello tells this title girl, "My aim is true" Alison |
| #5317, aired 2007-10-23 | BROADWAY DEBUTS $1600: (I'm Susan Lucci.) In 1999 I took aim at Broadway, I made my debut as the title sharpshooter in this musical Annie Get Your Gun |
| #5316, aired 2007-10-22 | THE HISTORY OF CANDY $600: The 5th Avenue candy bar was first made by this company famous for its cough drops Luden's |
| #5294, aired 2007-09-20 | THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER LYRICS $200: The song ends by rhyming this word with "brave" wave |
| #5294, aired 2007-09-20 | OFFICIAL STATE THINGS $400: The syringa, also known as the mock orange, is Idaho's official state this flower |
| #5294, aired 2007-09-20 | FASHION SENSE $500 (Daily Double): It's a French name for a Polish dance, as well as a fitted top & overskirt ensemble of the 1700s polonaise |
| #5294, aired 2007-09-20 | CSI: SHAKESPEARE $600: Blood spatter says the guy killed Paris, then himself. The girl stabbed herself... ain't love grand Romeo and Juliet |
| #5294, aired 2007-09-20 | THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER LYRICS $800: The punctuation mark that ends the first verse, the one that's usually sung question mark |
| #5294, aired 2007-09-20 | THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER LYRICS $1000: The 2 times of day mentioned in the first 2 lines dawn & twilight |
| #5293, aired 2007-09-19 | ALSO A PLAYING CARD $200: You'll need one of these to change a tire a jack |
| #5293, aired 2007-09-19 | YOU'RE IN DE-NILE $800: This ancient Greek historian called Egypt "the gift of the Nile" Herodotus |
| #5293, aired 2007-09-19 | ALSO A PLAYING CARD $800: Juice Newton was "Playin' with" her, "knowin' it ain't really smart" the Queen of Hearts |
| #5292, aired 2007-09-18 | AIN'T WE GOT PUN $400: A scholarly paper on punning restaurant names was titled "Dew Drop Inn and" this vegetable "Entertain You" Lettuce |
| #5292, aired 2007-09-18 | AIN'T WE GOT PUN $800: A Presidential exhibit at the National Postal museum was called this "to the Chief" Mail |
| #5292, aired 2007-09-18 | AIN'T WE GOT PUN $1200: About comparing a pair of beetles, a pun-chline in "Master and Commander" is "Choose the lesser of" these two weevils |
| #5292, aired 2007-09-18 | AIN'T WE GOT PUN $1600: (Hi. I'm Joely Fisher.) I did my first L.A. cabaret act 8 months pregnant, so I just had to call it "From Here to" this Maternity |
| #5292, aired 2007-09-18 | AIN'T WE GOT PUN $2000: Punning on Glenn Miller, a 1985 film with Geena Davis as a vampire was called this "6-5000" Transylvania |
| #5290, aired 2007-09-14 | SITCOM SUPPORTING CHARACTERS $400: Rock me, Ann B. Davis! Ms. D played housekeeper Alice Nelson on this sitcom from 1969 to 1974 The Brady Bunch |
| #5276, aired 2007-07-16 | AIN'T THAT AMERICA $400: This state celebrates July 24, the day of Brigham Young's arrival, as Pioneer Day Utah |
| #5276, aired 2007-07-16 | AIN'T THAT AMERICA $800: By early 2006, New Orleans had been overtaken in population by this nearby capital city Baton Rouge |
| #5276, aired 2007-07-16 | AIN'T THAT AMERICA $1200: This state's Little Diomede is about 2 1/2 miles from Russia's Big Diomede Island Alaska |
| #5276, aired 2007-07-16 | AIN'T THAT AMERICA $1600: Since 1792 Frankfort has been the capital of this state Kentucky |
| #5276, aired 2007-07-16 | AIN'T THAT AMERICA $2000: Downtown skyway systems with 13 miles of walkways make it so you don't have to go outside while in these twin cities Minneapolis & St. Paul |
| #5275, aired 2007-07-13 | ADDING INSULT $1000: Later a Texas governor, in 1988 she said George H.W. Bush was "born with a silver foot in his mouth" (Ann) Richards |
| #5265, aired 2007-06-29 | NERVE-ANA $400: Also called the second cranial nerves, you need them to read this clue the optic nerves |
| #5265, aired 2007-06-29 | NERVE-ANA $800: The tingling sensation that arises when the ulnar nerve is struck gives a point on the arm this name the funny bone |
| #5265, aired 2007-06-29 | NERVE-ANA $1200: This basic unit of life is often tiny, but the nerve type in a giraffe can be 9 feet long cell |
| #5265, aired 2007-06-29 | NERVE-ANA $1600: The first cranial nerve, also called this sensory nerve, ends in the nasal cavity the olfactory nerve |
| #5265, aired 2007-06-29 | NERVE-ANA $2000: Sometimes confused with rheumatism, this pain is named for the longest nerve in the body sciatica |
| #5259, aired 2007-06-21 | THE SON ALSO RISES $1,000 (Daily Double): The devil you say! He inherited the title "Duke of Normandy" from his dad Robert the Devil in 1035 William the Conqueror |
| #5259, aired 2007-06-21 | ANTROPOLOGY $1000: This study of one society, from the Greek for "people", began with Bronislaw Malinowski's work in Melanesia ethnography |
| #5259, aired 2007-06-21 | ON THE ROAD $2000: Say it! Say it! Say Julie Hagerty lost the nest egg in this 1985 Albert Brooks comedy Lost in America |
| #5259, aired 2007-06-21 | TOUGH LIT $2000: Ornithological title name of a prison in a John Cheever novel Falconer |
| #5254, aired 2007-06-14 | HISTORICAL BLOGS. $200: 1865: Everyone talks about my "march to the sea", but my trip through the Carolinas ain't no picnic, either William Sherman |
| #5240, aired 2007-05-25 | TED DANSON THE NIGHT AWAY $800: This title sitcom doc played by Ted has been described as the AMA's "answer to Basil Fawlty" (Dr. John) Becker |
| #5222, aired 2007-05-01 | YOU SEE "LA" $1000: Element with the atomic number 103 (it ain't livermorium!) lawrencium |
| #5213, aired 2007-04-18 | LET'S GO SHOPPING $400: "Name your own price" for airline tickets, hotels, cars & more on this website that's a clever way to shop Priceline.com |
| #5213, aired 2007-04-18 | '60s MUSIC $800: "Looks like we're in for nasty weather" in this CCR hit from 1969 "Bad Moon Rising" |
| #5213, aired 2007-04-18 | "L" IN... $2000: ...LOC, as in www.loc.gov Library |
| #5213, aired 2007-04-18 | '60s MUSIC $2000: This 1961 hit by Dion begins, "Here's my story, sad but true, it's about a girl that I once knew" "Runaround Sue" |
| #5209, aired 2007-04-12 | 19th CENTURY AMERICANS $2000: This Illinois girl died in 1835; in 1890, she was reburied in Petersburg, Ill. to drum up tourism there Ann Rutledge |
| #5209, aired 2007-04-12 | 19th CENTURY AMERICANS $3,000 (Daily Double): Ann Eliza Webb was one of this 19th century Utah group that's sometimes counted at 27 women the wives of Brigham Young |
| #5199, aired 2007-03-29 | STUPID ANSWERS $200: It's the state song of the beautiful State of Ohio "Beautiful Ohio" |
| #5193, aired 2007-03-21 | LITERARY LASS LINES $400: "I'll never love anybody but you, Tom, and I'll never marry anybody but you--and you ain't to ever marry anybody but me" Becky (Thatcher) |
| #5188, aired 2007-03-14 | MYTHOLOGY $600: In the title of an Ayn Rand novel, this mythological figure "Shrugged" Atlas |
| #5172, aired 2007-02-20 | AUTHORS' RHYME TIME $400: Ayn's rock groups Rand's bands |
| #5163, aired 2007-02-07 | POPULAR CULTURE $800: Alice Childress' moving novel for young adults about a teen on drugs is called "A Hero Ain't Nothing But" this a Sandwich |
| #5161, aired 2007-02-05 | YOU GET AN "A" $600: ...in French, if you remember this French word for "friend" ami |
| #5153, aired 2007-01-24 | IF IT AIN'T GOT THAT SWING $200: An athlete who is "swinging for the fences" is playing this sport baseball |
| #5153, aired 2007-01-24 | IF IT AIN'T GOT THAT SWING $400: It's the activity you're participating in if you're instructed to "swing your partner, do-si-do" square dancing |
| #5153, aired 2007-01-24 | IF IT AIN'T GOT THAT SWING $600: This rock band sang, "We are the sultans of swing" Dire Straits |
| #5153, aired 2007-01-24 | IF IT AIN'T GOT THAT SWING $800: "Swing Time" was the sixth film to team this pair of legendary dancers Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers |
| #5153, aired 2007-01-24 | IF IT AIN'T GOT THAT SWING $1000: Cool, Daddy-O! The 1939 autobiography by this bandleader was titled "The Kingdom of Swing" Benny Goodman |
| #5148, aired 2007-01-17 | WOMEN AUTHORS $800: She once said "The Fountainhead" was "only an overture" to her "Atlas Shrugged" Ayn Rand |
| #5126, aired 2006-12-18 | ADJECTIVES $200: Adjective in the name of stuffed dolls Ann & Andy raggedy |
| #5124, aired 2006-12-14 | IN TEXAS $800: Texas' state insect is this "royal" flyer the monarch butterfly |
| #5118, aired 2006-12-06 | NAME THE DECADE $800: America first hears "Ain't We Got Fun?" & "The Varsity Drag" the 1920s |
| #5114, aired 2006-11-30 | ANIMALS $2000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports.)
Inside zoos, the aim is to increase the population; outside the zoos, the declining number of orangutans are found only on these two Indonesian islands Borneo and Sumatra |
| #5107, aired 2006-11-21 | GET AN EDUCATION! $1600: Get some Latin under your belt, like amo, amas & this third-person singular form of "to love" amat |
| #5095, aired 2006-11-03 | HAIRY IT $400: This small mammal, Mephitis mephitis, can spray musk accurately as far as 12 feet (& it ain't the Jovan kind) a skunk |
| #5083, aired 2006-10-18 | 20th CENTURY AUTHORS $400: Ayn Rand once cited this late Mike Hammer author as her favorite popular writer Mickey Spillane |
| #5082, aired 2006-10-17 | THE WORLD SERIES $2000: It ain't over 'til it's over, but this Yankee is the all-time World Series leader in games played, at-bats & hits Yogi Berra |
| #5081, aired 2006-10-16 | "K" MART $400: Ann Richards delivered this "address" at the 1988 Democratic National Convention the keynote |
| #5068, aired 2006-09-27 | LET’S GET SMALL $800: Hey baby, there ain’t no easy way out; this word can precede bourgeois, larceny & cash petty |
| #5061, aired 2006-09-18 | PUNCH LINES $200: In 1966 he refused military induction by saying, "I ain't got no trouble with them Viet Cong" Muhammad Ali |
| #5055, aired 2006-07-28 | THAT'S POLITICS $200: In July 1804 in the same N.J. place where his son had died in a duel 3 years before, he did not take aim; oops (Alexander) Hamilton |
| #5047, aired 2006-07-18 | FOOD FACTS $200: Osso bucco is the shank cut of this meat veal |
| #5047, aired 2006-07-18 | "K" MART $1000: Silk-stringed instrument heard here a koto |
| #5047, aired 2006-07-18 | MOVIES' LAST LINES $1600: 1931--
"Mother of mercy, is this the end of Rico?" Little Caesar |
| #5047, aired 2006-07-18 | DUST TO DUST $2000: In "King Lear", Albany tells her, "You are not worth the dust which the rude wind blows in your face" Goneril |
| #5046, aired 2006-07-17 | THE DICTIONARY $1200: Dictionaries use archaic for rare usages; this label refers to a sense of a word no longer in use, like "guess" for "aim" obsolete |
| #5043, aired 2006-07-12 | MOVIE CATCH PHRASES $1000: 1927:
"You ain't heard nothin' yet!" The Jazz Singer |
| #5032, aired 2006-06-27 | LITERARY THEATRE $400: The '70s musical "Gone with the Wind" starred Pernell Roberts & Lesley Ann Warren as this captivating couple Rhett & Scarlett |
| #5017, aired 2006-06-06 | BIBLICAL PERSON, PLACE OR THING $2000: Ulam person |
| #5011, aired 2006-05-29 | AFI's TOP 100 MOVIE QUOTES $1200: No. 36:
"Badges? We ain't got no badges! We don't need no badges! I don't have to show you any stinking badges!" The Treasure of the Sierra Madre |
| #5001, aired 2006-05-15 | A CATEGORY OF CATEGORIES $800: CROSSWORD CLUES "A":
Athos' ami
(6) Aramis |
| #4992, aired 2006-05-02 | DUETS $1200: 1 of 2 Top 40 duets sung by Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell with "Ain't" in the title "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" or "Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing" |
| #4979, aired 2006-04-13 | LET'S GET MARRIED IN VEGAS! $1000: He's the blushing groom seen here after his 1967 wedding at the Riviera Roger Smith |
| #4977, aired 2006-04-11 | CHURCHES & CATHEDRALS $800: Her Angelus Temple, which was completed in L.A. in 1923, was said to look like a giant spaceship Aimee Semple McPherson |
| #4967, aired 2006-03-28 | YANKEE STADIUM $400: History ain't what it used to be: 2 No. 8's are on Yankee Stadium's retired Nos. wall, Bill Dickey's & this malaprop-master's Yogi Berra |
| #4966, aired 2006-03-27 | FAKE ROCK BANDS & SINGERS $1600: The vivacious Ann-Margrock rocked the house on this TV series back in 1963 The Flintstones |
| #4961, aired 2006-03-20 | CLOSING THE BOOK $2000: Ayn Rand:
"(Galt) raised his hand and over the desolate earth he traced in space the sign of the dollar" Atlas Shrugged |
| #4948, aired 2006-03-01 | CALIFORNIA DREAMIN' $800: Spanish for "the bull", it's the site of a former Marine Corps air station near Santa Ana, California El Toro |
| #4944, aired 2006-02-23 | COLLEGE KNOWLEDGE $400: This university's first scholarship fund was created in 1643 with a gift from Ann Radcliffe Harvard |
| #4939, aired 2006-02-16 | GREAT LIT $1000: Howard Roark's nonconformist ideas get him expelled from architectural school in this Ayn Rand novel The Fountainhead |
| #4938, aired 2006-02-15 | WE HELP WITH YOUR COLLEGE APPLICATION $400: Every year since 1965, at least one grad of this private L.A. school has been up for an Oscar; I aim to join that list University of Southern Cal (USC) |
| #4937, aired 2006-02-14 | NOVELS $2000: Billy, whose dogs are Old Dan & Little Ann, finds out "Where" this "Grows" in a book by Wilson Rawls the Red Fern |
| #4933, aired 2006-02-08 | THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION $1600: Ann Bates, a British spy, acted as a go-between between Benedict Arnold & this major John André |
| #4919, aired 2006-01-19 | STOCK SYMBOLS $600: A retailer of women's apparel:
ANN Ann Taylor |
| #4892, aired 2005-12-13 | AMERICANA $600: Robert E. Lee's wife, Mary Ann Randolph Custis, was the great-granddaughter of this first lady Martha Washington |
| #4882, aired 2005-11-29 | CLINT EASTWOOD MOVIE QUOTES $1200: Clint:
"The United States Marines is lookin' for a few good men--you ain't it" Heartbreak Ridge |
| #4880, aired 2005-11-25 | SPICE GIRLS (AND BOYS) $1200: The "Today" Show got a little spicier when she became its news anchor in 1997 Ann Curry |
| #4876, aired 2005-11-21 | WOMEN IN GOVERNMENT $1600: She's the governor pictured here in 1994 with her then-opponent (Ann) Richards |
| #4864, aired 2005-11-03 | COMPANY SYMBOLS $2,500 (Daily Double): This polishing soap's baby chick was created in the late 1890s; it still "hasn't scratched yet" Bon Ami |
| #4845, aired 2005-10-07 | 3-LETTER WORDS $200: It comes between ready & fire! aim |
| #4830, aired 2005-09-16 | YOU AIN'T NOTHIN' BUT A HOUND DOG $200: This variety of collie is named for its origin near the region between England & Scotland border collie |
| #4830, aired 2005-09-16 | YOU AIN'T NOTHIN' BUT A HOUND DOG $600: This name of a popular hunting dog means "swift" in Russian borzoi |
| #4830, aired 2005-09-16 | YOU AIN'T NOTHIN' BUT A HOUND DOG $800: Nicknamed the "coach dog", it probably earned its name during the Balkan wars of 1912 & 1913 in Croatia a dalmatian |
| #4830, aired 2005-09-16 | YOU AIN'T NOTHIN' BUT A HOUND DOG $1000: Similar to but larger than a beagle, this breed shares its name with a type of hawk & a type of British jet fighter the harrier |
| #4830, aired 2005-09-16 | YOU AIN'T NOTHIN' BUT A HOUND DOG $1,500 (Daily Double): These 2 hounds whose names begin with the same letter are said by the AKC to have the keenest sense of smell bloodhound & basset hound |
| #4828, aired 2005-09-14 | THE FRENCH REVOLUTION $5,600 (Daily Double): The Jacobins used the assassination of this editor of L'ami du Peuple as an excuse to begin the Reign of Terror (Jean-Paul) Marat |
| #4826, aired 2005-09-12 | "AIN" DROPS $200: Lettuce fit for a Caesar romaine |
| #4826, aired 2005-09-12 | "AIN" DROPS $400: By definition, a poem of 4 lines quatrain |
| #4826, aired 2005-09-12 | "AIN" DROPS $600: To instill with ministerial authority ordain |
| #4826, aired 2005-09-12 | "AIN" DROPS $800: When the chorus sings the chorus, it has sung this the refrain |
| #4826, aired 2005-09-12 | "AIN" DROPS $1000: It was known to the ancients as Dilmun; the al-Khalifa dynasty rules it today Bahrain |
| #4825, aired 2005-07-22 | 20th CENTURY AMERICANA $1200: These caramel candies debuted in 1935, long before Ann Miller's Broadway musical of the same name Sugar Babies |
| #4824, aired 2005-07-21 | CALL ME CHARLES $2000: Caril Ann Fugate was the girlfriend of this Nebraska-born killer of the 1950s Charles Starkweather |
| #4816, aired 2005-07-11 | A BOWL OF CHERRIES $200: The Royal Ann cherry is most commonly used to make this specially treated cherry that is dyed red or green a maraschino |
| #4807, aired 2005-06-28 | THE LADIES OF ROCK $1000: Ja Rule has teamed with this pop star for 2 No. 1 hits, "I'm Real" & "Ain't It Funny" Jennifer Lopez |
| #4805, aired 2005-06-24 | SONG SUNG "BLUE" $800: "Sometimes I wonder what I'm a gonna do, but there ain't no cure for" these the summertime blues |
| #4791, aired 2005-06-06 | IT AIN'T ME, BABE $200: I left Minnesota around the time I changed my name from Robert Allen Zimmerman to this (Bob) Dylan |
| #4791, aired 2005-06-06 | IT AIN'T ME, BABE $400: It gives me the seven-year itch when you call me Norma Jean Baker Marilyn Monroe |
| #4791, aired 2005-06-06 | IT AIN'T ME, BABE $600: It makes me neurotic to tell you my real name is Allen Stewart Konigsberg Woody Allen |
| #4791, aired 2005-06-06 | IT AIN'T ME, BABE $800: I played the simply named Jo March, but I was born with the last name Horowitz Winona Ryder |
| #4791, aired 2005-06-06 | IT AIN'T ME, BABE $1000: Here's a "hard" one; I'm the '50s hunk who at one point went by Roy Fitzgerald Rock Hudson |
| #4787, aired 2005-05-31 | LITERARY COLLABORATORS $400: She & her tres cher ami Jean-Paul Sartre collaborated on the political & literary journal Modern Times Simone de Beauvoir |
| #4776, aired 2005-05-16 | PEN NAMES $400: Mary Ann Evans wrote under this pseudonym, partly to honor her lover George Eliot |
| #4774, aired 2005-05-12 | TOP 40 MUSICAL CONTRACTIONS $1200: "____ Too Proud To Beg" Ain't |
| #4760, aired 2005-04-22 | HITCHCOCK MOVIE QUOTES $600: "That's funny, that plane's dustin' crops where there ain't no crops" North by Northwest |
| #4759, aired 2005-04-21 | THE BIG BAND ERA $400: In a Duke Ellington hit song title, it's the line that follows "It don't mean a thing" "if it ain't got that swing" |
| #4758, aired 2005-04-20 | CALIFUNIA $400: "Ready. Aim. Scream" is the slogan of this Buena Park theme park's Silver Bullet ride Knott's Berry Farm |
| #4744, aired 2005-03-31 | 1955 $800: Esther Pauline Friedman Lederer began having her say in the Chicago Sun-Times under this name Ann Landers |
| #4739, aired 2005-03-24 | SMITH COLLEGE ALUMNAE $1000: Ann M. Martin (Smith, 1977) is the author of the book series about this "Club" The Baby-sitters Club |
| #4738, aired 2005-03-23 | BOB DYLAN CHRONICLES $600: "I got a head full of ideas that are drivin' me insane. It's a shame the way she makes me scrub the floor" "Maggie's Farm" |
| #4735, aired 2005-03-18 | REMEMBERING ARTHUR MILLER $400: In the '30s Miller attended this school at Ann Arbor, which he said was "regarded as a radical enclave" the University of Michigan |
| #4734, aired 2005-03-17 | MOVIE SONGS $1600: "You Will Be My Ain True Love"
(2003) Cold Mountain |
| #4732, aired 2005-03-15 | THE BOOK REVIEW $1000: "How to Talk to a Liberal (if You Must)" is subtitled "The World According to" her Ann Coulter |
| #4726, aired 2005-03-07 | A SNAKE IN THE CATEGORY $600: Creepy-crawly singer-songwriter heard here
"I don't like spiders and snakes /
And that ain't what it takes to love me..." (Jim) Stafford |
| #4708, aired 2005-02-09 | ADVICE $800: In it's first installment, this successor column to Ann Landers said it's ok to charge your lazy son rent Ask Amy |
| #4708, aired 2005-02-09 | CLICHES IN OTHER WORDS... $2000: "Carmen" remains unfinished up to the time a beefy broad belts out a ditty the opera ain't over 'til the fat lady sings |
| #4707, aired 2005-02-08 | COLLEGE TOWNS $1200: University of Michigan Ann Arbor |
| #4705, aired 2005-02-04 | IF SHAKESPEARE WROTE FOR THE WWE $400: Brutus! You led the assassins that kill me in Act III! That's not even halfway through my own play! That ain't right! (Julius) Caesar |
| #4677, aired 2004-12-28 | COLLEGE BOWL $200: When completed in 1923, this Ann Arbor school's Yost Field House was the first field house on a college campus the University of Michigan |
| #4671, aired 2004-12-20 | FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT $800: Wright's interiors show his aim to eliminate what he called "the room as" this 3-letter word a box |
| #4669, aired 2004-12-16 | PIANISTS $800: He co-wrote the jazz classic "Ain't Misbehavin'" & performed it in the film "Stormy Weather" Fats Waller |
| #4641, aired 2004-11-08 | CHAMPAGNE MUSIC $600: Ann-Margret sang a song called "Champagne" in the movie version of this rock opera Tommy |
| #4627, aired 2004-10-19 | COOKING CLASS $800: Betty Crocker's recipe for Raggedy Ann Salad uses grated cheese for hair & these dried fruits for eyes raisins |
| #4626, aired 2004-10-18 | GET A JOB! $200: "Aim high" & get a job in this branch of the military & you might have to memorize their slogan "Aim High" the Air Force |
| #4613, aired 2004-09-29 | THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK $800: This song complains, "Since my gal and I ain't together keeps raining all the time" "Stormy Weather" |
| #4606, aired 2004-09-20 | ADD A "PIN"CH $400: The type of bowling done on the PBA circuit, or one of the objects you'd aim your ball at tenpin |
| #4603, aired 2004-09-15 | DANGER, CURVES AHEAD $2,000 (Daily Double): This Midwestern college town was named for its location on a curved part of the Saint Joseph River South Bend |
| #4599, aired 2004-09-09 | CONTRACTIONS $1200: The American Heritage Dict. says this nonstandard contraction was attacked in the 19th C. "for being a vulgarism" ain't |
| #4582, aired 2004-07-06 | CORAL REEF LIFE $1200: A species of these well-armed creatures known as the crown-of-thorns feasts on coral reefs a starfish |
| #4580, aired 2004-07-02 | "SUMMER" FUN $400: After Stockholm hosted these in 1912, Sweden's Hugo Wieslander was awarded a disputed gold in the decathlon the Summer Olympics |
| #4580, aired 2004-07-02 | DID WE PLANET THAT WAY? $400: This seventh planet from the Sun was the first to be discovered by telescope Uranus |
| #4580, aired 2004-07-02 | IN A MUSICAL MOOD $600: A 1972 No. 1 hit, this song would be great hold music for an eye doctor "I Can See Clearly Now" |
| #4580, aired 2004-07-02 | IN THE DICTIONARY $800: It'll probably take more than a buck to buy a jumbuck, an Australian term for one of these animals a sheep |
| #4580, aired 2004-07-02 | IN A MUSICAL MOOD $1000: The thrill of an expected return is recounted in this favorite "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" |
| #4580, aired 2004-07-02 | NEGATIVE THOUGHTS $1600: Winston Churchill told inquiring reporters, "I think" this 2-word phrase "is a splendid expression" no comment |
| #4580, aired 2004-07-02 | IN THE DICTIONARY $2000: (Sofia of the Clue Crew fences with Cheryl of the Clue Crew.) The name of this answering attack also refers to a quick verbal response riposte |
| #4580, aired 2004-07-02 | RONALD REAGAN $2000: Reagan called this 1942 film in which he played an amputee the best one he ever made Kings Row |
| #4580, aired 2004-07-02 | RONALD REAGAN $3,000 (Daily Double): The first of Reagan's several historic meetings with this man came in Geneva in 1985 Gorbachev |
| #4576, aired 2004-06-28 | MAIN STREET U.S.A. $1600: Bob Seger was "down on Main Street" in this city, home to a university Ann Arbor |
| #4574, aired 2004-06-24 | THE EMMYS $1000: 1976 Best Supporting Comedy Actress winner who played Sue Ann Nivens on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" Betty White |
| #4557, aired 2004-06-01 | 1995 $1000: John Filo finally met Mary Ann Vecchio Gillum, 25 years after taking a famous photo of her at this university Kent State |
| #4556, aired 2004-05-31 | VEGAS ON FILM $2000: (Sofia of the Clue Crew reads from Las Vegas.) In "Viva Las Vegas", Elvis & his rival, Count Elmo Mancini, tour the strip looking for her Ann-Margret |
| #4549, aired 2004-05-20 | FRENCH LITERATURE $2000: Known as a master of the short story--he wrote over 300 of them--he did write 6 novels including "Bel-Ami" in 1885 Guy de Maupassant |
| #4530, aired 2004-04-23 | IMMIGRANTS $3,600 (Daily Double): This woman who defended capitalism in her novels came to the U.S. from the USSR in 1926 Ayn Rand |
| #4523, aired 2004-04-14 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $400: Madonna could have gone to Madonna Univ. in Livonia but instead attended this bigger school in Ann Arbor University of Michigan |
| #4522, aired 2004-04-13 | THEY PUT ME ON HOLD AGAIN! $800: Calling a Sherpa guide's house in Tibet might get you this hold music "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" |
| #4519, aired 2004-04-08 | BEFORE & AFTER $1600: Red yarn-haired doll who served as Texas governor from 1991 to 1995 Raggedy Ann Richards |
| #4513, aired 2004-03-31 | DOLL $1600: This yarn-haired lass created by Johnny Gruelle back in 1915 is still around Raggedy Ann |
| #4508, aired 2004-03-24 | ET AL $1600: This trumpeter teamed up with Ann-Margret on the album "Beauty and the Beard" Al Hirt |
| #4504, aired 2004-03-18 | C'EST FRANC"A" $800: Marat published the revolutionary newspaper "Friend of the People", L'this du Peuple Ami |
| #4503, aired 2004-03-17 | HISTORICAL NOVELS $1200: This word completes the names of the series "The Lymond..." & "The Kent Family..." Chronicles |
| #4490, aired 2004-02-27 | THEIR FIRST FEATURE FILMS $1600: Ann Jillian played Bo Peep in her debut, this Disney movie musical based on a Victor Herbert operetta Babes in Toyland |
| #4488, aired 2004-02-25 | GREAT OL' SONGS $400: "Ev'ry morning, ev'ry evening, ain't we got" this fun |
| #4488, aired 2004-02-25 | GREAT OL' SONGS $800: This title completes the line "Now I ask you very confidentially..." "Ain't She Sweet" |
| #4486, aired 2004-02-23 | NONFICTION $1000: Her books include "Treason" & "Slander: Liberal Lies About the American Right" (Ann) Coulter |
| #4468, aired 2004-01-28 | WOMEN WRITERS $1000: The name of this Ann Patchett bestseller about a soprano is an Italian musical term Bel Canto |
| #4466, aired 2004-01-26 | MAY I BE FRANK WITH YOU? $400: He was the model for Howard Roark, the architect in Ayn Rand's "The Fountainhead" Frank Lloyd Wright |
| #4441, aired 2003-12-22 | AMERICAN WOMEN $400: It wasn't Mel Brooks' wife but another woman named this who was the first to cross the ice to the North Pole Ann Bancroft |
| #4427, aired 2003-12-02 | MOVIE SOUNDTRACKS $400: The soundtrack to this 1983 yuppie reunion movie includes '60s hits like "Ain't Too Proud to Beg" & "My Girl" The Big Chill |
| #4419, aired 2003-11-20 | DIET & EXERCISE $1600: Ann Wigmore popularized the notion that this vegetation seen here has healing power wheatgrass |
| #4412, aired 2003-11-11 | BODY TALK $800: To work diligently toward a desired aim is "to keep" this "to the wheel" your shoulder |
| #4410, aired 2003-11-07 | FORMER STATE GOVERNORS $1200: Ann Richards Texas |
| #4387, aired 2003-10-07 | MIXED FRUIT $1000: AIN'T GREEN tangerine |
| #4373, aired 2003-09-17 | QUOTES FROM THE 1920s $800: In "The Jazz Singer", he ad-libbed, "You ain't heard nothin' yet, folks" Al Jolson |
| #4370, aired 2003-09-12 | SEASON $800: In a 1958 Eddie Cochran hit, "There ain't no cure for" these the summertime blues |
| #4362, aired 2003-07-15 | PEN NAMES $2000: Mary Ann Evans became George Eliot; Amandine-Aurore-Lucile Dupin wore men's clothes & used this male name George Sand |
| #4344, aired 2003-06-19 | 4-LETTER FILMS $800: Lesley Ann Warren played Miss Scarlet & Christopher Lloyd was Prof. Plum in this 1985 spoof Clue |
| #4341, aired 2003-06-16 | AN APPLE A DAY $2,400 (Daily Double): This tart green apple was first cultivated by a certain Australian lady named Maria Ann Granny Smith |
| #4313, aired 2003-05-07 | '70s SITCOMS $800: It was the name of Ann Romano's super on "One Day at A Time" Dwayne Schneider |
| #4313, aired 2003-05-07 | HEALTH & MEDICINE $1000: Former Texas governor Ann Richards still campaigns, but now it's against this debilitating bone disease osteoporosis |
| #4311, aired 2003-05-05 | WORLD LIT $400: This "Atlas Shrugged" author shrugged off her native Russia in the 1920s & moved to the U.S. Ayn Rand |
| #4303, aired 2003-04-23 | PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY ADDRESSES $400: 1000 Beal Avenue, Ann Arbor, Michigan Gerald Ford |
| #4294, aired 2003-04-10 | BEFORE & AFTER $1600: Legendary large pool player who "Ain't Misbehavin'" in the world of jazz music Minnesota Fats Waller |
| #4286, aired 2003-03-31 | "R"ITERS $1600: A former cop, she "reigns" over true crime with bestsellers like "...And Never Let Her Go" Ann Rule |
| #4278, aired 2003-03-19 | SPEECH! SPEECH! $1200: This onetime governor of Texas delivered the keynote speech at the 1988 Democratic Convention Ann Richards |
| #4271, aired 2003-03-10 | TUNES FROM REVUES $5,600 (Daily Double): This tune from 1929's "Hot Chocolates" is the title of a more recent Fats Waller musical Ain't Misbehavin' |
| #4265, aired 2003-02-28 | "POCKET" CHANGE $2000: Ann-Margret made her movie debut in this 1961 film starring Bette Davis as Damon Runyon's Apple Annie Pocketful of Miracles |
| #4260, aired 2003-02-21 | CINDERELLA $1600: Lesley Collier played Cinderella in a 1981 TV ballet; this Lesley did it in a 1965 Rodgers & Hammerstein CBS special Lesley Ann Warren |
| #4256, aired 2003-02-17 | WOMEN'S FASHION $800: In this made-up brand name that dates from 1954, the last name suggests a fine clothes-maker Ann Taylor |
| #4247, aired 2003-02-04 | TECH TALK $1600: 3-letter (sounding like 3-word) name of an instant messaging program introduced in November 1996 ICQ |
| #4246, aired 2003-02-03 | "PE" CLASS $1200: Aim high & maybe one day you'll wind up living in this top-floor luxury apartment penthouse |
| #4241, aired 2003-01-27 | GOLF TALK $2000: (Peter Jacobsen gives the clue) On this type of long putt, you don't aim to hole out, but to leave yourself a short one lag |
| #4233, aired 2003-01-15 | FIND THE BIRTHSTONE $800: For thy medieval board game thy stone of choice was this purple one for February amethyst (g(ame thy st)one) |
| #4231, aired 2003-01-13 | BEFORE & AFTER $2000: R&B singer of "Ain't Got No Home" who was Nixon's running mate in 1960 Clarence "Frogman" Henry Cabot Lodge |
| #4210, aired 2002-12-13 | HELLO, DOLLY! $600: Arcola, Illinois, the birthplace of Johnny Gruelle, has a museum devoted to this rag doll duo he created Raggedy Ann & Andy |
| #4205, aired 2002-12-06 | "ANN" IN OTHER NEWS... $400: To incorporate territory, Karvina did it to Frystat in 1949 annex it |
| #4205, aired 2002-12-06 | '40s FICTION $600: To research this 1943 novel, Ayn Rand worked in an architect's office "The Fountainhead" |
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Lee Ann Roberts, a homemaker from Albuquerque, New Mexico
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Season 29 player (2013-01-08). Lee Ann won $1,000 on Who Wants...
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Mary Ann Stanley, a high school chemistry and physical science teacher from Statesboro, Georgia
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"She's been teaching for 22 years and is now teaching the...
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Mary Ann Hilterhaus, an administrative assistant from Glen Ridge, New Jersey
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Season 23 player (2007-06-21). Mary Ann also appeared on the original...
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Ann Gavaghan, a congressional staffer from Washington, D.C.
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Season 24 1-time champion: $12,399 + $1,000. Ann is a current...
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Ann Conger, a healthcare analyst from New Orleans, Louisiana
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Season 31 2-time champion: $21,799 + $2,000.
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Mary Ann Borer, a marketing coordinator from Pomona, California
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Season 35 4-time champion: $86,500 + $2,000.
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Ami Li, a freelance writer from Lyme, Connecticut
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Season 34 1-time champion: $14,200 + $2,000.
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Ann Thurlow, an aspiring novelist and retired salesperson from Mendham, New Jersey
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Season 28 1-time champion: $26,805 + $1,000.
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Mary Ann Eitler, a geologist from Alexandria, Virginia
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Season 20 player (2004-07-02). KJL game 23. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Ana Peso, a high school librarian from Wheeling, Illinois
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Season 29 player (2012-12-31).
First name pronounced like "AH-na".
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Ann Drourr, a rare bookseller from Mount Laurel, New Jersey
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Season 24 1-time champion: $31,200 + $2,000.
Last name pronounced like to rhyme with "power".
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Ann Mulkern, a university professor from Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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Season 24 player (2008-04-16).
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Ana Navarro, a Republican commentator from CNN, ABC News, and Telemundo
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"Born in Nicaragua, she is one of the leading Hispanic Republican...
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Ann Middleman, a market research consultant from Westbury, New York
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Season 24 player (2008-06-02).
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Ann Fletcher, a technical writer from Bristol, Tennessee
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Season 23 player (2006-12-14).
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Lori Ann Tennant, a homemaker from Fairmont, West Virginia
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Season 21 player (2004-10-28). KJL game 62. Lori's name appeared on...
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Ann Rusthoven, a housewife from Florence, South Carolina
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Season 26 player (2010-03-04).
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Ana Catalina Posada, a graduate student from Hanover, New Hampshire
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Season 25 player (2009-06-02).
First name pronounced like "AH-nah".
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Ann Dickie, a director of human resources from Cheverly, Maryland
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Season 20 player (2004-03-17).
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Lee Ann Farmer, an executive assistant from Redondo Beach, California
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Season 24 player (2007-10-22).
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Ann Cole, a retired medical technologist from Albuquerque, New Mexico
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Season 23 player (2007-04-18).
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Ann Rupel, a medical research assistant from New York, New York
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Season 22 player (2006-07-18).
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Sarah McNitt, a study-abroad advisor originally from Ann Arbor, Michigan
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2014 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 30 5-time champion: $89,398...
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Ann Carter, a production editor from Fort Lauderdale, Florida
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Season 9 player (1993-06-23).
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Ann McGahran, a nanny from Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey
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1994 Seniors Tournament quarterfinalist: $1,000.
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Ann Baur, a program manager from Seattle, Washington
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Season 36 player (2019-12-09).
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Ann Elizabeth Zibrat, a private school principal from Laurel, Maryland
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Season 9 player (1993-01-06).
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Ann Kleese, a substitute teacher from Marion, Indiana
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Season 9 player (1992-12-24).
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Ann Menge, a senior from Marquette University
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1993 College Championship semifinalist: $5,000.
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Betsy Foss, an English-as-a-second-language instructor from Ann Arbor, Michigan
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Season 30 player (2013-12-16).
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Ann Danielson, a sophomore from Amherst College
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1989 College Championship quarterfinalist: $1,000.
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Lisa Ann Walter, an actor and stand-up comedian originally from Washington, D.C.
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2023 Primetime Celebrity Jeopardy! winner: $1,000,000 for the Entertainment Community Fund....
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Julie Ann Crommett, a diversity and inclusion strategist from Atlanta, Georgia
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Season 38 player (2022-05-19).
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Mary Ann Fusco, a writer and editor originally from Caracas, Venezuela
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Season 9 player (1993-04-07).
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Ann Greiner, a retired naval officer originally from Columbus, Ohio
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Season 10 player (1994-06-15).
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Ann Mazzaferro, a high school English and drama teacher from San Andreas, California
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Season 37 player (2021-03-05).
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Mat Ahn, a law student originally from North Royalton, Ohio
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Season 30 player (2013-10-16). Mat was a student at New York...
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Carol Ann Krug, a software design engineer from Sunnyvale, California
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Season 12 3-time champion: $39,002.
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Ann Butler, a company president from Durango, Colorado
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Season 12 player (1995-09-22).
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Ann Sultan, a homemaker from Flushing, New York
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Season 12 player (1995-09-13).
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Ann Wheeler, a systems engineer from Oakland, California
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Season 5 1-time champion: $17,801.
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Ann Mattingly, a labor relation director originally from Louisville, Kentucky
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Season 1 player (1985-03-19).
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Judd Hess, a high school English teacher from Huntington Beach, California
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"In college, he volunteered to help in a classroom and was...
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Lee-Ann Rubenstein, a banker from Sherman Oaks, California
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Season 3 player (1987-05-06).
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Mary Ann McIntyre, an information technology consultant from Cherry Hill, New Jersey
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Season 12 player (1996-06-13).
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Mary Ann Seawell, a writer from Menlo Park, California
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Season 3 player (1986-12-25).
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Ann Gibney, an interior designer from Beaverton, Oregon
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Season 12 player (1996-05-22).
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Ana Wagner-Hoffman, a travel writer from Ames, Iowa
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Season 12 player (1995-10-06).
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Cathy Weber, a veterinarian from Ann Arbor, Michigan
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Season 20 player (2004-06-23).
KJL game 16.
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Dee Ann Redman, a sales representative from Billings, Montana
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Season 5 player (1988-12-26).
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Ann Hutcheson, a librarian from Colts Neck, New Jersey
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Season 10 player (1993-11-02).
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Carol Ann Hilton, a fundraiser from Washington, D.C.
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Season 12 2-time champion: $26,002.
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Jan Rishoi, an analytic software sales executive from Ann Arbor, Michigan
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Season 29 player (2012-12-11).
Name pronounced like "JAN ree-SHOY".
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Ann Marie Senter, a financial services officer from Raleigh, North Carolina
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Season 31 player (2014-04-27).
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Ann Hefenieder, an attorney from Billings, Montana
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Season 10 player (1994-01-24).
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Ann Burger, a food editor from Charleston, South Carolina
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Season 19 player (2002-09-10).
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Ann Wright, an immunologist from Agua Dulce, California
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Season 8 4-time champion: $26,000.
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Ann Turnock, an administrative assistant originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Season 8 player (1991-10-10).
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Ann Antell, a teacher from Ypsilanti, Michigan
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Season 2 3-time champion $18,110.
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Ann Sanders, a project manager from Topeka, Kansas
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Season 16 player (2000-07-20).
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Ann Darby, a retired investment banker from Cranford, New Jersey
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Season 16 player (1999-10-25).
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Ann Kruger, a college counselor originally from Linden, New Jersey
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Season 18 player (2002-06-26).
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Diana Peloquin, a graduate student of law and social work from Ann Arbor, Michigan
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Season 30 1-time champion: $15,700 + $2,000.
Article about Diana's defeat of Arthur Chu.
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Jo-Ann Raines, an associate director from South Orange, New Jersey
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Season 8 player (1992-01-16).
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Ani Gupta, an economist from Berkeley, California
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Season 33 player (2017-04-18).
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Ann Cook, a librarian originally from Charlottesville, Virginia
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Season 5 player (1989-01-19).
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John Schultz, a computer programmer from Ann Arbor, Michigan
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2015 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 31 5-time champion:...
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Ann Marchand, an internet news producer from Washington, D.C.
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Season 17 player (2000-11-01).
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Kara French, a Ph.D. student in history originally from Ann Arbor, Michigan
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Season 27 player (2011-01-27).
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Deb DeGeorge, a librarian from Ann Arbor, Michigan
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Season 25 player (2008-12-25).
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Ann Kupitz, a CPA and stay-at-home mom from Vernon Hills, Illinois
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Season 16 player (2000-04-24).
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Mary Ann Meyers, a homemaker from Clearwater, Florida
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Season 4 player (1988-01-12).
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Ann Hannon, a marketing research vice president from Princeton Junction, New Jersey
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Season 16 player (2000-05-05).
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Julie Kovach, a cardiologist from Ann Arbor, Michigan
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Season 23 player (2006-11-07). Julie's daughter Allyson Lieberman previously appeared on...
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Jenn Cannon, a physician from Ann Arbor, Michigan
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Season 24 2-time champion: $30,399 + $2,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD...
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Ann Catlin, a computer programmer from Brick, New Jersey
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Season 7 player (1991-04-01).
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Ann Hall-Rogalinski, a paralegal from Franklin, Wisconsin
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Season 13 player (1997-04-24). Won $1,000 on Who Wants to Be...
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Erik Larsen, a graduate student from Ann Arbor, Michigan
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"A graduate student from Ann Arbor, Michigan, Erik Larsen, whose winnings...
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Ann Jackman, a film editor originally from Villanova, Pennsylvania
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Season 14 player (1997-09-23).
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Dan Cordova, a sales representative from Santa Ana, California
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Season 23 player (2006-09-11).
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Ann Taliaferro Curtaz, an executive secretary from San Carlos, California
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Season 12 player (1996-04-10).
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Chris Rodrigues, a personal banking representative from New Bedford, Massachusetts
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Season 26 3-time champion: $41,498 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Thomas L. Friedman, an author and foreign affairs columnist from The New York Times
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"He has won three Pulitzer Prizes and authored six best sellers,...
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Kimberly Jantz, an attorney from Tulsa, Oklahoma
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Season 26 1-time champion: $22,200 + $2,000. Kimberly Jantz - an...
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Nathan Walpow, a data processor originally from Queens, New York
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1985 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $1,000. Season 1 5-time champion: $38,900....
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Nathan Walpow, a data processor and an actor originally from Queens, New York
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1985 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $1,000. Season 1 5-time champion: $38,900....
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Tom Toce, an actuary from New York, New York
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Season 26 2-time champion: $39,200 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Surya Sabhapathy, a senior from the University of Michigan
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2010-A College Championship 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $26,600. Hometown: Northville,...
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Amy Wilson, a creative writing and women's studies student originally from Portland, Oregon
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Season 26 1-time champion: $19,999 + $2,000. Not to be confused...
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Robert James, a teacher originally from Santa Ana, California
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Season 11 player (1994-10-06).
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Kevin Bohannon, a cell biologist from Ann Arbor, Michigan
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Season 35 player (2019-04-15).
JBoard user name: KevinBohannon
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Dave Gordon, an attorney originally from Santa Ana, California
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Season 9 1-time champion: $6,300. Dave was introduced as a lawyer...
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David Natkin, an attorney from Lexington, Virginia
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Season 4 player (1988-07-14). David appeared on Kiddie Kollege, representing Ann(e)...
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Andy Wood, a writer originally from Ann Arbor, Michigan
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2021 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 37 4-time champion: $91,999 + $2,000.
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Carroll Lachnit, a reporter from Santa Ana, California
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Season 2 player (1986-04-17).
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Kenji Shimizu, a biomedical engineer from Ann Arbor, Michigan
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Season 35 player (2019-03-28).
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Lisa Murray, a grant writer from Ann Arbor, Michigan
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Season 36 player (2019-12-13).
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Jim Clem, a graduate student from Ann Arbor, Michigan
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Season 11 player (1995-02-21).
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Tom Davey, a teacher and graduate student originally from Santa Ana, California
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Season 11 player (1995-01-03).
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Veronica Tabor, a study abroad advisor from Ann Arbor, Michigan
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Season 40 player (2024-04-16).
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Ezra Litwak, a writer originally from Ann Arbor, Michigan
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Season 1 2-time champion: $6,399.
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Todd Russell, a buyer from Santa Ana, California
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Season 3 player (1986-11-07).
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Mark Bernstein, a retired solution architect from Ann Arbor, Michigan
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Season 39 player (2023-03-17).
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Richard Chamberlain, a traffic accident investigator from Shelby, North Carolina
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Season 2 1-time champion: $6,200 + a Maytag full-size stacked washer...
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Andrea Schuelke, a tutor from Saint Paul, Minnesota
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Season 34 player (2018-05-28).
Name pronounced like "ahn-DRAY-uh SHULL-kee".
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Jack Horan, a school vice principal from Califon, New Jersey
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Season 10 3-time champion: $29,601.
Last name pronounced like \"hor-ANN\".
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Anneke Garcia, an instructional design consultant from Salt Lake City, Utah
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2019 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 35 4-time champion: $104,497...
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Alan Belancik, a marketing consultant from Wilton, New Hampshire
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Season 8 player (1991-12-19).
Last name pronounced like \"bell-AHN-sick\".
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Andy Wood, a writer originally from Ann Arbor, Michigan
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2021 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 37 4-time champion: $91,999 + $2,000.
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Kevin Olmstead, an environmental engineering professor from Ann Arbor, Michigan
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Season 10 2-time champion: $25,901. Kevin won $2,180,000 on Who Wants...
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Brad Hildebrandt, a commercial loan officer originally from Ann Arbor, Michigan
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Season 4 player (1988-07-12).
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Sarah Ann, a library and research professional from San Diego, California
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Season 35 player (2019-01-11).
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David Shane, a systems analyst from Santa Ana, California
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Season 1 player (1985-04-04). Not to be confused with Season 2...
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Anneke Garcia, an instructional design consultant from Salt Lake City, Utah
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2019 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 35 4-time champion: $104,497...
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Danielle Phillip, an attorney from Ann Arbor, Michigan
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Season 35 player (2019-01-02).
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Nick Wawrykow, a graduate student from Ann Arbor, Michigan
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Season 35 player (2018-12-07).
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Daniel Dorse, a restaurant manager and a comedian from Santa Ana, California
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Season 2 player (1986-01-21).
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Mary Jane Weidenkeller, a cost accountant from Santa Ana, California
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Season 2 player (1986-01-10).
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Jack Groshen, a computer consultant from Ann Arbor, Michigan
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Season 7 player (1991-01-01).
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Greg Miller, a sales representative from Santa Ana, California
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Season 2 1-time champion: $9,000. Greg was introduced as a sales...
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Rebecca McNitt, an archivist from Ann Arbor, Michigan
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Season 35 player (2019-04-22).
Sister of Season 30 5-time champion Sarah McNitt.
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David Goldstein, a criminal lawyer from Ann Arbor, Michigan
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Season 3 1-time champion: $6,400.
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Joe Pipp, an engineering graduate from Ann Arbor, Michigan
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Season 2 3-time champion: $20,100.
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Stephanie Jass, a history professor from Milan, Michigan
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2013 Tournament of champions...
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Anurag Kashyap, a senior from Poway, California
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2008-B Teen Tournament winner: $75,000. Anurag was also the winner of...
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David Skaar, a research scientist from Raleigh, North Carolina
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Season 25 3-time champion: $102,000 + $2,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Catherine Briley, a senior from Grand Prairie, Louisiana
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2012 Teen Tournament 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $31,000. 17 at...
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Sam Leanza, a senior from Laguna Hills, California
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2012 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time of the...
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John Schultz, a computer programmer from Ann Arbor, Michigan
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2015 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 31 5-time champion:...
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Caitlin Hackett, a radiologist from Ann Arbor, Michigan
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Season 37 player (2021-06-14).
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Amy Pistone, a graduate student instructor from Ann Arbor, Michigan
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Season 33 player (2016-10-03).
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Erin Topping, a high school English teacher from Santa Ana, California
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Season 20 player (2003-12-16).
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Julie Ann Cohen, a sophomore at the University of Michigan from Marietta, Georgia
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1999 College Championship quarterfinalist: $2,500.
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Norman Rogers, an asphalt plant operator from Santa Ana, California
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Season 15 player (1999-06-25).
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Danny Devries, a junior from the University of Michigan
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2008 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 21 and from West Bloomfield, MI...
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Sarah McNitt, a study-abroad advisor originally from Ann Arbor, Michigan
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2014 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 30 5-time champion: $89,398...
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Dan Royles, a senior from Chula Vista, California
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2002 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. Dan was 17 at the time...
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Oded Ben-Ami, a salesman from New York City, New York
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Season 6 1-time champion: $7,601.
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Kevin Keach, an operations manager from St. Ann, Missouri
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2001 Tournament...
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John Nienow, a doctor from Santa Ana, California
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Season 18 player (2001-12-17).
Last name pronounced like "NEE-no."
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Kevin Keach, an operations manager from St. Ann, Missouri
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2001 Tournament...
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Andrea Yanes, a high school biology teacher from Brookline, Massachusetts
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Season 18 player (2001-10-09).
Name pronounced like "AHN-drey-ah YAHNS."
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Pamela Stewart, an art historian and college professor from Ann Arbor, Michigan
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Season 32 player (2016-04-13).
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Linda Bird, a law student from Ann Arbor, Michigan
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Season 15 2-time champion: $25,200.
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Amit Ray, a graduate student instructor from Ann Arbor, Michigan
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Season 13 player (1997-02-26).
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Olivia Colangelo, a junior from the University of Notre Dame from Murrysville, Pennsylvania
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2010-B College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
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Anjali Chelliah Sawe, a pediatric cardiologist from New York, New York
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Season 27 player (2010-10-14). Name pronounced like "AHN-jah-lee chell-LIE-ah SAH-way". Anjali...
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Marianthe Colakis, a Latin and Greek teacher from Forest Hills, New York
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Season 26 player (2010-06-14).
First name pronounced like "mare-ee-ANN-thee".
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Paul Christiansen, a music professor from Portland, Maine
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Season 26 player (2009-10-22).
Last name pronounced like "kris-tee-ANN-sin".
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Laura Sparrow, a high school English teacher from Ann Arbor, Michigan
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Season 13 player (1996-10-30).
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Yevgeny Shrago, a research assistant originally from Rochester, New York
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Season 26 1-time champion: $24,600 + $2,000. Name pronounced like "yev-GHEN-ee...
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Andy Srinivasan, a high school science teacher from Garner, North Carolina
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2010 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $69,600...
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Anjali Bonner, a law student originally from Baltimore, Maryland
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Season 25 player (2009-04-15).
First name pronounced like "AHN-jah-lee".
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David Burgoyne, a real estate appraiser from Ann Arbor, Michigan
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Season 20 player (2003-10-21).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: DavidBurgoyne
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Jose Siri, a graduate student from Ann Arbor, Michigan
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Season 16 player (2000-01-31).
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Julián Altschul, a math and science tutor from Jackson Heights, New York
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Season 24 1-time champion: $19,200 + $2,000. First name pronounced like...
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Mariann Cook Andrews, an outreach specialist from Tumwater, Washington
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Season 26 1-time champion: $23,400 + $1,000.
First name pronounced like the name "Mary Ann".
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Andrea Saenz, an immigration attorney from Boston, Massachusetts
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Season 26 1-time champion: $32,200 + $2,000. Name pronounced like "ahn-DRAY-ah...
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Anastasia Knasiak, a 12-year-old from Brookfield, Illinois
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"We don't know if there's a doctor in the house, but...
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Breanne Reinhard Smith, a writer from Arcola, Illinois
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Season 26 player (2009-12-29).
First name pronounced like "bree-ANN".
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Seyi Fayanju, an environmental advocate from New York, New York
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Season 26 player (2009-12-10). Name pronounced like "SHAY-yee fy-ANN-joo". Seyi was...
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Angel Gomez, an attorney from Los Angeles, California
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Season 23 player (2007-06-15).
First name pronounced like "AWN-hel."
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Steve Throneberry, a first-year law student from Santa Ana, California
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Season 16 1-time champion: $5,601.
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Leigh-Anne Marcellin, a part-time English professor from Ashburn, Virginia
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Season 26 player (2009-11-30).
Name pronounced like "lee-ANN mar-SELL-in".
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Sue Ann Allen, a retired teacher from Lexington, Kentucky
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Season 14 player (1998-07-07).
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Michael Cabana, a pediatrician from Ann Arbor, Michigan
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Season 18 1-time champion: $13,800.
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Steve Chernicoff, a technical writer from Berkeley, California
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"He was one of the top 1-day winners in the 1994-95...
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Kevin Keach, a project administrator from St. Louis, Missouri
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"He considered himself a simple Missouri farm boy when he won...
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