| #8991, aired 2023-12-11 | CRAFTS $800: Before powered airplanes, the Wright brothers built a successful type of this 6-letter flying craft in 1902 a glider |
| #8840, aired 2023-03-31 | LAST LINES OF MOVIES $800: 1933:
"Oh, no. It wasn't the airplanes. It was Beauty killed the Beast" King Kong |
| #8652, aired 2022-05-31 | SCIENCE $400: Though it doesn't have airplanes, Saturn has this band of 200-mph winds moving around its North Pole in a hexagonal pattern jet stream |
| #8597, aired 2022-03-15 | EVERYWHERE $1000: Used in making everything from airplanes to appliances, it's the most abundant metal in Earth's crust aluminum |
| #8396, aired 2021-05-10 | THE PLANE TRUTH $200: On airplanes, position lights are green on the starboard one & red on the port one wings |
| #8234, aired 2020-06-11 | ANIMALS $800: In the 1950s Idaho relocated these amphibious rodents by dropping them (with parachutes) out of airplanes beavers |
| #7894, aired 2018-12-27 | ALLITERATIVE PEOPLE $800: He produced several hit movies in the 1930s and broke speed records, piloting airplanes of his own design Howard Hughes |
| #7716, aired 2018-03-12 | THIS IS NOT A DRILL (OR IS IT?) $800: The Lafayette Escadrille in World War I was made up of men who operated these airplanes |
| #7548, aired 2017-06-07 | COMMON BONDS $800: Angels,
cardinals,
airplanes things that fly |
| #7454, aired 2017-01-26 | DON'T WEAR IT OUT $800: Jennifer Aniston wears one in a commercial that lets us know that Emirates airplanes have showers a bathrobe |
| #7408, aired 2016-11-23 | CRAFTS $800: Before powered airplanes, the Wright brothers built a successful type of this 6-letter flying craft in 1902 a glider |
| #7371, aired 2016-10-03 | NOTORIOUS $400: One of the 2 types of targets that Ted Kaczynski focused on; they made up the first 3 letters of "Unabomber" universities (or airplanes) |
| #7097, aired 2015-06-23 | A WORLD OF ART $2000: This Swiss-born artist painted camouflage on German airplanes during World War I Paul Klee |
| #7006, aired 2015-02-16 | AVIATION $800: The USS Macon, one of these, first flew in 1933 & was designed to launch & retrieve airplanes in flight a dirigible (or zeppelin) |
| #6892, aired 2014-07-29 | SOUTH AMERICA $800: Ecuador is the primary source for this light wood used to make model airplanes balsa |
| #6806, aired 2014-03-31 | IT HAPPENED IN THE PAST $1200: An accident on Nov. 5, 1909 put the U.S. military's entire supply of these out of commission airplanes |
| #6702, aired 2013-11-05 | NUTTY NAMES $800: In 1932 Walter & Olive Beech began to craft these transports airplanes |
| #6673, aired 2013-09-25 | MOVIE ENDING LINE OF THE DECADE $800: 1930s:
"Oh, no. It wasn't the airplanes. It was beauty killed the beast" King Kong |
| #6654, aired 2013-07-18 | 2 WORDS, 12 TOTAL LETTERS $1600: A squadron of airplanes operating together, whether they're into Monty Python or not flying circus |
| #6465, aired 2012-10-26 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $800: Lockheed Martin is big in security & I.T. but is still better known for making these, like its C-5 airplanes |
| #6401, aired 2012-06-18 | A HARRISON FORD FIESTA $600: Passionate about this hobby, Ford says, "it elevates the spirit and it's an exhilarating freedom" flying airplanes |
| #6343, aired 2012-03-28 | "PRO" NOUNS $200: The ones that get airplanes moving are also known as airscrews propellers |
| #6308, aired 2012-02-08 | THE 21st CENTURY $400: In 2009 C.B. "Sully" Sullenberger became a national hero after demonstrating his prowess at this job flying airplanes |
| #6095, aired 2011-02-25 | CURRENT MUSIC $200: B.o.B. & Hayley Williams recorded a duet about these "in the night sky like shooting stars" airplanes |
| #6089, aired 2011-02-17 | PATENTS $2000: 1975: Donald Bateman's ground proximity warning system designed for use in these airplanes |
| #6083, aired 2011-02-09 | SURFIN' USB $400: USB technology is used to power these "happy" control devices also found in airplanes joysticks |
| #5963, aired 2010-07-14 | KING KONG $800: In its last line the 1933 film stressed that "it wasn't the airplanes, it was" this that "killed the beast" beauty |
| #5848, aired 2010-02-03 | MOVIE OBJECTS $600: At the beginning of "Close Encounters", a bunch of these, missing since 1945, are found in the Sonoran Desert airplanes |
| #5764, aired 2009-10-08 | SURFIN' SAFARI $200: This light wood used to make toy airplanes was a standard material for surfboard manufacture through the 1950s balsa |
| #5701, aired 2009-05-25 | BEACH VOLLEYBALL $1000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Hermosa Beach, CA.) A one-handed block is known by this word, after the way a movie king defended himself against airplanes a kong |
| #5665, aired 2009-04-03 | THE CLASH $1000: World War II's Battle of the Coral Sea was the first naval battle that used only these airplanes |
| #5642, aired 2009-03-03 | JOHN J. PERSHING $400: On April 14, 1918 Pershing became the first American general to make use of these in combat airplanes |
| #5615, aired 2009-01-23 | PRODUCTS $200: In 1909, 3 years before the blimps, Goodyear started making these for airplanes tires |
| #5415, aired 2008-03-07 | MARCH! $800: In the month of March 1945 alone, Leroy Grumman's corporation built a total of 664 of all types of these airplanes |
| #5363, aired 2007-12-26 | INVENTORS & INVENTIONS $200: In the 1920s, Frank Whittle, who grew up making model airplanes, designed the first working engine of this type a jet engine |
| #5294, aired 2007-09-20 | UP, UP & AWAY $1200: (Jon of the Clue Crew presents in a tunnel.) Wind tunnel experiments at Texas A&M are used to minimize the effects of this phenomenon that occur when airplanes pass Mach 1 sonic boom |
| #5283, aired 2007-07-25 | NUTRITION $400: While they pack calcium, vitamin E & fiber, packs of these have been banned in some schools & on some airplanes (pea)nuts |
| #5267, aired 2007-07-03 | IT FLOATS! $200: The lightest wood used commercially, it's used to build model airplanes & some kinds of buoys balsa |
| #5219, aired 2007-04-26 | HIGH ROLLERS $800: In the "Seinfeld" episode "The Diplomat's Club", Kramer loses $3,200 betting on on-time arrivals of these airplanes |
| #5149, aired 2007-01-18 | DEFENDING THE U.S. $800: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from NORTHCOM's offices.) Along with NORTHCOM, NORAD scans the skies for suspicious airplanes; several times a week the order goes out to do this, meaning get fighter jets off the ground in a hurry scramble |
| #4965, aired 2006-03-24 | QUOTABLE CINEMA $400: 1933:
"Oh, no. It wasn't the airplanes. It was Beauty killed the Beast" King Kong |
| #4882, aired 2005-11-29 | THE MIRACLE OF FLIGHT $1200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew compares two paper airplanes.) In paper airplanes, bending the rear section of the wing up or down has the equivalent effect of this device that moves up & down in a jumbo jet's tail an elevator |
| #4865, aired 2005-11-04 | "OOP" THERE IT IS! $600: Soldiers who jump out of airplanes paratroopers |
| #4356, aired 2003-07-07 | THE OTTO CLUB $400: Before 1900, Otto Lilienthal had invented one of these engineless airplanes with arched wings like a bird's glider |
| #4240, aired 2003-01-24 | "FINAL" JEOPARDY! $1200: Airplanes are "on" this just before they land final approach |
| #4220, aired 2002-12-27 | PICTURE THIS $800: Nose art, referring to pictures on the noses of these, really took off during WWII airplanes |
| #4149, aired 2002-09-19 | AIRPLANES $200: Combat aircraft are usually either fighters or these, like the B-1 bombers |
| #4149, aired 2002-09-19 | AIRPLANES $400: The opposite of horizontal, it was the unusual takeoff position of the Convair XFY-1, the "Pogo" vertical |
| #4149, aired 2002-09-19 | AIRPLANES $800: The plane seen here was called "The Flying" this, the part that provides lift, sending the plane up Wing |
| #4149, aired 2002-09-19 | AIRPLANES $1000: If you flew to L.A. on a Boeing jet, its model number probably started with this digit 7 |
| #4149, aired 2002-09-19 | AIRPLANES $1,700 (Daily Double): (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Museum of Flight in Seattle.) The plane whose usual call sign was SAM 970 was called this when the president flew on it Air Force One |
| #4062, aired 2002-04-09 | ON OFF $400: Without "on", a fire-breathing mythical monster becomes this force exerted on airplanes drag (from dragon) |
| #4057, aired 2002-04-02 | BIG IN HOLLYWOOD $200: In 1933 it was said of this big simian, "Oh, no. It wasn't the airplanes. It was beauty killed the beast." King Kong |
| #4030, aired 2002-02-22 | PUT YOUR FLEET UP $400: WWII's Battle of the Coral Sea was the first naval battle in which these, not the ships, did the attacking airplanes |
| #3642, aired 2000-06-06 | HURRICANES $300: The Spitfire & the Hawker Hurricane are types of these Airplanes |
| #3473, aired 1999-10-13 | ON THE GO $600: In 1909 the Wright Brothers founded a firm to manufacture airplanes in this city Dayton, Ohio (same as the bicycle shop) |
| #3440, aired 1999-07-16 | ADVERTISING $400: In the '60s adwoman Mary Wells persuaded Braniff to paint these in cheerful colors Airplanes |
| #3322, aired 1999-02-02 | YOU'RE "NUT"s! $100: These handy items are named for their shape, not for being used on airplanes wing nuts |
| #3236, aired 1998-10-05 | CORPORATE HISTORY $400: Prior to autos, BMW began as a company that made engines for these Airplanes |
| #3232, aired 1998-09-29 | NAME THE MOVIE $200: 1933:
"Oh no, it wasn't the airplanes. It was Beauty killed the Beast." King Kong |
| #3120, aired 1998-03-06 | AIR $200: About 14.5 pounds per square inch at sea level, it decreases with altitude & has to be increased in airplanes air pressure |
| #3049, aired 1997-11-27 | LEFTOVERS $200: He designed airplanes & a man-lifting kite but is better known for the telephone Alexander Graham Bell |
| #3039, aired 1997-11-13 | JUST SAY "NO" $400: Airplanes & stock prices are said to make these sharp drops nosedives |
| #2988, aired 1997-09-03 | THEY'RE UNREAL! (WE THINK) $400: Wartime British pilots coined this term for the goblins messing with their airplanes Gremlins |
| #2967, aired 1997-06-24 | THE MIDDLE AGES $1000: This 13th century English philosopher predicted there would be cars, airplanes & ships without rowers Roger Bacon |
| #2727, aired 1996-06-11 | INVENTORS $100: By 1877 Otto Lilienthal had invented one of these engineless airplanes with birdlike wings glider |
| #2727, aired 1996-06-11 | SIMIAN CINEMA $100: The last line in this 1933 film is "Oh, no. It wasn't the airplanes. It was beauty killed the beast." King Kong |
| #2299, aired 1994-09-08 | DESIGNERS $400: German Willy Messerschmitt was famous for designing these airplanes |
| #1975, aired 1993-03-19 | SNOOPY $200: Charles Schulz' son Monte's interest in WWI model airplanes inspired the strips about this Snoopy nemesis the Red Baron |
| #1723, aired 1992-02-12 | COMMON BONDS $500: Carousel horses,
clock hands,
stacked airplanes things that go around in circles |
| #1652, aired 1991-11-05 | TRANSPORTATION $1000: Japan's Hosho, launched in 1922, was the first warship designed specifically for this use launching airplanes (aircraft carrier) |
| #1537, aired 1991-04-16 | WORLD WAR I $400: Billy Mitchell directed a 1918 attack against Saint-Mihiel by some 1,500 of these machines airplanes |
| #1453, aired 1990-12-19 | WORLD WAR II $800: The Battle of the Coral Sea was the first naval battle in which these, not warships, did all the fighting airplanes |
| #1302, aired 1990-04-10 | WEATHER $100: Airplanes can trigger bolts of this when traveling through electrified clouds lightning |
| #1239, aired 1990-01-11 | LAST LINES FROM MOVIES $400: This 1933 title character was eulogized with "It wasn't the airplanes. It was Beauty killed the Beast." King Kong |
| #1227, aired 1989-12-26 | INVENTIONS $500: In 1908 this government department offered the Wright Brothers $25,000 for one of their airplanes The War Department |
| #1187, aired 1989-10-31 | TREES $500: Ecuador is the world's largest producer of this wood used in making model airplanes balsa |
| #1002, aired 1989-01-03 | TRANSPORTATION $300: The Kelly Act of 1925 allowed the Post Office to contract companies to transport mail using these airplanes |
| #906, aired 1988-07-11 | IN THE LABORATORY $600: Models of airplanes are put into these to test their aerodynamics a wind tunnel |
| #829, aired 1988-03-24 | TOUGH TRIVIA $400: Russell Stover Candies warns their chocolate covered cherries will do this if taken up on airplanes explode |
| #765, aired 1987-12-25 | TRANSPORTATION $100: In order to maximize lift, airplanes usually take off & land into this wind |
| #698, aired 1987-09-23 | CARS $400: G.M.'s chief stylist was inspired with the idea of tail fins while looking at these other vehicles airplanes |
| #614, aired 1987-04-16 | INTERNATIONAL LAW $200: The Hague Conventions of 1899 & 1907 prohibited wartime dropping of explosives from these airplanes (balloons) |
| #447, aired 1986-05-27 | KANSAS $400: Kansans Walter Beecher & Clyde Cessna helped make Wichita #1 manufacturer of these in the world small airplanes |
| #415, aired 1986-04-11 | BRIDGES $600: Term for boats which support floating bridges, or floats which support floating airplanes pontoons |
| #384, aired 1986-02-27 | MS. MUSIC $400: Her husky voice is heard "Barking At Airplanes" Kim Carnes |
