| #9085, aired 2024-04-19 | PLUMBING $1200: The Energy Dept. lauds this type of water heater, aka "instantaneous", as it's more energy efficient than the storage kind a tankless water heater |
| #9075, aired 2024-04-05 | 20th CENTURY LASTS $2000: The last holder of this title was Alexei aka Alexis, seen here the tsarevich (the crown prince) |
| #9070, aired 2024-03-29 | MR. OR MRS. SONG $800: Rapper Nas, aka Nasir Jones, claims to be the inspiration for this woman's "Me & Mr. Jones" from "Back to Black" Winehouse |
| #9058, aired 2024-03-13 | REAL NAMES OF UNREAL PEOPLE $800: On "Gotham" Robin Lord Taylor walked the walk as this villain, aka Oswald Cobblepot The Penguin |
| #9051, aired 2024-03-04 | "V"ACATION SPOTS $400: Don't miss the Isaac-Potts House, aka Washington's headquarters, on your visit to this national historical park in Pennsylvania Valley Forge |
| #9025, aired 2024-01-26 | THAT'S JUST TEARABLE! $800: After tearing this, aka the calcaneal tendon: 3 or 4 weeks of immobilization, then high-heeled shoes should be a no-no for a while the Achilles |
| #26, aired 2024-01-23 | MO ROCCA DRINKING VODKA WITH CHEWBACCA $600: If Mo Rocca was unblocking a chakra in Opa-locka, he'd be doing yoga in a city in this southeasternmost U.S. state Florida |
| #9018, aired 2024-01-17 | FRAILTY, THY NAME IS MAN $800: Billy Halleck is literally wasting away after being cursed in this tale by Richard Bachman, aka Stephen King Thinner |
| #9011, aired 2024-01-08 | THE ANNALS OF HISTORY $1200: Known as an "enlightened despot", Joseph II ruled as a member of this dynastic family aka the House of Austria the Habsburgs |
| #9010, aired 2024-01-05 | COUNTRY OVERLAPS $800: Myanmar's aka slides down the peninsula below Thailand Burmalaysia |
| #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 |
| #9005, aired 2023-12-29 | A MASTER-FUL CATEGORY $800: The "father of" this type of dance is Wm. Henry Lane, aka Master Juba, who used African-derived rhythms & elements of the Irish jig tap dance |
| #8996, aired 2023-12-18 | U.S. FIRSTS $2000: The first nuclear explosion was set off at the New Mexico site with this religious name, aka Jornada del Muerto the Trinity site |
| #8992, aired 2023-12-12 | BLACK MYSTERY & CRIME FICTION $400: In "Blacktop Wasteland" Bug Montage is a wheelman, aka this "driver"; often idling out back during a heist a getaway driver |
| #8986, aired 2023-12-04 | MASSAGE IN A BOTTLE $400: Your massage oil may contain this vitamin, aka alpha-tocopherol; it's thought to promote wound healing vitamin E |
| #8973, aired 2023-11-15 | WHAT'S THE "PLAN"? $800: Go bananas for these, aka cooking bananas; they're popular in Caribbean cuisine plantains |
| #8971, aired 2023-11-13 | LIFE SCIENCE $1200: In the Batesian type of this, aka imitation, an organism evolves to look like a more noxious one so it's left alone mimicry |
| #8966, aired 2023-11-06 | HIGH-SCORING SCRABBLE WORDS $200: AKA a pancake or hotcake
(26 points) a flapjack |
| #8958, aired 2023-10-25 | ON THE "ROAD" AGAIN $1000: AKA "Mad Max 2" The Road Warrior |
| #8950, aired 2023-10-13 | FELONIOUS MONKS $1200: AKA Saloth Sar, he was a novice monk for a time in Cambodia before becoming infamous for "Killing Fields" Pol Pot |
| #8944, aired 2023-10-05 | WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE $600: The Amur tiger, aka this tiger, ranges from southeastern Russia to northern China the Siberian tiger |
| #8939, aired 2023-09-28 | GAMES PEOPLE PLAY $1200: The classic game Reversi is aka this game, like a Shakespearean title character Othello |
| #8936, aired 2023-09-25 | WHAT'S IN THAT CHIP $200: Walkers had a chip that paired hoisin, aka Peking sauce, with this appropriate fowl duck |
| #8932, aired 2023-09-19 | SCRAMBLING TO FIND A JOB $400: Aka a bibliothecary:
BRAIN LAIR a librarian |
| #8931, aired 2023-09-18 | LATIN AMERICA $400: Aka the Columbus Archipelago, this island group known for its tortoises is 600 miles off the mainland in the eastern Pacific the Galápagos |
| #8904, aired 2023-06-29 | HISTORIC SHORTS $1600: It was no longer Short King Spring in May 1946 when King Victor Emmanuel III, aka "Little Saber", abdicated the throne of this country Italy |
| #14, aired 2023-05-17 | SECRETS OF THE ANGELENOS $400: A columnist wrote that next to the Black Dahlia, L.A.'s biggest whodunit is who killed this streetcar system aka Pacific Electric the Red Car |
| #11, aired 2023-05-16 | THE GEODYSSEY $400: Odysseus takes a long, long time getting home from this place aka Ilium Troy |
| #6, aired 2023-05-10 | LET'S GET VERTICAL $800: On the periodic table, vertical columns of elements are called these or families; No. 11 is aka the copper family a group |
| #8864, aired 2023-05-04 | THE TOWER OF LONDON $1200: Unlike the non-interacting Queen's Guard, the tower's Yeoman Warders, aka these, conduct tours & answer questions Beefeaters |
| #8802, aired 2023-02-07 | NUTS TO YOU! $1000: The Pará nut, aka this nation nut, is high in protein &, in non-edible news, its oil is used in shampoos & skin care products Brazil |
| #8801, aired 2023-02-06 | DOCTOR WHO $200: Before he was named WHO's director for Europe, Dr. Hans Kluge fought to control this lung disease aka consumption tuberculosis |
| #8779, aired 2023-01-05 | CHOOSE YOUR FIGHTER $600: Aka "Pretty Boy Floyd", he retired at a perfect 50-0 & enjoys gambling, putting $800,000 on the Broncos over the Jets in 2014 Mayweather |
| #8739, aired 2022-11-10 | NUTRITION $1000: Echinacea & green tea extract are types of these supplements aka herbals whose name tells you they are made from plants botanicals |
| #8736, aired 2022-11-07 | "D" IN SCIENCE $400: If your lab has a tile counter, don't use it to place solid carbon dioxide, aka this; the adhesive will be destroyed dry ice |
| #8677, aired 2022-07-05 | THE III $400: Celebrity "Jeopardy!" pitted Lloyd Bridges III (aka Beau) against Coy Perry III (aka Luke), Dylan McKay on this Fox drama (Beverly Hills) 90210 |
| #8677, aired 2022-07-05 | THE III $1000: This high-flying '60s group included James Joseph McGuinn III (aka Roger) & Ingram Cecil Connor III (Gram Parsons) the Byrds |
| #8627, aired 2022-04-26 | LET'S TALK SCIENCE $600: This hereditary bleeding disorder, aka Christmas disease, is caused by a deficiency of clotting factors hemophilia |
| #8565, aired 2022-01-28 | HOOK $2000: The fast ferry at Hoek van Holland, aka "The Hook", shuttles people to this big port city Rotterdam |
| #8554, aired 2022-01-13 | MIDDLE X $400: Poison aka toxin |
| #8539, aired 2021-12-23 | NASTY, BRITISH $1000: Crowbar-wielding Richard Hillman gave chills on "Corrie", aka this perennial British soap opera Coronation Street |
| #8518, aired 2021-11-24 | SHORTZ $2000: "5 little items of an everyday sort; you'll find us all in a tennis court", wrote Will for the Riddler, aka this in "Batman Forever" Edward Nygma (E. Nygma) |
| #8472, aired 2021-09-21 | PENNY ANTE $1000: Aka "bloods", they were inexpensive Victorian novels with violent crime or adventure plots penny dreadful |
| #8460, aired 2021-08-06 | WHAT'S YOUR UNSAFE WORD? $200: Venture capital is aka this capital; others have an "aversion" to the 4-letter word risk |
| #8452, aired 2021-07-27 | YOU'VE GOT SOME NERVE $400: Facial nerve fibers help control the lachrymal glands, aka these glands tear |
| #8355, aired 2021-03-12 | GRANT WOOD'S AMERICANA $1200: A painting commissioned for the John Ford film "The Long Voyage Home" depicts its actors, including him, aka "Duke" John Wayne |
| #8351, aired 2021-03-08 | HISTORY ACCORDING TO HERODOTUS $200: The ancient "Father of History" aka "Father of Lies", Herodotus said in India, ants bigger than foxes dig for this precious metal gold |
| #8348, aired 2021-03-03 | GEOGRAPHY $800: Aka Tahoma, this 14,400-foot active volcano is about 60 miles southeast of Seattle Mount Rainier |
| #8346, aired 2021-03-01 | IN THE MEDICINE CABINET $600: This, aka peppermint camphor, is a key ingredient in IcyHot & Biofreeze menthol |
| #8346, aired 2021-03-01 | F IS FOR FAMILY $2000: The Colosseum is aka this amphitheater, named for the dynasty begun by Vespasian in 69 A.D. but over by 96--good run, guys! Flavian |
| #8345, aired 2021-02-26 | LARGE & IN CHARGE $1200: Hafþór Björnsson played Gregor Clegane aka the Mountain on this show Game of Thrones |
| #8333, aired 2021-02-10 | GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $800: Aka a battleground or swing state, a state that is closely divided between Democrats & Republicans is this color state purple |
| #8328, aired 2021-02-03 | FOREIGN ELECTIONS $400: The Bundestag or lower house of parliament officially elects Germany's prime minister, aka this title the chancellor of Germany |
| #8327, aired 2021-02-02 | "A" IS FOR ASTRONOMICAL $800: If you strain your eyes a bit, you can see this spiral galaxy aka M31 without using a telescope Andromeda |
| #8325, aired 2021-01-29 | GYM & JUICE $800: Aka sumo stance, wide stance these work the inside thigh muscles as you move up & down & do a lot more than "diddly" a squat |
| #8322, aired 2021-01-26 | HOBBIES & PASTIMES $200: Bowling may require both skill & luck, especially when trying to pick up this numerical split aka bedposts a 7-10 split |
| #8322, aired 2021-01-26 | HOBBIES & PASTIMES $600: Grab your headlamp, we're going caving, aka this hobby of exploring caves spelunking |
| #8318, aired 2021-01-20 | MEN OF MYTH $1600: After killing his mom for betraying his dad, Orestes is pursued by these vengeful goddesses aka the Erinyes the Furies |
| #8315, aired 2021-01-15 | FORTIFY YOURSELF $800: Built with siege amenities like a 500-foot-deep well, the Königstein Fortress is aka the Saxon this, after a Paris prison Bastille |
| #8314, aired 2021-01-14 | HISTORICALLY BAD $400: During the French Revolution, thousands, including Louis XVI, had the misfortune of meeting this, aka the Louisette the guillotine |
| #8304, aired 2020-12-17 | AUDIO DRAMAS $1200: "Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men?"--this radio title character aka Lamont Cranston knew The Shadow |
| #8301, aired 2020-12-14 | MOVIES BY MATCHUP $800: Black Mamba (aka The Bride) vs. Cottonmouth (aka O-Ren Ishii) Kill Bill |
| #8293, aired 2020-12-02 | NON-PROPHETS $800: In Acts of the Apostles, the false prophet Elymas, aka Bar-Jesus, has a bad day when this man calls him a "child of the devil" Paul |
| #8290, aired 2020-11-27 | ACTOR FACTS $2000: "Bonanza" & "All My Children" actor David Canary was the great-great-nephew of Martha Jane Cannary, aka this Wild West woman Calamity Jane |
| #8289, aired 2020-11-26 | BESTSELLING NONFICTION $400: Duane Chapman, aka this, the title of an A&E show, was a No. 1 bestselling author in 2007 with "You Can Run But You Can't Hide" Dog the Bounty Hunter |
| #8289, aired 2020-11-26 | ART & ARTISTS $400: Some scholars suggest that Leonardo da Vinci disguised himself as a woman for this portrait aka "La Gioconda" Mona Lisa |
| #8280, aired 2020-11-13 | BREAD $800: Why do hamburger buns commonly feature these seeds, aka benne? No one seems to know sesame seeds |
| #8280, aired 2020-11-13 | FROM B TO C $1600: Religious territorial jurisdiction aka a diocese a bishopric |
| #8278, aired 2020-11-11 | UNUSUAL ADJECTIVES $800: Canicular refers to this star aka Sirius the Dog Star |
| #8272, aired 2020-11-03 | GESTURES $1000: The pinkie & thumb extend & the other fingers curl to form a Hawaiian gesture for this 2-word phrase about relaxing, aka shaka hang loose |
| #8272, aired 2020-11-03 | A PIRATE'S LIFE $2000: 16th century pirate Khidr, aka Barbarossa, took Algiers from the Spanish with the help of this empire the Ottoman Empire |
| #8267, aired 2020-10-27 | ASTRONOMY $3,000 (Daily Double): Aka the swan, this constellation in the northern sky is home to the first black hole discovered Cygnus |
| #8265, aired 2020-10-23 | A CATHOLIC EDUCATION $400: If sincere, this formal admission of sins to a priest is followed by absolution, aka reconciliation confession |
| #8263, aired 2020-10-21 | THE "A", "B", "C"s OF GOLF $400: 3-letter aka for a hole in one ace |
| #8261, aired 2020-10-19 | ZOOM $800: A zoom lens is aka variable this type focus |
| #8259, aired 2020-10-15 | BERRY SPECIAL $1200: Swedish pancakes or meatballs are traditionally served with a sauce or jam made from these red berries aka cowberries lingonberries |
| #8255, aired 2020-10-09 | "BEE" GOOD $400: This tree is aka F. sylvatica a beech tree |
| #8251, aired 2020-10-05 | TV ANIMALS $400: Aka Po, this martial arts master from animated film came to TV with the subtitle "Legends of Awesomeness" the Kung Fu Panda |
| #8250, aired 2020-10-02 | WAR, AMERICAN STYLE $1,000 (Daily Double): By a vote of 19-13, the Senate passed the declaration of war for what would be called this, aka "Mr. Madison's War" the War of 1812 |
| #8249, aired 2020-10-01 | GNAT GEO $1200: The luminous larvae of Orfelia fultoni, a gnat of the Appalachians, are aka these "worms" glow worms |
| #8248, aired 2020-09-30 | LET'S GET MEDICAL $1200: In addition to treating ADHD, this 7-letter drug aka methylphenidate is used to treat narcolepsy Ritalin |
| #8247, aired 2020-09-29 | SIDE EFFECTS MAY VARY $800: Decongestants block the production of saliva, potentially leading to this side effect aka xerostomia dry mouth |
| #8247, aired 2020-09-29 | SIDE EFFECTS MAY VARY $1600: Stay seated when you donate blood & get up slowly--a common side effect is syncope, aka this fainting |
| #8242, aired 2020-09-22 | FOOD SCIENCE $200: Sodium hydroxide, aka lye, is traditionally used to create the brown coating on these twisted German snacks pretzels |
| #8241, aired 2020-09-21 | ROCK STARS $400: (Conan O'Brien presents the clue.) Forced to engage in a guitar battle with the virtuoso Jack Black, I cheated a smidge and employed this curly-haired, top-hatted legend, aka Saul Hudson Slash |
| #8241, aired 2020-09-21 | TUNNELS $600: Dixia Cheng, a sprawling network of tunnels in Beijing, is aka the "Underground" this other landmark Great Wall |
| #8241, aired 2020-09-21 | TUNNELS $800: Honoring a Santa Monica newspaper publisher, the McClure Tunnel takes you north on this scenic highway aka Highway 1 the Pacific Coast Highway |
| #8239, aired 2020-09-17 | DISCOUNT CEOs? $200: On Nov. 2, 2006 John Mackey, CEO of this grocery chain aka "Whole Paycheck", told employees he was giving up almost all of his salary Whole Foods |
| #8233, aired 2020-06-10 | EARTH, WIND & FIRE $400: About 80% of energy released by quakes comes from events with epicenters in the Circum-Pacific belt, AKA this, AKA a Johnny Cash tune Ring of Fire |
| #8231, aired 2020-06-08 | A NATIONAL MONUMENT-AL CHALLENGE $800: Enjoy a close encounter with this national monument in Wyoming AKA Grizzly Bear's Lodge, a remnant of a volcanic intrusion Devils Tower |
| #8231, aired 2020-06-08 | TRANSCENDENTAL WORDS $1600: Mother-of-pearl! It's AKA mother-of-pearl! nacre |
| #8218, aired 2020-05-20 | HATS ALL, FOLKS $800: In "A Clockwork Orange", teenage criminal Alex & his droogs wear this kind of hat AKA a derby a bowler |
| #8217, aired 2020-05-19 | COOL BEANS $600: Ahoy! AKA a Yankee bean, this small white legume is big in Boston baked beans a navy bean |
| #8214, aired 2020-04-30 | NICKNAMES $400: AKA Mr. Tepes, the Impaler Vlad (Count Dracula) |
| #8209, aired 2020-04-23 | EVERY BODY $400: In babies, this, AKA the patella, is soft cartilage; it doesn't form into bone until between the ages of 3 & 5 the kneecap |
| #8208, aired 2020-04-22 | OTHER BRITISH ISLES $1200: The island of Anglesey, AKA Ynys Mon, is the largest that's part of this U.K. country Wales |
| #8207, aired 2020-04-21 | THE FIELD MARSHAL PLAN $800: Aka the "Desert Fox" he wanted to keep German reserves near the French coast to repel allied invasion but was overruled Rommel |
| #8201, aired 2020-04-13 | WHAT A CHARACTER $400: AKA Padfoot, this man didn't let taking the fall for Peter Pettigrew get in the way of being a good godfather to Harry Potter Sirius Black |
| #8197, aired 2020-04-07 | FILM CHARACTERS $1200: This mercenary AKA Wade Wilson: "You may be wondering, 'Why the red suit?' Well, that's so bad guys can't see me bleed" Deadpool |
| #8196, aired 2020-04-06 | COLLEGE TALES $800: The 2015 novel "Cow Country" is set in one of these alliterative institutions AKA a junior college a community college |
| #8190, aired 2020-03-27 | AND THE PITCH $400: Aka the drooler, this pitch was banned in 1920 except for 17 hurlers who got to use it until they retired a spitball |
| #8190, aired 2020-03-27 | DEMOGRAPHY $1,600 (Daily Double): Born between 1980 & 1995, millennials are AKA "Generation" this letter Generation Y |
| #8187, aired 2020-03-24 | BONES $2000: Lifesaving chest compressions during CPR can sometimes cause a fracture of this, AKA the breastbone a sternum |
| #8187, aired 2020-03-24 | COMEDIA DELL'ARTE CHARACTERS $3,000 (Daily Double): This type of physical comedy is named for the bat Arlecchino, AKA Harlequin, used to beat his comic victims slapstick |
| #8182, aired 2020-03-17 | ALLITERATIVE ACTRESSES $800: She proved hard to kill as O-Ren Ishii, aka Cottonmouth, in "Kill Bill" Lucy Liu |
| #8176, aired 2020-03-09 | FROM RAGS TO RICHES $2000: This multi-piece structure is AKA the thoracic basket the rib cage |
| #8175, aired 2020-03-06 | THE SAINTS $800: AKA Padre Pio, St. Pio of Pietrelcina is one of 60+ saints said to have exhibited these signs of the crucified Jesus the stigmata |
| #8172, aired 2020-03-03 | IMPOSTOR! $2000: In this Molière play AKA "The Impostor", the title character wreaks havoc on Orgon's family Tartuffe |
| #8170, aired 2020-02-28 | BODY PARTS $800: This, AKA the thighbone, has been shown to resist compression forces of up to 2,500 lbs. but please don't try that at home the femur |
| #8169, aired 2020-02-27 | I QUIT $1200: Thomas Campbell went from a curator AKA "Tapestry Tom" to head of this 2,500-employee NYC institution but resigned in 2017 the Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| #8167, aired 2020-02-25 | PRO BONOBO WORK $800: The endangered bonobo can only be found in the wild in this country, AKA the DRC the Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| #8165, aired 2020-02-21 | MAKE A SELECTION $200: With a 7th overall pick in 2009 that worked out fairly well, this team took Steph Curry, AKA Threezus the Golden State Warriors |
| #8161, aired 2020-02-17 | JACKAL $1000: Jackals in Africa can transmit this disease AKA lyssa to dogs & other animals rabies |
| #8154, aired 2020-02-06 | PUTTING A "B" IN YOUR BONNET $800: These guardians of the Tower of London AKA Yeoman Warders wear a Tudor-period uniform that includes a black hat Beefeaters |
| #8151, aired 2020-02-03 | STATE OF THE ESTATE $400: The Turner-Ingersoll Mansion, AKA The House of the Seven Gables Massachusetts |
| #8151, aired 2020-02-03 | HEAVEN & PARADISE $1000: The celestial city mentioned in "The Pilgrim's Progress" is aka the heavenly this real city Jerusalem |
| #8151, aired 2020-02-03 | NUMBER YOUR RESPONSE $1000: Musical score designation aka a quaver an eighth note |
| #8149, aired 2020-01-30 | MEDICAL PROCEDURES $800: Aka a lumbar puncture, this procedure is used to diagnose such problems as polio & meningitis a spinal tap |
| #8141, aired 2020-01-20 | SLOWLY I TURNED $800: In 2008 in Hong Kong 20,000 people did long, slow turns in a class of this, aka Chinese boxing tai chi |
| #8140, aired 2020-01-17 | YOU BURNED MY FOOD! $800: We wish you a merry Christmas pudding, AKA this, a dish of dried fruit, suet & cognac, set afire before serving--now bring us some! figgy pudding (*plum pudding) |
| #8, aired 2020-01-14 | PURPLE REIGN $2000: AKA royal purple, the famed dye named for this Phoenician city was produced during the Bronze Age Tyre |
| #8135, aired 2020-01-10 | SCIENCE AROUND US $200: AKA ammonium inhalants, these salts that revived enfeebled Victorian women are still used in the NFL to wake people up smelling salts |
| #8135, aired 2020-01-10 | WHERE'S THAT CHURCH? $1000: St. Stephen's Cathedral, AKA Stephanskirche, consecrated in the capital in 1147 Austria |
| #6, aired 2020-01-09 | GEMSTONES! MEET THE GEMSTONES! $1000: Let's get sanguine about this mineral AKA heliotrope, prized in the Middle Ages bloodstone |
| #8130, aired 2020-01-03 | PROTESTS $2000: AKA Workers' Day & observed around the world each spring, in 2019 it featured protests for minimum wage raises & shorter shifts May Day |
| #8129, aired 2020-01-02 | TOOLS OF THE KITCHEN $800: PTFE is an AKA of this coating for pots & pans that has made cooking & cleanup much easier since 1960 Teflon |
| #8124, aired 2019-12-26 | ART IN THE VATICAN $1200: Among the Sistine Chapel tapestries is "The Miraculous Draught of Fishes" depicting the calling of him, AKA Simon Peter |
| #8123, aired 2019-12-25 | THE TV SHOW MUST GO ON $800: Aka "AFV", this longest-running ABC primetime entertainment series had Bob Saget & Tom Bergeron as hosts pre-Alfonso Ribeiro America's Funniest Home Videos |
| #8120, aired 2019-12-20 | COMPOSERS & THEIR WORKS $1600: Stravinsky's "Ebony Concerto" is for this reed instrument AKA an ebony stick a clarinet |
| #8107, aired 2019-12-03 | ANIMAL MALADIES $1200: Psittacosis, AKA this bird "fever", can also spread to people from ducks & pigeons parrot |
| #8106, aired 2019-12-02 | LAFAYETTE, IT IS THERE $400: New Orleans' Lafayette Square is just south of this district AKA the Vieux Carre, naturellement the French Quarter |
| #8105, aired 2019-11-29 | THE WWE SLAMMY AWARDS $200: The 1986 Slammys saw Nikolai Volkoff win "Most Ignominious" & as girls just want to have fun, "Best Producer" was Mona Flambé, AKA her Cyndi Lauper |
| #8104, aired 2019-11-28 | DICTATOR TOTS $1600: Last name of Jean-Claude, AKA "Baby Doc", who at 19 succeeded his father as president for life of Haiti Duvalier |
| #8104, aired 2019-11-28 | WHERE THE FISH ARE $1600: AKA the coalfish, it doesn't do action painting but does provide action for North Atlantic anglers the pollock |
| #8100, aired 2019-11-22 | 7-LETTER WORDS $400: If one of these, AKA a turkey vulture, is circling overhead, call 911 a buzzard |
| #8100, aired 2019-11-22 | IN THE PINK $400: Careful with raw milk, AKA this 13-letter kind; it can contain harmful bacteria unpasteurized |
| #8097, aired 2019-11-19 | ISLANDS IN THE "C" $800: Tiburon Island: this sea named for a conquistador, AKA the Gulf of California the Sea of Cortez |
| #8096, aired 2019-11-18 | HOW HIGH $1000: The cruising altitude of this alphanumeric spy plane AKA "Dragon Lady": 70,000 feet U-2 |
| #8096, aired 2019-11-18 | BOND, IONIC BOND $1200: Fe2O3 AKA this problem for your car, is the result of some ionic bonding rust |
| #8093, aired 2019-11-13 | TROPIC OF CAPRICORN $400: In the Eastern Pacific, the tropic runs just north of this, AKA Isla de Pascua Easter Island |
| #8091, aired 2019-11-11 | REAL NAMES ON THE MARQUIS $800: Concino Concini, AKA the Marquis d'Ancre, was shot to death on the drawbridge of this palace (now a museum) on the right bank of the Seine the Louvre |
| #8080, aired 2019-10-25 | ONCE UPON A TIME... $400: Robert Carlyle played Mr. Gold, AKA this spinner of straw, in ABC's "Once Upon a Time" Rumpelstiltskin |
| #8076, aired 2019-10-21 | BAN THAT BOOK! $400: A book about George, who takes the new name Melissa, earned some bans but also one of these Greek-letter awards AKA the Lammys the Lambda Award |
| #8072, aired 2019-10-15 | DRY CLEANING $400: Back in the day, dry cleaning used chemicals including gasoline & this other petroleum product AKA lamp oil kerosene |
| #8065, aired 2019-10-04 | GUT FEELING $400: The stomach is the middle man between this, AKA the gullet, & the small intestine the esophagus |
| #8059, aired 2019-09-26 | PENCILS $1600: A century ago in Shelbyville, Tenn., AKA "Pencil City", the Musgrave Pencil Co. began using Tennessee red this fragrant wood cedar |
| #8055, aired 2019-09-20 | STATE OF CHIEFS $1600: Wampanoag chief Metacom AKA King Philip Massachusetts |
| #8052, aired 2019-09-17 | CAL. "A" $400: AKA "The Rock", this island is a prime stop on your San Francisco tour schedule Alcatraz |
| #8051, aired 2019-09-16 | HERE COMES THE JUDGE WORD $1600: AKA justice of the peace; I present the gift of the... magistrate |
| #8050, aired 2019-09-13 | INTERNATIONAL LITERATURE $800: Born off Queensland, Kath Walker, aka Oodgeroo Noonuccal, wrote "We Are Going", the 1st book of poems by a person of this ethnicity Aboriginal |
| #8049, aired 2019-09-12 | EVERYDAY FOOTBALL TERMS $600: Prayer AKA an Ave Maria a Hail Mary |
| #8046, aired 2019-09-09 | HEALTH WATCH $200: Short periods in the sun provide this vitamin AKA cholecalciferol D |
| #8045, aired 2019-07-26 | TURNING TO SPORTS $1000: Fox Sports:
This Utah Jazz man, aka the Mailman, "may be the first human to be even more chiseled than his own statue" Karl Malone |
| #8044, aired 2019-07-25 | USELESS BODY PARTS $200: AKA permanent maxillary third molars, these teeth can help you chew, but about 85% of us will need to get them removed wisdom teeth |
| #8044, aired 2019-07-25 | KANGAROO WORDS $2000: She led him down the path to "destruction", aka the road to this ruin |
| #8040, aired 2019-07-19 | THAT'S HOT STUFF $400: If you're gonna try this activity AKA anastenaria, use cherry or maple embers so as not to burn your feet walking on coals |
| #8039, aired 2019-07-18 | LARD ALMIGHTY $400: The crispy remains after pork fat has been rendered are called these, AKA pork rinds cracklings |
| #8039, aired 2019-07-18 | MEDICAL TERMS $1200: Aspirin & codeine are this kind of drug, AKA a painkiller--they relieve suffering without causing unconsciousness analgesics |
| #8038, aired 2019-07-17 | NEW SHERIFF IN TOWN $400: Pat Garrett was newly elected sheriff of Lincoln County, N.M. when he tracked down this outlaw AKA Henry McCarty Billy the Kid |
| #8035, aired 2019-07-12 | PITTSBURGH $800: Located where its 3 rivers meet, Pittsburgh's business district is AKA "The Golden" this triangle |
| #8027, aired 2019-07-02 | SALAD $400: Composed of several types of young greens, mesclun is AKA this seasonal mix a spring mix |
| #8023, aired 2019-06-26 | THE LAWS OF PHYSICS $1600: The First Law of Thermodynamics is AKA the principle of conservation of this energy |
| #8020, aired 2019-06-21 | BACKPACKING $800: Be sure to have a waterproof container for your bedroll, AKA this 2-word portable bed a sleeping bag |
| #8019, aired 2019-06-20 | COLLEGE BOUND $400: New York has SUNY; New Jersey's SUNJ is AKA this 1-named state university at exit 9 off the turnpike Rutgers |
| #8018, aired 2019-06-19 | BIG RIVERS $400: The longest river that only flows through one country is this 3,900-mile river AKA the Chang Jiang the Yangtze |
| #8018, aired 2019-06-19 | THE DC UNIVERSE $400: Based in the conveniently located Central City, this hero is AKA the Scarlet Speedster & the Fastest Man Alive the Flash |
| #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 | FERGUSON $1600: AKA Kimbo Slice, Kevin Ferguson made his debut in this sport in 2007 at "Cage Fury Fighting Championships 5" MMA (or mixed martial arts) |
| #8007, aired 2019-06-04 | THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS $600: Found by miners of this, aka bat poop, it's bat poop crazy that the artifacts of Lovelock Cave led to a legend of red-headed giants guano |
| #8007, aired 2019-06-04 | ALPHANUMERICS $1600: The building site of the Millennium Dome, aka this alphanumeric arena, skirts the Prime Meridian along the Thames O2 |
| #7997, aired 2019-05-21 | NEW IN SCIENCE $400: The blood vessels in its gills gave a clue that the opah is an unusual fish of this type AKA homeothermic warm-blooded |
| #7997, aired 2019-05-21 | NEW IN SCIENCE $1600: Researchers have extracted cells from Alzheimer's patients to create these, AKA nerve cells neurons |
| #7988, aired 2019-05-08 | SPELL THE BEANS $800: Geographic AKA of butter beans L-I-M-A |
| #7985, aired 2019-05-03 | THE SPINACH ACQUISITION $600: Get spinach because it's high in the beta-carotene form of this vitamin AKA retinol A |
| #7982, aired 2019-04-30 | IT'S ALL IN YOUR HEAD $800: This part of the eye AKA the optic disk is incapable of image detection because it has no photoreceptors the blind spot |
| #7967, aired 2019-04-09 | LOGGER $800: In the 1800s lumberjacks developed this fast-footed sport AKA birling logrolling |
| #7965, aired 2019-04-05 | MAKE TIME FOR TIME $400: This date is AKA Bissextile Day February 29th |
| #7961, aired 2019-04-01 | IN PRISON $200: A shorter stay due to "exemplary compliance with institutional disciplinary regulations" is AKA time off for this good behavior |
| #7957, aired 2019-03-26 | BLUE MAN GROUP $400: These soul men were AKA Jake & Elwood (or John & Dan) the Blues Brothers |
| #7954, aired 2019-03-21 | SUIT UP $200: Without the pressurized interior of this suit, AKA an EMU, your blood would boil in a vacuum a spacesuit |
| #7951, aired 2019-03-18 | INSIDE, THE "OC" $600: Ph.D. AKA a doctor |
| #7949, aired 2019-03-14 | HIGH GARDEN $400: The flower Aquilegia saximontana is aka these mountains' blue columbine the Rockies |
| #7947, aired 2019-03-12 | WOMEN AUTHORS $1200: Delia Owens used the marshes of North Carolina as the setting for her bestseller "Where" these, aka crayfish, "Sing" crawdads |
| #7945, aired 2019-03-08 | PLANT-ED EVIDENCE $1200: Insects check in but they don't check out of this carnivorous plant of the Carolinas AKA Dionaea Venus flytrap |
| #7945, aired 2019-03-08 | SPANISH-LANGUAGE TV $2000: Don Francisco's "Show Dominical" moved up a day to become "Giant Saturday", AKA this show that ran more than 50 years Sábado Gigante |
| #7944, aired 2019-03-07 | THIS & THAT $600: This ceremony, AKA brit milah or bris, usually occurs on the eighth day of a Jewish boy's life circumcision |
| #7943, aired 2019-03-06 | EX-CREATURES $2000: The Irish type of this, AKA giant deer, had a 12-fot antlerspan an elk |
| #7941, aired 2019-03-04 | WHAT'S YOUR NUMBER? $1200: Created by Congress in 1996, this 3-digit plan, AKA the Qualified Tuition Program, can be used to help pay for college 529 |
| #7940, aired 2019-03-01 | NAME THAT TUNA $800: AKA the aku, it's named for the way it launches itself out of the water a skipjack |
| #7938, aired 2019-02-27 | WHAT A CIRCUS! $400: Mario Zacchini, AKA the "human" this, once said, "Flying isn't the hard part, landing in the net is" a cannonball |
| #7932, aired 2019-02-19 | McPEOPLE $2,000 (Daily Double): Randolph (AKA Rand'l) was the head of this clan in Pike County, Kentucky the McCoys |
| #7928, aired 2019-02-13 | ODD-NAMED ANIMALS $400: The rhinoceros beetle is AKA the Hercules or this titan famous for shouldering burdens Atlas |
| #7927, aired 2019-02-12 | ANIMAL FAKERS $200: AKA mosquito hawk or darning needle, this insect does not breathe magical fire dragonfly |
| #7927, aired 2019-02-12 | PEACEFUL GUNS $400: AKA a deck gun, a deluge gun is used by people trying to fight these fires |
| #7927, aired 2019-02-12 | MIRACLE MEDS $2000: 3-letter abbreviation for the drug AKA Retrovir that's used to control HIV AZT |
| #7925, aired 2019-02-08 | FAUX AMIS $1200: La confection isn't candy, it's this trade AKA the schmatta business clothing |
| #7923, aired 2019-02-06 | FAILURE TO COMMUNICATE $800: On Pentecost, the apostles received this ability AKA glossolalia that may baffle some onlookers speaking in tongues |
| #7923, aired 2019-02-06 | GOOD FELLOWS $1200: AKA Poputchiks, fellow travelers were writers Leon Trotsky considered to be neutral about this 1917 the Russian Revolution |
| #7921, aired 2019-02-04 | CHICAGO, ATLANTA & MIAMI SOUND MACHINE $1000: Chicago was a "Hard Habit To Break" with an '80s run of hits produced by him, AKA "The Hitman" David Foster |
| #7920, aired 2019-02-01 | SULFUR $2000: There's more sulfur than iron in this mineral, AKA fool's gold iron pyrite |
| #7919, aired 2019-01-31 | "M.C." $1200: AKA John-117, he's the main man in the Halo video games Master Chief |
| #7919, aired 2019-01-31 | THE SUPERB OWL $1600: This type of owl named for a farm structure is AKA a monkey-faced owl a barn owl |
| #7918, aired 2019-01-30 | VALLEYS $400: AKA "Happy Valley", it's the valley where Penn State sits; its athletic teams' name provides a hint the Nittany Valley |
| #7912, aired 2019-01-22 | SPECIAL DAYS $2000: A'phabet day, aka no "L" day, is punningly observed on this date December 25th |
| #7911, aired 2019-01-21 | STEAMY SCIENCE $2000: AKA steam coal, this most abundant type of coal gets its name from a Latin word for "pitch" bituminous |
| #7905, aired 2019-01-11 | SHARK TANK 10 $200: (Hi, I'm Kevin O'Leary, AKA Mr. Wonderful.) I love deals where for each unit sold I get a certain amount of money called this, fit for a king; I earn 45 cents for each Wicked Good cupcake you buy royalty |
| #7904, aired 2019-01-10 | "RU" READY? $800: This viral disease is AKA German measles rubella |
| #7901, aired 2019-01-07 | 2 CAN PLAY THAT GAME $600: In 2007 a computer program "solved" this game, AKA draughts, proving that best play from both sides leads to a draw checkers |
| #7895, aired 2018-12-28 | ALTERED CARBON $2000: Mix carbon with nitrogen & hydrogen to get this type of poison aka prussic acid--actually, don't cyanide |
| #7894, aired 2018-12-27 | ON THE HEAVENLY BODY $800: Caloris Montes, aka Heat's Mountains on this planet Mercury |
| #7891, aired 2018-12-24 | STICKER SHOCK $1600: A car's sticker price, which is what the dealer wants you to pay, is aka this term with a 4-letter abbreviation manufacturer's suggested retail price (MSRP) |
| #7887, aired 2018-12-18 | DO YOU COMPUTE? $1600: The parents of this World Wide Web inventor AKA "TimBL" both worked on the first commercial computer Sir Tim Berners-Lee |
| #7878, aired 2018-12-05 | VIXEN $800: That vixen may look pettable but be careful--some foxes are carriers of this disease, AKA hydrophobia rabies |
| #7875, aired 2018-11-30 | MEDICAL AKAs $200: 3-letter AKA of Lou Gehrig's disease ALS |
| #7875, aired 2018-11-30 | MEDICAL AKAs $800: Systemic exertion intolerance disease is an AKA for this syndrome chronic fatigue syndrome |
| #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 |
| #7866, aired 2018-11-19 | TYLER, THE CREATOR $400: Mabel Simmons, AKA Madea, was created by this writer/actor for the stage & hit it big in the movies Tyler Perry |
| #7866, aired 2018-11-19 | ODD FUTURE $1600: Inbreeding is a problem if humans move to autogamy, AKA self-this, like some flowers & some worms fertilization |
| #7865, aired 2018-11-16 | RAINY DAY P.E. $1000: Badminton is fun indoors, where you are less likely to lose the "birdie", AKA this projectile the shuttlecock |
| #7864, aired 2018-11-15 | FRESHWATER FISH $400: Native peoples of South America use the razor-sharp teeth of this predatory fish, AKA the caribe, to make weapons a piranha |
| #7862, aired 2018-11-13 | PASTURE BEDTIME $2,200 (Daily Double): This fertility deity AKA Faunus has been seen frolicking in the pasture; he usually takes a nap around noon Pan |
| #7859, aired 2018-11-08 | DESCRIBING THE TRAFFIC SIGN $1000: An X-shaped sign (AKA a crossbuck) a railroad crossing |
| #7858, aired 2018-11-07 | COMING OF AGE $1600: In history's stages per Karl Marx, feudalism gave way to this -ism, AKA the free market capitalism |
| #7852, aired 2018-10-30 | THE CARDINAL RULES $1600: This cardinal AKA "The Red Eminence" dominated French politics in the 1630s Cardinal Richelieu |
| #7849, aired 2018-10-25 | DOC TREBEK'S DIAGNOSIS $1000: Too much pie? Could be indigestion, AKA this medical term from the Greek for "difficult to digest" dyspepsia |
| #7849, aired 2018-10-25 | GEOGRAPHY OF THE MOON $1600: The Moon even has marshes--there's the Marsh of Epidemics, the Marsh of Decay & this marsh, aka Palus Somnii the Marsh of Sleep |
| #7846, aired 2018-10-22 | CLASSICAL RAPPERS $800: Erik Satie, AKA "Ice Satie", threw down with the movement known as this -ism, closely related to Dadaism surrealism |
| #7846, aired 2018-10-22 | SOMETHING TO READ $1200: In books by James Patterson, this detective takes on the Mastermind, AKA Kyle Craig (Alex) Cross |
| #7841, aired 2018-10-15 | "BLACK" JEOPARDY $400: You'd think they'd make the entire plane out of the material used in a nigh-indestructible flight recorder AKA this the black box |
| #7841, aired 2018-10-15 | ROOST-ERS $400: Africa's quelea, whose swarms break branches roosting, is AKA this "bird", after a pestilential grasshopper locust |
| #7840, aired 2018-10-12 | FRIENDS OFF THE COURT $200: Bill Russell & this man AKA "The Stilt" didn't talk for 20 years at one point, but ended up fast friends Wilt Chamberlain |
| #7837, aired 2018-10-09 | GREEK LETTER, PLEASE $200: Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky, is AKA this Canis Majoris Alpha Canis Majoris |
| #7833, aired 2018-10-03 | KARATE $400: This Olympic sport is AKA Korean karate taekwondo |
| #7833, aired 2018-10-03 | COBRA KAI $800: A reddish-brown Australian cobra family member is called this, like the American snake AKA the highland moccasin a copperhead |
| #7819, aired 2018-09-13 | THE ONLY PRESCRIPTION $600: The "Nation" has learned that this, AKA fluoxetine, can be used to treat OCD & panic attacks Prozac |
| #7811, aired 2018-07-23 | SKYSCRAPER CITY $200: The Gherkin, aka 30 St. Mary Axe London |
| #7810, aired 2018-07-20 | HISTORY IN EUROPE $800: Winston Churchill said this, AKA the Battle of the Ardennes, was the greatest American battle of World War II the Battle of the Bulge |
| #7804, aired 2018-07-12 | FLIP THAT HOUSE! $2000: Tell buyers all about the storage space in the scullery, AKA this person's pantry the butler |
| #7802, aired 2018-07-10 | EXTREME SPORTS? $200: Watching baseball makes me think it has both the most statistics & the most examples of this behavior AKA expectoration spitting |
| #7788, aired 2018-06-20 | SPORTS DOCTORS $800: For the 1984 Mets, 19-year-old Dwight Gooden, "AKA "Dr. K", notched 276 of these strikeouts |
| #7788, aired 2018-06-20 | BODIES OF WATER $2000: The creation of this lake, AKA Lake Nubia, forced the removal of many Egyptian artifacts Lake Nasser |
| #7787, aired 2018-06-19 | CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD $1000: Icahn Enterprises chair Carl Icahn is among activist investors, AKA corporate these, also an NFL team name raiders |
| #7783, aired 2018-06-13 | U.S. LIBRARIES $200: AKA "The Rock", the John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library is one of the main libraries of this R.I. Ivy League school Brown |
| #7778, aired 2018-06-06 | COMICS RELIEF $2000: T'Challa, aka this superhero, was introduced in 1966 in a Fantastic 4 book; he hit the big screen in 2018 the Black Panther |
| #7776, aired 2018-06-04 | LOOKIN' BACK TEXAS $1000: The era of the integrated circuit, AKA the microchip, began in 1959 when this company filed a patent for one Texas Instruments |
| #7773, aired 2018-05-30 | THE HILL $800: Lazarus is a character in a work by W.B. Yeats named for this hill of Jesus' death, AKA Golgotha Calvary |
| #7771, aired 2018-05-28 | BEACH SEASON $1600: Live sand dollars have velvety coats but lose them after death; the invertebrate shell, AKA this, washes ashore the exoskeleton |
| #7761, aired 2018-05-14 | GOODBYE MR. CHIP $1000: Salsa bandera, AKA pico de gallo, is called "the flag" as its ingredients have these 3 colors found on Mexico's flag red, white, and green |
| #7759, aired 2018-05-10 | FAST COMPANY $1200: Kilian Jorent has set multiple speed records in this, AKA Alpinism mountain climbing |
| #7758, aired 2018-05-09 | LET'S KNOT $200: A strong climber's knot called the Flemish bend is AKA the "figure" this, which it resembles before it's pulled tight eight |
| #7756, aired 2018-05-07 | WRECKING THE CURVE $400: This slugger AKA Big Papi turned a hanging curveball into history with his 500th home run in 2015 (David) Ortiz |
| #7753, aired 2018-05-02 | YEARNING TO BREATHE FREE $400: The Clanton gang at the O.K. Corral did not kill Doc Holliday--this, AKA consumption, did the trick 6 years later tuberculosis |
| #7747, aired 2018-04-24 | ADVERTISING $400: In TV advertising, women 18 to 49 are an important target audience AKA a "key" one of these population groups a demographic |
| #7747, aired 2018-04-24 | MOVIE TITLES IN FOREIGN LANDS $600: To Mexican moviegoers, Macaulay Culkin was left behind as "My Poor Little Angel", aka this film Home Alone |
| #7745, aired 2018-04-20 | GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $1000: The secret's out--in 1856 Millard Fillmore was the candidate for president of this party, AKA the American Party the Know-Nothing Party |
| #7745, aired 2018-04-20 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $1600: The cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, AKA the Duomo, is in this city in Italy's Tuscany region Florence |
| #7744, aired 2018-04-19 | STRAIGHT "A"s IN SCIENCE $3,000 (Daily Double): Immunoglobulins, which attack foreign substances inside you, are AKA these antibodies |
| #7743, aired 2018-04-18 | FOOD STUFF $1000: Mangoes & bell peppers are loaded with ascorbic acid, AKA this Vitamin C |
| #7738, aired 2018-04-11 | SUPERHEROES $1600: Amber Grant, Cole Cooper & Peter Parker, AKA Spider-Man, have worked for the Daily Bugle as one of these a photographer |
| #7736, aired 2018-04-09 | TRY THIS ON FOR SCIENCE $400: Cyanobacteria, which can occur in tide pools, hot springs & ice-covered lakes, are AKA blue-green this algae |
| #7731, aired 2018-04-02 | BALLET RUSES $400: An evil fairy gives Princess Aurora, AKA this title girl, a spindle that has some unwanted features Sleeping Beauty |
| #7721, aired 2018-03-19 | THE FLIES OF THE LORD $1000: This prophet AKA Yesha'yahu says, "The Lord shall hiss for the fly" in the rivers of Egypt Isaiah |
| #7699, aired 2018-02-15 | MEDICATIONS $2000: Instead of "calm down", some people say "take" this chill pill aka diazepam Valium |
| #7695, aired 2018-02-09 | BASS-O-MATIC $2000: The calico bass is AKA the black this, & we're not making a judgment the black crappie |
| #7687, aired 2018-01-30 | LOGO A-GOGO $200: The dynamic ribbon device (aka "the wave") is part of the logo of this soft drink Coca-Cola |
| #7684, aired 2018-01-25 | TRAIN TIME $800: World War II aircraft engineer Tadanao Miki later designed the Shinkansen, AKA this train the bullet train |
| #7681, aired 2018-01-22 | COUNTRY NICKNAMES $1000: "The Land of the White Elephant", AKA "The Land of Smiles" Thailand |
| #7672, aired 2018-01-09 | LAX LUTHER $800: Luther mocked a friend who could only drink down to the top ring in a special wine mug, representing this, AKA the Decalogue the Ten Commandments |
| #7671, aired 2018-01-08 | THAT'S OXYMORONIC $1600: Nonviolent activism for political change, it's AKA civil disobedience passive resistance |
| #7669, aired 2018-01-04 | THE MEH DECADE $1200: AKA the Edwardian era, according to Virginia Woolf it was the last decade before a basic change in human character the 1900s |
| #7668, aired 2018-01-03 | WAIT WATCHERS $600: Tom Felton, AKA Draco Malfoy, brought pizza to some campers who came to see this final film in the Potter franchise Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 |
| #7663, aired 2017-12-27 | TRANSLATE THE LANGUAGE $1200: Erse, aka Gaeilge Gaelic (or Irish) |
| #7660, aired 2017-12-22 | IT'S A LIVING $200: Aka custodians, they may use the supplies of the Cintas Corp., which sponsors an award for the one of the year janitors |
| #7659, aired 2017-12-21 | LOGAN $400: This X-Men member aka Logan made his first appearance in an "Incredible Hulk" comic book in 1974 Wolverine |
| #7659, aired 2017-12-21 | MAKES SENSE $1000: A meme asked what concert cost 45 cents? the one with this rapper aka Curtis Jackson & this "Breathe" Canadian band 50 Cent & Nickelback |
| #7657, aired 2017-12-19 | THE CITY OF NICKNAMES $1200: I'll put a spell on you if you don't know that Escazu, Costa Rica is "The City of" these, AKA brujas witches |
| #7653, aired 2017-12-13 | THEY SAY IT KEEPS YOU SHARP $800: Get some sunlight in your cheeks--this vitamin AKA calcitriol may slow aging & help brain performance Vitamin D |
| #7652, aired 2017-12-12 | MAMMAL PLANET $1200: The heart rate of this animal AKA a woodchuck decreases from 75 beats a minute to 4 during hibernation a groundhog |
| #7651, aired 2017-12-11 | ACID $400: This drug, AKA acetylsalicylic acid, fights pain by inhibiting chemicals that activate nerve endings aspirin |
| #7640, aired 2017-11-24 | PENCIL IT IN $1000: AKA china marker, this waxy-tipped pencil is said to be what the Soviets used in space because ballpoints require gravity grease pens |
| #7640, aired 2017-11-24 | THE 300+ $1600: AL 333, AKA "the first family", is a group of hominid fossils found in Hadar in this Horn of Africa nation Ethiopia |
| #7636, aired 2017-11-20 | GRIDIRON GREATS $200: AKA "Tom Terrific", he's won 4 Super Bowl MVP awards Tom Brady |
| #7636, aired 2017-11-20 | ANATOMY? ANATO-YOU! $1200: 16 to 20 incomplete rings of cartilage hold open the windpipe, AKA this the trachea |
| #7635, aired 2017-11-17 | TYPES OF MOVIES $400: "Le Pistole Non Discutono", AKA "Bullets Don't Argue", is this type of low-budget western a spaghetti western |
| #7630, aired 2017-11-10 | DEMOCRATS $600: War Democrats supported the Union war effort; Peace Democrats, AKA these snakes, wanted a truce with the South copperheads |
| #7627, aired 2017-11-07 | BRANCHES OF SCIENCE $1200: AKA chiropody, it's the study & treatment of disorders of the foot podiatry |
| #7621, aired 2017-10-30 | WOLVERINE $800: A wolverine is AKA this word meaning one who eats & drinks voraciously a glutton |
| #7613, aired 2017-10-18 | WATERWORKS $800: Some kids in Africa use playpumps, these hyphenated items AKA roundabouts that pump clean water for extra fun merry-go-rounds |
| #7604, aired 2017-10-05 | ARTS & SCIENCES $600: AKA the Parthenon sculptures in the British Museum, this collection of ancient Greek sculptures can't be "shot" for fun the Elgin Marbles |
| #7604, aired 2017-10-05 | ROCK & POP QUARTETS $1200: This "seasonal" Australian pop quartet aka 5SOS has hit the big time with songs like "She Looks So Perfect" 5 Seconds of Summer |
| #7599, aired 2017-09-28 | "WORLD" OF ENTERTAINMENT $800: This song aka "Aladdin's Theme" was a No. 1 hit "A Whole New World" |
| #7594, aired 2017-09-21 | OTHER HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $800: August 8 is National Sneak Some this summer squash (aka courgette) Onto Your Neighbor's Porch Day zucchini |
| #7591, aired 2017-09-18 | LITERARY WORK BY CHARACTER $800: Raksha, aka Mother Wolf The Jungle Book |
| #7591, aired 2017-09-18 | EXPLORERS $800: Malintzin (her Nahuatl name), aka Malinche, aka Doña Marina, was a translator & later mistress to this conquistador Cortés |
| #7587, aired 2017-09-12 | BONE VOYAGE $1200: The remains of Tatanka Yotanka, AKA this Sioux leader, were taken by his nephew from North Dakota to South Dakota Sitting Bull |
| #7586, aired 2017-09-11 | "A-C"/"D-C" $1000: St. Nilus of Ancyra was AKA Nilus the this type of monk who lives simply ascetic |
| #7571, aired 2017-07-10 | WELSH WRITERS $800: Works by Welsh mystery novelist Dorothy Simpson include "Dead and Gone", "Dead by Morning" & this one, aka "D.O.A." Dead on Arrival |
| #7571, aired 2017-07-10 | FASCISM $800: On July 17, 1936 fascist rebels aka nationalists began the military uprising that started this 3-year conflict Spanish Civil War |
| #7569, aired 2017-07-06 | A REAL NUT JOB $200: Natives along the Amazon basin collect these, AKA para nuts, which are later used in soaps or as food Brazil nuts |
| #7567, aired 2017-07-04 | RODENTS OF UNUSUAL SIZE $1600: AKA the carpincho, or water pig, it can weigh 145 pounds or more the capybara |
| #7567, aired 2017-07-04 | RODENTS OF UNUSUAL SIZE $2000: AKA the coypu, this "river rat" that has spread from South America to the U.S. can weigh nearly 40 pounds a nutria |
| #7565, aired 2017-06-30 | "ECO" FRIENDLY $400: AKA kick, it's the sudden rearward push made against a shooter when a gun has been fired recoil |
| #7557, aired 2017-06-20 | IT'S ALRIGHT, MA (I'M ONLY BLEEDING) $2000: A collection of blood in unbroken tissue is a bruise, aka this fancy 9-letter word contusion |
| #7551, aired 2017-06-12 | DISTRICTS $1000: This type of wine, AKA claret, can be classified by 36 districts, which are then divided into communes Bordeaux |
| #7551, aired 2017-06-12 | THE IRON IS HOT $1200: Get the iron hot but not too hot--275 degrees--for this stretchy stuff AKA elastane spandex |
| #7548, aired 2017-06-07 | ORIGINAL "SIN" $800: It's AKA a tendon a sinew |
| #7541, aired 2017-05-29 | THE NEW "BLACK" $600: Found only in the New World, this flower AKA a yellow daisy may take its name from a fair maiden in a poem a black-eyed susan |
| #7534, aired 2017-05-18 | DOUBLE VOWEL IN THE MIDDLE $6,500 (Daily Double): People get buzzed practicing apiculture, AKA this beekeeping |
| #7527, aired 2017-05-09 | "FIELD" TRIP $800: AKA athletics, this competition is made up of as many as 2 dozen events track & field |
| #7523, aired 2017-05-03 | SUPERHERO TV SUPPORTING CHARACTERS $800: Alfred Pennyworth & Oswald Cobblepot (AKA the Penguin) Gotham |
| #7523, aired 2017-05-03 | WHICH BODY PART? $1000: Adhesive capsulitis, AKA frozen this frozen shoulder |
| #7523, aired 2017-05-03 | SUPERHERO TV SUPPORTING CHARACTERS $1200: Ghost Rider & Daisy Johnson (AKA Quake) Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. |
| #7519, aired 2017-04-27 | SPORTS $600: This now-retired Lion AKA Megatron once burned Dallas for 329 receiving yards (Calvin) Johnson |
| #7516, aired 2017-04-24 | CUT IT OUT $400: Remove "it" from a Japanese dog breed to get this abbreviation for an alias AKA |
| #7510, aired 2017-04-14 | IN THE NEWS $600: Imagine flying from Memphis to Dallas in 2014 & seeing this guy, AKA the Duke of Cambridge, sitting next to you in coach Prince William |
| #7505, aired 2017-04-07 | LIT BITS $800: She's aka Jean Louise Finch Scout |
| #7504, aired 2017-04-06 | AWARDS & HONORS $800: Paul Cohen's work on set theory earned him a Fields Medal, AKA the Nobel of this area of study mathematics |
| #7499, aired 2017-03-30 | HAS GOOD BONES $2,000 (Daily Double): Ossicles, the tiny auditory bones, are the stirrup, the hammer & this one aka the incus the anvil |
| #7496, aired 2017-03-27 | CONSERVATIVE BOOKSHELF $400: Cartoonist Michael Ramirez inked the humorous "Give Me Liberty or Give Me" this program aka the Affordable Care Act Obamacare |
| #7496, aired 2017-03-27 | THE SOUTHWEST $400: New Mexico boasts a museum dedicated to this outlaw aka William Bonney Billy the Kid |
| #7495, aired 2017-03-24 | "BETA" TEST $400: AKA Provitamin A, it gives a bright orange color to vegetables beta-Carotene |
| #7494, aired 2017-03-23 | WHERE IS IT? $800: The Salt River Valley, AKA the Valley of the Sun:
this state capital Phoenix |
| #7488, aired 2017-03-15 | WITH SCIENCE $800: Molecular motion doesn't stop at zero Kelvin, AKA this temperature; quantum mechanical motion remains absolute zero |
| #7485, aired 2017-03-10 | LET'S HIT THE GYMNOSPERM $400: Gymnosperm means "naked seed"; pines are gymnosperms & carry their seeds in a strobilus, AKA this a pine cone |
| #7475, aired 2017-02-24 | SNAP CHAT $2000: Be careful around this critter aka an alligator snapper a snapping turtle |
| #7474, aired 2017-02-23 | StubHub SUBCULTURES $1600: Sal, Murr, Joe & Q, aka these guys, do crazy pranks & have some crazier fans; see them on their national tour the Impractical Jokers |
| #7471, aired 2017-02-20 | MATH 4U $800: AKA Napier's constant, this lowercase vowel is used to represent the base of a natural logarithm e |
| #7468, aired 2017-02-15 | WHAT ARE YOU AFRAID OF? $400: It's AKA fear of heights acrophobia |
| #7465, aired 2017-02-10 | FLOWER POWER $400: Come to my pad & see my varieties of this flower, candidum & longiflorum, AKA Madonna & Easter lilies |
| #7464, aired 2017-02-09 | ALPHANUMERICALLY YOURS $1200: HB2 is this state's controversial 2016 Public Facilities Privacy & Security Act, AKA the bathroom bill North Carolina |
| #7462, aired 2017-02-07 | OF INDUSTRY $600: Labor strikes by the I.W.W., AKA these "unsteady" types, hindered the timber boom in Montana's Flathead Valley Wobblies |
| #7452, aired 2017-01-24 | WARTHOGS $800: For warthogs, home is often an adopted den of one of these insectivores aka an ant bear an aardvark |
| #7451, aired 2017-01-23 | HEALTH & MEDICINE $400: Diverticulitis is common in the U.S., where diets are low in this, AKA roughage fiber |
| #7449, aired 2017-01-19 | AUTHORS' OTHER JOBS $1200: Aristotle & Casanova both held this job AKA a bibliothecary a librarian |
| #7447, aired 2017-01-17 | SHADES OF YELLOW $1000: A type of transport; the color is AKA chrome yellow school bus yellow |
| #7446, aired 2017-01-16 | TECH TALK $1600: Requiring one thing you have, like an ATM card, & one you know, like a PIN, is called 2-factor this -ation, AKA 2FA authentication |
| #7444, aired 2017-01-12 | DAD BOD $800: Working out helps dad raise his "good" cholesterol, aka HDL or high density this lipoprotein |
| #7436, aired 2017-01-02 | STAR TALK WITH NEIL deGRASSE TYSON $1,000 (Daily Double): (Neil deGrasse Tyson demonstrates by bending a piece of paper.) Involving the folding or warping of both space & time, future space travel could be aided by theoretical shortcuts called Einstein-Rosen bridges, AKA these wormholes |
| #7432, aired 2016-12-27 | WORKING ON THE RAILROAD $800: AKA a turnout, it's a short piece of track for bypassing or unloading a siding |
| #7424, aired 2016-12-15 | WHAT'S THE BIG RUSH? $600: Rushes, aka this "timely" term, referred to the latest printed footage from a film set a daily |
| #7413, aired 2016-11-30 | ALSO FOUND ON A CAR $2000: Your body, excluding the head & limbs; it's AKA the torso the trunk |
| #7410, aired 2016-11-25 | A LOT FOR THE OFFICE DOOR $1600: He was aka "His Imperial Majesty the Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah" or even more humbly, "Elect of God" Haile Selassie |
| #7406, aired 2016-11-21 | HOBBIES & PASTIMES $200: You'll want to hang onto your silver dollars in this hobby AKA numismatics coin collecting |
| #7403, aired 2016-11-16 | STATE CAPITALS AKA $400: Legendary rising bird Phoenix |
| #7403, aired 2016-11-16 | STATE CAPITALS AKA $800: A later apostle St. Paul |
| #7403, aired 2016-11-16 | STATE CAPITALS AKA $1200: On "The Simpsons" it comes between C. & Burns Montgomery |
| #7403, aired 2016-11-16 | STATE CAPITALS AKA $2000: A Plains-dwelling Native American tribe Cheyenne |
| #7403, aired 2016-11-16 | STATE CAPITALS AKA $6,000 (Daily Double): Ancient Greek site of athletic fame Olympia |
| #7393, aired 2016-11-02 | WHAT A BUNCH OF BOLOGNA $600: Alums of the University of Bologna include this scientist aka Mikolaj Kopernik, who transferred from Krakow Copernicus |
| #7388, aired 2016-10-26 | ADVERTISING ICONS $200: This brand's elves bake their cookies in magic ovens in the Hollow Tree (aka the Fac-Tree) Keebler |
| #7386, aired 2016-10-24 | BREAKING BAD $400: The small bone break called a stress fracture is aka this type of "fracture" that's not "receding" a hairline fracture |
| #7374, aired 2016-10-06 | THE MOON $2,000 (Daily Double): Jupiter:
This "continental" one aka Jupiter II Europa |
| #7373, aired 2016-10-05 | U.S. FIRSTS $2000: The first nuclear explosion was set off at the New Mexico site with this religious name, aka Jornada del Muerto Trinity |
| #7365, aired 2016-09-23 | MED. ABBREV. $1200: Somatotropin is aka HGH, short for this human growth hormone |
| #7364, aired 2016-09-22 | MYTHOLOGY $400: Centeotl, a god of these people aka the Mexica, was big into solar & also associated with feasting & pleasure the Aztecs |
| #7364, aired 2016-09-22 | MYTHOLOGY $2000: Loki & Heimdall kill each other in this final battle of the Norse gods, aka the Day of Doom Ragnarok |
| #7363, aired 2016-09-21 | RELATIVE POP CULTURE $1200: "Big Adventure" time! one of Israel's first fighter pilots was the dad of Paul Reubens, aka this film & TV character Pee-wee Herman |
| #7359, aired 2016-09-15 | HISTORIC PLACES $1600: Tradition says a door of the Schlosskirche, aka Castle Church, is the site where these were posted in 1517 Martin Luther's (95) theses |
| #7352, aired 2016-07-26 | POTPOURRI $400: AKA ascorbic acid, this vitamin helps form collagen in bones & aids in the absorption of iron Vitamin C |
| #7333, aired 2016-06-29 | LOST & FOUND $800: You can find Sawyer, aka Josh Holloway, on "Colony" on TV or in the "Ghost Protocol" entry of this film franchise Mission: Impossible |
| #7328, aired 2016-06-22 | OUT OF FASHION WEEK $600: Wednesday: The hair in back has gotten too long & now I'm sporting this hairstyle, aka the Missouri Compromise a mullet |
| #7328, aired 2016-06-22 | EMMY TIME $2000: In 1969 Steve Martin & Bob Einstein (aka Super Dave Osborne) won for writing these rhyming siblings' "Comedy Hour" the Smothers Brothers |
| #7322, aired 2016-06-14 | MODERN LOVE $1200: AKA "slow fade", this "spectral" 21st century dating term involves ending a relationship by simply disappearing ghosting |
| #7322, aired 2016-06-14 | LET'S GDANSK $1600: In 1308 these German knights seized control of Danzig, aka Gdansk, & held the city until 1466 the Teutonic Knights |
| #7317, aired 2016-06-07 | A STATE OF WAR $400: The Battle of Stones River, aka the Battle of Murfreesboro,
1862-63 Tennessee |
| #7316, aired 2016-06-06 | ALL KINDS OF DRAMA $2000: The 3 Ms of medieval drama were the mystery play, the morality play & this one, aka a saint's play a miracle play |
| #7315, aired 2016-06-03 | IT'S NOT A TUMOR $400: It's not a tumor, but these, aka renal calculi; often very painful until they pass kidney stones |
| #7313, aired 2016-06-01 | IVY LEAGUE $400: AKA botanical expert Pamela Isley, she's one of the Gotham City Sirens Poison Ivy |
| #7313, aired 2016-06-01 | THE 2015 IG NOBEL PRIZES $1600: Medicine: studying "the biomedical benefits or... consequences of intense" this activity, aka osculation kissing |
| #7312, aired 2016-05-31 | DO YOU HAVE ANY NINES? $200: The goal of this game aka skittles is to knock down as many as you can ninepin |
| #7310, aired 2016-05-27 | SURPRISE $1600: When babies are tightly swaddled, this reflex aka the Moro reflex will not interfere with sleep the startle reflex |
| #7310, aired 2016-05-27 | ALMOST FANATICAL DEVOTION $2000: Tuomas Anhava was a dedicated Finnish poet, always searching for the right word, aka this French phrase (le) mot juste |
| #7308, aired 2016-05-25 | THE OLD MAN & THE "C" $1000: It's not his toothpaste, it's his cholesterol medication aka rosuvastatin, one of the USA's most prescribed drugs Crestor |
| #7306, aired 2016-05-23 | ARE YOU FEELING LUCKY? $800: This 11th century man aka "the Lucky" converted his mom to Christianity; then mom built the first church in Greenland Leif Erikson |
| #7301, aired 2016-05-16 | BIRDS OF A FEATHER $400: American,
European (aka redbreast) a robin |
| #7300, aired 2016-05-13 | COMMUNICATION $800: Sherlock Holmes often hears of new developments in a case via this, aka "the Victorian Internet" telegraph |
| #7288, aired 2016-04-27 | SWEET ISLE OF MINE $1600: Zealand, aka Sjaelland Denmark |
| #7287, aired 2016-04-26 | ANKARA BABIES $800: Once their teeth come in, Ankara babes enjoy this "national" sweet of cubes dusted with sugar, AKA rahat loukoum Turkish delight |
| #7287, aired 2016-04-26 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $1600: The east end of Long Island is AKA this area with a plural name & many wealthy occupants the Hamptons |
| #7284, aired 2016-04-21 | YOU NEED FOOD TO GROW ON $200: They're high in good carbs & a great source of fiber, so go for garbanzo beans, aka these chickpeas |
| #7284, aired 2016-04-21 | YOU NEED FOOD TO GROW ON $800: This "homey" food, aka Dutch cheese, is high in casein, a slow-digesting protein; it lends its name to less desirable "thighs" cottage cheese |
| #7284, aired 2016-04-21 | BONE"S" $1200: The bones of the shoulder are the humerus, the clavicle & the shoulder blade, aka this bone the scapula |
| #7278, aired 2016-04-13 | HODGE-POD $600: "Pod People" is savaged by the robotic critics on "MST3K", aka this show Mystery Science Theater 3000 |
| #7272, aired 2016-04-05 | THE "X" FACTOR $1200: No need to be anxious with this drug aka alprazolam Xanax |
| #7271, aired 2016-04-04 | TV NICKNAMES $800: Ken, one of the title "Freaks" on this show, found romance with Amy, aka "Tuba Girl" Freaks and Geeks |
| #7270, aired 2016-04-01 | ON THE OLD MAP OF EUROPE $800: On Oct. 7, 1949 the Soviets announced the formation of this country, aka the DDR East Germany |
| #7262, aired 2016-03-22 | MEDICAL MATTERS $200: Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is in the same disease family as bovine spongiform encephalopathy, aka this mad cow disease |
| #7255, aired 2016-03-11 | A BILLION VIEWS ON YOUTUBE $1600: "Baby, baby, baby, oh", Justin Bieber & this rapper aka Chris Bridges got views a-plenty with "Baby" Ludacris |
| #7253, aired 2016-03-09 | AKA $200: An artwork:
La Gioconda the Mona Lisa |
| #7253, aired 2016-03-09 | AKA $400: A Candide man:
Francois-Marie Arouet Voltaire |
| #7253, aired 2016-03-09 | AKA $600: An NFL stadium:
The Razor Gillette |
| #7253, aired 2016-03-09 | AKA $800: A threatened species:
Ursus maritimus the polar bear |
| #7253, aired 2016-03-09 | AKA $1000: A confrontation:
First Manassas First Bull Run |
| #7243, aired 2016-02-24 | LITERARY CROSSWORD CLUES "P" $200: AKA Robin Goodfellow
(4) Puck |
| #7241, aired 2016-02-22 | FERGUSON $200: Winning 13 league titles, for 27 years Sir Alex Ferguson was manager of this premier British soccer team aka the Red Devils Manchester United |
| #7230, aired 2016-02-05 | WILLIAM & MARY $1000: This revolution of 1688 that ousted James II & brought William & Mary to the throne is aka the Bloodless Revolution the Glorious Revolution |
| #7230, aired 2016-02-05 | WORLD ART $1200: Graffiti artist Pavel Pukhov, aka "Pasha 183", was known as the "Russian" this British artist Banksy |
| #7229, aired 2016-02-04 | OTTOMAN HISTORY $1600: The 1402 Battle of Ankara saw Turkish forces overwhelmed by this man aka Timur Tamerlane (Timur the Lame) |
| #7224, aired 2016-01-28 | COIF MEDICINE $400: Sodium bicarbonate, aka this, added to shampoo makes for a deep cleanse baking soda |
| #7224, aired 2016-01-28 | AS I LIVE & BREATHE $1200: Air enters the lungs through this tube aka the windpipe, then branches into the bronchi the trachea |
| #7217, aired 2016-01-19 | NFL NICKNAMES $200: Pittsburgh QB Roethlisberger is aka this, like the bell of a famous clock Big Ben |
| #7217, aired 2016-01-19 | NFL NICKNAMES $400: The Bears' jumbo-sized William Perry was aka this appliance Refrigerator |
| #7217, aired 2016-01-19 | NFL NICKNAMES $1000: ...& the award for least-intimidating nickname goes to: graceful Lance Alworth, aka this animated movie orphan Bambi |
| #7216, aired 2016-01-18 | GALLANTLY STREAMING TV $400: Title last name of Harry (aka Hieronymus), Michael Connelly's L.A. detective played by Titus Welliver Bosch |
| #7211, aired 2016-01-11 | 4 LEGS, 1 CLUE $1000: Oh, deer! In the fall, bulls of this species aka the wapiti fight for harems that can number up to 60 the American elk |
| #7206, aired 2016-01-04 | EMMY: THE MEN $200: In 2006 this actor won for "24", aka "The Bauer Hour" (Kiefer) Sutherland |
| #7206, aired 2016-01-04 | COLORULLY ALLITERATIVE $1200: Joe Louis was aka known as the Sepia Slugger & the Tan Tornado, but you probably know him best by this nickname the Brown Bomber |
| #7194, aired 2015-12-17 | THE AGE OF MANN $800: AKA the White Slave Traffic Act, 1910's Mann Act dealt with the transport of women for immoral purposes across these state lines |
| #7186, aired 2015-12-07 | THE NEWSPAPER TRADE $600: A "comma chaser" is aka this 2-word person who prepares & corrects a newspaper's text a copy editor |
| #7178, aired 2015-11-25 | QUOTES OF 2015 $800: "An affront to the Mexican state", said Mexico's president of a prison escape by Joaquin Guzman, aka this El Chapo |
| #7176, aired 2015-11-23 | YELLOW $600: Yellow fever can turn your eyes & skin yellow, AKA this 8-letter condition jaundice |
| #7175, aired 2015-11-20 | FIT BITS $800: Strength-training exercises can help prevent fractures caused by this condition, aka thinning bones osteoporosis |
| #7174, aired 2015-11-19 | "NORTH" & "SOUTH" AMERICA $800: This Florida playground for the rich & beautiful is aka "SoBe" South Beach |
| #7170, aired 2015-11-13 | COUNTING TO 2 $600: AKA a double star, it's a system of 2 stars revolving about their common center of mass a binary star |
| #7170, aired 2015-11-13 | COUNTING TO 2 $1000: The design of Germany's "Vengeance Weapon 2", aka the V-2, was led by this scientist (Wernher) von Braun |
| #7160, aired 2015-10-30 | ALSO A MILITARY RANK $600: O-4 in the Air Force; it's aka a course of study major |
| #7159, aired 2015-10-29 | LAND OF ENCHANTMENT $1600: New York, aka the "City of" these in "The Mortal Instruments" series, has faeries, warlocks & Shadowhunters the City of Bones |
| #7157, aired 2015-10-27 | DOWNTOWN CABBIE $1,000 (Daily Double): Maggie Daley Park to Soldier Field, sure--we'll take da 41, aka this "Drive" with a water view Lakeshore Drive |
| #7156, aired 2015-10-26 | STEPH CURRY DISHES $800: When Steph is making an assist, aka "dropping" this coin, he's dishing it to someone else for the score a dime |
| #7156, aired 2015-10-26 | STEPH CURRY DISHES $1600: One of Steph's best dishes at the 2015 All-Star Game was to this Maverick big man, aka the Dunking Deutschman Dirk Nowitzki |
| #7154, aired 2015-10-22 | & THE HOLOGRAMS $800: Using holograms, this diva aka Mimi sang "Silent Night" in 5 different European cities in 2011 Mariah Carey |
| #7152, aired 2015-10-20 | 1970s TV $800: Quincy Jones wrote the theme heard here, aka "The Streetbeater", for this Redd Foxx sitcom Sanford and Son |
| #7152, aired 2015-10-20 | FOOD & DRINK $1000: It's the "national" name for the coffee maker aka a plunger pot French press |
| #7151, aired 2015-10-19 | SCIENCE & GEOMETRY $2000: The ecliptic, the apparent path of the Sun among constellations, is aka a "great" this a circle |
| #7149, aired 2015-10-15 | OLYMPIC DEMONSTRATION SPORTS $800: This sport, aka boardsailing, was a demonstration sport in 1984 windsurfing |
| #7149, aired 2015-10-15 | OLYMPIC DEMON-STRATION SPORTS $2000: Mastering Akkadian, Coptic & Gullah, Legion really came together in this competition, aka glossolalia the ability to speak in tongues |
| #7145, aired 2015-10-09 | SHOW BIZ JOBS $1600: A cutter is aka this shaper of a film or TV show an editor |
| #7140, aired 2015-10-02 | THAT'S HISTORY $400: A 1968 pandemic of H3N2, aka "Hong Kong" this, caused more than a million deaths a virus (or flu) |
| #7127, aired 2015-09-15 | CROSSWORD CLUES "K" $2000: Pyramid-builder Cheops' aka
(5) Khufu |
| #7120, aired 2015-07-24 | WATER SCIENCE $1600: It would cost about $2,000 to supply a family of 4 for a year with this, aka purified seawater desalinated water |
| #7118, aired 2015-07-22 | THERE'S SOMETHING IN THE AIR $800: Oleoresin capsicum, aka this, is used by the CHP partly because it's effective on drug & alcohol users who may "feel no pain" pepper spray |
| #7109, aired 2015-07-09 | COLORFUL PLACES $1600: You won't have a bad day at Pu'u Keka'a, aka this lava formation on Maui's Ka'anapali Beach Black Rock |
| #7093, aired 2015-06-17 | TOO MUCH INFORMATION $200: This painting was reframed in 1951, has a small crack in the upper center & is aka "La Gioconda" the Mona Lisa |
| #7090, aired 2015-06-12 | YOU'VE BEEN "HACK"ED! $400: This activity popular at jam band shows is aka footbag Hacky Sack |
| #7085, aired 2015-06-05 | WHERE THE BUFFALO ROAM $400: The water buffalo is aka the buffalo of this country, where it's been enjoying the Ganges since at least 1000 B.C. India |
| #7072, aired 2015-05-19 | COWS $800: The black, polled beef cattle aka the Aberdeen this was introduced to the U.S. in 1873 Angus |
| #7070, aired 2015-05-15 | FINE FOOD $400: Sushi lovers know a California roll contains this tree fruit aka the alligator pear the avocado |
| #7067, aired 2015-05-12 | FOREBEARS $200: The Maya believed that their ancestors were created from this plant aka maize corn |
| #7064, aired 2015-05-07 | AMERICA'S GOT TALONS $400: Talons are one of the things necessary to be a bird of prey, aka this, from the Latin for "to carry off" a raptor |
| #7063, aired 2015-05-06 | YOU $2000: ...are hearing me through this membrane aka the eardrum the tympanic membrane |
| #7057, aired 2015-04-28 | TRIOS $200: Sadly, Adam Yauch, aka MCA of this trio, died in 2012 The Beastie Boys |
| #7044, aired 2015-04-09 | LIFESTYLES $800: Retirees enjoy free time, aka this word before "world" in a retirement community empire founded in 1961 leisure |
| #7040, aired 2015-04-03 | IT'S THE LITTLE THINGS $600: Less than 5' tall, the Aka, Baka & Efe prefer their tribal names rather than this general term--can't blame them pygmies |
| #7038, aired 2015-04-01 | BODY $1000: When a kid gets his tonsils out, these, aka the pharyngeal tonsils, may be removed too the adenoids |
| #7037, aired 2015-03-31 | WE'RE ALL JEALOUS $1200: "I just can't look, it's killing me", moaned Killers' frontman Brandon Flowers, aka "Mr." this Brightside |
| #7036, aired 2015-03-30 | VACCINES $1600: Immunization against this disease aka lockjaw has reduced cases in the U.S. to fewer than 50 each year tetanus |
| #7029, aired 2015-03-19 | WORLD PEAS $400: Aka the Bengal gram, in the Middle East it's mashed to make hummus chickpeas |
| #7023, aired 2015-03-11 | SPY TECH $400: An NSA career in electrical engineering may include designing these, aka aerials antennas |
| #7019, aired 2015-03-05 | THE BLACK LIST $400: AKA "hard coal"' it's steel gray to black in color anthracite |
| #7016, aired 2015-03-02 | YOUR BODY HAS A SYSTEM $1600: Arteriosclerosis is a common disease of this, AKA the cardiovascular system the circulatory system |
| #7006, aired 2015-02-16 | NICE "SHOE"S $200: That's right, sweetheart, a private detective is aka one of these a gumshoe |
| #7006, aired 2015-02-16 | SHORT-LIVED TV SHOWS $400: "Undeclared" had Seth Rogen, Kevin Hart, Amy Poehler & him, aka Ron Burgundy Will Ferrell |
| #7006, aired 2015-02-16 | SHORT-LIVED TV SHOWS $800: "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip" had Bradley Whitford, Merritt Wever, Amanda Peet & him, aka Chandler Bing Matthew Perry |
| #7001, aired 2015-02-09 | ROOTS $1000: AKA "The Red Devils", this team that averages 75,000 fans per game is the most popular English soccer team Manchester United |
| #6994, aired 2015-01-29 | A FORCE OF NATURE $2000: Next time you're falling from a great height, thank air resistance, aka this 4-letter force, for slowing you down drag |
| #6988, aired 2015-01-21 | WAR $1200: AKA the M9A1 rocket launcher, this shoulder-held weapon could pierce 5 inches of armor plate, Joe a bazooka |
| #6988, aired 2015-01-21 | WAR $2000: Development of the MX missile, aka this somewhat contradictory term, began in the '70s the Peacekeeper |
| #6982, aired 2015-01-13 | SWEET! POTATOES! $1000: Potatoes are a good source of vitamin B3, aka this, which helps prevent the nutritional disease pellagra niacin |
| #6980, aired 2015-01-09 | PUNCTUATION $400: AKA a virgule, it often comes between "actress" & "model" a slash |
| #6979, aired 2015-01-08 | RESISTANCE IS UTILE $1600: Josip Broz, aka Marshal this, & his resistance fighters wrested control of much of Yugoslavia from the Nazis Tito |
| #6974, aired 2015-01-01 | EUROPEAN RULERS $2000: The words for "King" in Czech, kral, & in Polish, krol, come from the name of this ruler who fought the Slavs Carolus Magnus (aka Charlemagne) |
| #6972, aired 2014-12-30 | A CATEGORY WITH REVERENDS $600: Joseph Simmons, aka Reverend Run, was a member of this pioneering rap group Run-D.M.C. |
| #6972, aired 2014-12-30 | NATIONALLY CLAIMED $2000: 96th Street is the southern border of East Harlem, aka this Spanish Harlem |
| #6970, aired 2014-12-26 | 3 DIMENSIONAL $1600: The 1805 Battle of Austerlitz was aka the "Battle of the 3 Emperors" as it had the armies of France, Austria & this imperial nation Russia |
| #6959, aired 2014-12-11 | 4 LEGS FOR YOU $1000: Likely domesticated in Tibet, this oxlike mammal aka "hairy cattle" can check in at around 1,800 pounds a yak |
| #6955, aired 2014-12-05 | THE OLYMPIC GAMES $2000: In 1952 at Oslo, for this type of skiing aka Nordic, it was hard to tell competitors from spectators, who arrived on skis cross-country skiing |
| #6952, aired 2014-12-02 | DOUBLE THE BONES $1200: It's the 2-word name for the 2 triangular bones of the upper back aka scapulas shoulder blades |
| #6950, aired 2014-11-28 | SCIENCE MYSTERIES $800: Maybe they're there to heighten our sense of touch, but no one is really sure why we have these aka dactylograms fingerprints |
| #6940, aired 2014-11-14 | KILLER TV $800: Leland Palmer, AKA Killer Bob Twin Peaks |
| #6940, aired 2014-11-14 | KILLER TV $1200: Brian Moser, AKA the Ice Truck Killer Dexter |
| #6939, aired 2014-11-13 | DESSERTS $200: AKA silver cake or snow-drift cake, this light cake uses lots of egg whites & no shortening angel food cake |
| #6924, aired 2014-10-23 | THAT IS LIKE SO LATE 20th CENTURY $600: "It's all about" these first names, aka C-notes Benjamins |
| #6924, aired 2014-10-23 | TV INITIALS $800: In 2013 fans were shocked & saddened when Cote de Pablo, aka special agent Ziva David, left this series NCIS |
| #6917, aired 2014-10-14 | THE OUTBACK $800: AKA Uluru, this 1,142-foot landmark was sighted in 1872 by explorer Ernest Giles Ayers Rock |
| #6917, aired 2014-10-14 | "2"-SQUARE CROSSWORD CLUES $1,000 (Daily Double): Get above it all here, aka Dapsang K2 |
| #6903, aired 2014-09-24 | WORLD FLAGS $1200: Aka the Crux, this constellation is depicted on Brazil's flag the Southern Cross |
| #6902, aired 2014-09-23 | COMMON PONDS $600 (Daily Double): Germany, Switzerland & this neighbor share the Bodensee, aka Lake Constance Austria |
| #6901, aired 2014-09-22 | OFF WITH THEIR HEADS $2000: In 1970 author Yukio Mishima committed this act of ritual suicide accompanied by beheading, aka hara-kiri seppuku |
| #6893, aired 2014-07-30 | DOUBLE Ws $2000: Time to reap this, aka a dust devil the whirlwind |
| #6887, aired 2014-07-22 | NICKNAMES $2000: Life was a circus for this "Prince of Showmen" aka "Prince of Humbugs" P.T. Barnum |
| #6886, aired 2014-07-21 | IT'S SLANG-TASTIC $600: Uh-oh! Guess what day it is?! Mikemikemikemikemike! It's Wednesday, aka this protuberance day! hump day |
| #6884, aired 2014-07-17 | PORTMANTEAU WORDS $1200: AKA sudden-wealth syndrome, it's the condition caused by too much money & consumerism affluenza |
| #6881, aired 2014-07-14 | IT'S A BIRD $400: Aka the pilomotor reflex, it's skin's response to cold or emotional stress goosebumps |
| #6874, aired 2014-07-03 | GLORY DAYS $1,000 (Daily Double): April 9 is Bataan Day, aka Day of Valor, on the Bataan Peninsula & in the rest of this nation the Philippines |
| #6872, aired 2014-07-01 | SUGAR LAND $600: Don't be intolerant of this carb AKA milk sugar that makes up about 5% of cow's milk lactose |
| #6854, aired 2014-06-05 | THE "BUL" PULPIT $2000: Type of reeds aka cat's tails bulrushes |
| #6846, aired 2014-05-26 | SUPER-HEAR-O $800: moe. is known for their song about this guy, aka the Star-Spangled Avenger Captain America |
| #6846, aired 2014-05-26 | SUPER-HEAR-O $2000: Paul McCartney & Wings sang of Titanium Man & this helmeted foe of the X-Men aka Erik Lehnsherr Magneto |
| #6830, aired 2014-05-02 | QUEEN OF $2000: AKA Akasha, the Queen of the Damned was a title character from this author Anne Rice |
| #6829, aired 2014-05-01 | AUTHORS' FICTIONAL PLACES $1600: Arrakis, aka Dune (Frank) Herbert |
| #6814, aired 2014-04-10 | AN ECO-CATEGORY $800: If your garden soil lacks magnesium, a green way to add it is to use magnesium sulfate, aka this salt named for a British town Epsom salt |
| #6801, aired 2014-03-24 | CAMPING $400: I gotta have my trail mix, aka GORP, "good ol"' these 2 items raisins & peanuts |
| #6791, aired 2014-03-10 | ISLAND PRISONS $1200: Henri Charriere, aka Papillon, wrote a popular account of escaping this island prison on a coconut raft Devil's Island |
| #6790, aired 2014-03-07 | THE 2-DOORS $800: Mazda introduced the sprightly MX5, aka this, in 1989 the Miata |
| #6783, aired 2014-02-26 | NEW ORLEANS $1600: Canal Street divides the American Sector from this better-known area to the west aka the Vieux Carre the French Quarter |
| #6774, aired 2014-02-13 | WHAT'S YOUR RANGE? $800: The Matterhorn, aka Monte Cervino the Alps |
| #6772, aired 2014-02-11 | HARD TO DEFINE $800: AKA po-mo, it's a rejection of theory in favor of a mix of styles & values--or something like that post-modernism |
| #6770, aired 2014-02-07 | "DUM" IT UP $1600: AKA aluminum oxide, it's used as an abrasive corundum |
| #6764, aired 2014-01-30 | HEALTH & NUTRITION $200: Apples & carrots are good sources of the soluble type of this, aka bulk or roughage fiber |
| #6752, aired 2014-01-14 | LOST & FOUND $600: Many of the items attached to a 2-D surface in this French-named art form are objets trouves, aka found objects, aka junk a collage |
| #6747, aired 2014-01-07 | BESTSELLERS OF THE 13th CENTURY $800: "Liber Abaci", published in 1202, introduced this number, AKA zephirum, to Europe zero |
| #6741, aired 2013-12-30 | HIGH-SCORING SCRABBLE WORDS $200: AKA a pancake or hotcake (26 points) a flapjack |
| #6739, aired 2013-12-26 | WHERE ARE "-U"? $1600: In this Southern California paradise at Carbon Beach, aka billionaire's beach Malibu |
| #6738, aired 2013-12-25 | ALL THE JINGLE LADIES $1200: The firm of Williams, Rowland & Knowles, aka this trio, asked, "Do You Hear What I Hear?" Destiny's Child |
| #6723, aired 2013-12-04 | CANADIAN CLUB $400: Canadian Cobie Smulders plays Canadian Robin Scherbatsky (aka Robin Sparkles) on this sitcom How I Met Your Mother |
| #6720, aired 2013-11-29 | COATS & JACKETS $800: AKA a varsity jacket, it often sports a vowel or consonant representing its school or team a letter jacket (or letterman) |
| #6716, aired 2013-11-25 | ALL SYSTEMS GO $1600: In 1601 the Banner System organized armies to conquer China & create this dynasty aka the Qing the Manchu Dynasty |
| #6714, aired 2013-11-21 | "E-Z-A" $2000: Lebanese political group aka the "Party of God" Hezbollah |
| #6701, aired 2013-11-04 | FLORA! FLORA! FLORA! $400: The rushlike plants of the genus Equisetum are aka this animal "tail" horse |
| #6699, aired 2013-10-31 | PARTING WORDS $1600: Failed chromosomal disjunction can lead to trisomy 21, aka this syndrome causing cognitive issues Down syndrome |
| #6686, aired 2013-10-14 | CURRENT EVENTS $400: A carcass that washed ashore in New Zealand in 2013 resembling some prehistoric sea monster was this, aka a killer whale an orca |
| #6686, aired 2013-10-14 | THE U.S. OWES $2000: The White House says $1.4 trillion of the debt is from recent wars & $800 billion from the 2009 recovery act, aka this the Stimulus |
| #6679, aired 2013-10-03 | THE NEUTRON DANCE $1600: It helps in studying neutrons if you slow them down from near light speed to 15 mph in a block of this, aka heavy hydrogen deuterium |
| #6675, aired 2013-09-27 | 30 MINUTES OF EXERCISE A DAY $200: ...will improve your body's ability to use insulin, the hormone that regulates levels of this, aka blood sugar glucose |
| #6675, aired 2013-09-27 | 30 MINUTES OF EXERCISE A DAY $600: ...will reduce your risk of this, aka high blood pressure hypertension |
| #6675, aired 2013-09-27 | THE BEAR ESSENTIALS $1600: AKA silvertip for the white hairs on its brown coat, this bear can eat 90 pounds of food a day a grizzly bear |
| #6674, aired 2013-09-26 | LET'S GET TOGETHER $1000: From 756 to 1870, some territories of central Italy were part of these states aka the states of the church the Papal States |
| #6663, aired 2013-07-31 | TV TIME $200: "Here comes" this pint-sized beauty pageant sensation aka Alana Thompson Honey Boo Boo |
| #6655, aired 2013-07-19 | SURVEY SAYS...! $600: A 2013 survey said unlike the CEO of Yahoo!, 65% believe working from home, aka this word, is productive telecommuting |
| #6643, aired 2013-07-03 | TENNIS THE MENACE $200: Tennis shoes with good support can decrease your chances of spraining these, aka your talocrural joints ankles |
| #6643, aired 2013-07-03 | TENNIS THE MENACE $600: Stretching for a forehand, Boris Becker hyper-extended this joint aka the carpus & had to withdraw from Wimbledon wrist |
| #6640, aired 2013-06-28 | THE ENVIRONMENT $600: The largest source of water pollution in U.S. rivers is water spreading from fields, aka agricultural this runoff |
| #6636, aired 2013-06-24 | BLUE STATES $1200: In ancient physiology, the 4 humors were blood, phlegm, choler & this, aka black bile melancholy |
| #6626, aired 2013-06-10 | ZOMBIES ARE COMING! $600: Rob Cummings, aka Rob Zombie, fronted this band, also the name of a 1932 Bela Lugosi flick White Zombie |
| #6623, aired 2013-06-05 | 1880s AMERICA $400: In the Adirondacks Dr. Edward Trudeau opened the first U.S. sanitarium for this disease aka consumption tuberculosis |
| #6621, aired 2013-06-03 | INSTRUMENTAL ROCKERS $200: Eric Clapton, aka Slowhand the guitar |
| #6620, aired 2013-05-31 | LEGAL MATTERS $800: People often represent themselves in this, aka conciliation court, where damages are below a specified amount small claims |
| #6617, aired 2013-05-28 | CHILDREN'S BOOKS $200: The first book in the "Guardians of Childhood" series gives the back story of Nicholas St. North, aka this 5-letter name Santa |
| #6615, aired 2013-05-24 | B1, B2... $400: High doses of vitamin B3, aka niacin, are used to lower the "bad" type of this in the blood & increase the "good" cholesterol |
| #6615, aired 2013-05-24 | B1, B2... $800: Shots of this, aka cobalamin, have been touted by celebrities as a way to boost energy & lose weight B12 |
| #6611, aired 2013-05-20 | RELIGIOUS LEADERS $1000: This great Jewish thinker aka Moses Ben Maimon is honored with a statue in his birthplace of Cordoba, Spain Maimonides |
| #6610, aired 2013-05-17 | DORM DEBATES $1200: This activity AKA bussing--eyes open or closed? We need more research kissing |
| #6606, aired 2013-05-13 | PACK 12 $400: I packed the badminton rackets & a dozen of these, aka birdies shuttlecocks |
| #6602, aired 2013-05-07 | PEOPLESES $1200: The New Testament includes a "Letter to" them, aka the Israelites the Hebrews |
| #6596, aired 2013-04-29 | A DISH BEST SERVED COLD $600: Scandinavian is a salt-cured type of this, aka smoked salmon lox |
| #6582, aired 2013-04-09 | DEFENSE ABBREV. $800: SDI:
This system, aka Star Wars, intended to protect the U.S. from Soviet missiles the Strategic Defense Initiative |
| #6582, aired 2013-04-09 | "BODY" LANGUAGE $1000: A protective protein aka immunoglobulin an antibody |
| #6579, aired 2013-04-04 | KING LOUIS $800: On June 13, 1886 this Bavarian king aka Louis II drowned in a lake, as did his psychiatrist who tried to save him Mad King Ludwig |
| #6578, aired 2013-04-03 | ALPHANUMERIC TERMS $200: Hundreds of billions were spent to defeat this, aka "the millennium bug", which hasn't affected our +f6$>z!Q Y2K |
| #6576, aired 2013-04-01 | BORN IN THE 1400s $1200: This explorer aka Giovanni Caboto, sort of the Columbus of the North Atlantic (John) Cabot |
| #6573, aired 2013-03-27 | CREATURES AMONG US $800: With a developmental cycle longer than many marriages, the 17-year type of this insect is aka the 17-year locust a cicada |
| #6571, aired 2013-03-25 | WHERE THE STREETS HAVE THESE NAMES $400: Tom Landry Freeway, Elm Street (aka Ellum) Dallas |
| #6570, aired 2013-03-22 | WE PUT CHARACTERS ON TRIAL $200: Your honor, this lad aka Jack Dawkins was clearly in cahoots with Fagin the Artful Dodger |
| #6569, aired 2013-03-21 | WITH DINAH $600: In comics from this publisher, Dinah Lance, aka the Black Canary, gets a bat-kiss DC |
| #6567, aired 2013-03-19 | REAL NAMES OF FAKE CHARACTERS $600: Poppin' Fresh, aka this, hung out with 2 kids, Popper & Bun Bun the Pillsbury Dough Boy |
| #6563, aired 2013-03-13 | SURGERY $800: You'll look at least hours younger after a rhytidectomy, aka this cosmetic surgery a facelift |
| #6562, aired 2013-03-12 | DEVILISH EXPRESSIONS $1200: I'm just playing this, a position formally established by Pope Sixtus V & aka Promoter of the Faith devil's advocate |
| #6553, aired 2013-02-27 | SILVER ANNIVERSARIES $1000: 2013 will mark the 25th anniversary of the unveiling of the B-2, aka this plane, which was very visible on Nov. 22, 1988 Stealth Bomber |
| #6550, aired 2013-02-22 | MONOLITHS $1200: Spectacular views of Copacabana & other beaches are offered at the top of this monolith AKA Pao de Acucar Sugarloaf |
| #6538, aired 2013-02-06 | THIS IS CRAZY $1000: I'm jumping between buildings & doing crazy flips & rolls, all part of this discipline aka free running parkour |
| #6526, aired 2013-01-21 | FILL THE PRESCRIPTION $800: Ask your doctor if this cholesterol-lowering drug aka atorvastatin is right for you; do not use it if you have liver disease Lipitor |
| #6525, aired 2013-01-18 | "MAN" $400: It's aka the sea cow manatee |
| #6520, aired 2013-01-11 | REAL POWER PLAYERS $800: In 1979 NBA star Darryl Dawkins, aka "Chocolate" this, shattered 2 backboards with his dunks Thunder |
| #6500, aired 2012-12-14 | CHEMISTS $400: In 1933 Gilbert Lewis isolated Deuterium oxide, AKA this type of water, which is used in nuclear reactors heavy water |
| #6500, aired 2012-12-14 | EUROPEAN RULERS $800: 4 years after the French Revolution started, this king aka Citizen Capet was executed Louis XVI |
| #6494, aired 2012-12-06 | STAY AWAY FROM MEAT $200: AKA soybean curd, it can be frozen up to 3 months--but that will change its texture, making it slightly chewier tofu |
| #6494, aired 2012-12-06 | 1930s SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY $400: Norman Haworth, who synthesized this vitamin aka ascorbic acid, won a 1937 Nobel Prize Vitamin C |
| #6487, aired 2012-11-27 | LIONS & TIGERS & BEARS, OH MY! $1000: An estimated 350 to 400 of this type of tiger, aka the amur, live in the wild, primarily in the birch forests of eastern Russia the Siberian tiger |
| #6461, aired 2012-10-22 | IN A GALAXY FAR, FAR AWAY $1,000 (Daily Double): This nearby galaxy aka M31 contains remnants of smaller galaxies "eaten" by the giant central one Andromeda |
| #6451, aired 2012-10-08 | CINEMANIA $200: Aka background actors, they're the people milling about in a shot to lend atmosphere to a scene extras |
| #6442, aired 2012-09-25 | TO YOUR HEALTH $800: In the body, dietary tryptophan is converted to vitamin B3, aka this niacin |
| #6441, aired 2012-09-24 | NUTRITION FROM COOKING LIGHT $600: Use brown rice instead of white & you add this, aka roughage, making you feel full faster fiber |
| #6432, aired 2012-07-31 | MALADIES $2000: Careful! Cuts you get on the playground could lead to this infectious disease aka lockjaw tetanus |
| #6427, aired 2012-07-24 | THE RISE OF THE MOVIES $400: "Underworld: Rise of the Lycans" shows the origins of a feud between vampires & these. aka lycans or lycanthropes wolfmen (or werewolves) |
| #6424, aired 2012-07-19 | MAD MEN $1200: The explosive devices planted by George Metesky, aka this, scared New Yorkers for 16 years but luckily killed no one the Mad Bomber |
| #6420, aired 2012-07-13 | LAST SURVIVORS $2000: Edwin Hughes, AKA Balaclava Ned, died in 1927, the last survivor of this attack in the Battle of Balaclava the Charge of the Light Brigade |
| #6412, aired 2012-07-03 | ANGRY BIRDS $800: Yes, I can fly! But as a Chaparral Cock, aka this bird, I prefer the ground! & no, I won't say "beep beep" for you! a roadrunner |
| #6411, aired 2012-07-02 | BLEAK HOUSE $2000: Your doors need zing...how 'bout these side-by-side doors aka casement doors, with glass panes down their length French doors |
| #6406, aired 2012-06-25 | THE CIVIL WAR $600: A leader of Confederate guerrillas who were spookily hard to find & fight, John Mosby was aka the Gray this Ghost |
| #6404, aired 2012-06-21 | THE JOY OF SECTS $800: The Qumran community, aka this geographical feature sect, became the subject of much attention in 1947 the Dead Sea |
| #6403, aired 2012-06-20 | THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS $1600: The League dug freshwater wells in the Third World & tried to eradicate this, aka Hansen's disease leprosy |
| #6402, aired 2012-06-19 | IRON, MAN $800: Fe2O3 is one chemical formula for this common word, aka iron oxide rust |
| #6400, aired 2012-06-15 | ____ OF ____ $2000: A little south of the state of the same name, it's AKA the Sea of Cortez the Gulf of California |
| #6393, aired 2012-06-06 | FATS & OILS $1200: AKA groundnut oil, it absorbs almost no flavor from food, so you can cook a variety of foods in it together peanut oil |
| #6384, aired 2012-05-24 | THE WINTER OF OUR DISCOUNT TENT $200: "Winter-proof", hah! Our tent collected so much ice & snow, it resembled this Inuit dwelling aka an aputiak an igloo |
| #6384, aired 2012-05-24 | ROMAN THE ROADS $400: Aka the "sacred way", this first & most famous Roman road ran south to the seaports of the Mediterranean the Appian Way |
| #6384, aired 2012-05-24 | THE WINTER OF OUR DISCOUNT TENT $800: It said "flame resistant", but a bit of this, aka paraffin oil, got on the tent & a spark lit it up like a Roman candle kerosene |
| #6345, aired 2012-03-30 | KROSSWORD KLUES "K" $1600: Small hawk AKA a windhover (7) kestrel |
| #6344, aired 2012-03-29 | FACTS & FIGURES $1000: In 2010 there were more than 21,000 U.S. cases of this, aka pertussis whooping cough |
| #6338, aired 2012-03-21 | FLIGHT $800: AKA the acute stress response, the name of this reflex contains 2 basic options one faces when threatened fight-or-flight |
| #6327, aired 2012-03-06 | NUTRITION $800: Unlike other nuts, chestnuts have a significant amount of this, aka ascorbic acid Vitamin C |
| #6322, aired 2012-02-28 | DRUM & DRUMMER $200: AKA a side drum, this small double-headed drum has a reverberating effect; "catch" my drift, man? a snare drum |
| #6317, aired 2012-02-21 | MESSING WITH YOUR BRAIN $800: Surgery may be needed for a case of hydrocephalus, aka this "on the brain" water |
| #6307, aired 2012-02-07 | DOG POUNDS $2000: 30-55 pounds:
The Australian this, aka the Queensland heeler for its habit of nipping at heels while herding cattle dog |
| #6286, aired 2012-01-09 | FELONIOUS MONKS $1,200 (Daily Double): AKA Saloth Sar, he was a novice monk for a time in Cambodia before becoming infamous for "Killing Fields" Pol Pot |
| #6276, aired 2011-12-26 | FUN RAISERS $2000: Look, ma! No plane & no parachute! A Vegas wind tunnel lets you experience indoor this, aka bodyflight skydiving |
| #6275, aired 2011-12-23 | STOP THAT RACKET! $400: This racket is extorting money by saying you'll keep bad guys (aka yourself) from hurting someone the protection racket |
| #6274, aired 2011-12-22 | FRUITS & VEGETABLES $200: Romaine & leaf, aka loose-leaf, are types of this salad starter lettuce |
| #6271, aired 2011-12-19 | FACE BOOKS $2000: A 1950s picture book:
"The Face of" this Asian part of Turkey aka Asia Minor Anatolia |
| #6269, aired 2011-12-15 | THE BIRDS & THE "B"s $400: Take these broken wings & learn to fly, you Turdus merula, aka this colorful bird blackbird |
| #6260, aired 2011-12-02 | NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS $2000: An antioxidant important in our metabolism is Ubiquinone, aka coenzyme (or Co) this letter & number Q10 |
| #6239, aired 2011-11-03 | CARBON CREDITS $1200: AKA black lead, this form of carbon has a greasy feel & is used in making lubricants graphite |
| #6234, aired 2011-10-27 | THE EMPIRE STRIKES PLAQUE $200: The British Dental Association says that most adults in the U.K. suffer from periodontal, aka this, disease gum |
| #6227, aired 2011-10-18 | CRASHING THE PARTY $2000: AKA the States' Rights Democrat Party, this southern splinter group quit whistlin' after Truman beat Dewey the Dixiecrats |
| #6226, aired 2011-10-17 | FATS $600: The fat droplets in milk carry most of this vitamin aka retinol, so the FDA requires skim milk to be fortified vitamin A |
| #6226, aired 2011-10-17 | FATS $800: Saturated fats have been implicated in the incidence of this 7-syllable disease aka hardening of the arteries arteriosclerosis |
| #6181, aired 2011-06-27 | WORD ORIGINS $200: Aka hump day, it was named for a Norse god Wednesday |
| #6163, aired 2011-06-01 | NEW GROUP TERMS FOR ANIMALS? $1000: An "army of" these African mammals, aka earth pigs. that catch ants with their 12-inch tongues aardvarks |
| #6147, aired 2011-05-10 | THE PERIODIC TABLE $800: Decompression sickness, aka the bends, is characterized by the formation of bubbles of this gas in the blood nitrogen |
| #6128, aired 2011-04-13 | "C" SERPENTS $600: A penny for your thoughts on this venomous snake aka the highland moccasin a copperhead |
| #6125, aired 2011-04-08 | 6 CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR $800: Harry Angstrom, aka "Rabbit" (John) Updike |
| #6118, aired 2011-03-30 | "CH"ILL OUT! $1600: Don't squawk if you're accused of having illegible handwriting, aka this chicken scratches |
| #6114, aired 2011-03-24 | THE GENTLE ART OF RUGBY $1000: The USA's national team is the Eagles; Argentina's is Los these, aka mountain lions Pumas |
| #6112, aired 2011-03-22 | A NUMBER LESS THAN 10 $800: The number of legs on a daddy longlegs, aka the harvestman 8 |
| #6107, aired 2011-03-15 | THE IDES OF MARCH $800: The uncanny March 15 return of 75-plus turkey vultures, AKA these, to Hinckley Ridge in Ohio led to an annual fest buzzards |
| #6098, aired 2011-03-02 | SCOTT, PILGRIM $1000: Scott, did you hear Gov. Bradford made this Indian, aka Tisquantum, an emissary; his English is remarkable! Squanto |
| #6088, aired 2011-02-16 | MAGICAL MOUSE-TERY TOUR $1600: The samplefest "The Grey Album" & the band Gnarls Barkley are 2 projects of Brian Burton, aka this Danger Mouse |
| #6085, aired 2011-02-11 | DOWN SOUTH IN SOUTH GEORGIA $1600: The area around the island has some commercial fishing for the Patagonian this, aka Chilean sea bass toothfish |
| #6081, aired 2011-02-07 | DON'T HAVE A COW, MAN $400: AKA bean curd, this may be sealed aseptically in packaging that may be kept unopened at room temp for up to 8 months tofu |
| #6077, aired 2011-02-01 | AKA $200: In "Peanuts" Charlie Brown's friend Patricia Reichardt was known by this name Peppermint Patty |
| #6077, aired 2011-02-01 | AKA $400: A 1962 "first name" promotion gave this bald advertising icon a first name--Veritably Mr. Clean |
| #6077, aired 2011-02-01 | AKA $600: The policeman featured in this board game is Officer Edgar Mallory Monopoly |
| #6077, aired 2011-02-01 | AKA $800: Scooby-Doo's owner, his real name is Norville Rogers & he really needs a haircut Shaggy |
| #6077, aired 2011-02-01 | AKA $1000: Art deco artist Romain de Tirtoff became known by this name, the French pronunciation of his initials Erté |
| #6068, aired 2011-01-19 | OPERA $2,000 (Daily Double): Donizetti's "Anna Bolena" ends with the marriage of Henry VIII (aka Enrico) to this woman Jane Seymour |
| #6066, aired 2011-01-17 | WEAPONRY $400: An 1897 officer's knife, aka this, had a corkscrew & second blade; no one's neutral when holding one a Swiss Army knife |
| #6066, aired 2011-01-17 | WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE $400: The Amur tiger, aka this tiger, ranges from southeastern Russia to northern China the Siberian tiger |
| #6064, aired 2011-01-13 | O GODS $200: Opochtli was a left-handed god of tools in the religion of this people aka the Mexica the Aztecs |
| #6058, aired 2011-01-05 | THE LAST EMPEROR $400: Puyi, aka Xuantong China |
| #6058, aired 2011-01-05 | LITERARY E-MAIL ADDRESSES $800: aka-smeagol@my-precious.info Gollum |
| #6057, aired 2011-01-04 | ALWAYS IN FASHION $400: Hello, designers! This "Project Runway" man, aka the Silver Fox, is chief creative officer at Liz Claiborne (Tim) Gunn |
| #6044, aired 2010-12-16 | YOUR MOMMA! $400: Egyptian ruler Ptolemy XV (aka Caesarion) Cleopatra |
| #6038, aired 2010-12-08 | LITERATURE ALIASES $800 (Daily Double): AKA Barbecue, this character was also "The Sea Cook", another title for the novel in which he appeared Long John Silver |
| #6038, aired 2010-12-08 | LITERATURE ALIASES $1000: Randall Flagg, a character created by this man, is aka Nyarlathotep, Walter Padick & Walter O'Dim Stephen King |
| #6036, aired 2010-12-06 | PAINTERS $1600: A dynasty of Flemish artists with this last name included Pieter the Elder, Pieter the Younger & Jan (aka Velvet) Bruegel |
| #6017, aired 2010-11-09 | THEM CROOKED VULTURES $400: Sometimes it dines on crustaceans & fish, but the palm-nut vulture's diet is primarily this, aka herbivorous vegetarian |
| #6015, aired 2010-11-05 | THE "D"-LIST $1000: AKA the Ten Commandments the Decalogue |
| #6003, aired 2010-10-20 | LIZARDRY $1200: Because of a fracture plane across their lower vertebra, lizards have this ability, aka autotomy, to escape danger to shed their tail |
| #5996, aired 2010-10-11 | JERSEY GIRLS $400: Doing laundry in the sink, this "Jersey Shore" girl aka Nicole Polizzi said, "I feel like a pilgrim from the friggin' '20s" Snooki |
| #5980, aired 2010-09-17 | SIDE EFFECTS MAY INCLUDE... $1000: Hip implosion, spleen shivers & this "heliocentric" condition, aka heat hyperpyrexia, when body temp. hits 105 degrees sunstroke |
| #5961, aired 2010-07-12 | YOUR BUMMER TO BUMMER TRAFFIC REPORT $800: Slow goin' on the 118, aka the Ronald Reagan Freeway, in this state; all traffic seems to be pulling off to the right California |
| #5932, aired 2010-06-01 | MOUNTAIN COUNTRY $800: Mount Cook, aka Aorangi New Zealand |
| #5926, aired 2010-05-24 | TOOL WORDS & PHRASES $2000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from Pacific Research Labs, aka orthopedic model maker Sawbones.) This foot shows normal anatomy; if tight shoes bend the little piggies, the result can be this condition, whose symptoms include corns, calluses & pain hammer toe |
| #5922, aired 2010-05-18 | McACTORS $400: He's Eric Lensherr, aka Magneto, in the "X-Men" films Ian McKellen |
| #5912, aired 2010-05-04 | THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE $400: The tourist haven of St. Barthelemy, aka St. Bart's, is a little piece of France in this sea the Caribbean Sea |
| #5911, aired 2010-05-03 | PEOPLE $600: A 2010 story informed us that Mike Sorrentino aka the Situation, is loving his new fame as part of this show Jersey Shore |
| #5895, aired 2010-04-09 | A SEAFOOD GUIDE $1000: AKA St. Peter's fish, it suits us to a "T", having a low environmental impact when raised on U.S. farms tilapia |
| #5886, aired 2010-03-29 | A FUNGUS AMONG US $600: Don't get near me if you have this fungal infection, aka tinea pedis--it's contagious! athlete's foot |
| #5880, aired 2010-03-19 | CHARACTER ASSASSINATION $1600: This novelist had Bull Meecham, aka "The Great Santini", go out in a plane crash (Pat) Conroy |
| #5875, aired 2010-03-12 | POP CULTURE $1200: AKA Mr. Gwen Stefani, this former singer for Bush put out a solo CD in 2008 called "Wanderlust" Gavin Rossdale |
| #5871, aired 2010-03-08 | FOOD AKA $200: Whether one of these is called Denver or Western, it's made with green pepper, onion & ham an omelet |
| #5871, aired 2010-03-08 | FOOD AKA $400: Checkerberry is also called mountain this, the beverage it's often boiled to make tea |
| #5871, aired 2010-03-08 | FOOD AKA $600: 1 of the 2 U.S. cities that are aliases for strip steak New York (or Kansas City) |
| #5871, aired 2010-03-08 | FOOD AKA $800: Bean threads are also called cellophane or glass these noodles |
| #5871, aired 2010-03-08 | FOOD AKA $1000: (Kelly of the clue shows a potted herb.) Talk about international flare, when it's in the garden, it's called Chinese parsley; when the leaves are used, it's Spanish cilantro; & the seeds used in cooking are called this from Middle English coriander |
| #5870, aired 2010-03-05 | WHAT AM I GOING TO WEAR? $800: Making a comeback for women in 2009, these 5-letter pants, aka genie pants & worn by MC Hammer, were too legit to quit harem pants |
| #5867, aired 2010-03-02 | MASSAGE IN A BOTTLE $400: Your massage oil may contain this vitamin, aka alpha-tocopherol; it's thought to promote wound healing vitamin E |
| #5866, aired 2010-03-01 | MULTIPLE DIAGNOSES $1000: The fever clearly indicates mono--oops, colitis. No, TB. Of course, this bacterial ailment aka septic sore throat strep throat |
| #5857, aired 2010-02-16 | MEN OF SCIENCE $1200: Rocket pioneer Robert Goddard discovered the best liquid fuel was a combination of gasoline and this, aka LOx liquid oxygen |
| #5854, aired 2010-02-11 | ACTORS & ACTRESSES $1000: She did most of her own rollerskating as Bliss (aka Babe Ruthless) in "Whip It" Ellen Page |
| #5847, aired 2010-02-02 | GOING ABSOLUTELY DENTAL $400: AKA gingiva, they are the firm tissues enveloping the necks of the teeth; betcha didn't know teeth had necks, did ya? gums |
| #5815, aired 2009-12-18 | THE FOOD & DRINK MAP $1000: ____ artichoke, aka the sunchoke Jerusalem |
| #5798, aired 2009-11-25 | AFRICAN LAKES $800: This country's Hendrik Verwoerd Reservoir, aka the Gariep, was created by the damming of the Orange River South Africa |
| #5795, aired 2009-11-20 | WHAT ARE YOU DOING? $1000: Giving a room visual interest with this trim aka a dado rail; it protects plaster walls from the item in its name a chair rail |
| #5795, aired 2009-11-20 | INTERNATIONAL NAMES $1200: 4 times married, ex-German leader Gerhard Schroeder is aka Audi Man, for the car's symbol of 4 of these rings |
| #5788, aired 2009-11-11 | ASTRO-QUIZ $400: After the Sun & Moon, this planet, aka the "Morning Star" & "Evening Star", is the brightest object in the sky Venus |
| #5788, aired 2009-11-11 | A DAY WITH GRANDMA $1600: Had to hit the drugstore for grandma's pills for this rash disease common in the elderly, aka herpes zoster shingles |
| #5785, aired 2009-11-06 | FAMOUS LATINOS & LATINAS $1600: Univision host Raul De Molina, aka "El Gordo", meaning this, is the author of "La Dieta del Gordo" fat |
| #5782, aired 2009-11-03 | TV FOR SHORT $200: This show, aka "TRL", aired its last episode in 2008 Total Request Live |
| #5757, aired 2009-09-29 | HAUNTED AMERICA $800: Guards & visitors have reported hearing screams & cell doors clanging at this former prison aka "The Rock" Alcatraz |
| #5754, aired 2009-09-24 | GETTING SHIFT-Y WITH YOUR KEYBOARD $400: Email would be a near-impossibility without this item over the 2, aka an asperand an at sign |
| #5750, aired 2009-09-18 | MOTHER NATURE $2000: These royal mothers, aka hamadryads, lay 20-40 eggs in a mound of leaves; they'll strike if you get too close king cobras |
| #5733, aired 2009-07-08 | 3 CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR $800: Marko Ramius,
John Kelly (aka Mr. Clark),
Jack Ryan Tom Clancy |
| #5711, aired 2009-06-08 | HISTORY A LA JACK BAUER $2000: Chloe, I need a Jan. 24, year 41 location on this Roman emperor, aka "Little Boot"... cancel that; he's dead Caligula |
| #5691, aired 2009-05-11 | SWEET STUFF $200: Josef Delarose Lascaux introduced this confection, aka spun sugar, at his dental practice cotton candy |
| #5688, aired 2009-05-06 | WOULD YOU LIKE FLIES WITH THAT? $600: These winged wood-eaters, aka white ants, are fried as a snack in Africa termites |
| #5687, aired 2009-05-05 | RALLY TO THE CAUSE $2000: It's to save equal Internet speed for all, aka "net" this neutrality |
| #5682, aired 2009-04-28 | OPERAS BY CHARACTERS $1600: 1905: Herod & Jokanaan (aka John the Baptist) Salome |
| #5680, aired 2009-04-24 | I HEAR BANJOS $1000: Skilled banjo player Uncle Dave Macon was an early star on this popular radio show aka "The WSM Barn Dance" "The Grand Old Opry" |
| #5680, aired 2009-04-24 | PADDLE $1000: Go to the Met in NYC & you can see a ceremonial dance paddle called a "rapa" from Rapa Nui, aka this island Easter Island |
| #5678, aired 2009-04-22 | I WROTE THAT! $2000: "Ottsy i Deti", aka "Fathers and Sons" Ivan Turgenev |
| #5675, aired 2009-04-17 | JOE THE PLUMBER $200: Joe never goes on a job without his trusty this, aka a force cup or plumber's helper a plunger |
| #5650, aired 2009-03-13 | SURGERY $400: The surgeon begins by making an incision above the hairline in this cosmetic procedure aka rhytidoplasty a facelift |
| #5623, aired 2009-02-04 | AH, WILDERNESS! $400: O3, aka this, can be detected many miles downwind from urban centers & can harm forest vegetation ozone |
| #5623, aired 2009-02-04 | AH, WILDERNESS! $1600: In rain forests epiphytes, AKA air plants, grow both in the understory & in this top forest layer the canopy |
| #5618, aired 2009-01-28 | WHERE'S THE BEEF FROM? $600: Zebu (aka Brahman) India |
| #5606, aired 2009-01-12 | JAY LENO'S HEADLINES $1000: "Sheep were killed by unarmed" this 2-word animal, AKA a cougar a mountain lion |
| #5594, aired 2008-12-25 | I LEARNED IT ONLINE $1600: I postponed my visit to this country, aka Timor-Leste, after a perusal of travel.state.gov East Timor |
| #5585, aired 2008-12-12 | 2008 NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WORDS $800: In round 2 a boy got axed after he misspelled the name of this native American people, AKA the Dakota S-I-O-U-X |
| #5582, aired 2008-12-09 | THE PRESIDENT AS KING $400: Andrew II
(aka Andrew the first to be impeached) Andrew Johnson |
| #5579, aired 2008-12-04 | THE "GLASS" MENAGERIE $600: Aka spun glass, this is used in insulation & boat hulls fiberglass |
| #5556, aired 2008-11-03 | LIFE SCIENCE $1200: In the Batesian type of this, aka imitation, an organism evolves to look like a more noxious one so it's left alone mimicry |
| #5548, aired 2008-10-22 | GERMAN COMPOSERS $1600: His 1739 volume of chorale arrangements, the third part of "Clavier-Ubung", is aka "German Organ Mass" Johann Sebastian Bach |
| #5538, aired 2008-10-08 | AT THE MUSEE D'ORSAY $400: You can see his mother (aka "Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1") Whistler |
| #5536, aired 2008-10-06 | SPORTS NICKNAMES $1000: The NBA's
Agent Zero,
aka Hibachi,
aka The Black President Gilbert Arenas |
| #5513, aired 2008-07-23 | CROSSWORD CLUES "P" $1200: Arctic bird aka the sea parrot
(6) puffin |
| #5511, aired 2008-07-21 | THE NEW YORK TIMES HEALTH $1000: The bacterium Oxalobacter formigenes may reduce the risk of these, aka renal calculi kidney stones |
| #5506, aired 2008-07-14 | HISTORIC VIRGINIA $400: After this pirate aka Edward Teach died in 1718, his head was taken to Virginia & displayed on a pole Blackbeard |
| #5488, aired 2008-06-18 | GONE VISION $400: In a 1978 hit, Foreigner had this malady, AKA diplopia "Double Vision" |
| #5472, aired 2008-05-27 | DON'T TAZE ME, BRO $800: Sorry these Amazonian fish, AKA caribes, didn't get along with your other fish--who knew they were carnivores? piranhas |
| #5463, aired 2008-05-14 | BREWERS, BUCKS & PACKERS $600: Heart attack survivor Kerry Packer gave $3 mil. for portable these, aka "Packer Whackers", to local ambulances defibrillators |
| #5462, aired 2008-05-13 | ART HISTORY $200: People of this nation AKA Nippon wrote with a brush, so painting became the preferred form of artistic expression Japan |
| #5459, aired 2008-05-08 | FISHIN' IMPOSSIBLE $400: AKA barbels, these on a South American catfish can reach 4 feet in length & are covered with taste buds whiskers |
| #5453, aired 2008-04-30 | STUPID ANSWERS $1000: Since 1970 the General Synod has governed this church of England the Anglican Church (aka the Church of England) |
| #5450, aired 2008-04-25 | CAT SKILLS $1200: AKA vibrissae, these cat features can register minute shifts in air currents whiskers |
| #5449, aired 2008-04-24 | A GAME OF CHESS $400: In castling, you move the king & this piece (aka a castle) simultaneously the rook |
| #5433, aired 2008-04-02 | WHAT A GEM! $800: AKA chrysoberyl, this gem produces a streak of light resembling the pupil of a certain animal when cut a certain way cat's eye |
| #5409, aired 2008-02-28 | SWEET $600: This powdery stuff that's 200 times sweeter than sugar is aka aspartic acid phenylalinine methyl ester NutraSweet (or aspartame) |
| #5409, aired 2008-02-28 | "LOW" $1000: It's the medical condition aka hypotension low blood pressure |
| #5400, aired 2008-02-15 | AWARDS $800: The ALA presents an award named in honor of Theodore Geisel, aka this author, for beginning readers' books Dr. Seuss |
| #5394, aired 2008-02-07 | GIVING YOU THE BIRD $400: Aka a redbird & protected by law, this bird may have up to 4 broods from April to August each year a cardinal |
| #5378, aired 2008-01-16 | TREE PEOPLE $800: The Bailey Acacia, aka the Cootamundra Wattle, is named for a botanist from this country Australia |
| #5368, aired 2008-01-02 | LET'S GET SAUCED $800: Chasseur sauce, aka this style sauce, gets its name because it was originally meant for badly shot game hunter sauce |
| #5366, aired 2007-12-31 | CELEBRITY AKA $200: It's the real last name of Nicolas Cage--& of his famous uncle Coppola |
| #5366, aired 2007-12-31 | CELEBRITY AKA $400: Destiny Hope Cyrus, Billy Ray's kid & star of TV's "Hannah Montana", now goes by this first name Miley |
| #5366, aired 2007-12-31 | 5-LETTER WORDS $600: You have one of these, aka a heartbeat, I assume pulse |
| #5366, aired 2007-12-31 | CELEBRITY AKA $600: Yes Sir, his real name is Reginald Dwight Elton John |
| #5366, aired 2007-12-31 | CELEBRITY AKA $800: The movies' original "Alfie", he was originally named Maurice Micklewhite Michael Caine |
| #5366, aired 2007-12-31 | CELEBRITY AKA $1000: When she's "got mail", we wonder if it's addressed to Margaret Hyra Meg Ryan |
| #5340, aired 2007-11-23 | DANIEL BOONE $800: In 1778 Daniel Boone was taken captive & "adopted" by Chief Blackfish of this Indian tribe aka the Shawano the Shawnee |
| #5334, aired 2007-11-15 | ALSO A TOOL $600: "U Can't Touch This" bone, aka the malleus, just behind the eardrum the hammer |
| #5304, aired 2007-10-04 | DOG TAGS $1000: Born 1885, San Gabriel, Calif.; military pooch: Willie (aka William the Conqueror), a bull terrier (he never slapped him) Gen. George Patton |
| #5294, aired 2007-09-20 | LEND US THY VOICE $800: Jason Lee as Buddy Pine aka Syndrome The Incredibles |
| #5288, aired 2007-09-12 | 1977 $600: The world lost 2 more Marx Brothers in 1977--Milton, aka Gummo, & Julius, aka this Groucho |
| #5285, aired 2007-07-27 | WORLD OF WARCRAFT $2000: This god, AKA Vulcan, made jewelry as well as arms & armor Hephaestus |
| #5279, aired 2007-07-19 | LANGUAGE LAB $2000: Douglas Hyde, aka An Craoibhin Aoibhinn, fought to preserve this language & founded a league of the same name Gaelic |
| #5237, aired 2007-05-22 | BESTSELLERS $2000: Joe Klein (aka Anonymous) could have titled this political novel "Red, Yellow, Blue" Primary Colors |
| #5226, aired 2007-05-07 | COLLEGE STADIUMS & ARENAS $800: This South Carolina school's Tigers play their home game in Memorial Stadium, aka "Death Valley" Clemson |
| #5221, aired 2007-04-30 | THE ROLES OF A LIFETIME $1200: Memphis Raines,
Sailor Ripley,
Johnny Blaze (aka Ghost Rider) (Nicolas) "Nic" Cage |
| #5183, aired 2007-03-07 | TOP 10 LISTS $400: The top 10 most common phobias include the fear of heights, the fear of flying & the fear of these, aka arachnophobia spiders |
| #5171, aired 2007-02-19 | OF "RATH" $1600: Persian religious leader AKA Zoroaster Zarathustra |
| #5167, aired 2007-02-13 | THE FRENCH $800: If you're a real Franco Poodle Dandy, Franco Poodle do or die, you were born on the 14th of July, aka this day Bastille Day |
| #5145, aired 2007-01-12 | "O"PERA $2000: Disney World crowds might go nuts for this title knight, aka Roland, made famous by both Handel & Vivaldi Orlando |
| #5144, aired 2007-01-11 | CHIMP-POURRI $800: AKA the pygmy chimpanzee, the bonobo is found only in the rain forests along this 2nd-longest African river Congo |
| #5139, aired 2007-01-04 | "L.L." $800: Legend has it that Judge Roy Bean had a thing for this actress aka the "Jersey Lily" Lillie Langtry |
| #5127, aired 2006-12-19 | SPLIT INFINITIVES $1600: The compact version of this book, aka the OED, says that split infinitive use is normal & useful Oxford English Dictionary |
| #5116, aired 2006-12-04 | ASTRONOMY $400: These objects, aka minor planets, range in size from about 20 feet in diameter to around 485 miles in diameter asteroids |
| #5113, aired 2006-11-29 | BIG MOUTH $400: The Rio Grande, aka the Rio Bravo, lands in this body of water the Gulf of Mexico |
| #5108, aired 2006-11-22 | THE MOOR $200: AKA "Los Reyes Catolicos", these 2 marched into the last Moorish stronghold in Granada in the late 15th century Ferdinand & Isabella |
| #5090, aired 2006-10-27 | ONWARD CHRISTIAN SOLDIERS $1200: Jaufre Rudel was a crusading one of these performers, aka minstrels, like Manrico in an opera title a troubador |
| #5079, aired 2006-10-12 | CAESAR $4,000 (Daily Double): AKA the Flavian Amphitheatre, this ancient structure was begun by the Roman emperor Vespasian around 72 A.D. the Colosseum |
| #5064, aired 2006-09-21 | THEY WERE THE HOLLYWOOD SQUARES $1000: "Ever get the feeling... the world was a tuxedo & you were a pair of brown shoes?" asked "Lonesome George", aka him George Gobel |
| #5063, aired 2006-09-20 | Rx $1200: A caution on some prescriptions, ASA means this acid is present, an aka for aspirin acetylsalicylic acid |
| #5060, aired 2006-09-15 | AROUND SWEDEN $600: The world's first open-air museum, Skansen, shows how people live in Sweden & has a camp of these people AKA Sami Laplanders |
| #5055, aired 2006-07-28 | THE CHAMBER $800: Kiva, a ceremonial chamber, comes from the language of these westernmost Pueblo Indians, aka the Moki the Hopi |
| #5054, aired 2006-07-27 | THE 2005 GREENSBORO MAYORAL RACE $400: AKA Forsythe Pendleton Jones in the "Archie" comics series, he got a vote Jughead |
| #5050, aired 2006-07-21 | YOU, YOUR HEALTH & YOU $600: Mere contact on scratched skin of saliva from an animal with this disease, aka hydrophobia, can transmit it rabies |
| #5047, aired 2006-07-18 | JEOPORTMANTEAU! $2000: Amendment to a will plus a Latin American leafy spice, aka coriander codicilantro |
| #5038, aired 2006-07-05 | CARE TO SEE MY ETCHINGS? $600: One of his most famous etchings is "Christ Healing the Sick", aka "The 100-Guilder Print", completed in the 1640s Rembrandt |
| #5031, aired 2006-06-26 | THE BIG SLEEP $400: Lady Macbeth has a famous scene where she experiences this, aka somnambulism; things don't work out well for her sleepwalking |
| #5002, aired 2006-05-16 | DICTATORS & TYRANTS $200: On Sept. 9, 1948 the DPRK, aka North Korea, was established with this man as its supreme leader Kim Il-sung |
| #4927, aired 2006-01-31 | UNFORGIVEN $200: AKA Panchamas, these people were called "children of God" by Gandhi; Eliot Ness was another type an untouchable |
| #4911, aired 2006-01-09 | TAKING THE FIFTH $800: AKA the "Father of the Military Academy", Col. Sylvanus Thayer was the fifth superintendent at this school West Point |
| #4869, aired 2005-11-10 | COLLEGE AKA $200: In Alabama:
A reddish-brown colour Auburn |
| #4869, aired 2005-11-10 | COLLEGE AKA $400: In New York:
A brand of toothpaste Colgate |
| #4869, aired 2005-11-10 | COLLEGE AKA $600: In Texas:
An edible grain of the Gramineae family Rice |
| #4869, aired 2005-11-10 | COLLEGE AKA $800: In Massachusetts:
Small clumps of hairs, trees or grass Tufts |
| #4869, aired 2005-11-10 | COLLEGE AKA $1000: In Iowa:
A male duck Drake |
| #4864, aired 2005-11-03 | GERMAN RIVERS $600: The Neckar river of SW Germany begins its 228-mile course near Schwenningen in this region aka the Schwarzwald the Black Forest |
| #4859, aired 2005-10-27 | GETTING MALL-ED $1000: This skin care co.'s name combines its symbol, aka wild apple, & a British conservationist's last name Crabtree & Evelyn |
| #4847, aired 2005-10-11 | NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY $400: The Pawtuxet Indian known as Squanto is famous for teaching the Pilgrims how to plant this crop aka maize corn |
| #4837, aired 2005-09-27 | HELLO KITTY $800: AKA Vulpes velox, this small gray animal is valuable for its fur a kit fox |
| #4833, aired 2005-09-21 | THE DARWIN AWARDS $800: Explosive habit! A W.V. man lit a cigarette in an outhouse but forgot about the presence of this, aka marsh gas methane |
| #4822, aired 2005-07-19 | MORGAN FREEMAN FILM ROLES $800: Ex-boxer Eddie, aka "Scrap-Iron"
(2004) Million Dollar Baby |
| #4814, aired 2005-07-07 | ANIMAL AKA $200: How much wood would a woodchuck chuck on February 2nd when it's known by this name a groundhog |
| #4814, aired 2005-07-07 | ANIMAL AKA $400: 2-word name for the critter also known as a puma, a cougar & a catamount a mountain lion |
| #4814, aired 2005-07-07 | ANIMAL AKA $600: Felis pardalis, this small wildcat of South America, is also known as a "painted leopard" the ocelot |
| #4814, aired 2005-07-07 | ANIMAL AKA $800: Due to its apetite, the wolverine is also known as this, as if it committed one of the 7 Deadly Sins the glutton |
| #4814, aired 2005-07-07 | ANIMAL AKA $1000: Wapiti is a Native American term for this second-largest deer of the Americas elk |
| #4787, aired 2005-05-31 | "COURT" BRIEFS $800: AKA amicus curiae, it's someone not party to the litigation but who offers information pertinent to the case a friend of the court |
| #4783, aired 2005-05-25 | GLOVE, AMERICAN STYLE $1600: AKA "The Glove" for his defense, this guard got no love from the Lakers when they traded him to the Celtics in 2004 Gary Payton |
| #4778, aired 2005-05-18 | YES, YOU MAY $200: AKA a dun, this 4-winged insect has multiple tails & does not eat a mayfly |
| #4763, aired 2005-04-27 | TERMINATOR OF ENDEARMENT $600: Mr. S was the 1st private citizen in the U.S. to own one of these, aka the high-mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicle a Hummer (or Humvee) |
| #4753, aired 2005-04-13 | BODY LANGUAGE $200: Arnold spent his first hour at work enjoying a latte & "twiddling" these, aka the pollices the thumbs |
| #4731, aired 2005-03-14 | "BIG" DEAL $200: It's the hairy humanoid aka Sasquatch Bigfoot |
| #4709, aired 2005-02-10 | FILL IN THE ____ $2000: In the courtyard:
Pigeon, aka rock ____ dove |
| #4650, aired 2004-11-19 | THE BODY HUMAN $1000: As well as red & white blood cells you have these disk-like cells, aka thrombocytes, to help blood clot platelets |
| #4616, aired 2004-10-04 | GOT MILK? $200: AKA "America’s Dairyland", it’s one of the leading U.S. states in milk production Wisconsin |
| #4613, aired 2004-09-29 | MUSEUMS $6,000 (Daily Double): There are museums devoted to this writer in Nairobi, Kenya & in Rungstedlund, Denmark Isak Dinesen (aka Karen Blixen, author of Out of Africa) |
| #4611, aired 2004-09-27 | THE INTERNATIONAL SPY MUSEUM $800: One exhibit recreates an underground secret tunnel in this German city aka "The City of Spies" Berlin |
| #4611, aired 2004-09-27 | WINNER OF OUR DISCONTENT $2000: Thank Laurence Canter, aka "The Father of" this, which started as a way to sell legal services via usenet groups spam |
| #4586, aired 2004-07-12 | ON THE "ROAD" AGAIN $1000: AKA "Mad Max 2" The Road Warrior |
| #4583, aired 2004-07-07 | PHARM TEAM $1600: Ulcer sufferers at the end of their ropes go to the end of the alphabet for this, aka ranitidine hydrochloride Zantac |
| #4583, aired 2004-07-07 | MILITARY MATTERS $2000: This medieval order of knights was aka "the Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ & the Temple of Solomon" the Knights Templar |
| #4572, aired 2004-06-22 | A "D" IN HISTORY $1200: This order of inquisitorial monks, aka the Black Friars, could have been called the Black "Fryers" the Dominicans |
| #4519, aired 2004-04-08 | TIME PERIODS $1000: AKA Y2K, this "bug" was supposed to hit at the end of 1999 the millennium bug |
| #4484, aired 2004-02-19 | 3 LETTERS LONG $400: If the word "alias" had an alias, it would be these 3 letters AKA (also known as) |
| #4483, aired 2004-02-18 | WHO PLAYED 'EM? $800: Aragorn (aka Strider), the heir to the throne of Gondor Viggo Mortensen |
| #4441, aired 2003-12-22 | ROBIN WILLIAMS ROLES $400: Peter Banning aka Peter Pan Hook |
| #4413, aired 2003-11-12 | NEW VIDEO GAMES $800: A bright red Ford Torino & voice-overs by Antonio Fargas (aka Huggy Bear) are in the game of this '70s cop show Starsky & Hutch |
| #4413, aired 2003-11-12 | CELEBS $1200: Your goal is to name this U.K. soccer star, who married Victoria Adams (aka Posh Spice) in 1999 David Beckham |
| #4393, aired 2003-10-15 | TOUGH JOBS $400: People who don't want their day in court can have problems with these people, AKA bail enforcement agents bounty hunters |
| #4391, aired 2003-10-13 | IN YOUR HEARTS $200: AKA a myocardial infarction, it occurs when blood flow to the heart is blocked or stopped heart attack |
| #4386, aired 2003-10-06 | THE ANIMAL KINGDOM $600: AKA Ursus maritimus, it's the largest maneater north of the Arctic Circle a polar bear |
| #4381, aired 2003-09-29 | NURSERY RHYMES $200: Rowley Powley seems to be an early aka for this kiss & run guy Georgie Porgie |
| #4376, aired 2003-09-22 | THREE'S A CROWD $1200: Unnamed in the Bible, these visitors to the baby Jesus are traditionally aka Balthasar, Melchior & Gaspar the Three Kings (or Three Wise Men) |
| #4367, aired 2003-09-09 | SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY $1200: AKA Zidovudine, the drug AZT was approved in 1987 to fight this virus HIV/AIDS |
| #4361, aired 2003-07-14 | A STAR IS BORN $1000: AKA Laszlo Loewenstein, he was born on June 26, 1904 in Hungary, not in Casablanca Peter Lorre |
| #4347, aired 2003-06-24 | GERMAN WORDS & PHRASES $800: AKA club soda, it's named for a German town known for its natural effervescent spring water seltzer |
| #4301, aired 2003-04-21 | BIRDS $2000: The call of this Australian bird, AKA the laughing jackass, is often used in films & TV to typify jungle sounds kookaburra |
| #4284, aired 2003-03-27 | MARCH MADNESS $800: In March 1999, Ta Mok, AKA "The Butcher", became the first senior member of this Cambodian group arrested Khmer Rouge |
| #4265, aired 2003-02-28 | ROCK & ROLL JEOPARDY! $1000: Acclaimed playwright Israel Horovitz is the father of Adam Horovitz, AKA this group's King Ad-Rock The Beastie Boys |
| #4258, aired 2003-02-19 | CZECH REPUBLIC HISTORY $1600: In 1999 the city of Usti Nad Labem tried to wall off these residents AKA the Romany, but had to take the wall down Gypsies |
| #4256, aired 2003-02-17 | ____ OF THE ____ $1200: Hawkeye (AKA Natty Bumppo) lives in the wilderness with his friend Chingachgook in this 1826 novel "Last of the Mohicans" |
| #4212, aired 2002-12-17 | THE SPORTING NEWS $1600: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is credited with perfecting this shot aka a high hook shot sky hook |
| #4157, aired 2002-10-01 | TWINS $600: Famous for their boxing & horsemanship skills, these mythological twins were AKA "Dioscuri" Castor & Pollux |
| #4122, aired 2002-07-02 | A PINT OF ALEC GUINNESS $800: Guinness played many Shakespearean roles at this theatre aka the Royal Victorian Theatre Old Vic |
| #4078, aired 2002-05-01 | AUTOIMMUNE DISORDERS $800: AKA regional enteritis, this disease, a chronic inflammation of the intestines, bears the name of a U.S. doctor Crohn's disease |
| #4042, aired 2002-03-12 | I AM CURIOUS YELLOW $1600: Aka Gelugpa, the Yellow Hat monks of this faith were established following 14th century reforms (Tibetan) Buddhism |
| #4038, aired 2002-03-06 | FLIES $600: Wake up & tell us the name of this deadly disease, aka trypanosomiasis, spread by the Tsetse fly sleeping sickness |
| #4023, aired 2002-02-13 | MASS MEDIA $600: Peter Parker, aka this comic book hero. got his super powers after he was bit by a radioactive arachnid Spiderman |
| #3988, aired 2001-12-26 | SEA WORLD $2000: AKA the sea cow, this mammal closely related to the dugong can eat more than 100 pounds of plants a day manatee |
| #3939, aired 2001-10-18 | ENGLISH LIT $400: "Meet the Tiger!" was the first of many books by Leslie Charteris to feature this hero, AKA Simon Templar The Saint |
| #3916, aired 2001-09-17 | SPORTS AKA $200: He was known as "The Louisville Lip" & "Cassius the Brashest" Muhammad Ali |
| #3916, aired 2001-09-17 | SPORTS AKA $400: Nickname toted by baseball legend Leroy Paige who once advised, "Don't look back, something might be gaining on you" "Satchel" Paige |
| #3916, aired 2001-09-17 | SPORTS AKA $600: This "Round Mound of Rebound", also dubbed "Boy Gorge", was a first round pick of the '76ers in 1984 Charles Barkley |
| #3916, aired 2001-09-17 | SPORTS AKA $800: Nickname of 5'10" Harold Henry Reese of the Brooklyn Dodgers "Pee Wee" Reese |
| #3916, aired 2001-09-17 | SPORTS AKA $1000: His Hockey Hall of Fame dad was "The Golden Jet" so naturally, this Dallas Star is known as "The Golden Brett" (Brett) Hull |
| #3911, aired 2001-09-10 | WONDER DRUGS $1000: Chlorpromazine, aka this, was approved by the FDA in 1954 & became the prototype antipsychotic thorazine |
| #3902, aired 2001-07-17 | THAT'S SICK! $400: AKA varicella, it's marked by blisterlike eruptions on the skin & is even more severe in adults than children chicken pox |
| #3890, aired 2001-06-29 | HOME $800: Holes in household objects made of wood & metal can be easily patched with this "glass", aka spun glass Fiberglass |
| #3888, aired 2001-06-27 | SO YOU WANT TO BE IN MOVIES $300: Important on-set experience can be gained working as one of these aka atmospheres or background artists an extra |
| #3883, aired 2001-06-20 | WHICH CAME FIRST? $1000: Ramses II,
Khufu (AKA Cheops),
Thutmose III Khufu |
| #3833, aired 2001-04-11 | AKA $100: There's something about Amelia Driver, who acts under this first name Minnie |
| #3833, aired 2001-04-11 | AKA $200: Current show that stars Edward Bridge Danson III Becker |
| #3833, aired 2001-04-11 | AKA $300: Steven Williams wrestles under this name worth at least $6 million "Stone Cold" Steve Austin |
| #3833, aired 2001-04-11 | AKA $400: Middle name (or is it core name?) of singer Fiona McAfee Apple |
| #3833, aired 2001-04-11 | AKA $500: Tim Dick improved his home & professional life under this name Tim Allen |
| #3802, aired 2001-02-27 | DEVILISH MOVIES $300: Max von Sydow was Leland Gaunt, AKA the Devil, in "Needful Things", based on one of this author's novels Stephen King |
| #3783, aired 2001-01-31 | THEY BITE, THEY STING $1000: AKA the violin spider, this poisonous variety differs from other spiders in that it has 6 eyes rather than 8 the brown recluse spider |
| #3763, aired 2001-01-03 | DRUGS $500: AKA Zidovudine, the drug with this 3-letter abbreviation was approved in 1987 to fight the AIDS virus AZT |
| #3732, aired 2000-11-21 | REVERSED DECISIONS $1000: Whitney v. California upheld a law suppressing the Industrial Workers of the World, AKA this "shaky" union Wobblies |
| #3729, aired 2000-11-16 | RATS! $600: Ratborne diseases include typhus, rabies & this type of plague AKA the "Black Death" of medieval times Bubonic plague |
| #3728, aired 2000-11-15 | DORM LIFE $600: By now you may have personal names for some of these dorm insects, AKA Periplaneta Americana Cockroaches |
| #3709, aired 2000-10-19 | AMERICAN EXPERIENCE $100: He's the performer seen here Harry Houdini |
| #3693, aired 2000-09-27 | LET'S EAT CHINESE $400 (Daily Double): Famous rank of Tso, aka Tao, a 19th c. warrior after whom a chicken dish was named general |
| #3686, aired 2000-09-18 | HAULIN' "OAT"s $500: AKA an ermine Stoat |
| #3654, aired 2000-06-22 | PEN NAMES $400: Mudrooroo, AKA Colin Johnson, gained fame as an Aboriginal writer from this country Australia |
| #3640, aired 2000-06-02 | WHEN THE CHIPS ARE DOWN $100: If you can't make any of your programs run, you can take out a deck of cards & play this game, aka patience solitaire |
| #3638, aired 2000-05-31 | AKA $100: He was born Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr. Muhammad Ali |
| #3638, aired 2000-05-31 | AKA $200: This coin is 2 bits a quarter |
| #3638, aired 2000-05-31 | AKA $300: Bird that's the "bushman's clock" in Australia a kookaburra |
| #3638, aired 2000-05-31 | AKA $400: It's also called catmint catnip |
| #3638, aired 2000-05-31 | AKA $500: Also known as Wild Bill, Mr. Hickok's real first name was this, not William James (Butler Hickok) |
| #3497, aired 1999-11-16 | CRIMINAL NICKNAMES $1000: Underworld boss Arthur Flegenheimer (aka Schultz) Dutch |
| #3490, aired 1999-11-05 | ECO TRIP $100: Nitrogen oxides combined with hydrocarbons in sunlight cause ground-level ozone, AKA this urban pollution smog |
| #3468, aired 1999-10-06 | THE BOOK OF RUTHS $200: AKA "Grandma Freud", this New York therapist is said to dole out sexual advice like hot chicken soup Dr. Ruth Westheimer |
| #3463, aired 1999-09-29 | AS "U" LIKE IT $400: AKA Northern Ireland Ulster |
| #3381, aired 1999-04-26 | BAN THAT BOOK! $600: The government of this country, AKA Burma, has banned all translations of the Bible into local languages Myanmar |
| #3381, aired 1999-04-26 | BAN THAT BOOK! $800: AKA the "Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure", this 1749 John Cleland work has been frequently suppressed "Fannie Hill" |
| #3375, aired 1999-04-16 | CHARLEMAGNE $1000: Charlemagne lost his rear guard, led by this legendary nephew, at the Battle of Roncesvalles Roland (AKA Orlando) |
| #3312, aired 1999-01-19 | LET'S GO GOLFING $500: The 18th hole of this famous European golf course is seen here St. Andrews |
| #3197, aired 1998-06-23 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $500: The corporation whose logo is seen here was created in 1971:
(AKA the National Railroad Passenger Corporation) Amtrak |
| #3183, aired 1998-06-03 | STREET SMARTS $1,500 (Daily Double): Famous street seen here in a work by California artist Gus Bayz: Lombard Street (in San Francisco) |
| #3143, aired 1998-04-08 | SPRING CLEANING $500: This cooking ingredient, AKA sodium bicarbonate, may be used to clean stainless steel sinks Baking soda |
| #3090, aired 1998-01-23 | SPORTS MEDICINE $800: A contusion of the iliac crest, AKA a "hip", one of these, is treated with ice &, above all, rest pointer |
| #3086, aired 1998-01-19 | TALK RADIO $1,200 (Daily Double): [I'm Robin Quivers] On NPR, Tom & Ray Magliozzi, AKA Click & Clack, give advice on this subject Automobile repair |
| #3066, aired 1997-12-22 | DOWN UNDER $400: The Aussie doubles team of Woodbridge & Woodforde, AKA The Woodies, have twice won this Melbourne event Australian Open |
| #2987, aired 1997-09-02 | NICOLAS COPPOLA, AKA CAGE $200: Kathleen Turner went back to the past in this film & met up with Cage, the director's nephew Peggy Sue Got Married |
| #2987, aired 1997-09-02 | NICOLAS COPPOLA, AKA CAGE $400: The 1996 Cage film about a "hard place" The Rock |
| #2987, aired 1997-09-02 | NICOLAS COPPOLA, AKA CAGE $600: In a 1987 film, it was the last name of the infant Cage kidnapped to raise Arizona |
| #2987, aired 1997-09-02 | NICOLAS COPPOLA, AKA CAGE $800: Cage appeared in this 1984 film about a Harlem hot spot, directed by his uncle Francis Cotton Club |
| #2987, aired 1997-09-02 | NICOLAS COPPOLA, AKA CAGE $1000: Cage was billed as Coppola in this 1982 Sean Penn film based on a Cameron Crowe book Fast Times at Ridgemont High |
| #2850, aired 1997-01-10 | HANNA-BARBERA DOGS $100: In one episode of the original "Jetsons", a millionaire tried to take him away Astro (aka "Tralfaz") |
| #2849, aired 1997-01-09 | "L"AW $200: Generally, the results of one of these tests, aka polygraphs, are not admissible evidence Lie Detector |
| #2822, aired 1996-12-03 | DOGS $800: These dogs, aka St. John's dogs, were once found on Newfoundland fishing vessels Labrador retrievers |
| #2775, aired 1996-09-27 | "B" CITIES $400: Vlad the Impaler, aka Dracula, is buried at Snagov Monastery on an island near this capital city Bucharest |
| #2603, aired 1995-12-20 | WORLD CITIES $200: The Shinkansen, AKA the bullet train, travels from this capital to Kyoto in 2 hours 40 minutes Tokyo |
| #2564, aired 1995-10-26 | HEALTH & MEDICINE $400: New drug-resistant strains are partly to blame for the increase in this disease, aka consumption tuberculosis |
| #2560, aired 1995-10-20 | TEXTILES $200: This light, loosely woven cloth, aka tobacco cloth, is made from cotton, not Cheddar cheesecloth |
| #2557, aired 1995-10-17 | SICKNESS & HEALTH $300: Due to routine immunization only about 100 cases of this, aka lockjaw, are treated in the U.S. each year tetanus |
| #2551, aired 1995-10-09 | INTERNATIONAL CUISINE $500: This legume, aka the garbanzo bean, is the basic ingredient of the Spanish stew called olla podrida a chickpea |
| #2399, aired 1995-01-26 | ABBREVIATIONS $100: When it appears before a person's name, AKA stands for this also known as |
| #2341, aired 1994-11-07 | THE ELEMENTS $400: This metal, aka quicksilver, becomes a solid at minus 40 degrees mercury |
| #2326, aired 1994-10-17 | FLOWERS $1000: The state flower of Massachusetts is the mayflower, aka the trailing type of this the arbutus |
| #2320, aired 1994-10-07 | RECENT FICTION $600: He brought back "Cardinal of the Kremlin" character John Kelly, AKA Mr. Clark, in "Without Remorse" Tom Clancy |
| #2209, aired 1994-03-24 | BRITISH POTPOURRI $200: The Black Swan, aka the Dirty Duck, is a famous pub near this town's Royal Shakespeare theatre Stratford-upon-Avon |
| #2098, aired 1993-10-20 | AKA $100: Cherilyn LaPiere Cher |
| #2098, aired 1993-10-20 | AKA $200: Joan de Havilland Joan Fontaine |
| #2098, aired 1993-10-20 | AKA $300: Benjamin Kubelsky Jack Benny |
| #2098, aired 1993-10-20 | AKA $400: Rose Louise Hovick Gypsy Rose Lee |
| #2098, aired 1993-10-20 | AKA $500: Israel Baline Irving Berlin |
| #1873, aired 1992-10-28 | AKA $200: While living in Puerto Rico, Sally Jessy added this, her mother's maiden name. to her own Raphael |
| #1873, aired 1992-10-28 | AKA $400: Her original name was Jill Oppenheim; now she's Mrs. Robert Wagner Jill St. John |
| #1855, aired 1992-10-02 | WOMEN $300: Dolores Ibarruri, aka La Pasionaria, coined the Loyalist battle cry of this civil war, "No pasaran!" the Spanish Civil War |
| #1534, aired 1991-04-11 | AKA $100: Antonio Benedetto Tony Bennett |
| #1534, aired 1991-04-11 | AKA $200: Conrad Robert Falk Robert Conrad |
| #1534, aired 1991-04-11 | AKA $300: Ramon Estevez Martin Sheen |
| #1534, aired 1991-04-11 | AKA $400: Peter Aurness Peter Graves |
| #1534, aired 1991-04-11 | AKA $500: Delloreese Patricia Early Della Reese |
| #1444, aired 1990-12-06 | AKA $100: Lawrence Peter Berra's friends compared him to a fakir, hence this nickname Yogi |
| #1444, aired 1990-12-06 | AKA $200: This late flamboyant pianist once performed under the name Walter Busterkeys Liberace |
| #1444, aired 1990-12-06 | AKA $300: His real name is Lloyd Vernet Bridges III, but you know him better by this nickname Beau Bridges |
| #1444, aired 1990-12-06 | AKA $400: William West Anderson who was TV's caped crusader Adam West |
| #1444, aired 1990-12-06 | AKA $500: Rugged leading man George Letz who was once married to Dinah Shore George Montgomery |
| #1317, aired 1990-05-01 | THINK TWICE $500: Most Chinese gooseberries are grown in this country New Zealand (AKA the Kiwi Fruit) |
| #789, aired 1988-01-28 | FAMOUS AMOS's $400: This comedian of Lebanese descent, aka Amos Jacobs, was awarded a Congressional Gold Medal for humanitarianism Danny Thomas |
| #754, aired 1987-12-10 | GEOGRAPHIC AKA's $200: If an up-to-date version of "Anna & the King of Siam" were written today, it would be called this Anna & the King of Thailand |
| #754, aired 1987-12-10 | GEOGRAPHIC AKA's $500 (Daily Double): In the current Ency. Americana, Britannica & World Book, Cambodia is found under this heading Kampuchea |
| #754, aired 1987-12-10 | GEOGRAPHIC AKA's $600: Former & present names of the country whose name was changed in 1935 by Reza Shah Pahlevi Persia & Iran |
| #754, aired 1987-12-10 | GEOGRAPHIC AKA's $800: Modern Mideast country on the site of ancient Mesopotamia Iraq |
| #754, aired 1987-12-10 | GEOGRAPHIC AKA's $1000: While the former Southern Rhodesia is now Zimbabwe; the former Northern Rhodesia is this Zambia |
| #738, aired 1987-11-18 | BRITISH ARCHITECTS $400: The aviary at London Zoo was designed by this ex-husband of Princess Margaret Antony Armstrong-Jones (aka Lord Snowdon) |
| #736, aired 1987-11-16 | AKA $100: Until he was six, his name was Michael Luther King, Jr. Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| #736, aired 1987-11-16 | AKA $200: Frank Paul Lovecchio; he rode a "Mule Train" to fame Frankie Laine |
| #736, aired 1987-11-16 | AKA $300: Helen Louise Leonard got this stage name from Tony Pastor and her diamonds, we assume, from Jim Brady Lillian Russell |
| #736, aired 1987-11-16 | AKA $400: Born Edith Mariner in Brooklyn, she was nominated for Oscars five times and won for "I Want to Live" Susan Hayward |
| #736, aired 1987-11-16 | AKA $500: The famous alias of Doroteo Arango, the Mexican revolutionary who was killed in 1923 Pancho Villa |
| #671, aired 1987-07-06 | GEOGRAPHIC AKA's $200: Peiping Peking (Beijing) |
| #671, aired 1987-07-06 | GEOGRAPHIC AKA's $400: Located just east of the Ivory Coast, present-day Ghana used to be called this coast the Gold Coast |
| #671, aired 1987-07-06 | GEOGRAPHIC AKA's $1000: Gdansk, Poland, birthplace of Solidarity, was, before WWII, a free city called this Danzig |
| #500, aired 1986-11-07 | ZOOLOGY $500: Reader's Digest pointed out resemblance of this water creature, aka the sea cow, to G. Cleveland a manatee |
| #466, aired 1986-09-22 | "C" IN HISTORY $1000: Aka Madame Mao, she headed the rewrite desk in China, giving plays & operas the correct political slant Chiang Ching |
| #58, aired 1984-11-28 | SPIDERS $800: aka the harvestman, it was Leslie Caron's name for Fred Astaire in '55 film daddy longlegs |
