| #17, aired 2023-10-18 | NONAGENARIANS $11,400 (Daily Double): Making comedy fans wait over 40 years for a sequel, this 97-year-old released "History of the World, Part II" in 2023 Mel Brooks |
| #8863, aired 2023-05-03 | THERE'S GOLD IN THEM THAR HILLS $1600: In this 1948 film set in Mexico, Walter Huston says he's mined all over the world & warns, "I know what gold does to men's souls" The Treasure of the Sierra Madre |
| #8796, aired 2023-01-30 | OUT ON A BOOK TOUR $1200: In "A Cook's Tour" this late chef & lover of travel went all over the world "In Search of the Perfect Meal" Bourdain |
| #8545, aired 2021-12-31 | PLANTS & ANIMALS $800: The lady's slipper & the dancing lady are species of these beautiful flowers that grow wild all over the world, not just in hothouses orchids |
| #8370, aired 2021-04-02 | NEW PHONE, WHO DISCO? $1000: The O'Jays sang, "People all over the world... join hands... start a" this title conveyance, which we adore on our playlist "Love Train" |
| #8309, aired 2021-01-07 | TELEVISION $400: Taking its name from a George Orwell character, this show with housemates under surveillance has watchers all over the world Big Brother |
| #8137, aired 2020-01-14 | DRAWING QUITE THE CROWD $1000: In 2018 around 1.7 million people trekking from all over the world made this pilgrimage to Mecca the Hajj |
| #8066, aired 2019-10-07 | PLACES OF BUSINESS $200: Sony is an MNC, short for this, meaning it has sites all over the world a multinational corporation |
| #7801, aired 2018-07-09 | POP CULTURE STUPID ANSWERS $600: Dancers come from all over the world to compete in front of Jennifer Lopez & Derek Hough on this NBC show World of Dance |
| #7783, aired 2018-06-13 | U.S. LIBRARIES $600 (Daily Double): Housing millions of records, the Family History Library in this city attracts genealogists from all over the world Salt Lake City |
| #7567, aired 2017-07-04 | "F" WORDS $200: This pita filler is a popular street food all over the world falafel |
| #7476, aired 2017-02-27 | THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY & CULTURE $400: (Alex gives the clue from the Nat'l Museum of African American History & Culture in Washington, D.C.) Guests at the opening ceremony for the museum included these men who trained in Alabama as part of this World War II group of aviators who escorted over 200 bombing missions with the loss of just a handful of bombers the Tuskegee Airmen |
| #7431, aired 2016-12-26 | ON "EDGE" $1000: This plant is found in wet areas all over the world sedge |
| #7352, aired 2016-07-26 | POTPOURRI $1200: This vodka drink with lime juice, triple sec & cranberry juice is at home all over the world a cosmopolitan |
| #7004, aired 2015-02-12 | "OY" TO THE WORLD $1000: During WWII the message that he "was here" was found all over the world Kilroy |
| #6503, aired 2012-12-19 | ALL OVER THE WORLD $200: Once a Byzantine Christian cathedral, then a mosque & today a museum, the Hagia Sophia is in this Turkish city Istanbul |
| #6503, aired 2012-12-19 | ALL OVER THE WORLD $400: Mainland Australia's northernmost point, Cape York, is in this "royal" state Queensland |
| #6503, aired 2012-12-19 | ALL OVER THE WORLD $600: Thuringia & Saxony are political divisions of this country Germany |
| #6503, aired 2012-12-19 | ALL OVER THE WORLD $800: One of the world's leading exporters of coffee is the port city of Santos in this South American country Brazil |
| #6503, aired 2012-12-19 | ALL OVER THE WORLD $1000: This country named for its latitude is the 43rd largest in Africa but in the continent's top 10 in oil production Equatorial Guinea |
| #6475, aired 2012-11-09 | THE CULTURE OF VIETNAM $600: (Kelly of the Clue Crew gives the clue from a public space in Vietnam.) Practiced here in Hanoi, & the world over, this martial art for all ages can lower blood pressure & reduce anxiety tai chi |
| #6299, aired 2012-01-26 | USS IWO JIMA $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew gives the clue from the deck of USS Iwo Jima in New York.) The Harrier jet, a British-American hybrid that can take off & land vertically, has been used by the Marines all over the world & by the British in this 1982 war in the South Atlantic the Falklands |
| #6289, aired 2012-01-12 | WORLD POTPOURRI $1000: Dr. Bob Pierce started this organization to help kids orphaned in the Korean War; today it helps kids all over the globe World Vision |
| #5938, aired 2010-06-09 | READ ALL OVER $800: One of the most translated authors in the world is this founder of Dianetics & Scientology L. Ron Hubbard |
| #5494, aired 2008-06-26 | APPROXIMATE WEIGHTS & MEASURES $2000: Gladstone poetically said, "All the world over, I will back" these "against the classes" masses |
| #5334, aired 2007-11-15 | HABEAS CORPSES $800: Executed in 1915, this radical labor activist was cremated & his ashes mailed to labor unions all over the world Joe Hill |
| #5158, aired 2007-01-31 | ALL OVER THE WORLD $200: The royal house of Braganza supplied kings & emperors to Portugal & this other country 100 times its size Brazil |
| #5158, aired 2007-01-31 | ALL OVER THE WORLD $400: Home to a famous zoo, the Schonbrunn Palace in this city is also home to an annual Mozart festival Vienna |
| #5158, aired 2007-01-31 | ALL OVER THE WORLD $600: Located on the Jhelum River, Srinagar is the summer capital of this disputed region of northwest India Kashmir |
| #5158, aired 2007-01-31 | ALL OVER THE WORLD $800: The southern part of Thailand occupies the northern part of this peninsula named for another country the Malay Peninsula |
| #5158, aired 2007-01-31 | ALL OVER THE WORLD $1000: With about 500,000 souls, this city is the most populous in Slovakia Bratislava |
| #5101, aired 2006-11-13 | MAGAZINES $2000: This "national" magazine that takes readers all over the world has been around since 1888 National Geographic |
| #5082, aired 2006-10-17 | THE WORLD SERIES $2000: It ain't over 'til it's over, but this Yankee is the all-time World Series leader in games played, at-bats & hits Yogi Berra |
| #5039, aired 2006-07-06 | AMERICAN TOWNS & CITIES $400: Each winter the post office in this Indiana town, ZIP code 47579, gets letters from children all over the world Santa Claus |
| #4153, aired 2002-09-25 | ROCK & ROLL HEAVEN $800: There was a "Kind of Hush All Over the World" after she died of heart failure in 1983 at the age of 32 Karen Carpenter |
| #3716, aired 2000-10-30 | TONY BENNETT'S SONGBOOK $400: My album "Here's to the Ladies" includes the following song made famous by this legendary lady:
"When all the world's a hopeless jumble and the raindrops tumble, heaven opens magically. When all the clouds darken up the skyway, there's a rainbow highway to be found" Judy Garland ("Over The Rainbow") |
| #3621, aired 2000-05-08 | ALL ABOUT THE PRESIDENCY $1000: To protect "our most important national investment", I signed a bill creating this cabinet department in 1979 Department of Education |
| #3486, aired 1999-11-01 | SALUTE THE FLAG $800: The flag seen here is used all over the world by this organization United Nations |
| #3421, aired 1999-06-21 | "RAIN"Y SONGS $800: In this 1970 song Brook Benton sang, "It seems like it's rainin' all over the world" "Rainy Night In Georgia" |
| #3357, aired 1999-03-23 | THE KING $2,400 (Daily Double): In 1973 viewers all over the world enjoyed Elvis' live TV special broadcast by satellite from this U.S. state Hawaii |
| #2806, aired 1996-11-11 | WORLD CAPITALS $1,000 (Daily Double): Ottawa, the capital of Canada, lies in the southeastern part of this province Ontario |
| #2395, aired 1995-01-20 | MUSEUMS $600: The rebuilding of the Castle Museum in this capital was financed by Poles from all over the world Warsaw |
| #2300, aired 1994-09-09 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $800: He visited airports all over the world to research his novel "Airport" (Arthur) Hailey |
| #1996, aired 1993-04-19 | AD LINES $300: "The best tires in the world have" this name "written all over them" Goodyear |
| #1940, aired 1993-01-29 | BRIDGES $800: All of the world's bridges with main spans over 3000' are this type of bridge duspension |
| #1791, aired 1992-05-18 | NEW TESTAMENT $800: This Roman emperor sent out a decree "that all the world should be taxed" Caesar (Augustus) |
| #1737, aired 1992-03-03 | TIME $500: When it's this time on the International Date Line the date is the same all over the world midnight |
| #1257, aired 1990-02-06 | ARCHITECTURE $200: Materials from all over the world were used to build the assembly hall in this NYC complex United Nations |
| #998, aired 1988-12-28 | ODD JOBS $1000: Texas troubleshooter called in to extinguish the burning Piper Alpha oil platform in the North Sea "Red" Adair |
| #705, aired 1987-10-02 | DALLAS $200: The question on lips all over the world during the summer of 1980 Who shot J.R.? |
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Jonathan Hawley, a sophomore from Harvard University
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2010-B College Championship semifinalist: $10,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
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Wolf Blitzer, a journalist from The Situation Room
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Patrick Tucker, a senior from the University of Notre Dame
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Katie Winter, a senior from Tufts University
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James Grant, a junior from Georgetown University
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Fred Beukema, a structural engineer from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Ken Jennings, a writer from Seattle, Washington
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Ken Jennings, a 74-game champion from Seattle, Washington
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Ken Jennings, a writer from Seattle, Washington
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Ken Jennings, a software engineer from Salt Lake City, Utah
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Andrew Kreitz, a senior from Huntington Beach, California
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