| #9061, aired 2024-03-18 | ANNUAL EVENTS $800: Each June Nebraskaland Days in North Platte features a golf classic & a rodeo named for this Wild West showman Buffalo Bill |
| #9061, aired 2024-03-18 | HORRORS! $15,200 (Daily Double): The title of this 1962 Ray Bradbury novel is a Shakespeare line that rhymes with "by the pricking of my thumbs" Something Wicked This Way Comes |
| #9059, aired 2024-03-14 | SONGS OF YOUTH $800: Nate Ruess & this band implored, "We are young so let's set the world on fire" fun. |
| #26, aired 2024-01-23 | PEAK TV $200: Due to a mix-up, the giant robot doll from this South Korean series was briefly displayed in front of a museum Squid Game |
| #26, aired 2024-01-23 | ORGANIC CHEMISTRY $500: Chemically speaking, they're molecules with at least one unpaired electron; true to their name, they can be, like, totally reactive radicals |
| #26, aired 2024-01-23 | I'M JUST KEN $10,400 (Daily Double): In 2023 this documentarian released his latest film, a four-hour series examining the rich history of the American buffalo Ken Burns |
| #25, aired 2024-01-16 | THE FRENCH HORN $2,000 (Daily Double): In one of the least alluring rituals of horn maintenance, players must invert their instruments routinely to drain them of this spit |
| #9011, aired 2024-01-08 | PRESIDENTIAL DOGS $600: George W. Bush is seen here with his pal Barney, this national type of terrier a Scottie |
| #8997, aired 2023-12-19 | CAUTIONARY RHYMES $600: Do this "in white, you will have chosen all right" but do it "in green, ashamed to be seen" & worse, "in red, you'll wish yourself dead" marry |
| #8988, aired 2023-12-06 | DECIMALS $1200: Though not required, "trailing" these to the right of a decimal point are often used to show levels of accuracy zeros |
| #22, aired 2023-12-06 | SHAKESPEARE PLAYS BY INITIALS $100: The title character utters the famous line, "Et tu, Brute?":
J.C. Julius Caesar |
| #22, aired 2023-12-06 | CELEBRITY TELL-ALLS $1200: "Greenlights":
His father brought a dead cockatiel back to life by giving it mouth-to-mouth Matthew McConaughey |
| #22, aired 2023-12-06 | CELEBRITY TELL-ALLS $1500: "The Last Black Unicorn":
She estimates that she worked over 500 bar mitzvahs in her younger years Tiffany Haddish |
| #21, aired 2023-11-29 | RULES OF THE GAME $300: Blocks may be tapped or knocked in order to find a loose one that is safe to move Jenga |
| #21, aired 2023-11-29 | SLOVENIA, BABY, SLOVENIA! $1500: Can't find Slovenia on a map? Look for the shape of this animal, which it's widely said to resemble a chicken |
| #8976, aired 2023-11-20 | ALL GOD'S CREATURES $800: This 2-humped camel is probably named for the ancient country in Central Asia where it originated Bactrian |
| #19, aired 2023-11-01 | CONSTITUTIONAL MATTERS $500: In 1790, this smallest of the 13 original colonies became the last to ratify the Constitution Rhode Island |
| #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 |
| #8950, aired 2023-10-13 | WE WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK $1000: We provide you the best in classical whistling with this piece heard here Four Seasons |
| #16, aired 2023-10-11 | ALL YOU NEED IS "L-O-V-E" $500: As Charles Darwin could tell you, to do this is to gradually change or develop over time evolve |
| #16, aired 2023-10-11 | YOU'RE A HOMOPHONE, DIANE $1,000 (Daily Double): In her 1983 book's acknowledgements, primatologist Dian Fossey thanks mostly humans but also these animals mountain gorillas |
| #16, aired 2023-10-11 | PEW! PEW! PEW! $3,000 (Daily Double): Derived from the French word for "flea", it's a dark shade of red similar to burnt sienna puce |
| #15, aired 2023-10-04 | ESTATE PLANNING $1,200 (Daily Double): In law, it's one party managing another's property for the benefit of a third; in life, some say it's the key to a good relationship trust |
| #8941, aired 2023-10-02 | SOUTH AFRICA $2,000 (Daily Double): The majestic Victorian City Hall in East London, South Africa held the first hearing of the post-apartheid TRC, this commission Truth and Reconciliation Commission |
| #14, aired 2023-09-27 | CHICKEN FIVE WAYS $200: Said to have been invented in Glasgow in the 1970s, this spiced Indian curry is often called a national dish of Britain chicken tikka masala |
| #14, aired 2023-09-27 | OUT OF BREATH $2,500 (Daily Double): As Taylor Swift knows all too well, this type of person has an intense dislike of something hater |
| #8917, aired 2023-07-18 | THE SONGS OF MAX MARTIN $800: The first musical number in "& Juliet" has William Shakespeare performing this Backstreet Boys song
"All you people can't you see, can't you see /
How your love's affecting our reality" "Larger Than Life" |
| #8914, aired 2023-07-13 | "R" SONG $800: In a 2010 No. 1, P!nk instructed do this "if you are wrong in all the right ways" raise your glass |
| #8894, aired 2023-06-15 | ROLLING STONES LYRICS $200: "But it's all right now, in fact, it's a gas" "Jumpin' Jack Flash" |
| #17, aired 2023-05-23 | BLACK HISTORY & CULTURE $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1924 the Atlanta Baptist Female Seminary became this historically black college for women Spelman |
| #15, aired 2023-05-22 | KING OF THE MOUNTAIN $2,800 (Daily Double): Mont Ventoux in Provence, during the Seven Years' War Louis XV |
| #14, aired 2023-05-17 | MYTHOLOGICAL WORDS & PHRASES $1000: One can be between a rock & a hard place or similarly, between this pair of foes faced by Odysseus Charybdis & Scylla |
| #14, aired 2023-05-17 | BODIES OF WATER $1200: Henry Rowe Schoolcraft is said to have coined the name of this American lake from Latin for "truth" & "head" Lake Itasca (in Minnesota) |
| #14, aired 2023-05-17 | ROCK"ER"S $25,600 (Daily Double): At the Rolling Stones' Rock HoF induction, Keith Richards thanked this guitar maker, himself inducted 3 years later (Leo) Fender |
| #10, aired 2023-05-15 | 3-WORD PLACE NAMES $9,200 (Daily Double): A South American cidade & estado both go by this name Rio de Janeiro |
| #2, aired 2023-05-08 | COMIN' TO YOUR CITY $1,000 (Daily Double): Take in the earthquake-resistant "Cardboard Cathedral", built after a 2011 event in this New Zealand city Christchurch |
| #2, aired 2023-05-08 | BACK IN THE 12th CENTURY $1600: This Welsh abbey on the River Wye was founded for Cistercian monks in 1131 Tintern |
| #2, aired 2023-05-08 | POP CULTURE IN BLACK & WHITE $2000: Nicknamed for something sweet, he joined the all-white New Orleans Rhythm Kings on an early integrated jazz recording session Jelly Roll Morton |
| #2, aired 2023-05-08 | WOMEN WRITERS $8,000 (Daily Double): Min Jin Lee's novel "Pachinko" follows generations of a Korean immigrant family overcoming bias in this other Asian nation Japan |
| #1, aired 2023-05-08 | 20/23 $200: In the human body most cells normally contain 23 pairs of these chromosomes |
| #8845, aired 2023-04-07 | SCIENCE $4,000 (Daily Double): Fireworks went off July 4, 2012 with the announcement of a boson consistent with the predictions of this British particle physicist Higgs |
| #8841, aired 2023-04-03 | YOU'RE GONNA SING $800: Pat Benatar was "running with" these in an iconic song from the 1980s; baby, take her hand, "it'll be all right" the shadows of the night |
| #8806, aired 2023-02-13 | BOB DYLAN LYRICS $2000: "We never did too much talkin' anyway, but don't" do this, "it's all right" think twice |
| #8805, aired 2023-02-10 | ALL KINDS OF BOOKS $800: Her many cookbooks include one on feeding the one you love, titled "Cooking for Jeffrey" Ina Garten |
| #8805, aired 2023-02-10 | AN ENDLESS CATEGORY $5,800 (Daily Double): Continuing indefinitely, or flowers such as daylilies & peonies perennials |
| #8804, aired 2023-02-09 | "WORLD" $1,000 (Daily Double): These 5 words complete the Robert Browning "God's in his heaven--" all's right with the world |
| #13, aired 2023-02-02 | ALL ABOUT DISNEY $600: Walt Disney coined this acronym for the experimental prototype community he planned to build in Florida; it would open in 1982 EPCOT |
| #12, aired 2023-01-26 | POP MUSIC $300: In the '80s we were "Head Over Heels" for this all-female group; they did, in fact, have the beat The Go-Go's |
| #12, aired 2023-01-26 | A SIGN OF SHAME $3,000 (Daily Double): In this Nathaniel Hawthorne novel, single mom Hester Prynne must wear a red "A" on her dress The Scarlet Letter |
| #12, aired 2023-01-26 | WORLD HISTORY $9,800 (Daily Double): This dynasty that ruled China from 1368 to 1644 was noted for its arts & culture including, of course, ceramics & porcelain vases Ming |
| #11, aired 2023-01-19 | COACH: BEARD $400: Guys, you may be able to spur beard growth with exercise & more sleep, possibly aiding in production of this 12-letter hormone testosterone |
| #8784, aired 2023-01-12 | YOU'RE MY INSPIRATION $600: The Altair 8800 & its creator, Dr. Ed Roberts, inspired these two teenage pals from Seattle who became famous Bill Gates & Paul Allen |
| #8784, aired 2023-01-12 | CLASSIC ALBUMS $2000: The title of this Beck album is a corruption of a Mexican-Spanish slang term for "cool!", or "all right!" Odelay |
| #8781, aired 2023-01-09 | ALL THE RIGHT MOVIES $400: "All the Right Moves" starred a young Tom Cruise as a Pennsylvania high school kid desperate for a scholarship in this sport football |
| #8781, aired 2023-01-09 | ALL THE RIGHT MOVIES $800: John Lindqvist's novel "Let the Right One In", about Eli, who is one of these creatures, was made into Swedish & American films a vampire |
| #8781, aired 2023-01-09 | ALL THE RIGHT MOVIES $1200: Spike Lee broke into the front ranks of Hollywood directors with this 1989 film about racial tensions in Brooklyn Do the Right Thing |
| #8781, aired 2023-01-09 | ALL THE RIGHT MOVIES $1600: It starred Scott Glenn as Alan Shepard, Sam Shepard as Chuck Yeager & Ed Harris as John Glenn The Right Stuff |
| #8781, aired 2023-01-09 | ALL THE RIGHT MOVIES $2000: Annette Bening, Julianne Moore & Mark Ruffalo starred in this 2010 comedy about 2 children looking for their biological father The Kids Are All Right |
| #8764, aired 2022-12-15 | THE NAME AS A PAST TENSE VERB $1200: After a swim, the dog's fur was all TV creator Stone-d matted |
| #8745, aired 2022-11-18 | FURNITURE $1,000 (Daily Double): The name of this piece of furniture comes from the French for "to put to bed" a couch |
| #7, aired 2022-11-06 | BIG ____ $300: Step right up, ladies & gents; from acrobats to clown cars, we've got it all inside this structure the big top |
| #7, aired 2022-11-06 | STARTS WITH 2 VOWELS $1000: Astronomers use this 3-letter word to refer to a period of time equaling one billion years; to others, it means a really long time an eon |
| #7, aired 2022-11-06 | FUN WITH FLAGS $1000: After the Soviet Union broke apart, so did its flag with a gold star & these 2 symbols representing workers & peasants a hammer & sickle |
| #8735, aired 2022-11-04 | DINOSAUR NAMES $3,000 (Daily Double): Because of its longer front legs, this tall dinosaur was given a name meaning "arm lizard" Brachiosaurus |
| #8735, aired 2022-11-04 | THE OED QUOTES $5,800 (Daily Double): You'll find this 1719 work quoted under "goatskin", "rescue" & "wreck" Robinson Crusoe |
| #6, aired 2022-10-30 | PICK A "CARD" $1500: Known for its scarlet plumage & whistled songs, it's the official bird of seven U.S. states cardinal |
| #8724, aired 2022-10-20 | POETS & POETRY $2,569 (Daily Double): It begins, "Of man's first disobedience, and the fruit of that forbidden tree whose mortal taste brought death into the world..." Paradise Lost |
| #8723, aired 2022-10-19 | WHAT A BUTTE! $400: The city of Butte in this state was once known as "the Richest Hill on Earth" Montana |
| #8691, aired 2022-07-25 | EASTERN EUROPEAN HISTORY $1,000 (Daily Double): Now written in the Latin alphabet, Moldova's language used to be written in this alphabet named for a 9th century priest Cyrillic |
| #8690, aired 2022-07-22 | BRITISH FOLKLORE & LEGENDS $600: Jack, seen at the right in a 19th century illustration, is earning this title the Giant Slayer (a giant killer) |
| #8688, aired 2022-07-20 | THE TITLE THAT COMPLETES THE RHYME $1600: "Just gonna stand there and hear me cry? Well that's all right because I..." "Love The Way You Lie" |
| #8664, aired 2022-06-16 | IT'S ALL RELATIVITY $4,000 (Daily Double): Nobel winner Kip Thorne made sure the science was right in "Interstellar", about a trip through one of these relativistic tunnels a wormhole |
| #8635, aired 2022-05-06 | PADDING THE SHOW $1000: Drop the "ist" from a word for a boxer and you have this type of padded stick, used to simulate fighting with bayonets pugil |
| #8625, aired 2022-04-22 | ALL THINGS BEING EQUAL $400: Equalization of pressure in the ear, perhaps with the Frenzel maneuver, is key to this acronymic activity scuba diving |
| #8625, aired 2022-04-22 | FIRSTS $2,000 (Daily Double): On Oct. 13, 1983 the first call on a commercial cell phone was made to a grandson of this inventor Alexander Graham Bell |
| #8619, aired 2022-04-14 | IT'S ALL ABOUT HER $1600: "Road to Tara: The Life of" this author Margaret Mitchell |
| #8600, aired 2022-03-18 | MIDDLE E $1600: It's Spanish for "all right" or "good" bueno |
| #8590, aired 2022-03-04 | ALL THE WAY FROM D TO E $800: To take away someone's right to vote disenfranchise |
| #15, aired 2022-02-18 | ESPN $1000: (Michael Eaves delivers the clue.) ESPN has brought you the UFC since 2019 & we cover it all, including this pre-fight confrontation that's now an essential part of MMA, but became popular around 1930 at boxing weigh-ins with fighters like Jack Sharkey the stare-down |
| #8578, aired 2022-02-16 | TV MOMS $2000: This actress whose mom is a Motown legend plays mom Rainbow Johnson on "black-ish" Tracee Ellis Ross |
| #8577, aired 2022-02-15 | WHO WAS THAT MASCARA-ED MAN? $2000: In a 1959 comedy these 2 actors donned dresses as members of Sweet Sue's all-girl orchestra Lemmon & Curtis |
| #9, aired 2022-02-15 | ISLAND FOLK $400: A Pinoy is a person of this ethnic heritage Filipino |
| #8, aired 2022-02-11 | TIME FOR LAW SCHOOL $2000: To take your case all the way to the Supreme Court, the main method is to ask the justices to grant a writ of this Latin word certiorari |
| #4, aired 2022-02-09 | ASSIGNED READING MATH $1200: A textbook titled this process covers "The Tree of Life" & "Mutation and Variation"; readers spend 62% more time on "All About Sex" Evolution |
| #8554, aired 2022-01-13 | CUTS FROM THE CLASSIC ALBUM $1200: "Come As You Are" &
"In Bloom"
(1991) Nevermind |
| #8548, aired 2022-01-05 | A PLAYER TO BE NAMED RIGHT NOW $400: This 14-time All-Star & one-time highest-paid Major Leaguer joined the ESPN broadcast team in 2018 Alex Rodriguez |
| #8544, aired 2021-12-30 | NEW YEAR'S ROCKIN' EVE $1000: The Backstreet Boys & this boy band joined forces to usher in 2011
"Yeah, you /
Got the right stuff /
Ha, baby, yeah /
You're the reason why I sing this song /
Come on, y'all! /
Here we go!" New Kids on the Block |
| #8542, aired 2021-12-28 | THE SPACE PROGRAM $1200: After sending Bender home on this show, a God-like being says, "When you do things right, people won't be sure you've done anything at all" Futurama |
| #8540, aired 2021-12-24 | ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL MOVIES? $800: As a high school football star in a Pennsylvania steel town, this actor had "All the Right Moves" Cruise |
| #8523, aired 2021-12-01 | THE COMPANY'S PRODUCT $800: This brand gets its kicks with Chuck Taylor All Star shoes Converse |
| #8514, aired 2021-11-18 | AMEND THE AMENDMENT $200: 5th:
"Nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in Pictionary of life or limb" jeopardy |
| #8485, aired 2021-10-08 | I'D LIKE A WORD WITH "U" $800: The Declaration of Independence says we all have certain these rights unalienable right |
| #8439, aired 2021-07-08 | MICHAEL JORDAN $600: After hearing doubts about his future, this Warrior scored 62 & said, "Cue the Jordan meme, right? I take all that personally" (Steph) Curry |
| #8419, aired 2021-06-10 | RAILWAY & SUBWAY STATIONS $1,000 (Daily Double): Among Eliel Saarinen's prominent works is the railway station in this capital Helsinki |
| #8407, aired 2021-05-25 | MEDICAL MILESTONES $5,000 (Daily Double): File under "S": in the 1950s these 2 microbiologists each developed a polio vaccine Salk & Sabin |
| #8379, aired 2021-04-15 | & I FEEL ALL RIGHT $200: Metformin fights type 2 diabetes by lowering the liver's production of glucose & getting the body to better utilize this hormone insulin |
| #8379, aired 2021-04-15 | & I FEEL ALL RIGHT $400: Pulmicort helps treat asthma as an inhaled this type of drug, but it won't help you bench 550 a steroid |
| #8379, aired 2021-04-15 | & I FEEL ALL RIGHT $800: Just relax & have some Captopril, an ace inhibitor used to lower this blood pressure |
| #8379, aired 2021-04-15 | & I FEEL ALL RIGHT $1000: Zocor is this type of cholesterol-lowering drug; if taking it, avoid grapefruit juice, as the interaction can worsen side effects a statin |
| #8379, aired 2021-04-15 | & I FEEL ALL RIGHT $1,500 (Daily Double): This chemical compound can make things explode, but not your heart, where it eases pain acting as a vasodilator nitroglycerin |
| #8368, aired 2021-03-31 | RANCH DRESSING $200: Somehow, shoppin' at Neiman Marcus for these trousers with a bib & shoulder straps don't feel right, but y'all can overalls |
| #8354, aired 2021-03-11 | CLASSIC BLACK & WHITE FILMS $2000: As Norma Desmond in "Sunset Boulevard", this actress says, "All right Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up" (Gloria) Swanson |
| #8350, aired 2021-03-05 | IT'LL ALL END IN "X" $800: It means traditional or accepted, from the Greek for "right in opinion" orthodox |
| #8335, aired 2021-02-12 | ALL THE "RAGE" $400: The right to vote suffrage |
| #8325, aired 2021-01-29 | POET-POURRI $1600: In 1920s London Virginia Woolf & others were baffled by this transplanted American poet's habit of wearing green face powder T.S. Eliot |
| #8306, aired 2021-01-04 | HOW DO YOU... $800: Begin with putting your right hand in, then put it out, then back in again, then shake it all about; repeat with other body parts do the Hokey Pokey |
| #8277, aired 2020-11-10 | MARIAH CAREY $400: (Mariah Carey presents the clue.) In 2019, I made a festive new video for this holiday song--the "Make My Wish Come True" edition "All I Want For Christmas Is You' |
| #8248, aired 2020-09-30 | ALL MY TROUBLES $200: I tried soft, I tried rigid gas permeable, my eyes still don't feel right with these contact lenses |
| #8202, aired 2020-04-14 | BOOK CHAPTERS $4,400 (Daily Double): "Mowgli's Brothers" The Jungle Book |
| #8180, aired 2020-03-13 | ATHLETIC ACHIEVEMENTS $600: Tom Brady holds the record for most Super Bowl wins as a player with this many--he needs 2 hands for his rings Six |
| #8177, aired 2020-03-10 | FOOTBALL $1000: Careful if playing Green Bay--Aaron Rodgers loves to catch defenses in this foul too many men on the field |
| #8161, aired 2020-02-17 | SURVIVOR $800: (Jeff Probst, the host of Survivor, presents the clue.) A fan favorite from "Survivor: The Australian Outback", she went on to co-host "The View" & "Fox & Friends" (Elisabeth) Hasselbeck |
| #8147, aired 2020-01-28 | 2020 ANNIVERSARIES $4,600 (Daily Double): In 2020 this composer's birth city of Bonn & surrounding areas are celebrating his 250th birthday all year long Beethoven |
| #8, aired 2020-01-14 | THE GREATEST CANADIANS OF ALL TIME $800: (Ryan Reynolds delivers the clue.) After losing part of his right leg to cancer, he embarked on a Marathon of Hope, running across Canada to raise money to fight cancer; he ran almost a marathon a day for 143 days but stopped short of his goal when the cancer spread to his lungs (Terry) Fox |
| #8, aired 2020-01-14 | MATH TO ROMAN NUMERALS TO INITIALS TO NAMES $1,000 (Daily Double): (1,000 / 2) - 350 to this rock singer who was also a 1997 Golden Globe nominee Courtney Love |
| #7, aired 2020-01-14 | THE ARTS $15,200 (Daily Double): In this 1951 play, Serafina's dead husband sports the title ink on his chest The Rose Tattoo |
| #8131, aired 2020-01-06 | "ALL" THE RIGHT MOVIES $200: Ronald Reagan was in the 1940 biopic "Knute Rockne" this All American |
| #8131, aired 2020-01-06 | "ALL" THE RIGHT MOVIES $400: This Arnold Schwarzenegger comedy about a father's desperate search for a Christmas toy might ring a bell Jingle All the Way |
| #8131, aired 2020-01-06 | "ALL" THE RIGHT MOVIES $600: Diamonds & a winning lottery ticket, not $100 bills, are the goal in this 2002 action comedy All About the Benjamins |
| #8131, aired 2020-01-06 | "ALL" THE RIGHT MOVIES $800: Annette Bening won a Golden Globe for her role in this 2010 film about children looking to connect with their sperm-donor dad The Kids Are All Right |
| #8131, aired 2020-01-06 | "ALL" THE RIGHT MOVIES $1000: Robert Shaw was Henry VIII & Paul Scofield was Thomas More in this 1966 costume drama A Man for All Seasons |
| #8127, aired 2019-12-31 | BATTLE & HUM $400: In 2015, she told us "This is my fight song, take back my life song, prove I'm all right song" Rachel Platten |
| #8098, aired 2019-11-20 | FIRST NAME SONG TITLES $2000: Kiss got all ballad-y singing this woman, "I hear you callin', but I can't come home right now" Beth |
| #8095, aired 2019-11-15 | ALL "STAR"s $200: The right side of a sailing ship starboard |
| #8094, aired 2019-11-14 | BEASTLY NORTH AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY $10,600 (Daily Double): This river is the largest tributary of the Columbia, which it joins near Pasco, Washington the Snake |
| #8086, aired 2019-11-04 | HOMOPHONES $1000: An old word for the Christian cross, or a description of one's impolite disposition rood/rude |
| #8068, aired 2019-10-09 | LIFE ON MARS $5,000 (Daily Double): Everyone remember where we parked--next to this NASA lander named for one who goes ahead to seek the way Pathfinder |
| #8054, aired 2019-09-19 | WE INTERRUPT THIS PROCESS $5,000 (Daily Double): Interruptions at work make you constantly do this, the more technical name for switching between computer windows toggle |
| #8048, aired 2019-09-11 | NUMERIC LIT $5,400 (Daily Double): The cover of the first edition of this 1961 military novel included a dancing figure & a little airplane Catch-22 |
| #8008, aired 2019-06-05 | VANS $2,000 (Daily Double): A music competition named for him has been called "the most prestigious classical piano contest in the world" Van Cliburn |
| #7998, aired 2019-05-22 | WORDS FROM MYTHOLOGY $2,000 (Daily Double): This term for a cure-all bears the name of a daughter of Asclepius panacea |
| #7998, aired 2019-05-22 | LONG AGO, IN THE 20th CENTURY $2,000 (Daily Double): On Sept. 1, 1969 King Idris suddenly became ex-royalty in this African country & a colonel took power Libya |
| #7979, aired 2019-04-25 | LAKE NAME-IS-MEMORABLE $1000: Those imaginative Canadians! Okanagan Lake's Ogopogo & Lake Memphremagog's Memphre are these lake monsters |
| #7969, aired 2019-04-11 | 25 TCM $200: (Ben Mankiewicz gives the clue.) The movie that's had the most airings on TCM, currently at 150, is this 1942 classic starring Humphrey Bogart Casablanca |
| #7910, aired 2019-01-18 | SOME SCIENCE, THEN DEATH $5,000 (Daily Double): Wrote the book on plant classification--"Species Plantarum"--in 1753; pushing up daisies in 1778 Linnaeus |
| #7900, aired 2019-01-04 | SUMMING UP THE SHAKESPEARE PLAY $1000: When in Rome, revenge is a dish, all right; S-A/T-U-R/N-I-N/U-S! Oh, man, does everyone die Titus Andronicus |
| #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) |
| #7865, aired 2018-11-16 | ALL ABOUT GERMANY $600: There are no right angles in the Stuttgart museum of this car company, just bends and Benz Mercedes |
| #7838, aired 2018-10-10 | HISTORY $200: The Equal Franchise Act of 1928 allowed this right to all British women 21 & over suffrage (or voting) |
| #7823, aired 2018-09-19 | SAY IT 3 TIMES $400: Say this triple-dipper that came near the end of Matthew McConaughey's Oscar acceptance speech all right, all right, all right |
| #7768, aired 2018-05-23 | MIND YOUR "P"s & "Q"s $400: A large bird feather used as a writing implement in centuries past a quill or pen |
| #7723, aired 2018-03-21 | DEUS EX MACHINA $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1990 the first of these autos rolled out of a GM plant in Spring Hill, Tennessee Saturn |
| #7713, aired 2018-03-07 | HUMANS IN THE GALAPAGOS $1000: (Alex presents the clue from the Galapagos.) I'm at Post Office Bay on the island of Floreana--when sailors' messages to their families back home were intercepted right here by U.S. Navy captain David Porter & his crew, they indicated the positions of their ships, & that information helped destroy the British Pacific whaling fleet during this war the War of 1812 |
| #7689, aired 2018-02-01 | TV SHOWS IN OTHER WORDS $4,000 (Daily Double): "Homely Boop" Ugly Betty |
| #7687, aired 2018-01-30 | AIR FORCE BASE $1,000 (Daily Double): Since the 1950s the USAF & this air force have shared a base at Mildenhall in Suffolk the Royal Air Force (or RAF) |
| #7680, aired 2018-01-19 | A PERCUSSION DISCUSSION $1000: All right, all right, all right, it's the finger-played instrument heard here a bongo |
| #7660, aired 2017-12-22 | CHARGING BULL $9,800 (Daily Double): This city has a sharp right turn from Mercaderes Street onto Estafeta; easy for a running man, less for a bull Pamplona |
| #7651, aired 2017-12-11 | THAT'S SOME SHAMELESS PANDERING $200: They say this synonym for fawning "will get you nowhere" but right now that's not true at all flattery |
| #7649, aired 2017-12-07 | SPEECH OF PARTS $400: "Tony here is your quarterback, all right? You protect his blind side. When you look at him, you think of me" Sandra Bullock |
| #7634, aired 2017-11-16 | TRIPLE RHYME TIME $2,800 (Daily Double): A happy 10K for women in habits nun fun run |
| #7632, aired 2017-11-14 | WIDOWS IN THE BIBLE $2,000 (Daily Double): A book of the Bible is named for this widow of Mahlon & ancestor of David Ruth |
| #7601, aired 2017-10-02 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $15,700 (Daily Double): German for "play of bells", it has 2 rows of metal bars with the upper row corresponding to the black keys on a piano a glockenspiel |
| #7600, aired 2017-09-29 | THE "KID" STAYS IN THE PICTURE $1600: In this 2010 movie whose title is also a song by The Who, Mark Ruffalo learns he's the father of a boy named Laser The Kids Are All Right |
| #7598, aired 2017-09-27 | COUNTRIES WITH ONLY A's AS VOWELS $4,600 (Daily Double): The 2 that touch both the Atlantic Ocean & the Pacific Ocean Panama and Canada |
| #7597, aired 2017-09-26 | LET'S SET SOME BOUNDARIES $6,500 (Daily Double): The Mason-Dixon Line was originally the boundary between these 2 states Pennsylvania & Maryland |
| #7584, aired 2017-07-27 | THE UNION, JACK $400: In November 1862 this bewhiskered man replaced General McClellan as head of Union troops Burnside |
| #7573, aired 2017-07-12 | A PODCAST OF CHARACTERS $1000: Hosted by Josh Barro & Rich Lowry, this political podcast from public radio comes at you from all directions Left, Right & Center |
| #7563, aired 2017-06-28 | PORTUGUESE HISTORY $1,000 (Daily Double): Threatened by Napoleon, the Portuguese royal family fled to this colonial capital & stayed there for 13 years Rio de Janeiro |
| #7551, aired 2017-06-12 | THE PLAYS OF JEAN RACINE $1200: "Berenice" is tragic, all right; its last word is "hélas", the French equivalent of this 4-letter English word alas |
| #7541, aired 2017-05-29 | ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY $3,000 (Daily Double): (Sarah of the Clue Crew gives the clue from Arlington National Cemetery.) Robert F. Kennedy wanted JFK buried under a simple wooden cross; that was overruled, but when he died, Robert, a World War II veteran of this same service as his brother Jack, got the humble monument he desired the Navy |
| #7539, aired 2017-05-25 | MORTAL MATTERS $200: It's the elected medical official whose job it is to investigate deaths not due to natural causes a coroner |
| #7536, aired 2017-05-22 | THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL $800: (Katherine Kelly Lang and Don Diamont give the clue as Brooke and Bill from The Bold and the Beautiful.) "Bill, you've got to concentrate & do the right thing."
"You expect me to concentrate, when you walk in the room like this Greek goddess of love walking ashore from the sea in all your radiant glory" Aphrodite |
| #7536, aired 2017-05-22 | THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL $1000: (Heather Tom and Thorsten Kaye give the clue as Katie and Ridge from The Bold and the Beautiful.) "Ridge, why are you still concealing the truth?" "Because, Katie, it is our secret to reveal, no one else's. & I'll stand behind that like Leonidas & his 300 men at this famous mountain pass in the 5th century B.C." Thermopylae |
| #7522, aired 2017-05-02 | PUNNY KNIGHTS $1000: He's insolent, he's gruff, he's just an ill-tempered knight Sir Ly (surly) |
| #7493, aired 2017-03-22 | TELECOMMUNICATIONS $1600: In July 2016 Turkey's president used this Apple app to tell his people he was all right & to rally them against a coup FaceTime |
| #7462, aired 2017-02-07 | IN THE FIRST PLACE $2,000 (Daily Double): This area in the title of perhaps the most famous WWI novel saw the war's first major gas attack on April 22, 1915 the western front |
| #7424, aired 2016-12-15 | MOVING JOURNALISM $1,500 (Daily Double): British Airways' in-flight magazine has this name, like a Miller beer brand High Life |
| #7419, aired 2016-12-08 | WHOSE BILLBOARD HIT? $200: "Love Yourself",
2016 Justin Bieber |
| #7400, aired 2016-11-11 | CHECKING OUT ALL THE ANGLES $200: Correct, it's the name given to this type of angle a right angle |
| #7395, aired 2016-11-04 | U.S. MOUNTAINS $600 (Daily Double): A Wyoming peak was named for this man soon after his 1924 death; there are said to be 14 points on its ridges Woodrow Wilson |
| #7391, aired 2016-10-31 | LIKE A ROCK $1,000 (Daily Double): The object of a pursuit, such as a hunted animal quarry |
| #7390, aired 2016-10-28 | LEGAL MATTERS $2000: The history of the possession of the evidence & where it's been is known as the "chain of" this custody |
| #7387, aired 2016-10-25 | DEWEY $1200: On a 1954 show on WHBQ Memphis, star DJ Dewey Phillips played an advance copy of this man's "That's All Right" 30 times Elvis Presley |
| #7380, aired 2016-10-14 | SCRAMBLED HARRY POTTER CHARACTERS $1000: A caretaker:
CIGAR FLUSH Argus Filch |
| #7379, aired 2016-10-13 | STATE YOUR CASE $2000: A case regarding the Voting Rights Act in 2013 pitted Shelby County of this state v. Holder Alabama |
| #7371, aired 2016-10-03 | NOTORIOUS $600: In the 2015 movie "Legend", Tom Hardy played these 1960s twin Cockney gangsters the Kray brothers |
| #7367, aired 2016-09-27 | PEOPLE'S SEXIEST MAN ALIVE $400: All right, all right, all right; for the 20th anniversary celebration in 2005, he was the Sexiest Man Alive Matthew McConaughey |
| #7361, aired 2016-09-19 | MAYOR GARCETTI'S LOS ANGELES $1000: (His Honor, the Mayor Eric Garcetti delivers the clue.) Between 1921 & 1955 Italian immigrant Simon Rodia constructed a collection of 17 structures he called Nuestro Pueblo or "Our Town"; today, it's a National Historic Landmark known as this the Watts Towers |
| #7354, aired 2016-07-28 | SOUNDS LIKE A STAR WARS CHARACTER $1000: Of the 7 hills of Rome, the one where Romulus & Remus were found the Palatine |
| #7329, aired 2016-06-23 | PRODUCE THE CELEBRITY NAME $1200: As Jan Brady on "The Brady Bunch", she uttered the line "Marcia, Marcia, Marcia" (Eve) Plumb |
| #7322, aired 2016-06-14 | HEROES $2,000 (Daily Double): From the Latin for "battlefield" comes this word for a fighter or dog who has beaten all challengers a champion |
| #7320, aired 2016-06-10 | WORD ORIGINS $600: Often eaten with eggs at breakfast, it comes from Latin for "dry" or "parch" toast |
| #7315, aired 2016-06-03 | THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING $2000: Queen Victoria's grandson, he was born with a withered left arm that was often hidden in photographs Kaiser Wilhelm (II) |
| #7305, aired 2016-05-20 | '90s MUSIC $1600: All the ladies love this rapper/actor whose '90s hits include "Hey Lover" & "Mama Said Knock You Out" LL Cool J |
| #7303, aired 2016-05-18 | IT'S NOT ROCKET SCIENCE $800: You dilute a solution by watering it down; you do this to your pupils, 1 letter different, by making them expand dilate |
| #7292, aired 2016-05-03 | WORK WITH KIDS $1000: This band was hot for the charts in the 1980s with "Hot For Teacher" Van Halen |
| #7284, aired 2016-04-21 | MOVIES' VILLAINS $400: Non-spoiler alert! Kylo Ren is the bad guy Star Wars Episode VII |
| #7274, aired 2016-04-07 | GOOD WORKOUT SONGS $600: Get pumped with this DJ Snake & Lil Jon megahit "Turn Down For What" |
| #7265, aired 2016-03-25 | SPOT THE CANADIAN $1000: Milton Friedman,
John Kenneth Galbraith,
John Maynard Keynes John Kenneth Galbraith |
| #7220, aired 2016-01-22 | ARCHER $1,000 (Daily Double): In the 1730s the "Chronicon Helveticum" expounded on the legend of this archer William Tell |
| #7200, aired 2015-12-25 | BREWING BEER $2,800 (Daily Double): (Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the UC Davis Malting & Brewing Science program.) The two basic types of brewing yeast are top-fermenting & bottom-fermenting, corresponding to these two basic kinds of beer, one including stouts & one including pilsners lagers & ales |
| #7188, aired 2015-12-09 | HAMILTON $200: In the show, this rival prophetically warns Hamilton, "Talk less, smile more, don't let them know what you're against or what you're for, you wanna get ahead? Fools who run their mouths off wind up dead"--he was right Aaron Burr |
| #7158, aired 2015-10-28 | THINK MUSIC $1200: "You're the reason I'm a-travelin' on, but don't think twice, it's all right" (he wrote it) Bob Dylan |
| #7150, aired 2015-10-16 | "CAT"EGORICAL $2000: Anatomical term for a person used to serve the purposes of another a cat's-paw |
| #7141, aired 2015-10-05 | WHERE AM I? $1000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports.) I'm in this largest township in Johannesburg, South Africa; once notorious for repression, now setting trends in fashion & art Soweto |
| #7135, aired 2015-09-25 | LET'S STOP AT THE GAS STATION $1200: Here comes this Northeast-based company, the official fuel of NASCAR, & I say it's all right Sunoco |
| #7130, aired 2015-09-18 | THE DETERGENT SERIES $1200: Omnipresent:
"Everything" is a synonym for the name of this Sun Products brand All |
| #7123, aired 2015-07-29 | IT'S ALL ABOUT "U" $800: Dense, fluffy cloud variety associated with rising air currents cumulus |
| #7114, aired 2015-07-16 | HISTORY, OLD & NEW $3,200 (Daily Double): In effect the last battle of the Wars of the Roses was on this field on August 22, 1485 Bosworth |
| #7105, aired 2015-07-03 | HETERONYMS $800: A written agreement & to shrink in size contract [KAHN-tract] & contract [kin-TRACT] |
| #7084, aired 2015-06-04 | LET'S DUKE IT OUT $4,000 (Daily Double): The Duke of Northumberland (1504-1553) arranged for his son to marry this unfortunate lady in 1553; oops Lady Jane Grey |
| #7079, aired 2015-05-28 | 1990--25 YEARS AGO $3,500 (Daily Double): This city, capital of the same-named country, was overrun by Iraqi forces Kuwait |
| #7075, aired 2015-05-22 | SOUVENIRS OF SOUTH DAKOTA $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew gives the clue from Wall Drug in South Dakota.) All-natural soap made right here in South Dakota with Salvia officinalis, this native aromatic herb that wise men know grows wild on the prairie sage |
| #7074, aired 2015-05-21 | "ALL" RIGHT, "ALL" RIGHT, "ALL" RIGHT $200: A basketball shot that doesn't touch the rim, net or backboard can result in a chant of this air ball! |
| #7074, aired 2015-05-21 | "ALL" RIGHT, "ALL" RIGHT, "ALL" RIGHT $400: It's a "feline" whistle of theater disapproval a catcall |
| #7074, aired 2015-05-21 | "ALL" RIGHT, "ALL" RIGHT, "ALL" RIGHT $600: In transportation ATV is short for this all-terrain vehicle |
| #7074, aired 2015-05-21 | "ALL" RIGHT, "ALL" RIGHT, "ALL" RIGHT $800: Also meaning to vex, it's the quality of being impertinent & inclined to take rude liberties gall |
| #7074, aired 2015-05-21 | "ALL" RIGHT, "ALL" RIGHT, "ALL" RIGHT $1000: Actors "break" this by addressing an audience directly from the stage during a play the fourth wall |
| #7070, aired 2015-05-15 | "BULL" ____ $200: Relief pitchers warm up there the bullpen |
| #7069, aired 2015-05-14 | THE 5 SENSES $800: Haydn called Mozart the greatest composer he knew because he had this sense good taste |
| #7068, aired 2015-05-13 | IT'S ALL ABOUT "ME" $1200: It's equal to about 39.37 inches a meter |
| #7048, aired 2015-04-15 | DIE FLEDERMAUS $400: Calling it the king of all wines, a rousing song to this beverage ends Act II champagne |
| #7045, aired 2015-04-10 | "MARK" YOUR WORDS $1200: When reporting a conversation, the British use single ones where we use double ones quotation marks |
| #7045, aired 2015-04-10 | BOOKS OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE? $4,000 (Daily Double): From MCMXV, "The ____ Steps" XXXIX |
| #7029, aired 2015-03-19 | HOLLYWOOD IS DESTRUCTIVE $600: Los Angeles is threatened by ocean carnivores falling from the sky in this SyFy Channel movie Sharknado |
| #7023, aired 2015-03-11 | THE OSCAR-WINNING DIRECTOR $2000: 2012:
"Life of Pi" was his second win, not his 3.14th Ang Lee |
| #7020, aired 2015-03-06 | INTRODUCTIONS $1600: Nice to make your acquaintance & seize your ships; in this war, Oliver Hazard Perry said, "we have met the enemy and they are ours" the War of 1812 |
| #7013, aired 2015-02-25 | SKELETON CREW $2000: This bone is purely an anchor for the tongue; it articulates with no other bones the hyoid bone |
| #7003, aired 2015-02-11 | FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES $5,000 (Daily Double): It's the Italian word for "You're welcome", not "You're with child" prego |
| #7002, aired 2015-02-10 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $800: This Verdi opera was inspired by a plot from French Egyptologist August Mariette Aida |
| #6999, aired 2015-02-05 | OLYMPIC SPORTS BY GOLD MEDALIST $1000: 1968:
Jean-Claude Killy downhill skiing |
| #6990, aired 2015-01-23 | THE KIDS ARE NOT ALL RIGHT $400: "Don't send me back to the wretched place I came from. Have mercy", begs this title orphan to Mr. Brownlow Oliver Twist |
| #6990, aired 2015-01-23 | THE KIDS ARE NOT ALL RIGHT $800: This 7-year-old orphan is kidnapped from the Swiss Alps & taken to Frankfurt Heidi |
| #6990, aired 2015-01-23 | THE KIDS ARE NOT ALL RIGHT $1200: "The Complete Wreck" is the collection of books 1-13 about the oft-in-distress Baudelaire kids by this author Lemony Snicket |
| #6990, aired 2015-01-23 | THE KIDS ARE NOT ALL RIGHT $1600: "Perhaps there aren't any grownups anywhere", says Ralph at the start of this 1954 novel Lord of the Flies |
| #6990, aired 2015-01-23 | THE KIDS ARE NOT ALL RIGHT $2,000 (Daily Double): "Veruca Salt, the little brute, has just gone down the garbage chute", wrote this author (Roald) Dahl |
| #6976, aired 2015-01-05 | DEFOE $800 (Daily Double): "Memoirs of a Cavalier" was a fictional account of this decades-long war of 17th century continental Europe the Thirty Years' War |
| #6962, aired 2014-12-16 | NAME THE DECADE $1,000 (Daily Double): The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation is created the 1930s |
| #6961, aired 2014-12-15 | PARKS $2,000 (Daily Double): It took workers months in 1880 to transport this 69-foot shaft from a Staten Island dock to Central Park Cleopatra's Needle (the obelisk accepted) |
| #6954, aired 2014-12-04 | CATS & DOGS $800: Even the smallest dog breeds around today are all descended from the gray species of this animal wolf |
| #6952, aired 2014-12-02 | SPELL IT OUT FOR ME $200: This gaming console that comes in PS4 & PS Vita models P-L-A-Y-S-T-A-T-I-O-N |
| #6952, aired 2014-12-02 | AT THE SMITHSONIAN $600: (Alex delivers the clue from the Nat'l Museum of American History in Washington, D.C.) The museum has one of the original stuffed animals named for this president & avid hunter, after a story spread about him letting a bear go; although, in reality, all he did was refuse to shoot the bear when it was wounded Theodore Roosevelt |
| #6916, aired 2014-10-13 | THE CAST OF FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH $1600: All right, Hamilton! Judge Reinhold later played detective Billy Rosewood in this 1984 Eddie Murphy picture Beverly Hills Cop |
| #6910, aired 2014-10-03 | HOLIDAY $1000: This Canadian province's Islander Day in February gives everyone a holiday between Christmas & Easter Prince Edward Island |
| #6905, aired 2014-09-26 | & THE CATEGORY OF GEOGRAPHY $1200: In January 1855, 15 years after the founding of what's now this New Zealand capital, it suffered an 8.2 earthquake Wellington |
| #6870, aired 2014-06-27 | IN THE "ZONE" $2000: This zone is between 23 1/2 degrees north & south latitude; is it hot out here? the tropical zone |
| #6863, aired 2014-06-18 | CURRENT AUTOBIOGRAPHY $400: Mark Owen, formerly of this elite group, wrote "No Easy Day", an account of the mission to kill Osama bin Laden SEAL Team Six |
| #6863, aired 2014-06-18 | THE GREEK GOD OR GODDESS OF... $800 (Daily Double): Fertility, roads, thieves & absolutely, positively getting packages there overnight Hermes |
| #6843, aired 2014-05-21 | THE SECRETARY OF WAR $800: Pierce's War Secretary, he soon ended up in a war, all right... with the United States Jefferson Davis |
| #6838, aired 2014-05-14 | THE "CITY" $800: From the Latin, it means happiness felicity |
| #6836, aired 2014-05-12 | 4-SYLLABLE WORDS $4,800 (Daily Double): Adjective for the perfect embodiment of something, or something a Dionne kid must have quintessential |
| #6836, aired 2014-05-12 | WE GET LETTERS $6,000 (Daily Double): This explorer wrote to his friend J.M. Barrie in 1912, "we have accomplished our object in reaching the Pole" Robert Falcon Scott |
| #6833, aired 2014-05-07 | FOLKLORE $1000: In Irish lore & in "Harvey", it's a spirit in the shape of an animal a púca |
| #6828, aired 2014-04-30 | POETS & POETRY $3,000 (Daily Double): The longest poem in "Leaves of Grass", called this since 1881, consists of 52 sections "Song of Myself" |
| #6804, aired 2014-03-27 | SHAKESPEARE REWRITES THE BEATLES $800: "Wilt thou still require me, wilt thou still provide sustenance unto me, roughly midway through my 7th decade?" "When I'm Sixty-Four" |
| #6803, aired 2014-03-26 | MOUNT RUSHMORE $2000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from Mount Rushmore in South Dakota.) Amazingly, there were no fatalities & only a few minor injuries during the 14 years it took to carve Mount Rushmore, though workers were lowered from the face of the mountain in swing seats, known as these chairs boatswain chairs |
| #6788, aired 2014-03-05 | HOLIDAYS $1,000 (Daily Double): In 2011 the 250th edition of a real oldie hit parade marched up New York's 5th Avenue on this date St. Patrick's Day (March 17) |
| #6780, aired 2014-02-21 | JOHNNY GILBERT PERFORMS TODAY'S HITS $1000: "I'm beginning to feel like a rap god, rap god, all my people from the front to the back nod, back nod" Eminem |
| #6750, aired 2014-01-10 | NO. 1 "LOVE" SONGS $2000: Eminem & Rihanna: "Just gonna stand there & hear me cry, but that's all right because..." "I Love The Way You Lie" |
| #6734, aired 2013-12-19 | ANAGRAMS $400: Relative by marriage:
MENIAL WORTH mother-in-law |
| #6714, aired 2013-11-21 | NONFICTION $1,000 (Daily Double): This bestseller by Lynne Truss has been described as "a book for people who love punctuation" Eats, Shoots & Leaves |
| #6709, aired 2013-11-14 | COLOR TV $1000: "____ Bloods" Blue Bloods |
| #6674, aired 2013-09-26 | & FEEL ALL RIGHT $200: L-theanine, an amino acid in the green type of this beverage, helps curb a rising heart rate & may relieve anxiety (green) tea |
| #6674, aired 2013-09-26 | & FEEL ALL RIGHT $400: (I’m Dr. Oz.) Trouble sleeping? Check your over-the-counter pain medicine; to help constrict swollen blood vessels, it may contain this alkaloid compound, which could keep you awake caffeine |
| #6674, aired 2013-09-26 | & FEEL ALL RIGHT $600: This (the substance, not Popeye's girlfriend) is full of antioxidants that help lower stroke risk olive oil |
| #6674, aired 2013-09-26 | & FEEL ALL RIGHT $800: If you're a man 5'7" & 160 pounds, your BMI, this index, is 25.1 & sir, you're a tick overweight body mass index |
| #6674, aired 2013-09-26 | & FEEL ALL RIGHT $1000: The plant called St. John's this can relieve mild depression & help you sleep but may interfere with many medications wort |
| #6655, aired 2013-07-19 | GENEALOGY GLOSSARY $1000: A PAF, or personal ancestral file, is software from this church that's very into genealogy the Church of Latter-Day Saints |
| #6625, aired 2013-06-07 | 4-LETTER COUNTRY NAMES $3,000 (Daily Double): A Pacific island republic Fiji |
| #6596, aired 2013-04-29 | SCIENCE IS A 7-LETTER WORD $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew steps on a carpet and taps a metal table.) We all know what it feels like to get shocked... & though the tension of the spark contains several thousand volts... it's harmless due to its small amount of this 7-letter word current (amperes accepted) |
| #6592, aired 2013-04-23 | ALL-TIME 100 SONGS $1200: "This haunting... hit from Sinead O'Connor's 1990 album... is a case of right song, right singer, right time" "Nothing Compares 2 U" |
| #6545, aired 2013-02-15 | GENETICS $1,800 (Daily Double): In 1986 the U.S. issued the first patent on a plant produced through genetic engineering, a hybrid of this grain corn |
| #6523, aired 2013-01-16 | POP $2000: In this Jeffrey Eugenides novel, the Lisbon girls' dad is forced to quit as a teacher because he can't control his kids The Virgin Suicides |
| #6517, aired 2013-01-08 | IT'S MATTHEW PERRY $200: As this "Friends" guy, Matthew Perry said, "All right, I took the (Cosmo) quiz, & it turns out, I do put career before men" Chandler (Bing) |
| #6507, aired 2012-12-25 | SON OF... $3,000 (Daily Double): This common Irish prefix comes from the French for "son" Fitz |
| #6499, aired 2012-12-13 | LITERARY RELATIONS $1,000 (Daily Double): Last name of Biff & Happy, brothers in a stage play Loman |
| #6480, aired 2012-11-16 | IN THE "MM"IDDLE $4,000 (Daily Double): Incendiary or provocative; arousing anger inflammatory |
| #6431, aired 2012-07-30 | IT'S A NOISY PLANET $10 (Daily Double): Since the 1870s people have been worried about the "air" type of this; since the 1970s, about the "noise" type pollution |
| #6401, aired 2012-06-18 | TERMS OF ENDANGERMENT $2000: Right now, you really can't avoid this word, from the Old French for "divided game"; it's all around you! jeopardy |
| #6378, aired 2012-05-16 | WASHINGTON, D.C. $400: (Alex presents the clue from the Newseum in Washington, D.C.) From the front balcony of the Newseum, we can easily see its neighbor, the embassy of this longtime U.S. ally; it's the embassy that's closest to the U.S. Capitol building Canada |
| #6370, aired 2012-05-04 | LITERARY CHARACTERS $0: Although he doesn't actually appear in "1984", his presence is everywhere--on posters, coins & telescreens Big Brother |
| #6337, aired 2012-03-20 | THE 50 STATES $1600: (Alex Trebek walks along a river with grass, a bridge and a building in the background.) I'm in Cumberland, in this state; this city of 20,000 has a long history as a vital transport hub; it was the site of the first national road & also the terminus of the C&O Canal, which goes all the way to Washington, D.C. Maryland |
| #6312, aired 2012-02-14 | ODD JOBS $1000: Inspectors of these make sure they're the correct size & that all 21 pips are in the right place on the faces dice |
| #6307, aired 2012-02-07 | THE I.T. FACTOR $1000: Seen here is an example of this 2-letter type of code that can be read by a smartphone a QR code |
| #6281, aired 2012-01-02 | RECENT BOOKS $1000: Book club alert--"Then Came You" is the latest novel by this author of "Good in Bed" & "In Her Shoes" Jennifer Weiner |
| #6265, aired 2011-12-09 | CANCELED! $400: All scheduled flights in & out of Heathrow Airport April 18, 2010 were canceled due to this a volcanic eruption |
| #6246, aired 2011-11-14 | 4 STRAIGHT VOWELS $1600: This adjective means fawning or exhibiting servile obedience obsequious |
| #6246, aired 2011-11-14 | NOVELS $9,000 (Daily Double): Her "Agnes Grey" appeared in 1847 under the pseudonym Acton Bell (note the initials) Anne Brontë |
| #6246, aired 2011-11-14 | LANGUAGES $18,000 (Daily Double): Although Dutch is the official language, Sranan Tongo is spoken by most people in this South American country Suriname |
| #6245, aired 2011-11-11 | TERMS OF ART $7,400 (Daily Double): Mind your this 16th c. Italian art movement that gave us long-necked Madonnas Mannerism |
| #6243, aired 2011-11-09 | & JUSTICE FOR ALL $800: Its Article 6 says, "Everyone has the right to recognition everywhere as a person before the law" the Universal Declaration of Human Rights |
| #6243, aired 2011-11-09 | TWINS $2,600 (Daily Double): These twins & recent first daughters were named for their grandmothers Barbara & Jenna |
| #6228, aired 2011-10-19 | "RIGHT" OR "LEFT" $1600: Completes the Robert Browning line "God's in his heaven--all's..." right with the world |
| #6225, aired 2011-10-14 | THE GREATEST IN SPORTS WITH MIKE & MIKE $2000: (Mike & Mike deliver the clue.) One of the greatest coaches ever has got to be Phil Jackson; he's won 11 titles, something even Red Auerbach couldn't do
Yeah, Phil's a legend, no doubt about it, but I'll pick this college basketball wizard who won 10 men's NCAA titles from 1964 to 1975 (John) Wooden |
| #6199, aired 2011-07-21 | ACTRESSES' TRESSES $800: This redheaded co-star of "The Kids Are All Right" has published a children's book, "Freckleface Strawberry" Julianne Moore |
| #6198, aired 2011-07-20 | THE STYLE OF ELEMENTS $2000: (Alex walks along the shore of the Dead Sea in Israel with mud all over his face.) For hundreds of years people have believed in the rejuvenating qualities of the Dead Sea's black mud; among its many components this element, symbol Mg, said to remove toxins from the skin; makes you feel good magnesium |
| #6186, aired 2011-07-04 | GEOGRAPHIC TERMS $1000: From a French word meaning "mound", it's a steep-sided, flat-topped hill like the one seen here in Wyoming a butte |
| #6162, aired 2011-05-31 | BEATLES LAST LINES $800: "You know I feel all right" "A Hard Day's Night" |
| #6154, aired 2011-05-19 | TATTOOED LADIES $1200: This "Mean Girls" girl has a forearm tattoo that reads, "Stars, all we ask for is our right to twinkle" Lindsay Lohan |
| #6153, aired 2011-05-18 | Y'ALL FROM GEORGIA? $1000: In 1540 this Spaniard became the first European to explore the interior of Georgia Hernando de Soto |
| #6148, aired 2011-05-11 | RHYMES WITH COOL $600: If you're superstitious, I guess I'm supposed to do this kiss a fool |
| #6140, aired 2011-04-29 | ALL EARS $3,000 (Daily Double): That's right, cowboy! The stapes, the smallest bone in the ear & the body, is more commonly called this the stirrup |
| #6091, aired 2011-02-21 | TV CARTOON BY CHARACTERS $2000: Killface,
Awesome X,
Grace Ryan Frisky Dingo |
| #6077, aired 2011-02-01 | NEWSMAKERS OF 2010 $200: In September 2010 he visited England & spoke in the hall where Thomas More was condemned to death Benedict |
| #6057, aired 2011-01-04 | MARXISMS $1200: Film in which Groucho asks, "Wouldn't it be simpler if you just put the stateroom in the trunk?" A Night at the Opera |
| #6041, aired 2010-12-13 | "1", "2", "3" $1600: In online slang .02 means this--another way of saying, "my opinion, though you didn't ask" my two cents |
| #6025, aired 2010-11-19 | WORD ORIGINS $4,000 (Daily Double): Murray Gell-Mann adopted this word for various hypothetical particles from "Finnegan's Wake" quarks |
| #6011, aired 2010-11-01 | NICE "AB"s! $600: Heeeeey, this job title for the head of a monastery abbot |
| #6005, aired 2010-10-22 | FRUITY LANGUAGE $400: A small reddish blemish of the skin is known as this fruit's mark strawberry |
| #6004, aired 2010-10-21 | THINK TWICE $200: Bob Dylan wrote "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right", but this "Puff (The Magic Dragon)" trio made it a top 10 hit Peter, Paul and Mary |
| #5982, aired 2010-09-21 | PILLOW TALK $400: Folks with tailbone injuries find sweet relief sitting on pillows in the shape of these sweet baked treats donuts |
| #5979, aired 2010-09-16 | MAKE IT RIGHT $1000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from New Orleans, LA.) The architects who designed Make It Right homes all used the tradition of this type of home, suited to the narrow New Orleans lots with high ceilings to let heat rise a shotgun shack |
| #5976, aired 2010-09-13 | ELEMENTAL CLUES $12,400 (Daily Double): Pd:
A great place for live music palladium |
| #5963, aired 2010-07-14 | NUMBER WORD PLAY $1200: This multiple of 10 is the only number whose letters are in alphabetical order forty |
| #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 |
| #5959, aired 2010-07-08 | ALL ABOUT ART $1200: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a color wheel diagram on the monitor.) On the color wheel, complementary colors are opposite each other: red & green, yellow & purple, blue & this missing color orange |
| #5957, aired 2010-07-06 | GEOGRAPHY "E" $400: (Tate: I'm Tate Shaffer aboard the National Geographic Endeavour. Alex: And...) We're here in the Galapagos Islands at zero degrees latitude, which means we're right above this imaginary line that goes all the way around the Earth the equator |
| #5957, aired 2010-07-06 | RADIO DISNEY $1000: Lead singer Ryan Tedder of this band has "All The Right Moves" OneRepublic |
| #5952, aired 2010-06-29 | ALL ABOARD AMTRAK $600: The Southwest Chief route takes a "right toyn" after stopping at this 11-letter N.M. city (relax, we won't make you spell it) Albuquerque |
| #5951, aired 2010-06-28 | ARTISTS $2,000 (Daily Double): Kiss & tell me the name of this Art Nouveau Austrian who painted the work seen here Gustav Klimt |
| #5934, aired 2010-06-03 | COLONIAL NAMES FOR COUNTRIES $800: British Guiana Guyana |
| #5893, aired 2010-04-07 | LETTERS IN TOMATOES $5,200 (Daily Double): Struck mightily, in the Bible smote |
| #5872, aired 2010-03-09 | SONG STANDARDS $800: The teller of this song was "Goin' to Lou'siana", but it served as a theme for Forty-niners headin' to California "Oh! Susanna" |
| #5860, aired 2010-02-19 | MOVIN' ON "UP" $1,200 (Daily Double): A pair of successive lines of verse that rhyme & are of the same length & meter a couplet |
| #5853, aired 2010-02-10 | BAND NAMES $2000: This group's name came from the younger sidekick of Radioactive Man on "The Simpsons" Fall Out Boy |
| #5830, aired 2010-01-08 | "G"-5 $1,600 (Daily Double): The bulk of a person, especially around the middle girth |
| #5813, aired 2009-12-16 | REALITY SHOW RUNNERS-UP $800: Gilles Marini had all the right moves but it was this Olympic sweetheart who danced away with the gold Shawn Johnson |
| #5802, aired 2009-12-01 | POLAR OBSESSION $1600: (Paul Nicklen presents the clue.) It's easy to see why these mammals are called unicorns of the sea; that's not a horn, though--it's actually a grooved tooth a narwhal |
| #5779, aired 2009-10-29 | THE E.U. $1,600 (Daily Double): Of the 27 full members of the EU, this nation is first alphabetically Austria |
| #5775, aired 2009-10-23 | "F" TROOP $1000: It's a slender strand or fiber of conductive material such as the tungsten one that glows in a light bulb a filament |
| #5774, aired 2009-10-22 | NAME THE AUTHOR $2000: "It's all right, Miles," Spade told him. "Come in. Miss Wonderly, this is Mr. Archer, my partner" Dashiell Hammett |
| #5774, aired 2009-10-22 | PARTY LIKE IT'S 1499 $5,200 (Daily Double): Upon his return from India in 1499, he was received by King Manuel I of Portugal Vasco da Gama |
| #5766, aired 2009-10-12 | GOTTA HAVE "PUL" $3,600 (Daily Double): From the Latin for "dust", it means to grind into dust pulverize |
| #5756, aired 2009-09-28 | THAT'S A PUZZLER $1600: This happened to Mistress Ford in "The Merry Wives of Windsor" beaten black and blue |
| #5730, aired 2009-07-03 | DO THE RIGHT "THING" $1600: In the 1818 poem "Endymion", John Keats reminded us all that this 4-word phrase "is a joy forever" a thing of beauty |
| #5729, aired 2009-07-02 | COLLEGE FOOTBALL QUOTES $1000: This 1980s Notre Dame coach, now on ESPN: "On this team, we're all united in one goal--to keep my job" Lou Holtz |
| #5710, aired 2009-06-05 | ALPHABETICALLY FIRST $2,000 (Daily Double): ...among the first 5 books of the Old Testament Deuteronomy |
| #5694, aired 2009-05-14 | HOOKUPS $200: If you use a TV antenna, you'll need to hook up a converter box for the June 12, 2009 transition from analog to this DTV |
| #5693, aired 2009-05-13 | WOMEN IN GOVERNMENT $3,000 (Daily Double): After heading up 2 Cabinet departments, she represented North Carolina in the Senate from 2003 to 2009 (Elizabeth) Dole |
| #5685, aired 2009-05-01 | DA VINCI $400: By 1513 da Vinci's patron was Giuliano, a member of this powerful Florentine family the Medicis |
| #5664, aired 2009-04-02 | BEFORE HE WAS PRESIDENT... $4,000 (Daily Double): He was Ben Franklin's successor as minister to France Thomas Jefferson |
| #5661, aired 2009-03-30 | IF THEY'D TAUGHT AEROBICS INSTEAD $2,000 (Daily Double): All right, everybody got their workout clothes off? No pain, no gain here at my Indiana Univ. institute Alfred Kinsey |
| #5655, aired 2009-03-20 | WORDS WITH ALL 5 VOWELS $1000: FEMA says to keep a full tank of gas in your car if this order seems likely evacuation |
| #5577, aired 2008-12-02 | THE INTERNATIONAL BUTLER ACADEMY $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew sits at a place setting at the International Butler Academy, the Netherlands.) Spoon handles for this course should all face to the right, forks to the left, & they are always positioned above the place setting dessert |
| #5552, aired 2008-10-28 | LET US GO TO THE OPERA $2000: This Beethoven opera features the wonderful quartet "Mir ist so wunderbar" Fidelio |
| #5547, aired 2008-10-21 | "M": A NATION $0 (Daily Double): This nation comprises more than 2,000 small islands in the western Pacific Ocean Micronesia |
| #5540, aired 2008-10-10 | 10-LETTER WORDS $3,000 (Daily Double): Greek for "city of the dead", it's the term for a large, ancient cemetery a necropolis |
| #5537, aired 2008-10-07 | JOHNNY GILBERT RAPS & ROCKS ON $2000: "I'm too sexy for my shirt, too sexy for my shirt, so sexy it hurts" Right Said Fred |
| #5519, aired 2008-09-11 | ANATOMY $2000: A large forehead doesn't indicate smartness; it indicates a large one of these bones that form the forehead the frontal bone |
| #5490, aired 2008-06-20 | THE BIBLE $2000: According to Jeremiah, this place seems to be short of balm & physicians Gilead |
| #5421, aired 2008-03-17 | MY DEAR WATSON $1000: English scholar Thomas Watson is best known today for his 1581 translation of "Antigone" by this Ancient Greek Sophocles |
| #5411, aired 2008-03-03 | YOU ANIMAL $2,500 (Daily Double): Named for a fabric made in Baghdad, it's a cat with a striped or brindled coat a tabby |
| #5398, aired 2008-02-13 | RIGHT ON THE MONEY $800: Federal Reserve notes bear the statement "This note is legal tender for all" these, "public and private" debts |
| #5394, aired 2008-02-07 | THE LEFTY WAY $2,000 (Daily Double): Lefties who smudge what they write may prefer right-to-left languages like this one used in Qom & Tabriz Farsi (Persian) |
| #5373, aired 2008-01-09 | 5-SYLLABLE WORDS $800: (Jon of the Clue Crew shows a diagram on the monitor.) Because the geometric shape here has all right angles, it's called a rectangle; when they're not right angles, it becomes this type of quadrilateral a parallelogram |
| #5332, aired 2007-11-13 | CHILD'S PLAY $0: A Longfellow poem & a Lillian Hellman play about a girls' boarding school share this timely title The Children's Hour |
| #5314, aired 2007-10-18 | FAMILY MATTERS $500 (Daily Double): Elzire Dionne of Ontario, Canada gave birth to 14 children via this many pregnancies ten |
| #5301, aired 2007-10-01 | IT'S IN THE DICTIONARY $800: This tech acronym states that "the integrity of output is dependent on the integrity of input" GIGO |
| #5292, aired 2007-09-18 | THE BROWNINGS $2,000 (Daily Double): Elizabeth returned to London a semi-invalid & spent the next 5 years confined to her room on this street Wimpole Street |
| #5284, aired 2007-07-26 | STORY SPOILERS $1,400 (Daily Double): Sherlock Holmes discovers a cane, then a family curse. Howling is heard. The culprit drowns on the moors The Hound of the Baskervilles |
| #5283, aired 2007-07-25 | MATH $1600: No arguing with Euclid's fourth postulate, "All right angles are" this, meaning of equal measure in degrees congruent |
| #5283, aired 2007-07-25 | NUTRITION $5,401 (Daily Double): Tea, grape juice & blueberries are all rich in substances called anti- these that help prevent cell damage oxidants |
| #5253, aired 2007-06-13 | SOUNDS LIKE A ZODIAC SIGN $1000: Scrolls found in a synagogue a Torah (or Torahs) |
| #5250, aired 2007-06-08 | BARRE TENDERS $2000: This ballerina known for her "Dying Swan" role starred in the 1915 silent film "The Dumb Girl of Portici" Pavlova |
| #5246, aired 2007-06-04 | HIDDEN CITIES $2,200 (Daily Double): Help a soldier find this Texas city as fast as possible El Paso (Help a soldier) |
| #5245, aired 2007-06-01 | WE HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY $1,800 (Daily Double): This technology used for wireless headsets is named after a Danish king who united parts of Scandinavia Bluetooth |
| #5238, aired 2007-05-23 | "WORD" PLAY $4,000 (Daily Double): Psychological "test" of verbal stimuli given to induce revelatory verbal responses word association |
| #5230, aired 2007-05-11 | "D" IN SCIENCE $1600: The Flintstones' pet could tell you that these parts of plankton are named in part for appendages called flagella dinoflagellates |
| #5226, aired 2007-05-07 | YE GODS! $800: Invoked by seal hunters, Nerrivik is the mother of all sea creatures as a goddess of this North American people the Inuit |
| #5224, aired 2007-05-03 | THE 21st CENTURY ROCKS $1600: This band found "All The Right Reasons" "Far Away" in Canada Nickelback |
| #5200, aired 2007-03-30 | BROADWAY: IT'S A CRIME! $200: Gaston plots to kill the hulking, hairy hero of this musical (don't worry, kiddies--everything turns out all right) Beauty and the Beast |
| #5196, aired 2007-03-26 | WORLD CAPITALS $4,000 (Daily Double): The name of this South American city translates to "fair winds" Buenos Aires |
| #5193, aired 2007-03-21 | RARE BOGGLE WORDS $1200: That's right, you heard me! I found this item that addresses a lot of people a speaker |
| #5193, aired 2007-03-21 | LITERARY LASS LINES $1,800 (Daily Double): "It should be Christmas Day... on which one drinks the health of such an odious, stingy, hard, unfeeling man" (Mrs.) Cratchit |
| #5185, aired 2007-03-09 | DANCING WITH THE STARS $5,200 (Daily Double): This zodiac constellation is dominated by 2 stars; however, one is actually a complex system of at least 6 stars Gemini |
| #5178, aired 2007-02-28 | TALKING "HEAD"s $400: There were 5 during the invasion of Normandy, including Utah & Omaha beachheads |
| #5163, aired 2007-02-07 | ISLANDS $5,000 (Daily Double): This third-largest island in the world is shared by Brunei, Malaysia & Indonesia Borneo |
| #5158, aired 2007-01-31 | 2 FOR T $2,500 (Daily Double): Any Boy Scout could tell you it's a 10-letter word for "novice" tenderfoot |
| #5119, aired 2006-12-07 | AMERICANA $1000: Appropriately, this river flows into Long Island Sound just below New London, Connecticut Thames River |
| #5104, aired 2006-11-16 | THE ILIAD, MACBETH OR THE HOBBIT $600: 3 witches prophesy in a thunderstorm Macbeth |
| #5103, aired 2006-11-15 | WHAT'S ON THE TUBE? $1000: In June 2006 this movie channel premiered its first made-for-TV movie, "Broken Trail", starring Robert Duvall American Movie Classics (AMC) |
| #5103, aired 2006-11-15 | SMITH $1600: A New York City Fire Department fireboat is named for this 1928 pres. candidate known as the "Happy Warrior" Al Smith |
| #5099, aired 2006-11-09 | NOVELS $800: Edith Wharton's hero Ethan Frome is crippled by a suicidal run on this winter Olympic vehicle a bobsled |
| #5098, aired 2006-11-08 | WE LOVE BROADWAY $400 (Daily Double): (Before the clue is given, Kate Reinders from the Broadway play Wicked helps with the clue.)
"Popular /
You're gonna be pop-u-lar /
I'll teach you the proper ploys /
When you talk to boys /
Little ways to flirt and flounce--woww! /
I'll show you what shoes to wear /
How to fix your hair /
Everything that really counts to be /
Popular /
I'll help you be pop-u-lar /
You'll hang with the right cohorts /
You'll be good at sports /
Know the slang you gotta know /
So let's start /
'Cause you've got an awfully long way to go"
"Wicked" is based on a modern novel inspired by this classic L. Frank Baum book that took us "over the rainbow" The Wizard of Oz |
| #5097, aired 2006-11-07 | IRAQ $3,400 (Daily Double): In 1961, this country was granted independence, & Iraq argued it had been separated illegitimately Kuwait |
| #5092, aired 2006-10-31 | GEOGRAPHIC GLOSSARY $2,500 (Daily Double): Chadds this, Pennsylvania was originally a place to cross the Brandywine Ford |
| #5087, aired 2006-10-24 | ART & ARTISTS $2,000 (Daily Double): Lee Krasner, whose work is seen here, married this man in 1945 & they influenced each other's art Jackson Pollock |
| #5073, aired 2006-10-04 | POTPOURRI $400: A popular kids' book tells "The True Story of" this trio of oinkers--from the wolf's perspective the Three Little Pigs |
| #5056, aired 2006-09-11 | YOU DO THE MATH $1,000 (Daily Double): 1/2 plus 1/3 plus 1/10 plus 1/15 1 |
| #5051, aired 2006-07-24 | COLLEGE SPORTS $800: The athletic teams from Morehead State & Boston College share this nickname the Eagles |
| #5050, aired 2006-07-21 | BLAME IT ON THE REIGN $3,000 (Daily Double): ...of this English monarch, who made a truce with Saladin, ceding him Jerusalem Richard I (Richard the Lionhearted) |
| #5050, aired 2006-07-21 | FIRST-PERSON NARRATORS $3,600 (Daily Double): "It was when curiosity about Gatsby was at its highest that the lights in his house failed to go on..." Nick Carraway |
| #5042, aired 2006-07-11 | THE ROLES OF TOM CRUISE $200: Wannabe Ivy Leaguer Joel Goodson Risky Business |
| #5036, aired 2006-07-03 | THE U.S. CENSUS $3,400 (Daily Double): For 19 years in a row, it has had the highest- percentage population increase of any state Nevada |
| #5035, aired 2006-06-30 | PALINDROMIC WORDS $2,000 (Daily Double): An important article of religious faith a tenet |
| #5035, aired 2006-06-30 | MOSCOW KNOW-HOW $9,000 (Daily Double): (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Moscow, Russia.) Luminaries whose ashes are interred at the Kremlin Wall include this U.S. journalist portrayed in the movie "Reds" (John) Reed |
| #5022, aired 2006-06-13 | OLD WEST DESPERADOES $3,000 (Daily Double): On Oct. 5, 1892 5 members of this gang entered Coffeyville, Kansas to rob 2 banks; only Emmett survived the Dalton Gang |
| #5013, aired 2006-05-31 | U.S. COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $2,800 (Daily Double): Recovering from Katrina, it scheduled a makeup "lagniappe semester" starting in May 2006 Tulane |
| #5010, aired 2006-05-26 | HIGHLAND FLINGS $1,000 (Daily Double): In the 1750s this biographer studied law at the University of Edinburgh, where he fell in love with an actress James Boswell |
| #5008, aired 2006-05-24 | GEOMETRY $1200: One of this ancient Greek mathematician's axioms is that all right angles are congruent Euclid |
| #5002, aired 2006-05-16 | RADIO $1,000 (Daily Double): On April 3, 1936 a nation listened as Gabriel Heatter covered this man's execution Bruno Hauptmann |
| #4999, aired 2006-05-11 | IT'S NOT ALEX TREBEK $1000: It's not me seen here, it's this World War II-era British politician Neville Chamberlain |
| #4998, aired 2006-05-10 | LEGAL TYPES $1000: A "U.S." one is a judicial officer appointed by district court judges a magistrate |
| #4991, aired 2006-05-01 | CALENDAR LIT $2,000 (Daily Double): The title of this anti-war memoir refers to author Ron Kovic's birthday Born on the Fourth of July |
| #4986, aired 2006-04-24 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE $2,000 (Daily Double): This 1983 Pulitzer Prize winner is written in the form of letters, mostly from Celie to her sister & to God The Color Purple |
| #4986, aired 2006-04-24 | BIG FISH $2,000 (Daily Double): One of these freshwater pond fish was anything but "koi" when weighing in at 75 lbs., 11oz. in France in 1987 a carp |
| #4969, aired 2006-03-30 | LET'S TAKE A TRIP $1,000 (Daily Double): Anytime the head or tail of this Danish statue is vandalized, it's repaired using the original 1913 mold the Little Mermaid |
| #4962, aired 2006-03-21 | EGGHEADS $500 (Daily Double): She went to the U. of Denver at 15 & got a Ph.D. there studying the USSR; she's now in the Cabinet Condoleezza Rice |
| #4960, aired 2006-03-17 | & THANKS FOR ALL THE FISH $600: Pleuronectidae, one family of this fish, generally has eyes on the right side; another, Bothidae, on the left flounder |
| #4951, aired 2006-03-06 | MEDALS & DECORATIONS $3,989 (Daily Double): The 1st military campaign medal Congress approved, the Manila Bay Medal was known by the name of this adm. Dewey |
| #4949, aired 2006-03-02 | REMEMBERING RICKY NELSON $1000: This song heard here was Rick's last Top 40 hit, in 1972
"But it's all right now /
I've learned my lesson well /
You see, you can't please everyone..." "Garden Party" |
| #4943, aired 2006-02-22 | GET YOUR SITH TOGETHER $200: He's 7 feet tall & the Millennium Falcon's first mate, but he's not much of a conversationalist Chewbacca |
| #4940, aired 2006-02-17 | LET'S LOOK TO THE STARS $3,500 (Daily Double): In 1862 Alvan Clark discovered the first White Dwarf, a companion of this star also called Alpha Canis Majoris Sirius |
| #4939, aired 2006-02-16 | TV TEENS $1000: Stacey Farber & Aubrey Graham play Ellie Nash & Jimmy Brooks, 2 of the teens on this Canadian series Degrassi |
| #4924, aired 2006-01-26 | 5-SYLLABLE WORDS $1,000 (Daily Double): Having many sides, like diplomatic talks among more than 2 parties multilateral |
| #4921, aired 2006-01-23 | RIGHT ON "Q" $400: Mai oui, this province produces more maple syrup than all the U.S. states combined Quebec |
| #4919, aired 2006-01-19 | WHICH CRAFT $1,000 (Daily Double): "Fast" partner of the Mayflower that proved to be misnamed when it had to be abandoned in 1620 the Speedwell |
| #4917, aired 2006-01-17 | HISTORIC NAMES $400: This British adventurer liked to go by the initials T.E. instead of his given names Thomas Edward T.E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) |
| #4913, aired 2006-01-11 | TRUMAN CAPOTE $1000: Completes the first sentence of a Capote novel, "When was it that first I heard of the grass..." harp |
| #4913, aired 2006-01-11 | CLASSICAL CLASSICS $6,600 (Daily Double): Despite its name, this "Air" from Bach's Suite No. 3 was not inspired by the sight of a stripper's laundry drying on the line "(Air On The) G String" |
| #4905, aired 2005-12-30 | "SPIN" CITY $1,200 (Daily Double): Native to Asia, its species name is oleracea spinach |
| #4904, aired 2005-12-29 | BEFORE & AFTER $800: Choreographer of "Appalachian Spring" who teamed up with Crosby & Stills Martha Graham Nash |
| #4900, aired 2005-12-23 | NATIONAL MONUMENTS $1000: A nat'l monument near Mill Valley, Calif. named for this naturalist is known for its stand of ancient coast redwoods (John) Muir |
| #4895, aired 2005-12-16 | ABBOTT & COSTELLO'S BASEBALL TEAM $1000: Tell me that the name of this shortstop matters to you I Don't Care |
| #4880, aired 2005-11-25 | LITERARY QUOTATIONS $2000: This Poe plague "had long devastated the country. No pestilence had ever been so fatal" the Red Death |
| #4878, aired 2005-11-23 | HIDDEN INSTRUMENTS $1000: Neither Bilbo nor Gandalf knew any cool tunes on this organ (in nor gandalf) |
| #4848, aired 2005-10-12 | BLONDE AMBITION $600: She's starred in 2 "Charlie's Angels" movies & was the voice of Princess Fiona in 2 others Cameron Diaz |
| #4841, aired 2005-10-03 | THE LAND DOWN UNDER $5,500 (Daily Double): Located in a national park, it's about 1 1/2 miles long & rises 1,142 feet above the desert floor Ayers Rock |
| #4840, aired 2005-09-30 | SCIENTISTS $3,200 (Daily Double): It took a Russian, Lomonosov, to first record the freezing temperature of this metallic element, at about -40 mercury |
| #4838, aired 2005-09-28 | WE LOVE FOOTBALL ON TV $800: All right, we admit it, one reason we watch football on TV is to get a glimpse of this group seen here the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders |
| #4835, aired 2005-09-23 | ALL THE "RIGHT" MOVES $200: 60-footer of the North Atlantic a right whale |
| #4835, aired 2005-09-23 | ALL THE "RIGHT" MOVES $400: Bring up a pop-up menu by doing it with your mouse right-click |
| #4835, aired 2005-09-23 | ALL THE "RIGHT" MOVES $600: Hillary Clinton once said a "vast" this had existed "against my husband since the day he announced for president" a right-wing conspiracy |
| #4835, aired 2005-09-23 | ALL THE "RIGHT" MOVES $800: The text of the U.S. Constitution's Second Amendment deals with this the right to bear arms |
| #4835, aired 2005-09-23 | MILLION DOLLAR BABY $1,000 (Daily Double): Beauregard & Rhett are 2 of this billionaire's grown kids Ted Turner |
| #4835, aired 2005-09-23 | ALL THE "RIGHT" MOVES $1000: It's the correct 2-word prefix to the titles of earls & barons Right Honourable |
| #4834, aired 2005-09-22 | POW-ER $400: Alfred Nobel named this explosive after the Greek word for power dynamite |
| #4831, aired 2005-09-19 | SONNETS $7,800 (Daily Double): "When I consider how my light is spent" begins this sonnet about his loss of sight Milton |
| #4828, aired 2005-09-14 | ALONG BOSTON'S FREEDOM TRAIL $1000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Freedom Trail.) Begun in 1795, it's the building behind me that Oliver Wendell Holmes called the "hub of the solar system" the Bulfinch State House |
| #4827, aired 2005-09-13 | 20th CENTURY POP CULTURE $200: This TV shrink's toughest case was the unbelievably neurotic Elliott Carlin Bob Hartley (Bob Newhart accepted) |
| #4826, aired 2005-09-12 | UNIVERSITY LATIN CLASS $4,200 (Daily Double): Truthfully, it's Harvard's 1-word Latin motto "Veritas" |
| #4819, aired 2005-07-14 | ANATOMICALLY CORRECT $200 (Daily Double): This "superior" vein collects blood from all of a person's upper trunk, delivering it to the right atrium the superior vena cava |
| #4816, aired 2005-07-11 | A BOWL OF CHERRIES $1000: The name of this clear brandy is from German for "cherry" kirsch |
| #4815, aired 2005-07-08 | MOVIE TITLE PAIRS $2000: 1974:
Clint Eastwood &
Jeff Bridges Thunderbolt and Lightfoot |
| #4805, aired 2005-06-24 | PRESIDENTS & BASEBALL $1,000 (Daily Double): On April 19, 1909 Taft attended a home game of this team & probably had a hot dog or 9 the Washington Senators |
| #4789, aired 2005-06-02 | THE QUOTABLE BROWNINGS $2000: Completes the line from "Pippa Passes", "God's in His heaven--" all's right with the world |
| #4781, aired 2005-05-23 | IT CHANGED THE WORLD $1,600 (Daily Double): The papers that revolutionized modern physics were published in 1905 by a clerk of this city's patent office Bern |
| #4780, aired 2005-05-20 | RUSSIAN GEOGRAPHY $400 (Daily Double): Kaliningrad, a small piece of Russian territory, sits between Poland & Lithuania on this sea the Baltic Sea |
| #4780, aired 2005-05-20 | AUTHOR! ARTHUR! $3,200 (Daily Double): It's no mystery; he was knighted in 1902 for his work defending British policy in the Boer War Arthur Conan Doyle |
| #4774, aired 2005-05-12 | WOMEN PHOTOGRAPHERS $1600: Though she failed her college intro to photography course, her untitled film stills made the grade at MoMA Cindy Sherman |
| #4773, aired 2005-05-11 | PRESIDENTS $1,000 (Daily Double): During his administration, Custer made his last stand Grant |
| #4770, aired 2005-05-06 | PAINTERS' COLORS $2000: In Washington, D.C.: Vermeer's "Girl with" this color "Hat" red |
| #4766, aired 2005-05-02 | "N"VELOPED $3,200 (Daily Double): A webcam on this university's School of Communications is pointed at Lake Michigan Northwestern |
| #4765, aired 2005-04-29 | TV THEME SONGS $200: "It feels so right it can't be wrong, rockin' and rollin' all week long" Happy Days |
| #4765, aired 2005-04-29 | RELIGION $3,600 (Daily Double): A homophone of a weapon, it's the list of books making up scripture canon |
| #4760, aired 2005-04-22 | THE NEW YORKERS $5,200 (Daily Double): He was the first president born in New York Martin Van Buren |
| #4756, aired 2005-04-18 | PLAYING PRESIDENT $1,000 (Daily Double): William Parry was James Garfield in the originial production of this Sondheim musical Assassins |
| #4739, aired 2005-03-24 | THE VIOLENCE $4,000 (Daily Double): This system for informing people about abductions is named for an unfortunate 9-year-old Amber Alert |
| #4728, aired 2005-03-09 | BALANCHINE BALLETS $5,000 (Daily Double): The 3 muses who appear in Balanchine's ballet "Apollo" are Polyhymnia, Calliope & this muse of the dance Terpsichore |
| #4725, aired 2005-03-04 | CANADA, "A"? $1000: Centered in Nova Scotia, it was the name applied by France to its Atlantic coastal possessions in North America Acadia |
| #4722, aired 2005-03-01 | EGYPTIAN RELIGION $1200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Abu Simbel, Egypt.) The cow goddess Hothor becoming part-woman was one of Egypt's first examples of this--worship of gods in human form anthropomorphism |
| #4714, aired 2005-02-17 | OPERA $2,000 (Daily Double): In a Wagner opera, this title knight tells Elsa he'll marry her so long as she never asks his identity Lohengrin |
| #4713, aired 2005-02-16 | CATS $1,200 (Daily Double): The tail status determines the 4 varieties of this cat: Rumpy, Rumpy Riser, Stumpy & Longy the Manx |
| #4712, aired 2005-02-15 | OPERAS BY CHARACTER $400: Dick Deadeye, a sailor;
Admiral Sir Joseph Porter;
Captain Corcoran H.M.S. Pinafore |
| #4712, aired 2005-02-15 | THE STONES $1,500 (Daily Double): The black type of this October birthstone is quite rare, & more valuable than the fire variety opal |
| #4708, aired 2005-02-09 | LITERARY CROSSWORD CLUES "S" $6,000 (Daily Double): What "Requiem for a Nun" is to "Sanctuary"
(6) a sequel |
| #4693, aired 2005-01-19 | BUILDING FEATURES $800: All right. See the dome, players? Now see the little "domey" thing on top of the dome? That's called this, from the Latin for tub a cupola |
| #4693, aired 2005-01-19 | BUILDING FEATURES $1,000 (Daily Double): Of rooms usually found in real estate listings, the one on which a dormer window etymologically belongs the bedroom |
| #4690, aired 2005-01-14 | CHAPTERS IN 19th CENTURY LIT $1000: Chapters 1-4 of this classic start with "Jonathan Harker's Journal"; later we also get a peek at "Dr. Seward's Diary" Dracula |
| #4684, aired 2005-01-06 | NOW THAT'S INVENTIVE! $1,000 (Daily Double): In the '40s AT&T used a radio with no conventional vacuum tubes to demonstrate this device invented in its lab a transistor |
| #4677, aired 2004-12-28 | LETTER LETTER $800: It's all right: Cirque du Soleil's show at Vegas' Bellagio since 1998 & the last initial of Kafka's Joseph OK |
| #4659, aired 2004-12-02 | EXTREME TAKEOVER $4,000 (Daily Double): 1204:
Supposedly on their way to Jerusalem, Crusader knights sack this richest Christian city Constantinople |
| #4656, aired 2004-11-29 | TAKING STOCK $1000: IBM (stock symbol IBM) is short for this International Business Machines |
| #4654, aired 2004-11-25 | ASIA $6,200 (Daily Double): If you plan to walk from Beijing to Ulan Bator, take lots of water, as you'll be crossing this land region the Gobi Desert |
| #4653, aired 2004-11-24 | WHO WAS THE ENGLISH MONARCH WHEN... $6,600 (Daily Double): ...Napoleon lost at Waterloo George III |
| #4650, aired 2004-11-19 | THE BODY HUMAN $600: It's the area of hardened skin at the base & sides of your fingernails, or a protective outer layer of a hair cuticle |
| #4636, aired 2004-11-01 | SPORTS MOVIES BY CHARACTERS $2000: Carl Spackler,
Ty Webb,
Lacey Underall Caddyshack |
| #4620, aired 2004-10-08 | BILLIE HOLIDAY $6,000 (Daily Double): In 1933 John Hammond signed her to this record company that shares its name with a state capital Columbia |
| #4607, aired 2004-09-21 | SILENT "P" $400: An extinct flying reptile from the Cretaceous Period, it had a wingspan of about 25 feet a pteranodon |
| #4604, aired 2004-09-16 | U.S. FACTS & FIGURES $800: The median age in California, it's also the speed of an old vinyl record album 33 1/3 |
| #4595, aired 2004-07-23 | TRANSPORTATION $600 (Daily Double): In 1994 the trip across this body of water was cut from a little more than an hour to about 35 minutes the English Channel |
| #4592, aired 2004-07-20 | MOTHER GOOSE NOIR $200: He was dead all right; yolk stain central & all the boss' nags & joes weren't bringin' this guy back, either Humpty Dumpty |
| #4590, aired 2004-07-16 | THE TOWER $4,200 (Daily Double): Upon its completion in 1930, the Chrysler Building beat out this structure as the world's tallest the Eiffel Tower |
| #4585, aired 2004-07-09 | THE QUEEN'S ENGLISH $3,800 (Daily Double): The Brits use the Latin curriculum vitae; we use a French word for this document a résumé |
| #4585, aired 2004-07-09 | KENNEDY FAMILY MEMBERS $6,400 (Daily Double): Lost the 1980 Democratic presidential nomination to Jimmy Carter Ted Kennedy |
| #4582, aired 2004-07-06 | THE EMERALD ISLE $2,000 (Daily Double): At about 230 miles, it's not only the longest river in Ireland, it's the longest in the British Isles the River Shannon |
| #4582, aired 2004-07-06 | PEARLS OF WISDOM $5,000 (Daily Double): A 17th century writer:
"Angling can be said to be so like the mathematics, that it can never be fully learnt" Izaak Walton |
| #4581, aired 2004-07-05 | 9-LETTER WORDS $4,000 (Daily Double): A descendant of 17th century Dutch settlers in South Africa Afrikaner |
| #4579, aired 2004-07-01 | SOUNDS FISHY TO ME! $200 (Daily Double): The pigfish is a type of this fish named for a noise it makes when taken out of the water a grunt |
| #4579, aired 2004-07-01 | WORLD RELIGION $1000: One of the great Hindu gods, he's also called the "Preserver" Vishnu |
| #4575, aired 2004-06-25 | BARTENDING $1,100 (Daily Double): A tiny amount of soda or water added to a drink, or a popular mermaid movie a splash |
| #4575, aired 2004-06-25 | EARLY 19th CENTURY AMERICA $5,100 (Daily Double): On March 1, 1803 it became the first state created out of the Northwest Territory Ohio |
| #4575, aired 2004-06-25 | COINED WORDS & PHRASES $11,200 (Daily Double): A late arrival to manned space flight, this country's space pilots are called taikonauts China |
| #4573, aired 2004-06-23 | RICHARD III $800: The century in which Richard lived all 32 years of his scheming life the 15th |
| #4573, aired 2004-06-23 | DEAR JOHN $3,600 (Daily Double): In 1873 he "plowed" into politics & became the second mayor of Moline, Illinois John Deere |
| #4570, aired 2004-06-18 | INSECTS $2,600 (Daily Double): About 30% of all animal species are these insects which include the whirligig & weevil families beetles |
| #4562, aired 2004-06-08 | 4-LETTER WORDS $8,500 (Daily Double): From the Latin words for "no one" & "empty" come these 2 words that cancel a contract null & void |
| #4560, aired 2004-06-04 | BUSINESSMEN $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1913 he spent some of those nickels & dimes to build in NYC what was then the world's tallest building Woolworth |
| #4552, aired 2004-05-25 | COUNTRY SINGERS' NO. 1 HITS $1000: "Sixteen Tons" (Tennessee Ernie) Ford |
| #4548, aired 2004-05-19 | BRITISH POETS & POETRY $1600: He wrote the lines "The lark's on the wing, the snail's on the thorn, God's in his heaven, all's right with the world" Robert Browning |
| #4544, aired 2004-05-13 | 20th CENTURY WOMEN $200 (Daily Double): "Brooklyn Bridge" was one of the last of her NYC paintings before she moved permanently to New Mexico Georgia O'Keeffe |
| #4543, aired 2004-05-12 | 10-LETTER WORDS $2000: The proper way to address bishops & foreign ambassadors is his or her this your excellency |
| #4541, aired 2004-05-10 | CROSSWORD CLUES "D" $800: He's the shadowy Watergate source
(4,6) "Deep Throat" |
| #4536, aired 2004-05-03 | RIGHT ON THE MONEY $800: This cabinet department's seal appears on all U.S. paper currency Treasury |
| #4532, aired 2004-04-27 | WHATCHA GONNA DO? $400: Gonna sit right down & read all 1,408 pages of this 19th century novel featuring Maria Ignatyevna Peronsky War and Peace |
| #4524, aired 2004-04-15 | SHIPS $2,000 (Daily Double): On July 24, 1969 the U.S.S. Hornet was in the Pacific waiting for these men the crew of Apollo 11 |
| #4494, aired 2004-03-04 | FA"Q"s $800: It's how often the Summer Olympics are held quadrennially |
| #4485, aired 2004-02-20 | 19th CENTURY AMERICA $2,006 (Daily Double): At noon on April 22, 1889 settlers rushed to claim land in this new territory: many entered "sooner" than noon Oklahoma |
| #4484, aired 2004-02-19 | SPORTS $2000: (Hi, I'm Becky Hammon.) I'm carrying a torch--not for someone, but on my uniform as a member of this WNBA team the New York Liberty |
| #4480, aired 2004-02-13 | IT WAS IN ALL THE PAPERS $1600: On June 23, 2003, he denounced the California recall movement as "Partisan mischief by the right wing" Gray Davis |
| #4479, aired 2004-02-12 | COMEDY FILMS $2000: Kirsten Dunst had all the right moves as captain of a cheerleading squad in this 2000 film Bring It On |
| #4478, aired 2004-02-11 | MEDIEVAL EUROPE $700 (Daily Double): On October 14, 1066, the Duke of Normandy defeated the troops of Harold II near this town Hastings |
| #4411, aired 2003-11-10 | BEFORE & AFTER $400: Inventor of the telephone who's a nice salad ingredient Alexander Graham Bell pepper |
| #4390, aired 2003-10-10 | I FEEL LIKE SUCH AN IDIOM! $800: An enthusiastic hard worker is often described as one of these zealous rodents eager beaver (or busy beaver) |
| #4367, aired 2003-09-09 | ROAD MOVIES $400: Classic 1950 film that includes the line "All right, Mr. De Mille, I'm ready for my close-up" Sunset Boulevard |
| #4364, aired 2003-07-17 | BIBLICAL RHYME TIME $1600: Calamine & Jergens from the "land" where the Hebrews began the Exodus Goshen's lotions |
| #4309, aired 2003-05-01 | HISTORIC MOMENTS $800: On March 30, 1865 General Fitzhugh Lee was enjoying a shad bake & missed the Battle of Five Forks in this war the Civil War |
| #4296, aired 2003-04-14 | 10-LETTER "W"ORDS $2,000 (Daily Double): It's the breed of dog seen here in a photo by William Wegman Weimaraner |
| #4281, aired 2003-03-24 | "O" BABY! $400: "Strike them all dead! What right have they to butcher me?" says Fagin in this Dickens tale "Oliver Twist" |
| #4254, aired 2003-02-13 | ___ OG $400: "Pea Soup" describes a dense one fog |
| #4230, aired 2003-01-10 | AROUND THE WORLD $700 (Daily Double): This mountain range, whose name means "abode of snow" in Sanskrit, has more than 30 peaks towering above 25,000 feet the Himalayas |
| #4230, aired 2003-01-10 | AROUND THE WORLD $1000: This Iraqi capital was founded on the western bank of the Tigris River in 762 A.D. by the Abbasid Caliph Al-Mansur Baghdad |
| #4230, aired 2003-01-10 | OLD TESTAMENT NAMES $1,500 (Daily Double): On Passover, it's traditional to set aside a special cup of wine for this prophet who went to heaven in a chariot of fire Elijah |
| #4199, aired 2002-11-28 | THE CARS $1600: It's a "no-brainer" to tell us that in 1984 this Cars video won MTV's first Video of the Year award "You Might Think" |
| #4195, aired 2002-11-22 | ANIMAL QUOTES $600: "All right", said this animal: "and this time it vanished quite slowly, beginning with the end of the tail" Cheshire Cat |
| #4194, aired 2002-11-21 | TAKE A LETTER $600: This letter paired with "H" at the end of a word sometimes results in an "F" sound P (or) G |
| #4175, aired 2002-10-25 | "BI" WORDS $1000: A 2000th anniversary bimillennium (or a bimillennial) |
| #4141, aired 2002-09-09 | ALL ABOUT FOOTBALL $800: RG stands for this position (& perhaps for his deodorant, too) right guard |
| #4139, aired 2002-09-05 | THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION $1200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew holds some lamps.) On the night of April 18, 1775, in Boston's Old North Church, it's what Robert Newman signalled like this the British were coming |
| #4135, aired 2002-07-19 | SEASON FINALES $1600: In the sixth season finale of this "Star Trek" series Jadzia Dax died...well, Jadzia died...it's hard to explain Deep Space Nine |
| #4129, aired 2002-07-11 | PEOPLE $1000: (All right, let's get the clue from Vanna.) I'm wearing a gown by this single-named designer who was often seen at Studio 54 with his friend Liza Minnelli Halston |
| #4124, aired 2002-07-04 | THE FLAGPOLE $400: Originally a flagpole was just a straight one of these cut, trimmed & treated a tree trunk |
| #4119, aired 2002-06-27 | BEATLES LYRICS $400: (Alex: All right, we need you to name the song, players.) "But if you go carrying pictures of Chairman Mao, you ain't going to make it with anyone anyhow" "Revolution" |
| #4087, aired 2002-05-14 | THEY'VE BEEN BENCHED $5,200 (Daily Double): He resigned from the Supreme Court in 1916 to run for president & was reappointed in 1930 as chief justice Charles Evans Hughes |
| #4085, aired 2002-05-10 | THIS CATEGORY STINKS! $2,000 (Daily Double): The strong odor of this semi-aquatic rodent gives it its name the muskrat |
| #4084, aired 2002-05-09 | MASTERS $9,000 (Daily Double): Van Gogh & Kandinsky were in this modern art "show" named for the NYC military building where it was held in 1913 the Armory Show |
| #4082, aired 2002-05-07 | PLAYBILL $5,000 (Daily Double): This musical's "American Dream" ended on B'way after 4,097 performances--& a lot of helicopter flights Miss Saigon |
| #4080, aired 2002-05-03 | 18 YEARS OF LEFTOVERS $400: From Season 14:
21-year-old Frances Folsom married 49-year-old Grover Cleveland in this "colorful" room the Blue Room |
| #4080, aired 2002-05-03 | KING ME! $3,000 (Daily Double): He was deposed by the Bavarian government in 1886; must've made him really "Mad" Ludwig II |
| #4074, aired 2002-04-25 | IT'S A GIRL! $1,200 (Daily Double): This 1960 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel is set in a small Alabama town & narrated by a young girl To Kill a Mockingbird |
| #4066, aired 2002-04-15 | HEARD OF HARDING $400 (Daily Double): Nickname of Suite 404 in Chicago's Blackstone Hotel where the deal was made to nominate Harding a "smoke-filled room" |
| #4059, aired 2002-04-04 | WHERE, OH WHERE? $400: This vast bay can be considered an arm of the Atlantic or of the Arctic Ocean, to which it's linked by Foxe Basin Hudson Bay |
| #4057, aired 2002-04-02 | 20th CENTURY BRITAIN $5,000 (Daily Double): On Oct. 31, 1956 British & French bombs destroyed much of this country's air force Egypt |
| #4043, aired 2002-03-13 | SHALL WE DANCE? $600: (Jimmy & Cheryl of the Clue Crew demonstrate a dance.) The original name of this dance would have fit in a "triple talk" category cha-cha (**cha-cha-cha) |
| #4033, aired 2002-02-27 | SEPTEMBER SONGS $100 (Daily Double): Diana Ross' first solo No. 1 Hit, it "peaked" in September 1970 "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" |
| #4026, aired 2002-02-18 | I DO IMPRESSIONS $200: Well, Pilgrim (that's really all you need right?) I made over 175 films but only won 1 Oscar, for a 1969 film, a-yup John Wayne |
| #3993, aired 2002-01-02 | BEFORE, AFTER $900 (Daily Double): They're the 2 different names of this city before & after the events seen here Saigon & Ho Chi Minh City |
| #3983, aired 2001-12-19 | REMEMBER THE '60s? $1,000 (Daily Double): Hundreds died in a student protest in Mexico City on Oct. 2, 1968, 10 days before these opened Summer Olympics |
| #3983, aired 2001-12-19 | SWAN LAKE $5,000 (Daily Double): The director of this theater hired Tchaikovsky to score the ballet, then called "The Lake of the Swan" Bolshoi |
| #3962, aired 2001-11-20 | BEFORE & AFTER $600: "Lucille"-strumming blues guitarist who reigned as a boy king of Egypt B.B. King Tut |
| #3960, aired 2001-11-16 | TRICKY QUESTIONS $200: Gary's mother had 3 children, one named April, one named June & one named this Gary |
| #3955, aired 2001-11-09 | 2 OUT OF 3 AIN'T BAD $200: Of Kix, Trix & Crispix, this cereal maker makes 2 General Mills |
| #3950, aired 2001-11-02 | NOBEL LAUREATES SPEAK $200: (Hi, I'm Dr. David Baltimore.) In 1975 I shared a Nobel Prize for my work in virology; this molecule found in all living cells consists of thousands of chemical units called nucleotides DNA |
| #3950, aired 2001-11-02 | NOBEL LAUREATES SPEAK $400: (Hi, I'm Rudy Marcus, Nobel Prize winner in chemistry.) Ferrous sulfide is produced when these 2 elements are heated together iron & sulphur |
| #3950, aired 2001-11-02 | NOBEL LAUREATES SPEAK $1000: (Hi, I'm Dr. Alan Heeger, Nobel prize winner in chemistry.) In 1936 this German-born biochemist discovered his "cycle" of metabolism & energy production Hans Krebs |
| #3944, aired 2001-10-25 | FIRST LADIES $2,800 (Daily Double): Her feelings about thespians might have been improved when Sarah Bernhardt reportedly saved her life in 1880 Mary Todd Lincoln |
| #3935, aired 2001-10-12 | THE EARL SHOW $1000: Good Lord! Photographer Antony Armstrong-Jones was made Earl of this in 1961 Snowdon |
| #3923, aired 2001-09-26 | RIGHT ON THE MONEY $500: Current U.S. bills state that "This note is legal tender for all debts, public and" this private |
| #3905, aired 2001-07-20 | THE HALL OF FAMOUS MISSOURIANS $400: He's "The Man" all right! In 2000, he became the first sports player inducted into the Hall Stan Musial |
| #3899, aired 2001-07-12 | POETS & POETRY $800: It completes the Robert Browning line "God's in His heaven..." ...all's right with the world |
| #3826, aired 2001-04-02 | PIGSKIN PIX $500: High school football player Tom Cruise has these, the title of a 1983 film co-starring Lea Thompson All The Right Moves |
| #3787, aired 2001-02-06 | AMERICAN HISTORY $200: Custer's Last Stand is also known by the oxymoronic name "Little Big" this Horn |
| #3787, aired 2001-02-06 | "GOLD"EN NUGGETS $400: For his role in "Cast Away", Tom Hanks won one of these awards in 2001 a Golden Globe |
| #3752, aired 2000-12-19 | DID I HEAR THAT RIGHT? $100: "Saturday Night Live" editorialist Emily Litella wasn't sure why all the fuss about these "on television" Violins |
| #3750, aired 2000-12-15 | WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY? $200: (Hi, I'm Wayne Brady of Whose Line Is It Anyway?) This comedian reportedly uttered the now classic line, "Anyone who hates children and dogs can't be all bad" W.C. Fields |
| #3739, aired 2000-11-30 | SHAKESPEAREAN BEFORE & AFTER $1000: Hero of Agincourt who goes solo on a date with 2 other couples Henry V Wheel |
| #3738, aired 2000-11-29 | SINGERS' AUTOBIOGRAPHIES $800 (Daily Double): "I Used to be an Animal, but I'm All Right Now" Eric Burdon (who was in The Animals) |
| #3699, aired 2000-10-05 | AROUND THE WORLD $600: The University of British Columbia is based in this city, British Columbia's largest Vancouver |
| #3697, aired 2000-10-03 | THE SOLAR SYSTEM $1000: (All right players, take a look at the monitor, and here's Bill Nye, the Science Guy:) The dividing line between the light and the dark side of the moon is called this [puts on shades, as lights go out] "I'll be back." the terminator |
| #3692, aired 2000-09-26 | FAMOUS BUILDINGS $100: U.S. Army engineers built it in the early 1940s to house all of what was then the offices of the Department of War Pentagon |
| #3661, aired 2000-07-03 | DOCUMENTARIES $1000: Wim Wenders directed this acclaimed 1999 film about legendary Cuban musicians The Buena Vista Social Club |
| #3621, aired 2000-05-08 | ALL ABOUT THE PRESIDENCY $600: The presidential seal features an eagle with arrows in its left talon & this in its right representing peace Olive branches |
| #3564, aired 2000-02-17 | HITS OF THE '90s $500: The refrain of his hit "Lullaby" is "Everything's gonna be all right, rock-a-bye..." Shawn Mullins |
| #3562, aired 2000-02-15 | OOH, A WISE GUY $200: This Greek taught the theorem of hypotenuses of right triangles & said that all things are numbers Pythagoras |
| #3526, aired 1999-12-27 | L.A. 2000 $500: In 2000 Angelenos will be enjoying the new Staples Center that's home to 2 NBA teams & this NHL team the Los Angeles Kings |
| #3507, aired 1999-11-30 | MOVIE QUOTES $400: 1984:
"The numbers all go to 11...right across the board..." "Most amps go up to 10?..." "These go to 11" This Is Spinal Tap |
| #3507, aired 1999-11-30 | MOVIE QUOTES $500: 1939:
"You all think I'm licked. Well, I'm not licked, & I'm going to stay right here & fight for this just cause" Mr. Smith Goes to Washington |
| #3498, aired 1999-11-17 | ALL "STAR"S $400: It's a term for the right-hand side of a ship, facing forward starboard |
| #3494, aired 1999-11-11 | A "MAN"LY CATEGORY $200: It's the island we're all standing on right now Manhattan |
| #3491, aired 1999-11-08 | SNOW WHITE'S FORGOTTEN DWARFS $300: Though that canine skin disease caused by mites has cleared up, he still has this nickname Mangy |
| #3375, aired 1999-04-16 | LETTER AFTER F $1000: In the complete initials of the president of South Africa in 1990 W (F.W. de Klerk) |
| #3363, aired 1999-03-31 | U.S. PRESIDENTS $100: In 1985 he said that freedom was "The universal right of all God's children" Ronald Reagan |
| #3359, aired 1999-03-25 | UNIVERSAL "STUDIO"s $500: Elvis recorded "That's All Right" at this Memphis production facility & the rest is history Sun Records Studio |
| #3353, aired 1999-03-17 | CONSUMER PRODUCTS $500: This all-purpose "Formula" for cleaning is named after the number of tries it took to get it right Formula 409 |
| #3329, aired 1999-02-11 | ALL "RIGHT" $100: Avian term for a conservative Right-winger |
| #3329, aired 1999-02-11 | ALL "RIGHT" $200: 4 of them are formed by the perpendicular intersection of 2 straight lines Right angles |
| #3329, aired 1999-02-11 | ALL "RIGHT" $300: Lesser-known hits by these "brothers" include "Ebb Tide", "Dream On" & "Just Once In My Life" The Righteous Brothers |
| #3329, aired 1999-02-11 | ALL "RIGHT" $400: The customary or legal right of one vehicle to proceed ahead of another Right-of-way |
| #3329, aired 1999-02-11 | ALL "RIGHT" $500: Chuck Yeager had this title quality in a 1979 Tom Wolfe work The Right Stuff |
| #3329, aired 1999-02-11 | FAMOUS LAST WORDS $600: This turn of the century British sci-fi author's last words were "Go away...I'm all right"; he wasn't! H.G. Wells |
| #3304, aired 1999-01-07 | WE'RE IN-SEINE $400: All that's left of this palace built on the right bank for Catherine de Medicis is its gardens Tuileries |
| #3293, aired 1998-12-23 | A CHRISTMAS SONGBOOK $300: Elvis sang, "You'll be doin' all right with your Christmas of white, but I'll have" this a blue Christmas |
| #3270, aired 1998-11-20 | REUNIONS $3,100 (Daily Double): (Hey, what's happening? I'm Mark McGrath of Sugar Ray. The answer is…) While touring in 1996, we played with Johnny Rotten & this group who had reunited the Sex Pistols |
| #3260, aired 1998-11-06 | THE MAP OF EUROPE $200: Of Norway, Sweden & Denmark, this one is the largest in area Sweden |
| #3220, aired 1998-09-11 | THE CIVIL WAR $500: In 1846 this Confederate general "charged" to the bottom of his graduating class at West Point George Pickett |
| #3217, aired 1998-09-08 | ANAGRAMMED U.S. CITIES $500: LATE SET, Washington Seattle |
| #3216, aired 1998-09-07 | COMMON BONDS $200: Larks,
crickets,
informers things that sing (things that chirp accepted) |
| #3202, aired 1998-06-30 | ALL THUMBS $1000: It's what the dictionary on the right is as opposed to the dictionary on the left: thumb-indexed |
| #3185, aired 1998-06-05 | BAD HAIR DAYS $500: This Irish singer had more than a bad hair day when she tore the pope's picture on "Saturday Night Live" Sinead O'Connor |
| #1, aired 1998-05-03 | ROOMIES $1,600 (Daily Double): (Vivian and Marian, the San Francisco Twins, deliver the clue in person and in unison.) These co-stars & co-writers of "Good Will Hunting" were co-renters of a place in L.A. Ben Affleck & Matt Damon |
| #3141, aired 1998-04-06 | BEFORE & AFTER $500: A Baskin-Robbins treat used for top secret discussion on "Get Smart" Ice Cream Cone of Silence |
| #3139, aired 1998-04-02 | ..."UM" $200: As any "P.I." could tell you, it holds twice as much as the usual wine bottle a magnum |
| #3131, aired 1998-03-23 | GARY WRITES A NOVEL $200: Gary decided to write a novel after getting a story published in this literary magazine named for an ocean The Atlantic (Monthly) |
| #3128, aired 1998-03-18 | ALL EARS $200: Measuring about 5 feet wide, the ears of the African species of this are the largest of any animal elephant |
| #3127, aired 1998-03-17 | CLASSIC GAME SHOW THEMES $100: [theme music] The Newlywed Game |
| #3127, aired 1998-03-17 | CLASSIC GAME SHOW THEMES $500: [theme music] the original Jeopardy! theme |
| #3101, aired 1998-02-09 | TV FROM THE NEXT ROOM $200: "Michael, all right, then promise me something: for today, for this 22nd anniversary, no fighting with Daddy, please!" All in the Family |
| #3094, aired 1998-01-29 | NEW JERSEYITES $1,200 (Daily Double): Pair seen here, they were both born in New Jersey
"All right, you take Joan and I'll take Sandra."
"Oh, Sandra sends me."
"Well then I'll take Joan!"
"Joan sends me too."
"Now listen, you... I'm going to send you!"
"Sorry, you don't even appeal to me." Abbott & Costello |
| #3052, aired 1997-12-02 | REEL MEN OF THE CLOTH $500: In 1947 David Niven was in "The Bishop's Wife"; in 1996 Denzel Washington starred in this remake The Preacher's Wife |
| #3049, aired 1997-11-27 | U.S. CITIES $1000: Alaska's largest city, it's also the state's commerce & transportation center Anchorage |
| #3043, aired 1997-11-19 | POLITICAL QUOTES $1,800 (Daily Double): Famous politician heard here on Sept. 23, 1952:
"The kids, like all kids, love the dog and I just want to say this right now that regardless of what they say about it, we're going to keep him..." Richard Nixon |
| #3000, aired 1997-09-19 | LOOK TO THE FUTURE $3,500 (Daily Double): Legend says his tomb reads "Rex Quondum, Rexque Futurus", "The Once And Future King" King Arthur |
| #2950, aired 1997-05-30 | POETS & POETRY $400: In Robert Browning's "Pippa Passes", "God's in" this place -- "all's right with the world" His heaven |
| #2844, aired 1997-01-02 | SCIENTISTS $400: In 1661 Isaac Newton entered this university's Trinity College as a subsizar, a student with domestic duties Cambridge |
| #2827, aired 1996-12-10 | RICHARD GERE FILMS $400: As a Naval cadet Gere suffered 13 weeks of agony under drill sergeant Louis Gossett, Jr. in this film An Officer and a Gentleman |
| #2808, aired 1996-11-13 | THE DREADED OPERA CATEGORY $1,000 (Daily Double): Ramfis is the high priest of Egypt in this Verdi opera Aida |
| #2807, aired 1996-11-12 | FIRST LADIES $400: Her sister Lee was maid of honor at her 1953 wedding in Newport, Rhode Island Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy |
| #2807, aired 1996-11-12 | FAMILIAR PHRASES $500: The origin of this phrase is unknown, since chickens don't seem to get angry in the rain mad as a wet hen |
| #2760, aired 1996-09-06 | AMERICAN AUTHORS $3,800 (Daily Double): A collection of his letters, "From Main Street to Stockholm", was published posthumously in 1952 Sinclair Lewis |
| #2756, aired 1996-09-02 | THE 1996 OLYMPICS $200: Karch Kiraly became the only player to win a 3rd gold medal in this sport, indoors or out volleyball |
| #2695, aired 1996-04-26 | FIRST LADIES $200: Julia Grant was the first president's wife to write one, but it wasn't published until 1975 *memoir (**autobiography) |
| #2691, aired 1996-04-22 | MYTHOLOGY $200: Aconite, a poisonous plant, was infected by the venom that dripped from this watchdog of Hades Cerberus |
| #2653, aired 1996-02-28 | DECEMBER $1,500 (Daily Double): He married Mary Godwin in December 1816, 3 weeks after his first wife's body was recovered from a lake (Percy) Shelley |
| #2626, aired 1996-01-22 | ALL ABOUT AUTHORS $1,000 (Daily Double): He had "The Right Stuff" to illustrate his own book about art criticism, "The Painted Word" (Tom) Wolfe |
| #2595, aired 1995-12-08 | TRAVEL & TOURISM $1,200 (Daily Double): Lodgings in this capital city include the Hotel de l'Annapurna & the Hotel Himalaya Kathmandu |
| #2569, aired 1995-11-02 | THE BODY HUMAN $600: This long tube includes the mouth, pharynx, esophagus, stomach, small intestine & large intestine the alimentary canal (the digestive tract) |
| #2545, aired 1995-09-29 | POETRY $1,000 (Daily Double): Title location of Thomas Gray when he wrote, "Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife" a (country) churchyard |
| #2530, aired 1995-09-08 | EUROPE $800: In 1815 the Congress of Vienna united Belgium with this country Luxembourg (or The Netherlands) |
| #2522, aired 1995-07-18 | RHYME TIME $300: A nervous dealer who buys stolen goods a tense fence |
| #2425, aired 1995-03-03 | BAYS $200: All islands within this 475,000-square-mile bay belong to Canada's Northwest Territories Hudson Bay (Hudson's Bay) |
| #2419, aired 1995-02-23 | CATHEDRALS $100 (Daily Double): Name of the Moscow cathedral seen here: St. Basil's |
| #2371, aired 1994-12-19 | TRAVEL & TOURISM $400 (Daily Double): You'll find 73 golf courses in the area around this South Carolina "Beach" Myrtle Beach |
| #2334, aired 1994-10-27 | ALL THE MARBLES $1000: Of the 7 Ancient Wonders, this one was a marble tomb Mausoleum at Halicarnassus |
| #2250, aired 1994-05-20 | HAIL TO THE CHIEF $1000: In 1881 America had 3 presidents: Hayes, Garfield & this man Chester Arthur |
| #2220, aired 1994-04-08 | ODDS & ENDS $300: In a hospital, I.C.C.U. stands for this intensive cardiac care unit |
| #2219, aired 1994-04-07 | THE PARTRIDGE FAMILY $600 (Daily Double): Of their 7 Top 40 hits, only this song reached No. 1:
"I was sleeping and right in the middle of a good dream / Like all at once I wake up from something that keeps knocking at my brain / Before I go insane..." "I Think I Love You" |
| #2168, aired 1994-01-26 | "Mc"PEOPLE $1000: From 1968-1981 this former defense secretary was president of the World Bank Robert McNamara |
| #2166, aired 1994-01-24 | FASHION HISTORY $200: This jacket named for an Indian prime minister had a mandarin-style collar a Nehru jacket |
| #2162, aired 1994-01-18 | INVENTORS HALL OF FAME $600: One reason Max Tishler was inducted was for his synthesis of this B vitamin, also called riboflavin B2 |
| #2129, aired 1993-12-02 | ANCIENT ATHENIANS $3,000 (Daily Double): This man whose law code replaced Draco's was called one of the Seven Wise Men of Greece Solon |
| #2103, aired 1993-10-27 | IN OTHER WORDS... $400: Be cognizant of a hurricane's direction know which way the wind is blowing |
| #2046, aired 1993-06-28 | AMERICAN HISTORY $200: This 1848 event made the California trail the most traveled pioneer road by 1850 gold strike |
| #2033, aired 1993-06-09 | POLITICIANS $800: This oilman, not McGee, served as Oklahoma's governor from 1943 to 1947 Robert S. Kerr |
| #2032, aired 1993-06-08 | AMERICAN HISTORY $1,400 (Daily Double): This Pilgrim couple was married around 1623 & had 11 children John & Priscilla Alden |
| #2030, aired 1993-06-04 | "GREAT" GEOGRAPHY $300: Fodor's says the No. 1 law for people viewing this Aussie landmark is "don't remove the coral" the Great Barrier Reef |
| #2023, aired 1993-05-26 | GODS & GODDESSES $100: Hermes was also known for conducting souls to this wretched place Hades |
| #2015, aired 1993-05-14 | POP & ROCK MUSIC $2,000 (Daily Double): This group won 3 1992 Billboard Music Awards for the single heard here Boyz II Men |
| #2012, aired 1993-05-11 | TV DOLLS $400: Identify the show if you can *90210, **Beverly Hills 90210 |
| #1984, aired 1993-04-01 | GENERAL SCIENCE $400: About 70% of this pungent gas produced is converted into fertilizer ammonia |
| #1977, aired 1993-03-23 | POETRY $1000: It follows "the lark's on the wing; the snail's on the thorn; God's in his heaven..." all's right with the world |
| #1946, aired 1993-02-08 | NUTRITION $800: Excessive intake of this element causes fluid retention & may contribute to high blood pressure sodium |
| #1929, aired 1993-01-14 | BOOKS ON AUDIOTAPE $600 (Daily Double): Other Weight Watchers might enjoy hearing this British actress read "The Anastasia Syndrome" Lynn Redgrave |
| #1928, aired 1993-01-13 | LEFTOVERS $200: This 1950 film ends with Gloria Swanson saying, "All right, Mr. De Mille, I'm ready for my close-up" Sunset Boulevard |
| #1928, aired 1993-01-13 | LEFTOVERS $600: The third leg of horse racing's Triple Crown is named for this banker & diplomat (August) Belmont |
| #1921, aired 1993-01-04 | IN OTHER WORDS... $100: Renowned final utterances famous last words |
| #1918, aired 1992-12-30 | HAIL TO THE CHIEF $2,700 (Daily Double): He was the last of 3 presidents to serve in 1881 Arthur |
| #1914, aired 1992-12-24 | BELLS & WHISTLES $600: A theatrical superstition says whistling here is a no-no in the dressing room |
| #1905, aired 1992-12-11 | U.S. STAMPS $200: A 1974 stamp celebrating this tale showed the headless horseman in pursuit of Ichabod Crane "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" |
| #1878, aired 1992-11-04 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $600 (Daily Double): This actor received a 1991 Tony nomination for the show in which he sang the following:
"Never met a man I didn't like / Highfalutin' gent or bowery bum" Keith Carradine |
| #1874, aired 1992-10-29 | COUNTRY SINGERS $300: A year before he recorded "By The Time I Get to Phoenix", he played guitar on the Beach Boys' "Good Vibrations" Glen Campbell |
| #1873, aired 1992-10-28 | JAZZ $600: His "The Girl From Ipanema" won the Grammy for Record of the Year in 1964; the first jazz record to do so Stan Getz |
| #1871, aired 1992-10-26 | SONG STANDARDS $600: "And its torment won't be through till you let me spend my life making love to you" then "Night And Day" |
| #1871, aired 1992-10-26 | SONG STANDARDS $700 (Daily Double): It's the question asked in "I Got Rhythm" Who could ask for anything more? |
| #1854, aired 1992-10-01 | THE 1991 OSCARS $1,000 (Daily Double): These "Rambling Rose" co-stars were the first mother & daughter ever nominated in the same year Laura Dern & Diane Ladd |
| #1852, aired 1992-09-29 | FILMS OF THE '90s $400: This 1991 William Hurt film was based on the book "A Taste of My Own Medicine" The Doctor |
| #1839, aired 1992-09-10 | DRAMA $500: In 1989 actress Pauline Collins won Olivier & Tony awards for this one-woman show "Shirley Valentine" |
| #1839, aired 1992-09-10 | ANCIENT TIMES $2,000 (Daily Double): Some sources say this ancient wonder was built by Semiramis, a legendary queen of Assyria the hanging garden of Babylon |
| #1831, aired 1992-07-13 | ANCIENT HISTORY $500 (Daily Double): The Senate gave Octavian this title, which means "exalted" or "sacred", in January 27 B.C. Augustus |
| #1794, aired 1992-05-21 | THE BILL OF RIGHTS $400: "In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy & public" one of these a trial |
| #1794, aired 1992-05-21 | LANGUAGES $2,300 (Daily Double): It's the only Slavic language that is an official language of the United Nations Russian |
| #1775, aired 1992-04-24 | ARTISTS $1,500 (Daily Double): His "Allegory of Spring" & "The Birth of Venus" were painted for Lorenzo de Medici's villa Botticelli |
| #1722, aired 1992-02-11 | WORLD RELIGION $1,300 (Daily Double): The Catholic translation of the Latin Vulgate Bible named for a place in France the Douay version of the Bible |
| #1717, aired 1992-02-04 | POP MUSIC $100: This 1966 Stevie Wonder hit is subtitled "Everything's Alright" "Uptight" |
| #1707, aired 1992-01-21 | FAMOUS NAMES $8,000 (Daily Double): Familial relationship of Madame Sun Yat-sen to Madame Chiang Kai-shek sisters |
| #1691, aired 1991-12-30 | DOGS $400 (Daily Double): In Peter Pan, the Darling's Nana was one of these, named for a Canadian province a Newfoundland |
| #1690, aired 1991-12-27 | SIGNS & SYMBOLS $500 (Daily Double): In Roman numerals, it's the first year of the 21st century MMI |
| #1687, aired 1991-12-24 | 20th CENTURY PERSONALITIES $800: At age 73 this developer of the first atomic-powered submarine was made a full admiral Hyman Rickover |
| #1683, aired 1991-12-18 | OLD TESTAMENT $400: The rods all became serpents, but his swallowed up those of pharaoh's magicians Aaron |
| #1590, aired 1991-06-28 | FINAL RESTING PLACES $1,200 (Daily Double): This former ruler of France died in exile in England in 1873 & was buried there Louis-Napoleon (Napoleon III) |
| #1587, aired 1991-06-25 | HOMOPHONIC PAIRS $300: A previously viewed part of a play a seen scene |
| #1586, aired 1991-06-24 | LAW $100: The value of the item stolen determines whether this crime is petty or grand larceny (or theft) |
| #1581, aired 1991-06-17 | USA $300: Southwest Airlines now has 3 planes painted to look like this SeaWorld star Shamu |
| #1550, aired 1991-05-03 | INTERIOR DESIGN $1000: A poudreuse is a small one of these often equipped with a mirror that lifts up a dressing table (a vanity accepted) |
| #1534, aired 1991-04-11 | FRUITY STORIES $200: It's the second of the four tales in which Tom Sawyer appears The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn |
| #1513, aired 1991-03-13 | AMERICAN LITERATURE $1000: Greed & lust for power release vicious passions in a Southern family in her play "The Little Foxes" Lillian Hellman |
| #1507, aired 1991-03-05 | 1956 $500 (Daily Double): Title of the following, the biggest hit of 1956
"You know I can be found / Sitting home all alone / If you can't come around / At least please telephone" "Don't Be Cruel" |
| #1497, aired 1991-02-19 | MUSIC OF THE '90s $500: This Aussie rock band titled its seventh album "X", as in "X Marks the Spot" INXS |
| #1461, aired 1990-12-31 | HODGEPODGE $300: Late Norwegian who titled her autobiography "Wings on My Feet", not "Skates on My Feet" Sonja Henie |
| #1458, aired 1990-12-26 | NUMBER, PLEASE $300 (Daily Double): Number of the Beethoven symphony heard here the 9th |
| #1420, aired 1990-11-02 | FROM THE FRENCH $800: French for "half-world", it refers to women on the fringes of respectable society demimonde |
| #1415, aired 1990-10-26 | POETRY $500: The poet who wrote, "God's in his heaven--all's right with the world" (Robert) Browning |
| #1405, aired 1990-10-12 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $500: In corporate income tax, it's the deduction allowed for exhaustible mineral deposits the oil depletion allowance |
| #1391, aired 1990-09-24 | TRANSPORTATION $400: Means of propulsion used by competitors in the famous Henley Regatta oars |
| #1367, aired 1990-07-10 | HUMOROUS QUOTES $300: Thomas A, Edision quipped, "When down in the mouth, remember" this biblical prophet, "He came out all right." Jonah |
| #1362, aired 1990-07-03 | FAMOUS QUOTES $500: In this play Samuel Beckett wrote, "We all are born mad. Some remain so." Waiting for Godot |
| #1241, aired 1990-01-15 | EDUCATION $7,000 (Daily Double): In 1896 the Supreme Court used this oft-quoted phrase to describe acceptable segregation separate but equal |
| #1232, aired 1990-01-02 | COLORFUL SONGS $500 (Daily Double): Played here by Mantovani, this classic was a rock 'n' roll hit in the '50s, '60s & '70s:
Instrumental music plays. "Deep Purple" |
| #1189, aired 1989-11-02 | DANCE $900 (Daily Double): In July 1988 she announced she was folding her 23-year-old dance company & joining the ABT Twyla Tharp |
| #1187, aired 1989-10-31 | SILVER $400: The presence of sulfur compounds in the air causes silver to do this tarnish |
| #1176, aired 1989-10-16 | THEATERS $900 (Daily Double): "Chapter Two" opened at the Eugene O'Neill Theater, which, not surprisingly, is owned by this playwright Neil Simon |
| #1168, aired 1989-10-04 | MARK TWAIN QUOTES $1000: In "Life on the Mississippi" a man told of his home equipped with "all the modern" ones of these inconveniences |
| #1167, aired 1989-10-03 | ELVIS FILMS $500 (Daily Double): 1964 movie musical where Elvis sang the following:
"Bright light city gonna set my soul / Set my soul on fire / Got a whole lot of money that's ready to burn / So get those stakes up higher..." Viva Las Vegas |
| #1163, aired 1989-09-27 | SONGS THAT "DON'T" $500 (Daily Double): Though Bob Dylan wrote this song, it was Peter, Paul & Mary who made it a Top 10 hit:
"It ain't no use in turning on your light, babe /
That light I never knowed /
It ain't no use in turning on your light, babe /
I'm on the dark side..." "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" |
| #1161, aired 1989-09-25 | DANCE $500 (Daily Double): Dance that Eydie Gorme sang about in the following 1963 hit:
"I was at a dance / When he caught my eye / Standin' all alone / Lookin' sad and shy..." the bossa nova |
| #1150, aired 1989-09-08 | HERE'S "JOHNNY" $100: This former nightclub singer is the announcer on "Jeopardy!" Johnny Gilbert |
| #1146, aired 1989-09-04 | LONDON $600: This should be called "King Thutmose's Needle" since it was carved in his honor Cleopatra's Needle |
| #1145, aired 1989-07-21 | MUSICAL TEXAS TOWNS $400: It's how you would spell Dallas if you were singing a song from "The Most Happy Fella" "Big D-Little A-Double L-A-S |
| #1145, aired 1989-07-21 | WOMEN IN HISTORY $500: This legendary Philadelphian was born Elizabeth Griscom in 1752 & wasn't famous until after her death Betsy Ross |
| #1143, aired 1989-07-19 | FAMILIAR PHRASES $400: This phrase doesn't refer to Satan but to a plank on a ship from which you could easily fall to pay the devil |
| #1125, aired 1989-06-23 | "RIGHT" SONGS $300: This song from "Can-Can" begins "It's the wrong time and the wrong place" "It's All Right with Me" |
| #1120, aired 1989-06-16 | KANSAS $200: The 1st drought-resistant variety of this grain was brought to Kansas by Mennonites in the 1870s "Turkey" red wheat |
| #1108, aired 1989-05-31 | $300: You could see him at all times as Illya Kuryakin but only sometimes as Daniel Westin David McCallum |
| #1106, aired 1989-05-29 | FACTS & FIGURES $300 (Daily Double): It's what this device keeps track of; Treasury Sec'y Nicholas Brady has one on his desk:
$4,001,985,469,429 the national debt |
| #1106, aired 1989-05-29 | FACTS & FIGURES $300: On August 26, 1988, 725 people put their right foot in & out & shook it all about doing this dance in NYC the Hokey Pokey |
| #1103, aired 1989-05-24 | 10-LETTER NAMES $100: Read his lips; he's the 41st president of the United States George Bush |
| #1092, aired 1989-05-09 | FLOWERS $200: The Hawaiian name for a necklace made of flowers lei |
| #1090, aired 1989-05-05 | MEDICINE $200: A sharp pain in your temple, blurred vision & nausea are all symptoms of this type of severe headache migraine |
| #1078, aired 1989-04-19 | RELIGION $200: When J. Carter put portraits of notable Black Georgians in the state capitol, this minister was 1st Martin Luther King (Jr.) |
| #1073, aired 1989-04-12 | TV ACT IT OUT $300: What a split opinion would look like on "Siskel & Ebert & the Movies" [one thumb up, one thumb down] |
| #1058, aired 1989-03-22 | THE MOVIES $200: The last line in this film is "All right, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up" Sunset Boulevard |
| #1058, aired 1989-03-22 | GLORY THAT WAS GREECE $800 (Daily Double): Democritus was right in saying all things are made up of these but said they couldn't be divided atoms |
| #1021, aired 1989-01-30 | THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE $1,000 (Daily Double): It's the northernmost country that's a member of the Organization of American States United States |
| #1007, aired 1989-01-10 | ANIMALS $3,200 (Daily Double): It's what makes the fisher valuable his fur |
| #995, aired 1988-12-23 | CHRISTMAS MUSIC $300: All right, we'll go back to this piece of music:
"Come, they told me... "Little Drummer Boy" |
| #991, aired 1988-12-19 | THE ADAMS FAMILY $600: The only American woman whose husband & son were both elected president Abigail Adams |
| #990, aired 1988-12-16 | FAMOUS COUSINS $800 (Daily Double): In 1894, shortly after ascending the throne, he married his distant cousin, a German princess named Alix Czar Nicholas II |
| #979, aired 1988-12-01 | DID YOU NOTICE? $500 (Daily Double): 1 of 3 American League teams with a mascot but no letters on its caps (1 of) the Cleveland Indians, Toronto Blue Jays or Baltimore Orioles |
| #971, aired 1988-11-21 | POETRY $100: Robert Browning ended "Pippa's Song" with "God's in his heaven--all's right with" this the world |
| #965, aired 1988-11-11 | SILLY SONGS $300: "It's the only thing that I could do half right, and it's turnin' out all wrong, Ma" "(What Have They Done To) My Song (Ma)" |
| #961, aired 1988-11-07 | ALL EARS $500: Of the 5 standard U.S. coins, the one on which you can see the right ear of a president the (Lincoln) penny |
| #950, aired 1988-10-21 | THE 20TH CENTURY $500 (Daily Double): 2 of 3 countries that came under full communist control in 1975 (2 of) Vietnam, Cambodia, & Laos |
| #943, aired 1988-10-12 | EXPLORERS $800: In 1869 the New York Herald commissioned this correspondent of theirs to go to Central Africa Stanley |
| #931, aired 1988-09-26 | CHEMISTRY $600: The atomic weight of an atom is the sum of the number of these in the nucleus protons & neutrons |
| #925, aired 1988-09-16 | MOVIES $300 (Daily Double): Only No. 1 hit for Henry Mancini & His Orchestra was this movie theme written by Nino Rota:
[Instrumental music plays] "A Time For Us" |
| #910, aired 1988-07-15 | THE BEATLES $800: In Billboard's list of The Beatles' 49 Top-40 hits, this is the only body part mentioned hand |
| #895, aired 1988-06-24 | "POOR" $3,100 (Daily Double): Of all Johnny Rivers' Billboard Top 10 hits, it's the 1st he wrote himself & the 1st to make No. 1:
"How can you tell me how much you miss me /
When the last time I saw you, you wouldn't even kiss me..." "Poor Side Of Town" |
| #888, aired 1988-06-15 | AUTHOR'S LAST NAMES $1000: His 1st 4 names were Henry-Rene-Albert-Guy; his mother insisted on restoring the "de" Guy de Maupassant |
| #851, aired 1988-04-25 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $500: Consisting of at least 400 islands, the Sulu Archipelago is part of this island country Philippines |
| #840, aired 1988-04-08 | CIVIL WAR $800: Fought just 30 miles west of Washington, D.C., it was the war's 1st major battle Manassas |
| #820, aired 1988-03-11 | ANTONYMS $100: In ads, it's the opposite of "Wimpy, wimpy, wimpy" "Hefty, hefty, hefty" |
| #819, aired 1988-03-10 | "T" TIME $200: A "tercentenary" celebrates this anniversary the 300th (year) |
| #818, aired 1988-03-09 | WOODY ALLEN FILMS $500 (Daily Double): "Manhattan" opens & closes with this famous piece: Rhapsody in Blue |
| #817, aired 1988-03-08 | "LAUGH" $100: This animal got its nickname from its weird, human-like cackle the laughing hyena |
| #811, aired 1988-02-29 | THE PAPACY $1,500 (Daily Double): 1 of the 8 titles every pope holds (1 of) Pontifex Maximus (Supreme Pontiff) (or Vicar of Jesus Christ, Bishop of Rome, Supreme Sovereign of Vatican City) |
| #807, aired 1988-02-23 | ZOOLOGY $200: The alligator snapper is a large freshwater one of these a turtle |
| #791, aired 1988-02-01 | PRESIDENTS $1,000 (Daily Double): He was the last vice president to become president Gerald Ford |
| #791, aired 1988-02-01 | PBS $2,500 (Daily Double): During June 1987, KCET in L.A. was running this show at 8 A.M., 9 A.M., 10 A.M., & 4 P.M. Sesame Street |
| #787, aired 1988-01-26 | SPELLING $2,000 (Daily Double): Of all the countries, this war-torn central Asian country is 1st alphabetically A-F-G-H-A-N-I-S-T-A-N |
| #780, aired 1988-01-15 | CELEBRITY JEOPARDY! $300: I played football at Florida State & used my # 22 in all my movies, like "Semi-Tough" Burt Reynolds |
| #776, aired 1988-01-11 | SHAKESPEARE'S WOMEN $1000: In the 1st act, before he's king, this title character woos the newly-widowed Lady Anne Richard III |
| #771, aired 1988-01-04 | PRESIDENTS $1,200 (Daily Double): 2 of only 3 presidents to attend college west of the Mississippi Lyndon Johnson & Richard Nixon (& Herbert Hoover) |
| #769, aired 1987-12-31 | TELEVISION $400: Initially, this "Outlaw Singer" narrated "The Dukes of Hazzard" Waylon Jennings |
| #769, aired 1987-12-31 | ANCIENT EGYPT $2,000 (Daily Double): In 212 A.D., with few exceptions, the entire population was granted citizenship in this the Roman Empire |
| #766, aired 1987-12-28 | SPORTS $400: 1 of only 2 countries to place 1st or 2nd in the Men's Team World Gymnastics Championships from 1954-1981 (1 of) Russia & Japan |
| #745, aired 1987-11-27 | COUNTRY MUSIC $500 (Daily Double): 1 of the 2 singers heard in the following:
"Hey, Louisiana woman" / "Mississippi man" / "We'll get together every time we can / The Mississippi River can't keep us apart" / "There's too much love in this Mississippi heart" / "Too much love..." (1 of) Conway Twitty & Loretta Lynn |
| #727, aired 1987-11-03 | TOM SAWYER $100: Tom 1st met her when, for a punishment, he was sent to sit on the girls' side of the classroom Becky (Thatcher) |
| #725, aired 1987-10-30 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $2,500 (Daily Double): Guinness credits U. of Karueein, found in 859 A.D. at Fez, Morocco, with this world record the first university founded in the world that is in continuous operation |
| #713, aired 1987-10-14 | HODGEPODGE $200: A wind machine is used as a musical instrument in the Strauss tone poem about this windmill-jouster Don Quixote |
| #700, aired 1987-09-25 | #1 HITS $200: 1 of 4 #1 hits for John Denver "Annie's Song" (or "Sunshine On My Shoulders", "Thank God I'm A Country Boy" or "I'm Sorry") |
| #689, aired 1987-09-10 | PETS $300 (Daily Double): Requiring very little exercise, this breed of dog is popular among apartment dwellers a Yorkshire terrier |
| #681, aired 1987-07-20 | HOUSE PLANTS $200: This plant, "Saintpaulia ionantha", produces pink & white flowers, too, despite its purple name an African violet |
| #673, aired 1987-07-08 | WORLD CAPITALS $1,000 (Daily Double): Alphabetical distinction of the countries whose capitals are Kinshasa, Lusaka, & Harare countries that begin with the letter Z |
| #671, aired 1987-07-06 | TV DETECTIVES $500: Occupation of Fenton Hardy, father of "The Hardy Boys" a private detective |
| #669, aired 1987-07-02 | MEN & WOMEN $400: Twice, women in Ecuador have lost the right to do this, but all the men are forced to do it vote |
| #644, aired 1987-05-28 | TV NOSTALGIA $100 (Daily Double): In series w/following theme, 1st scene usually featured a tape recorder & this character: Jim Phelps |
| #621, aired 1987-04-27 | TRANSPORTATION $400 (Daily Double): Group which topped the country charts with the following song about a truck driver:
[Truck noises]
"Roll on, highway /
Roll on along /
Roll on, Daddy, 'til you get back home /
Roll on family /
Roll on crew /
Roll on, Mama, like I asked you to do /
And roll on eighteen wheeler, roll on /
(Roll on!)..." Alabama |
| #620, aired 1987-04-24 | "A.C." $400 (Daily Double): He won an Oscar for his score for the 1949 film "The Heiress", but is better known for this: Aaron Copland |
| #618, aired 1987-04-22 | TECHNOLOGY $200: On a single digit LED readout, number shown when all 7 LEDs are lit 8 |
| #618, aired 1987-04-22 | NAME'S THE SAME $500: Maiden name of current princess of Wales & the Lady who almost became one in 1736 (Lady) Diana Spencer |
| #617, aired 1987-04-21 | LESSER-KNOWN NAMES $500: While Beverly Hillbillies Jed & Elly May had the last name Clampett, Jethro's was this Bodine |
| #598, aired 1987-03-25 | RELIGION $200: While an atheist believes God doesn't exist, an agnostic believes this about God we can't be sure if he exists |
| #571, aired 1987-02-16 | QUOTES $800: 17th century English diarist known for the phrase "and so to bed" Samuel Pepys |
| #561, aired 1987-02-02 | SONGS THAT "COME" & "GO" $1,000 (Daily Double): Title of the following: "Come Go With Me" |
| #551, aired 1987-01-19 | WALKING SONGS $600: What you should do "If you see me walkin' down the street, & I start to cry each time we meet" walk on by |
| #544, aired 1987-01-08 | 1986 FILMS $200: It was "Risky Business" when he made "All the Right Moves" on Kelly McGillis in "Top Gun" Tom Cruise |
| #540, aired 1987-01-02 | RULERS $1000: In bloodless "Glorious Revolution" of 1688, James II of England fled, & they became joint sovereigns William III & Mary II |
| #533, aired 1986-12-24 | FROGS $900 (Daily Double): Name of the frog mentioned in this song:
If I were the king of the world
Tell you what I'd do
I'd throw away the cars and the bars and the war
Make sweet love to you
Sing it now
Joy to the world
All the boys and girls... Jeremiah the bullfrog |
| #528, aired 1986-12-17 | SUDDEN DEATH $200: Though this actor died a sudden death on Dallas in 1985, he showed up in the shower in 1986 Patrick Duffy |
| #526, aired 1986-12-15 | BOYS IN SONG $400: When "Her Nibs" Miss Georgia Gibbs asked him to "Dance With Me", he answered "All right baby Henry |
| #512, aired 1986-11-25 | THE '50s $1000: A prosecuting attorney in the Rosenberg case, he later assisted Sen. Joe McCarthy Roy Cohn |
| #492, aired 1986-10-28 | ODD COUPLES $100: Chet Huntley's former partner & Billy Joel's present one David Brinkley & Christie Brinkley |
| #484, aired 1986-10-16 | STARTS WITH "E" $400: Mysterious & puzzling, like the Mona Lisa's smile enigmatic |
| #483, aired 1986-10-15 | MONEY $300 (Daily Double): U.S. coin mentioned in this song:
"They say the neon lights are bright / On Broadway / They say there's always magic in the air..." dime |
| #476, aired 1986-10-06 | OPERA $100 (Daily Double): In 1963, Joan Sutherland helped launch this famed tenor's career
[Operatic singing plays] Luciano Pavarotti |
| #465, aired 1986-09-19 | TV THEMES $200: One of these days, Alice, you're gonna hear its theme - "You're My Greatest Love" The Honeymooners |
| #448, aired 1986-05-28 | ACTORS & ROLES $400: Little Stevie Wonder appeared in 2 of the 7 films in this Frankie-Annette series Beach Party movies |
| #448, aired 1986-05-28 | LAW $800: The 15th, 19th, & 26th Amendments are all laws dealing with this right of a citizen the right to vote |
| #434, aired 1986-05-08 | ACTRESSES $400: Says as she descends into madness, "All right Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my closeup" Gloria Swanson |
| #430, aired 1986-05-02 | "MP"s $800: A TV movie was made about this G-man who pursued Machine Gun Kelly throughout the '30s (Melvin) Purvis |
| #423, aired 1986-04-23 | THE OLD TESTAMENT $200: While Encyclopedia Americana says this Old Testament book should be read as a parable, we say it’s a big fish story Jonah |
| #404, aired 1986-03-27 | MOVIE TRIVIA $200: In Roger Corman series, they were "Student", "Private Duty", "Night Call", "Young", & "Candy Stripe" nurses |
| #404, aired 1986-03-27 | GAME SHOWS $200: Job of Karen, Melanie, Janice, Holly, & Dian game show models |
| #402, aired 1986-03-25 | LABOR $300: Molly Malone made money as a "monger" of these cockles & mussels |
| #392, aired 1986-03-11 | MEDICINE $500: Herpes zoster, it's caused by chicken pox virus, not by mending roofs shingles |
| #391, aired 1986-03-10 | WEATHER $200: Of the Northern or Southern Hemisphere, area that receives least amount of snow the Southern Hemisphere |
| #391, aired 1986-03-10 | THE 1920's $600: Sons of millionaires who killed Bobby Franks as a "scientific experiment" Leopold & Loeb |
| #389, aired 1986-03-06 | WORLD CAPITALS $1000: Sucre is this South American country's official, though not its functioning, capital Bolivia |
| #373, aired 1986-02-12 | "LAST" $1,000 (Daily Double): Unfortunately, this aptly titled 1975 song was 1st & only hit for Roger Whittaker:
There's a ship lies rigged and ready in the harbor
Tomorrow for old England she sails
Far away from your land of endless sunshine "The Last Farewell" |
| #364, aired 1986-01-30 | MUSICALS $600: Ziegfeld had his "Follies", Earl Carroll his "Vanities", & this man his "Scandals" George White |
| #357, aired 1986-01-21 | RUGS & CARPETS $10 (Daily Double): Kind of carpet in title of the following:
"I like to dream /
Yes, yes, right between the sound machine" a magic carpet |
| #336, aired 1985-12-23 | HODGEPODGE $200: His "War of the Worlds" broadcast, Sept. 30, 1938 had half of N.J. fleeing the Martians Orson Welles |
| #333, aired 1985-12-18 | MUSIC $600: The human voice, the bagpipe, & the clarinet are part of this instrument family the reeds |
| #330, aired 1985-12-13 | "GARDENS" $400: Copenhagen, Denmark's famous amusement park Tivoli Gardens |
| #305, aired 1985-11-08 | TRUCKS $500 (Daily Double): This Dave Dudley number is considered the granddaddy of truck driver songs:
"Well, I pulled out of Pittsburgh, rolling down the eastern seaboard / I've got me diesel wound up and she's running like never before / There's a speed zone ahead but it's all right, I don't see a cop in sight..." "Six Days On The Road" |
| #282, aired 1985-10-08 | ENGLISH POETRY $1000: Concludes this Browning verse, "The larks's on the wing; the snail's on the thorn: God's in his heaven--" All's right with the world! |
| #279, aired 1985-10-03 | RELIGION $400: It's what the P.T.L. in TV's "P.T.L. Club" stands for Praise the Lord (or People that Love) |
| #273, aired 1985-09-25 | SPORTS $100: To do this, you fly to a drop zone & fall free skydiving |
| #269, aired 1985-09-19 | FAMILIAR PHRASES $200: "Getting up on the wrong side" reflects belief that all good forces were on this side of the body right |
| #266, aired 1985-09-16 | U.S.A. $400 (Daily Double): In 1918, the Post Office issued stamps in 6¢, 16¢ & 24¢ denominations for this new service air mail |
| #262, aired 1985-09-10 | HAMLET $500: He advises his son Laertes, "Neither a borrower nor a lender be" Polonius |
| #184, aired 1985-05-23 | DOGS $100: The necklace a dog "itches" to wear flea collar |
| #182, aired 1985-05-21 | FLAGS $400: Symbol of Islam found on flags of Algeria, Turkey & Mauritania crescent |
| #179, aired 1985-05-16 | RITUALS $500: In a lounge show it's "instrumental" that this follows almost any joke or one-liner cymbal clash (rimshot) |
| #165, aired 1985-04-26 | HISTORY $100: 13,000 houses were destroyed, but no one died in this city's "Great Fire" of 1666 London |
| #165, aired 1985-04-26 | PRESIDENTS $400: In 1928 he said, "I do not choose to run" Calvin Coolidge |
| #163, aired 1985-04-24 | FASHION $500: Menswear used to symbolize conformity in '56 Gregory Peck film title a gray flannel suit |
| #151, aired 1985-04-08 | ANIMALS $200: One of the longest dams in existence, over 2,200 feet long, was built by these beavers |
| #142, aired 1985-03-26 | TREES $1,800 (Daily Double): “Botanical” name of this Scott Joplin tune: "The Maple Leaf Rag" |
| #128, aired 1985-03-06 | STAR TREK $1000: Title of the 3rd TV episode or the last line of the opening narration "where no man has gone before" |
| #120, aired 1985-02-22 | FOOD $400: Cheese used in Mexican dishes named for the Calif. town that originated it Monterey Jack |
| #113, aired 1985-02-13 | STATE CAPITALS $2,000 (Daily Double): State whose capital is mentioned in this song:
"They say to have her hair done, Liz flies all the way to France / And Jackie's seen in a discotheque doing a brand new dance / And the White House social season should be glittering and gay / But here in Topeka, the rain is a-falling / The faucet is a-dripping and the kids are a-bawling" Kansas |
| #111, aired 1985-02-11 | TRIVIA $300: Of fennel, fennec, ferret & ferric, the one that's a fox fennec |
| #104, aired 1985-01-31 | "LORDS" & "LADIES" $300: a.k.a. the "Paternoster" the Lord's Prayer |
| #101, aired 1985-01-28 | LANDMARKS $200: According to legend, Galileo dropped weights while "leaning" out of it the Leaning Tower of Pisa |
| #101, aired 1985-01-28 | MOVIES $400: 1984 fantasy that sounds like a painting of siesta scenery Dreamscape |
| #91, aired 1985-01-14 | WATER $500 (Daily Double): They sang "Cool Water":
"All day I face the barren waste / Without a taste of water / Cool water / Old Dan and I / Our throats slate dry" the Sons of the Pioneers |
| #88, aired 1985-01-09 | FASHION $400: Man's shoe topper attached by a strap spats |
| #86, aired 1985-01-07 | CARDS & DICE $3,200 (Daily Double): Its World Championship is "The Bermuda Bowl" bridge |
| #64, aired 1984-12-06 | POE $100: Time when the raven came rapping midnight |
| #61, aired 1984-12-03 | GLASS $100: About 90% of all glass is made from this material sand |
| #61, aired 1984-12-03 | BIRDS $400: Collective name for domesticated birds raised for meat & eggs poultry |
| #52, aired 1984-11-20 | FAMILIAR PHRASES $600: It can also be said "Emerge odorous as an American beauty" Come out smelling like a rose |
| #44, aired 1984-11-08 | POTENT POTABLES $100: Pirates’ favorite as a yo-ho-ho & a bottle of it rum |
| #43, aired 1984-11-07 | INITIALS $200: Letters spelling a boxers’ doom, but when reversed, everything's all right KO |
| #30, aired 1984-10-19 | POP MUSIC $100: Michael Jackson keeps the beat with this Beatle in "The Girl Is Mine" and "Say, Say, Say" Paul McCartney |
| #30, aired 1984-10-19 | INTERNATIONAL FOODS $300: Succulent sauce named for Netherlands Hollandaise sauce |
| #24, aired 1984-10-11 | ART $400: Gainsborough’s portrait of Master Jonathan Buttall all dressed up in a satin suit The Blue Boy |
| #23, aired 1984-10-10 | LITERARY QUOTES $200: According to Ogden Nash, though “candy is dandy”, this “is quicker” liquor |
| #14, aired 1984-09-27 | HOT MOVIES $500: 1st movie that newlyweds Newman & Woodward made together The Long, Hot Summer |
| #14, aired 1984-09-27 | SPORTS $500: '50s middleweight champ some say was pound-for-pound the best boxer ever Sugar Ray Robinson |
| #10, aired 1984-09-21 | TOURIST TRAPS $400: Seaside resort that has a monopoly on East Coast gambling Atlantic City, New Jersey |
| #9, aired 1984-09-20 | TRIVIA $100: They were formerly called the Sandwich Islands Hawaii |
| #8, aired 1984-09-19 | U.S. MAYORS $1000: Former New York mayor has run for office as Republican, Liberal, independent & is now a Democrat John Lindsay |
| #8, aired 1984-09-19 | COLORS $2,000 (Daily Double): Italian town named for blood spilled in battle, it means deep purplish red magenta |
| #6, aired 1984-09-17 | WORD ORIGINS $400: This Australian animal's name literally means "I don't know" kangaroo |
| #5, aired 1984-09-14 | TRIVIA $500: State name that's misspelled on the Liberty Bell Pennsylvania |
| #5, aired 1984-09-14 | STARTS WITH "J" $3,000 (Daily Double): The only "J" in the Pledge of Allegiance justice |
| #3, aired 1984-09-12 | ROYALTY $400: Royal families of Germany, Russia, Denmark & Greece could call her "the grandmother of Europe" Queen Victoria (of England) |
| #2, aired 1984-01-01 | U.S. LANDMARKS $50: It scrapes the sky at 5th Avenue & 34th Street, New York City the Empire State Building |
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Courtney Trezise, a senior from Michigan State University
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Carl Brandt, an investor originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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2009 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 25 4-time champion: $70,799...
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Inta Antler, a retired computer programmer from Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
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Season 25 1-time champion: $12,700 + $2,000. Inta Antler - A...
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Gail Flemmons, a history teacher from Clinton, Mississippi
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Season 25 2-time champion: $46,399 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Ben Bishop, a student originally from Seattle, Washington
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2009 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 25 4-time champion: $114,800...
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Jennifer Broders, a junior high school social studies teacher from Stockton, Iowa
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Season 26 2-time champion: $59,801 + $1,000. Jennifer Broders - a...
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Aisha Tyler, a comedienne, host and actress from Talk Soup, Friends, The 5th Wheel and Ghost Whisperer
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2009 Celebrity Jeopardy! winner: $50,000 split between the International Rescue Committee/Congo...
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Enrique Machado, an oil filtration business developer from Orlando, Florida
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Season 26 1-time champion: $30,799 + $2,000. Enrique Machado September 16,...
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Judy Mermelstein, a Census field representative from Queens, New York
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Season 25 1-time champion: $38,401 + $1,000. Judy also appeared on...
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Tom Nissley, a writer from Seattle, Washington
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2011 Tournament of Champions...
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Carl Bradshaw, a financial manager from St. Louis, Missouri
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Season 27 2-time champion: $17,899 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Titmouse
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A.J. Schumacher, a radio show production intern from St. Paul, Minnesota
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Season 25 1-time champion: $10,800 + $2,000. AJ Schumacher Saint Paul,...
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Carolyn Young, a homemaker from Marietta, Georgia
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Season 25 1-time champion: $30,000 + $2,000. Mother of Season 32...
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Marty Scott, an assistant district attorney from Forney, Texas
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Season 26 3-time champion: $64,002 + $2,000. Marty won $250,000 on...
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Jim Davis, a college music and humanities instructor from Freeport, Illinois
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Season 25 2-time champion: $62,802 + $2,000. Not be to confused...
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Jennifer Duann, a senior from the Ohio State University
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2009 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 21 and from Worthington, Ohio at...
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Elizabeth Galoozis, a reference librarian from Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Season 26 2-time champion: $38,801 + $2,000. Elizabeth Galoozis - A...
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Dan D'Addario, a senior from Columbia University
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2010-A College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Hometown: Farmington, Connecticut. Daniel D'Addario...
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Kimberly Jantz, an attorney from Tulsa, Oklahoma
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Season 26 1-time champion: $22,200 + $2,000. Kimberly Jantz - an...
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Jesse Cuevas, a corporate lawyer originally from Leawood, Kansas
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Season 27 3-time champion: $65,981 + $2,000. Brother of Season 30...
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Tom Nissley, an online books editor from Seattle, Washington
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2011 Tournament of Champions...
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Nathaniel Barnes, a composer and bartender from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Season 25 3-time champion: $57,300 + $2,000. In his first game,...
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David Walter, a senior from Wilmington, Delaware
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2007 Teen Tournament winner (semifinalist by wildcard): $75,000. 17 at the...
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Janet Bradlow, an insurance agent from New York, New York
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Season 26 3-time champion: $58,000 + $2,000. Janet Bradlow New York,...
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Amanda J. Ray, a sophomore at the University of Virginia from Harrisonburg, Virginia
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2010-B College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
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Leszek Pawlowicz, a shovel bum from Flagstaff, Arizona
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"He was a material scientist living in Phoenix when he won...
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Marissa Goldsmith, a web developer from Springfield, Virginia
|
Season 27 3-time champion: $44,100 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: marteena
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Stephen Weingarten, a paraeducator from Portland, Oregon
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2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $96,690...
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Andrew Ceppos, a senior from Tufts University
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2009 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 21 and from Verona, New...
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Tara Franey, a senior from Michigan State University
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2008 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: tarafraney
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Emily Heaney, a freelance costume designer from White Bear Lake, Minnesota
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Season 25 1-time champion: $2,200 + $1,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Fred Beukema, a structural engineer from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Season 25 3-time champion: $69,401 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Anurag Kashyap, a senior from Poway, California
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2008-B Teen Tournament winner: $75,000. Anurag was also the winner of...
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Catherine Briley, a senior from Grand Prairie, Louisiana
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2012 Teen Tournament 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $31,000. 17 at...
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Paul Kursky, a copywriter from San Francisco, California
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2011 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 5-time champion: $109,411...
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Rachel Pildis, a software developer from Oak Park, Illinois
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Season 26 1-time champion: $12,000 + $2,000. Rachel Pildis - A...
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Laura Hughes, a mom from New Market, Maryland
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Season 26 1-time champion: $27,500 + $2,000. Wife of Season 16...
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Cliff Galiher, a sophomore from UCLA
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2007 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $50,000 +...
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Pat Sajak, a game show host from Wheel of Fortune
|
"A former TV weatherman, he's gone on to become the world's...
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Dan Pawson, a legislative aide from Boston, Massachusetts
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2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2014 Battle of the Decades...
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Raphie Cantor, a sophomore from San Diego, California
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2011 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
15 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Rachel Horn, a sophomore from Cincinnati, Ohio
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2008-A Teen Tournament winner: $75,000. 15 at the time of the...
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Cathy Lanctot, a law professor from Wilmington, Delaware
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2007 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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Bob Verini, a film journalist and test prep teacher from Los Angeles, California
|
"A resident of New York City when he won the 1987...
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Bernard Holloway, a sophomore at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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"He was a 2002 Teen Champion. He's now a sophomore at...
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Josh Powell, a phone-based health coach from San Diego, California
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Season 27 3-time champion: $26,900 + $1,000.
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John Krizel, a green community program coordinator from Beckley, West Virginia
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2011 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $105,204...
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Paul Wampler, a web programmer from Knoxville, Tennessee
|
Season 27 4-time champion: $72,001 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: paul5562
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Ken Jennings, the winner of 74 consecutive games from Seattle, Washington
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2020 Jeopardy!: The Greatest of All Time winner: $1,000,000 + a...
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Ken Jennings, a writer from Seattle, Washington
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• 74-game champion with longest winning streak • Total earnings over...
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Cassie Hill, a recent graduate from the University of Mary Washington
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\"Her dad is a lawyer, and by the seventh grade, she...
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Zach Safford, a senior from Williams College
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"His early interest in cryptozoology has been replaced by a history...
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Ken Jennings, a 74-game champion from Seattle, Washington
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"In 2004, his record-breaking 74-game win streak set a standard for...
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Ken Jennings, a writer from Seattle, Washington
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"He was a software engineer living in Salt Lake City, Utah,...
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Larry Cloud, a bookkeeper and computer consultant from Inglewood, California
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"He won five times in 2001, allowing him to make a...
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Jenifer Thomas, a teacher assistant from Jacksonville, North Carolina
|
Season 26 1-time champion: $13,400 + $2,000. Jenifer Thomas October 5,...
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Jason Pratt, a middle school history teacher from Woodbridge, Virginia
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Season 25 2-time champion: $32,701 + $1,000. Jason Pratt - A...
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Harris Cohen, a family physician from Lower Gwynedd, Pennsylvania
|
Season 25 2-time champion: $17,800 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Lea Tottle, a junior from Florida State University from Oldsmar, Florida
|
2010-B College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000 + a Nintendo Wii +...
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Ken Jennings, a software engineer from Salt Lake City, Utah
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2020 Jeopardy!: The Greatest of All Time winner: $1,000,000 + a...
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Miguel Ferrer, an actor from Crossing Jordan
|
"He began his career as a studio drummer and played on...
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Ken Jennings, a software engineer from Salt Lake City, Utah
|
2020 Jeopardy!: The Greatest of All Time winner: $1,000,000 + a...
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Dylan Smith, from the Bronx, New York
|
"This honor roll student wants to invent a teleporting system. From...
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Nate Austin, a student from Hutchinson Community College
|
"His original plan was to own a chain of international hotels...
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Adam Pinson, a senior at the University of Alabama at Birmingham from Pinson, Alabama
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2005 College Championship 1st runner-up: $50,000. Won $100,000 on Who Wants...
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Robin Carroll, an instructional designer from Marietta, Georgia
|
"Winner of both the 2000 Tournament of Champions and the 2001...
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Matt Drury, a government analyst from New York, New York
|
Season 26 1-time champion: $18,799 + $2,000. Matthew Drury - A...
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Kristiana Henderson, a junior from Kent, Washington
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2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games quarterfinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time...
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Celeste DiNucci, a recent graduate student from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
|
2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2014 Battle of the Decades...
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Brenton Montie, a sixth grade social studies teacher from South Lyon, Michigan
|
"He teaches at a school ranked in the top 5% in...
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Connie Shi, a junior at the University of Michigan from Okemos, Michigan
|
2012 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000.
19 at the time of the College Championship.
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James Grant, a junior from Georgetown University
|
2008 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 21 and from Manhattan Beach,...
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Leslie Shannon, a manager of a research lab from Sydney, Australia
|
"A recent art history graduate when she became Jeopardy! champion in...
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Vito Cortese, a software engineer and Italian translator from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
|
Season 27 3-time champion: $68,485 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Bruce Naegeli, a retired law librarian from Phoenix, Arizona
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"He finished second in the 1988 Tournament of Champions. A retired...
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Ari Stern, a mathematician from San Diego, California
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $17,201 + $1,000.
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James Erwin, a writer from Des Moines, Iowa
|
Season 25 2-time champion: $22,598 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Vijay Balse, a chemical engineer from Chatham, New Jersey
|
2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2010 Tournament of Champions...
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Scott Harris, a videographer and elementary school librarian from Las Vegas, Nevada
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $19,201 + $2,000. Scott won $30,000 on...
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Jeff Gorham, an accountant from Richmond, Virginia
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $14,001 + $1,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: SpacemanSpiff
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Steve Gratz, a freelance artist from Washington, D.C.
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Season 27 2-time champion: $30,999 + $1,000.
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Kyle Kahan, a senior from Texas A&M University from Houston, Texas
|
2010-B College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000 + a Nintendo Wii +...
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Julie Bowen, a TV and film actress from Boston Legal, Lost and Modern Family
|
"For two seasons, she played attorney Denise Bauer in Boston Legal....
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Loren Loiacono, a senior from Setauket, New York
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2006 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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Diane Siegel, an educational consultant and writer from Northridge, California
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"A full-time mom when she won five games in 1993, now...
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Vanamali Compton, a junior from Clarkdale, Arizona
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2005 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. 16 at the time of the...
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Ryan Holznagel, a writer originally from Forest Grove, Oregon
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"He was the winner of the 1995 Tournament of Champions. Now,...
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Maddie Harrington, a twelve-year-old from Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
|
"She wants to be a theater critic and she gets rave...
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Cliff Galiher, a student from Half Moon Bay, California
|
2007 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $50,000 +...
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Blake Hernandez, a senior from Burke, Virginia
|
2002 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. Blake was 16 at the time...
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Bernie Cullen, a biologist from Santa Barbara, California
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"He was the first 5-time champion of the 1996-97 season. A...
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Andrew Westney, a sports business writer from Charlotte, North Carolina
|
"He was a high-school student from Atlanta when he won the...
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Soledad O'Brien, an anchor and special correspondent from CNN's Special Investigations Unit
|
"Currently the host of CNN's Special Investigations Unit, she's received critical...
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Fred Cofone, a copy editor from Old Greenwich, Connecticut
|
Season 27 2-time champion: $24,400 + $2,000.
Last name pronounced like "kuh-FONE".
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Diane Trap, a librarian and graphics specialist from Athens, Georgia
|
Season 25 1-time champion: $21,400 + $1,000. Diane Trap - a...
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Charlie Penrod, an assistant professor of law from Natchitoches, Louisiana
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $17,000 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: CharlieP
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Alex Stambaugh, a 12-year-old from Paris, Kentucky
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"He feels he can use his talents in math and science...
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Chuck Forrest, a lawyer and CEO from London, United Kingdom
|
\"He became a winner of the second-ever Tournament of Champions in...
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Mark Runsvold, a student and waiter from Moscow, Idaho
|
2011 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 27 4-time champion: $153,800 + $1,000.
JBoard user name: markrunsvold
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Kevin Yang, a junior from Birmingham, Alabama
|
2012 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Dave Ellis, a singer-songwriter from Los Angeles, California
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $16,000 + $2,000. Not to be confused...
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Rachael Schwartz, a lawyer with an international law firm from Washington, D.C.
|
"In 1994, she became the first woman ever to win the...
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Frank Spangenberg, a lieutenant in the New York Police Department from Douglaston, New York
|
"He still holds the record for the most money won in...
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Lan Djang, a health policy analyst from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
|
"He was a 5-time champion in 2001. Today he's a health...
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Suzanne Rorick, a stay-at-home mom from Stevenson Ranch, California
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $12,900 + $2,000.
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Don Meals, an environmental scientist from Burlington, Vermont
|
Season 27 3-time champion: $42,599 + $2,000.
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Katie Orphan, a freshman at Whitworth College from Reno, Nevada
|
2002 College Championship semifinalist: $5,000.
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Nick Yozamp, a biology student from St. Cloud, Minnesota
|
2010 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 2010-A College Championship winner:...
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Christian Haines, a college student originally from Newport News, Virginia
|
2007 Tournament of champions semifinalist: $10,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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Paul Glaser, a research scientist from Albany, New York
|
2007 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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Diane Wilshere, an actor and playwright from Manassas, Virginia
|
Season 25 1-time champion: $18,801 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Ariel Schneider, a biology student from West Lafayette, Indiana
|
Season 27 2-time champion: $46,300 + $2,000.
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Laura Button, an editor and proofreader from Alpharetta, Georgia
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $28,800 + $1,000.
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Dean Malec, a junior from Northwestern University
|
2007 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 21 at the time of the...
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Claudia Perry, a sports copy editor from Jersey City, New Jersey
|
"A pop music critic when she first appeared on Jeopardy!, she's...
|
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Kate Waits, a law professor at the University of Tulsa from Tulsa, Oklahoma
|
"A Harvard Law graduate when she competed in the 1988 Tournament...
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Bob Verini, a director of academics for a national test preparation company from Los Angeles, California
|
2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
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Joely Fisher, an actress from 'Til Death
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"She made her Broadway debut in Grease, and earned rave reviews...
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Steve Golden, a junior from Brookeville, Maryland
|
2005 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. 16 at the time of the...
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Camille Bullock, a senior from New Orleans, Louisiana
|
2006 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Camille88
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Matt Klein, a senior from Pittsford, New York
|
2006 Teen Tournament 2nd runner-up: $15,000. Won $1,000 on Who Wants...
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Whitney Prince, a sophomore from Maryville, Tennessee
|
2005 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500.
15 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
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Orlando Zambrano, a junior from Tampa, Florida
|
2005 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $5,000.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
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Burns Cameron, a realtor from Standish, Maine
|
1990 Super Jeopardy! quarterfinalist: $5,000. Burns appeared on the original version...
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Andy Richter, an actor/comedian from The Tonight Show
|
\"This multitalented actor/comedian is now back on the couch with Conan...
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|
Jay Rosenberg, a college professor from Chapel Hill, North Carolina
|
\"After winning 5 times in 1985, he became the moderator for...
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Chuck Forrest, an attorney for the UN IFAD from Marino, Italy
|
\"In 1986, he was a law student living in Grand Blanc,...
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|
Victoria Groce, a musician originally from Decatur, Georgia
|
2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament winner: $100,000 + advance to Jeopardy! Masters....
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India Cooper, an actor and copy editor from New York City, New York
|
\"A semifinalist in the Tournament of Champions in 1992, now an...
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Tom Nichols, a professor originally from Chicopee, Massachusetts
|
\"A five-time champion in 1994, he used his winnings for a...
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Dave Simpson, a pastor from Belcamp, Maryland
|
2009 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 24 4-time champion:...
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Drew Joanides, a high school history teacher from Miami, Florida
|
"He is one of our four teachers competing in our tournament...
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Drew Bayers, a music supervisor originally from Milford, Connecticut
|
Season 28 1-time champion: $19,200 + $2,000.
|
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Tyler Benedict, a junior at Columbia University from Dayton, Ohio
|
2012 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000.
21 at the time of the College Championship.
|
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Matthew Cline, a 12-year-old from Maumelle, Arkansas
|
"John Grisham's books have inspired him. He's firm. He wants to...
|
|
Mike Nelson, a mechanical engineer from Geneva, Illinois
|
Season 27 2-time champion: $20,800 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Idrees Kahloon, a junior from Lexington, Kentucky
|
2011 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
15 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
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Kate Rowland, a family doctor from Chicago, Illinois
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $16,401 + $2,000.
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Tavis Smiley, a talk show host from PBS's The Tavis Smiley Show
|
"He's interviewed such diverse personalities as Fidel Castro, Pope John Paul...
|
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Ben Schenkel, a junior from Allentown, Pennsylvania
|
2007 Teen Tournament 1st runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $42,800. 17 at...
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Peggy Noonan, a contributing editor from The Wall Street Journal
|
2004 Power Players Week player (2004-05-10).
Charity: The Sisters of Life.
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Bernard Holloway, a junior from Mitchellville, Maryland
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2002 Teen...
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Brittany Rogers, a sophomore at Saddleback College from Lake Forest, California
|
2001 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. Brittany was 18 at the...
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Sara Dean, a junior at Syracuse University from Olney, Maryland
|
2001 College Championship semifinalist: $5,000. Sara was 19 at the time...
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Jaime Green, a sophomore at Brown University from Nanuet, New York
|
2001 College Championship quarterfinalist: $2,500. Jaime was 18 at the time...
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Debbie Chuba, a high school guidance counselor from Johnstown, Pennsylvania
|
Season 22 player (2005-12-20).
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Veronica Fazio, from Roselle, Illinois
|
"She dances, plays softball, and hangs with her friends, but wants...
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Eric Newhouse, a director of technical assistance from Vermillion, South Dakota
|
"He won both the 1989 Teen Tournament and the 1998 Teen...
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Sita Yerramsetti, an eleven-year-old from Houston, Texas
|
"Her heart is set on becoming a cardiac surgeon. From Houston,...
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Robert Slaven, a technical products specialist originally from Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada
|
"He won 5 times in 1992. Today, he's a technical products...
|
|
Craig Barker, an Advanced Placement history teacher from Livonia, Michigan
|
"In 1997 he won the College Championship. Today he's an Advanced...
|
|
Steve Robin, a writer and producer from Miami, Florida
|
"He finished second place in the 1991 Tournament of Champions. He's...
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|
Joel Kahn, a physician from Irvine, California
|
Season 21 2-time champion: $34,200 + $1,000.
|
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Aisha Tyler, an actress, comedian, author and reality-show host from Archer
|
"In addition to film and TV roles, she performs comedy at...
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Roger Mueller-Kim, a high school social studies teacher from Dublin, California
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $17,401 + $1,000.
Last name pronounced like "MULL-er KIM".
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Liz Murphy, a foreign service officer originally from Scranton, Pennsylvania
|
2010 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 25 5-time champion: $121,302...
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Doug Payne, a guitar instructor from Murfreesboro, Tennessee
|
Season 27 player (2011-01-28).
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Gitta Neufeld, a Judaic teacher trainer from Far Rockaway, New York
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $18,300 + $2,000. Name pronounced like "GEE-ta...
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Yevgeny Shrago, a research assistant originally from Rochester, New York
|
Season 26 1-time champion: $24,600 + $2,000. Name pronounced like "yev-GHEN-ee...
|
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Amanda Sonmor, a virtual assistant originally from Denver, Colorado
|
Season 27 2-time champion: $21,501 + $1,000.
|
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Kristine Beck, a receptionist and editor from Madison, Wisconsin
|
Season 20 player (2004-04-13).
|
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Keith Williams, a freshman at Middlebury College from Manchester, Vermont
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2004 Tournament...
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Elijah Granet, a 12-year-old from San Diego, California
|
"Because he loves animals, biology, and helping others, he's thinking of...
|
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Sandra McClellan, a granny nanny from Arlington, Texas
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $4,199 + $2,000.
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Jim Stevens, a high school math teacher from Fairview Park, Ohio
|
2009 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 25 6-time champion: $140,600 + $2,000.
|
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Doug Hicton, a composer originally from Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
|
2007 Tournament of Champions 1st runner-up: $100,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD...
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Christine Kennedy, a freshman from the University of Notre Dame
|
2007 College Championship 2nd runner-up: $25,000. 19 at the time of...
|
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Dianisbeth Acquie, from Brooklyn, New York
|
"This ballet, jazz, and tap dancing Girl Scout would like to...
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Rachel Gottesman, a junior from Cortlandt Manor, New York
|
2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 17 at the...
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Brenda Buchanan, a traffic director from Columbia Station, Ohio
|
Season 23 player (2006-09-26).
|
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Jane Kaczmarek, a TV, film and Broadway actress from Malcolm in the Middle and Raising the Bar
|
"She went from playing a hard-nosed mom in Malcolm in the...
|
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Steve Schirripa, an actor from The Sopranos
|
"Once the entertainment director at the Riviera Hotel in Las Vegas,...
|
|
Lindsey Hargrove, a senior at the University of Texas from Bellaire, Texas
|
2004 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Mother's Jeopardy! Message Board user name: collegemom
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Josh DenHartog, an actuarial technician from Thousand Oaks, California
|
"He was the Teen Tournament champion in 1997. Now he's an...
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David Hoffelmeyer, a senior from St. Joseph, Missouri
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2006 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
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Megan Fraedrich, a 12-year-old seventh grader from Springfield, Virginia
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"And she was recently an evil stepsister in a performance of...
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Peter Severson, a senior from Sioux Falls, South Dakota
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2005 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time of the...
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