| #9017, aired 2024-01-16 | OUR FEATHERED FRIENDS $1,800 (Daily Double): With a wingspan of about 7 feet, the largest eagle in the Amazon is this species named for foul bird-like women of Greek myth (the) harpy (eagle) |
| #25, aired 2024-01-16 | TREES $100: This South American rainforest is said to be home to roughly 390 billion trees the Amazon |
| #9006, aired 2024-01-01 | RETIRED $800: This Ben & Jerry's flavor, vanilla ice cream with a nutty brittle, was sent up the Amazon river in 1999 Rainforest Crunch |
| #8998, aired 2023-12-20 | 2020s TV $1200: Set in a school for wannabe superheroes, "Gen V" is a spinoff of this hard-hitting Amazon Prime show The Boys |
| #8978, aired 2023-11-22 | COMPANY NAME ORIGINS $400: Jeff Bezos settled on this name because it started with the first letter of the alphabet & implied something really large Amazon |
| #19, aired 2023-11-01 | HEADQUARTERED IN $400: Nordstrom;
Zillow;
Amazon;
Starbucks Seattle |
| #16, aired 2023-10-11 | AS SEEN ON SHARK TANK $500: Formerly "Doorbot", this smart video doorbell was scooped up by Amazon after the Sharks rejected it--those ding-dongs the Ring |
| #16, aired 2023-10-11 | FOR SWEATER OR WORSE $600: You can score a version of this horror villain's striped sweater on Amazon for about 40 bucks -- finger knives not included Freddy Krueger |
| #8917, aired 2023-07-18 | AN ABBREVIATED CATEGORY $2,000 (Daily Double): FAANG:
Coined in 2017 by Jim Cramer to denote 5 top tech companies at the time Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix & Google |
| #8916, aired 2023-07-17 | WHAT'S THE NAME OF THAT TV SHOW? $400: Ms. Weissman is the maiden name of the title character of this show that ran for 5 seasons on Amazon Prime The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel |
| #8897, aired 2023-06-20 | THAT MUSICAL ACT IS UNREAL! $1600: In 2023 Riley Keough streamed down the Amazon, playing this '70s woman who sang "Kill You To Try" Daisy Jones |
| #7, aired 2023-05-12 | INVERTEBRATES $800: A species of this annelid in the Amazon has a 6-inch proboscis that it uses as a hypodermic needle to suck blood a leech |
| #8859, aired 2023-04-27 | TV DRAMA $600: Seen here, she plays the title aristocratic noblewoman in Amazon's Western "The English" Emily Blunt |
| #8844, aired 2023-04-06 | BIG AMERICAN LANDOWNERS $600: Among this Amazon founder's major holdings: the Blue Origin sub-orbital launch site in West Texas Bezos |
| #8819, aired 2023-03-02 | DOCUMENTARY SUBJECTS $1200: In "The Territory", the Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau people of the Amazon battle this process, the mass clearing of trees by humans deforestation |
| #8815, aired 2023-02-24 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $400: It's the world's second-longest river, but the longest in the Western Hemisphere the Amazon |
| #8807, aired 2023-02-14 | THE RIVER $1200: One of the world's largest freshwater fish at almost 10 feet in length, the pirarucu is found in this river system the Amazon |
| #8806, aired 2023-02-13 | LOGOS $400: You've certainly noticed that the logo of this omnipresent company is underlined by a smile that points from "A" to "Z" Amazon |
| #8789, aired 2023-01-19 | IT'S ABOUT TIME $400: The Piraha people of the Amazon have limited conjugation of verbs, which as a result lack these time-indicating properties tenses |
| #9, aired 2023-01-05 | WE MEAN BUSINESS $900: On day 1 in 1973, this corp. delivered 186 packages, but in fiscal year 2021 annual revenue, it delivered $84 billion FedEx |
| #8771, aired 2022-12-26 | APPS & WEBSITES $1000: The stars aligned, & by the end of 2021, this platform reported it had 244 million cumulative reviews Yelp |
| #8759, aired 2022-12-08 | MONKEY BUSINESS $600: The most abundant primate of the Amazon region, this type of monkey bears the name of a common rodent of North America a squirrel monkey |
| #8749, aired 2022-11-24 | CHARACTER ACTORS $800: Lance Reddick played a cop on "The Wire" & on this Amazon Prime drama as Chief Irvin Irving Bosch |
| #7, aired 2022-11-06 | EVERYBODY LOVES RAIN, MAN $100: This largest tropical rain forest can average well over 100 inches of rain each year the Amazon |
| #8723, aired 2022-10-19 | HOME COMPUTING $600: A good webcam is vital both for work meetings & for when you become King Bozomeme on this gamer livestreaming service from Amazon Twitch |
| #8723, aired 2022-10-19 | TV $800: Chris Pratt stars as Navy SEAL James Reece on this thriller on Amazon Prime The Terminal List |
| #3, aired 2022-10-09 | TECHNOLOGY $300: A.I. for short, this was the subject of the first book Amazon ever sold, about computer models of thought artificial intelligence |
| #2, aired 2022-10-02 | AROUND THE HOUSE $100: This Amazon voice A.I. will help you with your smart home, shopping & entertainment needs Alexa |
| #8703, aired 2022-09-21 | PEOPLE & PLACES $400: Some of the Yagua of the Amazon basin still use this weapon for hunting a blow dart |
| #8686, aired 2022-07-18 | ACTING UP ON TV $1000: Beltalowda! Keon Alexander showed wide range as Marco Inaros, leader of the Free Navy on this Amazon sci-fi show The Expanse |
| #8684, aired 2022-07-14 | EARTH $400: The Earth's longest river is the Nile, but this one carries the most water by volume the Amazon |
| #8669, aired 2022-06-23 | IT CAME FROM A GRAPHIC NOVEL $800: A-Train & Homelander leave a bit to be desired as superheroes on this Amazon show based on Garth Ennis' work The Boys |
| #8666, aired 2022-06-20 | OLD NAMES ON THE MAP $800: It was once known as the Zaire, but now it's this & it still carries more water than any river except the Amazon Congo |
| #8626, aired 2022-04-25 | I'LL FOLLOW YOU $1200: Andy Jassy says before taking over as Amazon CEO he was Jeff Bezos' this, following him closely & watching every move shadow |
| #8617, aired 2022-04-12 | AMAZON PRIME $200: The Amazon River basin is home to stands of this "national" nut tree; the nuts are big in protein & the oil, big in shampoos Brazil nuts |
| #8617, aired 2022-04-12 | AMAZON PRIME $400: Let this alliterative Amazon water creature light up your night... & despite its name, it's a knifefish an electric eel |
| #8617, aired 2022-04-12 | AMAZON PRIME $600: Iquitos, the world's largest city that can't be reached by road, is on the Amazon in this nation on Chile's northern border Peru |
| #8617, aired 2022-04-12 | AMAZON PRIME $800: Seen floating on the Amazon is Victoria amazonica, the largest one of these; its pads can be six feet wide a water lily |
| #8617, aired 2022-04-12 | AMAZON PRIME $1000: The Casiquiare River connects 2 major river systems, the Amazon & this 1,300-mile one the Orinoco |
| #8596, aired 2022-03-14 | '70s TELEVISION $800: For three seasons, this actress helped protect our world as Diana Prince, an Amazon better known as Wonder Woman Lynda Carter |
| #8578, aired 2022-02-16 | COUNTRIES ON THE EQUATOR $400: This river reaches the Atlantic Ocean at the equator near Macapá, Brazil the Amazon |
| #12, aired 2022-02-16 | THE FUTURE'S NOT SO BRIGHT... $1200: On this Amazon show set in the 24th c., a terrorist faction among the asteroid belt drops a big rock on Earth with devastating effect The Expanse |
| #9, aired 2022-02-15 | A SEMESTER ABROAD $600: This biological reservoir is 2.3 million square miles in area & stretches to the Andes; when there, feel free to save it the Amazon |
| #8, aired 2022-02-11 | TV, STREAMED $600: Billy Butcher has some serious issues with superheroes on this Amazon show & confronts them quite directly The Boys |
| #3, aired 2022-02-09 | APPS & WEBSITES $1000: Amazon owns this livestreaming service that hosts gamers like SypherPK Twitch |
| #8569, aired 2022-02-03 | TRIBUTARIES $800: The Madeira & the Xingu are among its 1,100 tributaries the Amazon |
| #8523, aired 2021-12-01 | SNAKES & RIVERS $1600: Take a cruise down the Amazon & you might see this, the world's heaviest snake an anaconda |
| #8498, aired 2021-10-27 | THE FOREST FOR THE TREES $400: The Amazon rainforest makes up about 40% of the area of this nation larger than the area of the 48 contiguous U.S. states Brazil |
| #8463, aired 2021-08-11 | HAVE A FEW LAUGHS $800: In 2021 Randy Watson, the lead singer of Sexual Chocolate, hit Amazon Prime in this sequel to a 1988 film Coming 2 America |
| #8449, aired 2021-07-22 | AROUND THE WORLD $800: This ecologically vital region also called the Selva reaches its northern limits in Colombia & Venezuela the Amazon rainforest |
| #8447, aired 2021-07-20 | INTERNET BUSINESSES $200: Today the largest online retailer in the U.S., when it began in 1995, it sold only books Amazon |
| #8436, aired 2021-07-05 | THEY DON'T LIVE ON SESAME STREET $600: Accompanying him on his post-White House trek to the Amazon, Kermit was the second son of this U.S. president Theodore Roosevelt |
| #8425, aired 2021-06-18 | STOCK: MARKETS $800: WFM was once the stock symbol for this company, but Amazon bought it Whole Foods |
| #8412, aired 2021-06-01 | PERU $400: In the late 19th & early 20th centuries, Iquitos was a major shipping port on this river during the rubber boom the Amazon |
| #8399, aired 2021-05-13 | SCIENCE $400: A 2020 study says that in the 2030s the Amazon tropical forest may go from a net absorber to a net emitter of this gas carbon dioxide |
| #8378, aired 2021-04-14 | HODGEPODGE $400: The Ucayali river joins the Marañón to form this river whose length equals the distance from New York City to Rome the Amazon |
| #8375, aired 2021-04-09 | ACTION FIGURES $200: Fact: This "Office" star sees plenty of action as the title character on Amazon's "Jack Ryan" John Krasinski |
| #8355, aired 2021-03-12 | BEFORE & AFTER $2000: Free 2-day shipping for $12.99 a month from Aristotle's entity that causes all motion Amazon Prime Mover |
| #8353, aired 2021-03-10 | COLORFUL RIVERS $400: Rising in Colombia, the Rio Negro (or black river) flows about 1,400 miles before joining this massive river the Amazon |
| #8338, aired 2021-02-17 | SNAP $400: Having trouble converting ounces to pounds? Ask Alexa from this company & you'll get the answer in a snap Amazon |
| #8336, aired 2021-02-15 | THE BOAT, ASHORE $1000: In this German director's classic 1982 film "Fitzcarraldo", a boat is dragged through the Amazon jungle Werner Herzog |
| #8319, aired 2021-01-21 | A STREAM OF TV $400: Amazon Prime's "Tales from" here isn't set in Chicago but in an experimental physics lab in Ohio the Loop |
| #8306, aired 2021-01-04 | REPLICAS $1600: For about 50 bucks on Amazon, you can get yourself a small copy of the Louvre statue "Winged Victory of" this island Samothrace |
| #8290, aired 2020-11-27 | THE ATMOSPHERE $400: Corridors of water vapor such as the Pineapple Express are called atmospheric these & carry more moisture than the Amazon rivers |
| #8272, aired 2020-11-03 | RIVER DEEP, MOUNTAIN HIGH $200: Talk about prime delivery! Each year, this river with depths up to 300' provides 20% of the fresh water entering the ocean the Amazon |
| #8260, aired 2020-10-16 | AROUND THE HOUSE $200: Acquired by Amazon in 2018, this video doorbell brand lets you see who's at your front door Ring |
| #8255, aired 2020-10-09 | TELEVISION $1000: On Amazon Prime's "Hunters", he plays Meyer Offerman, who leads an elite group of Nazi hunters Al Pacino |
| #8250, aired 2020-10-02 | BIG BUSINESS NEWS OF THE 2010s $200: In June 2017 this online retailer agreed to buy Whole Foods for $13.7 billion Amazon |
| #8219, aired 2020-05-21 | GEOGRAPHY $200: The Casiquiare River forms a link between the drainage systems of the Orinoco & this bigger South American river the Amazon |
| #8205, aired 2020-04-17 | POP CULTURE $1200: Amazon Prime was super in 2019, debuting this show about edgy superheroes like Homelander & the Deep The Boys |
| #8169, aired 2020-02-27 | NATURE $800: Inhabiting the Amazon River Basin, the rare boto is also known as the pink this mammal dolphin |
| #8161, aired 2020-02-17 | WORLD RIVERS $400: In the 1540s Francisco de Orellana made the first known trip down its entire length the Amazon |
| #8154, aired 2020-02-06 | IT'S NOT YOU; IT'S ME $400: In 2019 this shipping company ended its U.S. air & ground delivery contracts with Amazon FedEx |
| #8134, aired 2020-01-09 | MAGAZINE COLLECTION $600: This 66-year-old magazine offers a section for shows on Netflix, Hulu & Amazon called "Stream It!" TV Guide |
| #8129, aired 2020-01-02 | GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS $800: Rachel Brosnahan portrays a strong woman in this period comedy on Amazon & won Golden Globes for her work in 2018 & 2019 The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel |
| #8125, aired 2019-12-27 | MAIL-ORDER NOVELS $400: Little A & 47North are publishers owned by this Internet behemoth that mails out a lot of books Amazon |
| #8100, aired 2019-11-22 | IT'S ALL ABOUT THAT GREEN, BABY $800: Talk about Amazon Prime! This woman pledged more than half her $37 billion fortune to charity in 2019 (MacKenzie) Bezos |
| #8094, aired 2019-11-14 | MOVIE MONSTERS $800: The Gill-Man is a prehistoric beast from the Amazon in this 1954 movie the Creature from the Black Lagoon |
| #8088, aired 2019-11-06 | THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT! $1200: Seen here, Phoebe Waller Bridge created & starred in this Amazon Prime series Fleabag |
| #8078, aired 2019-10-23 | I BLESS THE RAINS $800 (Daily Double): Rainfall in this area covering 2 million square miles & 9 countries has topped 120 inches some years the Amazon (rainforest) |
| #8053, aired 2019-09-18 | ITTY BITTY CITY $800: On Valentine's Day 2019, this company said it was breaking up with Long Island City as future home for its second headquarters Amazon |
| #8034, aired 2019-07-11 | "HOME" ENTERTAINMENT $600: The title of this Amazon series starring Julia Roberts refers to a facility that helps soldiers transition into civilian life Homecoming |
| #8030, aired 2019-07-05 | WE MEAN BID-NESS $200: Bids for this co.'s HQ2 included Atlanta's offer of a dedicated MARTA train car & a (joking) offer to rename Calgary Amazon |
| #7988, aired 2019-05-08 | EDUCATIONAL GAMES $600: The Amazon Trail is a spin-off from this classic history game The Oregon Trail |
| #7981, aired 2019-04-29 | POTENT PORTABLES $200: Amazon's Fire Tablet 7 comes preloaded with this assistant & her soothing voice Alexa |
| #7966, aired 2019-04-08 | WHO'S ON TV? $600: Streaming on Amazon:
"Sneaky" him Pete |
| #7963, aired 2019-04-03 | HABITATS $200: This, the world's largest rainforest, is home to several million species, including the jaguar & the capybara the Amazon |
| #7948, aired 2019-03-13 | THE PULITZER PRIZE $400: The L.A. Times took a 2004 prize for an in-depth look at the methods used by this retailer to become the largest in the world Walmart |
| #7937, aired 2019-02-26 | LAKES & RIVERS $1600: The Amazon River begins not in Brazil but with headwaters in this western South American country Peru |
| #7925, aired 2019-02-08 | ISLANDS $1,600 (Daily Double): Larger than Maryland & lying near the equator, the world's largest island in fresh water is in this river the Amazon |
| #7918, aired 2019-01-30 | RECENT TV $1600: Disgraced L.A. lawyer Billy McBride has some "huge" issues to deal with on this Amazon show Goliath |
| #7910, aired 2019-01-18 | COMIC "ON" $400: dccomics.com lists Wonder Woman's occupation as this "princess " Amazon |
| #7904, aired 2019-01-10 | TECHNOLOGY $400: Stephen Fry tweeted, "Books are no more threatened by " this Amazon device "than stairs by elevators" Kindle |
| #7887, aired 2018-12-18 | LIKES & RAVERS $600: Jane Lynch leads a cast of comedians in an audiobook reading funny review from this shopping site Amazon |
| #7871, aired 2018-11-26 | TV TITLE CHARACTERS $1000: Miriam Weissman is the maiden name of the title character of this alliterative Amazon series The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel |
| #7868, aired 2018-11-21 | CYBER MONDAY $400: You can also use "Amazon" or "Computer" to talk to your Echo device instead of this 5-letter name Alexa |
| #7863, aired 2018-11-14 | BODIES OF WATER $400: This river flows some 4,000 miles to its mouth in the Atlantic on the coast of Brazil the Amazon |
| #7842, aired 2018-10-16 | ANTHROPOLOGY $1200: Anna Roosevelt believes pre-Columbians in this basin enriched soil with charcoal & had a civilization of 100,000 the Amazon |
| #7833, aired 2018-10-03 | BRICK BY BRICK $600: This Lionel Richie group sang, "She's a brick house, yeah, she's the one, the only one, built like an Amazon" The Commodores |
| #7809, aired 2018-07-19 | FROM BOOK TO TV $1600: Kelsey Grammer played a vindictive Hollywood producer in Amazon's adaptation of this Fitzgerald novel The Last Tycoon |
| #7788, aired 2018-06-20 | THAT'S A GOOD-LOOKIN' TITLE WORD $800: Billy Crystal's Fernando knows this word for Amazon's Mrs. Maisel marvelous |
| #7785, aired 2018-06-15 | GEOGRAPHY $200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows the Andes on the monitor.) A small stream in Peru's Andes flows into the Apurimac, becoming a source of this river that some 4,000 miles later flows into the Atlantic the Amazon |
| #7776, aired 2018-06-04 | MOVIES OF "WONDER" $400: Directed by Patty Jenkins, this action film had one particularly amazing Amazon delivery Wonder Woman |
| #7758, aired 2018-05-09 | PLANET EARTH $400: Home to 10% of the world's known species, this rainforest covers 1.2 billion acres, 60% of it in Brazil the Amazon rainforest |
| #7743, aired 2018-04-18 | IT GROWS ON TREES $1200: These large nuts grow in pods that look like coconuts on trees in the Amazon forest Brazil nuts |
| #7739, aired 2018-04-12 | "ADD"/"DROP" $600: amazon.com is just full of yellow bars that tempt you into purchases with this 3-word phrase add to cart |
| #7733, aired 2018-04-04 | ENTREPRENEURS $800: Read all about it! In 2013 this Amazon founder bought the Washington Post (Jeff) Bezos |
| #7724, aired 2018-03-22 | NEWS OF 2017 $400: Adding physical locations to its online empire, Amazon purchased this grocery retailer in a deal worth $13.7 billion Whole Foods |
| #7700, aired 2018-02-16 | AT THE COMO PARK ZOO $1000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from the Como Park Zoo.) Contrary to what the movies portray, humans are rarely attacked by this giant water boa that thrives in the Amazon & Orinoco river basins & can grow up to 30 feet long an anaconda |
| #7697, aired 2018-02-13 | NASDAQ COMPANIES $400: A share of stock in this company, then just a bookseller, cost about $1.50 in June 1997; 20 years later? Over $1,100! Amazon |
| #7691, aired 2018-02-05 | "R"IVERS $1200: This Amazon tributary was called "The River of Doubt" until explored in 1914 by the president for whom it's named the Roosevelt |
| #7670, aired 2018-01-05 | AM I BLUE? $1600: Patrick Warburton went blue as this hero on TV--then Amazon gave Peter Serafinowicz a shot the Tick |
| #7668, aired 2018-01-03 | DASH $200: Reordering became ridiculously easy when this company introduced Dash Buttons & the Dash Wand Amazon |
| #7611, aired 2017-10-16 | TECHNOLOGY $1600: The "brain" behind Amazon Echo, she can turn on your thermostat or tell you who won a medieval battle Alexa |
| #7569, aired 2017-07-06 | A REAL NUT JOB $200: Natives along the Amazon basin collect these, AKA para nuts, which are later used in soaps or as food Brazil nuts |
| #7560, aired 2017-06-23 | TV IN THE STREAM $1000: Rob Delaney & Sharon Horgan dealt with an unexpected pregnancy in this Amazon series the 2 also created Catastrophe |
| #7546, aired 2017-06-05 | DONE THERE $400: Becoming a man in the Amazon can be tough--boys of the Satere-Mawe must wear gloves filled with the bullet type of this insect an ant |
| #7527, aired 2017-05-09 | SOUTH AMERICA $400: This river's more than 1,000 tributaries include the Rio Negro & the Madeira the Amazon |
| #7525, aired 2017-05-05 | STREAM $3,000 (Daily Double): A section of this 1,300-mile-long river forms the border between Venezuela & Colombia the Orinoco |
| #7494, aired 2017-03-23 | WHERE IS IT? $400: Marajo Island:
the delta of this very long river the Amazon |
| #7481, aired 2017-03-06 | WHO IS OUR LEADER? $600: Founder & CEO of amazon.com, he's been a leader in "predictive analytics", which matches ads to browsing history Bezos |
| #7472, aired 2017-02-21 | UNCHARTED $1200: This man for whom America is named may have discovered the mouth of the Amazon River (Amerigo) Vespucci |
| #7459, aired 2017-02-02 | RAINFORESTS $400: This South American country contains 60% of the Amazon rainforest Brazil |
| #7459, aired 2017-02-02 | EMMY-WINNING WOMEN $1200: Jill Soloway, who won for directing this Amazon series, thanked her own father, a transgender woman Transparent |
| #7445, aired 2017-01-13 | BOOKS $1600: Among Amazon's 20 bestselling books of 2015 were, for the first item, 2 of these books that aren't meant to be read coloring books |
| #7426, aired 2016-12-19 | UNDER THE CHRISTMAS TREE $400: I got this Amazon hands-free speaker I control with my voice! I got this Amazon hands-free speaker I control with my voice! an Echo |
| #7401, aired 2016-11-14 | WHO MAKES IT? $400: The Kindle Paperwhite E-reader Amazon |
| #7393, aired 2016-11-02 | TV SHOWS BASED ON BOOKS $2000: Oboist Blair Tindall's memoir of sex, drugs & classical music inspired this Amazon series of the same name Mozart in the Jungle |
| #7381, aired 2016-10-17 | STAR FISH $800: A Roger Corman cult classic is about these title killers, who've somehow made it from the Amazon to a U.S. resort Piranha |
| #7334, aired 2016-06-30 | HOW NOVEL! $1200: A TV series from Amazon based on Michael Connelly's novels stars Titus Welliver as this LAPD detective Hieronymus Bosch |
| #7314, aired 2016-06-02 | TV MAPS $1000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) The Allies lost the war, and a buffer zone splits North America, with the Japanese in the west & the Nazis in the east on this Amazon show based on a story by Philip K. Dick The Man in the High Castle |
| #7307, aired 2016-05-24 | STUPID ANSWERS--MISDIRECTION $1000: An amazon of revenue comes to this co. that's before Apple in the alphabet & passed Apple in 2016 as the most valuable Alphabet |
| #7305, aired 2016-05-20 | ON THE BOOKSHELF $2000: President Obama & Amazon both named as their favorite novel of 2015 Lauren Groff's "Fates and" these Furies |
| #7301, aired 2016-05-16 | POP CULTURE $400: Gal Gadot as this character brought some Amazon estrogen to 2016's "Batman v. Superman" Wonder Woman |
| #7270, aired 2016-04-01 | LITERARY LATIN AMERICA $400: Colombian writer Jose Eustasio Rivera's 1924 novel "The Vortex" was set in the rubber plantations of this rain forest the Amazon |
| #7257, aired 2016-03-15 | THE NAVY ASHORE $1000: 2,300 miles up the Amazon in Peru, a Navy lab tracks Malaria & this mosquito-borne fever caused by the DEN-1 virus dengue fever |
| #7253, aired 2016-03-09 | LIKE A BOSS $600: Running up the score before halftime, Amazon's strong 2nd quarter in 2015 helped put an extra $16.5 bil. in this CEO's pocket (Jeff) Bezos |
| #7216, aired 2016-01-18 | GALLANTLY STREAMING TV $1000: In 2015 Jeffrey Tambor went through some big changes & won a Golden Globe for his role on this Amazon series Transparent |
| #7212, aired 2016-01-12 | NONFICTION $200: "The River of Doubt" documents a journey he took on the Amazon after his 1912 election defeat Teddy Roosevelt |
| #7212, aired 2016-01-12 | NONFICTION $600: "The Everything Store" is subtitled this man "and the Age of Amazon" (Jeff) Bezos |
| #7195, aired 2015-12-18 | NUT-TRITION $400: These biggies from the Amazon basin have many health benefits, but with their high selenium content, too many can be harmful Brazil nuts |
| #7167, aired 2015-11-10 | CITIES ON THE RIVER $1200: Parintins &
Manaus the Amazon |
| #7162, aired 2015-11-03 | D.C. TV $1000: 4 Republican senators live together in this Amazon series created by Garry Trudeau Alpha House |
| #7138, aired 2015-09-30 | SUPERLATIVE STATES $400: Biggest retailer:
This company based in Washington State Amazon.com |
| #7132, aired 2015-09-22 | ADVENTURE TRAVEL $200: Let's sail up this river 2,300 miles from the Atlantic all the way to the port city of Iquitos in Peru the Amazon |
| #7118, aired 2015-07-22 | THERE'S SOMETHING IN THE AIR $200: Sure, this 5-letter item has a "death from above" rap, but Amazon plans to use it to achieve 30-minute delivery times a drone |
| #7099, aired 2015-06-25 | ETYMOLOGY $1200: In 1847 Thomas Savage gave this type of ape a name that referred to a legendary African tribe of hairy women gorilla |
| #7098, aired 2015-06-24 | THE BUSINESS OF TECH $600: In 2014 The Economist said this company was "burying the Hachette" over e-book prices Amazon |
| #7098, aired 2015-06-24 | LOVE THOSE ANNELIDS! $800: The giant Amazon type of this annelid uses its 6-inch proboscis as a needle to suck blood from its host a leech |
| #7031, aired 2015-03-23 | TAKE ME TO YOUR LITER $1000: Is this an IQ test? Amazon sells a 1-liter bottle of this "vapor distilled" glaceau brand for $1.90--plus $8.99 shipping Smartwater |
| #6958, aired 2014-12-10 | THE LONG & THE SHORT OF IT $200: This South American river is 4,000 miles long--that's NYC to Rome the Amazon |
| #6946, aired 2014-11-24 | WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE BOOK $2000: Professor Challenger finds dinosaurs & adventure in the Amazon jungle in this Conan Doyle tale The Lost World |
| #6920, aired 2014-10-17 | ANIMALS OF THE AMAZON $400: This 3-toed arboreal mammal has extra neck vertebrae that allow it to turn its head 270 degrees a sloth |
| #6920, aired 2014-10-17 | ANIMALS OF THE AMAZON $800: This colorful bird's large bill, which may reach 8 inches in length, helps regulate its body temperature a toucan |
| #6920, aired 2014-10-17 | ANIMALS OF THE AMAZON $1200: The females of this giant water boa are longer than the males by an average of around 10 feet an anaconda |
| #6920, aired 2014-10-17 | ANIMALS OF THE AMAZON $2000: This pig-like mammal has a prehensile snout that it uses to pluck fruit or leaves from branches a tapir |
| #6914, aired 2014-10-09 | JEFF $400: Under this man's leadership, amazon.com became the largest online retailer Jeff Bezos |
| #6855, aired 2014-06-06 | FROM SOUP TO NUTS $600: Almost all of these nuts seen here, unshelled & shelled, come from wild trees in the Amazon basin Brazil nuts |
| #6820, aired 2014-04-18 | 1950s SCI-FI FILMS $800: From the depths of the Amazon came this title character, originally in 3D The Creature From The Black Lagoon |
| #6815, aired 2014-04-11 | THE CHARACTER SHALL REMAIN NAMELESS $800: Amazon sells the "Man With No Name Trilogy" of '60s movies featuring this actor on the cover Clint Eastwood |
| #6810, aired 2014-04-04 | STRUCTURES $200: amazon.com has a 786,000-square-foot one in Fernley, Nevada a warehouse |
| #6800, aired 2014-03-21 | THEY DRINK BLOOD $400: The candiru, a tiny parasitic catfish of the Amazon, attacks other fish by swimming into these breathing organs to feast gills |
| #6788, aired 2014-03-05 | LOGOS $200: The arrow seen here is part of the logo of this retailer Amazon |
| #6728, aired 2013-12-11 | AUDIO BOOK PERFORMERS $1200: This amazon.com subsidiary .com has an A-list collection that includes Anne Hathaway reading L. Frank Baum audible.com |
| #6722, aired 2013-12-03 | STINKER $600: The hoatzin, or "stink bird", of this 4,000-mile-long river's basin is so smelly it's rarely hunted for food the Amazon |
| #6669, aired 2013-09-19 | NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 50 GREATEST PHOTOGRAPHS $800: These river dolphins seem to glow orange as they swim in the tea-colored waters of this South American river basin the Amazon |
| #6664, aired 2013-08-01 | GEOGRAPHY 101 $200: The Nile is longer, but in terms of volume, this is the world's largest river The Amazon |
| #6624, aired 2013-06-06 | BODIES OF WATER $800: To remember the names of the world's 3 longest rivers, just say "nay", for the Nile, Amazon & this one Yangtze |
| #6622, aired 2013-06-04 | IT'S GETTING HOT IN HERE $400: Amazon's e-reader the Kindle |
| #6600, aired 2013-05-03 | INTERNET-BUSINESS.COM $1200: Founder Jeff Bezos wanted to call it Cadabra, but when a lawyer misheard it as "cadaver", went with this instead Amazon(.com) |
| #6578, aired 2013-04-03 | ALPHANUMERIC TERMS $600: A 32-MB song on a CD compresses down to about 3 MB in this format; 21 million songs are at Amazon's store for it MP3 |
| #6563, aired 2013-03-13 | LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY $400: In 1542 Francisco de Orellana began traveling down this river from Ecuador, reaching its mouth on the Atlantic the Amazon |
| #6535, aired 2013-02-01 | WORLD RIVERS $400: It drains an area of 2.7 million square miles in 7 South American countries the Amazon |
| #6521, aired 2013-01-14 | MUDDY WATERS $200: In Brazil, the sandy water of the Solimoes River flows side-by-side with the Rio Negro until they merge into this huge river the Amazon |
| #6475, aired 2012-11-09 | REMEMBER BOOKSTORES? $400: amazon.com invites you to do this through online titles, but it's not the same as a leisurely search among the shelves browse |
| #6464, aired 2012-10-25 | SITE $1000: The front page of this "database", an Amazon company, lists box office tallies & tells you what's opening this week imdb |
| #6425, aired 2012-07-20 | FORESTS $200: The world's largest tropical rain forest, it covers parts of 6 countries, including Brazil & Peru the Amazon forest |
| #6399, aired 2012-06-14 | WEBSITES FROM A TO Z $200: A: It started as an online bookstore run from Jeff Bezos' garage Amazon.com |
| #6396, aired 2012-06-11 | "PIPE" DREAMS $800: The yagua of the Peruvian Amazon are skilled in using these weapons to bring down game a blowpipe |
| #6379, aired 2012-05-17 | STOP THE PRESSES! $800: In 2011 this online retailer announced that its sales of e-books exceeded its sales of hardbacks & paperbacks Amazon |
| #6364, aired 2012-04-26 | INTERBRAND TOP 100 GLOBAL BRANDS $600: Interbrand calls shopping online through this retailer "one of the web's defining experiences" Amazon |
| #6320, aired 2012-02-24 | TECHNOLOGY MATTERS $400: This Amazon line has a new multimedia tablet aptly dubbed "Fire" Kindle |
| #6313, aired 2012-02-15 | THE AMAZON $400: With 80" a year, Sena Madureira in the Amazon basin has lots of the "rain" typical of this ecosystem a rain forest |
| #6313, aired 2012-02-15 | THE AMAZON $800: Marajo, one of these in the Amazon's delta, is almost as big as the Netherlands an island |
| #6313, aired 2012-02-15 | THE AMAZON $1200: Until competition from plantations in southeast Asia, this Amazon tree was a boon to Brazil's economy a rubber tree |
| #6313, aired 2012-02-15 | THE AMAZON $2,000 (Daily Double): The largest mammal of the Amazon is this sirenian said to resemble a floating hippopotamus a manatee |
| #6313, aired 2012-02-15 | THE AMAZON $2000: Similar to hemp, an important Amazon crop is this plant illustrated here, whose fibers are spun into gunny sacks jute |
| #6290, aired 2012-01-13 | LAKES & RIVERS $1200: Crack open a Brazil nut & tell us of your time as a captain on the Rio Madeira, a major tributary of this river the Amazon |
| #6221, aired 2011-10-10 | THE RIVER'S TRIBUTARIES $200: Tocantins,
Madeira,
Rio Negro the Amazon |
| #6204, aired 2011-07-28 | RIVERS $400: Although its ultimate source is still debated, this river flows into the Atlantic the Amazon |
| #6099, aired 2011-03-03 | MARY: ME $800: Me: Mary Anne Talbot, known as the "British" this type of warrior woman for serving in the army & navy disguised as a man an Amazon |
| #6093, aired 2011-02-23 | TEENAGE DREAM $600: Dream of free shipping forever on millions of items if you took over for Jeff Bezos as CEO of this online giant Amazon |
| #6054, aired 2010-12-30 | PORTUGUYS $400: In the 17th century Pedro Teixeira, one of the early explorers of this river, traversed it from Belem to Quito the Amazon |
| #6021, aired 2010-11-15 | ONLINE SHOPPING $800: The logo of this giant online retailer is a smile that can also be seen as an arrow that goes from "A" to "Z" in its name Amazon.com |
| #5991, aired 2010-10-04 | BOOKS ABOUT PRESIDENTS $800: "The River of Doubt" tells of this president's jungle adventure & trip up the Amazon after he left office Theodore Roosevelt |
| #5983, aired 2010-09-22 | EXPLORERS OF THE NEW WORLD $1600: In 1596 Sir Walter Raleigh wrote the Book "Discoverie of Guiana", Guiana being the area between the Amazon & this river the Orinoco |
| #5919, aired 2010-05-13 | PUBLISHERS $400: In 2010 this website pulled Macmillan titles in a pricing dispute Amazon |
| #5909, aired 2010-04-29 | NATURE STUDY $1,600 (Daily Double): This monkey of the Amazon is so-named because the dark patch of hair on its head resembles a monk's hood a capuchin |
| #5856, aired 2010-02-15 | ISLANDS IN THE STREAM $800: Marajo, the world's largest island produced by river sediment, lies at the mouth of this the Amazon |
| #5820, aired 2009-12-25 | LET'S VISIT AN AQUARIUM $2000: Watch out for anacondas & piranhas at the Shedd Aquarium exhibit called this river "Rising" Amazon |
| #5790, aired 2009-11-13 | EXPEDITION WEEK $800: In "Search for the... Headshrinkers" of this river, we learn of the practice in Ecuador & Peru the Amazon |
| #5741, aired 2009-07-20 | HABITAT FOR YOU, MANATEE $800: This 4,000-mile river the Amazon |
| #5700, aired 2009-05-22 | THE DOLPHINS $800: The tucuxi, an under-4-foot dolphin, has been found swimming more than 1,500 miles up this river the Amazon |
| #5688, aired 2009-05-06 | BODIES OF WATER $3,000 (Daily Double): This river carries more water than the Mississippi, Yangtze & Nile combined the Amazon |
| #5663, aired 2009-04-01 | FISH $400: In the Pirarucu of the Amazon, only the young have working gills; adults breathe this air |
| #5643, aired 2009-03-04 | BIRDS OF A FEATHER $1200: Amazon,
African gray,
lory parrot |
| #5625, aired 2009-02-06 | HIDING ON THE INTERNET $800: When you click the invisible link on this website, you'll see CEO Jeff Bezos' page honoring a past worker Amazon |
| #5561, aired 2008-11-10 | YOU'RE SUCH AN ANIMAL! $200: The red-bellied type is the sharpest-toothed of this fish whose jaws Amazon Indians have used as scissors a piranha |
| #5542, aired 2008-10-14 | FOUND IN TRANSLATION $1000: Amazon.fr lists works by this U.S. author (with a French name), such as his "Hondo, L'Homme du Desert" Louis L'Amour |
| #5516, aired 2008-09-08 | ZOOLOGY $200: In the Amazon one species of this flying mammal hangs out (literally) in a tent that it makes out of a big leaf a bat |
| #5511, aired 2008-07-21 | JUNEAU $400: More than 40% of Juneau consists of this type of woodland area more often associated with the Amazon the rainforest |
| #5486, aired 2008-06-16 | TECH COMPANIES? $400: This female warrior of myth mainly dealt with men for 1 reason--procreation; use the singular, please Amazon |
| #5454, aired 2008-05-01 | SHAKESPEAREAN CHARACTERS $2000: The first name spoken in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" is that of this Amazon queen Hippolyta |
| #5418, aired 2008-03-12 | THE 16th CENTURY $400: In 1541 Francisco de Orellana took a trip up this river he named for the bow & arrow-wielding women seen on it the Amazon |
| #5401, aired 2008-02-18 | BODIES OF WATER $400: The Orinoco begins in Venezuela's state that's named for this other river the Amazon |
| #5366, aired 2007-12-31 | ANIMALS $200: One in every 6 known bird species makes its home in this rainforest the Amazon |
| #5355, aired 2007-12-14 | COUNTRIES' LARGEST ISLANDS $400: Marajo in the Amazon River Brazil |
| #5330, aired 2007-11-09 | FLOW-ERS $800: This almost 1,300-mile-long river forms part of the border between Venezuela & Colombia the Orinoco |
| #5325, aired 2007-11-02 | PETS $400: This type of parrot that bears the name of a South American river can get used to cooler temperatures an Amazon parrot |
| #5278, aired 2007-07-18 | ALLITERATION ALLOTMENT $1200: You'll get a charge over this critter, an Amazon River dweller that can pack a 650-volt wallop an electric eel |
| #5273, aired 2007-07-11 | MARMOSET $800: Pygmy marmosets are found around the upper part of this large river's basin the Amazon |
| #5236, aired 2007-05-21 | COMMUNICATION $400: Dahalo, a language of Kenya, uses only one of these, like Amazon.com's online shopping technology a click |
| #5227, aired 2007-05-08 | ON THE "GO" $1200: This river carries more water than any other except the Amazon the Congo |
| #5164, aired 2007-02-08 | ALL ABOUT ANIMALS $400: The boto, also known as the Amazon dolphin or porpoise, is native to this continent South America |
| #5107, aired 2006-11-21 | GET AN EDUCATION! $400: In geography, you should know that this South American river has the world's largest drainage system the Amazon |
| #5020, aired 2006-06-09 | CRITTERS OF THE AMAZON $400: Some Indians of the Amazon use the teeth of this vicious fish as scissors or razors the piranha |
| #5020, aired 2006-06-09 | CRITTERS OF THE AMAZON $800: The bird spider, a member of this family of hairy spiders, usually eats beetles, but it does eat small birds on occasion tarantula |
| #5020, aired 2006-06-09 | CRITTERS OF THE AMAZON $1200: The Amazon species of this sea cow is the only one to live exclusively in fresh water a manatee |
| #5020, aired 2006-06-09 | CRITTERS OF THE AMAZON $1600: The Western Hemisphere's largest snake, it may live about 28 years--about a year a foot an anaconda |
| #5020, aired 2006-06-09 | CRITTERS OF THE AMAZON $2000: Also called a water hog, this largest rodent in the world has webbed feet that make it a very good swimmer a capybara |
| #5010, aired 2006-05-26 | LATIN AMERICAN LAKES & RIVERS $400: Its upper branch is the Maranon, the lower branch the Ucayali; both flow in Peru the Amazon |
| #5002, aired 2006-05-16 | BUSINESS LEADERS $2000: Since founding Amazon.com in 1994, he's tried to make it "The Earth's most customer-centric company" Jeff Bezos |
| #4997, aired 2006-05-09 | THE NEW YORK TIMES SCIENCE TIMES $400: A researcher has shown that this feared Amazon fish may gather in packs for safety, not to hunt a piranha |
| #4964, aired 2006-03-23 | GO WITH THE FLOW $800: The Purus & the Putumayo both pour into this river the Amazon |
| #4959, aired 2006-03-16 | SURVIVOR GEOGRAPHY $800: (Jeff Probst delivers from near a small grove of trees.) The sixth "Survivor" was along this river that has more than 10 times the volume of flow of the Mississippi the Amazon |
| #4953, aired 2006-03-08 | A SYMPHONY OF NINTHS $1000: The Ninth Labor of Hercules was to steal this Amazon queen's girdle Hippolyta |
| #4933, aired 2006-02-08 | STOCK SYMBOL PRIMER $200: AMZN:
They have a river of reading material Amazon.com |
| #4925, aired 2006-01-27 | GLOBETROTTING $800: Books by Redmond O'Hanlon include the tale of "A Journey Between the Orinoco and" this river the Amazon |
| #4895, aired 2005-12-16 | SHAKESPEARE $1600: In "A Midsummer Night's Dream", this Amazon declares, "I was with Hercules and Cadmus once" Hippolyta |
| #4870, aired 2005-11-11 | WEBSITES $800: The Amazon.com family includes this source of information on over 150,000 films, founded by Col Needham IMDb.com |
| #4823, aired 2005-07-20 | COLOMBIA $400: The Putomayo, a branch of this river, forms much of Colombia's border with Peru the Amazon |
| #4797, aired 2005-06-14 | THE FUN '40s $600: In 1941, the All-American Archie made his debut in comic books, as did this all-Amazon heroine Wonder Woman |
| #4691, aired 2005-01-17 | MISSING VOWELS $600: Bookmarked website: MZN Amazon |
| #4647, aired 2004-11-16 | YOU'RE SWIMMING IN IT $1200: Taking a dip in Iquitos, Peru the Amazon River |
| #4626, aired 2004-10-18 | NOTHIN' BUT "A"s $600: It's a type of ant or a large mythical female warrior an Amazon |
| #4613, aired 2004-09-29 | YANGTZE DOODLE $400: The 2 rivers in the world that are longer than the Yangtze the Amazon and the Nile |
| #4605, aired 2004-09-17 | MONTY PYTHON $1200: Beating out "A Clockwork Orange", this Python film won best British film of all time in an Amazon.com poll Monty Python and the Holy Grail |
| #4596, aired 2004-09-06 | YOU GET AN "A"! $800: (Jeff Probst, host of Survivor, reads the clue.) This river got its name after a Spanish explorer reported that he had been attacked by female warriors there the Amazon |
| #4592, aired 2004-07-20 | IT'S A WEBSITE $200: Mythical warrior woman.com Amazon |
| #4589, aired 2004-07-15 | LATIN AMERICA $1600: In October 1998 the presidents of Peru & this country signed a treaty ending a border dispute in Amazon territory Ecuador |
| #4560, aired 2004-06-04 | BUSINESSMEN $800: Jeff Bezos, CEO of this giant online retailer, was Time's Person of the Year for 1999 Amazon.com |
| #4547, aired 2004-05-18 | WATER, WATER EVERYWHERE $1000: In terms of its volume of water, this river ranks first in the world the Amazon |
| #4524, aired 2004-04-15 | A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT $2000: Iquitos & Obidos the Amazon |
| #4502, aired 2004-03-16 | STORIED HOTELS $1000: Sylvia Plath once stayed at NYC's Barbizon, & fictionalized it as the Amazon in this autobiographical novel The Bell Jar |
| #4465, aired 2004-01-23 | BODIES OF WATER $800: (Alex: Here's Jeff Probst in South America [Amazon]) The decomposition of organic matter & a low silt content give the Rio Negro this color water, hence its name black |
| #4450, aired 2004-01-02 | WEST AFRICA $1200: This river which empties into the Atlantic carries more water than any river in the world except the Amazon the Congo |
| #4447, aired 2003-12-30 | RIVERS $600: (Jeff Probst gives the clue from Brazil.) The Rio Negro is a major tributary of this river, South America's longest the Amazon |
| #4429, aired 2003-12-04 | MAMMALS $1600: (Alright, here's our friend Jeff Probst [in the Amazon Rainforest, Brazil] with the clue)
A freshwater species, the pink river type of this mammal is found here, in the Rio Negro dolphin |
| #4425, aired 2003-11-28 | THE LONG & WINDING ROAD $600: Important to the development of the region, the Trans-Amazon Highway runs 3,000 miles from Peru to this ocean the Atlantic |
| #4422, aired 2003-11-25 | POTPOURRI $800: (Video of Jeff Probst in the Amazon Rainforest, Brazil.) Until about 1910, the economy of the Amazon depended on the other black gold, this resource, derived from latex. rubber |
| #4416, aired 2003-11-17 | WHERE THE HECK IS THAT? $2,000 (Daily Double): When you're talkin' about Memphis, be clear if it's the one on the Mississippi or the one on this longer river the Nile |
| #4379, aired 2003-09-25 | SOUTH AMERICA $400: At some points this 4,000-mile-long river is so wide that you can't see from one bank to the opposite side the Amazon |
| #4346, aired 2003-06-23 | SOUTH AMERICAN WILDLIFE $200: (Jeff Probst reports from the Amazon.) Abundant in South America, these carnivorous fish are renowned for their ferocity & have razor-sharp teeth piranhas |
| #4346, aired 2003-06-23 | SOUTH AMERICAN WILDLIFE $600: (Jeff Probst reports from the Amazon.) Also called the great water boa, the giant species of this South American snake bears about 30 live young at once anaconda |
| #4283, aired 2003-03-26 | ARE YOU NUTS? $1200: The main sources of these triangular nuts are huge trees that grow in the Amazon basin Brazil nuts |
| #4278, aired 2003-03-19 | WHO IS THEON OF SMYRNA? $600: Theon's greatest work, available on Amazon.com, has mathematics useful for understanding this "Republic" author Plato |
| #4255, aired 2003-02-14 | TEEN BOOK SCENE $200: Amazon.com allows you to add this "Fudge" author's "Forever" to your "Wedding Registry" list Judy Blume |
| #4239, aired 2003-01-23 | MR. PRESIDENT $400: This former U.S. president led a scientific expedition into the Amazon jungle in 1914 Theodore Roosevelt |
| #4236, aired 2003-01-20 | RIVERS $2,000 (Daily Double): The forest around it is called the "Lungs of the World" because it supplies so much of the Earth's oxygen Amazon |
| #4186, aired 2002-11-11 | THERE'S A WHOLE WORLD OUT THERE $400: This river is 250 miles longer than the Amazon Nile River |
| #4182, aired 2002-11-05 | PERUSING PERU $400: Mountain streams in Peru are the source of this river that empties into the Atlantic Ocean Amazon |
| #4148, aired 2002-09-18 | CARTS & RAFTS $5,000 (Daily Double): Amazon.com has a virtual one to store your prospective purchases shopping cart |
| #4144, aired 2002-09-12 | WOMEN $800: This fictional female Amazon's arsenal includes powerful bracelets, a golden lasso & an invisible plane Wonder Woman |
| #4037, aired 2002-03-05 | COSTUME PARTY $200: (Sofia of the Clue Crew shows off an ancient costume.) On "Hercules" or "Xena", a member of this warrior race wore the costume I'm wearing the Amazon race |
| #4036, aired 2002-03-04 | NONFICTION $400: In September 2001 2 books of his prophecies were Amazon.com's top-selling paperback nonfiction books Nostradamus |
| #4033, aired 2002-02-27 | RIO $200: In Brazil the Rio Branca, or white river, flows into the Rio Negro, which flows into this one Amazon |
| #4023, aired 2002-02-13 | GO READ A BOOK $800: Amazon.com's bestselling teen book of 2000, it's by Susanna Kaysen, played by Winona Ryder on film Girl, Interrupted |
| #4022, aired 2002-02-12 | LAKES & RIVERS $1600: The world's largest river in volume, it has 7 tributaries longer than 1,000 miles the Amazon |
| #4001, aired 2002-01-14 | GO WITH THE FLOW $200: You can probably find books, music & more along its 4,000-mile route from glacier-fed lakes in Peru to the Atlantic Amazon |
| #3993, aired 2002-01-02 | RIVERS $400: In Spanish the name of this 4,000-mile-long river is 2 letters longer than in English the Amazon |
| #3989, aired 2001-12-27 | BODIES OF WATER $1200: This nearly 4,000-mile-long river begins high in the Andes Mountains Amazon |
| #3943, aired 2001-10-24 | FILMOGRAPHIES $1000: "Grease 2",
"Amazon Women on the Moon",
"The Fabulous Baker Boys" Michelle Pfeiffer |
| #3898, aired 2001-07-11 | SELLERS $300: (Hi, I'm Jeff Bezos, founder & CEO of Amazon.com.) It's estimated that 60% of net shoppers flag an average of 7 sites with one of these, also used in products we sell bookmarks |
| #3872, aired 2001-06-05 | AMAZON $100: Beginning in Peru, the Amazon flows over 4,000 miles to this ocean Atlantic Ocean |
| #3872, aired 2001-06-05 | AMAZON $200: Abundant in the Amazon River, this feared fish is also known as a caribe Piranha |
| #3872, aired 2001-06-05 | AMAZON $300: The upper Amazon is known as the Solimoes River until it reaches this nation's city of Manaus Brazil |
| #3872, aired 2001-06-05 | AMAZON $400: A 1542 attack by female warriors against explorers from this country led to the Amazon receiving its name Spain |
| #3872, aired 2001-06-05 | AMAZON $500: These water boas of the Amazon region can grow to over 200 pounds & over 20 feet Anacondas |
| #3794, aired 2001-02-15 | 1982 $200: He took his ship, the Calypso, up the Amazon on a research expedition Jacques Cousteau |
| #3791, aired 2001-02-12 | TROPICANA $800: Large tropical rain forest regions include the Amazon & one centered on this 2,900-mile-long African river Congo |
| #3781, aired 2001-01-29 | A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT $2,000 (Daily Double): Obidos,
Iquitos Amazon |
| #3767, aired 2001-01-09 | AMAZON FACTS $200: Most of the river's 4,000-mile course is in this country Brazil |
| #3767, aired 2001-01-09 | AMAZON FACTS $600: The name of the 15-foot, 500-pound pirarucu means "red" this, though it could mean "big" this fish |
| #3767, aired 2001-01-09 | AMAZON FACTS $800: 13-letter term for the clearing of the Amazon basin, a source of environmental concern deforestation |
| #3767, aired 2001-01-09 | AMAZON FACTS $1000: Adjective for the bore, or flow of water, that creates 15-foot waves in the river tidal bore |
| #3756, aired 2000-12-25 | LAKES & RIVERS $200: This South American river widens to about 150 miles at its mouth the Amazon |
| #3726, aired 2000-11-13 | SEATTLE MEANS BUSINESS $300: (Hi, I'm Jeff Bezos, founder & CEO of Amazon.com) Like many tech companies, Amazon.com is listed on this stock exchange -- symbol AMZN NASDAQ |
| #3679, aired 2000-09-07 | '90s MOVIES $800: Tim Allen brings his 13-year-old son from the Amazon to New York in this 1997 comedy Jungle 2 Jungle |
| #3644, aired 2000-06-08 | LAKES & RIVERS $100: This river's drainage basin, the world's largest, includes parts of Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador & Colombia Amazon |
| #3630, aired 2000-05-19 | EXPLORERS & TRAVELERS $600: In 1799 Alexander Von Humboldt set out to prove the Orinoco connects to this longer river the Amazon |
| #3619, aired 2000-05-04 | SAINTS BE PRAISED $1000: In September 1999 an abridged version of his "City of God" ranked 9,821st on Amazon.com's sales list Saint Augustine |
| #3609, aired 2000-04-20 | THE BULL $200: At 1999's end, this internet bookseller had seen its stock rise 6,000% without showing a profit Amazon.com |
| #3570, aired 2000-02-25 | BODIES OF WATER $100: This South American river carries nearly 20% of the Earth's total water discharge to the ocean Amazon |
| #3568, aired 2000-02-23 | STARTS & ENDS WITH "A" $600: (Hi, I'm Kari Wuhrer of "Sliders") In 1997 I headed into the Amazon with Jennifer Lopez to film a lost tribe & got tangled up with this title creature Anaconda |
| #3504, aired 1999-11-25 | BODIES OF WATER $200: 2 of South America's longest rivers, the Madeira & the Purus, flow into this even longer river Amazon |
| #3497, aired 1999-11-16 | LITERARY MANHATTAN $600: This suicidal poet once stayed at the Barbizon, which she fictionalized as the Amazon in "The Bell Jar" Sylvia Plath |
| #3491, aired 1999-11-08 | DOT COM $100: Based in Seattle, this site that began in 1995 has "Earth's Biggest Selection of Products", including books Amazon.com |
| #3478, aired 1999-10-20 | TOUGH GEOGRAPHY $400: The economic center of this river's basin is the city of Manaus, Brazil Amazon |
| #3467, aired 1999-10-05 | DESTRUCTION $200: On May 31, 1999 in Rio, Greenpeace launched a new global campaign to halt its destruction Amazon rainforest |
| #3463, aired 1999-09-29 | MUCH ADO ABOUT NUTTING $400: A main source of these nuts is the Amazon River region Brazil nuts |
| #3459, aired 1999-09-23 | AWARDS $400: This bookseller won in the Commerce section of the 1999 Webby Awards for websites Amazon.com |
| #3450, aired 1999-09-10 | AROUND THE WORLD $1,000 (Daily Double): It's the longest river of the world's largest tropical forest Amazon |
| #3355, aired 1999-03-19 | MORE MYTHOLOGICAL MISTAKES $400: Oops! This famous "Heel" fell for Penthesilia the Amazon a little too late -- he'd already killed her Achilles |
| #3342, aired 1999-03-02 | RIVERS $2,500 (Daily Double): It falls in altitude over 16,000 feet over its first 600 miles & only another 800 feet over the last 3,600 miles Amazon |
| #3316, aired 1999-01-25 | IN A NUTSHELL $200: These large nuts from the Amazon River Valley can be used in cooking much the same way as coconut Brazil nuts |
| #3271, aired 1998-11-23 | IT'S A JUNGLE OUT THERE $300: About 2/3 of this river's 2.3 million square mile tropical rain forest lies in Brazil Amazon |
| #3242, aired 1998-10-13 | LAKES & RIVERS $100: Even though it's the world's second longest river, it still has the world's largest drainage basin Amazon |
| #3203, aired 1998-07-01 | THE ENVIRONMENT $300: 1% of these areas' plants have been tested for medical use & are in 25% of U.S. prescription drugs tropical rain forest |
| #3195, aired 1998-06-19 | A RIVER RUNS FROM IT $200: At the end of its almost 4,000 mile run, it's hard to tell it began in glacier fed lakes in Peru the Amazon |
| #3194, aired 1998-06-18 | ANT-ONYMS $800: Amazon ants become masters when they steal the young from other nests & make them these slaves |
| #3187, aired 1998-06-09 | ODDS & ENDS $200: Surfers on the internet can check out the "Earth's Biggest" one at www.amazon.com Bookstore |
| #3167, aired 1998-05-12 | HERCULES & XENA $100: Pre-Xena in "Hercules and the Amazon Women", she played the Amazon woman Lysia Lucy Lawless |
| #3157, aired 1998-04-28 | CRY ME A RIVER $600: Before it reaches Manaus, Brazil, this river is known as the Solimoes the Amazon |
| #3155, aired 1998-04-24 | AROUND THE WORLD $200: Small ships can travel from this river's mouth 2,300 miles upstream to Iquitos, Peru Amazon |
| #3067, aired 1997-12-23 | PHARMACOLOGY $1000: Claude Bernard pioneered the field with his 19th C. study of this poison used by Amazon natives Curare |
| #3032, aired 1997-11-04 | SOUTH OF THE EQUATOR $400: 1/5 of the fresh water entering all oceans comes from this river that flows northeast to the equator the Amazon |
| #3012, aired 1997-10-07 | BODIES OF WATER $500: The Ucayali & Maranon rivers converge near Nauta, Peru, forming this river Amazon |
| #3001, aired 1997-09-22 | REALLY LONG RIVERS $100: While cruising down this river in 1542, Francisco de Orellana was attacked by female warriors; thus, its name the Amazon |
| #2995, aired 1997-09-12 | MOVIE MONSTERS $200: A documentary film crew in the Amazon encounters a giant snake in this 1997 film "Anaconda" |
| #2960, aired 1997-06-13 | AMERICANS $400: In 1914 this former president led an Amazon expedition Theodore Roosevelt |
| #2926, aired 1997-04-28 | RIVERS $300: This river has hundreds of tributaries, including more than 200 in Brazil alone the Amazon |
| #2922, aired 1997-04-22 | NUTS $400: Native to the Amazon jungle, these triangular nuts are rich in selenium, an antioxidant Brazil nuts |
| #2893, aired 1997-03-12 | ANIMALS $600: The silver dollar fish resembles this feared fish of the Amazon basin but is strictly herbivorous Piranha |
| #2870, aired 1997-02-07 | ALL ABOUT RIVERS $500: Unlike a delta, it's a deep, broad mouth of a river; the Amazon's stretches several hundred miles upstream Estuary |
| #2864, aired 1997-01-30 | GEOGRAPHY $400: Of the 10 longest rivers in the world, 1 of the 3 that flow into the Atlantic Amazon, Congo, Parana |
| #2828, aired 1996-12-11 | GEOGRAPHY $400: This South American river has the world's largest drainage basin Amazon |
| #2797, aired 1996-10-29 | RECENT HISTORY $200: Paintings from an 11,000-year-old culture were found in this South American rain forest in 1996 the Amazon |
| #2786, aired 1996-10-14 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $1000: In 1561 Lope de Aguirre discovered this Venezuelan river's connection with the Amazon Orinoco |
| #2756, aired 1996-09-02 | BODIES OF WATER $200: This South American river has more than a thousand known tributaries the Amazon |
| #2723, aired 1996-06-05 | WOMEN IN COMICS $300: In 1995 artist & writer John Byrne took over the comic book starring this Amazon princess Wonder Woman |
| #2704, aired 1996-05-09 | LAKES & RIVERS $400: Its largest tributary, the Rio Negro, is called the Guainia in Colombia the Amazon |
| #2677, aired 1996-04-02 | CROSSWORD CLUES "A" $200: River for tall women
(6) Amazon |
| #2656, aired 1996-03-04 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $200: Although it flows into the Atlantic, its headstreams form in the Andes about 100 miles from the Pacific the Amazon |
| #2649, aired 1996-02-22 | SOUTH AMERICA $100: Mountain glaciers feed the Ucayali & Maranon Rivers, which merge to become this the Amazon |
| #2601, aired 1995-12-18 | BODIES OF WATER $400: This South American river carries more water than any other in the world the Amazon |
| #2587, aired 1995-11-28 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $200: The basin of this river covers almost 40% of South America the Amazon |
| #2544, aired 1995-09-28 | WE'RE NO. 2 $400: It's the 2nd-longest river in the world the Amazon |
| #2525, aired 1995-07-21 | FILE UNDER "AE" $400: This sea's name may be from a Greek king or an Amazon queen the Aegean |
| #2494, aired 1995-06-08 | LAKES & RIVERS $1,400 (Daily Double): Sebastian Cabot named this South American river for the mineral deposits he thought were nearby the Rio de la Plata |
| #2459, aired 1995-04-20 | LAKES & RIVERS $200: The Spanish & Portuguese names are the same for this 3,900-mile-long South American river the Amazon |
| #2412, aired 1995-02-14 | PAN-AMERICA $100: In Brazil all of this river's 2,000 miles are navigable the Amazon |
| #2392, aired 1995-01-17 | RIVER BASINS $800: This river's basin covers about 2.7 million square miles the Amazon |
| #2373, aired 1994-12-21 | BODIES OF WATER $100: The Madeira River on the border between Bolivia & Brazil is a major tributary of this river the Amazon |
| #2365, aired 1994-12-09 | SOUTH AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY $400: 15,444-square-mile Marajo Island in the delta of this river was formed by sedimentary deposits the Amazon |
| #2345, aired 1994-11-11 | GEOGRAPHY $200: One of the world's largest rainforests is located in the basin of this largest South American river the Amazon |
| #2323, aired 1994-10-12 | GEOGRAPHY $200: This South American river's basin separates the Guiana highlands from the Brazilian highiands the Amazon |
| #2299, aired 1994-09-08 | PRIMATES $400: The uakari, the only short-tailed New World monkey, lives in the basin of this South American river the Amazon |
| #2261, aired 1994-06-06 | EXPLORERS $400: A relative of Francisco Pizarro, Francisco de Orellana was the 1st European to navigate this South American river the Amazon |
| #2250, aired 1994-05-20 | MYTHOLOGY $1000: Hercules stole this Amazon queen's girdle Hippolyta |
| #2231, aired 1994-04-25 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $1000: Large oceangoing vessels can navigate this river as far as Ciudad Bolivar, Venezuela the Orinoco |
| #2162, aired 1994-01-18 | RIVERS $100: This South American river drains about 5% of the Earth's total land area the Amazon |
| #2137, aired 1993-12-14 | WRECKS $400: Robinson Crusoe got shipwrecked near this major river that flows through Venezuela the Orinoco |
| #2082, aired 1993-09-28 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $400: Major tributaries of this river include the Madeira, Japura & Rio Negro Amazon |
| #2058, aired 1993-07-14 | COLONIES $400: A colony of the Amazon species of this social insect may have a slave population ants |
| #2022, aired 1993-05-25 | GEOGRAPHY $100: The Amazon discharges about 60 times the volume of water of this longer Egyptian river the Nile |
| #2014, aired 1993-05-13 | LAKES & RIVERS $200: In South America, the Parana River is second in size only to this one the Amazon |
| #1994, aired 1993-04-15 | ZOOLOGY $400: A new species of this primate, the Maues marmoset, was recently discovered in the Amazon rain forest a monkey |
| #1988, aired 1993-04-07 | LAKES & RIVERS $100: In northern Peru the Ucayili & Maranon Rivers merge to form this mighty river the Amazon |
| #1956, aired 1993-02-22 | EXPLORERS $200: Francisco de Orellana claimed he battled "tall, fair, robust" women warriors on this South American river Amazon |
| #1924, aired 1993-01-07 | SOUTH AMERICA $400: It's estimated that this river pours over 55 million gallons of water into the Atlantic Ocean every second the Amazon |
| #1908, aired 1992-12-16 | PETS $100: Of the more than 25 Amazon species of these birds, most have green body feathers parrots |
| #1885, aired 1992-11-13 | FISH $200: Some Amazon Indians use the teeth of this fish, also called the caribe, as razor blades piranha |
| #1882, aired 1992-11-10 | THE AMAZON $100: Marajo, one of these in the delta, is about as large as the country of Denmark Island |
| #1882, aired 1992-11-10 | THE AMAZON $200: The Amazon type of this cetacean has a much longer snout than marine types like the bottlenose Dolphin |
| #1882, aired 1992-11-10 | THE AMAZON $300: The headstreams form in this country's Andes, less than 100 miles from the Pacific Ocean Peru |
| #1882, aired 1992-11-10 | THE AMAZON $400: This Inca capital lies between the Urubamba & Apurimac, two Amazon tributaries Cuzco |
| #1882, aired 1992-11-10 | THE AMAZON $500: Manaus, Brazil became fabulously wealthy during the 19th century boom in this material Rubber |
| #1875, aired 1992-10-30 | THE ENVIRONMENT $200: Through 1991 from 8 to 12% of this country's Amazon Basin had been deforested Brazil |
| #1773, aired 1992-04-22 | COMIC BOOKS $400: This Amazon has had an invisible robot plane, a golden lasso & magical bracelets Wonder Woman |
| #1751, aired 1992-03-23 | BODIES OF WATER $200: Lake Villafro in southern Peru is regarded as the remotest source of this river the Amazon |
| #1707, aired 1992-01-21 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $600: The largest island surrounded by fresh water is Ilha de Marajo in this South American river Amazon |
| #1677, aired 1991-12-10 | THE ENVIRONMENT $400: On a single day a satellite observed 7,603 fires burning the rain forests of this river basin the Amazon |
| #1650, aired 1991-11-01 | SHAKESPEAREAN CHARACTERS $600: This Amazon is the first woman to speak in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" Hippolyta |
| #1624, aired 1991-09-26 | ANCIENT GREECE $800: The possession of Amazon Queen Hippolyta that is captured by Hercules her girdle |
| #1592, aired 1991-07-02 | TRAVEL & TOURISM $200: You can take a 1,000-mile excursion on this river from Belem to Manaus the Amazon |
| #1560, aired 1991-05-17 | LAKES & RIVERS $200: The Rio Negro in South America is the longest tributary of the river the Amazon |
| #1545, aired 1991-04-26 | NUTS $100: These 3-sided nuts grow on gigantic trees in the Amazon basin Brazil nuts |
| #1512, aired 1991-03-12 | RIVERS $400: The actual source of this river in the snow-covered Andes of Peru wasn't discovered until this century the Amazon |
| #1500, aired 1991-02-22 | LAKES & RIVERS $100: Oceangoing ships can travel 1,000 miles up this river to the Brazilian port of Manaus the Amazon |
| #1421, aired 1990-11-05 | MYTHOLOGICAL RELATIVES $1000: The Amazon queen Hippolyta was the daughter of this war god, the Greek equivalent of Mars Ares |
| #1331, aired 1990-05-21 | FISH $400: The Portuguese got the name for this toothed fish from the Tupi Indians who live along the Amazon piranhas |
| #1280, aired 1990-03-09 | WORLD POLITICS $100: In April 1989 this country announced it was unhappy with outside interference in the Amazon Brazil |
| #1257, aired 1990-02-06 | SOUTH AMERICA $200: 7 of this river's more than 1,000 known tributaries exceed 1,000 miles in length Amazon |
| #1224, aired 1989-12-21 | BRAZIL $200: It got its name after a Spanish explorer reported being attacked by female warriors there Amazon River |
| #1214, aired 1989-12-07 | PARROTS $400: The Amazon group of parrots is predominately this color green |
| #1169, aired 1989-10-05 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $200: The world's largest tropical rain forest is in this river basin the Amazon |
| #1144, aired 1989-07-20 | THE ENVIRONMENT $100: On a single day, a satellite counted 7,603 fires burning in the rain forests of this river basin the Amazon |
| #1091, aired 1989-05-08 | SOUTH AMERICA $100: Icy mountain streams in Peru are the source of the Amazon, which flows into this ocean the Atlantic Ocean |
| #1062, aired 1989-03-28 | MYTHS & LEGENDS $500: One of Hercules' 12 labors was fetching the girdle of this Amazon queen for Eurysteus' daughter Hippolyta |
| #1042, aired 1989-02-28 | SHAKESPEARE $400: This comedy opens with a duke planning his wedding to an Amazon "A Midsummer Night's Dream" |
| #922, aired 1988-09-13 | BODIES OF WATER $200: The Amazon River empties into this body of water the Atlantic Ocean |
| #852, aired 1988-04-26 | MAMMALS $500: Found primarily in the Amazon basin, the capybara or water hog is the largest animal of this order Rodentia |
| #841, aired 1988-04-11 | BODIES OF WATER $200: Of Argentina, Venezuela, or Bolivia, the 1 thru which the Amazon system does not flow Argentina |
| #803, aired 1988-02-17 | SUPERMAN $200: The new romantic light in Superman's life is this Amazon princess Wonder Woman |
| #795, aired 1988-02-05 | THE AMAZON $200: It's said the Amazon basin provides the Earth with about 1/5 of this element that makes up 1/5 of the air oxygen |
| #795, aired 1988-02-05 | THE AMAZON $400: Also called the cream nut, or butternut, it's the seed of an evergreen found mainly in the Amazon basin Brazil nut |
| #795, aired 1988-02-05 | THE AMAZON $600: This part of the Amazon is so large that Marajo, an island almost the size of Denmark, lies within it the mouth/delta |
| #795, aired 1988-02-05 | THE AMAZON $800: Large scale use of the Amazon's vast rubber crop was made possible by this process, invented in 1839 vulcanization |
| #778, aired 1988-01-13 | RIVERS $200: Some say it was named after the Indian word for "boat destroyer", some say after a race of women warriors Amazon |
| #689, aired 1987-09-10 | SHAKESPEARE $400: The cast of this comedy includes an Amazon queen, a bellows-mender & a flock of fairies A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| #668, aired 1987-07-01 | TREES $300: The world's largest rain forest is found in this river basin the Amazon |
| #632, aired 1987-05-12 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $500: River port of over 600,000 people in the heart of Brazil's Amazon rain forest Manaus |
| #612, aired 1987-04-14 | FIRSTS $600: In 1953 "Amazon Annie" became 1st cannon to use this type of ammo atomic |
| #575, aired 1987-02-20 | COMIC BOOKS $100: In 1986, DC Comics finally explained why costume of this Amazon princess looks like the U.S. flag Wonder Woman |
| #471, aired 1986-09-29 | RIVERS $500: Though most of the river is in Brazil, "The Amazon" starts at Francisco de Orellana in this country Peru |
| #436, aired 1986-05-12 | LAKES & RIVERS $400: The shores of this "Black River", a tributary of the Amazon, are almost free of insects the Rio Negro |
| #397, aired 1986-03-18 | GEOGRAPHY $200: Free land has been offered to those willing to settle in this part of Brazil the Amazon jungle |
| #386, aired 1986-03-03 | WILD WEST $200: Described as a "cultured Amazon", this bank robber was born Myra Belle Shirley Belle Starr |
| #313, aired 1985-11-20 | THE CONTINENTS $2,100 (Daily Double): Besides the Amazon, 1 of the other 4 river systems that drain South America River Plate (Orinoco, San Francisco, or Magdalena) |
| #294, aired 1985-10-24 | POTPOURRI $1000: This jungle provides at least 1/5 of the Earth's oxygen the Amazon |
| #183, aired 1985-05-22 | GREEK MYTHOLOGY $400: To Greeks a race of mighty women; to South Americans, their mighty river Amazon |
| #150, aired 1985-04-05 | SOUTH AMERICA $200: The Madeira & Negro are part of the 200 plus tributaries which flow into this mighty river the Amazon |
| #142, aired 1985-03-26 | COMIC BOOK HEROES $200: Psychiatrist Wm. Marston developed the lie detector & this well-developed Amazon Wonder Woman |
| #136, aired 1985-03-18 | GEOGRAPHY $1,000 (Daily Double): 2 of the 4 largest rivers in Africa (2 of) the Nile, the Congo, the Niger & the Zambezi |
| #65, aired 1984-12-07 | SOUTH AMERICA $200: Oceangoing boats can travel 2300 miles up this river to Iquitos, Peru the Amazon |
