| #9015, aired 2024-01-12 | AN "A" IN SCIENCE $200: The primary risk factor for mesothelioma, a rare cancer, is thought to be exposure to this tough fiber asbestos |
| #9015, aired 2024-01-12 | AN "A" IN SCIENCE $400: Pectoris can follow this word for a type of chest pain that can be a symptom of coronary artery disease angina |
| #9015, aired 2024-01-12 | AN "A" IN SCIENCE $600: Surname of U.S. physician Virginia who developed a method that scored the health of newborns Apgar |
| #9015, aired 2024-01-12 | AN "A" IN SCIENCE $800: John F. Kennedy suffered from Addison's disease, a condition that affects these glands that secrete steroids the adrenal glands |
| #9015, aired 2024-01-12 | AN "A" IN SCIENCE $1,400 (Daily Double): This tiny unit of measurement is named for a Swedish physicist an angstrom |
| #20, aired 2023-11-15 | SCIENCE MUSEUMS $2,000 (Daily Double): Behind thick glass in the Gems & Minerals Hall of the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, Tom's Baby is an 8-lb nugget of this gold |
| #8971, aired 2023-11-13 | LIFE SCIENCE $1200: In the Batesian type of this, aka imitation, an organism evolves to look like a more noxious one so it's left alone mimicry |
| #16, aired 2023-05-22 | A LIFE IN SCIENCE $4,600 (Daily Double): His name is associated with work & this 19th C. British physicist had an occasional day job managing his family brewery Joule |
| #8813, aired 2023-02-22 | SCIENCE CRITTERS $200: It's the animal in the name of the unit equivalent to 33,000 foot-pounds of work per minute a horse |
| #8813, aired 2023-02-22 | SCIENCE CRITTERS $400: In an Oscar-winning 2020 documentary, this sea creature was a "Teacher" an octopus |
| #8734, aired 2022-11-03 | A MUSICAL JOURNEY WITH QUESTLOVE $1200: (Questlove presents the clue.) In 1975, Parliament released the album "Mothership Connection", an early example of what's called Afro-this-ism, blending Black pride with history & science fiction Afrofuturism |
| #8713, aired 2022-10-05 | SCIENCE & NATURE $800: The opposite of an apogee, it's the spot in a satellite's orbit when it's nearest to Earth perigee |
| #8550, aired 2022-01-07 | AWARDS & HONORS $1600: John B. Glen began in veterinary science but won a 2018 Lasker Award for developing propofol, one of these for humans an anesthetic |
| #8543, aired 2021-12-29 | SCIENCE $800: In the body, an adductor is one of these that moves parts together or towards the center a muscle |
| #8510, aired 2021-11-12 | "A" IN SCIENCE $2000: Here's an up-close image of this pollen-bearing part of a hibiscus the anther |
| #8444, aired 2021-07-15 | TIME FOR SCIENCE $2000: In addition to its acidity, one reason honey doesn't spoil is that an enzyme in bees helps produce this compound, H2O2, a germicide hydrogen peroxide |
| #8373, aired 2021-04-07 | DISCOVERIES IN SCIENCE $1200: The discovery of a fault scarp in Washington state showed that recent tremors are these still happening from an 1872 earthquake aftershocks |
| #8373, aired 2021-04-07 | DISCOVERIES IN SCIENCE $2000: A 9-year-old found a clavicle that turned out to belong to an unknown species of this "southern ape" genus that also included Lucy Australopithecus |
| #8335, aired 2021-02-12 | SCIENCE $600: (Dr. Markaisa Black presents the clue.) In 1996, a team at Roslin Institute in Scotland used a technique known as somatic cell nuclear transfer to produce the first clone of an adult mammal, a Finn Dorset sheep named this Dolly |
| #8312, aired 2021-01-12 | SCIENCE CENTER $1200: This non-imperial measure was originally defined as one 10-millionth the distance from the North Pole to the equator a meter |
| #8307, aired 2021-01-05 | COLORFUL SCIENCE $800: This color "shift" is the increase in wavelength of light emitted by a source moving away from an observer the red shift |
| #8221, aired 2020-05-25 | "C" IN SCIENCE $400: The water droplets that sometimes form on the outside of a glass are an example of this process condensation |
| #8218, aired 2020-05-20 | ALEXANDER THE GREAT $1200: Inspiring in him an interest in philosophy & science, this Greek philosopher taught Alexander as a teenager Aristotle |
| #8109, aired 2019-12-05 | THE WORLD ACCORDING TO JEFF GOLDBLUM $1600: In an episode on "Bikes" I visited a company that uses a special wind tunnel to help design the most efficient competitive sports bikes where it's all about this, the science of the way air moves around objects aerodynamics |
| #8088, aired 2019-11-06 | SCIENCE & EXPLORATION $2000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents by a display monitor.) According to "National Geographic", since 1995, there have been major collapses of sections A and B of the ice shelf named for this Norwegian explorer; an iceberg about the size of Delaware broke off section C in 2017 Carl Anton Larsen |
| #8067, aired 2019-10-08 | MAKE LIGHT WORK $800: 10 projectors show astronomical wonders in the USA's largest of these facilities, at a Jersey City science center a planetarium |
| #8066, aired 2019-10-07 | SCIENCE BULLETIN $400: This event that killed more than 400 along the coast of Indonesia in 2018 was due to a collapsing volcano, not an earthquake a tsunami |
| #8043, aired 2019-07-24 | "P" IS FOR SCIENCE $400: When an egg cell in a flower fertilizes itself, it's called "self-" this pollinating |
| #7997, aired 2019-05-21 | NEW IN SCIENCE $400: The blood vessels in its gills gave a clue that the opah is an unusual fish of this type AKA homeothermic warm-blooded |
| #7978, aired 2019-04-24 | SCIENCE CENTRAL $1600: In 1916 the great chemist Gilbert Lewis called the central part of an atom this, a word we use for the seed in an apricot pit the kernel |
| #7970, aired 2019-04-12 | SCIENCE $800: The largest one of these ever recorded was 1,720 feet high & slammed into the Alaskan panhandle in 1958 following an earthquake a tsunami |
| #7884, aired 2018-12-13 | A SCIENCE BOOK $400: "Full Rip 9.0" examines the signs & possibilities of the next big one of these in the western United States an earthquake |
| #7884, aired 2018-12-13 | A SCIENCE BOOK $2000: In 2013 this late physicist released an autobiography titled "My Brief History" Stephen Hawking |
| #7778, aired 2018-06-06 | THE SCIENCE OF MECHANICS $1600: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a load being pulled up a hill on the monitor.) A common example in mechanics is the use of an inclined plane to raise a load; measured in joules or in foot-pounds, this is equal to force times distance work |
| #7764, aired 2018-05-17 | LET'S GET SCIENC"E" $800: In science talk, it's a gamete an egg |
| #7752, aired 2018-05-01 | SCIENCE FRICTION $2,800 (Daily Double): In a 19th c. spat in this field, O.C. Marsh won a round when it turned out E.D. Cope had put an elasmosaurus skull on the tail paleontology |
| #7744, aired 2018-04-19 | STRAIGHT "A"s IN SCIENCE $800: In an electric circuit, it's a cathode's opposite number an anode |
| #7736, aired 2018-04-09 | TRY THIS ON FOR SCIENCE $1200: It's 1,836 times the mass of an electron & equal & opposite in charge a proton |
| #7676, aired 2018-01-15 | SCIENCE WITH IAIN ARMITAGE $800: (Iain Armitage presents the clue.) The way we got this term for a bond between an electron pair is that the electrons in the outermost shell of an atom are called valence electrons covalent |
| #7545, aired 2017-06-02 | SCIENCE & NATURE $800: Evolutionary term for changes in behavior & /or physiology of an organism to become suited to a new environment adaptation |
| #7381, aired 2016-10-17 | AN "F" IN SCIENCE $600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows an anatomical illustration on the monitor.) The most common ankle fracture is a break of the bony knob called the lateral malleolus, which is actually an outer projection of this lower-leg bone the fibula |
| #7358, aired 2016-09-14 | AWARDS FOR WRITING $2,400 (Daily Double): This science fiction award is named for an interstellar gas cloud the Nebula Award |
| #7325, aired 2016-06-17 | EARTH SCIENCE $1200: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a diagram on the monitor.) Passenger planes typically cruise at an altitude in the lower part of this atmospheric layer, between the troposphere & the mesosphere the stratosphere |
| #7266, aired 2016-03-28 | WOMEN IN SCIENCE $2,400 (Daily Double): In June 1960 she began studying Vervet monkeys on an island in Lake Victoria, as a trial run for her later chimp studies Jane Goodall |
| #7222, aired 2016-01-26 | SCIENCE UPDATE $600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows an astronomical animation on the monitor.) In 2015, NASA said there appears to be a saltwater ocean, with more water than exists on the surface Earth, beneath the icy crust of Ganymede, the largest moon of this planet Jupiter |
| #7205, aired 2016-01-01 | GENERAL SCIENCE $1200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew demonstrates.) The secret behind what's called instant snow is sodium polyacrylate, a material also used in diapers; add water, & it expands to 100 times in volume because it's an "SAP", the "SA" standing for this amazing type of polymer; notice the water is all gone superabsorbent |
| #7187, aired 2015-12-08 | SCIENCE $600: A plant that lives & dies in one growing season is an annual; irises are this type that lives 3 or more years perennial |
| #7138, aired 2015-09-30 | "C" IN SCIENCE $800: Sounds sweet, but it's actually an electronic footprint that allows websites to monitor a user's online movements a cookie |
| #7125, aired 2015-07-31 | AT THE MUSEUM $400: An Oregon science museum has the USS Blueback, one of these; in addition to its navy days, it was in "The Hunt For Red October" a submarine |
| #7037, aired 2015-03-31 | INSTRUMENTAL IN SCIENCE $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew, at Harvard University's Historical Scientific Instruments, shows an enclosed clockwork model.) Clockmaker Joseph Pope was about halfway through his 12-year project of building a gear-driven model of the solar system that showed the relative motion of the planets & their satellites, when in 1781, this planet was discovered, but rather than start over, he didn't include it Uranus |
| #7037, aired 2015-03-31 | INSTRUMENTAL IN SCIENCE $1000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew, at Harvard University's Historical Scientific Instruments, shows a machine.) Harvard lost most of its scientific equipment in a 1764 fire; state-of-the-art replacements, like an electricity-generating machine, were bought by this man in London on business for the colony of Pennsylvania Benjamin Franklin |
| #7021, aired 2015-03-09 | THE SCIENCE OF SECURITY $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from Lawrence Livermore Nat'l Laboratory in Livermore, CA.) A new military uniform material under development protects personnel from chemical and biological weapons using CNTs or these nanotubes which close up like tiny pores during an attack carbon |
| #6993, aired 2015-01-28 | I AM A MAN OF SCIENCE! $800: An astronomer by trade, he took the local temperature & used his fame to get money to build an observatory in Uppsala, Sweden (Anders) Celsius |
| #6987, aired 2015-01-20 | FISHY SCIENCE $200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from the Georgia Aquarium.) If an aquarium vet suspects an abscess or an unseen injury, a thermography camera looks for a difference in this just below the skin's surface temperature |
| #6967, aired 2014-12-23 | EARTH SCIENCE $1200: Some believe an asteroid strike at Chicxulub, a crater in this peninsular region of Mexico, killed off the dinosaurs the Yucatán |
| #6961, aired 2014-12-15 | ANCIENT SCIENCE $400: Types of this calculating device using wires & sliding balls in a frame were used in Ancient Egypt & China an abacus |
| #6910, aired 2014-10-03 | "D" IN SCIENCE $1600: (Kelly of the Clue Crew demonstrates in the science lab.) To find the volume of an odd-shaped object like a rock, submerge it in water & then measure the difference in the water level; the rise is equal to the volume of the added object, & the difference is known by this term displacement |
| #6899, aired 2014-09-18 | SCIENCE OF THE SKIES $1200: (Kelly of the Clue Crew presents the clue.) Scarab, an articulating vehicle, can change distance between its wheels, a feature intended to prevent getting fatally stuck in martian sand as this rover did--the partner of Opportunity Spirit |
| #6881, aired 2014-07-14 | "I" LOVE SCIENCE $1200: (Kelly of the Clue Crew pulls on the end of a string of beads in a beaker, and the whole string comes out.) To create an external force, I'll tug this string, which transfers energy from bead to bead & keeps them moving, illustrating this law of motion inertia |
| #6860, aired 2014-06-13 | "CO"NCERNING SCIENCE $5,600 (Daily Double): In an experiment, the people getting sugar pills instead of the drug being tested are this group a control group |
| #6749, aired 2014-01-09 | 2-WORD SCIENCE TERMS $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows an atomic animation on the monitor.) Absorbing a neutron causes fission in one atom, leading to fission in more and more atoms, creating this process that's usually controlled by nuclear reactors chain reaction |
| #6746, aired 2014-01-06 | SPACE SHUTTLE ENDEAVOUR $600: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the California Science Center in Los Angeles.) On Endeavour's first mission, 3 crew members stood atop the shuttle to capture & repair an out-of-control satellite; the hazardous 8½-hour procedure set a record for the longest EVA--this type of activity extravehicular |
| #6735, aired 2013-12-20 | PHYSICAL SCIENCE $2000: A liquid in an enclosed jar may be in a dynamic equilibrium between the processes of this -ation & condensation evaporation (or vaporization) |
| #6584, aired 2013-04-11 | GENERAL SCIENCE $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a chemical equation on a television monitor.) In an equation for a chemical reaction, a formula over the arrow refers to a substance playing this role, speeding up the reaction catalyst |
| #6540, aired 2013-02-08 | WEIRD SCIENCE $200: A 300-mile-long mass of pumice found floating in the Pacific in 2012 was spewed up by an undersea one of these volcano |
| #6472, aired 2012-11-06 | "G", I LOVE SCIENCE $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows us a diagram of an atomic nucleus.) After radioactive decay, when a nucleus is in a high-energy state, the particles of photons known as these rays are released gamma rays |
| #6452, aired 2012-10-09 | SCIENCE & NATURE $400: Rhizobium is a genus of these microorganisms in the soil that play an important role in nitrogen fixation in plants bacteria |
| #6392, aired 2012-06-05 | MEDICAL HISTORY $200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows us an iron lung at the Int'l Museum of Surgical Science in Chicago.) The iron lung was used when normal breathing was impossible due to lack of muscle control; it was once a standard treatment for this disease that was tamed by vaccines in the 1950s polio |
| #6392, aired 2012-06-05 | MEDICAL HISTORY $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew holds a medical device at the Int'l Museum of Surgical Science in Chicago.) French surgeon Alexis Carrel invented the perfusion pump, an early type of artificial heart, with the help of this American aviator, who was a mechanic from earliest boyhood (Charles) Lindbergh |
| #6391, aired 2012-06-04 | SCIENCE GRAB BAG $1200: In 2001 Near Shoemaker became the first spacecraft to land on one of these, Eros an asteroid |
| #6268, aired 2011-12-14 | "C" IN SCIENCE $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew swishes a quarter inside an inflated baloon.) The quarter inside the balloon continues in a circular motion, because the balloon is imposing this inward force, from the Latin for "seek the center" centripetal |
| #6139, aired 2011-04-28 | SPORTS SCIENCE $1600: (Sarah of the clue crew gives the clue from the Gatorade Sports Science Institute in Barrington, IL.) The resistance changes along with the terrain on the screen as cyclists use this type of electronic device that evaluates their performance, literally a "work measure" an ergometer |
| #6004, aired 2010-10-21 | SCIENCE $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew demonstrates.) An egg sinks in tap water, but in saltwater, the egg gains this, defined as the upward force of a liquid on an object less dense than itself buoyancy |
| #5984, aired 2010-09-23 | 2-WORD SCIENCE TERMS $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows parallel lines on the monitor.) These two lines are identical in length, but when opposing arrowheads are added, the bottom line appears to be longer in a classic example of this type of eye trick an optical illusion |
| #5980, aired 2010-09-17 | SCIENCE FICTION FILMS $1600: Alan Young, who co-starred in the 1960 version of this film based on an H.G. Wells book, had a bit role in the 2002 remake The Time Machine |
| #5967, aired 2010-07-20 | FROM THE GREEK $1600: (Alex reports from a Ford Motor Company plant in Dearborn, MI.) To make jobs easier & safer, trucks on the assembly line are raised or lowered on these accordion lifts, which are called skillets; it's an example of this science of practical human engineering; it comes from the Greek word which means "work" ergonomics |
| #5881, aired 2010-03-22 | EARTH SCIENCE $1200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows an atomic diagram on the monitor.) Used to date artifacts because it has a half-life of 5,730 years, this isotope has 6 protons & 8 neutrons in its nucleus carbon-14 |
| #5853, aired 2010-02-10 | WEIRD SCIENCE $200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows an animated diagram on the monitor.) The reason why astronauts are taller in space is due to a lessening of this force; the vertebrae separate slightly, allowing for a height increase of 2 inches or more gravity |
| #5830, aired 2010-01-08 | A BEAUTIFUL MIND $2000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows an animation on the monitor.) Communication satellites orbit in a belt 22,300 miles above the Earth; the belt is named for this science fiction writer who proposed geostationary orbits in 1945 Arthur C. Clarke |
| #5829, aired 2010-01-07 | "RED" SCIENCE $2000: Due to the Doppler effect, it's an increase in the wavelength of radiation emitted by a moving celestial body redshift |
| #5777, aired 2009-10-27 | PHYSICAL SCIENCE $1000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows an animation on the monitor.) Molecules continually bombard a particle suspended in liquid, causing this random motion of the particle named for an English scientist the Brownian movement |
| #5763, aired 2009-10-07 | SCIENCE TERMS $400: Heavier objects have more this, the tendency of an object to resist a change in its state of motion inertia |
| #5757, aired 2009-09-29 | "A" IN SCIENCE $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows an animation on the monitor.) Charged particles from the Sun that become trapped in the Earth's magnetic field & interact with gases in the upper atmosphere cause this phenomenon aurora borealis |
| #5757, aired 2009-09-29 | "A" IN SCIENCE $5,000 (Daily Double): Metabolic imbalances can cause this, an electrical disturbance that alters the heartbeat arrhythmia |
| #5626, aired 2009-02-09 | SCIENCE A TO Z $2000: It's an opening in a bone; the spinal cord enters the spinal column through the magnum one the foramen |
| #5616, aired 2009-01-26 | FICTION SCIENCE $200: 2-word literary term for when a character gets his just deserts in an especially appropriate way poetic justice |
| #5556, aired 2008-11-03 | LIFE SCIENCE $1200: In the Batesian type of this, aka imitation, an organism evolves to look like a more noxious one so it's left alone mimicry |
| #5540, aired 2008-10-10 | "GEN"ERAL SCIENCE $400: Pollen is a common--achoo!--example of one of these & there must--achoo!--be one in the studio an allergen |
| #5540, aired 2008-10-10 | "GEN"ERAL SCIENCE $2000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew hangs with a robotic dinosaur from Walking with Dinosaurs.) The stegosaurus had a walnut-sized brain, so the enlarged area in the spinal cord was thought to be a second brain; it probably stored this polysaccharide, an energy reserve glycogen |
| #5500, aired 2008-07-04 | SCIENCE $1,400 (Daily Double): Pauling found an "alpha" type of this spiral in proteins; Watson & Crick found a "double" one in DNA a helix |
| #5432, aired 2008-04-01 | SCIENCE STUFF $1200: (Jon of the Clue Crew reports from the lab, where he rolls a coin down an inclined plane.) Inside vending machines, magnets pick up steel slugs, but U.S. coins go right in, because they're minted from non-magnetic mixed metals, known as these alloys |
| #5427, aired 2008-03-25 | "A" IN SCIENCE $1200: (Jon of the Clue Crew reports from the lab, holding an inflated balloon.) If you put a flame up to a balloon it will pop, but if you put water inside the balloon & hold it over a flame it will not pop, because the water does this absorb (the heat) |
| #5392, aired 2008-02-05 | SCIENCE GUYS $3,000 (Daily Double): In 1855 Napoleon III "swung" a deal arranging for his appointment as physicist at the Paris Observatory Jean Foucault |
| #5351, aired 2007-12-10 | CIRCUS SCIENCE $1200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew watches a juggler pracice with clubs at Circus Center in San Francisco, CA.) It's time to throw the next club when the previous club reaches this point, also an astronomy term for the greatest distance from Earth apogee |
| #5344, aired 2007-11-29 | SCIENCE FACTION $1200: The "S" in UNESCO is for "scientific"; this is what the "E" is for & remember, it's an adjective, not a noun educational |
| #5320, aired 2007-10-26 | PHYSICAL SCIENCE $4,600 (Daily Double): (Kelly of the Clue Crew spins an egg on a platter.) Stop an egg while it's spinning, & it will start again, because the liquid inside is still moving, exhibiting this property, a resistance to change in motion inertia |
| #5230, aired 2007-05-11 | "D" IN SCIENCE $2000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a micrograph of an organism with radial symmetry on the monitor.) A grungy type of earth used as industrial filler is named for these beautiful symmetrical algae from which it's made diatoms |
| #5186, aired 2007-03-12 | SCIENCE $1000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reading points to a fly's eye on the monitor.) An insect's compound eye can detect 300 flashes of light per second compared to a human's 50, using thousands of tiny lenses known as these, as in a diamond a facet |
| #5176, aired 2007-02-26 | LITERARY LONDON $600: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the canal in Regent's Park, London.) In this pioneering science fiction novel about an attack on London the protagonist finds Regent's Canal a spongy mass of dark red vegetation War of the Worlds |
| #5160, aired 2007-02-02 | SCIENCE $1600: (Jimmy is in his Jeopardy! lab coat delivering the clue this time) You can take a simple nail, coil wire around it, connect it to a battery, and turn it into this attractive 13-letter item an electromagnet |
| #5145, aired 2007-01-12 | LIFE SCIENCE $800: In colenterates like jellyfish, the cavity called the coelenteron has an opening called this--don't get too complex a mouth |
| #5104, aired 2006-11-16 | SCIENCE $3,000 (Daily Double): Also known as epinephrine, this hormone is secreted in response to stress, like fear or injury adrenaline |
| #5086, aired 2006-10-23 | COMPOUNDS IN ACTION $600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from inside a science lab.) To make cake batter rise, you need to create a chemical reaction by combining an acid like buttermilk with this alkaline compound--NaHCO3 baking soda |
| #5065, aired 2006-09-22 | AN "A" IN SCIENCE $400: This branch of science deals with forces exerted by air on both flying & wind-blown bodies aerodynamics |
| #5065, aired 2006-09-22 | AN "A" IN SCIENCE $1200: Aneurysms can happen in the Circle of Willis, a network of these at the base of the brain arteries |
| #5065, aired 2006-09-22 | AN "A" IN SCIENCE $1600: In zoology this adjective means "hermaphroditic" androgynous |
| #5065, aired 2006-09-22 | AN "A" IN SCIENCE $2000: The name of these air cells in the lungs comes from the Latin for "cavity" alveoli |
| #5065, aired 2006-09-22 | AN "A" IN SCIENCE $4,000 (Daily Double): The name of this class of vertebrates comes from a word meaning "living a double life" amphibians |
| #5041, aired 2006-07-10 | LIFE SCIENCE $2000: (Jon of the Clue Crew cuts a dashing figure in his lab coat.) The reaction that makes human skin tan & the reaction that turns a cut fruit brown are catalyzed by the same one of these, called tyrosinase an enzyme |
| #5006, aired 2006-05-22 | SCIENCE GLOSSARY $2000: Mr. Beatty knows that this is the apparent displacement of an object caused by an altered observation point parallax |
| #4931, aired 2006-02-06 | SCIENCE $2000: (A honey-colored retriever named Max tries to lick Cheryl of the Clue Crew as she pets him at NC State University in Raleigh, NC.) Veterinarians refer to this area of an animal's body as the posterior or this region, from the Latin for "the tail" the caudal region |
| #4915, aired 2006-01-13 | AN "A" IN SCIENCE $400: This nearly transparent 3-syllable envelope of gases surrounding the Earth is about 78% nitrogen the atmosphere |
| #4915, aired 2006-01-13 | AN "A" IN SCIENCE $800: This appendage of a neuron transmits impulses away from the cell body an axon |
| #4915, aired 2006-01-13 | AN "A" IN SCIENCE $1,000 (Daily Double): This marine snail has a genus name, it's H-A-L-I-O-T-I-S abalone |
| #4915, aired 2006-01-13 | AN "A" IN SCIENCE $1600: It's the fancy way of saying the white of an egg albumen |
| #4915, aired 2006-01-13 | AN "A" IN SCIENCE $2000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew illustrates on a chalkboard.) North on the horizon connects to an imaginary circle that passes through a star via this arc azimuth |
| #4906, aired 2006-01-02 | SCIENCE $400: An enzyme in saliva called ptyalin converts these into maltose, a sugar carbohydrates (or starches) |
| #4904, aired 2005-12-29 | MATH & SCIENCE $2000: The name of this force that can compel an object to move in a circular path is from the Latin for "seek the center" centripetal force |
| #4765, aired 2005-04-29 | NASCAR SPONSORS $1000: Jeff Gordon finds "The miracles of science" & a sponsor with this chemical co. that began in 1802 as an explosives co. DuPont |
| #4679, aired 2004-12-30 | 1-2 $200: You could be giving someone the ol' 1-2 with a left hook & an uppercut in this "sweet science" boxing |
| #4530, aired 2004-04-23 | SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY $800: In 1913 at a plant in Highland Park, Michigan, a car from his company became the first produced on an assembly line Henry Ford |
| #4478, aired 2004-02-11 | GENERAL SCIENCE $2000: In 1985 a new carbon molecule, shaped like a geodesic dome, was discovered & named for this designer Buckminster Fuller |
| #4334, aired 2003-06-05 | THE SCIENCE SECTION $200: The X-Men know it's a change in a DNA molecule of a cell that's passed on to an offspring cell mutation |
| #4334, aired 2003-06-05 | GIVE ME AN "H" $800: Dorothy Parker used this word, the science of growing fruits, flowers, etc., in a famous quip horticulture |
| #4324, aired 2003-05-22 | SCIENCE $400: In the early 1830s Michael Faraday found that a moving one of these can produce an electric current magnet |
| #4285, aired 2003-03-28 | SHE BLINDED ME WITH SCIENCE $1200: In 1963 Maria Goeppert Mayer received a Nobel Prize in Physics for her "shell model" of this part of an atom Nucleus |
| #4239, aired 2003-01-23 | NAMES IN SCIENCE $400: This man whose name gave us the electrical current unit called an amp got a bad shock when his father was guillotined Andre-Marie Ampere |
| #4185, aired 2002-11-08 | SCIENCE $1000: In the Arctic, some of these organisms consisting of an alga & a fungus may be 4,000 years old lichens |
| #4161, aired 2002-10-07 | SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY $1200: In 2000 news, an experiment appeared to accelerate a pulse of this to 300 times its already high speed light |
| #4077, aired 2002-04-30 | SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY $2,000 (Daily Double): An empty Goodyear blimp weighs over 12,000 lbs.; when they fill it with this gas, it weighs only 100 to 200 pounds helium |
| #3959, aired 2001-11-15 | SCIENCE CLASS $200: (Sofia of the Clue Crew writes an equation on the blackboard: ΔE = q - w.) A system's change in energy equals heat added to the system minus work done by the system in the first law of this thermodynamics |
| #3959, aired 2001-11-15 | SCIENCE CLASS $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows an equation on the blackboard: sec A = 1/cos A.) In trigonometry,this function, abbreviated "sec", equals the reciprocal of the cosine secant |
| #3959, aired 2001-11-15 | SCIENCE CLASS $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew underlines an equation on the chalkboard: C(n,r) = n!/r!(n - r)!) In probability theory, here's a common formula for these, often paired with permutations combinations |
| #3933, aired 2001-10-10 | SCIENCE $400: A magnetron is an electronic tube used to produce these waves found in some kitchens microwaves |
| #3580, aired 2000-03-10 | SCIENCE $100: In biology it's a finger; in math, a figure like 1 a digit |
| #3010, aired 1997-10-03 | GIANTS OF SCIENCE $600: In 1993 he made a "brief" appearance as himself on an episode of "Star Trek: The Next Generation" Stephen Hawking |
| #2980, aired 1997-07-11 | SCIENCE $200: In a month an observer can see 59% of this heavenly body's surface Moon |
| #2954, aired 1997-06-05 | SOUTHERN HISTORY $300: In 1982 a court struck down an Arkansas law forcing schools to teach this divine event as science Creation |
| #2903, aired 1997-03-26 | SCIENCE $300: An archipelago is a group of islands & this is a ring of coral islands like Bikini in the Pacific Atoll |
| #2739, aired 1996-06-27 | SCIENCE $1000: In astronomy one of these bodies has a singularity at its center & an event horizon at its edge black hole |
| #2434, aired 1995-03-16 | SCIENCE $600: In contrast to spring tides, this type occurs near the Moon's first & third quarters & is much lower a neap tide |
| #1924, aired 1993-01-07 | "A" IN SCIENCE $100: The name of this one-celled organism, a shapeless mass of protoplasm, is from Greek for "change" an amoeba |
| #1791, aired 1992-05-18 | SCIENCE & NATURE $200: It's a piece of metal put in an electrical circuit to melt if current flow is too high a fuse |
| #1738, aired 1992-03-04 | COLLEGE DEGREES $600: An M.S. in C.E. is a Master of Science in Civil Engineering; an M.S. in Ch.E. is this Chemical Engineering |
| #1685, aired 1991-12-20 | COLLEGE DEGREES $300: An M.S. in M.E. is a Master of Science in this kind of engineering mechanical |
| #1676, aired 1991-12-09 | PHYSICAL SCIENCE $400: On a chart an isotherm connects points equal in this temperature |
| #1671, aired 1991-12-02 | SCIENCE $300: It's the term for the examination of living tissue samples by a histologist biopsy |
| #1669, aired 1991-11-28 | GENERAL SCIENCE $500: Colles' fracture, common in people who fall forward, is a break of this arm bone radius |
| #1631, aired 1991-10-07 | NEW ENGLAND $200: With Mary Baker Eddy presiding at an 1879 meeting in Lynn, Mass., this movement voted to become a church Christian Science |
| #1616, aired 1991-09-16 | SCIENCE $200: In vertebrates, it's the process of reproducing an entire organism from a single cell cloning |
| #1600, aired 1991-07-12 | SCIENCE $300: Hordeolum, the infection of a gland at the base of an eyelash, is commonly called this a stye |
| #1554, aired 1991-05-09 | PHYSICAL SCIENCE $600: This simple device is actually an inclined plane wrapped in a spiral around a shaft a screw |
| #1539, aired 1991-04-18 | SCIENCE $400: Heat one of these to 1,500 degrees centigrade in an inert atmosphere & it reverts to graphite a diamond |
| #1536, aired 1991-04-15 | "I" IN SCIENCE $200: A light bulb breaking produces 1 of these, the opposite of an explosion implosion |
| #1472, aired 1991-01-15 | MEN OF SCIENCE $800: In 1930 John Northrop ended a dispute by proving that an enzyme is this type of substance protein |
| #1430, aired 1990-11-16 | GENERAL SCIENCE $200: If run in reverse an electric motor becomes one of these devices that produces electric current a generator |
| #1430, aired 1990-11-16 | GENERAL SCIENCE $1000: This propulsion proposed for interstellar trips uses a flow of electrons & has been tested in Earth orbit an ion drive |
| #1408, aired 1990-10-17 | "A" IN SCIENCE $500: Type of substance used for grinding & polishing, emery is an example abrasive |
| #1402, aired 1990-10-09 | SCIENCE $200 (Daily Double): The bumps seen here are these, arranged one by one over a 22-hour period by scientists at an IBM lab individual atoms |
| #6, aired 1990-07-21 | SCIENCE $2000: 1 of 2 protocontinents that converged about 300 million years ago to form Pangaea Gondwanaland (or Laurasia) |
| #1364, aired 1990-07-05 | SCIENCE $800: In 1817 he published "An Essay on the Shaking Palsy", a disease now named after him (James) Parkinson |
| #1193, aired 1989-11-08 | “A” IN SCIENCE $200: Term for an earthquake that follows a larger one, originating at or near the same focus aftershock |
| #1189, aired 1989-11-02 | SCIENCE $300: In statistics normal distribution in an experiment produces a curve shaped like this object a bell |
| #969, aired 1988-11-17 | PHYSICAL SCIENCE $100: An American, Theodore Maiman, built the first of these light-amplifying devices in 1960 a laser |
| #881, aired 1988-06-06 | PHYSICAL SCIENCE $300 (Daily Double): It's an instantaneous appearance of light & sound in an electrostatic discharge across a small gap spark |
| #868, aired 1988-05-18 | "F" IN SCIENCE $400: Just the stuff to give your refrigerator a charge Freon |
| #634, aired 1987-05-14 | PHYSICAL SCIENCE $1,000 (Daily Double): In aerodynamics, 2 of the 4 basic forces that act on an aircraft (2 of) thrust, drag, lift & weight |
| #524, aired 1986-12-11 | BEER $500: In composition, malt liquor is the same as beer except for this has a higher alcohol content |
| #124, aired 1985-02-28 | SCIENCE $1000: From Greek meaning "breath", it's what an anemometer measures wind speed |
|
A.J. Schumacher, a radio show production intern from St. Paul, Minnesota
|
Season 25 1-time champion: $10,800 + $2,000. AJ Schumacher Saint Paul,...
|
|
Joey Beachum, a senior from Mississippi State University
|
2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2008 College Championship winner: $100,000...
|
|
Ariella Goldstein, a junior from Muhlenberg College
|
2009 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 20 and from Cortlandt Manor,...
|
|
Nick Yozamp, a junior from Washington University in St. Louis
|
2010 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 2010-A College Championship winner:...
|
|
Larissa Charnsangavej, a senior from Rice University
|
2009 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 21 and from Houston, Texas at...
|
|
Andrew Chung, a sophomore from Harvey Mudd College
|
2008 College Championship 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $25,000. 20 and...
|
|
Prashant Raghavendran, a sophomore from the University of Texas, Dallas
|
2010-A College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. Hometown: Austin, Texas. Prashant Raghavendran Blog...
|
|
Mary Ann Stanley, a high school chemistry and physical science teacher from Statesboro, Georgia
|
"She's been teaching for 22 years and is now teaching the...
|
|
Brandon Hensley, a sophomore from Caltech
|
2008 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 19 and from Huntington, WV at...
|
|
Thomas L. Friedman, an author and foreign affairs columnist from The New York Times
|
"He has won three Pulitzer Prizes and authored six best sellers,...
|
|
Laura Myers, a senior from the University of Missouri
|
2009 College Championship second runner-up: $29,900. 22 and from Richmond, Virginia...
|
|
Surya Sabhapathy, a senior from the University of Michigan
|
2010-A College Championship 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $26,600. Hometown: Northville,...
|
|
Matt Jacobs, a science teacher originally from Stratford, Connecticut
|
Season 25 1-time champion: $10,323 + $1,000. Matt resided in Silver...
|
|
Christine Valada, a photographer and attorney originally from Walton, New York
|
2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $68,703...
|
|
Francois Dominic Laramée, a writer and TV personality from Verdun, Quebec, Canada
|
Season 25 2-time champion: $46,300 + $1,000. Francois's name was printed...
|
|
Elza Reeves, a bank teller from Louisville, Kentucky
|
Season 25 1-time champion: $16,400 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
|
|
Jennifer Duann, a senior from the Ohio State University
|
2009 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 21 and from Worthington, Ohio at...
|
|
Steph Gagelin, a sophomore from the University of North Dakota from Grand Forks, North Dakota
|
2010-B College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
|
|
Leah Anthony Libresco, a junior from Yale University
|
2010-A College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Hometown: Mineola, New York. Jeopardy!...
|
|
Emily Zhang, from Indianapolis, Indiana
|
"A National Science Merit Award recipient, she plans on becoming a...
|
|
Paul Glaser, a research scientist from Albany, New York
|
2007 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
|
|
Roger Craig, a graduate student of computer science from Newark, Delaware
|
2019 All-Star Games member of wildcard-match 2nd-place Team Austin: a share...
|
|
William Garrett, a 12-year-old from Greenfield, Indiana
|
"Serving his country as an officer in the military is his...
|
|
Tom Toce, an actuary from New York, New York
|
Season 26 2-time champion: $39,200 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
|
|
Erin McLean, a sophomore from Boston University from Danvers, Massachusetts
|
2011 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 2010-B College Championship winner:...
|
|
Ellen Eichner, a junior from the Ohio State University from Northbrook, Illinois
|
2010-B College Championship semifinalist: $10,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
|
|
Ryan Chaffee, a tutor from Los Angeles, California
|
2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $91,900...
|
|
Andy Srinivasan, a high school science teacher from Garner, North Carolina
|
2010 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $69,600...
|
|
Jordan Brand, an anesthesiologist from Westchester, New York
|
Season 26 1-time champion: $24,405 + $2,000. The Sesame Street character...
|
|
Amanda J. Ray, a sophomore at the University of Virginia from Harrisonburg, Virginia
|
2010-B College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
|
|
Max Johansen, a senior from the University of Miami
|
"As a seventh grader, he was planning on a career in...
|
|
Katie Singh, a sophomore from Northwestern University from Austin, Texas
|
2010-B College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
|
|
Sam Spaulding, a sophomore from Yale University from Wilmington, North Carolina
|
2010-B College Championship 1st runner-up: $50,000 + a Nintendo Wii +...
|
|
Robbie Berg, a freshman from the University of Pennsylvania
|
2010-A College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. Hometown: Davie, Florida. Robbie Berg Blog...
|
|
Aaron Wicks, a planning and evaluation manager from Rochester, New York
|
Season 26 1-time champion: $18,001 + 1,000. Aaron Wicks Rochester, NY...
|
|
Danny Devries, a junior from the University of Michigan
|
2008 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 21 and from West Bloomfield, MI...
|
|
Robert Knecht Schmidt, a patent agent from Cleveland, Ohio
|
Season 26 1-time champion: $12,799 + $1,000. Middle name pronounced like...
|
|
Suchita Shah, a senior from the University of Wisconsin-Madison
|
2008 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 20 and from Holmen, WI...
|
|
Nathaniel Barnes, a composer and bartender from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
|
Season 25 3-time champion: $57,300 + $2,000. In his first game,...
|
|
Justin Otor, a 12-year-old from Texarkana, Texas
|
"His chosen profession will be something in the field of science...
|
|
Diane Siegel, an educational consultant and writer from Northridge, California
|
"A full-time mom when she won five games in 1993, now...
|
|
Dylan Smith, from the Bronx, New York
|
"This honor roll student wants to invent a teleporting system. From...
|
|
Sid Chandrasekhar, a senior from the University of Pennsylvania from Saratoga, California
|
2010-B College Championship semifinalist: $10,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
|
|
Patrick Tucker, a senior from the University of Notre Dame
|
2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2009 College Championship winner: $100,000...
|
|
Anderson Cooper, a news anchor and correspondent from CNN
|
"He anchors his own prime-time news show, a syndicated daytime talk...
|
|
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, a Basketball Hall of Famer and all-time leading scorer from the NBA
|
"In January, the State Department named this NBA Hall of Famer...
|
|
Nico Martinez, a junior at Stanford University from Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
|
2006 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2005 College Champion: $100,000 +...
|
|
Dana Delany, an actress from Desperate Housewives
|
"She won two Emmys for her work on China Beach. This...
|
|
Anderson Cooper, an anchor from CNN's Anderson Cooper 360°
|
"As a baby, he was photographed by Diane Arbus of Harper's...
|
|
David Duchovny, an actor from Californication
|
"He's won two Golden Globes and stars as troubled novelist Hank...
|
|
Sanders Kleinfeld, a publishing technology specialist from Cambridge, Massachusetts
|
Season 25 1-time champion: $26,597 + $2,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
|
|
Madison Ball, from Montgomery, Texas
|
"He loves to design and build things, and that's why becoming...
|
|
Joseph Henares, from Avon, Connecticut
|
"Along with group science projects, history club, writing club, and chess...
|
|
Harry Shearer, an actor/writer/producer from The Simpsons and Le Show
|
"His many credits include providing voices for The Simpsons, and he's...
|
|
Keith Olbermann, a news anchor from MSNBC
|
"In 2004, this veteran reporter will provide extensive coverage of the...
|
|
Veronica Fazio, from Roselle, Illinois
|
"She dances, plays softball, and hangs with her friends, but wants...
|
|
Lea Tottle, a junior from Florida State University from Oldsmar, Florida
|
2010-B College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000 + a Nintendo Wii +...
|
|
Clarence Page, a journalist from The Chicago Tribune
|
"His nationally syndicated column began as a local column for the...
|
|
Bobby Millison, from Clifton Heights, Pennsylvania
|
"He's an award-winning diver, and would like to serve his country...
|
|
Russ Schumacher, a graduate student and newlywed from Fort Collins, Colorado
|
"He won the most recent Tournament of Champions. A graduate student...
|
|
Mitchell Vogel, from Madison, Wisconsin
|
"This future governor of Wisconsin enjoys rollerblading, reading, and playing saxophone....
|
|
Joli Millner, an eleven-year-old from Charlottesville, Virginia
|
"No kidding, she wants to be a pediatrician when she grows...
|
|
Michael Glick, a 12-year-old from Smithtown, New York
|
"He's in math honors this year, even though math is one...
|
|
Brandon Blackwell, a sophomore from Holliswood, New York
|
2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2008-B Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist:...
|
|
Sita Yerramsetti, an eleven-year-old from Houston, Texas
|
"Her heart is set on becoming a cardiac surgeon. From Houston,...
|
|
Jessica Anderson, a twelve-year-old from Cranston, Rhode Island
|
"She's known she wanted to be a teacher for six years--that's...
|
|
Tom Nichols, a political science professor originally from Chicopee, Massachusetts
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 1994 Tournament...
|
|
Charlotte Darby, from West Chester, Pennsylvania
|
"Her crafts include crochet, origami, and friendship bracelets. From West Chester,...
|
|
Liz Feltner, a senior at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts
|
2022 National College Championship 2nd runner-up: $50,000. Liz was majoring in...
|
|
Hon. Margaret Spellings, a U.S. Secretary of Education from Washington, D.C.
|
"As an advisor to President George W. Bush, she helped craft...
|
|
Jake Houser, a 12-year-old seventh grader from Aptos, California
|
"And this straight-A student would like to become a geneticist so...
|
|
Matt Tick, from Escondido, California
|
"Will take violin lessons and loves science, but he really wants...
|
|
Tony Harkin, an eleven-year-old from New Milford, Connecticut
|
"Dig this--he wants to be an archaeologist when he grows up....
|
|
Phil Klinkner, a political science professor originally from Clinton, Iowa
|
Season 9 1-time champion: $3,200. Philip Klinkner was a guest panelist...
|
|
Justin Bernbach, a lobbyist from Brooklyn, New York
|
2010 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 25 7-time champion: $155,001...
|
|
Liz Murphy, a foreign service officer originally from Scranton, Pennsylvania
|
2010 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 25 5-time champion: $121,302...
|
|
Rachel Pildis, a software developer from Oak Park, Illinois
|
Season 26 1-time champion: $12,000 + $2,000. Rachel Pildis - A...
|
|
Anjali Tripathi, a senior from MIT
|
"Math and science were her favorite subjects in seventh grade. We're...
|
|
Alison Stone Roberg, an administrative assistant from Kansas City, Missouri
|
Season 26 3-time champion: $85,102 + $2,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
|
|
Jean Cui, a student originally from Garden City, New York
|
Season 25 2-time champion: $14,200 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
|
|
Heidi Fogle, a senior from Overland Park, Kansas
|
2007 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
|
Anderson Cooper, a host from CNN's Anderson Cooper 360°
|
2004 Power Players Week player (2004-05-11).
Charity: American Heart Association.
|
|
Kweisi Mfume, a president from the NAACP
|
2004 Power Players Week player (2004-05-11). Name pronounced like "kwah-EE-see oom-FOO-may"....
|
|
Sebastian Johnson, a senior from Takoma Park, Maryland
|
2006 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Listed as "Sebi" on the...
|
|
Arthur Gandolfi, a commercial real estate executive from Pleasantville, New York
|
2004 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up: $25,000. Season 20 4-time champion:...
|
|
Morgan Flood, a junior from Pequea, Pennsylvania
|
2012 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
|
Lindsey Bartlett, a junior from Winter Haven, Florida
|
2002 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. Lindsey was 16 at the time...
|
|
Anna Allie, a junior at the University of Michigan at Dearborn from Dearborn, Michigan
|
2005 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000.
|
