| #14, aired 2023-09-27 | ALSO AN ANIMAL SOUND $400: This word follows Chesapeake, Hudson and Guantanamo in the names of bodies of water bay |
| #8780, aired 2023-01-06 | NATIVE AMERICAN SELF-NAMES $400: The Wichita call themselves Kitikiti'sh, meaning this animal's "eyes", because of tattoos around their own eyes a raccoon |
| #8751, aired 2022-11-28 | ANIMAL NAMES $400: This name for the animal seen here refers to its short stubby tail a bobcat |
| #8751, aired 2022-11-28 | ANIMAL NAMES $800: From Spanish, the name of this burrowing mammal refers to its protective outer shell of bony plates the armadillo |
| #8751, aired 2022-11-28 | ANIMAL NAMES $1200: Found only in New Zealand, the name of the tuatara means "spine on the back" in the language of this people the Maori |
| #8751, aired 2022-11-28 | ANIMAL NAMES $1600: The name of this fast-flying falcon means "traveling" or "wandering" peregrine |
| #8751, aired 2022-11-28 | ANIMAL NAMES $2000: This horse with a spotty reputation is believed to be named for a river near where the Nez Perce lived & bred the horse an Appaloosa |
| #8575, aired 2022-02-11 | FLOWER NAMES $1600: This flower seen here is also called a fairy bell which is a better description than a random animal & some handware foxglove |
| #8218, aired 2020-05-20 | GERMAN ANIMAL NAMES $200: Tintenfisch, or "ink fish", is this creature the squid (octopus) |
| #8218, aired 2020-05-20 | GERMAN ANIMAL NAMES $400: Words for "shield" & "toad" combine to make the German name for this reptile a turtle |
| #8218, aired 2020-05-20 | GERMAN ANIMAL NAMES $800 (Daily Double): This bug's German name, stechmucke, translates to "stabbing gnat" a mosquito |
| #8218, aired 2020-05-20 | GERMAN ANIMAL NAMES $800: Nacktschnecke, the German word for this gastropod, translates as "naked snail" a slug |
| #8218, aired 2020-05-20 | GERMAN ANIMAL NAMES $1000: From the way they stand up, these African mongoose relatives are called "little earth men" in German a meerkat |
| #8128, aired 2020-01-01 | ANIMAL NAMES WITH LEWIS & CLARK $400: Lewis & Clark gave this non-canine rodent its name and even brought one back to give to Thomas Jefferson a prairie dog |
| #8128, aired 2020-01-01 | ANIMAL NAMES WITH LEWIS & CLARK $800: Though we think of it as grayish-brown, the boys called it a "white bear" & killed quite a few the grizzly bear |
| #8128, aired 2020-01-01 | ANIMAL NAMES WITH LEWIS & CLARK $1200: Don't complain. Just name the sage type of this bird that Lewis & Clark called the heath cock a (greater) grouse |
| #8128, aired 2020-01-01 | ANIMAL NAMES WITH LEWIS & CLARK $1600: Say, Meriwether, that sheep sure has large paired features on its head--you're right, William, so let's call it this a bighorn sheep |
| #8128, aired 2020-01-01 | ANIMAL NAMES WITH LEWIS & CLARK $2000: Lewis noted of the Lewis' type of this bird that the pointy tail helps it stay vertical against the tree trunk it's beaking a woodpecker |
| #8097, aired 2019-11-19 | MISLEADING NAMES $1600: It sounds like a bakery treat rather than the thymus or pancreas of a young animal eaten as a delicacy sweetbreads |
| #8063, aired 2019-10-02 | PART-TIME WRITERS $2000: James Lipton wrote "An Exaltation of Larks", about animal group names, before he hosted this Bravo acting show Inside the Actors Studio |
| #7820, aired 2018-09-14 | DOUBLE ANIMAL NAMES $400: An Old English one is seen here a sheepdog |
| #7820, aired 2018-09-14 | DOUBLE ANIMAL NAMES $800: Belzoni, Mississippi has a museum & a festival devoted to this whiskered water dweller a catfish |
| #7820, aired 2018-09-14 | DOUBLE ANIMAL NAMES $1200: Usually harmless to humans, this predator can't change its spots or bars a leopard shark |
| #7820, aired 2018-09-14 | DOUBLE ANIMAL NAMES $1600: The mole rat belongs to this order of gnawing mammals a rodent |
| #7820, aired 2018-09-14 | DOUBLE ANIMAL NAMES $2000: At their largest, the Japanese giant type of this crustacean can measure over 12 feet across, including the legs a spider crab |
| #7802, aired 2018-07-10 | ENDANGERED ANIMALS $400: Ocean dwellers with colorful names on the endangered list include the green turtle & this most massive animal the blue whale |
| #7581, aired 2017-07-24 | SHOE NAMES $1000: Sterile animal hybrids mules |
| #7391, aired 2016-10-31 | PLANTS WITH ANIMAL NAMES $400: Disappointing but true, these flowers don't breathe fire snapdragons |
| #7391, aired 2016-10-31 | PLANTS WITH ANIMAL NAMES $1200: You are barking up this tree, whose small flowers are seen here a dogwood |
| #7391, aired 2016-10-31 | PLANTS WITH ANIMAL NAMES $1600: Equisetum is the genus of the flowerless perennial called giant this for its brushy look brushy horsetail |
| #7391, aired 2016-10-31 | PLANTS WITH ANIMAL NAMES $2,000 (Daily Double): This flower shares its name with a character in "Peter Pan" tiger lily |
| #7391, aired 2016-10-31 | PLANTS WITH ANIMAL NAMES $2000: This tree is so named for the challenge its prickly leaves would pose to certain simian climbers a monkey puzzle tree |
| #7357, aired 2016-09-13 | ANIMAL NAMES $200: This animal got its name because it was originally thought to be a hybrid of a lion & a panther a leopard |
| #7357, aired 2016-09-13 | ANIMAL NAMES $400: Sylvilagus palustris hefneri is, of course, a type of this animal a rabbit |
| #7357, aired 2016-09-13 | ANIMAL NAMES $600: Floating in the waters off Majorca, you might find the fried egg this--we don't suggest it for breakfast a jellyfish |
| #7357, aired 2016-09-13 | ANIMAL NAMES $800: Called "canary of the sea" due to its musical stylings, this kind of whale shares its name with a type of sturgeon beluga |
| #7357, aired 2016-09-13 | ANIMAL NAMES $1000: This hoofed animal of the far north is named for the odor produced by glands beneath its eyes muskox |
| #7214, aired 2016-01-14 | DOUBLE ANIMAL NAMES $400: A canine trained to retrieve fallen avian creatures, or a person who steals another person's date a bird dog |
| #7214, aired 2016-01-14 | DOUBLE ANIMAL NAMES $800: The 3 French hens were a fine gift, as were the 2 of these reddish-brown ground feeders of the pigeon family turtledoves |
| #7214, aired 2016-01-14 | DOUBLE ANIMAL NAMES $1600: It's a type of panda, or the nickname of the university of Cincinnati sports teams bearcats |
| #7214, aired 2016-01-14 | DOUBLE ANIMAL NAMES $2000: This sea creature feeds on penguins & is named for its black-spotted gray coat the leopard seal |
| #7214, aired 2016-01-14 | DOUBLE ANIMAL NAMES $3,000 (Daily Double): Emerging from eggs the size of footballs, newly hatched young of this largest living fish are 2 feet long the whale shark |
| #7177, aired 2015-11-24 | ANCIENT NAMES $800: Hamilcar Barca put the hand of this 9-year-old son on a sacrificed animal & made him swear hatred of Rome Hannibal |
| #6997, aired 2015-02-03 | HIGH PLACES $1200: You'll find this animal part in the names of several Alps horn |
| #6949, aired 2014-11-27 | SOUNDS LIKE MAD LIBS, BUT REAL $1600: Before "Inside the Actors Studio", he wrote a book about animal group names & says he was a pimp in France James Lipton |
| #6819, aired 2014-04-17 | REJECTED SUPERVILLAIN NAMES $200: Lurking under your TV stand, it's a 2-word animal term for a ball of lint & particle debris dust bunny |
| #6652, aired 2013-07-16 | ANIMAL IDENTITY $1600: Seen here, it's one of the few animals whose common & binomial names are the same the boa constrictor |
| #6169, aired 2011-06-09 | ANIMAL NAMES $400: Ay, this tiny dog is named for Mexico's largest state in area Chihuahua |
| #6169, aired 2011-06-09 | ANIMAL NAMES $800: With its stripes resembling another animal, the butterfly seen here is known as this type of longwing a zebra longwing |
| #6169, aired 2011-06-09 | ANIMAL NAMES $1200: Like a woman who assists in childbirth, a type of toad whose male carries the eggs on its hind legs is called this a midwife |
| #6169, aired 2011-06-09 | ANIMAL NAMES $1600: This scarab relative, often seen at night, is named for the time of year when it's most prevalent a junebug |
| #6169, aired 2011-06-09 | ANIMAL NAMES $2000: This South American monkey seen here is named for its soft, thick fur a wooly monkey |
| #5435, aired 2008-04-04 | ANIMAL NAMES $400: You'll get 3 As for effort for knowing the name of this mammal comes from Afrikaans for "earth pig" aardvark |
| #5435, aired 2008-04-04 | ANIMAL NAMES $800: Its name comes from Greek words meaning "nose-horned" a rhinoceros |
| #5435, aired 2008-04-04 | ANIMAL NAMES $1600: The name of this red-haired denizen of Borneo's rain forests is Malay for "forest man" orangutan |
| #5435, aired 2008-04-04 | ANIMAL NAMES $2,000 (Daily Double): This large partly white sea bird derives its name in part from the Latin word for "white" the albatross |
| #5435, aired 2008-04-04 | ANIMAL NAMES $2000: This just in... noted for its strength, this breed of horse seen here was named for a schoolteacher Morgan |
| #5229, aired 2007-05-10 | GENUS NAMES $1200: Dicerorhinus is the appropriate genus name of the Sumatran type of this animal, which has 2 horns rhinoceros |
| #5229, aired 2007-05-10 | GENUS NAMES $2000: This carnivore of the dog family is in the genus vulpes; "vulpine" means to resemble that animal fox |
| #4711, aired 2005-02-14 | PHILOSOPHY $800: Nominalism is so called from considering only objects real, & abstractions like "animal" & "circle" merely these names |
| #4616, aired 2004-10-04 | HOMOPHONIC NAMES $2000: Sadly for him, the 17th century gunpowder plotter wasn't quite as sly as the animal Fawkes (or fox) |
| #3769, aired 2001-01-11 | NAME GAME $1,500 (Daily Double): The names Ursula, Orson & Bjorn are all based on this animal Bear (ursus) |
| #3177, aired 1998-05-26 | SCIENTIFIC NAMES $200: Canis lupus, the animal seen here: Wolf |
| #2971, aired 1997-06-30 | CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS $500: People with animal names born November 27 include Eddie Rabbitt, Robin Givens & this pal of Howdy Doody "Buffalo Bob" Smith |
| #2214, aired 1994-03-31 | NAMES $300: Leo & Leonard mean lion & Orson & Ursula refer to this animal the bear |
| #2188, aired 1994-02-23 | ANIMAL A.K.A. $200: It has many alternate names, including catamount, puma, panther & mountain lion a cougar |
| #2087, aired 1993-10-05 | DANCE $400: In names of dances. this young animal's name precedes "hug" & "hop" the bunny |
| #1621, aired 1991-09-23 | ANIMALS $500: Despite their names, the black & white species of this large African animal are similar in color rhinoceros |
| #1549, aired 1991-05-02 | ANIMAL KINGDOM $200: In names of insects, this word follows alfalfa, strawberry, apple blossom & cotton boll weevil |
| #1233, aired 1990-01-03 | ANIMAL NAMES $100: The name for this burrowing animal is Spanish for "little armored one" an armadillo |
| #1233, aired 1990-01-03 | ANIMAL NAMES $200: 2 Greek words meaning "nose-horned" gave us the name of this animal rhinoceros |
| #1233, aired 1990-01-03 | ANIMAL NAMES $300: Chiroptera, the scientific order of these mammals, is Greek for "hand wings" bats |
| #1233, aired 1990-01-03 | ANIMAL NAMES $400: Early Spanish explorers in S. America called these arboreal mammals perezosos, or "lazy ones" sloths |
| #1233, aired 1990-01-03 | ANIMAL NAMES $500: The name of this marine mammal is from Latin for "pig fish" porpoise |
| #180, aired 1985-05-17 | FIRST, MIDDLE & LAST $1000: Desperate to get this animal trainer, "Ringling" bought entire German circus for $2 million Gunther Gebel-Williams |
