#9050, aired 2024-03-01 | "N"OWLEDGE $1600: Because its pelt was impervious to arrows, Hercules had to strangle this beast as the first of his labors the Nemean lion |
#8991, aired 2023-12-11 | CIRCLE TIME $800: In the U.K., a sign with 3 arrows going around in a circle indicates one of these, also called a traffic circle a roundabout |
#8982, aired 2023-11-28 | SLINGING ARROWS $200: This tribute from District 12 uses a bow & arrow to help her win the Hunger Games Katniss Everdeen |
#8982, aired 2023-11-28 | SLINGING ARROWS $400: The cruel but cowardly King Joffrey liked the heft of a crossbow on this HBO drama Game of Thrones |
#8982, aired 2023-11-28 | SLINGING ARROWS $600: Daryl Dixon put his Horton Scout crossbow to good use against zombies on this AMC show The Walking Dead |
#8982, aired 2023-11-28 | SLINGING ARROWS $800: Sam Claflin said the bow & arrow was the toughest part of his role as a duke enchanted by Kristen Stewart in this fairy tale Snow White and the Huntsman |
#8982, aired 2023-11-28 | SLINGING ARROWS $1000: In this animated 2012 film, Princess Merida must rely on her archery skills to undo a curse Brave |
#8810, aired 2023-02-17 | MYTH CONGENIALITY $6,000 (Daily Double): Accidentally grazed by one of Cupid's arrows, Venus fell in love with this handsome youth Adonis |
#8750, aired 2022-11-25 | OUR FLAG MEANS... $2000: This American territory mimics the Great Seal of the United States with a war club & fly whisk replacing arrows & an olive branch American Samoa |
#8740, aired 2022-11-11 | LOGOS $400: In 2016 this sandwich shop freshened up its logo to reflect its fresh ingredients, but the arrows are still there Subway |
#8620, aired 2022-04-15 | THESE SONGS REALLY MOVE $400: ABC sang about a "Poison" one to the heart, while Avicii had a song about shooting "Broken" ones "in the dark" arrows |
#8582, aired 2022-02-22 | ICONOGRAPHY $400: On America's Great Seal, the eagle clutches these weapons, a warning to others arrows |
#8534, aired 2021-12-16 | SNOW-POURRI $1600: Snow blinded the Lancastrians & wind stopped their arrows at Towton in this war, said to be the bloodiest battle ever in England the Wars of the Roses |
#8438, aired 2021-07-07 | THE "DR" IS IN $1200: The original value of this Greek coin in the mid-6th century B.C. was equivalent to that of a handful of arrows drachma |
#8394, aired 2021-05-06 | AIR DEMONSTRATION SQUADRONS $400: The Red Arrows of this British military service are known for their diamond nine formation the RAF |
#8383, aired 2021-04-21 | AMERICAN HISTORY $2000: A 1621 treaty says English settlers & these native people led by Massasoit will "leave their bows & arrows" when visiting the other Wampanoag |
#8347, aired 2021-03-02 | MAKING & REMAKING ROBIN HOOD $400: In a 2018 movie unafraid of anachronism, these traditional Robin Hood weapons blow up walls on contact bow & arrows |
#8331, aired 2021-02-08 | PEOPLE & PLACES $800: The people of the Sentinel Islands, west of Thailand at the south edge of this bay, resist contact & enforce that with arrows the Bay of Bengal |
#8254, aired 2020-10-08 | THE $1 BILL $200: On the reverse, the bald eagle in the Great Seal clutches arrows and an olive branch, symbolic of these two opposites war & peace |
#8150, aired 2020-01-31 | SYMBOLS $600: Gary Anderson designed 3 chasing arrows as the symbol for this; the negative space on the inside resembles a pine tree recycling |
#7977, aired 2019-04-23 | MERCURY $400: In mythology Mercury is sometimes identified as the father of this guy who carried a bow & arrows Cupid |
#7965, aired 2019-04-05 | "Q" $400: To shake, or what an archer keeps his arrows in a quiver |
#7921, aired 2019-02-04 | THE ANCIENT ROMAN ARMY $400: Sagittarii were soldiers who specialized in the use of these weapons (bows and) arrows |
#7913, aired 2019-01-23 | WATCH OUT FOR THAT TREE! $400: Bushmen use the sap of the bottle tree to tip poison these, so I wouldn't climb it if I were you arrows |
#7768, aired 2018-05-23 | DIMES $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents.) The arrows around 1853 on the dime on the right show it contained less of this element, which was reduced that year due to a rise in its price silver |
#7541, aired 2017-05-29 | IDIOMATIC PAIRS $2000: The "to be or not to be" speech includes these 2 weapons "of outrageous fortune" slings and arrows |
#7519, aired 2017-04-27 | OLD JOBS $1,400 (Daily Double): A tipper was a specialized fletcher putting metal tips on these arrows |
#7431, aired 2016-12-26 | PICK YOUR BATTLE $600: The arrows flew:
Dien Bien Phu,
Crécy,
Balaklava Crécy |
#7421, aired 2016-12-12 | CIRCLE TIME $600: In the U.K., a sign with 3 arrows going around in a circle indicates one of these, also called a traffic circle a roundabout |
#7389, aired 2016-10-27 | PEACE $200: In 1782 the seal of the U.S. was adopted with an eagle brandishing the arrows of war & this, of peace an olive branch |
#7191, aired 2015-12-14 | ANIMAL GROUPS $400: A group of cobras, or a holder for a group of arrows a quiver |
#7133, aired 2015-09-23 | GONNA MESS AROUND $400: Jon Snow was hit by Cupid's arrows... no, wait, those were fired by Ygritte, who Jon messed around with on this show Game of Thrones |
#7133, aired 2015-09-23 | GONNA MESS AROUND $600: J.R. Ewing was hit by Cupid's arrows... no, wait, those were bullets fired by Kristin, who J.R. messed around with on this show Dallas |
#7087, aired 2015-06-09 | GONE FISHING $1000: Specialized equipment used in this type of fishing can include pronged arrows attached to a line spearfishing (or bowfishing) |
#6997, aired 2015-02-03 | THAT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION $1000: "Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune" follows this query To be, or not be |
#6966, aired 2014-12-22 | MYTHOLOGY $2000: Heracles used the blood of this many-headed monster to poison his arrows the Hydra |
#6902, aired 2014-09-23 | PHYSICS $1,000 (Daily Double): (Jimmy of the Clue Crew is in the lab.) You can see the arrows are pointing in the same way, right? Well, watch what happens when water is added, & this direction-changing physics property takes place refraction |
#6835, aired 2014-05-09 | YOU HAD ONE JOB! $200: A fletcher aims to live up to his name origin by making these pointy objects arrows |
#6692, aired 2013-10-22 | A CLASH OF SYMBOLS $2,200 (Daily Double): The eagle on the one-dollar bill grasps in its talons these seemingly antithetical items arrows & an olive branch |
#6498, aired 2012-12-12 | SLINGING ARROWS $200: This tribute from District 12 uses a bow & arrow to help her win the Hunger Games Katniss Everdeen |
#6498, aired 2012-12-12 | SLINGING ARROWS $400: The cruel but cowardly King Joffrey likes the heft of a crossbow on this HBO drama Game of Thrones |
#6498, aired 2012-12-12 | SLINGING ARROWS $600: Sam Claflin said the bow & arrow was the toughest part of his role as a duke enchanted by Kristen Stewart in this fairy tale Snow White and the Huntsman |
#6498, aired 2012-12-12 | SLINGING ARROWS $800: In this animated 2012 film, Princess Merida must rely on her archery skills to undo a curse Brave |
#6498, aired 2012-12-12 | SLINGING ARROWS $1000: Daryl Dixon puts his Horton Scout crossbow to good use against zombies on this AMC show Walking Dead |
#6274, aired 2011-12-22 | BEWARE OF GOD $600: Venus' boy, this god, said, "Your arrows may strike all things else, Apollo, but mine shall strike you"... & they did Cupid |
#6187, aired 2011-07-05 | AMERICANA $2000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew stands by the Great Seal of the United States.) On the Great Seal of the United States, the power of war & peace are symbolized by what the eagle holds in its talons, thirteen arrows on one side & this, with thirteen leaves, on the other an olive branch |
#6020, aired 2010-11-12 | MEDIEVAL JOBS $1,000 (Daily Double): Bowyers made bows; these workers made the arrows fletchers |
#6016, aired 2010-11-08 | POETIC PLACES $1200: "Chalk-white arrows" lead to this title Shel Silverstein place that's located "before the street begins" Where the Sidewalk Ends |
#5995, aired 2010-10-08 | DEATH & CINEMA $1600: After trying to steal Frodo's ring he becomes heroic & fights off waves of Orcs before succumbing to arrows Boromir |
#5924, aired 2010-05-20 | "X" "Q"s ME $600: The name of this case used to carry your arrows might make you tremble a quiver |
#5881, aired 2010-03-22 | SLINGS & ARROWS $200: Armed with just a sling & some pebbles, David took out this Philistine giant Goliath |
#5881, aired 2010-03-22 | SLINGS & ARROWS $400: A trebuchet, a medieval weapon with a sling for hurling missiles, worked much like this playground apparatus a see-saw |
#5881, aired 2010-03-22 | SLINGS & ARROWS $600: In the 16th c., both the Incas & these Nahuatl-speaking people used the sling against Spanish conquistadors the Aztecs |
#5881, aired 2010-03-22 | SLINGS & ARROWS $800: This sign of the zodiac is sometimes represented by an arrow drawn across a bow Sagittarius |
#5881, aired 2010-03-22 | SLINGS & ARROWS $1000: The English army's slings & spears were effective at this battle, but it ended for Harold II with an arrow in the eye the Battle of Hastings |
#5718, aired 2009-06-17 | THE PREMATURE BURIAL $400: Among the items found in this boy king's tomb were bows & arrows, toys, games & jewelry King Tut |
#5614, aired 2009-01-22 | WORLD OF WARCRAFT $200: Bows get arrows; crossbows fire these, like lightning bolts |
#5537, aired 2008-10-07 | JOIN THE CLUB $200: The Philadelphia men who founded the first U.S. club for this sport in 1828 were probably straight arrows archery |
#5510, aired 2008-07-18 | HAND, SOLO $1200: Although an arrow needs 2 hands for proper propulsion, when a Brit plays "arrows", he's playing this game darts |
#5431, aired 2008-03-31 | WEAPONRY $600: The first 2 weapons Hamlet mentions in his "To be or not to be" soliloquy slings & arrows |
#5403, aired 2008-02-20 | THIS & THAT $800: From the Old French for "container", it's the container in which an archer carries his arrows a quiver |
#5247, aired 2007-06-05 | MYTHOLOGY $4,000 (Daily Double): The venomous blood of this serpent was used to make Hercules' poison arrows the Hydra |
#5172, aired 2007-02-20 | OH MY GODS! $800: In Hindu myth, Kama, armed with a bow of sugarcane & flower-tipped arrows, is the god of this love |
#5163, aired 2007-02-07 | THE ZODIAC $600: Impulsive spending (perhaps on bows & arrows) typifies teens born under this sign of the archer Sagittarius |
#5154, aired 2007-01-25 | DIVIDED BY A COMMON LANGUAGE $200: Arrows can be these things that you throw at a game board in a pub or the game itself darts |
#5060, aired 2006-09-15 | 50 CENT $400: 1 of the 2 items the Eagle clutches on the reverse side of the current JFK half dollar arrows (or an olive branch) |
#5034, aired 2006-06-29 | RHYME GIVER $1000: The goddess Diana is often depicted holding this container quiver |
#4864, aired 2005-11-03 | MILITARY MATTERS $1200: Aiding the English win at Crecy were people collecting these off the battlefield for reuse after each French retreat arrows |
#4760, aired 2005-04-22 | METEOROLOGY $1000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a map with arrows pointing from the upper-right corner.) Diagrammed here, the direction from which the winds come give these rough weather phenomena their name nor'easters |
#4733, aired 2005-03-16 | AVIATION $800: These fliers are the U.S. Navy's equivalent to the RAF's Red Arrows the Blue Angels |
#4484, aired 2004-02-19 | U.S. GOVERNMENT $400: The eagle on the Great Seal of the U.S. holds an olive branch & these, signifying peace & war arrows |
#4466, aired 2004-01-26 | ON "Q" $400: Where you keep your arrows quiver |
#4446, aired 2003-12-29 | AIRLINE CARRY-ON NO-NOs $400: Even Cupid can't carry on these tools of his trade arrows |
#4445, aired 2003-12-26 | PATRON SAINTS $1000: Being shot with dozens of these helped make Sebastian a patron of fletchers arrows |
#4305, aired 2003-04-25 | THE LABORS OF HERCULES $400: Hercules used these flying weapons to shoot down the Stymphalian birds arrows |
#4303, aired 2003-04-23 | STUPID ANSWERS $1000: Indians who made arrows of branches broken from trees gave this Oklahoma city its name Broken Arrow |
#4290, aired 2003-04-04 | LITERATURE $1200: Hamlet's most famous one of these speeches includes the following lines
Whether tis' nobler in the mind to suffer the slings & arrows of outrageous fortune, or to take arms against a sea of troubles & by opposing... soliloquy |
#4249, aired 2003-02-06 | CHOOSE YOUR WEAPON $800: Also known as an arbalest, this weapon can use a cranking mechanism & a trigger to fire arrows farther crossbow |
#4046, aired 2002-03-18 | ARMS $800: Curare, originally used as a poison on these weapons, is now used in medicine arrows (or darts or spears) |
#4024, aired 2002-02-14 | ISN'T IT ROMANTIC? $800: By shooting arrows that made folks fall in love, this son of Venus made some people very, very happy Cupid |
#3915, aired 2001-09-14 | FAMOUS PAIRS $200: Tools of the trade for William Tell & Cupid bow & arrows |
#3699, aired 2000-10-05 | MYTHOLOGY $100: The son of Venus, this Roman god of love carried a bow & arrows to shoot his victims Cupid |
#3621, aired 2000-05-08 | ALL ABOUT THE PRESIDENCY $600: The presidential seal features an eagle with arrows in its left talon & this in its right representing peace Olive branches |
#3571, aired 2000-02-28 | "Q" ME $200: Tremble, or a place to keep your arrows Quiver |
#3562, aired 2000-02-15 | THE MIDDLE AGES $600: In 1232 A.D. the Mongols were repulsed by "arrows of flying fire", or rockets, at Kaifeng-Fu in this country China |
#3337, aired 1999-02-23 | THE GREAT SEAL OF THE U.S. $200: Number of arrows or number of leaves on the olive branch 13 |
#3315, aired 1999-01-22 | ARROWS $200: This arrow-shooting constellation is a centaur of attention in the night sky Sagittarius |
#3315, aired 1999-01-22 | ARROWS $400: From 1976 to 1979, this automaker launched "Arrows" Plymouth |
#3315, aired 1999-01-22 | ARROWS $600: Shakespearean character who speaks about "The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune" Hamlet |
#3315, aired 1999-01-22 | ARROWS $800: To help stop his company's Arrow shirts from shrinking, Sanford Cluett invented this process Sanforizing (pre-shrinking them) |
#3315, aired 1999-01-22 | ARROWS $1000: He wrote "I shot an arrow into the air, it fell to Earth, I knew not where" Henry Wadsworth Longfellow |
#3187, aired 1998-06-09 | MORE CELEBRITY RHYME TIME $800: Mia's missiles Farrow's arrows |
#3166, aired 1998-05-11 | POTPOURRI $200: Belomancy is a form of divination in which these are drawn at random from a quiver or other container Arrows |
#3079, aired 1998-01-08 | ARROWS $100: On the Great Seal of the U.S., the eagle holds this many arrows in its left talon 13 |
#3079, aired 1998-01-08 | ARROWS $200: As a "Wild & Crazy Guy", he used props such as bunny ears & an arrow through the head Steve Martin |
#3079, aired 1998-01-08 | ARROWS $300: This 1992 event began in July with a flaming arrow igniting its symbolic flame Summer Olympics in Barcelona |
#3074, aired 1998-01-01 | RHYME TIME $500: A person who presents you with a container for your arrows a quiver giver |
#2819, aired 1996-11-28 | COINS $100: The value of this Greek coin was originally equivalent to that of a handful of arrows Drachma |
#2751, aired 1996-07-15 | COMPANY SYMBOLS $200: McDonald's are "golden" the Arches |
#2652, aired 1996-02-27 | CONTAINERS $300: Swords are carried in scabbards & arrows are carried in these a quiver |
#2645, aired 1996-02-16 | ODDS & ENDS $500: To make his arrows venomous, Hercules dipped them in the blood of this many-headed monster the Hydra |
#2475, aired 1995-05-12 | THE OLYMPICS $100: Olympic competitors in this sport use a recurve bow that can propel arrows at more than 150 MPH archery |
#2452, aired 1995-04-11 | ODD WORDS $300: Before buying a quiver, you might consult a fletcher, a person who makes these arrows |
#2398, aired 1995-01-25 | FLAGS $600: The flag of the secretary of this current cabinet dept. depicts an eagle with 3 arrows in its talons the Defense Department |
#2283, aired 1994-07-06 | FISH $400: This fish uses water, not arrows as its name implies, to bring down insects the archerfish |
#2280, aired 1994-07-01 | MYTHOLOGY $800: He labored with bronze castanets to frighten the Stymphalian birds, then shot them with arrows Hercules |
#2276, aired 1994-06-27 | CASTLE ARCHITECTURE $600: The Balistraria was the room where these weapons were kept or the windows through which they were aimed arrows (bows & arrows, or crossbows) |
#2201, aired 1994-03-14 | INCREDIBLE EDIBLES $100: The Masai tap the veins of their cattle with special arrows to get this, which they drink blood |
#2133, aired 1993-12-08 | SAINTS $800: In art St. Sebastian is often depicted transfixed by these weapons, his emblem arrows |
#2027, aired 1993-06-01 | NORTH DAKOTA $200: The state flag shows one of these holding a sheaf of arrows & an olive branch in its talons an eagle |
#1940, aired 1993-01-29 | MICE $300: Ignatz Mouse was known for tossing these at Krazy Kat's head Bricks |
#1876, aired 1992-11-02 | THE GREAT SEAL OF THE U.S. $100: The powers of peace & war held by Congress are represented by the olive branch & these weapons the arrows |
#1799, aired 1992-05-28 | GREAT THINGS $100: On the Great Seal of the U.S. there are 13 stripes, 13 stars & 13 of these weapons arrows |
#1719, aired 1992-02-06 | ART $800: Botticelli's painting of this saint depicts him tied to a tree & pierced with arrows St. Sebastian |
#1562, aired 1991-05-21 | ZOOLOGY $300: Some of these mollusks related to the octopus are also known as sea arrows squids |
#1494, aired 1991-02-14 | VALENTINE'S DAY $200: The chubby cherub who pierces hearts with his arrows Cupid |
#1428, aired 1990-11-14 | POISONS $1000: This poison producing paralysis in its victims was used on South American Indian arrows curare |
#1415, aired 1990-10-26 | FOREIGN EXCHANGE $400: This Greek coin was originally equal in value to a handful of arrows drachma |
#1410, aired 1990-10-19 | STARTS WITH "Q" $200: It's where an archer keeps his arrows a quiver |
#1312, aired 1990-04-24 | FROM THE LATIN $400: Meaning "to bear", Hamlet did it with "slings & arrows of outrageous fortune" Suffer |
#1302, aired 1990-04-10 | PRESIDENTIAL ASTROLOGY $400: Our last Sagittarian pres.; his last name sounds like something Sagittarius' arrows could do (Franklin) Pierce |
#1014, aired 1989-01-19 | VOCABULARY $100: A case for arrows, whether or not it shakes quiver |
#1000, aired 1988-12-30 | TOUGH TRIVIA $400: The number of arrows the eagle is holding on a $1 bill, or the number of stars over its head 13 |
#772, aired 1988-01-05 | WEAPONS $500: This weapon is pictured on the seal of the Department of Defense arrows |
#733, aired 1987-11-11 | PROVERBS $1000: "As evidence of skill, a good archer is not known by his arrows" but by this his aim |
#724, aired 1987-10-29 | WEAPONS $1,300 (Daily Double): 1st 2 weapons mentioned in Hamlet's "To be or not to be" speech slings & arrows |
#689, aired 1987-09-10 | SUDDEN DEATH $300: It's said St. Sebastian was shot full of these but died from being battered by cudgels arrows |
#589, aired 1987-03-12 | WORDS $200: As arrows are stored in a quiver, a sword is stored in this sheath or scabbard |
#339, aired 1985-12-26 | TOYS & GAMES $400: Game that originated when archers began throwing weighted arrows in battle darts |
#188, aired 1985-05-29 | ARCHERY $100: The fletching on most arrows consists of 3 or 4 of these feathers |
#169, aired 1985-05-02 | AMERICAN INDIANS $1000: Allies of the Kiowa, they eluded bullets & arrows by hanging on side or under horses the Comanche |
#112, aired 1985-02-12 | HOW TO... $100: Push down while twisting cap in direction of arrows how do you open a child-proof cap |
#100, aired 1985-01-25 | INSIGNIAS $500: On the side of an aluminum can, two arrows forming a circle stand for this recyclable |
#65, aired 1984-12-07 | ODD JOBS $1000: What a fletcher makes arrows |