#8896, aired 2023-06-19 | RANDOM FACTS $400: In 1974 a horde of terra cotta warriors were found at the resting place of the man who made himself this country's first emperor China |
#8869, aired 2023-05-11 | AMERICAN AUTHORS $200: She published her early novels like "The Bluest Eye" & "Sula" while working as an editor at Random House Toni Morrison |
#8569, aired 2022-02-03 | THE 20th CENTURY $600: Seen here are three random Americans of the 4.3 million born in this year at the tail end of the baby boom 1961 |
#8567, aired 2022-02-01 | 5 RANDOM THINGS $400: Holy biloba! Here's a beautiful example of this tree at a Buddhist temple said to be planted by a Chinese emperor of the Tang Dynasty a ginkgo |
#7837, aired 2018-10-09 | BEFORE & AFTER AT THE MALL $400: A lingerie chain known for its "Angels" that picks names at random to give Christmas presents Victoria's Secret Santa |
#7826, aired 2018-09-24 | poetry $1600: adjective for the brand of poetry kits created by dave kapell when he moved words at random to try to beat writer's block magnetic |
#7488, aired 2017-03-15 | ART $7,500 (Daily Double): The name of this nihilistic art style of Marcel Duchamp was picked at random from a French-German dictionary Dadaism |
#7133, aired 2015-09-23 | RANDOM FACTS $200: (Hi, I'm Penn Jillette.) When a magician dies, a wand is sometimes broken at his funeral to symbolize his loss of magical power; the first broken wand ceremony was performed by the Society of American Magicians in 1926 at the memorial service for this famous escapologist (Harry) Houdini |
#6877, aired 2014-07-08 | OH, LOOK AT THE TIME $400: This precedes "Twenties" in the Random House definition "a boisterous era of... jazz, speakeasies and wild youth" Roaring |
#6855, aired 2014-06-06 | "MN" AT WORK $800: Random House defines it as "a place where Greeks met for exercise and discussion" gymnasium |
#6714, aired 2013-11-21 | RANDOM HOUSE DICTIONARY DEFINITIONS $600: Under "O":
"Out of use for at least the past century" obsolete |
#6646, aired 2013-07-08 | RANDOM HOUSE DEFINES IT AS... $2,000 (Daily Double): (2 words)
"Goal achieved at too great a cost" Pyrrhic victory |
#6503, aired 2012-12-19 | WORDPLAY RANDOM SAMPLER $800: Change One Letter:
a first attempt at writing becomes a word meaning to float along, as on the sea (both responses, please) drift & draft |
#6443, aired 2012-09-26 | RANDOM HOUSE $800: There's a "Chapel in the Woods" for weddings at this Memphis landmark, just down the blvd. from the Heartbreak Hotel Graceland |
#6119, aired 2011-03-31 | AT RANDOM $400: Among the 7 Ancient Wonders was this of Alexandria, which guided ships into the harbor the Lighthouse |
#6119, aired 2011-03-31 | AT RANDOM $800: A cross between tennis & ping-pong, this sport was named for a dog, not a gherkin pickle ball |
#6119, aired 2011-03-31 | AT RANDOM $1200: According to superstition, if this body part burns, people are talking about you your ear |
#6119, aired 2011-03-31 | AT RANDOM $1600: At the end of a letter, P.S. stands for postscript; as an officer of the law, it stands for this a police sergeant |
#6119, aired 2011-03-31 | AT RANDOM $2000: This 2005 bestseller by Elizabeth Kostova concerns a couple of modern-day hunts for Dracula The Historian |
#5425, aired 2008-03-21 | TERMES D'ART $2,000 (Daily Double): The name of this odd movement, French for "hobby-horse", was appropriately chosen at random from a dictionary Dada |
#5311, aired 2007-10-15 | AUSTRALIAN LIT $800: Nobel Prize winner Patrick White was noted for using this technique where thoughts flow freely & at random stream of consciousness |
#4645, aired 2004-11-12 | THAT'S SO RANDOM! $1000: (I'm Ashleigh Banfield.) "Men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses", said this Algonquin Round Table member Dorothy Parker |
#4287, aired 2003-04-01 | AT THE ARCADE $1000: In the original Asteroids game, this was the term for jumping to a random location warping to hyperspace |
#4171, aired 2002-10-21 | UNBREAKABLE $800: Gilbert Vernam, an engineer with this telecom company, came up with an "unbreakable" cipher, using a random code AT&T |
#4140, aired 2002-09-06 | RANDOM STUFF $800: In August of 1971 David Scott dropped a feather & a hammer here; they landed at the same time the Moon |
#4103, aired 2002-06-05 | 2-LETTER WORDS $800: The Random House Dictionary gives one definition of it as "at bat" up |
#4100, aired 2002-05-31 | TAKE A SHOT $1000: A piece of random criticism that's easily made, or firing at game for food, not for sport potshot |
#4030, aired 2002-02-22 | TIME THE FIRST ISSUE $800: A column suggested this "mythical" James Joyce novel was written by picking words at random from a hat Ulysses |
#3721, aired 2000-11-06 | I FEEL SHEEPISH $500: To access the Internet, you need at least 16 megabytes of this acronym RAM (random access memory) |
#3281, aired 1998-12-07 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN WRITERS $200: She was a senior editor at Random House while she was writing the novel "Beloved" Toni Morrison |
#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 |
#3107, aired 1998-02-17 | AT RANDOM $200: It's a random sample "poll" to determine the public's opinion of hay... or anything else a straw poll |
#3107, aired 1998-02-17 | AT RANDOM $400: Songs about people who move at random include this singer's "The Wanderer" & "Lovers Who Wander" Dion |
#3107, aired 1998-02-17 | AT RANDOM $600: On Dec. 1, 1969 the first of these random drawings since 1942 took place Draft |
#3107, aired 1998-02-17 | AT RANDOM $800: This method of solving problems with a random number generator is named after the casino city of Monaco Monte Carlo |
#3107, aired 1998-02-17 | AT RANDOM $1000: Colorful name given the random movement of tiny particles suspended in a gas or liquid Brownian motion |
#2658, aired 1996-03-06 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $500 (Daily Double): Bennett Cerf & Donald Klopfer's publishing house printed luxury editions of books chosen this way, hence its name (at) random |
#948, aired 1988-10-19 | AUTHORS $200: Bennett Cerf at Random House imported this man's "Ulysses", causing the famous obscenity trial James Joyce |
#911, aired 1988-07-18 | U.S. CITIES $1000: This Arizona city of almost 35,000 residents is the largest city close to the Grand Canyon Flagstaff |
#450, aired 1986-05-30 | CORPORATE AMERICA $200: Publishing firm founded by Bennett Cerf & Donald Klopfer to publish luxury editions of books "at random" Random House |
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