| #9071, aired 2024-04-01 | AUTHORS AT WAR $200: When he landed on Utah Beach on D-Day, J.D. Salinger is reported to have had 6 chapters of this work in his jacket The Catcher in the Rye |
| #9058, aired 2024-03-13 | SKY & SEA $1200: At the beach, beware of riptides, rip currents & this, which despite its name won't drag you offshore into deep water the undertow |
| #9052, aired 2024-03-05 | PEOPLE NAMED ALEX $1600: WWII field marshal Harold Alexander led the extrication of 340,000 men at this location in 1940 & was the last man off the beach Dunkirk |
| #9046, aired 2024-02-26 | LITERARY GROUPS $2000: The early 20th c. Stratford-on-Odéon literary circle hung out at this bookstore run by Sylvia Beach in Paris' Left Bank Shakespeare & Company |
| #8983, aired 2023-11-29 | MAKING WAVES $2000: Born at the beach--Cocoa Beach, Florida--he became both the youngest & the oldest surfing world champion Kelly Slater |
| #8950, aired 2023-10-13 | LIKE A ROCK $600: In earlier days, this pro-am golf tournament on California's Monterey peninsula was called the Crosby Clambake Pebble Beach |
| #8932, aired 2023-09-19 | THE ASIAN GAMES $1000: 2018 competition on these 1-person runabouts took place at Indonesia's Ancol Beach Jet Skis |
| #8927, aired 2023-09-12 | THE SPORTING LIFE $400: Driver Richard Petty won his 200th & last NASCAR race on July 4, 1984 at this Florida locale Daytona (Beach) |
| #15, aired 2023-05-22 | TOUGH SCIENCE $400: The size of a beach ball at roughly 23 inches in diameter, it orbited the Earth in around 98 minutes on Oct. 4, 1957 Sputnik |
| #8739, aired 2022-11-10 | THE ROCK BASSIST'S GROUP $400: Dee Dee, who hung out at "Rockaway Beach" the Ramones |
| #8684, aired 2022-07-14 | 4 OF THE SAME LETTER $800: At the recent Tokyo Olympics, Alix Klineman & April Ross netted gold in this sport beach volleyball |
| #6, aired 2022-02-10 | FAMOUS PAINTINGS $2000: This American exhibited her "Children Playing on the Beach" at the Final Impressionist Exhibition in 1886 Mary Cassatt |
| #8479, aired 2021-09-30 | GETTING SPORT "E" $200: A 3 on the par 5 6th hole at Pebble Beach eagle |
| #8457, aired 2021-08-03 | TALK SHOWS $400: As "Tonight Show" host, Jay Leno used to test this opening segment at the Comedy & Magic Club in Hermosa Beach a monologue |
| #8452, aired 2021-07-27 | AT THE BEACH $400: Much of the white sand on Hawaii's beaches comes from parrotfish, which excrete these indigestible reef animals as sand coral |
| #8452, aired 2021-07-27 | AT THE BEACH $800: Since a 1997 mishap, these toy bricks have been regularly washing up on Devon & Cornwall beaches, so be careful walking barefoot LEGOs |
| #8452, aired 2021-07-27 | AT THE BEACH $1200: Big Major Cay in this multi-island nation near Florida is famous for its beach of swimming pigs Bahamas |
| #8452, aired 2021-07-27 | AT THE BEACH $1600: You can find white sand beaches with clear blue waters in the West Indies islands called Turks & these Caicos |
| #8452, aired 2021-07-27 | AT THE BEACH $2000: Beaches near this large eastern Russian city on the Sea of Japan are covered in sea glass from discarded bottles Vladivostok |
| #8442, aired 2021-07-13 | LET'S GO TO THE BEACH $1200: Snorkelers at Trunk Bay off St. John in this U.S. territory can read plaques on the seafloor for info on what they see the Virgin Islands |
| #8440, aired 2021-07-09 | BEACH-Y KEEN $400: Wind causes them at the beach, but when you're "making" these, tumult follows waves |
| #8340, aired 2021-02-19 | RHYME TIME $200: An M&M after it has been dropped at the beach a sandy candy |
| #8325, aired 2021-01-29 | AROUND THE CARIBBEAN $1600: Boulders form secluded pools at the Baths, a beach area in this colony of the queen the British Virgin Islands |
| #8310, aired 2021-01-08 | "BING" POT $800: At the beach this word refers to a tide that is going out ebbing |
| #8195, aired 2020-04-03 | WEST COAST STATE HIGHER ED $800: Not a bad view from campus at Pepperdine, located on the Pacific Coast Highway, in this celebrity-filled 6-letter beach city Malibu |
| #8025, aired 2019-06-28 | HANGOUTS $400: Be it Bondi in Sydney or Redondo in Cali, it's always a fun day at this geographic feature the beach |
| #8004, aired 2019-05-30 | ON THE BEACH $400: Gold Beach was at the center of the 5 designated landing areas during this 1944 military operation D-Day (or the invasion of Normandy) |
| #7950, aired 2019-03-15 | ON THE PGA TOUR $800: Here's Phil Mickelson putting for birdie at the gorgeous par-5 18th to claim the 2012 Pro-Am title at this California beach Pebble Beach |
| #7940, aired 2019-03-01 | VOWEL-POURRI $400: Long words using only the same vowel include numbskull, paragraph & this job of keeping things pretty at Pebble Beach greenskeeper |
| #7885, aired 2018-12-14 | SHORE LINES $400: In this song by the B-52s, "we were at the beach, everybody had matching towels" "Rock Lobster" |
| #7861, aired 2018-11-12 | IN THE SPANISH DICTIONARY $600: Under C:
Castillo de arena is this, something you see at the beach a sandcastle |
| #7688, aired 2018-01-31 | LOSER! $800: Half of a plastic beach shoe, it's also used of a film that's a loser at the box office flop |
| #7618, aired 2017-10-25 | IN THE NOV. 14-20, 1998 TV GUIDE $600: "Something stinks about the dinner party Niles... throws at Maris's beach house: a seal carcass... below the deck" Frasier |
| #7611, aired 2017-10-16 | AT THE "M"PORIUM $600: Got a lovely shrubbery for you--this evergreen, whose name is on a famous beach the myrtle |
| #7531, aired 2017-05-15 | LESSEN PLAN $600: A professor of exercise physiology at the University of Miami added workouts to a book on this diet "Supercharged" South Beach |
| #7406, aired 2016-11-21 | ALLITERATIVE WORD PAIRS $800: Laid back dude who's always hanging out at or near the seashore a beach bum |
| #7390, aired 2016-10-28 | FORE! $400: It's the only one of golf's Grand Slam tournaments that's held at the same course every year the Masters |
| #7361, aired 2016-09-19 | MAYOR GARCETTI'S LOS ANGELES $200: (His Honor, the Mayor Eric Garcetti delivers the clue.) Just north of Hollywood & Vine, the studios at Capitol Records have been used by Frank Sinatra, Green Day, Sam Smith & this band, who recorded their "Surfin' Safari" album in the tower the Beach Boys |
| #7358, aired 2016-09-14 | EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP $1600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew holds a model car at the Daytona Int'l Speedway in Daytona Beach, FL.) Before leaving the Daytona 500, stop by the gift shop & buy a scale model of Austin Dillon's No. 3 car, an SS model of this make a Chevy |
| #7336, aired 2016-07-04 | NASCAR TECHNOLOGY $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Daytona Int'l Speedway in Daytona Beach, FL.) The window net used to prevent injuries by keeping a driver's arms inside the car during a crash became mandatory after this NASCAR legend, known as "King Richard", almost died in a 1970 wreck at Darlington Richard Petty |
| #7336, aired 2016-07-04 | NASCAR TECHNOLOGY $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Daytona Int'l Speedway in Daytona Beach, FL.) Banking is the degree of incline of a racetrack's surface, which allows the cars to go faster in the turns with minimal lateral slippage; while Daytona has a 31% bank, Will Ferrell could tell you that this Alabama speedway is even steeper, at 33% Talladega |
| #7260, aired 2016-03-18 | BAYS $1600: The beach at Magens Bay near Charlotte Amalie on this island has been called one of the world's most beautiful beaches St. Thomas |
| #7212, aired 2016-01-12 | THE WEEKEND IN POP CULTURE $800: A Hamptons beach house is the setting for this 1989 film comedy in which Andrew McCarthy props up his dead boss Weekend at Bernie's |
| #7201, aired 2015-12-28 | NOT MY CUP OF TEA $2,000 (Daily Double): Boozy drink that Robert Butt claims to have invented while bartending at New York's Jones Beach the Long Island Iced Tea |
| #7176, aired 2015-11-23 | HISTORY ON FILM $800: Seen here at Daytona beach in 1927, Henry Segrave became the first person to drive a car over this speed 200 miles per hour |
| #7119, aired 2015-07-23 | HIT THE "BEACH" $800: You can get a nice cup of hot chocolate at the Sunrise Diner in this Florida city just south of Cape Canaveral Cocoa Beach |
| #7119, aired 2015-07-23 | HIT THE "BEACH" $2000: The British 3rd Division was the tip of the Allied rapier piercing German defenses at this D-Day invasion zone Sword Beach |
| #7083, aired 2015-06-03 | TOUGH DAY AT $800: the Easy Green sector of this beach, where on June 6, 1944 the U.S. 29th Division found things anything but easy Omaha Beach |
| #6988, aired 2015-01-21 | FRENCH DIP $400: While playing Marco Polo at the beach, I almost collided with un bateau, one of these a boat |
| #6934, aired 2014-11-06 | TRANSPORTATION $2,000 (Daily Double): Bases for these are located at Carson, California, Pompano Beach, Florida & Akron, Ohio Goodyear Blimps |
| #6924, aired 2014-10-23 | LITERARY SAN FRANCISCO $800: When not "On the Road", this author & friend Neal Cassady hoisted brews at Vesuvio in North Beach (Jack) Kerouac |
| #6718, aired 2013-11-27 | "B" GOOD $2000: Life is good at this tree seen here beech |
| #6694, aired 2013-10-24 | LET IT SLIDE $800: A beach park in Brazil is home to "Insano", at 135 feet the world's tallest freestanding one of these a water slide |
| #6533, aired 2013-01-30 | "DC" $400: It's a temporary construction at the beach made with a shovel & a pail a sandcastle |
| #6502, aired 2012-12-18 | SPORTS TERMS $400: (Kelly of the Clue Crew walks on the beach at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia.) This basic swimming stroke used by lifesavers was pioneered in Australia during a rescue approach; it's modified to keep the head out of the water & the rescuer's eyes on the victim the Australian crawl |
| #6417, aired 2012-07-10 | AT THE BEACH $200: Van Hyning's cockle is a common one of these remnants found on the beach a shell |
| #6417, aired 2012-07-10 | AT THE BEACH $400: Standard number of colored wedge-shaped panels on your basic inflatable beach ball six |
| #6417, aired 2012-07-10 | AT THE BEACH $600 (Daily Double): The brand Gordon & Smith began by making these in a Pacific Beach, California garage in 1959 surfboards |
| #6417, aired 2012-07-10 | AT THE BEACH $600: Grand Anse, one of Grenada's main attractions, is advertised as 2 miles of white this sand |
| #6417, aired 2012-07-10 | AT THE BEACH $800: It's Spanish for "hut" a cabana |
| #6405, aired 2012-06-22 | KEYBOARD CATS $1200: At the 2012 Grammys the Beach Boys feted their 50th anniversary with this song-writing sibling at piano Brian Wilson |
| #6383, aired 2012-05-23 | TV LOCATIONS $1000: Both "Royal Pains" & "Revenge" play out in this upscale beach resort area at the tip of Long Island the Hamptons |
| #6322, aired 2012-02-28 | THE SHORT FORM $400: It's what "Pro" & "Am" are short for in the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am professional and amateur |
| #6304, aired 2012-02-02 | SENIORITIS $1200: I was driving up PCH to take a class at Pepperdine in this city, but the waves looked so inviting that I went to the beach instead Malibu |
| #6291, aired 2012-01-16 | TAKE IT "SLOW" $400: Hamilton beach sells a programmable one of these to keep pot roast at the right temperature a slow cooker |
| #6219, aired 2011-10-06 | THE MOTION OF THE OCEAN $2000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows an animation on the monitor.) When waves hit a beach at an angle, part of their energy is directed parallel to the land, generating a current called this; the "men" of the same name are dockworkers longshore currents |
| #6195, aired 2011-07-15 | LIFESAVING AT BONDI BEACH $200: (Sarah gives the clue from Bondi Beach.) The familiar red-&-yellow flags & uniforms of Australia's lifesavers originated with the maritime code signals, in which a red-and-yellow flag stood for the letter "O", which was used to signal man in this predicament overboard |
| #6195, aired 2011-07-15 | LIFESAVING AT BONDI BEACH $400: (Kelly gives the clue from Bondi Beach.) In cold weather, hypothermia causes the body to lose heat faster than it can be produced; in hot weather, lifesavers often have to treat this opposite condition, from Greek for "overheating" hyperthermia |
| #6195, aired 2011-07-15 | LIFESAVING AT BONDI BEACH $600: (Sarah gives the clue from Bondi Beach.) Emergency treatment for cardiac arrest often involves giving the victim's chest an electrical shock, to jolt the heart out of the deadly state known as ventricular this, or v-fib fibrillation |
| #6195, aired 2011-07-15 | LIFESAVING AT BONDI BEACH $800: (Sarah gives the clue from Bondi Beach.) The evacuation siren & flag are used when one of these is approaching, as happened in February 2010, following an earthquake across the Pacific in Chile a tsunami |
| #6195, aired 2011-07-15 | LIFESAVING AT BONDI BEACH $1000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew gives the clue from a rescue boat off Bondi Beach.) Inflatable rescue boats are serious rescue tools, not bathtub toys, but here they're affectionately called "rubber" these duckies |
| #6192, aired 2011-07-12 | SWEET SPOTS $400: Enjoy a Fancy Fruit Shake or Crunchy Nut Shake at California Shakes on board this attraction at Long Beach the Queen Mary |
| #6116, aired 2011-03-28 | D-DAY $200: The deepest ground penetration on June 6 was not by Americans or Brits but by this country's forces at Juno beach Canada |
| #6083, aired 2011-02-09 | WHAT'S IN YOUR "C"LOSET? $1000: One of these long, full collarless robes with wide sleeves, worn for lounging or as a cover-up at the beach caftan |
| #6077, aired 2011-02-01 | CELEBRITIES & RACING $200: (Alex reads from the cockpit of a race car at the Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race in Long Beach, CA.) I'm not praying--I'm just psyching myself up for this Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race because I'm gonna face a field that includes this movie star who played the lead... the lead in "Speed" Keanu Reeves |
| #6072, aired 2011-01-25 | SYDNEY $800: (Kelly of the Clue Crew enjoys the surf at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia.) It's easy to see why local tradition says that "bondi" once meant "water breaking over rocks" in the language of these people the Aborigines |
| #6046, aired 2010-12-20 | A VISIT TO AUSTRALIA $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew walks on the beach at Sydney, Australia.) 80,000 people who participate in the annual City to Surf Fun Run come to this alliterative Sydney beach, a destination for surfers from around the world Bondi Beach |
| #6015, aired 2010-11-05 | THE "D"-LIST $800: (Sarah reports from the Toyota Grand Prix in Long Beach, CA.) Taking advantage of the car in front of you by splitting the air at 220 miles per hour and leaving you little resistance, is called this technique; on the 405, we call it tailgating drafting |
| #5988, aired 2010-09-29 | TRAVEL & TOURISM $1000: The beach scene at Repulse Bay is one of the attractions in this south coast "Gateway to China" Hong Kong |
| #5935, aired 2010-06-04 | SURVIVAL AT SEA $1200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) Richard Van Pham, who originally set sail from Long Beach, heading for Catalina got blown just a bit off course, & after four months, ended up near this country Costa Rica |
| #5919, aired 2010-05-13 | FRANÇAIS TO ANGLAIS $200: There are gnarly 10-foot breakers at the plage, this place, monsieur dude! the beach |
| #5904, aired 2010-04-22 | SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER $200: No concert, pal; too long at the beach & now you have the fever & little blisters of this "poisoning" sun poisoning |
| #5893, aired 2010-04-07 | BEASTLY EXPRESSIONS $200: You don't have to be at the beach to be "happy as" one of these "at high tide" a clam |
| #5870, aired 2010-03-05 | THE TOYOTA GRAND PRIX OF LONG BEACH $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew gets lowered in a racecar at the Toyota Grand Prix in Long Beach, CA.) You or AAA change tires with a mechanical jack; at the Long Beach Grand Prix, they use this more powerful type, from the Greek for "wind", built into the car's body pneumatic |
| #5821, aired 2009-12-28 | FRANCE $600: (Sarah gives the clue from Omaha Beach.) The amphibious assault on Normandy took place at five beaches. The British landed at Gold and Sword, the Canadians at Juno, and the Americans at Omaha Beach and this beach to the west Utah |
| #5776, aired 2009-10-26 | AUTO RACING 101 $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew points out the race car at the Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race track in Long Beach, CA.) Like many sporty cars, Alex's has the pattern called double wishbone this; it's been modified so the ride's more responsive but also bumpier suspension |
| #5760, aired 2009-10-02 | A WORLD OF MEMOIRS $600: (I'm author and journalist Helene Cooper.) In "The House at Sugar Beach", my memoir of a childhood in Liberia, I recount the event that changed my life: the 1980 coup by Sgt. Doe against President Tolbert in this capital city named for the USA's 5th president Monrovia |
| #5741, aired 2009-07-20 | RIPLEYS $1200: You can actually sleep with the fishes at Ripley's Aquarium in Myrtle Beach in this state South Carolina |
| #5671, aired 2009-04-13 | GUINNESS $400: To benefit a children's camp, Ed Jarrett built the tallest one of these, 31 feet 6 inches, at a beach resort in Maine a sand castle |
| #5671, aired 2009-04-13 | DOUBLE DOUBLE LETTERS $1600: The indoor version of this sport debuted at the Olympics in 1964; the beach type debuted in 1996 volleyball |
| #5656, aired 2009-03-23 | OMAHA BEACH $1000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Omaha Beach in France.) In the early hours of D-Day here at Pointe-Du-Hoc, members of this elite U.S. Army force braved heavy enemy fire to scale the steep cliffs & take out cannons the Army Rangers |
| #5592, aired 2008-12-23 | HEAVY EQUIPMENT $400: At the end of its arm, a hydraulic shovel has one of these, bigger than one a kid would take to a beach a bucket |
| #5562, aired 2008-11-11 | WOMEN IN SPORTS $1200: (Hi, I'm Misty May-Treanor. And I'm Kerri Walsh.)
Kerri & I won the USA's first gold in women's beach volleyball at the 2004 Olympics held in this city--we didn't lose a single set Athens |
| #5513, aired 2008-07-23 | U.S. PRESIDENTS $1600: JFK played golf with Bing Crosby during his 1961 Easter vacation at the Kennedy family's home in this Florida town Palm Beach |
| #5506, aired 2008-07-14 | LIFE'S A BEACH $400: Check out the International Speedway at this Florida beach city on the Atlantic Ocean & Halifax River Daytona |
| #5506, aired 2008-07-14 | LIFE'S A BEACH $1200: A wrong turn at Albuquerque had Bugs Bunny miss this Calif. beach city, home of the Monarch Butterfly Grove Pismo Beach |
| #5386, aired 2008-01-28 | SPANNING THE GLOBE $800: The Venus Beach Hotel is at Paphos on this Mediterranean isle where Venus is said to have come out of the sea Cyprus |
| #5375, aired 2008-01-11 | A TRIP TO RIO DE JANEIRO $200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew stands at a busy beach in Rio de Janeiro.) This beach is one of the the centers of bikini culture; maybe I'll meet the girl from here Ipanema |
| #5255, aired 2007-06-15 | WORLD WAR II $2000: On January 22, 1944 the Allies began storming this Italian beach Anzio |
| #5213, aired 2007-04-18 | ROUTE 66 REVISITED $1600: "Well it winds from Chicago to L.A." but you're at the end of the road in this beach city on the Pacific Santa Monica |
| #5141, aired 2007-01-08 | PLAY TIME $1200: This Neil Simon play takes place in 1937 at the Booklyn home of Jack & Kate Jerome Brighton Beach Memoirs |
| #4975, aired 2006-04-07 | HOTEL CALIFORNIA $1200: Plenty of room at this ship docked at Long Beach that opened its first hotel rooms in 1972 the Queen Mary |
| #4883, aired 2005-11-30 | WHAT A (TV) CHARACTER! $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.) This TV astronaut worked at NASA's Kennedy Space Center & lived in Cocoa Beach, where he dreamed of Jeannie Captain Nelson |
| #4846, aired 2005-10-10 | WHERE WE WENT ON SUMMER VACATION $200: ...to Hawaii where we got to pig out & dance the hula at one of these native feasts, right on the beach a luau |
| #4702, aired 2005-02-01 | AT THE MALL $400: What began as a little surf shop in Newport Beach, California is now this mall-based retailer know as PacSun for short Pacific Sunwear |
| #4542, aired 2004-05-11 | BEARING WITNESS $600: One of the greatest war photojournalists, Robert Capa's "GI Landing on Omaha Beach" was shot at this invasion D-Day/Normandy |
| #4495, aired 2004-03-05 | WHERE AM I? $800: (Sofia of the Clue Crew) I'm at Lumahai Beach on this gorgeous "Garden Island" Kauai |
| #4472, aired 2004-02-03 | AMERICAN SONGS $1200: The song "On the Beach at" this place, which became a stateside standard, was first published in Honolulu in 1915 Waikiki |
| #4438, aired 2003-12-17 | A WEEKEND AT THE CAPE $1200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from the beach in Cape Cod) Hard-shelled clams called these burrow into the bottom, so you need a long-handled rake to find them quahogs |
| #4401, aired 2003-10-27 | A SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA OVERVIEW $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Goodyear Blimp.) We're over Long Beach, looking down at this "Grand Old Lady" that made 1,001 transatlantic crossings the Queen Mary |
| #4376, aired 2003-09-22 | AT THE BEACH $200: (Sofia of the Clue Crew presents from the beach.) It's named for what it was doing before it washed up on the beach, & you can use it to build a fire driftwood |
| #4376, aired 2003-09-22 | AT THE BEACH $400: Water binds grains of sand using surface tension; that'll help you build this, complete with moat a sandcastle |
| #4376, aired 2003-09-22 | AT THE BEACH $600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from the beach.) This word can mean part of a touchdown celebration in football, or this volleyball move spike |
| #4376, aired 2003-09-22 | AT THE BEACH $800: "Celebrate the sun" in safety with the brand of sunblock called this "Boat" Banana |
| #4376, aired 2003-09-22 | AT THE BEACH $1000: (Sofia of the Clue Crew presents from the beach.) This board, similar to a boogie board, is named for the milky way you move across the water on it a skimboard |
| #4371, aired 2003-09-15 | MOVIE LOCATIONS $1000: (Sofia of the Clue Crew presents from a beach.) At the end of this steamy film, Kathleen Turner lounges here, on Kauai's Tunnels Beach Body Heat |
| #4219, aired 2002-12-26 | LET'S GO WATERSKIING $800: The first national water ski championships were held in 1939 at this Long Island beach, also a theater site Jones Beach |
| #4212, aired 2002-12-17 | I LOVE THE NIGHTLIFE $400: Beach music lives at the Rock 'N Roll Beach Club at this Florida theme park's Pleasure Island Walt Disney World |
| #4040, aired 2002-03-08 | A GAME OF CHESS $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew stands on a gigantic chessboard at a beach.) A recommended opening move is "'P'-ing to K-4", which is short for this pawn to king 4 |
| #3964, aired 2001-11-22 | LITERA-SEA $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew is at the beach.) The birds remind me of this 1970 book by former Air Force pilot Richard Bach "Jonathan Livingston Seagull" |
| #3963, aired 2001-11-21 | THE MOVIES $600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew is at the beach, dressed in a black wig; with Jimmy right behind her.) The tagline from this 1965 Frankie & Annette movie was "It's a game -- separate the girls & the boys into groups of two" Beach Blanket Bingo |
| #3957, aired 2001-11-13 | YOU SEE L.A. $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew bench presses... with a little help.) I'm doing some reps at this beach in Venice where Hulk Hogan & Schwarzenegger pumped up Muscle Beach |
| #3956, aired 2001-11-12 | THE SURF REPORT $300: It's surfin' among the future sushi where you hit the waves at Chiba's Torami Beach in this country Japan |
| #3933, aired 2001-10-10 | THE ART OF WAR $400: Sir Richard Rezac's painting seen here shows a medical corpsman at this WWII landing site, far from Nebraska Omaha Beach |
| #3838, aired 2001-04-18 | STATE OF CONFUSION $400: In this state you can ski at Big Bear, change your mind, drive about 2 hours to Redondo Beach & hit the surf California |
| #3814, aired 2001-03-15 | THE PLAYWRIGHT WRITES $400: "WEAF presents Dinner at Brighton Beach starring the Jacob Jerome family..." Neil Simon (Brighton Beach Memoirs) |
| #3780, aired 2001-01-26 | GONE TOO SOON $400: At the 2000 U.S. Open in Pebble Beach, a memorial was held for this golfer & winner of the title in '99 Payne Stewart |
| #3758, aired 2000-12-27 | SPORTS GIANTS $400: 6' 7" Carl Henkel is a scary sight at the net in the beach type of this sport volleyball |
| #3689, aired 2000-09-21 | TIGER WOODS $600: In 2000 Tiger won the U.S. Open at this California course by a staggering 15 strokes Pebble Beach |
| #3258, aired 1998-11-04 | BAYWATCH BEACH SAFETY $500: (Hi, I'm Michael Newman.) If you can't swim well, or at all, don't rely on these; you may lose them in the water life preservers (or floatation devices) |
| #3190, aired 1998-06-12 | CRUSTACEANS $800: The ghost type of this crustacean burrows in the sand by day & scavenges on the beach at night the crab |
| #3161, aired 1998-05-04 | GUINNESS RECORDS $200: Over 86,535 feet long, the longest sculpture made out of this substance was created at Myrtle Beach Sand |
| #3106, aired 1998-02-16 | ACTORS & THEIR FILMS $1,000 (Daily Double): Seen here, working at mission control, he's also played an astronaut: Ed Harris |
| #3040, aired 1997-11-14 | OUT THERE SPORTS $400: Lisa Andersen, winner of the 1997 U.S. Open at Huntington Beach, Calif., is perhaps the top woman in this sport Surfing |
| #2776, aired 1996-09-30 | POP & ROCK GROUPS $100: A performing arts center at Cal State Long Beach is named for the members of this "Close To You" duo The Carpenters |
| #2648, aired 1996-02-21 | TRAVEL U.S.A. $200: Made to look like a snow-covered ski resort, Blizzard Beach is the newest water park at this Florida theme park Disney World |
| #2384, aired 1995-01-05 | PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS $200: In 1983 his "Brighton Beach Memoirs" was playing at the Alvin Theatre in NYC when it was renamed for him Neil Simon |
| #2265, aired 1994-06-10 | AUTHORS AT WAR $400: This author of "The Catcher in the Rye" landed on Utah Beach on D-Day J.D. Salinger |
| #1874, aired 1992-10-29 | COUNTRY SINGERS $300: A year before he recorded "By The Time I Get to Phoenix", he played guitar on the Beach Boys' "Good Vibrations" Glen Campbell |
| #1774, aired 1992-04-23 | SEE THE U.S.A. $400: You can have fun in the sun at the annual Sun Fun Festival in this S.C. city known for its beach Myrtle Beach |
| #1707, aired 1992-01-21 | FAMOUS NAMES $400: Brig. General Theodore Roosevelt Jr. led the 4th Division ashore at Utah Beach in this invasion D-Day |
| #1561, aired 1991-05-20 | FAMOUS BEACHES $200: You'll find the New York Aquarium on the boardwalk at this Brooklyn beach & amusement area Coney Island |
| #1265, aired 1990-02-16 | WEATHER GEAR $100: To avoid the sun's glare at the beach, wear these tinted accessories sunglasses |
| #1261, aired 1990-02-12 | MUSIC VIDEOS $500: People Magazine says they "approach the Beach Boys at their best" on their "Cosmic Thing" video B-52's |
| #1060, aired 1989-03-24 | BEACHES $400: You can swim at Mauna Kea Beach miles from the volcano on the Kihola Coast of this island Hawaii (the big island) |
| #920, aired 1988-09-09 | GOLF $500: In 1951 Byron Nelson earned only $2,000 for winning this tournament held at Pebble Beach the Crosby |
| #784, aired 1988-01-21 | HOT DOG! $100: The 1st ever hot dog stand in the U.S., it's said, opened over 70 years ago at this NYC beach Coney Island |
| #714, aired 1987-10-15 | ROCK 'N' ROLL TRIVIA $200: This group, at first named The Pendletons, included brothers named Brian, Dennis & Carl The Beach Boys |
| #623, aired 1987-04-29 | BEACHES $300: Guide books now warn against swimming in the polluted water at this city's Copacabana Beach Rio |
| #607, aired 1987-04-07 | SPORTS $100: Bob Hope says one of his favorites is the 16th at Cypress Point in Pebble Beach a golf hole |
| #582, aired 1987-03-03 | ART $200: Guinness says the longest sculpture in this medium was an 8,498' train made at Virginia Beach sand |
| #508, aired 1986-11-19 | "ON" & "OFF" SONGS $400: This 1962 #1 hit by Mr. Acker Bilk could be about an alien at the beach "Stranger On The Shore" |
| #491, aired 1986-10-27 | HANDS $100: On 5/25/86, it stretched, at least in theory, from the Statue of Liberty to Long Beach, California "Hands Across America" |
| #448, aired 1986-05-28 | ACTORS & ROLES $400: Little Stevie Wonder appeared in 2 of the 7 films in this Frankie-Annette series Beach Party movies |
| #419, aired 1986-04-17 | FAMOUS CARPENTERS $300: Oyster eating pair "walking close at hand" on the beach in Lewis Carroll poem the walrus & the carpenter |
| #263, aired 1985-09-11 | WEATHER $200: Of a high or low pressure system, the one you'd prefer if you wanted to get a tan at the beach high |
| #152, aired 1985-04-09 | U.S. BEACHES $300: "Where the boys" were in '60 & again in '84 Ft. Lauderdale |
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Ken Basin, a junior at the University of Southern California from Huntington Beach, California
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2003 College Championship semifinalist: $5,000. Blog at kbasin.blogspot.org. Appearing as a...
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Jayce Newton, a senior at UCLA from Long Beach, California
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2001 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. Jayce was 22 at the...
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James Grant, a junior from Georgetown University
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2008 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 21 and from Manhattan Beach,...
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Dave Belote, the base commander from Nellis Air Force Base, Las Vegas
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2010 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 26 5-time champion:...
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Elza Reeves, a bank teller from Louisville, Kentucky
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Season 25 1-time champion: $16,400 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Nick Yozamp, a junior from Washington University in St. Louis
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2010 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 2010-A College Championship winner:...
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David Hudson, a junior from the University of Virginia
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"His musical taste has changed since he won $10,000 on Kids...
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Laura Myers, a senior from the University of Missouri
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2009 College Championship second runner-up: $29,900. 22 and from Richmond, Virginia...
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Max Johansen, a senior from the University of Miami
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"As a seventh grader, he was planning on a career in...
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Eddie Timanus, a sportswriter from Oak Hill, Virginia
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"His 5 wins in 1999 made him one of the most...
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Jenifer Thomas, a teacher assistant from Jacksonville, North Carolina
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Season 26 1-time champion: $13,400 + $2,000. Jenifer Thomas October 5,...
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Jeff Spoeri, a university administrator from Boynton Beach, Florida
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2007 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD...
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Myles Jeffrey, a senior from Seal Beach, California
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2007 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Tom Bergeron, an Emmy Award-winning host from Dancing with the Stars
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2009 Celebrity Jeopardy! player: $25,000 to the Muscular Dystrophy Association. "He's...
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Zane Ice, a 12-year-old from West Palm Beach, Florida
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"He wants to build a business in emerging technologies to help...
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Dana Delany, an actress from Desperate Housewives
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"She won two Emmys for her work on China Beach. This...
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Hans von Walter, a junior from Southern Adventist University from Avon Park, Florida
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2010-B College Championship 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $25,000 + a...
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Carl Brandt, an investor originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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2009 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 25 4-time champion: $70,799...
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Aaron Wicks, a planning and evaluation manager from Rochester, New York
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Season 26 1-time champion: $18,001 + 1,000. Aaron Wicks Rochester, NY...
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Andy Srinivasan, a high school science teacher from Garner, North Carolina
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2010 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $69,600...
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Judd Hess, a high school English teacher from Huntington Beach, California
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"In college, he volunteered to help in a classroom and was...
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Rebecca Dixon, a graduate student and musician from Vancouver, Washington
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Season 26 2-time champion: $53,002 + $1,000. Rebecca and her partner...
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Elizabeth Perkins, an actress from Big and Weeds
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2009 Celebrity Jeopardy! player: $25,000 to the New England Learning Center...
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Leah Anthony Libresco, a junior from Yale University
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2010-A College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Hometown: Mineola, New York. Jeopardy!...
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Elizabeth Perkins, an actress from Weeds
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"For the past five seasons, she's played the calculating and manipulative...
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John Kelly, a retired Air Force officer from Austin, Texas
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"In 1992, he was one of the top five money winners...
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Sam Leanza, a senior from Laguna Hills, California
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2012 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time of the...
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Andy Kravis, a freshman from Farmington Hills, Michigan
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2002 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. Andy was 13 at the...
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Kyle Hale, a college senior from Katy, Texas
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"Representing Texas A&M, he won the 2002 College Championship. Now he's...
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Valerie Vicroy, a caterer from Pismo Beach, California
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Season 26 player (2009-10-19).
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Chris D'Orso, an assistant director of admissions from Sound Beach, New York
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Season 26 player (2009-12-04). Blog at sbuchris.blogspot.com. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Chris Parsons, an undergraduate student from Wabasso, Florida
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Season 20 1-time champion: $18,801 + $2,000. The official Jeopardy! web...
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Steve Robin, a writer and producer from Miami, Florida
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"He finished second place in the 1991 Tournament of Champions. He's...
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Craig Boge, a senior from Stanford University
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2007 College Championship 1st runner-up: $50,000. 21 at the time of...
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Heather Timberlake, a new mom from Miami, Florida
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Season 27 player (2011-04-11).
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Lysette Tidwell, a dog rescuer from Escondido, California
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Season 26 1-time champion: $24,001 + $1,000.
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Sara Wilkinson, a country club concierge from Athens, Georgia
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Season 27 3-time champion: $72,701 + $2,000.
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Paul Katz, a lawyer from Daytona Beach, Florida
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Season 5 player (1988-10-10). Season 4 player (1987-12-04). Paul was returned...
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