Jeopardy! Round, Double Jeopardy! Round, or Tiebreaker Round clues (344 results returned)

#9063, aired 2024-03-20WHEATIES ATHLETES $200: When this team won Super Bowl XXXI, Wheaties produced a special 24-ounce regional box that was sold in Wisc. & parts of Minnesota the Green Bay Packers
#9063, aired 2024-03-20WHEATIES ATHLETES $400: This baseball great & the number 755 were featured on the Wheaties box in 2002 Aaron
#9063, aired 2024-03-20WHEATIES ATHLETES $600: Often paired with Kerri Walsh Jennings on the beach, she appeared Kerriless on the Wheaties box in 2012 Misty May-Treanor
#9063, aired 2024-03-20WHEATIES ATHLETES $800: Joan Benoit Samuelson, an Olympic champion of this race, was honored on a box in 1996 the marathon
#9063, aired 2024-03-20WHEATIES ATHLETES $1000: This Floridian tennis superstar appeared on a box in 1987, the year she won the first & only Wheaties Champions Award (Chris) Evert
#9039, aired 2024-02-15MISCELLANEOUS KNOWLEDGE $1200: More than 6,000 athletes from some 40 countries compete in these games, the Olympics of the Western Hemisphere the Pan American Games
#8969, aired 2023-11-09OPERATION $600: Wrath of God: Covert Israeli campaign to avenge the deaths of Olympic athletes in this city Munich
#18, aired 2023-10-25NAME DROPPERS $400: Partly to distance themselves from J.K. Rowling, athletes are now replacing this name for their sport with "quadball" quidditch
#8950, aired 2023-10-13LET'S GET MEDICAL $800: Athletes sometimes strain this large extensor muscle of the thigh whose name means "four headed" quadriceps
#8864, aired 2023-05-04ATHLETES NAMED FOR $200: A 2-time Olympic gold medalist in the heptathlon, she was named for Jacqueline Kennedy (Jackie Joyner) Kersee
#8864, aired 2023-05-04ATHLETES NAMED FOR $400: Middle name used by first baseman Willie Aikens; he was born just after another Willie's heroics in the 1954 World Series Mays
#8864, aired 2023-05-04ATHLETES NAMED FOR $600: Last name of Luke, a player or coach with 3 California NBA teams; he was named for his father's teammate Maurice Lucas Walton
#8864, aired 2023-05-04ATHLETES NAMED FOR $800: Born in 1958, baseball legend Rickey Henderson was named after this teen idol pop singer of the day Ricky Nelson
#8864, aired 2023-05-04ATHLETES NAMED FOR $1000: In 1887 Margaret & William Alexander named their son, a future hall of fame pitcher, for this president Grover Cleveland
#8842, aired 2023-04-04SPORTS MEDICINE $2000: A doctor in the French army lent his name to this part of the foot which athletes are often injuring the Lisfranc joint
#8783, aired 2023-01-11SEARCH HIGH & LOW $200: High: Elevation is also known as this; some athletes train at it & pilots cruise at it altitude
#8777, aired 2023-01-03HERE'S LOOKING AT "U" $800: Here are ancestors of this tribe that let Salt Lake City college athletes use its name to build respect for its history & culture the Utes
#8629, aired 2022-04-28NORTH AMERICA $1200: Donated by a governor general of Canada in the 1890s, it's the oldest trophy won by pro athletes in North America the Stanley Cup
#8608, aired 2022-03-30MULTI-SPORT ATHLETES $200: He led the NBA in scoring 7 straight times, won 5 MVPs (& hit .202 for a minor league team in 1994, but let's not dwell on that) Michael Jordan
#8608, aired 2022-03-30MULTI-SPORT ATHLETES $400: Later "The Rifleman" on TV, Chuck Connors was a Brooklyn Dodger & as a Celtic in 1946, became the first NBA player to shatter this the backboard
#8608, aired 2022-03-30MULTI-SPORT ATHLETES $600: She was an All-American hoopster, Olympic champ & in 1946, won 13 straight golf titles Babe Didrikson
#8608, aired 2022-03-30MULTI-SPORT ATHLETES $800: A few career highlights: he won the Heisman at Auburn, ran for 221 yards in one game for the Raiders, & was an A.L. all-star Bo Jackson
#8608, aired 2022-03-30MULTI-SPORT ATHLETES $1000: "Prime Time", prime time--in 1992, this man here hit .304, with 14 triples for the Braves & picked off three passes for the Falcons (Deion) Sanders
#15, aired 2022-02-18ESPN $400: (Pablo Torre delivers the clue.) I graduated from Harvard, a school that has produced some great sportswriters, like David Halberstam, & some great athletes, like this NBA guard who, like me, has spoken out against anti-Asian violence (Jeremy) Lin
#8507, aired 2021-11-09THE BEGINNING $400: With about 240 athletes from 14 countries, the modern Olympics began in this year in Athens, Greece 1896
#8349, aired 2021-03-04ALPHABET DOGS $400: B: The AKC says these "move like the athletes they're named for: smooth... graceful... powerful" a Boxer
#8240, aired 2020-09-18ALTRUISTIC ATHLETES $200: Mia Hamm scored 158 international goals in this sport & her charitable foundation is still scoring soccer
#8240, aired 2020-09-18ALTRUISTIC ATHLETES $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from the Smithsonian Nat'l Museum of African American History & Culture.) The Game Changers Hall bears the name of this Chicago legend who donated $5 million to the museum; as of 2017, he was still ranked by "Forbes" as the highest-earning athlete of all time (Michael) Jordan
#8240, aired 2020-09-18ALTRUISTIC ATHLETES $600: This No. 24 driver is taking the fight to childhood cancer not only in the U.S. but in Rwanda Jeff Gordon
#8240, aired 2020-09-18ALTRUISTIC ATHLETES $800: All the kids in the first graduating class of this retired tennis great's charter school in Vegas got into college Andre Agassi
#8240, aired 2020-09-18ALTRUISTIC ATHLETES $1000: Muhammad Ali opened a youth center that teaches confidence & respect in this hometown of his Louisville
#8234, aired 2020-06-11ACTIONS $400: Steph Curry is one of many athletes who tap their chests & then do this to thank God after a successful play look up (point up to the sky)
#8225, aired 2020-05-29ATHLETES WHO TEACH $400: NFL quarterback Jon Kitna traded Xs & Os for the Xs & Ys of this branch of math with a name from Arabic algebra
#8225, aired 2020-05-29ATHLETES WHO TEACH $800: In 2012 Ken Dryden began teaching a course at McGill in these national "Studies" Canadian
#8225, aired 2020-05-29ATHLETES WHO TEACH $1200: The first woman to win three gold track medals in a single Olympics, 1960, she taught second graders in Tennessee Wilma Rudolph
#8225, aired 2020-05-29ATHLETES WHO TEACH $1600: This former Knick & onetime presidential candidate taught at Maryland & Stanford Bill Bradley
#8225, aired 2020-05-29ATHLETES WHO TEACH $2000: Mike Doleac went to the Final Four with this state U., won an NBA title & came home to teach physics at Park City High Utah
#8151, aired 2020-02-03AFRICAN-AMERICAN ATHLETES $200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew is at the National Museum of African American History & Culture in Washington, D.C.) The Game Changers Exhibit honors such athletes as this track & field star whose four gold medals at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin upset Hitler's dreams to demonstrate Aryan superiority Jesse Owens
#8151, aired 2020-02-03AFRICAN-AMERICAN ATHLETES $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew is at the National Museum of African American History & Culture in Washington, D.C.) Dominating women's tennis, Althea Gibson broke the color barrier & became the first African-American to win the French & U.S. Open Singles as well as, in 1957 & 1958, this oldest Grand Slam event Wimbledon
#8151, aired 2020-02-03AFRICAN-AMERICAN ATHLETES $600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew is at the National Museum of African American History & Culture in Washington, D.C.) One of the most memorable moments in Olympic history was when track stars Tommie Smith & John Carlos raised their fists in a Black Power salute in Mexico City in this year of escalated racial tensions six months after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. 1968
#8151, aired 2020-02-03AFRICAN-AMERICAN ATHLETES $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew is at the National Museum of African American History & Culture in Washington, D.C.) Argubably "The Greatest" inside the ring & out, Muhammed Ali first won the heavyweight title by beating Sonny Liston in 1964; in the next few days, publicly adopting Islam, he changed from this & became an example of Black pride & defiance of the establishment Cassius Clay
#8151, aired 2020-02-03AFRICAN-AMERICAN ATHLETES $1000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew is at the National Museum of African American History & Culture in Washington, D.C.) Say hey! This was used in the 1965 All Star Game by this Giant center fielder; in a 2016 85th birthday message, President Obama called him the greatest living ballplayer Willie Mays
#8138, aired 2020-01-15TEAM AMERICA $200: The first Olympic Team USA, in this 19th century year, consisted of 14 athletes, who won 11 events 1896
#8086, aired 2019-11-04ABBREV. & ACRONYMS $1200: Some want the NCAA to allow student athletes to be paid for the use of these 3 things often shorthanded as NIL name, image and likeness
#8079, aired 2019-10-24HAVE AN AGUILA! $400: Mr. Águila is a famed luchador, one of these entertaining athletes a wrestler
#8035, aired 2019-07-12THE OLYMPIC GAMES $2000: A field event, the long jump favors athletes with track star speed, like this U.S. man who won 4 straight golds in the event Carl Lewis
#7958, aired 2019-03-27GETTING AN EDUCATION $600: In 2015 some college athletes started getting a stipend labeled COA, for "cost of" this, showing up to class attendance
#7943, aired 2019-03-06ALPHANUMERIC ATHLETES $200: Married to GB: TB12 Tom Brady
#7943, aired 2019-03-06ALPHANUMERIC ATHLETES $400: Recently retired: KB24 Kobe Bryant
#7943, aired 2019-03-06ALPHANUMERIC ATHLETES $600: Point guard CP3 Chris Paul
#7943, aired 2019-03-06ALPHANUMERIC ATHLETES $800: Heisman Trophy winner RG#3 Robert Griffin III
#7943, aired 2019-03-06ALPHANUMERIC ATHLETES $1000: Hall of Fame running back LT2 LaDainian Tomlinson
#7840, aired 2018-10-12MODERN HEALTH $400: (Travis Stork presents the clue.) Athletes aren't the only ones who can get these injuries caused by the brain banging against the skull--If you experience continued headache, nausea, dizziness, forgetfulness or sensitivity to light & noise after a head impact, get to a doctor concussion
#7799, aired 2018-07-05RECENT STUFF $600: From a country that got in doping trouble, the OAR team that competed in Pyeongchang in 2018 stands for this the Olympic Athletes from Russia
#7745, aired 2018-04-20ELITE ATHLETES $200: In 2017 she won the Australian Open singles title while sort of playing doubles--she was pregnant at the time Serena Williams
#7745, aired 2018-04-20ELITE ATHLETES $400: Running the 200 meters in 19.93 seconds at age 17, this Jamaican became the first teen to ever break 20 seconds (Usain) Bolt
#7745, aired 2018-04-20ELITE ATHLETES $600: "Gronk" is all fans need to identify this man who set the Patriots' career touchdown record at age 27 Rob Gronkowski
#7745, aired 2018-04-20ELITE ATHLETES $800: An eventful 2017 for Justin Verlander--traded to the Astros, he helped win a World Series, then he wed this model (Kate) Upton
#7745, aired 2018-04-20ELITE ATHLETES $1000: 7'3" with a 7'6" wingspan, Kristaps Porzingis stands tall & wide in the world's most famous arena for this team the New York Knicks
#7739, aired 2018-04-12VIDEO GAMES $600: Inspired by Mexican lore, "Guacamelee!" finds agave farmer Juan gifted with the mask of one of these athletes a wrestler (or a luchador)
#7647, aired 2017-12-05COOKBOOKS $200: 4-time Olympian Shalane Flanagan provides nourishing recipes for athletes in "Run Fast. Eat" this way Run Fast. Eat Slow.
#7476, aired 2017-02-27THE 2016 NOBEL PRIZES $1,600 (Daily Double): 2 guys won for work in the theory of these, not just big-money deals for athletes but everyday economic arrangements contracts
#7469, aired 2017-02-16ATHLETES IN THE HEADLINES $200: 49ers coach Chip Kelly said this QB's decision not to stand for the national anthem was "his right as a citizen" Kaepernick
#7469, aired 2017-02-16ATHLETES IN THE HEADLINES $400: This Golden State superstar's wife Ayesha used Twitter to voice her complaints about officiating in the 2016 NBA Finals Stephen Curry
#7469, aired 2017-02-16ATHLETES IN THE HEADLINES $600: In 2016 Tamara James, formerly of this league's Washington Mystics, was elected mayor of Dania Beach, Fla. the WNBA
#7469, aired 2017-02-16ATHLETES IN THE HEADLINES $800: After this rookie guided the Cowboys to an 8-1 record, injured Tony Romo said he'd "earned the right to be our quarterback" Dak Prescott
#7469, aired 2017-02-16ATHLETES IN THE HEADLINES $1000: This young Cubs third baseman capped off a 2016 MVP season with 2 World Series home runs Kris Bryant
#7466, aired 2017-02-13CELEBRITY SIBLING SURNAMES $200: Dominant athletes Venus & Serena Williams
#7431, aired 2016-12-26MORE THAN AN ATHLETE $600: Seen here, he was one of the first U.S. athletes to speak out against South Africa's apartheid laws Arthur Ashe
#7418, aired 2016-12-07OPERATION $800: Wrath of God: covert Israeli campaign to avenge the deaths of Olympic athletes in this city Munich
#7342, aired 2016-07-12GETTING READY FOR THE OLYMPICS $800: There are fears about how athletes in this palindromic conveyance will deal with Rio's polluted water a kayak
#7282, aired 2016-04-19OLYMPIC ATHLETES $200: At the 2008 games he set records in the 100-meters, 200-meters & 4 x 100-meter relay Usain Bolt
#7282, aired 2016-04-19OLYMPIC ATHLETES $400: Gold medal gymnast Bart Conner is married to her, the first to score a perfect 10 in Olympic gymnastics Nadia Comaneci
#7282, aired 2016-04-19OLYMPIC ATHLETES $600: With her victory at the 2010 Olympics, she became the first American woman to win gold in downhill skiing Lindsey Vonn
#7282, aired 2016-04-19OLYMPIC ATHLETES $800: Winner of 1976 Olympic gold, this American woman gained fame for her spins & her haircut Dorothy Hamill
#7282, aired 2016-04-19OLYMPIC ATHLETES $1000: This 1920s star was nicknamed "The King of Runners" & "The Flying Finn" Paavo Nurmi
#7279, aired 2016-04-14FEMALE ATHLETES $200: Cammi Granato played 205 games for the U.S. women's team in this sport & has been a rinkside reporter for NBC ice hockey
#7279, aired 2016-04-14FEMALE ATHLETES $400: In the 1980s Katarina Witt dominated women's figure skating competing for this country that no longer exists East Germany
#7279, aired 2016-04-14FEMALE ATHLETES $600: Seen here, she's been playing golf since she was four years old Michelle Wie
#7279, aired 2016-04-14FEMALE ATHLETES $800: Julie Krone was the first female jockey to win a Triple Crown race, this third leg the Belmont
#7279, aired 2016-04-14FEMALE ATHLETES $1000: On July 30, 2002 Lisa Leslie became the first woman to do this in a pro game a slam dunk
#7236, aired 2016-02-15GOOD CAUSES $200: In 2015 about 6,500 athletes with intellectual disabilities, from 165 countries, came together in L.A. for this event the Special Olympics
#7235, aired 2016-02-12SCI-FI BOOKS $600: Plural title of a John Scalzi novel inspired not by idle freshman athletes but by doomed crewmen on "Star Trek" Redshirts
#7235, aired 2016-02-12BTW $1600: To compete in the Deaflympics, athletes must have lost at least 55 of these units in the better ear decibels
#6915, aired 2014-10-10RELIGIOUS & SECULAR HOMOPHONES $2000: A Bible book, or renowned orthopedic surgeon Frank Job / Jobe
#6886, aired 2014-07-21ATHLETES $200: In 2013 he finished first in official world golf ranking Tiger Woods
#6886, aired 2014-07-21ATHLETES $400: In the 2013 season this Denver QB threw 55 TD passes but had a Super Bowl he'd rather forget Peyton Manning
#6886, aired 2014-07-21ATHLETES $600: In 2014 this 18-year-old became the youngest-ever Olympic slalom gold medalist (Mikaela) Shiffrin
#6886, aired 2014-07-21ATHLETES $800: "Rafa" is all you need--people know you mean this tennis superstar Rafael Nadal
#6886, aired 2014-07-21ATHLETES $1000: This Yankee SS: "If you're going to play... you're out to win. Baseball, board games, playing 'Jeopardy!', I hate to lose" Derek Jeter
#6836, aired 2014-05-12OLYMPIC ATHLETES BEYOND THE GAMES $200: In London Paula Radcliffe ran a 2:15:25 in this race in 2003; it's still the world record the marathon
#6836, aired 2014-05-12OLYMPIC ATHLETES BEYOND THE GAMES $400: In 2009, on her back, feet first, American Erin Hamlin broke a 16-year German reign in this winter sport the luge
#6836, aired 2014-05-12OLYMPIC ATHLETES BEYOND THE GAMES $600: At the '88 Worlds, skater Kurt Browning was the first in competition to land a jump with this many revolutions 4
#6836, aired 2014-05-12OLYMPIC ATHLETES BEYOND THE GAMES $800: In 2007 Merlene Ottey, born in this island nation known for sprinters, ran an 11.64 100 meters... at age 47 Jamaica
#6836, aired 2014-05-12OLYMPIC ATHLETES BEYOND THE GAMES $1000: In 6 straight world track & field championships 1983 to 1997, this Ukrainian was your winner in the pole vault (Sergey) Bubka
#6719, aired 2013-11-28NATIONAL ATHLETES $400: Golf's Ernie Els South Africa
#6719, aired 2013-11-28NATIONAL ATHLETES $800: Baseball's Yasiel Puig Cuba
#6719, aired 2013-11-28NATIONAL ATHLETES $1200: Figure skating's Elvis Stojko Canada
#6719, aired 2013-11-28NATIONAL ATHLETES $1600: Soccer's Cristiano Ronaldo Portugal
#6719, aired 2013-11-28NATIONAL ATHLETES $2000: Cricket's Imran Khan Pakistan
#6607, aired 2013-05-14WORLD ATHLETES $200: This tennis star's line of gummy candies is called Sugarpova Maria Sharapova
#6607, aired 2013-05-14WORLD ATHLETES $400: According to Forbes, this man born in east London is the world's highest-earning soccer player (David) Beckham
#6607, aired 2013-05-14WORLD ATHLETES $600: In 2013 the marriage of Scottish auto racer Dario Franchitti & this actress spun out & hit the wall Ashley Judd
#6607, aired 2013-05-14WORLD ATHLETES $800: This Fijian golfer's first name means "victory" in Hindi Vijay Singh
#6607, aired 2013-05-14WORLD ATHLETES $1000: Nicknamed "Geno", this Pittsburgh Penguins center led the NHL with 109 points in the 2011-12 season Evgeni Malkin
#6602, aired 2013-05-07PHYSIOLOGY $1200: Danish scientists discovered that athletes are better runners if this tendon is longer & thinner than normal the Achilles
#6587, aired 2013-04-1619th CENTURY SPORTS $200: In 1896, for the longest Olympic event in this sport the athletes were taken 1,200 meters out to sea by boat & left there swimming
#6552, aired 2013-02-26ATHLETES' FILM QUOTES $400: "Airplane": "My name is Roger Murdock. I'm the co-pilot" Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
#6552, aired 2013-02-26ATHLETES' FILM QUOTES $800: "The Hangover": "Don't worry about Omar, he's not with us no more" Mike Tyson
#6552, aired 2013-02-26ATHLETES' FILM QUOTES $1200: "There's Something About Mary": "God, Mary, I've missed you" Brett Favre
#6552, aired 2013-02-26ATHLETES' FILM QUOTES $1600: "Blazing Saddles": "Mongo only pawn in game of life" (Alex) Karras
#6552, aired 2013-02-26ATHLETES' FILM QUOTES $2000: "The Dirty Dozen": "That's your war, man, not mine. You don't like the krauts, Major? You fight them" (Jim) Brown
#6541, aired 2013-02-11SNEAKER-ING AROUND $800: This brand named for a gazelle goes back to a company that made shoes for 1924 Olympic athletes Reebok
#6518, aired 2013-01-09THE LONDON STAGE $800 (Daily Double): In summer 2012 this play based on a movie about 2 British athletes at the 1924 Olympics was off & running Chariots of Fire
#6398, aired 2012-06-13LEFTOVERS $800: In upstate N.Y., this site of the 1899 Conference of Home Economists later set up housekeeping for Olympic athletes Lake Placid
#6394, aired 2012-06-0711-LETTER WORDS $2000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew gives the clue from Gatorade Sports Science Institute in Barrington, IL.) Making sports drinks taste good as well as have the right amount of sodium is key to helping athletes overcome a natural reluctance to drink during exercise, a phenomenon called voluntary this dehydration
#6331, aired 2012-03-12YOUR BIRTHDAY HOROSCOPE $400: March 25: Mars may rule this fire sign known for great athletes, but no one else does! Also, bet heavy on the Rams Aries
#6289, aired 2012-01-12MEDAL OF FREEDOM ATHLETES $200: "King Richard" of NASCAR fame who won a record 27 races in 1967 (Richard) Petty
#6289, aired 2012-01-12MEDAL OF FREEDOM ATHLETES $400: University of Alabama football coach from 1958 to 1982 (Bear) Bryant
#6289, aired 2012-01-12MEDAL OF FREEDOM ATHLETES $600: Only African American to win the men's singles title at Wimbledon Arthur Ashe
#6289, aired 2012-01-12MEDAL OF FREEDOM ATHLETES $800: Golfer who won the Masters in 1960, '62, & '64, & received the Medal of Freedom in 2004 Arnold Palmer
#6289, aired 2012-01-12MEDAL OF FREEDOM ATHLETES $1000: Jackie Robinson (posthumously) & this other trailblazing Robinson of baseball Frank Robinson
#6139, aired 2011-04-28SPORTS SCIENCE $1200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew gives the clue from the Gatorade Sports Science Institute in Barrington, IL.) The concentration of these two expired gases determined by a metabolic chart tells athletes how many carbs as opposed to fat they're burning; burning a higher percentage of fat increases endurance oxygen & carbon dioxide
#6118, aired 2011-03-30UNIVERSITY SPORTS TEAMS $600: You could say these athletes at UNLV aren't "without a cause" the (Runnin') Rebels
#6096, aired 2011-02-28ATHLETES $200: University of Michigan QB Denard Robinson, who runs a 10.4 100 meters, is known for never tying these his shoes
#6096, aired 2011-02-28ATHLETES $400: In 2008 gymnast Shawn Johnson kept her equilibrium & got Olympic gold in this event the balance beam
#6096, aired 2011-02-28ATHLETES $600: Tennis star Andy Roddick didn't make the Sports Illustrated cover in 2010, but this model wife of his did Brooklyn Decker
#6096, aired 2011-02-28ATHLETES $800: Abby Wambach is the offensive powerhouse on the USA's national team in this sport Women's soccer
#6096, aired 2011-02-28ATHLETES $1000: Anastasia Davydova & Anastasia Ermakova are one of the greatest ever duos in this aquatic event synchronized swimming
#6056, aired 2011-01-0321st CENTURY ATHLETES $200: 1 of the 2 NBA stars who make up Miami's new "Big 3" along with LeBron (Chris) Bosh (or Dwyane Wade)
#6056, aired 2011-01-0321st CENTURY ATHLETES $400: Seen here, this Belgian tennis star has won 2 straight U.S. Opens--after a 2-year retirement (Kim) Clijsters
#6056, aired 2011-01-0321st CENTURY ATHLETES $600: OV-1 & Alexander the Great are 2 of this Washington Capitals hockey star's nicknames (Alexander) Ovechkin
#6056, aired 2011-01-0321st CENTURY ATHLETES $800: Seen here, he excelled on "Dancing with the Stars" & also plays a little football (Jason) Taylor
#6056, aired 2011-01-0321st CENTURY ATHLETES $1000: He hit 58 homers for the Phillies in 2006 & has the same name as the temp-turned-boss-turned-temp on "The Office" (Ryan) Howard
#6043, aired 2010-12-15LET THE GAMES BEGIN $800: These games for athletes with physical disabilities began in Rome in 1960 the Paralympics
#6006, aired 2010-10-25PRO ATHLETES BY NUMBER WORN $400: Magic Johnson, Jim Brown thirty-two
#6006, aired 2010-10-25PRO ATHLETES BY NUMBER WORN $800: Moses Malone, Derek Jeter two
#6006, aired 2010-10-25PRO ATHLETES BY NUMBER WORN $1200: Jackie Robinson, Ronnie Lott forty-two
#6006, aired 2010-10-25PRO ATHLETES BY NUMBER WORN $1600: Bobby Orr, Lou Gehrig four
#6006, aired 2010-10-25PRO ATHLETES BY NUMBER WORN $2000: Willie Mays, Jeff Gordon twenty-four
#5980, aired 2010-09-17YANKEE MAGAZINE $1200: Athletes who've been featured naturally include Bob Cousy, a star on this team from 1950 to 1963 (Boston) Celtics
#5883, aired 2010-03-24SPORTS SHORTS $800: We couldn't do a "SPORTS SHORTS" category without mentioning a few of these athletes like Laffit Pincay & Gary Stevens jockeys
#5876, aired 2010-03-15ATHLETES' COUNTRIES OF BIRTH $2000: Eric Lindros, Eric Gagne Canada
#5817, aired 2009-12-22CURSES $200: The "Cover Curse" of this Time, Inc. magazine is notable for athletes; appear & your career may soon disappear Sports Illustrated
#5809, aired 2009-12-10URBAN DICTIONARY $400: The playoff type of this isn't just for athletes; It's also "grown by male college students during... finals week" a beard
#5797, aired 2009-11-24RUN, RUN, RUN $1000: In the modern pentathlon, athletes go 3,000 meters in this hyphenated type of running cross-country
#5790, aired 2009-11-13YOUNG ATHLETES $400: In 2008 Britain's Laura Robson thrilled the home folks by winning the juniors at this tennis tournament Wimbledon
#5790, aired 2009-11-13YOUNG ATHLETES $800: At 2008's Olympics, some thought athletes in this sport, like 4'6", 68-lb. Deng Linlin, might not be the minimum 16 gymnastics
#5790, aired 2009-11-13YOUNG ATHLETES $1200: (I'm Danica Patrick.) Long before I got into race cars, I was a 12-year-old winner of the grand national championship in this sport -- if you're cool, you don't put the "go" in front of it go-karts
#5790, aired 2009-11-13YOUNG ATHLETES $1600: In 2007 12-year-old Alexis Thompson qualified for this LPGA major, held at the Pine Needles Lodge the U.S. Open (Women's Open)
#5790, aired 2009-11-13YOUNG ATHLETES $2000: Justin Upton is one of the young stars who got the Arizona Diamondbacks dubbed this, like an order of ribs the Babybacks
#5770, aired 2009-10-16TASTES OF TOKYO $400: If you have an oversized appetite, try chankonabe, the stew made specifically for the athletes in this sport sumo
#5751, aired 2009-09-21AWKWARD $600: Athletes wearing masks to this country's Olympic games apologized even though the USOC gave them the masks China
#5734, aired 2009-07-09YOU: THE OWNER'S MANUAL $2000: (Dr. Oz holds a dissected human knee joint.) While pro athletes often tear the ACL shown here, regular folks often tear this cartilage in the middle of the knee that acts as a shock absorber the meniscus
#5698, aired 2009-05-20THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS $400: Events for athletes confined to these include a shot put & 100-, 200- & 400-meter races a wheelchair
#5614, aired 2009-01-22HALF-LIFE $400: Injured athletes don't say they're at half strength, they say things like "the knee's at about" this much 50 percent
#5574, aired 2008-11-27THE PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME $200: (Jon of the Clue Crew walks near a larger-than-life statue.) This statue brings to life one of the greatest athletes the world has known; he won gold in the 1912 Olympics & played football & baseball for New York Giants teams Jim Thorpe
#5483, aired 2008-06-11BEVERAGES $200: This drink spun off G2, for athletes' off-the-field hydration Gatorade
#5482, aired 2008-06-10TRACK & FIELD $1200: In this event, though athletes regularly clear nearly 20 feet, they mainly use their running momentum the pole vault
#5451, aired 2008-04-28ATHLETES $200: 2 of the 3 things an athlete throws for distance in a decathlon (2 of) a javelin, a discus & a shotput
#5451, aired 2008-04-28ATHLETES $400: In 1972 this perky Soviet athlete won the gold medal for women's individual balance beam (Olga) Korbut
#5451, aired 2008-04-28ATHLETES $600: In Feb. 2006 during the Winter Olympics closing ceremonies here, athletes heard "Volare" & "That's Amore" Torino (Italy)
#5451, aired 2008-04-28ATHLETES $800: Michelle Wie has made a name for herself in this sport golf
#5451, aired 2008-04-28ATHLETES $1000: In 2008 he became the winningest U.S. skier ever with his 28th World Cup victory Bode Miller
#5450, aired 2008-04-25WOMEN IN SPORTS $600: On ESPN's list of the 50 top athletes of the 20th century, this woman is the highest-ranked female (Babe Didrikson) Zaharias
#5275, aired 2007-07-13THE NEW YORK TIMES WEEK IN REVIEW $2000: Fri., April 13, 2007 had unlucky news for Don Imus: "off the air" for remarks about female athletes from this school Rutgers
#5270, aired 2007-07-06ATHLETES $200: This olympian who died in 1998 was the sister-in-law of fellow track great Jackie Joyner-Kersee Florence Griffith Joyner
#5270, aired 2007-07-06ATHLETES $400: After divorcing British tennis pro John Lloyd in 1987, she married former olympic skier Andy Mill Chris Evert
#5270, aired 2007-07-06ATHLETES $600: The book "It's Not About The Bike" is this athlete's own inspirational story Lance Armstrong
#5270, aired 2007-07-06ATHLETES $800: This boxer won a gold medal in the 1992 Olympics, leading an uncle to nickname him the "Golden Boy" Oscar De La Hoya
#5270, aired 2007-07-06ATHLETES $1000: Born in Kinshasa, this NBA center now with Houston speaks English, French, Spanish, Portuguese & 5 African dialects Dikembe Mutombo
#5150, aired 2007-01-19FAMOUS JEWISH ATHLETES $400: U.S. national figure skating champion Sasha Cohen took silver at the 2006 Winter Olympics in this city Torino
#5150, aired 2007-01-19FAMOUS JEWISH ATHLETES $800: Fighting in the great arenas of Latin America, Sidney Frumkin was the first successful American one a bullfighter
#5150, aired 2007-01-19FAMOUS JEWISH ATHLETES $1200: Sanford was the real first name of this 1963 National League MVP Sandy Koufax
#5150, aired 2007-01-19FAMOUS JEWISH ATHLETES $1600: In 1933 Max Baer wore a star of David on his boxing trunks when he beat this German champion Schmeling
#5150, aired 2007-01-19FAMOUS JEWISH ATHLETES $2000: When competing in this pro sport, Scott Levy is better known by his ring name, Raven wrestling
#5120, aired 2006-12-08IOWA $1200: (Jimmy stands in front of a wrestling match.) The men's wrestling team, with the 20 NCAA Division I titles since 1975, is part of a great tradition for the University of Iowa athletes known by this nickname the Hawkeyes
#5045, aired 2006-07-14HOMETOWN ATHLETES $200: Out of retirement to play for this hometown team, Roger Clemens led them to their first World Series in 2005 the (Houston) Astros
#5045, aired 2006-07-14HOMETOWN ATHLETES $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Pittsburgh, PA.) Growing up within 5 blocks from the campus, this quarterback naturally played at Pitt, starting in 1979 Dan Marino
#5045, aired 2006-07-14HOMETOWN ATHLETES $600: Known as "Junior", this Cincinnati high school superstar joined the Reds in 2000 Ken Griffey, Jr.
#5045, aired 2006-07-14HOMETOWN ATHLETES $800: Stephon Marbury, a Brooklyn native & childhood fan of this team, joined them in 2004--with mixed results the Knicks
#5045, aired 2006-07-14HOMETOWN ATHLETES $1000: Born in 1942, he went to Chicago Vocation High & made crushing ballcarriers his vocation as a Bears linebacker Dick Butkus
#4989, aired 2006-04-27THE CORONER STORE $400: Taller athletes can be at risk of fatal cardiomyopathy, an enlargement of this the heart
#4961, aired 2006-03-20WOMEN ATHLETES $400: This Californian known for her exquisitie artistry skated off with a silver medal at the 2006 Olympics Sasha Cohen
#4961, aired 2006-03-20WOMEN ATHLETES $800: Olympic medalist Mary Ellen Clark was hampered in this sport by vertigo--a problem when you're 10 meters up diving
#4961, aired 2006-03-20WOMEN ATHLETES $1200: Nancy Lopez & Beth Daniel are in this organization's Hall of Fame, founded in 1967 LPGA
#4961, aired 2006-03-20WOMEN ATHLETES $1600: She's the American Wimbeldon & U.S. Open champ seen here (Lindsay) Davenport
#4961, aired 2006-03-20WOMEN ATHLETES $2000: In 1984 Carl Lewis' 4 Olympic golds in track & field were matched by Romania's Ecaterina Szabo in this sport gymnastics
#4950, aired 2006-03-03A NICE "VIN"TAGE $400: Athletes Testaverde or Del Negro Vinny
#4947, aired 2006-02-28COMMON BONDS $600: Baseball cap features, Buffalo athletes, credit-card mailings bills
#4933, aired 2006-02-08GET INVOLVED $400: You can help train intellectually disabled athletes for these games founded in 1968 the Special Olympics
#4913, aired 2006-01-11CLEVELAND ATHLETES $200: In 2003 he went directly from high school to the Cleveland Cavaliers & became the NBA's Rookie of the Year LeBron James
#4913, aired 2006-01-11CLEVELAND ATHLETES $400: Almost 40 years after his retirement, he dominates his team's record books Jim Brown
#4913, aired 2006-01-11CLEVELAND ATHLETES $600: Nolan Schaefer of Yellow Grass, Sask. & Glenn Olson of Port McNeil, B.C. play this sport for the Cleveland Barons hockey
#4913, aired 2006-01-11CLEVELAND ATHLETES $800: "Bullet Bob", this pitcher from Van Meter, Iowa, joined the Indians at age 17 in 1936 Bob Feller
#4913, aired 2006-01-11CLEVELAND ATHLETES $1000: Now in the Hall of Fame, this tight end of the '80s was known as the "Wizard of Oz" Ozzie Newsome
#4874, aired 2005-11-17ATHLETES $400: He bid adieu to fans in July 2005 saying "Vive le Tour, forever" Lance Armstrong
#4874, aired 2005-11-17ATHLETES $800: Red Sox fans will never forget his bloody sock in a 2004 postseason game Curt Schilling
#4874, aired 2005-11-17ATHLETES $1200: This Belgian won the 2005 U.S. Open women's singles title Kim Clijsters
#4874, aired 2005-11-17ATHLETES $1600: Born in Stockholm, she completed the LPGA career grand slam in 2003 (Annika) Sorenstam
#4874, aired 2005-11-17ATHLETES $2000: Seen here, she rode into history in 2005 Danica Patrick
#4762, aired 2005-04-26AP FEMALE ATHLETES OF THE YEAR $200: 1976: This Olympian Nadia Comăneci
#4762, aired 2005-04-26AP FEMALE ATHLETES OF THE YEAR $400: 1974 & 1980: This Fort Lauderdale-born tennis pro Chris Evert
#4762, aired 2005-04-26AP FEMALE ATHLETES OF THE YEAR $600: 1987: This 7-activity star Jackie Joyner-Kersee
#4762, aired 2005-04-26AP FEMALE ATHLETES OF THE YEAR $800: 2003: This Swede young thing Annika Sörenstam
#4762, aired 2005-04-26AP FEMALE ATHLETES OF THE YEAR $1000: 1968: This ice queen (Peggy) Fleming
#4760, aired 2005-04-22ATHLETES $400: This 15-year-old rookie helped the D.C. United capture the 2004 Major League Soccer crown Freddy Adu
#4760, aired 2005-04-22ATHLETES $800: In 1977 she became the first woman to drive in the Indy 500 (Janet) Guthrie
#4760, aired 2005-04-22ATHLETES $1200: In the '90s the Houston Astros' "Killer B's" were Derek Bell, Craig Biggio & this first baseman Jeff Bagwell
#4760, aired 2005-04-22ATHLETES $1600: This family, including Hashim, Sharif & Jahangir, dominated the sport of squash for decades the Khan family
#4760, aired 2005-04-22ATHLETES $2000: Once a star basketball player for USC, from 1997 to 2000 she coached the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury Cheryl Miller
#4743, aired 2005-03-30I'VE GOT ESPN $1600: (Dan Patrick reads the clue.) From baseball, basketball & boxing, they were named by ESPN's "Sports Century" the 3 greatest North American Athletes of the 20th Century Babe Ruth, Michael Jordan & Muhammad Ali
#4680, aired 2004-12-31ESPN's TOP 10 ALL-TIME ATHLETES $200: No. 2: 1912 Olympian; football star at Carlisle Indian School; 6 MLB seasons with the Reds, Giants & Braves Jim Thorpe
#4680, aired 2004-12-31ESPN's TOP 10 ALL-TIME ATHLETES $400: No. 8: 30 steals for the Birmingham Barons; 2,306 steals for the Bulls Michael Jordan
#4680, aired 2004-12-31ESPN's TOP 10 ALL-TIME ATHLETES $600: No. 1: Lettered in hoops, football & lacrosse at Syracuse & if you think he couldn't act, ask his 11 "unclean" buddies Jim Brown
#4680, aired 2004-12-31ESPN's TOP 10 ALL-TIME ATHLETES $800: No. 10: FB/LB for Columbia U. in the 1920s; MVP for the Yankees in '27 & '36; "Gibraltar in Cleats" (Lou) Gehrig
#4680, aired 2004-12-31ESPN's TOP 10 ALL-TIME ATHLETES $1000: No. 5: Only center to lead the NBA in assists; track scholarship to Kansas U.; marathoner; volleyballer (Wilt) Chamberlain
#4673, aired 2004-12-22SOUNDS LIKE A SIMPSONS CHARACTER $800: One of Texas A&M's athletes, or a playing marble an aggie
#4671, aired 2004-12-20WORLD ATHLETES $200: This team's Ichiro Suzuki was named 2001 American League Rookie of the Year & MVP Seattle Mariners
#4671, aired 2004-12-20WORLD ATHLETES $400: In 2003 this Fijian-born golfer displaced Tiger Woods as No. 1 Vijay Singh
#4671, aired 2004-12-20WORLD ATHLETES $600: In 2004 this British-born heavyweight champ retired with a career record of 41 wins, 2 losses & 1 tie Lennox Lewis
#4671, aired 2004-12-20WORLD ATHLETES $800: Nicknamed "The Rocket" in 1945 he became the first player in NHL history to score 50 goals in a season (Maurice) Richard
#4671, aired 2004-12-20WORLD ATHLETES $1000: In 2004 this Siberian-born 17-year-old defeated Serena Williams to take the women's title at Wimbledon (Maria) Sharapova
#4611, aired 2004-09-27LET'S GET MEDICAL $1000: Athletes sometimes strain this large extensor muscle of the thigh whose name means "four headed" quadriceps
#4469, aired 2004-01-29SPORTS ILLUSTRATED 50th ANNIVERSARY $1000: After winning at Wimbledon in 1974, these two athletes shared the cover seen here Chris Evert & Jimmy Connors
#4461, aired 2004-01-19THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR $400: Leonard Wood was the original commander of this cavalry regiment made up mainly of cowboys & college athletes the Rough Riders
#4430, aired 2003-12-05ISN'T THAT "SPECIAL"? $200: It's an international competition for physically or mentally challenged athletes the Special Olympics
#4417, aired 2003-11-18FEMALE ATHLETES $400: Natascha Badmann was a champ in the duathlon (running & biking), then added this sport to triumph in the triathlon swimming
#4417, aired 2003-11-18FEMALE ATHLETES $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew at the Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, Rhode Island) She won the first of 9 Wimbledon singles trophies in 1978, 3 years after defecting from Czechoslovakia Martina Navratilova
#4417, aired 2003-11-18FEMALE ATHLETES $1200: When her baby arrived early in June 2003, the father, also a sprinter, said, "I didn't expect him to be this fast" Marion Jones
#4417, aired 2003-11-18FEMALE ATHLETES $1600: Tennessee basketball's "3 Meeks" were Tamika Catchings, Semeka Randall & her Chamique Holdsclaw
#4417, aired 2003-11-18FEMALE ATHLETES $2000: In 1998 this Korean golfer became the youngest winner of the LPGA's U.S. Women's Open Se Ri Pak
#4354, aired 2003-07-03ALLITERATIVE ATHLETES $400: In 2002 this San Francisco Giant won the Hank Aaron Award as the National League's best hitter Barry Bonds
#4354, aired 2003-07-03ALLITERATIVE ATHLETES $800: Seen here, he was 1999's No. 1 ranked tennis player Andre Agassi
#4354, aired 2003-07-03ALLITERATIVE ATHLETES $1200: This speed skater was Sports Illustrated's Sportswoman of the Year for 1994 Bonnie Blair
#4354, aired 2003-07-03ALLITERATIVE ATHLETES $1600: He's the late, great master of The Masters seen here (Slammin') Sam Snead
#4354, aired 2003-07-03ALLITERATIVE ATHLETES $2000: This black boxers's fight against racial prejudice inspired the movie "The Great White Hope" Jack Johnson
#4336, aired 2003-06-09"JUNIOR" COLLAGE $200: Student athletes know it's abbreviated JV junior varsity
#4285, aired 2003-03-28ORGANIZATIONS $800: (I'm Kevin Carter of the NFL) The FCA stands for this ministry originally supported by Branch Rickey Fellowship of Christian Athletes
#4254, aired 2003-02-13FEMALE ATHLETES $200: This soccer player whose real first name is Mariel is one of 4 women to have scored over 100 goals in international play Mia Hamm
#4254, aired 2003-02-13FEMALE ATHLETES $400: This track star was nicknamed "Flo-Jo" Florence Griffith Joyner
#4254, aired 2003-02-13FEMALE ATHLETES $600: A student at Great Neck North High School, she's the golden girl of the ice seen here Sarah Hughes
#4254, aired 2003-02-13FEMALE ATHLETES $800: This tennis player won women's singles titles at Wimbledon in 2000 & 2001, but lost to her little sister in 2002 Venus Williams
#4254, aired 2003-02-13FEMALE ATHLETES $1000: This basketball star whose name rhymes with hoops named her son Jordan, after Michael Jordan Sheryl Swoopes
#4243, aired 2003-01-29ATHLETES' RHYME TIME $400: Armstrong's furtive looks Lance's glances
#4243, aired 2003-01-29ATHLETES' RHYME TIME $600: Piazza's fondnesses Mike's likes
#4243, aired 2003-01-29ATHLETES' RHYME TIME $800: Former Raider Lamonica's casks Daryle's barrels
#4243, aired 2003-01-29ATHLETES' RHYME TIME $1000: Gannon's wall recesses Rich's niches
#4227, aired 2003-01-07BREAKFAST CEREALS $600: Babe Ruth was one of the first athletes to endorse this "Breakfast of Champions" Wheaties
#4146, aired 2002-09-16SUPERHEROES $800: The dude seen here is the "Silver" one of this type of athletes surfers
#4067, aired 2002-04-16FIELD EVENTS $1600: In this event, though athletes clear a nearly 20-foot bar, they don't jump but use their running momentum a pole vault
#4044, aired 2002-03-14ATHLETES $200: On Nov. 3 1996 this Laker became the youngest player to appear in an NBA game at age 18 years, 2 months, 11 days Kobe Bryant
#4044, aired 2002-03-14ATHLETES $400: She's won several tennis doubles titles with her sister & recorded the fastest women's serve in history--127 mph Venus WIlliams
#4044, aired 2002-03-14ATHLETES $600: This Packers quarterback was the NFL's MVP in 1995, '96 & '97 Brett Favre
#4044, aired 2002-03-14ATHLETES $800: A 7-time batting champion in Japan, he took the American League by storm with Seattle in 2001 Ichiro (Suzuki)
#4044, aired 2002-03-14ATHLETES $1000: At the 2001 Goodwill Games, this U.S. figure skater came in 2nd to Russia's Irina Slutskaya, who won the gold Michelle Kwan
#4043, aired 2002-03-13LEGENDS OF SPORTS $200: One of the greatest athletes of all time, he led Brazil to World Cup soccer victories in 1958, 1962 & 1970 Pelé
#3817, aired 2001-03-20THE WRESTLING WORLD $200: Athletes in this sport train on a stew called chankonabe, along with vast quantities of rice & beer Sumo wrestling
#3781, aired 2001-01-29THE MARSHAL PLAN $400: On a special operation in 1996 to protect these people in Atlanta, the service used the logo seen here Olympic athletes
#3775, aired 2001-01-19INTERNATIONAL ATHLETES $200: At the 1998 Winter Olympics, "Happy" Harada helped this home team win gold in ski jumping Japan
#3775, aired 2001-01-19INTERNATIONAL ATHLETES $400: Byron & Wayne Black are tennis stars from this country that wasn't kind to blacks when it was Rhodesia Zimbabwe
#3775, aired 2001-01-19INTERNATIONAL ATHLETES $600: Spanish golfing phenom Sergio Garcia has this "weathered" nickname meaning "The Boy Child" "El Nino"
#3775, aired 2001-01-19INTERNATIONAL ATHLETES $800: 7'2" Dikembe Mutombo led the NBA in this defensive move 3 straight years, 1994-1996 Blocked shots
#3775, aired 2001-01-19INTERNATIONAL ATHLETES $1000: Boxer Roberto Duran became a national hero in this, his native country Panama
#3744, aired 2000-12-07A.A. $200: This tennis player published 1988's "A Hard Road to Glory", a 3-volume history of African-American athletes Arthur Ashe
#3735, aired 2000-11-24OLD SPORT $600 (Daily Double): In 1980 Willie Davenport & Jeff Gadley, the USA's first black Winter Olympic athletes, were half of a team in this event Bobsledding
#3732, aired 2000-11-21THE SCHOOL OF HARD KNOCKS $400: An Alfred University study found that 80% of college athletes experienced this sometimes brutal type of initiation Hazing
#3488, aired 1999-11-03RAGING HORMONES $1000: Some athletes have taken androstenedione to boost levels of this male hormone Testosterone
#3457, aired 1999-09-21THE ROARING '20s $1000: Popular athletes included Red Grange, the Galloping Ghost, & this man, the Flying Finn Paavo Nurmi
#3379, aired 1999-04-22SPORTS MEDICINE $300: A tear to the ACL, or anterior cruciate one of these in the knee, has brought many athletes to their knees Ligament
#3379, aired 1999-04-22SPORTS MEDICINE $500: To pro athletes, a "scope" may be short for this type of device to view the interior of a joint cavity Arthroscope
#3367, aired 1999-04-06JOB BANK $200: One of the jobs of a deshi in Japan is to wash the places on these athletes that they can't reach themselves sumo wrestlers
#3355, aired 1999-03-19PRESIDENTIAL TRAVELS $500: Clinton's in this country embracing one of its legendary athletes Brazil
#3298, aired 1998-12-30OSCAR! $300: With $38 million, this boxer made Forbes' 1997 list of the highest-paid athletes Oscar De La Hoya
#3216, aired 1998-09-07AFRICAN ATHLETES $200: The Olympic steeplechase has been won by men named Korir, Koriuki & Keter from this "K" country Kenya
#3216, aired 1998-09-07AFRICAN ATHLETES $400: This Nigerian-born center played for the U. of Houston's Phi Slamma Jamma before joining the NBA's Rockets Hakeem Olajuwon
#3216, aired 1998-09-07AFRICAN ATHLETES $600: Running barefoot, Abebe Bikila surprised the track world by winning this Olympic event in 1960 The Marathon
#3216, aired 1998-09-07AFRICAN ATHLETES $800: South African runner whose encounter with Mary Decker in the 1984 Olympic 3,000 meters made headlines Zola Budd
#3059, aired 1997-12-11TAPE $100: For protection, these athletes tape both hands under their 6- to 12-ounce gloves Boxers
#3034, aired 1997-11-06SUPER ATHLETES $200: Janet Evans holds the world record in the 400, 800 & 1500-meter freestyle events in this sport swimming
#3034, aired 1997-11-06SUPER ATHLETES $400: In 1993 this center, then with the Orlando Magic, was named the NBA's Rookie of the Year Shaquille O'Neal
#3034, aired 1997-11-06SUPER ATHLETES $600: This Baltimore Orioles shortstop once wore a T-shirt that read "2130+ Hugs and Kisses for Daddy" Cal Ripken, Jr.
#3034, aired 1997-11-06SUPER ATHLETES $800: This German tennis star has won 21 Grand Slam singles titles, second only to Margaret Smith Court's 24 Steffi Graf
#3034, aired 1997-11-06SUPER ATHLETES $1,000 (Daily Double): (Hi, I'm Reggie White.) In Super Bowl XXXI, I sacked this team's quarterback, Drew Bledsoe, 3 times, setting a Super Bowl record the New England Patriots
#3017, aired 1997-10-14ATHLETES $100: In 1989, his first year as Dallas' QB, the team went 1-15; they later improved Troy Aikman
#3017, aired 1997-10-14ATHLETES $200: At age 11 in 1972, he scored 378 goals for the Brantford (Ontario) Nadrofsky Steelers Wayne Gretzky
#3017, aired 1997-10-14ATHLETES $300: The last Major League Baseball player to hit .400 in a season, he was John Glenn's wingman in the Korean War Ted Williams
#3017, aired 1997-10-14ATHLETES $400: World champion runner Hassiba Boulmerka of this north African country has been denounced for showing her legs Algeria
#3017, aired 1997-10-14ATHLETES $500: The 2 Olympic swimming champions who played Tarzan on film in the 1930s Buster Crabbe & Johnny Weissmuller
#3002, aired 1997-09-23ATHLETES $100: Appropriately, Swiss teenage tennis star Martina Hingis was named for this woman Martina Navratilova
#3002, aired 1997-09-23ATHLETES $200: In 1933 he hit in 61 straight games for the San Francisco Seals; he only reached 56 as the "Yankee Clipper" Joe DiMaggio
#3002, aired 1997-09-23ATHLETES $300: In 1996 boxer Andrew Golota lost twice to Riddick Bowe by committing this foul hitting below the belt
#3002, aired 1997-09-23ATHLETES $400: No. 33 on the Chicago Bulls, this Olympian has played most of his career in the shadow of No. 23 Scottie Pippen
#3002, aired 1997-09-23ATHLETES $500: Golf legend Sam Snead won every one of golf's major championships, except this one the U.S. Open
#2960, aired 1997-06-13"LOOSE" ENDS $400: This phrase describes athletes with flexible appendages loose-limbed
#2935, aired 1997-05-09THE OLYMPIC GAMES $200: At the opening ceremony, athletes from this country march into the stadium first Greece
#2933, aired 1997-05-07ATHLETES $100: This boxer had his first professional fight in 1960 under his given name, Cassius Clay Muhammad Ali
#2933, aired 1997-05-07ATHLETES $200: Flamboyant Italian slalom skier rhymingly dubbed "La Bamba" Alberto Tomba
#2933, aired 1997-05-07ATHLETES $300: She shot out of Sweden to win the world championship of women's golf in 1995 & 1996 Annika Sorenstam
#2933, aired 1997-05-07ATHLETES $400: This man who led Argentina to the 1986 World Cup soccer title played for Italy's Napoli from 1984 to 1991 Diego Maradona
#2933, aired 1997-05-07ATHLETES $500: 14-year-old Tara Lipinski upset this world champion at the 1997 U.S. Figure Skating Championship Michelle Kwan
#2814, aired 1996-11-21HISTORY $100: This volunteer cavalry unit organized by Teddy Roosevelt included miners, cowboys & college athletes the Rough Riders
#2707, aired 1996-05-14THE OLYMPICS $500: This event where athletes slide down a track on a runnered vehicle joined the Winter Games in 1964 the luge
#2504, aired 1995-06-22ODDS & ENDS $300: The 5 rings on the Olympic flag represent these the five continents from which the athletes have appeared
#2276, aired 1994-06-27JAPAN $200: A stew called chankonabe is the traditional food of these hefty athletes sumo wrestlers
#1960, aired 1993-02-26ABBREVIATIONS $100: Student athletes can tell you JV stands for this junior varsity
#1859, aired 1992-10-08BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $200: This thirst quencher, popular with athletes, is Quaker Oats' best-selling product Gatorade
#1856, aired 1992-10-051992 WOMEN OLYMPIANS $200: Yael Arad, this country's first medalist ever, dedicated her silver to the slain athletes of the '72 games Israel
#1851, aired 1992-09-28THE OLYMPICS $100: In the opening ceremonies of the 1992 Summer Games, one of these athletes ignited the Olympic flame an archer
#1799, aired 1992-05-28SPORTS FIGURES $500: After retiring from tennis, he wrote "A Hard Road to Glory", a study of African-American athletes Arthur Ashe
#1425, aired 1990-11-09SPORTS $400: According to Forbes Magazine, the 3 highest-paid athletes for 1990 compete in this sport boxing
#1404, aired 1990-10-11U.S. STATES $300: Due to its great running facilities, Eugene in this state is a favorite training site for athletes Oregon
#1330, aired 1990-05-18MEDICINE $1000: Athletes who use these steroids to bulk up muscles risk damage to the adrenal glands & liver Anabolic steroids
#1194, aired 1989-11-09SPORTS $200: In 1987 Jim Abbott became the 1st in this sport to win the Sullivan Award for amateur athletes baseball
#1160, aired 1989-09-22SPORTS $400: Statuary shows that ancient Greek athletes used a straight underhand motion in this event discus
#1131, aired 1989-07-03WOMEN ATHLETES $100: Jeanne Maiden of Solon, Ohio set a women's record by rolling 11 perfect games in this sport bowling
#1131, aired 1989-07-03WOMEN ATHLETES $200: Beth Heiden won a bronze medal in this sport in 1980, which must have made her brother Eric proud speed skating
#1131, aired 1989-07-03WOMEN ATHLETES $300: Though she became a star in this sport, Cathy Rigby McCoy never won an Olympic medal gymnastics
#1131, aired 1989-07-03WOMEN ATHLETES $400: Her hearing was permanently impaired after she swam the English Channel in 1926 Gertrude Ederle
#1131, aired 1989-07-03WOMEN ATHLETES $500: A 1988 Olympic gold medalist in the heptathlon & long jump, she's Flo-Jo's sister-in-law Jackie Joyner-Kersee
#1059, aired 1989-03-23MOVIE ATHLETES $100: Robert De Niro fans got a "bang" out of this 1973 film in which he played a dying baseball player Bang the Drum Slowly
#1059, aired 1989-03-23MOVIE ATHLETES $200: Elizabeth Taylor played the gutsy daughter of an English Channel swimmer in this "equine" classic National Velvet
#1059, aired 1989-03-23MOVIE ATHLETES $300: He played Canadian scull racer Ned Hanlan in 1986's "The Boy in Blue" before he was "Moonstruck" Nicolas Cage
#1059, aired 1989-03-23MOVIE ATHLETES $400: Tyrone Power was a macho matador in this 1941 remake of a Valentino classic, & that's no bull Blood and Sand
#1059, aired 1989-03-23MOVIE ATHLETES $500: Bonnie Bedelia spun Jeff Bridges' wheels playing this auto racing champ in "Heart Like a Wheel" Shirley Muldowney
#1045, aired 1989-03-03HERBS & SPICES $600: The ancient Greeks used its leaves to crown winning athletes; today we use it to flavor meats & stews laurel
#993, aired 1988-12-21SPORTS $400: Insisting that Olympic athletes be non-pro, this IOC president from '52-'72 was nicknamed "Slavery" Avery Brundage
#956, aired 1988-10-31U.S. HISTORY $200: In 1951 the U.S. occupied this capital; in 1988 they sent athletes to it Seoul, South Korea
#911, aired 1988-07-18WORD ORIGINS $800: Not derogatory among athletes, this variation of "recruit" was a derisive term for army recruits a rookie
#910, aired 1988-07-15SPORTS $500: Winter Olympic event in which the athletes compete lying on their backs the luge
#873, aired 1988-05-25SPORTS $200: Last year in which Soviet & American athletes faced each other in Summer Olympic competition 1976
#766, aired 1987-12-28SPORTS $200: In 1987, 8 of the 10 highest salaried pro athletes played this sport baseball
#764, aired 1987-12-24THE OLYMPICS $200: In the '80 boycott, this president threatened to revoke passports of U.S. athletes going to the games James Carter
#764, aired 1987-12-24THE OLYMPICS $400: Olympic event for which athletes need skis & a rifle biathlon
#643, aired 1987-05-27CONTESTS $300: Athletes must be in "peak" condition to run the marathon to the top of this Colorado mountain Pike's Peak
#394, aired 1986-03-131984 $200: Coming to Olympics despite Soviet boycott, their athletes won 20 gold medals, 2nd only to U.S. Romania
#189, aired 1985-05-30ATHLETES $200: A decade before Arthur Ashe, Althea Gibson became first important Black player in this sport tennis
#189, aired 1985-05-30ATHLETES $400: '84 Olympic gold medalist, he's won more diving championships than any other American Greg Louganis
#189, aired 1985-05-30ATHLETES $600: At his last time at bat before retiring 9/28/60, this Boston Red Sox great hit a home run Ted Williams
#189, aired 1985-05-30ATHLETES $800: In 1976, Heisman winner Tony Dorsett led this university to a national championship the University of Pittsburgh
#189, aired 1985-05-30ATHLETES $1000: '79 movie, "The Other Side of the Mountain", is true-life story of this skier's tragedy and triumph Jill Kinmont
#164, aired 1985-04-25THE OLYMPICS $100: Athletes from this country march into the stadium first Greece
#63, aired 1984-12-05SPORTS $800 (Daily Double): These 2 former Olympic athletes became movie Tarzans Buster Crabbe and Johnny Weissmuller
#43, aired 1984-11-071972 $200: Olympic City in which 11 Israeli athletes were killed Munich

Final Jeopardy! Round clues (12 results returned)

#8922, aired 2023-07-25COMPOUND WORD ORIGINS: This compound word meant an astronomical object of exceptional brightness in 1910; it was soon applied to actors & athletes superstar
#8245, aired 2020-09-25HIGHEST-PAID ATHLETES: On Forbes' 2020 list of the 100 highest-paid athletes, at age 50 this active individual sportsman is the oldest Phil Mickelson
#7210, aired 2016-01-08SOCIOLOGY: Often applied to athletes, this 2-word term popularized by Robert K. Merton refers to an example we aspire to a role model
#6976, aired 2015-01-05OLYMPIC HOST CITIES: This European city hosted the northernmost Summer Games, also the first where Soviet athletes participated Helsinki, Finland
#5989, aired 2010-09-30ALLITERATIVE ATHLETES: In 1998 these 2 baseball rivals shared top honors as Sports Illustrated's Sportsmen of the Year Sammy Sosa and Mark McGwire
#4815, aired 2005-07-08OLYMPIC ATHLETES: In 1960 European journalists gave her the nickname "La Gazzella" Wilma Rudolph
#4798, aired 2005-06-1520th CENTURY ATHLETES: In 1938, at age 25, she became the youngest person made a Knight First Class of the Order of St. Olav Sonja Henie
#4558, aired 2004-06-02THE 2000 OLYMPICS: She's the first female track & field athlete to win medals in 5 different events at a single Olympics Marion Jones
#4259, aired 2003-02-20TOP ATHLETES: On ESPN's list of the 50 top athletes of the 20th century, this woman is the highest-ranked female Babe Didrikson Zaharias
#4014, aired 2002-01-31ATHLETES: He was an Olympian, played pro baseball for the Reds & was a charter member of pro football's Hall of Fame (Jim) Thorpe
#3294, aired 1998-12-24CLASSIC MOVIES & TELEVISION: Bert & Ernie of "Sesame Street" are named after characters in this classic Christmas film It's a Wonderful Life
#862, aired 1988-05-10FAMOUS ATHLETES: In her 1st Olympics, she finished last but later won 3 consecutive gold medals in figure skating Sonja Henie

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