#8995, aired 2023-12-15 | FICTIONAL LANGUAGES $2000: This language in "Avatar" was created by linguist Paul Frommer & consists of several thousand words Na'vi |
#12, aired 2023-05-16 | EPISODE IV $1000: Season 3 in 2007:
"Sokka's Master" Avatar: The Last Airbender |
#8849, aired 2023-04-13 | TRIPLE "A" $400: In Hinduism it's the incarnation of a deity avatar |
#8845, aired 2023-04-07 | POP CULTURE $800: Edie Falco thought a 2022 sequel to this 2009 film had flopped, having shot it 4 years prior & not realizing it had never been released Avatar |
#8844, aired 2023-04-06 | & THEN THERE'S MOD $1200: Mod style began in the late '50s; in the late '70s, its avatar was this band, led by Paul Weller The Jam |
#8797, aired 2023-01-31 | THEY WROTE THE MOVIE $400: James Cameron's writing credits include "The Terminator", "Avatar" & this 1997 block-of-ice-buster Titanic |
#10, aired 2023-01-12 | THE MOVIES $200: "The Way of Water" is the subtitle of the long-awaited sequel to this James Cameron film set on Pandora Avatar |
#3, aired 2022-10-09 | TECHNOLOGY $11,500 (Daily Double): The incarnation of a Hindu deity, or the incarnation of you for virtual interaction an avatar |
#14, aired 2022-02-17 | MOVIE SUM-UP $600: Opening Pandora's box; Sigourney Weaver, dealing with different aliens; unobtanium? Really? Avatar |
#8536, aired 2021-12-20 | JOY TO THE WORLD $1000: Holi, a spring festival in India, is celebrated in honor of this eighth avatar of Vishnu Krishna |
#8506, aired 2021-11-08 | MOVIE STARS $400: In "Avatar" the Alpha Centauri star system is where humans are mining on this moon Pandora |
#8461, aired 2021-08-09 | "A" MOVIE $400: This 2009 movie won Oscars for art direction, cinematography & visual effects Avatar |
#8449, aired 2021-07-22 | SOMETHING BIG IS COMING! $1600: The term "juggernaut" comes from a massive vehicle pulled by thousands of pilgrims to honor this avatar of Vishnu Jagannath (Krishna) |
#8381, aired 2021-04-19 | SCI-FI MOVIE BY QUOTE $400: 2009: "Up ahead was Pandora. You grew up hearing about it, but I never figured I'd be goin' there" Avatar |
#8323, aired 2021-01-27 | BLUE'S CLUES $1000: The Mahabharata recounts the adventures of this Hindu deity, an avatar of Vishnu who is often depicted with blue skin Krishna |
#8202, aired 2020-04-14 | FANTASTICAL SUBSTANCES $2000: "The Core" & "Avatar" both use this term for their "un"possible material unobtainium |
#1, aired 2020-01-07 | POP CULTURE BOOKSHELF $1200: (Kevin Hart delivers the clue.) There's desert & snow & now, it's Danny Glover taking over my avatar in "Jumanji: The Next Level", the most recent film inspired by a book written & illustrated by this man Van Allsburg |
#7919, aired 2019-01-31 | MISCELLANEOUS $400: Embodying virtue & chivalry, this Hindu deity is an avatar of Vishnu; an epic poem recount his "journey" Rama |
#7895, aired 2018-12-28 | BOY STORY $400: Parzival is the avatar of a kid with an extremely good handle on '80s pop culture in this novel Ready Player One |
#7858, aired 2018-11-07 | QUOTING THE MOVIES $1200: 2009:
"You're not in Kansas anymore, you're on Pandora" Avatar |
#7848, aired 2018-10-24 | SAY THE WORD $800: In Hindu myth, it's the incarnation of a god; on the internet, it's a graphic image that represents you an avatar |
#7782, aired 2018-06-12 | NEW WORLD SYMPHONY $400: Pandora is found to have a valuable mineral in this 2009 James Cameron film, & of course humans want to exploit the locals Avatar |
#7670, aired 2018-01-05 | AM I BLUE? $400: CCH Pounder & Zoe Saldana both appeared as blue Na'vi in this 2009 mega-hit Avatar |
#7482, aired 2017-03-07 | BOX OFFICE CHAMPS OF THE DECADE $600: The 2000s:
starring Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana Avatar |
#7474, aired 2017-02-23 | StubHub SUBCULTURES $800: Fans can grab tickets to "Toruk--The First Flight", Cirque du Soleil's show inspired by this James Cameron sci-fi epic Avatar |
#7442, aired 2017-01-10 | ROLE CALL $800: 2009:
Jake Sully,
Neytiri Avatar |
#7234, aired 2016-02-11 | VIDEO GAME SLANG $600: NPC stands for this, an avatar not controlled by a human a non-player character |
#7230, aired 2016-02-05 | WORLD ART $2000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Angkor Wat, Cambodia.) Some of the best bas-reliefs here at Angkor include the one of this popular avatar of Vishnu returning with the spoils of war from a victory over the demon Naraka Krishna |
#7229, aired 2016-02-04 | FICTIONAL WORLDS $800: Pandora:
This 2009 movie Avatar |
#7124, aired 2015-07-30 | WORLD OF BOOKS $2000: Attributed to the sage Valmiki, this epic of India tells the story of an avatar of Vishnu & his many adventures Ramayana |
#7085, aired 2015-06-05 | RELIGION $1000: Due to be born in the future & destined to bring a New Age, Kalki will be the last avatar of this Hindu god Vishnu |
#7014, aired 2015-02-26 | THE BLUES $400: Sam Worthington became blue in this 2009 movie that made a buck or 2 Avatar |
#6933, aired 2014-11-05 | WORDS FROM THE TECH WORLD $400: The novel "Snow Crash" popularized this word from Hinduism to mean an online representation an avatar |
#6914, aired 2014-10-09 | THE BEST PICTURE OSCAR DIDN'T GO TO... $600: This 2009 movie with the highest box-office take of all time Avatar |
#6838, aired 2014-05-14 | WORLD LITERATURE $1600: The 2 great Sanskrit epic poems are the Mahabharata & this tale of an avatar of Vishnu the Ramayana |
#6794, aired 2014-03-13 | FILMED IN HAWAII $400: James Cameron used the rainforest & wide canyons of Kauai to represent Pandora in this 2009 film Avatar |
#6621, aired 2013-06-03 | CALL TRIPLE A $1600: A graphical image that represents the user on the Internet an avatar |
#6574, aired 2013-03-28 | MOONS $800: Saturn has a moon named this, also the name of a moon in "Avatar" Pandora |
#6569, aired 2013-03-21 | GEOGRAPHY: DROP A LETTER $200: Drop a letter from an African country and you get this director of "Avatar" Cameron (from Cameroon) |
#6537, aired 2013-02-05 | POP CULTURE $400: Unobtainium was the elusive substance sought on a distant moon in this epic movie blockbuster Avatar |
#6483, aired 2012-11-21 | CELEBRITIES' FAVORITE MOVIES $600: (Hi. I'm Isaac Mizrahi.) Like a lot of others, I loved the story of a paraplegic ex-Marine finding a new life on the distant planet of Pandora in this 2009 film Avatar |
#6460, aired 2012-10-19 | ACTRESSES $600: Zoe Saldana played the Na'vi Neytiri in this 2009 blockbuster Avatar |
#6435, aired 2012-08-03 | KID HEROES $800: On Nick 12-year-old Aang must overcome the ruthless fire nation as The "Last" this an Airbender |
#6418, aired 2012-07-11 | MOVIE TITLE REFERENCES $1600: 2009:
Human consciousness injected into an alien physical body Avatar |
#6367, aired 2012-05-01 | & THE OSCAR GOES TO... $400: Mauro Fiore, cinematographer of this 2009 film that had a 10-foot-tall Blue Man Group on an alien world Avatar |
#6316, aired 2012-02-20 | THEME $400: "I See You", the theme song for this movie, is a formal Na'vi greeting Avatar |
#6310, aired 2012-02-10 | "K" IS FOR... $1000: This Hindu god, the eighth avatar of Vishnu Krishna |
#6136, aired 2011-04-25 | ONE-WORD FILM TITLES $200: This 2009 film is the all-time top-grossing movie in the U.S. & the world Avatar |
#6090, aired 2011-02-18 | 2010 MOVIES $1000: Noah Ringer stars as the avatar (no, not that avatar) in this live-action adaptation of an animated TV series The Last Airbender |
#6020, aired 2010-11-12 | AVATAR $200: "Avatar" comes from a word meaning "descent" in this ancient language of Hinduism Sanskrit |
#6020, aired 2010-11-12 | AVATAR $400: Matsya, the first avatar of Vishnu, saved the world from a flood; he's often depicted as half man, half this a fish |
#6020, aired 2010-11-12 | AVATAR $600: In 2008, the OED added a definition of "avatar" as a representation of "a user in an interactive" one of these video game |
#6020, aired 2010-11-12 | AVATAR $800: Like Achilles, Krishna, an avatar of Vishnu, dies when he's shot in this, his only vulnerable spot his heel |
#6020, aired 2010-11-12 | AVATAR $1000: One avatar of the ancient war god Vrthraghna was this tusked wild animal a boar |
#5980, aired 2010-09-17 | SCIENCE FICTION FILMS $800: (Hi, I'm CCH Pounder.) You may not recognize me out of character, but one of my greatest acting experiences was playing Neytiri's mother, Moat, in this blockbuster Avatar |
#5796, aired 2009-11-23 | TWINKLE TWINKLE LITTLE WORD THAT RHYMES WITH STAR $800: The incarnation of a god in Hindu myth, or an Internet graphical image representing a person an avatar |
#5228, aired 2007-05-09 | ONLINE WORDS $1600: If you want to build a new you, create a toned, buff one of these online facsimiles in "Virtual Hills" an avatar |
#5186, aired 2007-03-12 | APOCALYPSE SOON? $800: Kalki, the 10th & last avatar of this Hindu god, is to ride a white horse, wield a blazing sword & wreak havoc Vishnu |
#4809, aired 2005-06-30 | KEEP THE FAITH $400: Kalkin is an avatar-to-come of this Hindu deity Vishnu |
#4597, aired 2004-09-07 | WORLD RELIGION $800: Parasurama is the... let me see, fourth, fifth... no, sixth avatar of this Hindu god Vishnu |
#4133, aired 2002-07-17 | "AV" A NICE DAY $2000: Rama or Krishna, for example an avatar |
#3226, aired 1998-09-21 | TRIPLE A $1000: Any incarnation of Vishnu Avatar |
#3087, aired 1998-01-20 | RELIGION $1000: The Bhagavad-Gita records a dialogue between a warrior named Arjuna & this avatar of Vishnu Krishna |
#2750, aired 1996-07-12 | MONSTERS $1000: Krishna, the 8th avatar of this god, slew or defeated scores of evil demons & monsters Vishnu |
#1924, aired 1993-01-07 | RELIGION $1000: Varaha, who's often depicted with the head of a boar, is the third avatar of this Hindu god Vishnu |
#810, aired 1988-02-26 | RELIGION $500: In this eastern religion, an "avatar" is an incarnation, sometimes in animal form, of a deity Hinduism |