| #8909, aired 2023-07-06 | SCIENCE $1200: The phenomenon of St. Elmo's fire familiar to sailors & aviators is a luminous glow of this 4th state of matter plasma |
| #17, aired 2023-05-23 | BLACK HISTORY & CULTURE $800: Seen here are these heroic aviators, the first African-American combat pilots who served during World War II the Tuskegee Airmen |
| #8862, aired 2023-05-02 | THEY WON THE BATTLE $800: The 1940 Battle of Britain:
this group of aviators the RAF (the Royal Air Force) |
| #8800, aired 2023-02-03 | THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM $1200: An Alabama historic site invites you to journey back to the 1940s & learn about this group of Black military aviators the Tuskegee Airmen (or Red Tails) |
| #8718, aired 2022-10-12 | STEP UP TO THE PLATE $2000: Steel plates were sewn into canvas to make these 4-letter vests worn by American aviators during World War II flak jackets |
| #8649, aired 2022-05-26 | AVIATORS $200: In 1931 she became the first president of the Ninety Nines, an association of American female pilots named for its 99 charter members Earhart |
| #8649, aired 2022-05-26 | AVIATORS $400: In 1999 it took Bertrand Piccard & Brian Jones just under 20 days to fly nonstop around the world in one of these a hot air balloon |
| #8649, aired 2022-05-26 | AVIATORS $600: AP's Athlete of the Decade for the 1960s, this golfer was an accomplished pilot; in 1969, he helped test fly the Boeing 747 (Arnold) Palmer |
| #8649, aired 2022-05-26 | AVIATORS $800: In 1972 Hans Werner Grosse soared more than 900 miles across Europe in one of these, with a 60-foot wingspan & no engine a glider |
| #8649, aired 2022-05-26 | AVIATORS $1000: To bank & turn, the Wright Brothers twisted their planes' wings; Frenchman Henri Farman pioneered these wing flaps ailerons |
| #8598, aired 2022-03-16 | AVIATION $1200: Seen here are a group of these aviators of Alabama in the 1940s, many of whom became decorated war heroes the Tuskegee Airmen |
| #8181, aired 2020-03-16 | RADIO ACTIVE $1000: Mishearing "Life In The Fast Lane" as "flies in the vasoline" led to a line of a hit in 1994 for these "aviators" the Stone Temple Pilots |
| #7893, aired 2018-12-26 | GLASSES $200: This variety of sunglasses was modeled after goggles worn by early pilots aviators |
| #7850, aired 2018-10-26 | AVIATION HISTORY $1200: Vietnam War naval aviators took off from USS this, named for the town near where the Wright Brothers took off Kitty Hawk |
| #7494, aired 2017-03-23 | DECODING THE HITMAKING BAND $1000: In order:
rock,
a place of worship,
a bunch of aviators Stone Temple Pilots |
| #7476, aired 2017-02-27 | THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY & CULTURE $400: (Alex gives the clue from the Nat'l Museum of African American History & Culture in Washington, D.C.) Guests at the opening ceremony for the museum included these men who trained in Alabama as part of this World War II group of aviators who escorted over 200 bombing missions with the loss of just a handful of bombers the Tuskegee Airmen |
| #7391, aired 2016-10-31 | PILOT WEAR $400: Since 1937 Ray-Ban has been making these accessories that sound like they were custom made for piloting aviators |
| #7265, aired 2016-03-25 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $800: In WWII 28,000 aviators trained in & around this Florida Panhandle city Pensacola |
| #6410, aired 2012-06-29 | FLY GIRLS $200: Women aviators day, July 24, is celebrated on the birthday of this fly girl born in Kansas (Amelia) Earhart |
| #5599, aired 2009-01-01 | OCCUPATIONAL WEAR $400: This Ray-Ban style was designed for military pilots in the 1930s aviators |
| #5355, aired 2007-12-14 | SUFFIXES $400: Silly rabbit, this suffix isn't for kids--it was used for female equivalents, like for women aviators -trix |
| #5281, aired 2007-07-23 | ADVENTURES IN THE AIR $1200: Taking 16 hours, in 1919 British aviators Alcock & Brown became the first to cross this large body of water nonstop the Atlantic Ocean |
| #4916, aired 2006-01-16 | CIVIL RIGHTS HEROES $1000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from inside the Pentagon.) The service of these aviators honored here was a factor in leading President Truman to desegregate the military the Tuskegee Airmen |
| #4909, aired 2006-01-05 | THE AIR UP THERE $800: The Caterpillar Club is for aviators whose lives have been saved by using these devices parachutes |
| #4724, aired 2005-03-03 | A FLY CATEGORY $200: To WWI British aviators, the Red Baron's group with its colorful planes was one of these, like Monty Python's a Flying Circus |
| #4633, aired 2004-10-27 | ENTER & DESIGN IN, PLEASE $5,000 (Daily Double): At age 15, after seeing a demo by Santos-Dumont, Raymond Loewy made a toy one of these powered by a rubber band a plane |
| #4398, aired 2003-10-22 | THE TIGERS $400: Founded by Claire Chennault, these aviators shot down hundreds of Japanese planes during World War II the Flying Tigers |
| #4092, aired 2002-05-21 | NOW, YOU TELL ME $800: NOW's policy on this 1991 scandal says, "Whereas" Navy aviators cornered women & "passed them down a gauntlet…" the Tailhook Scandal |
| #4016, aired 2002-02-04 | ACTION MOVIE $800: In this 2001 action movie, Gene Hackman plays a Navy commander trying to rescue two downed aviators Behind Enemy Lines |
| #3999, aired 2002-01-10 | SWEET HOME, ALABAMA $2,000 (Daily Double): A group of black aviators or "airmen" trained near this city during WWII Tuskegee |
| #3317, aired 1999-01-26 | "FLY" RIGHT $1000: Claire Chennault's volunteer aviators who fought in China & Burma in World War II Flying Tigers |
| #2689, aired 1996-04-18 | FASHION $400: This coverall combining shirt & trousers & worn by either sex was adapted from an outfit worn by aviators jumpsuit |
| #2360, aired 1994-12-02 | FAMOUS AVIATORS $100: In 1902 they set new records for glider flights with their third biplane the Wright brothers |
| #2360, aired 1994-12-02 | FAMOUS AVIATORS $200: He won the Raymond Orteig Prize of $25,000 for the first nonstop flight between New York & Paris Charles Lindbergh |
| #2360, aired 1994-12-02 | FAMOUS AVIATORS $300: He landed the Eagle manually July 20, 1969 (Neil) Armstrong |
| #2360, aired 1994-12-02 | FAMOUS AVIATORS $400: This Spruce Goose pilot died during a flight from Mexico to Texas April 5, 1976 Howard Hughes |
| #2360, aired 1994-12-02 | FAMOUS AVIATORS $500: He took the X-1 past the sound barrier October 14, 1947 Chuck Yeager |
| #1460, aired 1990-12-28 | TRANSPORTATION $400: British aviators Arthur Brown & John Alcock made the first non-stop flight across this body of water in 1919 the Atlantic Ocean |
