| #11, aired 2023-01-19 | THOMAS EDISON $400: The kinetograph, developed by Edison in the 1890s, was one of these, basically the same type used for the next century-plus a movie camera |
| #9, aired 2023-01-05 | SEEMS LIKE ANCIENT TIMES $1000: By 2500 B.C. the Chinese were breeding a special "worm" in order to make thread & garments from this material silk |
| #8263, aired 2020-10-21 | THE "A", "B", "C"s OF GOLF $1000: Often traveling 100 yards plus, it's a shot hit to get up close to the green on a longer hole an approach |
| #8105, aired 2019-11-29 | THE OLD WEST $800: In the 800s B.C. Assyrian armies began moving west of this 1,700-plus-mile river, eventually conquering most of the Middle East the Euphrates |
| #7825, aired 2018-09-21 | HOT, COLD OR IN BETWEEN $1000: We give the mild weather you might find in Florida a "B"-plus, this adjective balmy |
| #7466, aired 2017-02-13 | A "B"-PLUS STUDENT $400: Seen here, they can sometimes be in black & white too a blueprint |
| #7466, aired 2017-02-13 | A "B"-PLUS STUDENT $800: A hole for a fox, or what it does as it digs it burrow |
| #7466, aired 2017-02-13 | A "B"-PLUS STUDENT $1200: Term for a chance onlooker, perhaps an innocent one bystander |
| #7466, aired 2017-02-13 | A "B"-PLUS STUDENT $1600: These prevent a horse from being distracted by that cute filly off to the side blinders |
| #7466, aired 2017-02-13 | A "B"-PLUS STUDENT $2,000 (Daily Double): An ancient empire lends its name to this term meaning "intricate" or "complex" Byzantine |
| #7159, aired 2015-10-29 | A LIFE ON THE "B" LIST $1200: He's seen here after devoting more than 50 years of his life to representing West Virginia in Washington (Senator Robert) Byrd |
| #6703, aired 2013-11-06 | MYSTERY FOLKS $800: On Nov. 24, 1971 the man known as this hijacked a Northwest Airlines flight, parachuting out with 200 grand D.B. Cooper |
| #6487, aired 2012-11-27 | A BUNCH OF "S.B." $200: At one of these, help yourself to lettuce & a variety of toppings plus your choice of dressing a salad bar |
| #6431, aired 2012-07-30 | "B" PLUS $400: It's the launching of a rocket--3-2-1... blastoff |
| #6431, aired 2012-07-30 | "B" PLUS $800: Here's a simple one of these charts, showing students' test scores a bar graph |
| #6431, aired 2012-07-30 | "B" PLUS $1200: Oui, my friends--we use this French word for a broad, often landscaped city street boulevard |
| #6431, aired 2012-07-30 | "B" PLUS $1600: It's a bowl-shaped depression on the ocean floor, or a washbowl or sink in your house a basin |
| #6431, aired 2012-07-30 | "B" PLUS $2000: The postage stamp seen here celebrates this Japanese art of growing miniature plants & trees bonsai |
| #5470, aired 2008-05-23 | "B" PLUS $200: The alpha factor measures a stock's own volatility; this Greek letter compares it to the entire market beta |
| #5470, aired 2008-05-23 | "B" PLUS $400: In this sport, the ball has 3 holes in which you put your fingers bowling |
| #5470, aired 2008-05-23 | "B" PLUS $600: It's what Papa had in a 1965 James Brown hit "A Brand New Bag" |
| #5470, aired 2008-05-23 | "B" PLUS $800: Beginning in the 1970s, more than 1 million of these Indochinese refugees fled the Communist regmes where they lived boat people |
| #5470, aired 2008-05-23 | "B" PLUS $1000: This national variety of python can grow to 30 feet long the Burmese python |
| #5305, aired 2007-10-05 | "B" PLUS $200: Shoeless barefoot |
| #5305, aired 2007-10-05 | "B" PLUS $400: It's one over par on a hole of golf, sweetheart a bogey |
| #5305, aired 2007-10-05 | "B" PLUS $600: Able to speak both Spanish & English, for example bilingual |
| #5305, aired 2007-10-05 | "B" PLUS $800: It speaks to Moses in Exodus 3 the burning bush |
| #5305, aired 2007-10-05 | "B" PLUS $1000: This type of drug used to treat asthma relaxes the smooth muscles in the airways, causing them to open, as its name indicates a bronchodilator |
| #4868, aired 2005-11-09 | "B" PLUS $400: A common type of pet turtle, or the type of structure you might keep it in box |
| #4868, aired 2005-11-09 | "B" PLUS $800: At Parris Island, Marines learn techniques for using this rifle blade a bayonet |
| #4868, aired 2005-11-09 | "B" PLUS $1200: A ring-shaped cake pan with fluted sides a Bundt |
| #4868, aired 2005-11-09 | "B" PLUS $1600: A strong, coarsely woven cloth made from jute or hemp burlap |
| #4868, aired 2005-11-09 | "B" PLUS $2000: This Slovak capital was also known by the German name of Pressburg Bratislava |
| #4483, aired 2004-02-18 | "B" PLUS $200: It can mean a spirited young man as well as the cutting part of a sword a blade |
| #4483, aired 2004-02-18 | "B" PLUS $400: A U.S. Army brigade can be made up of a headquarters & 3 or more of these units a battalion |
| #4483, aired 2004-02-18 | "B" PLUS $600: Some of the USA's first wells were dug for this salty water, perhaps for pickling purposes brine |
| #4483, aired 2004-02-18 | "B" PLUS $800: The cash or land someone left you in his will a bequest |
| #4483, aired 2004-02-18 | "B" PLUS $1000: (Sofia of the Clue Crew presents the clue from a race car at Indianapolis Speedway.) By increasing centrifugal force, a greater degree of this lets a car go faster in the turns; at Indy its 9 degrees, 12 minutes banking |
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