#11, aired 2023-01-19 | 2 WORDS, 3 LETTERS EACH $1500: When the pope makes someone a cardinal, he's said to give them this item to wear a red hat |
#8557, aired 2022-01-18 | I WANT 2 B $1000: It is both a scarf bought in Moscow & a grandmother who might wear one babushka |
#8471, aired 2021-09-20 | STARTS WITH "B" $1600: Many over-40 folks wear these to compensate for presbyopia bifocals |
#8312, aired 2021-01-12 | "B" WEAR $200: This can be a circumnavigator of the waist or a shot of liquor a belt |
#8312, aired 2021-01-12 | "B" WEAR $400: The OED calls this, named for an atoll, "a scanty two-piece beach garment" a bikini |
#8312, aired 2021-01-12 | "B" WEAR $600: Chukkas & Chelseas are types of these boots |
#8312, aired 2021-01-12 | "B" WEAR $800: In the 1950s a sexy movie with this infantile title inspired Balenciaga to design a dress of the same name baby doll |
#8312, aired 2021-01-12 | "B" WEAR $1000: Khaled Hosseini conceived "A Thousand Splendid Suns" after seeing women wearing these during a trip to Afghanistan burkas |
#8299, aired 2020-12-10 | VERY PURITANICAL $400: It wasn't just "A" for adultery--offenders might wear "B" for blasphemy & one guy got a "D" for being in this condition drunk |
#8154, aired 2020-02-06 | PUTTING A "B" IN YOUR BONNET $400: The Encyclopedia Britannica notes that break-dancers often wear these "sideways or backward" baseball caps |
#8154, aired 2020-02-06 | PUTTING A "B" IN YOUR BONNET $800: These guardians of the Tower of London AKA Yeoman Warders wear a Tudor-period uniform that includes a black hat Beefeaters |
#6407, aired 2012-06-26 | HEALTH & NUTRITION $600: Wear sunscreen with SPF 15 or higher & with protection from both the A & B types of this light UV (ultraviolet) |
#6204, aired 2011-07-28 | JULIUS CAESAR SALAD $2000: In 45 B.C. Caesar was given permission to wear this, which he appreciated as it covered his baldness a laurel wreath |
#6107, aired 2011-03-15 | "B" WEAR $200: In the U.S. this is a frilly hat for women; in England it refers to the hood of a car a bonnet |
#6107, aired 2011-03-15 | "B" WEAR $400: "Flowery" term for an old-fashioned women's undergarment bloomers |
#6107, aired 2011-03-15 | "B" WEAR $600: Formal functions are sometimes called these 2-word affairs, referring to a piece of men's clothing black tie |
#6107, aired 2011-03-15 | "B" WEAR $800: Got disco fever? You may be wearing these flaring pants that have an instrument in their name bell-bottoms |
#6107, aired 2011-03-15 | "B" WEAR $1000: You don't have to be a Spanish separatist to enjoy these close-fitting bodices a basque |
#5108, aired 2006-11-22 | "B" IN FASHION $800: For a formal occasion, a man might wear this, a flower or small bouquet, on his lapel a boutonniere |
#2384, aired 1995-01-05 | INVENTIONS $200: Wiley Post had the B.F. Goodrich Co. make the first of these outfits to wear during high-altitude flights a flight suit (pressure suit) |
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