Jeopardy! Round, Double Jeopardy! Round, or Tiebreaker Round clues (65 results returned)
#9081, aired 2024-04-15 | THAT BAND'S AN INSTITUTION $800: Formed in 1976, they're turning the Venetian in Vegas into a love shack with a 2024 residency The B-52s |
#8967, aired 2023-11-07 | BANDS IN OTHER WORDS $400: American bomber planes introduced in the 1950s the B-52s |
#8767, aired 2022-12-20 | WORDS WITH GREEK LETTERS $800: 3M, B-52 & 401(k) all have this quality, which begins with 2 Greek letters alphanumeric (alpha & nu) |
#8709, aired 2022-09-29 | THERE'S A PRICE ON MY HEAD $2000: Tens of millions: Each W-80 nuclear warhead, which can be delivered by this bomber also called the Stratofortress the B-52 |
#8521, aired 2021-11-29 | WE'VE GOT THAT BAND'S NUMBER $1200: The name of this Athens, Georgia band is slang for the high hairdos worn by Kate Pierson & Cindy Wilson the B-52s |
#8442, aired 2021-07-13 | TUNE A FISH $200: This song by the B-52's says, "There goes a dogfish, chased by a catfish" "Rock Lobster" |
#8320, aired 2021-01-22 | PLANE SPOKEN $800: This alphanumeric U.S. plane began flights over the USSR in July 1956 U-2 |
#8276, aired 2020-11-09 | KEN JENNINGS--MARINE BIOLOGIST $1200: (Ken Jennings presents the clue.) This cartilaginous fish with a barbed tail & its mouth on its underside lives on the ocean bottom; its relative, the manta ray, is found in open waters, so I wonder how the classic marine biology text, "Rock Lobster" by the B-52s, can possibly have them swimming together a stingray |
#8266, aired 2020-10-26 | AIRPLANE MODE $800: First flown during the year in its name, this alphanumeric plane was intended to carry nuclear weapons to the USSR the B-52 |
#7993, aired 2019-05-15 | ANCIENT BATTLES $400: This man defeated Vercingetorix at the 52 B.C. Battle of Alesia, & Gaul was Rome's Julius Caesar |
#7885, aired 2018-12-14 | SHORE LINES $400: In this song by the B-52s, "we were at the beach, everybody had matching towels" "Rock Lobster" |
#7751, aired 2018-04-30 | THE B.G.s $600: A final score from 1964: LBJ 486, this B.G. 52 (Barry) Goldwater |
#7659, aired 2017-12-21 | MAKES SENSE $600: Mr. O'Neal of NBA fame went on "Lip Sync Battle" & chose this B-52s song "Love Shack" |
#7598, aired 2017-09-27 | A NUMBER OF GROUPS $200: "Hop in my Chrysler, it's as big as a whale, and it's about to set sail" sang this group in "Love Shack", baby The B-52s |
#7506, aired 2017-04-10 | IT'S A FACT $1600: In 2010 Air Force captain Daniel Welch began piloting this same plane his grandfather flew the B-52 |
#7464, aired 2017-02-09 | ALPHANUMERICALLY YOURS $1600: In 1989 this group hit No. 3 with "Love Shack", baby the B-52s |
#7414, aired 2016-12-01 | "ROCK" IT TO ME $1200: In this song the B-52's suggest, "Put on your noseguard, put on the lifeguard" "Rock Lobster" |
#7366, aired 2016-09-26 | THE SINGING "B" $1600: Bob Geldof organized this British supergroup that sang the 1984 charity smash "Do They Know It's Christmas?" Band Aid |
#7034, aired 2015-03-26 | WARBIRDS $1000: The Cold War era Soviet TU-4 was a copy of this U.S. bomber; several had landed in Russia after bombing Japan the B-29 |
#7029, aired 2015-03-19 | TECH GOOFS $1000: On a scary June 3, 1980, B-52s were readied to fly after a faulty chip had NORAD seeing 2 SLBMs, submarine-launched these ballistic missles |
#7006, aired 2015-02-16 | AVIATION $1200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Western Reserve Historical Society in Cleveland, Ohio.) This amazing single-seat fighter with an alphanumeric name saw action in World War II, the Korean War & other conflicts & was not phased out of some nations' Air Forces until the 1980s the P-51 |
#6913, aired 2014-10-08 | SONG LYRICS $600: The B-52's: "There goes a dogfish chased by a catfish" "Rock Lobster" |
#6652, aired 2013-07-16 | PLANES, TRAINS $2000: Introduced more than 55 years ago, it's the longest-serving bomber in the U.S. military the B-52 |
#6620, aired 2013-05-31 | THE VIETNAM WAR $800: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from Hanoi, Vietnam.) Reminders of the war are everywhere in Vietnam; a small lake in a quiet Hanoi neighborhood still holds wreckage of one of these giant U.S. bombers that attacked the city in December 1972 a B-52 |
#6505, aired 2012-12-21 | SIGNATURE SONGS $2000: "Rock Lobster" The B-52's |
#6419, aired 2012-07-12 | NOT SO GAY PAREE $800 (Daily Double): In his 52 B.C. "Commentaries", he wrote that the Parisii burned their town rather than surrender to him Julius Caesar |
#6352, aired 2012-04-10 | I'M READY TO PLAY, TODAY $400: In 1934 Charles B. Darrow showed this board game to Parker Bros. executives, who rejected it due to 52 design errors Monopoly |
#6035, aired 2010-12-03 | PLANE CRAZY $1600: This long-range bomber that first flew in 1954 also saw action in Iraq in the 21st Century the B-52 |
#6002, aired 2010-10-19 | A HAPPY TUNE $600: Kate Pierson of the B-52s contributed backing vocals to this 1991 Top 10 hit by R.E.M. "Shiny Happy People" |
#5931, aired 2010-05-31 | A PARIS CHRONOLOGY $400: After its forces put down a revolt led by Vercingetorix, the area came under this empire's control in 52 B.C. Rome |
#5873, aired 2010-03-10 | LETTER-PERFECT BANDS $600: "Deadbeat Club", "Private Idaho" The B-52s |
#5772, aired 2009-10-20 | ROCK STARS ENCYCLOPEDIA ENTRIES $600: May 24, 1980: "'Rock Lobster' peaks at U.S. No. 56" The B-52s |
#5712, aired 2009-06-09 | FUN WITH LETTERS $200: In the name of military aircraft, this letter precedes 2 & 52 B |
#5455, aired 2008-05-02 | 1980s MUSIC $400: This group was "Headin' down the Atlanta Highway... headin' on down to the Love Shack" The B-52's |
#5452, aired 2008-04-29 | AVIATION $400: The B-17 is the Flying this, the B-29 the Super this, & the B-52 the Strato this Fortress |
#5427, aired 2008-03-25 | THE "BAY" STATE $200: It's the compartment where a B-52's ordnance is carried & from which it's dropped the bomb bay |
#5252, aired 2007-06-12 | LIVING LYRICS $1000: "Underground like a wild potato", The B-52's were living here (In my own) "Private Idaho" |
#5204, aired 2007-04-05 | PICTURE THIS $400: Alphanumeric name of the fearsome machine seen here B-52 |
#5119, aired 2006-12-07 | '80s BANDS IN OTHER WORDS $600: Several Of The Boeing Craft Known As Stratofortresses B-52's |
#5108, aired 2006-11-22 | "B" IN FASHION $400: The buzz is that this hairdo, also called a B-52, has made a big comeback in the musical "Hairspray" a beehive |
#5102, aired 2006-11-14 | "NEW" YORK $400: 1980s bands like The B-52's are classified as this style of music New Wave |
#4886, aired 2005-12-05 | NAME THAT TUNE $1000: The B-52's: "I got me a car, it's as big as a whale... and it's about to set sail!" "Love Shack" |
#4436, aired 2003-12-15 | BANDS IN OTHER WORDS $400: American bomber planes introduced in the 1950s The B-52's |
#4060, aired 2002-04-05 | THEIR LAST TOP 10 HIT $1600: "Roam" (1990) The B-52s |
#3995, aired 2002-01-04 | MUSIC FOR YOUR FISH $800: This B-52's song says, "There goes a dogfish chased by a catfish... watch out for that piranha!" "Rock Lobster" |
#3954, aired 2001-11-08 | WORLD CAPITALS $200: This city was founded in 52 B.C. on the Ile de la Cite, an island in the Seine River Paris |
#3931, aired 2001-10-08 | THE REAL SLIM PICKENS $200: Slim Pickens was the B-52 captain who saddled up a hydrogen bomb in this 1964 Kubrick classic Dr. Strangelove |
#3835, aired 2001-04-13 | SLIPPERY "ROCK" $400: It's the aquatic crustacean found in the title of a 1978 song by the B-52's rock lobster |
#3767, aired 2001-01-09 | AVIATION $600: The B-17 was the Flying this, the B-29 the Super this, & the B-52 the Strato this Fortress |
#3738, aired 2000-11-29 | "B"-'52s $200: On June 18, 1952 this film star gave birth to daughter Isabella in Rome Ingrid Bergman |
#3738, aired 2000-11-29 | "B"-'52s $400: This West Virginian won election to the House in 1952, beginning nearly 5 decades in Congress Robert Byrd |
#3738, aired 2000-11-29 | "B"-'52s $600: In 1952 he overthrew president Carlos Prio Socarras to seize power in Cuba Fulgencio Batista |
#3738, aired 2000-11-29 | "B"-'52s $1000: This historian, elected for life to the National Institute of Arts & Letters in '52, published a vast new book in 2000 Jacques Barzon |
#3738, aired 2000-11-29 | "B"-'52s $1,400 (Daily Double): Opposing Ben-Gurion, this future Israeli PM led a protest against accepting German reparations Menachem Begin |
#3730, aired 2000-11-17 | MUSIC TO MY EARS $300: This group was "Headin' down the Atlanta Highway...headin' on down to the Love Shack" The B-52's |
#3289, aired 1998-12-17 | MUSICAL ARCHITECTURE $100: The B-52's headed up the charts when they headed on down to this place "Love Shack" |
#3287, aired 1998-12-15 | WAR PLANES $300: First flown in 1952, this bomber was built to meet U.S. nuclear strategic needs the B-52 |
#3107, aired 1998-02-17 | FEMALE FIRSTS $200: Kelly Flinn is better known for the way she left the Air Force than for being the 1st woman to fly this bomber B-52 |
#2915, aired 1997-04-11 | ROCK MUSIC GEOGRAPHY $400: Georgia college town that gave us R.E.M. & the B-52's Athens (home of the Univ. of Georgia) |
#1739, aired 1992-03-05 | WHAT'S "NEW" $200: It's the style of rock associated with the B-52s & Devo new wave |
#1596, aired 1991-07-08 | AVIATION $400: Although developed in the 1950s, this U.S. heavy bomber saw action against Iraq in 1991 B-52 |
#1296, aired 1990-04-02 | ANCIENT HISTORY $200: Paris was known by its Celtic name "Lutetia", when he took it from the Parisii tribe in 52 B.C. Julius Caesar |
#1261, aired 1990-02-12 | MUSIC VIDEOS $500: People Magazine says they "approach the Beach Boys at their best" on their "Cosmic Thing" video B-52's |
#1128, aired 1989-06-28 | FRANCE $500: Vercingetorix was the last chieftain in Gaul to be defeated by this conqueror in 52 B.C. (Julius) Caesar |
#390, aired 1986-03-07 | AVIATION $300: Also known as the "Super Fortress", it was the model of bomber used at Hiroshima B-29 |
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