Jeopardy! Round, Double Jeopardy! Round, or Tiebreaker Round clues (1000 results returned) (search results maxed out)

#9066, aired 2024-03-25LET'S GET A DRINK $200: A regular B & B is Bénédictine & brandy; if you're drinking a Kentucky B & B, this other "B" is an ingredient bourbon
#9064, aired 2024-03-21THE LOCALS $1200: B.R. Ambedkar was a leader of the people called Untouchables, Dalits or SC, short for "Scheduled" this; he urged them to move to cities Castes
#9063, aired 2024-03-20MISSION: PLAUSIBLE $800: Solve the this TV host problem: 3 shut doors, new car-junk-junk. You pick A. He shows you B is junk. Do you switch to C? Monty Hall
#9059, aired 2024-03-14BOOKS BY REPORTERS $400: In 1923 E.B. White was fired by the Seattle Times; he'd later find success with this 1945 tale about a mouselike boy Stuart Little
#9059, aired 2024-03-14SONGS OF YOUTH $1000: Fresh out of high school, this R&B singer's smash debut album "American Teen", had songs like "Young Dumb & Broke" Khalid
#9059, aired 2024-03-14ANCIENT HISTORY $1600: Praising the defense of democracy, Pericles' funeral oration of 431 B.C. was given for soldiers fallen in this conflict the Peloponnesian War
#9058, aired 2024-03-13THE CLOCK & THE CALENDAR $1000: The Julian calendar had leap years--Feb. 23 lasted 48 hours--& the first one was this last full year of Julius Caesar's life 45 B.C.
#9056, aired 2024-03-11BEHIND THE MUSIC $1200: The many Grammys of this legendary musician & producer include Best R&B Song for "Cuff It" in 2023 Nile Rodgers
#9055, aired 2024-03-08WE'RE GOIN' TO BROADWAY! $1000: A story told in reverse, this Sondheim musical that ran 16 performances in 1981 returned to B'way in triumph in 2023 Merrily We Roll Along
#9048, aired 2024-02-28THAT'S IN ASIA $400: Dating back to 4000 B.C. fortified settlements, it's the largest city in Jordan & the residence of the king Amman
#9047, aired 2024-02-27"B"EGINNINGS $400: This word once meant a sweetheart of either sex, then a male pal, & then it took a turn into an intimidator on the playground a bully
#9047, aired 2024-02-27"B"EGINNINGS $800: A toothed hair-untangling tool is in this word for someone who hits up the playa with a metal detector a beachcomber
#9047, aired 2024-02-27"B"EGINNINGS $1600: The long-nosed type of this marsupial uses its schnoz to get at insects in holes a bandicoot
#9047, aired 2024-02-27"B"EGINNINGS $2000: Nautically speaking, it's the case where the ship's compass is kept the binnacle
#9047, aired 2024-02-27"B"EGINNINGS $7,000 (Daily Double): A Norse god begins this word that means a nonsensical jumble of words balderdash
#9043, aired 2024-02-21IT'S REIGNING MEN! $400: The I didn't even rule Egypt for a year & a half, but this pharaoh II of the 19th dynasty clocked in for 66, 1279-1213 B.C. Ramses
#9042, aired 2024-02-20TAKING FLIGHT $1200: For its defensive firepower, World War II's B-17 was alliteratively nicknamed the "Flying" this Fortress
#9036, aired 2024-02-12GENIUS: MLK/X $200: (Kelvin Harrison Jr. presents the clue.) My character, MLK, felt a moral obligation to speak out regarding this conflict in Asia, although it would end up alienating him from Lyndon B. Johnson & his allies the Vietnam War
#9036, aired 2024-02-12INITIALS OF HISTORIC PEOPLE $600: Pseudonym of an intrepid early 20th century newspaperwoman: N.B. Nellie Bly
#9034, aired 2024-02-08THE MOURNING NEWS $400: A 10,000-talent funeral pyre--we can only assume that was expensive--burned in 324 B.C. for Hephaestion, a dear pal of this leader Alexander the Great
#9034, aired 2024-02-08PASTOR BROWN'S CHURCH NEWSLETTER CROSSWORD $1600: Pastor B. wants your money to slide into this plate (10 letters) collection
#9033, aired 2024-02-07LITERATURE BINGO $800: "B", 1956: Appropriately, "Giovanni's Room" by this man from Harlem is about an American living in Paris (James) Baldwin
#9028, aired 2024-01-31ARTFUL ROGERS $2000: This B-movie maven of "Attack of the Crab Monsters" fame filmed "The Little Shop of Horrors" in 3 days Roger Corman
#9025, aired 2024-01-26HISTORIC BATTLES $800: 490 B.C.'s Battle of Marathon showed the Greeks for the first time that they could defeat a force of this mighty empire the Persian Empire
#9025, aired 2024-01-26GAS EVERYWHERE $1600: Exoplanets a bit bigger than ours are "super Earths"; 51 Pegasi B, a gas giant that orbits near its star, is a "hot" this planet Jupiter
#9025, aired 2024-01-26SILENT-CONSONANT WORDS $2000: This word meaning poise ends with its silent B aplomb
#9024, aired 2024-01-25HIGHWAYS & BYWAYS $600: Places to chow down on this Memphis street include B.B. King's Blues Club & Jerry Lee Lewis' Cafe & Honky Tonk Beale Street
#9024, aired 2024-01-25ON MY HISTORIC CV $1000: 1351 B.C.: Egyptian queen 1,300 years before Cleopatra; 1912: portrait bust discovered in ruins of Amarna workshop, big hit at museum Nefertiti
#26, aired 2024-01-23COLLEGE-LEVEL HISTORY COURSES $300: Rice boasts that its "20th Century American Presidents" course covers the span of Theodore Roosevelt to this 42nd president (Bill) Clinton
#25, aired 2024-01-16SPELLING BIZ $100: This beverage brand debuted in 1876; you can't spell it without spelling... B _ _ _ E _ _ E R Budweiser
#1, aired 2024-01-12WIDE WORLD OF WEIRD WORDS $1600: Meaning a silly or flighty person, this word with 2 sets of double "B"s was mentioned in "King Lear" as a demon's name flibbertigibbet
#9013, aired 2024-01-10BOOKS & AUTHORS $400: This author of "Charlotte's Web" also wrote a monthly column for Harper's called "One Man's Meat" (E.B.) White
#9012, aired 2024-01-09COLLEGE PREP $400: Bates, Beal & Bowdoin are colleges in this state that does not begin with B Maine
#9010, aired 2024-01-0520th CENTURY POP CULTURE $1600: In 1923, more than 30 years before the talking one, Cecil B. DeMille directed a silent version of this biblical epic The Ten Commandments
#9007, aired 2024-01-02HISTORIC LASTS $2000: Rome put Carthage on the mat for the final time with the third of these wars in a campaign that lasted from 149 to 146 B.C. the Punic Wars
#9006, aired 2024-01-01NATIVE AMERICANS $1000: Thunderbird Park in Victoria, B.C. is renowned for its collection of these monumental carvings, some more than 40 feet high totem poles
#9005, aired 2023-12-29FINANCE TERMS $400: Differing by a number & a letter, a 403(B) has been called the lesser-known cousin of this retirement plan a 401(k)
#9004, aired 2023-12-28TRIPLE INITIAL WRITERS $5,000 (Daily Double): From 1910 to 1934 this writer & activist edited the NAACP's magazine The Crisis W.E.B. Du Bois
#8999, aired 2023-12-21SAMPLING $1200: Okurrr! This woman samples the boogaloo song "I Like It Like That" on a 2018 hit Cardi B
#8998, aired 2023-12-20A LOOK BACK $600: Susan B. Anthony & Elizabeth Cady Stanton signed the 1866 "Petition for Universal" this, addressed to Congress Suffrage
#8998, aired 2023-12-20MOVIE VIEWING $1000: He not only played the title role in "Creed III", he also made his directorial debut Michael B. Jordan
#8990, aired 2023-12-08AS EASY AS A-B-C $200: Horse-riding style without a saddle bareback
#8990, aired 2023-12-08AS EASY AS A-B-C $400: It describes Shakespeare's pentameter iambic
#8990, aired 2023-12-08AS EASY AS A-B-C $600: It means to construct, or to fake, as in your excuse for being late fabricate
#8990, aired 2023-12-08AS EASY AS A-B-C $800: The title of a Lewis Carroll poem, it now means meaningless words or gibberish "Jabberwocky"
#8990, aired 2023-12-08AS EASY AS A-B-C $1000: This gem of a word can precede rattlesnake, terrapin & moth diamondback
#8989, aired 2023-12-07FIRE PLACE $1,000 (Daily Double): Circa 50 B.C.: This city's library is torched (by Julius Caesar, some say) Alexandria
#8987, aired 2023-12-05A PARANORMAL CATEGORY $800: Also called an O.B.E., it's the sensation that one's self is in a different location from one's physical form an out-of-body experience
#8986, aired 2023-12-04MATH $1600: The area of a parallelogram equals b times h, short for these 2 measures base & height
#8983, aired 2023-11-29A, B OR C $200: Alphabetically, it's the first letter that does not begin a state name B
#8983, aired 2023-11-29A, B OR C $400: Not a blood type C
#8983, aired 2023-11-29A, B OR C $600: In the name of the outfit that first broadcast the U.S. House in 1979, this precedes "SPAN" C
#8983, aired 2023-11-29A, B OR C $800: A vitamin found in vegetables & dairy products, it's also called retinol vitamin A
#8983, aired 2023-11-29A, B OR C $1000: Used as an abbreviation for the standard unit of weight for gems C
#21, aired 2023-11-29COLLEGE PRESS $1500: Hint: say its name quickly! The Ubyssey is the student newspaper of the university of this Canadian province British Columbia
#8982, aired 2023-11-28A CAPITAL IDEA? $600: Seen here, this breed originated around 800 B.C. a Lhasa Apso
#8980, aired 2023-11-24AN AMERICAN IN PARIS $2000: This companion of Gertrude Stein raised some eyebrows with her 1954 cookbook Alice B. Toklas
#8978, aired 2023-11-22"B"OOKS $200: This classic kids' book by Felix Salten is subtitled "A Life in the Woods" Bambi
#8978, aired 2023-11-22"B"OOKS $400: "Fleeing playgirl traced to Rio" is a headline about Holly Golightly in this Truman Capote tale Breakfast at Tiffany's
#8978, aired 2023-11-22"B"OOKS $600: Sylvia Plath died one month after this novel of hers was published The Bell Jar
#8978, aired 2023-11-22"B"OOKS $1,000 (Daily Double): The title of this bestseller by Ann Patchett refers to a smooth style of opera singing bel canto
#8978, aired 2023-11-22"B"OOKS $1000: The French title of this existential work is "L'Être et le Néant" Being and Nothingness
#8976, aired 2023-11-20ETCHED IN STONE $1600: When the Nabateans ruled Jordan from about 400 B.C. to 106 A.D., their capital was this city, carved from stone Petra
#8975, aired 2023-11-17LIFE OF PI $400: Dating to circa 1650 B.C., the Rhind Papyrus, a scroll from this civilization, put the value of pi at about 3.16 the Egyptians
#8975, aired 2023-11-17LIFE OF PI $1200: Eureka! Around 250 B.C., this sage of Syracuse estimated pi at around 22/7 Archimedes
#8973, aired 2023-11-15LET'S TAKE A BATH $1000: The earliest known surviving bathtub dates back to 1700 B.C. & was used in the palace of Knossos on this island Crete
#20, aired 2023-11-15SAD SONGS $600: At the 2020 Grammys, Alicia Keys & this trio sang "It's So Hard To Say Goodbye To Yesterday" in a tribute to Kobe Bryant Boyz II Men
#8972, aired 2023-11-14ANCIENT TIMES $600: Horrified by the carnage of war, Asoka, a 3rd century B.C. ruler in India, embraced this peaceful religion Buddhism
#8971, aired 2023-11-13LETTER & WORD $800: A cheap film shown in addition to the main feature a B picture (B movie)
#8970, aired 2023-11-10THOSE DARN ETRUSCANS $2000: In the 400s B.C. this scholar of Halicarnassus opined that the Etruscans originally migrated to Italy from Lydia in Asia Minor Herodotus
#8968, aired 2023-11-08DEAR ABBEY $10,000 (Daily Double): St. Mary's Abbey in this city lent part of its name to a theatre that W.B. Yeats co-founded Dublin
#8967, aired 2023-11-07BANDS IN OTHER WORDS $400: American bomber planes introduced in the 1950s the B-52s
#8966, aired 2023-11-06MESSAGE IN A BATTLE $1000: On "Black Thursday" 1943, the U.S. lost 60 of these bombers on a single raid; message: Need escort fighters! the Flying Fortress (the B-17)
#19, aired 2023-11-01COMPOSER PLAYLISTS $800: "Goldberg Variations "; "Mass in B Minor"; "Brandenburg Concertos"; "The Art of Fugue" Bach
#19, aired 2023-11-01IN BOOKSTORES NOW $900: The New York Times dubbed him "Ballet's Colossus" in its review of "Mr. B", a 2022 biography of this choreographer George Balanchine
#8961, aired 2023-10-30NON-NAUGHTY WORDS $600: This non-naughty 5-letter "B" word means to bungle a task to botch
#8961, aired 2023-10-30CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND $4,600 (Daily Double): Waged from 149 to 146 B.C., the Third Punic War resulted in the final destruction of this city & its people's enslavement Carthage
#8960, aired 2023-10-27"A"UTHORS $800: According to legend, he was a Phrygian slave who may have lived from 620 to 560 B.C. Aesop
#8959, aired 2023-10-26THE CAMERA MAN $1000: In the 1840s this Civil War photographer took lessons in daguerreotypy from Samuel F.B. Morse Brady
#8954, aired 2023-10-19IT'S OUR TURN TO SACK ROME!!! $200: 390 B.C.: These people usually associated with ancient France sack Rome the Gauls
#8954, aired 2023-10-19PHILOSOPHIES IN A NUTSHELL $10,000 (Daily Double): This man who died around 347 B.C. said we perceive examples of things, not their ideal forms Plato
#8952, aired 2023-10-17SORT THROUGH THE WORD PROBLEM $200: If train A leaves Oamaru at 9 a.m. at 70 mph & train B leaves Timaru at 1 p.m. going 80, this will still be New Zealand's capital Wellington
#8952, aired 2023-10-17"B" GIRLS $200: On hiatus from Destiny's Child, she played Foxxy Cleopatra in "Austin Powers in Goldmember" Beyoncé
#8952, aired 2023-10-17"B" GIRLS $400: Guðmundsdóttir is the last name of this one-time Sugarcube singer Björk
#8952, aired 2023-10-17"B" GIRLS $600: At the age of 11, she joined Justin & Christina in the cast of the new "Mickey Mouse Club" Britney Spears
#8952, aired 2023-10-17"B" GIRLS $800: 10 days after her release from rehab following a 1947 narcotics arrest, this "Lady" sold out Carnegie Hall Billie Holiday
#8952, aired 2023-10-17"B" GIRLS $1000: This "Empress of the Blues" performed with Benny Goodman & Louis Armstrong, among others Bessie Smith
#8950, aired 2023-10-13BACK TO SCHOOL, SPORTS STAR $800: The most decorated figure skater in U.S. history, she started college in 1999 & returned to get her B.A. in 2009 Michelle Kwan
#8949, aired 2023-10-12PRESIDENTS' EXECUTIVE ORDERS $800: "I hereby appoint a commission to ascertain, evaluate and report upon the facts relating to the assassination of the late president" Lyndon B. Johnson
#8948, aired 2023-10-11GRAB A "B"ITE $400: It's just side pork that's been cured & smoked bacon
#8948, aired 2023-10-11GRAB A "B"ITE $800: Pears available in winter include the Bosc & this one Bartlett
#8948, aired 2023-10-11GRAB A "B"ITE $1200: Resembling tiny heads of cabbage, these are referenced as being in Belgium as early as the 13th century Brussels sprouts
#8948, aired 2023-10-11AN IMMODEST PROPOSAL $1200: Sorry about your hubby Marcellus' death, Octavia! But it's 40 B.C. & I love Y--no, I'm not into Egyptian girls. Why? Mark Antony
#8948, aired 2023-10-11GRAB A "B"ITE $1600: How about a Caprese salad: fresh mozzarella, tomatoes & this herb basil
#8948, aired 2023-10-11GRAB A "B"ITE $2000: You can bake, steam or simmer this winter squash; it's flesh is sweet butternut
#8947, aired 2023-10-10NOT SO RECENT SCIENCE $600: Around 335 B.C., this Greek founded the Lyceum, where he taught logic & observation Aristotle
#8946, aired 2023-10-09CANDLE IN THE WIND $800: Candles have been made of animal fat or this nonglycerine substance used as early as 3000 B.C. beeswax
#8946, aired 2023-10-09A BRIEF HISTORY OF THYME $800: Monks know that thyme is an ingredient in this popular upscale French liquor, one of the "B"s in B&B Bénédictine
#15, aired 2023-10-04WHAT A LOAD OF B.S. $200: Eat my shorts, Jay Gatsby! He was the only fictional character on Time's list of the most influential people of the 20th century Bart Simpson
#15, aired 2023-10-04NAME GAME $200: First name + R&B singer who married Whitney Houston = this "Stranger Things" actress Millie Bobby Brown
#15, aired 2023-10-04WHAT A LOAD OF B.S. $400: Sticky Fingers and Bone Suckin' are two brands that make this type of condiment barbecue sauce
#15, aired 2023-10-04WHAT A LOAD OF B.S. $600: No more "European Pink" for Misty Copeland; in 2017, Gaynor Minden began making this footwear with darker skin tones ballet shoes (or ballet slippers)
#15, aired 2023-10-04WHAT A LOAD OF B.S. $800: "I gets high off your love / I don't know how to behave"; it's the title track on D'Angelo's 1995 album "Brown Sugar"
#15, aired 2023-10-04WHAT A LOAD OF B.S. $1000: This slow-moving creature is common in the Pacific Northwest; its name is apt considering its yellow color a banana slug
#15, aired 2023-10-04NO CAP $1200: Everything you owned was in the box to the left in this dismissive #1 hit from Beyonce I R R E _ L _ _ E _ B L E "Irreplaceable"
#8942, aired 2023-10-03FOOD FOR THOUGHT $200: The B vitamins in these, whether deviled, poached or Benedict, may help to prevent brain shrinkage eggs
#8941, aired 2023-10-02GEOGRAPHY "B" $200: This capital city of Iraq was founded around 762 A.D. Baghdad
#8941, aired 2023-10-02GEOGRAPHY "B" $400: Home to about 5.4 million, it's the province seen here British Columbia
#8941, aired 2023-10-02GEOGRAPHY "B" $600: A British colony until 1973, this country made up of many islands is only about 60 miles SE of Florida the Bahamas
#8941, aired 2023-10-02GEOGRAPHY "B" $800: Look way up in the Himalayas to find this small country of Asia Bhutan
#8941, aired 2023-10-02GEOGRAPHY "B" $1000: The 2 countries of South America that begin with "B" are these 2 Bolivia & Brazil
#8939, aired 2023-09-28SEOUL FOOD $1000: "B", is for this Korean staple, barbecued, often with garlic & ginger bulgogi
#8938, aired 2023-09-27SOUNDS FRACTIONAL $2000: W.E.B. Du Bois spoke of the elite of Black society as the "talented" this fraction the Talented Tenth
#14, aired 2023-09-27IT "IS" WHAT IT "IS" $7,000 (Daily Double): The birthplaces of B.B. King, Muddy Waters & Robert Johnson are markers on this state's "Blues Trail" Mississippi
#8937, aired 2023-09-26SAILING THE 3 Cs $800: This college degree is total B.S. bachelor of science
#8936, aired 2023-09-25A PLACE IN HISTORY $1200: Pericles might have misappropriated some funds from the Delian League to pay for this Acropolis building, begun in 447 B.C. the Parthenon
#8933, aired 2023-09-20B MINUS $200: A B falls off a charred word & becomes this funereal container urn (from burn)
#8933, aired 2023-09-20B MINUS $400: Knock a B off a biblical tower & get the name of this biblical murder victim Abel (from Babel)
#8933, aired 2023-09-20B MINUS $600: Wash away the B from a type of small river & get this name for a chess piece a rook (from brook)
#8933, aired 2023-09-20B MINUS $800: Sink the B off a group of ocean vessels & get this horse food oats (from boats)
#8933, aired 2023-09-20B MINUS $1000: When a cetacean fatty layer sweats out its B, this unskilled seaman is all that's left a lubber (from blubber)
#8932, aired 2023-09-19WHAT COULD IT "B"? $400: This annual event falls on the feast day of St. Stephen Boxing Day
#8932, aired 2023-09-19WHAT COULD IT "B"? $800: The name of this street & area in Lower Manhattan comes from Dutch for "farm"; the area was a 19th century skid row the Bowery
#8932, aired 2023-09-19WHAT COULD IT "B"? $1200: This 70-room palazzo, built in the style of the Italian Renaissance, is in Newport, Rhode Island the Breakers
#8932, aired 2023-09-19WHAT COULD IT "B"? $1600: These trees of Africa & Madagascar are often called upside-down trees baobab trees
#8932, aired 2023-09-19WHAT COULD IT "B"? $2000: He's the 18th century author of the farce "The Barber of Seville" & the comedy "The Marriage of Figaro" Beaumarchais
#8931, aired 2023-09-181990s HITMAKERS $1600: In 1994, this R&B group's "I'll Make Love To You" remained at the top of the charts for 14 straight weeks Boyz II Men
#8930, aired 2023-09-15FROM "B" TO "F" $400: 3... 2... 1! Mission Control, we've achieved this success, also known as a rocket launch blastoff
#8930, aired 2023-09-15FROM "B" TO "F" $800: It can describe an argument without flaws & beyond criticism, or a vehicle impervious to gunfire bulletproof
#8930, aired 2023-09-15FROM "B" TO "F" $1200: It can mean an argument or conflict; Steven Yeun & Ali Wong get into one in a Netflix series a beef
#8930, aired 2023-09-15FROM "B" TO "F" $1600: Hardwood trees can be described by this adjective, meaning they have photosynthesis structures that are not needlelike broadleaf
#8930, aired 2023-09-15FROM "B" TO "F" $2000: This large & powerful canine breed with an 11-letter name was once bred to protect game land from poachers a bullmastiff
#8927, aired 2023-09-12THAT'S T-B-D $200: A horse of pure stock a Thoroughbred
#8927, aired 2023-09-12THAT'S T-B-D $400: A sensational 5-column-wide newspaper a tabloid
#8927, aired 2023-09-12THAT'S T-B-D $600: A Russian thistle, bouncing down an Old West street in the wind a tumbleweed
#8927, aired 2023-09-12THAT'S T-B-D $800: All added up, it means arranged in a systematic form tabulated
#8927, aired 2023-09-12THAT'S T-B-D $1000: This inn is found in "The Canterbury Tales" & today in Washington, D.C., where it's a favorite brunch spot the Tabard Inn
#8927, aired 2023-09-12THE U.S. IN 1964 $1000: In a landmark case the Supreme Court ruled that this newspaper had not libeled Alabama city commissioner L.B. Sullivan the New York Times
#8924, aired 2023-07-27WORLD CITIES $1200: The Georgian city of Batumi dates from around 1000 B.C. & is an important port on this sea the Black Sea
#8920, aired 2023-07-21HAPPY 75th BIRTHDAY, ISRAEL! $400: World sales of Israel these investment items are over $40 billion; the shalom type from $36 is a lovely B'nei mitzvah gift bonds
#8919, aired 2023-07-20B.C.-ING YOU $400: Yerevan, the capital of this country, dates back to a settlement of the 700s B.C. Armenia
#8919, aired 2023-07-20B.C.-ING YOU $800: His last play, "Oedipus at Colonus", was produced posthumously in 401 B.C. Sophocles
#8919, aired 2023-07-20B.C.-ING YOU $1600: This powerful dynasty that began ruling China in 202 B.C. ushered in a golden age of culture & prosperity the Han Dynasty
#8919, aired 2023-07-20B.C.-ING YOU $2,000 (Daily Double): 3 times was not the charm for Carthage which lost all 3 of these wars against Rome between 264 & 146 B.C. the Punic Wars
#8919, aired 2023-07-20B.C.-ING YOU $2000: In 480 B.C. the Battle of Salamis saw Greek navies take on the navies of this Persian ruler, son of Darius Xerxes
#8917, aired 2023-07-18AN ABBREVIATED CATEGORY $200: b.p.: For water it's 212 degrees Fahrenheit boiling point
#8916, aired 2023-07-17I'LL "B" THERE $400: The third-largest island in the world, it touches the Java, Sulu & South China Seas Borneo
#8916, aired 2023-07-17I'LL "B" THERE $800: A cement quarry near Sucre, judicial capital of this country, is the site of numerous dinosaur tracks Bolivia
#8916, aired 2023-07-17I'LL "B" THERE $1200: A 470-mile parkway linking Shenandoah & Great Smoky Mountains National Parks is named for these mountains Blue Ridge
#8916, aired 2023-07-17I'LL "B" THERE $1600: This 215-mile-long Australian river shares a name with the capital of Queensland Brisbane
#8916, aired 2023-07-17I'LL "B" THERE $2,200 (Daily Double): Though the majority of this country's population is Hutu, the Tutsi minority has historically held power there Burundi
#8915, aired 2023-07-14BANDS ACROSS THE DECADES $1000: Last name, nickname, last name of Ricky, Michael, Ronnie, the R&B trio who dripped "Poison" in the '90s Bell Biv DeVoe
#8912, aired 2023-07-11"B" IN MUSIC $400: You could say it's a conductor's magic wand a baton
#8912, aired 2023-07-11FRIENDS $600: In a letter to Elizabeth Cady Stanton, she recalled "stirring up the world to recognize the rights of women" Susan B. Anthony
#8912, aired 2023-07-11"B" IN MUSIC $800: It's the male singing voice between tenor & bass a baritone
#8912, aired 2023-07-11"B" IN MUSIC $1600: This "Lullaby" composer once upset Franz Liszt by falling asleep during one of his performances Brahms
#8912, aired 2023-07-11"B" IN MUSIC $2000: This German music festival has been presenting the works of Wagner since 1876 Bayreuth
#8912, aired 2023-07-11"B" IN MUSIC $2,800 (Daily Double): Russian by birth, he composed the patriotic song heard here for his beloved adopted country Irving Berlin
#8910, aired 2023-07-07ANCIENT ARTIFACTS $400: Appropriately, the Trundholm sun chariot was cast around 1400 B.C. in this alloy bronze
#8906, aired 2023-07-03"B" MOVIE QUOTES $400: "I am William Wallace! & I see a whole army of my countrymen, here in defiance of tyranny" Braveheart
#8906, aired 2023-07-03"B" MOVIE QUOTES $800: "Miss Golightly, I protest" Breakfast at Tiffany's
#8906, aired 2023-07-03"B" MOVIE QUOTES $1200: "It's 106 miles to Chicago, we got a full tank of gas... it's dark & we're wearing sunglasses"; "Hit it" The Blues Brothers
#8906, aired 2023-07-03"B" MOVIE QUOTES $2000: "Just what are you getting at, Elvis?"; "I think you know what I'm gettin' at, Mr. President. We're gonna kill us a mummy" Bubba Ho-Tep
#8906, aired 2023-07-03"B" MOVIE QUOTES $5,000 (Daily Double): "My people are praying for a man who can drive their team to victory over Messala" Ben-Hur
#8903, aired 2023-06-28GEOGRAPHY "B" $400: Rising in the Western Rockies, the Fraser is the only major river lying entirely within this Canadian province British Columbia
#8903, aired 2023-06-28GEOGRAPHY "B" $800: The Tiger's Nest Monastery is in the Paro Valley, about 35 miles from Thimphu, the capital of this Himalayan nation Bhutan
#8903, aired 2023-06-28PREFIXES $800: Before "B", en- often becomes em-, as in this mortuary job embalmer
#8903, aired 2023-06-28GEOGRAPHY "B" $1200: 3 nations have territory on this large island mentioned in Ptolemy's "Guide to Geography" Borneo
#8903, aired 2023-06-28GEOGRAPHY "B" $1600: Fishing is an important industry in this 86,000-square-mile inlet of the Atlantic off Western Europe the Bay of Biscay
#8903, aired 2023-06-28GEOGRAPHY "B" $2000: The Admiralty Islands were under German control from about 1885 until 1914, along with the rest of this sea in the southwest Pacific the Bismarck Sea
#8902, aired 2023-06-27BANKING "A" "B" "C"s $400: "B": an especially big payment that comes due at the end of a loan a balloon
#8902, aired 2023-06-27BANKING "A" "B" "C"s $800: "A": this type of interest that has accumulated but not yet been paid accrued
#8902, aired 2023-06-27BANKING "A" "B" "C"s $1200: "C.C.": the expenses incurred in finalizing the transfer of property ownership closing costs
#8902, aired 2023-06-27BANKING "A" "B" "C"s $2,000 (Daily Double): "A": this word meaning to pay off a debt in installments comes partly from Latin for "dead" amortize
#8902, aired 2023-06-27BANKING "A" "B" "C"s $2000: "B.B.": securities with no registered owner payable to whoever holds the certificate bearer bonds
#8900, aired 2023-06-23QUI"ZZ"ICAL $2000: Mentioned in the book of Daniel as the son of Nebuchadnezzar, this ruler was killed during the fall of Babylon in 539 B.C. Belshazzar
#8897, aired 2023-06-20THERE WILL BE MATH $1200: The symbol tells you this is the relation between A & B a subset of B
#8897, aired 2023-06-20THERE WILL BE MATH $1600: It's the law that says a(b+c) = ab + ac the distributive law
#8896, aired 2023-06-19GETTING AN EYEFUL $200: A call for an act of retribution, it's No. 196 in the 18th century B.C. code of Hammurabi eye for an eye
#8895, aired 2023-06-16NIGHT SKIES $800: Mizar A & B are what's called a visual this word, like a kind of computer code, for their apparent closeness a binary system
#8895, aired 2023-06-16GO TELL IT ON THE FOUNTAIN $1600: Fed by an aqueduct built in 19 B.C., this fountain in Italy got its name from its location at the convergence of 3 roads the Trevi
#8894, aired 2023-06-15TV CRIMINALS $2000: Mr. Scratch is a villain who first appeared in season 10 of this CBS series set at the B.A.U. Criminal Minds
#8892, aired 2023-06-134-LETTER WORLD CITIES $400: Tradition says this city was founded in 753 B.C., but it wasn't built in a day Rome
#8890, aired 2023-06-09STATE HOLIDAYS $400: Though this suffragist was born in Massachusetts, only Florida observes her February 15 birthday as a state holiday Susan B. Anthony
#8888, aired 2023-06-07FOLLIES $200: In 413 B.C. a failed Athenian campaign became a disaster when Nicias saw this astronomical event as a bad omen & put off leaving Sicily a lunar eclipse
#8888, aired 2023-06-07FOLLIES $600: If he could have found time to name a successor before dying in 323 B.C., it would have saved a lot of war & trouble Alexander the Great
#8885, aired 2023-06-02YOU HAVE SELECTED REGICIDE $200: 6th c. B.C. assassin Zhuan Zhu spent months learning to prepare & fillet these so he could hide a dagger in one & kill king Liao a fish
#8885, aired 2023-06-02THEIR MIDDLE INITIAL $600: Of President Rutherford Hayes B.
#8884, aired 2023-06-01"B" NICE $200: Effusive & lively, perhaps after a glass of champagne bubbly
#8884, aired 2023-06-01"B" NICE $400: Smiling with happiness, or emitting rays of light beaming
#8884, aired 2023-06-01"B" NICE $600: This adjective meaning "charitable" is the "B" in BPOE, the full name of the Elks Lodge Benevolent
#8884, aired 2023-06-01"B" NICE $800: This Scottish adjective means attractive, like many a lass or a particular prince bonny
#8884, aired 2023-06-01"B" NICE $1000: Did you inherit some money? You were the recipient of this from someone's will bequest
#8883, aired 2023-05-31LANDMARKS OF GREAT BRITAIN $400: Druids didn't build this stone circle begun around 3000 B.C., but modern-day Druids gather there at solstice time Stonehenge
#8879, aired 2023-05-25OUR RETURNING CHAMPION $200: After defeating Pompey's army, this leader returned to Rome & became dictator for life in the 40s B.C. Julius Caesar
#8879, aired 2023-05-25EURO COINS $1200: The image of an owl on this nation's 1-euro coin was copied from a 4-drachma coin from the 5th century B.C. Greece
#8878, aired 2023-05-24I AM "D.B." $400: In 2007 I selected the Los Angeles Galaxy as my team David Beckham
#8878, aired 2023-05-24I AM "D.B." $800: I held my breath for a record 17 minutes 4 seconds in 2008 David Blaine
#8878, aired 2023-05-24I AM "D.B." $1200: Can you crack the "Code"? I wrote the thriller "Deception Point" Dan Brown
#8878, aired 2023-05-24I AM "D.B." $1600: I won two gold medals in figure skating & spent decades as a respected commentator on the sport Dick Button
#8878, aired 2023-05-24I AM "D.B." $2000: I sang the country song "Drunk On A Plane" Dierks Bentley
#20, aired 2023-05-24THE 1960s $200: When Dr. Christiaan Barnard performed the first of these, the patient lived less than a month, but Dr. B.'s 2nd try got a guy 18 months a heart transplant
#8877, aired 2023-05-23ANIMALS IN LITERATURE $800: In this Greek comedic play from 405 B.C., the title characters form a chorus whose lines include "Brekekekex, ko-ax, ko-ax" The Frogs
#8877, aired 2023-05-23A CENTURY OF TIME MAGAZINE COVERS $1200: 1923 cover boys included President Harding, G.B. Shaw & Roy Chapman Andrews, who made headlines finding fossil these from an oviraptor eggs
#18, aired 2023-05-23IT'S THE SILENT CONSONANT $400: In a word for the side post of a doorway B (jamb)
#18, aired 2023-05-23CENTURY NOTES $2000: 6th century: this "B" list Roman translates Aristotle into Latin Boethius
#14, aired 2023-05-17SECRETS OF THE ANGELENOS $800: In 1914 he directed the first feature-length movie made in Hollywood & cast a Native American actress in a major part Cecil B. DeMille
#8872, aired 2023-05-16"B" IS THE FIRST LETTER $200: This irregular past tense is also what you "go for" when you risk it all broke
#8872, aired 2023-05-16"B" IS THE FIRST LETTER $400: When you hear this sound, think of auto parts supplier Ed Peterson, who pioneered its use to prevent backover incidents a beep
#8872, aired 2023-05-16"B" IS THE FIRST LETTER $600: A charming painting of circa 1660 shows a mother lacing up this garment after breastfeeding a bodice
#8872, aired 2023-05-16"B" IS THE FIRST LETTER $800: From the French, it means uninterested, perhaps due to ennui, French for boredom blasé
#8872, aired 2023-05-16"B" IS THE FIRST LETTER $1000: It means "in a state of confusion", but many misuse it because it sounds so much like "finding something funny" bemused (bemusement)
#8871, aired 2023-05-15CLOSE ELECTIONS $400: In 1910 Democrat Charles B. Smith won a U.S. House seat with 20,685 votes; his Republican opponent got this many 20,684
#8871, aired 2023-05-15IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD $2000: Many an artist has lived in this neighborhood in Manhattan's East Village that runs through avenues A, B, C & D Alphabet City
#10, aired 2023-05-15ARCHAEOLOGY $400: The Hittite Empire may have collapsed around 1200 B.C. due to a severe drought as indicated in the width of these from juniper trees tree rings
#8869, aired 2023-05-11HISTORIC ERAS & AGES $200: In a totally metal move, this age took over for bronze in southeastern Europe around 1200 B.C. iron
#5, aired 2023-05-10CLASSICAL MUSIC CLASSICS $1200: An audio clue on Robert Schumann's "Träumerei", meaning this activity that interested Freud, has to be long b/c it's played so slow dreaming
#8867, aired 2023-05-09PRESIDENTS WHO SERVED $800: In the Civil War William McKinley served in a regiment from this state, commanded by Rutherford B. Hayes Ohio
#8866, aired 2023-05-08"B" COOL $400: You're in charge if you do something "like a" this, meaning to do it with style & swagger a boss
#8866, aired 2023-05-08"B" COOL $800: It's a vibratory sound, or the excitement generated by a cool new product or performer buzz
#8866, aired 2023-05-08"B" COOL $1200: There are 2 Bs in the name of this jazz style pioneered by Charlie Parker & other hepcats bebop
#8866, aired 2023-05-08"B" COOL $1600: In 1958 the San Francisco Examiner worried that "growing lads" might become these "instead of ball players" beatniks
#8866, aired 2023-05-08"B" COOL $2000: This last name of an uber-cool Hollywood icon is also a verb meaning to hog something, which is way not cool Bogart
#8865, aired 2023-05-05IT'S A TV MYSTERY $200: "O.M.I.T.B." is short for this, a show & the podcast within it Only Murders in the Building
#8865, aired 2023-05-05QUICK PLANETS $1000: It's surrounded by phenomena named A, B, C, D, E, F & G Saturn
#8863, aired 2023-05-03SAX EDUCATION $400: Legendary R&B sax man King Curtis backed up The Coasters, Sam Cooke & this "Queen of Soul" Aretha Franklin
#8860, aired 2023-04-28IT'S GERMAN FOR... $800: Boat-- spelling please; it's just one letter different B-O-O-T
#8860, aired 2023-04-28INSIDE JOB $1000: "B" is for this legendary creature in Job; "his bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron" the behemoth
#8858, aired 2023-04-26CONFIDENCE $600: Facing a trial in 399 B.C., this philosopher was confident he was a good man & could not be harmed (he could, & he certainly was) Socrates
#8857, aired 2023-04-25LET'S SEE A MO-"V" $1200: (I'm B.J. Novak.) In my first feature film as writer & director I play a New York journalist trying to help a bereaved Texas family get this, the film's title & a synonym for retribution Vengeance
#8856, aired 2023-04-24GREEK HISTORY $1200: The cities of the Achaean League situated on the northern part of this peninsula met defeat in 146 B.C. at the hands of Rome the Peloponnesian Peninsula
#8855, aired 2023-04-21A HARD BARGAIN $1000: In 1962 the Berlin Hilton bar was a headquarters for James B. Donovan in tough negotiations to get this American pilot released Gary Powers
#8854, aired 2023-04-20'80s & '90s R&B SONGS $200: The O is actually a sign in "Sign 'O' the Times", a classic 1987 album by this man of royal talent Prince
#8854, aired 2023-04-20'80s & '90s R&B SONGS $400: Yes, yes, yes, "No, No, No Part 2" was a No. 1 R&B hit for this "youthful" Houston girl group Destiny's Child
#8854, aired 2023-04-20'80s & '90s R&B SONGS $600: "My Prerogative" by this singer is noted as a prime example of R&B's new jack swing era Bobby Brown
#8854, aired 2023-04-20'80s & '90s R&B SONGS $800: 1994's "Creep" by this letter-perfect female trio sampled "Hey Young World" by Slick Rick TLC
#8854, aired 2023-04-20'80s & '90s R&B SONGS $1000: eonline.com said the '80s video for "Hello" was "super, super creepy", as this singer was "basically stalking" a blind woman Lionel Richie
#8853, aired 2023-04-19A EUROPEAN VACATION $2000: Take six pals & be seven against this Greek city where you can check out what's left of the circa 1400 B.C. Palace of Cadmus Thebes
#8852, aired 2023-04-18OLD WAR $400: Lysander, an admiral of this city-state, starved Athens into surrendering in 404 B.C. during the Peloponnesian War Sparta
#8851, aired 2023-04-17IN THE BOOKSTORE $800: "Mr. B." by former ballerina Jennifer Homans is a biography of this great choreographer Balanchine
#8851, aired 2023-04-17WORLD GEOGRAPHY $1200: The Attica region of Greece includes this plain, the site of a pivotal 490 B.C. battle the Plains of Marathon
#8850, aired 2023-04-14"B"ANDS $400: They always fought for your rights! "Your mom busted in & said, 'What's that noise?!' / Aw mom, you're just jealous, it's" this rap trio the Beastie Boys
#8850, aired 2023-04-14"B"ANDS $800: "One Sweet Day" had 16 sweet weeks at No. 1 for Mariah & this vocal group from Philly, back again doin' a little "Jeopardy!" swing Boyz II Men
#8850, aired 2023-04-14BAKER'S DOZEN $800: Relaying more information about the problem aboard Apollo 13, he said, "We've had a main B bus undervolt" (Jim) Lovell
#8850, aired 2023-04-14"B"ANDS $1200: Referencing a 1986 Top 5 hit by this band of hers, Susanna Hoffs tweeted, "Saturday is actually my fun day" The Bangles
#8850, aired 2023-04-14"B"ANDS $1600: Dan Auerbach & Patrick Carney make up this 2-man band that knew someone had an eye on their "Gold On The Ceiling" The Black Keys
#8850, aired 2023-04-14"B"ANDS $2000: After meeting with Tom DeLonge, Mark Hoppus was "open to whatever" about a reunion of this band Blink-182
#8846, aired 2023-04-10THAT'S ANCIENT HISTORY $400: Known for ruling Egypt in the 30s B.C., she was of Macedonian descent but still staked a claim as the new Isis on Earth Cleopatra
#8846, aired 2023-04-10THAT'S ANCIENT HISTORY $1200: This age began in Britain around 2500 B.C., led by the Beaker people named for vessels like the one here the Bronze Age
#8846, aired 2023-04-10THAT'S ANCIENT HISTORY $2000: In the 1300s B.C. the empire of this Indo-European people established itself in Syria, making the Egyptians see them as a rival the Hittites
#8844, aired 2023-04-06WORD PUZZLES $600: A B-flat woodwind ECLART a clarinet
#8843, aired 2023-04-05THE LAST BATTLE $1200: The Second Punic War ended when this general went down to defeat at the 202 B.C. Battle of Zama Hannibal
#8842, aired 2023-04-04ALL THE DAYS OF MY LIFE $1000: Born into slavery, she wrote under the name Iola, became a newspaper owner & campaigned against lynching Ida B. Wells
#8837, aired 2023-03-283 MEN $200: Formed around 60 B.C., the First Roman Triumvirate was made up of Crassus, Pompey & this guy Julius Caesar
#8835, aired 2023-03-24WHAT'LL IT "B"? $200: The vanilla cinnamon variety of this Irish cream liqueur Baileys
#8835, aired 2023-03-24WHAT'LL IT "B"? $400: Dragonberry, a tropical flavor from this rum brand Bacardi
#8835, aired 2023-03-24WHAT'LL IT "B"? $600: Praise the Lord & pass me a snifter of Christian Brothers VS this brandy
#8835, aired 2023-03-24WHAT'LL IT "B"? $800: A cocktail flavored with angostura aromatic these; they're more pleasant than they sound bitters
#8835, aired 2023-03-24WHAT'LL IT "B"? $1000: A shot of this, & I don't care whether it's Booker's or Blanton's bourbon
#8835, aired 2023-03-24BEFORE & ACTORS $1600: "Creed" star who got involved with a drug kingpin's kitty in "Keanu" Michael B. Jordan Peele
#8832, aired 2023-03-21I LOVE A MAN IN CUNEIFORM $400: This ruler's legal decisions were codified in cuneiform in the Old Babylonian language in the 18th century B.C. Hammurabi
#8831, aired 2023-03-20CRY UNCLE $800: It was the last name of dancer & choreographer Agnes & her famous uncle Cecil B. de Mille (DeMille)
#8827, aired 2023-03-14"B" IN GEOGRAPHY $200: They're the 2 New York City boroughs that fit the category Bronx & Brooklyn
#8827, aired 2023-03-14"B" IN GEOGRAPHY $400: This city on the River Lagan is home to a campus of Ulster University Belfast
#8827, aired 2023-03-14"B" IN GEOGRAPHY $600: Let's rock & roll: Home to the University of Colorado, this city is known for its Flatirons, seen here Boulder
#8827, aired 2023-03-14"B" IN GEOGRAPHY $800: This country finds itself in the middle of things, with a northern border with Russia & on its south, Ukraine Belarus
#8827, aired 2023-03-14"B" IN GEOGRAPHY $1000: Seaweed farmer is a major job on this Indonesian island & in "Ticket to Paradise", George Clooney's daughter falls for one Bali
#8826, aired 2023-03-13GOVERNORS $2000: Worth over $3 billion, this Illinois governor is America's wealthiest (J.B.) Pritzker
#8819, aired 2023-03-02TRANSPORT OVER THE AGES $800: America's first commercial railway, the B&O, short for this, was used by some traveling on the Underground Railroad the Baltimore & Ohio
#8818, aired 2023-03-01ART SUPPLIES $400: Looking to throw clay with an evenly rounded shape? You may want to invest in one of these, like the Brent Model B Power one a potter's wheel
#8816, aired 2023-02-27THE GOLDEN AGE $1600: Born around 470 B.C., this figure from the golden age of Greek culture went around barefoot asking annoying questions Socrates
#8814, aired 2023-02-23GREEK LIFE $200: Details are sketchy on him; was he a 9th century B.C. guy? 8th? From Ionia? Did he really create the 2 epic poems he's credited with? Homer
#8814, aired 2023-02-23GREEK LIFE $400: We have a theorem about this guy who was born in Ionia around 570 B.C.: a2 + b2 = c2 Pythagoras
#8814, aired 2023-02-23GREEK LIFE $600: The first great civilization to emerge around Greece flourished circa 2000 B.C. with the Minoans on this island Crete
#8814, aired 2023-02-23FIGHT SONGS $800: "Don't you come around my way, you can't hang around my block", she warned on "Bodak Yellow" Cardi B
#8814, aired 2023-02-23GREEK LIFE $1000: This 400s B.C. physician had a school at Cos where he taught for fees; no word on if he had a loan program Hippocrates
#8814, aired 2023-02-23OLD HISTORY $1600: Greek cities of the 3rd century B.C. formed the Achaean League to expel invaders from this kingdom of Philip & Alexander Macedonia
#8814, aired 2023-02-23GREEK LIFE $2,000 (Daily Double): In the long run, you'll know General Miltiades lost only around 200 men & the Persians, 6,400, in the 5th century B.C. Battle of this Marathon
#8813, aired 2023-02-22THE PRESIDENTIAL VICTOR $400: In 1964 he won in a landslide over Barry Goldwater LBJ (Lyndon B. Johnson)
#8813, aired 2023-02-22WELCOME BACK! $1000: Still in quarantine after splashing down, the Apollo 11 astronauts were welcomed back by this president Nixon
#8813, aired 2023-02-22THE PRESIDENTIAL VICTOR $2000: Samuel J. Tilden beat him in the popular vote but did not become President Tilden Rutherford B. Hayes
#8811, aired 2023-02-20TIME TO HIT THE LIBRARY $2000: Ashurbanipal, book lover & king of this ancient kingdom ruled from Nineveh, built the world's first known library in the 600s B.C. Assyria
#8804, aired 2023-02-09CHEMISTRY $400: Riboflavin is second in this vitamin complex; niacin comes next (vitamin) B
#8804, aired 2023-02-09EPONYMS $400: A teaching method using questions & answers & provoking discussion bears the name of this 5th century B.C. philosopher Socrates
#8802, aired 2023-02-07WHICH WAR? $600: In 431 B.C., Spartan ally Thebes goes after Plataea, an Athenian pal, & it's on the Peloponnesian War
#8801, aired 2023-02-06S-SS-ING THE SITUATION $400: It's the "B" in Elvis' classic TCB, mama; thank you, thank you very much taking care of business
#8801, aired 2023-02-06TRAIN ROUTES $1200: The Rocky Mountaineer offers routes from Vancouver, B.C. to Jasper or Banff in this neighboring province Alberta
#8800, aired 2023-02-0319th CENTURY NAMES $1000: Part classicist, part romantic, this is the only one of the 3 "B"s of classical music who lived entirely in the 19th century Brahms
#8799, aired 2023-02-02"B" + 3 $200: A light on a radar screen a blip
#8799, aired 2023-02-02"B" + 3 $400: A prison on a ship brig
#8799, aired 2023-02-02"B" + 3 $600: To cheat out of money bilk
#8799, aired 2023-02-02"B" + 3 $800: To stay or wait bide
#8799, aired 2023-02-02"B" + 3 $1000: A coffin stand a bier
#13, aired 2023-02-02EASY MONEY $500: This woman, a prominent U.S. suffragist, was on the U.S. dollar coin from 1979-1981 Susan B. Anthony
#13, aired 2023-02-02GOING UNDERGROUND $600: Analysis shows that a 700s B.C. altar excavated in Israel has traces of this psychoactive 3-letter compound found in cannabis THC
#8794, aired 2023-01-26"B" MOVIES $400: 1995 epic about a fight for freedom! Braveheart
#8794, aired 2023-01-26"B" MOVIES $800: Keira Knightley kicks it in this soccer film Bend It Like Beckham
#8794, aired 2023-01-26"B" MOVIES $1200: Frankie Laine sang the title tune of this Mel Brooks Western Blazing Saddles
#8794, aired 2023-01-26"B" MOVIES $1600: It was subtitled "The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance" Birdman
#8794, aired 2023-01-26"B" MOVIES $2000: This Terry Gilliam fantasy features a futuristic bureaucracy Brazil
#8791, aired 2023-01-23HEY... WHERE'D YA GO? $2000: On Nov. 24, 1971 this hijacker bought a $20 ticket on Northwest Orient flight 305 but after parachuting out, was never seen again D.B. Cooper
#8790, aired 2023-01-20WHIRLED EVENTS $200: 3-word name for an infamous date in 44 B.C.: SCARED OF HIM Ides of March
#8790, aired 2023-01-20STREET SMARTS $800: The 1960 Olympic marathon was run along this "Way", a road begun in 312 B.C. the Appian Way
#8790, aired 2023-01-20THIS PIECE OF PAPER WILL TELL YOU WHAT TO DO $1600: The Edict of Cyrus from the mid-500s B.C. insists on tolerance for those conquered by this, Cyrus' empire Persia
#8789, aired 2023-01-19WHEN IN ANCIENT ROME $200: As a patrician, you could not do this with a plebeian until 445 B.C.'s Lex Canuleia marry
#8789, aired 2023-01-19THE ACTOR'S MIDDLE INITIAL $800: Mr. Angela Bassett, Courtney Vance B.
#8789, aired 2023-01-19WHEN IN ANCIENT ROME $1000: On Sept. 2, 44 B.C. you could take in the first of his 14 Philippic orations; he sure did love to orate, until it got him executed Cicero
#11, aired 2023-01-19"NN"YTIME $200: In the 1970s these department store models for clothing displays began to have belly buttons mannequins
#11, aired 2023-01-19THOMAS 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
#11, aired 2023-01-19SHOE BIZ $400: After moving to Southern California in 1978, Aussie surfer Brian Smith launched this brand of sheepskin boots Uggs
#11, aired 2023-01-19COACH: BEARD $400: Guys, you may be able to spur beard growth with exercise & more sleep, possibly aiding in production of this 12-letter hormone testosterone
#11, aired 2023-01-19SHOE BIZ $600: Like Elvis sang, "don't you step on" these shoes that you can get from Brooks Brothers (blue) suede shoes
#11, aired 2023-01-19POP CULTURE $600: "Sincerely, Me" is a song from this Broadway show that won the 2017 Tony for Best Musical Dear Evan Hansen
#11, aired 2023-01-19LANDMARKS $1,000 (Daily Double): Now that's a construction project! 13,000 miles long & found in part in Gansu province, this dates to the 600s B.C. the Great Wall of China
#11, aired 2023-01-192 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
#11, aired 2023-01-19STARTS WITH A SILENT LETTER $3,000 (Daily Double): As a noun, it is a tool in your toolbox; as a verb, it refers to something you don't want to do to your back wrench
#8788, aired 2023-01-18SAME FIRST & LAST LETTER $1000: Meaning produced by the lips, it's applied to letters like P & B labial
#8784, aired 2023-01-12DICTATORS & TYRANTS $200: Around 546 B.C. Pisistratus took power as tyrant of this city & ruled there for 2 decades Athens
#8784, aired 2023-01-12CLASSIC ALBUMS $1200: "Life After Death" by this East Coast rapper was released in 1997, 2 weeks after he was murdered on the West Coast the Notorious B.I.G. (Biggie)
#8780, aired 2023-01-06THE WHOLE TOOTH $200: Oral-B has a nighttime guard that helps you with this problem grinding (your teeth)
#8780, aired 2023-01-06LETTER PERFECT $400: To distinguish himself from the basketball legend, "Creed" actor Michael Jordan uses this middle initial B.
#9, aired 2023-01-05SEEMS LIKE ANCIENT TIMES $200: These were first recorded in Greece in 776 B.C. & Greece led the medal standings with 1 as Coroebus of Elis won the only event the Olympics
#9, aired 2023-01-05SEEMS LIKE ANCIENT TIMES $600: Title for Egyptian king Ramses the Great, remembered for his wars & building projects around 1250 B.C. pharaoh
#9, aired 2023-01-05SEEMS 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
#8775, aired 2022-12-30I GOT A "B" IN HISTORY $400: In World War I the soldiers of the USA's all-Black 92nd infantry division put this animal on their patch buffalo
#8775, aired 2022-12-30I GOT A "B" IN HISTORY $800: The 2020 killing of Iranian general Qassim Suleimani by a U.S. drone took place at the airport of this world capital Baghdad
#8775, aired 2022-12-30I GOT A "B" IN HISTORY $1600: After continually losing elections for Israeli prime minister since 1948, he won the office in 1977 in what's known as "the upset" (Menachem) Begin
#8775, aired 2022-12-30I GOT A "B" IN HISTORY $2000: This word meaning a spectacular mining find was given to the creek where gold was found in the Klondike in 1896 bonanza
#8775, aired 2022-12-30I GOT A "B" IN HISTORY $4,000 (Daily Double): In exile in Jamaica in 1815, he wrote a letter outlining unity among the to-be-liberated nations of Spanish America Bolívar
#8771, aired 2022-12-26AFRICA $800: Head to Tunisia to visit the ruins of this city whose name means "new town", founded around 800 B.C. Carthage
#8771, aired 2022-12-26WORD PUZZLES $800: New drivers may find it challenging G N I K C A B backing up
#8767, aired 2022-12-20WORDS WITH GREEK LETTERS $800: 3M, B-52 & 401(k) all have this quality, which begins with 2 Greek letters alphanumeric (alpha & nu)
#8766, aired 2022-12-192, 3 OR 4-LETTER GEOGRAPHY $1200: Ancient Mesopotamian city of 3500 B.C., in ruins today & known as Tell el-Muqayyar Ur
#8764, aired 2022-12-15HISTORY IN ART $1200: Neoclassical artist Vincenzo Camuccini went big; 13 x 23 feet, to depict this event from 44 B.C. the assassination of Julius Caesar
#8764, aired 2022-12-15HERE'S THE PLAY OF THE DAY! $4,000 (Daily Double): In 2010 Abigail Breslin & Alison Pill played B'way roles originated by Patty Duke & Anne Bancroft in 1959 in this play The Miracle Worker
#8762, aired 2022-12-13SOUNDS $800: It's the title of a novel by E.B. White & the sound heard here The Trumpet of the Swan
#8757, aired 2022-12-06BLOOD, SWEAT & TEARS $1200: He's the R&B superstar seen here Keith Sweat
#8756, aired 2022-12-05HISTORY ON THE DOUBLE $2,000 (Daily Double): Prophetically, around 30 B.C., these 2 lovers founded a club called Those Who Will Die Together Antony & Cleopatra
#8753, aired 2022-11-30MY DEAR WATSON $1000: Psychologist John B. Watson was a proponent of this -ism that focuses on human reactions to stimuli behaviorism
#8752, aired 2022-11-29GERMAN CITIES $1600: The site of a Roman fortress in the 1st century B.C., this city was the seat of federal government for 50 years until 1999 Bonn
#8750, aired 2022-11-25ONLY HALF THE BATTLE $1600: The Greeks were holding their own at this pass in 480 B.C.; then Ephialtes showed the Persians the way around Thermopylae
#8744, aired 2022-11-17NATIVE AMERICAN PLACE NAMES IN THE U.S. $1200: This city, B'gosh, is located where the Upper Fox River enters Lake Winnebago Oshkosh
#8740, aired 2022-11-11JAZZ & BLUES NICKNAMES $2000: Riley King went by B.B., originally short for Blues Boy; his guitar also had a nickname--this woman's name Lucille
#8735, aired 2022-11-04ON BROADWAY $800: For his Broadway debut in "All the Way", Bryan Cranston's portrayal of this president earned him a Tony Lyndon B. Johnson
#8733, aired 2022-11-02NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 100 CITIES, 5,000 IDEAS $1600: Around 1400, this Belgian "B" city northwest of Brussels was among Europe's richest & built itself quite a city hall Bruges
#6, aired 2022-10-30PICK A "CARD" $300: Here's this rapper wearing what could be described as "Bodak Yellow" Cardi B
#8730, aired 2022-10-28"SECOND" CHANCES $2000: Formed in 43 B.C., this alliance was made up of Mark Antony, Lepidus & Octavian the Second Triumvirate
#8728, aired 2022-10-26HISTORIC SECONDS $2,000 (Daily Double): The second one lasted from 218 to 201 B.C. & at the end, Rome was boss of the Mediterranean the Second Punic War
#5, aired 2022-10-23CLASSIC KIDS' BOOKS $500: Also a noted essayist, he gave us the books "Charlotte's Web" & "Stuart Little" E.B. White
#8723, aired 2022-10-19A PLACE IN HISTORY $800: Excavations showed that this English site begun around 3000 B.C. was connected to the Avon River by a paved avenue Stonehenge
#8722, aired 2022-10-18NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TREASURES OF EGYPT $400: Bracelets featuring butterflies inlaid with gems, circa 2500 B.C., are made from this metal, at that time, more precious than gold silver
#8722, aired 2022-10-18NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TREASURES OF EGYPT $1200: Looking ready to begin, a statue of a scribe from about 2400 B.C. holds a representation of a scroll of this material in his lap papyrus
#8722, aired 2022-10-18NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TREASURES OF EGYPT $1600: A pendant from the tomb of Princess Mereret from around 1800 B.C. features two of these, a fierce hybrid of a raptor & lion a griffin
#8721, aired 2022-10-17TRYING TO GET SOME WORKS DONE $800: "The Calf Bearer" from the 500s B.C. discovered on this Athens elevation in 1864--sad that parts are missing, but now we can show it the Acropolis
#8719, aired 2022-10-13IS HISTORY $800: This father of Alexander the Great was assassinated in 336 B.C. Philip of Macedon
#8717, aired 2022-10-11THE TEMPLES IN JERUSALEM $1200: The First Temple was built around 950 B.C. & was destroyed by an invading army of this empire in 586 B.C. the Babylonians
#3, aired 2022-10-09ANCIENT ROME $200: This general & statesman became dictator in 46 B.C. but was assassinated on the ides of March by Brutus & others (Julius) Caesar
#3, aired 2022-10-09ANCIENT ROME $1000: In the 70s B.C. this gladiator led a slave revolt; Kirk Douglas played him on film Spartacus
#8715, aired 2022-10-07THE ANCIENT WORLD $400: In the 200s B.C., the first Qin emperor ordered existing defensive structures to be linked, helping to create this Great Wall of China
#8715, aired 2022-10-07RECENT LITERARY BIOGRAPHY $5,000 (Daily Double): 2022 brings the 150th b'day of poet Paul Laurence Dunbar & a bio calling him this creature that "sings" in his famous line the caged bird
#8709, aired 2022-09-29THERE'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
#8708, aired 2022-09-28THE ACTOR'S STUDIO $1600: Seen here, Louis B. Mayer signs Clark Gable's "Gone with the Wind" contract with this studio, Gable's home from 1931 to 1954 MGM
#8706, aired 2022-09-26ROMANS $600: From Latin for "of a noble father", it was the exclusive ruling class until the third century B.C. the patricians
#1, aired 2022-09-25"R"ELIGION $800: The cult of this 2-letter sun god of ancient Egypt reached its peak during the Old Kingdom around 2500 B.C. Ra
#8704, aired 2022-09-22CHILDREN'S BOOKS $600: E.B. White wrote that this character "had ...a mouse's tail, a mouse's whiskers" Stuart Little
#8703, aired 2022-09-21BUDWEISER & SPORTS $600: After partnering with this NBA squad in 2019, Budweiser shifted the crown on its logo to honor hometown hero Notorious B.I.G. the Brooklyn Nets
#8702, aired 2022-09-20BEFORE & AFTER PEOPLE $2000: "Good Vibrations" songwriter who also had a No. 1 R&B hit with "In The Midnight Hour" Brian Wilson Pickett
#8700, aired 2022-09-16HERSTORY $1,000 (Daily Double): Roxana married this conqueror in 327 B.C. & after his death, killed another wife or wives & consolidated the throne Alexander the Great
#8698, aired 2022-09-14DOG NAMES $800: President Garfield gave his dog this 4-letter name to honor what Rutherford B. Hayes had done to a bill Veto
#8697, aired 2022-09-13EUROPEAN PLACES $1600: After being extended around 244 B.C., this famous ancient road ended in Brindisi in the "heel" of Italy the Appian Way
#8694, aired 2022-07-28LOCO FOR LOGOS $400: Makes sense that the B-R in the Baskin-Robbins logo incorporates this 2-digit number 31
#8694, aired 2022-07-28GO IVth & RULE $1200: 2nd century B.C. efforts by Syrian King Antiochus IV to suppress Judaism led to a revolt by this family, including Judah the Maccabees
#8693, aired 2022-07-27"B.C." $400: It's slang for basic training of new military recruits boot camp
#8693, aired 2022-07-27"B.C." $800: In 1921 at age 16 Clara Bow won one of these, winning a part in a Hollywood movie a beauty contest
#8693, aired 2022-07-27"B.C." $1200: It's one of the few animals commonly called by its genus and species names a Boa constrictor
#8693, aired 2022-07-27"B.C." $1600: It's the Chinese veggie seen here bok choy
#8693, aired 2022-07-27"B.C." $2000: Jenny Lind was a master of this operatic singing technique bel canto
#8692, aired 2022-07-26ACROSS HISTORY $400: Around 630 B.C. this militaristic city-state basically turned Messenia's people into serfs Sparta
#8692, aired 2022-07-26MIDDLE NAMES $800: Finley & Breese were the middle names of this 19th century American inventor & painter (Samuel F.B.) Morse
#8688, aired 2022-07-20HISTORY $2000: This 5th century B.C. leader of Athens strengthened its leadership of Greece's city-states & had the Parthenon built Pericles
#8686, aired 2022-07-18GOOD HISTORY $200: Around 400,000 B.C., hominids began to control this; one later use may have been to destroy habitat so as to aid hunting & foraging fire
#8685, aired 2022-07-15ICE CREAM $800: The logo of this ice cream brand includes rabbit ears & a tail on the letter "B" Blue Bunny
#8681, aired 2022-07-11TRIAL & ERA $2000: This lawyer & statesman used his trademark rhetoric to convict corrupt Sicilian magistrate Gaius Verres in 70 B.C. Cicero
#8680, aired 2022-07-08ONE LETTER CHANGES EVERYTHING $200: Add a "B" to a chess piece to turn it into this babbling stream brook
#8680, aired 2022-07-08ONE LETTER CHANGES EVERYTHING $600: Put a "B" on a synonym for donkey & you get this game fish bass
#8680, aired 2022-07-08ONE LETTER CHANGES EVERYTHING $800: Subtract a "B" from a loose-fitting women's shirt to get this parasite you don't want to find there louse
#8680, aired 2022-07-08WHAT IS LOVE... $1600: His "Symposium" from around 360 B.C. states, "Love is the eldest & noblest & mightiest of the gods" Plato
#8676, aired 2022-07-04IT'S KIND OF A FUNNY STORY $400: In "Why Not Me?", this actress "freely" admits that her relationship with "Office" mate "B.J. Novak is weird as hell" Mindy Kaling
#8676, aired 2022-07-04ORCHESTRAL INSTRUMENTS $400: Dvořák wrote a Concerto in B minor for this 4-stringed instrument, which not just anyone can play like a Yo-Yo the cello
#8672, aired 2022-06-28THE MAP OF EUROPE $800: Founded as far back as the 7th century B.C., Constanta is one of Romania's main ports on this sea the Black Sea
#8669, aired 2022-06-23THAT USED TO BE A TRADEMARK $2000: B.F. Goodrich once owned this word for the "hookless slide fastener" on its rubber boots a zipper
#8667, aired 2022-06-21HISTORY $400: When Pompey took this metropolis in 63 B.C., Judea fell under the heel of the Romans Jerusalem
#8664, aired 2022-06-16FROM "B" TO "I" $400: A 1960 hit song described it as "itsy bitsy" & "teenie weenie" a bikini
#8664, aired 2022-06-16FROM "B" TO "I" $800: Babies in Bologna bambini
#8664, aired 2022-06-16FROM "B" TO "I" $1200: This Greek musical instrument resembles a mandolin a bouzouki
#8664, aired 2022-06-16FROM "B" TO "I" $1600: Native to Africa, this hound dog is also known to be barkless a Basenji
#8664, aired 2022-06-16FROM "B" TO "I" $2000: It's a decorative mark or jewel in the middle of the forehead traditionally worn by married Hindu women a bindi
#8661, aired 2022-06-13TEXTING, TEXTING $200: In Oregon a first offense for texting while doing this can be a class B violation & a $1,000 fine driving
#8659, aired 2022-06-09ANCIENT HISTORY $200: Sparking a revolt, the Roman slave & gladiator Spartacus & many others escaped in 73 B.C. & first took refuge on this volcano (Mount) Vesuvius
#8659, aired 2022-06-09ANCIENT HISTORY $600: This festival commemorates a Jewish victory over Seleucid forces around 165 B.C. & the rededication of the temple Hanukkah
#8659, aired 2022-06-09ANCIENT HISTORY $800: A noted military use of these animals was by Pyrrhus at the Battle of Heraclea in 280 B.C.; they freaked out the Roman horses elephants
#8659, aired 2022-06-09ANCIENT HISTORY $1,400 (Daily Double): In the 2nd millennium B.C., these seafarers had cities or colonies from the Eastern Mediterranean to North Africa the Phoenicians
#8657, aired 2022-06-07THE CABINET $600: Though it doesn't have a secretary, the O.M.B. is a cabinet-level agency that writes this "B" for the president budget
#8657, aired 2022-06-076-LETTER ADJECTIVES $800: Add a "B" to the end of an outstanding word & you get this excellent follow-up superb
#8652, aired 2022-05-31MUSICIANS SELLING MUSIC $1000: In 2021 the estate of this "Dance With My Father" R&B singer who left us far too soon at 54 made a $40 mil. deal with Primary Wave Luther Vandross
#8649, aired 2022-05-26THE SILENT CONSONANT IN... $800: A 4-letter word meaning desensitized or devoid of emotion B
#8643, aired 2022-05-18PLANES, TRAINS & AUTOMOBILES $1000: The B-29 named this was the first plane to drop an atomic bomb Enola Gay
#8632, aired 2022-05-03MRS., MISS OR MR. $200: This Mrs. is a seasoning blend from B&G Foods Mrs. Dash
#8632, aired 2022-05-03HISTORY $1600: It's been estimated that around 480 B.C. close to half of the world's population was in this empire founded by Cyrus the Great the Persian Empire
#8631, aired 2022-05-02AROUND THE WORLD $400: Built in what's now this country in the 300s B.C. & still in use today, the theater at Epidaurus seats about 13,000 Greece
#8631, aired 2022-05-02YOU GOT NEXT $1000: As vice president: Alben Barkley, Richard Nixon... Lyndon B. Johnson
#8625, aired 2022-04-221980s TV $400: We met Hannibal, B.A., Face & Murdock in 1983 on this show; I love it when a plan comes together The A-Team
#8623, aired 2022-04-20BEACH, BAY "B" $200: Myanmar & the Malay Peninsula are on the eastern edge of this bay the Bay of Bengal
#8623, aired 2022-04-20BEACH, BAY "B" $400: Neil Simon wrote some "Memoirs" about this beach neighborhood next door to Coney Island Brighton Beach
#8623, aired 2022-04-20BEACH, BAY "B" $600: A legendary surfing spot, 'Ehukai Beach on Oahu's North Shore is known as this pipeline, a Japanese cheer Banzai
#8623, aired 2022-04-20BEACH, BAY "B" $800: Add 2 letters to a big European bay to get this big Floridian one Biscayne
#8623, aired 2022-04-20BEACH, BAY "B" $1000: The name of this Cape Cod area bay may have come from misidentification of ospreys as vulture relatives Buzzards Bay
#8622, aired 2022-04-19THE ABCs OF INDIAN FOOD $200: B is for this aromatic long-grained rice that's traditionally served with Indian dishes basmati
#8616, aired 2022-04-11THE ORIGIN TRAIL $1600: Legend says this, outside Tokyo, was created in the year 286 B.C. by an earthquake Mount Fuji
#8615, aired 2022-04-08R&B MUSIC $400: This signature song topped the R&B chart for 8 weeks in 1967; do we have to spell it out for you? "Respect"
#8615, aired 2022-04-08R&B MUSIC $800: In 2016, part of a Detroit street was named in honor of this man, who's had Number Ones on the R&B charts since he was a kid Stevie Wonder
#8615, aired 2022-04-08PULITZER-WINNING CHARACTERS $1000: Corporate bigwig J.B. Biggley & former window washer J. Pierrepont Finch (1962) How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
#8615, aired 2022-04-08R&B MUSIC $1200: Songwriter, producer & singer Kenneth Edmonds is better known by this nickname "Babyface"
#8615, aired 2022-04-08R&B MUSIC $1600: Billboard said this late, great singer "redefined R&B/soul" with "the socially themed 1971 landmark album 'What's Going On"' Marvin Gaye
#8615, aired 2022-04-08R&B MUSIC $2000: In Dec. 2021 this "seasonal" singer was on 10 of the Top 25 R&B Hits, including "Bitter" with Cardi B & "Insane" Summer Walker
#8614, aired 2022-04-07LITERATURE FOR YOUNGER READERS $600: An annual read aloud book award is named for this "Stuart Little" author E.B. White
#8611, aired 2022-04-04ASIAN MONARCHS $400: Emperor Ashoka the Great ruled much of India in the 200s B.C. & converted to this faith after witnessing the destruction of war Buddhism
#8611, aired 2022-04-04WORDS THAT SHOULD RHYME $1200: Early '70s B-B-B-Bowie hit & a 1,560-mile river of Asia "Changes" & Ganges
#8611, aired 2022-04-04ASIAN MONARCHS $1200: Darius the Great led this empire at its peak around 500 B.C. & tried to conquer Greece several times Persia
#8607, aired 2022-03-29IT HAPPENED IN EGYPT $400: In the 330s B.C. a Macedonian tough guy took over in Egypt & founded this city that's named for him Alexandria
#8606, aired 2022-03-28THE PLACE TO "B" $200: It's the right borough to be in if you want to watch Kevin Durant win a home game for the Nets Brooklyn
#8606, aired 2022-03-28THE PLACE TO "B" $400: Visit the Reichstag & Charlottenburg Palace in between steins in this city Berlin
#8606, aired 2022-03-28THE PLACE TO "B" $600: This "colorful" mountainous region is a site to see between South Dakota & Wyoming the Black Hills
#8606, aired 2022-03-28THE PLACE TO "B" $800: During the ice age what's now this strait was a land bridge linking Asia to North America the Bering Strait
#8606, aired 2022-03-28THE PLACE TO "B" $1000: Cruise down to Irkutsk region to take a dip in this deep, deep lake Baikal
#8602, aired 2022-03-22SCIENTIFIC INITIALS $2000: N.B., a great Dane (Niels) Bohr
#8601, aired 2022-03-21GROUPS IN HISTORY $400: Around 300 B.C. this common class of ancient Romans gained equal rights with the patricians the plebeians
#8599, aired 2022-03-17CHEMICAL PEOPLE $800: Around 600 B.C. Thales of Miletus devised a system in which this one of the 4 classical elements was the basis of all things water
#8596, aired 2022-03-14NUCLEAR PHYSICS $2000: This fertile word is the "B" in FBR, a reactor that produces more nuclear fuel than it consumes while generating power breeder
#8595, aired 2022-03-11BRIT LIT $400: You down with E.B.B., this poet who wrote "The Sleep" & "The Soul's Expression"? Elizabeth Barrett Browning
#8594, aired 2022-03-10WOMEN MAKE PASSES $2000: Movie where figure skater Moira Kelly tells hockey player D.B. Sweeney, "In case you've missed it, I am throwing myself at you" The Cutting Edge
#8593, aired 2022-03-09LITERARY CHARACTER SPOILERS $200: We'd say this title arachnid in a 1952 E.B. White tale went off to live on a farm, buuut... Charlotte
#8593, aired 2022-03-09DYNASTIES OF CHINA $800: The first recorded dynasty, the Shang, emerged 1600 B.C. & produced works like the Tiger vase, seen here, during this metallic age the Bronze Age
#8593, aired 2022-03-09DYNASTIES OF CHINA $2000: This 3-letter dynasty ruled from around 200 B.C. to 200 A.D. & saw the invention of paper & the introduction of Buddhism the Han dynasty
#8589, aired 2022-03-03DETROIT: NEWS CLUES $800: (I'm Evrod Cassimy.) After GM's president told Detroit car executives, "We must outbuild Hitler", Ford's Willow Run plant churned out the B-24 Liberator, a 4-engine this type of warplane at an unbelievable rate of one per hour a bomber
#8587, aired 2022-03-01MILITARY MEMOIRS $200: He recounted some of his campaigns in the 50s B.C. in "Commentaries on the Gallic Wars" Julius Caesar
#8587, aired 2022-03-01EDUCATORS $400: I'd like to thank this school founded in the 380s B.C. that employed Aristotle, who left after not getting a big promotion the Academy
#8586, aired 2022-02-28BACKING BANDS $400: 2 saxophonists & a trombonist were some of the J.B.'s, who backed up this legend with the same initials (James) Brown
#8585, aired 2022-02-25AFRICAN EMPIRES $1200: The Punic Wars were punitive to this North African empire, destroyed in 146 B.C. Carthage
#8584, aired 2022-02-24THE INNER "EAR" $200: In the 15th century B.C. Egyptian queen Hatshepsut was depicted wearing men's attire & a fake one of these a beard
#18, aired 2022-02-22HISTORIC POTPOURRI $1000: Commemorating the lifting of a siege on this city, a bronze colossus was built in the harbor in the 3rd century B.C. Rhodes
#15, aired 2022-02-18A LOFTY CATEGORY $1000: Around 2500 B.C. Menkaure, a king of the fourth dynasty, began building a 215-foot-tall one of these a pyramid
#8579, aired 2022-02-17ANIMALS OF NOTE $800: In 218 B.C. Hannibal left Spain with at least 37 of these animals; it's said the one-tusked Surus lasted the longest elephants
#13, aired 2022-02-17AFTER THE WAR $2000: The "Long Walls" of Athens were destroyed at this war's end to the accompaniment of flute music, but rebuilt in 393 B.C. the Peloponnesian War
#8578, aired 2022-02-16NAVAL CONFLICT $200: In 394 B.C. Conon the Athenian found what is best in life, crushing the fleet of this rival city-state Sparta
#8577, aired 2022-02-15OH, THE THINGS I'VE DONE $1000: Around 342 B.C. I got the call from Philip II of Macedonia to tutor his 13-year-old kid, Al; well, that's just great Aristotle
#9, aired 2022-02-15HITS OF 2021 $800: She teamed with Cardi B to deal with "Rumors" about a wide range of subjects including groupies & smoothie cleanses Lizzo
#8, aired 2022-02-11ANGLES $1000: Using the difference in the angles of shadows at 2 distant places, Eratosthenes calculated this around 200 B.C. to be 250,000 stadia the circumference of the Earth
#7, aired 2022-02-11FAMOUS AQUARIANS $400: This "Creed" star & this basketball legend of the same name are both Aquarians Michael Jordan
#7, aired 2022-02-11NOTABLE AFRICAN AMERICANS $800: Journalist & activist Ida B. Wells-Barnett helped found this civil rights organization in 1909 the NAACP
#8574, aired 2022-02-10WAR $200: In 49 B.C., this Roman led his forces from Gaul into Italy, starting a civil war Julius Caesar
#6, aired 2022-02-10COMEDIANS' ROLES $1600: "B" is for this frank comedian who plays Frank Murphy on the animated hit "F Is for Family" Bill Burr
#8573, aired 2022-02-09ISLE "B" $200: When the British settled these islands between Florida & Haiti, they were deserted the Bahamas
#8573, aired 2022-02-09ISLE "B" $400: Captain William Bligh discovered a group of South Pacific islands in 1788 & named them for this ship the Bounty
#8573, aired 2022-02-09ISLE "B" $800: About 4.6 million people every year take the 35-minute ferry ride from Seattle to this island in Puget Sound Bainbridge Island
#8573, aired 2022-02-09ISLE "B" $1,000 (Daily Double): Recent surveys have found that the soil on this atoll has plutonium concentrations vastly higher than Chernobyl's the Bikini Atoll
#8573, aired 2022-02-09ISLE "B" $1000: Drop an "A" from a colorful plant to get this Frenchman who also gave his name to an island in the Solomon Sea Louis-Antoine de Bougainville
#3, aired 2022-02-09ON THE TRANSCRIPT... $1200: Of her Nov. 29, 1872 trial hearing: "Did you have any doubt yourself of your right to vote?" Her reply: "Not a particle" Susan B. Anthony
#8569, aired 2022-02-03FOR NAUGHT $1000: Yiddish for "goat droppings" morphed into this word for "b"arely anything bupkes
#8566, aired 2022-01-31PSYCHOLOGY LITERATURE $2000: This man's book "Walden Two" is a fictional account of a society based on his theories of behaviorism B.F. Skinner
#8564, aired 2022-01-27A LITTLE 5-NOTE MELODY $400: "B" natural: canoe is one type of this tree a birch
#8561, aired 2022-01-24'90s R&B & HIP-HOP $200: In "U Can't Touch This", he rapped his thanks to the Lord "for blessing me with a mind to rhyme & 2 hyped feet" MC Hammer
#8561, aired 2022-01-24'90s R&B & HIP-HOP $400: Making their Top 40 debut in 1991, this vocal group told us, "Motownphilly's back again, doin' a little East Coast swing" Boyz II Men
#8561, aired 2022-01-24'90s R&B & HIP-HOP $600: Ladies love this cool guy who was both "Doin It" & "Loungin" in 1996 LL Cool J
#8561, aired 2022-01-24'90s R&B & HIP-HOP $800: In 1992 this vocal group who are always in style sang, "No, you're never gonna get it" about "My Lovin"' En Vogue
#8561, aired 2022-01-24'90s R&B & HIP-HOP $1000: "I'm kinda buzzed & it's all because" of this Montell Jordan No. 1 R&B hit; we also learned "South Central does it like nobody does" "This Is How We Do It"
#8559, aired 2022-01-20GETTING A SHOT $400: Cobalamin is also known as this alphanumeric vitamin that some people get "shots" of for extra energy B-12
#8559, aired 2022-01-20GETTING A SHOT $800: To continue to develop immunity, the CDC recommends getting the vaccine for this, both A & B, during the first 2 years of life hepatitis
#8559, aired 2022-01-20SOUTH ASIA $2000: Dating from B.C. times, this faith with similarities to Hinduism & Buddhism emphasizes ahimsa, nonviolence to all creatures Jainism
#8557, aired 2022-01-18I WANT 2 B $200: Poor Bart Simpson has been writing on one after school for over 30 years a blackboard
#8557, aired 2022-01-18I WANT 2 B $400: This word for brief praise on a book cover like "Jillian Turbo-Smythe is a master of suspense!" dates back to 1907 a blurb
#8557, aired 2022-01-18I WANT 2 B $600: A child's toy, or a showy trinket that's of little actual use a bauble
#8557, aired 2022-01-18I WANT 2 B $800: This modern jazz style originated in the 1940s bebop
#8557, aired 2022-01-18I WANT 2 B $1000: It is both a scarf bought in Moscow & a grandmother who might wear one babushka
#8557, aired 2022-01-18DEEP CUTS $1200: Discover "Exactly How I Feel" on "Cuz I Love You" by this rap & R&B singer who needs but one name Lizzo
#8555, aired 2022-01-14WORLD HISTORY $2000: Scholars struggle to decipher the language of the IVC, the civilization of this river valley, a power in south Asia in the 2000s B.C. the Indus River
#8554, aired 2022-01-13ANCIENT FAITH $1600: A famous ziggurat dedicated to the moon god Nanna was built in this 2-letter city around 2000 B.C. Ur
#8553, aired 2022-01-12HOW PROVINCIAL $1000: This province in the Iberian Peninsula went down to Pompey in 73 B.C.; the ocean liner of the same name, in 1915 (sans Pompey) Lusitania
#8553, aired 2022-01-12AUTHORS' NONFICTION $1200: In 1979 he completed his third revision of "The Elements of Style" (E.B.) White
#8552, aired 2022-01-11STARS $800: Around 2700 B.C., Alpha Draconis had the distinction of being the North Star; now this one stakes the claim Polaris
#8550, aired 2022-01-07MOVE IT! $1000: The Ara Pacis, an altar built to honor this Roman emperor c. 9 B.C., was long forgotten, rescued in the 1930s & moved to a new home Augustus
#8550, aired 2022-01-07IT WAS 1970s AMERICA, MAN $1000: On July 2, 1979 the U.S. Mint elected to release a coin honoring this woman; nearly 758 million were made that year Susan B. Anthony
#8550, aired 2022-01-07AWARDS & HONORS $1600: John B. Glen began in veterinary science but won a 2018 Lasker Award for developing propofol, one of these for humans an anesthetic
#8546, aired 2022-01-03HISTORY PLAYS $400: Dame Sybil Thorndike was truly a lady made for burning: she played this saintly G.B. Shaw heroine more than 2,000 times on stage Joan of Arc
#8546, aired 2022-01-03PLACE YOUR FAST FOOD ORDER $600: A Meatball Marinara footlong & an Italian B.M.T. Melt Subway
#8546, aired 2022-01-03BILLBOARD TOP 200 ALBUMS IN 2021 $800: This R&B w.o.m.a.n. was far from the "Back of My Mind" & close to the top of the chart H.E.R.
#8539, aired 2021-12-23ANIMALS IN CHILDREN'S BOOKS $1600: In an E.B. White novel, Louis, who "came into the world, lacking a voice" a trumpeter swan
#8536, aired 2021-12-20"B" MOVIES $400: 35 years after this film, Harrison Ford reprised his role as Rick Deckard in a sequel set in 2049 Blade Runner
#8536, aired 2021-12-20"B" MOVIES $800: Ice Cube inherits this title business & grows into his role as a mainstay of the community in the sequels Barbershop
#8536, aired 2021-12-20"B" MOVIES $1200: Cameron Diaz did plenty of swearing on the job when she was supposed to be instructing students in this 2011 comedy Bad Teacher
#8536, aired 2021-12-20THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE $1200: A candidate has won the electoral vote but lost the popular vote four times; the first in 1876 was this 19th president (Rutherford B.) Hayes
#8536, aired 2021-12-20"B" MOVIES $1600: A homeless teen becomes a star football player after he's taken in by Sandra Bullock in this film based on a true story The Blind Side
#8536, aired 2021-12-20"B" MOVIES $2000: Charlize Theron played Megyn Kelly in this 2019 film about a group of women who take on Fox News CEO Roger Ailes Bombshell
#8535, aired 2021-12-17CELEBRITIES $800: MJB for short, this R&B singer acted in "The Umbrella Academy" & "Mudbound" Mary J. Blige
#8534, aired 2021-12-16PLANTS & ANIMALS & FUNGI, OH MY! $400: 360 to 300 million B.C. is sometimes called the "Age of" these nonflowering, spore-producing plants Ferns
#8533, aired 2021-12-15PREQUELS & SEQUELS $600: It was the first sequel in Sue Grafton's alphabet mysteries B is for Burglar
#8529, aired 2021-12-09LIT CHARACTERS' BAD CHOICES $600: She a) married Roger Chillingworth & b) didn't just head off for Europe with Dimmesdale as soon as she heard the word "prison" Hester Prynne
#8526, aired 2021-12-06AFRICAN-AMERICAN AUTHORS $400: The first U.S. case study of a Black urban community was made in this city by W.E.B. Du Bois working for Penn in the 1890s Philadelphia
#8526, aired 2021-12-06GIRL GROUPS $400: I'll tell you what I want, what I really really want is for you to name this group that included Mel B & Mel C the Spice Girls
#8526, aired 2021-12-06WE GET LETTERS $1600: German musicians use "B" for B flat & this for B natural H
#8523, aired 2021-12-01THE COMPANY'S PRODUCT $800: This brand gets its kicks with Chuck Taylor All Star shoes Converse
#8522, aired 2021-11-30AWARD-WINNING WOMEN $400: In 2021 she added 4 Grammys to her collection including R&B performance, &, with 28, is now the winningest singer in Grammy history Beyoncé
#8521, aired 2021-11-29WE'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
#8516, aired 2021-11-22TV COMEDY SKETCHES $800: On "The Ben Stiller Show", her as the B-Minus Time Traveler Janeane Garofalo
#8515, aired 2021-11-19THE AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS $600: A triple winner in 2018, she performed "I Like It" with J Balvin & Bad Bunny Cardi B
#8515, aired 2021-11-19BARRIERS IN LIFE $2,000 (Daily Double): The Lex Cornelia de Maiestate said no general could lead an army out of his province, so the 49 B.C. crossing of this stream... huge the Rubicon
#8512, aired 2021-11-16THE X FACTOR $200: Xerxes I took the reins of this empire in 486 B.C. the Persian
#8512, aired 2021-11-16HISTORIC NAMES $1200: Born around 610 B.C. on Lesbos, this poet integrated elements of Aphrodite's rituals like incense-laden altars into her work Sappho
#8508, aired 2021-11-10"B" + 2 LETTERS $200: Slugger from Louisville a (baseball) bat
#8508, aired 2021-11-10"B" + 2 LETTERS $400: Cubic kite box
#8508, aired 2021-11-10"B" + 2 LETTERS $600: To clear plates bus
#8508, aired 2021-11-10"B" + 2 LETTERS $800: British bottom bum
#8508, aired 2021-11-10"B" + 2 LETTERS $1000: Stated goal of taking tricks bid
#8507, aired 2021-11-09THE BEGINNING $1,200 (Daily Double): Around 650 B.C.Greek colonists founded a city on the Bosporus that they called this; it would later be the capital of empires Byzantium
#8506, aired 2021-11-08THE CITY HAS FALLEN $1200: In 222 B.C. Milan to these southerners the Romans
#8504, aired 2021-11-04EPONYMOUS -ISMs $400: It wasn't until after his 479 B.C. death that the "ism" named for him became China's leading philosophy Confucius
#8504, aired 2021-11-0419th CENTURY AFRICAN AMERICANS $1000: In 2020, this journalist seen here was posthumously awarded a Pulitzer citation for reporting on the era of lynching Ida B. Wells
#8504, aired 2021-11-04DARK MATTER $1600: You get a "B" if you know it's the most common volcanic rock in the Earth's crust basalt
#8503, aired 2021-11-03CHAIR-ISH $600: This "B"rand of reclining armchairs goes back to 1940 & "scientifically articulated" motion chairs BarcaLounger
#8496, aired 2021-10-25DOUBLE INITIAL GUYS $800: B.B. ____, influenced by Django Reinhardt King
#8496, aired 2021-10-25WHAT HAPPENED WHEN $1200: Around 387 B.C. he founded his academy in Athens Plato
#8491, aired 2021-10-18HISTORY'S MYSTERIES $800: Dead by her own hand in 30 B.C., she was thought to have been buried in Alexandria, but her tomb has never been found Cleopatra
#8490, aired 2021-10-15LIBRARIES $400: The ancient library in this North African city was founded by the Ptolemaic Dynasty around the 3rd century B.C. Alexandria
#8487, aired 2021-10-12& PLAYING TRIANGLE $800: This 6th century B.C. man's theorem about the lengths of the sides of a right triangle is actually far older than even he is Pythagoras
#8479, aired 2021-09-30THE WEEKEND $800: Time to put an extra "B" in a Sunday BBQ! I grill a mean this, the breast section beef cut under the 1st 5 ribs, & Texas-style, if you like! brisket
#8479, aired 2021-09-30THAT ANIMAL HAD A NAME $1000: Bucephalus carried this man on many of his 4th century B.C. conquests Alexander the Great
#8476, aired 2021-09-27AFRICAN-AMERICAN WRITING $1200: He was the first African American to receive a Harvard Ph.D. & his book of essays "The Souls of Black Folk" was published in 1903 (W.E.B.) Du Bois
#8474, aired 2021-09-23SUPERLATIVES $400: Since 1985 People magazine has been pointing out this person, including Sean Connery & Michael B. Jordan Sexiest Man
#8473, aired 2021-09-22AIR TRAVEL $1000: Only the "B" in the middle of this airline's colorful name is capitalized in its logo jetBlue
#8473, aired 2021-09-22ACRONYMS & ABBREVIATIONS $1000: When talking about dates, B.C.E. stands for this Before Common Era
#8472, aired 2021-09-21DECIPHER OUR TOP-SECRET CODE $400: It's proverbially done to "a cold": 6-5-5-4 feed
#8472, aired 2021-09-21LET'S BOOZE IT UP $1000: The website of this gin brand shows "How we do it in London. The definitive B & T" Beefeater's
#8471, aired 2021-09-20STARTS WITH "B" $400: A signal fire, perhaps on a Boston hill beacon
#8471, aired 2021-09-20STARTS WITH "B" $800: An uncivilized person, particularly one from outside the Roman Empire Barbarian
#8471, aired 2021-09-20STARTS WITH "B" $1200: Guinea is a small species of this primate baboon
#8471, aired 2021-09-20STARTS WITH "B" $1600: Many over-40 folks wear these to compensate for presbyopia bifocals
#8471, aired 2021-09-20STARTS WITH "B" $2000: A blessing from the Sermon on the Mount beatitude
#8464, aired 2021-08-12TIME FOR SECONDS $800: Around 19 B.C. King Herod expanded the second of these & built a retaining wall that still stands today temple
#8461, aired 2021-08-09HISTORIC NAMES $800: Her death & that of son Caesarion in 30 B.C. ended the Ptolemaic dynasty in Egypt Cleopatra
#8457, aired 2021-08-03MED. ABBREV. $800: On a prescription, B.I.D. means a medication should be taken this often twice daily
#8456, aired 2021-08-02PLAYS $2000: This person's "Play" by Charles Fuller about Sgt. Waters & Captain Davenport arrived on B'way in 2020, 38 years after winning a Pulitzer A Soldier's Play
#8454, aired 2021-07-29HELLO, GOODBYE $600: Premiered in 1685, wrote "Mass in B Minor", fathered some 20 kids, began decomposing in Leipzig in 1750 Bach
#8454, aired 2021-07-29OLD MILITARY ABBREV. $800: Capable of firing 650 rounds a minute, the B.A.R., or Browning this, was in service with the U.S. Army from 1918 to 1957 automatic rifle
#8454, aired 2021-07-29HELLO, GOODBYE $800: Born around 247 B.C. & followed in footsteps of Carthaginian general dad Hamilcar Barca; conquered by death around 183 B.C. Hannibal
#8454, aired 2021-07-29OLD MILITARY ABBREV. $1600: The B.E.F., which crossed the Channel in both World War I & World War II, was this force British Expeditionary Force
#8450, aired 2021-07-23HISTORICAL NONFICTION $1600: "1177 B.C." marks the decline of this ancient North African empire following invasions by marauding "sea peoples" that year Egypt
#8449, aired 2021-07-22MARK YOUR CALENDARS $800: Using a biblical chronology, Archbishop James Ussher determined that this event occurred on Oct. 22, 4004 B.C. the creation of the Earth
#8449, aired 2021-07-22"MM" POP $800: Lionel Richie played some sax but also "ranked" as a singer for this hit-making R&B group Commodores
#8449, aired 2021-07-22ANCIENT HISTORY $800: Ptolemy & Antigonus were generals of this man whose empire was divided up after his death in 323 B.C. Alexander the Great
#8449, aired 2021-07-22ANCIENT HISTORY $1200: The philosopher Anaximander was credited with making an early world map & one of these time-telling devices around 560 B.C. a sundial
#8445, aired 2021-07-16WORLD WAR II IN EUROPE $1000: Here's the view from one of these alphanumeric flying fortresses as it unleashed its bombs over occupied Europe in 1943 the B-17
#8444, aired 2021-07-15WHAT'S THAT LITERARY INITIAL? $200: The "B" in G.B. Shaw Bernard
#8444, aired 2021-07-15WHAT'S THAT LITERARY INITIAL? $800: The "B" in W.B. Yeats Butler
#8442, aired 2021-07-13TUNE A FISH $200: This song by the B-52's says, "There goes a dogfish, chased by a catfish" "Rock Lobster"
#8441, aired 2021-07-12THE SECRETARY OF STATE, IN BRIEF $2000: She got her U.S. citizenship in 1957 & earned her B.A. with honors 2 years later Albright
#8439, aired 2021-07-08A MOMENT OF SCIENCE $200: The c. 300 B.C. "De Historia Plantarum" helped establish Plato's student Theophrastus as the founder of this 6-letter science botany
#8439, aired 2021-07-0821st CENTURY MONARCHIES $400: The monarchy of this Asian nation of 125 million has a legendary history dating back to the 7th century B.C. Japan
#8438, aired 2021-07-07THE "DR" IS IN $1200: The original value of this Greek coin in the mid-6th century B.C. was equivalent to that of a handful of arrows drachma
#8436, aired 2021-07-05DRUNK HISTORY $1200: This liqueur dates back to the 16th century; in the 20th, it was bottled with brandy as B&B Benedictine
#8433, aired 2021-06-30WORLD OF EMPIRES $800: Around 27 B.C., the Pax Romana began during the reign of this emperor & would last for 200 years Caesar Augustus
#8430, aired 2021-06-25JOLIE OLD FRANCE $400: In the 50s B.C. this man led Roman military campaigns into France, which was then part of Transalpine Gaul Caesar
#8428, aired 2021-06-23LIGHTNING $200: The B.C. scientific work "On the Nature of Things" ignores Prometheus & says it was lightning that first brought this to Earth fire
#8426, aired 2021-06-21POP CULTURE $1200: In 2020 the plastic crown worn by this "Big Poppa" rapper in his final photo shoot sold at auction for nearly $600,000 the Notorious B.I.G.
#8425, aired 2021-06-18CINEMAPOURRI $400: C.B. DeMille made 21 huge Sphinxes for a 1923 version of this Bible epic & now they're being dug from the dunes where they were left The Ten Commandments
#8419, aired 2021-06-10MATCH $1000: A tiger was one of the creatures on the tag that helped kids mix & match items of apparel from this clothing brand that started in 1972 Garanimals
#8418, aired 2021-06-09SILENT-LETTER WORDS $800: It's the "h" in the math formula 1/2 b h height
#8417, aired 2021-06-08KEEP THE FAITH $400: Nearly 80% of the people of India follow this religion that dates back to around 1500 B.C. Hinduism
#8415, aired 2021-06-04ANCIENT HISTORY $1600: Beginning around 1200 B.C. in what is today Mexico, this people built the 1st major pre-Columbian civilization in Mesoamerica the Olmecs
#8415, aired 2021-06-04ANCIENT HISTORY $2000: Seen here is a depiction of this great guy, the ruler of the Persian Empire who defeated the Babylonians in 539 B.C. Cyrus (II the Great)
#8413, aired 2021-06-02IT'S ALL ABOUT HER $2,000 (Daily Double): "The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas" is less about Alice & more about this woman, her life partner who wrote the book Gertrude Stein
#8412, aired 2021-06-01NOT TO BE CONFUSED: HOUSEHOLD BRANDS $400: These 2 paper towel brands start with "B" & end with "Y" Bounty & Brawny
#8411, aired 2021-05-31HE WON AN OSCAR PLAYING A REAL PERSON $800: Jamie Foxx as this R&B legend Ray Charles
#8409, aired 2021-05-27THE COLONIAL WORLD $600: The Dutch first took over both Aruba & this "B" island in 1636 Bonaire
#8408, aired 2021-05-26IN THE DICTIONARY $200: There's a silent "B" in this adjective meaning mysterious & faint, like the Mona Lisa's smile subtle
#8406, aired 2021-05-24MUSIC FOR CHAMPIONS $600: "Poetic Champions Compose" is a 1987 album by this Irish rock & R&B legend who was knighted in 2016 Van Morrison
#8401, aired 2021-05-17CLASSICAL MUSIC $400: While Schubert's seventh symphony is also incomplete, it's his eighth symphony in B minor that's famously called this Unfinished
#8400, aired 2021-05-14HISTORICAL FICTION $1200: Mary Renault's "The Persian Boy" tells the story of a courtesan in love with this 4th century B.C. warrior king Alexander the Great
#8399, aired 2021-05-13HISTORY CLASS $1200: In the 300s B.C. Chinese society was divided into 4 classes: scholars, merchants, artisans & these rent collectors landlords
#8398, aired 2021-05-12I'LL REPEAT MYSELF AGAIN, TOO $1200: We'll string you along & say you can "walk the dog" with this item that dates back to the 400s B.C. a yo-yo
#8396, aired 2021-05-10HISTORIC HAPPENINGS $1000: In the 600s B.C. Cypselus of Corinth seized power with this title related to a dino name, but was so popular he had no bodyguard tyrant
#8395, aired 2021-05-07FINISH THE POETRY LINE $800: An apocalyptic vision by W.B. Yeats says, "Things fall apart; the centre cannot" this hold
#8395, aired 2021-05-07ADJECTIVAL EVIDENCE $1200: "B" aggressive! Be, "B" aggressive! This bellicose 11-letter word means inclined to fight or wage war belligerent
#8393, aired 2021-05-05MR. PRESIDENT $1600: Rutherford B. Hayes was the only president born in Delaware--that's Delaware in this state Ohio
#8392, aired 2021-05-04READING MATERIAL $200: Look, nothing's written in this--well, the tablet of Assyrian King Tukulti-Ninurta from the 1200s B.C. is stone
#8391, aired 2021-05-03HISTORY $200: Around 1530 B.C. Queen Ahhotep rallied this kingdom's troops to victory against a Hyksos invasion Egypt
#8385, aired 2021-04-23STARS $1600: Seen here, he played the title role in "Creed" Michael B. Jordan
#8382, aired 2021-04-20HISTORY $1600: In 480 B.C. the Persian army found out the hard way this mountain pass was about 50 feet wide at its narrowest Thermopylae
#8380, aired 2021-04-16THE "B"s $200: Overdue, like some birthday congratulations belated
#8380, aired 2021-04-16THE "B"s $400: The pastry seen here gets its name from its resemblance to an animal's foot a bear claw
#8380, aired 2021-04-16THE "B"s $600: The name of this lawn bowling game is Italian for "wooden balls" bocce
#8380, aired 2021-04-16THE "B"s $800: A true New Yorker knows all the goods on all the shelves in his favorite this corner store a bodega
#8380, aired 2021-04-16THE "B"s $1000: This stroke also called a reverse solidus divides a directory & a subdirectory in some operating systems a backslash
#8380, aired 2021-04-16LATIN PHRASEBOOK $1600: Famously spoken in 49 B.C. at the crossing of a river, "iacta alea est" means this "is cast" the die
#8380, aired 2021-04-16BLOW-POURRI $1600: Syrian artisans working in this medium back in the 1st century B.C. are credited with creating blow molding glass (glassmaking)
#8379, aired 2021-04-15HISTORIC WEAPONS $400: The 1275 B.C. Battle of Kadesh saw 5,000 of these battle vehicles rolling around in a melee chariots
#8379, aired 2021-04-15THE PRESIDENT'S AIRPORT $800: Looking for an ATM at Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport in this city? It's at door B Springfield
#8378, aired 2021-04-14THE LETTER OF THE LAWN $400: "B" is for this lovely grass named for a British island territory in the Atlantic; it grows well in your front yard Bermuda
#8376, aired 2021-04-12BRITISH HISTORY $1600: In 55 B.C. an army under this commander invaded Britain near Dover, bringing the island into contact with the Roman world Julius Caesar
#8376, aired 2021-04-12DOUBLE TALK $2000: Caused by a vitamin B-1 deficiency, this disease is of 2 types, one affecting the cardiovascular system, the other, the nervous system beriberi
#8367, aired 2021-03-30HISTORY $1000: Around 3000 B.C. the Sumerian settlement of Uruk was the first big city in this historic region, at its southeast end Mesopotamia
#8367, aired 2021-03-30THE OLD TESTAMENT $5,000 (Daily Double): This book is aptly titled--it consists of 5 chapters of woe over the destruction of Jerusalem in 586 B.C. Lamentations
#8363, aired 2021-03-24BODIES OF WATER FILED UNDER B $400: The Bab el-Mandeb Strait connects the Red Sea with this ocean the Indian Ocean
#8363, aired 2021-03-24BODIES OF WATER FILED UNDER B $800: The Bristol Channel separates the southern part of this U.K. country from England Wales
#8363, aired 2021-03-24BODIES OF WATER FILED UNDER B $1200: The mighty MacKenzie flows into this sea that's north of Alaska & Canada & part of the Arctic Ocean the Beaufort
#8363, aired 2021-03-24BODIES OF WATER FILED UNDER B $1600: Blommestein Lake is the largest reservoir in this South American nation Suriname
#8363, aired 2021-03-24BODIES OF WATER FILED UNDER B $2000: This "large animal" lake is a center of skiing, fishing & more in California's San Bernardino National Forest Big Bear Lake
#8361, aired 2021-03-22R&B & SOUL HITS $400: In one of his early hits, Chuck Berry asked this girl, "Why can't you be true?" Maybellene
#8361, aired 2021-03-22R&B & SOUL HITS $800: 40 years later & partygoers still like to get on the dance floor & "celebrate good times" to a hit by this group Kool & The Gang
#8361, aired 2021-03-22INITIALLY YOURS $800: In 2009, he won his 15th competitive Grammy for "One Kind Favor", named Best Traditional Blues Album B.B. King
#8361, aired 2021-03-22R&B & SOUL HITS $1200: "Tell Me Something Good", like the name of this singer whose solo hits include "I Feel For You" Chaka Khan
#8361, aired 2021-03-22R&B & SOUL HITS $1600: His "Sexual Healing" ranks as one of the greatest R&B hits of all time (Marvin) Gaye
#8361, aired 2021-03-22R&B & SOUL HITS $2000: He's remembered for hits like "You Send Me" & "Twistin' The Night Away" Sam Cooke
#8356, aired 2021-03-15A COLLEGE CONFERENCE CALL $400: Big Sky: Of course the conference includes the U. of this--alumni include Pulitzer winner A.B. Guthrie Jr., author of "The Big Sky" Montana
#8352, aired 2021-03-09ENDS IN "B" $200: A large branch of a tree limb
#8352, aired 2021-03-09ENDS IN "B" $400: A celestial being, or a tot with a sweet, innocent face a cherub
#8352, aired 2021-03-09ENDS IN "B" $600: 2-syllable word for a good-looking actor who's the object of romantic infatuation a heartthrob
#8352, aired 2021-03-09ENDS IN "B" $800: Verb meaning to examine thoroughly, or to connect a building's water pipes plumb
#8352, aired 2021-03-09ENDS IN "B" $1000: The red crest on the head of certain domestic fowl a coxcomb
#8349, aired 2021-03-04ALPHABET DOGS $400: B: The AKC says these "move like the athletes they're named for: smooth... graceful... powerful" a Boxer
#8348, aired 2021-03-03B.C.-ING YOU $200: The city of Larsa wasn't up to this Babylonian's code, so he conquered it in the 1760s B.C. Hammurabi
#8348, aired 2021-03-03B.C.-ING YOU $400: Among the treasures he was buried with around 1325 B.C., was the gold mask seen here King Tut
#8348, aired 2021-03-03B.C.-ING YOU $600: Shortly after he attained enlightenment, he gave a sermon in which he presented the 4 noble truths Buddha
#8348, aired 2021-03-03B.C.-ING YOU $800: The Peace of Nicias in 421 B.C. brought a temporary end to the fighting in this Greek war Peloponnesian
#8348, aired 2021-03-03B.C.-ING YOU $1000: X marks the spot for this king who succeeded his father Darius I as ruler of the Persian Empire Xerxes
#8348, aired 2021-03-03"WEE" FOLK $2000: He was Shoeless Joe Jackson in "Eight Men Out", & Doug Dorsey in "The Cutting Edge" D.B. Sweeney
#8347, aired 2021-03-02GUITAR TALK $600: A guitar's strings are set to E-A-D-G-B-E in "standard" this tuning
#8344, aired 2021-02-25HISTORY $1200: This writing system arose in Mesopotamia in the 4th millennium B.C. & disappeared early in the 1st millennium A.D. cuneiform
#8343, aired 2021-02-24SOLDIERING ON $1200: A man who crossed a stream, he was taken by pirates in the 70s B.C., ransomed, then raised a naval force & crucified the pirates Julius Caesar
#8341, aired 2021-02-22HAMBURGERS $1200: Born in Hamburg in 1833, he rose from his humble beginnings, to become one of the three B's of classical music (Johannes) Brahms
#8340, aired 2021-02-19BALTIMORE: NEWS CLUES $800: (Tom Rodgers of FOX45 in Baltimore presents the clue.) Camden Yards opened in 1992, masterly rehabilitating a warehouse of this historic railroad familiar to players of Monopoly The B&O Railroad
#8339, aired 2021-02-18TYPES OF NARRATIVE LITERATURE $1000: Meaning not proceeding from event A to event B to event C, this "non" word applies to "Tristram Shandy" & "House of Leaves" nonlinear
#8335, aired 2021-02-12GIRL $400: Farm girl Fern Arable wants to save the life of a pig in this E.B. White tale Charlotte's Web
#8335, aired 2021-02-12VALLEY $1600: The Harappan civilization of South Asia began around 2500 B.C. along the valley of this 2,000-mile river the Indus
#8333, aired 2021-02-10MAKES US STRONGER $600: As a noun, this "B" word is a long, supportive pillow; as a verb, it means to prop something up, like morale bolster
#8332, aired 2021-02-09SQUID PRO QUO $400: Parodying "Nothin' On You" by B.o.B., this funny guy has a song about getting "another tattoo", "maybe a squid, or a tarantula" "Weird Al" Yankovic
#8329, aired 2021-02-04HISTORY ACROSS THE AGES $800: Around 10,000 B.C. the paleolithic phase of this age ended in Europe the Stone Age
#8329, aired 2021-02-04HISTORY ACROSS THE AGES $1200: The Iron Age in Britain began around 800 B.C. & ended with the invasion of this empire about 800 years later the Romans
#8328, aired 2021-02-03NOTORIOUS $2000: $5,800 of this parachuting hijacker's money turned up near the Columbia River in 1980 D.B. Cooper
#8326, aired 2021-02-01ARCHAEOLOGY $1200: Found in 1982, a ship that sank off Turkey c. 1300 B.C. carried 1 ton of tin & 10 tons of copper, the perfect mixture to make this alloy bronze
#8325, aired 2021-01-29NO. 1 RECORD $800: In 1994 this R&B group spent 14 weeks at No. 1 singing, "I'll make love to you, like you want me to" Boyz II Men
#8321, aired 2021-01-25PHILOSOPHY $2000: Mohism, in 5th century B.C. China, argued for doing "what is beneficial to the world", like this -ism that arose in 19th c. Britain utilitarianism
#8320, aired 2021-01-229-LETTER WORDS $200: B or C, but not A or E a consonant
#8320, aired 2021-01-22PLANE SPOKEN $800: This alphanumeric U.S. plane began flights over the USSR in July 1956 U-2
#8318, aired 2021-01-20EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD $800: After Crassus died in battle in 53 B.C., this other "Great" triumvirate member allied with senators against Caesar...ooooops Pompey
#8316, aired 2021-01-18THE FICTIONAL HOUSEWIVES OF NEW YORK $800: In a 1945 E.B. White kids' book, Eleanor is the mom of this tiny title character who can crawl inside a piano to fix keys Stuart Little
#8315, aired 2021-01-15FORTIFY YOURSELF $200: Taking no chances, Pharaoh Nectanebo I fortified all 7 mouths of this river, around 380 B.C. the Nile
#8313, aired 2021-01-132 MIDDLE NAMES $1000: Edward Burghardt were the middle names of this author & civil rights activist--the opening "W." was for William W.E.B. Du Bois
#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 2021-01-12SCIENCE CENTER $800: These distinctive carnivores roamed North America for millions of years until about 10,000 B.C. a saber-tooth tiger
#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
#8309, aired 2021-01-07QUEENS $400: In 30 B.C. her decades of rule were ended, probably via the bite of a cobra Cleopatra
#8305, aired 2020-12-18MOVING $1000: B.O.L. is short for this, basically a customer's itemized contract with a moving company bill of lading
#8304, aired 2020-12-171800s AMERICA $3,000 (Daily Double): In 1830 the first 13 miles of this railroad opened for service, all within Maryland the B&O Railroad (Baltimore & Ohio)
#8301, aired 2020-12-14WORLD CAPITAL BINGO $400: "B", 1971: 2 municipalities, Thon Buri & Krung Thep, combine to form this Asian capital Bangkok
#8299, aired 2020-12-10VERY 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
#8297, aired 2020-12-08AUTHORS' ALMA MATERS $4,000 (Daily Double): One of his professors at Cornell was William Strunk Jr. whose "Elements of Style" he would later revise (E.B.) White
#8292, aired 2020-12-01TV $1000: This "Kitchen Nightmares" man received an O.B.E. in 2006 (Gordon) Ramsay
#8291, aired 2020-11-30A ROYAL PAIN $1600: In 336 B.C. Pausanias, a young Macedonian, killed this king; no trial--the assassin got killed on the spot Philip (II)
#8289, aired 2020-11-26IT'S LIKE MAINE $600: "B" aware that Maine's tiny international airport in this city handles hundreds of unexpected flight diversions Bangor
#8289, aired 2020-11-26ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A 5th CENTURY RAIDER? $2000: Attila raided his way deep into the Balkans & was only stopped at this pass where the Persians were stopped in the 400s B.C. Thermopylae
#8288, aired 2020-11-25A LETTER, THEN A WORD $1600: Kellogg at Northwestern is one of these specialized academic institutions a B-school
#8287, aired 2020-11-24FOREVER HOLD YOUR PEACE $600: The Thirty Years' Peace, beginning in the 440s B.C., was between Sparta & the Delian League, led by this city Athens
#8285, aired 2020-11-20THE ANCIENT WORLD $400: Kong qiu was the birth name of this Chinese philosopher of the 500s & 400s B.C. Confucius
#8285, aired 2020-11-20THE ANCIENT WORLD $1600: In the 7th century B.C., Sennacherib of this front-of-the-alphabet empire made Nineveh his capital Assyria
#8283, aired 2020-11-18V.O. INITIALS $1000: Wyldstyle/Lucy in "The Lego Movie": E.B. Elizabeth Banks
#8280, aired 2020-11-13FROM B TO C $400: One side in the Cold War was often called the "Eastern" this group the bloc
#8280, aired 2020-11-13FROM B TO C $800: Pressure measured in millibars barometric
#8280, aired 2020-11-1337 IS HEAVEN $1000: According to legend, on his journey of conquest in 218 B.C. this man brought 37 elephants with him Hannibal
#8280, aired 2020-11-13FROM B TO C $1200: This variety of pear is crisp & in season from September to April Bosc
#8280, aired 2020-11-13FROM B TO C $1600: Religious territorial jurisdiction aka a diocese a bishopric
#8280, aired 2020-11-13FROM B TO C $2000: A legal opinion by all the judges of an appeals court, not just a smaller panel, is given "en" this, French for "bench" en banc
#8278, aired 2020-11-11GEOLOGY $200: An event around 8,000 B.C. called the Flims rockslide created Ruinaulta, the Grand Canyon of this Alpine country Switzerland
#8276, aired 2020-11-09KEN 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
#8276, aired 2020-11-09HISTORIC NAMES $1200: Leading the Spartan forces, Lysander defeated the Athenian navy, ending this war in 405 B.C. the Peloponnesian
#8274, aired 2020-11-0521st CENTURY BLACK & WHITE MOVIES $1200: This Bruce Dern movie named for a Plains state was in B&W in the theaters but was shown in color on cable Nebraska
#8274, aired 2020-11-05HISTORICAL FACTS $3,000 (Daily Double): During the Gladiator or Third Servile War in the 70s B.C., this rebel & his forces gained control over most of southern Italy Spartacus
#8273, aired 2020-11-04HERE'S THE PLAY $800 (Daily Double): Kevin Bacon was not in this "numeric" play in 1990 but you could go trace his connections to Courtney B. Vance & Stockard Channing Six Degrees of Separation
#8273, aired 2020-11-04ANTHROPOLOGY $2000: The 1st prehistoric individual IDed with parents of different human groups lived around 90,000 B.C. & was half Denisovan, half this group Neanderthal
#8266, aired 2020-10-26AIRPLANE 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
#8263, aired 2020-10-21THE "A", "B", "C"s OF GOLF $200: pga.com says a good one of these assistants "can be worth several strokes a round" a caddy
#8263, aired 2020-10-21THE "A", "B", "C"s OF GOLF $400: 3-letter aka for a hole in one ace
#8263, aired 2020-10-21THE "A", "B", "C"s OF GOLF $600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew demonstrates a golf grip.) All ten fingers are placed on the club in this type of grip, named for another sport baseball
#8263, aired 2020-10-21THE "A", "B", "C"s OF GOLF $800: It's the amount of sideways curve or bend to a putt break
#8263, aired 2020-10-21THE "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
#8256, aired 2020-10-12ANCIENT HISTORY $800: In 279 B.C. the Celts attacked this sacred site in Greece on the slope of Mount Parnassus; should have seen that coming the Oracle at Delphi
#8256, aired 2020-10-12ANCIENT HISTORY $1200: Ranging from about 2600 to 1000 B.C., its 3 major kingdoms are termed the Old, the Middle & the New Egypt
#8255, aired 2020-10-09HITTITES $400: The Hittites entered history in the 2nd millennium B.C. in Anatolia, today the Asian portion of this nation Turkey
#8254, aired 2020-10-08THE $1 BILL $600: The 2 and the B represent one of the 12 of these, abbreviated FRBs, that issued the bill, in this case, the one in New York the Federal Reserve Bank
#8253, aired 2020-10-07HISTORY $600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents by a display monitor.) Tradition says here's the roughly 25-mile route Pheidippides ran in 490 B.C., bringing news of victory to Athens from this plain whose name is known beyond ancient history Marathon
#8253, aired 2020-10-07THE STATE WAS IN PLAY $1000: 1,000 votes in Nevada separated Samuel Tilden & this man in 1876 Rutherford B. Hayes
#8251, aired 2020-10-05HEADS UP! & OFF! $2,600 (Daily Double): After his death in 43 B.C., this Roman orator made a final appearance on the speakers' platform at the Forum--well, his head & hands did Cicero
#8247, aired 2020-09-29AMERICAN NAMES $400: In 1904 she was the head of the U.S. delegation to the International Council of women Susan B. Anthony
#8238, aired 2020-09-16ACM AWARDS $1200: In 2017 Luke Bryan, Dierks Bentley & Joe Walsh performed "Johnny B. Goode" in tribute to this rock pioneer who had recently passed away Chuck Berry
#8237, aired 2020-09-15KEN JENNINGS ON WINNING STREAKS $1000: (Ken Jennings presents the clue.) The Persian Empire fell to him in the 330s B.C., then Western Asia Minor, the Mediterranean coast, Egypt, on into India; not bad for a guy barely over 30 Alexander the Great
#8231, aired 2020-06-08FONTS OF WISDOM $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents by a display monitor.) California’s 3rd and Texas 3th district make the A; Ohio’s 12th and 7th districts make the B, and Connecticut’s 1st district is the C in a new font called Ugly Gerry in which “Gerry” stands for this partisan process gerrymandering
#8228, aired 2020-06-03IS IT BIGGER THAN A CHICKEN? $200: Yes, it's this Acropolis temple completed in 438 B.C.; the foundation seems good, but it could probably use a little roof work the Parthenon
#8228, aired 2020-06-03LET'S LOOK AT SOME MATH $1200: In a Venn diagram, an upside down "U" is used to represent this set that contains all elements in common to both "A" and "B" the intersection
#8227, aired 2020-06-02GOING ON VACATION $1000: This B&B island paradise northwest of Tahiti would be a perfect place for some R&R Bora Bora
#8224, aired 2020-05-28ANCIENT HISTORY $400: Around 1500 B.C. the kings who ruled from the city of Knossos on this Greek island dominated the Aegean Crete
#8224, aired 2020-05-28MYTHOLOGY $1000: In art from the 400s B.C., Odysseus is offered a drink by this sorceress who had already turned his men into swine Circe
#8224, aired 2020-05-28ANCIENT HISTORY $1200: Dating back to the 3rd Millenium B.C., the Iranian city of Rayy was sacked by Mongols in 1220 & the survivors moved to this new capital Tehran
#8223, aired 2020-05-27FORM "E" $200: A triangle with sides A, B & C all equal in length is in this form equilateral
#8223, aired 2020-05-27A WRITER'S LIFE $800: Born in 1903 with the initials E.A.B., took his pen name from an English river in 1933, passed away in 1950, 34 years early George Orwell
#8222, aired 2020-05-26FROM PAGE TO SCREEN $800: Michael B. Jordan played lawyer Bryan Stevenson & he was wrongly convicted death row inmate Walter McMillian in 2019's "Just Mercy" Jamie Foxx
#8219, aired 2020-05-21BOSS HOG $1200: Noting this swine's efforts, E.B. White wrote, "It is deeply satisfying to win a prize in front of a lot of people" Wilbur
#8217, aired 2020-05-19STILL STANDING IN EUROPE $200: The sculptor Phidias supervised this building's construction beginning in the year 447 B.C. the Parthenon
#8215, aired 2020-05-01HISTORIC HAPPENINGS $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents by a display monitor.) Back in the day, those on the island of Tyre felt pretty safe off the mainland, but when this great conqueror showed up in 332 B.C., he built a causeway and ended a siege by marching across the newly created path Alexander
#8214, aired 2020-04-30WORLD CAPITAL RIVERS $5,600 (Daily Double): Of the 4 capitals that stand on the Danube, 3 start with a "B": Bratislava, Budapest & this one further south Belgrade
#8207, aired 2020-04-21B IN THE MIDDLE $800: To pay back or refund reimburse
#8207, aired 2020-04-21B IN THE MIDDLE $1200: Synonym for an earthquake or tremor a temblor
#8207, aired 2020-04-21B IN THE MIDDLE $1600: In Exodus the Ark of the Covenant was directed to be this unit of measure "and a half the breadth thereof" a cubit
#8207, aired 2020-04-21B IN THE MIDDLE $2000: It's the long, broad sash worn with a kimono an obi
#8202, aired 2020-04-14HISTORY 101 $1600: A pedestal honoring Agrippa, victor in the 31 B.C. naval Battle of Actium, is on this Athenian hilltop the Acropolis
#8200, aired 2020-04-10PEOPLE NAMED ALEX $400: Alexander the Great was born in the city of Pella in this kingdom in 356 B.C. Macedonia
#8198, aired 2020-04-08ARCHITECTURE $400: Around 2650 B.C. in Saqqara, an early one of these, rising in a series of 6 big steps, was made for King Zoser a pyramid
#8198, aired 2020-04-08OLD HISTORY $800: Greek words meaning "people" & "rule" gave this form of government its name back in the 5th century B.C. democracy
#8198, aired 2020-04-08OLD HISTORY $1200: Built in the 3rd century B.C. on an island in the harbor, the Pharos of Alexandria was one of these structures a lighthouse
#8196, aired 2020-04-06MAMMALS $2,000 (Daily Double): The mnemonic device "D" has one hump, "B" has 2 helps us remember these 2 types of camels the dromedary and Bactrian camels
#8194, aired 2020-04-02OLD NAMES ON THE MAP $2,000 (Daily Double): What was once the protectorate of Bechuanaland is now this African country that also starts with "B" Botswana
#8193, aired 2020-04-01POTENT POTABLE ANALOGIES $800: Burgundy is to Pommard as this other "B" wine region is to Saint-Émilion Bordeaux
#8190, aired 2020-03-27LATIN PHRASES $1600: Julius Caesar summed up his victory in a 47 B.C. campaign with these 3 Latin words "Veni, vidi, vici"
#8186, aired 2020-03-23BRUSHING UP ON YOUR SPANISH HISTORY $2000: In 206 B.C., in the second of these wars, a Roman victory near Seville evicted Carthage from Spain for good the Punic Wars
#8182, aired 2020-03-17& THEN WHAT HAPPENED? $400: In 44 B.C. this man became dictator for life... & then had it ended by his political opponents (Julius) Caesar
#8179, aired 2020-03-12MALE WRITERS $400: 25 years after writing memorably about a talking mouse-y boy, he penned a tale about a mute trumpeter swan E.B. White
#8178, aired 2020-03-11PEOPLE $800: This Facebook bigwig wrote "Option B" about life after the sudden death of her husband (Sheryl) Sandberg
#8174, aired 2020-03-05CHILDREN'S BOOKS $600: The B. stands for Beatrice, a name this Barbara Park kindergartener can't stand Junie B. Jones
#8170, aired 2020-02-28STARTS & ENDS WITH B $400: It's the business end of a fishhook barb
#8170, aired 2020-02-28STARTS & ENDS WITH B $800: A short promotional statement found on a book cover blurb
#8170, aired 2020-02-28TRANSPORTATION $800: Motorhomes come in three letter classes. Class "B" is also called a camper type of this a van
#8170, aired 2020-02-28STARTS & ENDS WITH B $1200: This title film creature was based on an actual 1950 police report about a mysterious gelatinous mass found in a field The Blob
#8170, aired 2020-02-28STARTS & ENDS WITH B $1600: This type of restaurant/bar makes its own beer & serves it on the premises a brewpub
#8170, aired 2020-02-28STARTS & ENDS WITH B $2000: An Old Testament Philistine god & a New Testament devil, his name means "lord of the flies" Beelzebub
#8164, aired 2020-02-20HISTORY TIMELINE $400: By one account, nude competition in these games began in 720 B.C. when Orsippus of Megara found he was faster with no loincloth the Olympics Games
#8163, aired 2020-02-19"B" IN MEDICINE $400: It's a painful bony protrusion at the base of the big toe a bunion
#8163, aired 2020-02-19OFFBEAT HISTORY $400: The Medians & Lydians who were on the battlefield in 585 B.C. saw one of these in the sky & laid down their arms an eclipse
#8163, aired 2020-02-19"B" IN MEDICINE $800: This eating disorder is characterized by recurrent episodes of binge eating followed by purging bulimia
#8163, aired 2020-02-19"B" IN MEDICINE $1200: COPD is often a combination of emphysema & this chronic inflammation in the lungs bronchitis
#8163, aired 2020-02-19"B" IN MEDICINE $1600: This type of delivery means that the baby is born feet or tushie first instead of head first breech
#8163, aired 2020-02-19"B" IN MEDICINE $2000: Wound infection & improperly canned food are common causes of this poisoning by a toxin botulism
#8159, aired 2020-02-13RELIGIOUS FICTION $400: Books in this series by Tim LaHaye & Jerry B. Jenkins take place following "the rapture" Left Behind
#8158, aired 2020-02-12MY JOB IN THE MOVIE $200: Michael B. Jordan in "Creed" a boxer
#8154, aired 2020-02-06PUTTING A "B" IN YOUR BONNET $200: This flat hat is the Basque equivalent of the Scottish tam-o'-shanter a beret
#8154, aired 2020-02-06PUTTING A "B" IN YOUR BONNET $400: The Encyclopedia Britannica notes that break-dancers often wear these "sideways or backward" baseball caps
#8154, aired 2020-02-06PUTTING A "B" IN YOUR BONNET $600: Oddjob in "Goldfinger" wore this type of hat a bowler
#8154, aired 2020-02-06PUTTING 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
#8154, aired 2020-02-06PUTTING A "B" IN YOUR BONNET $1000: This men's hat of the Napoleonic era has a name meaning "two-horned" a bicorne
#8150, aired 2020-01-31> $1000: With superheroic effort at 2019's NAACP Image Awards, he bested Michael B. Jordan--again--as Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture (Chadwick) Boseman
#8150, aired 2020-01-31"&" $1000: In 1949 Billboard added this new music category to replace what had been called Race Records R&B (Rhythm & Blues)
#8149, aired 2020-01-30AUTHOR LAST NAME IN COMMON $800: E.B., T.H. & Australian Nobelist Patrick White
#8149, aired 2020-01-30REBOOTS $1600: Liam Neeson was Hannibal Smith & Quinton "Rampage" Jackson was B.A. Baracus when this TV series was rebooted as a movie The A-Team
#8148, aired 2020-01-29LETTER MEN $800: B: this tasty Elizabethan courtier pioneered inductive reasoning in "Novum Organum" (Francis) Bacon
#8146, aired 2020-01-27AROUND THE WORLD $2000: "B" aware that this 19-mile-long strait splits Turkey into western & eastern portions the Bosporus
#8145, aired 2020-01-24NEIL BEFORE ME $400: Before Neil Gorsuch, A.B. Neil similarly believed in the original meaning of the Constitution as Chief Justice of this in Tennessee the state supreme court
#8144, aired 2020-01-23GET YOUR "B.A." DEGREE $400: You might end up in the gutter or pick up a split at this place a bowling alley
#8144, aired 2020-01-23GET YOUR "B.A." DEGREE $800: It's a city of 3 million located on the Río de la Plata Estuary Buenos Aires
#8144, aired 2020-01-23GET YOUR "B.A." DEGREE $1600: This prehistoric period began around the 4th Millenium B.C. Bronze Age
#8144, aired 2020-01-23GET YOUR "B.A." DEGREE $2000: An island group of the Western Pacific held by Germany until WWI, it bears the name of a German Chancellor Bismarck Archipelago
#8144, aired 2020-01-23GET YOUR "B.A." DEGREE $3,400 (Daily Double): This hornless breed--take a look--is named in part for a place in Scotland black angus
#8141, aired 2020-01-20THE AMERICAS BEFORE COLUMBUS $2000: Existing from about 1200-400 B.C., this civilization of Mesoamerica is closely identified with giant stone heads the Olmecs
#8141, aired 2020-01-20THE AMERICAS BEFORE COLUMBUS $3,500 (Daily Double): In 1500 B.C. people in Central America were processing rubber in a way similar to this process discovered by Goodyearl" vulcanization
#8137, aired 2020-01-14TRIPLE B $400: Natural insulation found on a seal or whale blubber
#8137, aired 2020-01-14TRIPLE B $800: Adjective for a brook making a low, continuous murmur babbling
#8137, aired 2020-01-14TRIPLE B $1200: It means to mishandle a football or baseball bobble
#8137, aired 2020-01-14TRIPLE B $1600: Clothing articles that gave their name to 1940s adolescent girls bobby socks
#8136, aired 2020-01-13I LEARNED IT ON YOUTUBE $1200: How to identify the differences between antique copper & these 2 "B" alloys bronze & brass
#8134, aired 2020-01-09MEDICAL MATTERS $400: A risk factor for liver cancer is a chronic infection with the B- or C-type of this virus hepatitis
#8133, aired 2020-01-08"B"EASTS $200: This sociable forest antelope shares its name with paired Afro--Cuban drums a bongo
#8133, aired 2020-01-08"B"EASTS $400: Here, kitty, kitty! You aren't a mountain lion--you're this wildcat named for its short tail a bobcat
#8133, aired 2020-01-08"B"EASTS $600: No time to crash--some of these mouse-like marsupials of Australia have a gestation period of a mere 12 days a bandicoot
#8133, aired 2020-01-08"B"EASTS $800: The European type of this grazing mammal is also called a wisent a bison
#8133, aired 2020-01-08"B"EASTS $1000: You little weasel! The American species of this member of the weasel family is a carnivore & a good digger a badger
#2, aired 2020-01-07LET'S JAZZ UP THIS PLACE $3,800 (Daily Double): Born in New Orleans, Louis Armstrong performed songs named for these 2 local "B" streets Bourbon & Basin
#8131, aired 2020-01-06STATUE OF NO LIMITATIONS $1000: Some are up in arms over this marble statue carved around 150 B.C., saying she's really the sea goddess Amphitrite the Venus de Milo
#8130, aired 2020-01-03I'M SO THERE FOR IT! $200: It's 399 B.C. & I'm ready for my trial; 500 Greek jurors are sure to give this harmless elderly philosopher a fair shake Socrates
#8126, aired 2019-12-30POND $200: A real pond in this urban park is where E.B. White's Stuart Little is victorious racing his sailboat Central Park
#8126, aired 2019-12-30FASHION BRANDS $800: This footwear brand turns up often in hip-hop lyrics; the Notorious B.I.G. & Smif-n-Wessun called them "Timbs" Timberlands
#8125, aired 2019-12-27BIBLE "D"ICTIONARY $800: This Persian ruler of the 500s B.C. is mentioned in the books of Ezra, Haggai & Zechariah Darius
#8124, aired 2019-12-26"B" MY BABY $200: He made February 1, 1931 a big day for Nikolai & Klavdia Yeltsin Boris Yeltsin
#8124, aired 2019-12-26"B" MY BABY $400: Isaac & Maria D'Israeli welcomed this bundle of joy December 21, 1804 Benjamin Disraeli
#8124, aired 2019-12-26"B" MY BABY $600: She was born to magazine publisher Marvin Pierce in 1925, 16 years before she met "Poppy" Barbara Bush
#8124, aired 2019-12-26"B" MY BABY $800: In 1886 gun maker Friedrich Krupp had a daughter named this; we're not sure if she was a big baby Bertha
#8124, aired 2019-12-26"B" MY BABY $1000: On May 18, 1872 he was born to Lord & Lady Amberley & proud Grandpa Lord John Russell Bertrand
#8121, aired 2019-12-23BIG WORDS $3,000 (Daily Double): Of the 7 Ancient Wonders, the name of this one from the 200s B.C. reflected its huge size the Colossus of Rhodes
#8120, aired 2019-12-20WRITERS GO WAY BACK $600: This British dame sets the mystery in "Death Comes as the End" in Egypt way back in 2000 B.C. Agatha Christie
#8120, aired 2019-12-20WRITERS GO WAY BACK $2,000 (Daily Double): This Shakespeare play is set in 44 B.C. Julius Caesar
#8117, aired 2019-12-17CONTEMPORARY REVIEWS OF CHILDREN'S BOOKS $400: Eudora Welty said this E.B. White book about "friendship on earth, affection and protection" was "just about perfect" Charlotte's Web
#8116, aired 2019-12-16C'MON, THAT'S ANCIENT HISTORY! $800: I'm walkin' in this capital of Ancient Egypt, founded around 3000 B.C., but do I really feel the way I feel? Memphis
#8116, aired 2019-12-16C'MON, THAT'S ANCIENT HISTORY! $1200: Noted for his wisdom, this B.C. ruler organized Ancient Israel into 12 districts, appointing his own gov. for each one Solomon
#8116, aired 2019-12-16C'MON, THAT'S ANCIENT HISTORY! $1600: Newsflash, 338 B.C.! I'm hearing Philip II, ruler of this land, has taken Greece & I, for one, welcome our new overlord Macedonia
#8114, aired 2019-12-12DESIGNER INITIALS $1000: She's known for her bold & whimsical designs & for her hair extensions: B.J. Betsey Johnson
#8109, aired 2019-12-05"B" SIEGE $400: The Crimean War's Siege of Sevastopol resulted in the loss of Russia's main naval port on this sea the Black Sea
#8109, aired 2019-12-05"B" SIEGE $800: After a siege by Nebuchadnezzar, Jerusalem fell to this empire around 586 B.C. the Babylonian Empire
#8109, aired 2019-12-05"B" SIEGE $1200: The British were under siege from these South Africans at Mafikeng for more than 200 days before reinforcements came the Boers
#8109, aired 2019-12-05"B" SIEGE $2000: In 1864 resistance by this Confederate general saved Petersburg, leading to a near 10-month siege Beauregard
#8109, aired 2019-12-05"B" SIEGE $2,500 (Daily Double): During this 1900 rebellion, a siege of the International Quarter of Peking was broken with the timely help of the U.S. Marines the Boxer Rebellion
#8105, aired 2019-11-29THE OLD WEST $400: Before 500 B.C. the Greeks had reached westward to colonize much of southern Italy, including Neapolis, now this city Naples
#8105, aired 2019-11-29THE 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
#8104, aired 2019-11-28STATUESQUE AUTHORS $3,000 (Daily Double): Much of her 6th century B.C. poetry is lost, but her reputation as a female writing pioneer remains Sappho
#8101, aired 2019-11-25HISTORIC MERCENARIES $1200: In the 400s B.C., Athenian soldier & historian Xenophon fought in a rebellion in this empire against its ruler Artaxerxes II the Persian Empire
#8091, aired 2019-11-11MATH GUYS $400: You get an "A" if you know this mathematician of the 200s B.C. wrote a treatise on centers of gravity Archimedes
#8088, aired 2019-11-06THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT! $800: In 2018 this R&B singer lived up to his (stage) name, becoming an EGOT, the first African-American man to do so John Legend
#8088, aired 2019-11-06SCIENCE & EXPLORATION $2000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents by a display monitor.) According to "National Geographic", since 1995, there have been major collapses of sections A and B of the ice shelf named for this Norwegian explorer; an iceberg about the size of Delaware broke off section C in 2017 Carl Anton Larsen
#8085, aired 2019-11-01"B.C." $200: It's a less appealing 2-word name for tofu bean curd
#8085, aired 2019-11-01B.C. $400: Starting around 600 B.C. many Jews were deported east from the kingdom of Judah in what's known as the Babylonian this forced departure Babylonian Exile (or diaspora)
#8085, aired 2019-11-01"B.C." $400: People who have these snakes as pets favor the red-tailed species boa constrictors
#8085, aired 2019-11-01"B.C." $600: This musical notation sets the position of the F below middle C bass clef
#8085, aired 2019-11-01B.C. $800: Human occupation on Corsica dates from at least the 3rd millennium B.C., as evident from dolmens & menhirs, standing these stones
#8085, aired 2019-11-01"B.C." $800: It's the slang term for the ideological barrier separating China from the West Bamboo Curtain
#8085, aired 2019-11-01"B.C." $1000: This desert plant is named for its cylindrical shape a barrel cactus
#8085, aired 2019-11-01B.C. $1200: Ostia, at the mouth of this river, served as Rome's naval base & commercial harbor the Tiber
#8085, aired 2019-11-01B.C. $1,500 (Daily Double): In the 1st century B.C. Philo of Larissa taught his skeptical Philo-sophy at this school founded by Plato the Academy
#8085, aired 2019-11-01B.C. $2000: The 6th century B.C. Temple of Artemis was a mainstay of this city whose residents St. Paul would later pen a letter to Ephesus
#8081, aired 2019-10-28POP & ROCK MUSIC $600: In 2019 this 5-letter rap & R&B artist had the "Juice" to be nominated for Best New Artist at the VMAs Lizzo
#8080, aired 2019-10-25FROM B TO A $400: These single-celled organisms, some causing disease, are some of the smallest life forms bacteria
#8080, aired 2019-10-25FROM B TO A $800: It's not just any old Catholic church--it's one with special status from the Vatican a basilica
#8080, aired 2019-10-25FROM B TO A $1200: The sounds of this traditional Russian instrument are heard here a balalaika
#8080, aired 2019-10-25FROM B TO A $1600: This Hindu creator god is often depicted seated on a lotus throne Brahma
#8080, aired 2019-10-25FROM B TO A $2000: Color comes to a garden from this ornamental vine Bougainvillea
#8077, aired 2019-10-22ON THE "B"-LIST $400: Equilibrium balance
#8077, aired 2019-10-22ON THE "B"-LIST $800: It's said to be the "soul of wit" brevity
#8077, aired 2019-10-22ON THE "B"-LIST $1200: The late, great Bill Monroe was considered "The Father of" this type of music Bluegrass
#8077, aired 2019-10-22ON THE "B"-LIST $1600: This 5-letter word for the verge of catastrophe also means the edge of a steep drop brink
#8077, aired 2019-10-22ON THE "B"-LIST $2000: This word for troops camping outside comes from a German word for "extra watch" bivouac
#8074, aired 2019-10-17HISTORIC NAMES $800: The Tribune (not a newspaper but a guy named Clodius) got this orator exiled from Rome in 58 B.C. Cicero
#8067, aired 2019-10-08MUNICIPAL BEFORE & AFTER $800: E.B. White mouselike boy in a southern state capital Stuart Little Rock
#8065, aired 2019-10-04'90s NO. 1 HITS $2000: In 1997 this late rapper had "Mo Money Mo Problems" the Notorious B.I.G.
#8063, aired 2019-10-02UNTRUE DETECTIVE $2,400 (Daily Double): Robert B. Parker wrote "Perchance to Dream" as a sequel to this novel featuring Philip Marlowe The Big Sleep
#8060, aired 2019-09-27BIOGRAPHERS $400: W.E.B. Du Bois wrote a 1909 biography defending this abolitionist who was hanged 50 years earlier (John) Brown
#8060, aired 2019-09-27"B" MOVIE STARS $1200: She was an Elven queen in "The Lord of the Rings" Cate Blanchett
#8060, aired 2019-09-27"B" MOVIE STARS $1600: This Spaniard had no idea how crazy he was as a hitman in "No Country for Old Men" Javier Bardem
#8060, aired 2019-09-27"B" MOVIE STARS $2000: As Sgt. Barnes in "Platoon", this tough guy really gets on Charlie Sheen's bad side Tom Berenger
#8059, aired 2019-09-26NAMES IN POLITICS $800: This last name of Illinois Governor J.B. is on a prestigious architecture prize his family endowed Pritzker
#8059, aired 2019-09-26HIP-HOP MUSICIANS' REAL NAMES $1200: It's not an "Invasion of Privacy" to reveal that she is also known as Belcalis Almanzar Cardi B
#8053, aired 2019-09-18EX-SPORTS $400: The UFC of the ancient world, pankration debuted at the XXXIIIrd of these in 648 B.C. the Olympics
#8053, aired 2019-09-18BRAND NAMES: SPELL IN THE BLANK $400: Making pictures with illuminated pegs: Lite-____ B-R-I-T-E
#8052, aired 2019-09-17HALLEY'S COMET IN HISTORY $400: It's been speculated that Halley's Comet in 12 B.C. was this star from Matthew 2:2 the Star of Bethlehem (the star that the Magi followed accepted)
#8052, aired 2019-09-17AWARDS & HONORS $800: Cardi B won Best New Artist at these MTV awards in 2018 the VMAs (Video Music Awards)
#8050, aired 2019-09-13GET HIM TO THE ANCIENT GREEK $2000: We can give you at least 300 reasons you should know this king of Sparta who headed the Persians off at the pass in 480 B.C. Leonidas
#8046, aired 2019-09-09THE 1820s $400: Better known to us as an inventor, Samuel F.B. Morse pursued art in the 1820s & painted portraits, like of this lexicographer Webster
#8045, aired 2019-07-26BEFORE & AFTER: SINGERS & WRITERS $1000: "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head" singer who takes up a pen & creates "The Mayor of Casterbridge" B.J. Thomas Hardy
#8045, aired 2019-07-262 VERBS IN ONE $1000: To windmill, headspin or elbow hop like a b-boy breakdance
#8043, aired 2019-07-24HISTORY BOOKS $2,000 (Daily Double): A look at great historic clashes, Philip Sabin's "Lost Battles" includes this 490 B.C. battle the Persians lost to the Greeks Marathon
#8043, aired 2019-07-24LETTER IMPERFECT $2000: It was one of the 3 original blood groups discovered in 1900 but got changed to O C
#8042, aired 2019-07-23THE "B" THAT POWERS $400: 7-letter word for a renewable energy source made from algae, plants or animal waste biofuel
#8042, aired 2019-07-23THE "B" THAT POWERS $800: NASA uses "solid rocket" these to help the main engines in the early going; they fall back to Earth & are reused boosters
#8042, aired 2019-07-23THE "B" THAT POWERS $1200: It gets up to about 3,000 degrees in this kind of furnace used to make pig iron blast furnace
#8042, aired 2019-07-23THE "B" THAT POWERS $1600: Many of the torch lighters you find available at your local liquor store use this type of colorless gas butane
#8042, aired 2019-07-23THE "B" THAT POWERS $2000: The Clean Air Act helped to reduce pollution from this, the most abundant type of coal bituminous
#8041, aired 2019-07-22AT THE BALLPARK $400: An Eddie Murray statue & the B&O warehouse Camden Yards (or Oriole Park)
#8039, aired 2019-07-1819th CENTURY AMERICA $400: Born in Mass. in 1820, she had abolition & temperance as her main causes before focusing on women's rights (Susan B.) Anthony
#8038, aired 2019-07-17ABBREV. TV CHANNELS $200: Shows like "Mad Money" & "The Profit" help put the "B" (business) in this 4-letter channel CNBC
#8037, aired 2019-07-16FOLLOW THE LEADER $800: Following Fay Vincent as MLB commish: B.S. Bud Selig
#8037, aired 2019-07-16FOLLOW THE LEADER $1200: Soviet leader after Khruschchev: L.B. (Leonid) Brezhnev
#8037, aired 2019-07-16FOLLOW THE LEADER $1600: Following Alan Greenspan at the Fed: B.B. Ben Bernanke
#8035, aired 2019-07-12ACRONYMS & ABBREVS. $400: B.C. stands for "before Christ", B.C.E. stands for "before" this before common era
#8033, aired 2019-07-10ANCIENT EGYPT $400: In the 12th century B.C., hungry necropolis workers staged one of the earliest ones of these, demanding back pay a strike
#8029, aired 2019-07-04B.C. VIPs $400: Rather than surrender to the Romans, this great Carthaginian general took his own life Hannibal
#8029, aired 2019-07-04B.C. VIPs $1200: Ankhesenamun, one of the daughters of King Akhenaten & this beautiful queen, married King Tut Nefertiti
#8029, aired 2019-07-04B.C. VIPs $1600: Farmer/soldier Cincinnatus saved ancient Rome, then refused to stay on as a dictator, preserving this Roman form of govt. the republic
#8029, aired 2019-07-04B.C. VIPs $2000: One of the 7 wise men of Greece, his code of laws formed the foundation of Athens' democracy Solon
#8029, aired 2019-07-04B.C. VIPs $5,200 (Daily Double): In 399 B.C. he told a jury, "I am not grieved, men of Athens, at this vote of condemnation" Socrates
#8027, aired 2019-07-02"B" WHERE OF DOG $200: The AKC says the tuxedo-coated terrier named for this New England city makes an excellent urban pet Boston
#8027, aired 2019-07-02"B" WHERE OF DOG $400: This collie named for an English-Scottish region is renowned for its herding skills border
#8027, aired 2019-07-02"B" WHERE OF DOG $600: Check out the big eyes & beard on the Griffon, named for this Low Country capital Brussels
#8027, aired 2019-07-02"B" WHERE OF DOG $800: Meaning from a north Italian city, a breed of white Italian dog is named this, like a meat sauce Bolognese
#8027, aired 2019-07-02"B" WHERE OF DOG $1000: Formerly called spaniels, the hunting dogs named for this northwest French region more closely resemble small setters Brittany
#8024, aired 2019-06-27WOMEN SOLDIERS $800: Telesilla led an army defending Argos from a 490s B.C. attack by this warlike city-state Sparta
#8014, aired 2019-06-13AUTHORS' RHYME TIME $400: E.B.'s flying toys White's kites
#8014, aired 2019-06-13HISTORY $600: The 3 centuries from 323 to 30 B.C. are called this era, reflecting the spread of Greek culture in Europe & Asia Hellenistic
#8009, aired 2019-06-06VITAMINS $400: On "60 Minutes" Roger Clemens said he did get shots of this vitamin Vitamin B-12
#8009, aired 2019-06-06VITAMINS $1000: This B-complex vitamin was found in the 1930s to cure a nutrition deficiency in dogs called black tongue niacin
#8005, aired 2019-05-31THE COMICS $800: In this strip, Duke testified for the NRA in the '70s; the '80s went inside Reagan's brain; in 2004, B.D. got wounded in Iraq Doonesbury
#8005, aired 2019-05-31RELIGION FOUNDERS $1600: Tradition says in the 500s B.C. this Iranian prophet learned of the spirits of truth & falsehood Zoroaster
#8004, aired 2019-05-30FILL IN THEIR DATES $400: Julius Caesar: circa July 13, 100 B.C. - March ____, 44 B.C. 15
#8002, aired 2019-05-28"B" SPOKE SHAKESPEARE $400: About his crime he says, "Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more" Brutus
#8002, aired 2019-05-28"B" SPOKE SHAKESPEARE $800: Macbeth tells him, "Your children shall be kings", to which he replies, "You shall be king" Banquo
#8002, aired 2019-05-28"B" SPOKE SHAKESPEARE $1200: Before love conquers all in "Much Ado About Nothing", she calls Benedick "the prince's jester, a very dull fool" Beatrice
#8002, aired 2019-05-28"B" SPOKE SHAKESPEARE $2000: Appropriately, this "Romeo & Juliet" character whose name means "good will" says, "I do but keep the peace" Benvolio
#8002, aired 2019-05-28"B" SPOKE SHAKESPEARE $3,000 (Daily Double): She complains to the shrewish Kate, "Sister, content you in my discontent" Bianca
#8001, aired 2019-05-27IMPERIAL-ISM $1600: This "small" guy & The Imperials had R&B pop hits like "Tears On My Pillow" & "Goin' Out Of My Head" Little Anthony
#7996, aired 2019-05-20A DEGREE IN LITERATURE $400: Preacher Elmer Gantry earns his B.D., or bachelor of this, a quality he lacks divinity
#7995, aired 2019-05-17V.I.P.! V.I.P.! $1200: Friends, this Roman led his countrymen in an occupation of Armenia in 34 B.C., 10 years after his most famous speech Mark Antony
#7995, aired 2019-05-17THE WAR ON BACTERIA $1600: Sulfa drugs kill bacteria by preventing the production of this B vitamin acid that's crucial to life folic acid
#7993, aired 2019-05-15ANCIENT BATTLES $400: This man defeated Vercingetorix at the 52 B.C. Battle of Alesia, & Gaul was Rome's Julius Caesar
#7993, aired 2019-05-15MATH, TEACHERS $800: The equation A(B + C) = AB + AC shows that multiplication is this with respect to addition distributive
#7993, aired 2019-05-15ANCIENT BATTLES $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a diagram of a battle on the monitor.) At the decisive 331 B.C. Battle of Gaugamela, Alexander the Great's phalanxes opened ranks to let these wheeled Persian weapons pass through, then wipe them out chariots
#7993, aired 2019-05-15ANCIENT BATTLES $2000: Muwatallis, not Uriah, led these people against the Egyptians in the 1274 B.C. Battle of Kadesh the Hittites
#7993, aired 2019-05-15ANCIENT BATTLES $3,500 (Daily Double): Horses were terrified of these war beasts, which routed Roman cavalry at the 280 B.C. Battle of Heraclea elephants
#7989, aired 2019-05-09LITERARY CHARACTERS $1600: A tailor in a play by G.B. Shaw, he extracts a thorn from a lion's paw & is spared later in the arena by that lion Androcles
#7989, aired 2019-05-09TAURUS TYPES $2,000 (Daily Double): Those born under the sign of Taurus are devoted, like this woman, Gertrude Stein's partner & "Autobiography" subject Alice B. Toklas
#7984, aired 2019-05-02HEY, "B.B." $200: Stove placement of lower priority items the back burner
#7984, aired 2019-05-02HEY, "B.B." $400: This term for a portable stereo dates to the 1980s a boom box
#7984, aired 2019-05-02HEY, "B.B." $600: The door at the castle church of Wittenberg once served as this; Martin Luther made use of it the bulletin board
#7984, aired 2019-05-02HEY, "B.B." $800: Chapters in this Anna Sewell novel include "An Old War Horse" & "My Breaking In" Black Beauty
#7984, aired 2019-05-02HEY, "B.B." $1000: Receiving a manuscript from a then-unknown Julia Child, editor Judith Jones tested it by cooking the recipe for this stew beef bourguignon
#7984, aired 2019-05-02TORY SPELLING $2000: He's remembered for his 1917 "Declaration" about Palestine B-A-L-F-O-U-R
#7978, aired 2019-04-24ROMAN NAMES $400: In 27 B.C. Octavian was awarded this title meaning "revered one", & it became part of his name Augustus
#7978, aired 2019-04-24ROMAN NAMES $1200: The name of this rebel who died in 71 B.C honors a Greek city Spartacus
#7974, aired 2019-04-18IN JERUSALEM $600: In 1000 B.C. David conquered Jerusalem & made it his capital; about 40 years later, this man, his son, built the first temple Solomon
#7974, aired 2019-04-18GREEK & ROMAN LIT $800: Concerning a war & its aftermath, these 2 great epics were written around the 8th century B.C. the Odyssey and the Iliad
#7974, aired 2019-04-18IN JERUSALEM $1000: This legislative body meets in Jerusalem & is named after the "Great Assembly" that met there in the 5th century B.C. the Knesset
#7970, aired 2019-04-12A "B"6 SHOT $400: A narrative folk poem, or a simple, romantic song ballad
#7970, aired 2019-04-12I'D LIKE TO SELL A VOWEL $600: I don't have any Ford Model T's B's, F's or R's, but I do have this other 20th century model (Model) A
#7970, aired 2019-04-12A "B"6 SHOT $800: A government reward, perhaps put "on your head" bounty
#7970, aired 2019-04-12A "B"6 SHOT $1200: It's the printed name of the author of an accompanying news story byline
#7970, aired 2019-04-12A "B"6 SHOT $1600: It's the crime of having 2 wives at once bigamy
#7970, aired 2019-04-12A "B"6 SHOT $2000: Job title of a college treasurer bursar
#7967, aired 2019-04-09BEER $1000: The 1st brewers may have been this Mesopotamian people c. 6000 B.C.; they even had a goddess of beer, Ninkasi the Sumerians
#7965, aired 2019-04-05BOOK TITLE NAMES $800: The title character of this E.B. White book is born 2 inches long, with a tail & whiskers Stuart Little
#7963, aired 2019-04-03OLD TIMES $800: Lysander was an admiral of this Greek city & in 405 B.C. his victory over the Athenian navy ended the Peloponnesian War Sparta
#7963, aired 2019-04-03OLD TIMES $1200: Around 539 B.C. Cyrus the Great of this land conquered Babylon, the greatest city of the ancient world Persia
#7955, aired 2019-03-22THE GIRLS IN THE GROUP $200: Emma, Geri, Mel B, Mel C, & Victoria the Spice Girls
#7952, aired 2019-03-19A BIT OF THE OLD ULTRAVIOLET $2000: UV-B radiation penetrates the ocean surface, killing these tiny drifting organisms that include phyto- & zoo- types plankton
#7950, aired 2019-03-15POP CULTURE DOUBLE TALK $1200: This hit song in Spanish & English by DJ Snake features Ozuna, Cardi B & Selena Gomez "Taki Taki"
#7949, aired 2019-03-14ALL BETS ARE OFF $400: This Greek letter gave us part of the word for all the letters that make up a language alpha
#7949, aired 2019-03-14CINEMATIC OAKLAND $2000: Oscar Grant, played by Michael B. Jordan, is shot by a cop at this title station in Oakland Fruitvale
#7941, aired 2019-03-04HOBBIES $400: Collecting coins can be lucrative if you have one from 44 B.C. minted by Marcus Mettius showing this Roman Julius Caesar
#7940, aired 2019-03-01"E"PONYMOUS $7,400 (Daily Double): The plane truth is that this 2-word branch of math is named for a Greek who lived around 300 B.C. Euclidean geometry
#7938, aired 2019-02-27ART & ARTISTS $400: A first century B.C. writer said of sculptor Praxiteles that he imbued this material with the passions of the soul marble
#7938, aired 2019-02-27A LONG, LONG TIME AGO $1200: Don't call Ayla in "The Clan of the Cave Bear" a Neanderthal--she's this kind of human that emerged later, around 40,000 B.C. a Cro Magnon
#7934, aired 2019-02-21"B"ORDER COUNTRIES $200: France: This country to the north Belgium
#7934, aired 2019-02-21"B"ORDER COUNTRIES $400: Mexico: Just to the southeast Belize
#7934, aired 2019-02-21"B"ORDER COUNTRIES $600: Romania: A Balkan buddy Bulgaria
#7934, aired 2019-02-21"B"ORDER COUNTRIES $800: Paraguay: These 2 Bolivia & Brazil
#7934, aired 2019-02-21"B"ORDER COUNTRIES $1000: India: Burma & these other 2 Bangladesh & Bhutan
#7931, aired 2019-02-18USE YOUR B,R,A,I,N POWER $400: This glorious sight is formed by the refractive dispersion of light through falling water droplets a rainbow
#7931, aired 2019-02-18USE YOUR B,R,A,I,N POWER $800: A substance like oil or grease used to reduce friction a lubricant
#7931, aired 2019-02-18USE YOUR B,R,A,I,N POWER $1200: It's the vocal range between tenor & bass baritone
#7931, aired 2019-02-18USE YOUR B,R,A,I,N POWER $1600: Important for energy production in the body, it's also called Vitamin B2 riboflavin
#7931, aired 2019-02-18ANTEBELLUM $1600: When Rome booted a Carthaginian garrison on Sicily in the 200s B.C., the first of these conflicts was soon afoot the Punic Wars
#7931, aired 2019-02-18USE YOUR B,R,A,I,N POWER $2000: If you're "under" this in a hospital, you're technically an outpatient though you may stay for days observation
#7925, aired 2019-02-08FAUX AMIS $2000: Une librairie is a bookstore; library is this "B" word in French bibliotheque
#7922, aired 2019-02-05FROM B TO C $200: The "B" in ICBM stands for this kind of missile ballistic
#7922, aired 2019-02-05FROM B TO C $400: Also a simple programming language, it means unoriginal or mainstream in modern slang basic
#7922, aired 2019-02-05FROM B TO C $600: It's a cockroach's least favorite acid boric acid
#7922, aired 2019-02-05FROM B TO C $800: Adjective meaning related to the countryside, especially its pleasant aspects bucolic
#7922, aired 2019-02-05FROM B TO C $1000: He wrote more than 90 stories examining the complexities of 19th century French society Balzac
#7922, aired 2019-02-05TV: WHO PLAYED 'EM? $1000: Chloe on "Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23", & "Jessica Jones" Krysten Ritter
#7921, aired 2019-02-04CHICAGO, ATLANTA & MIAMI SOUND MACHINE $200: Paper Boi on "Atlanta", Brian Tyree Henry also starred on B'way as the general in this "Latter-Day" musical The Book of Mormon
#7919, aired 2019-01-31SCRIBBLING SIBLINGS $200: Aviation writer Robert Serling helped little bro Rod with "The Odyssey of Flight 33" episode of this series The Twilight Zone
#7919, aired 2019-01-311960s AMERICA $400: Thanks to a gift from Nikita Khrushchev, this president enjoyed a litter of dogs nicknamed "pupniks" John F. Kennedy
#7919, aired 2019-01-31MISCELLANEOUS $600: This title for a Buddhist priest means "superior one"; the Panchen one heads the Tashi Lhunpo monastery a lama
#7919, aired 2019-01-31CLICHES $1200: The image here illustrates this cliche about a gift unappreciated pearls before swine
#7919, aired 2019-01-31BIO PICKED $1200: This 1962 film, based on a Broadway play, is about the woman seen here The Miracle Worker
#7919, aired 2019-01-31THE SUPERB OWL $2000: These owl parts don't move but still can make up 5% of the bird's body weight; humans' make up about 0.02% eyes
#7918, aired 2019-01-30SPELLEMENTS $400: C C-A-R-B-O-N
#7916, aired 2019-01-28THE TV BIZ $2000: A leading mag of the biz, founded in 1931 as Broadcasting, became Broadcasting & this in the '90s & now goes by B&C Broadcasting & Cable
#7913, aired 2019-01-23NAMES IN MUSIC $200: She originally wanted to use the stage name Bacardi Cardi B
#7909, aired 2019-01-17BEARD MAN $4,000 (Daily Double): This bearded guy was born in Colonus around 496 B.C. & wrote more than 120 plays, including "Ajax" & "Antigone" Sophocles
#7905, aired 2019-01-115 "B"s OF CLASSICAL MUSIC $400: This period of music that saw the first attempts at opera ended with the death of Johann Sebastian Bach Baroque
#7905, aired 2019-01-115 "B"s OF CLASSICAL MUSIC $800: The word beautiful sometimes appears in the title of this waltz, an unofficial anthem of Austria "The Blue Danube"
#7905, aired 2019-01-115 "B"s OF CLASSICAL MUSIC $1200: Vivaldi wrote 230 violin concertos, his most for any instrument; second are his 40 or so for this "B" woodwind bassoon
#7905, aired 2019-01-115 "B"s OF CLASSICAL MUSIC $1600: It's a type of song originally sung by gondoliers; here's a famous one by Offenbach barcarole
#7905, aired 2019-01-115 "B"s OF CLASSICAL MUSIC $2000: This Hungarian's 1923 "Dance Suite" celebrated the 50th anniversary of the merger of Buda, Pest & Obuda Béla Bartók
#7902, aired 2019-01-08GOING VEGAN $800: Vegans can't get enough of this B vitamin from plant sources, so they need supplements, injected or otherwise B12
#7901, aired 2019-01-07A BIRD $2000: This man's 414 B.C. comedy "The Birds" features a chorus of them that directly addresses the audience Aristophanes
#7900, aired 2019-01-04GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS $2000: During his acceptance speech for the Cecil B. DeMille award, this legendary British actor accidentally broke it Sir Laurence Olivier
#7895, aired 2018-12-28CENTS OF A WOMAN $200: The first U.S. circulating coin to depict a real woman was the $1 coin featuring this suffragist Susan B. Anthony
#7894, aired 2018-12-27AIRPORT CODES $1000: BWI--these 2 cities are the B & the W Baltimore and Washington, D.C.
#7894, aired 2018-12-27SEND LAWYERS, GUNS & MONEY $1600: Courtney B. Vance won an Emmy in 2016 for playing this defense lawyer for O.J. Simpson Johnnie Cochran
#7891, aired 2018-12-24VERY DEFINITELY FOR PROFIT $2000: Last name of American Tobacco's James B., who smoked up profits with American Cigar & American Snuff Duke
#7889, aired 2018-12-20CLUES ACROSS AMERICA $200: (I'm Jim Gardner from 6ABC.) The Franklin Institute has the only intact Model B made by these 2 men; it was the first plane to carry air freight, live bombs & a U.S. president Orville and Wilbur Wright
#7886, aired 2018-12-17WRITERS EXPOSED $400: Elwyn Brooks (E.B.) White
#7885, aired 2018-12-14SHORE LINES $400: In this song by the B-52s, "we were at the beach, everybody had matching towels" "Rock Lobster"
#7885, aired 2018-12-14COUNTRIES' HIGHEST POINTS $2000: Mount Obama--this Caribbean nation known as "A&B" for short Antigua and Barbuda
#7884, aired 2018-12-13WORDS FOR YOUR DOG $200: A coveted award for those who exhibit their dogs, "B.I.S." stands for this accolade best in show
#7874, aired 2018-11-29LET'S PUT RUTHERFORD B. HAYES IN THE PICTURE! $200: Here's the ex-president out getting some non-air at this structure about 200 miles up the International Space Station
#7874, aired 2018-11-29LET'S PUT RUTHERFORD B. HAYES IN THE PICTURE! $400: Here he is in this state that joined the union in 1876--the year RBH was elected Colorado
#7874, aired 2018-11-29LET'S PUT RUTHERFORD B. HAYES IN THE PICTURE! $600: Let's put him in the picture & make the man almost as tall as this Art Deco building completed in 1930 the Chrysler Building
#7874, aired 2018-11-29LET'S PUT RUTHERFORD B. HAYES IN THE PICTURE! $800: Hayes visits this Maryland battlefield also known as Sharpsburg; he was wounded & missed the action when his regiment fought there in 1862 Antietam
#7874, aired 2018-11-29LET'S PUT RUTHERFORD B. HAYES IN THE PICTURE! $1000: Rud, we looked for you everywhere, & here you are out in this type of flooded field used to grow rice a rice paddy
#7874, aired 2018-11-29AN ABBREVIATED CATEGORY $1200: It's the "B" in scuba breathing
#7873, aired 2018-11-28ON THE MOVE $800: In 1852 the B&O Railroad first connected Baltimore with the city of Wheeling on this stately river Ohio
#7872, aired 2018-11-27THE WRITER SPEAKS $800: On writing up to children, "I handed them...a mouse-boy and they accepted it...I gave them a literate spider, and they took that" E.B. White
#7870, aired 2018-11-23B.S., I LOVE YOU $400: Of this 2009 Kennedy Center honoree, Barack Obama said, "I'm the president, but he's 'The Boss'" Bruce Springsteen
#7870, aired 2018-11-23B.S., I LOVE YOU $800: In 2012 he won 71% of the vote to retain his Vermont Senate seat Bernie Sanders
#7870, aired 2018-11-23B.S., I LOVE YOU $1200: In 1972 this pediatrician who wrote the book on bringing up baby ran for president Benjamin Spock
#7870, aired 2018-11-23B.S., I LOVE YOU $1600: On June 20, 1947 this mobster & Vegas visionary took a bullet shower, leaving him down & out in Beverly Hills Bugsy Siegel
#7870, aired 2018-11-23B.S., I LOVE YOU $2000: In addition to a bloody classic 1897 novel, this Irishman also wrote 1909's "The Lady of the Shroud" Bram Stoker
#7869, aired 2018-11-22PIONEERING TELEVISION $400: In the B.C. (before Carson) era, Steve Allen & Jack Paar were hosts of this show The Tonight Show
#7867, aired 2018-11-20THE HUMAN BODY $400: Types of these include B cells, leukocytes & monocytes white blood cells
#7865, aired 2018-11-16LAYING DOWN SOME R&B & HIP-HOP VOCALS $200: He crooned, "'Cause you're a good girl & you know it, you act so different around me" Drake
#7865, aired 2018-11-16LAYING DOWN SOME R&B & HIP-HOP VOCALS $400: Hip-hoppers liked "I Like It", provided by Bad Bunny, J Balvin & this woman who also warned us to "Be Careful" Cardi B
#7865, aired 2018-11-16LAYING DOWN SOME R&B & HIP-HOP VOCALS $600: "Shopping sprees in Paris, everything 24 karats, take a look in that mirror, now tell" this singer "who's the fairest" Bruno Mars
#7865, aired 2018-11-16LAYING DOWN SOME R&B & HIP-HOP VOCALS $800: In 2018 "Pray For Me" ascended the Billboard chart for The Weeknd & this Pulitzer Prize winner Kendrick Lamar
#7865, aired 2018-11-16LAYING DOWN SOME R&B & HIP-HOP VOCALS $1000: GPS on your phone? Don't put it on silent--"ride the vibrations"--this young man "don't need nothin' else but you" Khalid
#7864, aired 2018-11-15B MINUS $200: A "B" falls off the extreme edge, leaving this skating-friendly venue a rink

Final Jeopardy! Round clues (103 results returned)

#9054, aired 2024-03-07ANCIENT DRAMA: From the 470s B.C., Aeschylus' earliest surviving work has this title; he'd fought them repeatedly in the preceding years The Persians
#9004, aired 2023-12-28THOSE ZANY ANCIENT ROMANS: In the 20s B.C. the emperor's sister Octavia had a sitcom-worthy home including the boy & girl twin children of this man & woman Antony & Cleopatra
#18, aired 2023-10-25TWEEN LIT: Referring to the lengthy title of her much-discussed novel, this author lamented that she didn't just call the book "Margaret" Judy Blume
#8863, aired 2023-05-03BUSINESS & SOCIAL MEDIA: On Twitter in 2023, this food franchise followed an exact total of 11 accounts that included Victoria Beckham, Mel B & Herb Alpert KFC
#8855, aired 2023-04-21HISTORIC GROUPS: Originally a term for security escorts for commanders, in 27 B.C. this group was designated an official imperial force the Praetorian Guard
#8768, aired 2022-12-21CHILDREN'S LIT: The title object of this book "never looked more beautiful... each strand held dozens of bright drops of early morning dew" Charlotte's Web
#8711, aired 2022-10-0320th CENTURY POEM ENDINGS: These 5 words that end a poem are also a proverb; one citation across the centuries includes a reminder not to make the wall too high Good fences make good neighbors
#8683, aired 2022-07-13STATE MOTTOS: This motto is the name of a city in that state & is a famous quote by an ancient Greek from the 3rd century B.C. Eureka
#8680, aired 2022-07-08SCIENCE & THE BIBLE: A 2021 study suggested that an asteroid that struck the Jordan Valley c. 1650 B.C. gave rise to the story of this city in Genesis 19 Sodom
#8465, aired 2021-08-1319th CENTURY AMERICAN WOMEN: 2 of the 3 women depicted on the first statue of real women in Central Park, unveiled in August 2020 (2 of) (Sojourner) Truth, (Susan B.) Anthony, or (Elizabeth Cady) Stanton
#8433, aired 2021-06-3020th CENTURY NOVELS: British biochemist J.B.S. Haldane's essay on ectogenesis, birth outside the womb, helped inspire this 1932 novel Brave New World
#8388, aired 2021-04-28HOLLYWOOD LEGENDS: This director was quoted as saying, "I believe I can take any 60 pages of the Bible and make a great picture" Cecil B. DeMille
#8335, aired 2021-02-12ANCIENT GREEK PHILOSOPHERS: Asked to describe this 4th century B.C. member of the Cynics, Plato called him "a Socrates gone mad" Diogenes
#8266, aired 2020-10-26ANCIENT TEXTS: Developed in the 18th century B.C. & named for a ruler, it aimed to "settle all disputes & heal all injuries" the Code of Hammurabi
#8237, aired 2020-09-15THE MUSIC BIZ: In 2019, at a 60th anniversary event in Detroit, this producer announced his retirement saying he had "come full circle" Berry Gordy
#8144, aired 2020-01-23FAMOUS NAMES: A new Election Day ritual is leaving “I Voted” stickers on the headstone of this historic woman at a Rochester, New York cemetery Susan B. Anthony
#8086, aired 2019-11-04ANCIENT HISTORY: According to Herodotus, a messenger was sent 150 miles from Athens to Sparta, just before this 490 B.C. battle the Battle of Marathon
#8073, aired 2019-10-16WORLD LEADERS: This man who ruled from 1949 to 1976 was sometimes called "the Red Sun" Mao Zedong (Mao)
#8032, aired 2019-07-09ANCIENT TIMES: In 1955 King Paul of Greece unveiled a statue of this hero near the cliffs where he died in the 5th century B.C. Leonidas
#7982, aired 2019-04-30EUROPEAN CITIES: Founded, according to tradition, in 11 B.C., this former capital lies about halfway between Paris & Berlin Bonn
#7782, aired 2018-06-12CHILDREN'S LIT: In 2017 the Maine farm & barn that inspired this classic 1952 novel were put up for sale Charlotte's Web
#7781, aired 2018-06-11BRASS INSTRUMENTS: In playing this instrument whose early version was called a sackbut, it's about 6" from A to B, about 7" from C to D a trombone
#7736, aired 2018-04-0920th CENTURY PRESIDENTS: He took the Oath of Office twice 14 months apart Lyndon B. Johnson
#7722, aired 2018-03-20ROMAN HISTORY: Of this battle in 31 B.C., Virgil wrote, "Neptune's fields grow red with fresh slaughter" the Battle of Actium
#7593, aired 2017-09-20U.S. POSTAL ABBREVIATIONS: In 1969 the "B" in this state's abbreviation was changed to an "E" to avoid confusion with a Canadian province Nebraska
#7374, aired 2016-10-06SECRETARIES OF STATE: The 2 Secretaries of State who received B.A.s in political science from Wellesley, 10 years apart Madeleine Albright & Hillary Clinton
#7300, aired 2016-05-1320th CENTURY PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES: He was awarded a DFC in WWII for a combat mission as pilot of the B-24 bomber he named the "Dakota Queen" George McGovern
#7222, aired 2016-01-2620th CENTURY AMERICA: The 1970 follow-up line "We've had a main B bus undervolt" was addressed to a listener in this city Houston
#7143, aired 2015-10-07MOVIE CHARACTERS: Charlton Heston's wardrobe in 1954's "Secret of the Incas" inspired the clothes worn by this adventurous character 27 years later Indiana Jones
#7115, aired 2015-07-1719th CENTURY AMERICANS: An account of her historic trial noted, "It was conceded that the defendant was, on the 5th November 1872, a woman" Susan B. Anthony
#7085, aired 2015-06-05MOTTOES: Though the 2 men were very different, this 4-word motto came to represent both Oscar Wilde & Louis B. Mayer "Art for art's sake"
#7046, aired 2015-04-13GEOGRAPHY: The Caucasian Isthmus lies between these 2 large inland bodies of water the Caspian Sea & the Black Sea
#7044, aired 2015-04-09REFERENCE WORKS: Now in its fourth edition, the book with this title first appeared in 1918 as a 43-page guide for Cornell English students The Elements of Style
#6807, aired 2014-04-01FAMOUS WOMEN: This crusader, in 1906: "More than 60 years of hard struggle for a little liberty, & then to die without it seems so cruel" Susan B. Anthony
#6639, aired 2013-06-27TRANSPORTATION: Susan B. Anthony said this new fad had "done more to emancipate women than anything else in the world" the bicycle
#6372, aired 2012-05-08ANCIENT LANDMARKS: It's believed that its nose was about 3 feet wide when it was first constructed around 2500 B.C. the Sphinx
#6359, aired 2012-04-19WHO WAS THE PRESIDENT WHEN...: The Jets beat the heavily favored Colts in Super Bowl III Lyndon B. Johnson
#6326, aired 2012-03-05CIVILIZATIONS: Starting in the 300s B.C., Hellenistic civilization was spread from this land where a new country was declared in 1991 Macedonia
#6204, aired 2011-07-28WORLD HISTORY: Surus was the last known one of these to survive a mountain crossing in the 3rd century B.C. an elephant
#6188, aired 2011-07-06U.S. STATE NAMES: Of the 4 states that begin & end with the same vowel, the one that doesn't begin & end with the same letter as the other 3 states Ohio
#6173, aired 2011-06-15CRUSADING WOMEN: A judge's directed verdict of guilty for her action in Rochester in 1872 was written before her trial began Susan B. Anthony
#5689, aired 2009-05-07B.C. THINKERS: The name we know him by was actually a nickname given him for his wide, disc-like shoulders Plato
#5664, aired 2009-04-02TV CHARACTERS: She was born on February 22, 10,000 B.C. weighing 6 pounds, 12 ounces Pebbles Flintstone
#5635, aired 2009-02-20ANCIENT WORKS: Astronomers used clues in the text of this epic to figure out the date of its archery contest: April 16, 1178 B.C. The Odyssey
#5620, aired 2009-01-30WEAPONS OF WORLD WAR II: This nickname given a bomber at a 1935 test flight reflected the early belief that it wouldn't need fighter protection the Flying Fortress
#5597, aired 2008-12-30POLITICAL ROCK & ROLL: In 2008 John McCain used this 1958 Top 10 hit by Chuck Berry as an anthem for his presidential bid "Johnny B. Goode"
#5591, aired 2008-12-22ALMA MATERS: Former governor & onetime presidential hopeful Mitt Romney earned his B.A. in 1971 from this university BYU (Brigham Young University)
#5382, aired 2008-01-22ADJECTIVES: This word meaning "gruesome" was inspired by the deaths of the leaders of a Jewish revolt in the 100s B.C. macabre
#5316, aired 2007-10-22QUOTATIONS FROM B.C.: This work says, "Victorious warriors win first & then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first & then seek to win" The Art of War (by Sun Tzu)
#5314, aired 2007-10-18BROADWAY: The original 1994 Broadway cast of this musical based on a film featured Alan Oppenheimer as Cecil B. DeMille Sunset Boulevard
#5292, aired 2007-09-18MUSICAL HISTORY: It's the nursery rhyme that inspired the title of a famous musical based on a 1913 G.B. Shaw work London Bridge
#5198, aired 2007-03-28LITERARY FIGURES: Bono, Jim Sheridan & Liam Neeson were featured in a 2004 documentary honoring the 150th anniversary of the birth of this man Oscar Wilde
#4782, aired 2005-05-24LAW & SOCIETY: This Hollywood legend who died January 21, 1959 supported placing monuments that have since brought legal challenges Cecil B. DeMille
#4729, aired 2005-03-10ANCIENT WRITERS: Born in 43 B.C., his most famous work begins, "My intention is to tell of bodies changed to different forms" Ovid (in Metamorphoses)
#4609, aired 2004-09-2320th CENTURY SHIPS: This British ship was named for a Roman province established in the area of Portugal in 27 B.C. the Lusitania
#4596, aired 2004-09-06COMIC BOOKS: In 2002 the Library of Congress had William B. Jones, Jr. speak on this 1941-1971 comic book series in its collection Classic Comics (or Classics Illustrated)
#4340, aired 2003-06-13FAMOUS NAMES: The first & middle names of this wealthy man who died in 1975 were those of people who died in 322 B.C. & 399 B.C. Aristotle (Socrates) Onassis
#4319, aired 2003-05-15GOVERNORS: In 1967 she became the first woman governor of a state east of the Mississippi River Lurleen B. Wallace (of Alabama)
#4145, aired 2002-09-13PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: The first winning presidential ticket of 2 sitting U.S. senators was the ticket of these 2 men John F. Kennedy & Lyndon B. Johnson
#4049, aired 2002-03-21ASIAN CITIES: The name of this Afghan city is a local variation of the name of the man who conquered the region in 329 B.C. Kandahar
#3827, aired 2001-04-03SATIRE: This then-living man was the main target of the mid-1960s play "MacBird!" Lyndon B. Johnson
#3817, aired 2001-03-20THEATRE HISTORY: This playwright died in 406 B.C., so he never saw his famous tragedy at Colonus produced Sophocles
#3748, aired 2000-12-13MUSICAL THEATRE: Currently, this show is performed by 3 troupes; the Liffey & Lagan Companies on tour & the Shannon Company on B'way "Riverdance"
#3653, aired 2000-06-21SCIENCE WORD ORIGINS: Coined by the chemist J.B. van Helmont, the word gas comes from this Greek word meaning "unformed mass" chaos
#3561, aired 2000-02-14HISTORIC QUOTATIONS: According to Suetonius it was inscribed on a parade wagon after the 5-day Pontic campaign of 47 B.C. "Veni, Vidi, Vici" ("I came, I saw, I conquered")
#3508, aired 1999-12-01WORLD CITIES: Around 59 B.C. the Romans settled what is now this city, & gave it a Latin name that means "blossoming" Florence
#3290, aired 1998-12-18PRESIDENTS: 2 of the 3 successive presidents who were Republicans, born in Ohio & generals in the Union army (2 of) Ulysses S. Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes & James A. Garfield
#3277, aired 1998-12-01THE OLYMPICS: Eddie Eagan, the only person to win golds in Summer & Winter Games, won in these 2 sports both beginning with "B" Bobsledding & boxing
#3214, aired 1998-07-16TELEVISION & HISTORY: When "60 Minutes" premiered, this man was U.S. president Lyndon B. Johnson (show premiered Sept. 24, 1968)
#3058, aired 1997-12-10WOMEN: 1 of the 3 women in the only statue that depicts women in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda (1 of) Susan B. Anthony, Lucretia Mott & Elizabeth Cady Stanton
#2947, aired 1997-05-27MUSICIANS: As a disc jockey in the 1940s, he was known as "The Blues Boy from Beale Street" B.B. King
#2933, aired 1997-05-07ANCIENT PLAYWRIGHTS: This playwright born in Colonus around 496 B.C. wrote one of his finest plays when he was 90 Sophocles ("Oedipus at Colonus")
#2909, aired 1997-04-03INTERNATIONAL SONGS: Bush poet A.B. Paterson, who died in 1941, wrote the words to this internationally famous song "Waltzing Matilda"
#2870, aired 1997-02-07HISTORIC GEOGRAPHY: The former kingdom of Saxony is now located in this country Germany
#2869, aired 1997-02-06U.S. PRESIDENTS: The last names of 8 different presidents end with this 3-letter combination Son (Jefferson, Madison, Jackson, W.H. Harrison, A. Johnson, B. Harrison, Wilson & L. Johnson)
#2868, aired 1997-02-05RULERS: In 44 B.C. he was made dictator for life, a post abolished after he died the same year Julius Caesar
#2701, aired 1996-05-06DATES: The building of the Erie Canal, B&O Railroad & Washington Monument began on this date in different years July 4th
#2658, aired 1996-03-06ANCIENT HISTORY: He started the Third Servile War in 73 B.C. Spartacus
#2575, aired 1995-11-1020th CENTURY PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: James B. Stockdale was his vice-presidential running mate Ross Perot
#2507, aired 1995-06-27ANCIENT HISTORY: In 41 B.C. Mark Antony named him tetrarch of Galilee Herod (the Great)
#2413, aired 1995-02-15COMPOSERS: Hans von Bulow said his favorite key was E-flat major because it had 1 flat for each of these composers Bach, Brahms & Beethoven (The Three Bs)
#2399, aired 1995-01-26CLASSIC TV: Sitcom whose title character was born in Baghdad in 64 B.C. I Dream of Jeannie
#2289, aired 1994-07-1420th CENTURY WOMEN: C.B. Luce said of her, "No woman has ever so comforted the distressed or so distressed the comfortable" Eleanor Roosevelt
#2222, aired 1994-04-12COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES: This university was founded in 1870 at the urging of Rutherford B. Hayes Ohio State University
#2015, aired 1993-05-14ANCIENT ROME: General Publius Scipio won the surname "Africanus" for beating this man at the 202 B.C. Battle of Zama Hannibal
#1868, aired 1992-10-21CHRONOLOGY: Dionysius Exiguus, a monk in Rome, is credited with inspiring the use of these 2 abbreviations B.C. & A.D.
#1645, aired 1991-10-25LITERARY SEQUELS: "Perchance to Dream" is Robert B. Parker's sequel to this 1939 Raymond Chandler novel The Big Sleep
#1552, aired 1991-05-07AMERICAN HISTORY: The only 1 to sign the Declaration of Independence, 1778 alliance w/France, peace treaty w/G.B. & Constitution Benjamin Franklin
#1479, aired 1991-01-24WORLD HISTORY: On July 15, 1815 he surrendered to the captain of the Bellerophon Napoleon (I)
#1354, aired 1990-06-21COINS: On its reverse the Susan B. Anthony dollar commemorated this historic event of the 1960s Moon landing
#1282, aired 1990-03-13THE CALENDAR: In 8 B.C., when this month was renamed, a day from Feb. was added so it equaled the month before it August
#1232, aired 1990-01-02THE OSCARS: Of Cecil B. De Mille's 70 films, only this non-Biblical one won "Best Picture" The Greatest Show on Earth
#1063, aired 1989-03-29MOVIE STARS: She made only 11 Hollywood films during her brief career, co-starring twice with B. Crosby & winning an Oscar Grace Kelly
#890, aired 1988-06-17CINEMA: The last film Cecil B. De Mille directed, it was a partial remake of a silent epic he'd directed 33 years before The Ten Commandments
#803, aired 1988-02-17WORLD CAPITALS: More European national capitals begin with this letter than any other, 7 in all B
#733, aired 1987-11-11PRESIDENTS: This consonant begins the last names of five presidents, more than any other letter H
#609, aired 1987-04-09PRESIDENTS: President who's buried the farthest south Lyndon B. Johnson
#455, aired 1986-06-06THE '70s: In '73, it happened to B. Devlin, J. Fonda & T. Hayden, & Fr. P. Berrigan admitted it had happened to him getting married
#430, aired 1986-05-02WORLD EVENTS: Muzak has b'cast words twice, for simulcast of "We Are The World" & announcement of this 1/20/81 event the release of the Iran hostages
#332, aired 1985-12-17THE 50 STATES: Besides X, Y, & Z, 3 other letters that do not begin the name of an American state (3 of) B, E, J & Q
#298, aired 1985-10-30FAMOUS AMERICANS: Famous American after whom B.F. Goodrich was named Benjamin Franklin
#153, aired 1985-04-10PRESIDENTS: The only president to be sworn in by a woman Lyndon B. Johnson
#67, aired 1984-12-11WOMEN IN HISTORY: Arrested for voting in 1872 election, she died 14 years before the 19th Amendment Susan B. Anthony

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B.D. Schwarz, a twelve-year-old from Oakland, California "He wants to make others happy by opening a little game...
J.B. Evans, an attorney from Boise, Idaho Season 35 player (2019-01-31).
B.J. Novak, an actor from Newton, Massachusetts "An actor from Newton, Massachusetts, during its nine-season run, he wrote,...
B.W. Radley, a claims adjuster originally from Santa Rosa, California Season 5 player (1988-11-01).
H.B. Taylor, a collaboration solution specialist from McKinney, Texas Season 31 1-time champion: $23,201 + $1,000.
Chacko George, a senior at the University of Texas at Austin from Austin, Texas "He won the November 1999 Teen Tournament. Now he's a senior...
Charlie Blatt, an 11-year-old from Scarsdale, New York "Besides cooking, working on the computer, and tap dancing, she likes...
Edgar B. Herwick III, a public relations coordinator originally from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Season 23 player (2007-07-04).
Steve Greene, a senior from UCLA from Elk Grove, California 2010-B College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000 + a Nintendo Wii +...
Amanda J. Ray, a sophomore at the University of Virginia from Harrisonburg, Virginia 2010-B College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
Ellen Eichner, a junior from the Ohio State University from Northbrook, Illinois 2010-B College Championship semifinalist: $10,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
Grace Amador, a retired language teacher from Sugar Land, Texas 1995-B Seniors Tournament quarterfinalist: $1,000.
Brandon Blackwell, a writer and TV personality originally from Jamaica, New York 2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2008-B Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist:...
Tish Thomas, an administrative assistant from San Francisco, California 1995-B Seniors Tournament quarterfinalist: $1,000.
Kay Hoey, a housewife from Bradenton Beach, Florida 1995-B Seniors Tournament quarterfinalist: $1,000.
Monica Thieu, a sophomore at the University of North Texas from Dallas, Texas 2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2019 All-Star Games member of...
Monica Thieu, a postdoctoral scientist from Atlanta, Georgia 2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2019 All-Star Games member of...
Monica Thieu, a psychology student from Dallas, Texas 2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2019 All-Star Games member of...
Monica Thieu, a Ph.D. student in psychology from New York, New York • 2012 College Championship winner • 2013 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist...
Brandon Blackwell, a sophomore from Holliswood, New York 2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2008-B Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist:...
Pam Mueller, a junior at Loyola University, Chicago from Wilmette, Illinois 2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2019 All-Star Games member of...
Pam Mueller, a college student from Wilmette, Illinois 2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2019 All-Star Games member of...
Pam Mueller, a graduate student in psychology from Princeton, New Jersey \"She was a student at Loyola University when she won the...
Pam Mueller, an entering law student originally from Chicago, Illinois \"Representing Loyola University, she won the College Championship in November, 2000....
Pam Mueller, a think tank researcher from Culver City, California • 2000 College Championship winner • Semifinalist in all other tournaments...
Pam Mueller, a justice researcher originally from Chicago, Illinois 2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2019 All-Star Games member of...
Catherine Ramen, a database developer and writer from New York, New York 2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 winner: $44,000. 1998 Tournament...
Andy Richter, an actor/comedian from The Tonight Show \"This multitalented actor/comedian is now back on the couch with Conan...
Colby Burnett, a college counselor from Chicago, Illinois • 2012 Teachers Tournament winner • 2013 Tournament of Champions winner...
Jonathan Lowe, an insurance broker from New York City, New York Season 12 player (1996-04-17). Not to be confused with 1997-B Teen...
Jonathan Lowe, a senior from Kansas City, Missouri 1997-B Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. Not to be confused with Season...
Maddie Kahan, a pediatric neurology resident originally from Agoura Hills, California Season 37 player (2020-10-20). Wife of 2010-B College Championship wildcard semifinalist...
Mark Weissman, a consultant from Rancho Palos Verdes, California 1995-B Seniors Tournament quarterfinalist: $1,000.
Parma Holt, a homemaker from Silver Spring, Maryland 1995-B Seniors Tournament semifinalist: $5,000.
Sharon Croissant, an outplacement counselor from Hawthorn Hills, Illinois 1995-B Seniors Tournament quarterfinalist: $1,000.
Dave Tucker, a real estate broker from Luray, Virginia 1995-B Seniors Tournament semifinalist: $5,000.
Diane Lilly, a homemaker from Potomac, Maryland 1995-B Seniors Tournament quarterfinalist: $1,000.
Hans von Walter, a junior from Southern Adventist University from Avon Park, Florida 2010-B College Championship 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $25,000 + a...
Marcia Edmundson, a high school French teacher from Chesterfield, Virginia "In the banking world, she checked credit scores. She's much happier...
Tina Baybay-Bykov, an AP world history teacher from Orlando, Florida "Ballet used to keep her on her toes. Now it's her...
Whitney Collins, a third grade teacher from New York, New York "She teaches at an all-boys school where every student learns chess...
Brenton Montie, a sixth grade social studies teacher from South Lyon, Michigan "He teaches at a school ranked in the top 5% in...
Drew Joanides, a high school history teacher from Miami, Florida "He is one of our four teachers competing in our tournament...
Kate Wilson, a high school AP English teacher from Montgomery, Alabama "She is a top-10 AP English language teacher at Alabama's number-one...
Leo Velazquez, a theme park ride operator from Orange, California Season 28 player (2012-07-03). Leo was the alternate for the 2010-B...
Haley Batz, a senior from Charlotte, North Carolina 2008-B Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. Last name pronounced like "BOTS". Jeopardy!...
Sarah Marx, a junior from Chevy Chase, Maryland 2008-B Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user name:...
Jay Schrader, a junior from Lexington, Kentucky 2008-B Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000. Older brother of 2012 Teen Tournament...
Colby Burnett, a high school world history teacher from Chicago, Illinois 2019 All-Star Games captain of 2nd runner-up Team Colby: a share...
Bruce Richards, an urban planning consultant from Metairie, Louisiana Season 29 player (2013-07-26). JBoard user name: B-Rich
Charlie Carbery, a senior from Oak Park, Illinois 2008-B Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Ben Chuchla, a senior from Calabasas, California 2008-B Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Last name pronounced like "HOO-kla"....
Audrey Hosford, a junior from Annapolis, Maryland 2008-B Teen Tournament 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $26,400. Jeopardy! Message...
Shelby Malone, a senior from Grayson, Kentucky 2008-B Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user name: sleeping_stars
Karan Takhar, a senior from North Attleborough, Massachusetts 2008-B Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000. First name pronounced like "KUR-run". Jeopardy...
Drew Scheeler, a senior from Sandusky, Ohio 2008-B Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. Drew won $25,000 on Who Wants...
Casey Clough, a junior from Columbia, South Carolina 2008-B Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. Last name pronounced like "CLUE".
Bradley Silverman, a junior from Alpharetta, Georgia 2008-B Teen Tournament 1st runner-up: $44,600. Jeopardy! Message Board user name:...
Katie Houghton, a senior from Ewing, New Jersey 2008-B Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. Last name pronounced like "HOW-ton".
Christopher Weis, a sophomore from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 2008-B Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. Last name pronounced like "WISE". Jeopardy!...
Anurag Kashyap, a senior from Poway, California 2008-B Teen Tournament winner: $75,000. Anurag was also the winner of...
Sam Hopkins, an M.B.A. student originally from Prairie Village, Kansas Season 29 2-time champion: $31,601 + $2,000.
Thomas L. Friedman, an author and foreign affairs columnist from The New York Times "He has won three Pulitzer Prizes and authored six best sellers,...
Catherine Muldoon, a graduate student from Somerville, Massachusetts Season 25 player (2008-11-03).
Rob Schrader, a junior from Lexington, Kentucky 2012 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. Younger brother of 2008-B Teen Tournament...
David Cuneo, a former history teacher from Reisterstown, Maryland 1996 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $1,000. 1995-B Seniors Tournament winner: $28,000.
Jerry Platzman, a pharmacist and attorney from Monsey, New York 1995-B Seniors Tournament 1st runner-up: $14,000.
Nola Wegman, a retired English professor from Valparaiso, Indiana 1995-B Seniors Tournament semifinalist: $5,000.
Phyllis Clark, a program coordinator from West Grove, Pennsylvania 1995-B Seniors Tournament 2nd runner-up: $10,300.
John Williams, a biology professor from Albany, Georgia Season 38 player (2022-01-25). Not to be confused with 2000-B College...
Darryl Adams, an attorney and real estate broker from North Potomac, Maryland 1995-B Seniors Tournament semifinalist: $5,000.
Graham Beard, a retired Army doctor from Washington, D.C. 1995-B Seniors Tournament semifinalist: $5,000.
Ange Cardinali, a real estate salesman from Kenosha, Wisconsin 1995-B Seniors Tournament semifinalist: $5,000.
Erin McLean, a sophomore from Boston University from Danvers, Massachusetts 2011 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 2010-B College Championship winner:...
Gay Haubner, a fund raiser for a non-profit from New York, New York Season 27 player (2011-05-24). Gay pronounced her last name with a...
Erin McLean, a junior at Boston University from Danvers, Massachusetts 2011 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 2010-B College Championship winner:...
Rosie O'Donnell, from The Rosie O'Donnell Show "Her love of Broadway led this talk show host to emceeing...
Matt Keller, a sophomore at Vanderbilt University from Bettendorf, Iowa 2000-B College Championship semifinalist: $5,000. 19 at the time of the College Championship.
Rob Schickler, a senior at Baylor University from Arlington, Virginia 2000-B College Championship quarterfinalist: $2,500. 21 at the time of the College Championship.
Iyesatu Kamara, a sophomore at the University of Washington from Seattle, Washington 2000-B College Championship quarterfinalist: $2,500. 19 at the time of the College Championship.
Mitali Banerjee, a freshman at Rice University from Houston, Texas 2000-B College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. 18 at the time of...
Erin Milligan, a freshman at the University of Delaware from Bear, Delaware 2000-B College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. 18 at the time of...
Carl Gilbertsen, a junior at the University of Illinois from Chicago, Illinois 2000-B College Championship 2nd runner-up: $10,000. 20 at the time of...
Genevieve Romeo, a junior at Ursinus College from Yonkers, New York 2000-B College Championship semifinalist: $5,000. 20 at the time of the College Championship.
Jim Giesen, a junior at the University of Washington from Spokane, Washington 2000-B College Championship quarterfinalist: $2,500. 21 at the time of the College Championship.
Jordan Kovnot, a freshman at Dartmouth College from Holland, Pennsylvania 2000-B College Championship quarterfinalist: $2,500. 19 at the time of the College Championship.
Dave Sabath, a senior at Wisconsin-Madison from Western Springs, Illinois 2000-B College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. 21 at the time of...
Suzanne Rivoire, a senior at the University of Texas from Spring, Texas 2000-B College Championship semifinalist: $5,000. 19 at the time of the College Championship.
Lisa Thimjon, a sophomore at Luther College from Sioux Falls, South Dakota 2000-B College Championship quarterfinalist: $2,500. 20 at the time of the College Championship.
Scott Duquette, a junior from South Hamilton, Massachusetts 1999-B Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. 16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
Emily Deveau, a junior from St. Johns, Michigan 1999-B Teen Tournament 1st runner-up: $15,000. 16 at the time of...
Erin Gell, a senior from Boca Raton, Florida 1999-B Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. 16 at the time of...
Elizabeth Norton, a junior from Campton, New Hampshire 1999-B Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. 16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
Brian Golden, a senior from Davenport, Iowa 1999-B Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. 17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
Brittan Heller, a senior from West Covina, California 1999-B Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
Jack Challis, a senior from Erlanger, Kentucky 1999-B Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time of...
Miguel Dickson, a sophomore from Lexington, Kentucky 1999-B Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. 14 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
Adam Trabka, a sophomore from Shelton, Connecticut 1999-B Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. 14 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
Kristi Jones, a junior from Warsaw, Ohio 1999-B Teen Tournament 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $10,700. 16 at...
Chrissy Ijams, a sophomore from Modesto, California 1999-B Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. 15 at the time of...
Brian Polk, a senior from Huntington Woods, Michigan 1999-B Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. 17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
Chacko George, a junior from Slidell, Louisiana 2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2000 Tournament...
Gerrit Hall, a senior from Redmond, Washington 1999-B Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
Marcia Hensley, a junior from Springtown, Texas 1999-B Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. 16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
Ben Studdard, a trial judge from Henry County, Georgia Season 18 player (2002-04-01). Ben wrote "Who is Gracie Studdard" for...
Kyle Baum, an M.B.A. candidate originally from Wildwood, Missouri Season 32 player (2015-09-24).
Rosie O'Donnell, a comedienne from the hit film A League of Their Own "From the hit film A League of Their Own, comedienne..." 1999-B...
Colby Burnett, an AP world history teacher from Chicago, Illinois "He won the Teacher's Tournament and the Tournament of Champions last...
John Krizel, a green community program coordinator from Beckley, West Virginia 2011 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $105,204...
Olivia Colangelo, a junior from the University of Notre Dame from Murrysville, Pennsylvania 2010-B College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
Sid Chandrasekhar, a senior from the University of Pennsylvania from Saratoga, California 2010-B College Championship semifinalist: $10,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
David Cuneo, a Seniors Tournament winner from Reisterstown, Maryland 1996 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $1,000. 1995-B Seniors Tournament winner: $28,000.
Alan Bailey, a playwright and director from Sherman Oaks, California 2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2003 Tournament...
John Ryan, a corporate controller from Richmond, California "As a college student, he was the top winner of the...
Daniel Elias, an advertising copywriter from New York City Season 1 2-time champion: $11,100. Dan's experience is profiled in his...
Alan Bailey, a playwright and director from North Hills, California "This playwright and director became a 5-time winner in 2001. Today,...
Sahir Islam, an investment analyst from Somers, New York "The champion of the 1997 Teen Tournament, he's now an investment...
Cheech Marin, an actor, comedian, director, writer and musician from Lost "He's played a cop on Nash Bridges, voiced a 1959 Chevy...
Theodora Messalas, an 11-year-old sixth grader from Brooklyn, New York "This future author and illustrator placed second in a regional story-telling...
Adam Villani, an engineer from Long Beach, California Season 21 player (2004-10-27). KJL game 61. Adam won $80,000 on...
Ross Gardiner, an 11-year-old sixth grader from La Plata, Maryland "And this self-proclaimed sports fanatic likes all the teams in the...
Kelly Scurry, an 11-year-old seventh grader from Lauderhill, Florida "It's very convenient that Washington, D.C. is his favorite city, because...
Tim Koch, a 12-year-old sixth grader from Cliffwood, New Jersey "He would like to be a teacher because you get to...
Justin Bernbach, a lobbyist from Brooklyn, New York 2010 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 25 7-time champion: $155,001...
Katie Orphan, a freshman at Whitworth College from Reno, Nevada 2002 College Championship semifinalist: $5,000.
Andy Davis, a Chyron operator from South Boston, Massachusetts Season 25 2-time champion: $49,799 + $1,000. Andy Davis - A...
Larissa Charnsangavej, a senior from Rice University 2009 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 21 and from Houston, Texas at...
Anthony Dedousis, a sophomore from Harvard University 2009 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 19 and from Manhasset, New York...
Francois Dominic Laramée, a writer and TV personality from Verdun, Quebec, Canada Season 25 2-time champion: $46,300 + $1,000. Francois's name was printed...
Josh Magri, a manufacturing consultant from Columbia, Maryland Season 27 player (2011-01-24).
Lindsay Eanet, a senior from the University of Missouri 2010-A College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. Hometown: Deerfield, Illinois. Last name pronounced...
Hill Harper, an author and actor from CSI: NY "As an award-winning author, he's written three New York Times best...
Ken Basin, a junior at the University of Southern California from Huntington Beach, California 2003 College Championship semifinalist: $5,000. Blog at kbasin.blogspot.org. Appearing as a...
Travis Troyer, a software engineer from Hereford, Maryland 2003 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 19 5-time champion:...
Josh Powell, a phone-based health coach from San Diego, California Season 27 3-time champion: $26,900 + $1,000.
Katie Singh, a sophomore from Northwestern University from Austin, Texas 2010-B College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
Marshall Flores, a senior from Arizona State University from Avondale, Arizona 2010-B College Championship semifinalist: $10,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
Sam Spaulding, a sophomore from Yale University from Wilmington, North Carolina 2010-B College Championship 1st runner-up: $50,000 + a Nintendo Wii +...
Tim Relihan, a senior from the University of Nebraska from Stromsburg, Nebraska 2010-B College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
Steph Gagelin, a sophomore from the University of North Dakota from Grand Forks, North Dakota 2010-B College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
Folake Dosu, a senior from Stanford University from Bellwood, Illinois 2010-B College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
Kyle Kahan, a senior from Texas A&M University from Houston, Texas 2010-B College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000 + a Nintendo Wii +...
John Hines, a high school social studies teacher from Tacoma, Washington "He teaches at Todd Beamer High School, named for a heroic...
Lea Tottle, a junior from Florida State University from Oldsmar, Florida 2010-B College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000 + a Nintendo Wii +...
Francesca Leibowitz, a fifth grade English teacher from Brooklyn, New York "She teaches at a school that opened in 1854. From Brooklyn...
Robin Cheney, a middle school teacher from Rancho Santa Margarita, California "All the students at her school go on a camping trip...
Terry Parker, a high school history teacher from Cutler Bay, Florida "Don't try to pin down this wrestling coach, history teacher, and...
Marion Penning, a high school science and history teacher from Baltimore, Maryland "She teaches at a Maryland 'green' school that has a solar...
Chris Pae, a high school history teacher from Suwanee, Georgia "He studied pre-med, then pre-law, but discovered his passion was teaching....
Colby Burnett, a high school world history teacher from Chicago, Illinois "He teaches at a school started by the Dominicans of St....
Diana North, a first grade teacher from Rock Hill, South Carolina "She recently celebrated her silver anniversary of teaching. From Rock Hill,...
Michael Farabaugh, a high school chemistry teacher from Charlottesville, Virginia "This chemistry teacher has been making things fizz, smoke, and explode...
Meghan Arnold, a senior from Portland, Oregon 1997-B Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $1,000.
Bea Vo, a senior from Reston, Virginia 1997-B Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000.
Christopher Meloni, an Emmy-nominated actor from Law & Order: Special Victims Unit "He's played challenging roles on both sides of the law, including...
James Sumner, a senior from Jackson, Mississippi 1997-B Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $5,000.
Enos Williams, a junior from Beaumont, Texas 1997-B Teen Tournament 1st runner-up: $20,800.
Jennifer Rehmann, a junior from McGrady, North Carolina 1997-B Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $1,000.
Kathy Thompson, a senior from Gaithersburg, Maryland 1997-B Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $5,000.
Joshua Malina, a TV actor and creator/producer from Celebrity Poker Showdown "He created and produced Celebrity Poker Showdown for the Bravo Channel,...
Sahir Islam, a senior from Somers, New York 2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 1998 Tournament...
Evan Johnson, a senior from Chevy Chase, Maryland 1997-B Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $5,000.
Deon Lackey, a senior from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 1997-B Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $1,000.
Alan Bailey, a playwright and director from Sherman Oaks, California 2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2003 Tournament...
Julie Anastasi, a senior from Moorestown, New Jersey 1997-B Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $1,000.
Rachel Johnson, a sophomore from Carmel, Indiana 1997-B Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $1,000.
Justin Watkins, a senior from Martinsville, Virginia 1997-B Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $1,000.
Kristen Stuckey, a senior from Richardson, Texas 1997-B Teen Tournament 2nd runner-up: $14,400.
Kira Whelan, a senior from Seal Beach, California 1997-B Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $5,000.
Travis Troyer, a software engineer from Hereford, Maryland 2003 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 19 5-time champion:...
Jove Graham, a biomedical engineer from Lewisburg, Pennsylvania Season 26 1-time champion: $34,401 + $1,000. Jove's second contestant interview...
Dave Belote, the base commander from Nellis Air Force Base, Las Vegas 2010 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 26 5-time champion:...
Sahir Islam, a Teen Tournament winner from Somers, New York 2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 1998 Tournament...
Lorna Johnson, a 12-year-old seventh grader from Willowbrook, Illinois "She loves all animals, especially her dogs Duke and Rudy, but...
Edward Lee, a 12-year-old seventh grader from Sacramento, California "Of the numerous projects he has completed, making gliders and bottle...
Grace Thomas, an 11-year-old sixth grader from Raleigh, North Carolina "This captain of the Brain-Bowl team can name all the countries...
Alex Nutman, a 12-year-old seventh grader from Chevy Chase, Maryland "This future investment banker won 'best in grade' in a state...
Chacko George, a high school student from Slidell, Louisiana 2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2000 Tournament...
Jake Houser, a 12-year-old seventh grader from Aptos, California "And this straight-A student would like to become a geneticist so...
Megan Fraedrich, a 12-year-old seventh grader from Springfield, Virginia "And she was recently an evil stepsister in a performance of...
Nithya Kubendran, an 11-year-old seventh grader from Quartz Hill, California "When asked about her future plans, she said, 'World domination sounds...
Emily Riippa, a 12-year-old seventh grader from Grand Rapids, Michigan "She is a fast reader, and her mother says she was...
Patrick Zakem, an 11-year-old sixth grader from Louisville, Kentucky "He would like to become an architect because he enjoys visualizing...
Tamika Turner, an 11-year-old eighth grader from Sylvania, Ohio "She wants to be a journalist, because it’s important for the...
Jonah Knobler, a sophomore at Harvard University from Cincinnati, Ohio 2000-B College Championship 1st runner-up: $15,000. 19 at the time of...
John Williams, a junior at George Washington University from Bowling Green, Ohio 2000-B College Championship quarterfinalist: $2,500. Not to be confused with Season...
Josh Klein, a 12-year-old seventh grader from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania "And, his favorite subjects in school are math, social studies, and...



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