#8952, aired 2023-10-17 | SORT 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 |
#8917, aired 2023-07-18 | AN ABBREVIATED CATEGORY $200: b.p.:
For water it's 212 degrees Fahrenheit boiling point |
#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 |
#8788, aired 2023-01-18 | SAME FIRST & LAST LETTER $1000: Meaning produced by the lips, it's applied to letters like P & B labial |
#7995, aired 2019-05-17 | V.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 |
#7627, aired 2017-11-07 | DR. JOHNSON'S ALPHABET $800: It "is confounded by the Germans and Welsh with B" P |
#7568, aired 2017-07-05 | HERE'S FINAL JEOPARDY $1000: The last page of "The Autobiography of" this companion of Gertrude Stein was turned on March 7, 1967 Alice B. Toklas |
#7418, aired 2016-12-07 | NOTHING BUT NET $1600: In July 1996 these 3 letters first preceded .ca & you could get online news from P.E.I. to B.C. CBC |
#7389, aired 2016-10-27 | 1866 $2000: 2016 is the 150th birthday of Fisk University in this city, home of the Jubilee Singers & alma mater of W.E.B. Du Bois Nashville |
#7122, aired 2015-07-28 | ROMAN CIVICS $1600: Passage of the 445 B.C. law known as the Lex Canuleia allowed plebeians to marry this other "P" class of Romans patricians |
#7006, aired 2015-02-16 | AVIATION $1200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Western Reserve Historical Society in Cleveland, Ohio.) This amazing single-seat fighter with an alphanumeric name saw action in World War II, the Korean War & other conflicts & was not phased out of some nations' Air Forces until the 1980s the P-51 |
#6928, aired 2014-10-29 | THE BIBLE FROM B TO Z $400: P:
Delilah betrays Samson to them the Philistines |
#6880, aired 2014-07-11 | LETTER AFTER P $800: To indicate the chemical symbol for lead b |
#6549, aired 2013-02-21 | "B" NICE $1000: Officially, it's the "B" in B.P.O.E. benevolent |
#6493, aired 2012-12-05 | GREENBACKS $1000: Every day this bureau, the B.E.P., produces millions of paper bills, with a face value over $400 million the Bureau of Engraving and Printing |
#6482, aired 2012-11-20 | SCI. ABBREV. $200: In chemistry, B.P. stands for this; water's is 212 degrees Fahrenheit the boiling point |
#6407, aired 2012-06-26 | B.P. $200: You have to show one of these to get on your airplane flight a boarding pass |
#6407, aired 2012-06-26 | B.P. $400: This occupational symbol is made up of red & white stripes a barber's pole |
#6407, aired 2012-06-26 | B.P. $600: To make dough rise, this can be used as a substitute for yeast baking powder |
#6407, aired 2012-06-26 | B.P. $800: In 1888 John J. Loud patented an early version of this innovative writing implement ballpoint pen |
#6407, aired 2012-06-26 | B.P. $1000: It's the lowest of the lowest range of voices basso profundo |
#6289, aired 2012-01-12 | SPELL IT: -ABLE OR -IBLE? $400: From the Latin for "bend", it means capable of being bent repeatedly without damage P-L-I-A-B-L-E |
#6289, aired 2012-01-12 | SPELL IT: -ABLE OR -IBLE? $600: Easily carried, such as a small TV or software that can run on multiple computers with the same operating system P-O-R-T-A-B-L-E |
#5977, aired 2010-09-14 | SORT 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 |
#5832, aired 2010-01-12 | FAMOUS SHAMUS $1000: Robert B. Parker introduced this one-named P.I. in 1974's "The Godwulf Manuscript" Spenser |
#5734, aired 2009-07-09 | CITY SPELLING $200: This S-T-E-E-L C-I-T-Y is the seat of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania P-I-T-T-S-B-U-R-G-H |
#5585, aired 2008-12-12 | GREECE IS THE WORD $400: Tradition says in 490 B.C. Pheidippides began his long run at this coastal plain; go, P-Dippy! Go! Marathon |
#5447, aired 2008-04-22 | A SPELLING PRODUCTION $400: From the Greek for "vein", it's the inflammation of a vein P-H-L-E-B-I-T-I-S |
#5337, aired 2007-11-20 | MOVIE PREMIERES $2,000 (Daily Double): The premiere of Cecil B. DeMille's "Union Pacific" was a 3-day costume spectacle in this city where the U.P. railroad began Omaha, Nebraska |
#4915, aired 2006-01-13 | PROVERBS BY INITIALS $800: "A watched P.N.B." pot never boils |
#4855, aired 2005-10-21 | THE BOYS IN BLUE $400: 1st used in police work by Berkeley, Ca.'s chief August Vollmer in the 1920s, this tool measures pulse, B.P. & respiration a lie detector |
#4841, aired 2005-10-03 | NOBEL LIT WINNERS, INITIALLY YOURS $400: 1958:
B.P.,
Russia Boris Pasternak |
#4841, aired 2005-10-03 | NOBEL LIT WINNERS, INITIALLY YOURS $2000: 1938:
P.S.B.,
United States Pearl Buck |
#4816, aired 2005-07-11 | SILENT "P" $1600: A general in Alexander's army, he became king of Egypt in 305 B.C. Ptolemy |
#4787, aired 2005-05-31 | 'ALLO, GOVERNOR! $1,000 (Daily Double): Henry S. Thibodaux,
P.B.S. Pinchback Louisiana |
#4691, aired 2005-01-17 | NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WORDS $2000: This Athenian school founded by Aristotle in 335 B.C. was the last word of the 1992 competition L-Y-C-E-U-M |
#4645, aired 2004-11-12 | RESUMÉS OF WORLD LEADERS $1200: B.S. from Egyptian Military Academy; air base commander, 1964; V.P, 1975 to 1981; president, 1981 (Hosni) Mubarak |
#4398, aired 2003-10-22 | THE ROYALS $400 (Daily Double): Charles Edward Stuart could have worn a T.Y.P. necklace for "The Young Pretender" or a B.P.C. one for this nickname Bonnie Prince Charlie |
#4386, aired 2003-10-06 | ADD A LETTER $600: It's what you add to row to get the front part of a boat P |
#4363, aired 2003-07-16 | "P"SCIENCE & MEDICINE $1,600 (Daily Double): In the 2nd century B.C., this Egyptian astronomer thought that stars were fixed points of light in a rotating sphere Ptolemy |
#4183, aired 2002-11-06 | "P.B." $400: In New Orleans a hero sandwich is called this po boy |
#4183, aired 2002-11-06 | "P.B." $700 (Daily Double): This Latin term used for some legal services means "for the good" pro bono |
#4183, aired 2002-11-06 | "P.B." $800: It's the state flower of Delaware (not Georgia) peach blossom |
#4183, aired 2002-11-06 | "P.B." $1200: You can use this utensil to apply a glaze to breads & sweets before or after baking pastry brush |
#4183, aired 2002-11-06 | "P.B." $1600: Anna Pavlova or Dame Margot Fonteyn, for example prima ballerina |
#3970, aired 2001-11-30 | "B"EAUTIFUL $1000: (A Renaissance artist, or the intellectual game Cheryl & Jimmy are playing)
Cheryl: P.
Jimmy: Is it the founder of a colony?
Cheryl: No, it's not William Penn. Botticelli |
#3755, aired 2000-12-22 | SPELL IT: -ABLE OR -IBLE? $200: Easily carried, such as a typewriter or radio P-O-R-T-A-B-L-E |
#3735, aired 2000-11-24 | R.I.P. IN ALABAMA $1000: Her marker reads, "Governor, State of Alabama 1967-1968" Lurleen B. Wallace |
#3731, aired 2000-11-20 | RELIGION 101 $1,000 (Daily Double): This religious leader was born around 563 B.C. in what is now Nepal Buddha |
#3722, aired 2000-11-07 | ELECTION DAY $300: In 1980 Carter gave this "speech" at 9:50 P.M., the earliest since Alton B. Parker in 1904 Concession speech |
#3686, aired 2000-09-18 | NOTABLE NAMES $600: In 60 B.C. this man depicted here joined 2 others in the first Triumverate Julius Caesar |
#3651, aired 2000-06-19 | THE 1860s $500: In 1868 this lodge, the B.P.O.E., was founded in New York City by 15 entertainers Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks |
#3570, aired 2000-02-25 | THE CHIEF JUSTICE FILES $400: 1801-1835 John Marshall |
#3334, aired 1999-02-18 | SPELL THE LAST NAME $200: French emperor Napoleon (I)... B-O-N-A-P-A-R-T-E |
#3097, aired 1998-02-03 | THE 3 Bs $200: Of the three B's, he's the one who composed the following: Brahms |
#3019, aired 1997-10-16 | MIND YOUR "P"s & "Q"s $800: These ancient people are believed to have arrived in Scotland around 1000 B.C. the Picts |
#3005, aired 1997-09-26 | FUN FACTS $800: It's the total number of dots on a pair of dice 42 |
#2976, aired 1997-07-07 | RELIGION $400: In the 500s B.C. this religion claimed all people, not just Brahman priests, had access to divinity Buddhism |
#2971, aired 1997-06-30 | COMMUNICATION $800: Letters that are pronounced similarly, like P & B, limit this method of understanding speech Lip reading |
#2867, aired 1997-02-04 | FRUITS & VEGETABLES $400: The rutabaga is related to this root vegetable; it's sometimes called a "yellow" one Turnip |
#2855, aired 1997-01-17 | IN THE DICTIONARY $600: LASER & MASER are examples of this type of word formed from the first letters of a series of words Acronym |
#2625, aired 1996-01-19 | ASTRONOMY $500: CP 1919, the first of these ever found, emits bursts of radiation every 1.337 seconds Pulsar |
#2402, aired 1995-01-31 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $300: In 1870 Hazard Stevens & P.B. Van Trump became the first to climb this mountain near Seattle Mount Rainier |
#2282, aired 1994-07-05 | SUPREME COURT JUSTICES $1000: Justice Joseph P. Bradley cast the deciding vote that made him president over Tilden in 1877 Rutherford B. Hayes |
#2068, aired 1993-09-08 | LETTERS $300: Turn your small p's & q's upside down & they'll resemble these 2 small letters d's & b's |
#1983, aired 1993-03-31 | TOUGH TV TRIVIA $1000: One of the prime time series whose theme was sung by its star, Greg Evigan B.J. and the Bear (or My Two Dads or P.S. I Luv U) |
#1923, aired 1993-01-06 | RECENT BOOKS $600: In "Pastime" by Robert B. Parker, this P.I. "For Hire" searches for a missing mother who's mixed up in a mob heist Spenser |
#1309, aired 1990-04-19 | TITLES $500: It follows "your" when addressing a duke Grace |
#1215, aired 1989-12-08 | THE 20TH CENTURY $200: To mark the 5th centennial of American exploration, this nation will host a 1992 Olympics & a World's Fair Spain |
#1087, aired 1989-05-02 | RATED "P.G." $500: Hollywood glamour girl who married actors C. Chaplin & B Meredith & Author E.M. Remarque Paulette Goddard |
#1013, aired 1989-01-18 | THE 3 "B"s $200: C.P.E. Bach, J.C. Bach or J.S. Bach, the 1 responsible for the birth of the other 2 Johann Sebastian Bach |
#754, aired 1987-12-10 | CZARS $800: B.P. Schulberg called this late boss of MGM "Czar of all the rushes" Louis B. Mayer |
#666, aired 1987-06-29 | MEDICAL SPELLING $400: Rabies, or a morbid dread of water H-Y-D-R-O-P-H-O-B-I-A |
#620, aired 1987-04-24 | DYNASTIES $400: Louisiana Governor Huey P. begat Louisiana Senator Russell B. the Longs |
#515, aired 1986-11-28 | FAST FOOD $100: Worldwide, it serves about 145 B.P.S.- burgers per second McDonald's |
#507, aired 1986-11-18 | SPELLING $1000: Full name of the lady who plays Maddie Hayes on "Moonlighting" C-Y-B-I-L-L S-H-E-P-H-E-R-D |
#472, aired 1986-09-30 | 19th CENTURY $187 (Daily Double): In 1881, he merged his company with one owned by James B. Cooper, James L. Hutchinson, & James A. Bailey P.T. Barnum |
#439, aired 1986-05-15 | TV HOSTS $1000: A spinoff from "That's Incredible", this show's hosts were B. Meredith, P. Presley & J. Stafford Those Amazing Animals |
#438, aired 1986-05-14 | BRITISH ISLES $100: Since she usually winds down the day with a Scotch, J & B gave this p.m. their billionth bottle (Margaret) Thatcher |
#297, aired 1985-10-29 | INITIALS $500: The B.P.O.E. Benevolent & Protective Order of the Elks |
#268, aired 1985-09-18 | SCHOOL FOOD $200: I'll give you my bologna & cheese for your P.B. & J., for example trading lunches |
#172, aired 1985-05-07 | STARTS WITH "V" $100: B.P., heart rate & respiration are these kinds of signs to a paramedic vital signs |
#12, aired 1984-09-25 | BEGINS WITH "L" $400: A, B, M, P, or Z, for example letters |