Jeopardy! Round, Double Jeopardy! Round, or Tiebreaker Round clues (278 results returned)
| #9076, aired 2024-04-08 | CONSONANT-VOWEL x3 $400: Wait, what? Students taught E. coli bacteria how to solve these number puzzles?! I'm kinda freakin' out sudoku |
| #9023, aired 2024-01-24 | BAD BLOOD $600: Septicemia can be blood poisoning by bacteria; the body's serious reaction to it is known by this shorter name sepsis |
| #9018, aired 2024-01-17 | NOT TO BE CONFUSED $1600: Salmonella is bacteria; Salamanca is one of the cities where this saint of Ávila founded a convent St. Teresa |
| #20, aired 2023-11-15 | RAIN $400: Scientists use the term "petrichor" to refer to this pleasing property of rain; you can thank the bacteria in wet soil smell |
| #8937, aired 2023-09-26 | MEDICINE & HISTORY $1600: Napoleon's invasion of Russia was partly doomed by epidemic typhus, primarily carried by bacteria on this parasite lice |
| #8898, aired 2023-06-21 | -OLOGIES $800: Bacteria & protozoa are of special interest in this field, literally the scientific study of small living things microbiology |
| #8884, aired 2023-06-01 | BIO PICS $2000: Longer than cilia, they're the parts of the bacteria cell providing motility here flagella |
| #8881, aired 2023-05-29 | TREES COMPANY $400: FBI is shorthand for 3 common decomposers of dead trees: fungi, bacteria & these insects |
| #20, aired 2023-05-24 | YOU KNOW IT'S NOT THE SAME AS IT WAS $2000: Bacteria, parasites & viruses inside you sound bad, but they're now seen as this 10-letter realm essential to gut & overall health microbiome |
| #18, aired 2023-05-23 | IT'S THE SILENT CONSONANT $800: In an old word for a compound produced in food by bacteria; it used to be found before "poisoning" P (ptomaine) |
| #14, aired 2023-05-17 | MEDICAL TERMS $1600: It's the clinical term for blood poisoning by bacteria septicemia (or sepsis) |
| #7, aired 2023-05-12 | MNEMONIC POSSESSION $1600: "Dear King Philip claps often for good science" begins with this--all life can be divided into 3, including bacteria domain |
| #8843, aired 2023-04-05 | IN THE MEDICINE CABINET $1,600 (Daily Double): Acidophilus tablets are sold as this type of supplement that increases friendly bacteria in the gut a probiotic |
| #8816, aired 2023-02-27 | BEGINS & ENDS WITH "L" $400: This brand of disinfecting wipes claims it "kills 99.9% of viruses & bacteria", including the COVID-19 virus Lysol |
| #8802, aired 2023-02-07 | SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY $5,000 (Daily Double): Some organisms including certain bacteria are described as this, meaning they don't require oxygen to survive anaerobic |
| #8749, aired 2022-11-24 | BIOLOGY $400: Discovered around 1915, bacteriophages are bacteria-eating types of these other tiny disease-causing agents viruses |
| #8747, aired 2022-11-22 | HEALTH & MEDICINE $600: One reason you're not supposed to eat raw cookie dough is that the eggs may have the enterica type of this bacteria salmonella |
| #8739, aired 2022-11-10 | SCIENTIFIC TRIOS $400: The 3 main shapes of these are rod, sphere & spiral, the last causing things like syphilis & rat-bite fever bacteria |
| #5, aired 2022-10-23 | VARIETY $800: Merriam-Webster's unappetizing description of this fermented tea includes "gelatinous mass of symbiotic bacteria" kombucha |
| #8678, aired 2022-07-06 | EXAMINE THE SCIENCE $800: For milk in the U.S., this process requires 161 degrees for at least 15 seconds; buh bye, bacteria! pasteurization |
| #8657, aired 2022-06-07 | 6-LETTER ADJECTIVES $400: Before "response", it describes how your body fends off viruses & bacteria immune |
| #8656, aired 2022-06-06 | SCIENCE STUFF $200: A gram stain checks for these microbes; gram-positive ones include MRSA & strep while gram-negative ones include E. coli & salmonella bacteria |
| #8652, aired 2022-05-31 | SCIENCE $1200: A study of these notorious bacteria, genus Escherichia, showed they swarm to fight antibiotics & even dead ones participate E. coli |
| #8639, aired 2022-05-12 | 4-SYLLABLE WORDS $1600: The name of this genus of bacteria honors a veterinarian with a fishy last name Salmonella |
| #8617, aired 2022-04-12 | MEDICINE $200: In 1959 methicillin was one of the first medications introduced to cope with bacteria resistant to these drugs antibiotics |
| #8603, aired 2022-03-23 | SCIENCE IN NATURE $1200: The phyto-type of these marine drifters contains algae & bacteria, while the zoo- type includes animal life plankton |
| #8577, aired 2022-02-15 | IT'S THE ONLY VOWEL $1600: ...in a clear or yellowish fluid that helps remove bacteria from body tissues Y |
| #8477, aired 2021-09-28 | MISSING POISONS UNIT $1000: Also called woolsorters' disease, ____ is caused by bacteria in farm animals & in humans exposed to them anthrax |
| #8433, aired 2021-06-30 | MAGAZINES $1600: This magazine once known for featuring cars & boats has a breakthrough award for innovations like bacteria-powered batteries Popular Mechanics |
| #8387, aired 2021-04-27 | SCIENCY STUFF $400: This genus of bacteria causes not only the sore throat named for it but the skin condition impetigo strep |
| #8385, aired 2021-04-23 | 3 O's $1600: Seen here are ciliates, a group of these single-celled organisms that feed on bacteria protozoa |
| #8350, aired 2021-03-05 | MARINE BIOLOGY $800: A major type of these free-floating ocean organisms, with a name from Greek for wandering, dinoflagellates can cause red tides plankton |
| #8334, aired 2021-02-11 | BEVERAGES $800: This sweet tea with a Japanese name is brewed with a symbiotic culture of bacteria & yeast kombucha |
| #8329, aired 2021-02-04 | SCIENCE "D"ICTIONARY $400: Shipworms have bacteria in their gills, not guts, that allow them to do this to wood digest |
| #8177, aired 2020-03-10 | LET THERE BE LIGHT $600: Without this process by which light is converted to chemical energy, Earth would be populated only by bacteria photosynthesis |
| #8105, aired 2019-11-29 | THIS CATEGORY IS FULL OF VINEGAR $800: In 1864 this Frenchman showed how the Acetobacter bacteria turned alcohol into vinegar Pasteur |
| #8100, aired 2019-11-22 | IN THE PINK $400: Careful with raw milk, AKA this 13-letter kind; it can contain harmful bacteria unpasteurized |
| #8080, aired 2019-10-25 | FROM B TO A $400: These single-celled organisms, some causing disease, are some of the smallest life forms bacteria |
| #8073, aired 2019-10-16 | WORK THOSE "ABS" $800: Bacteria are commonly the cause of one of these painful pockets of pus that may need to be drained abscess |
| #8065, aired 2019-10-04 | GUT FEELING $800: The stomach secretes gastrin, a hormone that in turn helps you secrete this acid that kills bacteria in your food hydrochloric acid |
| #8054, aired 2019-09-19 | WE INTERRUPT THIS PROCESS $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crews presents by a video monitor.) Bacteria will burst apart if the work of constantly renewing their cell walls is interrupted like by this first antibiotic discovered in 1928 penicillin |
| #7995, aired 2019-05-17 | THE WAR ON BACTERIA $400: A guy named Louis came up with this process of heating & rapidly cooling liquids to kill disease-causing bacteria pasteurization |
| #7995, aired 2019-05-17 | THE WAR ON BACTERIA $800: Hand sanitizers often contain the ethyl or isopropyl type of this to dissolve bacteria alcohol |
| #7995, aired 2019-05-17 | THE WAR ON BACTERIA $1200: Examine the eggs you buy--cracked ones may contain the enteritidis species of these bacteria salmonella |
| #7995, aired 2019-05-17 | THE WAR ON BACTERIA $1600: Sulfa drugs kill bacteria by preventing the production of this B vitamin acid that's crucial to life folic acid |
| #7995, aired 2019-05-17 | THE WAR ON BACTERIA $2000: In bacterial cells tetracycline messes with this, the main site of protein synthesis in cells ribosomes |
| #7866, aired 2018-11-19 | ODD FUTURE $1200: Drug-resistant bacteria could end the 70-year medical era of these, such as amoxicillin & the good old Z-Pak antibiotics |
| #7844, aired 2018-10-18 | AP BIOLOGY $1000: Latin for "whip" gives us the name of this hairlike appendage, used for locomotion by most bacteria flagellum |
| #7831, aired 2018-10-01 | GETTING SPECIFIC AT GENERAL HOSPITAL $200: (Nancy Lee Grahn and Michelle Stafford give the clue as Alexis and Nina from General Hospital.) "You think you're getting away with it, Nina, but I'm on to you" "Oh, really Alexis? Well your little world, your sterile field, is about to be in this condition, compromised by the introduction of foreign bacteria" infected (or contaminated) |
| #7725, aired 2018-03-23 | DESERT WILDLIFE $3,000 (Daily Double): When ticks bite the Western fence lizard, the lizard's blood kills the bacteria in the ticks that cause this disease Lyme disease |
| #7711, aired 2018-03-05 | SCIENCE $600: Rusty metal is not the source of this disease, but it's a good place for the clostridium bacteria that cause it to grow tetanus |
| #7682, aired 2018-01-23 | ANIMALS $1200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows the giant shipworm on the monitor.) The giant shipworm comes out of its shell, & the bacteria inside allow it to digest the sulfur compound in the mud around it; it's not actually a worm, but from this shelled phylum mollusk |
| #7653, aired 2017-12-13 | THAT'S AMAZING! $400: Your body has about 30 trillion cells & even more of these single-celled organisms that may cause disease bacteria |
| #7609, aired 2017-10-12 | BE A SMART PATIENT $800: Don't ask for these drugs like Cipro unless really needed; for one thing, they can kill healthy bacteria in your intestines antibiotics |
| #7601, aired 2017-10-02 | HISTORY OF MEDICINE WITH DR. OZ $800: (Dr. Oz presents the clue.) Alexander Fleming happened to leave a Petri dish of staphylococci sitting around & found the bacteria had been killed by mold thus leading to the discovery of this antibiotic that has saved millions of lives penicillin |
| #7601, aired 2017-10-02 | HISTORY OF MEDICINE WITH DR. OZ $1200: (Dr. Oz presents the clue.) Believing that bacteria caused infection & death, this British surgeon performed an 1877 operation under controlled antiseptic conditions, revolutionizing medicine (Joseph) Lister |
| #7580, aired 2017-07-21 | BIOLOGY $200: By definition bacteria called anaerobes don't need this to live oxygen |
| #7576, aired 2017-07-17 | HODGEPODGE $600: One study said this alliterative act, putting the same chip back into the guacamole, really does transfer bacteria double dipping |
| #7535, aired 2017-05-19 | ALTERNATIVE FACTS $1600: Stress & a rich diet were blamed for this type of lesion in the stomach; turns out the culprit is the bacteria H. pylori an ulcer |
| #7533, aired 2017-05-17 | WORD ORIGINS $1000: Bacteria comes from a Greek word meaning "small stick"; this related word goes back to the Greek for "small" & "life" microbe |
| #7523, aired 2017-05-03 | ALFALFA $1,500 (Daily Double): Alfalfa has symbiotic bacteria in its roots that "fix" this element in the soil, thereby replenishing it nitrogen |
| #7517, aired 2017-04-25 | "D" IN GEOGRAPHY $400: In 2010 new species of bacteria were found at the bottom of this "lifeless" lake between Israel & Jordan the Dead Sea |
| #7470, aired 2017-02-17 | "T" TIME $800: This serious fever is caused by salmonella bacteria typhoid |
| #7469, aired 2017-02-16 | NUTRITION $1600: Fermented dairy products like yogurt & kefir are sources of these good bacteria that line your gut probiotics |
| #7444, aired 2017-01-12 | U.S. PLACES $400: The colors of this national park's Grand Prismatic Spring are caused by bacteria that thrive at varying temperatures Yellowstone |
| #7420, aired 2016-12-09 | EPONYMS $800: In 1887 this German scientist invented the dish now named for him that's used in making bacteria cultures Petri |
| #7410, aired 2016-11-25 | THE MAP OF SCIENCE $1200: The first microscopic observation of protozoa & bacteria happened in the 1600s in this country the Netherlands |
| #7410, aired 2016-11-25 | THE MAP OF SCIENCE $2000: Elie Metchnikoff got on a Soviet stamp for discovering these white blood cells that "eat" bacteria phagocytes |
| #7331, aired 2016-06-27 | FOOD & DRINK SCIENCE $800: The "danger zone rule" suggests that these organisms, like Shigella, multiply right up until you cook them at 140° bacteria |
| #7309, aired 2016-05-26 | HAZARDOUS $200: The salmonella & E. coli types of these organisms may be culprits in food poisoning bacteria |
| #7292, aired 2016-05-03 | BIOLOGY $2000: This gelatinous substance derived from red algae is used as a culture medium for bacteria (& to thicken soups) agar |
| #7201, aired 2015-12-28 | NURSE $1600: Nurses know cold limbs are one symptom of bacteria causing the septic type of this 5-letter word shock |
| #7169, aired 2015-11-12 | CALIFORNIA WINE $600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Viticulture & Enology Dept. at UC Davis.) In the 1960s, UC Davis introduced the sterile type of this purifying process to the California wine industry; without it, the shelf life of wine could be compromised by in-bottle fermentation by yeast or bacteria filtration |
| #7147, aired 2015-10-13 | TRUE BLOOD $2,000 (Daily Double): Some kinds of white blood cells produce these, proteins that destroy bacteria, viruses & other invaders antibodies |
| #7079, aired 2015-05-28 | ARACHNIDS $2000: The northern deer tick spreads this disease by injecting bacteria into its victims' blood Lyme disease |
| #7076, aired 2015-05-25 | GRIME & PUNISHMENT $600: Amano shrimp & twig catfish are very popular for getting rid of these eukaryotic organisms from your aquarium algae |
| #6937, aired 2014-11-11 | CROSSWORD CLUES "M" $800: Teeny tiny bacteria & protozoans (14) microorganisms |
| #6931, aired 2014-11-03 | THE PSILENT LETTER $2000: What's now called food poisoning was once named for this stinky substance made by bacteria during putrefaction ptomaine |
| #6926, aired 2014-10-27 | MARSUPIAL MATTERS $400: A koala can eat up to 3 lbs. of these leaves a day & has an intestinal pouch where symbiotic bacteria degrade the leaves' toxins eucalyptus |
| #6842, aired 2014-05-20 | UNDER THE MICROSCOPE $400: These omnipresent organisms come in three shapes; seen here are bacilli, the rod-shaped variety bacteria |
| #6816, aired 2014-04-14 | BIG 5 $1600: In taxonomy the traditional 5 of these divisions are plants, animals, fungi, protists & bacteria kingdoms |
| #6727, aired 2013-12-10 | DELETE $1000: ...a letter in "bacteria" & you're left with this ancient country Bactria |
| #6669, aired 2013-09-19 | BACTERIA $400: In 1976 scientists discovered Legionella pneumophila, a new bacterium that causes this form of pneumonia Legionnaires' disease |
| #6669, aired 2013-09-19 | BACTERIA $800: In the mid-19th c. this Frenchman found that some bacteria are anaerobiotic, meaning they live without oxygen Pasteur |
| #6669, aired 2013-09-19 | BACTERIA $1200: Bacteria are often named according to their shape--bacilli are rod-shaped, cocci are this shape spherical (or round) |
| #6669, aired 2013-09-19 | BACTERIA $1600: In 1884 Robert Koch discovered that this waterborne disease was caused by a comma-shaped bacillus cholera |
| #6669, aired 2013-09-19 | BACTERIA $6,000 (Daily Double): Meaning "acid loving", this "good" species of bacteria is used to make yogurt acidophilus |
| #6588, aired 2013-04-17 | SWITZERLAND $1600: (Kelly of the Clue Crew visits a cheese stand in Switzerland.) Emmental, which is basically synonymous with Swiss cheese, gets its recognizable look from these microorganisms; they ferment lactic acid into the carbon dioxide that make the holes bacteria |
| #6561, aired 2013-03-11 | MacARTHUR FOUNDATION FELLOWS $1000: Some may find it tough to swallow the award to Sarkis Mazmanian; he studies bacteria in the G.I. tract, short for this gastrointestinal |
| #6550, aired 2013-02-22 | SCIENTISTS $2000: In the 1870s, while working with Robert Koch in Berlin, he created a container to culture bacteria (Julius) Petri |
| #6539, aired 2013-02-07 | BIOLOGY $1200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew takes a sponge out of a microwave oven.) Your microwave can be a weapon in the fight against germs; zapping a wet sponge in the microwave for 2 minutes should remove 99% of these organisms, like E. coli bacteria |
| #6536, aired 2013-02-04 | HEALTHY EATING $1200: (Dr. Oz presents the clue.) Containing the healthy bacteria lactobacillus acidophilus, yogurt helps fight infections caused by these organisms that make up their own kingdom fungi |
| #6503, aired 2012-12-19 | MEDICAL ETYMOLOGY $400: This genus of bacteria that causes food poisoning is named for a pathologist, not a fish Salmonella |
| #6490, aired 2012-11-30 | THE CDC SAYS $400: This is scary-- "almost every type of bacteria has become stronger & less responsive to" treatment with these drugs antibiotics |
| #6452, aired 2012-10-09 | SCIENCE & NATURE $400: Rhizobium is a genus of these microorganisms in the soil that play an important role in nitrogen fixation in plants bacteria |
| #6373, aired 2012-05-09 | BIOLOGY $2000: Eukaryotes are cells that have defined nuclei; change the prefix & you get these organisms that don't, like bacteria prokaryotes |
| #6255, aired 2011-11-25 | HALOGENS $800: As this halogen, atomic number 17, kills bacteria, it's used to purify drinking & pool water chlorine |
| #6178, aired 2011-06-22 | STYX $1200: Toxic bacteria found in the Mavroneri River, the modern Styx, may have killed this "Great" conqueror Alexander |
| #6143, aired 2011-05-04 | BILLIONS & BILLIONS $1000: A Kraft foods "healthy living" primer notes that billions of these "live naturally in everyone's digestive system" bacteria |
| #6126, aired 2011-04-11 | EASY MOLECULAR BIOLOGY $600: These one-celled organisms that may cause disease also produce the "snipping" enzymes that create recombinant DNA bacteria |
| #6107, aired 2011-03-15 | ACCIDENTAL INVENTIONS $800: Alexander Fleming got back from a trip to find no bacteria in the cultures he'd left exposed; hello, this penicillin |
| #6080, aired 2011-02-04 | NOVA: MAKING STUFF $400: The overlapping scales of these fish prevent algae from living there, & similar medical material may reject bacteria a shark |
| #6074, aired 2011-01-27 | "I" DOCTOR $1000: This superficial skin infection is caused by staphylococcus & streptococcus bacteria impetigo |
| #6073, aired 2011-01-26 | "ACTION"! $800: Rotting, or the anaerobic decomposition of organic matter by bacteria putrefaction |
| #6043, aired 2010-12-15 | LET'S GET SMALL $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents the clue on a monitor.) Round, rod-like & spiral are the three main shapes of these organisms bacteria |
| #5983, aired 2010-09-22 | WIDE WORLD OF SPORES $400: Spores are produced by green plants, bacteria & these, including yeasts, smuts & molds fungi |
| #5953, aired 2010-06-30 | FAUX PAS $800: A study at Clemson found that this George Costanza move really does add thousands of bacteria to the salsa double-dipping |
| #5935, aired 2010-06-04 | PARENT & CHILD NOBEL WINNERS $2000: Arthur Kornberg won for showing how DNA duplicates in bacteria; son Roger's work was on the conversion of DNA into this RNA |
| #5932, aired 2010-06-01 | THE IMMUNE SYSTEM $600: Lysozyme found in these secretions destroys bacteria that attack the cornea tears |
| #5932, aired 2010-06-01 | FOOD SCIENCE $800: 1 serving of this from Stonyfield contains 5 billion units of Lactobacillus rhamnosus bacteria yogurt |
| #5879, aired 2010-03-18 | MINIONS $400: Make sure your pool man knows the right level of this bacteria killer is 1-3 parts per million chlorine (chlorine bleach accepted) |
| #5855, aired 2010-02-12 | MICROBIOLOGY MILESTONES $200: In 1892 Dimitri Ivanovski showed there were agents smaller than bacteria causing disease; we know them as these viruses |
| #5855, aired 2010-02-12 | MICROBIOLOGY MILESTONES $1000: Grinding his own lenses, this 17th century Dutchman discovered bacteria with a home-made microscope (Antonie) Leeuwenhoek |
| #5819, aired 2009-12-24 | YOU'VE GOT YELLOW FEVER $800: Yellow fever is caused by one of these microorganisms that get transmitted by mosquito bites a virus |
| #5790, aired 2009-11-13 | DOUBLE "E" WORDS $1200: This lymphoid organ destroys worn-out red blood cells & filters bacteria & foreign particles the spleen |
| #5758, aired 2009-09-30 | HEALTH & MEDICINE $200: Bacteria in the mouth produce an acid that eats away at this outer part of the tooth & causes cavities enamel |
| #5758, aired 2009-09-30 | HEALTH & MEDICINE $600: Conjunctivitis, an inflammation caused by bacteria or a virus, is also known by this colorful name pink eye |
| #5757, aired 2009-09-29 | "A" IN SCIENCE $1600: The production of antibodies is stimulated by the presence of these, like viruses, toxins & bacteria antigen |
| #5740, aired 2009-07-17 | TRANSFORMED FOOD $800: Warm some milk & add specialized bacteria, separate out the curd clumps, then shape & age the curd to make this cheese |
| #5635, aired 2009-02-20 | BODDITIES $400: Findings suggest this part, once dismissed as superfluous, repopulates the digestive system w/ good bacteria the appendix |
| #5625, aired 2009-02-06 | GOOD EATS WITH ALTON BROWN $600: It's best to store raw chicken on a bottom shelf to prevent it dripping onto other foods, because chicken is less acidic than other meats, making it susceptible to these one-celled organisms bacteria |
| #5532, aired 2008-09-30 | MEDICINE & HISTORY $2000: Napoleon's invasion of Russia was partly doomed by epidemic typhus, primarily carried by bacteria on this parasite lice |
| #5520, aired 2008-09-12 | SCIENCE $1200: Cilia later! These long hairlike extensions help bacteria move by means of a whipping motion flagella |
| #5482, aired 2008-06-10 | BIOLOGY $800: Measles, mumps & rabies are not transmitted by bacteria, but by these viruses |
| #5472, aired 2008-05-27 | DON'T TAZE ME, BRO $2000: I didn't cook your burger at 140 degrees, & this bacteria (real first name Escherichia) is still there--oops! E. coli |
| #5454, aired 2008-05-01 | WALKING WITH DINOSAURS $2000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew delivers the clue.) If a bite that could puncture a car roof wasn't enough, T. rex's teeth have recesses where these live; if the bite didn't kill you, the infection would bacteria |
| #5444, aired 2008-04-17 | ANTIBIOTICS $400: Antibiotics don't work against viruses; they do work against these, like the tubercle bacillus bacteria |
| #5383, aired 2008-01-23 | THE EPA P3 EXPO $2000: (Jimmy reporting from the EPA P3 Expo in Washington, D.C.) Using solar power to kill water-borne bacteria at temperatures below the boiling point, Rochester Institute of Technology's team saves energy while accomplishing this, named for a 19th century French scientist Pasteurization |
| #5371, aired 2008-01-07 | ATTRACTION $400: Female deep-sea anglerfish use this, produced by bacteria, to attract prey light (luminescence) |
| #5323, aired 2007-10-31 | AT THE DENTIST'S OFFICE $1200: Cavities form when bacteria break down sugars, forming this substance that dissolves enamel acid |
| #5310, aired 2007-10-12 | "B"s $2000: The oldest signs of life on Earth are fossilized ancestors of these one-celled organisms bacteria |
| #5264, aired 2007-06-28 | SOUNDS LIKE A U.S. STATE $1200: As well as the plants of a land region, it can mean the bacteria of a body region flora |
| #5260, aired 2007-06-22 | MEDICATIONS $800: Amoxicillin is used to treat infections caued by these bacteria |
| #5217, aired 2007-04-24 | YOUR TEETH $1000: If you wear this type of metal bling, remove it before eating & brush & floss so bacteria don't build up a grill |
| #5213, aired 2007-04-18 | SCIENCE $1600: Boric acid, a weak acid, is used as this bacteria-killing infection-preventing type of substance antiseptic |
| #5205, aired 2007-04-06 | THE W.C. $800: This respiratory disease is caused by Bordetella pertussis bacteria whooping cough |
| #5189, aired 2007-03-15 | NO BYTE $400: From the Latin for "poison", these infectious agents can be 100 times smaller than bacteria viruses |
| #5179, aired 2007-03-01 | PLASMA PHYSICS $1200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from the Plasma Physics Lab at Princeton.) Scientists are experimenting with plasma as a means to sterilize food containers & destroy spores of these microorganisms of the kingdom Monera bacteria |
| #5168, aired 2007-02-14 | "QUE" TIPS $800: It's the film of mucus & bacteria on a tooth's surface plaque |
| #5122, aired 2006-12-12 | WORDS IN SCIENCE $400: The opposite of antibiotic, it's a term for healthful bacteria in yogurt probiotic |
| #5118, aired 2006-12-06 | DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES $400: A throat culture shows if you have this kind of sore "throat", an infection caused by certain bacteria strep |
| #4997, aired 2006-05-09 | YOU HAVE NO LIFE $600: The international symbol seen here shows that food has gone through this process to eliminate bacteria irradiation |
| #4978, aired 2006-04-12 | GUMFIGHT $400: You get an award if you tell us this term for a film of bacteria around teeth that the FDA says "begins gum disease" plaque |
| #4964, aired 2006-03-23 | FINLAND $1600: Finnish word for the "hot spots" where women used to give birth; they're clean, as charcoal soot resists bacteria a sauna |
| #4932, aired 2006-02-07 | "BIO" $400: Penicillin & tyrothricin are examples of this bacteria-destroying item an antibiotic |
| #4928, aired 2006-02-01 | IT'S ALL GREEK TO ME $600: The name of these sometimes nasty microscopic life forms is from the Greek for "little rod" bacteria (bacilla later accpted) |
| #4920, aired 2006-01-20 | ADDICTED TO ADJECTIVES $800: This adjective that means "free from living bacteria" can describe a person unable to reproduce sterile |
| #4894, aired 2005-12-15 | UNDER THE MICROSCOPE $800: In 1898, Beijerinck, a Dutch scientist, realized there were pathogens smaller than bacteria & named them this a virus |
| #4887, aired 2005-12-06 | ENDS IN AN F SOUND $1,200 (Daily Double): In the human body this clear watery fluid acts to remove bacteria from the tissues lymph |
| #4864, aired 2005-11-03 | BACTERIOLOGY $400: AR stands for the problem of "antibiotic" this, when bacteria shrug off drugs that once would have killed them resistance |
| #4846, aired 2005-10-10 | "B" IN SCIENCE $800: Toxins from these single-celled organisms can cause diseases like botulism bacteria |
| #4831, aired 2005-09-19 | "Y"s UP! $400: Lactobacillus bulgaricus & Streptococcus thermophilus are the usual bacteria that culture this food yogurt |
| #4699, aired 2005-01-27 | LOW CUT GENES $1200: Since the 1980s this hormone used by diabetics has been produced by genetically engineered bacteria insulin |
| #4678, aired 2004-12-29 | "S"CIENCE $2000: Seen here is the characteristic chain arrangement of these bacteria streptococci |
| #4635, aired 2004-10-29 | "PH"UN WORDS $800: This clear, watery, circulating fluid removes bacteria & certain proteins from tissues of the human body lymph |
| #4491, aired 2004-03-01 | NAMES IN MEDICINE $1600: First name of the man for whom the bacteria Listeria are named Joseph (Lister) |
| #4379, aired 2003-09-25 | WEBSTER'S 3rd P. 2004 $1000: This genus of bacteria found on poultry & eggs can also be spread by pet turtles salmonella |
| #4327, aired 2003-05-27 | TYPE "A" $800: In the 1940s Selman Waksman coined this term to describe substances that kill harmful bacteria antibiotic |
| #4247, aired 2003-02-04 | WORD ORIGINS $2000: The name of these "fishy" bacteria that cause food poisoning comes from the pathologist who identified them salmonella |
| #4235, aired 2003-01-17 | 17th CENTURY DUTCHMEN $1200: Leeuwenhoek made the first drawings of these microorganisms, which he scraped off teeth bacteria |
| #4214, aired 2002-12-19 | DAIRY PRODUCTS $400: Yogurt is made by curdling milk with purified cultures of these, like Streptococcus thermophilus bacteria |
| #4189, aired 2002-11-14 | YOU KNOW MORE THAN YOU THINK $1200: About your lymphatic system: Small roundish tissue masses called these filter out bacteria nodes |
| #4170, aired 2002-10-18 | MEDICINE $600: Pertussis & tuberculosis are caused by bacteria; measles & rubella are caused by these viruses |
| #4127, aired 2002-07-09 | "DIS"SING YOU $800: In horses, this contagious disease is caused by streptococcus equi bacteria & is also called strangles distemper |
| #4105, aired 2002-06-07 | CAN'T SMILE WITHOUT YOU $600: Bacteria, saliva & food debris make up this rough, sticky coating on teeth which can harden into tartar plaque |
| #4090, aired 2002-05-17 | TELL ME "Y" $800: It contains 2 types of bacteria: Streptococcus thermophilus & Lactobacillus bulgaricus; & we actually eat it! yogurt |
| #4009, aired 2002-01-24 | SCUM OF THE EARTH $1200: Scum in some types of this salad dressing liquid consists of bacteria that help ferment the alcohol vinegar |
| #4005, aired 2002-01-18 | MARTIAN, MARTIAN, MARTIAN $800: From the Greek for "little rod", these organisms kill off the invading martians in "War of the Worlds" bacteria |
| #3946, aired 2001-10-29 | MEDICAL BREAKTHROUGHS $300: Neatness doesn't always count -- a moldy petri dish of Staphylococcus bacteria led to the discovery of this antibiotic penicillin |
| #3895, aired 2001-07-06 | P IS FOR... $2,600 (Daily Double): Pasteurella, a genus of this named for chemist Louis bacteria |
| #3892, aired 2001-07-03 | STUDIES SHOW... $300: 45% of these products were found to be antibacterial, possibly leading to drug-resistant bacteria soaps |
| #3862, aired 2001-05-22 | GETTING SCIENTIFIC $400: From words meaning "against life", this class of drugs often derived from fungi is used against bacteria Antibiotics |
| #3859, aired 2001-05-17 | POPULAR SCIENCE TOP STORIES OF 2000 $600: Oceanic bacteria may convert sunlight to energy with this process, like plants photosynthesis |
| #3852, aired 2001-05-08 | SCIENCE $600: An acre of soil contains billions of nematodes, the round type of these seen here under the microscope worms |
| #3834, aired 2001-04-12 | WHY? $500: Because bacteria from carbon dioxide bubbles around which the curd hardens Why does Swiss cheese have holes? |
| #3674, aired 2000-07-20 | EXPERIMENTS $200: In 1952 Hershey & Chase used a Waring model of this machine to study bacteria-eating viruses blender |
| #3665, aired 2000-07-07 | LIFE SCIENCE $500: The monera kingdom consists of bacteria & the blue-green species of this Algae |
| #3600, aired 2000-04-07 | REPTILES $500: Because of virulent bacteria in the mouth of this 10-foot-long Indonesian lizard, its bite can be fatal Komodo dragon |
| #3580, aired 2000-03-10 | SCIENCE $500: The 5-kingdom system is made up of animals, bacteria, plants, protists & these fungi |
| #3556, aired 2000-02-07 | DORM CUISINE $400: Fresh varieties of this dairy treat with a Turkish name have more active bacteria than the frozen yogurt |
| #3456, aired 1999-09-20 | MEDICAL BREAKTHROUGHS $100: It's what Louis Pasteur used to kill bacteria in his process now known as pasteurization heat |
| #3353, aired 1999-03-17 | BIOLOGY $100: Measles, mumps & rabies are not transmitted by bacteria, but by these Viruses |
| #3343, aired 1999-03-03 | GENERAL SCIENCE $200: This method of preserving food by killing bacteria was developed by a French chemist in the 1860s Pasteurization |
| #3214, aired 1998-07-16 | PEOPLE WHO BECAME WORDS $800: This food poisoning bacteria is named after the scientist who identified it, not a fish Salmonella |
| #3167, aired 1998-05-12 | DOESN'T RHYME WITH DIRT $500: Bacteria helps turn milk into this food Cheese |
| #3164, aired 1998-05-07 | LIFE $600: The process of pasteurization kills harmful types of these in milk bacteria |
| #3147, aired 1998-04-14 | ENDS IN "ELLA" $300: Bacteria often found in contaminated food, not just a certain fish Salmonella |
| #3047, aired 1997-11-25 | GENERAL SCIENCE $500: Rotting meat may glow because bacteria exhibit the phenomenon called this bioluminescence (phosphorescence accepted) |
| #3026, aired 1997-10-27 | SCIENTISTS $1000: A method of staining bacteria is named for him, but the metric unit of weight isn't Hans Christian Gram |
| #3017, aired 1997-10-14 | A STUDY IN SCARLET $400: Strep throat bacteria passed from child to child can cause this disease, also called scarlatina Scarlet fever |
| #2997, aired 1997-09-16 | SCIENCE $100: This green plant pigment is also found in algae & in some bacteria Chlorophyll |
| #2969, aired 1997-06-26 | FOOD & DRINK $500: Once the liquid left in a churn, this drink is now made by adding bacteria to nonfat milk Buttermilk |
| #2942, aired 1997-05-20 | FAMOUS PROFESSORS $200: He taught at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts while developing his bacteria-killing process for drinks like milk Louis Pasteur |
| #2916, aired 1997-04-14 | DISEASES $500: In 1882 Robert Koch discovered the bacteria that cause this disease also called consumption Tuberculosis |
| #2910, aired 1997-04-04 | MEDICINE $400: Cystitis, an inflammation of this urinary organ, is usually caused by bacteria Bladder |
| #2905, aired 1997-03-28 | THE BODY HUMAN $1,000 (Daily Double): Kupffer cells in this organ destroy worn out blood cells & filter bacteria Liver |
| #2872, aired 1997-02-11 | BIOLOGY $400: Bacteria in cattle intestines produce this gas implicated in global warming Methane |
| #2869, aired 1997-02-06 | SCIENCE $200: In 1665 Robert Hooke described & named this structural unit; bacteria have only one Cell |
| #2731, aired 1996-06-17 | REPTILES $300: This largest monitor lizard carries bacteria in its mouth, sometimes making its bite fatal Komodo dragon |
| #2700, aired 1996-05-03 | GARDENING $500: Caused by bacteria or fungi, the dead tissue in this plant disease can be "soft", "hard", "dry" or "wet" rot |
| #2651, aired 1996-02-26 | "A" PLUS $100: Some biologists classify the blue-green types of these simple organisms as bacteria algae |
| #2650, aired 1996-02-23 | BIOLOGY $400: Tetracycline is a broad-spectrum type of this drug, since it's effective against a wide variety of bacteria antibiotic |
| #2628, aired 1996-01-24 | SCIENCE $400: 2 bacteria, Lactobacillus bulgaricus & Streptococcus thermophilus, turn milk into this yogurt |
| #2573, aired 1995-11-08 | MEDICINE $1000: Found in poultry & eggs, this genus of bacteria is the most prevalent cause of food poisoning Salmonella |
| #2555, aired 1995-10-13 | MEDICINE $800: Strep throat is caused by a type of these spherical bacteria that are linked in chains Streptococcus |
| #2550, aired 1995-10-06 | SCIENCE $100 (Daily Double): This is defined as the breakdown of glucose or other sugars by yeast or bacteria in the absence of oxygen fermentation |
| #2525, aired 1995-07-21 | MEDICINE $500: This type of bacteria found in chicken & eggs was named for the veterinarian who discovered it Salmonella |
| #2496, aired 1995-06-12 | INSECTS $200: The plague is transmitted to humans by these insects, which get the bacteria from infected rats fleas |
| #2481, aired 1995-05-22 | BACTERIA $200: This sour liquid is produced by the action of bacteria on wine Vinegar |
| #2481, aired 1995-05-22 | BACTERIA $400: The U.S. CDC identified Legionella pneumophila as the cause of this form of pneumonia Legionnaires' disease |
| #2481, aired 1995-05-22 | BACTERIA $600: Like legumes, alders have bacteria living on their roots that fix this gas from the atmosphere nitrogen |
| #2481, aired 1995-05-22 | BACTERIA $800: A bacteriophage, one of these disease-causing agents, can infect bacteria a virus |
| #2481, aired 1995-05-22 | BACTERIA $1000: In 1883 Robert Koch discovered the bacterium responsible for this waterborne disease common in southern Asia cholera |
| #2470, aired 1995-05-05 | POTPOURRI $200: This greenish. poisonous gas is used to kill bacteria in swimming pool water chlorine |
| #2378, aired 1994-12-28 | BIOLOGY $300: E. coli, one of these found in humans, is often used in genetic studies a bacteria |
| #2319, aired 1994-10-06 | BIOLOGY $600: Spirochetes are the spiral-shaped types of these microorganisms bacteria |
| #2260, aired 1994-06-03 | MEDICINE $400: In this epidemic disease, Yersinia pestis bacteria cause painful swellings called buboes bubonic plague |
| #2234, aired 1994-04-28 | NATURE $200: Fossils indicate that the first organisms on earth were bacteria & the blue-green type of this algae |
| #2216, aired 1994-04-04 | BIOLOGY $200: One thing that separates bacteria from plants is that they usually lack this green pigment chlorophyll |
| #2191, aired 1994-02-28 | CHEESE $300: The blue in blue cheese is veins of this mold |
| #2175, aired 1994-02-04 | BIOLOGY $500: This genus of bacteria includes S. typhi, causing typhoid, & S. typhimurium, causing food poisoning salmonella |
| #2125, aired 1993-11-26 | FAMOUS PHYSICIANS $600: In 1928 he discovered penicillin in a culture of staphylococcus bacteria Alexander Fleming |
| #2121, aired 1993-11-22 | NUTRITION $800: Sweet acidophilus milk contains bacteria that help break down this milk sugar Lactose |
| #2117, aired 1993-11-16 | SICKNESS & HEALTH $500: The walking type of this disease is caused by mycoplasma bacteria Pneumonia |
| #2116, aired 1993-11-15 | LITERATURE $400: The Martian invaders in this H.G. Wells novel are destroyed by earthly bacteria War of the Worlds |
| #2081, aired 1993-09-27 | SCIENCE $300: Photosynthetic bacteria make their food from sunlight, hydrogen sulfide & this gas carbon dioxide |
| #2080, aired 1993-09-24 | SCIENTISTS $600: He discovered that harmful bacteria in wine could be destroyed by heating it to high temperatures (Louis) Pasteur |
| #2027, aired 1993-06-01 | HEALTH & MEDICINE $200: This process of heating to destroy bacteria has decreased milk-borne tuberculosis pasteurization |
| #1940, aired 1993-01-29 | BIOLOGY $1000: In 1674 this Dutch biologist became the first to observe bacteria & protozoa under the microscope van Leeuwenhoek |
| #1771, aired 1992-04-20 | SCIENTISTS & INVENTORS $200: In 1928 he noticed that a mold had killed staphylococcus bacteria on a culture plate Fleming |
| #1752, aired 1992-03-24 | BIOLOGY $600: 6-letter term for a localized population of bacteria colony |
| #1672, aired 1991-12-03 | BIOLOGY $800: Like the splitting of atomic nuclei, bacteria & amoebas reproduce by this method fission |
| #1670, aired 1991-11-29 | BIOLOGY $800: One of the things that separates bacteria from plants is that they usually lack this green pigment chlorophyll |
| #1655, aired 1991-11-08 | FILE UNDER "Y" $100: Turkish word for a popular food made of milk curdled by bacteria yogurt |
| #1654, aired 1991-11-07 | UNDER THE MICROSCOPE $200: With some helpful & some harmful to humans, they come in 3 shapes: rod-shaped, round & spiral Bacteria |
| #1641, aired 1991-10-21 | HEALTH & MEDICINE $500: Typhoid & some forms of food poisoning are caused by these bacteria, named for a doctor, not a fish Salmonella |
| #1625, aired 1991-09-27 | WATER $500: Though poisonous, this element, No. 17, is often added to drinking water to kill bacteria chlorine |
| #1585, aired 1991-06-21 | PLANTS $400: Resins in the flower of this vine prevent the growth of bacteria in beer hops |
| #1583, aired 1991-06-19 | BIOLOGY $1000: These organisms are divided into gram positive & negative by how they react to gram stain bacteria |
| #1580, aired 1991-06-14 | SCIENCE & NATURE $400: Protozoa are classed in either the protista kingdom or this major kingdom the animal kingdom |
| #1567, aired 1991-05-28 | BIOLOGY $400: Specialty that is concerned with bacteria, molds, yeasts & viruses among others microbiology |
| #1534, aired 1991-04-11 | BIOLOGY $200: The chromosomes of bacteria consist entirely of this substance with no RNA DNA |
| #1499, aired 1991-02-21 | COLORS $500: A reddened tongue is one of the symptoms of this "colorful" fever caused by Streptococcus bacteria scarlet fever |
| #1464, aired 1991-01-03 | THE SKIN $400: Sweat is odorless until it's acted upon by these on the surface of your skin bacteria |
| #1384, aired 1990-09-13 | 6-LETTER WORDS $200: A commemorative tablet or a thin film of bacteria-laden mucus on a tooth plaque |
| #1369, aired 1990-07-12 | MEDICINE $100: Even bacteria can be infected by these, the smallest known infectious agents virus |
| #1319, aired 1990-05-03 | WINE $300: During fermentation, this converts sugar in the grape juice into alcohol & carbon dioxide Yeast |
| #1287, aired 1990-03-20 | BLOOD $1000: Bacteria-eating white blood cells called neutrophils are developed in this the bone marrow |
| #1247, aired 1990-01-23 | NOVEL PLOTS $400: Martians conquer England with heat rays but then succumb to Earthly bacteria The War of the Worlds |
| #1235, aired 1990-01-05 | SCIENCE & NATURE $400: Bacteria use their flagella for this (loco)motion |
| #1054, aired 1989-03-16 | SCIENCE & NATURE $600: Diplococci bacteria live in pairs, staphylococci in clusters & these in chains streptococci |
| #1025, aired 1989-02-03 | FOOD $100: Bacteria produces gas bubbles that create these as Swiss cheese ripens the holes (the eyes) |
| #958, aired 1988-11-02 | MEDICINE $200: The term "strep", as in strep throat, is short for this type of bacteria Streptococcus |
| #919, aired 1988-09-08 | WORD ORIGINS $300: This food poisoning bacteria was named for a veterinarian, not a fish salmonella |
| #917, aired 1988-09-06 | BOTANY $300: Binary fission is a process by which bacteria cells do this reproduce (divide) |
| #889, aired 1988-06-16 | BIOLOGY $200: The species "rhizobium" of these micro-organisms plays an important role in nitrogen fixation in plants bacteria |
| #868, aired 1988-05-18 | "F" IN SCIENCE $1,000 (Daily Double): Chemical reaction of organic substances brought about by yeasts or bacteria fermentation |
| #851, aired 1988-04-25 | MICRO-ORGANISMS $400: Some cause disease; others aid chemical processes such as changing nitrites into nitrates bacteria |
| #839, aired 1988-04-07 | TURTLES $500: The FDA bans sale of most pet turtles since they often carry this gastrointestinal disease bacteria Salmonella |
| #836, aired 1988-04-04 | BACTERIA $100: In the 17th century, Anton van Leeuwenhoek discovered bacteria while using this instrument a microscope |
| #836, aired 1988-04-04 | BACTERIA $200: Conveniently for bacteria that cause most human diseases, this is the temperature for optimum growth 98.6o Fahrenheit |
| #836, aired 1988-04-04 | BACTERIA $300: He proved, once & for all, bacteria don't come from non-living matter (& milked it for all it was worth) Louis Pasteur |
| #836, aired 1988-04-04 | BACTERIA $400: Meaning "acid loving" this bacterial culture that thrives in acid is sometimes added to milk acidophilus |
| #836, aired 1988-04-04 | BACTERIA $500: A bacteria that has built a protective wall around itself, or the "seed" of a mold or fern a spore |
| #747, aired 1987-12-01 | THE HUMAN BODY $100: Acid here sterilizes digested food & kills bacteria stomach |
| #714, aired 1987-10-15 | BOTANY $300: Along w/bacteria, this plant group that includes rusts & molds help decompose plant litter on forest floors fungi |
| #701, aired 1987-09-28 | MEDICINE $200: Any substance which prevents spread of bacteria when applied to tissue; iodine, for example an antiseptic |
| #442, aired 1986-05-20 | DRUGS $600: 1 of the 2 main groups of drugs that help kill bacteria antibiotic (or sulfas) |
| #436, aired 1986-05-12 | CHEMISTRY $200: Halogen that bleaches fabrics & is added to drinking water & swimming pools to kill bacteria chlorine |
| #412, aired 1986-04-08 | BIOLOGY $300: Of amoebas, bacteria or viruses, the smallest viruses |
| #385, aired 1986-02-28 | EASY SCIENCE $100: Named for Dr. Daniel Salmon, these bacteria can be found in dairy, poultry, & meat products salmonella |
| #344, aired 1986-01-02 | SICKNESS & HEALTH $800: Phagocytosis is the process of these leukocytes "chewing up" bacteria white blood cells |
| #300, aired 1985-11-01 | MEDICINE $1000: Humans produce it in the islets of Langerhans but now lab bacteria can make it, too insulin |
| #178, aired 1985-05-15 | WORLD WAR II $400: Jack Oakie played Benzino Napaloni, ruler of Bacteria, in this Charlie Chaplin film The Great Dictator |
| #165, aired 1985-04-26 | MEDICINE $1000: Affecting both people & animals, it was the 1st germ linked to disease anthrax |
| #100, aired 1985-01-25 | MEDICINE $400: Located behind the tongue, they may prevent entrance of bacteria, but are often removed tonsils |
| #59, aired 1984-11-29 | SCIENCE $300: Singular form of the word "bacteria" bacterium |
| #56, aired 1984-11-26 | BIOLOGY $800: In 1600's, amateur Dutch scientist van Leeuwenhoek discovered bacteria by using this a microscope |
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