#8960, aired 2023-10-27 | BAD ENGLISH $400: The clue I am reading had an example of a shift in this tense |
#8960, aired 2023-10-27 | BAD ENGLISH $800: Its the typographical mark that is missing in the first line of this clue. the apostrophe |
#8960, aired 2023-10-27 | BAD ENGLISH $1200: In a sentence, this noun & its verb has--excuse me, have to agree in number the subject |
#8960, aired 2023-10-27 | BAD ENGLISH $1600: Flout, meaning "to show scorn for", is often confused with this word meaning "to show off" flaunt |
#8960, aired 2023-10-27 | BAD ENGLISH $2000: 8-letter term for a "sentence" error. Found in the present clue. a fragment |
#8761, aired 2022-12-12 | THE MOVIE'S TITLE IN OTHER COUNTRIES $1000: Japan got right down to it for a Nevada-set film: "I'm Drunk & You're a Prostitute" Leaving Las Vegas |
#8126, aired 2019-12-30 | FAMOUS WOMEN $1000: At age 15, this 16th century girl reluctantly allowed herself to be put on the English throne; bad move Lady Jane Grey |
#7092, aired 2015-06-16 | BRITISH HISTORY $2,000 (Daily Double): Capturing Jamaica in 1655 allowed the English to replace the beer on ships with this, which didn't go bad rum |
#6988, aired 2015-01-21 | "CIVIL" $2000: Title of a 1970s bestseller complaining about Americans' bad English--keep it "in your head" A Civil Tongue |
#6636, aired 2013-06-24 | THE ENGLISH CIVIL WARS $1600: Captured royalist leader Rowland Laugharne was spared execution by the drawing of these--bad luck, John Poyer lots |
#6522, aired 2013-01-15 | WOMEN IN SPORTS $2000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows us a map of parts of England and France.) The crossing of the English Channel would have been 21 miles straight, but because of bad weather on August 6, 1926, a 35-mile route was swum by this Olympic gold medalist Gertrude Ederle |
#6361, aired 2012-04-23 | APRIL 23: BAD DAY FOR WRITERS $1600: This English poet laureate died April 23, 1850 at Rydal Mount in his beloved Lake District Wordsworth |
#5650, aired 2009-03-13 | GETTING MEDIEVAL WITH ENGLISH LIT $2,400 (Daily Double): In this circa 1470 work, the Brown Knight Without Pity is as bad as his name until Sir Gareth gets 'im Le Morte d'Arthur |
#5558, aired 2008-11-05 | A WORD ODDITY $6,000 (Daily Double): This Asian city is the only world capital whose name in English has 3 dotted letters in succession Beijing |
#5001, aired 2006-05-15 | THE "GOOD", THE "BAD" & THE "UGLY" $4,600 (Daily Double): A mischievous sprite in English folklore also called Puck Robin Goodfellow |
#4788, aired 2005-06-01 | SCIENCE FACTS $200: The petals of the English daisy do this at night; the flowers of the scarlet pimpernel, when bad weather approaches fold up (or close) |
#4723, aired 2005-03-02 | SCHOOL OF ROCK $1000: Bad English:
That group made its Top 40 debut in '89 with "When I See You" do this "Smile" |
#4594, aired 2004-07-22 | SENTIMENTAL ROCK $400: Bad English sang "When I See You Smile"; it was this group that had the hit "Feel Like Makin' Love" Bad Company |
#4425, aired 2003-11-28 | LET IT "B" $800: From Middle English for "attack", it's whining or arguing in a bad-tempered way bickering |
#4174, aired 2002-10-24 | BAD ENGLISH $400: The clue I am reading had an example of a shift in this tense |
#4174, aired 2002-10-24 | BAD ENGLISH $800: Its the typographical mark that is missing in the first line of this clue. apostrophe (in "Its") |
#4174, aired 2002-10-24 | BAD ENGLISH $1200: In a sentence, this noun & its verb has -- excuse me, have to agree in number subject |
#4174, aired 2002-10-24 | BAD ENGLISH $2,000 (Daily Double): Flout, meaning "to show scorn for", is often confused with this word meaning "to show off" flaunt |
#4174, aired 2002-10-24 | BAD ENGLISH $2000: 8-letter term for a "sentence" error. Found in the present clue. fragment |
#3387, aired 1999-05-04 | CLIFFS NOTES $400: English schoolboys crash-land on a deserted island; real bad things happen "Lord of the Flies" |
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