| #8595, aired 2022-03-11 | BANK "C" $600: It's payment earned on the sum of an original principal plus the money the principal has already accrued compound interest |
| #8193, aired 2020-04-01 | FBI QUANTICO $1000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from the FBI Training Academy in Quantico, Virginia.) New agents train at a mock town called Hogan's Alley, where the movie theater is actually an FBI office, and the marquee always reads "Manhattan Melodrama", just like it did on the 1934 night when agents gunned down this notorious bank robber outside the real Biograph Theater in Chicago John Dillinger |
| #7583, aired 2017-07-26 | A TALE OF "NEW" CITIES $2,500 (Daily Double): Situated on the west bank of the Yamuna River, it was formally dedicated in 1931 New Delhi |
| #7199, aired 2015-12-24 | BANKING $600: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a check on the monitor.) A check contains lots of numbers: the number of the check itself, an account number & this 9-digit number that identifies the bank involved in the transaction the routing number |
| #7167, aired 2015-11-10 | THIS & THAT $1000: Found on the north bank of the Thames River, it's officially Her Majesty's Royal Palace & Fortress the Tower of London |
| #7048, aired 2015-04-15 | RIVER BANK ON IT $200: Palestine's West Bank is named for its location along this river the Jordan |
| #7048, aired 2015-04-15 | RIVER BANK ON IT $400: It turns so sharply on its trip through Paris that its west bank becomes its east, so locals say Right & Left Bank instead the Seine |
| #7048, aired 2015-04-15 | RIVER BANK ON IT $600: To beat your feet on its mud, visit places on its bank like Davenport, Iowa the Mississippi |
| #7048, aired 2015-04-15 | RIVER BANK ON IT $800: Cleopatra's Needle & Paul's Walk are on its north bank the Thames |
| #7048, aired 2015-04-15 | RIVER BANK ON IT $1000: It's an ancient custom to cremate the dead along this river's banks at Varanasi the Ganges |
| #6474, aired 2012-11-08 | BUSINESS IS GOOD $800: O-ho, this bank's wagon is a-comin' down the street & it's filled with money; it's No. 26 on the 2012 Fortune 500 Wells Fargo |
| #6125, aired 2011-04-08 | ABBREV. $1600: You can bank on it:
FDIC Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation |
| #6069, aired 2011-01-20 | DESCRIBING THE FILM $1000: 2010: Affleck-ted directing;
Massachusetts mayhem;
you can bank (rob) on it The Town |
| #5766, aired 2009-10-12 | ANAGRAMS INC. $1000: You can bank on it:
FLOWER GALS Wells Fargo |
| #5706, aired 2009-06-01 | A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT $600: You can bank on the fact that this river runs through Paris, dividing it into "left" "right" sections the Seine |
| #5648, aired 2009-03-11 | BANK ON IT $200: In a 2008 weekend fire sale, this red, white & blue bank snapped up Merrill Lynch Bank of America |
| #5648, aired 2009-03-11 | BANK ON IT $400: This British bank bought the banking & capital market operations from the bankrupt Lehman Brothers Barclays |
| #5648, aired 2009-03-11 | BANK ON IT $600: This name precedes "Chase" in the name of the bank that gobbled up Bear Stearns (J.P.) Morgan |
| #5648, aired 2009-03-11 | BANK ON IT $1000: The unusual name of this bank honors the setters of North Carolina who came from a Danube valley Wachovia |
| #5648, aired 2009-03-11 | BANK ON IT $1,200 (Daily Double): This company was incorporated to help those in need after a fire blackened the Seattle business district in 1889 Washington Mutual (WaMu) |
| #5525, aired 2008-09-19 | WORD ORIGINS $2000: From the Latin, it once meant "one living on the opposite bank of a stream from another"; now it means "opponent" rival |
| #5252, aired 2007-06-12 | LET'S CONSULT THE MAP $800: Malta was upset when it was left off the first maps appearing on these bank notes in 2002 euros |
| #5178, aired 2007-02-28 | YOU WROTE IT $800: Bank Teller Joseph K. is put on trial in this author's "The Trial" Kafka |
| #5011, aired 2006-05-29 | YOU CAN BANK ON IT $400: Making a "jumbo" one of these can be risky; banks have reserves to cover losses on bad ones a loan |
| #5011, aired 2006-05-29 | YOU CAN BANK ON IT $800: A 1987 law says you can only sign for this purpose on the top 1 1/2 inches of the back of a check endorsing it |
| #5011, aired 2006-05-29 | YOU CAN BANK ON IT $1200: This word for a bank officer in charge of assets can also mean "to fire" cashier |
| #5011, aired 2006-05-29 | YOU CAN BANK ON IT $1600: In its "pursuit" of assets, this historic banking name is now combined with the name of J.P. Morgan Chase |
| #5011, aired 2006-05-29 | YOU CAN BANK ON IT $2000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew "checks" in with a little something for Brad Rutter.) These numbers which allow the U.S. to process 40 billion checks a year are part of a 50 year-old system called MICR, or "magnetic ink" this character recognition |
| #4954, aired 2006-03-09 | IT'S ON "R" MAPS $2000: In early 2002 Yasir Arafat was confined to his compound in this West Bank city Ramallah |
| #4609, aired 2004-09-23 | TAKING YOUR LUMPS $400: On this '50s sitcom Frank Bank played Lumpy Leave It to Beaver |
| #4230, aired 2003-01-10 | AROUND THE WORLD $1000: This Iraqi capital was founded on the western bank of the Tigris River in 762 A.D. by the Abbasid Caliph Al-Mansur Baghdad |
| #4129, aired 2002-07-11 | DEAD SEA $600: It's the controversial area partially on the Dead Sea claimed by Israel & Jordan the West Bank |
| #4002, aired 2002-01-15 | BANK ON IT $400: The patriotic BAC Bank of America |
| #4002, aired 2002-01-15 | BANK ON IT $800: Stupid answer: ONE Bank One |
| #4002, aired 2002-01-15 | BANK ON IT $1200: WFC, based in San Francisco Wells Fargo |
| #4002, aired 2002-01-15 | BANK ON IT $1600: This "group" gets a C Citigroup |
| #4002, aired 2002-01-15 | BANK ON IT $2000: Named for a tycoon: JPM J.P. Morgan |
| #3693, aired 2000-09-27 | CANADIAN GEOGRAPHY $600: Canada's oldest city, it lies on the north bank of the St. Lawrence River Quebec |
| #3194, aired 1998-06-18 | INVESTING YOUR JEOPARDY! WINNINGS $300: Don't blow your money on Hanson CDs (compact discs), put it in one of these bank CDs certificates of deposit |
| #2770, aired 1996-09-20 | LITERATURE $200: It begins, "Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank" Alice's Adventures in Wonderland |
| #2410, aired 1995-02-10 | STATE CAPITALS $400: It lies on the east bank of the Susquehanna River, about 100 miles west of Philadelphia Harrisburg |
| #2091, aired 1993-10-11 | BANKING $400: It's a check drawn by a bank on itself and is considered as good as cash a cashier's check |
| #1552, aired 1991-05-07 | 1988 $600: On Aug. 31 this country gave up all claims to the West Bank & left it up to the PLO as to what should be done Jordan |
| #1294, aired 1990-03-29 | MONEY $300: The lowest rate of interest on bank loans at any given time, it's offered to preferred borrowers Prime Rate |
| #1209, aired 1989-11-30 | 7 WONDERS $800 (Daily Double): If you wonder where this wonder was, it was on the bank of the Euphrates the Hanging Gardens (of Babylon) |
| #1145, aired 1989-07-21 | PHILOSOPHERS $300: Rousseau said it's "a good bank account, a good cook and a good digestion", Shultz, "a warm puppy" happiness |
| #1117, aired 1989-06-13 | 5-LETTER WORDS $200: It can refer to beasts of burden, a bank check, a wind current, military conscription or beer on tap draft |
| #1089, aired 1989-05-04 | THE '30s $200: During the '30s it's where people went on "Bank Night" to win prizes the movies |
| #1026, aired 1989-02-06 | GOVERNMENT $200: On paper money, a letter in a circle indicates which bank of this system issued it the Federal Reserve |
| #145, aired 1985-03-29 | HOLIDAYS $500: A legal holiday in Britain is called this, because of the institutions that close on it bank holiday (bank day accepted) |
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