| #9083, aired 2024-04-17 | CHANNEL ORANGE $1000: Between 1962 & 1971 about 11 million gallons of this now-banned defoliant were dropped on Vietnam Agent Orange |
| #9064, aired 2024-03-21 | HISTORIC FIRSTS $800: This man banned the traditional fez hat after becoming the first president of the Republic of Turkey Ataturk |
| #9051, aired 2024-03-04 | FRENCH HISTORY $800: The Vichy regime put these in public schools; the 2004 law banning head-scarves on students also banned large these on chains crosses |
| #9013, aired 2024-01-10 | ONE MAN, BANNED $400: A Jacobite was a supporter of this exiled Stuart king who had to lay low after the Glorious Revolution James II |
| #9013, aired 2024-01-10 | ONE MAN, BANNED $800: Dante was truly a Guelf on the shelf as his exile from this city of his birth would prove Florence |
| #9013, aired 2024-01-10 | ONE MAN, BANNED $1200: This politician, who passed away in 2023, was banned from office in 2013, but remained the head of Forza Italia Berlusconi |
| #9013, aired 2024-01-10 | ONE MAN, BANNED $2000: Yevgeny was the first name of this late mercenary leader who fled to Belarus after gaining Putin's ire in 2023 Yevgeny Prigozhin |
| #9013, aired 2024-01-10 | ONE MAN, BANNED $8,200 (Daily Double): The 1521 Edict of Worms banned his writings & declared him a heretic Martin Luther |
| #20, aired 2023-11-15 | FOR THE LOVE OF PETE $200: This Cincinnati baseball great once said he'd "walk through hell in a gasoline suit to play"; now he's banned for life Pete Rose |
| #8962, aired 2023-10-31 | SEXY STUFF $600: In 1873 this U.S. president signed a bill banning anything obscene, lewd or lascivious from the mails (Ulysses S.) Grant |
| #8958, aired 2023-10-25 | WASN'T THAT AN '80s THING? $800: The Wayfarer style of this brand of sunglasses was an '80s fave Ray-Bans |
| #8958, aired 2023-10-25 | FILL IN THE BLANK CANVAS $4,000 (Daily Double): A group portrait by Rembrandt:
"The ____ ____
(The Company of Captain Frans Banning Cocq)" The Night Watch |
| #8924, aired 2023-07-27 | PLAY TIME $2,000 (Daily Double): The play "Mrs. Warren's Profession" by this Irishman was considered so scandalous it was banned for years George Bernard Shaw |
| #12, aired 2023-05-16 | INTERNATIONAL LIT $1200: For her stand against apartheid, many of her novels, including "Burger's Daughter", were banned in her native South Africa Gordimer |
| #8868, aired 2023-05-10 | WELCOME TO THE U.S. HOUSE! $200: In 1837 the House banned the wearing of these in the chamber; they'd become so tall they obstructed both view & hearing hats |
| #8855, aired 2023-04-21 | FOREIGN POLITICAL PARTIES $2,000 (Daily Double): Banned from 1960 to 1990 by the South African government, this party led the fight to destroy apartheid the ANC (the African National Congress) |
| #8853, aired 2023-04-19 | MY KID GOT INTO AN IVY LEAGUE MUSEUM $200: My kid says Brown's Haffenreffer Museum bans smoking, but has items like Native American stems & bowls of these pipes |
| #8853, aired 2023-04-19 | JUSTINIAN TIME $7,000 (Daily Double): Justinian didn't "want to thank" this 900-year-old Athenian school, which closed after pagan teachers were banned the Academy |
| #8791, aired 2023-01-23 | AFGHANISTAN & PAKISTAN $1600: In 2022 the new Taliban regime banned growing these flowers that sustain many Afghan farmers, but 2022 was a bumper crop poppies |
| #8786, aired 2023-01-16 | ROYAL HISTORY $400: In 1685 this French king revoked the Edict of Nantes, banned Protestant worship & forced kids to be baptized as Catholic Louis XIV |
| #8786, aired 2023-01-16 | TATTOOS $1600: Once banned, kakiniit are traditional tattoos of the women of this group of northern North America Inuit |
| #8743, aired 2022-11-16 | 4 WEDDINGS & A FUNERAL $2000: Last name of Richard & Mildred, whose 1958 wedding led to a 1967 Supreme Court decision that struck down bans on interracial marriage Loving |
| #8741, aired 2022-11-14 | YOUR U.S. HISTORY TEST $1200: The Compromise of 1850 admitted this Western state to the Union, with slavery banned there California |
| #8712, aired 2022-10-04 | THE 50 STATES $1000: Step back in time on this Michigan island where cars are banned & horses, buggies & bikes are the means of transportation Mackinac (Island) |
| #8700, aired 2022-09-16 | MAGAZINE COVERS $400: A 1968 Esquire cover depicted this banned boxer as the martyred St. Sebastian Muhammad Ali |
| #8674, aired 2022-06-30 | FIRST LADY FIRSTS $1000: Though the first first lady to host the White House Easter egg roll, she's better remembered for banning alcohol Lucy Hayes |
| #8673, aired 2022-06-29 | HE WAS A SHOGUN $800: Tsunayoshi's "Laws of Compassion" (enforced by death) banned animal cruelty; he was called Inu-kobo, or this animal-shogun dog |
| #8607, aired 2022-03-29 | AFRICAN-AMERICANA $200: Giving dap began among soldiers in this war when the Black power salute was banned; some say the greeting stands for dignity & pride the Vietnam War |
| #8556, aired 2022-01-17 | 20th CENTURY AMERICA $800: The Immigration Act of 1903 banned these no-government types with their wild eyes & smoking bombs from entering the United States anarchists |
| #8532, aired 2021-12-14 | AN AD JUNKED $1000: This automaker had an ad for its F-Type sports car banned for encouraging "irresponsible driving" Jaguar |
| #8525, aired 2021-12-03 | DENNIS QUAID MOVIE ROLES $400: Rev. Shaw Moore, in a movie remake, set in a town where dancing is banned Footloose |
| #8517, aired 2021-11-23 | '38 $200: The 1938 Fair Labor Standards Act banned oppressive child labor, set the work week at 44 hours & established this, at 25 cents an hour minimum wage |
| #8488, aired 2021-10-13 | THE SABBATH $400: Exodus 35:3 bans doing this on the Sabbath, hence the Jewish dish cholent which can go on the stove Friday & cook until Saturday lunch lighting a fire |
| #8487, aired 2021-10-12 | EDUCATION FIRSTS $800: In 1783 Poland was the first country to ban this in schools; it's also banned in the country's constitution corporal punishment |
| #8483, aired 2021-10-06 | ____ & ____ $800: Some places in Britain have banned this once popular puppet pair Punch & Judy |
| #8473, aired 2021-09-22 | WHAT A WEEK! $800: One sponsor of Banned Books Week, which opposes censorship & celebrates the right to read, is the ALA, short for this the American Library Association |
| #8458, aired 2021-08-04 | "C" IN SCIENCE $1600: In 1970 these artificial sweeteners were banned for good after they were linked to cancer in rats cyclamates |
| #8452, aired 2021-07-27 | LISTEN UP! $600: From the 1970s to the 1990s, you wouldn't hear the sound of this device in homes in New York City, where it was banned a garbage disposal |
| #8433, aired 2021-06-30 | SPORTS & SOCIETY $800: In 2020 California's East Fullerton Little League banned the name of this shamed 2017 World Series champion team the Astros |
| #8428, aired 2021-06-23 | THE ARISTOCRATS! $800: A 1919 law banned this aristocratic syllable, belonging to folks like the Red Baron, from Austrian names von |
| #8421, aired 2021-06-14 | PLAY TIME IS OVER $200: In 1967, killjoys at the NCAA banned this crowd-pleasing basketball shot; they unbanned it in 1976 a slam dunk |
| #8409, aired 2021-05-27 | LAW SLAW $1200: Res judicata, "a thing already judged", is the civil law version of this 2-word action banned by the Bill of Rights double jeopardy |
| #8379, aired 2021-04-15 | AUCTION $400: In 2008 this Internet auction site banned ivory products & in 2012 banned hexes & magic spells eBay |
| #8374, aired 2021-04-08 | HEAVY METAL $400: The EPA says if your home was built pre-1978, beware of this heavy metal, banned in paint by the federal government that year lead |
| #8374, aired 2021-04-08 | THE IVY LEAGUE $1000: Harvard banned filming of Hollywood movies after this Ryan O'Neal/Ali MacGraw tearjerker ruined trees with fake snow Love Story |
| #8366, aired 2021-03-29 | GETTING DOWN TO BUSINESS $1000: In 2020 our Sec. of State danced around banning this app from Beijing; the problem? It had been downloaded more than 2 billion times TikTok |
| #8345, aired 2021-02-26 | AROUND THE WORLD $1600: After the Canboulay Riots of the 1880s, the British banned traditional drums on Trinidad, leading to the creation of these from oil drums steel drums |
| #8339, aired 2021-02-18 | GLOVE $600: To prevent allergic reactions, in 2008 the Johns Hopkins Hospital banned the use of gloves made of this rubber product latex |
| #8334, aired 2021-02-11 | SUBURBS $800: Dum Dum, a weapons-making suburb of Kolkata, gave its name to an expanding type of this, banned by international law an expanding bullet |
| #8284, aired 2020-11-19 | ENVIRONMENTAL AGREEMENTS $800: A 1963 treaty banned these tests "in the atmosphere, in outer space, and under water" nuclear tests |
| #8238, aired 2020-09-16 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $400: In England Lord Hardwicke's Act of 1753 banned this informal type of marriage without civil or religious ceremony common law |
| #8216, aired 2020-05-18 | ROCK BANNED $400: 1962: Buffalo, N.Y.'s archdiocese bans Catholic school students from dancing to this Chubby Checker hit "The Twist" |
| #8216, aired 2020-05-18 | ROCK BANNED $800: 1969: New Jersey police seize 30,000 copies of this couple's "Two Virgins" album, which shows them nude on the cover John Lennon & Yoko Ono |
| #8216, aired 2020-05-18 | ROCK BANNED $1200: 1965: Concerned it might offend stutterers, the BBC initially refuses to play this Who song "My Generation" |
| #8216, aired 2020-05-18 | ROCK BANNED $1600: 1977: The BBC bans this Sex Pistols song, which still hits No. 2 on the British charts "God Save The Queen" |
| #8216, aired 2020-05-18 | ROCK BANNED $2000: 1968: "There's just no place for" this Rolling Stones song in many cities in a year of political demonstrations "Street Fighting Man" |
| #8199, aired 2020-04-09 | COLLEGE LAW $600: Georgia State says it follows state law in banning hard liquor at these pre-game parking lot parties tailgate parties |
| #8190, aired 2020-03-27 | AND THE PITCH $400: Aka the drooler, this pitch was banned in 1920 except for 17 hurlers who got to use it until they retired a spitball |
| #8159, aired 2020-02-13 | TRIAL MIX $1200: On Aug. 2, 1921, 8 members of this team were acquitted of taking money to lose the World Series; on Aug. 3 they were banned from baseball the White Sox |
| #8134, aired 2020-01-09 | WORLD LEADERS $2000: After an attack at 2 mosques in this city, PM Jacinda Ardern of New Zealand banned most semi-automatic weapons in 2019 Christchurch |
| #8126, aired 2019-12-30 | 17th CENTURY HISTORY $800: A 1609 law in this country banned Moriscos (Muslims baptized as Christians) & shipped 300,000 of them to north Africa Spain |
| #8080, aired 2019-10-25 | '90s NEWSMAKERS $600: Nearly 6 months after the attack on Nancy Kerrigan, this skater was stripped of her national title & banned from the sport for life Tonya Harding |
| #8076, aired 2019-10-21 | BAN THAT BOOK! $400: A book about George, who takes the new name Melissa, earned some bans but also one of these Greek-letter awards AKA the Lammys the Lambda Award |
| #8076, aired 2019-10-21 | BAN THAT BOOK! $800: This Stowe novel was banned in parts of the slave-holding South & in serf-holding Russia Uncle Tom's Cabin |
| #8076, aired 2019-10-21 | BAN THAT BOOK! $1,400 (Daily Double): Forget the love story--Pasternak's "Dr. Zhivago" was banned in the USSR until 1987 because of its portrayal of this commie faction the Bolsheviks |
| #8061, aired 2019-09-30 | AMERICAN HISTORY $1600: In 1947 Congress passed this act named for 2 politicians that banned using union dues in national election campaigns Taft-Hartley |
| #8058, aired 2019-09-25 | NON-GENEVA CONVENTIONS $1200: Banning trade in many plants & animals, CITES is the Convention on International Trade in these Endangered Species |
| #7995, aired 2019-05-17 | AND A BOOK $1,000 (Daily Double): His 1913 novel "Sons and Lovers" was daring but not banned like a later work D.H. Lawrence |
| #7990, aired 2019-05-10 | THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a map of the Ohio River on the monitor.) The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 banned slavery north of the Ohio River, eventually making this major Ohio city a key first stop for many escaping slavery; it's now the home to the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center Cincinnati |
| #7977, aired 2019-04-23 | MERCURY $200: Since the early 2000s, many states have banned mercury-in-glass these, once a staple of the family medicine cabinet a thermometer |
| #7944, aired 2019-03-07 | ILLEGAL BABY NAMES $400: We understand Sonora, Mexico banning Robocop, as a name, but this "Harry Potter" character played by Emma Watson? Hermione |
| #7944, aired 2019-03-07 | ILLEGAL BABY NAMES $1200: You can't name your daughter after actress Lavin or Cardellini in Saudi Arabia--this name they share is banned Linda |
| #7944, aired 2019-03-07 | ILLEGAL BABY NAMES $2000: This North Atlantic island nation bans names that contain C, W or Q since those letters aren't in their alphabet Iceland |
| #7938, aired 2019-02-27 | FAMILIAR BRANDS IN SONGS $600: In "The Boys of Summer", Don Henley sings, "You got that hair slicked back" & these Ray-Bans on Wayfarers |
| #7888, aired 2018-12-19 | CHALLENGED & BANNED BOOKS $200: In 2013 this racy E.L. James trilogy was pulled from library shelves in Florida only to return due to public demand Fifty Shades of Grey |
| #7888, aired 2018-12-19 | CHALLENGED & BANNED BOOKS $400: Nearly 50 years after it was published, her "Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret" is still being challenged (Judy) Blume |
| #7888, aired 2018-12-19 | CHALLENGED & BANNED BOOKS $600: A landmark obscenity case in 1933 lifted a ban in the U.S. on this James Joyce work Ulysses |
| #7888, aired 2018-12-19 | CHALLENGED & BANNED BOOKS $800: Many schools banned this Anthony Burgess novel due to its extreme violence A Clockwork Orange |
| #7848, aired 2018-10-24 | BYZANTIUM & BEYOND $1200: Leading to trouble, in 726 A.D. Emperor Leo III banned the use of this type of 4-letter religious image an icon |
| #7796, aired 2018-07-02 | GOVERNMENT ABCs $200: One of its accomplishments was the banning of DDT:
EPA the Environmental Protection Agency |
| #7773, aired 2018-05-30 | GENERAL KNOWLEDGE $400: A federal law signed Aug. 6, 1965 banned literary & other tests for people to do this to vote |
| #7701, aired 2018-02-19 | TABLE TENNIS, ANYONE? $600: The practice of using the fingers to impart spin on this stroke was banned in the 1930s the serve |
| #7672, aired 2018-01-09 | THE DONALD $400: In 2014 Donald Sterling, owner of this California team, was banned from the NBA for life the Clippers |
| #7671, aired 2018-01-08 | BRITISH AUTHORS $2000: Banned upon publication, this author's "The Rainbow" was described by one magistrate as "utter filth" D.H. Lawrence |
| #7670, aired 2018-01-05 | BOOKS & AUTHORITIES $400: Poor grammar was one reason the Concord, Mass. library banned this Twain novel 1 month after it was published in 1885 Huckleberry Finn |
| #7670, aired 2018-01-05 | BOOKS & AUTHORITIES $800: "Madame Bovary" provoked so much outrage it was banned & this author faced immorality charges Gustave Flaubert |
| #7670, aired 2018-01-05 | BOOKS & AUTHORITIES $2000: For openly dealing with apartheid, some of this woman's novels were banned in her native South Africa Nadine Gordimer |
| #7666, aired 2018-01-01 | 3-LETTER RESPONSES $2000: A decade after the publication of "Silent Spring", the domestic use of this chemical was banned in the United States DDT |
| #7650, aired 2017-12-08 | ASIAN CULTURE $800: After women were banned from performing in 1629, men took over in this traditional Japanese dance drama kabuki |
| #7619, aired 2017-10-26 | TATTOO $1600: This Old Testament book that bans a lot of things says, "Ye shall not... print any marks upon you" Leviticus |
| #7596, aired 2017-09-25 | WORLD HISTORY $800: The ANC for short, it was founded in 1912, banned in 1960 & made a legal party again in 1990 the African National Congress |
| #7587, aired 2017-09-12 | "CROSS"WORDS $1200: In 1139 the church banned this weapon with a riflelike stock, saying it was "hateful to God" & unfit for Christians a crossbow |
| #7587, aired 2017-09-12 | MAGIC & SORCERY IN THE BIBLE $2000: This desperate king of Israel consulted the witch of Endor even though he himself had banned sorcery & magic Saul |
| #7581, aired 2017-07-24 | ANIMAL FARM $800: Among the animals' 7 commandments are bans on sleeping in a bed & drinking this alcohol |
| #7580, aired 2017-07-21 | FASHION HISTORY $400: In 1746 the English banned the Scots from wearing kilts or these plaid patterns except in the military tartans |
| #7564, aired 2017-06-29 | FREQUENTLY BANNED BOOKS $400: This H.G. Bissinger book about a small-town Texas football squad was oft-penalized Friday Night Lights |
| #7564, aired 2017-06-29 | FREQUENTLY BANNED BOOKS $800: "The Perks of Being" this by Steven Chbosky became an Emma Watson film & got itself banned The Perks of Being a Wallflower |
| #7564, aired 2017-06-29 | FREQUENTLY BANNED BOOKS $1200: Dav Pilkey made the list with his cheeky series about the character seen here, named Captain this Captain Underpants |
| #7564, aired 2017-06-29 | FREQUENTLY BANNED BOOKS $1600: Profanity was one objection to this Katherine Paterson book about a structure to a fantastic place Bridge to Terabithia |
| #7564, aired 2017-06-29 | FREQUENTLY BANNED BOOKS $2000: The spectrum of challenged books includes "The Color Purple" & this first novel by Toni Morrison The Bluest Eye |
| #7557, aired 2017-06-20 | TANGLED UP IN BLUE $1600: Bergen County, New Jersey has one of the USA's last blue laws, banning retailers from doing this selling alcohol on Sundays (or selling anything on a Sunday) |
| #7540, aired 2017-05-26 | BULLET POINTS $200: As it can poison even the wildlife that aren't shot, California is banning this metal in bullets used by hunters lead |
| #7514, aired 2017-04-20 | CHINESE HISTORY $2000: After a massive demonstration in Beijing in 1999, China banned this spiritual movement, calling it a heretical cult Falun Gong |
| #7506, aired 2017-04-10 | IT'S A FACT $800: Citing fire risks, in 2016 the FAA banned this company's Galaxy Note 7 phones from all U.S. flights Samsung |
| #7481, aired 2017-03-06 | THE SUPREME COURT $1200: In the 1962 case Engel v. Vitale, the Supreme Court banned sponsored this in public schools sponsored prayer (or religion) |
| #7462, aired 2017-02-07 | CAPTAINS $800: This Rembrandt painting is a group portrait of the company of Captain Frans Banning Cocq The Night Watch |
| #7453, aired 2017-01-25 | MOVIE MUSICAL ROLES $400: Kenny Wormald & Julianne Hough starred in this remake in which rock music & dancing are banned in a small town Footloose |
| #7448, aired 2017-01-18 | SHELLFISH $800: In 2004 the city of Reggio Emilia, Italy passed a law banning the killing of this shellfish by dropping it in boiling water lobster |
| #7418, aired 2016-12-07 | ALLOYS $800: In 1986 solders containing this metal were banned from use in drinking water systems lead |
| #7399, aired 2016-11-10 | IT HAPPENED IN THE 20th CENTURY $200: On May 18, 1954 The New York Times headlined, "High Court Bans School" this divisive practice segregation |
| #7387, aired 2016-10-25 | THE "IV" LEAGUE $1000: The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species banned this trade in 1989 ivory |
| #7360, aired 2016-09-16 | BAT DANCE $600: In 2014 Guinea banned the consumption of bat soup & grilled bat to combat this deadly virus disease Ebola |
| #7334, aired 2016-06-30 | THE SUPREME COURT $2000: Obergefell v. Hodges ended bans on same-sex marriage via the 14th Amendment clauses of equal protection & this due process |
| #7267, aired 2016-03-29 | I RUN A LITTLE $600: Her use of banned drugs led to this woman giving up her 100-meter gold from the 2000 Olympics as well as 4 other medals Marion Jones |
| #7263, aired 2016-03-23 | 5-LETTER FILM FEST $400: 1994:
Braking banned on Bullock's big bus Speed |
| #7250, aired 2016-03-04 | ART CLASS $1200: In the 1870s Monet introduced the "rainbow" this, banning the colors black & brown from his work palette |
| #7222, aired 2016-01-26 | RECENT AFRICAN HISTORY $800: From 1960 to 1990 this political party was banned & was forced to operate underground & outside South Africa's borders the African National Congress |
| #7159, aired 2015-10-29 | GOING BANANAS $200: In 2014 a U.K. zoo banned bananas from these primates' diet; commercially available fruits are too sugary gorillas (or monkeys) |
| #7106, aired 2015-07-06 | LEND ME YOUR EARS $2000: Some communities have banned these items used by gardeners as too noisy leaf blowers |
| #7056, aired 2015-04-27 | WHIP SMART $400: Britain's Army Act of 1881 banned the use of this numerical beast the cat o' nine tails |
| #7030, aired 2015-03-20 | ANNUAL EVENTS $200: A March festival in Valencia features these, los fuegos artificiales, so loud that it bans pregnant women from some events fireworks |
| #7020, aired 2015-03-06 | HOMOPHONIC PAIRS $400: A forbidden rock group a banned band |
| #6995, aired 2015-01-30 | GUILTY $1200: The Constitution bans bills of attainder, which strip property rights from them, people guilty of crimes like murder felons |
| #6967, aired 2014-12-23 | SOCIETY $800: Taxi drivers cheered in September 2014 when a German court banned this app Uber |
| #6925, aired 2014-10-24 | WORLD LITERATURE $2000: His "The Unbearable Lightness Of Being" was banned in his native Czechoslovakia until 1989 Milan Kundera |
| #6918, aired 2014-10-15 | NO RUSH $600: Starting in 2012 Yale & Princeton banned fraternity rush for these students freshmen |
| #6913, aired 2014-10-08 | NAMED IN THE BIBLE & THE KORAN $200: This 2014 movie would be "Nuh", except it was banned in many Islamic lands Noah |
| #6901, aired 2014-09-22 | "D.C."ING YOU $400: One of these at a school might include solid colors & the banning of short skirts & sagging pants a dress code |
| #6878, aired 2014-07-09 | ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT $600: This author's crime? Discussing banned books in the Petrashevsky Circle group in 1849; punishment? 4 years in Siberia Dostoyevsky |
| #6876, aired 2014-07-07 | THE MOVIES $800: In this 1991 film, Robin Williams was Peter Banning, who did grow up, became a lawyer & married Wendy's granddaughter Hook |
| #6856, aired 2014-06-09 | NOVELS & NOVELISTS $1200: David Herbert were the given names of this author whose 1915 "The Rainbow" was banned as obscene (D.H.) Lawrence |
| #6818, aired 2014-04-16 | WE HAVE LAWS $200: Massachusetts law largely bans the sale of booze on Sundays, legal holidays & this day of democracy in action voting day (or Election Day) |
| #6818, aired 2014-04-16 | WE HAVE LAWS $600: Vancouver, Canada bans these in new housing; levers are easier on the arthritic hands of an aging populace doorknobs |
| #6818, aired 2014-04-16 | WE HAVE LAWS $800: Louisiana law bans cursing these people, volunteer or not, in the performance of their duties firemen |
| #6807, aired 2014-04-01 | AMERICAN NOVELISTS $400: In 1961 the ban on his "Tropic of Cancer" was lifted in the U.S., & soon many of his other banned books were issued (Henry) Miller |
| #6800, aired 2014-03-21 | AFRICAN HISTORY $2,000 (Daily Double): In June 2013 this Islamic group governed Egypt; in September it was banned the Muslim Brotherhood |
| #6785, aired 2014-02-28 | RUSSIAN TO JUDGMENT $1000: The 2013 vote in this parliamentary house for a bill that banned telling minors about gay life was 436-0 the Duma |
| #6778, aired 2014-02-19 | RECENTLY BANNED OR CHALLENGED BOOKS $200: A North Carolina county board made this 1952 Ralph Ellison classic disappear, saying it didn't have "any literary value" Invisible Man |
| #6778, aired 2014-02-19 | RECENTLY BANNED OR CHALLENGED BOOKS $400: A Florida county pulled this 2011 E.L. James book from libraries, but it came back "in response to public demand" Fifty Shades of Grey |
| #6778, aired 2014-02-19 | RECENTLY BANNED OR CHALLENGED BOOKS $600: This 1985 Margaret Atwood novel was challenged in N.C. as "sexually explicit, violently graphic and morally corrupt" The Handmaid's Tale |
| #6778, aired 2014-02-19 | RECENTLY BANNED OR CHALLENGED BOOKS $800: A beef with his "Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test" on a Penn. reading list: "sexual content &... there is nothing good about it" Tom Wolfe |
| #6778, aired 2014-02-19 | RECENTLY BANNED OR CHALLENGED BOOKS $1000: A Katy, Texas school district didn't have a Jane Smiley face after complaints about this numerically titled book A Thousand Acres |
| #6723, aired 2013-12-04 | FINLANDIA $1000: Before Finland was free, the musical work "Finlandia" by this native son was banned for arousing patriotism (Jean) Sibelius |
| #6718, aired 2013-11-27 | ENRAPTURED WITH RAPTORS $1200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Sitka Raptor Center in Alaska.) The bald eagle has made a remarkable recovery from the ravages of this now-banned pesticide, which caused affected birds to lay thin-shelled eggs, producing fewer young DDT |
| #6714, aired 2013-11-21 | LAW $800: A 2010 Irish law bans this, calling it speech "insulting... to matters held sacred by any religion" blasphemy |
| #6640, aired 2013-06-28 | THE ENVIRONMENT $800: In 1973, 3 years after it was founded, the EPA was successful in banning the use of sprayed this for fireproofing asbestos |
| #6638, aired 2013-06-26 | THE 4th CENTURY $400: Emperor Theodosius banned these athletic events begun 12 centuries before, calling them a pagan cult the Olympics |
| #6604, aired 2013-05-09 | CLASSIC NOVELS $1,000 (Daily Double): In this novel, banned in the U.S. until 1933, Molly Bloom & Stephen Dedalus represent Penelope & Telemachus Ulysses |
| #6589, aired 2013-04-18 | PORTMANTEAUS $400: Bar patrons forced outside by cigarette bans have engaged in smirting, a blend of smoking & this flirting |
| #6528, aired 2013-01-23 | BANNED! $200: In the 1930s his "Alice" work was banned in China on the grounds that animals should not use human language Lewis Carroll |
| #6528, aired 2013-01-23 | BANNED! $400: One of the first books banned by the Nazis was this 1929 antiwar novel made into a 1930 movie All Quiet on the Western Front |
| #6528, aired 2013-01-23 | BANNED! $600: In 1792 he was indicted for treason in Britain & his "Rights of Man" was banned (Thomas) Paine |
| #6528, aired 2013-01-23 | BANNED! $1000: This 1988 novel with Satan in the title was banned not just in the Muslim world but in Venezuela The Satanic Verses |
| #6528, aired 2013-01-23 | BANNED! $2,000 (Daily Double): With a large Catholic minority, Lebanon banned this 2003 novel that suggests Jesus was a dad The Da Vinci Code |
| #6445, aired 2012-09-28 | FILL IN THE BLANK CANVAS $800: A group portrait by Rembrandt:
"The ____ ____ (The Company of Captain Frans Banning Cocq)" Night Watch |
| #6421, aired 2012-07-16 | PROTESTING TIPS & ETIQUETTE $600: Evade bans on loudspeakers: have a group in unison repeat 1 person's words, in "the human" this device microphone |
| #6411, aired 2012-07-02 | THE QUICK PICK PAPERS $2000: As a legislator in Massachusetts from 1827 to 1837, this educator acted to get lottery ticket sales banned (Horace) Mann |
| #6393, aired 2012-06-06 | FATS & OILS $400: Many states once banned the sale of the yellow form of this butter substitute, but all state bans were lifted by 1967 margarine |
| #6393, aired 2012-06-06 | WHOLE SALE $600: The first state to do so, Maine banned the sale of this in 1851 & didn't rescind the law until 1934 alcohol |
| #6389, aired 2012-05-31 | LANGUAGE LAB $2000: Sometimes called "Little Russian", it was banned in Russia from 1876 to 1905 Ukrainian |
| #6376, aired 2012-05-14 | LAW & ORDER $1200: This "rule" is a court order banning all parties involved in a case from discussing it publicly a gag rule |
| #6329, aired 2012-03-08 | ORGANIZATIONS $1000: WADA, the World Anti-this Activity agency, tries to keep sports free of banned drugs Doping |
| #6307, aired 2012-02-07 | ANATOMICAL WORDS & PHRASES $800: The TSA specifically bans this item from carry on luggage; I wonder why! brass knuckles |
| #6301, aired 2012-01-30 | BRING YOUR OWN BOTTLE $800: This West Coast state's 1971 "bottle bill" helped jump-start recycling in the U.S. by banning nonrefundables Oregon |
| #6274, aired 2011-12-22 | 6-LETTER TV SHOWS $400: Magic has been banned by Uther Pendragon in the Syfy series about this title youthful wizard Merlin |
| #6230, aired 2011-10-21 | WEATHER GEAR $1000: These sunglasses were introduced in 1929; the "Who's that behind those..." ads began in the 1960s Foster Grants |
| #6227, aired 2011-10-18 | CRASHING THE PARTY $400: In 1945 this political party crashed in a big way, getting banned in Germany the Nazis |
| #6181, aired 2011-06-27 | SIGNAGE $800: Back when much of England was illiterate, a rooster on a pub sign meant this now-banned activity inside cock-fighting |
| #6164, aired 2011-06-02 | BRITISH CUISINE $2,000 (Daily Double): As Catholicism was banned, Queen Elizabeth tried to outlaw these symbolic rolls hot cross buns |
| #6149, aired 2011-05-12 | VENDING MACHINES $200: A 2010 order by the mayor banned calorically sweetened these from vending machines on S.F. city property drinks (sodas accepted) |
| #6123, aired 2011-04-06 | WHOSE BOOK TITLE? $400: Banned from publication in the United States until 1944:
"____ ____'s Lover" Lady Chatterley |
| #6060, aired 2011-01-07 | POETS OF SONG $200: This Dylan song asked, "How many times must the cannonballs fly, before they're forever banned" "Blowin' In The Wind" |
| #6040, aired 2010-12-10 | THE GREATEST IN SPORTS WITH MIKE & MIKE $800: (Mike and Mike in the ESPN studio deliver the clue.)
"When it comes to controversy, not much can top the Black Sox scandal of 1919"
"Not much true--but for me, nothing is as bad as in 1989 when this record-breaking player was banned from baseball for gambling on games while still a manager" Pete Rose |
| #6021, aired 2010-11-15 | SINCE THE IRON CURTAIN $800: In 2006 Lithuania was banned from adopting the euro as its rate of this was 2.7% & the max allowable was 2.6 inflation |
| #6017, aired 2010-11-09 | COURT DECISIONS 2010 $400: A court said 1998's Dickey-Wicker Amendment clearly bans federal funding for research on these embryonic cells stem cells |
| #6005, aired 2010-10-22 | FRUITY LANGUAGE $800: This round, red firecracker has been banned by U.S. law since 1966 a cherry bomb |
| #5997, aired 2010-10-12 | FLAGS & ANTHEMS $2000: Bosnia's constitutional court banned the anthem of this other former Yugoslav republic Serbia |
| #5978, aired 2010-09-15 | 1970 $600: Legislation signed on April 1 (no joke) banned ads for these on TV cigarettes |
| #5950, aired 2010-06-25 | KEEP ON TRUCKIN' $200: In 2010 the D.O.T. issued rules banning this new form of communication by truckers while driving texting |
| #5940, aired 2010-06-11 | LEAD OR NO LEAD $400: To protect children, in 1977 the government banned the use of lead in this substance on walls in the home paint |
| #5938, aired 2010-06-09 | THE VIKINGS $1000: Banned from Iceland for 3 years after being convicted of manslaughter, he headed to Greenland in 982 Erik the Red |
| #5929, aired 2010-05-27 | ADOPTION $200: Listen up, Berhanu! New South Wales, Australia has banned changing these for adopted kids over 1 year old names |
| #5929, aired 2010-05-27 | ADOPTION $1000: From the Anita Bryant era, this state has the only law banning gay adoption; it's been ruled unconstitutional Florida |
| #5844, aired 2010-01-28 | SAUDI ARABIA $600: This TV show was banned in Saudi Arabia in 1979 because the presence of Miss Piggy violated religious laws The Muppet Show |
| #5825, aired 2010-01-01 | FOOD & DRINK $600: In 2006 the Chicago City Council banned restaurants in the city from selling this goose liver dish foie gras |
| #5821, aired 2009-12-28 | 2001 $800: March 13: the U.S. bans meat imports from the EU due to outbreaks of this "anatomical" disease hoof-and-mouth |
| #5787, aired 2009-11-10 | BALL GAMES $1600: In 1457 Scotland's parliament banned this links game, which interfered with archery practice golf |
| #5779, aired 2009-10-29 | THE E.U. $400: A major trading crisis emerged in the EU in 1996 when British beef was banned due to this mad cow disease |
| #5772, aired 2009-10-20 | FAMOUS TRIALS $1200: (Jack Ford delivers the clue.) This rotund silent comic's 3 notorious trials brought 2 hung juries & an acquittal--then 6 days later the movies' morality czar banned him from the screen "Fatty" Arbuckle |
| #5769, aired 2009-10-15 | FAMOUS O'BRIENS $400: Edna O'Brien's frank depiction of women's lives has gotten her books banned in this, her native country Ireland |
| #5768, aired 2009-10-14 | SPORTS SHORTS 2009 $1000: This Dodgers slugger was suspended in may after testing positive for a banned substance Manny Ramirez |
| #5735, aired 2009-07-10 | NOVEL-TIES $400: In 1905 this still-controversial Twain book was banned because a character said sweat instead of perspiration Huckleberry Finn |
| #5732, aired 2009-07-07 | NELSON MANDELA $1000: Nelson was a leading member of this long-banned political party, the ANC the African National Congress |
| #5728, aired 2009-07-01 | BANNED BOOKS $400: This 1951 J.D. Salinger work The Catcher in the Rye |
| #5728, aired 2009-07-01 | BANNED BOOKS $800: Laura Ingalls Wilder's 1935 book Little House on the Prairie |
| #5728, aired 2009-07-01 | BANNED BOOKS $1200: Anthony Burgess' 1962 tale of juvenile delinquency A Clockwork Orange |
| #5728, aired 2009-07-01 | BANNED BOOKS $1600: Giovanni Boccaccio's 1353 collection of tales The Decameron |
| #5728, aired 2009-07-01 | BANNED BOOKS $2000: Daniel Keyes' 1966 novel of mouse & man Flowers for Algernon |
| #5708, aired 2009-06-03 | THE "ANTI"-CATEGORY $800: A 1997 treaty banned this type of land mine, used against people rather than mechanized vehicles anti-personnel |
| #5623, aired 2009-02-04 | EUGENE O'NEILL $1200: In 1929 O'Neill's play "Strange" this was banned in Boston, so it played in nearby Quincy instead Strange Interlude |
| #5621, aired 2009-02-02 | THE 1880s $200: If you were able to buy liquor in March 1881, you weren't in this state anymore, Toto; it banned sales in February Kansas |
| #5580, aired 2008-12-05 | iPOD, YOUTUBE OR WII $600: This has been banned in Thailand, Turkey, Pakistan & Iran YouTube |
| #5574, aired 2008-11-27 | PASS THE TURKEY $600: Banned by Ataturk for political reasons, this hat with a 3-letter name was once the national hat of Turkish men a fez |
| #5554, aired 2008-10-30 | HALLOWEEN: TRICK OR TREAT $200: On Oct. 31, 2007 liberal Spaniards got a treat as a law banned public commemorations of this Fascist's rule Franco |
| #5518, aired 2008-09-10 | OPERA $1600: "Salome", this composer's first successful opera, was banned in Boston in 1923 Richard Strauss |
| #5471, aired 2008-05-26 | QUASI-PRESIDENTIAL CINEMA $400: The IMDB says that this Jimmy Stewart movie was banned in fascist states because of fears that it showed democracy works Mr. Smith Goes to Washington |
| #5408, aired 2008-02-27 | EARLY AMERICA $800: For "traducing the ministers", Anne Hutchinson was among the first to be "banned in" this capital Boston |
| #5371, aired 2008-01-07 | FOOD WORDS & PHRASES $800: In 1966 the U.S. government banned M-80s & these round, red firecrackers cherry bombs |
| #5341, aired 2007-11-26 | BANNED BOOKS $200: This story was banned in California because the heroine was bringing wine as well as food to her grandma "Little Red Riding Hood" |
| #5341, aired 2007-11-26 | BANNED BOOKS $400: Predictably, in 1967, "Lysistrata" by Aristophanes was banned in this country then controlled by a military junta Greece |
| #5341, aired 2007-11-26 | BANNED BOOKS $600: England indicted this supporter of the Revolutionary War for his "Rights of Man" & his publisher was prosecuted Thomas Paine |
| #5341, aired 2007-11-26 | BANNED BOOKS $800: In 1929 Italy banned his "Call of the Wild" & Yugoslavia banned all of his books as being too radical Jack London |
| #5341, aired 2007-11-26 | BANNED BOOKS $1000: Viola's crossdressing in this Shakespeare play ran afoul of a N.H. Prohibition of Alternative Lifestyle Act Twelfth Night |
| #5315, aired 2007-10-19 | BANNED $400: In 2002 Scotland banned hunting these with hounds that kill them; the dogs may only flush out the prey foxes |
| #5315, aired 2007-10-19 | BANNED $800: A U.N. sanction banned Liberia from selling these, as they were "engaged" in trading them for weapons diamonds |
| #5315, aired 2007-10-19 | BANNED $1200: In 1977 this African country outlawed hunting; later it established game reserves, like the Masai Mara Kenya |
| #5315, aired 2007-10-19 | BANNED $1600: After being banned from Massachusetts, he established the Rhode Island colony Roger Williams |
| #5315, aired 2007-10-19 | BANNED $2000: (Jon of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Clinton Presidential Library in Little Rock, Arkansas.) Weapons like the AK-47 were banned under Clinton by this 1994 legislation abbreviated AWB. It expired in 2004 the Assault Weapons Ban |
| #5293, aired 2007-09-19 | THE GEORGE H.W. BUSH PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY $400: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the Bush Library.) I'm in a mock-up of Bush's Air Force One office. The President banned this from the menu of the presidential jet, saying he hadn't liked it since his mother made him eat it broccoli |
| #5283, aired 2007-07-25 | NUTRITION $400: While they pack calcium, vitamin E & fiber, packs of these have been banned in some schools & on some airplanes (pea)nuts |
| #5262, aired 2007-06-26 | ROCKERS BANNED IN THE USSR $400: This former partner of Ike was banned for being too sexy Tina Turner |
| #5262, aired 2007-06-26 | ROCKERS BANNED IN THE USSR $800: This "Another Brick In The Wall" band was blacklisted for "distortion of Soviet foreign policy" Pink Floyd |
| #5262, aired 2007-06-26 | ROCKERS BANNED IN THE USSR $1200: Perhaps for wanting to be "In The Navy", this disco group was banned for being too violent The Village People |
| #5262, aired 2007-06-26 | ROCKERS BANNED IN THE USSR $1600: I wonder if banning this "dark" group for "religious obscurantism" made them "paranoid" Black Sabbath |
| #5262, aired 2007-06-26 | ROCKERS BANNED IN THE USSR $2000: Songs like "Psycho Killer" might be what got this band axed for spreading myths about the Soviet military Talking Heads |
| #5210, aired 2007-04-13 | FRIDAY THE 13th $600: Friday October 13, 1967: This president signs an executive order banning sex discrimination in the U.S. govt. (Lyndon) Johnson |
| #5203, aired 2007-04-04 | PAGE BURNERS $1000: Burned & banned, this 1939 novel was particularly unwelcome in California's agricultural communities The Grapes of Wrath |
| #5129, aired 2006-12-21 | CHRISTMAS HISTORY $600 (Daily Double): This movement banned Christmas in England & New England in the 1600s, arguing it was a secular holiday Puritan movement |
| #5115, aired 2006-12-01 | THE DONALD $400: A popular urban legend says that Finland banned Donald Duck because he doesn't wear these pants |
| #5083, aired 2006-10-18 | 20th CENTURY AUTHORS $1600: On publication in 1915, his "The Rainbow" was labeled obscene & banned, & unsold copies were destroyed D.H. Lawrence |
| #5076, aired 2006-10-09 | THE GLOBE THEATRE $800: Gao Xingjian's "Fugitives" used this 1989 massacre as its setting & was later banned by the Chinese government Tiananmen Square |
| #5058, aired 2006-09-13 | A HORSE IS A HORSE $400: This smallest of the British breeds was in huge demand after children were banned from coal mining a Shetland pony |
| #5058, aired 2006-09-13 | DANGEROUS WORDS $1600: The federal "Office of" this type of "Materials Safety" bans sending anhydrous ammonia by passenger plane hazardous |
| #5033, aired 2006-06-28 | FAMILIAR PHRASES $600: The expression "Banned in" this city came from that city's enthusiastic censorship of books in the 1920s Boston |
| #5023, aired 2006-06-14 | '80s MOVIES $400: Kenny Loggins performed the title tune of this movie about a town where dancing is banned Footloose |
| #5020, aired 2006-06-09 | PRISON LIFE $600: In 1995 Arizona banned this recreation, fearing that it produced stronger criminals weightlifting |
| #4966, aired 2006-03-27 | PRESIDENTS & FIRST LADIES $1200: In the 1870s she banned not only alcohol from the White House but smoking as well "Lemonade" Lucy Hayes |
| #4948, aired 2006-03-01 | THE 16th CENTURY $800: In 1559, during Pope Paul IV's reign, the church first published this banned-reading list the Index of Forbidden Books |
| #4908, aired 2006-01-04 | SEXY STUFF $600: In 1873 this U.S. president signed a bill banning anything obscene, lewd or lascivious from the mails Grant |
| #4838, aired 2005-09-28 | CHINESE HISTORY $1200: On July 22, 1999 the government banned this religious sect after it staged unauthorized demonstrations Falun Gong |
| #4830, aired 2005-09-16 | LITERARY EROTICA $2000: Perhaps due in part to the amoral rakishness of his advice book "The Art of Love", he was banned from ancient Rome Ovid |
| #4791, aired 2005-06-06 | THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGIN' $400: In 2004 Veritas software's marketing dept. made news when it banned this type of communication on Fridays e-mail |
| #4787, aired 2005-05-31 | SHAKESPEAREAN WORDS $1200: From Latin for "indecent", this word in "Love's Labour's Lost" is the type of book banned by the Comstock Law obscene |
| #4745, aired 2005-04-01 | -ISMs $400: An Italian law banning this political -ism is named for 1950s Premier Mario Scelba Fascism |
| #4740, aired 2005-03-25 | NEW YORK CITY MAYORS $400: On Dec. 30, 2002 this billionaire mayor signed a law banning smoking in most working-class bars Bloomberg |
| #4716, aired 2005-02-21 | MIAMI $800: The 3 Kings Parade is a tradition of this community; it's banned on their home island the Cuban community |
| #4689, aired 2005-01-13 | WORLD HISTORY $400: Around 981 this explorer was banned from Iceland for 3 years for killing a neighbor in a feud Erik the Red |
| #4675, aired 2004-12-24 | TEAMS THAT DON'T END IN S $400: Kenesaw Mountain Landis banned for life 8 players of this baseball team for helping fix the 1919 World Series the Chicago White Sox |
| #4665, aired 2004-12-10 | STAY ON THE GRASS $1000: In November 1988 President Reagan signed a law banning the sale of these outdoor toys in the U.S. lawn darts |
| #4615, aired 2004-10-01 | ENGLISH LIT $1000: She's the heroine of the long-banned 18th century novel "Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure" Fanny Hill |
| #4612, aired 2004-09-28 | BAHRAIN $400: Bahrain is known as this "of the Arabian Gulf", although cultured ones are banned in the market of the same name the Pearl |
| #4611, aired 2004-09-27 | RELIGION $800: In 1987 Hialeah, FL banned this religion's animal sacrifices; in 1993 the Supreme Court overturned the ban Santeria |
| #4605, aired 2004-09-17 | MONTY PYTHON $1600: This controversial Python film's tagline in Sweden read, "The film that is so funny it was banned in Norway" Life of Brian |
| #4528, aired 2004-04-21 | TOO MUCH TIME ON THEIR HANDS $1200: Orange County, Florida has banned its employees from wearing more than 3 pairs of these (& no tongue studs) earrings |
| #4499, aired 2004-03-11 | HOW'S IT "HANG"ING? $800: Banned for decades in East Berlin, these recreational transports are now legal & soaring hang gliders |
| #4493, aired 2004-03-03 | YOU CAN'T $1,200 (Daily Double): In 1835 Britain's parliament banned this so-called amusement that set dogs on a large carnivore bear-baiting |
| #4481, aired 2004-02-16 | NOT OUR CONSTITUTION $400: Its constitution bans foreign ownership of beach land, so Americans have bought in Baja through trusts Mexico |
| #4477, aired 2004-02-10 | TALES OUT OF SCHOOL $1200: A case brought by New Hyde Park, N.Y. parents led to a 1962 Supreme Court decision banning this in public schools prayer |
| #4477, aired 2004-02-10 | TALES OUT OF SCHOOL $1600: To fight obesity, as of Jan. 1, 2004 the L.A. Unified School District has banned the sale of these on campus sodas (or soft drinks) |
| #4450, aired 2004-01-02 | 17th CENTURY NAMES $1600: Because it dealt with religious hypocrisy, his French comedy "Le Tartuffe" was banned until 1669 Moliere |
| #4441, aired 2003-12-22 | ROBIN WILLIAMS ROLES $400: Peter Banning aka Peter Pan Hook |
| #4405, aired 2003-10-31 | ROCKS & MINERALS $600: Quebec produces much of the world's supply of this heat-resistant mineral now banned in most U.S. products asbestos |
| #4403, aired 2003-10-29 | LEFTOVERS $400: Because of their ability to record and replay speech, these toys were banned in 1999 from military installations Furbies |
| #4387, aired 2003-10-07 | FASHION HISTORY $600: In 1907 Sarah Bernhardt bought her own theater & banned the audience from wearing these hats |
| #4363, aired 2003-07-16 | YOU HAVE THE RITE $600: In 1904 the U.S. government banned this Plains Indian ceremony, also the name of a Utah film festival Sundance |
| #4355, aired 2003-07-04 | SEX IN AMERICAN HISTORY $200: Some New Yorkers c. 1910 wanted the Bunny Hug & Slow Rag, types of these, banned as dangerous to morals dances |
| #4310, aired 2003-05-02 | TOP "GOD"s $1200: The Sex Pistols' version of this British national anthem got them banned...& made them superstars "God Save the Queen" |
| #4295, aired 2003-04-11 | BEAGLEMANIA $400: The Beagle Brigade of this cabinet department helps keep banned fruits & vegetables out of the U.S. the Department of Agriculture |
| #4260, aired 2003-02-21 | ART & ARTISTS $1200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew in Amsterdam at Rembrandt's house.) Under a lean-to in this courtyard, Rembrandt painted 1642's "Sortie of a Company of Captain Banning Cocq", also known as this The Night Watch |
| #4223, aired 2003-01-01 | MOVIE MUSICALS $800: (Hi, I'm Jeff Probst [reporting from Thailand]) Here in Thailand, this 1956 movie musical was banned & so was the non-musical 1999 film covering the same story The King and I |
| #4210, aired 2002-12-13 | OPERA $400: "The Marriage of" this servant of Count Almaviva was once banned in France lest it incite the lower classes to revolt Figaro |
| #4205, aired 2002-12-06 | MILLENNIUM MOMENTS $1200: England's James I denounced this product in 1604; the pope banned it in Seville churches in 1642 tobacco |
| #4153, aired 2002-09-25 | SCOTTISH HISTORY $800: The Proscription Act of the 1740s banned the kilt & this musical instrument bagpipes |
| #4151, aired 2002-09-23 | AN "F" IN HISTORY $200: Soon after Ataturk became Turkey's president in 1923, he banned the wearing of this traditional hat fez |
| #4123, aired 2002-07-03 | CLINTON'S BILLS $400: (Bill Clinton reads the clue.) A bill I signed in 1994 banned several assault weapons & funded the hiring of 100,000 of these police officers |
| #4099, aired 2002-05-30 | SORRY, YOU'VE BEEN CENSORED $800: Worried about teens imitating its violence, Stanley Kubrick himself banned this 1971 film of his in England Clockwork Orange |
| #4085, aired 2002-05-10 | COLONIAL ARTS $800: In 1750 theater was banned in this then-colonial capital as a form of Mass. entertainment Boston |
| #4042, aired 2002-03-12 | PAINT IT "BLACK" $1600: Infamous nickname of the 8 men banned from pro baseball for a 1919 incident the Black Sox |
| #3996, aired 2002-01-07 | WORLD LIT $800: Because it was dedicated to the schoolchildren of Soweto, the 1980 book "Fire Flames" was banned in this country South Africa |
| #3995, aired 2002-01-04 | FREEDOM FIGHTERS $400: Mario Savio set off the free speech movement when political activities were banned on this U.C. campus in 1964 U.C. Berkeley |
| #3991, aired 2001-12-31 | THE SPANISH INQUISITION $400: Bans instituted on this ancient book in Castilian or any other vulgar tongue lasted into the 18th century the Bible |
| #3980, aired 2001-12-14 | "EX" RATED? $800: In 2001 the Australian state of Victoria banned all Good Friday showings of this '70s film--whatever "possessed" them? The Exorcist |
| #3976, aired 2001-12-10 | PUT OUT THE CHINA $400: Recent bans in the U.S. involve this dried shark part some Chinese recipes call for in an expensive soup fin |
| #3941, aired 2001-10-22 | THAT'S GOTTA HURT $300: The British navy suspended this punishment in 1881; the state of Delaware banned it in 1972 flogging |
| #3892, aired 2001-07-03 | OLYMPIC HISTORY $200: By 1976 these anabolic aids were banned from use by Olympic competitors steroids |
| #3819, aired 2001-03-22 | "C" IN GEOGRAPHY $200: A statewide law that went into effect Jan. 1, 1998 banned smoking cigarettes in bars & restaurants in this state California |
| #3803, aired 2001-02-28 | INTO THE "AB"YSS $300: An often-banned liqueur derived from wormwood, aniseed & herbs Absinthe |
| #3795, aired 2001-02-16 | WORLD THEATRE $100: This "War and Peace" author's play "The Power of Darkness" was once banned in his native Russia Leo Tolstoy |
| #3781, aired 2001-01-29 | ALPHABET SOUP $400: Paul Muller won a 1948 Nobel Prize for developing this now widely banned insecticide DDT |
| #3769, aired 2001-01-11 | NEW YORK, NEW YORK $500: Opened in 1922 at 142nd & Lenox, this club generally banned black customers but welcomed black musicians Cotton Club |
| #3766, aired 2001-01-08 | "CAT"ECHISM $500: A long list of things, like banned books Catalog |
| #3736, aired 2000-11-27 | MILK $300: 3-letter term for a type of milk often banned Raw milk |
| #3732, aired 2000-11-21 | THE SCHOOL OF HARD KNOCKS $300: This type of punishment, from the Latin for "body", has been banned in many schools Corporal punishment |
| #3730, aired 2000-11-17 | I PROTEST! $300: In a 1985 protest against apartheid, many countries banned the import of Krugerrands, gold coins from this country South Africa |
| #3722, aired 2000-11-07 | THE LADIES ROOM $200: In 1990 MTV banned her steamy video for "Justify My Love" Madonna |
| #3683, aired 2000-09-13 | 1978 $200: To help save our atmosphere, Sweden banned the use of most of these in January 1978 CFC's (Chlorofluorocarbons) |
| #3678, aired 2000-09-06 | HI $100: In 1998 the Vatican banned this Hawaiian dance from church during mass, then re-allowed it hula |
| #3678, aired 2000-09-06 | N-O! $1000: Women must wear the head-to-toe burqa & are banned from work & education under this regime that rules Afghanistan Taliban |
| #3650, aired 2000-06-16 | MISSILE-ANEOUS $400: In 1988 the Consumer Product Safety Commission banned the sale of these outdoor "darts" lawn darts (Jarts accepted) |
| #3649, aired 2000-06-15 | HISTORIC AMERICANS $500: The first First Lady who was a college graduate, she banned all alcoholic beverages from state functions "Lemonade Lucy" Hayes |
| #3621, aired 2000-05-08 | THE HISTORY CHANNEL $300: Part history, part fashion, "Battle of the Clans" tells of these patterns banned in the 18th century Tartans |
| #3603, aired 2000-04-12 | TALKIN' BASEBALL $400: Though this pitch was banned in 1920, 17 pitchers were allowed to keep using it; the last was Burleigh Grimes in 1934 Spitball |
| #3594, aired 2000-03-30 | UNUSUAL WEAPONS $1000: This martial arts weapon seen here is banned in some areas nunchucks |
| #3578, aired 2000-03-08 | BANNED ON EBAY $100: eBay has banned the sale of all of these from BB to bazooka Guns |
| #3578, aired 2000-03-08 | BANNED ON EBAY $200: This recitation from "The Wizard of Oz" lists 3 banned items, oh my! Lions, tigers & bears |
| #3578, aired 2000-03-08 | BANNED ON EBAY $300: After bidding on about $3 million in goods, 13-year-old Andrew Tyler was banned by eBay & by this pair His parents |
| #3578, aired 2000-03-08 | BANNED ON EBAY $400: As eBay has banned sales of any type of this, pinot is a no-no Wine/liquor/alcohol |
| #3578, aired 2000-03-08 | BANNED ON EBAY $500: Before the listing was pulled, the bid on one of these paired organs was up to $5.7 million Kidneys |
| #3570, aired 2000-02-25 | BANNED AS PETS IN NYC $100: It'll be a cold day in New York before the Department of Health allows you to keep one of these Polar Bear |
| #3570, aired 2000-02-25 | BANNED AS PETS IN NYC $200: No exemptions! You can't keep these in a basement or a baseball park Bats |
| #3570, aired 2000-02-25 | BANNED AS PETS IN NYC $300: You won't "spot" one of these in Central Park Leopard |
| #3570, aired 2000-02-25 | BANNED AS PETS IN NYC $400: Not even if you get its food chocolate-covered can you keep this animal Anteater |
| #3570, aired 2000-02-25 | BANNED AS PETS IN NYC $500: It may be wild to have this wild dog in Australia but in New York City it's no go Dingo |
| #3474, aired 1999-10-14 | BANNED! $200: Found unsuitable for Mormon audiences, her smash hit "Physical" was banned for a time from Utah radio Olivia Newton-John |
| #3474, aired 1999-10-14 | BANNED! $400: An edition of this children's story was banned in 1989 because it depicted a girl bringing alcohol to her granny Little Red Riding Hood |
| #3474, aired 1999-10-14 | BANNED! $700 (Daily Double): This Mark Twain work was fourth on the list of "The Most Frequently Banned Books in the 1990s" Huckleberry Finn |
| #3474, aired 1999-10-14 | BANNED! $800: Because of its portrayal of the Jewish character Shylock, this play was banned in Michigan in 1980 The Merchant of Venice |
| #3474, aired 1999-10-14 | BANNED! $1000: This Daniel Defoe work about a lusty 17th century wench has often been banned from U.S. mails Moll Flanders |
| #3461, aired 1999-09-27 | LEVITICUS $200: God bans mean pranks in 19:14, "Thou shalt not... put a stumbling block before" these people The blind |
| #3442, aired 1999-07-20 | HODGEPODGE $400: In December 1998 a Dutch court banned any publication questioning the veracity of this girl's diary Anne Frank |
| #3416, aired 1999-06-14 | BETSY ROSS $300: This religious group was not so "amiable" when it banned Betsy for marrying out of meeting the Society of Friends (Quakers) |
| #3395, aired 1999-05-14 | SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA $200: As mayor of this desert resort, Sonny Bono cut down on spring break madness by banning thong bikinis Palm Springs |
| #3381, aired 1999-04-26 | BAN THAT BOOK! $600: The government of this country, AKA Burma, has banned all translations of the Bible into local languages Myanmar |
| #3381, aired 1999-04-26 | BAN THAT BOOK! $1000: "The Canterbury Tales" & "The Arabian Nights" were banned for decades from U.S. mails under this 1873 law Comstock Law |
| #3344, aired 1999-03-04 | CIVICS CLASS $1000: Constitutional amendment that prohibits privacy by banning "unreasonable searches and seizures" Fourth Amendment |
| #3308, aired 1999-01-13 | HISTORIC NEBRASKA $300: In 1982 Nebraskans passed "Initiative 300", banning out-of-state corporations from buying these farms (or ranches) |
| #3305, aired 1999-01-08 | IT'S A MASTERPIECE! $600: This Rembrandt work depicts the militia company of Frans Banning Cocq The Night Watch |
| #3290, aired 1998-12-18 | TV STARS $1,600 (Daily Double): (Hi, I'm Renee Jones from Days of Our Lives.) Before he was B.J. Hunnicutt on "M*A*S*H", this actor played Scott Banning on "Days of Our Lives" Mike Farrell |
| #3248, aired 1998-10-21 | ROCK SINGERS $400: In 1990 her "Justify My Love" became the first video by a major star to be banned by MTV Madonna |
| #3242, aired 1998-10-13 | WACKY PRODUCTS $400: Banned from use in some parades, it's the alliterative name of the wacky product in use here (sprayed out of a can) Silly String |
| #3242, aired 1998-10-13 | THE U.S. CONSTITUTION $1000: The Constitution uses this 3-word Latin term for laws banning an action retroactively Ex post facto |
| #3220, aired 1998-09-11 | FIFTEENTH $200: Ratified in 1870, it bans denying voting rights based on race, color or previous condition of servitude 15th Amendment |
| #3217, aired 1998-09-08 | IT'S MILLER TIME $500: The works of this writer, born in 1891, have been banned numerous times for their sexual content Henry Miller |
| #3183, aired 1998-06-03 | R.E.M. $400: The video for "Losing My Religion" was banned in Ireland but given 6 awards by this network MTV |
| #3180, aired 1998-05-29 | SCHOOL DAZE $100: In 1997 Evanston, Illinois briefly banned these 15-minute breaks in its elementary schools Recess |
| #3173, aired 1998-05-20 | UN-SPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT $1000: For her role in hobbling Nancy Kerrigan, she was banned from the U.S. Figure Skating Association Tonya Harding |
| #3171, aired 1998-05-18 | ANIMALS $400: In 1961 a federal law banned the importation of this South American fish into the U.S. Piranha |
| #3162, aired 1998-05-05 | MEN OF SCIENCE $200: Thomas Midgley, who put lead into gasoline, introduced this now banned refrigerant in 1930 Freon |
| #3139, aired 1998-04-02 | GONE WITH THE WINDS $400: Sans wind, this capital was so choked with le smog Oct. 1, 1997 that it banned half its motorists from driving Paris |
| #3084, aired 1998-01-15 | FUNNYMEN $200: As attorney Peter Banning in "Hook", he protests, "I'm not a pirate! It so happens that I am a lawyer" Robin Williams |
| #3057, aired 1997-12-09 | A JUG OF WINE $100: In the '90s the U.S. banned the once-common use of this metal in the foil over a bottle's neck Lead |
| #2982, aired 1997-07-15 | LITERATURE $1000: His novel "Cancer Ward" originally was banned in the Soviet Union Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn |
| #2933, aired 1997-05-07 | RELIGION $200: In 1759 Portugal banned the Jesuit order of this Christian church Roman Catholic Church |
| #2897, aired 1997-03-18 | ADVERTISING $400: Effective Jan. 2, 1971 ads for these were banned from U.S. TV Cigarettes |
| #2895, aired 1997-03-14 | AUTHORS $300: This Czech president's play "The Garden Party" was long banned in his homeland Vaclav Havel |
| #2885, aired 1997-02-28 | ANNIVERSARY GIFTS $1,300 (Daily Double): In 1989 the U.S. banned imports of this, the traditional gift for year 14 Ivory |
| #2851, aired 1997-01-13 | EARLY AMERICA $400: This colony of James Oglethorpe banned the importation of rum & brandy, & forbade slavery Georgia |
| #2829, aired 1996-12-12 | PLAYWRIGHTS $600: After this Czech denounced the Soviet invasion of his country in 1968, his plays were banned Vaclav Havel |
| #2810, aired 1996-11-15 | DYSFUNCTIONAL ROYAL FAMILIES $200: This emperor's sister Pauline Bonaparte was so scandalous she was banned from his court in 1810 Napoleon |
| #2784, aired 1996-10-10 | DRAMA $600: His 1924 play "Desire Under the Elms" wasn't publicly performed in London until 1940; it was banned Eugene O'Neill |
| #2758, aired 1996-09-04 | 19th CENTURY AMERICA $1000: the Non-Intercourse Act of 1809 replaced this Act banning international trade by U.S. ships the Embargo Act |
| #2743, aired 1996-07-03 | COMPOSERS & RULERS $600: When this country ruled Finland, it banned Jean Sibelius' "Finlandia" as it aroused the Finns' patriotism Russia |
| #2695, aired 1996-04-26 | WORLD HISTORY $200: England's King Edward I banned the burning of this fuel, objecting to the dirt & fumes coal |
| #2692, aired 1996-04-23 | 1990 $300: In April this Himalayan kingdom legalized political parties, banned since 1960 Nepal |
| #2691, aired 1996-04-22 | THE CONSTITUTION $100: While the 13th Amendment banned this practice, it still allows involuntary servitude for convicts slavery |
| #2687, aired 1996-04-16 | LITERATURE $600: Like his "Tropic" books, his trilogy "The Rosy Crucifixion" was banned from the U.S. for many years (Henry) Miller |
| #2675, aired 1996-03-29 | ODDS & ENDS $200: In 1846 Maine banned the sale of this except for medicinal or industrial purposes alcohol |
| #2663, aired 1996-03-13 | LBJ $800: Thinking labor had become too powerful, LBJ supported this 1947 act that banned closed shops Taft-Hartley |
| #2636, aired 1996-02-05 | POTENT POTABLES $400: A 1736 British law effectively banned this juniper-flavored spirit; it was repealed a few years later gin |
| #2624, aired 1996-01-18 | 20th CENTURY AMERICA $800: In March 1925 this state passed a law banning the teaching of evolution in public schools Tennessee |
| #2614, aired 1996-01-04 | FASHION HISTORY $200: After the Jacobite Rebellion, these Scottish plaid patterns were banned by British law tartans |
| #2586, aired 1995-11-27 | BASEBALL HALL OF FAMERS $300: A 1920 rule banned only new pitchers from using this pitch, so Burleigh Grimes could still throw it The spitball |
| #2566, aired 1995-10-30 | CONGRESS $800: In 1952 this Speaker of the House from Texas banned television cameras from House committee sessions Sam Rayburn |
| #2531, aired 1995-09-11 | THE 1950s $200: In 1957 DJ Alan Freed banned some of this white buck shoed singer's recordings from his program Pat Boone |
| #2512, aired 1995-07-04 | "L"s ON THE MAP $300: Europeans were once banned from this Tibetan capital, which was known as "the Forbidden City" Lhasa |
| #2493, aired 1995-06-07 | AMERICAN HISTORY $200: In 1851, nearly 70 years before U.S. Prohibition, Maine passed a law banning the sale of this alcohol |
| #2424, aired 1995-03-02 | FIRST LADIES $600: Sarah Polk, like Lucy Hayes, banned this from White House functions drinking |
| #2362, aired 1994-12-06 | MUSIC POTPOURRI $300: Her 1990 music video "Justify My Love" was banned from MTV but still sold widely in stores Madonna |
| #2354, aired 1994-11-24 | POTENT POTABLES $500: This potent liqueur, now banned in many countries, has been called "The Green Muse" Absinthe |
| #2353, aired 1994-11-23 | ISLANDS $600: Until 1946, automobiles were banned from this British crown colony, 650 miles from North Carolina Bermuda |
| #2317, aired 1994-10-04 | JUNE $400: On June 22, 1964 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that this 1934 Henry Miller book could not be banned Tropic of Cancer |
| #2289, aired 1994-07-14 | KOREA $600: During the occupation by this country, 1910-1945, the Korean language was banned Japan |
| #2284, aired 1994-07-07 | WORLD LITERATURE $400: Manuel Puig left this, his native country, after his 1973 novel "The Buenos Aires Affair" was banned Argentina |
| #2266, aired 1994-06-13 | COLONIAL AMERICA $800: After he was banned from Mass. Bay, this minister spent the winter of 1635 with the Wampanoag Indians Roger Williams |
| #2259, aired 1994-06-02 | HISTORIC DOCUMENTS $400: The Swedish Conventicle Act of 1726 banned meetings of all religious denominations but this one Lutheran |
| #2199, aired 1994-03-10 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $100: Between 1644 & 1660 this May Day object was banned in Britain the May Pole |
| #2171, aired 1994-01-31 | MISC. $800: In 1993, after testing positive for drugs, this sprinter was banned from track & field for life (Ben) Johnson |
| #2081, aired 1993-09-27 | ART $800: His "Night Watch" painting was originally titled "The Militia Company of Captain Frans Banning Cocq" Rembrandt |
| #2074, aired 1993-09-16 | THEATRE $800: This playwright's first version of "Tartuffe" was banned; so was the second one Molière |
| #2073, aired 1993-09-15 | ROCKS & MINERALS $800: In 1973 the EPA banned the use of this fibrous mineral in insulation for schools asbestos |
| #2046, aired 1993-06-28 | SCIENCE $500: In 1977 the U.S. banned these that used freon as the propellant spray cans |
| #2044, aired 1993-06-24 | HOMOPHONIC PAIRS $300: A prohibited group of musicians a banned band |
| #2016, aired 1993-05-17 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $800: During periods of civil unrest, performances of his "Finlandia" were banned in Finland by the Russians Sibelius |
| #2005, aired 1993-04-30 | ROCK TRIVIA $200: In 1962 this dance craze was banned in Buffalo at Catholic youth events the Twist |
| #1990, aired 1993-04-09 | THE ENVIRONMENT $200: The 1965 Highway Beautification Act banned many of these roadside advertising displays billboards |
| #1977, aired 1993-03-23 | SOAP $1000: Due to their contribution to water pollution, these chemicals in detergents have been banned is some areas phosphates |
| #1942, aired 1993-02-02 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $500: These sunglasses by Bausch & Lomb are so named because they reduce infrared & ultraviolet light Ray-Bans |
| #1929, aired 1993-01-14 | VIETNAM $600: Cameras are banned in his tomb, tho he said "nothing is more precious than independence and freedom" Ho Chi Minh |
| #1927, aired 1993-01-12 | ACTS $300: The import & export of intoxicating liquors was banned by this 1919 act named for its sponsor the Volstead Act |
| #1910, aired 1992-12-18 | FEMALE NOBEL LAUREATES $1,000 (Daily Double): 3 of 1991 Literature winner Nadine Gordimer's books were banned in this, her home country South Africa |
| #1894, aired 1992-11-26 | CHINESE HISTORY $600: Though banned in 1800, an est. 30,000 chests of this were smuggled in each year in the 1830s opium |
| #1827, aired 1992-07-07 | THE 1930s $800: In March 1933 Engelbert Dollfuss dissolved this country's parliament & banned parades Austria |
| #1779, aired 1992-04-30 | CLOTHING $200: In 1746 the British Parliament banned the wearing of this plaid cloth pattern a tartan |
| #1751, aired 1992-03-23 | EUGENE O'NEILL $200: When "Strange Interlude" was banned in this city in 1929, it played in nearby Quincy instead Boston |
| #1677, aired 1991-12-10 | THE ENVIRONMENT $800: This pesticide, banned in the U.S. in 1972, is still found in the polar environment DDT |
| #1615, aired 1991-09-13 | TRANSPORTATION $100: George Bush has banned broccoli from this presidential jet Air Force One |
| #1607, aired 1991-09-03 | WORLD LEADERS $400: This Czech president's plays were formerly banned in his homeland Havel |
| #1597, aired 1991-07-09 | DRAMA $800: After his "Tartuffe" played before Louis XIV, it was promptly banned for three years Moliere |
| #1574, aired 1991-06-06 | 1978 $400: The Supreme Court ruled this man's "7 Words" you couldn't say on the airwaves could be banned from the airwaves George Carlin |
| #1546, aired 1991-04-29 | IN THE NEWS $200: Time reports after women demonstrated in Riyadh, this country formally banned them from driving Saudi Arabia |
| #1541, aired 1991-04-22 | 1941 $800: In November, John L. Spencer banned the Greta Garbo film "Two-Faced Woman" in this city Boston |
| #1482, aired 1991-01-29 | JAMES K. POLK $100: Mrs. Polk banned this in the White House so you couldn't have waltzed into James' office dancing |
| #1475, aired 1991-01-18 | TOM CRUISE $300: Sales surges of this company's Wayfarers & Aviator glasses are attributed to Tom's wearing them in films Ray-Bans |
| #1474, aired 1991-01-17 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $200: Manuel Puig's novel about the kiss of this woman was banned in his native Argentina "The Kiss of the Spider Woman" |
| #1469, aired 1991-01-10 | 1950 $400: The French passed a bill aimed at banning this American soft drink Coca-Cola |
| #1458, aired 1990-12-26 | BEAR FACTS $200: In 1835 the British Parliament banned this sport bear baiting |
| #1457, aired 1990-12-25 | CHRISTMAS $300: When this religious group came to power in England in 1642, they banned Christmas celebrations the Puritans |
| #1455, aired 1990-12-21 | FOOD & DRINK $500: The traditional form of this gumbo thickener made from sassafras has been banned by the FDA filé |
| #1443, aired 1990-12-05 | SPORTS $200: This prehistoric South Seas sport was banned by missionaries in the 1820s surfing |
| #1359, aired 1990-06-28 | ANTARCTICA $300: The treaty the U.S. signed in 1959 banning this in Antarctica expired in 1989 nuclear testing (territorial claims) |
| #1350, aired 1990-06-15 | CRIME & PUNISHMENT $100: After students threw them, the U. of Michigan banned these soft, white snack items from its stadium marshmallows |
| #1350, aired 1990-06-15 | CRIME & PUNISHMENT $200: Tho there are none of these animals on the Isle of Man, hunting them is banned, so call off the hounds foxes |
| #1331, aired 1990-05-21 | BEST SELLERS $200: In 1987 a Soviet magazine ran excerpts from this B. Pasternak novel -- 29 years after it was banned "Doctor Zhivago" |
| #1290, aired 1990-03-23 | THE ENVIRONMENT $1000: In 1978 the U.S. banned use of these, called CFCs for short, as propellants in most spray cans chlorofluorocarbons |
| #1287, aired 1990-03-20 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $400: His "Tropic"al books created topical controversy & were banned in the U.S. for many years Henry Miller |
| #1263, aired 1990-02-14 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $400: This Sibelius work was banned by Russia because it inspired patriotism among Finns "Finlandia" (The National Anthem) |
| #1241, aired 1990-01-15 | THE OLD WEST $600: Tx. & Mex. banned the Maher-Fitzsimmons boxing match, so this judge held it on a sand bar in the Rio Grande Roy Bean |
| #1240, aired 1990-01-12 | COLD-BLOODED ANIMALS $600: Most of these sold as pets, until banned by the FDA in 1975, were of the slider or cooter varieties turtles |
| #1235, aired 1990-01-05 | HISTORY $200: In an encyclical July 29, 1968, the pope banned all artificial methods of this birth control |
| #1200, aired 1989-11-17 | SLAVERY $400: The Compromise of 1850 banned the slave trade in Washington, D.C. & admitted this state as a free state California |
| #1186, aired 1989-10-30 | THE BIBLE $100: God placed cherubium & a flaming sword east of this place from which Adam & Eve were banned Eden |
| #1185, aired 1989-10-27 | 19th CENTURY AMERICA $300: In 1838 a Mass. law banned sales of this in quantities of less than 15 gal. except for "medicinal purposes" alcohol |
| #1185, aired 1989-10-27 | NONFICTION $500: The USSR banned the slaughter of wolves after the Russian version of this F. Mowat book appeared Never Cry Wolf |
| #1185, aired 1989-10-27 | "LOCK"s $1000: Psychologist whose "Studies in the Psychology of Sex" was banned in turn-of-the-century England Havelock Ellis |
| #1132, aired 1989-07-04 | MEDICINE $1000: Type of steroid banned by the I.O.C., it promotes tissue growth by creating protein anabolic steroids |
| #1119, aired 1989-06-15 | THE FRENCH REVOLUTION $200: Written during the Revolution in 1792 & then banned, it later became the national anthem "The Marseillaise" |
| #1115, aired 1989-06-09 | 1970 $100: A bill banning advertising of these products on radio & TV was signed into law on April 1, 1970 cigarettes |
| #1043, aired 1989-03-01 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $800: RJR Nabisco dropped its ad agency after the agency publicized Northwest Airlines' banning this smoking |
| #994, aired 1988-12-22 | CRIME & PUNISHMENT $200: Never allowed B-4, this game is still banned in Abu Dhabi as contrary to Islamic teaching bingo |
| #993, aired 1988-12-21 | SPORTS $200: In 1983 the A.M.A. called for banning this sport in the U.S. due to danger of brain damage boxing |
| #951, aired 1988-10-24 | COLONIAL AMERICA $400: New Haven's Eaton Code, which banned dancing, mince pies & wife beating, were laws bound in this color blue |
| #936, aired 1988-10-03 | 1983 $800: When banned from covering this October invasion, the press relied on ham radio operators Grenada |
| #918, aired 1988-09-07 | WORLD LITERATURE $200: In 1929 Russia banned this Conan Doyle collection because of its references to spiritualism the Sherlock Holmes stories (The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes) |
| #877, aired 1988-05-31 | DANCE $400: Banned in some locales, this dance fad was featured in "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?" dance marathon |
| #875, aired 1988-05-27 | THE CONSTITUTION $1000: Banned by the Constitution, it's a law that would come into effect retroactively ex post facto |
| #839, aired 1988-04-07 | TURTLES $500: The FDA bans sale of most pet turtles since they often carry this gastrointestinal disease bacteria Salmonella |
| #820, aired 1988-03-11 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $1000: In 1987, the British government banned papers from printing excerpts from this Peter Wright bestseller Spycatcher |
| #775, aired 1988-01-08 | CENSORSHIP $600: In the 1910s, her birth control books were banned in NY & her husband was arrested for giving one away Margaret Sanger |
| #767, aired 1987-12-29 | GAMES $200: A 1592 Scottish law forbade this game on the Sabbath; later it was banned only "in tyme of sermons" golf |
| #739, aired 1987-11-19 | SHAVIAN CHARACTERS $400: Performances of "Mrs. Warren's Profession" were banned because this was Mrs. Warren's profession prostitution |
| #717, aired 1987-10-20 | GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $400: A 200-year-old law banning cohabitation in this state was repealed in May 1987 by Gov. Dukakis Massachusetts |
| #705, aired 1987-10-02 | GYMNASTICS $200: In 1972, this Soviet's back somersault on the balance beam was almost banned as too dangerous Olga Korbut |
| #699, aired 1987-09-24 | 1977 $400: In April, the government banned tris, which had been used as this in children's clothing anti-inflammatory agent (a flame retardant) |
| #697, aired 1987-09-22 | DECEMBER 7TH $200: On Dec. 7, 1908, the Watch & Ward Society in this city got Elinor Glyn's book "3 Weeks" banned Boston |
| #631, aired 1987-05-11 | LITERATURE $600: Tho his novel "The Rainbow" was banned as "obscene", he wrote a sequel, "Women in Love", anyway D.H. Lawrence |
| #620, aired 1987-04-24 | ANIMALS $300: Used in medical research which established Rh factor, their export is now banned by India rhesus monkeys |
| #618, aired 1987-04-22 | HOMOPHONIC PAIRS $600: Music group prohibited from playing a banned band |
| #597, aired 1987-03-24 | SOCCER $200: Of athletic supporters, shin guards or helmets, piece of safety equipment banned by the int'l federation helmets |
| #553, aired 1987-01-21 | BRITISH RULERS $400: Banned 1968 play "Early Morning" suggested that this queen & Florence Nightingale were lovers Queen Victoria |
| #550, aired 1987-01-16 | BEES $100: Fortunately, this method of calming bees hasn't been banned by the Surgeon General smoking |
| #544, aired 1987-01-08 | IN THE NEWS $800: By a single vote, the House of Commons has recently banned this in British schools caning (corporal punishment) |
| #538, aired 1986-12-31 | PLAYWRIGHTS $800: His 1881 play "Ghosts" was once banned for being "morally deranged" (Henrik) Ibsen |
| #496, aired 1986-11-03 | BIRDS $400: Since 1972, almost all U.S. uses of this insecticide have been banned to protect endangered birds DDT |
| #485, aired 1986-10-17 | EDUCATION $1000: Because they conflicted with strict older methods of education, these were banned in Prussia in 1851 kindergartens |
| #483, aired 1986-10-15 | CENSORED CINEMA $400: N.Y. once banned this studio's "The Vanishing Prairie" because it showed the birth of a buffalo calf Disney Studios |
| #483, aired 1986-10-15 | CENSORED CINEMA $1000: Its Production Code banned "profane" terms like "hot", "lousy", "cripes", & "hold your hat" Hays code |
| #475, aired 1986-10-03 | GEOGRAPHICAL CLASSICS $800: This work by Sibelius aroused such patriotism that it was banned at times by ruling czarist regime Finlandia |
| #466, aired 1986-09-22 | JANUARY $300: In 1967, the U.S. signed a pact banning these in Earth's orbit nuclear satellites |
| #449, aired 1986-05-29 | RUSSIAN LITERATURE $600: In 1927, this Russian leader's book "The State & Revolution" was banned in Boston as obscene Lenin |
| #444, aired 1986-05-22 | FICTION $200: Lewis Carroll classic banned in China in 1931 because "animals should not use human language" Alice in Wonderland |
| #442, aired 1986-05-20 | BOWLING $100: To get around the law banning 9-pin bowling, enterprising early Americans did this bowl with 10 pins |
| #441, aired 1986-05-19 | MISS MANNERS $300: Before becoming Miss Manners, Judith Martin was banned from this White House wedding Tricia Nixon |
| #434, aired 1986-05-08 | AMERICAN AUTHORS $600: Because it depicted a religious figure's sexuality, his "Elmer Gantry" was banned in Boston in 1927 Sinclair Lewis |
| #408, aired 1986-04-02 | OPERA $600: Due to ban on public stage performances, this U.S. city heard its 1st opera in 1769 as a concert Boston |
| #390, aired 1986-03-07 | POTENT POTABLES $500: Pernod & ouzo are modified forms of this powerful, often-banned liquor absinthe |
| #373, aired 1986-02-12 | GOLF $500: In 1457, golf was banned in Scotland for keeping men from practicing this martial skill archery |
| #355, aired 1986-01-17 | 18th CENTURY FRANCE $400: In 1793, during the revolution, this state religion was all but banned Catholicism |
| #347, aired 1986-01-07 | EUROPE $200: In a bullfight, killing the bull is banned in this Iberian country Portugal |
| #334, aired 1985-12-19 | THE '20s $600: Though shown in the White House in 1915, this D. W. Griffith film was banned in Boston in 1921 Birth of a Nation |
| #328, aired 1985-12-11 | BANANAS $300: Hitler banned this song whose title in German was "Ja, Wir Haben Keine Bananen Heute" "Yes! We Have No Bananas" |
| #294, aired 1985-10-24 | FOLK MUSIC $1000: Because this early '60s TV show banned Pete Seeger & The Weavers, other folk singers boycotted it Hootenanny |
| #293, aired 1985-10-23 | BASEBALL $200: Courts have upheld local ordinances banning night games in this team's ball park the Chicago Cubs |
| #288, aired 1985-10-16 | BANNED BOOKS $200: Calling him an anti-red rebel, E. Berlin schools banned this rodent's comic books in 1954 Mickey Mouse |
| #288, aired 1985-10-16 | BANNED BOOKS $400: In 1923, 500 copies of this James Joyce novel were burned by the U.S. Post Office Ulysses |
| #288, aired 1985-10-16 | BANNED BOOKS $600: Published only in the West, "Dr. Zhivago" won him Nobel Prize, which he was forced to refuse Boris Pasternak |
| #288, aired 1985-10-16 | BANNED BOOKS $800: Published in 1900, his "Sister Carrie" was still banned in Vermont in 1958 Theodore Dreiser |
| #288, aired 1985-10-16 | BANNED BOOKS $1000: Banned in St. Paul in 1946, this E. Caldwell novel was readily available across river in Minneapolis God's Little Acre |
| #186, aired 1985-05-27 | ECOLOGY $800: In 1948, Paul Mueller received a Nobel Prize for developing this now-banned insecticide DDT |
| #167, aired 1985-04-30 | 1789 $400: The 1st American novel was published in this city and, fortunately, wasn't banned Boston |
| #156, aired 1985-04-15 | AGRICULTURE $400: Rainmaking process banned in some states for upsetting the balance in nature cloud seeding |
| #139, aired 1985-03-21 | THE '60s $600: Artificial sweetener banned by the Dept. of Health in 1969 cyclamate |
| #104, aired 1985-01-31 | "LORDS" & "LADIES" $500: Scandalous novel of '28, it was banned in U.S. until '44 Lady Chatterley's Lover |
| #102, aired 1985-01-29 | TRAVEL & TOURISM $400: Air traffic is banned over this, Agra's famous world wonder the Taj Mahal |
| #83, aired 1985-01-02 | HUNGARY $500: To promote family ties, it's banned on Mondays in Hungary; on Thursdays in Iceland television |
| #78, aired 1984-12-26 | PETS $500: In '75 the FDA banned sale of these as pets because they carry salmonella turtles |
| #21, aired 1984-10-08 | COLONIAL AMERICA $1000: Slavery was at first banned in this southern colony founded by Oglethorpe Georgia |
