| #9078, aired 2024-04-10 | MUSIC TERMS $400: On sheet music this symbol on the left side of a staff indicates the pitch, most commonly treble or bass the clef |
| #9070, aired 2024-03-29 | EPONYMS $1200: Last name of Belgian inventor Adolphe, who lent his name to a brass wind instrument that ranges in type from sopranino to bass Sax |
| #9052, aired 2024-03-05 | JAZZ' GREAT DAY IN HARLEM $1200: Charles Mingus got low on this instrument on "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat", which he wrote about Lester Young, also in the picture the bass |
| #9030, aired 2024-02-02 | EXPLORING U.S. CITIES $800: Memphis harkens back to ancient times with a Bass Pro Shops in one of the world's largest of these, worthy of the mighty pharaohs pyramid |
| #9030, aired 2024-02-02 | BILLBOARD'S 500 BEST POP SONGS $1200: Can't you hear that boom-badoom-boom of her "Super Bass", making the list's top 20 Nicki Minaj |
| #9030, aired 2024-02-02 | BILLBOARD'S 500 BEST POP SONGS $1600: No. 3 was this Temptations classic about a lover, "immediately recognizable from the opening bass line" "My Girl" |
| #1, aired 2024-01-12 | HEAR ME ROAR $1600: Akira Ifukube used a leather glove coated in pine-tar resin & a double bass to create this character's roar in 1954 Godzilla |
| #9012, aired 2024-01-09 | 4-LETTER FISH $6,000 (Daily Double): The muskellunge, or muskie, a large member of this 4-letter family, can eat frogs & waterfowl a pike |
| #9001, aired 2023-12-25 | SCIENCE & NATURE $800: Widely abundant throughout the United States, it's the aptly named game fish seen here a largemouth bass |
| #8993, aired 2023-12-13 | WESTERN TV SHOWS $1000: A Paramount+ series follows this Black lawman of the Wild West who in real life apprehended more than 3,000 outlaws, including his son Bass Reeves |
| #8989, aired 2023-12-07 | 4 YOUR CONSIDERATION $200: The 4 standard divisions of singers in a choir are soprano, alto, tenor & this one bass |
| #8966, aired 2023-11-06 | IT'S GONNA BLOW! $800: There are bass & alto versions of this popular orchestra instrument heard here a flute |
| #8963, aired 2023-11-01 | A FISH CALLED... $1200: Popular fly fisherman quarry seen here rainbow trout |
| #8954, aired 2023-10-19 | MUSIC TERMS $400: This male voice range falls between tenor & bass baritone |
| #8922, aired 2023-07-25 | THIS AMERICAN LAKE $2000: Let's fire up our RV & head for this lake, Wisconsin's largest inland one, & catch some northern pike & largemouth bass Winnebago |
| #8917, aired 2023-07-18 | AN ABBREVIATED CATEGORY $600: SATB:
They're the 4 main voices in a choir soprano, alto, tenor & bass |
| #8916, aired 2023-07-17 | FISH PEOPLE $800: Seen here, she became the first woman elected as mayor of Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass |
| #8912, aired 2023-07-11 | "B" IN MUSIC $800: It's the male singing voice between tenor & bass a baritone |
| #8889, aired 2023-06-08 | CATCH OF THE DAY $400: Catch the fish called a giant black sea this off Santa Monica Pier & you have to release it or find an aquarium that wants it a bass |
| #16, aired 2023-05-22 | THE 2 SAME-SPELLED WORDS $600: A type of fish &
instrument mastered by Jaco Pastorius bass (BASS) & bass (BASE) |
| #8864, aired 2023-05-04 | 21st CENTURY FILMS $1600: (I'm Michael Cera.) I play bass guitar in real life, so it wasn't a stretch for me to pick up a cherry red Rickenbacker 4001 as the title character of this film based on a graphic novel Scott Pilgrim vs. the World |
| #8796, aired 2023-01-30 | 4, 4 $200: Musicians know it's what seen here a half note |
| #8788, aired 2023-01-18 | SONGS OF THE 2010s $200: In 2014 Meghan Trainor was "all about that bass, 'bout that bass, no" this treble |
| #10, aired 2023-01-12 | PLENTY OF FISH $100: The popular food fishes marketed as Chilean sea this are actually species of toothfishes bass |
| #8781, aired 2023-01-09 | THEIR MAIN MUSICAL INSTRUMENT $400: Flea & the late John Entwistle the bass |
| #8744, aired 2022-11-17 | SILENT FILMS WITH JACQUELINE STEWART $1600: (Jacqueline Stewart of Turner Classic Movies presents the clue.) Pioneering Black filmmaker Oscar Micheaux dealt with racism in films like "Within Our Gates"; & in 1925's "Body and Soul", he introduced this actor & bass baritone later famous for his rendition of "Ol' Man River" (Paul) Robeson |
| #8743, aired 2022-11-16 | BETTER CALL SAUL $200: Saul Bass provided storyboards & the intense opening credits for this 1960 Janet Leigh thriller Psycho |
| #8680, aired 2022-07-08 | ONE LETTER CHANGES EVERYTHING $600: Put a "B" on a synonym for donkey & you get this game fish bass |
| #8661, aired 2022-06-13 | ROCK DOCS $2000: 4-time "Jeopardy!" champ Jackie Fuchs has a J.D. from Harvard; as Jackie Fox, she played bass in this all-female Joan Jett band The Runaways |
| #8653, aired 2022-06-01 | LIFE IN THE FAUST LANE $1200: Traditionally, in Gounod's opera, Faust is a tenor while Méphistophélès is this, like Nicolai Ghiaurov in a classic recording a bass |
| #8637, aired 2022-05-10 | THE WWF $800: A WWF initiative to feed the world's malnourished people includes farmed this 6-letter fish; Chile provides 30% of the supply salmon |
| #8626, aired 2022-04-25 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $200: The cello is the bass member of the family named for this instrument the violin |
| #8620, aired 2022-04-15 | THESE SONGS REALLY MOVE $2000: The 1993 Breeders song about one of these projectiles makes a "crash" & a "splash" "Cannonball" |
| #8596, aired 2022-03-14 | TUNE RIVER $1600: Big Mouth Billy Bass, a fish mounted on a plaque, lip-synched "Don't Worry, Be Happy" & this apt Al Green tune "Take Me To The River" |
| #5, aired 2022-02-10 | OPERA $400: The part of the devil is sung by a bass in Gounod's opera about this soul-seller Faust |
| #8571, aired 2022-02-07 | MIXED BAGS $400: One of these from the Scottish Highlands has 2 tenor drones & a single bass one bagpipes |
| #8550, aired 2022-01-07 | DOUBLE TIME $800: This double reed woodwind is played using a neck sling & separates into 6 parts, including the bass & boot joints a bassoon |
| #8538, aired 2021-12-22 | THE HOST OF CHRISTMAS PAST $600: A very 1999 special had Rosie O'Donnell enjoying Savage Garden & this Bass/Fatone/Kirkpatrick/Chasez/some other guy boy band *NSYNC |
| #8505, aired 2021-11-05 | CLASSIC ALBUMS $1200: That's Paul Simonon destroying his bass on the cover of this classic Clash album London Calling |
| #8470, aired 2021-09-17 | THE COMMON DEFENSE $1000: This meteorological term for a chilly mass of air is a common reason given by fishermen when the bass aren't biting a cold front |
| #8430, aired 2021-06-25 | SINGING $200: The lowest range of male voice, it's also a musical instrument bass |
| #8399, aired 2021-05-13 | OPERA $400: Mephistopheles is a bass in Gounod's opera about this title soul-selling philosopher Faust |
| #8394, aired 2021-05-06 | ON BASS $200: 60 gold records aside, this lefty from Liverpool failed his choirboy audition at the city's Anglican Cathedral Paul McCartney |
| #8394, aired 2021-05-06 | ON BASS $400: Our lips aren't sealed--we're "Head Over Heels" about Kathy Valentine's bass work with this '80s band the Go-Go's |
| #8394, aired 2021-05-06 | ON BASS $600: James Jamerson laid down immortal bass lines on Stevie Wonder's "For Once In My Life" & "What's Going On" by this singer Marvin Gaye |
| #8394, aired 2021-05-06 | ON BASS $800: This guy in the Red Hot Chili Peppers said playing bass gets you "into (a) hypnotic state... you are just a conduit for (the) rhythm" Flea |
| #8394, aired 2021-05-06 | ON BASS $1000: Searching for a bass player, Chris Frantz & David Byrne found Tina Weymouth & this New Wave band was born the Talking Heads |
| #8374, aired 2021-04-08 | GUITARS & DRUMS $400: Marching drummers use 2 sticks on this biggest & deepest-sounding drum; rockers kick it with a foot pedal a bass drum |
| #8347, aired 2021-03-02 | FISH & CHIPS $1000: In the 1970s a savvy marketer rebranded the tasty Patagonian toothfish as the "Chilean" this sea bass |
| #8325, aired 2021-01-29 | NO. 1 RECORD $400: Going low, Meghan Trainor was "All About That" this in a 2014 No. 1 that Bass |
| #8316, aired 2021-01-18 | FROM D TO D $1000: The plastic skin stretched tight over a snare or bass frame a drumhead |
| #8276, aired 2020-11-09 | A NIGHT AT THE OPERA $400: Opera hits a real low note (a "D") in an aria by Osmin, a role for this vocal range in Mozart's "Abduction from the Seraglio" bass |
| #8220, aired 2020-05-22 | WORLD FACTS $3,000 (Daily Double): The Bass Strait separates this smallest state of Australia from the mainland Tasmania |
| #8184, aired 2020-03-19 | LAKES & RIVERS $1200: Popular for bass fishing, the manmade Grand Lake o' the Cherokees is in this state Oklahoma |
| #8146, aired 2020-01-27 | INSPIRING WOMEN $200: American Airlines Captain Beverley Bass was piloting one of the 38 planes that were diverted to Newfoundland on this date September 11th |
| #8135, aired 2020-01-10 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $800: It's the lowest-sounding member of the string section a bass |
| #8090, aired 2019-11-08 | CLASSIC ROCK GUITARISTS $800: Robby Krieger said, "Not having a bass player" in this band "made me play more bass notes to fill out the bottom" The Doors |
| #8085, aired 2019-11-01 | "B.C." $600: This musical notation sets the position of the F below middle C bass clef |
| #8050, aired 2019-09-13 | HUNTING & FISHING $600: In Florida, the bag limit for the largemouth type of this is 5 a day, so don't get greedy bass |
| #8030, aired 2019-07-05 | WE MEAN BID-NESS $1000: Lance Bass wanted the "Brady Bunch" house but his bid was out of sync & topped by this TV network that's all about houses HGTV |
| #8029, aired 2019-07-04 | BEFORE & AFTER ON THE TUBE $2000: An outdoor fishing competition show with 4-letter catches that snares researchers Lizzy Caplan & Michael Sheen Bass Masters of Sex |
| #8009, aired 2019-06-06 | SOUND ADVICE $200: In the immortal words of Meghan Trainor, you should be "all about that bass...no" this treble |
| #8008, aired 2019-06-05 | FOOTWEAR BRANDS $800: This company was commissioned to make a Norwegian style shoe, hence its Weejuns Bass |
| #8002, aired 2019-05-28 | GROUP NAMES OF ANIMALS $600: A group of gorillas can be a troop or one of these; who's on bass? a band |
| #8000, aired 2019-05-24 | FAMOUS LEFTIES $400: He played the classic bass lines for "Michelle" & "Paperback Writer" as a lefty Paul McCartney |
| #7982, aired 2019-04-30 | "SUPER" ENTERTAINMENT $400: This song by Nicki Minaj asks, "Can't you hear that boom-badoom boom, boom-badoom boom?" "Super Bass" |
| #7981, aired 2019-04-29 | POTENT PORTABLES $400: Sony's portable Bluetooth XB10 one of these boasts the "power of extra bass" a speaker |
| #7966, aired 2019-04-08 | CAROL KAYE PLAYED BASS ON THAT $400: That's legendary session musician Carol Kaye playing bass on "Good Vibrations" & a bunch of other hits by this band The Beach Boys |
| #7966, aired 2019-04-08 | CAROL KAYE PLAYED BASS ON THAT $800: The score for this 1987 Ritchie Valens biopic; she'd played guitar on the 1959 song of the same title La Bamba |
| #7966, aired 2019-04-08 | CAROL KAYE PLAYED BASS ON THAT $1200: The themes to "M*A*S*H", "Hawaii Five-O" & this spy show that debuted in 1966 & self-destructed in 1973 Mission: Impossible |
| #7966, aired 2019-04-08 | CAROL KAYE PLAYED BASS ON THAT $1600: Many a Monkees hit, including "Last Train" to here Clarksville |
| #7966, aired 2019-04-08 | CAROL KAYE PLAYED BASS ON THAT $2000: 2006's "Fast Man Raider Man" by this former frontman of The Pixies Frank Black |
| #7949, aired 2019-03-14 | THE WALL $800: "The Wall" is based on the tribulations of this bass player & sometime vocalist, the album's primary writer (Roger) Waters |
| #7938, aired 2019-02-27 | FAMILIAR BRANDS IN SONGS $400: This Meghan Trainor tune says, "I see the magazines working that Photoshop, we know that...ain't real" "All About That Bass" |
| #7931, aired 2019-02-18 | USE YOUR B,R,A,I,N POWER $1200: It's the vocal range between tenor & bass baritone |
| #7919, aired 2019-01-31 | I GOT THE WORLD ON A STRING $2000: The Norwegian hardanger fiddle has 4 of these strings under the fingerboard that are not played sympathetic strings |
| #7861, aired 2018-11-12 | MUSIC CLASS $200: Vocal range for Rodolfo in "La Boheme"; it can also mean the general sense of something tenor |
| #7856, aired 2018-11-05 | DRUM SCHTICK $1600: A '90s dance music style from England is called "drum &" this instrument bass |
| #7842, aired 2018-10-16 | EMILYS $600: Emily Robison Strayer plays banjo, guitar, dobro & bass for this country trio the Dixie Chicks |
| #7815, aired 2018-07-27 | CLASSICAL MUSIC TERMS $1600: Italian for "deep bass" basso profundo |
| #7745, aired 2018-04-20 | 21st CENTURY OPERAS $1000: In a 2008 opera based on myth, Theseus is a baritone & this title monster of the maze is a bass the Minotaur |
| #7713, aired 2018-03-07 | COMPLIMENTS FOR FISHING $800: 9 pounds, 12 oz.?! Well done, Brent Ehrler, who boated the biggest one at the 2017 this Master Classic bass |
| #7695, aired 2018-02-09 | BASS-O-MATIC $400: Open yer yap & identify M. salmoides & M. dolomieu, these 2 popular game fish with contrasting names largemouth and smallmouth bass |
| #7695, aired 2018-02-09 | BASS-O-MATIC $800: The belted sandfish, a sea bass, is this Greek-derived word, meaning having both male & female sex organs hermaphrodite |
| #7695, aired 2018-02-09 | BASS-O-MATIC $1200: You're in perfect spot to observe the bass species called the white this, a synonym for "roost" a perch |
| #7695, aired 2018-02-09 | BASS-O-MATIC $1600: A sea bass called the "giant" this G-word can reach 900 pounds; despite the name, it's solitary a grouper |
| #7695, aired 2018-02-09 | BASS-O-MATIC $2000: The calico bass is AKA the black this, & we're not making a judgment the black crappie |
| #7680, aired 2018-01-19 | A PERCUSSION DISCUSSION $800: The Yamaha Phoenix, this type of drum, provides a lot of kick, & it better, 'cause it costs more than 3 grand a bass drum |
| #7631, aired 2017-11-13 | STARTS WITH A DOUBLE VOWEL $200: Repetitious bass sounds made by brass instruments oompah |
| #7610, aired 2017-10-13 | RICKENBACKER GUITARS $1000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Rickenbacker Guitars HQ in Santa Ana, California.) Rickenbacker-based guitars have provided the thunder for generations of rock bands; the bass here was played by John Paul Jones on this band's first US tour in 1969 Led Zeppelin |
| #7553, aired 2017-06-14 | ENTERTAINING FRUITS & VEGETABLES $400: Flea made his name playing bass for this pop-funk band but also played trumpet in a group called Trulio Disgracias the Red Hot Chili Peppers |
| #7534, aired 2017-05-18 | 2 BY 4 $800: Go low & tell us this name of the symbol seen here a bass clef |
| #7517, aired 2017-04-25 | SPEAKING OF TONGUES $600: This Kiss bass player once published a men's lifestyle magazine called Tongue Gene Simmons |
| #7496, aired 2017-03-27 | STRINGED INSTRUMENTS $400: In 1951 Leo Fender introduced the first popular electric one of these rhythm instruments called the Precision a bass |
| #7474, aired 2017-02-23 | STRAIT TALK $400: The exploration of the Bass Strait in 1798 proved that this island was not part of the Australian mainland Tasmania |
| #7465, aired 2017-02-10 | WON'T YOU TAKE ME TO FUNKYTOWN? $1200: Dave Chappelle's impression aside, this bass player was a funk master who gave it to us with "Give It To Me Baby" in 1981 Rick James |
| #7434, aired 2016-12-29 | 4 YOUR CONSIDERATION $200: The 4 standard divisions of singers in a choir are soprano, alto, tenor & this one bass |
| #7415, aired 2016-12-02 | THE PACHEBEL CANON IN D $400: The Canon was written for 3 violins & continuo, the 17th c. version of this instrument of Sting, Flea & Paul McCartney the bass |
| #7403, aired 2016-11-16 | ALPHABETIC HOMOPHONES $2000: It can precede bass or bed sea |
| #7372, aired 2016-10-04 | HAVE AN "EF"ECT $200: Music symbol term following bass or treble a clef |
| #7277, aired 2016-04-12 | POP MUSIC $400: She co-wrote her hit "All About That Bass" Meghan Trainor |
| #7272, aired 2016-04-05 | THE BEATLES... GEAR! $600: Paul played a Hofner '61 "violin"-shaped one of these a bass |
| #7270, aired 2016-04-01 | TUBA $600: In the 1890s this "March King" redeveloped a style of bass tuba that was eventually named for him Sousa |
| #7258, aired 2016-03-16 | MUSICIANS' AUTOBIOGRAPHIES $2000: "Out of Sync"
(2007) Lance Bass |
| #7220, aired 2016-01-22 | STATE FISH $800: Known as the "striper", it's South Carolina's state fish a striped bass |
| #7174, aired 2015-11-19 | THEIR MAIN INSTRUMENT $1000: Charles Mingus the (double) bass |
| #7170, aired 2015-11-13 | THIS SHOULD BE "EZ"! $600: It's a disparaging term for an old man, but when it came to playing bass in Black Sabbath, this Butler did it a geezer |
| #7122, aired 2015-07-28 | PLAY MS. "T" FOR ME $400: If your lips are movin', you're probably naming this ms. who broke through with "All About That Bass" in 2014 Trainor |
| #7115, aired 2015-07-17 | "L"AKES $800: At this Southern U.S. lake, you can tempt bass to bite with one of the artificial baits of the same name Lure |
| #7099, aired 2015-06-25 | BIGGER THAN A BREADBOX $200: The name implying it's twofold in size, it's the instrument seen here a double bass |
| #7052, aired 2015-04-21 | A SENSE OF STYLE $1000: Introduced in 1936, these shoes from G.H. Bass were the original penny loafers Weejuns |
| #7045, aired 2015-04-10 | PUT ON YOUR DISCO SHOES $1000: Don't "Freak Out", but Queen's "Another One Bites The Dust" has a bass line similar to "Good Times" by this "stylish" band Chic |
| #7027, aired 2015-03-17 | VENERABLE BRANDS $1000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a painting on the screen.) Manet's painting of "A Bar at the Folies-Bergère" has some excellent details; one bottle has the artist's signature and date, while others are this ale brand identifiable from the red triangle on its label Bass (Ale) |
| #6976, aired 2015-01-05 | '80s HAIR BANDS $800: Let's talk about Sixx--Nikki Sixx--who literally set himself afire playing bass for this band Motley Crue |
| #6964, aired 2014-12-18 | A LITTLE T & A $800: The E-flat bass type of this instrument has a fourth valve so you can get extra low a tuba |
| #6964, aired 2014-12-18 | HEAR ME ROAR $3,000 (Daily Double): Akira Ifukube used a leather glove coated in pine-tar resin & a double bass to create this character's roar in 1954 Godzilla |
| #6947, aired 2014-11-25 | BRAD PITT FILM ROLES $400: 2013:
Samuel Bass, a Canadian abolitionist & carpenter 12 Years a Slave |
| #6902, aired 2014-09-23 | BIG ROADIES $400: In 1993 bass tech Stuart Morgan played a gig for this Irish band when Adam Clayton couldn't make it U2 |
| #6885, aired 2014-07-18 | DOUBLE STUFF $1000: For his technique, Giovanni Bottesini got the nickname "Paganini of" this large instrument double bass |
| #6872, aired 2014-07-01 | CANYUCKS $800: This Blues Brother/Joe Friday/Bass-o-matic operator was born in Ottawa in 1952 Dan Aykroyd |
| #6828, aired 2014-04-30 | BETWEEN $200: This male singing voice is about halfway between tenor & bass baritone |
| #6805, aired 2014-03-28 | BLOWING MY MIND $400: Scottish Highland ones have 2 tenor drones & a bass drone, tuned an octave apart bagpipes |
| #6800, aired 2014-03-21 | INSTRUMENT-AL TO MY CAREER $400: The Sex Pistols' Sid Vicious (as much as Sid could) bass (bass guitar) |
| #6760, aired 2014-01-24 | U.S. ISLANDS $800: Now a resort, Put-In-Bay on Ohio's South Bass Island in this lake was a naval base for Oliver Hazard Perry Erie |
| #6744, aired 2014-01-02 | BASS $200: Sure, there's a hook, but the bass seen here are really chasing this four-letter decoy lure |
| #6744, aired 2014-01-02 | BASS $400: Open wide & tell us the name of this game fish, the state fish of Georgia & Mississippi widemouth (or largemouth) bass |
| #6744, aired 2014-01-02 | BASS $600: The markings of the rockfish give it the alternate name--this bass striped bass |
| #6744, aired 2014-01-02 | BASS $800: A 1967 tournament of 106 fishermen evolved into this "classic" tournament with a half million dollar prize to the winner Bassmaster Classic |
| #6744, aired 2014-01-02 | BASS $1000: This "stellar" bass family lends its name to "the most popular recreational sailboat in history" sunfish |
| #6674, aired 2013-09-26 | WELL-PLAYED, WELL-PAID $600: Kevin VanDam has hooked more than $5 million in prize money going after these game fish bass |
| #6646, aired 2013-07-08 | ROCK & ROLL CALL $800: Rick Savage plays bass in this band, whose name was initially spelled like a hard-of-hearing feline Def Leppard |
| #6644, aired 2013-07-04 | 4-LETTER FISH $1600: The smallmouth species of this is also called a bronzeback due to its brown hue bass |
| #6621, aired 2013-06-03 | INSTRUMENTAL ROCKERS $800: Flea, in the Red Hot Chili Peppers the bass |
| #6617, aired 2013-05-28 | FISH $1000: In many ecosystems it's both the most prized game fish and the top predator a bass |
| #6581, aired 2013-04-08 | ON BASS & VOCALS $200: The first solo Top 40 hit for this ex-"Police"man was "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free" Sting |
| #6581, aired 2013-04-08 | ON BASS & VOCALS $400: Hello, 'ello, 'ello ...is there anybody in there? Roger Waters was "Comfortably Numb" for this group Pink Floyd |
| #6581, aired 2013-04-08 | ON BASS & VOCALS $600: He spews fire, he plays bass, he sings "Rock and Roll All Nite" for kiss Gene Simmons |
| #6581, aired 2013-04-08 | ON BASS & VOCALS $800: Geddy Lee laid down the low end & sang "The Spirit of Radio" & "Closer to the Heart" for this Canadian band Rush |
| #6581, aired 2013-04-08 | ON BASS & VOCALS $1000: This bassist & singer is the new hope of jazz, & her first name, Esperanza, even means "hope" Spalding |
| #6569, aired 2013-03-21 | TIME TO JAZZ-ERCISE $800: The modestly named Great Jazz Trio was Ron Carter on bass, Tony Williams on percussion & Hank Jones playing this piano |
| #6502, aired 2012-12-18 | TENNESSEE'S WILLIAMS $1000: A real-life "Bones", forensic anthropologist William Bass founded the "Body Farm" at the U. of Tenn. in this city Knoxville |
| #6487, aired 2012-11-27 | A BUNCH OF "S.B." $600: Due to overfishing, many restaurants have banished the fish called Chilean this from their menus sea bass |
| #6482, aired 2012-11-20 | STATES BY LAKE $1,200 (Daily Double): Lake Bemidji,
Bass Lake (a few dozen of those) Minnesota |
| #6471, aired 2012-11-05 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $600: About 6 feet long, it's sometimes called a bull fiddle a bass |
| #6458, aired 2012-10-17 | THE BEATLES: THE EARLY YEARS $1000: This man, who died in 1962, left the group to go to art college, which was just as well, as Paul wanted to move to bass Stu Sutcliffe |
| #6455, aired 2012-10-12 | COMPLETELY BASSLESS $400: Keyboardist Ray Manzarek's left hand was all the bass Jim Morrison needed backing him up in this band the Doors |
| #6437, aired 2012-09-18 | MUSIC TERMS $400: This male voice range falls between tenor & bass baritone |
| #6430, aired 2012-07-27 | GO FISH $200: On June 2, 1932 George Perry caught a 32 1/2-inch, 22-lb., 4 oz. largemouth one of these in Georgia a bass |
| #6428, aired 2012-07-25 | ON BASS & DRUMS $200: In the '60s:
Brian Wilson &
Dennis Wilson The Beach Boys |
| #6428, aired 2012-07-25 | ON BASS & DRUMS $400: Beginning in 1977:
Timothy B. Schmit &
Don Henley the Eagles |
| #6428, aired 2012-07-25 | ON BASS & DRUMS $600: Punk rockers with a "Longview":
Mike Dirnt &
Tre Cool Green Day |
| #6428, aired 2012-07-25 | ON BASS & DRUMS $800: Livin' in "Paradise City" in the '80s:
Duff McKagan &
Steven Adler Guns N' Roses |
| #6428, aired 2012-07-25 | ON BASS & DRUMS $1000: True rock royalty:
Jared &
Nathan Followill the Kings of Leon |
| #6418, aired 2012-07-11 | ABBREVIATED BANDS $200: RHCP is short for this band featuring Flea on bass the Red Hot Chili Peppers |
| #6361, aired 2012-04-23 | FIVE FINGER EXERCISE $400: This c is the note indicated by the first ledger line above the bass staff middle C |
| #6346, aired 2012-04-02 | GREAT JANES $1000: In 1997 this Perry Farrell band had "Been Caught Stealing" Flea of the Chili Peppers, who took over on bass for Eric Avery Jane's Addiction |
| #6322, aired 2012-02-28 | DRUM & DRUMMER $400: Purdue's marching band boasts the world's largest drum of this type; it's more than 10 feet high when mounted a bass drum |
| #6314, aired 2012-02-16 | GETTING AN EDUCATION $800: Geography: Bass Strait separates this Aussie island state from the mainland Tasmania |
| #6306, aired 2012-02-06 | IN A MUSICAL MOOD $400: Treble, bass & C are types of this symbol at the beginning of a score clefs |
| #6292, aired 2012-01-17 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $400: One of the most common chamber groups, the string quartet consists of 2 violins, a viola & this instrument a cello |
| #6290, aired 2012-01-13 | ROCK & ROLL $1200: Paul Simonon is smashing his bass on the cover of this group's "London Calling" The Clash |
| #6258, aired 2011-11-30 | PARTS OF THE WHOLE $1000: Treble keyboard,
bass keyboard,
bellows,
strap an accordion |
| #6257, aired 2011-11-29 | THE WRECKING CREW $600: Wrecking Crew bass queen Carol Kaye added the bottom end to the No. 1 "Theme From" this 1971 detective film Shaft |
| #6183, aired 2011-06-29 | THERE IS A SEASON $600: From May 1, 2010 to March 6, 2011, both large & smallmouth types of this fish were in season in Wisc.'s southern zone bass |
| #6138, aired 2011-04-27 | BIZ "B"s $800: This company is known for its Weejun loafers Bass |
| #6091, aired 2011-02-21 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $200: Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers is best known as a player of this stringed rhythm instrument the bass guitar |
| #6085, aired 2011-02-11 | DOWN SOUTH IN SOUTH GEORGIA $1600: The area around the island has some commercial fishing for the Patagonian this, aka Chilean sea bass toothfish |
| #6070, aired 2011-01-21 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $800: Zoltan Kodaly wrote some of the finer works for solo this bass member of the violin family the cello |
| #6062, aired 2011-01-11 | HETERONYMS $800: A fish, or a low, deep voice bass [bass/base] |
| #5934, aired 2010-06-03 | MUSIC CLASS $400: Spohr wrote one of these for (start counting) flute, oboe, horn, clarinet, bassoon, violin, viola, cello & double bass a nonet |
| #5931, aired 2010-05-31 | RED FISH, BLUE FISH $2000: The sharptoothed Lutjanus campechanus is better known as this popular food fish red snapper |
| #5895, aired 2010-04-09 | A SEAFOOD GUIDE $600: High-market demand has caused overfishing of the Patagonian toothfish, what we call this Chilean fish a sea bass |
| #5794, aired 2009-11-19 | WHAT'S OPERA, DOC? $400: The doctor in Berg's "Wozzeck" is sung by this lowest male voice bass |
| #5730, aired 2009-07-03 | PUBS & TAVERNS $1000: Have some Bass Ale or Strongbow Cider at the Rose & Crown in the U.K. section of this Disney World park Epcot |
| #5705, aired 2009-05-29 | BROADWAY DEBUTS $600: Before "Dancing with the Stars", he got "'N Sync" by playing TV dance-show host Corny Collins in "Hairspray" Lance Bass |
| #5658, aired 2009-03-25 | TASMANIA MANIA $1000: The rough waters of Bass Strait separate Tasmania from this Australian state Victoria |
| #5624, aired 2009-02-05 | ROCK FORMATIONS $600: Jack wed Meg & took her name, & in 1997 formed this band on a lark, with him on bass & her on drums The White Stripes |
| #5599, aired 2009-01-01 | HAPPY NEW YEAR $2000: Registering the symbol seen here Jan. 1, 1876 gave this beverage brand England's first trademark Bass Ale |
| #5595, aired 2008-12-26 | FAMOUS RAYS $400: One of the great jazz trios had Oscar Peterson on piano, Ed Thigpen on drums & Ray Brown plucking this bass |
| #5577, aired 2008-12-02 | BEFORE & AFTER $1200: A trend-setting sports network with new hosts JC Chasez, Joey Fatone & Lance Bass ESPN SYNC |
| #5519, aired 2008-09-11 | INSTRUMENTAL $1200: Patented in 1835, this instrument was designed to provide a suitable valved brass bass for a wind band the tuba |
| #5512, aired 2008-07-22 | STATE FISH $1600: Maryland's state fish, the rockfish, is also known as the striped species of this bass |
| #5505, aired 2008-07-11 | "J.P." $1000: (Jon of the Clue Crew doesn't fret at all.) This man who revolutionized bass playing with the group Weather Report made his own fretless bass by pulling out the frets & filling in the grooves Jaco Pastorius |
| #5496, aired 2008-06-30 | FACE THE MUSIC $1600: It's the large percussion instrument heard here in some music that might sound familiar timpani |
| #5477, aired 2008-06-03 | POTPOURRI $1200: (Jon of the Clue Crew gives the clue while playing the bass.) In music, it describes a tone lowered a half-step in pitch, like when I go from here to here flat |
| #5475, aired 2008-05-30 | SOUSA'S $200: Sousa was instrumental in the design of the sousaphone, a bass one of these with an upright bell a tuba |
| #5470, aired 2008-05-23 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $800: The bull-fiddle is also known as the double this the bass |
| #5454, aired 2008-05-01 | TV & FILM FOOD $400: On this TV show, Dan Aykroyd pitched a timesaving cooking device known as a Bass-O-Matic Saturday Night Live |
| #5444, aired 2008-04-17 | ALSO A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT $200: The deepest male singing voice bass |
| #5442, aired 2008-04-15 | REED: ALL ABOUT IT $800: Using a double reed, it's the main bass instrument of the orchestra's woodwinds the bassoon |
| #5426, aired 2008-03-24 | EXPLORERS $800: In 1798-99 George Bass & Matthew Flinders proved this current Australian state was an island by sailing around it Tasmania |
| #5388, aired 2008-01-30 | FISH FRY $400: Males guard the fry of the smallmouth type of this, a sport-fishing favorite bass |
| #5384, aired 2008-01-24 | HAVE SOME "FUN" $1000: A singer with a bass voice of the lowest range is a basso this profundo |
| #5379, aired 2008-01-17 | MUSIC $200: (Jon of the Clue Crew is playing bass.) I'm playing an F down here, then going up this interval, the basis of our scale system, to play an F here an octave |
| #5379, aired 2008-01-17 | MUSIC $1,000 (Daily Double): (Jon of the Clue Crew is playing bass.) You'll get an "A" for effort if you name this Italian musical term; here's an example of one arpeggio |
| #5379, aired 2008-01-17 | MUSIC $1000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew presents some musical notation.) Ledger lines are for notes that don't fit on the 5-line staff, like this note that's one line below the treble staff, or one line above the bass staff middle C |
| #5361, aired 2007-12-24 | COMMON BONDS $1600: A bass voice,
rival street gangs in "West Side Story",
far-off thunder rumbles |
| #5346, aired 2007-12-03 | THE BASS-ICS $400: (Jon of the Clue Crew demonstrates his chops on bass.) The technique known as slapping & popping gets you the sound of this classic '70s style of music found in the name of a George Clinton group funk |
| #5346, aired 2007-12-03 | THE BASS-ICS $800: A 4-string bass is usually tuned to E, A, D & G--one octave below the 4 lowest strings of this a guitar |
| #5346, aired 2007-12-03 | THE BASS-ICS $1200: (Jon of the Clue Crew continues the downward slide--tonally, that is.) The lowest note of a chord has this botanical name the root |
| #5346, aired 2007-12-03 | THE BASS-ICS $1600: (Hi, I'm Harry Shearer.) I played this bassist who teamed with David and Nigel in the mighty band Spinal Tap Derek (Smalls) |
| #5346, aired 2007-12-03 | THE BASS-ICS $2000: (Jon of the Clue Crew finishes the round on a low note.) A touch at the twelfth fret produces a tone an octave higher than the open string; that's one of these, also meaning pleasing to the ear harmonic |
| #5313, aired 2007-10-17 | JAZZ MUSICIANS $600 (Daily Double): Ray Brown, Percy Heath & Charles Mingus were "stand-up" guys as masters of this instrument the double bass |
| #5298, aired 2007-09-26 | WHAT THE "H"? $2000: Used in marching bands, it's a large bass tuba that encircles the player's body helicon |
| #5292, aired 2007-09-18 | DRUMMING $1200: (Jon of the Clue Crew sits at a drum set.) The bass drum, the lowest-pitched drum in the set, also has this other common 4-letter name kick drum |
| #5291, aired 2007-09-17 | THE BRITISH INVASION $800: "Play with Fire" from this Group's 1965 album "Out of Our Heads" featured Phil Spector on bass The Rolling Stones |
| #5275, aired 2007-07-13 | "E" BAY $1200: This part of a music mixing board controls features like treble & bass equalizer |
| #5263, aired 2007-06-27 | THAT'S SHOE BIZ $400: In 2006 this company's classic Weejun celebrated its 70th birthday Bass |
| #5246, aired 2007-06-04 | MUSIC $1200: This string instrument got its name from its old job of playing along with other instruments low notes a double bass |
| #5188, aired 2007-03-14 | IT HAPPENED IN TEXAS $1,000 (Daily Double): Uh-oh! In 1878 outlaw Sam Bass was betrayed by one of his own men to this group the Texas Rangers |
| #5175, aired 2007-02-23 | '70s ALBUM COVERS $2000: That's Paul Simonon whose bass guitar is about to take a thrashing on this Clash album London Calling |
| #5171, aired 2007-02-19 | I PLAY THE DRUMS! $1000: (Jon of the Clue Crew delivers the final clue of the category.) It's the rhyming phrase for a steady rhythm that hits the bass drum on each quarter note four-on-the-floor |
| #5158, aired 2007-01-31 | A STUDY IN SOUND $800: We're attuned to midrange sounds; bass sounds or those with this other clef name sound softer than they really are treble |
| #5154, aired 2007-01-25 | IT'S A "SMALL" WORLD $400: This type of bass is a fisherman's favorite smallmouth |
| #5112, aired 2006-11-28 | GONE FISHIN' $400: The world-record catch for the largemouth type of this freshwater fish logs in at 22 lbs., 4 oz. a bass |
| #5046, aired 2006-07-17 | STATE FISH $400: The largemouth species of this fish is the state fish of Alabama, Florida, Mississippi & Georgia bass |
| #5040, aired 2006-07-07 | THE OAFISH $2000: Thorkelson is the real last name of this man who played the dopey bass player of The Monkees on TV Peter Tork |
| #5020, aired 2006-06-09 | SING SING $800: After this girl group's bassist fell ill, Kathy Valentine stepped in, even though she'd never played bass before the Go-Go's |
| #5006, aired 2006-05-22 | BEATLES RHYME TIME $1600: Original bass player's permanent skin designs Stu's tattoos |
| #4976, aired 2006-04-10 | DEAF & BLIND $400: (Jon of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Alabama Institute for Deaf & Blind.) The Silent Warrior deaf football team uses a bass drum in place of this 4-letter word that signals the snap hike |
| #4896, aired 2005-12-19 | BASS LINES $400: (Jon of the Clue Crew a-basses himself.) Queen's bassist, John Deacon, wrote this 1980 hit "Another One Bites The Dust" |
| #4896, aired 2005-12-19 | BASS LINES $800: (Jon of the Clue Crew gives us the low down on bass.) This song was nominated for a 1984 Oscar... Who ya gonna call? "Ghostbusters" |
| #4896, aired 2005-12-19 | BASS LINES $1200: (Jon of the Clue Crew plays short on the bassline.) In 1973, this became Pink Floyd's first Top 40 hit "Money" |
| #4896, aired 2005-12-19 | BASS LINES $1600: (Jon of the Clue Crew bottoms out on the bass.) This song topped the charts for 6 weeks in 1979 "My Sharona" |
| #4896, aired 2005-12-19 | BASS LINES $2000: (Jon of the Clue Crew gets heavy with bass metal.) This track led off Metallica's 1991 self-titled CD "Enter Sandman" |
| #4872, aired 2005-11-15 | ALL THE RAVE $800: Harvest is a faith-bass'd rave off the Andrew Johnson Highway in this state Tennessee |
| #4854, aired 2005-10-20 | DOUBLE "H" $200: To catch a bass, you'll need some sort of bait on one of these dangling from the end of the line on your pole fishhook |
| #4739, aired 2005-03-24 | THE ORCHESTRA $1600: It was invented in the 18th century, & in the 19th Monsieur Sax developed it into the saxophone a (bass) clarinet |
| #4714, aired 2005-02-17 | OPERA $400: Cleopatra (soprano) & Curio (bass) appear in Handel's opera about this man (contralto) in Egypt Julius Caesar |
| #4713, aired 2005-02-16 | WE MAKE MONEY THE OLD-FASHIONED WAY $2000: In 2003 this "Maine hunting shoe" company took more than 56,000 orders at its website in a single day L.L. Bean |
| #4710, aired 2005-02-11 | DEEP VOICES $800: This Motown group was known for its choreography, harmony & Melvin Franklin singing bass The Temptations |
| #4706, aired 2005-02-07 | CATCH OF THE DAY $800: In one of the few times it's ever been seen, a rare megamouth variety of this fish recently washed ashore in Sumatra a shark |
| #4704, aired 2005-02-03 | STRAIT TALK $800: You'll have to cross the Bass Strait if you want to travel from Melbourne to this Australian state Tasmania |
| #4694, aired 2005-01-20 | AWARDS $400: In 1967 these funny singing siblings, one playing a bass, the other a guitar, were awarded a gold record the Smothers Brothers |
| #4693, aired 2005-01-19 | MOVIE DIRECTORS $600: This director cast his son Kyle in a bit role as a bass player in a blues band in "The Bridges of Madison County" (Clint) Eastwood |
| #4687, aired 2005-01-11 | GUITAR PLAYER $400: Jack Bruce, Sid Vicious & John Entwistle are all famous for playing this instrument the bass |
| #4625, aired 2004-10-15 | SWEET SIXTEEN $2000: This type of bassoon would be 16 feet long if you unfolded it all the way double bassoon (or contrabassoon) |
| #4620, aired 2004-10-08 | GONE FISHING $400: Woodwind instruments include the oboe, clarinet & bassoon bass (in bassoon) |
| #4612, aired 2004-09-28 | LETTER PERFECT $1200: John Doe played bass & wrote songs for this seminal punk rock band, "discovered" by Ray Manzarek of The Doors X |
| #4607, aired 2004-09-21 | A WORLD OF POTPOURRI $2000: (Sofia of the Clue Crew stands with a mariachi band in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico.) Add 3 letters to "guitar" to get the name of this bass guitar used in Mexican music guitarron |
| #4602, aired 2004-09-14 | OPERA $200: The title role in "Boris Godunov" is for a singer in this vocal range bass |
| #4579, aired 2004-07-01 | SOUNDS FISHY TO ME! $1000: The striped type of this fish earned its stripes as the official state fish of Rhode Island bass |
| #4578, aired 2004-06-30 | CHICKEN OR FISH? $400: Tonight's choices: baked stuffed chicken breast or this Chilean fish in a horseradish crust sea bass |
| #4481, aired 2004-02-16 | SOMETHING'S FISHY HERE $800: The state fish of Georgia is the largemouth type of this fish a bass |
| #4435, aired 2003-12-12 | FISH $2000: It's named for the decorative pattern on its skin. As you can see, it's not slimming a striped bass |
| #4419, aired 2003-11-20 | 3-LETTER WORDS IN YALE $200: Sitting on the ocean floor with the Titanic are 500 cases of Bass this that went down with the ship ale |
| #4406, aired 2003-11-03 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $400: In 1951 the first electric one of these rhythm instruments, the Fender Precision, was introduced a bass |
| #4401, aired 2003-10-27 | IN BETWEENERS $800: If your voice is lower than a tenor's but higher than a bass', you're one of these a baritone |
| #4397, aired 2003-10-21 | IT'S GONNA BLOW! $800: There are bass & alto versions of this popular orchestra instrument heard here flute |
| #4379, aired 2003-09-25 | WEBSTER'S 3rd P. 2004 $400: A sock in the eye hurts; a sockeye is this fish salmon |
| #4342, aired 2003-06-17 | LET'S GET SMALL $1600: It's what's "small" on a black bass that differentiates it in name from the "large" one mouth |
| #4335, aired 2003-06-06 | ON THE COVER OF SGT. PEPPER $800: The Beatles' bass player before Paul took over Stu Sutcliffe |
| #4325, aired 2003-05-23 | BORN ON THE 4th OF... $200: ...May 1979 was Lance Bass, now part of this group *NSYNC |
| #4309, aired 2003-05-01 | YOU SHOULD BE IN AN OPERA! $1,000 (Daily Double): Casting call for "Anna Bolena"! You'll need to sing bass (& gain 200 pounds) to play this hefty English king Henry VIII |
| #4275, aired 2003-03-14 | "F" TROOP $1200: George Clinton is known for this pop music style characterized by syncopated rhythm & a heavy bass line Funk |
| #4262, aired 2003-02-25 | TRENDY! $2000: Some restaurants prefer to call the Patagonian toothfish the Chilean one of these sea bass |
| #4242, aired 2003-01-28 | FISHY WORDS $1200: Ale maker in England sold to Coors in February 2002 Bass |
| #4228, aired 2003-01-08 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $800: To start your own garage rock band, you'll need a guitarist, drummer & someone on this 4-stringed rhythm instrument the bass |
| #4216, aired 2002-12-23 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $400: The 6-stringed Spanish version of this instrument has its strings tuned to E below the bass staff, A, D, G, B & E guitar |
| #4205, aired 2002-12-06 | BANG THE DRUM $1600: This large drum shares its name with another instrument in a standard rock band bass drum |
| #4160, aired 2002-10-04 | JAZZ IT UP $800: We think jazzman Ron Carter is this kind of "guy"; we know he plays the same kind of bass stand-up guy |
| #4108, aired 2002-06-12 | JAZZMEN'S INSTRUMENTS $2000: Charlie MIngus double bass |
| #4092, aired 2002-05-21 | THE MARCH KING $400: Sousa was instrumental in the design of the Sousaphone, a bass one of these with an upright bell a tuba |
| #4075, aired 2002-04-26 | MUSIC MAKERS $1200: Jazz ensembles often feature this favorite heard here a (double) bass |
| #4074, aired 2002-04-25 | FUN WITH "FUN" $1000: A singer with an exceptionally low bass voice basso profundo |
| #4058, aired 2002-04-03 | AUSTRALIAN HISTORY $1200: By sailing around it in 1798, George Bass proved this Australian state was an island Tasmania |
| #4051, aired 2002-03-25 | MUSICOLOGY $400: It's a male voice as well as a large violin a bass |
| #4049, aired 2002-03-21 | COME BLOW YOUR HORN $400: The great Gerry Mulligan is heard here on this type of saxophone the baritone |
| #4038, aired 2002-03-06 | LEO $1600: In 1951 this American guitarmaker created the broadcaster (soon renamed the telecaster) Leo Fender |
| #4022, aired 2002-02-12 | LET'S ALL GO TO THE MOVIES $800: In "On the Line", he was 'N Sync with his character of Kevin Gibbons Lance Bass |
| #4003, aired 2002-01-16 | STRAIT $600: The Bass Strait separates the Australian mainland from this state Tasmania |
| #4002, aired 2002-01-15 | "S"-ENCE $1000: Fishermen know the record weight for this variety of bass is 10 pounds 14 ounces smallmouth bass |
| #3988, aired 2001-12-26 | YOUNG STARS $200: It was date night for Lance Bass of this group on the January 31, 2000 episode of "7th Heaven" *NSYNC |
| #3963, aired 2001-11-21 | THE BRASS $600: The instruments in a brass band range in pitch from the cornet to the bombardon, a bass one of these tuba |
| #3919, aired 2001-09-20 | CHARITY BEGINS WITH BEER $300: Brewer Michael Bass established orphanages, parks & museums in this country of his birth England |
| #3917, aired 2001-09-18 | ALL IN THE FAMILY $200: The rock & largemouth black types of this are both in the sunfish family bass |
| #3846, aired 2001-04-30 | MEMORABLE MNEMONICS $400: The spaces on the treble clef are a simple F-A-C-E; on this clef they're remembered with "All cows eat grass" bass clef |
| #3829, aired 2001-04-05 | THE EXPERIENCE MUSIC PROJECT $400: In EMP's oral histories, find out how Noel Redding liked his experience playing bass in this man's experience Jimi Hendrix |
| #3826, aired 2001-04-02 | LANCES $100: Lance Bass is one of the members of this band seen here: 'N Sync ("Bye Bye Bye") |
| #3820, aired 2001-03-23 | PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS $100: Porky popped out of this type of drum at the end of many a Looney Tune Bass drum |
| #3740, aired 2000-12-01 | SOMETHING'S FISHY $1000: Also called the pike perch, this prized freshwater game fish is the largest member of the perch family Walleye |
| #3724, aired 2000-11-09 | MUSIC APPRECIATION $600: This Italian term for the deepest range of male voice often precedes "profondo" or "profundo" Basso |
| #3700, aired 2000-10-06 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $400: This orchestral giant can have up to 48 strings & measure nearly 6 feet tall harp |
| #3687, aired 2000-09-19 | STRINGED INSTRUMENTS $300: The bull fiddle is also known as the double this Bass |
| #3674, aired 2000-07-20 | COUNTRY MUSIC STARS $800: This "outlaw" was Buddy Holly's bass player Waylon Jennings |
| #3655, aired 2000-06-23 | FISHY WORDS $500 (Daily Double): Since 1777 this ale has been brewed in Burton on Trent, England, a town with exceptional well water Bass |
| #3639, aired 2000-06-01 | THE SOMEONE OF SOMEWHERE $100: KInd-hearted train robber Sam Bass has been called this British outlaw "of Texas" Robin Hood |
| #3618, aired 2000-05-03 | SEA CREATURES $200: Related to the swordfish & sailfish, this game & trophy fish comes in 4 species: white, striped, black & blue Marlin |
| #3612, aired 2000-04-25 | STRING $100: A gutbucket is a bass fiddle consisting of a stick on an inverted tub with this many strings 1 |
| #3542, aired 2000-01-18 | NATIONAL MEMORIALS $1000: A huge Doric column at Put-in-Bay on South Bass Island, Ohio commemorates his naval victory Oliver Hazard Perry |
| #3474, aired 1999-10-14 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $200: The Highland version of this instrument has 2 tenor drones & a bass drone Bagpipes |
| #3412, aired 1999-06-08 | THE RIGHT GENES $600: Cher & this bass player of Kiss dated in the '70s & performed at the Super Bowl in 1999 (but not together) Gene Simmons |
| #3305, aired 1999-01-08 | THE BASS $200: Jack Bruce played with Eric Clapton in The Bluesbreakers before joining him in this trio Cream |
| #3305, aired 1999-01-08 | THE BASS $400: Robbie Shakespeare, who has worked with Peter Tosh & Black Uhuru, is this style's bass master Reggae |
| #3305, aired 1999-01-08 | COLOR MY WORLD $400: To make this colorful drink, pour in Bass Ale followed by Guinness Stout on top Black & Tan |
| #3305, aired 1999-01-08 | THE BASS $600: Don't worry, play this type of bass guitar, defined as one without ridges on the fingerboard a fretless |
| #3305, aired 1999-01-08 | THE BASS $800: Bernard Edwards of this group played the bass solo on their hit "Le Freak" Chic |
| #3305, aired 1999-01-08 | THE BASS $1000: This late jazz bassist who also backed Joni Mitchell was a true "Jaco" all trades Jaco Pastorius |
| #3284, aired 1998-12-10 | BLACK PROFILES IN COURAGE $1000: Deputy U.S. marshal Bass Reeves brought outlaws back to trial in this Arkansas "fort" Fort Smith |
| #3252, aired 1998-10-27 | 1798 $200: Sailing through a strait off Australia in 1798, George Bass & Matthew Flinders proved this was an island Tasmania |
| #3251, aired 1998-10-26 | ONE FISH, TWO FISH $300: Largemouth or smallmouth, this battling fish is a sportsman's favorite Bass |
| #3241, aired 1998-10-12 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $800: This bass tuba was suggested by & named for a turn of the century American bandmaster & march king Sousaphone |
| #3224, aired 1998-09-17 | ALL ABOUT OPERA $800: Be on the alert: "Alerta! Alerta!", one of his longest bass arias, appears in his opera "Il Trovatore" Giuseppe Verdi |
| #3102, aired 1998-02-10 | DON'T QUIT YOUR DAY JOB $400: He quit as the Beatles' bass player to become a painter in 1961 Stuart Sutcliffe |
| #3100, aired 1998-02-06 | CELEBRITY QUOTES $200: The bass player on "The Partridge Family", I went on to be voted the most dangerous former child star Danny Bonaduce |
| #3094, aired 1998-01-29 | FISH $400: This name for the rock bass sounds like it takes late-night flights the redeye |
| #3048, aired 1997-11-26 | 19th CENTURY OPERA $800: The ghost of Nino is a bass role in "Semiramide" by this composer of "William Tell" Gioacchino Rossini |
| #3035, aired 1997-11-07 | MUSIC APPRECIATION $600: Pianists know it's also called the F clef the bass clef |
| #3029, aired 1997-10-30 | BRIT LIT $200: In this novel, Mr. Rochester "has a fine bass voice, and an excellent taste for music" Jane Eyre |
| #3026, aired 1997-10-27 | TAKE IN ORDER $500: The Black Sea bass is a popular catch among fishermen off this Palmetto State South Carolina |
| #3019, aired 1997-10-16 | THE NAME'S THE SAME $200: It wasn't Led Zeppelin's bass player but this Naval officer who said, "I have not yet begun to fight" John Paul Jones |
| #2972, aired 1997-07-01 | LAKES $300: Ohio's North Bass, Middle Bass & South Bass Islands lie in this most southern Great Lake Lake Erie |
| #2956, aired 1997-06-09 | FISH $400: The striped species of this commercial fish is also known as the skipjack Tuna |
| #2947, aired 1997-05-27 | ANIMALS $200: The "rainbow" on this fish is a band of red on each of its sides Trout |
| #2937, aired 1997-05-13 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $500: This lowest-pitched member of the violin family stands about 6 feet tall a bass violin |
| #2919, aired 1997-04-17 | ANIMALS $200: The largemouth species of this fish has a dark band along its side; the smallmouth species does not Bass |
| #2918, aired 1997-04-16 | POP MUSIC $500: R&B quartet consisting of "Squirt", "Bass", "Slim" & "Alex Vanderpool" Boyz II Men |
| #2903, aired 1997-03-26 | ANIMAL SONGS $100: British singer Robyn Hitchcock is known for his tunes about these animals, including "Bass" & "Aquarium" Fish |
| #2836, aired 1996-12-23 | FLORIDA $100: The Florida largemouth type of this is Florida's official freshwater fish Bass |
| #2835, aired 1996-12-20 | OPERA CHARACTERS $200: In this Verdi opera, the king of Ethiopia is a baritone role while the king of Egypt is a bass "Aida" |
| #2824, aired 1996-12-05 | POT LUCK $200: Voice range of Chaliapin, a Russian singer who popularized the "Song of the Volga Boatmen" Bass |
| #2805, aired 1996-11-08 | MUSIC '96 $500: This punk rock group reunited with Glen Matlock, not Sid Vicious, on bass Sex Pistols |
| #2769, aired 1996-09-19 | U.S. HISTORY $300: On Sept. 10, 1813 he sailed from South Bass Island off Ohio's shore to battle the British Oliver Hazard Perry |
| #2749, aired 1996-07-11 | BARITONES $1,100 (Daily Double): This celebrated actor & bass-baritone was born in Princeton, N.J. in 1898, the son of a former slave Paul Robeson |
| #2718, aired 1996-05-29 | STRINGED INSTRUMENTS $200: When Stu Sutcliffe left the Beatles, Paul took over playing this instrument the bass |
| #2690, aired 1996-04-19 | MUSIC $200: This style of music associated with Scott Joplin often has a steady march-type bass line rag (ragtime) |
| #2674, aired 1996-03-28 | MUSIC $400: The name of this deep voice range is also used to describe a violin, a clef & a tuba bass |
| #2578, aired 1995-11-15 | ANTONYMS $100: Knobs on your stereo control treble & this Bass |
| #2566, aired 1995-10-30 | MUSIC CLASS $100: It's the male singing voice between bass & tenor baritone |
| #2505, aired 1995-06-23 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $500: In 1990 Bass PLC completed its acquisition of this lodging chain named for an Astaire/Crosby film Holiday Inn |
| #2470, aired 1995-05-05 | UNDER THE SEA $200: The largest giant sea variety of this fish weighed over 563 lbs.; the largest striped one, over 78 lbs. a bass |
| #2453, aired 1995-04-12 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $600: The double reed of this bass woodwind is on the end of a curved metal tube set into the tenor joint bassoon |
| #2393, aired 1995-01-18 | THE ENVIRONMENT $500: In 1994 federal marshals seized this Arizona desert project on behalf of its patron Ed Bass Biosphere 2 |
| #2305, aired 1994-09-16 | FAMOUS SOUTHPAWS $100: He's the left-handed bass player of The Beatles Paul McCartney |
| #2286, aired 1994-07-11 | FOOTWEAR $400: This model from G.H. Bass & Co. was based on a Norwegian-type moccasin Weejuns |
| #2243, aired 1994-05-11 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $400: Of a piccolo, bass tuba or French horn, the one for which middle C is out of range piccolo |
| #2203, aired 1994-03-16 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $800: Trommel is the German word for "drum", & this particular drum is a grosse trommel a bass drum |
| #2194, aired 1994-03-03 | GO FISH $400: Included among the sunfish are the largemouth & smallmouth species of this bass |
| #2175, aired 1994-02-04 | MUSIC $300: The musical range of a baritone is between a tenor & this lowest type of male voice the bass |
| #2135, aired 1993-12-10 | OPERA $800: Mephistopheles is a bass role in Berlioz' opera about "The Damnation of" this man Faust |
| #2100, aired 1993-10-22 | 4-LETTER FISH $400: Georgia & Mississippi have designated the largemouth species of this their state fish bass |
| #2055, aired 1993-07-09 | MUSIC $200: This "low" clef is also known as the F clef bass clef |
| #2044, aired 1993-06-24 | OHIO $400: A memorial at Put-in-Bay on South Bass Island honors his victory in the 1813 Battle of Lake Erie (Commodore) Perry |
| #2011, aired 1993-05-10 | THE OSCARS $1000: Ronald Bass & Barry Morrow won Oscars for scripting this Dustin Hoffman film about an autustic man Rain Man |
| #2001, aired 1993-04-26 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $200: The bull fiddle is also known as the double this a bass |
| #1983, aired 1993-03-31 | ISLANDS $800: Named for a surgeon-explorer, the Bass Strait separates Victoria, Australia from this island Tasmania |
| #1959, aired 1993-02-25 | OPERA $1000: Bass-baritone James Morris is widely regarded as the finest contemporary Wotan in this man's operas Richard Wagner |
| #1955, aired 1993-02-19 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $400: After the double bass, it's the largest member of the violin family the cello |
| #1900, aired 1992-12-04 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $400: A standard piano type has 41 keys, 120 bass buttons, from 2 to 15 registers & a bellows an accordion |
| #1860, aired 1992-10-09 | MUSIC $400: This deep male singing voice is spelled the same as a fish, but it's pronounced differently bass |
| #1703, aired 1992-01-15 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $800: Bass, a British brewing company, now owns this lodging chain named for an Astaire-Crosby film Holiday Inn |
| #1691, aired 1991-12-30 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $400: This 3-stringed, Russian instrument comes in 6 sizes from piccolo to double bass the balalaika |
| #1689, aired 1991-12-26 | MUSIC $200: The lowest male singing voice; when it's very low & powerful, it's profundo a bass |
| #1636, aired 1991-10-14 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $500: It's the largest orchestral string instrument that's played with a bow the double bass |
| #1600, aired 1991-07-12 | ISLANDS $800: A memorial on South Bass Island in this lake honors Commodore Perry's victory in the War of 1812 Lake Erie |
| #1569, aired 1991-05-30 | AUSTRALIA $200: George Bass proved this was an island & the strait separating it from the mainland was named for him Tasmania |
| #1499, aired 1991-02-21 | BAND PRACTICE $400: The only common marching band instrument beaten on both sides the bass drum |
| #1423, aired 1990-11-07 | HOMOPHONES $100: The lowest part of a column or the lowest singing voice in a vocal composition base/bass |
| #1416, aired 1990-10-29 | "C" IN MUSIC $200: This symbol found at the start of a line of music can be treble or bass a clef |
| #1381, aired 1990-09-10 | ISLANDS $200: Australia's smallest state, it's separated from the mainland by Bass Strait Tasmania |
| #1381, aired 1990-09-10 | THE STAGECOACH $1000: This Texan & his gang regularly held up the stage near Deadwood, South Dakota Sam Bass |
| #1376, aired 1990-09-03 | ACTORS OF THE PAST $1000: This bass-voiced Alabama actress starred in the original 1939 production of "The Little Foxes", darling Tallulah Bankhead |
| #1364, aired 1990-07-05 | 4-LETTER WORDS $100: A double bass is also known as this type of fiddle, so don't wave anything red in front of it bull |
| #1321, aired 1990-05-07 | PHYSICAL SCIENCE $400: This part of a stereo speaker that reproduces bass notes really was named after the sound a dog makes woofer |
| #1318, aired 1990-05-02 | OPERA $600: Of a baritone, a bass or a tenor, what Caruso was a tenor |
| #1248, aired 1990-01-24 | COUNTRY SINGERS $100: Her younger sister Louise Mandrell was only 15 when she started touring with her as a bass player Barbara Mandrell |
| #1127, aired 1989-06-27 | GONE FISHIN' $400: They come in striped, spotted, largemouth & smallmouth varieties bass |
| #1095, aired 1989-05-12 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $100: Types of these include bass, snare & kettle a drum |
| #1090, aired 1989-05-05 | "BAR"S $300: A bass, a baritone, a tenor & a lead getting a haircut barbershop quartet |
| #1030, aired 1989-02-10 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $800: In an orchestra, it's the chief bass member of the woodwind section the bassoon |
| #1006, aired 1989-01-09 | AMERICAN HEROES & LEGENDS $500: Called "A cowboy gone bad", this "Robin Hood of Texas" is the subject of a famous ballad Sam Bass |
| #909, aired 1988-07-14 | SUSHI $400: Of Kawasaki, Yamaha, or Suzuki, the one that is also a type of sushi Suzuki |
| #845, aired 1988-04-15 | HISTORICAL NICKNAMES $800: Texas train robber called "The Robin Hood of Texas" & "The Good Badman" Sam Bass |
| #843, aired 1988-04-13 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $200: On the album cover, it's the instrument on which "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" is written a bass drum |
| #748, aired 1987-12-02 | AMERICAN FISH $400: This bass, Georgia's state fish, was named for its huge facial orifice a large mouth bass |
| #702, aired 1987-09-29 | TOP-SELLING PRODUCTS $400: Copying a Norwegian moccasin H.Bass named a shoe this, short for "Norwegian" & "Injun" Weejuns |
| #700, aired 1987-09-25 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $1000: This is the bass voice in the brass section of a concert band the tuba |
| #689, aired 1987-09-10 | THE OLD WEST $1000: Just as Missourians made Jesse James a legend, this state glorified robber Sam Bass Texas |
| #673, aired 1987-07-08 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $800 (Daily Double): The standard instrumentation of a string quartet 2 violins, 1 viola & 1 cello |
| #648, aired 1987-06-03 | STATE FISH $300: The channel bass is the state fish of this "North"ern Southern state North Carolina |
| #549, aired 1987-01-15 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $1000: Considered the national instrument of Trinidad, types include cello, guitar, bass & ping pong steel drums |
| #435, aired 1986-05-09 | MUSICAL FACTS $400: Most instruments played with a bow have this many strings 4 |
| #421, aired 1986-04-21 | HOMOPHONES $400: A deep voice, or home plate bass (base) |
| #415, aired 1986-04-11 | "LONG" SONGS $500: Other than a bass, the only instrument used in this 1984 Billy Joel song was his voice "The Longest Time" |
| #351, aired 1986-01-13 | POTENT POTABLES $800: British bass, for example, served unpasteurized at room temperature ale |
| #344, aired 1986-01-02 | MUSIC $100: Taken from the Latin "clavis", meaning "key", the most common are bass & treble clefs |
| #278, aired 1985-10-02 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $300: The 2 instruments associated with the Smothers Brothers guitar and bass |
| #269, aired 1985-09-19 | OPERA $200: Male vocal range between a bass & a tenor baritone |
| #176, aired 1985-05-13 | OUTLAWS $400: Sam Bass was a Texas cowboy who stole from the rich & gave to the poor until captured by these lawmen the Texas Rangers |
| #97, aired 1985-01-22 | MUSIC $200: Low-pitched musical instrument & the lowest pitched male voice the bass |
| #23, aired 1984-10-10 | FISH $300: Good eating fish that comes with a “smallmouth” or a “largemouth” bass |
| #22, aired 1984-10-09 | 4-LETTER WORDS $100: Pronounced one way it's a fish, the other a deep male voice bass |
