| #9013, aired 2024-01-10 | 3-SYLLABLE WORDS $800: It describes raccoons & bats & comes from the Latin for "of the night" nocturnal |
| #9001, aired 2023-12-25 | BATS ENTERTAINMENT $200: Chadwick Boseman starred as Jackie Robinson in the 2013 biopic with this name--er, number 42 |
| #9001, aired 2023-12-25 | BATS ENTERTAINMENT $400: She was up for a Golden Glove... I mean, a Golden Globe... for playing catcher Dottie Hinson in "A League of Their Own" Geena Davis |
| #9001, aired 2023-12-25 | BATS ENTERTAINMENT $600: Robert Redford's Roy Hobbs puts on his own stadium light show with a home run for the ages in this movie The Natural |
| #9001, aired 2023-12-25 | BATS ENTERTAINMENT $800: & today (today), I consider myself (myself) the luckiest man to say he starred as Lou Gehrig in "The Pride of the Yankees" Gary Cooper |
| #9001, aired 2023-12-25 | BATS ENTERTAINMENT $1000: This 1993 film about kids who play ball in a certain vacant area includes the classic line "You're killing me, Smalls!" The Sandlot |
| #8962, aired 2023-10-31 | THE WORLD SERIES $800: Truly Mr. October, this outfielder hit 10 home runs in 98 World Series at bats Reggie Jackson |
| #8925, aired 2023-07-28 | MESSIN' WITH TEXAS $1000: At dusk, hundreds of thousands of bats emerge from under the Ann Richards Congress Avenue Bridge in this city Austin |
| #8871, aired 2023-05-15 | SOUNDS SPOOKY $3,000 (Daily Double): There are 3 species of this mammal, which uses echolocation & feeds on livestock vampire bats |
| #8756, aired 2022-12-05 | TREE TIME $400: The flowers of the African sausage tree bloom at night for visits by these flying mammals, their principal pollinators bats |
| #2, aired 2022-10-02 | CREATURES GREAT & SMALL $100: The largest of these flying mammals have wingspans of more than 5 feet bats |
| #8618, aired 2022-04-13 | BAT QUIZ $400: Bats are mammals of the order Chiroptera, meaning "hand"-this wing |
| #8618, aired 2022-04-13 | BAT QUIZ $800: Nectar-feeding bats pollinate the flowers that grow on the tips of the organ pipe variety of this desert plant a cactus |
| #8618, aired 2022-04-13 | BAT QUIZ $1200: Bats navigate at night using this system of acoustic orientation that incorporates nature's version of radar echolocation |
| #8618, aired 2022-04-13 | BAT QUIZ $2000: Each year as many as 20 million female Mexican free-tailed bats give birth at sites like Bracken Cave in this U.S. state Texas |
| #8606, aired 2022-03-28 | A GATHERING OF ANIMALS, SPEAKING LATIN $2000: A cauldron of these, order Chiroptera bats |
| #8551, aired 2022-01-10 | WHALES $400: Like bats, some whales use this natural sonar to hunt, communicate & navigate echolocation |
| #8537, aired 2021-12-21 | FALSE ADVERTISING? $1200: One of the largest bats, the creature seen here goes by this alliterative, other-animal moniker flying fox |
| #8460, aired 2021-08-06 | ASH TREE $200: For many years ash wood was the preferred material in making these for folks like Joe DiMaggio baseball bats |
| #8435, aired 2021-07-02 | WHAT A FUNGI $800: A fungus is the culprit in white nose syndrome, killing more than 6 million of these animals in North American caves bats |
| #8420, aired 2021-06-11 | BASEBALL'S BIG NUMBERS $400: During his career he had a record 14,053 official at-bats; maybe that's why he's also the career hits leader Pete Rose |
| #8361, aired 2021-03-22 | ANIMALS $200: A protein called draculin in the saliva of these animals prevents blood from clotting as they feed vampire bats |
| #8338, aired 2021-02-17 | MAMMALS $800: Spelunkers often encounter chiropterans, these mammals bats |
| #8208, aired 2020-04-22 | PHENOMENA $2000: These creatures started mysteriously falling from the sky in Dubuque, Iowa on June 16, 1882 frogs |
| #1, aired 2020-01-07 | NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ATLAS OF THE NATIONAL PARKS $400: This national park in New Mexico is home to large colonies of bats, seen here Carlsbad Caverns |
| #8105, aired 2019-11-29 | BEFORE & AFTER $800: If they used a well-known brand of kosher hot dogs instead of bats, the Dodgers & Phillies would be in this baseball group the Hebrew National League |
| #7904, aired 2019-01-10 | MENAGERIE $1200: Enthusiasts of these mammals flock to Austin each year to catch them emerging from the South Congress Bridge bats |
| #7841, aired 2018-10-15 | ROOST-ERS $600: Abandoned mines provide favorite roosts for about half the USA's 45 species of these non-birds bats |
| #7729, aired 2018-03-29 | THAT'S NOT FLYING! $800: The flying type of this rodent can't fly, but is nocturnal like bats a squirrel |
| #7706, aired 2018-02-26 | DEEP STATE $400: One of Texas' largest colonies of Mexican free-tailed these lives 300+ feet down in Devil's Sinkhole bats |
| #7619, aired 2017-10-26 | WEIGHTS & MEASURES $1000: This type of ounce used in pricing precious metals is a bit heavier than the type used for baseball bats & newborns troy ounce |
| #7506, aired 2017-04-10 | CAVES $600: Jewel Cave in this state's Black Hills is home to 9 species of bats, including the rare Townsend's big-eared South Dakota |
| #7488, aired 2017-03-15 | PRO TEAMS ARE FOR THE BIRDS $400: Jose Bautista went north to become Joey Bats, author of an iconic 2016 bat flip for this team the Toronto Blue Jays |
| #7438, aired 2017-01-04 | DUMB DOWN THE SAYING $1000: "Flying mammals occupy that fellow's church bell tower" "he's got bats in his belfry" |
| #7364, aired 2016-09-22 | ANTIQUES $1000: Mantiques are items like vintage baseball bats, toy guns & these, maybe with sunburst finish & humbucker pickups a guitar |
| #7360, aired 2016-09-16 | BAT DANCE $200: A protein dubbed draculin, found in this secretion of vampire bats, acts as an anticoagulant saliva |
| #7360, aired 2016-09-16 | BAT DANCE $800: While bats have mostly rods in their eyes for night vision, some have a few of these receptors to see in daylight cones |
| #7360, aired 2016-09-16 | BAT DANCE $1000: With a wingspan of over 5 feet, one of the largest bats is the giant golden-crowned type of this alliterative bat the flying fox bat |
| #7276, aired 2016-04-11 | BIG BATS OF BASEBALL $200: In 2015 this "Big Papi" with 500+ homers & a .455 World Series batting average said 2016 would be his final season (David) Ortiz |
| #7276, aired 2016-04-11 | BIG BATS OF BASEBALL $400: A San Diego Padre from 1982 to 2001, this outfielder won 8 batting titles Tony Gwynn |
| #7276, aired 2016-04-11 | BIG BATS OF BASEBALL $600: This Yankee outfielder hit 52 home runs in 1956 & 54 in 1961 Mickey Mantle |
| #7276, aired 2016-04-11 | BIG BATS OF BASEBALL $800: In 1980 this Kansas City Royal batted .390 George Brett |
| #7276, aired 2016-04-11 | BIG BATS OF BASEBALL $1000: In the '50s and '60s, he was a true giant, becoming one of the greatest players of all time Willie Mays |
| #7259, aired 2016-03-17 | NEW ZEALAND $1200: New Zealand's only native land mammals are 2 species of this, short- & long-tailed; they live in trees, not caves bats |
| #7167, aired 2015-11-10 | CRYPTIC CROSSWORD CLUES $400: Stuffed animal attacked by bats at a party
(6) a piñata |
| #7161, aired 2015-11-02 | ORDERS OF MAMMALS $800: Chiroptera is made up exclusively of these, which may be fruit- or insect-eating bats |
| #7125, aired 2015-07-31 | A PICTURE IS WORTH... $400: Four words:
This crazy condition bats in the belfry |
| #7110, aired 2015-07-10 | 2- OR 12-LETTER WORDS $2000: Bats use this process of emitting high-pitched sounds to navigate echolocation |
| #7073, aired 2015-05-20 | CAVES $400: Bracken Cave in Texas is home to the world's largest colony of Mexican free-tailed these bats |
| #6961, aired 2014-12-15 | NEW YORK IN THE MOVIES $600: In the 1933 film, King Kong climbs this skyscraper & bats down a biplane with his bare hand the Empire State Building |
| #6951, aired 2014-12-01 | NATURE $600: Most bats are this 9-letter adjective, so they don't mind if you call them at 2 in the morning nocturnal |
| #6922, aired 2014-10-21 | MLB ALL-TIME LEADERS $400: At-bats, games played, hits, Hall of Fame arguments Pete Rose |
| #6915, aired 2014-10-10 | A WHOLE NEW BALLGAME $800: A sports page looks like a stock page, with a three-part stat, including this measure of power--total bases divided by at-bats slugging percentage |
| #6824, aired 2014-04-24 | FROM "B" TO "Y" $600: Church feature seen here; where are the bats? belfry |
| #6769, aired 2014-02-06 | RARE BREEDS $1200: Breeding programs have rescued the once-rarest of bats, the Rodrigues type of this a fruit bat |
| #6652, aired 2013-07-16 | ANIMAL IDENTITY $1200: The largest of bats, genus Pteropus. are called "flying" these foxes |
| #6559, aired 2013-03-07 | LETTERS & WORDS $600: From Quechua, it's the word for bats' or birds' droppings guano |
| #6471, aired 2012-11-05 | AROUND THE FOREST $600: Birds & these creatures, which include flying foxes, are agents of pollination in tropical forests bats |
| #6448, aired 2012-10-03 | WOOD $400: This traditional wood for cricket bats even has a cricket bat species, though there's no weeping... willow |
| #6039, aired 2010-12-09 | CREATURES OF THE NIGHT $1000: The 222 members of the avian order Strigiformes, better known as these, are all nocturnal owls |
| #6019, aired 2010-11-11 | BUTTERFLIES & MOTHS $600: To avoid being eaten, some moths have a special organ to pick up high-frequency sounds made by these mammals bats |
| #6015, aired 2010-11-05 | NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHANNEL GREAT MIGRATIONS $2000: A female covers herself with secretions to prep for the migration of the bats called flying these animals the flying fox |
| #6005, aired 2010-10-22 | THIRD PRIZE $800: He is No. 3 in all-time MLB home runs with 714; he hit one every 11.8 at-bats Babe Ruth |
| #5964, aired 2010-07-15 | VAMPIRE WEEKEND $200: Found from Mexico to South America, varieties of this mammal include white-winged & hairy-legged vampire bats |
| #5908, aired 2010-04-28 | SPORTS EQUIPMENT $1000: This brand makes bats & racquets too, but since the movie "Cast Away" came out, it may be best known for volleyballs Wilson |
| #5846, aired 2010-02-01 | JUST AVERAGE $2000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a baseball slugging average equation on the monitor.) Items get different importance when calculating slugging average; a single counts as one, a triple as three, making it this type of average that sounds heavy a weighted average |
| #5843, aired 2010-01-27 | THE 7 DWARFS $600: Whenever Snow White's around, he blushes & bats his long eyelashes Bashful |
| #5815, aired 2009-12-18 | UPHOLSTERY $2000: A huge tropical tree that's pollenated by bats yields this fiber, largely used for padding, as in upholstery kapok |
| #5692, aired 2009-05-12 | FUN WITH SCIENCE $200: If you make a house for these flying mammals, mount it at least 15 feet above the ground to attract them bats |
| #5580, aired 2008-12-05 | CELEBRITY RHYME TIME $1000: Lauer's chiropterans Matt's bats |
| #5573, aired 2008-11-26 | THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE $800: (Sarah indicates another monitor.) Watching Doppler the National Weather Service is fascinating--the expanding ring of blue is millions of these mammals that emerge in Texas only to tangle with a huge storm bats |
| #5548, aired 2008-10-22 | ANIMAL COMMON BONDS $800: Brown,
fruit,
vampire bats |
| #5494, aired 2008-06-26 | BABOONS, BATS, & BANDICOOTS $200: These bats feed exclusively on blood from small wounds they make on animals with a single bite vampire bats |
| #5494, aired 2008-06-26 | BABOONS, BATS, & BANDICOOTS $400: Hamadryas baboons live in these, from Arabic for "forbidden", composed of one male & multiple females harem |
| #5494, aired 2008-06-26 | BABOONS, BATS, & BANDICOOTS $600: Fairly obvious hyphenated name of the bat seen here big-eared (or long-eared) |
| #5494, aired 2008-06-26 | BABOONS, BATS, & BANDICOOTS $800: The eastern barred bandicoot has a devil of a time on this Aussie island Tasmania |
| #5494, aired 2008-06-26 | BABOONS, BATS, & BANDICOOTS $1000: In the Guyanas & Belize, the term "baboon" is colloquially applied to this loud monkey the howler monkey |
| #5485, aired 2008-06-13 | LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL $400: (Jimmy lays another clue down from Williamsport, PA.) Unlike Major League Baseball, Little League batters may use non-wood bats; most are made of this metal that has a distinctive sound when it meets the ball aluminum |
| #5412, aired 2008-03-04 | WELCOME TO CARLSBAD CAVERNS $800: (Jon of the Clue Crew reports from the amphitheater at Carlsbad Caverns Nat'l Park, New Mexico.) Carlsbad Caverns, not San Juan Capistrano, is home to what may be the USA's largest colony of the cave species of this bird, which cohabits with the bats the swallow |
| #5412, aired 2008-03-04 | WELCOME TO CARLSBAD CAVERNS $1200: (Jon of the Clue Crew reports from the amphitheater at Carlsbad Caverns Nat'l Park, New Mexico.) Each night thousands of Mexican freetail bats leave the batcave in search of food using this process in which sound reflects off prey echolocation |
| #5345, aired 2007-11-30 | "G" WHIZ $1600: Rich in phosphates, this waste matter left by bats & seabirds can be a valuable commodity guano |
| #5328, aired 2007-11-07 | BLOGS OF THE NEW YORK TIMES $400: A blog about baseball is named for these--pieces of equipment, not mammals bats |
| #5273, aired 2007-07-11 | AUSTIN $400: At dusk, April through October, millions of these mammals fly out from under the Congress Ave. Bridge to feed bats |
| #5246, aired 2007-06-04 | OF WING $1000: Bats are of the order Chiroptera, which translates from the Greek as these "wings" hand wings |
| #5240, aired 2007-05-25 | BASEBALL MOVIE SCORECARD $400: In "For Love of the Game", Kevin Costner is an A.L. pitcher, so a player with this position bats for him designated hitter |
| #5170, aired 2007-02-16 | SCIENCE STUFF $400: 2 for the price of one: caves full of these leathery-winged mammals often contain cockroaches, too bats |
| #5093, aired 2006-11-01 | OUT WEST $1000: This national park in New Mexico has many more bats than Louisville, slugger Carlsbad Caverns |
| #5082, aired 2006-10-17 | THE WORLD SERIES $800: Truly "Mr. October", this outfielder hit 10 home runs in 98 World Series at-bats Reggie Jackson |
| #5082, aired 2006-10-17 | THE WORLD SERIES $2000: It ain't over 'til it's over, but this Yankee is the all-time World Series leader in games played, at-bats & hits Yogi Berra |
| #5027, aired 2006-06-20 | BASEBALL RECORD BREAKERS $400: This Cincinnati Red had more career at-bats than any other player, 14,053; that's one reason for all those hits Pete Rose |
| #4849, aired 2005-10-13 | LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL $600: Unlike Major Leaguers, Little Leaguers may use bats made from this metal, atomic number 13 aluminum |
| #4716, aired 2005-02-21 | MAMMALS $1,800 (Daily Double): Certain moths make sonar-jamming sounds to confuse these predators bats |
| #4707, aired 2005-02-08 | INTERNATIONAL SPORTS STARS $2000: Led by top player Chaminda Vaas, Sri Lanka has a powerful team in this sport that uses bats, balls, wickets & stumps cricket |
| #4577, aired 2004-06-29 | COUNTRY CLUBS $800: These sporting items L.J. Nicolls started making in Sussex in 1876 have been good for many centuries cricket bats |
| #4524, aired 2004-04-15 | FUN IN THE "SON" $800: Also used in commercial fishing, it's known as echolocation in bats sonar |
| #4464, aired 2004-01-22 | SPORTS NUMBERS $1600: If you strike out & double in 2 major league at bats, your batting average is .500 & your slugging average is this 1.000 |
| #4460, aired 2004-01-16 | OUR NATIONAL PASTIME $800: (Sofia of the Clue Crew reports from the Louisville Slugger Museum.) Forests in Pennsylvania & New York provide the white type of this wood, used in most of today's Major League bats ash |
| #4437, aired 2003-12-16 | THE 1920s $400: [Video of Sofia at the Louisville Slugger Museum in Louisville, Kentucky]
In the 1920s, this man carved notches into bats to count his home runs Babe Ruth |
| #4381, aired 2003-09-29 | CLOCKED $200: Encarta reports that some of these mammals have been clocked flying at 60 mph bats |
| #4365, aired 2003-07-18 | ANNUAL EVENTS $1000: This N.M. national park has a Bat Flight Breakfast in August so that visitors can view bats returning to their caves Carlsbad Caverns |
| #4355, aired 2003-07-04 | FROM THE SPANISH $400: Old-time miners made a bundle removing this left by bats in Carlsbad Caverns guano |
| #4328, aired 2003-05-28 | CELEBRITY ODD JOBS $600: Perhaps this rocker got a taste for bats when he worked in a slaughterhouse Ozzy Osbourne |
| #4310, aired 2003-05-02 | WE'RE NOT MAKING THIS UP $200: In August you may see more than a million bats fly out from the Congress Ave. Bridge in Austin in this U.S. state Texas |
| #4276, aired 2003-03-17 | THE ANIMAL KINGDOM $200: Nearly a quarter of all species of mammals are these flyers bats |
| #4228, aired 2003-01-08 | BALLET $1600: A graveyard scene (with bats!) is in Matthew Wright's ballet based on this "monstrous" Mary Shelley novel. Frankenstein |
| #4203, aired 2002-12-04 | I'M GONNA "B" $200: They can be fruit, free-tailed or vampire bats |
| #4192, aired 2002-11-19 | AMERICAN TREES $1600: 3-letter trees include elm, oak & this olive family member used for furniture & baseball bats ash |
| #4121, aired 2002-07-01 | STATE CAPITALS $200: In the spring and summer, a million bats gather under the Congress Avenue Bridge in this "Lone Star State" capital Austin |
| #4112, aired 2002-06-18 | THAT SHOULD BE BULLFROG $400: The fringed-lipped species of this flying mammal eats frogs, & the bullfrog has been known to eat the flying mammals bats |
| #4108, aired 2002-06-12 | MAMMALS $400: For warmth, the horseshoe species of these will cluster in groups in the roofs of caves bats |
| #4082, aired 2002-05-07 | THE NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD CLUES $200: 55 down:
Flying mammals
(4) bats |
| #4066, aired 2002-04-15 | INSIDE BASEBALL $400: This stat equals hits divided by official at-bats batting average |
| #4045, aired 2002-03-15 | STATE SUPERLATIVES $1,400 (Daily Double): The world's largest factory of wooden baseball bats is located in this state Kentucky |
| #4018, aired 2002-02-06 | TAKE ME TO THE ZOO! $800: Don't worry: These mammals at the Singapore Zoo's night safari are fruit-eaters, not blood-suckers bats |
| #3984, aired 2001-12-20 | COMMON BONDS $800: Vampire,
Masterson,
Louisville Slugger bats |
| #3945, aired 2001-10-26 | "BEL"LISSIMO! $100: Bats love to hang out in this church tower belfry |
| #3932, aired 2001-10-09 | LITTLE BROWN $200: There are little brown & big brown species of this winged cave dweller bats |
| #3882, aired 2001-06-19 | TRAVEL FUN $300: If it's August & you're in Austin, Texas, indulge in a romantic dinner cruise to watch these flying mammals Bats |
| #3844, aired 2001-04-26 | LEAF ME ALONE PLEASE $500: The American leaf-nosed species of this mammal mainly eats insects, but may chow down on an occasional frog Bats |
| #3737, aired 2000-11-28 | SPORTS LEGENDS $100: During his 24-year career, this longtime Cincinnati Red set a record with 14,053 at-bats Pete Rose |
| #3708, aired 2000-10-18 | THAT'S SO CLICHE! $300: When I get nutty, people say I've "got bats in" this lofty place The belfry |
| #3704, aired 2000-10-12 | FUR-BEARING CREATURES? $800: In 1876 he was made a deputy sheriff of the whole of Dodge City, belfries & all Bat Masterson |
| #3684, aired 2000-09-14 | THE PORPOISE $1000: Also used by bats, this method of using reflected sound helps a porpoise navigate underwater Echolocation |
| #3665, aired 2000-07-07 | LIFE SCIENCE $100: These animals, the only mammals that can truly fly, are not rodents Bats |
| #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 |
| #3462, aired 1999-09-28 | THAT'S LUNCH! $100: In Panama, the fringe-lipped species of these flying mammals eats frogs bats |
| #3424, aired 1999-06-24 | AROUND THE U.S.A. $400: You may see bats & woodrats in the Lewis & Clark Caverns near Bozeman in this state Montana |
| #3302, aired 1999-01-05 | BEASTS $200: The over 900 species of these mammals range from bumblebee size to others with a 5-foot wingspan Bats |
| #3263, aired 1998-11-11 | COLONIES $200: A colony of these creatures in San Antonio's Bracken Cave contains 20 million individuals Bats |
| #3220, aired 1998-09-11 | "G" WHIZ! $300: It's the waste matter left by pelicans & penguins, as well as bats guano |
| #3158, aired 1998-04-29 | GET THE VIBE $500: These animals studied in ichthyology have no external ears & use skull vibrations to hear fish |
| #3132, aired 1998-03-24 | BITES $200: Unlike their undead counterparts, these bats prefer biting cattle to humans vampire bats |
| #3079, aired 1998-01-08 | CROSSWORD CLUES "B" $200: Bell tower for bats
(6) belfry |
| #3027, aired 1997-10-28 | BATS $100: As you might guess, it's the only continent a bat doesn't call home Antarctica |
| #3027, aired 1997-10-28 | BATS $200: As it's nocturnal, a bat has only these cells in its eyes, no cones Rods |
| #3027, aired 1997-10-28 | BATS $300: Like ants, most bats live in large groups called these Colonies |
| #3027, aired 1997-10-28 | BATS $400: Chiroptera, the order to which bats belong, means "with" these "on their hands" Wings |
| #3027, aired 1997-10-28 | BATS $500: The horseshoe bat doesn't emit its echolocation squeaks through its mouth; they come out of this Nose |
| #3019, aired 1997-10-16 | THE BEASTS $200: For small bats to hibernate, this weather condition has to be above 90% or their wings will dry out Humidity |
| #2973, aired 1997-07-02 | MUSEUMS $600: The Hillerich & Bradsby Museum in Louisville, Kentucky displays this athletic equipment used by famous players baseball bats |
| #2909, aired 1997-04-03 | TRAVEL CANADA $200: The Bat Cave in this capital of Ontario displays 3,000 life-like vinyl & wax bats in a walk-through tunnel Toronto |
| #2891, aired 1997-03-10 | CAVING $100: Scientists who study these mammals in caves wear respirators to protect themselves from ammonia fumes Bats |
| #2843, aired 1997-01-01 | FOREST PRODUCTS $400: This wood used for baseball bats & umbrella handles shares its name with the residue left from burning it ash |
| #2804, aired 1996-11-07 | ANIMALS $400: Nocturnality protects these flying mammals from dehydration due to their enormous skin area bats |
| #2721, aired 1996-06-03 | ARCHITECTURE $100: It's a cupola or tower for bells or bats a belfry |
| #2651, aired 1996-02-26 | NATURE $200: On summer nights in Austin, Texas swarms of these mammals emerge from under the Congress Ave. Bridge to feed bats |
| #2599, aired 1995-12-14 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $800: This "Gorky Park" author's novel "Nightwing" is a thriller about plague-carrying vampire bats (Martin) Cruz Smith |
| #2559, aired 1995-10-19 | ANIMALS $400: The only mammals native to New Zealand are these flying ones bats |
| #2404, aired 1995-02-02 | BASEBALL HISTORY $300: In 1973 American League teams began using this player who bats for the pitcher but doesn't play a position the designated hitter |
| #2351, aired 1994-11-21 | COMMON BONDS $400: Baseball,
cricket,
vampire Bats |
| #2349, aired 1994-11-17 | NATURE $200: Sausage trees, found in Africa, are pollinated by these flying mammals bats |
| #2326, aired 1994-10-17 | FLOWERS $200: The flower of the banana plant is pollinated by these flying mammals bats |
| #2238, aired 1994-05-04 | PSYCH 101 $600: Many people respond to this famous test by saying the inkblots look like bats or witches Rorschach |
| #2105, aired 1993-10-29 | BATS $100: All native bats in North America are active at this time of day only night |
| #2105, aired 1993-10-29 | BATS $200: Bats are beneficial: just 1 brown bat can down 600 of these long-nosed bloodsuckers in an hour mosquitoes |
| #2105, aired 1993-10-29 | BATS $300: Contrary to public opinion, bats are not a common source of this disease, unlike raccoons, foxes & dogs rabies |
| #2105, aired 1993-10-29 | BATS $400: The Chinese character for this emotion is the same one as for a bat, not a warm puppy happiness |
| #2105, aired 1993-10-29 | BATS $500: In German the bat is called Die Fledermaus, which translates to this the flying mouse |
| #2062, aired 1993-07-20 | CAVES $100: Large deposits of guano left by these flying mammals on caves can produce a toxic gas bats |
| #2060, aired 1993-07-16 | ZOOLOGY $400: Fruit bats like the Samoan are also known as "flying" ones of these foxes |
| #2057, aired 1993-07-13 | RODENTS $500: In one downward leap one of these rodents may glide for over 150 feet flying squirrels |
| #2054, aired 1993-07-08 | PLANTS & TREES $600: The black variety of this tree is used for weaving chair seats; the white, for baseball bats ash |
| #2011, aired 1993-05-10 | FAMILIAR PHRASES $200: You're considered crazy if you have these mammals "in your belfry" bats |
| #2000, aired 1993-04-23 | NATURE $1,000 (Daily Double): A type of ficus, the Banyan tree grows a variety of this fruit, which is then eaten by bats the fig |
| #1936, aired 1993-01-25 | CONSERVATION $300: In England it's illegal to disturb these flying mammals during their breeding season bats |
| #1737, aired 1992-03-03 | BOTANY $800: This largest U.S. cactus is sometimes pollinated by bats the saguaro |
| #1718, aired 1992-02-05 | SUMMER $200: Each summer this landmark in New Mexico's Guadalupe Mts. is home to hundreds of thousands of bats Carlsbad Caverns |
| #1711, aired 1992-01-27 | GROUPS $400: A research center for these creatures of the night is in Elmhurst, N.Y., not Collinsport, ME vampires |
| #1668, aired 1991-11-27 | MAMMALS $1000: The smallest of these mammals is the Kitti's hog-nosed or bumblebee species bats |
| #1650, aired 1991-11-01 | KENTUCKY $100: You can tour the Hillerich & Bradsby plant in Louisville where these baseball bats are made Louisville Sluggers |
| #1646, aired 1991-10-28 | NATIONAL PARKS $400: This N.M. park was discovered in 1901 by Jim White, who mistook swarms of bats for a cloud of smoke Carlsbad Caverns |
| #1640, aired 1991-10-18 | MAMMALS $400: When flying through the sky during the Cenozoic Era, these looked the same as they do now bats |
| #1631, aired 1991-10-07 | ANIMALS $100: The only land mammals native to New Zealand are 2 species of these flying mammals bats |
| #1596, aired 1991-07-08 | ALL EARS $200: Some moths have a rudimentary ear on their thorax that may serve to warn of these mammals' attacks bats |
| #1582, aired 1991-06-18 | ZOOLOGY $400: Like bats, toothed whales use a form of this to locate their prey sonar |
| #1521, aired 1991-03-25 | ARCHITECTURE $200: Bats & bells both hang in this upper story of a church tower belfry |
| #1440, aired 1990-11-30 | USA $300: Thousands of bats sometimes swarm out of this state's famous Carlsbad Cavern; it can drive you batty New Mexico |
| #1425, aired 1990-11-09 | SPORTS $500: In 1990 this Reds outfielder set a World Series record with hits in 7 straight at-bats Billy Hatcher |
| #1279, aired 1990-03-08 | SPORTS EQUIPMENT $100: Until 1954 Major League players could leave these on the field when it was their team's turn to bat their gloves |
| #1273, aired 1990-02-28 | MAMMALS $200: These flying mammals aren't really "blind"; most have small eyes concealed by fur bats |
| #1257, aired 1990-02-06 | BIOLOGY $800 (Daily Double): When Lazzaro Spallanzani blinded them, they still flew; when he plugged their ears, they were disoriented Bats |
| #1240, aired 1990-01-12 | UNDER WOOD $200: Honus Wagner signed a contract Sept. 1, 1905 making him the 1st to have his signature etched into these baseball bats |
| #1233, aired 1990-01-03 | ANIMAL NAMES $300: Chiroptera, the scientific order of these mammals, is Greek for "hand wings" bats |
| #1212, aired 1989-12-05 | U.S.A. $200: You can visit bats, scorpions & screech owls at the Living Desert near Palm Desert in this state California |
| #1096, aired 1989-05-15 | BIOLOGY $200: The only mammals capable of unassisted flight bats |
| #1095, aired 1989-05-12 | MEDICINE $1000: You can get this disease, sometimes call hydrophobia, just by breathing in a cave full of infected bats rabies |
| #1039, aired 1989-02-23 | NEW MEXICO $200: Tho there isn't an airport at Carlsbad Caverns, you can watch the nightly flight of these in the warm months bats |
| #996, aired 1988-12-26 | ZOOLOGY $800: Species of this animal include the common brown, leaf-nosed & flying fox bats |
| #971, aired 1988-11-21 | ANIMALS $600: These nocturnal animals form the 2nd largest order of mammals bats |
| #969, aired 1988-11-17 | BOTTOMS UP $100: Legend says bats lived in a shed at its rum distillery & one of them is still on its labels Bacardi |
| #929, aired 1988-09-22 | DEFINITIONS $200: While "vespers" are services held at night, "vespertilian" refers to these mammals that fly at night bats |
| #920, aired 1988-09-09 | ANIMALS $100: In the tropics, some strongly scented flowers are pollinated by these flying mammals bats |
| #805, aired 1988-02-19 | "NEW" ON THE MAP $400: 2 species of bats are the only land mammals native to this isolated British commonwealth country New Zealand |
| #796, aired 1988-02-08 | BASEBALL $200: [clue unviewable or hearable on video] baseball bats |
| #773, aired 1988-01-06 | CHURCH ARCHITECTURE $200: From Old French for "portable siege tower", some have bats in them a belfry |
| #768, aired 1987-12-30 | BATS $100: Most bats spend the day in this position hanging upside-down |
| #768, aired 1987-12-30 | BATS $200: In some species, male & female bats live on different parts of a continent except when it's time to do this mate |
| #768, aired 1987-12-30 | BATS $300: Name for this fertilizer made from bat droppings guano |
| #768, aired 1987-12-30 | BATS $400: Most bats detect their prey by using echolocation which relies on this sense hearing |
| #768, aired 1987-12-30 | BATS $500: You may be glad to know that the bats known as flying foxes are vegetarians, eating mostly this fruit |
| #741, aired 1987-11-23 | SPORTS EQUIPMENT $100: Table tennis rackets or paddles are also called this, even though they're not used for hitting home runs bats |
| #731, aired 1987-11-09 | NATURE $200: Species of these include the mouse-eared, disk-winged, and fruit bats |
| #644, aired 1987-05-28 | MAMMALS $200: Nearly 25% of all mammal species are varieties of these, the only mammals that can fly bats |
| #531, aired 1986-12-22 | SPORTS $300: Hall of Famer who played entire Major League career with N.Y. Yankees except for 9 at bats with '65 Mets Yogi Berra |
| #514, aired 1986-11-27 | MAMMALS $100: Blood is the only thing these bats can digest a vampire bat |
| #498, aired 1986-11-05 | VAMPIRES $100: In Eastern European legend, vampires almost never turned into these flying mammals bats |
| #495, aired 1986-10-31 | AUTHORS $400: To "amuse" his mother, he hid in his pockets bats which he'd found in a Hannibal cave Mark Twain |
| #480, aired 1986-10-10 | CRAZY TALK $200: Nocturnal flying mammals enclosed by a church tower bats in the belfry |
| #417, aired 1986-04-15 | BOTANY $800: When Reggie Jackson hits a home run, he might thank this tree from which most bats are made (the white) ash |
| #396, aired 1986-03-17 | ANIMAL TRIVIA $200: Vampire bats feed only on this blood |
| #384, aired 1986-02-27 | ZOOLOGY $300: Divided by eating habits, these mammals are fruit-eating, insectivorous & bloodsucking bats |
| #284, aired 1985-10-10 | AMERICAN AUTHORS $400: Punning author of light verse who wrote, "Cats have kittens, bats have bittens" Ogden Nash |
| #269, aired 1985-09-19 | MAMMALS $400: Livestock, not humans, are the most common victims of these bats who feed on blood vampire bats |
| #141, aired 1985-03-25 | MAMMALS $200: "Vampire" variety of these actually do feed on the blood of other animals bats |
| #19, aired 1984-10-04 | BASEBALL $300: Brand of bats made in Kentucky; also describes Muhammad Ali Louisville Slugger |
