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#8910, aired 2023-07-07I'VE GOT YOUR ATOMIC NUMBER $1000: 27: It's essential to smartphone batteries cobalt
#8802, aired 2023-02-07ALSO AN NFL TEAM $200: Weakening cell phone batteries need them chargers
#11, aired 2023-01-19THOMAS EDISON $200: Edison was good friends with this industrialist, who hoped to use Edison's nickel-iron batteries to power his cars Ford
#8691, aired 2022-07-25CHEMISTRY $1000: Acids & bases are among these current conductors; using a solid instead of a liquid one reduces the risk of fire in batteries electrolytes
#8618, aired 2022-04-13HOUSEHOLD INITIALS $400: S.D.: It's time to change the batteries when they chirp smoke detector
#8616, aired 2022-04-11CHEMICAL ELEMENTS $1200: Electric vehicles have brought cash to Chile, a land with large reserves of this lightest metal element, used in batteries lithium
#8433, aired 2021-06-30MAGAZINES $1600: This magazine once known for featuring cars & boats has a breakthrough award for innovations like bacteria-powered batteries Popular Mechanics
#8347, aired 2021-03-02COMPOUNDS $1600: Nickel nitrate is used to make this positive electrode in batteries cathode
#8331, aired 2021-02-08TECHNOLOGY $200: (Reshma Saujani presents the clue.) Computer scientist Annie Easley wrote code that helped in the development of the first batteries used in this class of car that employs dual power systems hybrids
#8199, aired 2020-04-09CHEMISTRY $2000: Known to early chemists as "oil of vitriol", this corrosive, colorless acid is found in car batteries sulfuric
#8145, aired 2020-01-24IKEA NAMES $600: Alkalisk is the name for these sold at IKEA batteries
#8123, aired 2019-12-25A POWER CALLER $800: At 97, John Goodenough is the oldest Nobel Prize winner, for work on these batteries with a hyphenated name in laptops & phones lithium-ion
#8033, aired 2019-07-10SCIENCE NEWS $800: Engineers at CUNY have produced long-lasting these from manganese dioxide-zinc batteries
#7982, aired 2019-04-309...9 $600: 9-volt batteries were introduced to power these radios pressed to 1950s teenagers' ears transistor radios
#7944, aired 2019-03-07ELEMENTS $200: An old-time gangster might threaten to fill ya full of this metal--actually, most of it in the U.S. goes into batteries lead
#7583, aired 2017-07-26ELECTRICITY $800: Many car batteries use a solution of sulfuric acid & water called this, also what Gatorade tries to replenish electrolytes
#7473, aired 2017-02-22"S.A." TEST $400: Fire departments say when you reset your clock for daylight saving time, also change the batteries in these smoke alarm
#7473, aired 2017-02-22ELEMENT-IUM $1600: It's used for rechargeable batteries; in a Nirvana song, its lyrics include "I love you, I'm not gonna crack" lithium
#7395, aired 2016-11-04"READY" WHEN YOU ARE $400: This company produces handheld lights & several types of batteries, including rechargeables Eveready
#7309, aired 2016-05-26HAZARDOUS $1000: Under physical hazards to avoid in the workplace, OSHA lists the "ionizing" & "non-ionizing" types of this electromagnetic radiation
#7193, aired 2015-12-16WHAT'S IN YOUR SUPERMARKET CART? $800: Rayovac Fusion batteries
#7151, aired 2015-10-19SCIENCE & GEOMETRY $1200: (Kelly of the Clue Crew demonstrates.) Two batteries connected in a simple series circuit combine their voltage to produce a bright light; when they're connected in this type of circuit with a geometric name, they have a longer life but produce a dimmer light parallel
#7110, aired 2015-07-10TIME FOR YOUR FORMULA $1600: H2SO4 is this acid used in batteries sulfuric
#6719, aired 2013-11-28COMPUTER TERMS $800: If we're talking NiCads, we're talking about these in laptops batteries
#6679, aired 2013-10-03IN CARS $200: Types of these used in electric cars include lead-acid, nickel metal hydride, & lithium-ion batteries
#6606, aired 2013-05-13PACK 12 $800: I solved our power problem by packing a dozen AAA Coppertop batteries from this brand Duracell
#6534, aired 2013-01-31ONE DIRECTION $600: Go to call2recycle.org for info on recycling the Ni-Cd or lithium ion type of these batteries
#6494, aired 2012-12-06HOME SWEET MOTOR HOME $200: Unlike fixed homes, most motor homes power their lights with this type of current that's found in batteries direct current
#6457, aired 2012-10-16YOU CAN FIND ME ONLINE $1200: This renowned physicist's website explains that the batteries for the speech computer are under the wheelchair (Stephen) Hawking
#6155, aired 2011-05-20CARS OF THE FUTURE PRESENT $1200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Argonne National Laboratory in Chicago, IL.) Argonne researchers are working to reduce the size & increase the life span of storage batteries with this element in their name lithium
#6116, aired 2011-03-28D-DAY $800: Visits to Longues-sur-Mer, the only coastal German one of these emplacements with guns intact, are "electrifying" batteries
#6104, aired 2011-03-10ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY $1200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Argonne National Lab in Chicago.) The reactor is doing a green chemistry trick invented at Argonne--it's using plastic bags to create these, cylinders 50,000 times thinner than a hair, to increase the surface area & the power of batteries a nanotube
#6104, aired 2011-03-10ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY $1600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Argonne National Lab in Chicago.) This machine assembles high-efficiency lithium ion batteries, alternately stacking positive electrodes called cathodes together with negative electrodes called these anodes
#6044, aired 2010-12-16THE AMERICAN RED CROSS $600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew gives the clue from the American Red Cross in New Orleans, LA.) The Red Cross recommends that your emergency kit include a radio; here's one with four power sources--namely batteries, A.C. power, solar power, & this old-fashioned method turning or cranking
#6016, aired 2010-11-08IT'S ELEMENTAL, MY DEAR $2000: This element named for a moon goddess is used in photoelectric cells & solar batteries selenium
#6014, aired 2010-11-04TOP SELLER IN THE U.S. $1000: Alkaline batteries: This brand's Coppertop Duracell
#6008, aired 2010-10-27KNIGHTS OF THE DICTIONARY? $2000: He's burying his armor, weapons, a cache of food & a supply of batteries to get ready for some huge disaster survivalist
#5898, aired 2010-04-14HUBBLE, HUBBLE, TOIL & TROUBLE $1600: A 2009 repair mission replaced 6 nickel-hydrogen these, which had lasted 13 years longer than projected batteries
#5768, aired 2009-10-14"BAT" TOOLS $400: The caped crusader has these fuel cells in lithium & nickel-cadmium; they're never included batteries
#5650, aired 2009-03-13_____IN' '80s MOVIES $800: Duracells weren't given with this Cronyn-Tandy epic about tiny spaceships: "*b____ n____ i____" *batteries not included
#5608, aired 2009-01-14COMBEGS $1600: Nicad, the batteries in many laptops nickel and cadmium
#5488, aired 2008-06-18LEAD $800: Whether in a hearing aid or a hot rod, most lead is used in these batteries
#5238, aired 2007-05-23UP IN THE SKY! $400: Something to reflect on--it runs on batteries, is about the size of a bus & circles the Earth every 97 minutes the Hubble Space Telescope
#5179, aired 2007-03-01PLASMA PHYSICS $2,000 (Daily Double): (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from the Plasma Physics Lab at Princeton.) In generating fusion energy, scientists are experimenting with this lightest metal, also used in cell phone batteries lithium
#4793, aired 2005-06-08"WEST" SIDE STORY $400: The first Studebakers ran on batteries developed by this company Westinghouse
#4740, aired 2005-03-25BE A POTATO HEAD $400: Science class: with a little wire & strips of copper & zinc, you can turn lemons or potatoes into these batteries
#4307, aired 2003-04-29CHEMICAL ELEMENTS $600: Wondering what to do with your cadmium? Combine it with nickel to make the popular NiCad types of these batteries
#4218, aired 2002-12-25AMERICAN TRAFFIC SIGNS $600: Bring extra batteries, this kind of exploring ahead cave exploring
#4067, aired 2002-04-16LIFE'S LITTLE LESSONS $200: The 2 3-word phrases parents dread on Christmas are "Some assembly required" & these "not included" batteries
#4057, aired 2002-04-02PHYSICAL SCIENCE $1600: Magnets & batteries have this property, meaning each end produces opposite physical effects polarized
#3340, aired 1999-02-26BATTERIES $200: It's the brand of Eveready battery that keeps the little pink bunny going & going & going... Energizer
#3340, aired 1999-02-26BATTERIES $400: NiCad batteries are so named because their electrodes are made using these 2 elements nickel & cadmium
#3340, aired 1999-02-26BATTERIES $600: Whether it's "C", "D" or "AA", an alkaline battery supplies this many volts 1.5
#3340, aired 1999-02-26BATTERIES $800: If a light bulb shines after you wire it to a switch & battery, you've made a closed one of these circuit
#3340, aired 1999-02-26BATTERIES $1000: In a battery, an oxidation reaction occurs at the anode, & this type of reaction occurs at the cathode a reduction reaction
#3151, aired 1998-04-20SCIENCE & NATURE $400: This metal used in storage batteries is refined mainly from a gray metallic ore called galena lead
#3019, aired 1997-10-16SCIENCE $400: Two 9-volt batteries in a series circuit produce this many volts of electromotive force 18
#2661, aired 1996-03-11THE ELEMENTS $200: Well over half of the U.S. production of this soft mineral is used for batteries lead
#2583, aired 1995-11-22THE ELEMENTS $200: The CD in your CD player doesn't contain this element, Cd, but the batteries running it might cadmium
#2469, aired 1995-05-04THE ELEMENTS $400: After WWII, batteries using compounds of this liquid metal were adapted for hearing aids, etc. mercury
#2323, aired 1994-10-12SAFETY DEVICES $100: The L.A. Fire Dept. says to change the batteries in these yearly; maybe the day you set your clock back smoke detectors
#2193, aired 1994-03-02POTPOURRI $200: Missouri leads the U.S. in the production of this heavy metal used in storage batteries lead
#2133, aired 1993-12-08ODDS & ENDS $100: Sizes of these include AA, D & 9-volt batteries
#2046, aired 1993-06-28SCIENCE $200: Inventors of these include Georges Leclanche, Gaston Plante & Alessandro Volta batteries
#2034, aired 1993-06-10METALS $1000: This metal is joined with cadmium to make rechargeable batteries nickel
#1947, aired 1993-02-09METALS $200: The greatest use of this heavy metal is in batteries like the one in your car lead
#1945, aired 1993-02-05CHEMISTRY $400: Used in rechargeable batteries & to protect other metals from corrosion, its symbol is Cd cadmium
#1834, aired 1992-07-16METALS $200: This heavy metal used in storage batteries is extracted from galena, a gray metallic ore lead
#1574, aired 1991-06-06"C" IN CHEMISTRY $500: Element used in conjunction with nickel oxide in rechargeable leak-proof batteries cadmium
#1324, aired 1990-05-10ENERGY $100: Nearly all artificial satellites are powered by batteries charged by this Sun
#949, aired 1988-10-20INVENTIONS $200: 1970s Magicube had 4 of these & worked without batteries flash bulbs
#811, aired 1988-02-29ANTIQUES $400: Reportedly some of the mechanical types of these in 19th c. Italy were powered by birds, not batteries toys
#746, aired 1987-11-30SCIENCE $200: Galena is the principal ore of this element used in batteries, solder, & pipes lead
#690, aired 1987-09-11CHRISTMAS $100: 40% of these sold in the U.S. are sold during the Christmas season & almost 60% are alkaline batteries
#554, aired 1987-01-22CORPORATE AMERICA $800: Majority of flashlight & radio batteries sold in the U.S. are made by this company Eveready
#476, aired 1986-10-06"A" IN SCIENCE $300: Reversing directions at regular intervals, in the U.S., it's 60 hertz, batteries not included alternating current

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