| #9041, aired 2024-02-19 | AWARDS & HONORS $2,000 (Daily Double): In the early 20th c. these were given out for literature; Baron Pierre de Coubertin won one under a pen name for "Ode to Sport" Olympic medals |
| #9004, aired 2023-12-28 | I'D LIKE TO CHANGE A VOWEL, PAT $800: A sport where you might hit a ball into a partially landlocked sea that can be larger than a bay golf & gulf |
| #14, aired 2023-09-27 | BIG-SCREEN BASKETBALL $200: 1997.
Five words: state championship clinched by dog Air Bud |
| #8768, aired 2022-12-21 | PACIFIC ISLANDS $400: Vanuatu's Pentecost Island is widely believed to be the birthplace of this "land diving" sport in which a cord is tied to your feet bungee jumping |
| #8548, aired 2022-01-05 | A PLAYER TO BE NAMED RIGHT NOW $600: Oi! Oi! Oi! Robert Flower of Melbourne could be my wingman anytime with 315 goals in a hall of fame career in this rough sport Australian rules football |
| #8332, aired 2021-02-09 | IT'S "IN" THE SPORT $400: In soccer, a free kick that must touch at least one other player before a goal can be scored is this "roundabout" type indirect |
| #8273, aired 2020-11-04 | IT'S GONNA BE CLOSE... $1200: On May 24, 1992 Al Unser Jr. held off the perfectly named for his sport Scott Goodyear by .043 of a second to win this event the Indianapolis 500 |
| #8217, aired 2020-05-19 | TV IN 2020 $800: You have to be "the best of the best of the best" at Navarro College to perform this sport "on mat" on a Netflix reality show cheerleading |
| #6537, aired 2013-02-05 | 19th CENTURY AMERICA $800: Asked to create a sport that could be played indoors during winter, James Naismith came up with this basketball |
| #6487, aired 2012-11-27 | STARS OF THE OLDEN SCREEN $400: This comic, who was a huge star in the 1920s but faltered in the sound era, is trying to be a good sport Buster Keaton |
| #6483, aired 2012-11-21 | IT'S A TRAP! $800: Debuting in 1900, the Grand American is an event in this sport prizing accuracy shooting |
| #6157, aired 2011-05-24 | STARS OF SPORT $1200: Father of "NCIS" star Mark, he won the Heisman Trophy in 1940 & received a Purple Heart in WWII Tom Harmon |
| #5946, aired 2010-06-21 | SPORTS RULES $1600: As in hockey, cross-checking is a foul in this sport, where it might more logically be spelled "crosse"-checking lacrosse |
| #5883, aired 2010-03-24 | JOKING MATTERS $400: Mitch Hedberg: "The depressing thing about" this Chris Evert sport is "no matter how good I get, I'll never be as good as a wall" tennis |
| #5695, aired 2009-05-15 | BE A SPORT $400: It's foul to have a defensive tackle jump offside into the neutral zone in this sport American football |
| #5695, aired 2009-05-15 | BE A SPORT $800: This sport gives a Gold Glove Award (not to be confused with boxing's Golden Gloves) baseball |
| #5695, aired 2009-05-15 | BE A SPORT $1200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew demonstrates some hockey strategies on a monitor) In ice hockey, player A's shot is legal; player B's shot crosses two red lines, which is this infraction icing |
| #5695, aired 2009-05-15 | BE A SPORT $1600: This man lived to see the indoor sport he invented become an Olympic event in 1936 (James) Naismith |
| #5695, aired 2009-05-15 | BE A SPORT $2000: (Jon of the Clue Crew shows part of a bike in Trek Bicycle Corporation in Waterloo, WI.) An early advocate of cycling, Paul de Vivie experimented with geared bikes, leading to the perfection of this Frenched-named gearshifting device the derailleur |
| #5551, aired 2008-10-27 | SPORTS: 1948 $400: (I'm Olympic champion
Misty May-Treanor.) In 1948 this sport held its first tournament with a prize--it was a case of Pepsi, & I'm glad we do a bit better than that today beach volleyball |
| #5401, aired 2008-02-18 | BE A SPORT $200: Perform a hat trick by body-checking your way to a breakaway during a power play in this sport hockey |
| #5401, aired 2008-02-18 | BE A SPORT $400: It's not your fault if you're in the alley & you backhand your way cross-court in this sport tennis |
| #5401, aired 2008-02-18 | BE A SPORT $600: You don't want to travel when you're double-teamed in the backcourt in this sport basketball |
| #5401, aired 2008-02-18 | BE A SPORT $800: A spike can be a kill, or you can get an ace using a jump serve in this sport invented in Massachusetts volleyball |
| #5401, aired 2008-02-18 | BE A SPORT $1000: After a visit to the maul, drop kick your way to a scrum in this sport developed in England rugby |
| #5291, aired 2007-09-17 | PSEUDO SPORT LIT $400: Could it be that a tipsy Johnny Bench was the inspiration for Holden Caulfield in this 1951 novel The Catcher in the Rye |
| #5279, aired 2007-07-19 | BE A SPORT $400: An early version of this water sport had players riding on barrels painted to look like horses water polo |
| #5279, aired 2007-07-19 | BE A SPORT $800: This 5-sport Olympic event had its origins in the activities of a military dispatch rider in enemy territory pentathlon |
| #5279, aired 2007-07-19 | BE A SPORT $1200: This Olympic sport is said to date from 12th century Holland, where frozen canals were used as courses speed skating |
| #5279, aired 2007-07-19 | BE A SPORT $1600: This sport was invented in England by modifying a dining room table; the ball was made of rubber or cork Ping-Pong |
| #5279, aired 2007-07-19 | BE A SPORT $2000: In 1895 at a YMCA, this indoor sport was developed for businessmen who found basketball too vigorous volleyball |
| #4996, aired 2006-05-08 | THE NEW YORK TIMES SPORTS $800: Not typically thought of as a contact sport, it's "athletic ballet... a brutal sport played by large and powerful men" basketball |
| #4985, aired 2006-04-21 | SPORTS EVOLUTION $1,000 (Daily Double): By the time the British discovered this sport in India around 1860, it used a ball, no longer a goat's or enemy's head polo |
| #4981, aired 2006-04-17 | RIDE WITHOUT A LICENSE $1000: In 2008 this sport, run on a bumpy dirt track, will be added to the Summer Olympics to help attract younger viewers BMX |
| #4727, aired 2005-03-08 | THE CHANEL CHANNEL $1600: The J12, Chanel's first sport one of these, can be worn by men or women a watch |
| #4007, aired 2002-01-22 | LIGHTNING SAFETY $200: A website for this sport advises that if you play through a storm, your great round could be your last round golf |
| #3925, aired 2001-09-28 | KILLING TIME $1000: Vert riders in this sport need pegs, a detangler & a front brake; flatlanders need front & back brakes BMX (bicycle motocross) |
| #3343, aired 1999-03-03 | HOW TO BE A BAD SPORT $100: When keeping score in this sport, "forget" to add your opponent's next pin score to his spare Bowling |
| #3343, aired 1999-03-03 | HOW TO BE A BAD SPORT $200: If you're playing midfield in this sport & the center is dribbling the ball towards you, kick at his shins Soccer |
| #3343, aired 1999-03-03 | HOW TO BE A BAD SPORT $300: Get a leg up in this sport by stepping on your opponent's ball in the fairway Golf |
| #3343, aired 1999-03-03 | HOW TO BE A BAD SPORT $400: If your opponent asks for the "3s" you really do have in your hand, tell him this, the name of the game Go fish |
| #3343, aired 1999-03-03 | HOW TO BE A BAD SPORT $500: If you're cornered in Kamchatka, end this board game by bumping your opponent's armies off the board Risk |
| #3189, aired 1998-06-11 | TRAVEL TEXAS $200: Be a good sport & tell us the name of the attraction seen here:
(opened in Houston in 1965) Astrodome |
| #2925, aired 1997-04-25 | TEAM SPORTS $200: In this sport it may be a foul to hold either the ball or an opponent's head underwater Water polo |
| #2887, aired 1997-03-04 | WINTER OLYMPIC SITES $200: Curling will be added as a medal sport in 1998 when the games are held in Nagano in this country Japan |
| #2616, aired 1996-01-08 | SPORTS WEIGHTS & MEASURES $100: In this ice sport, a goalkeeper's stick blade can't be longer than 15 1/2 inches hockey |
| #2523, aired 1995-07-19 | 1000 $400: This sport can be traced back to c. 1000 when a monk named Eilmer jumped & sailed from Malmesbury Abbey hang gliding |
| #2098, aired 1993-10-20 | ODDS & ENDS $400: In this Olympic sport, a player may be awarded a free kick soccer |
| #2024, aired 1993-05-27 | 1893 $300: Lord Stanley of Preston gave a trophy to be awarded to the best Canadian team in this sport hockey |
| #476, aired 1986-10-06 | SPORTS $400: Reason the sport is called basketball because the first basketball was thrown in a peach basket |
| #434, aired 1986-05-08 | AMERICAN AUTHORS $400: Stephen Crane's 1st ambition was to play this sport professionally baseball |
| #364, aired 1986-01-30 | SPORTS TRIVIA $800: A "Baltimore chop" can be seen not in a butcher shop but in this sport baseball |
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