| #26, aired 2024-01-23 | COLLEGE-LEVEL HISTORY COURSES $300: Rice boasts that its "20th Century American Presidents" course covers the span of Theodore Roosevelt to this 42nd president (Bill) Clinton |
| #26, aired 2024-01-23 | WACKY FAD OBITUARIES $600: Funeral services for this line dance will be held on the nearest cruise ship, featuring a special performance by Los del Rio the "Macarena" |
| #8952, aired 2023-10-17 | ANIMALS IN ITALIAN $200: Don't be afraid--this animal is a pollo a chicken |
| #16, aired 2023-10-11 | DEMONYMS $400: Never to be confused with Cretins with an "I", Cretans with an "A" hail from this nation's largest island Greece |
| #15, aired 2023-10-04 | ESTATE PLANNING $1,200 (Daily Double): In law, it's one party managing another's property for the benefit of a third; in life, some say it's the key to a good relationship trust |
| #8921, aired 2023-07-24 | MY WOULD-BE VP $1200: Lloyd Bentsen, who knew Jack Kennedy & was not afraid to say so Dukakis |
| #13, aired 2023-05-17 | 3 "O"s $1000: From Latin for "call together", it's a group of people called together for an assembly, be it of clergy or college students a convocation |
| #8773, aired 2022-12-28 | LITERARY CHARACTER NAMES $2,000 (Daily Double): wizardingworld.com tells us this villainous last name means "bad faith" Malfoy |
| #8637, aired 2022-05-10 | COLLEGE SPORTS MASCOTS $200: The unusual mascot of this school is a conestoga wagon known as the Sooner Schooner the University of Oklahoma |
| #17, aired 2022-02-22 | A CAREER IN TECH $600: (Sundar Pichai delivers the clue.) Don't overextend yourself, but don't be afraid to expand your responsibilities, as I did in 2018 when I became responsible for this Google division, the world's most popular operating system for mobile devices Android |
| #8569, aired 2022-02-03 | LAUGHTER IN THE BIBLE $1600: Be patient like this man, who was told "at destruction & famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts" Job |
| #8115, aired 2019-12-13 | BY POPE-ULAR DEMAND $800: At a mass in 1978, John Paul II repeatedly said, "Be not" this, a biblical phrase calling for Christian courage afraid |
| #8013, aired 2019-06-12 | DON'T BE AFRAID, IT'S ONLY FOOTBALL $200: This Texas NFL team won 3 Super Bowls in the 1990s the Cowboys |
| #8013, aired 2019-06-12 | DON'T BE AFRAID, IT'S ONLY FOOTBALL $400: Passing advice from coach Jason Garrett:
"How do you throw a perfect" this? "Don't hold it too tight, don't hold it too loose" a spiral |
| #8013, aired 2019-06-12 | DON'T BE AFRAID, IT'S ONLY FOOTBALL $600: At one time the 7th-string QB at Notre Dame, he went on to a Hall of Fame career as a 49er Joe Montana |
| #8013, aired 2019-06-12 | DON'T BE AFRAID, IT'S ONLY FOOTBALL $800: Change the last 4 letters in "touchdown" to get this word for a kickoff that isn't returned from the end zone a touchback |
| #8013, aired 2019-06-12 | DON'T BE AFRAID, IT'S ONLY FOOTBALL $1000: With its own Hall of Fame & rules of play, the CFL is this organization the Canadian Football League |
| #7998, aired 2019-05-22 | DON'T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK $400: Umbra is the Latin word for this dark area that can follow you around shadow |
| #7998, aired 2019-05-22 | DON'T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK $800: Crepuscule is another word for this 8-letter moment just before darkness falls twilight |
| #7998, aired 2019-05-22 | DON'T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK $1200: In the first line of Poe's "The Raven", this dark adjective describes midnight dreary |
| #7998, aired 2019-05-22 | DON'T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK $1600: Shakespeare's Portia says, "How far that little" this "throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world" candle |
| #7998, aired 2019-05-22 | DON'T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK $2000: Preserved in Jerusalem, "The War of the Sons of Light Against the Sons of Darkness" is one of the 7 original these Dead Sea Scrolls |
| #7587, aired 2017-09-12 | REALITY TV $600: He wasn't afraid to talk about his band--that'd be Kiss, he'd have you know--on "Family Jewels" Gene Simmons |
| #6840, aired 2014-05-16 | TRAVEL & TOURISM $400: Despite the last 4 letters they share, don't be afraid of killer whales on these 2 largest of Spain's Balearic Islands Majorca & Minorca |
| #6547, aired 2013-02-19 | THE FUTURE $600: (Al Gore gives the clue.) The global economy is being transformed into Earth Inc. by the mechanization of human jobs & this practice of moving jobs from industrial to developing economies outsourcing |
| #6216, aired 2011-10-03 | NO CATTLE $800: Don't be afraid to tell us the familiar name of this fowl, Gallus gallus domesticus chicken |
| #6142, aired 2011-05-03 | TAKE THE FIFTH $400: Don't be afraid to roar out this fifth sign of the zodiac Leo |
| #6141, aired 2011-05-02 | DEAD LINES $800: In 1975 this comedian-director wrote, "It's not that I'm afraid to die. I just don't want to be there when it happens" Woody Allen |
| #6015, aired 2010-11-05 | I WISH I KNEW HOW TO ACQUIT YOU $200: Your neighbors saw more of you than they wanted to; I'm afraid you'll be found guilty of indecent this exposure |
| #5701, aired 2009-05-25 | NAME THE PLAY $400: George: "It's very simple, Martha, this young man is working on a system whereby chromosomes can be altered" Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? |
| #5687, aired 2009-05-05 | WHAT ARE YOU AFRAID OF? $400: It's the country someone with sinophobia would be least apt to visit China |
| #5687, aired 2009-05-05 | WHAT ARE YOU AFRAID OF? $800: If you're a tachophobe, you won't be feeling the need for this speed |
| #5630, aired 2009-02-13 | BRAZILIAN WORDS & PHRASES $1200: Cousin Fred said he was Napoleon last night; I'm afraid he might be "maluco", this crazy |
| #5526, aired 2008-09-22 | ANIMALS IN ITALIAN $200: Don't be afraid--this animal is a pollo a chicken |
| #5389, aired 2008-01-31 | BEASTLY EXPRESSIONS $1000: Don't be afraid to meet a problem head on; just do this, like a matador take the bull by the horns |
| #5285, aired 2007-07-27 | WHAT ARE YOU AFRAID OF? $400: If you suffer from heliophobia, a fear of this, you might be a vampire! the Sun |
| #5245, aired 2007-06-01 | FASTER $1000: In 1224 this Italian saint's 40 days of fasting brought on the stigmata Saint Francis of Assisi |
| #5048, aired 2006-07-19 | BUT FEAR ITSELF $1000: A man suffering from gynophobia & gymnophobia would be doubly afraid of women who are this naked |
| #5041, aired 2006-07-10 | THE 2005 FORTUNE 500 $2000: It may be a "Wild Kingdom" out there, but at 491, this corporation isn't afraid to insure it Mutual of Omaha |
| #4948, aired 2006-03-01 | THE BODY HUMAN $500 (Daily Double): Each day this dark purple, ductless 6-letter organ destroys about 200 billion red blood cells on purpose the spleen |
| #4784, aired 2005-05-26 | DREAD $1200: Don't be afraid, it's only this, the larger of Mars' 2 moons Phobos |
| #4581, aired 2004-07-05 | WE'RE IN BUSINESS $1600: This current Ford CEO has appeared in ads for the family business Bill Ford (William Clay Ford, Jr.) |
| #4521, aired 2004-04-12 | BROADWAY LYRICS $600: Whenever I feel afraid, I hold my head erect and do this, "so no one will suspect I'm afraid" whistle a happy tune |
| #4517, aired 2004-04-06 | BE AFRAID...BE VERY AFRAID $400: In "Let It Snow", "The weather outside is" this frightful |
| #4517, aired 2004-04-06 | BE AFRAID...BE VERY AFRAID $800: This on your shoulders wouldn't make you happy if you're heliophobic sunshine |
| #4517, aired 2004-04-06 | BE AFRAID...BE VERY AFRAID $1200: Someone could scare these out of a 1987 James Bond film The Living Daylights |
| #4517, aired 2004-04-06 | BE AFRAID...BE VERY AFRAID $2000: Knowing that this is Casper's ghost horse may cause you to lose some sleep Nightmare |
| #4517, aired 2004-04-06 | BE AFRAID...BE VERY AFRAID $3,000 (Daily Double): Afraid of the crossword clue "Wonka, Loman & Mays"? Then you've got these the Willies |
| #4507, aired 2004-03-23 | WHO'S AFRAID OF $600 (Daily Double): "Autophobia" could be the alternative title for Reba McEntire's hit "The Fear of Being" this Alone |
| #4364, aired 2003-07-17 | "W"HERE'S THAT? $2000: Little Red Riding Hood might be afraid to visit this Virginia park devoted to the performing arts Wolf Trap |
| #4344, aired 2003-06-19 | 4-LETTER FILMS $1600: Be afraid. Be very, very afraid of Mark Wahlberg as Reese Witherspoon's boyfriend from hell in this film Fear |
| #4297, aired 2003-04-15 | DON'T BE AFRAID OF OPERA $400: In "The English Cat", a cat is a president of the R.S.P.R.--The Royal Society for Protection of these rodents rats |
| #4297, aired 2003-04-15 | DON'T BE AFRAID OF OPERA $800: "Le Marchand de Venise" is a 1935 opera based on this play The Merchant of Venice |
| #4297, aired 2003-04-15 | DON'T BE AFRAID OF OPERA $1200: Gaza is the setting for a Biblical opera about Samson and this hussy Delilah |
| #4297, aired 2003-04-15 | DON'T BE AFRAID OF OPERA $2000: Perhaps the most "indomitable" of Benjamin Britten's opera, this 1951 work has an all-male cast Billy Budd |
| #4297, aired 2003-04-15 | DON'T BE AFRAID OF OPERA $4,000 (Daily Double): Mozart's opera "The Impressario" starred Caterina Cavalieri, mistress of this alleged Mozart foe (Antonio) Salieri |
| #4275, aired 2003-03-14 | QUIPS $600: This N.Y. film director said he wasn't afraid of dying but "I don't want to be here when it happens" Woody Allen |
| #4190, aired 2002-11-15 | EVERYBODY LOVES RAIMENT $800: Don't be afraid to wear this long, fluffy scarf; it's probably made of feathers, not reptiles boa |
| #4079, aired 2002-05-02 | BE AFRAID, BE VERY AFRAID $400: You might not want to tell your honey if you've got apiphobia, a fear of these bees |
| #4079, aired 2002-05-02 | BE AFRAID, BE VERY AFRAID $800: If you've got ailurophobia, avoid a musical by this composer that won Tony awards in 1983 Andrew Lloyd Webber |
| #4079, aired 2002-05-02 | BE AFRAID, BE VERY AFRAID $1,200 (Daily Double): She could have called her 1973 bestseller "Aviophobia" Erica Jong |
| #4079, aired 2002-05-02 | BE AFRAID, BE VERY AFRAID $1600: Be prepared to consume a daily Granny Smith if you've got iatrophobia, a fear of these doctors |
| #4079, aired 2002-05-02 | BE AFRAID, BE VERY AFRAID $2000: If you suffer from phasmophobia, you might want to rethink attending an 1881 classic play by this Scandinavian Ibsen |
| #3785, aired 2001-02-02 | BE AFRAID... $100: These items terrify pternophobics, so give them a pillow with artificial filling feathers |
| #3785, aired 2001-02-02 | BE AFRAID... $200: It's not a fear of actress Rene (unless she's from Moscow) russophobia |
| #3785, aired 2001-02-02 | BE AFRAID... $300: Lucrezia Borgia may not be a good choice as a dinner guest if you're toxiphobic, afraid of this poison |
| #3785, aired 2001-02-02 | BE AFRAID... $400: Anthophobia is a fear of these, but don't let it vase you flowers |
| #3785, aired 2001-02-02 | BE AFRAID... $500: You won't feel the need for this, if you're tachophobic speed |
| #3232, aired 1998-09-29 | NAME THE MOVIE $1,000 (Daily Double): 1986:
"Be afraid. Be very afraid." "The Fly" |
| #3186, aired 1998-06-08 | SONG STANDARDS $200: It begins, "When you walk through a storm hold your head up high and don't be afraid of the dark" "You'll Never Walk Alone" |
| #3076, aired 1998-01-05 | DEATH SENTENCES $200: Filmmaker who said, "It's not that I'm afraid to die. I just don't want to be there when it happens" Woody Allen |
| #2879, aired 1997-02-20 | PHOBIAS $200: A frigophobic is afraid of this, so a Frigidaire would be off limits the cold |
| #2666, aired 1996-03-18 | CELEBRITIES SPEAK $500: Woody Allen said, "It's not that I'm afraid to" do this, "I just don't want to be there when it happens" to die |
| #2600, aired 1995-12-15 | CLASSIC SONG LYRICS $300: "When you walk through a storm" do this "and don't be afraid of the dark" Hold your head up high |
| #2354, aired 1994-11-24 | MACBETH $600: "Macbeth will not be afraid of death and bane til' Birnam Forest come to" this place Dunsinane |
| #2114, aired 1993-11-11 | PHOBIAS $400: A person who stays out all night might be hypnophobic, afraid of this sleeping |
| #1442, aired 1990-12-04 | ENGLISH LITERATURE $400: Don't be afraid to tell us that she's the lady who wrote "Mrs. Dalloway" & published it in 1925 Virginia Woolf |
| #1326, aired 1990-05-14 | QUOTES $600: "Love & Death" director who said, "It's not that I'm afraid to die; I just don't want to be there when it happens." Woody Allen |
| #948, aired 1988-10-19 | "DARK" $500: In a commercial for this beer, Martin Mull advised, "Don't be afraid of the dark" Michelob |
| #767, aired 1987-12-29 | PHOBIAS $1000: It's why a pogonophobic would have been afraid of Abe Lincoln after 1860 but not before afraid of beards |
| #598, aired 1987-03-25 | PHOBIAS $300: The one guy in the world you'd be afraid to meet if you suffered from "papaphobia" the pope |
| #524, aired 1986-12-11 | BEER $500: In composition, malt liquor is the same as beer except for this has a higher alcohol content |
| #346, aired 1986-01-06 | PERRY COMO $500 (Daily Double): In 1973, Perry had a hit with this song:
"And, yes, I know how lonely life can be. / The shadows follow me, / And the night won't set me free" "And I Love You So" |
| #281, aired 1985-10-07 | SHAKESPEARE $600 (Daily Double): It's believed Shakespeare had to leave Stratford after he was caught doing this in a a private park poaching a deer |
| #129, aired 1985-03-07 | DOCTORS $600: His diet could be called "Everything you always wanted to know about bran but were afraid to ask" Dr. David Reuben |
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