Jeopardy! Round, Double Jeopardy! Round, or Tiebreaker Round clues (109 results returned)
| #8939, aired 2023-09-28 | NEW WORDS IN THE 1600s $200: What sayest thee? Dost thou mean this thing whereon beads are slid for counting? an abacus |
| #8889, aired 2023-06-08 | ROMANCING THE STONES $1200: Suitors of this queen of Ithaca brought her a necklace & a golden chain with amber beads Penelope |
| #8729, aired 2022-10-27 | BRING ME A SOUVENIR! $800: From Greece, a string of komboloi, or these, used not for religious reasons but to relax & counteract stress worry beads |
| #8608, aired 2022-03-30 | HISTORICAL NONFICTION $1600: An escape from the horrors in this African nation in 1994 is laid out in "The Girl Who Smiled Beads" Rwanda |
| #8534, aired 2021-12-16 | SAY YOUR PRAYERS $400: In Catholic tradition, October is the month dedicated to the use of this string of prayer beads rosary |
| #8451, aired 2021-07-26 | PARTY IN THE BACK $800: Got my king cake, mask, beads & pralines! I'm ready to party & celebrate this, which will fall on Tuesday, March 1, 2022 Mardi Gras |
| #8404, aired 2021-05-20 | GERMAN AUTHORS $2000: Hermann Hesse's last novel, "Das Glasperlenspiel" translates to this title in English The Glass Bead Game |
| #8238, aired 2020-09-16 | 6-LETTER WORDS $800: The simple habit of the Capuchin Sisters of Nazareth is a brown tunic tied with a cord, from which this string of beads hangs a rosary |
| #8177, aired 2020-03-10 | WHAT IS THAT? $2000: That's not caviar, but the finger type of this citrus fruit, bursting with beads of juice finger lime |
| #1, aired 2020-01-07 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $400: These paired rattles of Latin America are traditionally made using gourds filled with beads or seeds maracas |
| #8010, aired 2019-06-07 | ARTIFACTS $1000: Algonquin for "beads", also a type of currency strung on belts that could be used to declare war, or to signal peace wampum |
| #7947, aired 2019-03-12 | FROM THE MERMAID'S LOCKER $1200: A coral & gold chain of beads for this Catholic devotion--must have fallen overboard a rosary |
| #7643, aired 2017-11-29 | I GET A KICK OUT OF HISTORY $800: French commander Bougainville blew up talks with the Iroquois when he kicked a friendship belt of these money beads wampum |
| #7578, aired 2017-07-19 | NATIVE AMERICANS $2,000 (Daily Double): To mark a 1683 treaty, this tribe with a state-ly name gave William Penn a wampum belt of 18 strings of beads the Delaware |
| #7481, aired 2017-03-06 | STRINGING YOU ALONG $200: In Islam misbaha is one name for a string of prayer beads like this Catholic equivalent rosary beads |
| #7442, aired 2017-01-10 | NEW WORDS IN THE 1600s $200: What sayest thee? Dost thou mean this thing whereon beads are slid for counting? an abacus |
| #7398, aired 2016-11-09 | MONEY, MONEY, MONEY $1000: English settlers in the New World used this word from Algonquian for beads used as Indian money wampum |
| #7342, aired 2016-07-12 | DONE THAT $1200: Discovered "beads" around the sun during an 1836 eclipse Francis Baily |
| #7283, aired 2016-04-20 | ALABAMA HISTORY $400: Alabama claims the USA's oldest of these pre-Lenten celebrations, & moon pies are more typical than beads on the floats Mardi Gras |
| #7256, aired 2016-03-14 | 1,000 FOODS TO EAT BEFORE YOU DIE $200: Mimi Sheraton describes this delicacy as "tiny, glistening black-diamond beads that lie silky soft on the tongue" caviar |
| #7187, aired 2015-12-08 | SCIENCE $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew demonstrates.) The beads here have been specially treated so that indoors they're white, but when you take them outside and they're exposed to these invisible rays that can give you a sunburn, they change color ultraviolet rays |
| #7102, aired 2015-06-30 | SNOW WHITE'S LESSER-KNOWN DWARFS $400: With his long hair, groovy headband & love beads, he's still stuck in the 1960s Hippie |
| #7053, aired 2015-04-22 | NEW TO THE OED $1000: This American Indian "wooden or leather hoop with a webbed centre of threads decorated with feathers, beads, etc." dreamcatcher |
| #7019, aired 2015-03-05 | UNITS $200: On a calendar it's 10 years; on a rosary it's 10 beads a decade |
| #7001, aired 2015-02-09 | "SEED"s $1000: To marry Elvis in 1967, Priscilla wore a gown trimmed in these little gems seed pearls |
| #6921, aired 2014-10-20 | JEWELRY $200: The name of these items strung on necklaces comes from the Old English word for "prayer" beads |
| #6881, aired 2014-07-14 | "I" LOVE SCIENCE $1200: (Kelly of the Clue Crew pulls on the end of a string of beads in a beaker, and the whole string comes out.) To create an external force, I'll tug this string, which transfers energy from bead to bead & keeps them moving, illustrating this law of motion inertia |
| #6771, aired 2014-02-10 | "ACA"DEMIA $800: Percussion gourds filled with beads or beans maracas |
| #6672, aired 2013-09-24 | ASTRONOMY $2000: Named for an astronomer, these gleams are formed by sunlight shining through lunar valleys during solar eclipses Baily's beads |
| #6451, aired 2012-10-08 | THE OED SAYS IT'S... $600: "A string of a hundred and sixty-five beads... used for keeping count" in the recital of a devotion rosaries |
| #6430, aired 2012-07-27 | 6-LETTER WORDS $800: The soroban, the Japanese type of this adding device, used rods with 1 bead above the partition & 4 beads below abacus |
| #6396, aired 2012-06-11 | THE HELOISE WITH YOU $800: String beads for necklaces, sew on buttons or cut cake layers with this (& use it to fight plaque the cake causes) dental floss |
| #6306, aired 2012-02-06 | STRINGING ALONG $600: This string of beads used while praying has a crucifix hanging from it a rosary |
| #6259, aired 2011-12-01 | FIRST OF THE MONTH $1600: Mardi Gras 2022 (get your beads now) March |
| #6211, aired 2011-09-26 | NOTIONS $2000: For a puberty ritual, a girl in Ghana wears kente cloth & may be adorned with 50 pounds of these beads |
| #6136, aired 2011-04-25 | COMMUNITY COLLEGE ALUMNI $800: Curt Jones studied chemistry at CC before inventing these delicious flash-frozen beads of ice cream Dippin' Dots |
| #6117, aired 2011-03-29 | BASH-FUL $400: Don't leave your beads behind if you attend a party along the parade route for this pre-Lenten New Orleans festival Mardi Gras |
| #6112, aired 2011-03-22 | WHOLE LOTTA "LOVE" $800: Several small items worn on a necklace by hippies love beads |
| #6077, aired 2011-02-01 | PRAY $1200: When using Tibetan prayer beads, get into this "flowery" position if your tendons will allow it lotus |
| #6056, aired 2011-01-03 | TECHNOLOGY OF THE PAST $800: The earliest man-made examples of this silica & borate material were beads made in the 1500s B.C. glass |
| #5966, aired 2010-07-19 | NUMBER, PLEASE $2000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew uses an abacus.) On an abacus, beads above the bar represent units of 5; each bead below has a value of 1; only the beads touching the bar are counted, so the configuration here stands for this 3-digit number 828 |
| #5936, aired 2010-06-07 | DOUBLE "C" $400: Some Native Americans decorated these shoes with porcupine quills, others with beads moccasins |
| #5931, aired 2010-05-31 | FASHION $400: Often strapless & covered with beads, a clutch is one of these used in the evening a purse |
| #5808, aired 2009-12-09 | GOOD AS GOLD $200: Term for the strings of tubular shell beads used by Native Americans in lieu of money wampum |
| #5800, aired 2009-11-27 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $600: Modern versions of these Latin American rattles contain lead shot rather than beads or seeds maracas |
| #5738, aired 2009-07-15 | YOU GOT 2 As & 1B $1600: You can count on this device, which often uses beads to make things add up abacus |
| #5451, aired 2008-04-28 | THIS & THAT $400: On the large beads on these, you say the Lord's Prayer; on the smaller beads, the Hail Mary the rosary |
| #5340, aired 2007-11-23 | WORDS WITHIN WORDS $600: It's time for an intradermal allergy test when this type of person who deals in furs or beads starts sneezing trader (in intradermal) |
| #5315, aired 2007-10-19 | THE VENERABLE BEAD $200: In 1626 Peter Minuit famously bought this with beads, trinkets & cloth worth $24; real estate has gone up since then Manhattan |
| #5315, aired 2007-10-19 | THE VENERABLE BEAD $400: At North Dakota's Fort Union Trading Post, Indians mainly traded these for beads, cloth & weapons furs |
| #5315, aired 2007-10-19 | THE VENERABLE BEAD $600: In 1836 Francis Baily noted the "beads" around the moon's edge during one of these events an eclipse |
| #5315, aired 2007-10-19 | THE VENERABLE BEAD $800: The Maya found this ocular condition a mark of beauty & dangled beads to make infants focus inward cross-eyes |
| #5125, aired 2006-12-15 | BELT $1600: These polished shell beads were woven into belts by Native Americans & traded or used to send messages wampum |
| #5116, aired 2006-12-04 | ASTRONOMY $2000: Known for his "beads", he created the Royal Astronomical Society's Star Catalog in the 1820s Francis Baily |
| #4984, aired 2006-04-20 | MICRO $400: With molecules used as beads, IBM researchers created the world's smallest one of these counting devices an abacus |
| #4964, aired 2006-03-23 | CATHOLIC TERMS $800: The small beads on this are called aves; the large ones are paternosters & glorias a rosary |
| #4727, aired 2005-03-08 | STARGAZERS $2000: In 1836, he noticed that light beads form around the edge of the moon during a solar eclipse Baily |
| #4718, aired 2005-02-23 | FURNITURE $400: Also known as the Sacco chair, it was designed by Zanotta of Milan & featured a bag filled with plastic beads a bean bag (chair) |
| #4438, aired 2003-12-17 | 3-LETTER POETIC WORDS $800: Sounding like a type of mineral, it fills in Byron's "Fragrant beads of amber ___ which her fairy fingers ran" o'er |
| #4152, aired 2002-09-24 | OSCAR NIGHT FASHION $1200: In 1968 Sammy Davis Jr. was swinging in love beads & this "Indian"-style jacket Nehru jacket |
| #4046, aired 2002-03-18 | BACK TO THE 1960s $600: (Sarah is all dressed up for the clue.) Chicks and dudes loved these groovy 1960s fashion accessories love beads |
| #4027, aired 2002-02-19 | AGNATOMY $1200: In many gnats these sense organs are several-jointed, resembling a string of beads antennae |
| #4003, aired 2002-01-16 | MARDI GRAS $1200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from New Orleans.) Mardi Gras float riders in New Orleans toss souvenirs to the crowd, including plastic beads & aluminum coins called these doubloons |
| #3958, aired 2001-11-14 | WHAT'S THAT CALLED? $200: On this berry whose 2 main varieties are red & black, the little beads are called drupelets raspberries |
| #3901, aired 2001-07-16 | 6-LETTER WORDS $200: This ancient device performs mathematical processes by beads moving along parallel rods an abacus |
| #3808, aired 2001-03-07 | NATIVE AMERICANA $400: To white settlers, the beads with this Indian name were currency; the Indians turned them into belts, as seen here Wampum |
| #3779, aired 2001-01-25 | STYLISH CELEBRITIES $200: She really is a "Working Girl" now selling goddess dresses & beads on her website Melanie Griffith |
| #3672, aired 2000-07-18 | HODGEPODGE $200: On the large beads on these you say the Lord's Prayer; on the smaller beads, the Hail Mary rosary |
| #3634, aired 2000-05-25 | BEADS $100: The beads, body valve stem & tread are parts of a pneumatic one of these a tire |
| #3634, aired 2000-05-25 | BEADS $200: A bean counter in ancient or modern China might use this beaded device for his calculations an abacus |
| #3634, aired 2000-05-25 | BEADS $400: Venice, especially the island of Murano, is famous for its beads made out of this glass |
| #3634, aired 2000-05-25 | BEADS $700 (Daily Double): In Europe, around lunchtime August 11, 1999, Baily's Beads became visible around this the sun (during an eclipse) |
| #3582, aired 2000-03-14 | LAMA-RAMA $200: Used by lamas in prayer, it has 108 beads, about twice as many as the typical Catholic version rosary |
| #3573, aired 2000-03-01 | SHELLS $100: Native Americans once cut the shells of quahogs into beads & used them for this medium of exchange Wampum |
| #3483, aired 1999-10-27 | ON THE ROCKS $400: This rock seen here makes for a nice set of beads: Turquoise |
| #3458, aired 1999-09-22 | ACCESSORIZING $300: The trademark of '20s socialite Nancy Cunard wasn't baubles or beads, but these ivory bracelets Bangles |
| #3278, aired 1998-12-02 | GROOVY TIMES $100: To accessorize granny dresses chicks wore these necklaces of little balls for peace & goodwill Love beads |
| #3213, aired 1998-07-15 | NATIVE AMERICANS $200: The currency called wampum was originally strings of these made from shells beads |
| #2989, aired 1997-09-04 | HOW DO YOU WORK THIS THING? $600: To add 14 to another number, shift 4 beads on the 1s wire & 1 bead on the 10s wire an abacus |
| #2842, aired 1996-12-31 | RELIGION $200: Used in the Roman Catholic Church, it's a circle of 50 beads attached to a crucifix Rosary |
| #2835, aired 1996-12-20 | HINTS FROM HELOISE $500: You can use this oral hygiene product to string beads or clean faucets Dental Floss |
| #2606, aired 1995-12-25 | ASTRONOMY $400: First described in 1836, Baily's beads is a short-lived phenomenon seen during one of these a solar eclipse |
| #2603, aired 1995-12-20 | GEMS & JEWELRY $300: The name of these perforated objects strung on necklaces, comes from Middle English meaning "prayer" beads |
| #2598, aired 1995-12-13 | MUSEUMS $400: Beads from ancient cultures can be seen at the Bead Museum in Prescott in this state Arizona |
| #2521, aired 1995-07-17 | THE MIDDLE AGES $200: This string of beads used to keep count of prayers may have appeared in the West by the 9th century the rosary |
| #2406, aired 1995-02-06 | RELIGION $200: This item used by Catholics as an aid to prayer includes about 50 small beads & a crucifix a rosary |
| #2361, aired 1994-12-05 | SHAKESPEARE'S ENGLISH $600: Term for a fool's stick with a fool's head on top; it's now a trinket like bangles & beads a bauble |
| #2249, aired 1994-05-19 | GEMS & JEWELRY $200: Beads & pendants made of this fossilized resin may contain the remains of ancient insects amber |
| #2051, aired 1993-07-05 | GEMS & JEWELRY $400: Simulated ones of these may be glass beads covered with a paste of fish scales pearls |
| #2011, aired 1993-05-10 | FASHION HISTORY $100: Love beads became popular during this decade; hippies loved to wear them as a symbol of peace '60s |
| #1989, aired 1993-04-08 | SCIENCE $200: Baily's Beads, bright spots along the rim of the moon, can be seen during this occurence eclipse |
| #1875, aired 1992-10-30 | AMERICAN HISTORY $200: Term for the women of the 1920s who wore bobbed hair, short dresses & long strings of beads flappers |
| #1702, aired 1992-01-14 | FASHION ACCESSORIES $300: The beads hippies wore in the '60s had this "romantic" name love beads |
| #1682, aired 1991-12-17 | RELIGION $400: It's a string of beads used for counting prayers, or the prayers themselves a rosary |
| #1488, aired 1991-02-06 | MATH $100: A calculating device with rows of beads strung on a wire & mounted on a frame an abacus |
| #1383, aired 1990-09-12 | AMERICAN HISTORY $400: American Indians used the shells of whelks & clams to make these beads used for money wampum |
| #1269, aired 1990-02-22 | GREECE $600: Many Greek men carry these beads called "kombologia" worry beads |
| #1202, aired 1989-11-21 | FASHION HISTORY $400: Used as ornamental trimmings for centuries, these beads share their name with a brass instrument bugles |
| #1175, aired 1989-10-13 | RESORTS $400: Your money's no good at this resort chain's bars, but your string of beads will pay for a round of drinks Club Med |
| #1163, aired 1989-09-27 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $1000: Typically, these Latin American rattles contain seeds or beads, but some modern ones are filled with lead shot maracas |
| #1142, aired 1989-07-18 | MISSING LINKS $200: "Baubles,... Beads" Bangles |
| #1100, aired 1989-05-19 | AMERICAN HISTORY $400: At one time, 6 white beads of this Indian currency were worth 1 English penny wampum |
| #965, aired 1988-11-11 | OLD MOVIES $1000: Bob Hope sang this Oscar-winning song with Jane Russell in "The Paleface" "Buttons and Bows" |
| #946, aired 1988-10-17 | WORD ORIGINS $200: These beads or the prayers you say while using them are named for the Latin word for rose garden rosary |
| #794, aired 1988-02-04 | MUSICAL JEWELRY $500: In "Kismet", the 3 "B's" refer not to Bach, Beethoven & Brahms, but to this song title "Baubles, Bangles & Beads" |
| #792, aired 1988-02-02 | ANCIENT HISTORY $200: Oldest evidence of man's use of iron is some beads from 4000 B.C. found at Giza in this country Egypt |
| #305, aired 1985-11-08 | TRIOS $1000: Sparkly stuff extolled in "Kismet" song baubles, bangles & bright, shiny beads |
| #270, aired 1985-09-20 | ASTRONOMY $1000: During this, irregularities of the moon's edge cause what are called Baily's Beads solar eclipse |
| #117, aired 1985-02-19 | HAIR $100: Bo boasted braids with beads in this film 10 |
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