| #9083, aired 2024-04-17 | ANIMAL LIFE $800: In 2022 killer whales were filmed removing this organ from a shark; no word if it was eaten with fava beans & a nice Chianti the liver |
| #9083, aired 2024-04-17 | "F" IS FOR FOOD $2000: The national dish of Brazil is this stew of black beans cooked with fresh & smoked meats feijoada |
| #9075, aired 2024-04-05 | FARMING HISTORY $400: Grown together, "The 3 Sisters" of pre-Columbian Native American farming were beans, squash & this corn |
| #26, aired 2024-01-23 | CLASSICAL COMPOSERS $200: This "5th Symphony" composer was quite particular about his morning coffee; he used exactly 60 beans to ensure a proper cup of joe Beethoven |
| #26, aired 2024-01-23 | BOX OFFICE SLEEPERS $1200: Director Bobby Farrelly revealed that his sister's friend once zipped up his "frank & beans", inspiring a scene in this film There's Something About Mary |
| #9016, aired 2024-01-15 | SAY YOUR FRUITS & VEGGIES! $800: You have lots of enthusiasm if you're "full of" these veggies that boast their own type of pot beans |
| #8997, aired 2023-12-19 | FROM THE FRENCH $1600: Beans are a necessity in this dish, whose name in French originally meant a dish used on the stove cassoulet |
| #8986, aired 2023-12-04 | MASSAGE IN A BOTTLE $800: It's the fat extracted from the beans used to make chocolate; turns out it softens & lubricates the skin cocoa butter |
| #21, aired 2023-11-29 | FAIRY TALE ELEVATOR PITCHES $200: "A kid trades his cow for some magic beans & before you know it, a huge vine grows up to the clouds where an angry giant lives" "Jack and the Beanstalk" |
| #8981, aired 2023-11-27 | PICK A SIDE $400: The animated Sylvester the cat had the catchphrase, "sufferin"' this, actually a side dish featuring lima beans succotash |
| #8976, aired 2023-11-20 | A MATTER OF TASTE $800: Cacao beans, the source of chocolate, aren't sweet; they contain this bitter popular stimulant caffeine |
| #8951, aired 2023-10-16 | KICKIN' AZTEC $600: In trade, Aztecs used a system known by this term, from the French for "to exchange", using items like cacao beans barter |
| #8947, aired 2023-10-10 | FOOD $400: An energetic person is full of these, maybe the fava type beans |
| #8934, aired 2023-09-21 | CHINESE FOOD $600: Sometimes called fensi, this thin pasta is made from mung beans & becomes transparent when soaked in water & cooked glass (cellophane) noodles |
| #8919, aired 2023-07-20 | COFFEE, NOW $200: One story says the inventor of this type of coffee was inspired by a shipment of beans accidentally soaked by seawater decaf |
| #8919, aired 2023-07-20 | COFFEE, NOW $400: On the tree, coffee berries aren't called beans but these, rhyming with berries cherries |
| #8919, aired 2023-07-20 | COFFEE, NOW $800: Before this process, coffee beans are green; after, they're brown & ready to grind roasting |
| #8909, aired 2023-07-06 | THE MAIN INGREDIENT $400: In the holiday favorite casserole whose recipe began appearing on Campbell's cream of mushroom soup in the 1960s green beans |
| #8873, aired 2023-05-17 | PANTOMIME HORSE $200: Also known as broad beans or horse beans, they are said to go well with a nice Chianti fava beans |
| #8844, aired 2023-04-06 | WORD PUZZLES $800: A favorite dinner at my house
GEHRY
CAPRA
GARBANZO
PINTO Franks & beans |
| #8843, aired 2023-04-05 | TV EATS $800: On "The Office" he spilled the beans on making his famous chili: undercook the onions & use ancho chiles Kevin |
| #8795, aired 2023-01-27 | SOIL $800: Legumes like beans & peanuts help "fix" this element into soil, making it more productive nitrogen |
| #8737, aired 2022-11-08 | MOVIE QUOTES $2,800 (Daily Double): In this 2017 biopic Gary Oldman says, "You cannot reason with a tiger when your head is in its mouth" the Darkest Hour |
| #4, aired 2022-10-16 | JOHNNY GILBERT SPEAKS THE MOVIE LINE $300: "A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans & a nice Chianti" The Silence of the Lambs |
| #1, aired 2022-09-25 | TASTY PHRASES $600: It refers to disclosing secret information, like when you accidentally dropped that pot of chili spilling the beans |
| #8640, aired 2022-05-13 | TAYLOR'S VERSION $200: Choreographer Paul Taylor's first dance was a version of this kids' tale that includes some magic beans Jack and the Beanstalk |
| #8615, aired 2022-04-08 | BEAN THERE $400: Chickpeas are also called these beans or just these, their usual name in Spain garbanzo beans |
| #8615, aired 2022-04-08 | BEAN THERE $600: Navy beans & molasses are traditional ingredients in this baked "metropolitan" offering Boston baked beans |
| #8615, aired 2022-04-08 | BEAN THERE $800: Native to India, mung beans are often used to grow these tender, edible seedlings bean sprouts |
| #8609, aired 2022-03-31 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $400: No beans about it, this school now in Chestnut Hill was founded by a Jesuit priest in 1863 Boston College |
| #8603, aired 2022-03-23 | TRIPLE THE DOUBLE LETTERS $1600: In 2 words, it grinds the beans to make your morning joe a coffee mill |
| #8585, aired 2022-02-25 | COMMON COMMODITIES $800: Brazil is the leading producer of these legumes, a top commodity that's exported to China soybeans |
| #8549, aired 2022-01-06 | TV SCIENCE $400: On this series, Walter & Jesse plan to make ricin out of castor beans to poison the troublesome Tuco Breaking Bad |
| #8545, aired 2021-12-31 | THE TOAST OF... $800: The toast of London may be topped with these, especially from a Heinz can, in a favorite British dish beans |
| #8514, aired 2021-11-18 | LOOKING FOR LUNCH $400: Holy these, Spanish for "beans"! Time to serve some up with vegetables & citrus pepper salmon frijoles |
| #8499, aired 2021-10-28 | "BEAN"s $800: In "Casablanca" Bogie nobly said, "The problems of 3 little people don't amount to" one of these a hill of beans |
| #8467, aired 2021-09-14 | FOOD & DRINK $1600: Garbanzo beans commonly go by this name as well chickpeas |
| #8424, aired 2021-06-17 | THE LANGUAGE OF FOOD $600: If you're "full of" these, you're energetic; now spill 'em beans |
| #8419, aired 2021-06-10 | "AD" IN $1000: Here are some of these Asian beans adzuki beans |
| #8401, aired 2021-05-17 | ACTUALLY, MONDAYS ARE PRETTY COOL $600: Pairing a legume & a grain, this New Orleans specialty is traditionally served on Mondays red beans & rice |
| #8400, aired 2021-05-14 | LEGUMES $800: Often found in minestrone, cannellini are these anatomically named beans kidney beans |
| #8371, aired 2021-04-05 | FIRST, COFFEE $1000: Patented in 1906, the first process for doing this involved steaming green coffee beans & treating them with a chemical decaffeinating |
| #8341, aired 2021-02-22 | PRE-COLUMBIAN AMERICA $800: Beans, squashes & the "Indian" type of this supplied much of the caloric intake of Mesoamericans corn |
| #8325, aired 2021-01-29 | AROUND THE CARIBBEAN $800: The largest range in Jamaica, these mountains are famous as a source of coffee beans the Blue Mountains |
| #8321, aired 2021-01-25 | DO ME A FLAVOR $600: Seen here are beans for this flavoring vanilla |
| #8287, aired 2020-11-24 | FARMING $600: In July 2019 dozens of farmers of these beans went to congress, demanding a deal be made to resume trading with China soybeans |
| #8278, aired 2020-11-11 | GEOGRAPHIC GATEWAYS $400: Companies in this Midwest city include Gateway Metals, Gateway Title & Gateway Chili & Beans (okay, we made that last part up) St. Louis |
| #8264, aired 2020-10-22 | CHEMICAL ELEMENTS $800: An essential nutrient, this element, symbol K, is in bananas, lima beans & avocados potassium |
| #8245, aired 2020-09-25 | SOUNDS LIKE A BOAT PART $1000: To remove the shell or husk from beans or seeds hull |
| #8217, aired 2020-05-19 | COOL BEANS $200: This "organ"ic bean can be used to make red beans & rice a kidney bean |
| #8217, aired 2020-05-19 | COOL BEANS $400: Though this bean gets its more common name from Peru, it's also called the Madagascar bean & down south, butter bean a lima bean |
| #8217, aired 2020-05-19 | COOL BEANS $600: Ahoy! AKA a Yankee bean, this small white legume is big in Boston baked beans a navy bean |
| #8217, aired 2020-05-19 | COOL BEANS $800: The pods are in your favor with high-protein edamame, green these, picked fully grown but pre-full maturity soybeans |
| #8189, aired 2020-03-26 | THE PRESIDENTIAL SWEET $2,000 (Daily Double): Ronald Reagan started eating these as part of a successful effort to give up pipe smoking jelly beans |
| #8179, aired 2020-03-12 | FOOD & DRINK IN THE BIBLE $400: Part of John the Baptist's unusual diet were these, which some think are insects & others believe to be beans locusts |
| #8166, aired 2020-02-24 | FAIRY TALE POLICE REPORT $800: "Traded the family's cow for some beans; charged with ogricide" Jack |
| #8165, aired 2020-02-21 | FOOD & DRINK MOVIE QUOTES $1200: It's the dish that Hannibal Lecter ate with a side of fava beans & a nice Chianti liver |
| #8131, aired 2020-01-06 | & DEAL THE CARBS $400: Chili con carne is always fun but be prepared to carbo-load as you down these "renal" items kidney beans |
| #8127, aired 2019-12-31 | THE ALGONQUIAN WORD TABLE $1000: Maize dishes (& their names) from Algonquian include hominy & this boiled corn & beans combo succotash |
| #8125, aired 2019-12-27 | TASTE THE RAINBOW $2000: This Creole dish "& rice-ly yours", the name of a Louis Armstrong LP, is how Louis often signed his letters red beans |
| #8124, aired 2019-12-26 | THAT'S ECUADORABLE $1200: Fanesca, an Ecuadorian Easter soup, is made with fish, representing Jesus, and 12 grains or beans representing these the Apostles |
| #8090, aired 2019-11-08 | MISCELLANY $600: In Egypt falafel is commonly made with fava beans rather than with this legume traditional in the United States chickpeas |
| #8053, aired 2019-09-18 | REAL-LIFE METAPHORS $400: In "Casablanca", Bogie says "the problems of three little people don't amount to" this a hill of beans |
| #8046, aired 2019-09-09 | THE "BEAN" STALK $400: 3-word phrase meaning to divulge confidential information or secrets spill the beans |
| #7988, aired 2019-05-08 | SPELL THE BEANS $200: Its name comes from being shaped like an internal organ K-I-D-N-E-Y |
| #7988, aired 2019-05-08 | SPELL THE BEANS $400: A chocolate source--not the spelling Swiss Miss uses C-A-C-A-O |
| #7988, aired 2019-05-08 | SPELL THE BEANS $600: Sizzling cinnamon & juicy pear are 2 popular flavors of it J-E-L-L-Y |
| #7988, aired 2019-05-08 | SPELL THE BEANS $800: Geographic AKA of butter beans L-I-M-A |
| #7988, aired 2019-05-08 | SPELL THE BEANS $1000: Chipotle's ingredients include black beans & this other 5-letter type P-I-N-T-O |
| #7960, aired 2019-03-29 | CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST $600: A hearty brekkie of bacon & beans at La Veen Coffee in Perth Australia |
| #7899, aired 2019-01-03 | WHAT'S THAT SMELL? $1000: It's a freshly brewed cup of Blue Mountain coffee, the beans coming direct from this island nation Jamaica |
| #7882, aired 2018-12-11 | AT THE SALAD BAR $600: Chickpeas, also known by this Spanish-derived name garbanzo beans |
| #7853, aired 2018-10-31 | GIVE THEM SOME CANDY $800: It's not booze, it's the liquid produced when cocoa beans are ground into paste, releasing the cocoa butter liquor |
| #7851, aired 2018-10-29 | SPEAKING SOME LEGALESE $800: Confidentially, an NDA, short for this, is signed to make sure you don't spill the beans on any trade secrets a non-disclosure agreement |
| #7807, aired 2018-07-17 | IN THE KITCHEN $400: Beans with equine names include appaloosa & this kind seen here pinto |
| #7804, aired 2018-07-12 | 10-LETTER "M" WORDS $200: Soup's on! This thick Italian one with vegetables, beans & bits of pasta minestrone |
| #7801, aired 2018-07-09 | A VANILLA CATEGORY $200: The first mention of vanilla by Europeans was by Bernal Diaz, who remarked that Aztecs mixed it with these other beans cocoa |
| #7797, aired 2018-07-03 | A NICE CUP OF COFFEE $400: There are 2 main types of coffee beans, Robusta & this type Arabica |
| #7792, aired 2018-06-26 | COMMON BONDS $400: Black,
butter,
kidney beans |
| #7735, aired 2018-04-06 | IT'S GOT ELECTROLYTES $800: Ward off high blood pressure with the magnesium in these legumes with haricot & adzuki varieties beans |
| #7689, aired 2018-02-01 | EASY COURSE LOAD $400: Lima beans, corn & tomatoes are the key ingredients of this "sufferin"' side dish succotash |
| #7681, aired 2018-01-22 | SOUP $400: Pasta e fagioli is a hearty Italian soup of pasta & these beans |
| #7667, aired 2018-01-02 | ALL-AMERICAN FOOD $200: You'll cover several food groups dining on this city's lettuce, baked beans & cream pie Boston |
| #7665, aired 2017-12-29 | "F"OOD FOR THOUGHT $600: Spanish for "beans", they are often served "refritos" frijoles |
| #7603, aired 2017-10-04 | FOOD & DRINK $200: Beans & oatmeal (not necessarily together) are good sources of this substance that helps food pass through the body fiber |
| #7539, aired 2017-05-25 | THE MAIN VEGETABLE $600: The 2 main vegetables in succotash corn and lima beans |
| #7464, aired 2017-02-09 | POTENT POTABLES $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew demonstrates.) a snifter of this clear anise liqueur may be served con la mosca, meaning "with the fly"; each fly is really one of the three espresso beans sambuca |
| #7441, aired 2017-01-09 | BRAZILIAN CUISINE $400: Traditionally cooked in a clay pot, feijoada is a hearty stew of these black legumes along with pork & beef black beans |
| #7425, aired 2016-12-16 | DECEMBER HOLIDAYS $1000: In Massachusetts, especially Plymouth, Dec. 22 is Forefathers' Day, celebrated by consuming this corn-&-beans dish succotash |
| #7304, aired 2016-05-19 | A COOK-OFF $200: No beans about it: for your first challenge, you'll be making (what else?) this dish that Texans call a "bowl of red" chili |
| #7304, aired 2016-05-19 | A COOK-OFF $600: Be creative & use lima beans instead of chickpeas to make this Middle Eastern pita shmear hummus |
| #7284, aired 2016-04-21 | YOU NEED FOOD TO GROW ON $200: They're high in good carbs & a great source of fiber, so go for garbanzo beans, aka these chickpeas |
| #7273, aired 2016-04-06 | INTERNATIONAL CUISINE $1000: Cassoulet, a traditional dish from France's Languedoc region, features various meats & this color beans white |
| #7253, aired 2016-03-09 | DETAILS ON THE BEST PICTURE OSCAR WINNER $200: We'll never enjoy fava beans & a nice Chianti the same way ever again Silence of the Lambs |
| #7240, aired 2016-02-19 | GREEN STUFF $400: Coffee beans are called green when they haven't yet gone through this process, also a way to cook meat roasting |
| #7170, aired 2015-11-13 | '80s FICTION $800: This 1988 novel:
"A census taker tried to quantify me once. I ate his liver with some fava beans" The Silence of the Lambs |
| #7147, aired 2015-10-13 | IT'S TACO TUESDAY $400: For one of my side dishes, refried beans, please, made with these "painted" beans pinto beans |
| #7096, aired 2015-06-22 | BIRD WORDS & PHRASES $1000: It can be slang for a woman singer, a sweet white wine or a stool pigeon a canary |
| #7063, aired 2015-05-06 | AGRICULTURE $400: About 400 of these beans are required to make a pound of chocolate cocoa beans |
| #7018, aired 2015-03-04 | NEW TO THE SCRABBLE PLAYERS DICTIONARY $800: Beans full of protein
ADEMMAE EDAMAME |
| #6927, aired 2014-10-28 | FROM THE SPANISH $800: Chickpeas are also called these "beans" garbanzo beans |
| #6890, aired 2014-07-25 | HUNGER AIMS $1000: What's in the cupboard...? Oh boy, a can of Del Monte's extra-long spears of this veggie asparagus |
| #6846, aired 2014-05-26 | AUTHORS' RHYME TIME $1000: Koontz's mungs & favas Dean's beans |
| #6821, aired 2014-04-21 | MAN CANDY $1600: Like Harry Potter, you can take a risk--will it be lemon or earwax when you try this inventor's Every Flavour Beans? Bertie Bott's |
| #6820, aired 2014-04-18 | "MM"! FOOD & DRINK! $400: A recipe for this Middle Eastern dish calls for 1/3 cup tahini & 2 cups of canned garbanzo beans, among other items hummus |
| #6803, aired 2014-03-26 | "MICRO" OR "MACRO" $800: Whole grains & beans make up a big part of this dietary regimen macrobiotics |
| #6771, aired 2014-02-10 | "ACA"DEMIA $800: Percussion gourds filled with beads or beans maracas |
| #6745, aired 2014-01-03 | ANSWERS IN ABUNDANCE $200: Lima or pinto bean |
| #6717, aired 2013-11-26 | FOOD WORDS CREATED IN THE AMERICAS $800: It's a type of pepper, or the dish of the pepper ground with chopped onion, bell pepper, kidney beans & tomatoes chili |
| #6704, aired 2013-11-07 | LITERARY BUNNIES $400: This naughty little guy disobeyed his mother & "first ate some lettuces and some French beans; and then he ate some radishes" Peter Rabbit |
| #6653, aired 2013-07-17 | HEALTHY CHOICE $800: In a 1-cup serving of regular oatmeal, lima beans or raspberries, the one with the most fiber lima beans |
| #6636, aired 2013-06-24 | DURIG CHOCOLATIER $1000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents the clue from Switzerland.) Here at Durig, the finest cocoa in the world is used to make their chocolates from beans bearing this name, also a term for a European Latin American criollo |
| #6611, aired 2013-05-20 | I GOT NO BEEF WITH TOFU $400: Tofu is made from dried these that are soaked, crushed & boiled soy beans |
| #6566, aired 2013-03-18 | RAISING THE BAR $1000: This clear Italian anise-flavored liqueur is usually served with 3 or 4 coffee beans floating in it sambuca |
| #6562, aired 2013-03-12 | HOW ODD $200: The little known & bloodless "Pork and Beans War" was a border dispute between the U.S. & this neighbor Canada |
| #6481, aired 2012-11-19 | HERB & SPICE HISTORY $1600: It was suggested in 1602 that this pod spice, then used in a drink with cacao beans, could be used alone as a flavoring vanilla |
| #6399, aired 2012-06-14 | WORLD OF FOOD $1600: Feijoada, a hearty stew of smoked meats & beans, is a national dish of this South American country Brazil |
| #6395, aired 2012-06-08 | THE LOVELY BEANS $400: Edamame are made from green these, picked when fully grown but before complete maturity soybeans |
| #6395, aired 2012-06-08 | THE LOVELY BEANS $800: This bean with an anatomical name & dark red skin is popular in chili con carne & red beans & rice kidney beans |
| #6395, aired 2012-06-08 | THE LOVELY BEANS $1200: It's "bedtime for" this bean also known as the chickpea garbanzo |
| #6395, aired 2012-06-08 | THE LOVELY BEANS $1600: What are also called broad beans are better known as this when paired with "a nice chianti" fava beans |
| #6395, aired 2012-06-08 | THE LOVELY BEANS $2000: The fibrous item that ran down the pod's seam, giving this long green bean its name, has been bred out a string bean |
| #6363, aired 2012-04-25 | "BEAN" THERE $200: Tutti-fruitti & bubble gum are flavors of these candies jelly beans |
| #6346, aired 2012-04-02 | APPROXIMATE WEIGHTS & MEASURES $1000: A 5-letter term for a field of beans or pumpkins a patch |
| #6335, aired 2012-03-16 | WE ALL MAKE CHOICES IN LIFE $800: This Nescafe coffee brand is "made with a fine blend of robusta and arabica beans picked at the peak of freshness" Taster's Choice |
| #6327, aired 2012-03-06 | NUTRITION $200: With almost as much protein as a cow's, milk from these beans sells about $1 billion worth a year in the United States soybeans |
| #6310, aired 2012-02-10 | COLLEGE BEFORE & AFTER $800: An Ohio school that sounds like a place you'd pick up a spare serves long, thin legumes Bowling Green beans |
| #6298, aired 2012-01-25 | THE BAND IS REALLY COOKING $400: Many years apart, Willie "The Lion" Smith & Weezer recorded songs called "Pork &" these "Beans" |
| #6256, aired 2011-11-28 | NATIVE AMERICAN FOODS $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents the clue.) The three sisters are a familiar trio in Native American cuisine; the first is corn, which grows up into the air; then come beans that climb stalks, & this last sister, like the calabaza, gives shade to the other two squash |
| #6253, aired 2011-11-23 | THE FIRST SUPPER $600: Guests at his inaugural parties downed some 40 million jelly beans Reagan |
| #6246, aired 2011-11-14 | FRENCH FIXINS $800: Tomatoes, garlic, black olives, anchovies, onions, tuna, green beans, eggs & herbs make up a salade this niçoise |
| #6239, aired 2011-11-03 | IT CAME FROM THE NEW WORLD $5,000 (Daily Double): Also known as butter beans, they were, prior to being exported to Europe, a diet staple of the Inca lima beans |
| #6238, aired 2011-11-02 | LITTLE PEOPLE IN LIT $400: These factory workers in a 1964 book love cacao beans Oompa Loompas |
| #6230, aired 2011-10-21 | CATCHING A BREAK $800: This other name for a green bean comes from the sound it makes when you break it in half snap beans |
| #6214, aired 2011-09-29 | EAT-YMOLOGY $200: The name of this foodstuff comes from the Chinese "dou" for beans & "fu" for rotten tofu |
| #6192, aired 2011-07-12 | SWEET SPOTS $1200: Kermit's in Key West is your one-stop shoppe for this flavor ice cream, cookies, jelly beans & pie on a stick Key lime |
| #6186, aired 2011-07-04 | THE LANGUAGE OF FOOD $400: When you "spill" these, tell us if they are Jacob's cattle or moth types beans |
| #6177, aired 2011-06-21 | NOTHING $1200: In "Casablanca" Rick says, "It doesn't take much to see that the problems of three little people don't amount to" this a hill of beans |
| #6098, aired 2011-03-02 | SCOTT, PILGRIM $400: Scott, wasn't it nice of the Wampanoag tribe to teach us how to make this dish of beans & corn? succotash |
| #6089, aired 2011-02-17 | WORDS & PHRASES $2000: Heard here, this musical style that combines Caribbean & Creole influences may take its name from the French word for "beans" zydeco |
| #6069, aired 2011-01-20 | SOUP TALK $1600: The name of the Italian soup pasta e fagioli means "pasta &" these beans |
| #6060, aired 2011-01-07 | INTERNATIONAL FOOD $600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew holds a plate of hummus in Israel.) On average, each Israeli eats 22 pounds a year of hummus, a spread made from these garbanzo beans (or chickpeas) |
| #6043, aired 2010-12-15 | COLORFUL FOODS $400: An annual Jackson, Mississippi festival celebrates the pairing of these legumes & rice red beans |
| #5906, aired 2010-04-26 | CHOW $400: Quite simply, frijoles negros are these black beans |
| #5904, aired 2010-04-22 | PERKIN' UP $2000: For a real jolt, try crackheads, dark chocolate covering these Italian-sounding coffee beans espresso beans |
| #5900, aired 2010-04-16 | EDIBLE STATE SYMBOLS $1000: Baked navy beans,
chocolate chip cookies,
cranberry juice Massachusetts |
| #5888, aired 2010-03-31 | SNACKS ON A PLANE $800: United's "classic snackbox" includes this brand of gourmet jelly beans Jelly Belly |
| #5874, aired 2010-03-11 | FILLING FOODS $600: Navel ____ roughy orange |
| #5870, aired 2010-03-05 | A MOVIE BEFORE, THEN DINNER AFTER $800: Charlton Heston goes crazy when he finds out a revolutionary new foodstuff is "haricots verts" in French Soylent Green Beans |
| #5867, aired 2010-03-02 | MASSAGE IN A BOTTLE $800: It's the fat extracted from the beans used to make chocolate; turns out it softens & lubricates the skin cocoa butter |
| #5811, aired 2009-12-14 | ALLITERATIVE FOOD & DRINK $800: Boston these were often served with Boston brown bread baked beans |
| #5784, aired 2009-11-05 | FRENCH FOOD $1000: Riz (rice) is often paired with haricots (these) beans |
| #5778, aired 2009-10-28 | A HILL OF BEANS $400: If you have to eat these beans named for a city, cook 'em up with corn & serve them as succotash Lima beans |
| #5778, aired 2009-10-28 | A HILL OF BEANS $800: This bean is so-named for its widespread use in a certain U.S. military branch Navy beans |
| #5778, aired 2009-10-28 | A HILL OF BEANS $1200: The name of this bean means "painted" in Spanish pinto |
| #5704, aired 2009-05-28 | WRITERS' RHYME TIME $2000: Graham's legumes Greene's beans |
| #5688, aired 2009-05-06 | WOULD YOU LIKE FLIES WITH THAT? $800: edible.com sells ground beans for this hot beverage that have been regurgitated by weasels, cleaned & roasted coffee |
| #5658, aired 2009-03-25 | BEFORE & AFTER $200: Al Gore's environmental film that's a drug administered to get a subject to spill the beans in interrogation An Inconvenient Truth serum |
| #5614, aired 2009-01-22 | JOHNNY'S CLASSIC TV THEME SONGS $800: "Fish don't fry in the kitchen, beans don't burn on the grill, took a whole lotta tryin' just to get up that hill" The Jeffersons |
| #5613, aired 2009-01-21 | KEY INGREDIENTS $400: Bean sauce, an essential ingredient in Chinese cooking, is usually made from these beans soybeans |
| #5572, aired 2008-11-25 | NOODLING AROUND $2000: Made from mung beans, glass noodles are also called this, after another transparent product cellophane noodles |
| #5544, aired 2008-10-16 | RECENTLY DISCOVERED ANCIENT ROMANS $200: This guy, a strong coffee prepared by forcing steam under pressure through ground beans, was quite lively Espresso |
| #5543, aired 2008-10-15 | WHATCHA EATIN'? $2000: This Middle Eastern dish served in a pita, made with fava beans instead of the usual chickpeas falafel |
| #5487, aired 2008-06-17 | LET'S EAT $200: Soup made with ham hocks & the navy type of this is on the menu in the U.S. Senate restaurant every day beans |
| #5481, aired 2008-06-09 | EAT YOUR VEGGIES $1000: Before cooking, you have to top & tail & maybe destring the runner type of these beans |
| #5468, aired 2008-05-21 | PERUVIAN FOOD & DRINK $400: Ensalada pallares is a traditional Peruvian salad of tomatoes, onions &, of course pallares, these in English lima beans |
| #5463, aired 2008-05-14 | BREWERS, BUCKS & PACKERS $200: A typical coffee berry contains 2 of these that are roasted, ground & brewed to make coffee seeds (or beans) |
| #5459, aired 2008-05-08 | MUSICAL STYLES $1000: The name of this style of music may come from an alteration of the French word for "beans"
"Shot below /
Dig a hole" zydeco |
| #5457, aired 2008-05-06 | FEED ME! $1000: How about some Cuban food? Garlic chicken, black beans & rice & fried slices of this starchy banana relative plantains |
| #5426, aired 2008-03-24 | YOU CAN'T HAVE ONE WITHOUT THE OTHER $200: In the 19th century, the Van Camp family started getting fat off the combination of pork & these beans |
| #5416, aired 2008-03-10 | PASS THE CHOCOLATE $400: Candymakers know that the fat obtained from cocoa beans isn't called cocoa margarine but this cocoa butter |
| #5415, aired 2008-03-07 | BRAZILIAN FOOD $400: Considered a national dish, feijoada comes from the Portuguese word for this legume beans |
| #5360, aired 2007-12-21 | OLD MOVIE QUOTES $400: 1942:
"It doesn't take much to see that the problems of 3 little people don't amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world" Casablanca |
| #5234, aired 2007-05-17 | BEANY $200: Azuki beans are most popular in this Asian country, where they're used to make confections like yokan Japan |
| #5234, aired 2007-05-17 | BEANY $400: Ronald Reagan's Presidential library boasts an unusual portrait of Reagan made from 10,000 of these beans jelly beans |
| #5234, aired 2007-05-17 | BEANY $600: "Noisy" name for a crisp bean pod easily broken into pieces for cooking snap beans |
| #5234, aired 2007-05-17 | BEANY $800: Many popular gourmet types of this are made from freshly roasted Arabica beans coffee |
| #5234, aired 2007-05-17 | BEANY $1000: McCormick says that its pure extract made from these beans has an unlimited shelf life vanilla |
| #5227, aired 2007-05-08 | YOU'RE SO SWEET $400: This type of sugar used in making baked beans gets its color from the molasses retained in its refining brown sugar |
| #5191, aired 2007-03-19 | WHAT UP, "G"? $1600: Also known as chickpeas, these beans are the main ingredient in hummus garbanzo beans |
| #5174, aired 2007-02-22 | THAT'S NOT KOSHER! $1000: It's the alliterative term for a pig's lower hind leg used to flavor stews & beans a ham hock |
| #5170, aired 2007-02-16 | THE DVD CLUB $2000: "Lord of the Beans" is one of the videos in this series that uses edible items to teach spiritual values Veggie Tales |
| #5169, aired 2007-02-15 | FOOD $200: A "giant flour tortilla" wrapped around meat, beans & cheese, it's a mainstay of the Chipotle chain a burrito |
| #5155, aired 2007-01-26 | THIS CATEGORY IS FULL OF BEANS $200: Disguised as a man, Mollie Bean fought with the 47th North Carolina infantry during this war the Civil War |
| #5155, aired 2007-01-26 | THIS CATEGORY IS FULL OF BEANS $400: This retailer who lived till age 94 attributed his long life & good health to the time he spent outdoors L.L. Bean |
| #5155, aired 2007-01-26 | THIS CATEGORY IS FULL OF BEANS $600: He liked to boast that he was the only "law west of the Pecos" Judge (Roy) Bean |
| #5155, aired 2007-01-26 | THIS CATEGORY IS FULL OF BEANS $800: Tarleton Bean, the first curator of fishes at the Smithsonian, was a noted one of these "fish"y scientists an ichthyologists |
| #5155, aired 2007-01-26 | THIS CATEGORY IS FULL OF BEANS $1000: In 1981, this astronaut gave up his day job & became a painter of pictures like the one seen here Alan Bean |
| #5139, aired 2007-01-04 | BEAN $600: In the Aztec empire, you had some buying power with a handful of these beans used to make chocolate cocoa bean |
| #5139, aired 2007-01-04 | BEAN $1000: They're also called broad beans, & we've heard they go well with a nice chianti fava bean |
| #5128, aired 2006-12-20 | BEVERAGES $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Hotel Sacher in Vienna, Austria.) Legend says the Viennese began their love affair with coffee after fending off these invaders, who in 1683 left behind sacks of coffee beans the Turks |
| #5115, aired 2006-12-01 | MOUSE PADS $1000: "Better beans & bacon in peace than cakes & ale in fear" is from the tale of these 2 title Aesop rodents The City Mouse and the Country Mouse |
| #5107, aired 2006-11-21 | KING OF THE "HILL" $800: Informally, if something is worth virtually nothing at all, it "doesn't amount to" this 3-word food term a hill of beans |
| #5075, aired 2006-10-06 | EAT WELL $1000: Among legumes, a good source of protein, are peas & this type of seed such as the pinto, white or black variety beans |
| #5074, aired 2006-10-05 | RELIGION $1200: Begin this act, part of penance, by saying, "Bless me, Father, for I have sinned"--then spill the beans confession |
| #5069, aired 2006-09-28 | STATE SONGS $200: "All Hail To" this state (no beans about it) Massachusetts |
| #5065, aired 2006-09-22 | EUROPEAN CUISINE $400: Beans of this color are a signature ingredient of the French dish cassoulet white |
| #5059, aired 2006-09-14 | SOUTHWESTERN INDIAN LIFE $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew holds two bowls in the Besh-Ba-Gowah Museum in Arizona.) Though beans & corn are each incomplete these, Native Americans combine them to get a complementary one & stay healthy proteins |
| #5028, aired 2006-06-21 | COOK ME UP! $800: In that heavy wool suit I was doing this, the process coffee beans go through before grinding roasting |
| #5023, aired 2006-06-14 | KICKIN' AZTEC $600: In trade, Aztecs used a system known by this term, from the French for "to exchange", using cacao beans barter |
| #4932, aired 2006-02-07 | "BIO" $2000: Botanical adjective meaning long-lived, or a certain type of diet of beans & grains macrobiotic |
| #4906, aired 2006-01-02 | OFFICIAL STATE FOOD & DRINK $1000: Oklahoma has an entire state meal including chicken fried steak, cornbread & these "colorful" legumes black-eyed peas |
| #4902, aired 2005-12-27 | FOOD FOR THOUGHT $1000: When these beans are white, they're often called cannellini beans kidney beans |
| #4888, aired 2005-12-07 | PAST IRREGULAR $400: "I found my thrill", "wound a watch" & did this past tense to coffee beans & a lens ground |
| #4881, aired 2005-11-28 | SET UP THE "PIN"S $1200: These beans were dried & used as a kind of Old West energy bar pinto beans |
| #4862, aired 2005-11-01 | POP MUSIC RHYME TIME $400: Freddie Mercury band's limas & kidneys Queen's beans |
| #4845, aired 2005-10-07 | GEO-PARTY $200: The Festival of Setsubun in this country features mame-maki, tossing dried beans to drive out devils & bring good luck Japan |
| #4830, aired 2005-09-16 | LET'S SPICE IT UP A BIT $400: The extract of this spice is made by percolating alcohol & water through the chopped, cured orchid beans vanilla |
| #4798, aired 2005-06-15 | DO US A FLAVOR $800: The 3 main types of beans that yield this flavoring are Tahitian, Mexican & Bourbon-Madagascar vanilla |
| #4794, aired 2005-06-09 | COFFEE TALK $600: The beans of the coffee plant are found inside the part seen here which has this fruity name the coffee cherry (or berry) |
| #4753, aired 2005-04-13 | A DAY'S CALORIES IN ONE MEAL $800: 2 large orders of popcorn chicken, 2 biscuits, potato wedges, BBQ beans, Lil' Bucket lemon creme, large Pepsi KFC |
| #4744, aired 2005-03-31 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $200: If they'd decided to call this town Shawmut, the native name for the area, we'd have Shawmut baked beans Boston |
| #4736, aired 2005-03-21 | A SIDE OF BEANS $200: If you're using the ol' bean, you're using this your brain |
| #4736, aired 2005-03-21 | A SIDE OF BEANS $400: Puritan women in this city baked beans on Saturday & served them for Sunday dinner, thus the nickname "Beantown" Boston |
| #4736, aired 2005-03-21 | A SIDE OF BEANS $600: This term is sometimes applied to a tall, lanky person string bean (or beanpole) |
| #4736, aired 2005-03-21 | A SIDE OF BEANS $800: This bean curd product is sometimes substituted for sour cream in dips tofu |
| #4736, aired 2005-03-21 | A SIDE OF BEANS $1000: In November 1969 Pete Conrad & this man became the third & fourth humans to set foot on the Moon Alan Bean |
| #4665, aired 2004-12-10 | SPANISH CLASS $2000: Frijoles are these and they can be refried beans |
| #4614, aired 2004-09-30 | STARBUCKS $800: 1 of the 2 African countries in names of Starbucks coffee beans Kenya (or Ethiopia) |
| #4599, aired 2004-09-09 | PLANT THE EVIDENCE $800: Fenugreek, whose seeds are roasted & ground to make spice, is this type of plant, like peas & beans Legume |
| #4583, aired 2004-07-07 | MEXICAN FOOD & DRINK $400: Top a crisp tortilla with refried beans, meat, lettuce, tomatoes & cheese & you've got this Mexican salad a tostada |
| #4563, aired 2004-06-09 | SOUL FOOD $400: When dining on red beans & rice, the beans are traditionally this variety kidney beans |
| #4556, aired 2004-05-31 | PRESIDENTIAL FACTS $800: The portrait seen here is a mosaic done in these, a favorite of President Reagan's jelly beans |
| #4533, aired 2004-04-28 | JUMP $400: On u-payless.com a liter of these from south-of-the-border will set you back $84 Mexican jumping beans |
| #4526, aired 2004-04-19 | EVERYONE'S TAKING SIDES $200: In Mexican cuisine, these are refried & served as a side dish beans |
| #4523, aired 2004-04-14 | WHAT'S THE ALTERNATIVE? $600: Meaning "the science of prolonging life", it's a dietary regime of whole grains, vegetables & beans macrobiotic |
| #4515, aired 2004-04-02 | FRUITS & VEGETABLES $800: Succotash is a Southern dish of lima beans, sometimes chopped sweet peppers & this veggie corn |
| #4511, aired 2004-03-29 | IT'S UNREAL $1000: This company is putting the kibosh on sellers of those Jelly Kelly knock-offs of its Kelly bags Hermes |
| #4490, aired 2004-02-27 | A MATTER OF TASTE $800: Cacao beans, the source of chocolate, aren't sweet -- they contain this bitter, popular stimulant caffeine |
| #4453, aired 2004-01-07 | ANIMALS $200: In a children's tale, Jack traded one of these barnyard animals for some magic beans cow |
| #4422, aired 2003-11-25 | THE FOOD BIZ $200: Peas & lima beans were among the first frozen foods sold by this Ho! Ho! Ho! company in 1961 Green Giant |
| #4418, aired 2003-11-19 | EAT YOUR FOREIGN VEGETABLES $1000: In a Caribbean mood in Sweden? You might serve your svarta bonor, these, with kokat ris, "white rice" black beans |
| #4389, aired 2003-10-09 | FOOD $400: An energetic person is full of these, maybe the fava type beans |
| #4389, aired 2003-10-09 | FRUITS & VEGETABLES $600: Unlike the green variety of this vegetable, the string on sugar snaps runs around both sides of the pod peas |
| #4385, aired 2003-10-03 | PEAS $400: Peas & this "Peruvian" bean are great fresh vegetable sources of protein lima beans |
| #4380, aired 2003-09-26 | YUM YUM! $200: Inspired by the Harry Potter books, these beans come in odd flavors like grass, sardine & earwax Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans |
| #4368, aired 2003-09-10 | EATING OUT $600: This fast food chicken chain offers red beans & rice & mashed potatoes & cajun gravy, but no spinach Popeyes |
| #4360, aired 2003-07-11 | FILE UNDER "F" $1200: The fiddlehead fronds of these graceful green plants taste a bit like green beans & asparagus ferns |
| #4359, aired 2003-07-10 | EARLY AMERICA $600: To the Iroquois, the "Three Sisters" were squash, beans & this corn |
| #4348, aired 2003-06-25 | COUNTRIES' NO. 1 EXPORTS $200: From Cote d'Ivoire, the "beans" that make this ice cream flavor chocolate |
| #4341, aired 2003-06-16 | THE REEL WORLD $600: 1991:
"A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti" The Silence of the Lambs |
| #4263, aired 2003-02-26 | MOUNTAINS $1000: (Alex T. in Africa) Coffee beans are still widely grown on the slopes of this mountain, Africa's second-highest Mount Kenya |
| #4215, aired 2002-12-20 | ...OR WITHOUT 'EM $1,000 (Daily Double): Though rice & beans are "incomplete" these, together they provide all the essential amino acids proteins |
| #4175, aired 2002-10-25 | CROSSWORD CLUES "F" $1600: Baja beans
(8) frijoles |
| #4146, aired 2002-09-16 | STATE CAPITALS $400: No beans about it, this capital is the largest city in New England Boston |
| #4140, aired 2002-09-06 | GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER? $400: If this character is coming, have a nice Chianti & some fava beans, though maybe it's best not to invite Ray Liotta Hannibal Lecter |
| #4107, aired 2002-06-11 | EAT IT! $400: It's the Spanish-named appetizer of tortilla chips & often beans, beef & onions topped with melted cheese nachos |
| #4075, aired 2002-04-26 | "C" FOOD $800: Cannelloni are large pasta tubes stuffed with meat & cheese; these are white Italian kidney beans cannellini |
| #4067, aired 2002-04-16 | COOKIN' IN NEW ORLEANS $800: Monday is the traditional day for serving this "colorful" dish of legumes & grains red beans & rice |
| #4065, aired 2002-04-12 | AMERICANA $800: The Burnham & morrill company of Portland, Maine bakes these New England faves in huge brick ovens baked beans |
| #4062, aired 2002-04-09 | OFFICIAL STATE FOODS $200: No beans about it, this is Texas' state dish chili |
| #4016, aired 2002-02-04 | SPANISH CLASS $800: These 2 side dishes are arroz y frijoles rice & beans |
| #4011, aired 2002-01-28 | 4-SYLLABLE WORDS $400: From the Spanish for "cheese", it's a flour tortilla folded in half with a filling of cheese or beans & fried quesadilla |
| #4010, aired 2002-01-25 | INTERNATIONAL CUISINE $1200: For a grand meal in this grand duchy, try judd mat gardebohn'en--smoked pork shoulder with fava beans Luxembourg |
| #4000, aired 2002-01-11 | SIMILAR SAYINGS $200: When you "let the cat out of the bag" you "spill" these beans |
| #3992, aired 2002-01-01 | MMM, LEGUMES! $400: The Green Giant was introduced in 1925 to push these legumes peas |
| #3979, aired 2001-12-13 | FRANCHISES $1,000 (Daily Double): New Orleans Magazine has voted this chicken chain's red beans & rice best 11 years running Popeye's |
| #3970, aired 2001-11-30 | NYC STREET FOODS $400: (Sofia is tasting a Mediterranean delicacy.) This pita contains little balls of this, a deep-fried Mideast treat made from chickpeas or fava beans falafel |
| #3938, aired 2001-10-17 | BEANS $100: Also called butter beans, these beans have been cultivated in Peru for thousands of years lima beans |
| #3938, aired 2001-10-17 | BEANS $200: A certain military branch has served this bean as a staple since the mid-1800s, hence its name navy bean |
| #3938, aired 2001-10-17 | BEANS $300: This bean is named for the sound it makes when broken in half snap bean |
| #3938, aired 2001-10-17 | BEANS $400: The name of this bean is Spanish for "painted" pinto bean |
| #3938, aired 2001-10-17 | BEANS $500: Products made from this legume include tofu & miso soybeans |
| #3912, aired 2001-09-11 | GIVE PEAS A CHANCE $500: Widely cultivated for their edible seeds, these peas are also called garbanzos chickpeas |
| #3896, aired 2001-07-09 | YES, I CAN $300: Both these foods, the 2 main ingredients in succotash, should be packed loosely, as they expand corn & lima beans |
| #3890, aired 2001-06-29 | CLASSIC TV THEME SONGS $500 (Daily Double): "Fish don't fry in the kitchen, beans don't burn on the grill, took a whole of tryin' just to get up that hill" The Jeffersons |
| #3784, aired 2001-02-01 | EAT YOUR VEGGIES $200: Yes, they were named after the capital of Peru lima beans |
| #3784, aired 2001-02-01 | EAT YOUR VEGGIES $300: In Asian cuisine, sprouts are from beans & shoots are usually from this bamboo |
| #3758, aired 2000-12-27 | ARTS & CRAFTS $300: Instead of using bits of colored tiles or stones to make this type of picture, try dried beans mosaic |
| #3657, aired 2000-06-27 | COFFEE $200: It's a mixture of beans from various places that brews a distinctive cup of coffee blend |
| #3657, aired 2000-06-27 | COFFEE $800 (Daily Double): When buying beans from this country, be careful not to mistake "High Mountain" for "Blue Mountain" Jamaica |
| #3626, aired 2000-05-15 | KUDZU CUISINE $100: In Japan, a type of this curd normally made with soy beans is made with kudzu Tofu |
| #3604, aired 2000-04-13 | ROUND FOOD $500: These are mashed to make hummus Chickpeas/garbanzo beans |
| #3602, aired 2000-04-11 | VEGETARIAN CUISINE $100: You can make a dark vegetarian stock from the red or black type of these legumes beans |
| #3599, aired 2000-04-06 | FRUITS & VEGETABLES $400: Varieties of this tuber include red pontiac, Katahdin & Finnish yellow wax Potatoes |
| #3552, aired 2000-02-01 | HANNIBAL-ISM $200: On the big screen, Clarice of the FBI knows he enjoyed chianti, fava beans &...other things Hannibal Lecter |
| #3533, aired 2000-01-05 | CULINARY COMMON BONDS $200: Green,
fava,
lima Beans |
| #3510, aired 1999-12-03 | CARIBBEAN CUISINE $300: In the Dominican Republic, la bandera ("the flag") is made with red beans, meat & this white grain Rice |
| #3473, aired 1999-10-13 | FOOD & DRINK $600: This 'butter" is extracted from beans during the chocolate-making process Cocoa butter |
| #3427, aired 1999-06-29 | THE 1980s $200: A 1981 fad was this candy, a favorite of the president jelly beans |
| #3426, aired 1999-06-28 | WESTERNS $400: Campfire beans help fuel the comedy of this Mel Brooks western Blazing Saddles |
| #3388, aired 1999-05-05 | CANDY LAND $1000: This brand debuted in 1976 in 8 different flavors including very cherry, cream soda, green apple & root beer Jelly Belly jelly beans |
| #3375, aired 1999-04-16 | CHARLEMAGNE $200: Charlemagne's first title was king of these people; he never was king of the beans Franks |
| #3368, aired 1999-04-07 | WILD CRITTERS $200: The ruby-throated species of this bird usually lays 2 tiny eggs about the size of navy beans Hummingbird |
| #3359, aired 1999-03-25 | WRITERS' RHYME TIME $800: Graham's limas Greene's beans |
| #3344, aired 1999-03-04 | HINTS FROM HELOISE $300: Pep up those boring rice cakes! Top them with jalapenos, picante sauce & these refried items Beans |
| #3292, aired 1998-12-22 | CITY FOOD $300: It's traditional to serve this city's steamed brown bread with its world-famous baked beans Boston |
| #3274, aired 1998-11-26 | PLAYING DOCTOR $500 (Daily Double): It's the name of the fictional psychiatrist seen here:
"A census taker once tried to test me... I ate his liver with some fava beans & a nice Chianti." Dr. Hannibal Lecter (The Silence of the Lambs) |
| #3261, aired 1998-11-09 | BEANS $100: They can be Arabica, robusta or Liberian coffee beans |
| #3261, aired 1998-11-09 | BEANS $200: It's the enumerative slang for an accountant or other financial exec beancounter |
| #3261, aired 1998-11-09 | BEANS $300: Born Dallas Burroughs in 1928, he's the actor seen here Orson Bean |
| #3261, aired 1998-11-09 | BEANS $400: These crisp edible shoots of germinated beans like mung are popular in Chinese cooking bean sprouts |
| #3261, aired 1998-11-09 | BEANS $500: These beans resemble the human internal organs with which they share their name kidney beans |
| #3236, aired 1998-10-05 | WHAT FOODS THESE MORSELS BE $300: Hummus is made with chickpeas, which are also known as these "beans" garbanzos (or chichis) |
| #3228, aired 1998-09-23 | FOOD & DRINK $800: From Italian for "elder", this liqueur is set aflame & served with 3 coffee beans on top Sambuca |
| #3215, aired 1998-07-17 | FAMILIAR PHRASES $100: Edible items you "spill" when you tell a secret the beans |
| #3192, aired 1998-06-16 | CHAIRS $100: While in this city's famous rocker you may enjoy its famous baked beans Boston |
| #3191, aired 1998-06-15 | ESOTERIC KNOWLEDGE $500: Native Americans grew these together with corn & at harvest time combined them into "M'sickquatash" Lima beans |
| #3182, aired 1998-06-02 | WHOSE COW? $100: Milky-White was the name of the cow that this kid sold for beans Jack |
| #3159, aired 1998-04-30 | PRIVATE PARTS $200: No beans about it, this pair of organs helps maintain blood pressure & wash away waste Kidneys |
| #3150, aired 1998-04-17 | KNOW BEANS $100: To make the popular Mexican dish frijoles negros, begin with these beans Black beans |
| #3150, aired 1998-04-17 | KNOW BEANS $200: It's the bean whose "milk" is used to make tofu Soybean |
| #3150, aired 1998-04-17 | KNOW BEANS $300: When making a homemade pot of pork & beans, you'll be at sea without these beans Navy beans |
| #3150, aired 1998-04-17 | KNOW BEANS $400: Like contracts, runner beans should have none of these attached; remove them before cooking Strings |
| #3150, aired 1998-04-17 | KNOW BEANS $500: Also known as a broad bean, it should be de-podded & skinned before cooking Fava bean |
| #3142, aired 1998-04-07 | CAUGHT ON TAPE $100: This Teflon Don & Gambino Family boss spilled the beans on tape at the Ravenite Social Club in Manhattan John Gotti |
| #3127, aired 1998-03-17 | ON ST. PADDY'S DAY $400: No beans about it, the British made news when they evacuated this city March 17, 1776 Boston |
| #3112, aired 1998-02-24 | WHERE'S MY COFFEE? $200: The flavorful coffee beans from this country are grown at high altitudes near Nairobi Kenya |
| #3038, aired 1997-11-12 | FRUITS & NUTS $100: These are commonly slivered, sauteed & mixed in with green beans, which then become amandine Almonds |
| #3028, aired 1997-10-29 | BROKEN ENGLISH $100: Types of beans & peas are called this for the sound they make when broken snap |
| #3026, aired 1997-10-27 | AMERICAN FOOD $500: In Cincinnati the "five-way" type of this dish includes spaghetti, cheese, onions & beans chili |
| #3021, aired 1997-10-20 | COFFEE BREAK $400: The coffee tree's red berries, which contain the beans, also bear the name of this fruit cherry |
| #3009, aired 1997-10-02 | THAT'S A WRAP! $200: For breakfast this Mexican dish contains scrambled eggs, chorizo & beans wrapped in a tortilla a (breakfast) burrito |
| #3003, aired 1997-09-24 | STATE SUPERLATIVES $300: This "Beef State" is No. 1 in commercial red meat & great northern beans Nebraska |
| #2997, aired 1997-09-16 | FOOD $400: They're the 2 main vegetables in succotash Corn & lima beans |
| #2973, aired 1997-07-02 | AFRICAN COOKING $100: Made of beans & eggs, ful medames has been eaten in this country perhaps since the time of the pharaohs Egypt |
| #2954, aired 1997-06-05 | AMERICAN FOOD $400: Pasta Fazool is an American colloquialism for pasta e fagioli, pasta & these Beans |
| #2934, aired 1997-05-08 | COOKING $200: The soup of these split vegetables is popular in the Middle East as well as in colder areas peas/beans |
| #2857, aired 1997-01-21 | OF NO IMPORTANCE $100: An unimportant vegetable, "a hill of" them is still unimportant beans |
| #2848, aired 1997-01-08 | INTERNATIONAL FOOD & DRINK $100: Salvadorans often snack on pupusas -- cakes made from this meal & stuffed with meat, beans & spices cornmeal |
| #2848, aired 1997-01-08 | INTERNATIONAL FOOD & DRINK $400: Judd Mat Gardebo'nen -- smoked pork with broad beans -- is a specialty of this grand duchy Luxembourg |
| #2846, aired 1997-01-06 | FOOD $600: English name of the mashed-bean specialty Frijoles Refritos Refried Beans |
| #2834, aired 1996-12-19 | TREES $600: The cola tree is from the same family as this tree from which we get the beans to make chocolate Cacao |
| #2824, aired 1996-12-05 | POT LUCK $1000: Tia Maria, a liqueur made from Blue Mountain coffee beans, comes from this country Jamaica |
| #2817, aired 1996-11-26 | HISTORIC NAMES $200: Among his rules & theorems were "Don't eat beans" & the more famous one about the square of the hypotenuse Pythagoras |
| #2775, aired 1996-09-27 | COOKING TERMS $400: Eaten with Boston baked beans, Boston brown bread is a rye flavored with this syrup molasses |
| #2759, aired 1996-09-05 | FOOD $800: These beans are ground, spiced & deep-fried, & served in a falafel chickpeas (or garbanzos) |
| #2753, aired 1996-07-17 | POTENT POTABLES $500: It's traditional to float 2 or 3 of these beans on top of Sambuca liqueur coffee beans |
| #2744, aired 1996-07-04 | BEANS $100: A popular holiday dish is made with these "colorful" beans, cream of mushroom soup & fried onions green beans |
| #2744, aired 1996-07-04 | BEANS $200: Cannellini is a white variety of this large red bean a kidney bean |
| #2744, aired 1996-07-04 | BEANS $300: In the classic Cuban dish Moros y Cristianos, these are served with white rice black beans |
| #2744, aired 1996-07-04 | BEANS $400: Also called broad beans, we hear they go well with a nice Chianti fava beans |
| #2744, aired 1996-07-04 | BEANS $500: They're the beans most commonly used to produce bean sprouts for salads & stir-fry mung beans |
| #2732, aired 1996-06-18 | FRUITS & VEGETABLES $200: Some varieties of this vegetable have edible pods & are eaten in much the same way as green beans peas |
| #2720, aired 1996-05-31 | CHILDREN'S SONGS $400: This character has "jelly beans for Tommy, colored eggs for Sister Sue" Peter Cottontail |
| #2695, aired 1996-04-26 | FOOD & DRINK $200: The snap type of these were formerly called "string" because their strings had to be removed beans |
| #2646, aired 1996-02-19 | PLANTS $1000: Carob, red clover & string beans all belong to this family of plants legumes |
| #2618, aired 1996-01-10 | PLANTS & TREES $200: The cacao tree yields seeds called these cocoa beans (cacao beans) |
| #2570, aired 1995-11-03 | FOOD $500: The Wellness Ency. of Food and Nutrition says these mottled beans contain more fiber than any other legume pinto beans |
| #2565, aired 1995-10-27 | POTPOURRI $600: The beans of this "chocolate" tree were once used as money in Mexico & Central America cacao |
| #2563, aired 1995-10-25 | THE FANNIE FARMER COOKBOOK $200: These beans found in succotash are also a traditional ingredient in Brunswick stew lima beans |
| #2525, aired 1995-07-21 | FRUITS & VEGETABLES $800: Term for the edible shoots of alfalfa, beans or radishes sprouts |
| #2516, aired 1995-07-10 | HEALTH & FITNESS $400: Kidney beans & 100% bran cereal are high in the soluble & insoluble kinds of this fiber |
| #2488, aired 1995-05-31 | STEWS $400: Cassoulet is a stew from France's Languedoc Region made of meat & the dried haricot type of these beans |
| #2480, aired 1995-05-19 | CHINESE FOOD $100: If kept moist in a dark place for 4-5 days, 1/2 cup of mung beans will yield about 3 cups of these sprouts |
| #2470, aired 1995-05-05 | NUTRITION & HEALTH $800: This nondigestible product found in grains & beans is thought to prevent certain intestinal disorders fiber |
| #2466, aired 1995-05-01 | PLANTS & TREES $600: This group of plants that includes peas & beans gets its name from the seed pods they bear legumes |
| #2464, aired 1995-04-27 | FAIRY TALES $300: It's the animal that Jack traded for the magic beans cow |
| #2438, aired 1995-03-22 | WHEN IN ROME... $500: At the end of a fine Roman meal, try this anise-flavored liqueur served with coffee beans sambuca |
| #2394, aired 1995-01-19 | EUROPEAN HODGEPODGE $300: It's a tradition to give children fave dei morti, or "Beans of the Dead", on All Souls' Day in this country Italy |
| #2387, aired 1995-01-10 | "OF" $400: "It doesn't take much to see that the problems of 3 little people don't amount to" this "in this crazy world" a hill of beans |
| #2364, aired 1994-12-08 | COFFEE $300: Coffee berries, each containing 2 beans, are this color when fully ripe red |
| #2363, aired 1994-12-07 | FOOD $400: Mexican dishes are popularly accompanied by frijoles refritos, which are these refried beans |
| #2317, aired 1994-10-04 | FAMILIAR PHRASES $100: When you give away a secret, you "spill" these the beans |
| #2315, aired 1994-09-30 | HINTS FROM HELOISE $500: One of Heloise's fans recommends putting dry beans in your tennis shoes to give yourself one of these a massage |
| #2302, aired 1994-09-13 | FOOD $200: These dark red-skinned beans are a popular ingredient in chili con carne kidney beans |
| #2295, aired 1994-07-22 | STOCK SYMBOLS $600: If you know beans about this company, you know its symbol is HNZ Heinz |
| #2289, aired 1994-07-14 | INTERNATIONAL CUISINE $800: The great northern & marrow types of these are good for making cassoulet beans |
| #2282, aired 1994-07-05 | HODGEPODGE $300: Tia Maria is a Jamaican liqueur made with these beans coffee |
| #2277, aired 1994-06-28 | BEVERAGES $300: Popular beverage made from the seeds or beans of a Madder family shrub coffee |
| #2265, aired 1994-06-10 | FOOD $200: On Monday nights in New Orleans, many sit down to a traditional dish of red beans & this rice |
| #2248, aired 1994-05-18 | FOOD $100: Traditionally, Boston baked beans & Boston brown bread are flavored with this syrup molasses |
| #2211, aired 1994-03-28 | STATE CAPITALS $100: It's the "City of Baked Beans" Boston |
| #2201, aired 1994-03-14 | INCREDIBLE EDIBLES $400: Luak, drunk in Indonesia, is a type of this beverage made from beans already digested by a civet cat coffee |
| #2192, aired 1994-03-01 | WORLD POTPOURRI $500: This South American country ranks third in the world as a grower of cacao beans Brazil |
| #2115, aired 1993-11-12 | FOOD $200: They're the 2 traditional vegetables in succotash corn & lima beans |
| #2097, aired 1993-10-19 | BEANS $200: One recipe for Boston baked beans calls for these seafaring legumes navy beans |
| #2097, aired 1993-10-19 | BEANS $400: It's the popular Japanese name for bean curd tofu |
| #2097, aired 1993-10-19 | BEANS $600: Before cooking your lima, fava or azuki beans you have to do this to them, maybe overnight soak them |
| #2097, aired 1993-10-19 | BEANS $800: This bean with a mottled coat is "refried" in Mexican cooking pinto beans |
| #2097, aired 1993-10-19 | BEANS $1000: Also called turtle beans, they're used in dips & in Cuban food black beans |
| #2057, aired 1993-07-13 | FOOD $100: Baked beans & steamed brown bread are a famous combination from this New England city Boston |
| #2029, aired 1993-06-03 | FRENCH MENU $800: Aubergines a l'egyptienne are these prepared "Egyptian style" with onions & tomatoes eggplant |
| #1930, aired 1993-01-15 | BIOLOGY $300: This purine derivative found in coffee beans is not only a stimulant, it's a diuretic caffeine |
| #1918, aired 1992-12-30 | SICKNESS & HEALTH $100: This stimulant occurs in kola nuts & cocoa beans as well as in coffee beans caffeine |
| #1908, aired 1992-12-16 | COOKING $400: Boiled favas, which are these, can be eaten cold or dressed with vinaigrette for a salad beans |
| #1883, aired 1992-11-11 | THE IROQUOIS $200: Squash & these 2 succotash ingredients were the "Three Sisters" of Iroquois agriculture corn & lima beans |
| #1859, aired 1992-10-08 | KENTUCKY $100: The Kentucky coffee is the official state one of these, but its beans don't make a good breakfast brew the state tree |
| #1786, aired 1992-05-11 | THE CONTINENTS $300: This continent leads the world in the production of gold, diamonds & cocoa beans Africa |
| #1772, aired 1992-04-21 | VEGETABLES $200: In the South, these broad, flat beans are also known as butter beans lima beans |
| #1724, aired 1992-02-13 | COFFEE $100: Each "cherry" on a coffee tree contains 2 of these beans |
| #1708, aired 1992-01-22 | READ THE LABEL $300: Yuban boasts that 100% of its coffee beans come from this country Colombia |
| #1703, aired 1992-01-15 | HILL OF BEANS $100: In a 1910 toast J.C. Bossidy called this city "The home of the bean and the cod" Boston |
| #1703, aired 1992-01-15 | HILL OF BEANS $200: Using the old bean, Old Bean, mean you're using this, Old Chap your brain (your head) |
| #1703, aired 1992-01-15 | HILL OF BEANS $300: Of navy, green or pinto, the bean not named for its looks navy |
| #1703, aired 1992-01-15 | HILL OF BEANS $400: It's what Jack traded for those magic beans a cow |
| #1703, aired 1992-01-15 | HILL OF BEANS $500: This word comes from Mandarin Chinese for bean & curdled tofu |
| #1676, aired 1991-12-09 | COOKING $300: The Boston brown type of this, which is steamed, often accompanies Boston baked beans bread |
| #1647, aired 1991-10-29 | FOOD $400: This brownish-black liquid is used in making pumpernickel, pumpkin pie & Boston baked beans molasses |
| #1647, aired 1991-10-29 | PLANTS & TREES $400: The part of a chicory plant that is roasted with coffee beans the root |
| #1588, aired 1991-06-26 | BOTANY $400: Nodules on the roots of beans fix this element from the atmosphere nitrogen |
| #1578, aired 1991-06-12 | VEGGIES $100: String, stringless & wax are varieties of the snap type of these beans |
| #1572, aired 1991-06-04 | WORLD CITIES $200: This issues FDR & Churchill discussed in this Moroccan city in 1943 amounted to more than a hill of beans Casablanca |
| #1569, aired 1991-05-30 | CITY QUOTES $200: William Cooper Brand wrote this city "runs to brains as well as to bread and baked beans" Boston |
| #1558, aired 1991-05-15 | COOKING $200: These "nautical" legumes are often used to make soup Navy Beans |
| #1509, aired 1991-03-07 | MEXICAN FOOD $200: They're served refried as a Mexican side dish beans |
| #1496, aired 1991-02-18 | FOOD $500: Most of these used in Chinese cooking are grown from mung beans bean sprouts |
| #1493, aired 1991-02-13 | TOYS & GAMES $300: Beano is a version of this game using beans as counters Bingo |
| #1492, aired 1991-02-12 | WORDS OF BETRAYAL $200: When you "spill" these legumes then everybody knows the beans |
| #1434, aired 1990-11-22 | INDIANS $300: The "three sisters of the Iroquois" were beans, squash & this food corn (maize) |
| #1431, aired 1990-11-19 | FOOD & DRINK $300: Derived from the Indians, this dish consists of corn & lima beans succotash |
| #1417, aired 1990-10-30 | INTERNATIONAL CUISINE $800: Southern French stew made with white beans & whatever meat or poultry is native to the area cassoulet |
| #1400, aired 1990-10-05 | INTERNATIONAL CUISINE $200: The Mexican dish frijoles refritos is called this in English refried beans |
| #1390, aired 1990-09-21 | EUROPEAN TRAVEL $600: When this anisette liqueur is served with coffee beans in Italy it's called con mosche, "with flies" sambuca |
| #1382, aired 1990-09-11 | ART $200: Late artist whose brother Paul Warhola also paints subjects like ketchup bottles & cans of beans Andy Warhol |
| #1356, aired 1990-06-25 | COLORFUL PHRASES $200: This vegetable group, Phaseolus vulgaris, includes snap & string varieties green beans |
| #1332, aired 1990-05-22 | MUSEUMS $600: This island, famous for its coffee beans, is the home of the Royal Kona Coffee Mill & Museum the Big Island of Hawaii |
| #1305, aired 1990-04-13 | INSECTS $200: They contain tiny insect larvae that jump when exposed to heat Mexican jumping beans |
| #1294, aired 1990-03-29 | FOOD $400: Color of the beans you'd find in a feijoada, the national dish of Brazil Black |
| #1267, aired 1990-02-20 | VEGETABLES $800: The part of the plant you're eating when you chow down on corn, peas or lima beans seeds |
| #1239, aired 1990-01-11 | KIDDIE LIT $300: It's what Jack gave in exchange for the beans that grew into the beanstalk A Cow |
| #1225, aired 1989-12-22 | FRUITS & VEGETABLES $800: Hummus, falafel & olla podrida all feature this legume garbanzo beans (chickpeas) |
| #1222, aired 1989-12-19 | INTERNATIONAL COOKING $600: They're the "fagioli" in pasta e fagioli,
or
pasta fazool, as it's better known beans |
| #1196, aired 1989-11-13 | HAUTE CUISINE $200: If your recipe calls for "blanching" green beans, plunge them into this boiling water |
| #1183, aired 1989-10-25 | FOOD $200: It's a thick Italian vegetable soup made with herbs, beans & bits of pasta minestrone |
| #1152, aired 1989-09-12 | "ISM"s $3,000 (Daily Double): If your can of green beans bulges out, it may be contaminated with this food poisoning botulism |
| #1102, aired 1989-05-23 | BOSTON $200: Since Puritan women didn't cook on Sunday, they baked these the night before, earning Boston its nickname beans |
| #1093, aired 1989-05-10 | 16th CENTURY SCIENCE $200: Italian botanist Prospero Alpini was the 1st European to describe this plant whose beans are brewed coffee |
| #1086, aired 1989-05-01 | INDIANS $800 (Daily Double): Beans, squash & this staple were called the "3 Sisters" by the Iroquois corn/maize |
| #1068, aired 1989-04-05 | FRUITS & VEGETABLES $200: World Book calls these wide, flat beans the most nutritious member of the pea family lima beans |
| #1060, aired 1989-03-24 | FOOD $1000: This thick meat stew from the south of France traditionally includes white beans cassoulet |
| #1043, aired 1989-03-01 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $1000: The Ivory Coast is the world's biggest producer of these beans cocoa beans |
| #1042, aired 1989-02-28 | POTPOURRI $400: Adding 3 of these beans to Sambuca Romana liqueur supposedly brings good fortune coffee beans |
| #1037, aired 1989-02-21 | FOOD FACTS $400: Green beans are simply the unripened pods of these red beans kidney beans |
| #1031, aired 1989-02-13 | HEALTH & NUTRITION $1000: It's been found that beans, peas & this soluble grain fiber can greatly reduce one's level of cholesterol oat bran |
| #998, aired 1988-12-28 | FOOD ON THE MAP $400: Succotash ingredient from south of the border, Ecuador's that is Lima beans |
| #979, aired 1988-12-01 | "THE JOY OF COOKING" $100: This hearty oven-made dish is as traditional in Sweden as in Boston baked beans |
| #902, aired 1988-07-05 | FOOD $100: Sometimes made with squirrel, the Brunswick type of this more often contains chicken & lima beans stew |
| #864, aired 1988-05-12 | CHOCOLATE $300: This country is the largest producer of cacao beans in the Western Hemisphere Brazil |
| #847, aired 1988-04-19 | MUSICALS $600: This Lerner & Loewe show set in Calif. features a ballet number called "Hand Me Down That Can O' Beans" Paint Your Wagon |
| #760, aired 1987-12-18 | KIDDIE LIT CREATURES $100: For the magic beans that grew into the beanstalk, Jack traded one of these named Milky-White a cow |
| #758, aired 1987-12-16 | FOOD $500: A milk made from these beans may be substituted in recipes calling for cow's milk soy |
| #686, aired 1987-09-07 | INDIANS $200: The name of this cooked mix of lima beans & corn is from the Narraganset "msickquatash", "ear of corn" succotash |
| #670, aired 1987-07-03 | PROVERBS $600: In Aesop, the rural "cousin" who said "Better beans & bacon in peace than cakes & ale in fear" the country mouse |
| #659, aired 1987-06-18 | "BEAN" BAG $300: It's said the # of these eaten at Reagan's '81 inaugural parties almost equalled # of votes he'd gotten jelly beans |
| #659, aired 1987-06-18 | "BEAN" BAG $400: It's what you've done by telling someone something they weren't supposed to know spilled the beans |
| #625, aired 1987-05-01 | ARMED FORCES $600: "40 miles a day on beans & hay" was the boast of these enlisted troopers the calvalry |
| #609, aired 1987-04-09 | COMMON BONDS $400: Ants in the pants,
Don't spill the beans,
Cootie children's games |
| #592, aired 1987-03-17 | BOGIE $300: "The problems of 3 little people don't amount to a hill o' beans in this crazy world" Casablanca |
| #564, aired 1987-02-05 | AGRICULTURE $400: It only takes about 85 of these to make a pound of milk chocolate cocoa beans |
| #564, aired 1987-02-05 | AGRICULTURE $800: Pea, beans & peanuts are members of this 2nd largest family of flowering plants legumes |
| #502, aired 1986-11-11 | LUNCH COUNTER LINGO $200: "Whistle berries" refers to these Boston legumes baked beans |
| #477, aired 1986-10-07 | FOREIGN WORDS $200: In the Western U.S., chickpeas are often referred to by this, their Spanish name garbanzo beans |
| #465, aired 1986-09-19 | COMPARATIVE CUISINE $200: In France, Maman might tell you to eat these, your "legumes", or you won't get dessert vegetables |
| #435, aired 1986-05-09 | KIDDIE LIT $300: He made no beans about being a giant killer Jack |
| #392, aired 1986-03-11 | PRE-COLUMBIAN AMERICA $1000: Ancient Mesoamerican cultures used these fatty seeds as money cacao beans |
| #372, aired 1986-02-11 | CASABLANCA $100: According to Rick, "The problems of three little people" in this world don't amount to this "a hill of beans" |
| #362, aired 1986-01-28 | FOOD & DRINK $200: The English would call these "French beans", not twine beans string beans |
| #345, aired 1986-01-03 | MUNCHY MOVIES $200: 1942 movie of a Steinbeck story that could be served with refried beans Tortilla Flat |
| #317, aired 1985-11-26 | COFFEE $100: An average tree produced only enough of these yearly to make about 1½ lbs. of coffee green beans (or coffee berries) |
| #317, aired 1985-11-26 | COFFEE $400: Hulled coffee beans lose about 1/6 of their weight during this process roasting |
| #307, aired 1985-11-12 | HERBS & SPICES $300: From S. American word “kyinha”, this type of pepper makes your mouth hot & beans “chili” cayenne |
| #270, aired 1985-09-20 | FOOD & DRINK $100: Besides corn, the other main ingredient in succotash lima beans |
| #179, aired 1985-05-16 | FRENCH FOOD $400: A la the city of Nice, it's a salad of tomatoes, green beans, potatoes, ripe olives and anchovies a salad niçoise |
| #115, aired 1985-02-15 | FOOD $100: Kernels of corn and lima beans cooked together succotash |
| #85, aired 1985-01-04 | VEGETABLES $200: Peas, lima beans, navy beans & corn are examples of this part of a plant seeds |
