| #9075, aired 2024-04-05 | YOU'RE A FINAL"IST" $200: By definition it's a person who does not believe in the existence of God an atheist |
| #9059, aired 2024-03-14 | SONGS OF YOUTH $400: Inspired by her bestie, Tay Tay sang when "somebody tells you they love you" at this title age "you're gonna believe them" 15 |
| #9047, aired 2024-02-27 | INAUGURAL ADDRESSES $800: He didn't believe that "The Great Society is the ordered, changeless, & sterile battalion of the ants" Lyndon Baines Johnson |
| #9035, aired 2024-02-09 | NUMERICAL TELEVISION $1000: Would you believe these were the 2 code numbers used by the 2 main CONTROL agents fighting KAOS on "Get Smart!" 86 & 99 |
| #8997, aired 2023-12-19 | KING'S CROSSING $2,000 (Daily Double): In 1516, 11 years after losing the queen he called the "most excellent wife king ever had", this Castile royal left the castle Ferdinand |
| #8988, aired 2023-12-06 | HODGEPODGE $2000: "Deep in my heart, I do believe" this folk song has been called the anthem of the civil rights movement "We Shall Overcome" |
| #8977, aired 2023-11-21 | TEACHING $4,000 (Daily Double): This term for a list of items to be covered in a course is from the Greek for "parchment label" a syllabus |
| #8973, aired 2023-11-15 | FINISH THE TERRIBLE RHYME $400: To gather, rouse or summon / You better believe it, buster / It's this word that will be heard / This is the word you'll... muster |
| #20, aired 2023-11-15 | VETERINARY MEDICINE $900: Believe it or not, many adult cats suffer from this condition, which makes them unable to digest milk lactose intolerance |
| #19, aired 2023-11-01 | MARRIAGE STORY $300: 1932:
"Rosa McCauley! Any activism today?"
"I just got married"
"Do I know him?"
"His last name is" this Parks |
| #8961, aired 2023-10-30 | SHAKESPEARE REWRITES THE BEATLES $2000: "I believe I shall be melancholy, I believe it shall be anon... the woman who disturbeth my temper is leaving hence" "Ticket To Ride" |
| #8959, aired 2023-10-26 | HALL OF FAMER BY POSITION $1200: Bob Feller,
Bob Lemon,
Bob Gibson baseball pitchers |
| #18, aired 2023-10-25 | NAME DROPPERS $400: Partly to distance themselves from J.K. Rowling, athletes are now replacing this name for their sport with "quadball" quidditch |
| #15, aired 2023-10-04 | EUROPEAN COUNTRY NICKNAMES $600: "The Land of Fire & Ice"
(Do its citizens really believe in elves? I guess we'll never gnome) Iceland |
| #8929, aired 2023-09-14 | THE 2023 TIME 100 $600: In other movie roles or as "The Queen of Wakanda, we believe in you because you believe in yourself" Angela Bassett |
| #8929, aired 2023-09-14 | SPEECHIFY"ING" $800: Barack Obama, 2004: "I believe that we can give our middle class relief and provide ____ families with a road to opportunity" working |
| #8923, aired 2023-07-26 | TAKING STOCK $800: Many believe this is the most volatile month for the stock market with both the great crash of 1929 & the crash of '87 occurring then October |
| #8917, aired 2023-07-18 | THE SONGS OF MAX MARTIN $600: Shakespeare's wife Anne Hathaway performs "That's The Way It Is", a Top 10 hit for this chanteuse in 2000
"Don't give up on your faith /
Love comes to those who believe it" Celine Dion |
| #8909, aired 2023-07-06 | SO I'M READING THIS BOOK $800: 1950s self-help, opening strong: "BELIEVE IN YOURSELF!" (in all caps) "Have faith in your abilities!" The Power of Positive Thinking |
| #8905, aired 2023-06-30 | COMPOUND WORDS $800: Headlines on the Internet such as "You won't believe what Mayim said about Charo" are this, to get you to go to the site clickbait |
| #8889, aired 2023-06-08 | IMPOSTORS $2000: Though insisting it was part of Japan, George Psalmanazar made 18th c. London believe he was from Taiwan, then called this Formosa |
| #8885, aired 2023-06-02 | WORDS ENDING IN "Y" $1600: If something sounds false, it's said to strain this quality, from the Latin for "believe" credulity |
| #17, aired 2023-05-23 | YOU CAN'T GO THERE $800: Ethiopians believe this ancient container in the Church of St. Mary of Zion in Axum is the real deal; only 1 priest can view it the Ark of the Covenant |
| #11, aired 2023-05-16 | WOMEN IN HISTORY $800: As part of a truce in the Hundred Years War, in 1445 Margaret of Anjou married him & became his queen consort Henry VI |
| #10, aired 2023-05-15 | GREAT SPORTS CALLS $800: "I don't believe what I just saw" & "We'll see you tomorrow night" are among the many calls of this legend & dad of a legend Jack Buck |
| #8868, aired 2023-05-10 | BELIEVE IT OR NOT... $400: Octopuses have 3 of these: 2 send blood to the gills, one sends blood to the rest of the body hearts |
| #8868, aired 2023-05-10 | BELIEVE IT OR NOT... $800: In 2023 British police foiled a plan by thieves to poach 200,000 Creme Eggs from this chocolatier Cadbury |
| #8868, aired 2023-05-10 | BELIEVE IT OR NOT... $1200: Noodling, a sport involving catching these barehanded, officially became legal in Louisiana in 2022 catfish |
| #8868, aired 2023-05-10 | BELIEVE IT OR NOT... $1600: A house known as "The One" sold for $126 million (down from $295 mil.) in this area of "lovely atmosphere" next to Beverly Hills Bel Air |
| #8868, aired 2023-05-10 | BELIEVE IT OR NOT... $2000: The Apollo 11 astronauts had to declare Moon rocks to this government service upon returning to Earth Customs |
| #8860, aired 2023-04-28 | LITERARY LIONS $2000: In this poet's "The Second Coming", "a shape with lion body and the head of a man... slouches towards Bethlehem to be born" Yeats |
| #8856, aired 2023-04-24 | BEATLES "S"ONGS $800: "I don't want to leave her now, you know I believe and how" "Something" |
| #8848, aired 2023-04-12 | OUR NATION OF IMMIGRATION $400: Famous Americans of this heritage include Barack Obama seen here on a visit to the old country Ireland |
| #8830, aired 2023-03-17 | TV, YOU SAY! $1000: Darius, on this FX show: "I would say nice to meet you but I don't believe in time as a concept. So I'll just say we always met" Atlanta |
| #8828, aired 2023-03-15 | HANGOVER CURES $800: Some believe in this type of "pressure", especially a point on the thumb side of the hand called the great eliminator acupressure |
| #8820, aired 2023-03-03 | QUOTATIONS $400: In 1944 this teen wrote, "In spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart" Anne Frank |
| #8815, aired 2023-02-24 | DESCRIBING THE HORROR FILM FRANCHISE $800: A torso-bursting good time; Ripley's continuing believe it or not; bad company, I can't deny Alien |
| #9, aired 2023-01-05 | FAMOUS WOMEN $200: Her resume includes Secretary of State, senator from New York & first lady Hillary Clinton |
| #8745, aired 2022-11-18 | FURNITURE $1,000 (Daily Double): The name of this piece of furniture comes from the French for "to put to bed" a couch |
| #8743, aired 2022-11-16 | MAKING AN ASSONANCE OF YOURSELF $800: Gamers know it's replacing letters with similar-looking numbers, like when using 3 instead of "E" leetspeak |
| #8742, aired 2022-11-15 | NOW STREAMING ON DuMONT+ $400: You can binge "Man Against Crime", one of the first shows about someone in this job, preceding Mannix & Veronica Mars detective |
| #8734, aired 2022-11-03 | BIBLICAL PEOPLE $400: This apostle got his famous nickname from refusing to believe in Jesus' resurrection without physical evidence (Doubting) Thomas |
| #8722, aired 2022-10-18 | FRENCH LITERATURE $2000: Meursault, the narrator of this Camus work, says he doesn't believe in God after being arrested for murder The Stranger |
| #8719, aired 2022-10-13 | WEIRD SCIENCE $200: Scientists now believe a species of this flying mammal buzzes like a wasp to deter owls from eating them a bat |
| #8713, aired 2022-10-05 | FIRST EPISODES $200: Asked if he believes in ghosts, this soccer coach says, "I do. But more importantly, I think they need to believe in themselves" Ted Lasso |
| #2, aired 2022-10-02 | HELPFUL INTERNET ACRONYMS $1500: CMV:
I believe one thing but am open to your perspective, so now is your chance to explain to me my error change my view |
| #8672, aired 2022-06-28 | HIT ME $2000: "Believe", 1998 Cher |
| #8662, aired 2022-06-14 | CLEVER CROSSWORD CLUES $1000: The first lady's residence; some believe it was just east of Israel
(4 letters) Eden |
| #8654, aired 2022-06-02 | USA $2000: Some believe the ghost of this Voodoo queen haunts her House of Voodoo museum & store in New Orleans Marie Laveau |
| #8630, aired 2022-04-29 | NEWSPAPERS & MAGAZINES $400: This magazine's 1888 first issue had a chestnut brown cover & would you believe no pictures? The yellow border came later National Geographic |
| #8622, aired 2022-04-19 | NONFICTION TELEVISION $600: A newspaper feature first published in 1918 about bizarre curiosities inspired this TV show most recently hosted by Bruce Campbell Ripley's Believe It or Not! |
| #8618, aired 2022-04-13 | OH ME OF LITTLE FAITH $1200: This "Derek" star tweeted atheists were fighting again "over who doesn't believe in any god the most... wait... that never happens" Ricky Gervais |
| #8616, aired 2022-04-11 | IN MOM'S FREE TIME $1000: In 2016 Wisconsin mom Kristin Garvey made the first yard sign with these 5 words preceding various affirmations in this house we believe |
| #8610, aired 2022-04-01 | HOOD ORNAMENTS $2,000 (Daily Double): Many believe London-born Eleanor Thornton was the model for Spirit of Ecstasy, seen on the bonnet of this luxury car Rolls Royce |
| #8605, aired 2022-03-25 | LAWN TOMORROW $400: Freeze! this varmint--you tore up my lawn but I'll use liquid castor oil around your tunnel entry to ward you off the gopher |
| #8594, aired 2022-03-10 | STARTS & ENDS WITH THE SAME VOWEL $800: I can't believe it's not butter, as it's artificial butter called this oleo |
| #8593, aired 2022-03-09 | THE APOLLO PROGRAM $600: On Christmas Eve 1968, the Apollo 8 crew read aloud from this book of the Bible, as it is foundational for not just Christians Genesis |
| #8583, aired 2022-02-23 | NOTABLE PEOPLE $400: Describing one of her diamond jubilee celebrations in 1897, she said, "No one ever, I believe, has met with such an ovation" Queen Victoria |
| #17, aired 2022-02-22 | MYTHIC CONSTELLATIONS $10,000 (Daily Double): Carina--the keel, Puppis--the stern, & Vela--the sails--once sailed the sky as part of a larger constellation named for this ship the Argo |
| #8578, aired 2022-02-16 | THE LYIN' IN WINTER $600: Hard to believe we just beat Dan Jansen's 1994 gold medal-winning time in the 1,000 meters in this sport speed skating |
| #8570, aired 2022-02-04 | MAMMALS $200: The pachyderms include this mammal whose skin secretes a moistening reddish fluid, which led folks to believe it sweated blood a hippopotamus |
| #8546, aired 2022-01-03 | SUBTITLES $2,000 (Daily Double): "I Want to Believe":
the 2008 film sequel based on this TV show The X-Files |
| #8541, aired 2021-12-27 | THE 4th CENTURY $1600: "I believe in one God, the Father Almighty", begins the Nicene one dating from the 4th century Creed |
| #8540, aired 2021-12-24 | SOME LAST-MINUTE CHRISTMAS SHOPPING $600: I can't believe you bought me this NHL team that had players like Guy Carbonneau, Guy Lapointe & Guy Lafleur... merci! the Canadiens |
| #8522, aired 2021-11-30 | "BLACK" ON THE MAP $1000: It's hard to believe Lake Lahontan once covered this Nevada desert area seen here in all its stark beauty Black Rock (Desert) |
| #8499, aired 2021-10-28 | POTENT ETYMOLOGY $1000: This brand of rum is named for a navy man who became a famous tattoo artist Sailor Jerry |
| #8471, aired 2021-09-20 | LIZARDS $600: The name of this lizard known for its ability to climb vertical surfaces is from a Malay word imitating the sound it makes gecko |
| #8444, aired 2021-07-15 | THOMAS PAINE $800: Paine wrote, "I do not believe in" the Catholic or the Protestant creeds; "my own mind is my own" this church |
| #8427, aired 2021-06-22 | C.G., I $400: I can't believe a 1930s MGM casting director said, "My ears made me look like a giant sugar bowl" Clark Gable |
| #8426, aired 2021-06-21 | YOU'RE ALL OVER THE MAP $1200: We believe you'll be "Abel" to name this sea between Australia & New Zealand that covers nearly a million square miles in area the Tasman Sea |
| #8362, aired 2021-03-23 | CHRISTIAN GLOSSARY $800: The ancient statement of faith called these men's creed begins, "I believe in God, the Father almighty" the Apostles' Creed |
| #8359, aired 2021-03-18 | COMPLETE THE AD SLOGAN $600: Sony:
Make. ____ Believe |
| #8335, aired 2021-02-12 | MECCA & MEDINA $800: Muslims believe the tomb of this man, Moses' brother, is on Mount Uhud near Medina Aaron |
| #8325, aired 2021-01-29 | NO. 1 RECORD $1200: This 1998 Cher megahit with a 1-word title took 6 songwriters & almost a decade to put together "Believe" |
| #8229, aired 2020-06-04 | WE MISS YOU, MISTER ROGERS $600: Margaret Hamilton visited Mr. Rogers in 1975 to help kids understand make-believe & not fear this "Wizard of Oz" character the Wicked Witch of the West |
| #8221, aired 2020-05-25 | TV TEACHER APPRECIATION $2000: Mr. Feeny, closing out this '90s show on ABC: "Believe in yourselves. Dream. Try. Do good... I love you all. Class dismissed" Boy Meets World |
| #8217, aired 2020-05-19 | HISTORIC HOMES $1600: Many believe the 160-room San Jose, California "Mystery House" built by the heiress to this rifle company is haunted Winchester |
| #8212, aired 2020-04-28 | RELIGIOUS "ISM"s $600 (Daily Double): Many adherents of this Caribbean religion believe in Haile Selassie as a Messiah Rastafarianism |
| #8201, aired 2020-04-13 | ON THE BAND'S SET LIST $1600: Time to get "Stressed Out" & believe "The Hype" Twenty One Pilots |
| #8189, aired 2020-03-26 | ANGELS $4,000 (Daily Double): Mormons believe the angel Moroni appeared to this man & revealed to him where to find the golden plates Joseph Smith |
| #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 |
| #8171, aired 2020-03-02 | RUBRIC CUES $600: A good rule of thumb when gauging the merit of online media is DBEYR, or "don't believe" this everything you read |
| #8170, aired 2020-02-28 | SPORTS UPSETS $800: Do you believe in miracles? Mike Eruzione & the U.S. men's hockey team beat the Soviets at the Olympics in this year 1980 |
| #8161, aired 2020-02-17 | SURVIVOR $800: (Jeff Probst, the host of Survivor, presents the clue.) A fan favorite from "Survivor: The Australian Outback", she went on to co-host "The View" & "Fox & Friends" (Elisabeth) Hasselbeck |
| #8138, aired 2020-01-15 | U.S. REPRESENTATIVES $400: Deb Haaland of the Laguna Pueblo & Sharice Davids of the Ho-chunk Nation are the first women of this group in Congress indigenous women |
| #6, aired 2020-01-09 | CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER PUDDING $400: (Christopher Plummer delivers the clue.) I've played King Lear, Hamlet, Oedipus, Pizarro; but perhaps my most challenging role, if you could believe it, was in this 1965 movie that for a while was the top-grossing film of all time The Sound of Music |
| #8132, aired 2020-01-07 | CLASSIC MOVIES & TV $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew is at Profiles in History in Calabasas, CA.) I can't believe I'm holding the lightsaber used by this man playing Luke Skywalker in 1977's "Star Wars"--it would be even cooler with the blue light and sound effects Mark Hamill |
| #8092, aired 2019-11-12 | HAIL, CAESAR! $800: Scholars believe St. Paul made his appeal to Caesar of Acts 25 in 59 A.D., so the Caesar would have been him Nero |
| #8084, aired 2019-10-31 | NEW TESTAMENT QUOTES $600: Chide those who don't believe in you by quoting Matthew 6: "O ye of" this little faith |
| #8068, aired 2019-10-09 | BUILDINGS $400: With cozy living quarters, this style, named for its dramatic shape, has become a popular choice for vacation homes A-frame |
| #8067, aired 2019-10-08 | "RA", "RA", "SIS", "BOOM", "BA" $400: Nissin cup noodles, for example ramen |
| #8066, aired 2019-10-07 | I LEARNED IT FROM MENTAL FLOSS $1000: Jack London encouraged this young cartoonist who created the "Believe It or Not!" strip, later spun off into multiple TV series Ripley |
| #8046, aired 2019-09-09 | PARTS OF SPEECHES $1000: William Faulkner at the Nobel banquet: "I believe that man will not merely endure: he will..." prevail |
| #8032, aired 2019-07-09 | A LABYRINTHINE CATEGORY $400: Some scholars believe medieval labyrinths like Chartres Cathedral's were meant to simulate pilgrimage to this city Jerusalem |
| #8032, aired 2019-07-09 | "H.D." $1200: Some believe this nursery rhyme fella was based on a cannon that crashed on the ground during the English Civil War Humpty Dumpty |
| #8031, aired 2019-07-08 | EVERY PITCHER TELLS A STORY $600: Last name of "Ya Gotta Believe!" author & World Series champ Tug, who had a country-singing son named Tim Tug McGraw |
| #8030, aired 2019-07-05 | FEMALE SINGERS MONONYMOUS $1600: She topped the singles charts in 1971 & '99 & we believe she's not done yet Cher |
| #8020, aired 2019-06-21 | POP MUSIC $400: Ariana Grande sings, "When all is said & done, you will believe" this, a 2018 song that mixes spirituality & female power "God Is A Woman" |
| #8006, aired 2019-06-03 | NIXON SAID IT $200: "The American people don't believe anything's real until they see it" here television |
| #7964, aired 2019-04-04 | ACCORDING TO THE AUTHOR $1200: "I believe the road to hell is paved with" these modifying parts of speech, Stephen King said forcefully adverbs |
| #7915, aired 2019-01-25 | A BOWL OF "SUP" $1200: In this 1973 hit, Stevie Wonder sang, "When you believe in things that you don't understand, then you suffer" "Superstition" |
| #7898, aired 2019-01-02 | ONE-WORD MOVIE TITLES $200: James Cromwell has made about 50 movies; we believe this is the only one in which he sings to a pig Babe |
| #7892, aired 2018-12-25 | YOU WON'T BELIEVE WHAT I GOT! $400: A nice one of these, cash in addition to your salary; on Wall Street in 2017 they averaged $184,000 a bonus |
| #7892, aired 2018-12-25 | YOU WON'T BELIEVE WHAT I GOT! $800: A second star from this French guide, meaning my restaurant is excellent & "worth a detour" the Michelin |
| #7892, aired 2018-12-25 | YOU WON'T BELIEVE WHAT I GOT! $1200: This U.S. military medal; since 1962, civilians who've sustained a wound are eligible for it too Purple Heart |
| #7892, aired 2018-12-25 | YOU WON'T BELIEVE WHAT I GOT! $1600: A grant from the Open Society Foundations, created by this Hungarian-born billionaire to build democracy (George) Soros |
| #7892, aired 2018-12-25 | YOU WON'T BELIEVE WHAT I GOT! $2000: From the governor, this reduction in my sentence; a pardon would have been nicer, but at least I'm out a commutation |
| #7888, aired 2018-12-19 | ARCHITECTURE $2000: (Kelly shows a model of classical architecture on the monitor.) Classical architecture emphasized the column & a type of gable which linguists believe got this name from a dialectal garbling of "pyramid" pediment |
| #7848, aired 2018-10-24 | CELEBRATING CHER $800: This 1998 Cher hit popularized the use of Auto-Tune as a robotic vocal effect "Believe" |
| #7820, aired 2018-09-14 | NONFICTION $400: "A Curious Man" is a biography of this "Believe It or Not!" cartoonist Ripley |
| #7820, aired 2018-09-14 | 1973: THE GROOVY & NOT-SO-GROOVY $1200: Already 12 games out after playing 80, "ya gotta believe" this team led by Tom Seaver came back to win the NL pennant the Mets |
| #7810, aired 2018-07-20 | MUSIC OF 20 YEARS AGO $400: We hit the dance floor with this star who asked--in an electronic, distorted way--"Do You Believe In Life After Love?" Cher |
| #7793, aired 2018-06-27 | MAKING A FEDERAL CASE OUT OF IT $200: An oath-taker in a federal court who "states...any material matter which he does not believe to be true" has committed this perjury |
| #7745, aired 2018-04-20 | EXPLORERS $600 (Daily Double): In the 1850s Paul du Chaillu became the first European to see & report on this ape many believe was a myth a gorilla |
| #7708, aired 2018-02-28 | FALSE OR MISLEADING $200: This '90s sitcom character said, "Jerry, just remember. It's not a lie... if you believe it" George (Costanza) |
| #7698, aired 2018-02-14 | SNL IN THE OED $400: "Wayne's World" popularized this 3-letter interjection meaning "I don't really believe what I just said" not |
| #7697, aired 2018-02-13 | PRESIDENTIAL QUOTES $1600: In 1996 Bill Clinton declared, "I still believe in a place called" this, "a place called America" Hope |
| #7684, aired 2018-01-25 | THE QUOTABLE WILL ROGERS $800: "The country is bigger than" this financial center--"if they don't believe it, show 'em the map" Wall Street |
| #7674, aired 2018-01-11 | POST "AP"OCALYPSE $1000: It begins, "I believe in God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven & Earth, and in Jesus Christ, His only Son" the Apostle's Creed |
| #7671, aired 2018-01-08 | BROADWAY MUSICALS BY SONGS $1200: "Ease On Down The Road" & "If You Believe" The Wiz |
| #7649, aired 2017-12-07 | "I" LOVE OPERA $800: Here are the leads in the original 1865 production of a Wagner opera; I believe the line is, "Me, Tristan, you" her Isolde |
| #7647, aired 2017-12-05 | "U" LOVE MUSIC $400: "Don't believe me just watch"--there's an exclamation point on the title of this 2015 smash hit "Uptown Funk!" |
| #7638, aired 2017-11-22 | SINGLE-NAMED SINGERS' LAST NAMES $1200: Would you "believe" she was born with the last name Sarkisian? Cher |
| #7624, aired 2017-11-02 | WHERE'D YOU DISAPPEAR TO? $800: The FBI did not believe the old Giants stadium to be the final resting place of this union man, unseen since July 30, 1975 Jimmy Hoffa |
| #7602, aired 2017-10-03 | MELLOW FELLOWS $200: "I do not believe in armed risings. They are a remedy worse than the disease", said this man of India Gandhi |
| #7584, aired 2017-07-27 | ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAMERS BY HIT $2000: "Do You Believe In Magic" The Lovin' Spoonful |
| #7579, aired 2017-07-20 | PARTS OF SPEECH... IN SONG! $200: "I believe in miracles, where you from? You sexy thing":
believe verb |
| #7577, aired 2017-07-18 | TAILS OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC $600: Scientists believe the songs of this genus Megaptera whale, which change from year to year, are part of a mating ritual humpbacks |
| #7573, aired 2017-07-12 | KABOOM! $1200: Cosmologists believe that the universe started from a very small volume with this event the Big Bang |
| #7537, aired 2017-05-23 | HISTORY $200: I believe we're all in accord that the League of Nations assembly met for the first time in 1920 in this Swiss city Geneva |
| #7536, aired 2017-05-22 | BOOKS $600: In 2016 this independent senator released "Our Revolution: A Future to Believe In" Bernie Sanders |
| #7536, aired 2017-05-22 | WEEDS $800: Some scientists believe this "crazy" herb is poisonous because of the large amounts of selenium absorbed from the soil locoweed |
| #7536, aired 2017-05-22 | RUSSIAN CULTURE $1200: The 1980 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film went to the Soviet romcom "Moscow Does Not Believe in" these tears |
| #7532, aired 2017-05-16 | YOU'RE SO POSSESSIVE! $1,200 (Daily Double): On Aug. 3, 1980 Ronald Reagan said "I believe in" these & said the federal government had too much power states' rights |
| #7530, aired 2017-05-12 | ALMA MATTERS $2000: Alma Bridwell White was a major early evangelist of this movement but didn't believe in speaking in tongues Pentecostalism |
| #7502, aired 2017-04-04 | QUOTATIONS $600: In 1996 Bill Clinton told the country, "I still believe in a place called" this, "a place called America" Hope |
| #7468, aired 2017-02-15 | WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY? $1200: In an entry dated July 15, 1944: "I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart" Anne Frank |
| #7465, aired 2017-02-10 | WON'T YOU TAKE ME TO FUNKYTOWN? $400: Giving us "Uptown Funk!", he sang, "Saturday night and we in the spot, don't believe me, just watch!" Bruno Mars |
| #7454, aired 2017-01-26 | "DOO" OR "DY" $600: You're playing with this, which believe it or not its inventor called "safety powder" dynamite |
| #7449, aired 2017-01-19 | THE NEW TESTAMENT $1,000 (Daily Double): He told his fellow disciples, "Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails...I will not believe" in the resurrection Thomas |
| #7438, aired 2017-01-04 | EARLY HUMANOIDS $400: Scientists believe Gigantopithecus of Asia stood almost 10' in height & lived largely on a diet of this tall grass bamboo |
| #7434, aired 2016-12-29 | NATURE STUDY $1600: Scientists believe the very long nose of this monkey of Borneo creates an echo chamber amplifying calls to attract mates proboscis |
| #7424, aired 2016-12-15 | TALES $1200: "Therese Raquin" is a tale of murder by this man who some believe was later murdered over his Dreyfus Affair letter (Émile) Zola |
| #7369, aired 2016-09-29 | MUSIC IN MOVIES $1600: In the third installment of this comedy, Ken Jeong as Mr. Chow sings "I Believe I Can Fly" while flying over Vegas The Hangover |
| #7330, aired 2016-06-24 | THE CONSCIENCE FUND $200: The Conscience Fund, voluntary donations from people who believe they owe the U.S. money, is run by this Cabinet Dept. Treasury |
| #7272, aired 2016-04-05 | FAMOUS PAIRS $1200: This couple, shot dead in a 1934 ambush, is believe to have committed 13 murders as well as robberies Bonnie & Clyde |
| #7262, aired 2016-03-22 | ADJECTIVES OF THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS $1000: (Eric Braeden and Melody Thomas Scott give the clue as Victor and Nikki from The Young and the Restless.) "You expect me to believe you? Give you yet another chance? Are you serious?"
"I mean it this time, Victor; I'm off the booze for good. From this day forward I will be these 2 adjectives in the title of a 1988 Michael Keaton film" clean and sober |
| #7261, aired 2016-03-21 | WE LOVE MEL BROOKS $600: Would you believe Mel created this spy sitcom in 1965? Or that it became a 2008 movie starring Steve Carell? Get Smart |
| #7257, aired 2016-03-15 | GEOLOGY $1000: There are various North Poles; some scientists believe this one may move from Canada to Siberia within the next 50 years the magnetic North Pole |
| #7252, aired 2016-03-08 | 2015 CONGRESS FOLK $400: This Arizona man said, "I believe in evolution. But I also believe, when I hike the Grand Canyon...the hand of God is there" (John) McCain |
| #7239, aired 2016-02-18 | AMERICAN INVENTORS $1600: Some believe that Catherine Greene, his benefactor, came up with the idea of using wire teeth to separate cotton from seeds (Eli) Whitney |
| #7229, aired 2016-02-04 | ALL ABOUT NUMBERS $1200: Legal group of 23 persons charged with determining whether probable cause exists to believe someone committed a crime a grand jury |
| #7214, aired 2016-01-14 | BIBLICAL GEOGRAPHY $1600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) Scholars believe the Exodus didn't go across the Red Sea, but somewhere on land between two bodies of water--this sea & this gulf the Gulf of Suez & the Mediterranean Sea |
| #7205, aired 2016-01-01 | A NEW YEAR'S BABY $2000: Time for "K.P." duty: this Brit who spied within MI6 for the Soviets was born on Jan. 1, 1912, or so we were led to believe Kim Philby |
| #7194, aired 2015-12-17 | "I" TUNES $400: This R. Kelly song was written for Michael Jordan's "Space Jam" "I Believe I Can Fly" |
| #7189, aired 2015-12-10 | RELIGIOUS BELIEF $800: Named in 1931, they believe in the imminent second coming of Christ & go door-to-door to proclaim their faith Jehovah's Witnesses |
| #7182, aired 2015-12-01 | WOMEN OF MYTH $2000: After she spurned Apollo, he made sure no one would believe her prophecies Cassandra |
| #7167, aired 2015-11-10 | MOONS OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM $800: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows an astronomical animation on the monitor.) Due to its odd, dramatically-inclined orbit, astronomers believe Neptune's moon, Nereid, may be a captured one of these asteroid |
| #7164, aired 2015-11-05 | TEXTING ACRONYMS $400: BION:
This Ripleyan phrase believe it or not |
| #7139, aired 2015-10-01 | ASIAN MOUNTAINS $800: Some believe that Saudi Arabia's Jabal al-Lawz is the real this mountain Moses climbed Mount Sinai |
| #7138, aired 2015-09-30 | JESUS $3,400 (Daily Double): ...ascended into heaven from atop this peak 40 days after his resurrection the Mount of Olives |
| #7127, aired 2015-09-15 | AKC-DEFINED BREEDS $600: "Well known as 'purse dogs'... some believe (it) originated from the fennec fox... not more than 6 pounds" a chihuahua |
| #7122, aired 2015-07-28 | A FISH IS STILL A FISH $1000: You "betta" believe this type of "fighting fish" will even attack its own image in a mirror a Siamese fighting fish |
| #7121, aired 2015-07-27 | BIOGRAPHIES $200: He was the subject of a 2013 biography called "A Curious Man"; believe it or not (Robert) Ripley |
| #7113, aired 2015-07-15 | PUT 'EM IN ORDER $600: Montezuma,
Tecumseh,
Geronimo Montezuma, Tecumseh, Geronimo |
| #7112, aired 2015-07-14 | HAIL! $600: Many believe this NFL team name should be changed, & with it the song "Hail To" them the Redskins |
| #7097, aired 2015-06-23 | HISTORICAL FILMS $2000: In this 1959 film actress Millie Perkins claims, "I still believe... that people are really good at heart" The Diary of Anne Frank |
| #7079, aired 2015-05-28 | ARACHNIDS $1600: Oh, orb weaver, I believe there are 2,800 species of you including a spider named for this strong material it produces silk |
| #7078, aired 2015-05-27 | AYE $1000: Ending debate on Vivek Murthy's nomination for Surgeon General, on Dec. 15, 2014 the Senate agreed to invoke this cloture |
| #7052, aired 2015-04-21 | 4-LETTER FILMS $1200: In this 1991 film Robin Williams tells Julia Roberts, "I believe in fairies" Hook |
| #7043, aired 2015-04-08 | ZERO TO SIXTY $600: This make marked its 60th anniv. with the Vega--which, believe it or not, was Motor Trend's 1971 Car of the Year Chevrolet |
| #7036, aired 2015-03-30 | VACCINES $800: Many believe a recent outbreak of this disease tied to Disneyland could have been prevented by vaccine measles |
| #7001, aired 2015-02-09 | LEAVES $1000: "Monsieur Marius, I believe that I was a little bit in love with you", she says & then smiles & dies Eponine |
| #6968, aired 2014-12-24 | ALEXANDER THE GREAT COMPOSER $1200: Alexander Scriabin had synesthesia, causing him to believe each tone was mystically related to one of these colors |
| #6967, aired 2014-12-23 | EARTH SCIENCE $1200: Some believe an asteroid strike at Chicxulub, a crater in this peninsular region of Mexico, killed off the dinosaurs the Yucatán |
| #6951, aired 2014-12-01 | VOCABULARY $11,000 (Daily Double): This instrument measures atmospheric pressure: its name is used to mean anything that indicates change a barometer |
| #6945, aired 2014-11-21 | I'M JUST A SAYING $400: While "there's no place like home", some believe "the grass is always greener on the other side of" this the fence |
| #6923, aired 2014-10-22 | TAKE THE STAIRS $800: Some believe the spiral staircase in the Loretto Chapel in Santa Fe was built by this patron saint of carpenters himself Saint Joseph |
| #6919, aired 2014-10-16 | H _ _ E $400: Don't believe this, excessive publicity hype |
| #6900, aired 2014-09-19 | DATE NUT $600: Hard to believe it's been 40 years since Nixon resigned on the 9th of this month in 1974 August |
| #6894, aired 2014-07-31 | BEFORE HE WAS PRESIDENT $2000: He served as Tennessee's first U.S. representative Andrew Jackson |
| #6884, aired 2014-07-17 | "M"ENAGERIE $1600: This African monkey has blue cheeks & a red nose that become brighter when it's excited mandrill |
| #6875, aired 2014-07-04 | OLDIES $600: "Is it in his sighs? Oh no, he'll make believe. If you want to know if he loves you so, it's in" this his kiss |
| #6869, aired 2014-06-26 | A VISIT WITH GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS $1000: (George Stephanopoulos delivers the clue.) In 2010, this Iranian president ended an interview with me by assuring me that Osama bin Laden was in Washington; I believe I was right when I said he was wrong Ahmadinejad |
| #6867, aired 2014-06-24 | NONFICTION $2000: Chapter 1 of this classic book by Norman Vincent Peale is "Believe in Yourself" The Power of Positive Thinking |
| #6861, aired 2014-06-16 | FINISH THE TERRIBLE RHYME $600: To gather, rouse or summon / You better believe it, buster / It's this word that will be heard / This is the word you'll... muster |
| #6855, aired 2014-06-06 | ROMANTIC CLICHÉS $600: "Would you believe in" this sudden event? "Yes, I'm certain that it happens all the time" love at first sight |
| #6827, aired 2014-04-29 | GEOGRAPHIC ANAGRAMS $2000: I cannot believe this Chinese city is properly called Guangzhou Canton (from cannot) |
| #6818, aired 2014-04-16 | A FARSI LEXICON $800: The king is dead! "Shatranj" is this board game that some believe originated in Iran chess |
| #6813, aired 2014-04-09 | HINDUISM $3,300 (Daily Double): Hindus rhymingly believe in karma & this, the moral law governing individual conduct dharma |
| #6804, aired 2014-03-27 | SHAKESPEARE REWRITES THE BEATLES $2,000 (Daily Double): "I believe I shall be melancholy, I believe it shall be anon... the woman who disturbeth my temper is leaving hence" "Ticket To Ride" |
| #6802, aired 2014-03-25 | EUROPEAN LANGUAGES $400: Some believe that Cretan, spoken mainly on an island of this country, is Europe's oldest living language Greece |
| #6786, aired 2014-03-03 | 1990s NO. 1 HITS $1600: The record co. wanted to lose the vocal effect as she sang, "Do You Believe In Life After Love?"; she said no & hit No. 1 Cher |
| #6763, aired 2014-01-29 | THE "RENT" IS DUE $200: Many believe that the death penalty is not a proven one of these to prevent homicide a deterrent |
| #6755, aired 2014-01-17 | ANGELS $1200: This woman "of the d'Urbervilles" says, "I don't believe in anything supernatural" but gets a harp-playing angel of a suitor Tess |
| #6751, aired 2014-01-13 | RELIGIOUS MATTERS $800: Muslims believe that this angel revealed the Koran to the prophet Muhammad over a 22-year period Gabriel |
| #6745, aired 2014-01-03 | CHANGE YOU CAN BELIEVE IN $200: The thinnest coin we use today, it's 1.35 mm thick the dime |
| #6745, aired 2014-01-03 | CHANGE YOU CAN BELIEVE IN $400: A series of presidential $1 coins features this symbolic lady on the reverse Lady Liberty |
| #6745, aired 2014-01-03 | CHANGE YOU CAN BELIEVE IN $800: Though not a president, this founding father was put on the front of the half-dollar in 1948 Benjamin Franklin |
| #6745, aired 2014-01-03 | CHANGE YOU CAN BELIEVE IN $1,000 (Daily Double): The back of a U.S. quarter featuring this place calls it the "Isla del Encanto" Puerto Rico |
| #6745, aired 2014-01-03 | CHANGE YOU CAN BELIEVE IN $1000: She's on the front of the 2010 $1 coin that has the Hiawatha Belt on the reverse Sacajawea |
| #6743, aired 2014-01-01 | GEOGRAPHIC NAME CHANGES $800: This modern African republic was once known as Abyssinia Ethiopia |
| #6735, aired 2013-12-20 | 2013 CDs $200: This tween idol double-dipped, having 2 CDs on the same chart with "Believe" & "Believe: Acoustic" (Justin) Bieber |
| #6725, aired 2013-12-06 | PARTS OF THE CITY $2,000 (Daily Double): This Spanish word for "neighborhood" refers to a Latino enclave in a U.S. city barrio |
| #6723, aired 2013-12-04 | AFTER I LOST THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION $1200: I stayed on as gov. of N.Y. & turned down an offer to be Chief Justice of the U.S.; I also learned not to believe newspapers (Thomas) Dewey |
| #6718, aired 2013-11-27 | FULL HOUSE TAKES IT $400: Types of this furniture include Shelby &--ah do believe ah have the vapors--fainting a couch |
| #6707, aired 2013-11-12 | VOLCANOES $800: Some scientists believe that this civilization on Crete ended with the eruption of the volcano Thera around 1500 B.C. the Minoan civilization |
| #6704, aired 2013-11-07 | THE FABRIC OF OUR LIVES $200: When you say it's fiber from insect larvae made from cocoon spinning, it's hard to believe we love to sleep on sheets of it silk |
| #6655, aired 2013-07-19 | SURVEY SAYS...! $600: A 2013 survey said unlike the CEO of Yahoo!, 65% believe working from home, aka this word, is productive telecommuting |
| #6574, aired 2013-03-28 | MOONS $1200: Some astronomers believe that these 2 moons of Mars were asteroids at one time Phobos and Deimos |
| #6571, aired 2013-03-25 | PHI BETA KAPPA $800: 1997: Tennessee it to believe it! a Colts & now Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning |
| #6568, aired 2013-03-20 | CLASSIC ADS & JINGLES $1000: "I Can't Believe I Ate the Whole Thing" Alka-Seltzer |
| #6565, aired 2013-03-15 | POST MASTERS $1600: Not yet 30, Picasso was in the groundbreaking 1910 London art show "Manet and" this group the postimpressionists |
| #6521, aired 2013-01-14 | ENGLISH LITERATURE $800: Chapter 13 of this story is "Do you believe in fairies?" Peter Pan |
| #6517, aired 2013-01-08 | HOCKEY TALK? $1000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew gives us the clue while performing the action described with Kelly.) It's two people... in a hostile confrontation... close together... & eye-to-eye, as described in the title of a 1997 John Woo movie face off |
| #6495, aired 2012-12-07 | BIBLE BOOKS BY STORY $1,000 (Daily Double): 3 friends are thrown into a fiery furnace Daniel |
| #6485, aired 2012-11-23 | USING YOUR JEOP-PS $600: (Sarah's voice reads the clue in a monotone fashion.) You have arrived at 50 West North Temple St. in Salt Lake City, home to this 3-word singing group the Mormon Tabernacle Choir |
| #6468, aired 2012-10-31 | OUTSIDE $2,000 (Daily Double): Believe it or not, the smooth soft-shelled species of this reptile can often outrun a man on level ground a turtle |
| #6463, aired 2012-10-24 | WHICH WORD IS MIZPELED? $400: It was a fallacy to believe that Jim's harassment of that badger was a singular occurrance occurrence |
| #6463, aired 2012-10-24 | TV THEME SONG HITS $1000: 1981:
"Believe It Or Not" The Greatest American Hero |
| #6460, aired 2012-10-19 | BROADWAY MUSICALS BY SONGS $1600: "The Morning Of The Dragon" & "The American Dream" Miss Saigon |
| #6459, aired 2012-10-18 | THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WARS $800: Nobody won the Peace Prize in 1939, but both Neville Chamberlain & this Munich Pact partner were nominated Adolf Hitler |
| #6457, aired 2012-10-16 | YOU CAN FIND ME ONLINE $1600: Hard to believe it took until 2011 for the launch of this 11-time NBA All-Star & TNT analyst .com (Charles) Barkley |
| #6455, aired 2012-10-12 | BUFFETT TALKS BUSINESS $200: (Warren Buffett delivers the clue.) I believe in productive assets that will keep delivering output in 100 years; people will still buy products from companies like this soft drink maker of which Berkshire Hathaway owns 8.8% Coca-Cola |
| #6455, aired 2012-10-12 | BUFFETT TALKS BUSINESS $3,000 (Daily Double): (Warren Buffett delivers the clue.) If you understand a particular industry, put more capital into the companies you believe in; don't bother with this strategy of putting eggs in different baskets diversification |
| #6454, aired 2012-10-11 | 1920s BESTSELLERS $800: Believe it or not, his "Believe It or Not" was a bestseller in 1929 Ripley |
| #6436, aired 2012-09-17 | OSCAR WINNERS ON TV $400: In the 1980s he & his daughter Holly hosted "Ripley's Believe It or Not", though we don't remember any one-armed push-ups Jack Palance |
| #6435, aired 2012-08-03 | BIRTHDAY PARTY LOCATIONS $600: Amaze your guests in the TImes Square home of Ripley's Believe It or Not--this type of place but starting with "oddi", not "audi" an odditorium |
| #6430, aired 2012-07-27 | "OX" MARKS THE SPOT $800: Scientists believe that in the 20th Century alone, this disease killed more than 300 million people smallpox |
| #6402, aired 2012-06-19 | ITALIAN FOOD $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew helps make cheese at Eataly in New York City.) Here in New York they use cow's milk, but in Campagna traditionally mozzarella is made from the milk of this animal, which many Italian kids believe lays eggs buffalo |
| #6402, aired 2012-06-19 | THE CELEBRITY TWEETS $800: On Oct. 10 , 2011 this reality star (an omen?): "What did you guys think of my wedding? Can't believe it's all over" Kim Kardashian |
| #6392, aired 2012-06-05 | ADD A LETTER $400: Add a letter to Ernesto Guevara's nickname to get this singer of "Believe" Cher |
| #6391, aired 2012-06-04 | BIG PLAYS IN THE BIBLE $200: A huge upset as he "prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone"; I can't believe what I just saw! David |
| #6370, aired 2012-05-04 | BIBLICAL PEOPLE $1200: His brothers dipped his coat in goat's blood to make his father Jacob believe animals had devoured him Joseph |
| #6349, aired 2012-04-05 | A SHOWER OF APRIL $1000: On April 12, 1862 Union spy James Andrews led a group of men in seizing this locomotive in Georgia The General |
| #6349, aired 2012-04-05 | DREAM-Y SONGS $2000: This 1976 Gary Wright title, "I believe you can get me through the night" "Dream Weaver" |
| #6345, aired 2012-03-30 | IT'S ALL RELATIVE $800: A 1952 study of tales collected under this fictional name noted 8 whippings & 2 unlawful imprisonments Mother Goose |
| #6328, aired 2012-03-07 | BRIDGES $600: A sandstone landmark 275' long, or what some bereaved pet owners believe they'll cross with the departed Fifi the Rainbow Bridge |
| #6325, aired 2012-03-02 | MOVIE DOG BREEDS $1200: Cujo Saint Bernard |
| #6323, aired 2012-02-29 | HERE COMES THE WEDDING MOVIE $1,200 (Daily Double): Spencer Tracy played the title role in this 1950 film with Liz Taylor as his affianced daughter Kay Father of the Bride |
| #6313, aired 2012-02-15 | AMERICAN EXPERIENCE CLINTON $600: Finish the Clinton quote from the 1992 Democratic National Convention
"I end tonight where it all began for me. I still believe in a place called--" Hope |
| #6271, aired 2011-12-19 | I BELIEVE WEBSTER'S DEFINES IT AS... $200: "n... an Eskimo canoe made of a frame covered usu. with sealskin except for a small opening in the center" a kayak |
| #6271, aired 2011-12-19 | I BELIEVE WEBSTER'S DEFINES IT AS... $400: "vt 1 archaic: to plan ahead... 2 a...to predict (weather conditions)" forecast |
| #6271, aired 2011-12-19 | I BELIEVE WEBSTER'S DEFINES IT AS... $600: "pron... archaic... a nominative pronoun of the second person singular esp. in biblical... language" thou |
| #6271, aired 2011-12-19 | I BELIEVE WEBSTER'S DEFINES IT AS... $800: "conj... 1 a: except for the fact--used to introduce a dependent clause" but |
| #6271, aired 2011-12-19 | BUMPER STICKER HUMOR $1000: "I believe in ghosts. My past just came back to" do this haunt me |
| #6271, aired 2011-12-19 | I BELIEVE WEBSTER'S DEFINES IT AS... $1000: "adj... 2 b: happy, golden" as in (this) era or the (this) days of youth halcyon |
| #6268, aired 2011-12-14 | SHAKESPEARE $2000: Some believe this comedy was written to be performed during Epiphany festivities, hence its name Twelfth Night |
| #6253, aired 2011-11-23 | GEMS & JEWELRY $600: The Chinese call it the "jewel of heaven" & believe it protects against accidents jade |
| #6235, aired 2011-10-28 | "SH"! $1600: Some Native Americans believe these medicine men have contact with the spirit world shaman |
| #6224, aired 2011-10-13 | HOMONYM FILL-INS $2000: Listening to the facts spouted by the just-arrived talking antelope, I couldn't believe what the ____ ____ ____ new/gnu/knew |
| #6190, aired 2011-07-08 | NAME THE YEAR $2000: Hawaii becomes our 50th state 1959 |
| #6180, aired 2011-06-24 | IN THE BEGINNING $600: Some scholars believe this punctuation mark comes from the Latin word Io, a shout of joy an exclamation point |
| #6163, aired 2011-06-01 | GET A JOB! $200: A milliner makes & sells these; I believe the cloche is making a comeback hats |
| #6152, aired 2011-05-17 | THINGS $800: Historians believe the face of this 66'-high landmark represents King Khafre, but we're pretty sure the king had a nose the Sphinx |
| #6141, aired 2011-05-02 | DEAD LINES $400: This character said, "Every time a child says, 'I don't believe in fairies', there is a fairy somewhere that falls down dead" Peter Pan |
| #6137, aired 2011-04-26 | DOUBLE MEANINGS $800: I'm a gullible ____ to believe Jane will ever love me, & to carry this torch will ____ my strength sap |
| #6133, aired 2011-04-20 | AT THE "END" $400: Make believe pretend |
| #6125, aired 2011-04-08 | BEST MOVIE QUOTES EVER! $1600: 1999:
"Excuse me, I believe you have my stapler" Office Space |
| #6121, aired 2011-04-04 | PLAY STATION $600: Many believe that this hamlet in the play "Our Town" represented Peterborough, New Hampshire Grover's Corners |
| #6117, aired 2011-03-29 | GRUMPY $1600: Who would hold it against this poor fisherman for being grumpy after sharks ate his prized marlin catch? Santiago |
| #6106, aired 2011-03-14 | WE ARE THE WOLVES $600: Some experts believe the smaller red wolf to be a hybrid of the gray wolf & this wily relative the coyote |
| #6078, aired 2011-02-02 | IMMORTALITY $1600: Mormons believe these 2 members of the godhead have physical bodies but are immortal God the Father & Jesus Christ |
| #6072, aired 2011-01-25 | TV THEME LYRICS $1200: "Believe it or not, I'm walking on air, never thought I could feel so free" Greatest American Hero |
| #6044, aired 2010-12-16 | THE BIRDS & THE BEES $400: Scientists now believe that birds are descended from the theropods, the "beast foot" family of these dinosaurs |
| #6038, aired 2010-12-08 | NBA MVPs PDQ, OK? $400: In 2008 this Laker won his first MVP; hard to believe it took 12 seasons Kobe |
| #6026, aired 2010-11-22 | WORLD HERSTORY $800: Some scholars believe that this wife of Akhenaton was not Egyptian but an Asian princess from Syria Nefertiti |
| #6010, aired 2010-10-29 | ARMCHAIR GENERAL $400: I'm all for youth, but can you believe this guy led an army to victory over the Thracians in 340 B.C. at age 16 Alexander the Great |
| #5999, aired 2010-10-14 | THE GOSPELS $800: This disciple said, "except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails... I will not believe" Thomas |
| #5992, aired 2010-10-05 | A QUIET EVENING AT HOME $1600: A lively match at this board game is under way, & I do believe that's the Tartakower Variation on the Torre Attack chess |
| #5981, aired 2010-09-20 | MOVIE CITIES $2000: The 1980 Oscar winner for Foreign Language Film was "____ does Not Believe in Tears" Moscow |
| #5978, aired 2010-09-15 | BACKWORDS $600: I believe these were the cause of the missing produce on the White Star Line's flagship rats |
| #5965, aired 2010-07-16 | MUSEUMS $600: The Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site includes Booker T. Washington's home & a museum devoted to this peanut guy George Washington Carver |
| #5943, aired 2010-06-16 | SCIENCE CLASS $800: Scientists believe that, like humans, many dinosaurs were endothermic, which means this warm-blooded |
| #5943, aired 2010-06-16 | ST. AUGUSTINE $800: Believe it or not, this man's oldest Odditorium of weird stuff is located in St. Augustine Ripley |
| #5931, aired 2010-05-31 | PROPHET REPORT $400: Muslims believe he was the last prophet of God Muhammad |
| #5930, aired 2010-05-28 | GETTING TICKED OFF $600: In 2005 this ex-diplomat wasn't so diplomatic, saying, "I believe Karl Rove should be fired" for outing his CIA wife, Valerie Plame (Joseph) Wilson |
| #5930, aired 2010-05-28 | SHAMANISM ON YOU $1600: The Warao Indians of South America believe this noisy shamanic gourd instrument has healing properties a rattle (or shaker) |
| #5916, aired 2010-05-10 | 4 SCORE & 7 $600: Some Australians believe 87 is an unlucky number in this sport, as it's 13 short of a century cricket |
| #5911, aired 2010-05-03 | PEOPLE $1000: We believe the only Canadian political wife to make the cover was this one linked in the '70s to players like Mick Jagger Margaret Trudeau |
| #5890, aired 2010-04-02 | BIBLICAL WHO SAID IT? $800: "Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails... and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe" Thomas |
| #5869, aired 2010-03-04 | WRITTEN BEHIND BARS $2000: Thomas Paine began part 1 of this work in a French prison, with "I believe in one god, and no more..." The Age of Reason |
| #5844, aired 2010-01-28 | KIDDY LIT $1000: "Thunderhead" was a sequel to this 1941 Mary O'Hara novel about Ken McLaughlin and his colt My Friend Flicka |
| #5830, aired 2010-01-08 | ANGELS & DEMONS $400: Mormons believe that the angel Gabriel & this sailor of Genesis are the same person Noah |
| #5824, aired 2009-12-31 | YOU "AST" FOR IT $400: Many believe that the dinosaurs died out after a giant one of these hit the earth an asteroid |
| #5797, aired 2009-11-24 | SCIENCE & NATURE $600: Despite the fierce appearance of this plated beast, scientists believe it to have been an herbivore a Stegosaurus |
| #5793, aired 2009-11-18 | IN MY NETFLIX QUEUE $400: Subtitled "I Want to Believe", the second film based on this eerie TV series The X-Files |
| #5790, aired 2009-11-13 | DOUBLE "E" WORDS $2000: From the Latin for "I believe", it's one's system of beliefs or principles a creed |
| #5779, aired 2009-10-29 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $600 (Daily Double): Halloween concerts often include this, Opus 40 by Saint-Saens, with a xylophone imitating rattling bones the Danse macabre |
| #5775, aired 2009-10-23 | INAUGURAL ADDRESSES $600: He said, "I do not believe that the Great Society is the ordered, changeless and sterile battalion of the ants" LBJ |
| #5764, aired 2009-10-08 | 2008 BLOCKBUSTER MOVIES $800: Would you believe I have 99 reasons this comic spy film made $230 million? Would you believe 86? Get Smart |
| #5763, aired 2009-10-07 | MADISON AVE. MENAGERIE $1000: Boy, ah say, boy, this big Warner Bros. bird hawked for the Colonel & KFC; now go away, boy, ya bothah me! Foghorn Leghorn |
| #5762, aired 2009-10-06 | ABRAHAM $1,800 (Daily Double): Muslims believe that Abraham helped build this building in Mecca thousands of years ago the Kaaba |
| #5751, aired 2009-09-21 | ROCK STARS' BACKSTAGE NEEDS $600: No more, more, more calories: this "Rebel Yell" guy's contract calls for a tub of I Can't Believe It's Not Butter! Billy Idol |
| #5741, aired 2009-07-20 | BELIEVE $400: I saw 3 of these objects, first reported near Mt. Rainier in June 1947, hovering over my house last night UFOs (or flying saucers) |
| #5741, aired 2009-07-20 | RIPLEYS $400: Robert Ripley's 1st "Believe It or Not!" had sports oddities like "A. Forrester...ran 100 yards" this way in 14 seconds backwards |
| #5741, aired 2009-07-20 | BELIEVE $800: My luggage was lost & I'm convinced it's now in this region named for a British Atlantic isle the Bermuda Triangle |
| #5741, aired 2009-07-20 | BELIEVE $1200: Last time I was fishing in Scotland I hooked this large, ancient plesiosaur & she got away with my best lure Nessie (the Loch Ness Monster) |
| #5741, aired 2009-07-20 | BELIEVE $1600: Hold onto your bug spray--I saw one of these insect/human creatures Richard Gere sought in a movie mothman |
| #5741, aired 2009-07-20 | BELIEVE $2000: I saw one of these hare/antelope hybrids in Johnny's dressing room just now & he called it by name! a jackalope |
| #5728, aired 2009-07-01 | INTERNATIONAL SPORTS STUFF $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from a sumo training stable in Tokyo, Japan.) Sumo wrestlers scatter this compound to purify the ring prior to each match salt |
| #5719, aired 2009-06-18 | TOP 40 COMMENCEMENT ADDRESSES? $200: "I believe the children are our future; teach them well and let them lead the way" Whitney Houston |
| #5681, aired 2009-04-27 | THE 19th CENTURY $400: The doctrine of papal this was adopted in 1870 by a vote of 533-2; the 2 promptly declared, "Now I believe" infallibility |
| #5660, aired 2009-03-27 | THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS $2000: Most scholars believe the Dead Sea Scrolls were written by this religious community of apocalyptic Jews the Essenes |
| #5658, aired 2009-03-25 | BEFORE AN "AFTER" $800: Many religions believe in this time yet to come, post-death the hereafter |
| #5649, aired 2009-03-12 | REMEMBER THESE OSCAR NOMINEES? $800: "In the Name of the Father", believe us that this guy got a lead actor nod for that film Daniel Day-Lewis |
| #5639, aired 2009-02-26 | BACK AT THE CBC $1600: (Alex delivers the clue from back at the CBC.) In 1967, the CBC international broadcast center was used by crews from all around the world who were here to report on this World's Fair Expo '67 |
| #5632, aired 2009-02-17 | BODY OF MUSIC $1200: Steve Perry of Journey came to us with these, "nothing to hide, believe what I say" "Open Arms" |
| #5624, aired 2009-02-05 | BIBLICAL QUOTES $400: This disciple wouldn't believe Jesus' resurrection until he saw "in his hands the print of the nails" Thomas |
| #5609, aired 2009-01-15 | NIAGARA FALLS $400: (Alex reports from Niagara Falls.) There's plenty of water going over the Falls right now, but would you believe that in March 1848 for about 30 hours the Falls actually stopped flowing due to a massive upstream accumulation of this stuff ice |
| #5607, aired 2009-01-13 | TEXT MESSAGING $800: "EM?", you really expect me to believe you don't know "EM?" stands for this? Excuse me! |
| #5601, aired 2009-01-05 | SONGS FROM MUSICALS $800: "If You Believe" &
"Ease On Down The Road" The Wiz |
| #5589, aired 2008-12-18 | NOVELIST/POETS $400: She poetiized, "Life, believe, is not a dream so dark as sages say"; Jane Eyre could have used those thoughts Charlotte Brontë |
| #5574, aired 2008-11-27 | POETRY $200: Some believe this epic poet was born in Ionia in the 9th century B.C. Homer |
| #5566, aired 2008-11-17 | "SUP" $400: It means to assume or believe, I guess suppose |
| #5549, aired 2008-10-23 | LEADERS & LANDS $1600: President Nicolas Sarkozy France |
| #5547, aired 2008-10-21 | I HAVE A QUESTION $800: Act IV of this writer's 1904 play has the line
"Do you believe in fairies?" (He didn't add "Yes!") J.M. Barrie |
| #5493, aired 2008-06-25 | I KNOW THAT SONG $1600: "When I dance they call me" this, "and the boys they say que soy buena, they all want me, they can't have me" the "Macarena" |
| #5470, aired 2008-05-23 | FAMOUS FACES IN HISTORY $800: Using descriptions from the events at Gethsemane, forensic experts constructed what they believe is this person's face Jesus |
| #5468, aired 2008-05-21 | "DD" TEA $1000: In 1874 Thomas Hardy took readers "far from" this 2-syllable "crowd" madding |
| #5446, aired 2008-04-21 | TRAVEL EUROPE $800: Some believe the best Greek sweet wine is mavrodaphne, a specialty of this peninsula in Greece the Peloponnesian peninsula |
| #5438, aired 2008-04-09 | LEADING MEN $400: In 1938 this prime minister returned to Britain from a meeting with Hitler saying, "I believe it is peace in our time" Chamberlain |
| #5434, aired 2008-04-03 | WHO MIGHT HAVE SAID IT? $200: The leading man on "24": "I can't believe this cell phone works in this lead-lined bunker. Who's our carrier?" Jack Bauer |
| #5434, aired 2008-04-03 | WHO MIGHT HAVE SAID IT? $400: From Homer's Iliad:
"I know they all think I'm a hottie, but I can't believe they launched a thousand ships" Helen of Troy |
| #5418, aired 2008-03-12 | GIMME AN "H" $1200: Glands in this mammal's skin secrete a pink fluid that once led folks to believe it sweated blood a hippopotamus |
| #5408, aired 2008-02-27 | PENN. NAMES $600: After the White House, he retired to his Lancaster estate, where he died a bachelor in 1868 James Buchanan |
| #5377, aired 2008-01-15 | PREHISTORIC TIMES $400: Scientists believe that eohippus, about the size of a small dog, was the earliest ancestor of this animal horse |
| #5368, aired 2008-01-02 | IT'S ON THE TIP OF MY TONGUE $800: Oh yeah, this car company... It makes the Explorer & the Excursion... I can't believe I'm blanking here... Ford |
| #5349, aired 2007-12-06 | "A" IN SCIENCE $2,000 (Daily Double): (Jon of the Clue Crew reports from the University of Mississippi.) Focused ultrasound waves are propelling the water here at Ole Miss's cutting-edge NCPA--National Center for Physical these Acoustics |
| #5340, aired 2007-11-23 | THE NEW TESTAMENT $600: The book of John records him as saying, "Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails... I will not believe" Thomas |
| #5339, aired 2007-11-22 | THE CONTINENT... $1000: ...where the Latter-Day Saints believe that Zion or New Jerusalem will be built North America |
| #5327, aired 2007-11-06 | MACHU PICCHU $1600: (Alex reports from Machu Picchu in Peru.) Some people believe that lines of energy around the globe come together at special spiritual points called these, like in Sedona, Arizona & here at Machu Picchu vortices (or vortexes) |
| #5324, aired 2007-11-01 | 9-LETTER WORDS $1000: Some believe this substance emanates from a medium during a seance ectoplasm |
| #5316, aired 2007-10-22 | POP CULTURE $1200: In the '40s, zis sex therapist was a sniper for Jewish forces in Palestine (yes, you heard me, a sniper!) Dr. Ruth |
| #5304, aired 2007-10-04 | THE POSITIVE $1200: His "Power of Positive Thinking" begins, "Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities!" Norman Vincent Peale |
| #5294, aired 2007-09-20 | FASHION SENSE $200: Made of lace & ribbons over a framework, a commode was worn on top of this in the late 1600s head |
| #5285, aired 2007-07-27 | STUDENT & TEACHER $400: Hermann Minkowski taught him math in the 1890s & couldn't believe it when he became a great scientist (Albert) Einstein |
| #5279, aired 2007-07-19 | THE OLD TESTAMENT $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew stands at the head of a massive supine statue at Giza, Egypt.) Many believe Ramses the Great, whose colossal statue rests here, was the pharaoh to whom Moses said "Let my people go" in this book of the Bible Exodus |
| #5274, aired 2007-07-12 | MOTHER GOOSE $200: Some believe these 2 water fetchers represented Cardinal Wolsey & the Bishop of Tarbes Jack & Jill |
| #5273, aired 2007-07-11 | LULLABIES THAT ROCK $800: This song is for parents who believe in bribery "Hush Little Baby (Don't You Cry)" |
| #5264, aired 2007-06-28 | CRIME RHYME TIME $200: Hard to believe! Mrs. Ashley Wilkes' seriously unlawful activities Melanie's felonies |
| #5236, aired 2007-05-21 | GIVE WAR AND PEACE A CHANCE $1,000 (Daily Double): In "War and Peace", this man is described as the Antichrist scourging Europe Napoleon |
| #5202, aired 2007-04-03 | GOOD TOMES $400: Don't believe the title: his "Little Dorrit" runs about 900 pages in various paperback editions Dickens |
| #5192, aired 2007-03-20 | FORESTS $1000: Grunewald Forest is the site of this European capital's highest point, Teufelsberg, which was made from wartime rubble Berlin |
| #5187, aired 2007-03-13 | ____ OF ____ $1,000 (Daily Double): Some scholars believe that this play may have been based on a now-lost play called "The Jew" The Merchant of Venice |
| #5154, aired 2007-01-25 | RUSSIAN CINEMA $2000: The 1980 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film went to Vladimir Menshov's "Moscow Does Not Believe In" these Tears |
| #5145, aired 2007-01-12 | DOUBLE MEANINGS $400: I know Mike ____ his expense account, but I can't believe he'd steal legal ____ from the conference room pads |
| #5132, aired 2006-12-26 | JAMES BOND $1000: Author Ian Fleming wrote that James Bond looked a lot like this composer of "Stardust' Hoagy Carmichael |
| #5107, aired 2006-11-21 | STONEHENGE $800: Today some archaeologists believe that Stonehenge was used to track & observe these 2 heavenly bodies the sun & the Moon |
| #5105, aired 2006-11-17 | BROAD WEIGH $800: Vantile Mack, the 257-pound "Giant Baby", & 628-pound Jane Campbell were seen at this showman's American Museum P.T. Barnum |
| #5105, aired 2006-11-17 | GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $2000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew stands outside the Merrimack Restaurant in New Hampshire.) This Colorado senator was one of the many politicos to come to the Merrimack Restaurant in Manchester, New Hampshire ahead of the big primary Gary Hart |
| #5104, aired 2006-11-16 | THE ILIAD, MACBETH OR THE HOBBIT $600: 3 witches prophesy in a thunderstorm Macbeth |
| #5080, aired 2006-10-13 | POLITICAL CARICATURES $200: He wrote, "I do not believe that anyone else has enjoyed the White House as much as I have" Theodore Roosevelt |
| #5080, aired 2006-10-13 | ROCKIN' T-SHIRTS $600: I can't believe it's been 12 years since we last saw this guy live in concert Kurt Cobain |
| #5072, aired 2006-10-03 | YOUNG PEOPLE WHO MADE A DIFFERENCE $4,000 (Daily Double): He restored Thebes as capital of Ancient Egypt but is probably better known for being "discovered" in 1922 King Tut |
| #5070, aired 2006-09-29 | TALES OF E.T.A. HOFFMANN $1600: In "The Golden Pot", Anselmus in Dresden is lured to this mythical land some believe was under the sea Atlantis |
| #5063, aired 2006-09-20 | ARTISTIC WOMEN SPEAK $2000: This woman who died in 1971 said, "I really believe there are things nobody would see if I didn’t photograph them" Diane Arbus |
| #5046, aired 2006-07-17 | PUT ME IN, COACH! $200: I can't believe the ref called one of these on our goalie for elbowing, but I'm ready to go to the box & serve it a penalty |
| #5045, aired 2006-07-14 | FRUITLESS SEARCHES $400: Many scholars believe this was actually the Aegean Sea island of Thira, largely destroyed around 1500 B.C. Atlantis |
| #5044, aired 2006-07-13 | WORLD RELIGION $800: Polynesians believe the deity Maui learned to make this in the underworld fire |
| #5041, aired 2006-07-10 | TALKING TURKEY $800: Turks don't eat much turkey; they call it "hindi" because they believe it originated here India |
| #5038, aired 2006-07-05 | SHAKESPEARE $800: A setting in "As You Like It", it's also the name of an ancient wooded area near Shakespeare's home the Forest of Arden |
| #5028, aired 2006-06-21 | PLEAD THE FIFTH $200: The Chinese believe that 5 elements influence daily life: metal, wood, earth, fire & this water |
| #5016, aired 2006-06-05 | FEARFUL QUOTES $600: Hard to believe she was ever alone, but this Gallic sex kitten revealed, "Solitude scares me" Brigitte Bardot |
| #5002, aired 2006-05-16 | RADIO $1600: In 2005 NPR revived this 1950s program in which people state their credos This I Believe |
| #4995, aired 2006-05-05 | HIT ME $1600: In a No. 1 hit from July 1985, he was "findin' it hard to believe we're in heaven" Bryan Adams |
| #4992, aired 2006-05-02 | PSEUDO MOVIE RATINGS $400: This singer's Top 10 hits include "Gotham City" from "Batman & Robin" & "I Believe I Can Fly" from "Space Jam" R. Kelly |
| #4956, aired 2006-03-13 | SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE $1000: Listen to me now & believe me later, these Dana Carvey & Kevin Nealon characters wanted to "Pump... you up" Hans & Franz |
| #4946, aired 2006-02-27 | LEWIS & CLARK $400: (Jon of the Clue Crew reports from Columbia Gorge Discovery Center in Oregon.) Here in Columbia Gorge, Clark sketched this bird, & Lewis wrote, "I believe this to be the largest bird in North America" a California condor |
| #4921, aired 2006-01-23 | THE SHORT FORM $600: Don't believe the hype, but believe that "hype" partly comes from shortening this word hyperbole (hyperbolic accepted) |
| #4918, aired 2006-01-18 | BIOLOGY $1600: (Jon of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Primate Center at Duke University.) Researchers here at Duke believe that when one lemur of this species meets another, it looks first at the distinctive feature it's named for the ring-tail |
| #4915, aired 2006-01-13 | IT'S THE BERRIES $2000: Some botanists believe that this berry developed by a California judge in 1881 is a blackberry-raspberry hybrid the loganberry |
| #4913, aired 2006-01-11 | JACKSON HOLE $200: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from a park in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.) It's hard to believe the picturesque Jackson Square was once used as a dump; in 1932 it was beautified & named for this president for his 200th birthday George Washington |
| #4910, aired 2006-01-06 | A WHITE WATER GLOSSARY $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew paddles his raft down the Snake River in Wyoming.) A Class 3 river like this part of the Snake is for intermediate rafters; the scale goes up to this number, but those I'll skip 6 |
| #4905, aired 2005-12-30 | THE MISSIVES OF OCTOBER $400: Oct. 15, 1965: Dear Dad, you won't believe it but at a peace rally today David Miller burned this, so the FBI's after him his draft card |
| #4905, aired 2005-12-30 | THE MISSIVES OF OCTOBER $1000: Oct. 24, 1648: Dear Johann, I can't believe this long war is over now that the Peace of Westphalia has been concluded the Thirty Years' War |
| #4903, aired 2005-12-28 | OBSTACLES $1000: Part 5 of "Les Miserables" begins with a description of these Revolutionary barriers in the streets of Paris barricades |
| #4900, aired 2005-12-23 | KEEPING UP APPEARANCES $800: Becky Adams admitted that her Rocket City Cosmetics were inspired by this classic TV cartoon series The Jetsons |
| #4889, aired 2005-12-08 | ISLAM $400: Sunni Muslims believe that this man didn't choose a successor but left the decision to the community Muhammad |
| #4867, aired 2005-11-08 | U.S. CITIES $600: Believe it or not, Jerry Springer was once the mayor of this large Ohio city Cincinnati |
| #4860, aired 2005-10-28 | 6-LETTER WORDS $400: Your Uncle Marty can't believe you bought that sweater this way when he owns 3 garment factories retail |
| #4848, aired 2005-10-12 | OLD TESTAMENT HEROES $600: His brothers took his coat of many colors & dipped it in goat's blood to make his father believe he had been killed Joseph |
| #4848, aired 2005-10-12 | MOVIE & TV MONSTERS $800: This "Mighty Morphin" group battles against monsters & demons unleashed by Queen Bansheera the Power Rangers |
| #4830, aired 2005-09-16 | AROUND THE WORLD $800: (Survivor's Jeff Probst delivers the clue from Palau.) Palau has a lake named for these gelatinous creatures which, believe me, do not taste good spread on toast jellyfish |
| #4802, aired 2005-06-21 | HISTORIC GREETING CARDS $800: Author of the 1541 anniversary card:
Catherine,
I can't believe it's been a year. Wishing us many more happy months together... Henry VIII |
| #4783, aired 2005-05-25 | DINOSAURS $400: Scientists believe that dinosaurs lived through 3 geologic periods: Triassic, Jurassic, then this next one Cretaceous |
| #4779, aired 2005-05-19 | FRISKY PRESIDENTS $200: Some scholars believe he initially called off his marriage, as he'd fallen in love with a friend of the Todds Lincoln |
| #4773, aired 2005-05-11 | 50 WAYS TO LEAVE YOUR LOVER $400: Crown self Czar in 1547, divorce 2 wives, have one killed, believe 3 to be poisoned by enemies, have last one outlive you Ivan the Terrible |
| #4768, aired 2005-05-04 | THE NATURE OF THE BEAST $400: Markings on teeth from a Ukraine site led anthropologists to believe humans first rode these 6,000 years ago horses |
| #4765, aired 2005-04-29 | TV THEME SONGS $1000: "Who could it be? Believe it or not, it's just me" The Greatest American Hero |
| #4713, aired 2005-02-16 | CATS $200: Some believe that the eradication of so many cats in the 14th century may have led to spread of this scourge the bubonic plague (the Black Death) |
| #4712, aired 2005-02-15 | U2 $600: 8-letter term that's almost impossible to believe; why, it's "absolutely"... fabulous |
| #4711, aired 2005-02-14 | MOVIE TAGLINES $400: 1978:
"You'll believe a man can fly" Superman |
| #4710, aired 2005-02-11 | MODERN QUOTATIONS $800: In 1994, Richard Nixon quipped, "The American people don't believe anything until they see it" here on television |
| #4706, aired 2005-02-07 | WORLD TRAVEL $800: Visit Ashgabat, Turkmenistan & you'll find that it's the sister city of this largest town in New Mexico Albuquerque |
| #4698, aired 2005-01-26 | RELIGIOUS PLACES $2000: The city of Varanasi, which devout Hindus believe has always existed, is on this river the Ganges |
| #4690, aired 2005-01-14 | "U" GOTTA BELIEVE! $400: Check out all the jazz going on in Orem, Ogden & Ophir in this state Utah |
| #4690, aired 2005-01-14 | "U" GOTTA BELIEVE! $800: At a height of 6,214 feet, Mount Narodnaya is the tallest peak in this range Urals |
| #4690, aired 2005-01-14 | "U" GOTTA BELIEVE! $1200: He hit a home run organizing the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles Peter Ueberroth |
| #4690, aired 2005-01-14 | "U" GOTTA BELIEVE! $1600: To lumbermen it's the notch that decides which way a tree falls; as a verb it's to hamper someone's efforts undercut |
| #4690, aired 2005-01-14 | "U" GOTTA BELIEVE! $2000: The manatee & elephant are sometimes classified as "sub"-this group of mammals ungulates |
| #4680, aired 2004-12-31 | THAT OLD-TIME RELIGION $400: He's considered the author of the Pentateuch, which is hard to believe, as Deuteronomy continues after his death Moses |
| #4680, aired 2004-12-31 | DR. SEUSS AT THE MULTIPLEX $400: Beyond ovoid abandonment, beyond ovoid betrayal... you won't believe the ending when he "Hatches the Egg" Horton |
| #4680, aired 2004-12-31 | DR. SEUSS AT THE MULTIPLEX $1600: Somewhere between truth & fiction lies Marco's reality... on Halloween, you won't believe you saw it on this St. Mulberry Street |
| #4676, aired 2004-12-27 | MAX-IMUM OVERDRIVE $800: Also known as Agent 86, he's the greatest spy in TV history!
(Would you believe... second greatest?) Maxwell Smart |
| #4667, aired 2004-12-14 | RADIO PERSONALITIES $400: (Hi, I'm Christie Whitman.) I don't believe in political quid pro quo, but after his endorsement, I named a rest stop toilet for this radio personality Howard Stern |
| #4624, aired 2004-10-14 | THE HOLE TRUTH $400: This disciple said he wouldn't believe in the resurrection until he saw & felt the nail holes in Jesus' hands Thomas |
| #4623, aired 2004-10-13 | WE LOVE YOU CONRAD $400: This novel was adapted into the film seen here
"You must let me free the lifeboats!"
"Why? So you can abandon us?"
"You believe that?" Lord Jim |
| #4616, aired 2004-10-04 | JACKS OR BETTER $800: In "Nightmares & Dreamscapes" this author wrote, "I believe there is an unseen world all around us" Stephen King |
| #4609, aired 2004-09-23 | YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT $600: I couldn't believe it when I saw the boss eat a 20-lb. wheel of brie--that's why we gave him this title the Big Cheese |
| #4609, aired 2004-09-23 | TAKING YOUR LUMPS $800: Most geologists believe the Earth's core to be mainly a heavy, compressed lump of this metal iron |
| #4605, aired 2004-09-17 | CLASSIC GAMES $200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew plays a game with Sofia.) Eight years of studying medicine have prepared me to perform delicate surgery on Cavity Sam in this game--scalpel!
Bzzzt! Operation |
| #4605, aired 2004-09-17 | KNIGHTS WHO SAY "NI" $2000: Originally written in Greek, this Christian statement of faith begins "We believe in one God..." the Nicene Creed |
| #4582, aired 2004-07-06 | BALLPARK FIGURES $1000: Sadly, this lefty pitcher who coined the Mets' battle cry "You gotta believe" died in 2004 Tug McGraw |
| #4579, aired 2004-07-01 | AMERICAN IDOL $600: This judge remarked, "Did you really believe you could become the American Idol? Well, then, you're deaf" Simon Cowell |
| #4573, aired 2004-06-23 | MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING $1000: Some psychologists believe babies are born with a tabula rasa, meaning this a blank slate |
| #4572, aired 2004-06-22 | RIPLEY'S BELIEVE IT OR NOT! $200: B.I.O.N., Texan David Pay has written over 300 alphabetic characters on a single grain of this! rice |
| #4572, aired 2004-06-22 | RIPLEY'S BELIEVE IT OR NOT! $400: B.I.O.N., herpetologist Bill Haast has been bitten over 150 times by these deadly creatures! snakes |
| #4572, aired 2004-06-22 | RIPLEY'S BELIEVE IT OR NOT! $600: B.I.O.N., every year a Filipino village recreates this event of around 30 A.D. using nails the crucifixion |
| #4572, aired 2004-06-22 | RIPLEY'S BELIEVE IT OR NOT! $800: B.I.O.N., because he believes it's possessed by his dead fiancee, a man married one of these dolls! a Barbie doll |
| #4572, aired 2004-06-22 | RIPLEY'S BELIEVE IT OR NOT! $1000: B.I.O.N., a 3-year old Ugandan boy was adopted & raised for 4 years by a colony of these human-like apes! chimps |
| #4539, aired 2004-05-06 | MOM JUST DOESN'T GET IT $1600: (Mom Cheryl of the Clue Crew is left incredulous by fashion.) I can't believe my kids want clothes from this "Farm"--they're not the least bit chubby Phat Farm |
| #4532, aired 2004-04-27 | BAD BOYS, BAD BOYS $200: The sordid life of Queen Victoria's grandson the Duke of Clarence led some to believe he was this 1880s killer Jack the Ripper |
| #4527, aired 2004-04-20 | THEY ALL WENT TO YALE $2,200 (Daily Double): Of our last 6 U.S. presidents, the 4 who are alumni of Yale George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George Herbert Walker Bush & Gerald Ford |
| #4509, aired 2004-03-25 | THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE $1,000 (Daily Double): Canada's southernmost point lies on Middle Island in this Great Lake Erie |
| #4491, aired 2004-03-01 | IT'S A CONSPIRACY! $800: Meryl Streep played this nuclear plant employee some believe was killed while trying to blow the whistle (Karen) Silkwood |
| #4490, aired 2004-02-27 | A MATTER OF TASTE $1600: Despite the name of this brand of spread, chef Anthony Bourdain says, "I can" I Can't Believe It's Not Butter |
| #4443, aired 2003-12-24 | PRESS YOUR LUKE $2000: Some believe Luke hailed from Antioch in a part of ancient Syria that's now in this country Turkey |
| #4441, aired 2003-12-22 | WORD HISTORY $800: If you believe in nothing, you may be attracted to this philosophy, from the Latin for "nothing" nihilism |
| #4423, aired 2003-11-26 | CHAT ROOM LINGO $600: "DBEYR" means "Don't believe" this everything you read |
| #4398, aired 2003-10-22 | THE "A"s $800: Some scientists believe the dinosaurs died out when one of these interstellar objects struck the Earth an asteroid |
| #4395, aired 2003-10-17 | TRAVEL FRANCE $800: The name of this city in Burgundy has become a synonym in the U.S. for a cheap white wine Chablis |
| #4394, aired 2003-10-16 | PSYCHED $200: From the Greek for "split mind", this mental disorder is not, as many believe, the same as a split personality schizophrenia |
| #4381, aired 2003-09-29 | HISTORY ON FILM $400: A tagline for "Thirteen Days" is: This island. "1962. You'll never believe how close we came" Cuba |
| #4377, aired 2003-09-23 | THE DREADED SPELLING CATEGORY $1600: Take an educated guess and spell... S-C-H-O-L-A-S-T-I-C |
| #4371, aired 2003-09-15 | MOVIE LOCATIONS $200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from Times Square.) Can you believe Times Square was completely closed off to film this actor's "Vanilla Sky" dream sequence? Tom Cruise |
| #4362, aired 2003-07-15 | TELEVISION $1200: Believe it or not, back in 1949, he was the original host of "Believe It or Not" Robert Ripley |
| #4357, aired 2003-07-08 | TIME FOR A SPOT OF "T" $800: He said he would not believe in Jesus' resurrection until he saw the nail wounds in his hands ("Doubting") Thomas |
| #4351, aired 2003-06-30 | KELLY GIRLS $600: Former "Baywatch" lifeguard Kelly Packard joined Dean Cain on this TBS series Ripley's Believe It or Not! |
| #4347, aired 2003-06-24 | BIBLE PEOPLE MAGAZINE $400: Star Tracks says that scholars believe these star-tracking fellows were astrologers from Persia Magi/three wise men |
| #4347, aired 2003-06-24 | WORD PUZZLES $1000: The time to stand up for what you believe
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YOUR 1111 LIFE for once in your life |
| #4342, aired 2003-06-17 | NOT YOUR EVERYDAY WORDS $1600: This word starting with "T" means "one who does believe in God" (add an A & you'd get one who doesn't) theist |
| #4305, aired 2003-04-25 | BODIES OF WATER $200: Scientists believe this sea was formed when the Arabian Peninsula was torn from Africa 20 million years ago Red Sea |
| #4302, aired 2003-04-22 | 1980s CINEPLEX $1000: A pregnant Demi Moore saves the world from the apocalypse in this 1988 flick The Seventh Sign |
| #4293, aired 2003-04-09 | BELIEVE $400: Forms of this religion include Mahayana, Theravada & Zen Buddhism |
| #4293, aired 2003-04-09 | BELIEVE $800: In 300 A.D. Armenia became the first country in the world to make this faith its official religion Christianity |
| #4293, aired 2003-04-09 | BELIEVE $1200: Conquering soldiers brought this young religion to north Africa around 642 A.D. Islam |
| #4293, aired 2003-04-09 | BELIEVE $1600: On October 20 followers of this religion celebrate the birth of the Bab Baha'i Faith |
| #4293, aired 2003-04-09 | BELIEVE $4,000 (Daily Double): When members of this offshoot of Hinduism perform important rituals, they use water stirred with a ceremonial sword Sikhism |
| #4269, aired 2003-03-06 | MEL GIBSON $400: Although many believe Gibson was born in Australia, he was actually born on January 3, 1956, in Peekskill in this state New York |
| #4263, aired 2003-02-26 | MOUNTAINS $200: Air Force photos from 1949 show what some believe are the ruins of Noah's Ark on this Turkish mountain Mount Ararat |
| #4256, aired 2003-02-17 | "U" GOTTA BELIEVE ME! $200: Talking animals supplemented Bob & Bing's antics in the Klondike in the "Road to" this imaginary locale Utopia |
| #4256, aired 2003-02-17 | "U" GOTTA BELIEVE ME! $400: The tallest sandstone cliffs in the United States can be seen at Zion National Park in this state Utah |
| #4256, aired 2003-02-17 | "U" GOTTA BELIEVE ME! $600: This fictional storyteller tells tales of Miss Sally, Brer Bear & Brer Fox Uncle Remus |
| #4256, aired 2003-02-17 | "U" GOTTA BELIEVE ME! $800: Schubert's Symphony No. 8 in B Minor is considered this, like this cl-- Unfinished |
| #4256, aired 2003-02-17 | "U" GOTTA BELIEVE ME! $1000: From 1987 to 1994 he played young African-American lawyer Jonathan Rollins on "L.A. Law" Blair Underwood |
| #4239, aired 2003-01-23 | DUET TO ME ONE MORE TIME $200: I believe this "Baywatch" star sang "I Believe" with Laura Branigan on his "Looking for the Best" album David Hasselhoff |
| #4237, aired 2003-01-21 | FOREIGN FILMS $1200: A Foreign Language Oscar went to Menshov's 1979 film called this city "Does Not Believe in Tears" Moscow |
| #4201, aired 2002-12-02 | SODOM & GOMORRAH $1200: Some archaeologists believe that the sites of Sodom & Gomorrah lie under this body of water the Dead Sea |
| #4200, aired 2002-11-29 | BRITISH SPEECHES $1200: In 1975 she told her party, "We believe that everyone has the right to be unequal" (Margaret) Thatcher |
| #4195, aired 2002-11-22 | THE PLAY'S PLAY-BY-PLAY $2000: What's this? I don't believe it! Becket just said, "Unbar the door!" He's letting in the knights! Murder in the Cathedral |
| #4184, aired 2002-11-07 | MUSIC FROM THE "HEART" $1600: Huey Lewis & The News sang, "They say" this "is still beating, and from what I've seen I believe 'em" "The Heart of Rock & Roll" |
| #4181, aired 2002-11-04 | BELTS $1000: Some believe this planet is not a planet, just the largest known object in the Kuiper Belt Pluto |
| #4177, aired 2002-10-29 | EARTH, WIND & FIRE $1000: Scientists believe the continents were once part of a single land mass called this, from the Greek for "all earth" Pangaea |
| #4154, aired 2002-09-26 | ESSAY QUESTIONS $1600: Novelist Henry's brother, his works include "The Will to Believe and Other Essays..." William James |
| #4146, aired 2002-09-16 | A TRIP TO OUTER SPACE $1000: Many astronomers believe the Great Andromeda spiral galaxy has one of these "dark" collapsed stars at its center black hole |
| #4143, aired 2002-09-11 | CLASSIC ADS & SLOGANS $400: "I Can't Believe I Ate the Whole Thing" Alka-Seltzer |
| #4142, aired 2002-09-10 | INAUGURAL ADDRESSES $200: In his 1789 address he stated that he didn't believe he should be paid for becoming president George Washington |
| #4139, aired 2002-09-05 | WOULD YOU BELIEVE? $400: A pessimist says we're in the worst universe & we're all doomed; this antonymic person believes just the opposite optimist |
| #4139, aired 2002-09-05 | WOULD YOU BELIEVE? $800: Pantheists say the universe & this are identical; by definition, atheists don't believe in it at all God |
| #4139, aired 2002-09-05 | WOULD YOU BELIEVE? $1200: From the Greek for "pleasure", this -ism puts pleasure at the top of the to-do list hedonism |
| #4139, aired 2002-09-05 | WOULD YOU BELIEVE? $1600: Pythagoras taught that there's a dualism between the body & this the mind (the soul) |
| #4139, aired 2002-09-05 | WOULD YOU BELIEVE? $2000: Empiricism says you gain knowledge through this & creative idealism says there's nothing beyond one's own experience |
| #4124, aired 2002-07-04 | RUN "IT" UP $1600: For TV Superman Dean Cain hosts this show on TBS Ripley's Believe It Or Not |
| #4113, aired 2002-06-19 | TCHOTCHKES $1000: Who's a good puppy? He's the cute little doggy-schmoggy seen here, from this factory near Dresden-Wesden Meissen |
| #4111, aired 2002-06-17 | COVERING BARON GROUND $800: The 1st Baron Verulam, some believe he wrote Shakespeare's plays--but others say that's hogwash Francis Bacon |
| #4108, aired 2002-06-12 | CELESTIAL QUOTES $1000: It's the classic tune heard here Sailing over a cardboard sea
But it wouldn't be make believe if you "It's Only a Paper Moon" |
| #4106, aired 2002-06-10 | DAVY CROCKETT $1200: Some believe that Crockett & a few others survived the battle of the Alamo but were executed by this Mexican general Santa Anna |
| #4100, aired 2002-05-31 | TOM WHO... $600 (Daily Double): ...founded computer gaming company Red Storm Entertainment Tom Clancy |
| #4095, aired 2002-05-24 | PHOBIAS $800: Chorophobia is the fear of doing this; sometimes it can be overcome by taking certain lessons dancing |
| #4092, aired 2002-05-21 | "JU"NE $800: The 3 branches of the U.S. government are executive, legislative & this judicial |
| #4073, aired 2002-04-24 | JUST A THOUGHT $2000: The Greeks didn't believe in free will; there was this group weaving a web of destiny the Fates |
| #4070, aired 2002-04-19 | ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAMERS $2000: Non-performers in the Hall include Bill Graham & this founder of Arista Records Clive Davis |
| #4063, aired 2002-04-10 | OUT OF THIS WORLD $1000: Astronomer believe supernovas cause bursts of these rays, among the most powerful events in the universe gamma rays |
| #4048, aired 2002-03-20 | GRAMMY-WINNING COUNTRY SONGS $2000: 1992: "I Still Believe In You" Vince Gill |
| #4032, aired 2002-02-26 | THE BEER GARDEN $400: "The Gourmet Guide to Beer" says most major beers are either ales or these lagers |
| #4013, aired 2002-01-30 | ACTORS WHO SING $1600: A "wolf" whistle for this actress who, as the voice of Tzipporah, sang "When You Believe" in "The Prince of Egypt" Michelle Pfeiffer |
| #4011, aired 2002-01-28 | HIPPOPOURRI $1000: Some believe this big biblical term, Hebrew for "beast", referred to the hippo behemoth |
| #3957, aired 2001-11-13 | GREEK LETTERS $1000: Dear Aristeides, I can't believe this author paralleled your life with that Roman loser Marcus Cato Plutarch |
| #3944, aired 2001-10-25 | DON'T LISTEN TO THEM! $1000: Returning from Munich in 1938 he predicted, "I believe it is peace in our time" Neville Chamberlain |
| #3942, aired 2001-10-23 | COMMON BONDS $400: Oy! Jim Berg & Tim Nyberg believe "if it ain't stuck, & it's supposed to be," use this tape duct tape |
| #3913, aired 2001-09-12 | ELEMENT & STATE $1000: In (IN) indium & Indiana |
| #3892, aired 2001-07-03 | 4-F $600: This group acts as the president's principal military adviser Joint Chiefs of Staff |
| #3876, aired 2001-06-11 | LITERATURE, JERRY SPRINGER-STYLE $300: Adam & Eve confront the big man himself & discuss this 1667 Milton poem on "I Can't Believe You Evicted Me!" Paradise Lost |
| #3874, aired 2001-06-07 | STARTS WITH "S" $400: The Koran says "Those who believe" will wear "bracelets of gold" & their garments will be of this fabric silk |
| #3831, aired 2001-04-09 | STONED $100: Some believe that it was built on England's Salisbury Plain to predict eclipses, equinoxes & solstices Stonehenge |
| #3829, aired 2001-04-05 | KEEP QUIET! $600: Would you believe that the Cone of Silence was an antibugging device on this TV show? Get Smart |
| #3810, aired 2001-03-09 | CALIFORNIA MUSEUMS $200: The Guinness World of Records & Ripley's Believe It or Not! Odditorium are on this boulevard of dreams Hollywood Boulevard |
| #3792, aired 2001-02-13 | DIVA LAS VEGAS! $600: "If I Could Turn Back Time" I "Believe" I would attend her 1991 extravaganza at the Mirage Cher |
| #3785, aired 2001-02-02 | HIRSCHFELD $300: Hard to "Believe" that this singer is in her 50s Cher |
| #3780, aired 2001-01-26 | BUTTER $300: In 1995 he became the spokeshunk for "I Can't Believe It's Not Butter" Fabio |
| #3770, aired 2001-01-12 | LITERARY QUOTES $400: "Do you believe in fairies?...if you believe", do this Clap your hands (from "Peter Pan") |
| #3752, aired 2000-12-19 | CLASSIC TV EPISODES $100: 1991:
"A Walsh Family Christmas" Beverly Hills, 90210 |
| #3731, aired 2000-11-20 | RELIGION 101 $800: Followers of this Japanese religion believe that the sun goddess was the ancestor of the Imperial Family Shintoism |
| #3716, aired 2000-10-30 | METALS $200: Scientists believe that the Earth's core is primarily made up of this metal, Fe iron |
| #3715, aired 2000-10-27 | QUOTABLE WOMEN $400: Carol Burnett quipped that doing this "Is like taking your lower lip & forcing it over your head" Giving birth |
| #3714, aired 2000-10-26 | FRENCH WHINES $400: Een ze American restaurant, I cannot believe it's not beurre, which translates as zis Butter |
| #3711, aired 2000-10-23 | OF MONTEZUMA $300: This defeater of Montezuma reached Mexico in 1519 & some historians believe he was mistaken for a god Hernando Cortez |
| #3699, aired 2000-10-05 | UNUSUAL PETS $200: For many years even scientists refused to believe in the existence of this duckbilled, egg-laying mammal platypus |
| #3699, aired 2000-10-05 | FAMOUS AMERICANS $500: This singer's blue-collar music is a celebration of the common man Bruce Springsteen |
| #3697, aired 2000-10-03 | ODDS & ENDS $100: The Time Almanac states "There is little reason to believe that the architects intended" this "to lean" the Leaning Tower of Pisa |
| #3697, aired 2000-10-03 | QUOTATIONS $1,100 (Daily Double): In 1944 she wrote in her diary, "In spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart" Anne Frank |
| #3696, aired 2000-10-02 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: In Europe, some women believe the first man they see on this February day will marry them Valentine's Day |
| #3673, aired 2000-07-19 | THE "I"s HAVE IT $1000: Some scientists believe that the universe is undergoing expansion called this, also an economic term Inflation |
| #3646, aired 2000-06-12 | THE AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE $5,000 (Daily Double): Alphabetically, this Woody Allen film is last among the 500 films nominated as America's Funniest Zelig |
| #3642, aired 2000-06-06 | SPORTS ANNOUNCERS $800: The 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team inspired Al Michaels to ask this 5-word question "Do you believe in miracles?" |
| #3611, aired 2000-04-24 | THEY'RE BA-A-CK! $400: The latest of her several comebacks came in 1999 with the smash hit song "Believe" Cher |
| #3601, aired 2000-04-10 | "R" TOWN $200: "Believe It or Not", Mississippi, Tennessee & West Virginia all have a town named this Ripley |
| #3592, aired 2000-03-28 | QUOTATIONS $400: In 1858 he said, "I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free" Abraham Lincoln |
| #3574, aired 2000-03-02 | ROCK & ROLL $800: Korn howled at this TV figure, "You told me everybody was my neighbor... they took advantage of me" Mister Rogers |
| #3565, aired 2000-02-18 | BEFORE & AFTER $500: A Watchtower distributor's relocation service provided by U.S. marshals Jehovah's Witness Protection Program |
| #3562, aired 2000-02-15 | CASPIAN, THE FRIENDLY SEA $200: Botanists believe this fruit, Vitis vinifera, originated in the area of the Caspian Sea Grapes |
| #3557, aired 2000-02-08 | SHAKESPEARE $500: "'Tis incredible to believe how much she loves me. O the kindest Kate!" Petruchio says in this play "The Taming of the Shrew" |
| #3526, aired 1999-12-27 | '90s KIDS' NAMES $500: Wat? This 10th president's last name was a top boy's name? I don't believe it Tyler |
| #3523, aired 1999-12-22 | THE GREAT LAKES $100: Geologists believe the basins of the Great Lakes were scooped out by these about 20,000 years ago Glaciers |
| #3521, aired 1999-12-20 | ANIMALS IN MYTHOLOGY $400: The Zuni believe that when the kachina Paiyatemu played the flute, these insects fluttered into existence Butterflies |
| #3512, aired 1999-12-07 | MOVIE TAGLINES $1000: 1990:
"You will believe" Ghost |
| #3483, aired 1999-10-27 | POTENT POTABLES $800: Mix vodka & Kahlua & you'll have this colorful classic Black Russian |
| #3476, aired 1999-10-18 | I BELIEVE I CAN'T FLY $100: This large bird was once found as far as the deserts of Arabia & Syria but is now confined to parts of Africa Ostrich |
| #3476, aired 1999-10-18 | I BELIEVE I CAN'T FLY $200: About the size of a chicken, it's strictly protected by New Zealand law Kiwi |
| #3476, aired 1999-10-18 | I BELIEVE I CAN'T FLY $300: The Adelie species of this bird is distinguished by the white spectacle-like ring around each eye Penguin |
| #3476, aired 1999-10-18 | I BELIEVE I CAN'T FLY $400: Native to Mauritius & now extinct, it's known mainly by early drawings & body fragments in museums Dodo |
| #3476, aired 1999-10-18 | I BELIEVE I CAN'T FLY $900 (Daily Double): It's Australia's national bird Emu |
| #3470, aired 1999-10-08 | WORD ORIGINS $400: Many scholars believe that the Celts called it "The Wild Place"; now this wild place is a city of over 7 million London |
| #3467, aired 1999-10-05 | VEGGIES $300: Some researchers believe a half head of this cole slaw vegetable a day can prevent certain forms of cancer cabbage |
| #3444, aired 1999-07-22 | DRAMA $400: This character asks, "Do you believe in fairies?...if you believe, clap your hands!" "Peter Pan" |
| #3432, aired 1999-07-06 | THE GOLDEN AGE OF RADIO $500: Robert Ripley hosted the 1930s radio adaptation of this newspaper feature "Ripley's Believe It or Not!" |
| #3406, aired 1999-05-31 | "WHOLE"SOME $500: Completes the famous Alka-Seltzer ad line, "I can't believe..." I ate the whole thing |
| #3381, aired 1999-04-26 | NEVER HEARD OF IT BEFORE $200: In 1992 Bill Clinton said, "I still believe in a place called" this, his Arkansas hometown Hope |
| #3378, aired 1999-04-21 | JAI ALAI $800: Surprisingly, some historians believe jai alai was invented by this founder of the Jesuit order Saint Ignatius Loyola |
| #3366, aired 1999-04-05 | NURSERY RHYMES $200: Some believe that these 2 pail fetchers actually represent Cardinal Wolsey & Bishop Tarbes Jack & Jill |
| #3345, aired 1999-03-05 | LAKES & RIVERS $400: Hindus believe that dying in this most sacred of rivers ensures passage to paradise Ganges |
| #3345, aired 1999-03-05 | HIT TUNES $600: "I Believe I Can Fly" R. Kelly |
| #3342, aired 1999-03-02 | SING IT, SISTER $200: Whitney Houston & this pop diva joined voices on "When You Believe", a duet from "The Prince of Egypt" Mariah Carey |
| #3336, aired 1999-02-22 | CANADIAN POSTAL ABBREV. $1,200 (Daily Double): PE Prince Edward Island |
| #3329, aired 1999-02-11 | SLOGANEERING $400: No longer content to "Just Do It", this shoe company now implores its customers to believe "I Can" Nike |
| #3325, aired 1999-02-05 | MOVIE QUOTES $300: "I'll have Sam play 'As Time Goes By'. I believe that's your favorite tune" Casablanca |
| #3311, aired 1999-01-18 | CLASSIC MOVIE LINES $400: 1976:
"You talkin' to me?
You talkin' to me?
You talkin' to me?..." Taxi Driver |
| #3298, aired 1998-12-30 | HISTORIC NAMES $400: This "Lady with a Lamp" refused to believe in the germ theory of the spread of disease Florence Nightingale |
| #3296, aired 1998-12-28 | NOTORIOUS $800: Divers recently found cannons off North Carolina that they believe are from his ship, the Queen Anne's Revenge Blackbeard |
| #3271, aired 1998-11-23 | MANY LOVES $600: The Beatles asked, "Would you believe in" this type of love, & others have wondered too love at first sight |
| #3257, aired 1998-11-03 | THE JEFFERSONS $1000: Some biographers believe Thomas fathered several children by this slave 30 years his junior Sally Hemings |
| #3223, aired 1998-09-16 | THE BOSTON TEA PARTY $1,000 (Daily Double): Historians believe he gave the signal for the Tea Party (not the beer party) to begin Samuel Adams |
| #3193, aired 1998-06-17 | "MAC" WORDS $200: Diet consisting mainly of whole grains, cereals & dried vegetables that adherants believe prolongs life macrobiotic |
| #3183, aired 1998-06-03 | IT'S A PLANE! $300: The Gossamer Albatross was the first plane powered by one of these to cross the English Channel Person |
| #3183, aired 1998-06-03 | RELIGIONS OF THE WORLD $600: Members of this Jamaican religious movement believe that Ethiopia is heaven Rastafarianism |
| #3182, aired 1998-06-02 | HOW POETIC $100: The poet who penned the line, "I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars" Walt Whitman |
| #3180, aired 1998-05-29 | AT GREAT LENGTHS $1,000 (Daily Double): This distance used in astronomy is abbreviated pc & is equal to 19.2 trillion miles a parsec |
| #3166, aired 1998-05-11 | THE 1998 GRAMMYS $600: "I Believe" this R. Kelly hit was named Best R&B Song "I Believe I Can Fly" |
| #1, aired 1998-05-03 | SAN FRANCISCO TREATS $200: (Actress Julie Pinson clears her throat before singing the jingle in person.) It promotes itself as "the San Francisco Treat" Rice-A-Roni |
| #1, aired 1998-05-03 | INTELLIGENCE $1000: Bob Woodward's 1987 book "Veil" recounted deathbed confessions by this CIA director William Casey |
| #3160, aired 1998-05-01 | LITERATURE $300: "I believe you think me a fiend!" says Heathcliff "with his dismal laugh" in this novel "Wuthering Heights" |
| #3149, aired 1998-04-16 | 1960s MUSIC $600: This group's 1965 hit "Do You Believe In Magic" was used in 1990s TV commercials by McDonald's The Lovin' Spoonful |
| #3135, aired 1998-03-27 | UNSOLVED MYSTERIES $300: Some investigators believe that this coy lassie might be a plesiosaur the Loch Ness Monster |
| #3129, aired 1998-03-19 | QUOTATIONS $600: It concludes the Sophie Tucker quote that begins, "I've been rich and I've been poor" but believe me, rich is better |
| #3121, aired 1998-03-09 | FAMILIAR PHRASES $1000: Some believe this exclamation of surprise or wonder originally referred to General Winfield "Great Scott!" |
| #3101, aired 1998-02-09 | INTERNATIONAL "K"s $200: Muslims believe it was the angel Gabriel who revealed this holy book to Muhammad the Koran |
| #3096, aired 1998-02-02 | GOODBYE TO 1997 $400: California offered death row inmate Thomas Thompson these because of the prison's smoking ban nicotine patches |
| #3091, aired 1998-01-26 | RELIGION $1000: Hindus believe that all gods are part of this one universal spirit Brahman |
| #3080, aired 1998-01-09 | ESSAYS $400: In addition to his novels, this Russian count wrote religious essays like 1884's "What I Believe" Leo Tolstoy |
| #3073, aired 1997-12-31 | HAPPY NEW YEAR! $200: Some believe 1998 signals the end of the world because 1998 is 3 times this number 666 |
| #3052, aired 1997-12-02 | REAL MEN OF THE CLOTH $200: Some believe that Lubavitch Rabbi Schneerson, who died in 1994, was Mashiah, meaning this Messiah |
| #3051, aired 1997-12-01 | THE "END" IS NEAR $400: Make-believe Pretend |
| #3047, aired 1997-11-25 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $1,000 (Daily Double): Popular in northern India, it's the instrument seen here: (Alex "plays" the instrument) Sitar |
| #3032, aired 1997-11-04 | SOUTH OF THE EQUATOR $100: Scientists believe the west part of this continent would be an archipelago if the ice were removed Antarctica |
| #3031, aired 1997-11-03 | ANIMALS $200: Some Arabs believe the eggshells of these tallest birds are magical & use them to repel lightning Ostriches |
| #3026, aired 1997-10-27 | SCIENTISTS $200: Nobel chemist Wilhelm Ostwald didn't believe in these, let alone their protons & electrons atoms |
| #3026, aired 1997-10-27 | RESEARCH $200: Norbert Pearlroth met this man in 1923 & researched his "Believe It Or Not!" feature for 52 years Robert Ripley |
| #3018, aired 1997-10-15 | NOTED PUSSYCATS $400: Some Mother Goose scholars believe that this was the real queen visited by "Pussycat, Pussycat" Queen Elizabeth |
| #3006, aired 1997-09-29 | HISTORIC QUOTES $600: "I still believe that people are really good at heart", she wrote in her diary July 15, 1944 Anne Frank |
| #3005, aired 1997-09-26 | MIDDLE NAMES $100: Leroy was the middle name of this cartoonist, "Believe It Or Not" Robert Ripley |
| #3001, aired 1997-09-22 | BREAKING UP IS HARD TO DO $500: Ancient supercontinent that many believe broke up, creating Laurasia & Gondwanaland Pangaea |
| #2996, aired 1997-09-15 | ARCHAEOLOGY $200: Some still believe a stone found in Kensington, Minn. proves these seafarers once visited there Vikings |
| #2985, aired 1997-07-18 | THE MOVIES $200: This 1996 animated & live action sports film featured the songs "Fly Like an Eagle" and "I Believe I Can Fly" Space Jam |
| #2956, aired 1997-06-09 | BASEBALL MOVIES $600: Film in which Kevin Costner tells Susan Sarandon, "I believe in....kisses that last 3 days" "Bull Durham" |
| #2944, aired 1997-05-22 | TRANSPORTATION $1000: This trade union includes chauffeurs, warehousemen & helpers Teamsters |
| #2939, aired 1997-05-15 | POP QUIZ $100: Her hit song, "I Believe In You & Me" is featured on "The Preacher's Wife" soundtrack Whitney Houston |
| #2926, aired 1997-04-28 | ENTERTAINMENT AWARDS $1000: From 1991-93 this country star won 3 straight CMA Songwriting Awards, the last for "I Still Believe in You" Vince Gill |
| #2910, aired 1997-04-04 | SONGS FROM MUSICALS $600: "Make Believe",
"Cotton Blossom",
"Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man" Show Boat |
| #2894, aired 1997-03-13 | MOVIE QUOTES $100: This 1972 movie begins with a funeral director telling Don Corleone, "I believe in America" The Godfather |
| #2894, aired 1997-03-13 | REVERSE-A-WORD $500: This kind of poll could determine how many Americans believe you get warts by touching a frog Straw (warts) |
| #2884, aired 1997-02-27 | NOTABLE WOMEN $800: Many believe her 1985 murder was in retaliation for her trying to stop the poaching of gorillas in Africa Dian Fossey |
| #2883, aired 1997-02-26 | BLACK AMERICA $1000: Ebony & Jet are among the magazines launched by this publisher John Johnson |
| #2862, aired 1997-01-28 | BIBLICAL PEOPLE $100: He said he would not believe in Jesus' resurrection until he saw the nail holes in his hands Thomas |
| #2851, aired 1997-01-13 | CITY FOUNDERS $1000: Historians believe the Roman gen. Pompey founded this Spanish city known for the running of the bulls Pamplona |
| #2812, aired 1996-11-19 | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS $400: Agatha Christie wrote, "I believe a speck of dust would have caused him more pain than a bullet wound" Hercule Poirot |
| #2797, aired 1996-10-29 | BRAND NAMES $200: If you believe in peanut butter, clap your hands for this brand introduced in 1928 Peter Pan |
| #2781, aired 1996-10-07 | RELIGION $400: Followers of this religion believe Moroni was the last of the Nephite prophet-
historians Mormon |
| #2754, aired 1996-07-18 | ACTION STARS $400: Believe it or not, she's appeared as Ripley in 3 "Alien" films Sigourney Weaver |
| #2746, aired 1996-07-08 | 5-LETTER WORDS $500: From the Latin for "I believe", it's a guiding set of principles credo |
| #2723, aired 1996-06-05 | NICKNAMES $300: "The Believe-It-Or-Not Man" Ripley |
| #2719, aired 1996-05-30 | WORLD FACTS $600 (Daily Double): The joropo is considered the national dance of this country that's named for a city in Italy Venezuela |
| #2717, aired 1996-05-28 | POP MUSIC $400: This vocalist with the Lovin' Spoonful wrote the group's hit "Do You Believe in Magic?" John Sebastian |
| #2713, aired 1996-05-22 | WORLD RELIGIONS $800: Members of this religion define their community as "those who believe in the Vedas" Hindus |
| #2702, aired 1996-05-07 | MUSEUMS $600: You can see a 2-headed calf at the Ripley's Believe It or Not! Museum in this oldest Florida city St. Augustine |
| #2698, aired 1996-05-01 | ASIA $100: Some believe our numerals, which we know as "Arabic", came from this subcontinent in the 8th century India |
| #2691, aired 1996-04-22 | MYTHOLOGY $200: Aconite, a poisonous plant, was infected by the venom that dripped from this watchdog of Hades Cerberus |
| #2669, aired 1996-03-21 | TV & MOVIE TOURISM $200: Hossburgers are served at the Ponderosa Ranch in Incline Village, Nevada, where some of this TV series was filmed "Bonanza" |
| #2641, aired 1996-02-12 | MISSIONARIES $1000: In 1539 Franciscan missionary Marcos de Niza came upon this septet of Zuni settlements Seven Cities of Cibola |
| #2630, aired 1996-01-26 | WRITERS NAMED JAMES $600: At school in Scotland, this author of "Peter Pan" joined a make-believe pirate crew of boys (James) Barrie |
| #2623, aired 1996-01-17 | '50s SONG LYRICS $500: "I believe for ev'ry drop of rain that falls" this "grows" a flower |
| #2622, aired 1996-01-16 | WHAT'S THE PITCH? $200: "I can't believe I ate the whole thing" Alka-Seltzer |
| #2580, aired 1995-11-17 | CATS & DOGS $300: This terrier with a vulpine name may be smooth-haired or wire-haired fox terrier |
| #2574, aired 1995-11-09 | WORD"Z" $100: This music form may be progressive or modern jazz |
| #2558, aired 1995-10-18 | GRAVESITES $100: This "Believe It or Not" creator is buried in an Odd Fellows cemetery in Santa Rosa, Calif. (Robert) Ripley |
| #2554, aired 1995-10-12 | POTPOURRI $500: Some believe this "Aida" composer's first opera, "Rocester", is lost; others believe it's part of "Oberto" Verdi |
| #2547, aired 1995-10-03 | AUTHORS $800: "We are lost here in America, but I believe we shall be found", he wrote in "You Can't Go Home Again" (Thomas) Wolfe |
| #2541, aired 1995-09-25 | ASTROLOGY $300: This sign of the archer is ruled by Jupiter, which astrologers believe is a friendly planet Sagittarius |
| #2521, aired 1995-07-17 | THE SHAKERS $1000: The Shakers believe this founder of the sect was the reincarnation of Christ Mother Ann Lee |
| #2516, aired 1995-07-10 | HEALTH & FITNESS $200: Chiropractors believe the misalignment of this series of bones is a major cause of health problems spine |
| #2503, aired 1995-06-21 | ZOOLOGY $1000: This narrow-snouted crocodilian of Asia is in danger of extinction a gavial |
| #2495, aired 1995-06-09 | U.S. MUSEUMS $200: "Believe It Or Not", over 10 museums throughout the U.S. bear his name Ripley |
| #2481, aired 1995-05-22 | DOUBLE TALK $600 (Daily Double): Member of the Society Islands seen here: Bora Bora |
| #2480, aired 1995-05-19 | RELIGION $200: While an atheist doesn't believe in God, this person questions God's existence an agnostic |
| #2469, aired 1995-05-04 | DOGS $400: Some authorities believe the Scottish deerhound is a descendant of this wolfhound Irish wolfhound |
| #2467, aired 1995-05-02 | ARCHAEOLOGY $800: Archaeologists no longer believe the long-held theory that these ancient priests built Stonehenge the Druids |
| #2427, aired 1995-03-07 | POETS $800: The bell tolled for this "Death Be Not Proud" poet in 1631 John Donne |
| #2405, aired 1995-02-03 | TEXTILES $200: Some believe this coarse fabric was named when a London merchant misread the word tweel tweed |
| #2404, aired 1995-02-02 | EXPLORERS $600: People in Bristol believe this New World land was named for Richard Ap Meryk; we know better America |
| #2372, aired 1994-12-20 | ANGELS $200: A Time poll says 46% of Americans believe they have their own one of these watching them a guardian angel |
| #2372, aired 1994-12-20 | ANGELS $300: Muslims believe that 2 angels accompany each person, recording these opposites in their books their good and bad deeds |
| #2368, aired 1994-12-14 | "G" WHIZ! $600: This yellow state flower of Nebraska & Kentucky generally doesn't cause hay fever as many believe goldenrod |
| #2352, aired 1994-11-22 | GEOLOGY $800: Since it doesn't transmit an earthquake's S-waves, scientists believe this must be partly liquid the Earth's core |
| #2345, aired 1994-11-11 | TV ACTORS & ROLES $300: On "Dallas" Barbara Bel Geddes portrayed Eleanor Southworth Ewing, whom most folks called this Miss Ellie |
| #2337, aired 1994-11-01 | LIBRARIES $100: N. Pearlroth, researcher for "Ripley's Believe It Or Not", used this library at 42nd St. & 5th Ave. for 52 years the New York City Public Library |
| #2316, aired 1994-10-03 | 1960s ROCK $200: "Do you believe in" this "in a young girl's heart? How the music can free her whenever it starts" magic |
| #2316, aired 1994-10-03 | PHOBIAS $300: Gamophobia is a fear of this institution that's been called "not a word but a sentence" marriage |
| #2302, aired 1994-09-13 | COUNTIES $200: There's a Missouri county with this name associated with "Believe It or Not!" Ripley |
| #2301, aired 1994-09-12 | BRITISH HISTORY $600: Many believe Edward III founded this knighthood order to revive the Round Table of Arthurian legend the Order of the Garter |
| #2282, aired 1994-07-05 | HISTORIC NAMES $200: Some believe Edward de Vere, the 17th Earl of Oxford, used this pen name for his poems & plays Shakespeare |
| #2277, aired 1994-06-28 | BAPTISTS $400: The Baptists believe baptism should be performed by this method rather than by pouring or sprinkling immersion |
| #2251, aired 1994-05-23 | THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS $200: Many scholars believe that the white knight is a caricature of this author of the book Lewis Carroll |
| #2242, aired 1994-05-10 | THE ELEMENTS $1000: Scientists believe it's the most abundant metal in the earth's core iron |
| #2232, aired 1994-04-26 | NO. 1 SONGS $500: "It's Only Make Believe" was his only No. 1 pop hit, but he had dozens of No. 1 country records Conway Twitty |
| #2231, aired 1994-04-25 | SONGS $500: This country singer's "I Still Believe In You" was based on a fight he had with his wife Vince Gill |
| #2157, aired 1994-01-11 | HODGEPODGE $400: Some believe when this Biblical city's walls came tumbling down, it was already 6,700 years old Jericho |
| #2151, aired 1994-01-03 | BIBLICAL PEOPLE $100: This disciple said he wouldn't believe in Jesus' resurrection until he saw the nail holes in his hands (Doubting) Thomas |
| #2149, aired 1993-12-30 | MUSIC $400: This Italian term, abbreviated p., is a musical direction that means to perform softly piano |
| #2145, aired 1993-12-24 | HEALTH & MEDICINE $500 (Daily Double): Some believe acupuncture relieves pain by stimulating these chemicals in the brain endorphins |
| #2106, aired 1993-11-01 | 9-LETTER WORDS $800: Some believe that this luminous substance emanates from a spiritualistic medium ectoplasm |
| #2068, aired 1993-09-08 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $800: James Mitchell of "All My Children" danced to "They Call The Wind Maria" in this 1951 musical Paint Your Wagon |
| #2026, aired 1993-05-31 | POETS & POETRY $200: He wrote, "I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars" Walt Whitman |
| #2026, aired 1993-05-31 | FAMOUS NAMES $400: This cartoonist called his lavish New York estate "BION", an acronym for "Believe It or Not!" Ripley |
| #2016, aired 1993-05-17 | SUPERSTITIONS $400: Many believe if you pluck 1 of these, 10 will grow in its place a gray hair |
| #1985, aired 1993-04-02 | WORD ORIGINS $300: Some believe the word gimmick began as gimac, an anagram of this magic |
| #1981, aired 1993-03-29 | TRANSPORTATION $500 (Daily Double): In 1991 this Fort Worth-based airline led all U.S. carriers in passenger miles flown American Airlines |
| #1975, aired 1993-03-19 | GEOLOGY $800: Scientists believe that from about the 1500s to the 1800s the Earth went through a little one of these ages an ice age |
| #1972, aired 1993-03-16 | BIBLICAL ROYALTY $400: Many believe Ramses II was the pharaoh Moses begged to "let my people go" in this book of the Bible Exodus |
| #1968, aired 1993-03-10 | HERBS & SPICES $400: The Chinese believe this herb whose name means "man-root" is a cure for various illnesses ginseng |
| #1956, aired 1993-02-22 | QUOTES $400: In her famous diary, she wrote, "I still believe that people are really good at heart" Anne Frank |
| #1954, aired 1993-02-18 | NOTABLE WOMEN $200: Some believe she was on a spy mission for FDR when her plane disappeared in 1937 Amelia Earhart |
| #1954, aired 1993-02-18 | BODIES OF WATER $600: Some believe this sea derives its name from the father of Greek hero Theseus the Aegean |
| #1949, aired 1993-02-11 | SHOW TUNES $300: "I'm gonna sit right down and" do this "and make believe it came from you" write myself a letter |
| #1913, aired 1992-12-23 | WRITERS $600: In 1983 this mother of 3 published the 20th anniversary edition of her book "The Feminine Mystique" Betty Friedan |
| #1897, aired 1992-12-01 | OSCAR-WINNING FILMS $300: Completes the title of 1980's winning foreign-language film, "Moscow Does Not Believe in..." Tears |
| #1891, aired 1992-11-23 | COLORFUL GEOGRAPHY $100: Some Bible scholars believe it was the Gulf of Suez & not this sea whose waters parted the Red Sea |
| #1887, aired 1992-11-17 | MYSTERIES $200: It's the last name of Tom, the psychopath Patricia Highsmith created in 1955: believe it or not! Ripley |
| #1886, aired 1992-11-16 | KINGS NAMED HAAKON $600: Historians believe Haakon III, like the Roman Claudius, was murdered this way poisoning |
| #1864, aired 1992-10-15 | FRENCH COOKING $500: Some believe the name of this sauce comes from an old French word for egg yolk, moyeu mayonnaise |
| #1859, aired 1992-10-08 | FOOD & DRINK $200: Van den Bergh Foods company makes a spread called "I Can't Believe It's Not" this Butter |
| #1858, aired 1992-10-07 | PSYCH 102 $400: Some believe they're meaningless by-products of REM sleep; some, that they have hidden meanings dreams |
| #1845, aired 1992-09-18 | ANGELS $100: Some people believe every person has one of these looking out for them a guardian angel |
| #1837, aired 1992-09-08 | BALLET $1000: Giselle kills herself with one of these weapons which belongs to her noble lover, Albrecht a sword |
| #1828, aired 1992-07-08 | DAYS & DATES $200: The church chose this date to be Jesus' birthday; some believe it was really May 20 December 25th |
| #1773, aired 1992-04-22 | GREEN THINGS $400: 1 of the 2 green items on the front of a current $1 bill (1 of) the serial number or the Treasury seal |
| #1772, aired 1992-04-21 | POTENT POTABLES $200: Many believe the martini was named for this company famous for its vermouth Martini & Rossi |
| #1737, aired 1992-03-03 | "B" IN LITERATURE $600: Scholars believe that Zosima, a monk, presents Dostoyevsky's own religious viewpoint in this sibling saga The Brothers Karamazov |
| #1730, aired 1992-02-21 | FAMOUS FOLKS $300: After the title of his cartoon, he was nicknamed "The Believe-It-or-Not Man" (Robert) Ripley |
| #1727, aired 1992-02-18 | POETRY $200: Carl Sandburg said of this city, "They tell me you are wicked and I believe them" Chicago |
| #1720, aired 1992-02-07 | MOVIE QUOTES $400: "We didn't exactly believe your story, Miss O'Shaughnessy, we believed your $200" The Maltese Falcon |
| #1718, aired 1992-02-05 | SCIENCE & NATURE $500: Some scientists believe that the spiral tusk on this Arctic whale helps it attract mates narwhal |
| #1717, aired 1992-02-04 | HISTORIC NAMES $600: Some believe this archbishop, seeking a martyr's death, deliberately provoked King Henry II Becket |
| #1715, aired 1992-01-31 | WOMEN $1000: In 1965 she tried out to be an astronaut; in 1977 she started at Indy Janet Guthrie |
| #1687, aired 1991-12-24 | A VISIT FROM ST. NICHOLAS $500: This seminary teacher wrote "A Visit from St. Nicholas" in 1822 as a Christmas piece for his children Clement Moore |
| #1685, aired 1991-12-20 | "G"EOGRAPHY $200: Hindus believe its waters cleanse the soul The Ganges |
| #1663, aired 1991-11-20 | VOCABULARY $100: Some believe this movement of thumbs is a combination of twirl & fiddle twiddle |
| #1646, aired 1991-10-28 | DINOSAURS $400: Some scientists believe that dinosaurs, unlike modern reptiles, were homeothermic, which means this warm-blooded |
| #1635, aired 1991-10-11 | LOUISIANA $500: The state's first railroad was begun in 1831 by a company named for this large lake Lake Pontchartrain |
| #1633, aired 1991-10-09 | AWARDS $500 (Daily Double): 2 of 3 actors to receive Best Supporting Actor Oscar nominations for
"On the Waterfront" (2 of) Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb or Rod Steiger |
| #1621, aired 1991-09-23 | CELEBRITY QUOTES $1,000 (Daily Double): Asked if he were a bit tall to play Michelangelo, he said, "No, sir, I believe I'm a bit small" Charlton Heston |
| #1617, aired 1991-09-17 | CLOTHING $2,400 (Daily Double): A cloth worn under the chin & a piece of lace worn around the neck & shoulders form this phrase bib and tucker |
| #1615, aired 1991-09-13 | MARK TWAIN $100: Twain said, "I believe that our Heavenly Father invented" this "because he was disappointed in the monkey" man |
| #1593, aired 1991-07-03 | ZOOLOGY $200: Scientists believe that all dogs are descended from these wild animals wolves |
| #1581, aired 1991-06-17 | RELIGION $100: Shiite Muslims believe he picked his son-in-law Ali ibn Abi Talib as his successor Muhammad |
| #1572, aired 1991-06-04 | WORLD CITIES $400: Some believe the Black Stone in the wall of this city's Kaaba was given to Adam on his fall from paradise Mecca |
| #1551, aired 1991-05-06 | CLICHÉS $400: To "drop the other" one of these means to end the suspense shoe |
| #1549, aired 1991-05-02 | ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE $400: In 1895, Daniel Palmer became the first of these doctors who believe disease results
from a misaligned spine chiropractor |
| #1549, aired 1991-05-02 | ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE $800: New age practitioners believe these rocks are alive and have healing powers crystals |
| #1541, aired 1991-04-22 | POETRY $1000: Author of "When the Frost is on the Punkin", this Hoosier poet liked to write in Indiana dialect James Whitcomb Riley |
| #1535, aired 1991-04-12 | UNREAL ESTATE $100: This Thursday night sitcom takes place at Hillman College A Different World |
| #1524, aired 1991-03-28 | LITERARY SETTINGS $1000: In this Agatha Christie novel, 10 guests are enticed to a mysterious house party on Indian Island And Then There Were None* (Ten Little Indians**) |
| #1521, aired 1991-03-25 | DANCE $400: Some believe this fast Italian dance derived from mad movement caused by a tarantula's bite the tarantella |
| #1518, aired 1991-03-20 | GEOGRAPHY $500: Belize, we believe is on this peninsula Yucatan |
| #1509, aired 1991-03-07 | RHYME TIME $500: Pigeon passion dove love |
| #1498, aired 1991-02-20 | LANDMARKS $300: Some believe this megalithic monument near Salisbury, Eng. was an astronomical observatory Stonehenge |
| #1497, aired 1991-02-19 | MUSIC OF THE '90s $200: Title of a '90 tune by Bell Biv DeVoe or the name of the group that sings "Something To Believe In" Poison |
| #1496, aired 1991-02-18 | THE CONTINENTS $400: Scientists believe that the earliest humans lived about two million years ago on this continent Africa |
| #1495, aired 1991-02-15 | BIRD LORE $400: As the ancient Mariner could tell you, sailors believe that killing this bird brings bad luck an albatross |
| #1495, aired 1991-02-15 | BIRD LORE $500: Some believe the "eyes" on this bird's feathers will bring danger to those who possess them a peacock |
| #1491, aired 1991-02-11 | SCIENCE $1000: In its solid form, this soft mineral is called steatite or soapstone talc |
| #1487, aired 1991-02-05 | CREATION ACCOUNTS $400: The Kalahari Bushmen believe all the animals were created by Kaggen, whose symbol is this praying insect a mantis |
| #1475, aired 1991-01-18 | SYMBOLIC ANIMALS $500: The Chinese believe this creature can prevent evil spirits from spoiling the new year the dragon |
| #1463, aired 1991-01-02 | THE BIBLE $500 (Daily Double): He said, "Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, I shall not believe" (Doubting) Thomas |
| #1463, aired 1991-01-02 | THE 1870s $1000: "Middlemarch", which many believe to be her finest book, was published in 1871-72 George Eliot |
| #1461, aired 1990-12-31 | THE PLANETS $200: Some believe that this small planet was originally a satellite of Neptune Pluto |
| #1459, aired 1990-12-27 | MOVIE TRIVIA $400: In 1984's "The Bounty", Mel Gibson played Mr. Christian & he played Bligh Anthony Hopkins |
| #1456, aired 1990-12-24 | COOKING "P"s $300: Some people ferment this taro root dish for two or three days until it acquires a sour taste poi |
| #1453, aired 1990-12-19 | ASTRONOMY $400: Many believe the "red shift" of the light from distant galaxies proves the universe is doing this expanding |
| #1439, aired 1990-11-29 | PLAYS $200: Play that asks the audience, "Do you believe in fairies? If you believe, clap your hands" Peter Pan |
| #1425, aired 1990-11-09 | YEARS $800 (Daily Double): Age in years of the man being interviewed in the following:
"By the way, sir, uh, are you married?"
"I have been married several hundred times."
"I'm afraid to ask the next question. You've had many hundreds of wives."
"Hundreds and hundreds of wives."
"How many children do you have?"
"I have over forty-two thousand children. And not one comes to visit!" 2000 |
| #1422, aired 1990-11-06 | "TRANS" SCIENCE $400: Some botanists believe this process in plants is equivalent to sweating in humans Transpiration |
| #1414, aired 1990-10-25 | LITERATURE $2,000 (Daily Double): Tho many called his "The Age of Reason" the "Atheist's Bible", it states, "I believe in one God" Thomas Paine |
| #1405, aired 1990-10-12 | THE 17TH CENTURY $200: Some British barristers now believe this affectation from 17th-century France has had its day wearing wigs |
| #1400, aired 1990-10-05 | EARLY CHRISTIANITY $600: Dating from the 2nd century it begins "I believe in God, the Father Almighty" the Apostles' Creed |
| #1390, aired 1990-09-21 | MEDICINE $100: Many believe this vitamin can prevent colds, but the AMA says there's no scientific evidence vitamin C |
| #1389, aired 1990-09-20 | SCIENCE & NATURE $500: Scientists believe camels originated on this continent where they are no longer native North America |
| #1385, aired 1990-09-14 | THE CIVIL WAR $800: He was appointed official military photographer by the federal government Mathew Brady |
| #1380, aired 1990-09-07 | MOVIE DIRECTORS $800: James Cameron directed this 1989 underwater thriller that his ex-wife Gale Anne Hurd produced The Abyss |
| #9, aired 1990-08-11 | PRESIDENTS $1000: His sudden death in 1923 led some to believe that he had been poisoned by his wife Harding |
| #1356, aired 1990-06-25 | THE HUMAN BODY $400: Psychologists now believe this is divided into 3 parts: immediate, short term & long term memory |
| #1350, aired 1990-06-15 | RELIGION $100: Roman Catholics believe if you're too good for hell but not yet pure enough for heaven, you'll spend time here purgatory |
| #1296, aired 1990-04-02 | NAMESAKES $100: Some authorities believe it was actually Jim Bowie's brother Rezin who designed this weapon Bowie Knife |
| #1294, aired 1990-03-29 | CELEBRITIES $300: This author of "Hollywood Wives" said, "People don't believe it, but everything I write is true!" Jackie Collins |
| #1290, aired 1990-03-23 | THE BIBLE $100: Some Biblical scholars believe it was an orange or a quince--or possibly an apricot the forbidden fruit |
| #1266, aired 1990-02-19 | FOOD $300: Most botanists believe the Irish potato originally came from this continent South America |
| #1265, aired 1990-02-16 | PEOPLE $1,100 (Daily Double): Performer heard here talking about his craft; you may never have heard him before:
"If I want to mime a flower, I take the shape of the flower..." Marcel Marceau |
| #1262, aired 1990-02-13 | LANGUAGES $800: You don't have to be crazy to know "meshugga" is from this language Yiddish |
| #1256, aired 1990-02-05 | RELIGION $200: Followers of Islam & Judaism believe in the existence of these heavenly beings, as do Christians angels |
| #1255, aired 1990-02-02 | BODY LANGUAGE $500: Meaning maudlin sentimentality, it's often accompanied by the playing of a make-believe violin hearts & flowers |
| #1242, aired 1990-01-16 | WORLD RELIGION $500: Jews believe that this Old Testament prophet will announce the coming of the Messiah Elijah |
| #1226, aired 1989-12-25 | TOUGH TV TRIVIA $100: Would you believe this show that pitted CONTROL against KAOS was filmed on the stage we're on now Get Smart |
| #1225, aired 1989-12-22 | FRUITS & VEGETABLES $600: Experts believe the "golden apples of the Hesperides" were actually this fruit oranges |
| #1217, aired 1989-12-12 | FROM THE TOP $500: "It was a moonlit night in old Mexico
I walked alone between some old adobe haciendas.
Suddenly, I heard the plaintive cry of a young Mexican girl..." "Speedy Gonzales" |
| #1211, aired 1989-12-04 | FURNITURE $1000: The famous 18th century cabinetmaker whose name sounds like a hotel Thomas Sheraton |
| #1201, aired 1989-11-20 | CHINA $200: The Chinese believe that jewelry made of this will bring good health jade |
| #1188, aired 1989-11-01 | SHOW MUSIC $1000: According to the song from "The Boys from Syracuse", this is "falling for make-believe" falling in love with love |
| #1177, aired 1989-10-17 | TEXAS $700 (Daily Double): David G. Burnet, Mirabeau B. Lamar, Anson Jones & Sam Houston were the only ones to hold this office president of the Republic of Texas |
| #1176, aired 1989-10-16 | THE APOSTLES $400: This apostle wouldn't believe Jesus was resurrected unless he could touch his wounds Thomas |
| #1173, aired 1989-10-11 | ACTOR-PLAYWRIGHTS $1,000 (Daily Double): Urbane Englishman heard here singing a song he wrote for one of his musicals:
I believe that since my life began, the most I've had is just a talent to amuse Noel Coward |
| #1104, aired 1989-05-25 | STARTS WITH "V" $400: Hindus believe this god descended from heaven in several forms, including Krishna Vishnu |
| #1101, aired 1989-05-22 | "P"s & "Q"s $200: It's often called Atlanta's most famous street Peachtree Street |
| #1100, aired 1989-05-19 | TV THEMES $500: "We never thought we'd find a place where we belong / Don't have to stand alone, we'll never let you fall / Don't need permission to decide what you believe / I said jump..." 21 Jump Street |
| #1091, aired 1989-05-08 | THE SWIMSUIT EDITION $300: 1 of the 3 women who have appeared on the front cover 3 times Cheryl Tiegs (or Christie Brinkley or Elle Macpherson) |
| #1082, aired 1989-04-25 | RELIGION $200: Christian fundamentalists believe everything in this is true & without error the Bible |
| #1074, aired 1989-04-13 | FAMOUS WOMEN $400: Even if you believe she was guilty, she never "gave her mother 40 whacks" -- it was her stepmother Lizzie Borden |
| #1071, aired 1989-04-10 | POT CLUCK $400: When Republicans promised this in 1932, the cost of cluck was 8 times chuck a chicken in every pot |
| #1055, aired 1989-03-17 | OATHS & CREEDS $800: The Nicene Creed says, "We believe in one God... one Lord, Jesus... & in" this the Holy Ghost |
| #1054, aired 1989-03-16 | RELIGION $200: Muslims believe Buraq, a celestial animal of wondrous form, carried this prophet to heaven Muhammad |
| #1052, aired 1989-03-14 | BROADWAY LYRICS $1000: "Sweet Charity" sang, "What a set up! Holy cow! They'd never believe it, if" this If they could see me now ("If My Friends Could See Me Now") |
| #1051, aired 1989-03-13 | WICKED WOMEN $300: Historians now believe she was merely the tool of her brother Cesare & her father Pope Alexander VI Lucrezia Borgia |
| #1034, aired 1989-02-16 | RADIO & TV $1,500 (Daily Double): Show spoofing superheroes which had the following theme: "Believe it or not, I'm walkin' on air / I never thought I could feel so free" The Greatest American Hero |
| #1029, aired 1989-02-09 | VERY GRIMM FAIRY TALES $100: If you believe the Brothers Grimm, these animals eat grandmothers & little girls who wear red wolves |
| #1023, aired 1989-02-01 | CHICKENS $400: Some experts believe these fleshy features help chickens to keep cool combs |
| #1017, aired 1989-01-24 | FACTS & FIGURES $400: Some experts believe about 1/2 of the 711 works attributed to this Dutch artist were done by others Rembrandt |
| #1002, aired 1989-01-03 | PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA $2,000 (Daily Double): Some of his colorful nicknames were "Professor", "Tiger" & "Coiner of Weasel Words" Woodrow Wilson |
| #1000, aired 1988-12-30 | PEOPLE $400: Asked if she believes in this, Raisa Gorbachev said, "Not me...I believe...in practical things" astrology |
| #996, aired 1988-12-26 | SHAKESPEAREAN TRIVIA $400: Many scholars now believe it was either "Henry VIII" or "The 2 Noble Kinsmen", written about 1613 the last play Shakespeare wrote |
| #992, aired 1988-12-20 | PHILOSOPHY $200: This theory that would have us believe we're in the worst universe is the opposite of optimism pessimism |
| #990, aired 1988-12-16 | NAMES IN THE NEWS $1000: Allotted 15 minutes, this governor spoke for 32 at the Democratic National Convention Bill Clinton |
| #946, aired 1988-10-17 | TRANSPORTATION $200: In answer to the age-old question, archaeologists believe it was invented by the Sumerians the wheel |
| #940, aired 1988-10-07 | PICKLES $300: Character on "The Dick Van Dyke Show" whose wife was known as Pickles Buddy Sorrell |
| #932, aired 1988-09-27 | SONG LYRICS $400: "I'm gonna sit right down & write myself a letter, & make believe it" did this came from you |
| #927, aired 1988-09-20 | RELIGION $800: Jehovah's Witnesses believe Christ cast him out of heaven in 1914, hence the world's troubles Satan |
| #920, aired 1988-09-09 | FOREIGN-BORN AMERICANS $1,500 (Daily Double): Heard here, this Madrid-born Gypsy helped popularize flamenco music throughout world:
["Guitar music plays"] Carlos Montoya |
| #905, aired 1988-07-08 | FAMOUS RIDERS $100: Dutch children believe he first arrived in Holland riding an 8-legged horse, not 8 tiny reindeer St. Nicholas (Santa Claus) |
| #890, aired 1988-06-17 | POETRY $1000: Child bride who ended up in "her tomb by the sounding sea" Annabel Lee |
| #881, aired 1988-06-06 | RELIGION $500: Hare Krishnas believe Krishna will pluck them up by this to save them at time of world deliverance topknot |
| #870, aired 1988-05-20 | ZOOLOGY $300: Many experts believe this dandy household pest may have been Earth's 1st flying creature cockroach |
| #860, aired 1988-05-06 | SCIENCE $200: Some mistakenly believe the mass migrations of these rodents always end in suicide by drowning lemmings |
| #839, aired 1988-04-07 | COLONIAL AMERICA $10,000 (Daily Double): Rather than towns & villages, early Maryland settlers built these medieval estates manors |
| #832, aired 1988-03-29 | MOVIE TRIVIA $600: The title of a 1980 Oscar-winning film said "Moscow Does Not Believe in" these tears |
| #819, aired 1988-03-10 | TEXANS $700 (Daily Double): This Texan was so popular in Britain that when he toured w/the Beatles, they gave him equal billing:
"Pretty woman, walkin' down the street /
Pretty woman, the kind I'd like to meet /
Pretty woman /
I don't believe you..." Roy Orbison |
| #817, aired 1988-03-08 | "LAUGH" $100: This animal got its nickname from its weird, human-like cackle the laughing hyena |
| #817, aired 1988-03-08 | ANIMALS $200: Scientists believe only the females of these spiders, Latrodectus mactans, bite humans the Black Widow |
| #816, aired 1988-03-07 | STARTS WITH "K" $1000: Some believe the image seen in this type of photography is a person's aura kirilan (kirlian) |
| #813, aired 1988-03-02 | TV TRIVIA $300: Believe it or not, in 1949 he was the 1st to host a TV version of "Believe It or Not" Ripley |
| #787, aired 1988-01-26 | SPELLING $1000: Many religions believe God to be omnipresent, omnipotent & this, having total knowledge O-M-N-I-S-C-I-E-N-T |
| #786, aired 1988-01-25 | PITCHMAN & PRODUCT $500: Euell Gibbons Grape-Nuts |
| #745, aired 1987-11-27 | BEST SELLERS $800: The longest-running hardcover fiction best seller for 1986 was this huge work by Jean Auel The Mammoth Hunters |
| #744, aired 1987-11-26 | THE CONTINENTS $100: Continent on which the greatest number of modern Winter Olympic Games have been held Europe |
| #744, aired 1987-11-26 | GILBERT & SULLIVAN $1000: Take your time & you'll have this, the name of Bunthorne's intended bride & the operetta Patience |
| #724, aired 1987-10-29 | ACTORS & ACTRESSES $100: This neat half of TV's "The Odd Couple" reportedly said, "I am a slob, but nobody will believe it" Tony Randall |
| #712, aired 1987-10-13 | THE BLUE & THE GRAY $400: Many slaves were led to believe that after the war they would be given "40 acres &" 1 of these mule |
| #704, aired 1987-10-01 | COMPOSERS $600: Some experts believe Schumann, Mahler, & this composer of the "Messiah" were manic-depressives Handel |
| #681, aired 1987-07-20 | LYRICS $100: "Falling in love with" this "is falling for make believe" love |
| #673, aired 1987-07-08 | POT LUCK $200: While the Knights of Pythias are a fraternal order, "knights of the road" are these tramps (or hobos or truck drivers) |
| #664, aired 1987-06-25 | PEOPLE $500 (Daily Double): In naming NY estate he bought n '34 to house curios, he used "BION", initials of his newspaper feature Robert Ripley ("Believe It or Not!") |
| #655, aired 1987-06-12 | '50s POP $500: Tommy Edwards' "It's All in the Game" was knocked out of #1 by this Conway Twitty "It's Only..." song "It's Only Make Believe" |
| #650, aired 1987-06-05 | THE KING $200: Shortly before his Army discharge, Elvis achieved this NCO rank sergeant |
| #648, aired 1987-06-03 | SONGS THAT "DO" $200: Titles of 2 hits began with these 4 words; the Lovin' Spoonful's ended w/"Magic", Huey Lewis' w/"Love" "Do You Believe In" |
| #647, aired 1987-06-02 | DOUBLE TALK $500 (Daily Double): It's both the title what Lee Dorsey calls his girl in the following song:
"It may sound funny, but I don't believe she's comin', oh, oh /
Baby hurry, don't make me worry, oh, oh /
Yeah, baby, hurry, don't make me worry, oh, oh..." Ya Ya |
| #637, aired 1987-05-19 | OSCAR-LOSING SONGS $500 (Daily Double): Celestial songs losing '36 Oscars included "A Melody from the Sky", "When Did You Leave Heaven" & this: [Piano instrumental plays] "Pennies from Heaven" |
| #631, aired 1987-05-11 | RELIGION $100: The Digambara monks of India believe that salvation is not possible for this sex women |
| #628, aired 1987-05-06 | WEATHER $200: Carl Sagan & others believe atomic war could lead to this much feared "season" nuclear winter |
| #617, aired 1987-04-21 | TV COMMERCIALS $400: If you don't believe this "Softens hands while you do dishes", ask Madge Palmolive |
| #615, aired 1987-04-17 | WOMEN AUTHORS $400: Natives on her African coffee plantation believe she was writing a new Koran Isak Dinesen |
| #615, aired 1987-04-17 | RELIGION $600: Hindus believe that if you die in the city of Varanasi you will be released from this cycle reincarnation |
| #609, aired 1987-04-09 | COTTON $300 (Daily Double): Of a pup tent, a man's shirt, or a knee sock, the 1 that would use up just the cotton in this mini-bale: a man's shirt |
| #606, aired 1987-04-06 | QUOTES $500: "Too many cooks spoil the brothel," said this most famous N.Y. madam of the '20s & '30s Polly Adler |
| #598, aired 1987-03-25 | NOTORIOUS $1000: 1966 Texas tower sniper whose final request, an autopsy, revealed he had a brain tumor Charles Whitman |
| #554, aired 1987-01-22 | LETTER PERFECT $400: The 1st of the 3 letters on button #3 of a touch-tone phone D |
| #548, aired 1987-01-14 | TV HOSPITALS $500: This longest-running medical drama in prime time history was set at a university medical complex Medical Center |
| #541, aired 1987-01-05 | TV COPS $300: He once described his series "Bronk" as "Stupid" - believe it or not Jack Palance |
| #540, aired 1987-01-02 | "WILLIAMS" $900 (Daily Double): If you asked this country singer what he believed in, he'd answer with the following:
But I believe in love
I believe in... Don WIlliams |
| #513, aired 1986-11-26 | 1955 $1000: He was the presiding officer of the senate Richard Nixon |
| #501, aired 1986-11-10 | JOURNALISM $200: Current title of newspaper feature begun by Robert Leroy Ripley Ripley's Believe It Or Not |
| #498, aired 1986-11-05 | VAMPIRES $400: "Believe It or Not", he starred in the 1973 version of "Dracula" Jack Palance |
| #490, aired 1986-10-24 | PRESIDENTS $800: James Madison's picture decorates this denomination of U.S. currency $5,000 bill |
| #481, aired 1986-10-13 | MYTHOLOGY $800: She warned the Trojans armed Greeks were in the wooden horse, but they didn't believe her Cassandra |
| #476, aired 1986-10-06 | OPERA $800: Many believe the greatest role of his brief singing/acting career was playing the great Caruso Mario Lanza |
| #455, aired 1986-06-06 | ZOOS $100 (Daily Double): In the following song, animal described as "kindly" but "dumb":
"Someone told me / It's all happening at the zoo / I do believe it / I do believe it's true" the elephants |
| #433, aired 1986-05-07 | TOUGH TV TRIVIA $200: Current TV series based on a newspaper feature begun in 1918 Ripley's Believe It or Not |
| #421, aired 1986-04-21 | CAPTAINS $200: Captain Merrill Stubing captains this ship The Love Boat |
| #421, aired 1986-04-21 | LITERARY ADAPTATIONS $400: Though Gershwin opera was named for the couple, original DuBose Hayward novel was just named this Porgy |
| #417, aired 1986-04-15 | HISTORY $400: Ptolemy's error in calculating this led Columbus to believe Asia could be reached by sailing west the Earth's circumference |
| #410, aired 1986-04-04 | TOP 40 $400: Of Lorne Greene, Sen. Everett Dirksen, & Patty Duke, the one whose Top 40 Song hit #1 Lorne Greene |
| #408, aired 1986-04-02 | THE MILITARY $500: Degree you receive upon graduation from Annapolis bachelor of science |
| #407, aired 1986-04-01 | COLLEGE NICKNAMES $100 (Daily Double): Nickname of team with this theme:
[Instrumental music plays] the Fighting Irish |
| #400, aired 1986-03-21 | ASTRONOMY $100: Restudying data from Viking I, scientists believe this planet once had enough water to support life Mars |
| #388, aired 1986-03-05 | FAMOUS PHARMACISTS $400: Legend says Lana Turner was discovered at this family's pharmacy, but legend was wrong Schwab's |
| #375, aired 1986-02-14 | MILLARD FILLMORE $800: Many believe phony H.L. Mencken story that Fillmore installed 1st one of these in the White House bathtub |
| #368, aired 1986-02-05 | CRIME & PUNISHMENT $400: By age 33, John MacLean, this type of thief, had stolen $150 mil. worth of goods by himself a burglar |
| #364, aired 1986-01-30 | RELIGION $400 (Daily Double): Popular song of faith heard here:
"Everytime I hear a newborn baby cry, / Or touch a leaf, or see the sky, / Then I know why" "I Believe" |
| #362, aired 1986-01-28 | OPTICAL HISTORY $200: Moses, Saint Peter, and the infant Jesus have all been painted with these on glasses |
| #362, aired 1986-01-28 | OPTICAL HISTORY $800: Experts believe the distortion in El Greco's paintings was due to this defect astigmatism |
| #349, aired 1986-01-09 | BEASTLY QUOTES $500: Twain opined, "I believe...our heavenly father invented man because he was disappointed in" this monkey |
| #348, aired 1986-01-08 | WEDDINGS $2,000 (Daily Double): Actual title of this selection from Mendelssohn's music for "A Midsummer Night's Dream": "The Wedding March For Titania And Oberon" |
| #346, aired 1986-01-06 | COINS $400: Largest denomination ever issued, one post-WWI German coin was worth this many marks one billion |
| #334, aired 1985-12-19 | MOTHERS $200: If you believe the margarine commercials, "It's not nice to fool" her Mother Nature |
| #306, aired 1985-11-11 | A.K.A. $300: If you don't believe she was born Shirley Beaty, ask her little brother Warren Shirley MacLaine |
| #299, aired 1985-10-31 | "HOG" WILD $500: If you've run "hog wild" through this category, you've done it in this total way gone whole hog |
| #296, aired 1985-10-28 | ANCIENT HISTORY $1000: Most believe Homer's account of Trojan War accurate due to this German-American's excavations Schliemann |
| #294, aired 1985-10-24 | MAGIC $800: Some Muslims believe they can cure illness by drinking ink that's been used to copy this book the Koran |
| #290, aired 1985-10-18 | SPORTS TRIVIA $500: What Joe Jacobs said in 1935 when he left a sickbed to go to the World Series but bet on the wrong team I shoulda stood in bed |
| #274, aired 1985-09-26 | '60s SONGS $1000: John Sebastian said explaining this "is like try-in' to tell a stranger about rock and roll" magic |
| #268, aired 1985-09-18 | FAIRY TALES $400: According to James Barrie, every time a child says, "I don't believe in fairies", this happens somewhere a fairy dies |
| #176, aired 1985-05-13 | NORTH AMERICA $500 (Daily Double): Direction you'd be traveling when going through the Panama Canal from the Pacific to the Atlantic side northwesterly |
| #173, aired 1985-05-08 | MAGIC $700 (Daily Double): Movie the following was from:
"You have to believe we are magic / Nothin' can stand in our way / You have to believe we are magic / Don't let your aim ever stray" Xanadu |
| #171, aired 1985-05-06 | MOVIE TRIVIA $200: 1980 film "The Nude Bomb" tried to revive this '60s TV spy show Get Smart |
| #169, aired 1985-05-02 | THE EMMYS $200: Would you believe this series won Best Comedy Emmy in '68? Would you believe '69? Get Smart |
| #168, aired 1985-05-01 | FAMOUS PIGS $300: Scientists believe that the babirusa pig might qualify for this Jewish clean food status kosher |
| #136, aired 1985-03-18 | TRIVIA $500: From the Greek for "an inquirer", they rarely believe what they're told a skeptic |
| #134, aired 1985-03-14 | MYTHOLOGY $800: Roman Bacchanalia was festival dedicated to the god of this the god of wine |
| #125, aired 1985-03-01 | TELEVISION $200: Theme song of "The Greatest American Hero", it would have pleased Mr. Ripley "Believe It Or Not" |
| #120, aired 1985-02-22 | MOVIES $500: Believe it or not, he dressed all in black to play the gunslinger in "Shane" Jack Palance |
| #112, aired 1985-02-12 | RELIGION $200: Moslems believe the original of this, their holy book, is in heaven the Quran |
| #112, aired 1985-02-12 | HOW TO... $300: Forget CPR, just clap your hands and think, "I do believe in fairies" How do you bring Tinker Bell back to life? |
| #110, aired 1985-02-08 | BASEBALL $100: The Atlanta Braves are in this division of the National League the Western division |
| #107, aired 1985-02-05 | CATS $300: Vibrations in wall of blood vessels in the chest are believed to cause this phenomenon purring |
| #91, aired 1985-01-14 | SEVENS $400: Observing the Sabbath on Saturday, these Christians believe Christ will return in person Seventh-Day Adventists |
| #91, aired 1985-01-14 | 1955 $500: In September, America lost this fourth television network the DuMont network |
| #86, aired 1985-01-07 | DIFFERENT BRIDGES $500 (Daily Double): Song for which the following is the musical bridge "MacArthur Park" |
| #85, aired 1985-01-04 | MIRACLES $500 (Daily Double): Singer of the following:
"You wouldn't believe where I've been /
The city and towns I been in /
From Boston to Denver /
And every town in between /
The people they all look the same..." Barry Manilow |
| #83, aired 1985-01-02 | TRIVIA $200: Actor who entered a Charlie Chaplin lookalike contest and came in 3rd Charlie Chaplin |
| #59, aired 1984-11-29 | '60s TRIVIA $100: By 1966 the Air Force had logged 10,147 sightings of these, but didn't believe any UFOs |
| #52, aired 1984-11-20 | MOVIES $200: She actually said "I want to be let alone" Greta Garbo |
| #52, aired 1984-11-20 | GOVERNMENT $800: Someone who doesn't believe in this category an anarchist |
| #37, aired 1984-10-30 | CAPTAINS $600: Some believe this legendary English pirate's treasure is yet to be found Captain Kidd |
| #35, aired 1984-10-26 | TELEVISION $1,100 (Daily Double): Current Sunday night show hosted by father & daughter Ripley's Believe it or Not |
| #22, aired 1984-10-09 | ISLANDS $800 (Daily Double): Only New York City borough not on an island the Bronx |
| #21, aired 1984-10-08 | RELIGION $1,000 (Daily Double): Mormons believe they're Amer. Indians; others say they're Japanese or Anglo-Saxons the 10 lost tribes of Israel |
| #8, aired 1984-09-19 | TOUCHDOWN TOPICS $500: Famous halfback now on the Supreme Court's bench Byron "Whizzer" White |
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Jennifer Broders, a junior high school social studies teacher from Stockton, Iowa
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Season 26 2-time champion: $59,801 + $1,000. Jennifer Broders - a...
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Jacob Hambalek, a 12-year-old from Fresno, California
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"If he had to choose a career right now, he'd be...
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Lea Tottle, a junior from Florida State University from Oldsmar, Florida
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2010-B College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000 + a Nintendo Wii +...
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Jacob Joyner, an 11-year-old from Quantico, Virginia
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"As a politician, he plans on improving the lives of Americans....
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Eric Floyd, a college student from Calhoun, Georgia
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2003 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $25,000.
Season 18 4-time champion: $97,800 + $2,000.
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Jove Graham, a biomedical engineer from Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
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Season 26 1-time champion: $34,401 + $1,000. Jove's second contestant interview...
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Brenda Buchanan, a traffic director from Columbia Station, Ohio
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Season 23 player (2006-09-26).
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Dave Belote, the base commander from Nellis Air Force Base, Las Vegas
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2010 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 26 5-time champion:...
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Amy Varallo, a senior from Aiken, South Carolina
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2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games quarterfinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time...
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Jane Kaczmarek, a TV, film and Broadway actress from Malcolm in the Middle and Raising the Bar
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"She went from playing a hard-nosed mom in Malcolm in the...
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Claudia Perry, a sports copy editor from Jersey City, New Jersey
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"A pop music critic when she first appeared on Jeopardy!, she's...
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Michael Day, an attorney from Mill Valley, California
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"As an MBA Student, he won 5 games in 1985. Today...
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Dana Delany, an actress from Kidnapped
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"She won two Emmys for playing Army nurse Colleen McMurphy on...
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Michael Blake, a 12-year-old from Hamburg, New York
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"Our top story tonight is this young man, who wants to...
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Steve Chernicoff, a technical writer from Berkeley, California
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"He was one of the top 1-day winners in the 1994-95...
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Steven Popper, an economist from Topanga, California
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"A winner of 5 shows in 1988, he has since founded...
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Maria Capucciati, a knowledge manager from New York, New York
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Season 23 player (2006-10-11). According to the official Jeopardy! web site,...
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Iddoshe Hirpa, a junior from Louisville, Kentucky
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2006 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
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Brian Weikle, a consultant from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
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