| #9081, aired 2024-04-15 | THAT BAND'S AN INSTITUTION $400: The "Celebration" continues with Robert Bell, better known as this; he & The Gang still tour after 26 studio albums Kool |
| #8999, aired 2023-12-21 | FIRST LADIES' MAIDEN NAMES $400: Better known as Pat: Thelma Ryan (Pat) Nixon |
| #8983, aired 2023-11-29 | READING RAINBOW $3,400 (Daily Double): In a children's classic by Scott O'Dell, San Nicolas Island is better known as this title place the Island of the Blue Dolphins |
| #21, aired 2023-11-29 | SKIN CARE $400: Don't forget the SPF! Exposure to UV radiation can damage skin cells & cause inflammation--better known as this a sunburn |
| #8974, aired 2023-11-16 | THE NAME OF THE LAW $2000: Named for an Illinois representative, 1910's White Slave Traffic Act is better known as this "Act" the Mann Act |
| #20, aired 2023-11-15 | VETERINARY MEDICINE $1500: If your pooch leaves doggie daycare with a scratchy throat, have him checked for canine infectious tracheobronchitis, better known as this kennel cough |
| #8961, aired 2023-10-30 | CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND $2000: The Third International was better known as this, an organ of Soviet control over other lands' Communist parties the Communist International (the Comintern) |
| #8873, aired 2023-05-17 | JEOPARDY! AFTER DARK $1600: Nuta was the given first name of the creator of the dazzling country & Western style worn here, but he was better known as this Nudie |
| #8842, aired 2023-04-04 | SPORTS MEDICINE $800: Lateral epicondylitis is better known as this, which despite its name, isn't limited to guys like Novak Djokovic tennis elbow |
| #8840, aired 2023-03-31 | ANCIENT VIPs $1200: Though better known as "The Father of History", some critics called him "The Father of Lies" Herodotus |
| #8804, aired 2023-02-09 | SOUTH AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY $200: This country's Urubamba River Valley is better known as the Sacred Valley of the Incas Peru |
| #8800, aired 2023-02-03 | JUICE BAR $400: In 1869 a dentist with this last name began selling "unfermented wine", better known as grape juice Welch |
| #8757, aired 2022-12-06 | THE SURPRISINGLY SUCCESSFUL LEAGUE OF NATIONS $600: The League oversaw the 1925 ban on poison gas & bacteriological warfare, better known as this Swiss city's protocol Geneva |
| #8687, aired 2022-07-19 | SAN DIEGO: NEWS CLUES $800: (Dagmar Midcap of NBC 7 in San Diego presents the clue.) In 1969, the U.S. Navy opened its Strike Fighter Tactics Instructor Program at Air Station Miramar, better known as this school that inspired a 1986 movie title TOPGUN |
| #8684, aired 2022-07-14 | TERRIBLE SUPERVILLAIN NAMES $800: Listerine says bad breath is "also known as oral malodor or" this word; now oral malodor... that'd be a better name halitosis |
| #8661, aired 2022-06-13 | BIBLICAL WOMEN $5,000 (Daily Double): This dancer who in Matthew 14 is referred to as "the daughter of Herodias" is better known by this name Salome |
| #8634, aired 2022-05-05 | THE NAPOLEONIC WARS $400: One of Adm. Nelson's early triumphs was the 1798 Battle of Aboukir Bay, better known as the battle of this African river the Nile |
| #8596, aired 2022-03-14 | '70s TELEVISION $800: For three seasons, this actress helped protect our world as Diana Prince, an Amazon better known as Wonder Woman Lynda Carter |
| #8563, aired 2022-01-26 | OMG! $7,800 (Daily Double): The Greek goddesses of vengeance are called the Eumenides, better known as these, a word from Latin the Furies |
| #8560, aired 2022-01-21 | LANDMARK OF THE CITY $600: 30 St. Mary Axe, better known as the Gherkin London |
| #8526, aired 2021-12-06 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN AUTHORS $1200: "The Rose that Grew from Concrete" is a book of poems by this man better known as a rapper Tupac Shakur |
| #8522, aired 2021-11-30 | SOUNDS SERIOUS $200: Alcohol & spicy foods can cause pyrosis, better known as this painful sensation heartburn |
| #8417, aired 2021-06-08 | A LITERATURE SAMPLER $1600: In a legendary tale, the "Galloping Hessian of the Hollow" is better known as this, which is certainly more terrifying the Headless Horseman |
| #8397, aired 2021-05-11 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $800: Beethoven's Bagatelle No. 25 in A minor is better known as this, after the inscription on the autograph score "Für Elise" |
| #8390, aired 2021-04-30 | SACRED BOOKS $8,000 (Daily Double): Isa ibn Maryam, a prophet in the Koran, is better known as him Jesus, son of Mary |
| #8356, aired 2021-03-15 | ART $1200: This sleek style is better known in architecture, but was used in painting, as in Tamara de Lempicka's 1929 self portrait art deco |
| #8316, aired 2021-01-18 | ALL KINDS OF BARS $800: In 1951 Paul Bigsby put out the first successful vibrato mechanism, better known as this "bar" that makes for wild guitar sounds the whammy bar |
| #8277, aired 2020-11-10 | GETTING THE KEY TO THE CITY $600: In 2013 S.F. gave its key to Miles Scott, better known as this "juvenile" superhero thanks to the Make-A-Wish Foundation Batkid |
| #8276, aired 2020-11-09 | A NIGHT AT THE OPERA $1000: The king's aria to a tree is a highlight of Handel's "Serse", about the Persian king better known as this Xerxes |
| #8263, aired 2020-10-21 | BROADWAY DEBUTS $2000: Better known for the film role, he made his Broadway debut as Frank 'n' Furter in "The Rocky Horror Show", panned by critics Tim Curry |
| #8249, aired 2020-10-01 | GNAT GEO $2000: The destructive fruit fly Ceratitis capitata is better known as this, after a body of water the Mediterranean fruit fly |
| #8193, aired 2020-04-01 | HUGH JACKMAN $200: In "Les Miserables" Hugh hit the high notes as on-the-run prisoner 24601, better known as this character Jean Valjean |
| #8193, aired 2020-04-01 | FBI QUANTICO $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from the FBI Laboratory in Quantico, Virginia.) The FBI lab finds hard-to-detect fingerprints with a fuming chamber that turns a strong adhesive into vapor, allowing it to adhere to latent moisture. The adhesive--cyanoacrylate, better known as this powerful, quick bonding stuff super glue |
| #4, aired 2020-01-08 | THE ____ OF ____ $600: In the news in 1961, Bahía de Cochinos is better known to us as this Bay of Pigs |
| #8089, aired 2019-11-07 | NAME & NUMBER $1000: He's better known as Frederick the Great Frederick II |
| #8061, aired 2019-09-30 | COLLEGE-POURRI $600: Bowling Green teams in this state were once known as the BG Normals or BG Pedagogues but Falcons seems a better fit Ohio |
| #8046, aired 2019-09-09 | THE 1820s $400: Better known to us as an inventor, Samuel F.B. Morse pursued art in the 1820s & painted portraits, like of this lexicographer Webster |
| #8014, aired 2019-06-13 | THE MOVIES $1600: The 1932 film "White Zombie" starred this actor better known as a bloodsucker (Bela) Lugosi |
| #7984, aired 2019-05-02 | TORY SPELLING $1200: Family name of the war hero better known as Wellington W-E-L-L-E-S-L-E-Y |
| #7982, aired 2019-04-30 | AMERICAN GODS $1200: In the Voodoo religion of Haiti, one of the better known deities is known as "Baron" this French word for Saturday Samedi |
| #7963, aired 2019-04-03 | ____ OF ____ $800: Used as an antacid or laxative, Mg(OH)2 is better known as this milk of magnesia |
| #7935, aired 2019-02-22 | FOREIGN-SOUNDING FOOD $200: "Pommes frites" in Bourgogne are better known as these in the States French fries |
| #7827, aired 2018-09-25 | OCEAN LINERS $2000: The Titanic was built by the oceanic steam navigation company, better known as this colorful "line" White Star |
| #7826, aired 2018-09-24 | PAINTED LADIES $400: His "Arrangement in Grey and Black, No. 1" is better known as his "Mother" Whistler |
| #7813, aired 2018-07-25 | CELEBRITY PARTIAL NAME CHANGES $2000: Natalie Hershlag & Winona Horowitz are better known by these last names they used as movie co-stars Natalie Portman and Winona Ryder |
| #7803, aired 2018-07-11 | LEXICON VALLEY $1200: From the Russian for "valley", a doline, a surface collapse of limestone, is better known as this a sinkhole |
| #7782, aired 2018-06-12 | MEDICAL WORDS & PHRASES $200: Little Johnny, let me feel your forehead; yes, a touch of pyrexia, better known as this a fever |
| #7724, aired 2018-03-22 | LOCATION VACATION $600: Take a tour of Highclere Castle in Hampshire, England, better known to PBS fans as this title manor Downton Abbey |
| #7647, aired 2017-12-05 | HALLS OF FAME $1200: Electronic music and animal rights are among the passions of Richard Melville Hall, better known as this Moby |
| #7641, aired 2017-11-27 | MAJOR THIRDS IN MUSIC $1200: Edward Louis Severson III, seen here, is better known as this impassioned singer Eddie Vedder |
| #7585, aired 2017-07-28 | 9 $800: Ether, time, space, soul & mind team up with these better-known 4 as the 9 substances of the universe in Hinduism earth, wind (or air), water and fire |
| #7536, aired 2017-05-22 | THUNDER & LIGHTNING $800: On summer nights watch the flashes of the lightning bugs, better known as these fireflies |
| #7485, aired 2017-03-10 | LET'S HIT THE GYMNOSPERM $800: Take a look at Cycas revoluta & you'll see why it's better known as the sago this palm |
| #7408, aired 2016-11-23 | CONTINENTS OF NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS $1000: For Peace,
Tenzin Gyatso Asia |
| #7327, aired 2016-06-21 | SCIENTIFIC & MEDICAL ABBREV. $600: Vegetables that have had their DNA altered to produce better traits are known as GM foods, standing for this genetically modified |
| #7327, aired 2016-06-21 | ORGANIZATIONS $600: FDR founded the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, better known as this group the March of Dimes |
| #7227, aired 2016-02-02 | BAND AID $400: When Ms. Welch, better known as this, needs help, she runs fast for the Machine Florence |
| #7210, aired 2016-01-08 | MUSICAL NICKNAMES $2000: William Collins, better known as this, passed the nickname tradition on by dubbing Kenneth Edmonds "Babyface" Bootsy |
| #7111, aired 2015-07-13 | ARTISTS & THEIR SUBJECTS $4,800 (Daily Double): Scottish historian Thomas Carlyle was the subject of his 1872-73 work "Arrangement in Grey and Black, No. 2" James Abbott McNeill Whistler |
| #7079, aired 2015-05-28 | PSYCHOLOGY $400: Emmy-nominated animal psychologist Cesar Millan is better known as this to TV viewers the "Dog Whisperer" |
| #7064, aired 2015-05-07 | UTOPIA $2000: Better known for its flatware, this N.Y. community was founded in 1848 as a religious utopia Oneida |
| #7037, aired 2015-03-31 | BETTER KNOWN BY ONE NAME $200: This Powhatan princess was also known as Matoaka & Amonute Pocahontas |
| #7037, aired 2015-03-31 | BETTER KNOWN BY ONE NAME $400: Tiziano Vecellio is better known as this one-named painter from Venice Titian |
| #7037, aired 2015-03-31 | BETTER KNOWN BY ONE NAME $1000: He followed Sukarno as president of Indonesia Suharto |
| #6895, aired 2014-08-01 | MOUNTAINS $400: What the Arabs call Jebel Musa, "Mountain of Moses", is better known as this (Mount) Sinai |
| #6862, aired 2014-06-17 | THE NAME OF THE LAW $3,000 (Daily Double): Named for an Illinois representative, 1910's White Slave Traffic Act is better known as this "Act" the Mann Act |
| #6842, aired 2014-05-20 | READING RAINBOW $2,000 (Daily Double): In a children's classic by Scott O'Dell, San Nicolas Island is better known as this title place The Island of the Blue Dolphins |
| #6768, aired 2014-02-05 | '80s BABIES $400: The Sterns of New Jersey won a 1980s custody battle with the surrogate mother of Melissa, better known as "Baby" this "M" |
| #6755, aired 2014-01-17 | GUYS, CAPITALISM WORKS! $800: Better known as a novelist, she defended the morality of laissez-faire in "Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal" Ayn Rand |
| #6752, aired 2014-01-14 | HAPPY BIRTH DAY TO YOU $800: He was born in Brooklyn as Benjamin on Feb. 26, 1906 but would die better known as this mobster Bugsy Siegel |
| #6712, aired 2013-11-19 | LET'S ALL CHANT $2000: The "Dark Side of the Chant" album features this Carl Orff work with a Latin title, used in menacing movie scenes O, Fortuna |
| #6646, aired 2013-07-08 | DUKE, DUKE $100 (Daily Double): The Duke of Gloucester, better known as this, is seen here in a reconstruction done after he was unearthed in 2012 Richard III |
| #6519, aired 2013-01-10 | CALL ME ISRAEL $2000: Israel ben Eliezer, better known as the Ba'al Shem Tov, founded this Orthodox Jewish movement in the 18th century Hasidism |
| #6395, aired 2012-06-08 | THE LOVELY BEANS $1600: What are also called broad beans are better known as this when paired with "a nice chianti" fava beans |
| #6353, aired 2012-04-11 | TALE SHIPS $4,000 (Daily Double): The Fuwalda was the ship that stranded Lord John & Lady Alice, this character's parents Lord Greystoke (Tarzan) |
| #6297, aired 2012-01-24 | YOU'LL NEED INSURANCE $400: Medical liability insurance is better known as this type of insurance malpractice insurance |
| #6265, aired 2011-12-09 | HIP HOP HOOPSTERS $1000: Once part of a notorious brawl, this star defender now a Laker tells his side on the "My World" CD Ron Artest |
| #6235, aired 2011-10-28 | MEANINGFUL STAGE NAMES $1200: Focus on the middle name of Richard Melville Hall to figure out he's better known as this techno musician Moby |
| #6204, aired 2011-07-28 | THE "N" CROWD $200: He was a great rugby & lacrosse player but he's better known as "The Father of Basketball" Naismith |
| #6129, aired 2011-04-14 | FORMULA2 $200: Fe2O3 is ferric oxide, better known on your car's body as this rust |
| #6123, aired 2011-04-06 | BETTER KNOWN AS $400: 1930s gangster George Kelly Machine Gun Kelly |
| #6123, aired 2011-04-06 | BETTER KNOWN AS $800: Actress Susan Weld Tuesday Weld |
| #6123, aired 2011-04-06 | BETTER KNOWN AS $1200: Author Thomas Lanier Williams Tennessee Williams |
| #6123, aired 2011-04-06 | BETTER KNOWN AS $1600: 19th century actress Emilie Langtry Lillie Langtry |
| #6123, aired 2011-04-06 | BETTER KNOWN AS $2000: Petroleum disaster expert Paul Adair Red Adair |
| #6089, aired 2011-02-17 | PATENTS $1200: 1866: Haven & Hettrich's whirligig, better known now as this stringed toy a yo-yo |
| #6039, aired 2010-12-09 | CREATURES OF THE NIGHT $1000: The 222 members of the avian order Strigiformes, better known as these, are all nocturnal owls |
| #6024, aired 2010-11-18 | MUSIC ALIASES $800: "The Fame Monster" has struck for Stefani Germanotta, now better known as this Lady Gaga |
| #6005, aired 2010-10-22 | FRUITY LANGUAGE $400: A small reddish blemish of the skin is known as this fruit's mark strawberry |
| #5991, aired 2010-10-04 | MONKEY BUSINESS $1600: Macaca mulatta is better known as this monkey that's helped in medical science, especially blood grouping Rhesus |
| #5951, aired 2010-06-28 | GOVERNMENTAL STUPID ANSWERS $1200: Kalpen Modi, who works for the Obama admin. doing outreach to Asian Americans, is better known to moviegoers as this Kal Penn |
| #5931, aired 2010-05-31 | RED FISH, BLUE FISH $2000: The sharptoothed Lutjanus campechanus is better known as this popular food fish red snapper |
| #5922, aired 2010-05-18 | DARWIN IN THE GALAPAGOS $1200: (Alex sits with some seals at the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.) "The circumstance that several of the islands possess their own species strikes me with wonder", Darwin wrote in "Journal of Researches", which today is better known as "The Voyage of" this the Beagle |
| #5921, aired 2010-05-17 | LESSER-KNOWN ART & ARTISTS $2,000 (Daily Double): He's been thrown from his horse and struck blind in Parmigianino's painting of "The Conversion of" this man Saul (of Tarsus) (better known as St. Paul) |
| #5900, aired 2010-04-16 | I'D RATHER PAY TAXES $1600: George Calvert, better known as Lord this, died clear across the pond from Maryland April 15, 1632 Lord Baltimore |
| #5895, aired 2010-04-09 | A SEAFOOD GUIDE $400: Fishing for the slimehead, better known as the orange this, also catches & kills threatened species of deep sea sharks roughy |
| #5880, aired 2010-03-19 | SAFETY FIRST $1000: Respirators can help prevent coal workers' pneumoconiosis, better known as this black lung disease |
| #5833, aired 2010-01-13 | LITERARY CHARACTERS $1000: In "The Chronicles of Narnia", Jadis is better known as this icy alliterative villainess the White Witch |
| #5828, aired 2010-01-06 | BAD TIME CHARLIE $600: Charles Arthur Floyd, better known as this, was shot dead by G-men in 1934 "Pretty Boy" Floyd |
| #5793, aired 2009-11-18 | 20th CENTURY INNOVATION $800: Polio victims were kept alive by the 1920s invention of the tank respirator, better known as the iron this the iron lung |
| #5772, aired 2009-10-20 | NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS $800: Willem Einthoven won for his galvanometer, better known as this device used to diagnose heart disease an electrocardiogram |
| #5750, aired 2009-09-18 | BETTER KNOWN AS $200: His original name was Malcolm Little & his Muslim name was El-Hajj Malik El Shabazz Malcolm X |
| #5750, aired 2009-09-18 | BETTER KNOWN AS $400: When he began writing songs in 1907, singing waiter Israel Baline became him Irving Berlin |
| #5750, aired 2009-09-18 | THE MUSEUM OF FLIGHT $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Museum of Flight in Seattle, WA.) The museum has a Soviet duplicate of Sputnik; on October 4, 1957, the original was launched from one of these 4-letter missiles, better known as a nuclear deterrent an ICBM |
| #5750, aired 2009-09-18 | BETTER KNOWN AS $600: Infamous Dallas nightclub owner Jacob Rubenstein was better known by this name Jack Ruby |
| #5750, aired 2009-09-18 | BETTER KNOWN AS $800: Designer Ralph Lifschitz found his name unfashionable, so he changed it to this Ralph Lauren |
| #5750, aired 2009-09-18 | BETTER KNOWN AS $1000: Robert Parker took this outlaw alias from his mentor; his partner took his from a city where he was jailed Butch Cassidy |
| #5724, aired 2009-06-25 | CLASSICAL WORKS' OTHER NAMES $600: Schumann wrote his Symphony No. 1 in B flat, better known as this, in the winter, not the season of its nickname the "Spring Symphony" |
| #5713, aired 2009-06-10 | THE DARK KNIGHT $1,200 (Daily Double): Edward of Woodstock, Knight of the Garter & heir to the British Throne, is better known to history as this the Black Prince |
| #5693, aired 2009-05-13 | TAKE OUT THE TRASH $1000: Last week's sandwich has to go; it's now ham, cheese & Rhizopus stolonifer, better known as this mold |
| #5646, aired 2009-03-09 | HIRAM $1600: Musician Hiram King Williams (1923-1953) was better known as this Hank |
| #5632, aired 2009-02-17 | MEDICAL MILESTONES $200: Louise Brown, the first human conceived by in vitro fertilization, is better known as the 1st this "baby" test tube baby |
| #5580, aired 2008-12-05 | CONDUCTORS $1600: It's the term for material that conducts at high temperatures & insulates at low temperatures a semiconductor |
| #5579, aired 2008-12-04 | ON YOUR NERVES $400: The median nerve in your arm controls your pollex, better known as this digit your thumb |
| #5572, aired 2008-11-25 | CAVES $1200: Nevada's formation-rich Lehman Caves are made of low-grade marble, better known as this limestone |
| #5523, aired 2008-09-17 | MOVIE COMEDY $1200: In 2 movies Martin Lawrence has impersonated tough granny Hattie Mae Pierce, better known as her Big Momma |
| #5423, aired 2008-03-19 | A BUNCH OF HOODS $1,200 (Daily Double): A 1901 film tells the story of Le Petit Chaperon Rouge, better known as this Little Red Riding Hood |
| #5422, aired 2008-03-18 | IN THEM THAR HILLS $800: Better-known name of the Washington, D.C. hill once known as Jenkins' Hill Capitol Hill |
| #5330, aired 2007-11-09 | FLOWERS $800: The common wildflower Chrysanthemum leucanthemum is better known as the ox-eye type of this flower a daisy |
| #5240, aired 2007-05-25 | GEOGRAPHY $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Mississippi.) Some of the best catfish is caught in the Mississippi Alluvial Plain, better known around here as this area the (Mississippi) Delta |
| #5222, aired 2007-05-01 | FEMALE SINGERS $1200: Amy Ray & Emily Saliers are better known as this colorful group Indigo Girls |
| #5212, aired 2007-04-17 | OTHER WORKS BY HANDEL $2000: The melody heard here is from the opera about Serse, better known to us as this "X"-rated Persian king Xerxes |
| #5188, aired 2007-03-14 | IT HAPPENED IN TEXAS $200: Founded as a Franciscan mission in 1718, Mission San Antonio de Valero became better-known in history under this name the Alamo |
| #5185, aired 2007-03-09 | JERSEY BOYS & GIRLS $1000: The Depression photographer born in N.J. as Dorothea Nutzhorn is better known as Dorothea this Lange |
| #5171, aired 2007-02-19 | AROUND WASHINGTON, D.C. $2,500 (Daily Double): It was once known as "Presidents Park" but perhaps this name for it looks better on a "Marquis" Lafayette Park |
| #5132, aired 2006-12-26 | PHOTOGRAPHERS $1,000 (Daily Double): Best known as a writer of children's stories, he was also a fine photographer; Alice Liddell was a subject Lewis Carroll |
| #5114, aired 2006-11-30 | COLUMBIA $200: Also known for his TV work, he's seen here as Mark Antony in 1953's "Serpent of the Nile" Raymond Burr |
| #5103, aired 2006-11-15 | NON-COSMETIC SURGERY $1200: Removal of the gallbladder is the usual treatment for concretions better known as these gallstones |
| #5100, aired 2006-11-10 | LAWN ORDER $600: Also known as finger grass, a creeping weed of the genus Digitaria is better known by this "grouchy" name crabgrass |
| #5097, aired 2006-11-07 | EVERYTHING FRENCH $400: He was better known as a bridge engineer before his "tower"ing achievement of 1889 Eiffel |
| #5089, aired 2006-10-26 | RODENTS $400: The woodchuck, also known as a whistle pig, is better known by this name in early February a groundhog |
| #5084, aired 2006-10-19 | SATURDAY $1000: At age 3, as Bubbles Silverman, this opera star sang on a Sat. morning radio show, "Uncle Bob's Rainbow House" Beverly Sills |
| #5075, aired 2006-10-06 | INVENTORS & INVENTIONS $2,000 (Daily Double): In 1938 chemist Roy Plunkett invented polytetrafluorethylene, a nonstick substance better known as this Teflon |
| #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 |
| #4985, aired 2006-04-21 | U.S. PRESIDENTS $2000: On June 28, 1919 he married Elizabeth Wallace Harry Truman |
| #4971, aired 2006-04-03 | THAT'S SHOW BIZ $1,000 (Daily Double): The 1966 film "Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo" is better known as this in the U.S. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly |
| #4948, aired 2006-03-01 | HUGH DONE IT $1000: At one time a game-show host, he's known better as a host of "20/20" Hugh Downs |
| #4830, aired 2005-09-16 | DOUBLE TALK $800: Traitorous WWII broadcaster William Joyce was better known as Lord this Lord Haw-Haw |
| #4818, aired 2005-07-13 | BOTANY $5,000 (Daily Double): It's no stretch to tell us the Ficus elastica is better known as the India this rubber plant |
| #4773, aired 2005-05-11 | CNN 25: SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY $800: (Hi, I'm CNN senior medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta.) I've reported on the threat of H5N1, better known as this potential pandemic transmitted by fowl the avian flu |
| #4634, aired 2004-10-28 | COACH $600: Mike Krzyzewski of Duke is better known as this, 6 letters total "Coach-K" |
| #4624, aired 2004-10-14 | WORLD LIT $400: Sir Walter Scott wrote the book about Scottish outlaw Robert MacGregor, better known as this Rob Roy |
| #4579, aired 2004-07-01 | WORLD RELIGION $800: Rachel, Monica & Phoebe might run away & join this group better known as the Quakers the Society of Friends |
| #4474, aired 2004-02-05 | ART $800: "The Portrait of a Lady on a Balcony" done around 1504-14 & hanging in the Louvre is better known as this the "Mona Lisa" |
| #4469, aired 2004-01-29 | YOU BETTER KNOW SOME SCIENCE $1600: A device known as a rectifier makes this electrical conversion from AC to DC |
| #4437, aired 2003-12-16 | CORPORATE SYMBOLS $800: In this company's caricatures, the guy on the right is actually named Izzy, but is still identified as Jack the Pep Boys |
| #4425, aired 2003-11-28 | BETTER KNOWN AS... $400: Outlaw William H. Bonney Billy the Kid |
| #4425, aired 2003-11-28 | BETTER KNOWN AS... $800: U.S. President Leslie Lynch King, Jr. Gerald Ford |
| #4425, aired 2003-11-28 | BETTER KNOWN AS... $1200: The beloved Karol Wojtyla Pope John Paul II |
| #4425, aired 2003-11-28 | BETTER KNOWN AS... $1600: Songwriter Israel Baline Irving Berlin |
| #4425, aired 2003-11-28 | BETTER KNOWN AS... $2000: Spy novelist David John Moore Cornwell John le Carre |
| #4400, aired 2003-10-24 | HISTORIC GROUPS $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from the Buckhorn Museum in San Antonio.) At this bar, Teddy Roosevelt recruited for the first U.S. volunteer cavalry, better known as these the Rough Riders |
| #4359, aired 2003-07-10 | BETTER KNOWN AS... $200: Comedian & actor Richard Marin Cheech Marin |
| #4359, aired 2003-07-10 | BETTER KNOWN AS... $400: The very representative Thomas P. O'Neill Tip O'Neill |
| #4359, aired 2003-07-10 | BETTER KNOWN AS... $600: Would-be assassin Lynette Fromme "Squeaky" Fromme |
| #4359, aired 2003-07-10 | BETTER KNOWN AS... $800: Hereditary Haitian honcho Jean-Claude Duvalier "Baby Doc" Duvalier |
| #4359, aired 2003-07-10 | BETTER KNOWN AS... $1000: Expeditious superagent to the stars Irving Lazar "Swifty" Lazar |
| #4353, aired 2003-07-02 | BEASTLY NAMES $400: Al Capone's rival George Moran was better known as this, from his odd behavior "Bugs" |
| #4333, aired 2003-06-04 | THE 1970s $200: 1972's Operation Linebacker II is better known as these "yuletide" bombings of Hanoi & Haiphong Christmas bombings |
| #4296, aired 2003-04-14 | GARDENS $2000: In 1924 the popular magazine originally known as Fruit, Garden, and Home became this Better Homes & Gardens |
| #4220, aired 2002-12-27 | ON THE GO $800: Created in 1971 as the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, it's better known by this name Amtrak |
| #4211, aired 2002-12-16 | HISTORY 101 $1200: Joseph ben Matthias, who died around 101 A.D., was better known as a historian under this Latinized name Josephus |
| #4175, aired 2002-10-25 | BETTER KNOWN AS... $200: "Quiet Man" Marion Michael Morrison John Wayne |
| #4175, aired 2002-10-25 | BETTER KNOWN AS... $400: Dancer Frederick Austerlitz Fred Astaire |
| #4175, aired 2002-10-25 | BETTER KNOWN AS... $600: A "Giant" hunk:
Roy Scherer, Jr. Rock Hudson |
| #4175, aired 2002-10-25 | BETTER KNOWN AS... $800: Go "Out on a Limb":
Shirley Beaty Shirley MacLaine |
| #4175, aired 2002-10-25 | BETTER KNOWN AS... $1000: Film legend Issur Danielovitch Kirk Douglas |
| #4161, aired 2002-10-07 | SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY $800: (Hi, this is Janet Kavandi aboard the space shuttle Atlantis.) Canada's proud contribution to the Int'l Space Station, the Robotic Manipulator System, is better known as this robotic body part the arm |
| #4145, aired 2002-09-13 | "J" WALKING $2000: Christian monk & translator Eusebius Hieronymus is better known as this saint Saint Jerome |
| #4116, aired 2002-06-24 | HAIL TO THE K.C. CHIEF $200: This hall of fame ex-Chief QB is actually much better known as a 49er QB Joe Montana |
| #4049, aired 2002-03-21 | FELIX $600: Jakob was the original name of this composer who's better known as Felix Mendelssohn |
| #3996, aired 2002-01-07 | WORLD LIT $3,000 (Daily Double): Set during a Cossack uprising, "Hadji Murad" is a short novel by this author also known for a much longer work Leo Tolstoy |
| #3993, aired 2002-01-02 | NOT A POPE $600: Clement X,
Malcolm X,
Pius X Malcolm X |
| #3896, aired 2001-07-09 | YES, I CAN $200: Keep canned fruit from darkening by adding ascorbic acid, better known nutritionally as this vitamin C |
| #3847, aired 2001-05-01 | GROUNDED $600: Seen here, Marmota monax is better known as a woodchuck, or as this groundhog |
| #3807, aired 2001-03-06 | BETTER KNOWN AS... $100: "Stardust" man David Jones David Bowie |
| #3807, aired 2001-03-06 | BETTER KNOWN AS... $200: "Home"y heartthrob Jonathan Taylor Weiss Jonathan Taylor Thomas |
| #3807, aired 2001-03-06 | BETTER KNOWN AS... $300: Late sportscaster Howard Cohen Howard Cosell |
| #3807, aired 2001-03-06 | BETTER KNOWN AS... $400: Singer Helen Folasade Adu Sade |
| #3807, aired 2001-03-06 | BETTER KNOWN AS... $500: Older brother Lloyd Vernet Bridges III Beau Bridges |
| #3786, aired 2001-02-05 | BETTER KNOWN AS... $100: Norma Jean Baker Marilyn Monroe |
| #3786, aired 2001-02-05 | BETTER KNOWN AS... $200: Allen Stewart Konigsberg Woody Allen |
| #3786, aired 2001-02-05 | BETTER KNOWN AS... $300: Ramon Estevez Martin Sheen |
| #3786, aired 2001-02-05 | BETTER KNOWN AS... $400: Nicolas Coppola Nicolas Cage |
| #3786, aired 2001-02-05 | BETTER KNOWN AS... $500: Bernard Schwartz Tony Curtis |
| #3703, aired 2000-10-11 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $800: This composer's 1868 work "Wiegenlied" is better known to us as "Lullaby" Johannes Brahms |
| #3650, aired 2000-06-16 | MISSILE-ANEOUS $1000: A shuriken, part of the ninja arsenal, is better known as a "throwing" one of these Star |
| #3643, aired 2000-06-07 | A WORLD OF FAITH $300: It's the modern & better known name for the pagan festival in autumn known as Samhain Halloween |
| #3517, aired 1999-12-14 | BETTER KNOWN AS... $100: WWII radio propagandist Iva D'Aquino "Tokyo Rose" |
| #3517, aired 1999-12-14 | BETTER KNOWN AS... $200: Falsetto ukulele strummer Herbert Khaury Tiny Tim |
| #3517, aired 1999-12-14 | BETTER KNOWN AS... $300: Astrologer & psychic Michel de Notredame Nostradamus |
| #3517, aired 1999-12-14 | BETTER KNOWN AS... $400: The New York Mets' William Hayward Wilson Mookie Wilson |
| #3517, aired 1999-12-14 | BETTER KNOWN AS... $500: TV pitchman Jim Varney Ernest P. Worrell |
| #3510, aired 1999-12-03 | BETTER KNOWN AS... $200: TV character Theodore Cleaver The Beaver |
| #3510, aired 1999-12-03 | BETTER KNOWN AS... $400: Cookie magnate Wally Amos "Famous" Amos |
| #3510, aired 1999-12-03 | BETTER KNOWN AS... $600: TV heartthrob Coy Luther Perry III Luke Perry |
| #3510, aired 1999-12-03 | BETTER KNOWN AS... $800: Big screen Bond girl Maud Solveig Wikstrom Maud Adams |
| #3510, aired 1999-12-03 | BETTER KNOWN AS... $1000: Baseball's Cornelius Alexander McGillicuddy Connie Mack |
| #3502, aired 1999-11-23 | BETTER KNOWN AS... $200: Pop star Francis Thomas Avallone Frankie Avalon |
| #3502, aired 1999-11-23 | BETTER KNOWN AS... $400: Terpsichorean Georgi Balanchivadze George Balanchine |
| #3502, aired 1999-11-23 | BETTER KNOWN AS... $600: "Silent" comedian Adolph Marx Harpo Marx |
| #3502, aired 1999-11-23 | BETTER KNOWN AS... $800: Choreographer William Berkeley Enos Busby Berkeley |
| #3502, aired 1999-11-23 | BETTER KNOWN AS... $1000: Singer Shahnour Aznavourian Charles Aznavour |
| #3501, aired 1999-11-22 | PULL $500: Ermal Fraze holds the 1963 patent for part of the "tear strip opener" better known to pop drinkers as this Pull tab |
| #3468, aired 1999-10-06 | WHICH CAME FIRST? $600: Marion Morrison,
Jim Morrison,
Toni Morrison Marion Morrison (better known as John Wayne) |
| #3426, aired 1999-06-28 | BETTER KNOWN AS... $200: TV's Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y de Acha III Desi Arnaz |
| #3426, aired 1999-06-28 | BETTER KNOWN AS... $400: Basketball's Lew Alcindor Kareem Abdul-Jabbar |
| #3426, aired 1999-06-28 | BETTER KNOWN AS... $600: The silver screen's Ruth Elizabeth Davis Bette Davis |
| #3426, aired 1999-06-28 | BETTER KNOWN AS... $800: Actress-director Carole Penny Marscharelli Penny Marshall |
| #3426, aired 1999-06-28 | BETTER KNOWN AS... $1000: Opera's Maria Kalogeropoulos Maria Callas |
| #3420, aired 1999-06-18 | FATHER'S DAY $400: You'll have better living through Robert Boyle, known by some as the father of this chemistry |
| #3420, aired 1999-06-18 | ACTORS & ACTRESSES $500: He once played young Tom Hughes on "As The World Turns" but he's better known as John-Boy Walton Richard Thomas |
| #3379, aired 1999-04-22 | BETTER KNOWN AS... $200: Alicia Christian Foster Jodie Foster |
| #3379, aired 1999-04-22 | BETTER KNOWN AS... $400: Talia Coppola Talia Shire |
| #3379, aired 1999-04-22 | BETTER KNOWN AS... $600: Reginald Dwight Elton John |
| #3379, aired 1999-04-22 | BETTER KNOWN AS... $800: George Alan O'Dowd Boy George |
| #3379, aired 1999-04-22 | BETTER KNOWN AS... $900 (Daily Double): Joan de Havilland Joan Fontaine |
| #3315, aired 1999-01-22 | FRENCH HISTORY $500: Armand du Plessis, chosen to be first minister of France in 1624, is better known as this Cardinal Richelieu |
| #3311, aired 1999-01-18 | BETTER KNOWN AS... $100: Funnyman Cornelius Chase Chevy Chase |
| #3311, aired 1999-01-18 | BETTER KNOWN AS... $200: Movie star Walter Matuschanskayasky Walter Matthau |
| #3311, aired 1999-01-18 | BETTER KNOWN AS... $300: Mr. "Impossible" Peter Aurness Peter Graves |
| #3311, aired 1999-01-18 | BETTER KNOWN AS... $400: The Mighty "Quinn", Joyce Frankenberg Jane Seymour |
| #3311, aired 1999-01-18 | BETTER KNOWN AS... $500: 1970s action hero Lee Yuen Kam Bruce Lee |
| #3303, aired 1999-01-06 | THE ICU $200: A myocardial infarction, better known as this, is a common reason for ICU admission a heart attack |
| #3254, aired 1998-10-29 | BETTER KNOWN AS... $100: Marion Morrison John Wayne |
| #3254, aired 1998-10-29 | BETTER KNOWN AS... $200: Raquel Tejada Raquel Welch |
| #3254, aired 1998-10-29 | BETTER KNOWN AS... $300: Archibald Leach Cary Grant |
| #3254, aired 1998-10-29 | BETTER KNOWN AS... $400: Charles Buchinsky Charles Bronson |
| #3254, aired 1998-10-29 | BETTER KNOWN AS... $500: Margarita Cansino Rita Hayworth |
| #3162, aired 1998-05-05 | POP MUSIC $200: Andre Young is better known as this influential "physician" of rap Dr. Dre |
| #3150, aired 1998-04-17 | BETTER KNOWN AS... $100: She's Winona Horowitz Winona Ryder |
| #3150, aired 1998-04-17 | BETTER KNOWN AS... $200: His birth name, Michael Douglas, was in use, so this Batman chose this stage name Michael Keaton |
| #3150, aired 1998-04-17 | BETTER KNOWN AS... $300: The Wizard could tell you she was Frances Gumm Judy Garland |
| #3150, aired 1998-04-17 | BETTER KNOWN AS... $400: Doris Day knows:
Roy Fitzgerald Rock Hudson |
| #3150, aired 1998-04-17 | BETTER KNOWN AS... $500: They were that funny comedy team of Crocetti & Levitch Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis |
| #3132, aired 1998-03-24 | LINGUA MORTALIS $600: Descartes' "Je pense, donc je suis" is better known as this Latin phrase Cogito ergo sum |
| #3107, aired 1998-02-17 | U.S. CAPITALS OF THE WORLD $100: It's the "Camellia Capital Of The World", but it's better known as California's capital Sacramento |
| #3097, aired 1998-02-03 | CHAMPIONS OF TOURNAMENTS $300: In 1996 the Cornhuskers of this school, better known as a football power, won basketball's NIT Nebraska |
| #3074, aired 1998-01-01 | PAUL, MEET PAULA $100: Better known as Crocodile Dundee, this actor began pitching the Subaru Outback in TV ads in 1995 Paul Hogan |
| #3060, aired 1997-12-12 | ITALIAN ART $800: "Pumpkin Head" is a 1420s sculpture of a bald man by Donato di Niccolo, better known as this Donatello |
| #3048, aired 1997-11-26 | SHARKS! $100: All sharks have at least one dorsal fin & one caudal fin, better known as this Tail |
| #3040, aired 1997-11-14 | "JERK"s $500: John G. Brennan & Kamal Ahmed, "Two Low-Lifes From Queens", are better known as this crank-calling duo Jerky Boys |
| #3013, aired 1997-10-08 | MEN BEHAVING BADLY $500 (Daily Double): [Video] Hi, I'm Rob Schneider. 2 outlaws who behaved badly were Robert Leroy Parker & Harry Longabaugh, better known as this pair Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid |
| #3011, aired 1997-10-06 | SYMBOLS $500 (Daily Double): (Hi, I'm Kirsten Dunst.) A communion wafer as well as this better-known Christian symbol can be used against vampires a cross |
| #2990, aired 1997-09-05 | BORN IN THE '60s $100: NYC minister Joseph Simmons is better known as "Run" of this rap group Run-D.M.C. |
| #2979, aired 1997-07-10 | HOUSEPLANTS $400: A good plant for bright windowsills is the passiflora caerulea, better known as this "flower" Passion flower |
| #2961, aired 1997-06-16 | "C" IN GEOGRAPHY $300: The Chinese city of Guangzhou, better known to westerners as this, is also called Yangcheng, "City of Goats" Canton |
| #2884, aired 1997-02-27 | CLASSICAL COMPOSERS $800: This Austrian's "Quintet In A Major" is better known as "Die Forelle" or "Trout Quintet" Franz Schubert |
| #2847, aired 1997-01-07 | TENNIS $600: The International Lawn Tennis Challenge trophy is better known as this, for the man who established it The Davis Cup |
| #2823, aired 1996-12-04 | HEALTH & MEDICINE $600: Once widely used as an anesthetic, trichloromethane is better known as this chloroform |
| #2819, aired 1996-11-28 | EUGENE O'NEILL $1000: The alcoholics in "The Iceman Cometh" await the arrival of Theodore Hickman, better known as this "Hickey" |
| #2810, aired 1996-11-15 | HISTORIC AMERICANS $200: This president's enemies called him "King Andrew I", but he's better-known as "Old Hickory" Andrew Jackson |
| #2785, aired 1996-10-11 | SWEETS $500: Popular in the Middle East, Rahat Loukoum, or "rest for the throat", is better known as this "delight" Turkish delight |
| #2776, aired 1996-09-30 | HISPANIC AMERICA $200: Better known as Lefty, Vernon Louis Gomez is in this sport's Hall of Fame baseball |
| #2732, aired 1996-06-18 | POTPOURRI $1000: If John Chapman, better known as this, lived today, he might keep track of his plantings on a Macintosh Johnny Appleseed |
| #2710, aired 1996-05-17 | COMPOSERS $600: His Piano Sonata in C-sharp minor, Opus 27, No. 2 is better known as the "Moonlight Sonata" Beethoven |
| #2696, aired 1996-04-29 | TV PERSONALITIES $200: Jeff Smith, better known as "The Frugal" this, is an ordained Methodist minister Gourmet |
| #2638, aired 1996-02-07 | 1899 $300: Acetylsalicylic acid, better known as this, was introduced into widespread medical use aspirin |
| #2633, aired 1996-01-31 | MUSIC $500: Paul Hewson, better known as Bono, is this group's lead singer U2 |
| #2548, aired 1995-10-04 | PSEUDONYMS $400: In August 1994 the French arrested terrorist Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, better known as this Carlos (the Jackal) |
| #2517, aired 1995-07-11 | LAKES & RIVERS $200: Lake Tiberias on the Jordan is better known as the Sea of this the Sea of Galilee |
| #2493, aired 1995-06-07 | INVENTORS $100: Adolphe Sax invented the saxotromba as well as this better-known musical instrument the saxophone |
| #2493, aired 1995-06-07 | LABOR TERMS $1000: The Labor- Management Relations Act, better known as this, was passed in 1947 over Truman's veto Taft-Hartley |
| #2463, aired 1995-04-26 | WRITING EDs $800: He wrote "If Jesus Came to Boston" as well as the better-known "The Man Without a Country" Edward Everett Hale |
| #2400, aired 1995-01-27 | ELEPHANT ODDS & ENDS $300: Better known as this, the aepyornis, like the dodo, is extinct elephant bird |
| #2371, aired 1994-12-19 | THE MACCABEES $400: This Jewish holiday is also known as the Feast of the Maccabees Hanukkah |
| #2358, aired 1994-11-30 | THE BODY HUMAN $200: 2 tiny bones in the ear, the malleus & incus, are better known as the hammer & this the anvil |
| #2307, aired 1994-09-20 | LOUISIANA $400: The Vieux Carre section of New Orleans is better known as this the French Quarter |
| #2274, aired 1994-06-23 | MARINE BIOLOGY $600: The sea elephant, whose nose may be 15 inches long, is better known as this the elephant seal |
| #2271, aired 1994-06-20 | ACTRESSES & THEIR ROLES $300: Ellen Corby played Esther, better known as Grandma, on this series set in Virginia The Waltons |
| #2174, aired 1994-02-03 | BABY CARE $400: Careful -- the baby can spread conjunctivitis, better known as this pink eye |
| #2139, aired 1993-12-16 | COMPOSERS $400: His work "Concerts avec Plusieurs Instruments" is better known as the "Brandenburg Concertos" Bach |
| #2098, aired 1993-10-20 | AKA $200: Joan de Havilland Joan Fontaine |
| #2094, aired 1993-10-14 | TOMBS $1000: Castel Sant'Angelo on the Tiber in Rome is better known as this emperor's tomb Hadrian |
| #2012, aired 1993-05-11 | TV DOLLS $200: Take a look Alf |
| #2002, aired 1993-04-27 | SUGAR $100: Water left over from the refining of sugar beets yields this seasoning better known as MSG monosodium glutamate |
| #1984, aired 1993-04-01 | FIRST AID $100: A closed fracture is also called a simple fracture; an open fracture is better known as this a compound fracture |
| #1981, aired 1993-03-29 | MODERN BLACK HISTORY $600: Hubert Gerold Brown was better known as this H. Rap Brown |
| #1947, aired 1993-02-09 | PEOPLE $500: An ordained minister, Jeff Smith is better known to TV viewers as this PBS chef the Frugal Gourmet |
| #1939, aired 1993-01-28 | TV THEME SONGS $200: She's the next character named in "The Jetsons" theme song after "Meet George Jetson" his wife, Jane |
| #1866, aired 1992-10-19 | AUTHORS $1,000 (Daily Double): It's the middle name of the "Fool for Love" playwright born Samuel Rogers Sam Shepard |
| #1828, aired 1992-07-08 | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS $800: In an 1857 Flaubert work, Emma Rouault is better known as this title character Madame Bovary |
| #1613, aired 1991-09-11 | ENGLISH LITERATURE $500: Prime minister who said, "When I want to read a novel, I write one", when George Eliot's "Daniel Deronda" was published Benjamin Disraeli |
| #1590, aired 1991-06-28 | FURNITURE $300: Firedogs, which are made to hold these, are better known as andirons logs |
| #1589, aired 1991-06-27 | INVENTORS $1000: Ottmar Mergenthaler's machine for producing printing bars is better known as this the linotype |
| #1513, aired 1991-03-13 | PEACE PRIZE WINNERS $800: Better known for her Hull House, she won as President of the International League for Peace & Freedom Jane Addams |
| #1510, aired 1991-03-08 | MUSIC $200: Better known by the name of eating utensils it was first published in 1877 as "The Celebrated Chop Waltz" "Chopsticks" |
| #1491, aired 1991-02-11 | STEPHEN KING $200: The town of Jerusalem's Lot, plagued by vampires, is better known as this title territory 'Salem's Lot |
| #10, aired 1990-08-18 | DEM BONES $1000: A hockey player wears guards to protect the tibia, better known as this shin |
| #1222, aired 1989-12-19 | INTERNATIONAL COOKING $600: They're the "fagioli" in pasta e fagioli,
or
pasta fazool, as it's better known beans |
| #1187, aired 1989-10-31 | WORLD WAR II $400: Amer. turncoat Mildred Gillars, who broadcast Nazi propaganda to the Allies, was better known as this Axis Sally |
| #1144, aired 1989-07-20 | THE FIVE & DIME $300: Chenille stems, which are better known as these, are one of the few items you can still buy for a dime pipe cleaners |
| #1139, aired 1989-07-13 | FAMOUS RIDERS $200: Siddhartha Gautama, better known as this, had a horse described as having "breath like dragons" Buddha |
| #1126, aired 1989-06-26 | GEMS & JEWELRY $1,000 (Daily Double): Blue corundum is better known as this sapphire |
| #1095, aired 1989-05-12 | ART $1000: Standing in the Louvre, ready for takeoff, the headless statue of the goddess Nike is better known as this The Winged Victory of Samothrace |
| #1056, aired 1989-03-20 | LITERARY ANIMALS $800: In a Jim Kjelgaard novel, champion Sylvester's boy, an Irish setter, is better known as this Big Red |
| #1043, aired 1989-03-01 | FAMOUS AMERICANS $600: Once a U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C., he's better known as a patriotic lyricist Francis Scott Key |
| #1037, aired 1989-02-21 | HITS OF THE '80s $400 (Daily Double): Though he's better known as an actor/comedian, he had the following hit in 1985:
"My girl wants to party all the time /
Party all the time /
Party all the time /
My girl wants to party all the time /
Party all the time..." Eddie Murphy |
| #1029, aired 1989-02-09 | PIANO LESSON $1000: Pianolas, which were popular in the late 1800s, are also known by this name player pianos |
| #1015, aired 1989-01-20 | FOOTBALL $200: Christy Mathewson, a fullback for the Pittsburgh Stars in 1902, is better known as a star in this sport baseball |
| #1001, aired 1989-01-02 | TECHNOLOGY $500: Designed to penetrate sophisticated air defenses, the new Air Force B-2 is better known as this the Stealth Bomber |
| #967, aired 1988-11-15 | SILENT MOVIES $400: He was White Arm Joe in "The Birth of a Nation", but is better known as the screen's first "Tarzan" Elmo Lincoln |
| #901, aired 1988-07-04 | SICKNESS & HEALTH $1000: Technically known as "syncope", it's caused by a sudden drop in blood pressure fainting |
| #896, aired 1988-06-27 | AUTHORS $400: An ordained minister, cookbook author & TV chef Jeff Smith is better known as this Frugal Gourmet |
| #888, aired 1988-06-15 | VETERINARY MEDICINE $300: Psittacosis, better known as fever of this bird, has been all but eliminated from caged birds parrots |
| #875, aired 1988-05-27 | TV RERUNS $100: Christmas Snow, better known as Chrissy, was 1 of a trio of roommates on this show Three's Company |
| #787, aired 1988-01-26 | ECONOMICS $200: The International Bank for Reconstruction & Development is better known as this the World Bank |
| #778, aired 1988-01-13 | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS $400: Caroline Meeber is better known as this, the title of a Theodore Dreiser novel Sister Carrie |
| #777, aired 1988-01-12 | PEOPLE $200: Michael Jackson tried to buy from a London College the remains of John Merrick, better known as this the Elephant Man |
| #759, aired 1987-12-17 | MEDICINE $800: A DPT shot protects against diptheria, tetanus & pertussis, which is better known as this whooping cough |
| #754, aired 1987-12-10 | AMERICAN INDIAN NAMES $400: This town's name meant "land of the tobacco pipe", but it's better known as Frank Sinatra's birthplace Hoboken |
| #748, aired 1987-12-02 | A.K.A. $100: Kublai Khan's grandfather, named "Temujin" at birth, was better known as this Genghis Khan |
| #727, aired 1987-11-03 | A.K.A. $300: Mary Tomlinson, better known as "Ma Kettle" Marjorie Main |
| #705, aired 1987-10-02 | MARINE BIOLOGY $200: "Baleen" from whales was better known as this when used as corset stays whalebone |
| #663, aired 1987-06-24 | SNAILS $200: In French restaurants the helix garden snail is better known as this escargot |
| #658, aired 1987-06-17 | DINING OUT $500: Restauranteur Victor Jules Bergeron, co-inventor of the mai tai, was better known as this Trader |
| #634, aired 1987-05-14 | HODGEPODGE $100: The criminal investigation department of the London Metropolitan Police is better known as this Scotland Yard |
| #620, aired 1987-04-24 | "A.C." $400 (Daily Double): He won an Oscar for his score for the 1949 film "The Heiress", but is better known for this: Aaron Copland |
| #616, aired 1987-04-20 | ROMAN EMPERORS $1000: The Etruscan history books he wrote were lost, so he's better known as title character of a miniseries Claudius |
| #552, aired 1987-01-20 | FOLK DANCES $100: The European "gigue" is better known as this in Ireland a jig |
| #526, aired 1986-12-15 | THE BOSTON TEA PARTY $1000: Closing the port until all tea was paid for was part of the Coercive Acts, better known as these the Intolerable Acts |
| #504, aired 1986-11-13 | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS $400: Rebecca Randall is better known by the title of this Kate Douglas Wiggin children's book Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm |
| #502, aired 1986-11-11 | POST OFFICE $400: 4th class mail, including merchandise, printed matter, & mailable live animals, is better known as this parcel post |
| #431, aired 1986-05-05 | 4TH OF JULY $400: On July 4, 1919, he won the heavyweight boxing title from Jess Willard Jack Dempsey |
| #422, aired 1986-04-22 | GREECE $500: The prosperous 5th century B.C. in Greece is better known as this the Golden Age (or the Age of Pericles) |
| #408, aired 1986-04-02 | FATHERS & SONS $200: Star of TV's "Love of Life" perhaps better known as father of Alan Alda Robert Alda |
| #391, aired 1986-03-10 | ACTORS & ROLES $400: In 1961, Paul Newman played Fast Eddie Felson, better known as this The Hustler |
| #389, aired 1986-03-06 | WORLD CAPITALS $600: Named for Arthur Wellesley, it's the capital of New Zealand Wellington |
| #381, aired 1986-02-24 | RULERS $200: "King of kings" & "Sun of the Aryans", Mohammed Reza Pahlavi was better known as this the Shah of Iran |
| #357, aired 1986-01-21 | SHOW BUSINESS $200: From 1968-73, Michael Cole, Peggy Lipton, & Clarence Williams III were better known as this The Mod Squad |
| #349, aired 1986-01-09 | THE BIBLE $600: Mount Megiddo in Israel is prophesied site of last earthly battle better known as this Armageddon |
| #286, aired 1985-10-14 | POP MUSIC $100: What Anni-Frid, Benny, Bjorn, Agnetha were better known as ABBA |
| #278, aired 1985-10-02 | TELEVISION $600: Police show which began as "Toma" became much better known with new star & this new name Baretta |
| #264, aired 1985-09-12 | "DANCE" SONGS $400: "Swayin' To The Music" is real name of the '77 Johnny Rivers hit better known as this "Slow Dancing" |
| #264, aired 1985-09-12 | MEDICINE $600: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is better known as disease which killed this ballplayer Lou Gehrig |
| #262, aired 1985-09-10 | VITAMINS & MINERALS $300: A sunscreen when applied externally, B vit. para-amino benzoic-acid is better known as this PABA |
| #178, aired 1985-05-15 | EAR, NOSE & THROAT $100: The tiny malleus, incus & stapes bones of the ear are better known as these the stirrup, anvil, and hammer (the three bones of the inner ear) |
| #152, aired 1985-04-09 | AUTHORS $600: Named Francis Scott Key for his ancestor who wrote "The Star-Spangled Banner", he was better known as this F. Scott Fitzgerald |
| #124, aired 1985-02-28 | SCIENCE $400: What "sound navigation ranging" is better known as sonar |
| #24, aired 1984-10-11 | INVENTORS $500: Italian inventor of the thermometer, better known as Renaissance period astronomer Galileo |
| #18, aired 1984-10-03 | SPORTS TRIVIA $800: Won gold medal for rowing in '24 Olympics but better known as baby doctor Benjamin Spock |
