| #8975, aired 2023-11-17 | PITHY QUOTES $2,400 (Daily Double): The King James Bible's shortest verse, "Jesus wept", refers to the death of this man Lazarus |
| #8778, aired 2023-01-04 | OH MY GODS! $2000: In the Bible, Elijah led the struggle against worship of this Phoenician god that Ahab followed Baal |
| #8, aired 2022-11-13 | THE BIBLE $600: There was some serious sibling rivalry with these first 2 sons of Adam & Eve Cain & Abel |
| #10, aired 2022-02-15 | I BRAIN RADIO $400: At 14 this future DNA double helix discoverer went on radio's "Quiz Kids" for 3 weeks, beaten by 8-year-old Ruth Duskin (James) Watson |
| #8111, aired 2019-12-09 | HAVE AN ARTSY CHRISTMASTIME $2000: This composer's 1734 "Christmas Oratorio" uses as part of its text Martin Luther's Bible translation Johann Sebastian Bach |
| #8065, aired 2019-10-04 | WORDS ABOUT WORDS $1600: It's a word that tells people you're in a group; in the Bible those who said "sib" instead of "shib" were slaughtered a shibboleth |
| #8003, aired 2019-05-29 | A LITTLE TROUBLE WITH NAMES $1600: Remember the flood guy in the Bible--it's his son I'm after--no, not those 2, the one who makes me hungry, the middle son Ham |
| #7637, aired 2017-11-21 | BIBLE STUDY $600: In Genesis he is sold to Pharaoh's officer Potiphar & Mrs. P. tries to seduce him Joseph |
| #7632, aired 2017-11-14 | WIDOWS IN THE BIBLE $2,000 (Daily Double): A book of the Bible is named for this widow of Mahlon & ancestor of David Ruth |
| #7474, aired 2017-02-23 | WHO'S WHO IN THE BIBLE $400: At the Burning Bush, God told him to take off his shoes, "for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground" Moses |
| #7474, aired 2017-02-23 | WHO'S WHO IN THE BIBLE $800: This big guy told Saul's army, "Give me a man, that we may fight together" Goliath |
| #7474, aired 2017-02-23 | WHO'S WHO IN THE BIBLE $1200: A 1640 painting is entitled "The Repentant" this once-bad woman who became devoted to Christ Mary Magdalene |
| #7474, aired 2017-02-23 | WHO'S WHO IN THE BIBLE $1600: For committing murder, he was exiled to "the Land of Nod, on the east of Eden" Cain |
| #7474, aired 2017-02-23 | WHO'S WHO IN THE BIBLE $2000: His jealous rivals should have seen the handwriting on the wall when the lions failed to eat him Daniel |
| #7444, aired 2017-01-12 | YAS QUEEN $600: Who do you think you are, this royal who visited King Solomon's court at the head of a camel caravan in the Bible? the Queen of Sheba |
| #7431, aired 2016-12-26 | BIRDS IN THE BIBLE $1600: This king's pursuit of his son-in-law David is compared to a partridge hunt in the mountains Saul |
| #7214, aired 2016-01-14 | WHO READS $1200: Based in Baton Rouge, Tiger Rag magazine calls itself "the bible of" this school's sports teams LSU |
| #7063, aired 2015-05-06 | UNNAMED BIBLE PEOPLE NAMED $400: The 1st century Book of Jubilees lists this man's wife as Emzara; hope she could swim! Noah |
| #6391, aired 2012-06-04 | BIG PLAYS IN THE BIBLE $1000: What an amazing comeback! John 11 reported he "hath been dead 4 days", but now he's up & going back onto the field! Lazarus |
| #6175, aired 2011-06-17 | WHICH BIBLE BOOK? $400: "Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, who is on the Lord's side?" Exodus |
| #5971, aired 2010-07-26 | BIBLE WHO'S WHO $400: His surname is likely a corruption of the Latin "sicarius", meaning "murderer" Judas |
| #5971, aired 2010-07-26 | BIBLE WHO'S WHO $800: If Gath had a basketball team, he would have been its star Goliath |
| #5971, aired 2010-07-26 | BIBLE WHO'S WHO $1200: The object of a wager between God & Satan; has a book named for him Job |
| #5971, aired 2010-07-26 | BIBLE WHO'S WHO $1,600 (Daily Double): His first son, Lamech, was born when he was 187 Methuselah |
| #5971, aired 2010-07-26 | BIBLE WHO'S WHO $2000: In the Book of Judges, he's famous for blowing on his trumpet Gideon |
| #5857, aired 2010-02-16 | BOOK OF... $1600: Once almost as popular as the Bible was John Foxe's "Book of" these people who suffered for their (Protestant) faith The Book of Martyrs |
| #5628, aired 2009-02-11 | ODDPODGE $1200: Sworn in following an assassination, he's the only U.S. president who was not sworn in on a Bible Theodore Roosevelt |
| #5532, aired 2008-09-30 | BIBLE BROS $400: David's son Adonijah asked to wed his late father's nurse; he was denied, & this brother of his had him whacked Solomon |
| #5468, aired 2008-05-21 | AROUND THE BIBLE $600: Upright man who moaned, "Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither" Job |
| #5125, aired 2006-12-15 | KING JAMES BIBLE $1600: After Sarah's death, he married Keturah, who bore him Zimran, Ishbak & others Abraham |
| #5034, aired 2006-06-29 | IT'S IN THE BIBLE $800: Several proverbs mock the slothful man who won't leave his house for fear of being eaten by this animal the lion |
| #4935, aired 2006-02-10 | DID YOU READ YOUR BIBLE? $800: 1 of the 2 women with their own books in the standard King James Bible Ruth (or Esther) |
| #4703, aired 2005-02-02 | READ YOUR BIBLE $800: This Old Testament king's name is the first one mentioned after Jesus' in the New Testament David |
| #4668, aired 2004-12-15 | THROWING A GOOD BOOK AT YOU $400: The first entry in Reader's Digest's "Who's Who in the Bible" is this older brother of Moses Aaron |
| #4511, aired 2004-03-29 | THE FIFTH DIMENSION $1,000 (Daily Double): It's the fifth book of the Bible's New Testament the Acts of the Apostles |
| #4106, aired 2002-06-10 | AROUND THE BIBLE $600: Upright man who moaned, "Naked came I out of my mother's womb and naked shall I return thither" Job |
| #3475, aired 1999-10-15 | NAME THAT DAD $600: The Bible's Ishmael Abraham |
| #3446, aired 1999-09-06 | BIBLE HEROES $300 (Daily Double): The 14th chapter of Judges reports that he killed a lion with his bare hands Samson |
| #3420, aired 1999-06-18 | WHO'S WHO IN THE BIBLE $100: "Whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die," Jesus said before raising this man from the dead Lazarus |
| #3420, aired 1999-06-18 | WHO'S WHO IN THE BIBLE $200: He was still virile at 500 years old when he begat Shem, Ham & Japheth Noah |
| #3420, aired 1999-06-18 | WHO'S WHO IN THE BIBLE $300: According to John's gospel, she was the first person to notice Jesus' empty tomb Mary Magdalene |
| #3420, aired 1999-06-18 | WHO'S WHO IN THE BIBLE $500: In 1 Samuel 28 this king consulted the witch of Endor Saul |
| #3420, aired 1999-06-18 | WHO'S WHO IN THE BIBLE $1,500 (Daily Double): Isaac's mom, she's the woman most often mentioned by name in the Bible Sarah |
| #3316, aired 1999-01-25 | RODS $400: In the Bible, his rod swallowed up the rods of Pharaoh's magicians Aaron |
| #3314, aired 1999-01-21 | JERRY SPRINGER'S BIBLE SHOW $3,000 (Daily Double): Miriam & Aaron answered this man's questions on the "Who's My Real Mother?" episode Moses |
| #3205, aired 1998-07-03 | PLACES IN THE BIBLE $1000: A witch who survived Saul's witch hunt lived in this Canaanite city Endor |
| #2930, aired 1997-05-02 | THE BIBLE $400: He was the Bible's first murder victim Abel |
| #2783, aired 1996-10-09 | THE BIBLE $100: This apostle was born in the Greek city of Tarsus Paul (Saul) |
| #2669, aired 1996-03-21 | THE BIBLE $1,800 (Daily Double): Paul's first & second epistles to these Greeks immediately follow his epistle to the Romans The Corinthians |
| #2441, aired 1995-03-27 | THE BIBLE $400: Martha, this man's sister, objected when Jesus wanted to open his tomb Lazarus |
| #2365, aired 1994-12-09 | THE BIBLE $400: 9 of the 12 chapters of this man's book set in Babylon revolve around dreams & visions Daniel |
| #2305, aired 1994-09-16 | "GOOD" STUFF $300: Originating in the Bible, it's a compassionate person who unselfishly helps others a Good Samaritan |
| #2166, aired 1994-01-24 | THE BIBLE $500: Naomi's Maobite daughter-in-law who traveled to Bethlehem with her Ruth |
| #1939, aired 1993-01-28 | DE GUYS $400: Leslie Halliwell quoted him as saying, "Give me any couple of pages of the Bible and I'll give you a picture" (Cecil B.) De Mille |
| #1851, aired 1992-09-28 | THE BIBLE $200: He, not Gabriel, is the only one in the Bible who's specifically called an "archangel" Michael |
| #1795, aired 1992-05-22 | WIVES $200: In the Bible, Jesus cautioned his followers to "Remember" this man's "wife" who turned to salt Lot |
| #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 |
| #1404, aired 1990-10-11 | YES, NEBUCHADNEZZAR $600: The Bible says anyone who didn't worship the king's idol was to be thrown into a fiery one of these a furnace |
| #1373, aired 1990-07-18 | THE BIBLE $200: He's said to have been the oldest person who ever lived, reaching the age of 969 Methuselah |
| #1251, aired 1990-01-29 | THE BIBLE $700 (Daily Double): This gospel writer was a tax collector at Capernaum when Jesus 1st met him Matthew |
| #1230, aired 1989-12-29 | WORLD LITERATURE $1000: "Joseph & His Brothers", a group of novels based on a Bible story, is this German author's longest work Thomas Mann |
| #621, aired 1987-04-27 | THE BIBLE $1000: In Genesis, it's to whom God said "Thou art cursed above all cattle" the Serpent |
| #468, aired 1986-09-24 | RELIGION $400: They do their publishing through the Watch Tower Bible & Tract Society of Pennsylvania Jehovah's Witnesses |
| #405, aired 1986-03-28 | 12s $200: They were named for the sons of Jacob the 12 tribes of Israel |
| #396, aired 1986-03-17 | PROVERBS $500: According to the Bible a lazy man who doesn't want to go out to work will say there's 1 of these in the streets a lion |
| #331, aired 1985-12-16 | THE BIBLE $300: Jesus said people who are "wolves" sometimes wear this sheep's clothing |
| #150, aired 1985-04-05 | THE BIBLE $200: "Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with a shepherd's staff", this Philistine mocked David Goliath |
| #9, aired 1984-09-20 | BROTHERS & SISTERS $400: In the Bible, Aaron was this brother's mouthpiece in dealing with Pharaoh Moses |
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