| #9050, aired 2024-03-01 | PLACE NAME ETYMOLOGIES $200: In biblical city names, Bethel is Hebrew for "house of God" & this city big in the New Testament means "house of bread" Bethlehem |
| #17, aired 2023-10-18 | POPULAR BABY NAMES OF THE 2010s $100: #1 for boys: a boatload of kids share their name with this biblical ark builder Noah |
| #8828, aired 2023-03-15 | BIBLICAL FIRST NAMES $400: This name of a biblical wife & mother of twins is sometimes shortened to Reba Rebecca |
| #8828, aired 2023-03-15 | BIBLICAL FIRST NAMES $800: It's the name shared by actress Watts & model Campbell Naomi |
| #8828, aired 2023-03-15 | BIBLICAL FIRST NAMES $1200: Not the one who was raised from the dead but a beggar of this name became a patron saint of lepers Lazarus |
| #8828, aired 2023-03-15 | BIBLICAL FIRST NAMES $1600: From Hebrew for "the Lord exalts", it's a good name for prophets, boys & bullfrogs Jeremiah |
| #8828, aired 2023-03-15 | BIBLICAL FIRST NAMES $2,000 (Daily Double): The son of Abraham & Hagar & the kingly husband of Jezebel gave their names to these 2 characters onboard the Pequod Ahab & Ishmael |
| #8692, aired 2022-07-26 | MIDDLE NAMES $2,000 (Daily Double): Biblical middle name of the man said to be the richest person in the U.S. at his death in 1848 Jacob |
| #8513, aired 2021-11-17 | BIBLICAL FIRST NAMES $200: "Hey"! This name got a little push in popularity thanks to the Beatles song Jude |
| #8513, aired 2021-11-17 | BIBLICAL FIRST NAMES $400: Country singers Combs & Bryan both go by this first name Luke |
| #8513, aired 2021-11-17 | BIBLICAL FIRST NAMES $600: One meaning of this name is "seductive", which is perfect for the woman who seduced & deceived Samson Delilah |
| #8513, aired 2021-11-17 | BIBLICAL FIRST NAMES $800: Spelled a variety of ways, this girls' name is shared by TV personality & entrepreneur Frankel & surfer Hamilton Bethenny (Bethany) |
| #8513, aired 2021-11-17 | BIBLICAL FIRST NAMES $1000: Zeke is often short for this name of an Old Testament prophet whose book follows Lamentations Ezekiel |
| #8175, aired 2020-03-06 | WORLD PLACE NAMES $600: These islands that include New Georgia & Guadalcanal were named for a biblical king the Solomon Islands |
| #8152, aired 2020-02-04 | APOSTOLIC NAMES $400: The OED lists "traitor" as a definition for this biblical name Judas |
| #8059, aired 2019-09-26 | NAMES IN POLITICS $1000: Head of the House Oversight and Reform Committee, Representative Cummings of Maryland shares this first name with a biblical prophet Elijah |
| #7553, aired 2017-06-14 | BIBLICAL PAIRS $1200: In 2 Kings a chariot of fire appears to these 2 men whose names both start with the same 3 letters Elijah and Elisha |
| #6784, aired 2014-02-27 | CNN RELIGION $2000: (CNN's Sara Sidner delivers the clue.) Exciting archaeological finds such as clay seals & the names of biblical figures have been unearthed in this 3000-year-old part of Jerusalem known as the city of this biblical king David |
| #6687, aired 2013-10-15 | CELEBRITIES' KIDS' NAMES $800: On naming her daughter this, Gwyneth Paltrow said it conjures up something sweet & wholesome & biblical Apple |
| #6551, aired 2013-02-25 | WORLD PLACE NAMES $5,000 (Daily Double): The Arabic name of this biblical town means "house of meat"; the Hebrew name--"house of bread" Bethlehem |
| #6103, aired 2011-03-09 | YAD VASHEM $2000: (Alex walks through the Valley of the Communities at Yad Vashem.) The Valley of the Communities is a labyrinth of great walls with the names of over 5,000 communities, most of which no longer exist; now the architects were inspired by this biblical prophet's vision of the Valley of the Dry Bones Ezekiel |
| #4771, aired 2005-05-09 | THE BIBLE BELT $600: These bubbled near the biblical Bethel & Siloam, & follow "Bethel" & "Siloam" in Southern U.S. place names Springs |
| #4510, aired 2004-03-26 | NAMES IN NATURE $2,000 (Daily Double): It's said the Mormons named this desert plant, seen here, for its resemblance to a Biblical prophet with arms lifted the Joshua tree |
| #4287, aired 2003-04-01 | OUT-OF-FASHION BABY NAMES $800: Author Ferber might have known that this 4-letter female name is likely from the same root as a Biblical garden Edna |
| #4089, aired 2002-05-16 | NAMES ON THE MAP $1600: You'd be wise to remember that Guadalcanal is part of this island chain named for a biblical person Solomon Islands |
| #3310, aired 1999-01-15 | FIRST NAMES $200: This Biblical name might mean "rest", perhaps after a flood Noah |
| #2613, aired 1996-01-03 | NAMES $600: Raquel is the Spanish form of this biblical name Rachel |
| #2482, aired 1995-05-23 | FIRST NAMES $400: Sadie was originally a pet form of this biblical name, a wife of Abraham Sarah |
| #2390, aired 1995-01-13 | BIBLICAL GEOGRAPHY $1000: Salt Sea, Sea of the Arabah & Eastern Sea are some Biblical names for this lake the Dead Sea |
| #2259, aired 1994-06-02 | BIBLICAL NAMES $100: Golly! This TV Marine has the same first name as Hosea's harlot wife Gomer (Pyle) |
| #2259, aired 1994-06-02 | BIBLICAL NAMES $200: His father, James Broderick, played the father on the TV series "Family"—that's the gospel truth Matthew Broderick |
| #2259, aired 1994-06-02 | BIBLICAL NAMES $300: Her career was on a "roll" when she played Jimmie Walker's mother on the TV series "Good Times" Esther Rolle |
| #2259, aired 1994-06-02 | BIBLICAL NAMES $400: This poet's first name was a book of the Old Testament; his last name meant "sixteen ounces" Ezra Pound |
| #2259, aired 1994-06-02 | BIBLICAL NAMES $500: Of Queen Elizabeth II's 3 sons, the one who shares his name with a New Testament fisherman Andrew |
| #2245, aired 1994-05-13 | FIRST NAMES $500: Jed is short for this biblical name Jedediah |
| #1996, aired 1993-04-19 | FIRST NAMES $100: Although in Hebrew this male biblical name means "dove", "whale" might be more descriptive Jonah |
| #1973, aired 1993-03-17 | FEMININE NAMES $1,500 (Daily Double): Fittingly, this biblical name is Hebrew for "amorous" or "delicate one" Delilah |
| #1540, aired 1991-04-19 | HISTORIC NAMES $800: The pharaoh of the biblical Exodus is believed to be this king who ruled until about 1224 B.C. Ramses (Ramses II) |
| #708, aired 1987-10-07 | BIBLICAL TRIOS $200: Jesus instructed his disciples to baptize in these names the Father, the Son & the Holy Ghost |
| #708, aired 1987-10-07 | BIBLICAL TRIOS $400: Though the names don't appear in the Bible, legend holds they were Gaspar, Melchior & Balthasar the Three Wise Men |
| #599, aired 1987-03-26 | BIBLICAL TRIVIA $1,000 (Daily Double): 1 of the 2 books in the Old Testament whose titles are women's names the Book of Ruth or Esther |
| #509, aired 1986-11-20 | BIBLICAL NAMES $100: According to the nursery rhyme, he was born on a Monday & buried on Sunday Solomon Grundy |
| #509, aired 1986-11-20 | BIBLICAL NAMES $200: At this man's inaugural, Mathew Brady took the first photo of a president being sworn in Abraham Lincoln |
| #509, aired 1986-11-20 | BIBLICAL NAMES $300 (Daily Double): When the following song went gold, so did the chains across this composer's chest: Isaac Hayes |
| #509, aired 1986-11-20 | BIBLICAL NAMES $400: In 1818, she "gave birth" to the world's most famous monster Mary Shelley |
| #509, aired 1986-11-20 | BIBLICAL NAMES $500: Pro basketball's MVP in 1979, '82, + '83 Moses Malone |
| #327, aired 1985-12-10 | BODIES OF WATER $200: Lake Kinneret & the Sea of Tiberias are other names for this Biblical "Sea" Sea of Galilee |
| #149, aired 1985-04-04 | NAMES $500: "Lily" in Hebrew, a Biblical name, perhaps from Susa in Persia where many lilies grew Susan (Shoshanna accepted) |
