#8983, aired 2023-11-29 | BEN FRANKLIN'S DRINKER'S DICTIONARY $800: "He's had a thump over the head with" this biblical strongman's "jawbone" Samson |
#8802, aired 2023-02-07 | WE'RE HALFWAY THERE $600: He's the biblical king who says, "Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other"; it works out Solomon |
#8748, aired 2022-11-23 | TRANSLATORS $400: In Edward Greenstein's 2019 translation, this biblical man who goes through a lot of troubles is "fed up" with God Job |
#8661, aired 2022-06-13 | BIBLICAL WOMEN $400: The woman who found the baby Moses floating in a basket in the river is identified in Exodus only as this person's daughter Pharaoh |
#8465, aired 2021-08-13 | LOST $5,000 (Daily Double): The biblical Asher & Zebulun were 2 of these that, despite the name, reached the Promised Land the lost tribes of Israel |
#8192, aired 2020-03-31 | POSSESSIVE PHRASES $400: Tragically, this spouse of a biblical man looked back & became a pillar of salt Lot's wife |
#8099, aired 2019-11-21 | PILLARS OF THE EARTH $3,000 (Daily Double): A rock formation shaped like a pillar of salt near the Dead Sea is named for this biblical woman Lot's wife |
#7942, aired 2019-03-05 | WRITERS ON THE STORM $400: Lindsay Starck writes of a minister & his spouse who face a flood of Biblical proportions in this man's "Wife" Noah |
#7553, aired 2017-06-14 | BIBLICAL PAIRS $1600: Here's a 19th century depiction of a discussion between these two Jesus and Peter |
#7542, aired 2017-05-30 | BEHIND THE BIBLICAL NAME $200: As you might guess, this king's name is derived from the Hebrew word for "peace" Solomon |
#7269, aired 2016-03-31 | I LOVE A SYMPHONY $1600: "Lamentation" is one movement of Leonard Bernstein's symphony named for this Biblical prophet Jeremiah |
#7076, aired 2015-05-25 | BIBLICAL WOMEN $800: It's to whom the confession is made "If I be shaven, then my strength will go from me" Delilah |
#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 |
#6706, aired 2013-11-11 | BIBLICAL WHO'S WHO $200: After Herod promises his stepdaughter anything, she requests this man's head on a platter John the Baptist |
#6706, aired 2013-11-11 | BIBLICAL WHO'S WHO $400: In First Kings he's the first king mentioned David |
#6706, aired 2013-11-11 | BIBLICAL WHO'S WHO $600: That must have been some exorcism when Jesus cast 7 devils out of her Mary Magdalene |
#6706, aired 2013-11-11 | BIBLICAL WHO'S WHO $800: Jesus called this disciple by his Aramaic name, Simon bar-Jona Simon Peter |
#6706, aired 2013-11-11 | BIBLICAL WHO'S WHO $1000: Joseph was Jacob's 11th son & the firstborn son of this woman Rachel |
#6567, aired 2013-03-19 | BIBLICAL JEALOUSY $2,000 (Daily Double): King Saul was displeased when the women of Israel praised this man's battlefield prowess over his own King David |
#6384, aired 2012-05-24 | OPERA CHARACTERS $800: In a Wagner opera it's heads up for Jochanaan, who is this biblical figure John the Baptist |
#6299, aired 2012-01-26 | BIBLICAL GEOGRAPHY $600: Only Rahab & her family, who had cared for Joshua's spies, survived the destruction of this city Jericho |
#6149, aired 2011-05-12 | BIBLICAL WOMEN $2000: By offering water to Abraham's servant, she identified herself as the bride appointed by God for Isaac Rebecca |
#6132, aired 2011-04-19 | BIBLICAL BOOK TITLES $1000: "The Bear" is one of the stories in Faulkner's collection called "Go Down," him Moses |
#5640, aired 2009-02-27 | BIBLICAL NAME'S THE SAME $400: Judd,
Campbell,
Watts Naomi |
#5528, aired 2008-09-24 | LET'S GET BIBLICAL $400 (Daily Double): In the book of Matthew, all the other disciples call Jesus "Lord", but this man calls him "Rabbi" Judas |
#5446, aired 2008-04-21 | WHO'S FOR DESSERT? $800 (Daily Double): Pass the dessert that the French call Reine de Saba; we know it in English as this Biblical woman's cake the Queen of Sheba |
#5152, aired 2007-01-23 | ALSO A MOUNTAIN $800: First biblical mate plus what the sleepy need Everest |
#5036, aired 2006-07-03 | BIBLICAL PEOPLE $600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from a vineyard.) The first Biblical man who plants a specific crop, in Genesis he planted a vineyard & promptly drank too much wine Noah |
#5005, aired 2006-05-19 | THE DA VINCI CODE $1200: Robert says Ariel's flowing red hair in Disney's "Little Mermaid" is an allusion to this Biblical woman Mary Magdalene |
#4944, aired 2006-02-23 | HISTORY'S MYSTERIES $2000: This Biblical prophet tells of an odd sight resembling "a wheel in the middle of a wheel" Ezekiel |
#4873, aired 2005-11-16 | QUICK MOBY-DICK $1,200 (Daily Double): The biblical prophet who's the subject of chapter 83 Jonah |
#4447, aired 2003-12-30 | RELIGIOUS WORKS $2000: In Byron's "Hebrew Melodies" on Biblical subjects, it's who "came down like the wolf on the fold" the Assyrian |
#4345, aired 2003-06-20 | BIBLICAL QUOTES $600: Jesus told the Pharisees to give to this emperor the things that were his, "and to God the things that are God's" Caesar |
#4302, aired 2003-04-22 | PHILOSOPHY $800: Kierkegaard's "Fear & Trembling" deals with the ethical problem of this Biblical man asked to sacrifice his son Abraham |
#3938, aired 2001-10-17 | AUNTIQUITY $500: As Abraham's wife, the biblical Sarah was the aunt of this man who settled in Sodom Lot |
#3824, aired 2001-03-29 | LESSER-KNOWN BIBLICAL FOLK $500: Doeg the Edomite was a henchman of this man, Israel's first king Saul |
#3618, aired 2000-05-03 | BIBLICAL WHO'S WHO $200: In Genesis she's referred to as "The Mother of All Living" Eve |
#3618, aired 2000-05-03 | BIBLICAL WHO'S WHO $400: He was Moses' brother as well as his personal spokesman Aaron |
#3618, aired 2000-05-03 | BIBLICAL WHO'S WHO $600: Choosing this fisherman as a disciple, Jesus told him, "Henceforth thou shalt catch men" Peter |
#3618, aired 2000-05-03 | BIBLICAL WHO'S WHO $800: Hadassah was the Hebrew name of this queen Esther |
#3618, aired 2000-05-03 | BIBLICAL WHO'S WHO $1,000 (Daily Double): He's the prophet portrayed here in a Rembrandt painting lamenting the destruction of Jerusalem Jeremiah |
#3611, aired 2000-04-24 | LET'S GET BIBLICAL $1000: Samson was a member of this group that didn't drink booze, didn't cut their hair & never touched dead bodies Nazarites |
#3604, aired 2000-04-13 | BIBLICAL PATRIARCHY $800: Ishmael's favorite son wasn't Jacob, but this hunter who brought him venison Esau |
#3318, aired 1999-01-27 | BIBLICAL FAMILIES $300: Father & son depicted here Abraham & Isaac |
#3250, aired 1998-10-23 | HISTORY ON THE SCREEN $400: She's the biblical seductress brought to sizzling life on the big screen here Salome (played by Rita Hayworth) |
#3085, aired 1998-01-16 | ARTISTS & THEIR SUBJECTS $400: One of Gustave Moreau's favorite subjects was this Biblical dancer who was barely veiled Salome |
#2989, aired 1997-09-04 | BIBLICAL DEATH PENALTIES $100: According to Leviticus 20:10, it's death to both parties involved who committeth this Adultery |
#2877, aired 1997-02-18 | POTPOURRI $200: Oyster plant, a root vegetable is also known as this biblical baby "-on-a-raft" or "-in-the-bulrushes" Moses |
#2757, aired 1996-09-03 | BIBLICAL FIRSTS $800 (Daily Double): Rachel is the first shepherdess mentioned & he's the first shepherd Abel |
#2702, aired 1996-05-07 | BIBLICAL PEOPLE $400: It's the surname of the Judas who betrayed Jesus Iscariot |
#2690, aired 1996-04-19 | BIBLICAL WHO'S WHO $200: Among his many wives were Ahinoam, Abigail & Bathsheba David |
#2690, aired 1996-04-19 | BIBLICAL WHO'S WHO $400: The first theocratic covenant was made between God & this patriarch Abraham |
#2690, aired 1996-04-19 | BIBLICAL WHO'S WHO $600: The crew on the ship to Tarshish thought he was a jinx & threw him off Jonah |
#2690, aired 1996-04-19 | BIBLICAL WHO'S WHO $1000: The morning after the wedding, he learned he had married Leah, not her sister Rachel Jacob |
#2690, aired 1996-04-19 | BIBLICAL WHO'S WHO $3,000 (Daily Double): Mary is the New Testament version of this Old Testament name by which Moses' sister was known Miriam |
#2575, aired 1995-11-10 | CROSSWORD CLUES "S" $200: Biblical wise guy (7) Solomon |
#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 |
#2164, aired 1994-01-20 | BIBLICAL KINGS $700 (Daily Double): Jeremiah viewed this Babylonian king who torched the temple as an instrument of God's wrath Nebuchadnezzar |
#2035, aired 1993-06-11 | NICKNAMES $200: Harriet Tubman's nicknames compared her to this biblical hero who led his people out of slavery Moses |
#1971, aired 1993-03-15 | BIBLICAL WOMEN $800: This woman for whom an Old Testament book is named bore a son who became David's grandfather Ruth |
#1703, aired 1992-01-15 | LITERATURE $1000: Biblical king who "wrote" Joseph Heller's "God Knows" David |
#907, aired 1988-07-12 | BIBLICAL OPERAS $900 (Daily Double): In B. Britten's opera, this biblical trio gets thrown into "the burning fiery furnace" Shadrach, Meshach & Abednego |
#815, aired 1988-03-04 | BIBLICAL QUOTES $500 (Daily Double): The women of Israel said he "hath slain... his ten thousands" when he'd only killed 1 person David |
#277, aired 1985-10-01 | BIBLICAL ZOO $400: Joseph explained Pharaoh's dreams of 7 lean ones who ate 7 fat ones but still remained lean kine or cows (or cattle) |
#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) |