#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 |
#8661, aired 2022-06-13 | BIBLICAL WOMEN $800: David's wife & Solomon's mother, she had formerly been married to Uriah the Hittite Bathsheba |
#8661, aired 2022-06-13 | BIBLICAL WOMEN $1600: This matriarch was the mother of Esau & Jacob Rebecca |
#8661, aired 2022-06-13 | BIBLICAL WOMEN $2000: The name of this queen who vowed to have the prophet Elijah killed has come to mean an immoral woman Jezebel |
#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 |
#8290, aired 2020-11-27 | BIBLICAL WOMEN $400: In Genesis 21 she bore Abraham a son at age 90 Sarah |
#8290, aired 2020-11-27 | BIBLICAL WOMEN $800: Before 2 letters were transposed, Ms. Winfrey was originally named for this sister-in-law of Ruth Orpah |
#8290, aired 2020-11-27 | BIBLICAL WOMEN $1200: In the Gospel of John, she went to the disciples & told them that she had seen the risen Lord at his tomb Mary Magdalene |
#8290, aired 2020-11-27 | BIBLICAL WOMEN $1600: The wife of King Ahab, this mean queen introduced him to the worship of Baal Jezebel |
#8290, aired 2020-11-27 | BIBLICAL WOMEN $2000: Miriam was the sister of these 2 important figures of Exodus Aaron & Moses |
#7553, aired 2017-06-14 | BIBLICAL PAIRS $2000: These women are the "thou" & "I" in the quote "Whither thou goest I will go... thy people shall be my people" Ruth and Naomi |
#7076, aired 2015-05-25 | BIBLICAL WOMEN $400: Appropriately, after she was called "woman", she was given a name meaning "life" of "life-giving" Eve |
#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 |
#7076, aired 2015-05-25 | BIBLICAL WOMEN $1200: She told her mother-in-law Naomi, "Whither thou goest, I will go" Ruth |
#7076, aired 2015-05-25 | BIBLICAL WOMEN $1600: This mother of John the Baptist was a descendant of Aaron Elizabeth |
#7076, aired 2015-05-25 | BIBLICAL WOMEN $2000: A novel & TV miniseries, "The Red Tent" reimagines the story of this daughter of Jacob & Leah Dinah |
#6859, aired 2014-06-12 | BIBLICAL REVELRY $2000: Paul wrote to Titus about "worldly lusts" & to this other Mr. T. about leading away "captive silly women" Timothy |
#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 |
#6416, aired 2012-07-09 | KNIGHT TIME $800: The increasing idealization of women by knights developed out of cult devoted to this biblical woman Mary |
#6149, aired 2011-05-12 | BIBLICAL WOMEN $400: "And it came to pass" that Samson loved this "woman in the valley of Sorek" Delilah |
#6149, aired 2011-05-12 | BIBLICAL WOMEN $800: She told her mother-in-law Naomi, "whither thou goest, I will go...thy people shall be my people" Ruth |
#6149, aired 2011-05-12 | BIBLICAL WOMEN $1600: The story of this woman, the only female to judge Israel, is told twice in Judges Deborah |
#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 |
#6149, aired 2011-05-12 | BIBLICAL WOMEN $2,500 (Daily Double): This Phoenician princess who married King Ahab was thrown out a window & her corpse devoured by dogs Jezebel |
#5790, aired 2009-11-13 | BIBLICAL WOMEN $200: She was the Philistine mistress of Samson who got him to tell the secret of his strength Delilah |
#5790, aired 2009-11-13 | BIBLICAL WOMEN $400: While pregnant, she had to travel with her husband, who had to pay taxes in the city of his ancestry Mary |
#5790, aired 2009-11-13 | BIBLICAL WOMEN $800: Married to Abraham, she became the "Mother of Nations" when she was 90 years old Sarah |
#5790, aired 2009-11-13 | BIBLICAL WOMEN $1,000 (Daily Double): Her name comes from the Hebrew word for "life" Eve |
#5790, aired 2009-11-13 | BIBLICAL WOMEN $1000: According to a late addition to her book of the Bible, her son Obed was the grandfather of David Ruth |
#5771, aired 2009-10-19 | LET'S GET BIBLICAL $600: They're the 2 books of the Bible named for women Ruth & Esther |
#4628, aired 2004-10-20 | THE YOU-NIVERSE $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the top secret Jeopardy! Science Lab wearing his official Clue Crew lab coat.) Both men & women have this cartilage in the throat that has a biblical name the Adam's apple |
#4493, aired 2004-03-03 | HANDEL $1200: 2 women dispute the parentage of a child in a scene from Handel's 1749 oratorio about this Biblical figure Solomon |
#4442, aired 2003-12-23 | BIBLICAL WOMEN $400: The line "If I be shaved, then my strength will go from me" was said to her Delilah (said by Samson) |
#4442, aired 2003-12-23 | BIBLICAL WOMEN $800: Elijah didn't like the Baal game this wicked wife of King Ahab was playing Jezebel |
#4442, aired 2003-12-23 | BIBLICAL WOMEN $1200: In Numbers 12 she takes her brother Moses down a few pegs Miriam |
#4442, aired 2003-12-23 | BIBLICAL WOMEN $1600: This wife of Abraham sent his mistress Hagar & her son Ishmael out into the wilderness Sarah |
#4442, aired 2003-12-23 | BIBLICAL WOMEN $2000: These 2 women married Jacob about a week apart & both tried to give him a lot of sons Rachel & Leah |
#4356, aired 2003-07-07 | BIBLICAL WOMEN $200: The serpent told her, "Ye shall not surely die" & "Ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil" Eve |
#4356, aired 2003-07-07 | BIBLICAL WOMEN $400: When Samson wouldn't tell her the source of his strength, she said, "Hitherto thou hast mocked me, and told me lies" Delilah |
#4356, aired 2003-07-07 | BIBLICAL WOMEN $600: 2 Samuel says that this wife of David was "very beautiful to look upon" Bathsheba |
#4356, aired 2003-07-07 | BIBLICAL WOMEN $800: The resurrected Jesus first appeared to this woman "out of whom he had cast seven devils" Mary Magdalene |
#4356, aired 2003-07-07 | BIBLICAL WOMEN $1000: After her husband died, she & her mother-in-law Naomi moved to Bethlehem Ruth |
#3982, aired 2001-12-18 | BIBLICAL PEOPLE $2000: Although other women were prophets, she was the only known woman to ever judge Israel Deborah |
#3539, aired 2000-01-13 | BIBLICAL NUMBERS $500: The number of Hebrew Old Testament books named for specific women 2 (Ruth & Esther) |
#2801, aired 1996-11-04 | BIBLICAL JEALOUSY $700 (Daily Double): When he heard women praising David's battle victory in song, this king became jealous of David Saul |
#2429, aired 1995-03-09 | WOMEN $200: An anonymous wit called this biblical figure "Madam Adam" Eve |
#2263, aired 1994-06-08 | SAINTS $1,000 (Daily Double): A trio of biblical women sharing this name share the feast day of May 25 Mary |
#1971, aired 1993-03-15 | BIBLICAL WOMEN $200: Her kinswoman Elizabeth hails her as "the mother of my Lord" in Luke 1:43 Mary |
#1971, aired 1993-03-15 | BIBLICAL WOMEN $400: Genesis 3:20 calls her "the mother of all living" Eve |
#1971, aired 1993-03-15 | BIBLICAL WOMEN $500 (Daily Double): Scripture calls this woman the daughter of Herodias; the historian Josephus calls her this Salome |
#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 |
#1971, aired 1993-03-15 | BIBLICAL WOMEN $1000: Then barren, she offered her handmaiden Bilhah to husband Jacob as a surrogate mother Rachel |
#1689, aired 1991-12-26 | BIBLICAL WOMEN $200: Samson told her, "If I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall become weak" Delilah |
#1689, aired 1991-12-26 | BIBLICAL WOMEN $400: According to Genesis 20:12 she was not only Abraham's wife, but his half-sister Sarah |
#1689, aired 1991-12-26 | BIBLICAL WOMEN $600: Lazarus, whom Jesus raised from the dead, was the brother of these two women Mary & Martha |
#1689, aired 1991-12-26 | BIBLICAL WOMEN $800: This Queen of Persia for whom a book is named was also known as Hadassah Esther |
#1689, aired 1991-12-26 | BIBLICAL WOMEN $1000: This sister of Moses led the women of Israel in song & dance after crossing the Red Sea Miriam |
#1681, aired 1991-12-16 | THE AGE OF CHIVALRY $200: The idealization of women stemmed from the increasing devotion to this biblical woman the Virgin Mary |
#1563, aired 1991-05-22 | BIBLICAL PEOPLE $800: The mother of John the Baptist, she greeted Mary, "Blessed art thou among women" Elizabeth |
#1514, aired 1991-03-14 | THE HUMAN BODY $400: Both men & women have a thyroid cartilage better known by this Biblical name the Adam's apple |
#11, aired 1990-08-25 | BIBLICAL WOMEN $500: She was asked to “entice” Samson “and see wherein his great strength lieth” Delilah |
#11, aired 1990-08-25 | BIBLICAL WOMEN $1000: To the devout, this wife of King Ahab represented evil Jezebel |
#11, aired 1990-08-25 | BIBLICAL WOMEN $1500: Though in love with Rachel, Jacob was tricked into marrying this sister first Leah |
#11, aired 1990-08-25 | BIBLICAL WOMEN $2000: A patron saint of cooks, she was the sister of Lazarus & Mary of Bethany Martha |
#11, aired 1990-08-25 | BIBLICAL WOMEN $2500: While in the land of Midian, he married Zipporah, a daughter of Jethro Moses |
#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 |
#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 |
#405, aired 1986-03-28 | BIBLICAL QUOTES $600: Women sang, "Saul has killed his thousands" but he killed "tens of thousands" David |