| #9085, aired 2024-04-19 | SILENCE! $400: Heavier bells were silenced in this 185-foot landmark in the 1900s to make sure their movement didn't worsen its classic feature the Leaning Tower of Pisa |
| #9070, aired 2024-03-29 | STATE FLAGS $600: Representations of the North Star & this other night sky feature appear on Alaska's flag the Big Dipper (Ursa Major) |
| #8882, aired 2023-05-30 | DISNEY ENDINGS $1600: In this 1986 classic Basil of Baker Street survives a fall from Big Ben, but the evil Ratigan is not so lucky The Great Mouse Detective |
| #8873, aired 2023-05-17 | Y'KNOW, THE MOVIE WHERE... $600: Rami Malek, Gwilym Lee, Joseph Mazzello & Ben Hardy are Queen for a big day Bohemian Rhapsody |
| #11, aired 2023-05-16 | MOVIE MUSIC WITH HANS ZIMMER $200: (Hans Zimmer reads and plays.) Contrasting with the music from the big action scenes, my theme "Tennessee" refers to the state Ben Affleck & Josh Hartnett come from in this war film Pearl Harbor |
| #8827, aired 2023-03-14 | LITERARY LONDON $1600: The title woman of this Virginia Woolf novel hears Big Ben strike just as she starts out on a walk Mrs. Dalloway |
| #8717, aired 2022-10-11 | IT'S A "BIG" PLACE $400: Its great bell clocks in at just over 15 tons Big Ben |
| #8656, aired 2022-06-06 | SOUND UP! $800: Chiming in now:
This 15.1-ton great bell, part of a landmark Big Ben |
| #8641, aired 2022-05-16 | I'VE GOT A BIG BANK ROLE $1600: In "Too Big to Fail", he played Fed chair Ben Bernanke; on "Billions", he's a U.S. attorney going after Wall Street corruption Paul Giamatti |
| #8591, aired 2022-03-07 | TOWERS $400: The Elizabeth Tower in London houses this large bell Big Ben |
| #8549, aired 2022-01-06 | IT'LL BE MY TWEET $200: At exactly 3 a.m. London time on October 28, 2021, an unofficial account of this landmark let us know, "bong bong bong" Big Ben |
| #8465, aired 2021-08-13 | FOUNDRY $400: This hefty noisemaker from Whitechapel Foundry began tolling for Londoners in 1859 Big Ben |
| #8421, aired 2021-06-14 | THAT'S HEAVY, MAN $800: A 4-year restoration plan begun in 2017 stopped this 15.1-ton great hour bell from chiming, save for special occasions Big Ben |
| #8404, aired 2021-05-20 | THAT'S MY AIRPORT $7,000 (Daily Double): This Dallas airport is named for a lieutenant killed in a plane crash while practicing for a military aviator test Love Field |
| #8369, aired 2021-04-01 | APRIL FOOL! $800: In 1980 the BBC (those cheeky Brits!) said this landmark, to keep up with the times, would be given a digital readout Big Ben |
| #8361, aired 2021-03-22 | BAY WATCH $1200: Named for a local titan of dredging, Ben T. Davis Beach is on this big bay of West Florida Tampa Bay |
| #8270, aired 2020-10-30 | HISTORIC BELLS $1,200 (Daily Double): It first rang in 1859, cracked later that year & was refitted with a lighter hammer Big Ben |
| #8105, aired 2019-11-29 | BEFORE & AFTER $200: Giant bell in the London clock tower that published "Poor Richard's Almanack" Big Ben Franklin |
| #8103, aired 2019-11-27 | PHARMACY KNOWLEDGE $1600: Term for a pharmacy that makes up individualized batches for patients who can't use a big pharma product a compounding pharmacy |
| #8056, aired 2019-09-23 | CLOCKS $800: Since 1924 its chimes have been routinely broadcast by the BBC Big Ben |
| #7790, aired 2018-06-22 | A LANDMARK DESIGNATION $600: Clock &/or bell in the Elizabeth Tower Big Ben |
| #7655, aired 2017-12-15 | TV NICKNAMES $600: On "Bonanza", Ben Cartwright was father to Adam, Little Joe & this big fella Hoss |
| #7575, aired 2017-07-14 | BIG BEN $400: In 1978 Ben Abruzzo & 2 companions made the first transatlantic flight in one of these full of gas, not hot air a balloon |
| #7575, aired 2017-07-14 | BIG BEN $800: Ben Rich used the security alias Ben Dover when he helped design the F-117 Nighthawk, the first of these hard-to-spot craft stealth craft |
| #7575, aired 2017-07-14 | BIG BEN $1200: This Ben, no longer head of the Fed, became an advisor to investment management firm Pimco Ben Bernanke |
| #7575, aired 2017-07-14 | BIG BEN $1600: Ben Shahn rose to fame in the 1930s with a series of paintings based on the trial of these two Italian-American anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti |
| #7575, aired 2017-07-14 | BIG BEN $2000: In 1598 this dramatist killed an actor in a duel, no doubt putting him out of his humour Ben Jonson |
| #7499, aired 2017-03-30 | NEEDS SOME WORK $1200: This landmark will go quiet for a bit in 2017, as it & the Elizabeth Tower housing it will undergo much needed repairs Big Ben |
| #7437, aired 2017-01-03 | LEGO $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Lego Systems in Enfield, CT.) Popular sets from the building series include such landmarks as Big Ben, the Eiffel Tower & this World Heritage Site & masterpiece of Indian architecture the Taj Mahal |
| #7217, aired 2016-01-19 | NFL NICKNAMES $200: Pittsburgh QB Roethlisberger is aka this, like the bell of a famous clock Big Ben |
| #7205, aired 2016-01-01 | FAMOUS BELLS $1000: Its inscription reads, "cast by George Mears of Whitechapel for the clock of the Houses of Parliament" Big Ben |
| #6936, aired 2014-11-10 | TWITTER FEEDS $200: A parody feed named for this London landmark reads "Bong" at 1 o'clock & "Bong bong" at 2 o'clock Big Ben |
| #6925, aired 2014-10-24 | THE BIG BLANK THEORY $200: Big ____:
London attraction since 1859 Ben |
| #6766, aired 2014-02-03 | ALSO A TYPE OF FOOTWEAR $2000: Ohio city once home to Big Ben (Roethlisberger) Oxford |
| #6645, aired 2013-07-05 | BRAZILIAN GEOGRAPHY $1000: Add two letters to the name of a river to get this state, so big it borders three countries Amazonas |
| #6644, aired 2013-07-04 | WHAT'S ON YOUR iPOD? $600: (Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano delivers the clue.) I'm a big fan of Puccini arias, like "Yes, They Call Me Mimi" in this opera La bohème |
| #6537, aired 2013-02-05 | SURPRISE! I GOT YOU A LANDMARK! $600: This London bell weighs 13 tons, so it's louder than your old alarm clock Big Ben |
| #6499, aired 2012-12-13 | HODGEPODGE $600: Since 1924 this alliterative item has been used as a daily time signal by the BBC Big Ben |
| #6370, aired 2012-05-04 | LITERARY CHARACTERS $0: Although he doesn't actually appear in "1984", his presence is everywhere--on posters, coins & telescreens Big Brother |
| #6298, aired 2012-01-25 | TV TO MOVIE ROLES $800: This TV cop duo was played on the big screen by Ben Stiller & Owen Wilson Starsky & Hutch |
| #6215, aired 2011-09-30 | LANDMARKS $200: This name properly refers to only the great hour bell at the northern end of London's Houses of Parliament Big Ben |
| #6102, aired 2011-03-08 | TV SHOWS BY KIDS $1600: The Henricksons:
Sarah, Ben, Tancy & many more Big Love |
| #6078, aired 2011-02-02 | OSCAR WINNER BEFORE & AFTER $2000: A "timely" London landmark turns into an actor who won for a 1982 biopic Big Ben Kingsley |
| #5956, aired 2010-07-05 | BIG APPLE CIRCUS $200: All the circus' dogs are pound and shelter rescues; Ben & Jerry here are this breed, from the German for "to splash" a poodle |
| #5885, aired 2010-03-26 | LAST OF A DYING BREED $1000: "Booming Ben", the last Heath hen, stopped booming in 1932 on this big Massachusetts island Martha's Vineyard |
| #5734, aired 2009-07-09 | SOUVENIRS $600: Many snow globes feature this clock tower of London's Houses of Parliament Big Ben |
| #5542, aired 2008-10-14 | THE BELLS ARE RINGING $800: In 1752 England's Whitechapel Foundry cast this at a cost of 150 pounds, 13 shillings, 8 pence the Liberty Bell |
| #5442, aired 2008-04-15 | LANDMARKS $600: Penny coins are added or taken away from this London landmark's pendulum to fine-tune its accuracy Big Ben |
| #5238, aired 2007-05-23 | LOOK! $200: It's time for you to name this timepiece, squire Big Ben |
| #5225, aired 2007-05-04 | FIRST NAMES $4,000 (Daily Double): First name of Britain's Commissioner of Works in 1856; a bell was named for him Ben |
| #5185, aired 2007-03-09 | IF AT FIRST YOU DON'T SUCCEED... $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1962 his idea of putting big stores in small towns got zero response from the Ben Franklin retail chain Sam Walton |
| #5165, aired 2007-02-09 | BEFORE & AFTER $400: The landmark bell in a London clock tower that marries Jennifer Garner & hangs with Matt Damon Big Ben Affleck |
| #4907, aired 2006-01-03 | AN ATTEMPT AT ALLITERATION $1600: Denison designed,
Westminster wow,
classy clock Big Ben |
| #4879, aired 2005-11-24 | FORBES' TOP EXECUTIVE SALARIES $1200: Lew Frankfort totes a big handbag for the $86.5 million he earned from this leather accessory co. Coach |
| #4712, aired 2005-02-15 | THE STONES $200: Interest in diamonds in this color soared when Ben gave Jen a big one set in her engagement ring pink |
| #4388, aired 2003-10-08 | BIG SCREEN TITLE ROLES $1000: 1982:
"Gandhi" Ben Kingsley |
| #4368, aired 2003-09-10 | "BIG" & "LITTLE" $1,500 (Daily Double): British lawyer & horologist Edmund Beckett had a hand in designing this famous attraction Big Ben |
| #4302, aired 2003-04-22 | GOULASH $1000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from along the banks of the Thames in London.) Big Ben doesn't properly refer to the clock or the tower, but to a 13-ton one of these inside bell |
| #4056, aired 2002-04-01 | IT HAPPENED ON APRIL FOOL'S DAY $400: On April 1, 1980 this British TV network, tongue in cheek, announced that the Big Ben clock was going digital the BBC |
| #4033, aired 2002-02-27 | LONDON LOCALES $400: It's time to name this bell
found inside the monument
seen here Big Ben |
| #3985, aired 2001-12-21 | FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS $1200: London's Whitechapel foundry made Big Ben as well as the "clock bells" for this Wren cathedral St. Paul's |
| #3962, aired 2001-11-20 | BEFORE & AFTER $200: Large London timepiece that had zipper problems in "There's Something About Mary" Big Ben Stiller |
| #3903, aired 2001-07-18 | IT'S "BIG" $200: It's found in the Parliament Tower of Westminster Palace Big Ben |
| #3509, aired 1999-12-02 | PLAY TIME $1000: In 1928 writers Ben Hecht & Charles MacArthur made big news with this play "The Front Page" |
| #3318, aired 1999-01-27 | ALL THINGS BRITISH $200: It's the noisy landmark seen here Big Ben |
| #3138, aired 1998-04-01 | BRIT BITS & PIECES $200: The BBC has been broadcasting this bell's chimes since 1923 Big Ben |
| #3050, aired 1997-11-28 | THE BELLS $400: Big Ben hangs over Parliament & a rival, Great Tom, hangs over Christ Church College at this university Oxford |
| #2425, aired 1995-03-03 | NOTABLE ANIMALS $400: This Scottish Terrier was named Big Boy when he was given to FDR in 1940 Fala |
| #2093, aired 1993-10-13 | THE BELLS $300: Bell associated with Sir Benjamin Hall, a commissioner of works Big Ben |
| #1832, aired 1992-07-14 | "BIG" & "LITTLE" $200: It sounds every hour on the hour outside London's houses of Parliament Big Ben |
| #1720, aired 1992-02-07 | TRAVEL & TOURISM $600: The name of the palace whose tower contains Big Ben Westminster |
| #1556, aired 1991-05-13 | WORLD LANDMARKS $500: This 13 1/2-ton London bell was first heard on radio on New Year's Eve, 1923 Big Ben |
| #1464, aired 1991-01-03 | LONDON LANDMARKS $500: An 1844 review said, it
"wasn't justified by utility when almost every mechanic carries a watch" Big Ben |
| #1269, aired 1990-02-22 | BELLS $300: This bell was 1st heard on British radio on New Year's Eve, Dec. 31, 1923 Big Ben |
| #939, aired 1988-10-06 | MULTIPLE CHOICE $400: Of Roman numerals, Arabic numerals or none at all, the numbers on the clock faces of "Big Ben" Roman numerals |
| #841, aired 1988-04-11 | THE MOVIES $800: Native of Belfast, Northern Ireland who lost the big chariot race to Ben-Hur Stephen Boyd |
| #829, aired 1988-03-24 | BRIITISH HISTORY $800: This bell was named for London's commissioner of works, Sir Benjamin Hall Big Ben |
| #724, aired 1987-10-29 | LONDON $2,000 (Daily Double): Famous landmark hidden at the extreme right of this picture: Big Ben |
| #400, aired 1986-03-21 | LONDON LANDMARKS $1,000 (Daily Double): The 2 London landmarks mentioned in chorus of Roger Miller's "England Swings" Westminster Abbey & the Tower of Big Ben |
| #375, aired 1986-02-14 | TRIVIA $200: Like domestic cats but unlike other big cats, mountain lions can do this they can purr |
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