| #8897, aired 2023-06-20 | THAT MUSICAL ACT IS UNREAL! $400: As David St. Hubbins of this band, Michael McKean sang, "Big bottom drive me out of my mind, how can I leave this behind?" Spinal Tap |
| #8153, aired 2020-02-05 | SHOW TUNE RHYMES $400: In "The Music Man" there were "copper bottom tympani in horse platoons... double bell euphoniums & big" these instruments bassoons |
| #7200, aired 2015-12-25 | BREWING BEER $2,800 (Daily Double): (Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the UC Davis Malting & Brewing Science program.) The two basic types of brewing yeast are top-fermenting & bottom-fermenting, corresponding to these two basic kinds of beer, one including stouts & one including pilsners lagers & ales |
| #7087, aired 2015-06-09 | GONE FISHING $800: Bottom fishing is a good way to catch these, like the North American "Big Three"--blue, flathead & channel catfish |
| #7054, aired 2015-04-23 | I'M ALL ABOUT THAT BASSIST $800: Derek Smalls (Harry Shearer) laid down the big bottom end for this "Big Bottom" band Spinal Tap |
| #6281, aired 2012-01-02 | FASHION $1600: In the '80s big sweaters were popularly paired with these pants named for a strap at the bottom of each leg stirrup pants |
| #6104, aired 2011-03-10 | MOVIE BY SONG LYRICS $400: "Big bottom drive me out of my mind, how could I leave this behind?" This Is Spinal Tap |
| #5769, aired 2009-10-15 | BIG BOTTOM $400: Seabed samples suggest that this 970,000-square-mile sea between Europe & Africa was once largely dry the Mediterranean Sea |
| #5769, aired 2009-10-15 | BIG BOTTOM $800: The bottom of this ocean has a ridge that rises to form islands like Iceland & St. Helena the Atlantic Ocean |
| #5769, aired 2009-10-15 | BIG BOTTOM $1200: A lowlife opportunist, or a fish like the lake sturgeon, which takes sustenance from the bed of big lakes a bottom-feeder |
| #5769, aired 2009-10-15 | BIG BOTTOM $1600: The 600,000-square-mile bottom of this gulf off the southern U.S. includes the Sigsbee Abyssal Plain the Gulf of Mexico |
| #5769, aired 2009-10-15 | BIG BOTTOM $2000: In 2008, over 65 years after it was sunk, HMAS Sydney was found 11/2 miles down in this ocean off Western Australia the Indian Ocean |
| #5485, aired 2008-06-13 | LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL $800: (Jimmy gives us another clue from Williamsport, PA.) Little League games are shorter than big league ones, so as a dramatic moment, as Kyle comes to bat in the last regulation inning, the bottom of this the sixth inning |
| #5450, aired 2008-04-25 | THE ROCKIES $1200: This mockumentary hard rock band sang, "I met her on Monday, 'twas my lucky bun day" in their song "Big Bottom" Spinal Tap |
| #5251, aired 2007-06-11 | THE LIFE OF THE SEA $1,000 (Daily Double): (Jimmy of the Clue Crew delivers the clue.) As a bottom-dweller, the sculpin has smaller dorsal fins, but holds itself steady with these big fins, from the Latin for breasts pectoral fins |
| #4966, aired 2006-03-27 | FAKE ROCK BANDS & SINGERS $400: The gold standard of fake rock bands is this group whose "hits" include "Big Bottom" & "Sex Farm" Spinal Tap |
| #4930, aired 2006-02-03 | BIG "ROCK" $200: When you hit the lowest possible level, you're said to "hit" this rock bottom |
| #3510, aired 1999-12-03 | FICTIONAL BIG & LITTLE $200: Boys greased this legendary figure's frying pan by skating across it with hams on the bottom of their feet Paul Bunyan |
| #3336, aired 1999-02-22 | REACH FOR THE STARS $400: Still familiar today, it's the 7-star constellation on the bottom of this ancient Chinese chart the Big Dipper |
| #526, aired 1986-12-15 | BOYS IN SONG $300: Person whom Jimmy Dean described saying, "At the bottom of this mine lies a big, big man" Big John (Big Bad John) |
| #503, aired 1986-11-12 | YARDS $600: In pubs, it's served in a big glass with a round bottom, so you have to down it without setting it down yard of ale |
| #395, aired 1986-03-14 | DOUBLE MEANINGS $200: The bottom floor when they're building a skyscraper or Steve Allen's theme (this) may be the start of something big ("This Could Be The Start Of Something Big" |
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