| #8932, aired 2023-09-19 | SOUNDS LIKE BIG BUSINESS $200: The innermost yellow rings on one in Olympic archery score 9 or 10 points target |
| #8932, aired 2023-09-19 | SOUNDS LIKE BIG BUSINESS $400: The Lone Star State's sax & violins Texas instruments |
| #8932, aired 2023-09-19 | SOUNDS LIKE BIG BUSINESS $600: Something belonging jointly to actors Bautista & Keaton Dave & Buster's |
| #8932, aired 2023-09-19 | SOUNDS LIKE BIG BUSINESS $800: For foreign workers in the states, one might be H-1B or H-2A visa |
| #8932, aired 2023-09-19 | SOUNDS LIKE BIG BUSINESS $1000: One who is in charge of exam surveillance & make a wager proctor & gamble |
| #8782, aired 2023-01-10 | BUSINESS PARTNERS $2000: The making & selling of watches brought Richard & Alvah together in Chicago in 1893 but the 2 went big into retail as this, this & co. Sears Roebuck |
| #8476, aired 2021-09-27 | THEY'RE SORT OF A BIG DEAL $800: Once applied to nobility, this word from Latin for "great" now means a powerful business leader magnate |
| #8433, aired 2021-06-30 | MAGAZINES $800: Now owned by Bloomberg, this financial magazine debuted 7 weeks before the big stock market crash of 1929 Business Week |
| #8385, aired 2021-04-23 | THAT'S BIG BUSINESS $200: You'll find this fast food chain's golden arches at more than 14,000 locations in the U.S. & more than 36,000 worldwide McDonald's |
| #8385, aired 2021-04-23 | THAT'S BIG BUSINESS $400: In 2017 this shipping company celebrated the opening of its 5,000th "store" UPS |
| #8385, aired 2021-04-23 | THAT'S BIG BUSINESS $600: In January 2020 this Texas-based convenience store chain announced the opening of its 70,000th location 7-Eleven |
| #8385, aired 2021-04-23 | THAT'S BIG BUSINESS $800: Founded in Virginia in the 1950s, K&K 5&10 experienced some inflation while growing into this nationwide "Tree" Dollar Tree |
| #8385, aired 2021-04-23 | THAT'S BIG BUSINESS $1000: In the mid-1800s he joined up with Luigi Rossi, & their spirits business is still going (Alessandro) Martini |
| #8250, aired 2020-10-02 | BIG BUSINESS NEWS OF THE 2010s $200: In June 2017 this online retailer agreed to buy Whole Foods for $13.7 billion Amazon |
| #8250, aired 2020-10-02 | BIG BUSINESS NEWS OF THE 2010s $400: For the first time ever, in 2011 the credit rating for the U.S. was downgraded from AAA to AA+ by this financial info. co. Standard and Poor's |
| #8250, aired 2020-10-02 | BIG BUSINESS NEWS OF THE 2010s $600: In the longest strike there in half a century, 48,000 UAW workers walked off in 2019 at this company General Motors |
| #8250, aired 2020-10-02 | BIG BUSINESS NEWS OF THE 2010s $800: In 2012 this iconic 244-year-old reference company announced that its 2010 32-volume edition would be its last in print Encyclopaedia Britannica |
| #8250, aired 2020-10-02 | BIG BUSINESS NEWS OF THE 2010s $1000: CEO John Stumpf said bye in 2016 after a fake accounts scam was uncovered at this bank Wells Fargo |
| #8133, aired 2020-01-08 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $200: Special sauce wasn't enough--in 2019 the European Union revoked McDonald's trademark on this sandwich's name a Big Mac |
| #4, aired 2020-01-08 | AUDIBLE $800: Big oil & gas are the subject of a 2019 nonfiction bestseller by this TV personality
In fact, it could be argued, the oil business as we know it today was the invention of one particular American, John D. Rockefeller Rachel Maddow |
| #8030, aired 2019-07-05 | A STEEL DAY $1600: March 17, 1999:
This German family business known for steel & big guns merges with rival company Thyssen Krupp |
| #8012, aired 2019-06-11 | BUSINESS $8,000 (Daily Double): Almost a decade after a big spill, it's the biggest company by revenue that's headquartered in England BP |
| #7961, aired 2019-04-01 | TV FUNNY BUSINESS $200: On this sitcom Mac is a big fan of Chase Utley of the Phillies & wrote a special letter to him It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia |
| #7442, aired 2017-01-10 | "ROLL" CALL $200: As a noun it's a big wad of cash; as a verb, it means to finance a business venture bankroll |
| #7414, aired 2016-12-01 | THE TV BUSINESS $200: That big mansion on "Dallas" was paid for by an oil company with this family name on it Ewing |
| #7365, aired 2016-09-23 | 4-LETTER U.S. CITIES $1000: The business center of "The Big Island", it's also the gateway to Hawaii Volcanoes National Park Hilo |
| #7259, aired 2016-03-17 | 2-WORD BUSINESS TERMS $2000: "Large" buzz-phrase for a mass of information, like about shopping habits, used in business decision-making big data |
| #7218, aired 2016-01-20 | INCREDIBLY SPECIFIC WEDDING VOWS $400: If Waffles, this breed of dog, has to do his business at 3:00 A.M., I'll always take the big fella out & let you sleep a Great Dane |
| #7048, aired 2015-04-15 | "IN" BUSINESS $2000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows an animated map on the monitor.) A big U.S. company merges with a smaller foreign company then relocates its headquarters to that country in order to avoid some U.S. taxes in this controversial practice inversion |
| #7040, aired 2015-04-03 | BIG BUSINESS $400: In 2009 this company had orders for 263 commercial planes; in 2013, for 1,531 Boeing |
| #7040, aired 2015-04-03 | BIG BUSINESS $800: Caterpillar makes the 20,000-pound D5K2 type of this, something it hopes to use on the competition a bulldozer |
| #7040, aired 2015-04-03 | BIG BUSINESS $1600: In September 2014, in the largest IPO in history, investors said open sesame to this new stock from China Alibaba |
| #7040, aired 2015-04-03 | BIG BUSINESS $2000: Gaming company SJM Holdings has billions in assets, including 17 casinos it operates in this Asian territory Macau |
| #7040, aired 2015-04-03 | BIG BUSINESS $3,200 (Daily Double): With assets of more than $1.6 trillion, there's no more traveling by coach for this U.S. banking leader Wells Fargo |
| #6967, aired 2014-12-23 | MULTIPLE ROLES, SAME ACTOR $1600: In 1988 these 2 actresses played 2 sets of twins in "Big Business" Lily Tomlin & Bette Midler |
| #6713, aired 2013-11-20 | GIVING YOU THE BUSINESS $1600: In 1982 this co. took a big step & introduced a new shoe designed for women, the "Freestyle", for aerobics Reebok |
| #6600, aired 2013-05-03 | THE BIG "BOARD" $800: Frank Sinatra's nickname; it was all business, baby Chairman of the Board |
| #6552, aired 2013-02-26 | THE HEALTH BUSINESS $1600: Celebrex comes from this company, the biggest of the USA's big pharma Pfizer |
| #6484, aired 2012-11-22 | A HANSEATIC LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN $1600: This fish was big business for the league; I enjoy the matjes type, myself herring |
| #6465, aired 2012-10-26 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $400: Talk about "big" this--Saudi Aramco is sitting on 260 billion barrels of it, 10 times more than Exxon Mobil oil |
| #6465, aired 2012-10-26 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $800: Lockheed Martin is big in security & I.T. but is still better known for making these, like its C-5 airplanes |
| #6312, aired 2012-02-14 | A BIBLE BOOK FOR THEE $800: The Lord gave a guy the business in a big way; his days "are spent without hope" Job |
| #6032, aired 2010-11-30 | DOWN ON THE FARM $800: The first of these farms, which do a big seasonal business, was started with the planting of 25,000 spruce in 1901 a Christmas tree farm |
| #5989, aired 2010-09-30 | BUSINESS BIGGIES $200: (Alex gives the clue from an industry shop-floor in Dearborn, MI.) This is the only one of America's Big Three automakers that did not get a federal bailout in 2009 Ford |
| #5989, aired 2010-09-30 | BUSINESS BIGGIES $400: Though it's named for a big state, this firm founded in 1930 makes a lot of tiny electronic stuff Texas Instruments |
| #5897, aired 2010-04-13 | THE BUSINESS OF PLEASURE $800: Michael Klein is president of LFP, publisher of Hustler magazine; this guy is his big boss Larry Flynt |
| #5714, aired 2009-06-11 | NAME YOUR BUSINESS $800: The big K in the name of this retail chain is in honor of founder Sebastian S. Kresge Kmart |
| #5649, aired 2009-03-12 | SHOW BUSINESS $400: This company took a big step in computer animation by buying Pixar Disney |
| #5637, aired 2009-02-24 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $800: Big Brother could tell you this term for a corporation that controls another company, like AMR does for American Airlines a parent (or holding) company |
| #5610, aired 2009-01-16 | FILMS OF THE 1980s $800: "Big Business" found this divine comedienne & Lily Tomlin playing 2 sets of mismatched twins, separated at birth Bette Midler |
| #5557, aired 2008-11-04 | LIKE SNOW BUSINESS $2000: You can be the big kahuna on the pineapple powder on this volcano whose name means "White Mountain" Mauna Kea |
| #5485, aired 2008-06-13 | WEAR IT WELL $400: Since its 1992 introduction, this cool brand of sneakers with big thick soles has been "drawing" business Skechers |
| #5389, aired 2008-01-31 | NEW IDEAS IN BUSINESS $800: (Alex reports from Sony Headquarters in Tokyo, Japan.) Surprisingly, the first Sony product wasn't anything hi-tech, & it wasn't a big success either; it was a kitchen item, a cooker for this kind of food rice |
| #5323, aired 2007-10-31 | "TRIC"s $600: Theory of economic benefit moving from big business to smaller businesses & the general public trickle-down |
| #5133, aired 2006-12-27 | BIG BUSINESS $400: In 1988, this FedEx rival got its own airline, now among the USA's 10 largest UPS |
| #5133, aired 2006-12-27 | BIG BUSINESS $800: In 1947 this tinfoil brand was Reynolds Aluminum's first consumer product Reynolds Wrap |
| #5133, aired 2006-12-27 | BIG BUSINESS $1200: In 1983 this company introduced its 1-2-3 program for managing business spreadsheets Lotus |
| #5133, aired 2006-12-27 | BIG BUSINESS $1600: This company's first retail store opened on February 2, 1925 at Homan Avenue & Arthington Street in Chicago Sears |
| #5133, aired 2006-12-27 | BIG BUSINESS $2000: In 1995 Kimberly-Clark purchased this company known for its Viva paper towels, among other products Scott |
| #5095, aired 2006-11-03 | BUSINESS LEADERS $200: If you don't know that he said, "I like making deals, preferably big deals. That's how I get my kicks", you're fired! (Donald) Trump |
| #5031, aired 2006-06-26 | THE BIG SLEEP $600: Anxiety over business or domestic affairs may cause predormital this; enjoy the 4 A.M. movie insomnia |
| #4662, aired 2004-12-07 | AUSTRALIAN BUSINESS $600: What was built as the centerpiece of this big event has since gotten the corporate name Telstra Stadium the Summer Olympics |
| #4607, aired 2004-09-21 | BIG SCREEN BIOS $1200: "Bananas Is My Business" (Carmen) Miranda |
| #4380, aired 2003-09-26 | LOUISIANA $800 (Daily Double): During the 1800s the growing of sugar & this fiber became big business in Louisiana cotton |
| #4317, aired 2003-05-13 | BIG BUSINESS $400: Minneapolis has flour power as the headquarters of Pillsbury & this "General" company General Mills |
| #4317, aired 2003-05-13 | BIG BUSINESS $800: This carrier formed a subsidiardy called American Hotels in 1963 American Airlines |
| #4317, aired 2003-05-13 | BIG BUSINESS $1200: Known as ADM, this agribusiness was one of the first to sell food to the Cuban government since the 1960 embargo Archer Daniels Midland |
| #4317, aired 2003-05-13 | BIG BUSINESS $1,500 (Daily Double): A real shell company, Shell Petroleum is a subsidiary of this petroleum company based in the Netherlands Royal Dutch/Shell |
| #4317, aired 2003-05-13 | BIG BUSINESS $2000: This former head of Time Warner quit as CEO of AOL Time Warner saying, "I want the poetry back in my life" Gerald Levin |
| #4164, aired 2002-10-10 | KIDNAPPINGS $2000: 9-year-old George Weyerhaeuser, whose dad was big in this business, got snatched in 1935 paper/lumber/timber |
| #3876, aired 2001-06-11 | CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS $200: The "big cats" who founded this organization in Chicago in 1917 allow no business discussions at meetings Lions Club |
| #3863, aired 2001-05-23 | SEEING DOUBLE $200: Lily Tomlin & this "Divine" woman play 2 sets of identical twins mismatched by accident at birth in "Big Business" Bette Midler |
| #3645, aired 2000-06-09 | FASHION $500: This cool brand of shoes & sneakers with big thick soles has been "drawing" business since 1992 Skechers |
| #3110, aired 1998-02-20 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $100: A big name in computers, this company is known as HP for short Hewlett-Packard |
| #3094, aired 1998-01-29 | BIG MOVIES $400: Lily Tomlin & this actress were just "divine" as pairs of mismatched twins in "Big Business" Bette Midler |
| #2903, aired 1997-03-26 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $400: The smallest of the big 6 accounting firms, it's well-known for tallying the votes for the Oscars Price Waterhouse |
| #2803, aired 1996-11-06 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $300: In the 3 years before a profitable 1994, this computer company lost more than $15 billion IBM (Big Blue) |
| #2690, aired 1996-04-19 | BUSINESS BIGGIES $100: Called Big Blue, it controlled nearly 80% of the computer market in the 1960s & 1970s IBM |
| #2687, aired 1996-04-16 | WORLD BUSINESS $500: Hoechst, Bayer & BASF are this country's big 3 chemical companies Germany |
| #2676, aired 1996-04-01 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $800: It's IBM's "colorful" nickname "Big Blue" |
| #2229, aired 1994-04-21 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $400: This company nicknamed "Big Blue" was in the big red for 1992 with a loss of $4.97 billion IBM |
| #2200, aired 1994-03-11 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $1000: KPMG Peat Marwick is the largest of the "Big Six" firms in this business public accounting |
| #1961, aired 1993-03-01 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $400: Bayer, BASF & Hoechst are the big 3 of this country's chemical industry Germany |
| #1786, aired 1992-05-11 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $300: Hamilton, Citizen & Movado are big names in this product watches |
| #1754, aired 1992-03-26 | HISTORIC QUOTES $300: In 1913 he proclaimed, "We demand that big business give the people a square deal" Theodore Roosevelt |
| #1751, aired 1992-03-23 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $200: The Big Board big company nicknamed Big Blue IBM |
| #1596, aired 1991-07-08 | BUSINESS & FINANCE $400: In 1975 this city needed a "Big Mac" to avoid financial collapse New York City |
| #1548, aired 1991-05-01 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $200: Ernst & Young, Coopers & Lybrand, & Price Waterhouse are 3 of this professions Big Six accounting |
| #12, aired 1990-09-01 | NONFICTION $1000: He comments on sports as big business in his best seller “I Never Played The Game” Howard Cosell |
| #1258, aired 1990-02-07 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $400: Take a Big Gulp & tell us the name of this chain of convenience stores owned by Southland Corp. 7-Eleven |
| #1165, aired 1989-09-29 | NAME THAT MUSICAL $300: Big business satire in which a window cleaner bluffs his way to Chairman of the Board How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying |
| #1041, aired 1989-02-27 | '88 MOVIES $800: Bette Midler & Lily Tomlin starred in this farce about 2 sets of identical twins weekending at the Plaza Big Business |
| #1022, aired 1989-01-31 | BUSINESS $100: This "candy-coated popcorn, peanuts & a prize" product is big in Bolivia Cracker Jack |
| #995, aired 1988-12-23 | MOVIE LOCALES $200: 2 "big" movies of '88, "Big" & "Big Business", are both partly set in this big city New York |
| #590, aired 1987-03-13 | BUSINESS BIGGIES $500: Big holes were 1st put in '45s to force buyers to use players "initially" made only by this company RCA |
| #407, aired 1986-04-01 | AUTOMOBILES $200: "Business Week" predicted in '68, this country's auto industry wouldn't "carve out a big slice" of U.S. market Japan |
| #291, aired 1985-10-21 | SHOW BUSINESS $600: His 1st big part was as Brando's brother in "On the Waterfront" Rod Steiger |
| #267, aired 1985-09-17 | "WOMAN"LY MOVIES $1000: In this '54 film, June Allyson, Lauren Bacall & Arlene Dahl proved big business was not for men only Woman's World |
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