#9063, aired 2024-03-20 | IT'S A BIG COUNTRY $400: It's about 700 arid miles across this country from the Red Sea to the Persian Gulf Saudi Arabia |
#9063, aired 2024-03-20 | IT'S A BIG COUNTRY $800: Its 700,000 square miles of land area are spread across more than 17,000 islands Indonesia |
#9063, aired 2024-03-20 | IT'S A BIG COUNTRY $1600: It borders Russia, China & nothing else Mongolia |
#9063, aired 2024-03-20 | IT'S A BIG COUNTRY $2000: With a population of more than 100 million, it covers about 900,000 square miles in the heart of Africa DRC |
#9063, aired 2024-03-20 | IT'S A BIG COUNTRY $8,600 (Daily Double): Once claimed by Italy, Cyrenaica is an historic region & former province of this 650,000-square-mile land Libya |
#2, aired 2024-01-12 | JUST DESERTS $1000: La Guajira desert is connected by gas pipeline to nearby Barranquilla in this South American country Colombia |
#16, aired 2023-10-11 | BIG DOGS AS LITTLE PUPPIES $800: The puppy seen here is a Bernese Mountain Dog, named after one of this country's cantons Switzerland |
#8923, aired 2023-07-26 | DUAL BIOGRAPHIES $800: Delve into this country's history with "Big Fellow, Long Fellow: A Joint Biography of Collins & de Valera" Ireland |
#8905, aired 2023-06-30 | WELCOME TO THE BIG URBAN AREA $600: The biggest urban area in its country, this city has almost 3 times the people of No. 2 Medellín Bogotá |
#12, aired 2023-05-16 | BRITISH MUSICAL GEOGRAPHY $800: The guitarists of Big Country couldn't stand the regular comparison of their guitar sound to this national instrument of their country the bagpipes |
#2, aired 2023-05-08 | SING YOU A COUNTRY SONG $200: Big & Rich's "Comin' To Your City" notes this Missouri capital where they "woke up by the river", with Coronas possibly involved Jefferson City |
#2, aired 2023-05-08 | SING YOU A COUNTRY SONG $400: He sang, "I'm not big on social graces, think I'll slip on down to the oasis, oh, I've got friends in low places" Garth Brooks |
#8847, aired 2023-04-11 | TIME FOR A "LITTLE" MUSIC $600: This country quartet has won 3 Grammys, including one in 2016 for "Girl Crush" Little Big Town |
#8839, aired 2023-03-30 | WORLD PLACE NAMES $1200: Seen here is a big sign for the longest place name in Europe, a 58-letter town in this country, starting with "Llanfair" Wales |
#8833, aired 2023-03-22 | PLATEAUS $1200: The Bolaven Plateau of Laos lies east of this big river that runs the length of the country the Mekong |
#8817, aired 2023-02-28 | THEY WROTE 'EM $2000: "No Country for Old Men" (2005) &
"The Passenger" (2022) Cormac McCarthy |
#8795, aired 2023-01-27 | COUNTRY SONGS $2000: Little Big Town had its first No. 1 country hit singing about partying & catching waves on this title boat the "Pontoon" |
#8785, aired 2023-01-13 | I SAID DANCE! $800: In "Country Girl (Shake It For Me)" Luke Bryan rhymes, "Spin me around this big ole" building, "Tangle me up like grandma's yarn" barn |
#8780, aired 2023-01-06 | A TRIP TO THE ISLANDS $200: The "Big Island" of the Tierra del Fuego archipelago is shared between Argentina & this country Chile |
#8768, aired 2022-12-21 | FOOD & DRINK $1600: Named for a statesman & not a French country house, this thick tenderloin steak served with a sauce is big enough for 2 chateaubriand |
#8681, aired 2022-07-11 | HEARING RED $1000: This country star, the son of a big league pitcher, hit the Top 40 in 2002 with "Red Rag Top" Tim McGraw |
#8626, aired 2022-04-25 | TO THE "N"s OF THE EARTH $2000: Oktoberfest is a big event in this country of southern Africa, which had German overlords from 1884 to 1915 Namibia |
#8443, aired 2021-07-14 | ODD HISTORY $1,200 (Daily Double): The Great Emu War of 1932 proved disastrous for this country's army; the big birds were no chickens Australia |
#8428, aired 2021-06-23 | A CATEGORY IN 5 ACTS $600: Britain's Constitution Act of 1982 gave complete independence to this big country Canada |
#8420, aired 2021-06-11 | EDUCATION $400: ESL programs, short for this, got a big push in Florida in the 1960s as Cubans fled their country English as a second language |
#8400, aired 2021-05-14 | MONTANA $600: The vastness of the wild blue yonder gave Montana the nickname this "Country", which appears on its state quarter Big Sky |
#8223, aired 2020-05-27 | A HIT RECENTLY $200: On the country side, Dan + Shay hit it big recently with a little help from this Canadian superstar Justin Bieber |
#8194, aired 2020-04-02 | THE ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS $200: Here's Little Big Town in 2018 performing their cover of a song from a tribute album honoring this legendary performer Elton John |
#8156, aired 2020-02-10 | COUNTRY DROP A LETTER $200: When a big Asian country loses its last vowel, it becomes this body part chin (from China) |
#8, aired 2020-01-14 | SURPRISE ME, TREBEK $20,200 (Daily Double): This big landlocked African country was surprised to be added to the USA's 2017 travel ban, but was removed from the list in 2018 Chad |
#8049, aired 2019-09-12 | COUNTRY MUSIC $600: (Ken Burns delivers the clue.) Giving a big boost to his career in 1968 this singer went behind bars to record an epic live album at Folsom Prison (Johnny) Cash |
#8027, aired 2019-07-02 | "B" WHERE OF DOG $600: Check out the big eyes & beard on the Griffon, named for this Low Country capital Brussels |
#8018, aired 2019-06-19 | BIG RIVERS $400: The longest river that only flows through one country is this 3,900-mile river AKA the Chang Jiang the Yangtze |
#8018, aired 2019-06-19 | BIG RIVERS $2,500 (Daily Double): Giving its name to a different country, this ancient river flows 2,000 miles mostly through Pakistan the Indus |
#8015, aired 2019-06-14 | IN & AROUND ASIA $2000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew delivers the clue.) 4 big countries almost meet in the heart of Asia--China & Russia share a 31-mile border that also separates Mongolia & this country Kazakhstan |
#8003, aired 2019-05-29 | ONE BIG SWAMP $1200: Take a little R & R in this "T & T" country & visit the mangrove channels of its Caroni Swamp Trinidad and Tobago |
#7917, aired 2019-01-29 | BUILDING BIG $1600: Almost 2,000 feet tall, the Makkah Royal Clock Tower in this country is right next to the Great Mosque Saudi Arabia |
#7882, aired 2018-12-11 | THE BIG BATTALIONS $2,400 (Daily Double): This country's nearly 2.2 million active military personnel is by far the world's largest standing force China |
#7854, aired 2018-11-01 | THE BIG LEAGUES $400: England, Spain & the Holy Roman Empire joined the pope's 1511 Holy League to fight this country's Louis XII France |
#7846, aired 2018-10-22 | A EUROPEAN HOLIDAY $800: December 5 is the big day for this country's kids: Sinterklaas drops off a sack of gifts on each doorstep the Netherlands |
#7831, aired 2018-10-01 | COUNTRY, HIP-HOP & JAZZ $800: Garth Brooks sang, "I'm not big on social graces, think I'll slip on down to the oasis, oh I've got friends in" here low places |
#7776, aired 2018-06-04 | CLASSIC COUNTRY SONGS $1000: She got her big break in 1957 after winning "Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts" with the song heard here Patsy Cline |
#7770, aired 2018-05-25 | A "LITTLE" ENTERTAINMENT $800: Their country hits include "Tornado", "Girl Crush" & "Pontoon" Little Big Town |
#7734, aired 2018-04-05 | THE OLD COUNTRY $1200: From 1815 to 1860 the Kingdom of the Two these united southern Italy & one big island the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies |
#7553, aired 2017-06-14 | STYLES OF COUNTRY MUSIC $1000: It's named for the kind of country music bar in the title of Kitty Wells' first big hit honky-tonk |
#7515, aired 2017-04-21 | U.S. HERSTORY $600: In 1916 Jeannette Rankin from this "Big Sky Country" state was elected the first female member of Congress Montana |
#7356, aired 2016-09-12 | I LIKE YOUR COLÓN $200: Descendants of those who worked on a big dig are the main populace of Colón, this country's major port Panama |
#7280, aired 2016-04-15 | COUNTRY MUSIC $600: At the 2015 CMA awards, their "Girl Crush" won for Single of the Year, & they won for Vocal Group Little Big Town |
#7165, aired 2015-11-06 | BIG TIME RUSH $200: In 1858 a discovery along the Fraser River in British Columbia led to a gold rush in this country Canada |
#7131, aired 2015-09-21 | MONTANA $1000: This largest Montana city is known as the "star of the Big Sky country" Billings |
#7063, aired 2015-05-06 | CENTRAL AMERICA $1000: The southern coast on the Gulf of Fonseca is the only outlet to the Pacific for this country big in bananas Honduras |
#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 |
#7023, aired 2015-03-11 | THE EMERALD AISLE $400: One of this country's big attractions, the "Emerald Buddha" was in a Chiang Mai temple before it went to the capital Thailand |
#7013, aired 2015-02-25 | WHO'S IN CHARGE? $2,000 (Daily Double): A big African country:
President Goodluck Jonathan Nigeria |
#6921, aired 2014-10-20 | COUNTRY MUSIC $800: "Don't Think I Don't Think About It" was a big country hit for this former lead singer of Hootie & the Blowfish Darius Rucker |
#6896, aired 2014-09-15 | THOSE ARE SOME BIG SHOES $400: Isabel Peron, 3rd wife of Juan, surely cried after his death... until succeeding him as president of this country Argentina |
#6891, aired 2014-07-28 | THE GEOGRAPHIC CENTER $2000: Of this big country: Evenkia, on Lake Vivi; its only resident, Anatoly, died in 2003 Russia |
#6855, aired 2014-06-06 | POP MUSIC $800: Talk about being "big in" this country, its all-girl group AKB48 originally had 48 members! Japan |
#6846, aired 2014-05-26 | BIG STUFF $400: This country's King Fahd Airport covers 300 square miles, more than all of Bahrain, which has 3 airports of its own Saudi Arabia |
#6814, aired 2014-04-10 | CENTRAL AMERICA $800: Rain forest is a big feature of this country's Darien National Park, the largest nature reserve in Central America Panama |
#6752, aired 2014-01-14 | LET'S PUT OUR BAND NAME IN THE SONG! $1200: "In a" this band name, "dreams stay with you / like a lover's voice fires the mountainside / stay alive" a Big Country |
#6645, aired 2013-07-05 | IT'S A BIG WORLD $1000: East to west, the greatest distance across this country is 6,000 miles; north to south, 2,800 Russia |
#6455, aired 2012-10-12 | GEOG. DICT. ABBREV. $600: "est." (little e) stands for estimated; "Est." (big E) is this country Estonia |
#6415, aired 2012-07-06 | JIMMY'S ON TOP $600: His song "Big Bad John" spent 2 weeks at the top of the country charts Jimmy Dean |
#6307, aired 2012-02-07 | GEOGRAPHIC MEANINGS $400: A big country:
"Southern Land" Australia |
#6242, aired 2011-11-08 | CLASSIC COUNTRY MUSIC $600: In 1953 "Your Cheatin' Heart" was a big hit for this country singer who lived fast & died young that same year Hank Williams, Sr. |
#6186, aired 2011-07-04 | REALLY BIG COUNTRIES $1200: The people of this country, home to the world's largest tropical rain forest, speak Portuguese Brazil |
#6186, aired 2011-07-04 | REALLY BIG COUNTRIES $1600: This country's highest point, Mount Kosciuszko, lies in the state of New South Wales Australia |
#6186, aired 2011-07-04 | REALLY BIG COUNTRIES $2000: The territory of this largest U.N. member country situated only on islands includes Bali & the Molucca islands Indonesia |
#6154, aired 2011-05-19 | YOU SAY MYANMAR, I SAY BURMA $200: Until 1937, Burma was a province of this big neighboring current country India |
#6149, aired 2011-05-12 | COUNTRY: STRONG $800: As well as music videos, this network airs shows like "My Big Redneck Wedding" CMT (Country Music Television) |
#6141, aired 2011-05-02 | POTPOURRI $1200: The Crooked House seen here was completed in 2003 in Sopot in this country; the language over the door is a big clue Poland |
#6092, aired 2011-02-22 | HOMECOMING KINGS & QUEENS $800: In 2010 Akhenaton returned to this African country; actually it was just his big toe, which had been removed in 1968 Egypt |
#6081, aired 2011-02-07 | BIG WORLD $400: This largest island is 50 times the size of Denmark, the country to which it belongs Greenland |
#6081, aired 2011-02-07 | BIG WORLD $800: Almost 10 times the size of the Everglades, the largest swamp is the Pantanal of Mato Grosso in this country Brazil |
#5906, aired 2010-04-26 | THE 19th FIRST ANNUAL IG NOBEL PRIZE $1000: A math prize to this African country's reserve bank, for giving folks the chance to use big numbers like 100 trillion Zimbabwe |
#5835, aired 2010-01-15 | WANTED BY THE FBI $1000: The FBI wants this African country's Odowa Okuomose for bilking victims who were told they had to pay fees to claim big prizes Nigeria |
#5778, aired 2009-10-28 | STATE QUARTERS $1200: A bison skull above a diverse landscape & the words "Big Sky Country" Montana |
#5773, aired 2009-10-21 | WHERE IN THE WORLD IS YOUR HQ? $200: Lloyd's; they're big in insurance, over on Lime St. England |
#5773, aired 2009-10-21 | 21st CENTURY WORLD LEADERS $200: "Big Love" meets "The West Wing"? Pres. Jacob Zuma, who presides over this country from Pretoria, has 3 wives South Africa |
#5714, aired 2009-06-11 | THAT TITLE IS TAKEN $2000: This Cormac McCarthy title comes from a Yeats poem about a senior citizen's hope to transmute himself into art No Country for Old Men |
#5605, aired 2009-01-09 | COAL $1200: To get a feel for the miner's life, you can visit the "Big Pit" Coal Mining Museum at Blaenavon in this U.K. country Wales |
#5551, aired 2008-10-27 | MOVIES ON MY TiVo DVR $800: Josh Brolin took the money / Wait, this is the end? Where'd Josh Brolin go? No Country for Old Men |
#5395, aired 2008-02-08 | MILITARY AIRCRAFT $800: This country's big bomber of the 1950s was the TU-95 Bear the Soviet Union |
#5335, aired 2007-11-16 | ECONOMIES OF THE WORLD $400: This country is the largest producer of newsprint & is also big in wheat, but fur trapping has dropped off Canada |
#5257, aired 2007-06-19 | AFI'S 100 YEARS 100 MOVIES $2000: Big news--besides Tom Hanks' "Big", these are 2 of the 3 movies on the ballot with "big" in the title 2 of (The Big Chill, The Big Sleep, or The Big Parade) |
#5117, aired 2006-12-05 | THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE $1600: This country includes New Britain & New Ireland as well as the big ol' island that gives it part of its name Papua New Guinea |
#5071, aired 2006-10-02 | NAME THAT COUNTRY $1200: It's big... and it's cold Russia |
#4969, aired 2006-03-30 | THE DEANS LIST $800: It doesn't take a sausage to know that this country singer took "Big Bad John" to No. 1 in 1961 Jimmy Dean |
#4859, aired 2005-10-27 | THERE'S A "WAY" $800: This country singer gave up his seat to the Big Bopper on the 1959 flight that also killed Buddy Holly & Ritchie Valens Waylon Jennings |
#4828, aired 2005-09-14 | UP ON THE "BIG" SCREEN $2000: In 1958 Gregory Peck took on Burl Ives over water rights in the Old West in this oater The Big Country |
#4812, aired 2005-07-05 | AMERICA $200: This state bordering Canada is known as "Big Sky Country" Montana |
#4776, aired 2005-05-16 | ORLANDO BLOOMS $400: Vittorio Orlando represented this country at the meeting of the "Big Four" leaders in Paris in 1919 Italy |
#4725, aired 2005-03-04 | BROADWAY MUSICAL SETTINGS $400: "Mamma Mia" takes place on one of this country's islands; the plot concerns a big fat wedding Greece |
#4642, aired 2004-11-09 | HERE I AM AT... $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew leans against a corral fence in a high, green pasture.) I'm overlooking Paradise Valley in this state, with a nickname that encourages you to look up Montana |
#4640, aired 2004-11-06 | LAND O' LAKES $800: Trasimeno, a large lake in this European country, was the site of a big Hannibal victory in 217 B.C. Italy |
#4638, aired 2004-11-04 | COUNTRY MATTERS $1200: This African nation is made up of one big island & several smaller ones including Sainte Marie Madagascar |
#4595, aired 2004-07-23 | THE BIG BANGLADESH $800: After India was partitioned in 1947, what would later become Bangladesh was the "East" part of this country Pakistan |
#4589, aired 2004-07-15 | "S" TOUGH $800: Gee, ghee is a big export from this country whose capital is Mogadishu Somalia |
#4577, aired 2004-06-29 | COUNTRY CLUBS $600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew speaks softly and carries a big stick.) An Irish saying says you can accomplish more with a kind word & one of these than just with a kind word a shillelagh |
#4552, aired 2004-05-25 | COUNTRY SINGERS' NO. 1 HITS $600: "Big Bad John" Jimmy Dean |
#4543, aired 2004-05-12 | A EUROPEAN TOUR $400: Snowboarding is big at Gstaad in this country, but the term apres-snowboard hasn't really caught on Switzerland |
#4514, aired 2004-04-01 | THEY REALLY SAID IT $1200: French president from 1958 to 1969, he observed, "China is a big country, inhabited by many Chinese" Charles de Gaulle |
#4440, aired 2003-12-19 | COUNTRY $1000: (Hello there, this is George Jones.) This song, my first number one hit, was written by the Big Bopper & is another slang term for moonshine "White Lightning" |
#4416, aired 2003-11-17 | WHERE THE HECK IS THAT? $800: The Tipitapa River connects the 2 big lakes in this largest Central American country Nicaragua |
#4289, aired 2003-04-03 | BIG SCREEN COMPASS BEARINGS $400: Cary Grant's 1959 cross-country adventure North by Northwest |
#4272, aired 2003-03-11 | COUNTRY MUSIC $1200: One of the big concert tours of the '90s was the "Black & Wy" tour; he was the Black & she was the Wy Clint Black & Wynonna Judd |
#4254, aired 2003-02-13 | VACATION FUN $400: Ride the Nutmobile thru macadamia orchards at the Big Pineapple, a top attraction in this "Down Under" country Australia |
#4219, aired 2002-12-26 | A MESS O' MUSSOLINI $1,000 (Daily Double): With big dreams of restoring the Roman Empire, Mussolini had Italy invade this African country in 1935 Ethiopia |
#4140, aired 2002-09-06 | HISTORIC HISTORIANS $600: William Prescott's 2 big tales of the Conquistadors were about "The Conquest of Peru" & "The Conquest of" this country Mexico |
#4115, aired 2002-06-21 | KISS-AND-TELL $200: In 1998 she had a big pop & country hit with "This Kiss" Faith Hill |
#4057, aired 2002-04-02 | 20th CENTURY BRITAIN $5,000 (Daily Double): On Oct. 31, 1956 British & French bombs destroyed much of this country's air force Egypt |
#4029, aired 2002-02-21 | ACT UP $1000: This folksinger & actor surely had "A Holly Jolly Christmas" in 1959, the year he won an Oscar for "The Big Country" Burl Ives |
#3878, aired 2001-06-13 | BIG OLD ISLANDS $1000: It's the largest island of the Nunavut Territory, as well as of its country Baffin Island (Canada) |
#3856, aired 2001-05-14 | BIG COUNTRY $100: In one of its official languages, this nation of 1 billion is known as Bharat India |
#3856, aired 2001-05-14 | BIG COUNTRY $200: The darkest area seen here, this Scandinavian nation is the fourth-largest country in Europe Sweden |
#3856, aired 2001-05-14 | BIG COUNTRY $300: Almost twice the size of the U.S., it's the largest member of the C.I.S. Russia |
#3856, aired 2001-05-14 | BIG COUNTRY $400: It borders every country on its continent but Ecuador & Chile Brazil |
#3856, aired 2001-05-14 | BIG COUNTRY $500: Principal mountain ranges in this large country include the Kunlun, the Tian Shan & the Trans-Himalaya China |
#3758, aired 2000-12-27 | IT'S A BIG WORLD $200: Spanning from Europe to the Pacific, it's the largest country in the world Russia |
#3738, aired 2000-11-29 | ROAM $400: You can enter the "Big Pit" & tour a real coal mine at Blaenavon in this U.K. country Wales |
#3654, aired 2000-06-22 | THE BIG "BANG" $500: 130 million souls live in this country whose flag is seen here: Bangladesh |
#3498, aired 1999-11-17 | THE BIG APPLE $1000: At 976,300,000 bushels, this Asian country led the world in apple production in 1998; the U.S. was 2nd at 271,100,000 China |
#3465, aired 1999-10-01 | LITTLE ROCK $400: This national frozen yogurt chain was founded in Little Rock & has a big tower there TCBY (The Country's Best Yogurt) |
#3321, aired 1999-02-01 | BIG RIVER $1,000 (Daily Double): As Germany has the Rhineland, you'd expect this country to have the "Po-Land" Italy |
#3313, aired 1999-01-20 | 1957 $300: Sworn in as Haiti's president in October, he became the abusive "father" of his country Francois "Papa Doc" Duvalier |
#3306, aired 1999-01-11 | STUPID ANSWERS $100: Group that had the 1983 hit "In A Big Country" Big Country |
#3281, aired 1998-12-07 | REALLY BIG MOUNTAINS $400: 1,644-foot-high Mirador Nacional, about 50 miles east of Montevideo, is this country's tallest peak Uruguay |
#3191, aired 1998-06-15 | MOVIE DEBUTS $200: This half-sister of country singer Wynonna first hit the big screen in the 1992 comedy "Kuffs" Ashley Judd |
#3175, aired 1998-05-22 | A LITTLE BITTY COUNTRY $1,000 (Daily Double): It was in the Ardennes region in the north of Luxembourg that the U.S. fought the big WWII "Battle of" this the Bulge |
#3040, aired 1997-11-14 | NAME THAT COUNTRY $1000: Sisal is grown there; its monetary unit is called a gourde; voodoo is really big there Haiti |
#2979, aired 1997-07-10 | THE JACKSONS $500: "Chattahoochee" & "Little Bitty" are 2 of the big hits by this country superstar Alan Jackson |
#2860, aired 1997-01-24 | THE WOMEN OF COUNTRY MUSIC $600: Her big sister Loretta Lynn wrote her 1st single, "I've Cried The Blue Right Out Of My Eyes" Crystal Gayle |
#2775, aired 1996-09-27 | THE 1995 GRAMMYS $300: Canadians won big; Alanis Morissette won Best Rock Album & she won Best Country Album Shania Twain |
#2687, aired 1996-04-16 | WORLD BUSINESS $500: Hoechst, Bayer & BASF are this country's big 3 chemical companies Germany |
#2656, aired 1996-03-04 | THE U.S. $1,500 (Daily Double): In area, this state follows only Alaska, Texas & California Montana |
#2266, aired 1994-06-13 | ISLANDS $200: In the Bering Sea Little Diomede belongs to the U.S. & Big Diomede belongs to this country Russia |
#2073, aired 1993-09-15 | TV THEME SONGS $500: He not only narrated "The Dukes of Hazzard", he wrote & sang the theme song as well Waylon Jennings |
#2066, aired 1993-09-06 | U.S.A. $400: Big Sky is a popular resort community in this state known as "Big Sky Country" Montana |
#2038, aired 1993-06-16 | COUNTRY MUSIC $100: This writer & performer of “Big Bad John” is now a sausage entrepreneur Jimmy Dean |
#1961, aired 1993-03-01 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $400: Bayer, BASF & Hoechst are the big 3 of this country's chemical industry Germany |
#1628, aired 1991-10-02 | COUNTRY MUSIC $300: "They're gonna put me in the movies, they're gonna make a big star out of me...all I have to do is" this act naturally |
#1591, aired 1991-07-01 | SINGERS & DANCERS $500: This "Forever and Ever, Amen" singer won the Best Male Country Vocalist Grammy for 1987 & 1988 Randy Travis |
#1578, aired 1991-06-12 | FLAGS $1000: This African country's flag was identical with Guinea's until they added a big black R Rwanda |
#1528, aired 1991-04-03 | GEOGRAPHY $400: This country whose capital is Monrovia collects big bucks from merchant ship registrations Liberia |
#1525, aired 1991-03-29 | COUNTRY MUSIC $500 (Daily Double): Roy Acuff, the 1st living member of the Country Music Hall of Fame, had a big hit with the following song: "Wabash Cannonball" |
#1511, aired 1991-03-11 | THE EASTERN HEMISPHERE $300: You can go deep inside a real coal mine if you visit the Big Pit at Blaenavon in this country Wales |
#1428, aired 1990-11-14 | EXPLORERS $400: Country in which Scottish explorer Sir Alexander MacKenzie left his name on a big river Canada |
#1383, aired 1990-09-12 | AFRICA $200: For a long time the world's richest diamond-producing mine was The Big Hole at Kimberley in this country South Africa |
#1369, aired 1990-07-12 | TRAVEL & TOURISM $400: For big game fishing, try the waters surrounding Bimini in this country S.E. of Florida the Bahamas |
#1341, aired 1990-06-04 | JOURNALISM $200: Mainichi Shimbun is one of the "big three" dailies of this country Japan |
#1158, aired 1989-09-20 | FLAGS $500: This small country uses the African tricolor of red, yellow & green with a big "R" in the middle Rwanda |
#1122, aired 1989-06-20 | WOMEN IN WESTERNS $400: This "Baby Doll" co-starred in "Cheyenne Autumn", "The Big Country" & "How the West was Won" (Carol) Baker |
#1081, aired 1989-04-24 | COUNTRY CROONERS $500: He avoided death when the Big Bopper took his seat on the plane with Buddy Holly & Ritchie Valens Waylon Jennings |
#1058, aired 1989-03-22 | THE MOVIES $1000: TV Guide called this 1986 Dennis Quaid film, "Law & Ardor in Cajun Country" The Big Easy |
#1020, aired 1989-01-27 | ISLANDS $1,800 (Daily Double): While Little Diomede belongs to the U.S., Big Diomede belongs to this country Soviet Union |
#905, aired 1988-07-08 | ACTORS & ROLES $500: His Oscar was not for his 1958 portrayal of Big Daddy, but for his role in 1958's "The Big Country" Burl Ives |
#790, aired 1988-01-29 | CLASSIC COUNTRY $100: To make it as "A big star in the movies", Buck Owens said he had to "act" this way naturally |
#630, aired 1987-05-08 | COUNTRY MUSIC $400: "To All The Girls I've Loved Before" was a big hit for the duo of Julio Iglesias & this star Willie Nelson |
#516, aired 1986-12-01 | GARY COOPER $300: As a real-life background for Westerns he made, he was born in this state's "Big Sky Country" Montana |
#489, aired 1986-10-23 | COUNTRY MUSIC $200: Born Seth Ward, he's famed for "Big John" & pork sausage Jimmy Dean |
#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 |
#325, aired 1985-12-06 | STUPID ANSWERS $400: This group's 1st big U.S. hit was "In A Big Country" Big Country |
#295, aired 1985-10-25 | FARAWAY PLACES $400: Sp. for "big feet", Patagonia is a region in S. South America belonging primarily to this country Argentina |
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Aisha Tyler, a comedienne, host and actress from Talk Soup, Friends, The 5th Wheel and Ghost Whisperer
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2009 Celebrity Jeopardy! winner: $50,000 split between the International Rescue Committee/Congo...
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Danny Devries, a junior from the University of Michigan
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2008 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 21 and from West Bloomfield, MI...
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Kweisi Mfume, a president from the NAACP
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2004 Power Players Week player (2004-05-11). Name pronounced like "kwah-EE-see oom-FOO-may"....
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Andrew Chung, a sophomore from Harvey Mudd College
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2008 College Championship 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $25,000. 20 and...
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Sandra Gore, a corporate researcher from Berkeley, California
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"After five wins in 1987, she fulfilled her dream of moving...
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Jane Curtin, an actress from Kate & Allie and 3rd Rock from the Sun
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"One of Saturday Night Live's original Not Ready for Primetime Players,...
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Marion Penning, a high school science and history teacher from Baltimore, Maryland
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"She teaches at a Maryland 'green' school that has a solar...
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Joey Beachum, a senior from Mississippi State University
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2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2008 College Championship winner: $100,000...
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Dmitry Spivak, a junior from Northwestern University
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"The 11-year-old wasn't really kidding when he said he wanted to...
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Sanders Kleinfeld, a publishing technology specialist from Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Season 25 1-time champion: $26,597 + $2,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Ben Bishop, a student originally from Seattle, Washington
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2009 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 25 4-time champion: $114,800...
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Stefan Goodreau, a video game tester and camp counselor from Los Angeles, California
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2010 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $50,000. Season...
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Christine Valada, a photographer and attorney originally from Walton, New York
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2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $68,703...
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Dave Belote, the base commander from Nellis Air Force Base, Las Vegas
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2010 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 26 5-time champion:...
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Carolyn Young, a homemaker from Marietta, Georgia
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Season 25 1-time champion: $30,000 + $2,000. Mother of Season 32...
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David Madden, a student originally from Ridgewood, New Jersey
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2019 All-Star Games member of winning Team Brad: a share of...
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Yevgeny Shrago, a research assistant originally from Rochester, New York
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Season 26 1-time champion: $24,600 + $2,000. Name pronounced like "yev-GHEN-ee...
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Chris Miller, a retail specialist from Louisville, Kentucky
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Elite Eighteen (Round 2 winners) and...
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David Weiss, a professor from Billings, Montana
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Season 25 player (2008-10-17).
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Jesse Cuevas, a corporate lawyer originally from Leawood, Kansas
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Season 27 3-time champion: $65,981 + $2,000. Brother of Season 30...
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Anthony Dedousis, a sophomore from Harvard University
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2009 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 19 and from Manhasset, New York...
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Lindsay Eanet, a senior from the University of Missouri
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2010-A College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. Hometown: Deerfield, Illinois. Last name pronounced...
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A.J. Schumacher, a radio show production intern from St. Paul, Minnesota
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Season 25 1-time champion: $10,800 + $2,000. AJ Schumacher Saint Paul,...
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Catie Fletcher, a municipal court clerk from Bozeman, Montana
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Season 28 player (2012-03-28).
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David Skaar, a research scientist from Raleigh, North Carolina
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Season 25 3-time champion: $102,000 + $2,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Craig Barker, an Advanced Placement history teacher from Livonia, Michigan
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"In 1997 he won the College Championship. Today he's an Advanced...
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Michael Arnone, a writer and editor from Alexandria, Virginia
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"He was the largest 1-day winner in the 2000-2001 season. Today...
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William Garrett, a 12-year-old from Greenfield, Indiana
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"Serving his country as an officer in the military is his...
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Elijah Granet, a 12-year-old from San Diego, California
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"Because he loves animals, biology, and helping others, he's thinking of...
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Steve Schirripa, an actor from The Sopranos
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"Once the entertainment director at the Riviera Hotel in Las Vegas,...
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