#9049, aired 2024-02-29 | NAME, IMAGE, LIKENESS $400: It's the big-legacy last name of Arch, who signed an NIL deal before throwing his first pass in college football Manning |
#8906, aired 2023-07-03 | RIOTS IN HISTORY $600: The 7th New York Infantry returned from this big battle to help deal with the July 1863 draft riots in New York City Gettysburg |
#8827, aired 2023-03-14 | SCRAMBLED U.S. HISTORY $800: Big deal in 1803:
A USUAL HIP SCENARIO the Louisiana Purchase |
#8745, aired 2022-11-18 | U.S. CITIES $1000: River surfing is a big deal in this second-largest Montana city that's also home to the University of Montana Missoula |
#8727, aired 2022-10-25 | REVOLTS $1600: Much of Rome's grain came from this large island 300 miles away, so it was a big deal when its slaves revolted in the Servile Wars Sicily |
#8566, aired 2022-01-31 | ON THE "M"AP $5,600 (Daily Double): Known for coffee before 1917, this Venezuelan port city struck oil & became a big deal Maracaibo |
#8476, aired 2021-09-27 | THEY'RE SORT OF A BIG DEAL $200: General & colonel are higher up in the army, but an informal title is this rank "of industry" captain |
#8476, aired 2021-09-27 | THEY'RE SORT OF A BIG DEAL $400: A Japanese word for "squad leader" gives us the alliterative term "head" this honcho |
#8476, aired 2021-09-27 | THEY'RE SORT OF A BIG DEAL $600: "The whole" this tortilla-&-sauce food item evolved into "the big" one for somebody in charge enchilada |
#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 |
#8476, aired 2021-09-27 | THEY'RE SORT OF A BIG DEAL $1000: When it means a ski slope feature, this word comes from German; spelled the same & referring to an executive, it comes from Urdu mogul |
#8377, aired 2021-04-13 | ANIMAL WORDS & PHRASES $800: To make a big deal out of something minor is to make a mountain out of this a molehill |
#8299, aired 2020-12-10 | GAME SHOWS $1600: On this show, Wayne Brady might give you a choice between cash & what's in the big box Let's Make a Deal |
#7869, aired 2018-11-22 | VWLLSS HWN $1000: Khn
(A big deal on or off the surfboard) kahuna |
#7752, aired 2018-05-01 | I'LL BE THE JUDGE OF THAT $2,000 (Daily Double): You actively impeded the investigation by giving the FBI false info! That's this 3-word crime & a very, very big deal obstruction of justice |
#7745, aired 2018-04-20 | I'M KIND OF A "BIG" DEAL $400: Equations seen on the big white dry erase board on this sitcom are checked for accuracy by a UCLA physicist The Big Bang Theory |
#7745, aired 2018-04-20 | I'M KIND OF A "BIG" DEAL $800: Christian Bale bailed on the subprime housing market in this 2015 film The Big Short |
#7745, aired 2018-04-20 | I'M KIND OF A "BIG" DEAL $1200: Contestants on this show vie for "Head of Household" & "Power of Veto" Big Brother |
#7745, aired 2018-04-20 | I'M KIND OF A "BIG" DEAL $1600: Groups of 10 or more musicians were popular in the 1930s, this musical era the Big Band era |
#7745, aired 2018-04-20 | I'M KIND OF A "BIG" DEAL $2000: Seen here, this Detroit rapper's album "I Decided" went platinum in 2017 Big Sean |
#7723, aired 2018-03-21 | NEWSPAPERS $800: This financial paper tore the lid off Teapot Dome with the 1922 headline "Sinclair Consolidated in Big Oil Deal with U.S." The Wall Street Journal |
#7698, aired 2018-02-14 | EDISON: THE LIGHT & THE DARK $200: In 1892 Edison's Light Company became this entity that is still a big deal today General Electric |
#7491, aired 2017-03-20 | BARE-KNUCKLE FIGHTING $400: With Marion stuck in the Nazi flying wing, this archaeologist character has to deal with a big, bald pugilist Indiana Jones |
#7373, aired 2016-10-05 | ALLITERATIVE TV ACTRESSES $400: She had to deal with a cancer diagnosis on the cable dramedy "The Big C" Laura Linney |
#6482, aired 2012-11-20 | THE WAR OF ...12 $400: In the War of the Holy League, a big deal in 1512, the man in this post assembled an alliance against France the pope |
#6445, aired 2012-09-28 | AFTRA $1000: In 1938 stars like Edgar Bergen supported a big deal with CBS & NBC; back then "AFTRA" was missing this letter T |
#6119, aired 2011-03-31 | BIG DEAL $600: In 1997 a $16.7 billion deal by Pacific Telesis & SBC was the first merger of these "infantile" companies the Baby Bells |
#6119, aired 2011-03-31 | BIG DEAL $800: In 1987 UAL, Inc. sold off Westin, Hertz & Hilton to focus on this main subsidiary United Airlines |
#6007, aired 2010-10-26 | I'M HENRY VIII, I AM $200: I had this many wives -- big deal, Liz Taylor's had more husbands 6 |
#5960, aired 2010-07-09 | LITERARY MONSTERS $600: In a Jules Verne work, the Nautilus has to deal with a big one of these, referred to as a devilfish a squid |
#5908, aired 2010-04-28 | NICE SAUSAGE! $2000: This sausage sounds like a big deal, & in France it's known as fromage de tete headcheese |
#5788, aired 2009-11-11 | HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL $600: In this state, high school football is a big deal & Longview vs, Marshall is one of the great rivalries Texas |
#5736, aired 2009-07-13 | THE WORLD OF M. SASEK $600 (Daily Double): Here's Saint Patrick's Cathedral in this European capital city where Saint Patrick is a big deal Dublin |
#5533, aired 2008-10-01 | KING OF THE IMPOSSIBLE $1200: In 2007 Bryan Berg built a free-standing house, 25' 9" high, using 93,600 of these; that's a big deal playing cards |
#4731, aired 2005-03-14 | "BIG" DEAL $200: It's the hairy humanoid aka Sasquatch Bigfoot |
#4731, aired 2005-03-14 | "BIG" DEAL $400: In this sweet mountain of song, hobos will find "a land that's fair and bright" "The Big Rock Candy Mountain" |
#4731, aired 2005-03-14 | "BIG" DEAL $600: A large wild sheep of North America a bighorn sheep |
#4731, aired 2005-03-14 | "BIG" DEAL $800: Technically, this digit is the hallux the big toe |
#4731, aired 2005-03-14 | "BIG" DEAL $1000: Nick goes fishing in this 2-part story from Hemingway's "In Our Time" "The Big Two-Hearted River" |
#4466, aired 2004-01-26 | FAMILIAR PHRASES $400: Make a big deal over something little & you "make a mountain out of" this a molehill |
#4057, aired 2002-04-02 | BEFORE & AFTER $2000: It's the "big deal" Shakespeare play in which Brooke Shields reveals what she wears under her jeans in a classic ad "Much Ado About Nothing Comes Between Me and My Calvins" |
#4030, aired 2002-02-22 | A CATEGORY ABOUT NOTHING $1000: Something that's no big deal is described in this phrase; we presume it also covers a boring e-mail to mom nothing to write home about |
#3676, aired 2000-09-04 | ANAGRAMMED TEXAS CITIES $100: A big deal since the 1840s:
ALL SAD Dallas |
#3236, aired 1998-10-05 | BIG RIVERS $800: In 1960 India & Pakistan signed a treaty to deal with control of the waters of this river Indus |
#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 |
#1454, aired 1990-12-20 | CHARACTERS IN MUSICALS $1000: Action, Gee-Tar, Big Deal, Diesel, Tiger, Riff, Tony West Side Story |
#559, aired 1987-01-29 | "BIG" $400: It only happened once on Madonna Street, but Monty Hall offered one daily Big Deal |
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Elza Reeves, a bank teller from Louisville, Kentucky
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2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $68,703...
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2011 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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Jennifer Duann, a senior from the Ohio State University
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Brian Weikle, a project manager from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
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Scott Gillispie, a project manager and expectant father from Atlanta, Georgia
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"While attending Georgia Tech, he won the 1991 College Championship. Now...
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2010 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $69,600...
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2006 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 22 4-time champion: $99,200 + $2,000.
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"In 1997 he won the College Championship. Today he's an Advanced...
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Mark Petterson, a senior from the University of Kansas
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2009 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 21 and from Prairie Village,...
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2006 Teen Tournament 1st runner-up: $25,000.
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