#9067, aired 2024-03-26 | PICK A CARD, ANY CARD $200: On "SNL" as Stefon, Bill Hader often broke into on-air laughter reading John Mulaney's late script changes written on these cue cards |
#9066, aired 2024-03-25 | IAMB A POET $400: Bill Shakespeare here! Prithee complete my line, "Shall I compare thee to" this? a summer's day |
#9065, aired 2024-03-22 | NONFICTION $800: Stephen Hawking gave us "A Brief History of Time" & this American-born writer gave us "A Short History of Nearly Everything" (Bill) Bryson |
#9064, aired 2024-03-21 | NOTABLE NAMES $400: On her passing in 2005, Bill Clinton said she "sparked a movement that broke the back of Jim Crow" Rosa Parks |
#9061, aired 2024-03-18 | BUSINESS PARTNERS $400: In 1964 Phil Knight & Bill Bowerman founded Blue Ribbon Sports; in the early 1970s, Swoosh! It became this company Nike |
#9061, aired 2024-03-18 | ANNUAL EVENTS $800: Each June Nebraskaland Days in North Platte features a golf classic & a rodeo named for this Wild West showman Buffalo Bill |
#9058, aired 2024-03-13 | REAL NAMES OF UNREAL PEOPLE $600: Robert Underdunk Terwilliger is the real name of this vengeful "Simpsons" character Sideshow Bob |
#9057, aired 2024-03-12 | PROSE & CONGRESS $400: In "Life on the Run" Bill Bradley talks about his pre-Senate life playing on this NBA team the New York Knicks |
#9049, aired 2024-02-29 | AN ONOMATOPOEIA ROMANCE $400: Ah, yes, my dearest, I can't wait to say words of love to you as we "bill &" do this, like pigeons coo |
#9047, aired 2024-02-27 | ANTONYMIC PAIRS $800: On the front of a dollar bill, it says it is legal tender for all debts owed in these 2 ways public & private |
#9041, aired 2024-02-19 | TV COACHES $600: Bill Fagerbakke had a nice 9-year run on "Coach" as Dauber, an assistant coach, but an even longer one voicing this cartoon starfish Patrick |
#9039, aired 2024-02-15 | JACKSON $200: Andrew Jackson appears on the bill of this denomination $20 |
#9034, aired 2024-02-08 | SUPER BOWL STARS $1000: (I'm Bill Cowher.) In 2006, I coached a spunky Steelers squad to a Super Bowl win, the first win for Pittsburgh since this legendary coach won 4 titles beginning in 1975 Chuck Noll |
#9031, aired 2024-02-05 | NOTHING BUT MAMMALS $400: It has webbed feet & a bill, lays eggs & is venomous--but yes, it's a mammal! a platypus |
#9031, aired 2024-02-05 | HISTORICAL AMERICAN CURRENCY $600: Between 1837 & 1840 this republic & future state issued a paper currency called star money for the small star on the bill's face Texas |
#9031, aired 2024-02-05 | HISTORICAL AMERICAN CURRENCY $1000: This Treasury Secretary under Lincoln put his own mug on the first $1 dollar bill, seven years before Washington appeared on one Salmon P. Chase |
#26, aired 2024-01-23 | COLLEGE-LEVEL HISTORY COURSES $300: Rice boasts that its "20th Century American Presidents" course covers the span of Theodore Roosevelt to this 42nd president (Bill) Clinton |
#9018, aired 2024-01-17 | INCONVENIENT WORDS $400: It's a time-stamped document that outlines a buyer's obligation to a seller--a bill, if you will an invoice |
#2, aired 2024-01-12 | MINING FOR "ORE" $400: Come one, come all to ye olde inn & enjoy our bill of fare & flagons of ale as in days of this yore |
#9014, aired 2024-01-11 | ON THE MOVIE BILL $200: Bill Murray, mis-hearing "gophers" in this pic: "If I kill... the golfers, they're gonna lock me up & throw away the key" Caddyshack |
#9014, aired 2024-01-11 | ON THE MOVIE BILL $400: In "While You Were Sleeping", Bill Pullman doubts--& should--that this actress is who she seems Sandra Bullock |
#9014, aired 2024-01-11 | ON THE MOVIE BILL $600: The late, great Bill Paxton was out of this world as astronaut Fred Haise in this 1995 real-life adventure Apollo 13 |
#9014, aired 2024-01-11 | ON THE MOVIE BILL $800: This "SNL" alum played Amy Schumer's love interest in "Trainwreck" Bill Hader |
#9014, aired 2024-01-11 | ON THE MOVIE BILL $1000: This Brit has been in "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel", "Shaun of the Dead" & a slew of other films Bill Nighy |
#9013, aired 2024-01-10 | U.S. MONEY $200: The $1 bill features one of these structures topped by an all-seeing eye a pyramid |
#9013, aired 2024-01-10 | U.S. MONEY $400: The Feds still issue bills of this denomination but in a much smaller quantity than the others $2 bill |
#24, aired 2024-01-09 | IT'S A DATE, AMIGO! $200: As señor Bill Murray can tell you, it's the English name for El Día de la Marmota Groundhog Day |
#9011, aired 2024-01-08 | PRESIDENTIAL DOGS $400: Bill Clinton had Buddy, this breed that shares a name with a place in Canada a Labrador |
#9005, aired 2023-12-29 | TV WRITERS $400: FYI, Bill Diamond & Korby Siamis were 2 of the talented writers behind this series with Candice Bergen as the title TV journalist Murphy Brown |
#9004, aired 2023-12-28 | HUNT & PECK $800: This fish with the significant species name Gladius doesn't impale its prey (how would it then eat them?); it uses its long bill as a club a swordfish |
#8999, aired 2023-12-21 | SAY, "BUSTER" $200: Harry Houdini was called one of these in 1930, half a century before Bill Murray a ghostbuster |
#8967, aired 2023-11-07 | DUDE-ER-ONOMY $1600: Whoa! In 1991 these 2 title dudes got a sequel & totally returned to take a "Bogus Journey" Bill & Ted |
#8962, aired 2023-10-31 | SEXY STUFF $600: In 1873 this U.S. president signed a bill banning anything obscene, lewd or lascivious from the mails (Ulysses S.) Grant |
#8959, aired 2023-10-26 | HALL OF FAMER BY POSITION $800: Bill Russell,
Bill Walton basketball centers |
#8956, aired 2023-10-23 | ALWAYS SAY NEVER $200: Created by Bill Watterson, this comic strip kid says of class bully Moe, "Never argue with a 6-year-old who shaves" Calvin |
#17, aired 2023-10-18 | REPETITIVE SONG TITLES $300: Say the name of Buffalo's NFL team three times, and you'll say the title of this Destiny's Child song "Bills, Bills, Bills" |
#8945, aired 2023-10-06 | THE VIRTUES $400: We assume that Bill Clinton was born with it; we know he was born in it hope |
#8943, aired 2023-10-04 | STATE OF THE ESTATE $200: Bill Gates' Xanadu 2.0 Washington |
#15, aired 2023-10-04 | ESTATE PLANNING $1500: Bill Gates launched the Giving Pledge in 2010 with this investing guru to inspire wealthy philanthropists in life & at death Warren Buffett |
#8936, aired 2023-09-25 | BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY OSCARS $600: Sofia Coppola found Oscar gold with this film starring Bill Murray & Scarlett Johansson Lost in Translation |
#8929, aired 2023-09-14 | LET'S SEE HOW YOU DO WITH AMERICAN FOOTBALL $800: He went 36-44 as head coach of the Browns; he's had a bit more success in New England Bill Belichick |
#8928, aired 2023-09-13 | I'M JUST A BILL, BILLY OR WILLIAM $200: He helped computerize his high school's scheduling system, went to Harvard in the '70s, dropped out & was a billionaire by 1987 Bill Gates |
#8928, aired 2023-09-13 | I'M JUST A BILL, BILLY OR WILLIAM $400: In 1887 he began running the San Francisco Examiner, which his dad acquired 7 years before Hearst |
#8928, aired 2023-09-13 | I'M JUST A BILL, BILLY OR WILLIAM $600: Billy Joel's time playing a lounge in L.A. led to this, Billy's first Top 40 hit; great tune, but "tonic & gin" still sounds weird "Piano Man" |
#8928, aired 2023-09-13 | I'M JUST A BILL, BILLY OR WILLIAM $800 (Daily Double): William Thomson is a fine name for a physicist, but after developing the absolute temp. scale, Lord this had a nice ring (Lord) Kelvin |
#8928, aired 2023-09-13 | I'M JUST A BILL, BILLY OR WILLIAM $1000: In May 2019, this mayor of New York threw his hat in the ring to run for president, but by September, the hat had been returned de Blasio |
#8927, aired 2023-09-12 | QUITE A FOX $1200: Early in her career this star of hits like "Independence Day" & "Kill Bill" was a dancer on "Soul Train" Vivica Fox |
#8925, aired 2023-07-28 | ON THE MONEY $400: He introduced a bill to limit the death penalty while a member of the Virginia legislature Thomas Jefferson |
#8919, aired 2023-07-20 | SENATORS $1600: Southern Democrat Richard Russell was one of the obstacles Lyndon Johnson overcame to sign this bill on July 2, 1964 the Civil Rights Act |
#8909, aired 2023-07-06 | "SHOW" $1000: 3-word name for Buffalo Bill's turn-of-the-century rootin'-tootin', sharpshootin' arena extravaganza the Wild West Show |
#8901, aired 2023-06-26 | NAMES OF THE 1990s $2000: Bill Romanowski went from the 49ers to the Eagles & Broncos; this Ill. politician went from power in the U.S. House to prison Dan Rostenkowski |
#8900, aired 2023-06-23 | I LEARNED IT ON SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK $400: "You mean even if the whole Congress says you should be a law, the president can still say no?"; "Yes, that's called" this; go Bill go! a veto |
#8898, aired 2023-06-21 | ALLITERATION $2000: Bill McCoy was one of these bringers of illegal hooch; his quality control is said to have made him the original "Real McCoy" a rum runner |
#8884, aired 2023-06-01 | TV $2000: Phil Hartman lent his dulcet tones to the role of WNYX' Bill McNeal on this 1990s sitcom NewsRadio |
#8884, aired 2023-06-01 | SECOND BOOK IN THE SERIES $2000: "Finders Keepers"--the first book was "Mr. Mercedes" Bill Hodges |
#20, aired 2023-05-24 | YOU KNOW IT'S NOT THE SAME AS IT WAS $400: Lovers of the game like Ken Burns & Bill "Spaceman" Lee have observed there's no this in baseball, but as of 2023 there is a clock |
#20, aired 2023-05-24 | MICHAEL J. FOX $600: (Michael J. Fox presents the clue.) An inspiration for my character in "The American President" was this advisor to Bill Clinton, a spin doctor in his own right; he also made a cameo on my show "Spin City" Stephanopoulos |
#20, aired 2023-05-24 | IT'S JUST US $1600: This late singer and songwriter gave us the classic songs of friendship "Lean On Me" & "Just the Two of Us" (Bill) Withers |
#18, aired 2023-05-23 | THE MOVIES $600: This Bill Murray "Ghostbusters" character has PhDs in parapsychology & psychology (Peter) Venkman |
#8876, aired 2023-05-22 | POP CULTURE 2003 $800: Ann Coulter & Chris Rock both appeared on the 2003 premiere episode of this current Bill Maher series Real Time with Bill Maher |
#14, aired 2023-05-17 | COMIC STRIPS $400: Bill Watterson received 2 Reuben Awards for best cartoonist for this beloved strip Calvin and Hobbes |
#14, aired 2023-05-17 | NOT-SO-PLAIN JANES $800: She claimed in her 1896 autobiography that she captured Jack McCall with a meat cleaver after he killed Wild Bill Hickok; not true Calamity Jane |
#8870, aired 2023-05-12 | TRIPLE RHYME TIME $400: An elevation lower than a mountain named after Uma Thurman's revenge film series a Kill Bill Hill |
#2, aired 2023-05-08 | POP CULTURE IN BLACK & WHITE $800: In the '60s Robert Culp & Bill Cosby pioneered interracial buddy espionage on this TV show I Spy |
#8864, aired 2023-05-04 | 21st CENTURY FILMS $2000: This Brit's 21st century film roles include Mr. Woodhouse in "Emma." & has-been rock star Billy Mack in "Love Actually" Bill Nighy |
#8863, aired 2023-05-03 | "D" TOUR $3,000 (Daily Double): In this Old West town, you can pay your respects to Wild Bill Hickok & Calamity Jane Deadwood |
#8859, aired 2023-04-27 | 4-LETTER BEFORE & AFTER $2000: This report, very important to boss Bill Lumbergh in "Office Space", is also a commercial broadcast for the audience's benefit TPSA |
#8855, aired 2023-04-21 | BASKETBALL GREATS $600: The winner of 11 NBA titles as a player, & the first Black coach in the NBA, this legend passed away in 2022 (Bill) Russell |
#8854, aired 2023-04-20 | MY PREROGATIVE $800: The rights to confidentiality & to make decisions are part of this person's Bill of Rights under Obamacare a patient |
#8851, aired 2023-04-17 | ENDS IN SILENT "E" $800: This other name for the jack in a deck of cards fits the bill a knave |
#8851, aired 2023-04-17 | NON-BOMB ROM COMS $1000: In a supporting role in "Tootsie", this comic legend correctly observed, "That is one nutty hospital" Bill Murray |
#8846, aired 2023-04-10 | MOOSE-ELLANEOUS $800: In addition to Dudley Do-Right & George of the Jungle, Bill Scott voiced this moose, middle initial J. Bullwinkle |
#8841, aired 2023-04-03 | NATIONAL HEROES $3,000 (Daily Double): A hero of this island nation where he was born, Marcus Garvey has been proposed to appear on its $100 bill Jamaica |
#8836, aired 2023-03-27 | FANTASY SPORTS $800: The only rule in the game of Calvinball, seen in a comic strip by him, is that it can't be played the same way twice (Bill) Watterson |
#8822, aired 2023-03-07 | AMERICAN COMPOSERS $600: A leader & producer of the Wu-Tang Clan, he composed music for "Kill Bill" & we can't help hoping he'll work on a song with SZA RZA |
#8815, aired 2023-02-24 | GET READY FOR THE "G-R-E"s $600: This symbol of the U.S. has an eagle on the front & an unfinished pyramid on the reverse the Great Seal |
#8815, aired 2023-02-24 | SHORT, TINY & SMALL $1200: The sword-billed species of this tiny bird has the longest bill in relation to its body size of any bird in the world a hummingbird |
#8812, aired 2023-02-21 | HOME COMING $400: Xanadu was the name of a palatial estate in "Citizen Kane"; the estate owned by this Microsoft billionaire has been dubbed Xanadu 2.0 Bill Gates |
#8804, aired 2023-02-09 | YOU'RE ON THE WORLD MONEY $1200: Serbia put this inventor on its 100 dinar bill Tesla |
#8802, aired 2023-02-07 | WHOA, "O"! $1000: Sounding like an all-carrying mode of transport, it describes a legislative bill with a whole bunch of provisions omnibus |
#8801, aired 2023-02-06 | U.S. MUSEUMS $200: You'll find replicas of the Oval Office & the White House Cabinet Room at his center in Little Rock Bill Clinton |
#13, aired 2023-02-02 | EASY MONEY $100: Since the early 20th century, Abraham Lincoln has been on the front of these 2 pieces of U.S. currency, one a coin & one, paper the penny & the $5 bill |
#8794, aired 2023-01-26 | 20th CENTURY AMERICA $400: In 1926 this magician spoke to Congress supporting a bill criminalizing fortune telling & mediums Harry Houdini |
#8785, aired 2023-01-13 | A LINEAR CATEGORY $1600: With this kind of authority, a chief executive can nullify parts of legislation without rejecting a whole bill a line-item veto |
#8784, aired 2023-01-12 | YOU'RE MY INSPIRATION $600: The Altair 8800 & its creator, Dr. Ed Roberts, inspired these two teenage pals from Seattle who became famous Bill Gates & Paul Allen |
#8783, aired 2023-01-11 | WHAT IN THE WHIRLED... $600: Helen Hunt & Bill Paxton are hardly fazed by flying cows in this 1996 film Twister |
#8781, aired 2023-01-09 | DELEGATES $200: This delegate to the Constitutional Convention in 1787 voted against a Bill of Rights, but later drafted the one we know Madison |
#8781, aired 2023-01-09 | BUILDINGS & BRIDGES $1600: In 2018 New York's governor signed a bill adding a second "Z" to the name of this bridge, rectifying an earlier misspelling the Verrazzano(-Narrows) |
#8778, aired 2023-01-04 | THE ACTORS IN THAT MOVIE $400: 1993: Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell & a cameo by Scooter as the creature mentioned in the title Groundhog Day |
#8774, aired 2022-12-29 | SHEER MISERY $600: 2 of its 3 letters are vowels, it's a state of misery, & feel free to Bill & Ted up your response woe |
#8769, aired 2022-12-22 | CLIMATE $2000: One climate provision in 2022's big Democratic bill provides money to protect these "O.G." forests old growth |
#8760, aired 2022-12-09 | TV FINAL EPISODES $800: "It really seemed like Pied Piper was going to work", said Bill Gates in a cameo as this series wrapped Silicon Valley |
#8751, aired 2022-11-28 | FOOT, THE BILL $200: An average cost at nail salons for this procedure involving only your piggies runs around $35 a pedicure |
#8751, aired 2022-11-28 | FOOT, THE BILL $400: Bumps on your feet known as "bone" these can be treated by a visit to a foot specialist; costs vary spurs |
#8751, aired 2022-11-28 | FOOT, THE BILL $600: A Calif. ex-con may have to pay for an ankle monitor to track him, using this technology first developed for the U.S. military GPS |
#8751, aired 2022-11-28 | FOOT, THE BILL $800: Christian Louboutin sells Lady Page nail polish for $50 a bottle; Vernis from this other Christian runs $30 (Christian) Dior |
#8751, aired 2022-11-28 | FOOT, THE BILL $1000: A hundred bucks should get a quality session of this -ology, a variation on acupressure in which the soles are stimulated reflexology |
#8749, aired 2022-11-24 | CHARACTER ACTORS $200: Bill Camp played the janitor who teaches a girl to play chess, on this streaming show The Queen's Gambit |
#8747, aired 2022-11-22 | WHO LIVES IN... $600: The Medina suburb of this city? Jeff Bezos & Bill Gates, who can also afford second homes Seattle |
#8, aired 2022-11-13 | SEE WHAT I DID THERE? $400: I'm lead architect James Polshek & I kept a bridge motif in mind designing this man's presidential library in Little Rock Bill Clinton |
#8, aired 2022-11-13 | DRIVING IN L.A. $800: This person who takes your keys may be a future star; Bill Paxton did that job at the Beverly Hills Hotel a valet |
#8736, aired 2022-11-07 | VALLEYS $600: The $20 view, which was on that Canadian bill in the '70s, shows the Valley of the Ten Peaks in this westernmost Prairie province Alberta |
#7, aired 2022-11-06 | POLITICS $900: This delaying tactic that once required a speech of several hours means a simple majority is not enough to pass a Senate bill filibustering |
#8731, aired 2022-10-31 | CONDUCTING THE HISTORIC JOB INTERVIEW $400: You scouted for Custer in 1867... became sheriff of Hays City, Kansas 2 years later... What brings you to Deadwood? Wild Bill Hickok |
#8731, aired 2022-10-31 | YOU'RE THE BEST AROUND $400: Movie in which Bill Murray says, "I send my kids here because the fact is you go to one of the best schools in the country" Rushmore |
#6, aired 2022-10-30 | THE U.S. CONSTITUTION $400: The first 10 amendments are known as this; 12 were proposed, but 2 were rejected the Bill of Rights |
#8721, aired 2022-10-17 | ACTORS GET THEIR ROLES MIXED UP $1600: Formerly an assassin & the boss of the Crazy 88, I've also branched out to practice law in Boston Lucy Liu |
#8716, aired 2022-10-10 | REMEMBERING PAST LIVES $400: Frontier diarist John Hunton wrote that this Wild Bill Hickok friend was "among the commonest of her class" Calamity Jane |
#8716, aired 2022-10-10 | PLACES IN MOVIE TITLES $1600: Leonardo DiCaprio wants to carve out some revenge against Bill the Butcher in this drama Gangs of New York |
#2, aired 2022-10-02 | THIS INFORMATION $300: Bill Gates said he & Paul Allen picked this name "even before we had a company" Microsoft |
#2, aired 2022-10-02 | CELEBRITY CAMEOS $1200: Bill Murray dresses up like the undead to "blend in" in this 2009 film; Woody Harrelson admits that he's a big fan Zombieland |
#8707, aired 2022-09-27 | CASH $400: Topped by the figure of a woman, this structure that was at one time looted & burned appears on the back of the $50 bill U.S. Capitol |
#8707, aired 2022-09-27 | CASH $1000: The $10 bill was issued in 1914 with this president on the front; today, he's on a larger bill & some don't want him there Andrew Jackson |
#8702, aired 2022-09-20 | ENTERTAIN "YOU" $600: In "Groundhog Day" Bill Murray wakes up precisely at 6:00 every morning to this Sonny & Cher song "I Got You Babe" |
#8699, aired 2022-09-15 | CLEANUP $800: As of 2020 the bill for the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill was around $70 billion, most of it paid by this company BP |
#8699, aired 2022-09-15 | PARTY! $1000: Cool party, man... Ray Charles was on the bill in 1980 for this north-of-the-border city's first jazz festival Montreal |
#8698, aired 2022-09-14 | DOG NAMES $800: President Garfield gave his dog this 4-letter name to honor what Rutherford B. Hayes had done to a bill Veto |
#8697, aired 2022-09-13 | ALPHABETICALLY NEXT $600: As president:
Carter,
Cleveland... Bill Clinton |
#8697, aired 2022-09-13 | SYNONYMS $800: Note & beak are both 4-letter synonyms for this 4-letter word bill |
#8697, aired 2022-09-13 | NFL OPENING WEEKEND $800: (Peter Schrager of the NFL Network presents the clue.) Those clichés about how "it's just one game" are true; in 1981, this team, led by Joe Montana & Bill Walsh, lost its first game to the Lions but ended up winning it all the 49ers |
#8695, aired 2022-07-29 | GOVERNORS $400: In 2022 this Florida governor signed a bill ending Disney World's special district status DeSantis |
#8693, aired 2022-07-27 | THE ANIMAL KINGDOM $2000: Sea parrot is another name for this Atlantic seabird with black-&-white plumage & a triangular bill a puffin |
#8692, aired 2022-07-26 | SIRIUS-LY DEDICATED $600: You don't need a miracle to listen to Jerry, Bob, Phil, Bill & Mickey of this jam band... you can just dial up their channel, man the Grateful Dead |
#8689, aired 2022-07-21 | THE OLD WEST $400: Wild Bill Hickok stopped a man from beating this other famous Bill who was 11 at the time & the two became lifelong friends Buffalo Bill (Cody) |
#8686, aired 2022-07-18 | GOOD HISTORY $400: This group of 10 guarantees (out of the 12 sent to the states) was ratified in December 1791 a Bill of Rights |
#8683, aired 2022-07-13 | MAKING MONEY $200: The Bureau of Engraving & Printing says it has no plans to redesign the $1 bill because it's so infrequently this counterfeited |
#8683, aired 2022-07-13 | MAKING MONEY $400: In 1976 the back of this bill was changed from Monticello to the signing of the Declaration of Independence the $2 bill |
#8683, aired 2022-07-13 | MAKING MONEY $1000: The current $100 bill features this U.S. symbol, which changes from copper to green when the note is tilted the Liberty Bell |
#8680, aired 2022-07-08 | BABY, DON'T HURT ME $1600: I dropped out of this university, but so did Bill Gates & Mark Zuckerberg; what exactly are you trying to say, baby? Harvard |
#8678, aired 2022-07-06 | THE STATE OF DENIAL $600: A bill that passes the U.S. Senate with at least 67 votes is said to be this type of denial-proof veto |
#8673, aired 2022-06-29 | LET'S GO BACK IN TIME MACHINE MOVIES $800: Superman used a phone booth to change clothes; these 2 title guys, to totally go back in time to ace a history report Bill & Ted |
#8668, aired 2022-06-22 | THE SENATOR'S FIRST NAME $200: When it comes to Louisiana's Cassidy, he's just a this, & he's sitting here on Capitol Hill Bill |
#8663, aired 2022-06-15 | THE BRADY BUNCH $1000: When the 1993 bill named for him became law, it instituted background checks for gun purchases (James) Jim Brady |
#8662, aired 2022-06-14 | WELL, IT'S 5 FOR THE MONEY $400: Ben Franklin was in profile, not facing forward, on the 1st Federal Reserve note for this amount of money when it was issued in 1914 the $100 bill |
#8653, aired 2022-06-01 | WHAT A TOOL $1200: Locksmith Bill Deforrest invented innovative these, like a hybrid of the diamond & hook types lockpicks |
#8652, aired 2022-05-31 | SNL CAST MEMBERS ON FILM $1200: In "Meatballs" Bill Murray |
#8640, aired 2022-05-13 | TV: WHO PLAYED 'EM? $1200: Stefon on "SNL" &
Barry Berkman Bill Hader |
#8635, aired 2022-05-06 | NEW TO THE OED $200: This alliterative term for hastily skipping out on a restaurant bill dine and dash |
#8632, aired 2022-05-03 | THE ACTOR REALLY SAVES THE DAY! $200: Mission: Possible! He not only rescued a family from a burning sailboat but got a hit-&-run victim to a hospital & paid her $7K bill Tom Cruise |
#8616, aired 2022-04-11 | DOUBLE PRESIDENTIAL NAMERS $2000: 42 & 5:
This pioneer of bluegrass music Bill Monroe |
#8610, aired 2022-04-01 | ACTING PRESIDENTS $1600: On FX in 2021 you could see Annaleigh Ashford as Paula Jones opposite Clive Owen as him Bill Clinton |
#8601, aired 2022-03-21 | FILMS OF THE 1990s $200: Dorothy is a device that studies tornadoes in this film starring Helen Hunt & Bill Paxton Twister |
#8599, aired 2022-03-17 | MOVIE & TV ROLE IN COMMON $1200: Howard Keel in the 1953 film "Calamity Jane"; Keith Carradine in "Deadwood" Wild Bill Hickok |
#8594, aired 2022-03-10 | GUYS WHO WEAR GLASSES $1200: He served as U.S. Attorney General twice in the early '90s & again two and a half decades later (Bill) Barr |
#8591, aired 2022-03-07 | SINGLE-NAMED CELEBRITIES $1600: He was a favorite of Jackie Kennedy & Bill Blass called him "the quintessential American designer" Halston |
#17, aired 2022-02-22 | A CAREER IN TECH $400: (Sundar Pichai delivers the clue.) This type of degree produces leaders who have grit & adaptability & can analyze systems, like Bill Hewlett (electrical, Stanford) & me (metallurgical & materials, IIT Kharagpur) engineering |
#10, aired 2022-02-15 | OUR GOVERNMENT $600: When a president fails to sign a bill after Congress has adjourned, it's deemed this type of veto pocket |
#8575, aired 2022-02-11 | AMERICAN FOLKLORE $1000: Were you raised by coyotes?! Well, this cowboy was, after being lost by his parents near a certain Texas river Pecos Bill |
#8, aired 2022-02-11 | IN THEIR EXPERT OPINION $1200: In 2004 Bill Gates said, "Two years from now" this "will be solved"--he had a solution involving proof of emailers' identities spam |
#8574, aired 2022-02-10 | SINGING ABOUT THE WEATHER $2000: Bill Withers passed away in 2020 & as he sang, "Ain't No" this when he's gone Sunshine |
#6, aired 2022-02-10 | COMEDIANS' ROLES $1600: "B" is for this frank comedian who plays Frank Murphy on the animated hit "F Is for Family" Bill Burr |
#2, aired 2022-02-08 | THE MOVIE'S CAST $600: 1984:
Bill Murray,
Dan Aykroyd,
Sigourney Weaver Ghostbusters |
#8571, aired 2022-02-07 | THE WORD SERIES $600: This word follows "legal" on the obverse of a dollar bill tender |
#8570, aired 2022-02-04 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $2,000 (Daily Double): Bill O'Reilly subtitled this 2012 alliterative bestseller "The End of Camelot" Killing Kennedy |
#8566, aired 2022-01-31 | SURNAMES $1600: Bill Clinton took his stepfather's last name, but his name at birth was William Jefferson this (the III) Blythe |
#8563, aired 2022-01-26 | CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP HEROES $200: (Bill Cowher presents the clue.) After winning a record 9 AFC titles, in 2021, this ageless marvel threw for three touchdowns to win his first NFC championship, leading Tampa Bay into the Super Bowl Tom Brady |
#8552, aired 2022-01-11 | MOVIES BY ANTAGONIST $2000: 1999:
Creepy boss at Initech
Bill Lumbergh Office Space |
#8547, aired 2022-01-04 | FAMOUS AMERICANS ON STAGE $800: In 1885 he was allowed to leave the Standing Rock Lakota Reservation to join Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show Sitting Bull |
#8545, aired 2021-12-31 | THE TOAST OF... $400: The toast of Sydney was spread with this in the '90s by restaurateur Bill Granger & the dish became trendy in America avocado |
#8545, aired 2021-12-31 | POETRY IN MOTION PICTURES $800: In "Groundhog Day" this actress recites some Walter Scott about "The wretch, concentred all in self" to Bill Murray (Andie) MacDowell |
#8544, aired 2021-12-30 | FACTS & FIGURES $200: The original 1789 version of this document on display at the National Archives proposes 12 amendments, not 10 the Bill of Rights |
#8540, aired 2021-12-24 | SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN $1600: In 2000, Bill Clinton joined entrepreneur Craig Venter & government scientist Francis Collins to announce success in this, HGP for short the Human Genome Project |
#8539, aired 2021-12-23 | FIRST AMONG SEQUELS $400: "Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey" was the sequel to this outstanding movie Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure |
#8538, aired 2021-12-22 | THE HOST OF CHRISTMAS PAST $1000: In "A Very Murray Christmas", Bill re-teamed with David Johansen, a co-star as the Ghost of Christmas Past in this 1988 comedy Scrooged |
#8527, aired 2021-12-07 | BEFORE HE WAS PRESIDENT $400: He was a Rhodes Scholar Bill Clinton |
#8517, aired 2021-11-23 | BUSINESS HISTORY $4,000 (Daily Double): This pair's first computer venture, Traf-O-Data for the Washington Roads Department, helped them launch a bigger company soon after Bill Gates & Paul Allen |
#8510, aired 2021-11-12 | GOOD DEEDS $1000: Your donations let this children's research hospital in Tennessee promise "No family receives a bill from" it St. Jude |
#8510, aired 2021-11-12 | MOVIES BY OSCAR-WINNING SONGS $1200: 1987: "(I've Had) The Time Of My Life", sung by Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes Dirty Dancing |
#8504, aired 2021-11-04 | ZOMBIETHON $800: In "Zombieland" he starred as himself & when asked if he had any regrets, said, "'Garfield,' maybe" Bill Murray |
#8500, aired 2021-10-29 | THE VILLAIN OF THE PIECE $1200: Nobody cries when this big bad Bill comes to a bad end in "Oliver Twist" Sikes |
#8497, aired 2021-10-26 | CAR PARTS APART FROM CARS $600: Isiah Thomas & Bill Laimbeer were "Bad Boys" for this team the (Detroit) Pistons |
#8492, aired 2021-10-19 | NEW YORK CITY $800: Keens Steakhouse displays thousands of clay pipes used by patrons like Buffalo Bill, Babe Ruth & this Rough Rider & N.Y. native Teddy Roosevelt |
#8483, aired 2021-10-06 | 1800s U.S. HISTORY $400: The first of this man's Wild West shows opened in May 1883 in Omaha Buffalo Bill |
#8483, aired 2021-10-06 | 1800s U.S. HISTORY $800: Duties on imported goods upon entry, they were a big issue all century; an 1890 bill jacked them up tariff |
#8478, aired 2021-09-29 | BUSINESS $1000: The 2017 tax bill changed things for these businesses so-named because their revenue goes right to the tax returns of owners pass-through |
#8477, aired 2021-09-28 | ENTERTAINMENT & THE NMAAHC $1000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from the National Museum of African American History and Culture.) The 1943 film, "Stormy Weather", featured some of the greatest Black entertainers of the day, including Bill Robinson, Dooley Wilson, & of course, this beloved actress & singer, then in her 20s, who wore this green velvet dress & sang the title song (Lena) Horne |
#8476, aired 2021-09-27 | SO YOU JUST BOWLED A STRIKE $600: Nothing wrong with the chest-shimmying victory walk of Bill Murray as bowler Ernie McCracken in this movie Kingpin |
#8473, aired 2021-09-22 | NEW YORK: NEWS CLUES $200: (Hi, I'm Bill Ritter.) You know, it's always hard to find parking around Manhattan, but on January 15, 2009, Captain "Sully" Sullenberger saved 155 lives with an emergency landing of US Airways Flight 1549 in this river on the West Side Hudson |
#8469, aired 2021-09-16 | SCIENCE & MEDICINE $1200: The bill of the kingfisher was the inspiration for the front of these Japanese high-speed trains bullet |
#8467, aired 2021-09-14 | RECENT FICTION $800: "The President's Daughter" is the second political thriller from Bill Clinton & this bestselling author (James) Patterson |
#8467, aired 2021-09-14 | THE WILD WEST $1000: On Oct. 5 1892, Bob, Grat & Emmett, this gang of brothers who ran with Bill Doolin, tried to rob 2 Kansas banks; only Emmett lived Dalton Gang |
#8465, aired 2021-08-13 | THE LATE, GREAT CHADWICK BOSEMAN $200: As a student, Chadwick got into a theater program at Oxford but couldn't afford it; this man played "Equalizer" & footed the bill (Denzel) Washington |
#8454, aired 2021-07-29 | THE STATE'S RICHEST PERSON $400: Washington:
Sorry, Bill Gates, it's this guy Jeff Bezos |
#8454, aired 2021-07-29 | THE STATE'S RICHEST PERSON $2000: Tennessee:
Thomas of this family, brother to former Senate majority leader Bill Frist |
#8449, aired 2021-07-22 | MLB MASCOTS $800: Billy, who measures 44 inches from the tip of his bill to the tip of his back fin Marlins |
#8447, aired 2021-07-20 | AMERICAN NICKNAMES $400: Arkansas columnist Paul Greenberg first used the nickname "Slick Willie" for this man in 1980 Bill Clinton |
#8447, aired 2021-07-20 | 1876 $800: On August 2 Wild Bill Hickok played his last hand in this town in the Dakota Territory Deadwood |
#8443, aired 2021-07-14 | EPONYMOUS LEGISLATION $400: Named for Reagan's press secretary & adopted in 1993, the Brady bill imposed a waiting period before purchasing these guns |
#8441, aired 2021-07-12 | LOGOMANIA $400: Bill Golden, the creator of this TV network's logo, was inspired by hex signs on shaker barns that looked to him like eyes CBS |
#8441, aired 2021-07-12 | "S" IS FOR SUMMER $600: The bill making this California's state sport mentions the breaks at Malibu & Trestles surfing |
#8438, aired 2021-07-07 | WINNING PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN SLOGANS $400: "Building a Bridge to the 21st Century" Bill Clinton |
#8437, aired 2021-07-06 | CHECKING IN TO THE MOVIES $400: In "Lost in Translation" , Bill Murray meets Scarlett Johansson high above this city in the Park Hyatt Hotel Tokyo |
#8436, aired 2021-07-05 | THEY DON'T LIVE ON SESAME STREET $800: Big birds of the world include the 6-foot, 30-pound Dalmatian variety of this avian with a large bill & an elastic throat pouch a pelican |
#8436, aired 2021-07-05 | ANIMALS $800: Sure, this Aussie mammal lays eggs like a bird, has a bill like a bird & dives under-water for 40 seconds, but flying? Nope! a platypus |
#8432, aired 2021-06-29 | FORE! NO, 5 GOLF MOVIES $800: In "Caddyshack", he says, "Cinderella story, outta nowhere. A former greenskeeper... about to become the Masters champion" Bill Murray |
#8427, aired 2021-06-22 | BOROUGH WATCH $600: Steve Buscemi & Bill Burr are firefighters:
"The King of
____ ____" Staten Island |
#8422, aired 2021-06-15 | NAUTICAL WORDS & PHRASES $200: A ship getting a "clean bill of" this on leaving a port meant it was deemed free of infectious diseases health |
#8409, aired 2021-05-27 | LAW SLAW $1200: Res judicata, "a thing already judged", is the civil law version of this 2-word action banned by the Bill of Rights double jeopardy |
#8404, aired 2021-05-20 | THE CONSTITUTION $400: The Constitution omits this 4-letter word, instead politely saying the president "shall return" a bill "with his objections" veto |
#8403, aired 2021-05-19 | LITERARY ANTAGONISTS $1200: Seen here is one of the classic meanies in all of lit, this villain of a Dickens novel Bill Sikes |
#8402, aired 2021-05-18 | I WAS HIS VICE PRESIDENT $400: Al Gore Bill Clinton |
#8400, aired 2021-05-14 | POP CULTURE $1000: In 2012 the late Tupac Shakur performed via hologram at this California music festival Coachella |
#8400, aired 2021-05-14 | MASHED-UP MOVIE ROLES $1200: Malcolm Biko Denzel Washington |
#8400, aired 2021-05-14 | CREATURE FROM $2000: Not all that hideous, this lizard is named for an Arizona river basin a Gila monster |
#8399, aired 2021-05-13 | 2-LETTER FIRST NAMERS $1600: Seen here, he asked tough questions on "60 Minutes" Ed Bradley |
#8398, aired 2021-05-12 | 'CAUSE WE SPELL GOOD $400: These 2 letters are between M & F in a word from the French for the use of disguise in the military O & U |
#8398, aired 2021-05-12 | 'CAUSE WE SPELL GOOD $800: It's the number of vowels in the instrument seen here five |
#8397, aired 2021-05-11 | ALMOST PARADISE $1200: To do this process, heat milk to 161 degrees, hold it there for 15 seconds & then rapidly cool pasteurize |
#8396, aired 2021-05-10 | TIME $200: March 30, 1918 was the first day America's newspapers included a reminder to do this tonight set your clock ahead |
#8396, aired 2021-05-10 | LATIN OVERLAPPIN' $800: "I think, therefore I am" on Indonesia's second-largest island by area cogito, ergo Sumatra |
#8394, aired 2021-05-06 | THE ROLE IN COMMON $800: Angelina Jolie,
Alicia Vikander Lara Croft |
#8392, aired 2021-05-04 | BRITS IN BOATS $800: The boat in which he & companions made an epic 800-mile Antarctic journey in 1916 is now at his alma mater, Dulwich College Shackleton |
#8392, aired 2021-05-04 | READING MATERIAL $3,800 (Daily Double): Combine 2 words in the New York Times' slogan & get the name of this light, pulpy paper it comes on newsprint |
#8391, aired 2021-05-03 | ALLITERATIVE AUTHORS $400: "The Last Olympian" is the last of the 5 books in his original Percy Jackson series Rick Riordan |
#8390, aired 2021-04-30 | AFRICAN AMERICAN MEMOIRS $800: "Vernon Can Read!", the title of a memoir by this civil rights activist & advisor to Bill Clinton, was a quote from an old boss Vernon Jordan |
#8390, aired 2021-04-30 | TIME TRAVELIN' MOVIES $1000: It was far from bogus when these 2 title guys--& their old pal, Death!--returned to "Face the Music" in 2020 Bill & Ted |
#8385, aired 2021-04-23 | SON $400: Mary Maxwell Gates, mother of Bill, helped convince this computer company to hire Microsoft to create a new operating system IBM |
#8379, aired 2021-04-15 | THE PRESIDENT'S AIRPORT $200: The National Airport in Little Rock is named for both this man & this woman Hillary Clinton & Bill Clinton |
#8379, aired 2021-04-15 | MONEY SLANG $2000: Slang for a 10-dollar bill, it's also an alternate name for a frame on which to cut wood a sawbuck |
#8376, aired 2021-04-12 | BILL OF WRITES $400: A sonnet of his ends, "So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, so long lives this, and this gives life to thee" Shakespeare |
#8376, aired 2021-04-12 | BILL OF WRITES $800: This Bill-ionaire's books include "Business @ the Speed of Thought" & "The Road Ahead" Bill Gates |
#8376, aired 2021-04-12 | BILL OF WRITES $1200: Makepeace is the middle name of this Brit whose novels include "The Virginians" (William Makepeace) Thackeray |
#8376, aired 2021-04-12 | BILL OF WRITES $1600: This founder of National Review went from writing books like "Up From Liberalism" to writing spy novels (William F.) Buckley |
#8376, aired 2021-04-12 | BILL OF WRITES $2000: Known for art as well as poetry, this Londoner was apprenticed to the engraver James Basire for 50 guineas William Blake |
#8374, aired 2021-04-08 | TOP OF THE BILL $200: "Saving Private Ryan", 1998: this actor, not Private Ryan Tom Hanks |
#8374, aired 2021-04-08 | TOP OF THE BILL $400: "The Godfather Part II", 1974: this actor who could have been nicknamed Fredo himself Alfredo James Pacino |
#8374, aired 2021-04-08 | TOP OF THE BILL $600: "Some Like It Hot", 1959: her Marilyn Monroe |
#8374, aired 2021-04-08 | TOP OF THE BILL $800: "The Princess Bride", 1987: this leading man whose name was not Inigo Montoya Cary Elwes |
#8374, aired 2021-04-08 | TOP OF THE BILL $1000: "Enter the Dragon", 1973: this martial arts legend Bruce Lee |
#8373, aired 2021-04-07 | STARTS & ENDS WITH "L" $1200: Politicians figuratively do this when they trade favors to get support for a bill logroll |
#8366, aired 2021-03-29 | FIVE SUMMONER'S TALES $1200: These people are always getting summoned; in 2019 it was Terry Branstad, by the Chinese govt. over a U.S. Hong Kong rights bill an ambassador |
#8360, aired 2021-03-19 | AN HONORARY KNIGHT TO REMEMBER $800: In 2005, the KBE, Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire, was conferred on this billionaire Bill Gates |
#8354, aired 2021-03-11 | VETO $400: The president has this many days to sign a bill--if it runs out when Congress is adjourned, it's called a pocket veto 10 days |
#8354, aired 2021-03-11 | VETO $1200: In 1708 this queen, the last Stuart monarch, vetoed the Scottish militia bill; no bill has been vetoed by a king or queen since Anne |
#8350, aired 2021-03-05 | THAT'S SO 2019 $800: A January bill ended a 35-day U.S. federal government shutdown without funding for this, over which the shutdown began the border wall |
#8347, aired 2021-03-02 | PRESIDENTIAL BIRTHPLACES $400: Hope Bill Clinton |
#8339, aired 2021-02-18 | I HEAR VOICES $400: Bill Hader was the voice of Mr. Peanut for this food brand Planters |
#8336, aired 2021-02-15 | ALTERNATE ANTHEMS $4,500 (Daily Double): Music critic Jody Rosen has suggested this Bill Withers hit about taking care of each other "Lean On Me" |
#8335, aired 2021-02-12 | SYMBOLS $800: The pyramid on the reverse of the $1 bill represents endurance & the eye at the top is the eye of this, also a state capital the Eye of Providence |
#8323, aired 2021-01-27 | WORD ORIGINS $600: As Bill & Ted probably wouldn't know, one story says this 5-letter word originally described a device to create counterfeit coins bogus |
#8315, aired 2021-01-15 | ENTERTAINING BROTHERS $1200: Last name of actors Gustaf, Bill & Alexander, sons of another well-known actor Skarsgård |
#8315, aired 2021-01-15 | ENTERTAINING BROTHERS $1600: Singers Bill Medley & Bobby Hatfield called their duo this after the reaction they got from African-American audiences The Righteous Brothers |
#8315, aired 2021-01-15 | BYGONE ABBREV. $2000: "Wild Bill" Donovan headed this 1940s U.S. intelligence service the OSS |
#8312, aired 2021-01-12 | NOTABLE WOMEN $400: A headlining star of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show in the 19th century, she was a champion sharpshooter at age 15 Annie Oakley |
#8312, aired 2021-01-12 | A CATEGORY FOR FREE $600: The first freedom mentioned in the Bill of Rights is "the free exercise" of this religion |
#8305, aired 2020-12-18 | MOVING $1000: B.O.L. is short for this, basically a customer's itemized contract with a moving company bill of lading |
#8301, aired 2020-12-14 | MOVIES BY MATCHUP $800: Black Mamba (aka The Bride) vs. Cottonmouth (aka O-Ren Ishii) Kill Bill |
#8301, aired 2020-12-14 | HISTORIC DECLARATIONS $800: The 1776 Virginia Declaration of Rights was one of the inspirations for this document adopted 15 years later the Bill of Rights |
#8298, aired 2020-12-09 | 21st CENTURY TONY WINNERS $800: Bill Irwin & Tracy Letts both won Tonys for playing George in productions of this questioning Edward Albee play Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? |
#8290, aired 2020-11-27 | ACTOR FACTS $800: Reprised in 2020, it's Keanu Reeves' most excellent role Ted |
#8287, aired 2020-11-24 | GO "NUT"s $2000: This small songbird with a powerful bill is known for its habit of climbing down trees head first a nuthatch |
#8286, aired 2020-11-23 | BIRDLIKE VERBS $1000: To talk softly & amorously is "to bill &" do this coo |
#8276, aired 2020-11-09 | PODCASTS $200: This "Science Guy" "Is on a Mission to Change the World" & takes your questions on "Science Rules!" Bill Nye |
#8273, aired 2020-11-04 | CLUES ACROSS THE SMITHSONIAN $200: (Bill Kelly presents from the National Air & Space Museum in Washington, D.C.) I'm Bill Kelly from ABC7: the Air and Space Museum's Pioneers of Flight Gallery include such treasures as the bright red Lockheed Vega in which this woman became the first woman and second person to fly solo across the Atlantic in 1932 Amelia Earhart |
#8273, aired 2020-11-04 | CLUES ACROSS THE SMITHSONIAN $600: (Bill Kelly presents from the National Air & Space Museum in Washington, D.C.) The Air and Space Museums's Milestones of Flight Hall is filled with historic crafts, like this plane that made headlines around the world in the spring of 1927 the Spirit of St. Louis |
#8271, aired 2020-11-02 | ROM COMS $200: Vanity Fair called this film with Bill Murray as weatherman Phil Connors a "rom-com for curmudgeons" Groundhog Day |
#8269, aired 2020-10-29 | ALLITERATIVE AUTHORS $1600: He's taken us on "A Walk in the Woods" & given us "A Short History of Nearly Everything" Bill Bryson |
#8265, aired 2020-10-23 | DAME YANKEES $400: Husband Bill was knighted in 2005; 9 years later, she was recognized for her work running their foundation Melinda Gates |
#8265, aired 2020-10-23 | MOVIE SUM-UP $2000: Death takes a chess holiday; your move, Max von Sydow The Seventh Seal |
#8260, aired 2020-10-16 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $800: Groundskeeper
Carl Spackler &
Franklin D.
Roosevelt Bill Murray |
#8254, aired 2020-10-08 | THE $1 BILL $200: On the reverse, the bald eagle in the Great Seal clutches arrows and an olive branch, symbolic of these two opposites war & peace |
#8254, aired 2020-10-08 | THE $1 BILL $400: Featuring balancing scales representing justice, this government department's logo also displays a key representing authority the Treasury |
#8254, aired 2020-10-08 | THE $1 BILL $600: The 2 and the B represent one of the 12 of these, abbreviated FRBs, that issued the bill, in this case, the one in New York the Federal Reserve Bank |
#8254, aired 2020-10-08 | THE $1 BILL $800: The number off to the right identifies which exact one of these metal sheets was used to print dozens of dollar bills at a time a plate |
#8254, aired 2020-10-08 | THE $1 BILL $1000: George Washington is properly powdered and primped for the bill's main image from a portrait by this artist Gilbert Stuart |
#8244, aired 2020-09-24 | 3-WORD PHRASES $3,400 (Daily Double): If you do this you're either literally handing a dollar bill to someone, or shifting responsibility pass the buck |
#8236, aired 2020-09-14 | ITALIAN OPERA $1200: A double bill of Mascagni's "Cavalleria rusticana" & this Leoncavallo opera is called "Cav & Pag" Pagliacci |
#8234, aired 2020-06-11 | THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES $800: 2019's H.R. 420 is a federal bill that seeks to regulate this substance marijuana |
#8232, aired 2020-06-09 | TALK SHOW $2000: The Bill Clinton Presidential Library has the sunglasses Clinton wore for his sax-playing appearance on this man's talk show Arsenio Hall |
#8228, aired 2020-06-03 | POLITICS: WHO SAID IT? $400: 1992: "I didn't like it, and didn't inhale" Bill Clinton |
#8225, aired 2020-05-29 | AMERICAN HISTORY $400: (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar presents the clue.) One of my heroes is Wild Bill Hickok, who before moving west & becoming a legendary lawman & gunfighter helped escaping slaves at his family's Illinois farm, which served as a stop on this the Underground Railroad |
#8225, aired 2020-05-29 | ATHLETES WHO TEACH $1600: This former Knick & onetime presidential candidate taught at Maryland & Stanford Bill Bradley |
#8220, aired 2020-05-22 | ON THE MONEY $400: Above "one" on the back of the $1 bill is this 4-word phrase In God we trust |
#8220, aired 2020-05-22 | ON THE MONEY $800: The $10 bill features this hippest of treasury secretaries Hamilton |
#8220, aired 2020-05-22 | ON THE MONEY $1200: The back of the $2 bill shows John Turnbull's painting of this document's presentation to Congress the Declaration of Independence |
#8220, aired 2020-05-22 | ON THE MONEY $1600: A Washington, D.C. structure dedicated in 1922 is on the back of this bill the $5 bill |
#8220, aired 2020-05-22 | ON THE MONEY $2000: The president first elected in 1868 has his face on this bill the $50 |
#8218, aired 2020-05-20 | CHARACTERS FROM AMERICAN FOLKLORE $4,600 (Daily Double): This Texan cowboy hero tamed a mountain lion & rode it like a horse, using a rattlesnake as a lasso Pecos Bill |
#8217, aired 2020-05-19 | BILLS, BILLS, BILLS $200: In 2006 Warren Buffett began giving annual gifts of a billion-plus to the foundation of this couple, reaching $2.6 billion in 2018 the Gates (Bill & Melinda) |
#8217, aired 2020-05-19 | BILLS, BILLS, BILLS $400: A bipartisan 2018 criminal justice reform bill, the First Step Act eases up the federal rule known as this "and you're out" three strikes |
#8217, aired 2020-05-19 | BILLS, BILLS, BILLS $400: This science guy made an impassioned appearance on "Last Week Tonight" to warn that our planet's on fire Bill Nye |
#8217, aired 2020-05-19 | THE WRITER'S CREATION $600: Buffalo Bill (the serial killer, not the showman) Thomas Harris |
#8217, aired 2020-05-19 | BILLS, BILLS, BILLS $600: This veteran British actor has appeared in the "Harry Potter" and "Pirates" franchises Bill Nighy |
#8217, aired 2020-05-19 | BILLS, BILLS, BILLS $800: In 2013 "Killing Jesus" by Martin Dugard & this pundit topped the bestseller list Bill O'Reilly |
#8217, aired 2020-05-19 | BILLS, BILLS, BILLS $1000: From this Bill Watterson comic strip: "In the past, you've been a remarkably poor judge of what your mom cares about" Calvin and Hobbes |
#8209, aired 2020-04-23 | GIVE US A DATE $600: 1997: Bill Clinton is inaugurated for the second time January 20th |
#8205, aired 2020-04-17 | IN THE NATIONAL INVENTORS HALL OF FAME $600: A native of this state and long-time university coach there, Bill Bowerman is seen in his pursuit of a better track shoe Oregon |
#8203, aired 2020-04-15 | SCHOLARSHIP $1600: This renowned scholar of race is a frequent guest of Bill Maher and acted in the "Matrix" film series (Cornel) West |
#8202, aired 2020-04-14 | SECOND... $3,000 (Daily Double): ...U.S. president to be impeached Bill Clinton |
#8201, aired 2020-04-13 | THE ENGLISH BILL OF RIGHTS $400: Enacted in 1689, the Bill guaranteed "freedom of" this in Parliament, though not elsewhere speech |
#8201, aired 2020-04-13 | THE ENGLISH BILL OF RIGHTS $800: The Bill made it illegal to keep a "standing" one of these in the country in time of peace without Parliament's OK an army |
#8201, aired 2020-04-13 | THE ENGLISH BILL OF RIGHTS $1200: The Bill said these punishments could not be inflicted; sounds familiar! cruel and unusual punishments |
#8201, aired 2020-04-13 | THE ENGLISH BILL OF RIGHTS $1600: The Bill mandated that "excessive" this "ought not to be required, nor excessive fines imposed" bail |
#8201, aired 2020-04-13 | THE ENGLISH BILL OF RIGHTS $2,200 (Daily Double): The Bill required parliaments to be held frequently "for redress of all" these complaints--sounds familiar! grievances |
#8197, aired 2020-04-07 | THE 1990s $200: In 1997 Steve Jobs thanked Bill Gates for saving Apple from bankruptcy after this company invested $150 million Microsoft |
#8189, aired 2020-03-26 | "OO", SORRY $1600: Wild Bill Hickok died in this type of establishment in Deadwood, South Dakota a saloon |
#8184, aired 2020-03-19 | THE PONY EXPRESS $800: Among the best known of the riders were "Pony Bob" Haslam, "Broncho Charlie" Miller & William Cody, nicknamed this Buffalo Bill Cody |
#8183, aired 2020-03-18 | PLACES IN FANTASY $800: In Bill Willingham's graphic novels, Bigby, this foe of Riding Hood, is the Sheriff of Fabletown the Big Bad Wolf |
#8182, aired 2020-03-17 | ALLITERATIVE ACTRESSES $800: She proved hard to kill as O-Ren Ishii, aka Cottonmouth, in "Kill Bill" Lucy Liu |
#8181, aired 2020-03-16 | X MARKS THE MIDDLE SPOT $200: You ain't just whistlin' this, once slang for a $10 bill a dixie |
#8177, aired 2020-03-10 | YOU'RE IN MY HOUSE! $600: This tech mogul's house in Medina, Washington is sometimes called Xanadu 2.0 (Bill) Gates |
#8174, aired 2020-03-05 | CONGRESS $1000: Originally to be in the Bill of Rights, the amendment regulating this action by Congress was finally ratified in 1992 as the 27th Congress raising its own pay |
#8161, aired 2020-02-17 | ACT OF CONGRESS AKAs $400: 1790: "an act providing for the enumeration of the inhabitants of the United States" the Census |
#8161, aired 2020-02-17 | THE NOT-SO-VICIOUS CIRCLE $1600: 1989 film in which Keanu Reeves tells Alex Winter, "Strange things are afoot at the Circle K" Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure |
#8160, aired 2020-02-14 | TREES GROW ON MONEY $1600: On the reverse of the current U.S. $10 bill, trees frame this building the Treasury Building |
#8156, aired 2020-02-10 | NO BELL $1000: Chicago Blackhawks owner Bill Wirtz liked the sound of this on his yacht & used it when his team scored; the custom spread a foghorn (a horn) |
#8153, aired 2020-02-05 | MOVIES ACROSS AMERICA $200: (Hi, I'm Bill Ritter from New York's ABC7 [He presents from Queens, NY].) Philip Johnson designed the soaring towers of the New York State Pavilion at the 1964 World's Fair in the futuristic Googie style which fit perfectly in this 1997 film that featured them Men in Black |
#8139, aired 2020-01-16 | REAL PEOPLE ON SCREEN $600: An entrepreneur: Anthony Michael Hall in "Pirates of Silicon Valley" & Steve Sires in "The Social Network" Bill Gates |
#7, aired 2020-01-14 | JEOPORTMANTEAU! $400: A kyber crystal-powered weapon plus baseball statistics analysis system of Bill James lightSabermetrics |
#6, aired 2020-01-09 | THE DAM BILL $400: In May 1938 congress authorized building the Kentucky Dam, soon the largest dam run by this New Deal agency the TVA |
#6, aired 2020-01-09 | THE DAM BILL $800: The Carey Act & the Reclamation Act helped this Wild West showman build Shoshone Dam, later named for him Buffalo Bill |
#6, aired 2020-01-09 | THE DAM BILL $1200: Construction began on Oroville Dam before it was fully funded by the Burns-Porter Act, a ballot initiative in this state California |
#6, aired 2020-01-09 | THE DAM BILL $1600: A 1973 act of Congress approved funding for a replacement dam at American Falls on this river in the Northwest the Snake |
#6, aired 2020-01-09 | THE DAM BILL $2,000 (Daily Double): The 1935 bill authorizing this humongous concrete dam mentions the Columbia Basin Compact the Grand Coulee Dam |
#8133, aired 2020-01-08 | ANOTHER YEAR, ANOTHER DOLLAR $2000: Issued in 1862, the first dollar bill featured the portrait of a real big fish, this Treasury Secretary & future Chief Justice Salmon Chase |
#4, aired 2020-01-08 | GOATS $600: Since 1900 the mascot of this institute of higher learning has been "Bill the Goat" the Naval Academy |
#8130, aired 2020-01-03 | THE MOTH $400: In this Thomas Harris thriller, the death's-head's hawk moth is used by the villain Buffalo Bill The Silence of the Lambs |
#8128, aired 2020-01-01 | TV TITLE TOUGH GUYS $400: Bill Hader, since 2018 Barry |
#8127, aired 2019-12-31 | THE ALGONQUIAN WORD TABLE $200: This word for an ax comes from Algonquian, though it's associated with the Florida State Seminoles a tomahawk |
#8127, aired 2019-12-31 | BATTLE & HUM $400: In 2015, she told us "This is my fight song, take back my life song, prove I'm all right song" Rachel Platten |
#8127, aired 2019-12-31 | WE WUZ ROBBED! $600: Dunbar, now part of this big armored car company, was hit in 1997 to the tune of almost $19 million; the company got some of it back, though Brink's |
#8127, aired 2019-12-31 | WORLD OF COLORS $1200: In Mandarin Chinese: huang se yellow |
#8127, aired 2019-12-31 | BATTLE & HUM $1200: Not big fans of Elvis or John Wayne, this rap group urged its audience to "Fight The Power" in 1989 Public Enemy |
#8127, aired 2019-12-31 | HIS-TORY $5,900 (Daily Double): In 2002 as the first woman to chair the Conservative Party, she pushed the Tories away from being the "Nasty Party" Theresa May |
#8122, aired 2019-12-24 | A CHRISTMAS CAROL COLLAGE $600: Inspired by "A Christmas Carol", the movie "Scrooged" starred him as a venal TV executive Bill Murray |
#8121, aired 2019-12-23 | CHAIRMEN OF THE BOARDS $600: The NCAA record for rebounds in a game is 51 by Bill Chambers in a 1953 game for this very old college in Williamsburg, Va. William & Mary |
#8112, aired 2019-12-10 | CELEBRITY SUPERFANS $1000: NBA Hall of Famer Bill Walton followed this "Truckin"' band to more than 850 shows Grateful Dead |
#8109, aired 2019-12-05 | PATRIOT GAMES $400: This head coach has led the New England Patriots to victory in 6 Super Bowls (Bill) Belichick |
#8108, aired 2019-12-04 | MODERN ACTIVISM $1600: In 2019 protests here got a bill shelved that would have allowed extradition to Mainland China Hong Kong |
#8106, aired 2019-12-02 | THE ELECTORAL COLLAGE $2000: The Commonwealth Electoral Bill of 1924 made voting in federal elections compulsory in this country Australia |
#8095, aired 2019-11-15 | BEFORE, DURING & AFTER $400: AMC zombie spin-off about the last thing Wild Bill was dealt, an antiseptic cleansing agent Fear the Walking Dead Man's Hand Sanitizer |
#8087, aired 2019-11-05 | ALL-TIME WINNERS $800: The NBA Finals MVP award is named for this man who won a record 11 NBA titles as a player Bill Russell |
#8078, aired 2019-10-23 | THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON $800: The organizers intended the march to bring attention to this bill, eventually signed by LBJ the Civil Rights Act |
#8077, aired 2019-10-22 | ON THE "B"-LIST $1200: The late, great Bill Monroe was considered "The Father of" this type of music Bluegrass |
#8066, aired 2019-10-07 | THE NATIONAL RECORDING REGISTRY $800: So how does a bill get in the registry? Or "Conjunction Junction"? 'Cause this '70s series of animated shorts was amazing, that's how! Schoolhouse Rock! |
#8063, aired 2019-10-02 | THE WORKING DEAD $200: What he called "waist overalls" have stood the test of time (as blue jeans) since he came up with them in the 1870s Levi Strauss |
#8063, aired 2019-10-02 | THE NEAREST OTHER NATIONAL CAPITAL $400: To Ottawa, Canada Washington, D.C. |
#8063, aired 2019-10-02 | PART-TIME WRITERS $400: This action star co-wrote the "Encyclopedia of Modern Bodybuilding" with Bill Dobbins Arnold Schwarzenegger |
#8063, aired 2019-10-02 | THIS IS "SU" $1000: As an adjective it refers to a pouting child; as a noun it's the one-person wagon seen here sulky |
#8063, aired 2019-10-02 | THE WORKING DEAD $1000: The name of this man who passed in 1947 can be found on the Kentucky bourbon formerly known as Old Tub Jim Beam |
#8063, aired 2019-10-02 | A NAME LIES WITHIN THE WORD $1200: This 8-letter money-holder is thin, flat & bendable a billfold |
#8049, aired 2019-09-12 | IT'S HYPHENATED $600: Like the platypus, dinosaurs known as hadrosaurs have this descriptive facial adjective applied to them duck-bill |
#8045, aired 2019-07-26 | 1960s TV $1200: In 1967 Harry Morgan joined "Dragnet" as Bill Gannon, the final partner of this police sergeant played by Jack Webb Joe Friday |
#8044, aired 2019-07-25 | TV SPINOFFS $1000: Here's a bit of truthiness: this show started as a bit on "The Daily Show" that parodied Bill O'Reilly The Colbert Report |
#8038, aired 2019-07-17 | NEW SHERIFF IN TOWN $800: This man became sheriff of Ellis County in 1869, but locals soon voted him out for being too "Wild" (Wild) Bill Hickok |
#8038, aired 2019-07-17 | FASHION DON'TS $1000: It's the redundant pair of accessories that men are advised not to wear together--don't tell "Office Space"'s Bill Lumbergh suspenders and a belt |
#8031, aired 2019-07-08 | THE POWER OF THREE $2000: The Bill Evans Trio showed the power of jazz piano in albums like "Sunday at" this club named for its Greenwich Village location the Village Vanguard |
#8012, aired 2019-06-11 | I'M ON THE MONEY $400: Maybe if you climb Mt. Everest you can get your face on a New Zealand $5 bill, like him Hillary |
#8009, aired 2019-06-06 | MEMORABLE MOVIE CHARACTERS $2000: In "Kill Bill" the bride takes on this savage antagonist, code name: Cottonmouth, actress: Lucy Liu O-Ren Ishii |
#8000, aired 2019-05-24 | FAMOUS LEFTIES $200: He uses his left hand to write checks to the charitable foundation named for him & wife Melinda Bill Gates |
#8000, aired 2019-05-24 | ACTORS WE MISS $1600: A regular in James Cameron films, he appeared in "True Lies", "Aliens" & "Titanic" Bill Paxton |
#7992, aired 2019-05-14 | SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE ALUMNI $1000: He plays hitman & wannabe actor Barry Berkman on HBO Bill Hader |
#7986, aired 2019-05-06 | IOWA IN ENTERTAINMENT $1600: Filmed partly in tornado-prone Iowa, this 1996 film starred Helen Hunt & Bill Paxton Twister |
#7980, aired 2019-04-26 | 1930s SLANG $400: Pay off a debt with a $100 bill & you've parted with one of these letter-word hyphenations a C-note |
#7979, aired 2019-04-25 | LAKE NAME-IS-MEMORABLE $800: In "What About Bob?" this actor tracks down therapist Richard Dreyfuss at a vacation home at N.H.'s Lake Winnipesaukee Bill Murray |
#7979, aired 2019-04-25 | OCCUPATIONAL VERBS $1200: This rural job means to guide carefully, as in "the Speaker will need to ____ the bill through Congress" shepherd |
#7978, aired 2019-04-24 | TIME CAPSULE TIME $600: A 1913 "century chest" opened in 2013 included a pen used by this president to sign the 1900 Oklahoma Free Homes bill McKinley |
#7975, aired 2019-04-19 | AUTO-BIOGRAPHIES $2000: The beginnings of NASCAR are chronicled in "Big Bill" about this man Bill France |
#7972, aired 2019-04-16 | ALSO A FIRST NAME $200: It's a statement of how much you owe bill |
#7970, aired 2019-04-12 | MOOLAH $800: This bill is sometimes called a fin, from finf, the Yiddish word for its numerical value five |
#7968, aired 2019-04-10 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $3,000 (Daily Double): Constitution Day is September 17; this related set is celebrated every December 15 the Bill of Rights |
#7965, aired 2019-04-05 | JAMES BOND & FRIENDS $600: Bond bud Bill Tanner is chief of staff at this alphanumeric British foreign intelligence service MI6 |
#7959, aired 2019-03-28 | CELEBRITY SIBLINGS $1600: The late David of "Kill Bill" & his brother Keith, who plays the president on "Madam Secretary" Carradine |
#7958, aired 2019-03-27 | I'M WALKIN' HERE! $800: It's not in the Bill of Rights, but you really should take a morning this 14-letter bit of light exercise a constitutional |
#7957, aired 2019-03-26 | BLUE MAN GROUP $1600: In the 1940s these "Boys" helped Kentuckian Bill Monroe establish a new genre of music the Bluegrass Boys |
#7955, aired 2019-03-22 | PLEASE BEAR WITH THESE MOVIES $2000: Bill Murray voiced this bear in the 2016 version of "The Jungle Book" Baloo |
#7954, aired 2019-03-21 | DICKENS WILL BE THE DEATH OF ME $400: Justice prevails as the villainous Bill Sikes accidentally hangs himself near the end of this novel Oliver Twist |
#7950, aired 2019-03-15 | THE IRISH-AMERICAN HALL OF FAME $1200: 2017 saw this comic legend earn his "stripes", & that's the fact, Jack! Bill Murray |
#7944, aired 2019-03-07 | DAM / STRAIT $1600: In 1910 Wyoming's Buffalo Bill Dam was the world's tallest & the first one made of this to be taller than it is wide concrete |
#7940, aired 2019-03-01 | THEIR IVY LEAGUE ALMA MATER $800: Bill & Hillary Clinton for law school, where they first met Yale |
#7939, aired 2019-02-28 | WEIGHTS & MEASURES $800: Cutting down on the zeroes, electric companies usually bill you in these "hours" kilowatt hours |
#7938, aired 2019-02-27 | 4,3,4 $1000: A body part is in this expression meaning to pay expenses someone has run up foot the bill |
#7934, aired 2019-02-21 | POLITICIANS $2000: After the financial crisis of 2008, Christopher Dodd teamed up with this Massachusetts man for a regulatory bill Barney Frank |
#7931, aired 2019-02-18 | THE BILL OF RIGHTS $200: Per this amendment, freedom of speech cannot be abridged the First Amendment |
#7931, aired 2019-02-18 | THE BILL OF RIGHTS $400: The 2nd Amendment notes "the right of the people to keep and bear arms" & the necessity of a "well regulated" this a militia |
#7931, aired 2019-02-18 | THE BILL OF RIGHTS $600: The 4th Amendment is very "P.C.", as this is needed before a warrant is issued or a place can be searched & stuff seized probable cause |
#7931, aired 2019-02-18 | THE BILL OF RIGHTS $1000: Think fast! Amendment 6 promises the accused both a public trial as well as one that is this adjective speedy |
#7931, aired 2019-02-18 | THE BILL OF RIGHTS $2,000 (Daily Double): Key phrases in this amendment: "Witness against himself" & "twice put in jeopardy" the Fifth Amendment |
#7926, aired 2019-02-11 | VEGANS & VEGETARIANS $400: Bill Clinton & this VP of his have both gone vegan Al Gore |
#7913, aired 2019-01-23 | NAMES IN MUSIC $600: Five Finger Death Punch got its name from a deadly move Uma Thurman used in this Tarantino movie series Kill Bill |
#7913, aired 2019-01-23 | BRAND MASCOTS $800: This bird with a long, colorful bill: Froot Loops Toucan Sam |
#7909, aired 2019-01-17 | ITALIAN ON VACATION $600: It's fun at la taverna, the bar, but sooner or later il conto, this, will arrive the bill (or the check) |
#7898, aired 2019-01-02 | ART $1600: A young Bill Murray turned from thoughts of suicide on seeing "The Song of the Lark", a painting in this U.S. museum the Art Institute of Chicago |
#7897, aired 2019-01-01 | THE GOLDBERGS $1600: In 1998 Bill Goldberg won a WCW world title by defeating this mania-inducing wrestler Hulk Hogan |
#7896, aired 2018-12-31 | AMERICAN AUTHORS $1200: She read her poem "On the Pulse of Morning" at Bill Clinton's first inauguration (Maya) Angelou |
#7889, aired 2018-12-20 | COMMUNICATION $4,600 (Daily Double): Bill Kelm, who popularized hand signals in this job, said, "That guy in a 25-cent bleacher seat" is entitled to know the call an umpire |
#7886, aired 2018-12-17 | SPORTY BRAND NAME MEANINGS $1000: Twin brothers Bob & Bill Meistrell named this brand for how its wetsuit fit one's figure Body Glove |
#7884, aired 2018-12-13 | THE MOVIE'S CHARACTERS $2000: Little Bill & Amber Waves, adults in adult film Boogie Nights |
#7882, aired 2018-12-11 | HEY, BIG BUY $2000: Alliterative nickname of tennis player Tilden; it seems natural for Pres. Taft, but he was "Lub" Big Bill |
#7881, aired 2018-12-10 | HOPE $200: He was born in Hope, Arkansas on August 19, 1946 Bill Clinton |
#7880, aired 2018-12-07 | ALL ABOUT AUTHORS $400: Bill Clinton teamed with this man who's sold 350 mil. books to write the 2018 thriller "The President is Missing" (James) Patterson |
#7880, aired 2018-12-07 | A CHOICE 4-LETTER WORD $800: A president's official "Uh uh, no way!" to a bill a veto |
#7880, aired 2018-12-07 | ALL ABOUT AUTHORS $1,000 (Daily Double): Hunter S. Thompson didn't coin this word; editor Bill Cardoso did, to describe Hunter's style of journalism gonzo |
#7875, aired 2018-11-30 | ELECTORAL COLLEGE CUDGELINGS $400: 1996:
Bill Clinton 379, this cudgeled Kansan 159 Dole |
#7868, aired 2018-11-21 | GOVT. ABBREV. $2000: (House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi gives the clue.) Putting money back in people's pockets, in 2009 I led House passage of an economic stimulus bill called ARRA, or American Recovery & this Act reinvestment |
#7860, aired 2018-11-09 | SCHOLARSHIPS $200: Cecil Rhodes' scholars go to Oxford; Bill Gates' scholars go to this other British university Cambridge |
#7859, aired 2018-11-08 | PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN $200: Passed in 1944, the G.I. Bill gave loans, school grants & more to these people veterans |
#7856, aired 2018-11-05 | RECENT HEADLINES IN THE ONION $200: The foundation of this husband & wife "Announces New $17 Bil. Initiative to Eradicate All 3rd-World Mac Users by 2040" Bill and Melinda Gates |
#7854, aired 2018-11-01 | A DOCTOR IN THE HOUSE... OR SENATE $400: Dr. & Senator Bill Cassidy is the second name in Graham-Cassidy, a 2017 Senate bill to repeal & replace this the Affordable Care Act |
#7848, aired 2018-10-24 | LET IT "BE" $600: It's slang for your proboscis, Bill your beak |
#7848, aired 2018-10-24 | BASEBALL-ADJACENT FACTS $800: World Series goat Bill Buckner made a diving catch of a baby thrown from a burning building on this Larry David show Curb Your Enthusiasm |
#7845, aired 2018-10-19 | PAYING THE PIPER $1600: If you liked his ditty while in Quezon City, pay the piper 50 of these, with Sergio Osmeña on the bill pesos |
#7841, aired 2018-10-15 | ROOST-ERS $200: This bird found a roosting spot that fits the bill it's famous for a pelican |
#7840, aired 2018-10-12 | FRIENDS OFF THE COURT $200: Bill Russell & this man AKA "The Stilt" didn't talk for 20 years at one point, but ended up fast friends Wilt Chamberlain |
#7839, aired 2018-10-11 | EDISON LABS $600: (Kelly of the Clue Crew presents from Edison Labs in Menlo Park, NJ.) In 1894 Edison filmed members of Buffalo Bill's Wild West show, including this trick-shot artist in action Annie Oakley |
#7836, aired 2018-10-08 | TRAVEL BOOKS $200: Bill Bryson's "In a Sunburned Country" takes us to this continent with its unique animals & friendly people too Australia |
#7836, aired 2018-10-08 | AT LEAST 20 MILLION TWITTER FOLLOWERS $600: 46 million:
The fight against malaria is a big topic for this Seattle tweeter worth many billions Bill Gates |
#7831, aired 2018-10-01 | AUTOBIOGRAPHIES $400: A sad moment in his autobiography is the death of his little boy, Kit Carson Cody Buffalo Bill |
#7828, aired 2018-09-26 | PARDONER $400: One of the last acts of this president was to pardon his brother Roger for drug offenses Bill Clinton |
#7826, aired 2018-09-24 | GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $1600: The front of a dollar bill says it's this kind of "note", representing the overseer of our banking system Federal Reserve note |
#7823, aired 2018-09-19 | AMONG TIME'S 50 BEST PODCASTS OF 2018 $200: "The Daily" aired "an uncomfortable interview between" this Fox News host "and the reporters who likely got him fired" Bill O'Reilly |
#7822, aired 2018-09-18 | FILMMAKERS FROM MEXICO $200: Sonora-born Bill Melendez directed "A Boy Named Charlie Brown" & voiced this 4-footed character Snoopy |
#7819, aired 2018-09-13 | BAD FOLKS IN BOOKS $400: A burglar, a murderer & a dog beater, Bill Sikes is a true villain in this novel Oliver Twist |
#7817, aired 2018-09-11 | I'M ALLEN $200: He became friends with Bill Gates at Lakeside School; like Bill, he dropped out of college Paul Allen |
#7810, aired 2018-07-20 | "C" YOU IN THE FUNNY PAPERS $1200: 6-year-old boy created by Bill Watterson Calvin |
#7810, aired 2018-07-20 | ECO-READER $1600: "A Walk in the Woods" is Bill Bryson's account of rediscovering America by hiking this east coast footpath the Appalachian Trail |
#7808, aired 2018-07-18 | SOCRATES, PLATO & ARISTOTLE $1200: Bill summarizes for Ted:
"Socrates: the only true wisdom consists in knowing that you know" this nothing |
#7804, aired 2018-07-12 | SLAYER $1000: Of Nancy in "Oliver Twist" Bill Sikes |
#7795, aired 2018-06-29 | OUR FEATHERED FRIENDS $2000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows flamingos eating on the monitor.) The shape of its bill makes more sense when you know that flamingo eats with its head upside-down--the bill resembles the mouths of baleen whales, & like those whales, flamingos are this alliterative type of eater filter feeders |
#7794, aired 2018-06-28 | MOVIE / STARS $2000: 1991:
Bill Murray,
Richard Dreyfuss What About Bob? |
#7788, aired 2018-06-20 | 25 YEARS AGO: 1993 $2,000 (Daily Double): A major gun control measure known as this was signed into law in November the Brady Bill |
#7780, aired 2018-06-08 | GOLFER IN CHIEF $400: When this president played, he often invoked "Billigans" after misplayed balls Bill Clinton |
#7777, aired 2018-06-05 | BALL IN THE FAMILY $400: NBA Hall of Famer Bill Walton's son Luke is head coach of this team he played on for 9 seasons the Lakers |
#7775, aired 2018-06-01 | CELEBRATIONS OF THE MONTH $1000: Bill of Rights Day & Wright Brothers Day December |
#7769, aired 2018-05-24 | PLAY BILL $400: David Carradine was the object of Uma Thurman's disaffection in Volumes 1 & 2 of this Kill Bill |
#7769, aired 2018-05-24 | FAKE CLUES $600: This adjective that means, like, totally fake describes Bill & Ted's journey in a 1991 film title bogus |
#7769, aired 2018-05-24 | PLAY BILL $800: Stephen Moyer sucked up the scenery as Bill Compton, a vampire on this HBO series True Blood |
#7769, aired 2018-05-24 | PLAY BILL $1200: Jame "Buffalo Bill" Gumb, as played by Ted Levine, has a dog named Precious in this film; now put the lotion in the basket! Silence of the Lambs |
#7769, aired 2018-05-24 | PLAY BILL $1600: For the TV movie "My Name is Bill W." James Woods won an Emmy playing a founder of this self-help organization Alcoholics Anonymous |
#7769, aired 2018-05-24 | PLAY BILL $2000: In a 1993 film, this actor played both President Bill Mitchell & "Dave" Kevin Kline |
#7751, aired 2018-04-30 | THE B.G.s $400: He co-founded a company called Traf-O-Data while still in high school Bill Gates |
#7751, aired 2018-04-30 | LET'S WATCH CARTOONS $600: Bill Burr & Laura Dern lead their clan on "F is for" this, & don't turn your response into a YouTube moment F is for Family |
#7749, aired 2018-04-26 | THE OLD WEST $400: In Deadwood, S.D. you can enjoy re-enactments of the 1876 killing of this "Wild" guy along with the trial of his killer Wild Bill Hickok |
#7748, aired 2018-04-25 | ON THE BIG MONEY $400: In 1918, for his 34 years as chief justice, he was put on the $500 bill John Marshall |
#7747, aired 2018-04-24 | DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE SIGNERS $900 (Daily Double): He's better remembered for signing an infamous redistricting bill while governor of Massachusetts Elbridge Gerry |
#7744, aired 2018-04-19 | FICTIONAL STUDENTS $1600: Max Fisher takes on Bill Murray & the establishment at this title school in a Wes Anderson movie Rushmore |
#7742, aired 2018-04-17 | THE "GRE"s ARE COMING $400: This slang term for a dollar bill dates to the Civil War a greenback |
#7735, aired 2018-04-06 | UNUSUAL ANIMALS $400: As well as a duck bill, this Aussie monotreme has a cloaca, an organ common in birds a platypus |
#7731, aired 2018-04-02 | CELEBRITY INVENTIONS $1600: Bill Nye--yes, that science guy--patented a new type of this anatomical-named footwear for dancers toe shoes |
#7728, aired 2018-03-28 | CLUES ACROSS NEW YORK CITY $400: (I'm Bill Ritter from New York's ABC7.) I'm in Flushing Meadows in Queens & the towers behind me were part of the New York State pavilion at this 1964 celebration the World's Fair |
#7727, aired 2018-03-27 | THE HISTORY BOOKSHELF $400: Babe Ruth & Al Capone figure in "One Summer", Bill Bryson's chronicle of this year ending in 7 1927 |
#7727, aired 2018-03-27 | ON WITH THE SHOW $400: Touring England in 1887, the Wild West show begun by this man was so exciting, Queen Victoria saw it multiple times (Buffalo) Bill Cody |
#7726, aired 2018-03-26 | AMERICAN POLITICAL HISTORY $6,200 (Daily Double): In 1999 the Senate voted 50-50 on the charge that Bill Clinton obstructed justice, this many votes shy of conviction 17 |
#7725, aired 2018-03-23 | TIME MAGAZINE'S PERSON OF THE YEAR $400: 2005:
Good Samaritans Bono & this incredibly wealthy couple Bill and Melinda Gates |
#7717, aired 2018-03-13 | ENTERTAINMENT 2017 $2,000 (Daily Double): In 2017 Bill Murray made news when he attended this Broadway musical & then, of course, came back the next night Groundhog Day |
#7712, aired 2018-03-06 | ELECTRICITY $1600: Your electric bill is usually measured by how many of these hyphenated units you consume kilowatt-hours |
#7710, aired 2018-03-02 | MILITARY MOVIE MATTERS $600: This 1981 Bill Murray movie was made with the full cooperation of the U.S. Army; did they read the script? Stripes |
#7706, aired 2018-02-26 | THE TV CHARACTER IS HAVING A MOMENT $400: When Bill Bixby's eyes suddenly changed color, this title guy was on his way, & not in a good mood (the Incredible) Hulk |
#7701, aired 2018-02-19 | THE "G" 8 $2000: Referring to its powerful jaws, used to crack seeds, the name of this finch is from the French for "large bill" a grosbeak |
#7699, aired 2018-02-15 | THE CLINTON CABINET $2000: Secretary of Energy for Clinton, he later ran for president & served as New Mexico's governor as well Bill Richardson |
#7698, aired 2018-02-14 | PRIZE $200: Draw! Bill Mauldin was a 2-time recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for editorial these cartoons |
#7698, aired 2018-02-14 | NOT WASTING TIME ON THE INTERNET $1600: Join Bill Gates among users of this free language-learning site whose name includes a word meaning "pair" Duolingo |
#7697, aired 2018-02-13 | PRESIDENTIAL QUOTES $1600: In 1996 Bill Clinton declared, "I still believe in a place called" this, "a place called America" Hope |
#7693, aired 2018-02-07 | "SECURITY" $400: FDR sent it to Congress as the Economic Security Bill; Congressman Frank Buck suggested the name change Social Security Act |
#7693, aired 2018-02-07 | THE HAROLD $800: He teamed with Bill Murray in "Stripes", "Ghostbusters" & "Groundhog Day" Harold Ramis |
#7685, aired 2018-01-26 | DURING THE OBAMA PRESIDENCY $1000: In 2011 Utah became the first state with an official this, a Browning; the bill's sponsor said it captures part of Utah's history a gun |
#7685, aired 2018-01-26 | SWORD CINEMA $1200: "The bride" doesn't throw a bouquet, she wields the Hattori Hanzo katana samurai sword in this Tarantino film Kill Bill |
#7680, aired 2018-01-19 | THE BOSTON TANGLER $600: In the 1987 Eastern Conference finals, this Celtic legend & 3-time league MVP had a piston-punchin' good time with Bill Laimbeer Larry Bird |
#7675, aired 2018-01-12 | OREGON $200: Giving refunds for glass & aluminum, Oregon's "Bottle Bill" of the 1970s was the first in the nation to encourage this recycling |
#7666, aired 2018-01-01 | POPCORN $800: In 2003 Governor Blagojevich signed a bill that made popcorn this state's official snack Illinois |
#7661, aired 2017-12-25 | DOONESBURY POLITICAL SYMBOLS $200: This president, with a healthy appetite and rapidly changing views, was a symbolic foodstuff Bill Clinton |
#7660, aired 2017-12-22 | AIRPORT CODES $400: When Bill the Cat says, "ACK!" , he may mean the airport on this Massachusetts island Nantucket |
#7660, aired 2017-12-22 | I KNOW THAT PERFORMER'S FACE $2000: Memorable roles of the late Powers Boothe included Vice President Noah Daniels on "24" and Curly Bill Brocius in this 1993 western Tombstone |
#7658, aired 2017-12-20 | JOY TO THE WORLD $400: This group of guarantees went into force as a single unit on Dec. 15, 1791 the Bill of Rights |
#7658, aired 2017-12-20 | SANTA CLAUS IS COMIN' TO TOWN $600: Santa hops off I-90 & onto Route 85 to go to this S.D. city where Wild Bill Hickok was stopped from being a good boy permanently Deadwood |
#7657, aired 2017-12-19 | CHRISTMAS MOVIES WITH LEONARD MALTIN $400: (Film critic Leonard Maltin presents the clue.) I found the laughs mild & sparse in this reworking of "A Christmas Carol" starring Bill Murray as a vernal TV executive Scrooged |
#7651, aired 2017-12-11 | "GREAT" STUFF $1600: You can see it on the back of the $1 bill, but the Department of State keeps possession of the real one the Great Seal of the U.S. |
#7645, aired 2017-12-01 | BEASTLY GLOSSARY $200: For nesting, the horned puffin uses its feet & bill to dig & excavate one of these, just like a rabbit a burrow |
#7644, aired 2017-11-30 | BABY, YOU'RE A RICH MAN $1000: One estimate said this man's wealth near his 1937 death would be the equivalent of four times Bill Gates' wealth (John D.) Rockefeller |
#7642, aired 2017-11-28 | TWO-DIMENSIONAL PEOPLE $2000: It was the home of Milo & of Bill the cat Bloom County |
#7640, aired 2017-11-24 | BILL'S BILL OF RIGHTS RIGHTS $200: According to the fifth amendment, Bill can't be compelled to do this on the witness stand testify against himself |
#7640, aired 2017-11-24 | BILL'S BILL OF RIGHTS RIGHTS $400: According to the first amendment, the government can't establish this, but Bill is allowed to start the Billitarians an official church (or religion) |
#7640, aired 2017-11-24 | BILL'S BILL OF RIGHTS RIGHTS $600: Bill knows that according to the 4th amendment, the police can't search his house for illegal snakes without this a warrant |
#7640, aired 2017-11-24 | BILL'S BILL OF RIGHTS RIGHTS $800: Bill got out of jail without having to sell his Trans Am because the eighth amendment prevents excessive this bail |
#7640, aired 2017-11-24 | BILL'S BILL OF RIGHTS RIGHTS $1000: The fifth & sixth amendments were cited in the creation of this warning in 1966, but we know Bill can't remain silent the Miranda rights |
#7637, aired 2017-11-21 | NETFLIX & SPELL $400: Last name of the science guy who "Saves the World" on Netflix N-Y-E |
#7635, aired 2017-11-17 | 5 EXES $1600: Seen here is this ex-top cop of Boston, Los Angeles & New York City--twice (Bill) Bratton |
#7635, aired 2017-11-17 | TYPES OF MOVIES $1600: Films about male duos like Bill & Ted or Harold & Kumar aren't "pal movies" or "bro movies" but these a buddy movie |
#7633, aired 2017-11-15 | STEPPENWOLF THEATRE ALUMNI $600: Yeah, if you could go ahead & tell me this movie where alumnus Gary Cole played Bill Lumbergh, that'd be great Office Space |
#7633, aired 2017-11-15 | PRESIDENTIAL NICKNAMES $800: "Father of the Bill of Rights" Madison |
#7625, aired 2017-11-03 | ALPHABET SOUP WHEN YOU'RE SICK $600: This is not a bill--it's an EOB, "explanation of" these benefits |
#7617, aired 2017-10-24 | SULLIVAN AWARD WINNERS $400: 1965:
Princeton basketball player (& future U.S. senator) Bill Bradley |
#7614, aired 2017-10-19 | SHAKESPEAREAN IN THE PARK $600: Forsooth! in 1937 Bill Veeck put forth a noble idea he'd seen in 2 minor league venues; add this to thy field's walls, Mr. Wrigley! ivy |
#7609, aired 2017-10-12 | GEOGRA"P" $800: We'll bill you if you can't come up with the name of this 900-mile-long tributary of the Rio Grande Pecos |
#7607, aired 2017-10-10 | FIRST NAMES IN THE DICTIONARY $1000: It's paired with coo to mean whisper endearments bill |
#7605, aired 2017-10-06 | PRESIDENTS BORN WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI $4,500 (Daily Double): Of those on the list, he's the most recent from a state that borders the Mississippi Bill Clinton |
#7591, aired 2017-09-18 | AUTOBIOGRAPHIES $400: Last name of the man who penned the autobiography "The Life of Buffalo Bill" Cody |
#7588, aired 2017-09-13 | FOREIGN-SOUNDING TEXAS PLACES $200: Faith & begorrah! A 2005 state bill proclaimed this town the official Irish capital of Texas Dublin |
#7584, aired 2017-07-27 | THE JOLLY ROGER $1,600 (Daily Double): Between signing the Dec. of Ind. & the Constitution, Roger Sherman autographed this govt.-organizing document in 1777 the Articles of Confederation |
#7581, aired 2017-07-24 | HISTORIC INSULTS $2000: Pat Buchanan described Bill Clinton's foreign policy experience as "having had breakfast once at" this chain IHOP |
#7580, aired 2017-07-21 | FAMOUS LEFTIES $400: This lefty looks quite intense as he vetoes the bill before him Gerald Ford |
#7579, aired 2017-07-20 | THE COMPOSER PORTRAYED $800: Bill Shirley in "I Dream of Jeannie"
(1952) Stephen Foster |
#7574, aired 2017-07-13 | AVIAN POETRY $400: "A wonderful bird is" this, "his bill will hold more than his belican" a pelican |
#7566, aired 2017-07-03 | WE "LOVE" TO READ $4,000 (Daily Double): The only Shakespeare play that fits the bill is this comedy Love's Labour's Lost |
#7563, aired 2017-06-28 | 5 OF 7 DEADLY SINS, IN SOME FORM $800: Let's see...I'll have 10 lobsters, 22 bottles of wine, 13 funnel cakes & a huge bill on my card because of this deadly sin gluttony |
#7559, aired 2017-06-22 | QUESTIONING MOVIE TITLES $1000: "What About ____?" with Bill Murray as the title guy Bob |
#7554, aired 2017-06-15 | NONFICTION $2000: Don't confuse "Heat" memoirist Bill Buford with this Bill who took a quirky look at English in "The Mother Tongue" Bill Bryson |
#7553, aired 2017-06-14 | STYLES OF COUNTRY MUSIC $600: This all-acoustic style got its name from the "Boys" who were Bill Monroe's backup band bluegrass |
#7539, aired 2017-05-25 | U.S. SENATORS $1200: In 1978 this retired NBA star was elected U.S. senator for New Jersey Bill Bradley |
#7536, aired 2017-05-22 | THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL $800: (Katherine Kelly Lang and Don Diamont give the clue as Brooke and Bill from The Bold and the Beautiful.) "Bill, you've got to concentrate & do the right thing."
"You expect me to concentrate, when you walk in the room like this Greek goddess of love walking ashore from the sea in all your radiant glory" Aphrodite |
#7535, aired 2017-05-19 | NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY $400: This hunter & showman did much to popularize the myth of the American West Buffalo Bill Cody |
#7534, aired 2017-05-18 | PRO RUSSELL-ING $400: This Celtic who battled Wilt Chamberlain had a 22.5-rebound average & won 11 NBA titles in a 13-year career Bill Russell |
#7530, aired 2017-05-12 | ALMA MATERS $400: On the Charles River:
Buzz Aldrin,
Bill Hewlett MIT |
#7525, aired 2017-05-05 | CREATURES IN MOVIE TITLES $1000: Ted Levine played the serial killer known as Buffalo Bill in this 1991 film Silence of the Lambs |
#7521, aired 2017-05-01 | BILLS, BILLS, BILLS $200: He was born October 28, 1955 in Seattle Bill Gates |
#7521, aired 2017-05-01 | THE BOOK OF VERBS $200: "____ the Rising Sun" by Bill O'Reilly & Martin Dugard" Killing the Rising Sun |
#7521, aired 2017-05-01 | BILLS, BILLS, BILLS $400: He was shot dead in Deadwood August 2, 1876 (Wild) Bill Hickok |
#7521, aired 2017-05-01 | BILLS, BILLS, BILLS $600: Now a senator from this state, in 1986 Congressman Bill Nelson moonlighted as a space shuttle payload specialist Florida |
#7521, aired 2017-05-01 | BILLS, BILLS, BILLS $800: A "Journal" of this TV stalwart's life would include his 1965-67 stint as LBJ's press secretary Bill Moyers |
#7521, aired 2017-05-01 | BILLS, BILLS, BILLS $1000: The man known as this beat his 3-bottles-a-day gin habit & helped thousands do the same Bill W. |
#7519, aired 2017-04-27 | SPORTS $400: (NBA Commissioner Adam Silver gives the clue.) In 2009 the NBA announced that the NBA Finals MVP Award would be named for this man who played on 11 NBA championship teams Bill Russell |
#7515, aired 2017-04-21 | SCHWARZENEGGER $1000: In 2006 Gov. Arnold signed a bill saying California would reduce these alliterative emissions to 1990 levels by 2020 greenhouse gasses |
#7511, aired 2017-04-17 | 2016 PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM RECIPIENTS $600: This couple whose foundation has provided more than $36 billion in grants Bill and Melinda Gates |
#7511, aired 2017-04-17 | THE LAW $2000: On Sept. 15, 1934 in NYC, he used a bill with serial nos. used in the Lindbergh baby ransom & was arrested (Bruno Richard) Hauptmann |
#7508, aired 2017-04-12 | HAPPY 70th, DAVID LETTERMAN $600: Who ya gonna call to be Dave's first guest on "Late Night" & the last scheduled guest on "Late Show"? This actor Bill Murray |
#7502, aired 2017-04-04 | QUOTATIONS $600: In 1996 Bill Clinton told the country, "I still believe in a place called" this, "a place called America" Hope |
#7496, aired 2017-03-27 | THE SOUTHWEST $400: New Mexico boasts a museum dedicated to this outlaw aka William Bonney Billy the Kid |
#7496, aired 2017-03-27 | STRINGED INSTRUMENTS $1600: Bluegrass virtuosos of this small lutelike instrument include Bill Monroe & Ricky Skaggs a mandolin |
#7487, aired 2017-03-14 | 1917 $1600: Naturalist Charles Sheldon brought Pres. Wilson the bill making this Alaskan "Great One" part of a national park Denali |
#7477, aired 2017-02-28 | VALLEYS $400: Lincoln signed the bill protecting this Calif. valley in 1864 & Benjamin Harrison signed the bill making it a natl. park in 1890 Yosemite |
#7477, aired 2017-02-28 | ALBUM COVERS $1200: A naked baby underwater reaches towards a dollar bill on a string Nevermind |
#7473, aired 2017-02-22 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: A 1952 bill designated September 17 as Citizenship Day to coincide with the 1787 signing of this the Constitution |
#7464, aired 2017-02-09 | ALPHANUMERICALLY YOURS $1200: HB2 is this state's controversial 2016 Public Facilities Privacy & Security Act, AKA the bathroom bill North Carolina |
#7462, aired 2017-02-07 | IN THE FIRST PLACE $800: He staged his first Wild West show in North Platte, Nebraska on July 4, 1882 Buffalo Bill Cody |
#7460, aired 2017-02-03 | THE JEOPARDY! SORTING HAT $600: You're in the high dollar club now, the one named for this largest currency U.S. bill being issued today the $100 |
#7456, aired 2017-01-30 | YES, MR. MOVIE PRESIDENT $400: Who ya gonna call to play FDR in "Hyde Park on Hudson"? Him Bill Murray |
#7445, aired 2017-01-13 | UP ON MT. LUSHMORE $800: Bill Clinton said this blotto Russian president tried to hail a cab on a D.C. street clad only in underwear; he wanted pizza Boris Yeltsin |
#7434, aired 2016-12-29 | THE STATE GOVERNED $200: Bill Clinton Arkansas |
#7432, aired 2016-12-27 | A FOND FAREWELL TO THE 114th CONGRESS $1200: "We are actually governing", said Rep. Renee Ellmers about the "Doc Fix" bill that raises reimbursements under this program Medicare |
#7426, aired 2016-12-19 | DECK THE "HALL" $600: In 1992 Bill Clinton played sax on this man's late night show Arsenio Hall |
#7425, aired 2016-12-16 | WESTERN MOVIES $1200: This hard-drinking friend of Wild Bill Hickok has been played on film by Jean Arthur, Yvonne de Carlo & Doris Day Calamity Jane |
#7424, aired 2016-12-15 | 2016 MUSIC FESTIVALS $400: 2016 was the 25th anniversary of this festival founded by Perry Farrell of Jane's Addiction, who were on the bill Lollapalooza |
#7421, aired 2016-12-12 | A CELEBRITY CHRISTMAS $1600: George Clooney & Miley Cyrus showed up for "A Very" him "Christmas" on Netflix in 2015 Bill Murray |
#7418, aired 2016-12-07 | ON THE MONEY $400: The loser of an 1804 duel the $10 bill |
#7418, aired 2016-12-07 | ON THE MONEY $600: The sage of Monticello the $2 bill |
#7418, aired 2016-12-07 | ON THE MONEY $1000: The victor of Vicksburg the $50 bill |
#7418, aired 2016-12-07 | ON THE MONEY $1,200 (Daily Double): The White House & the man who moved in in 1829 the $20 bill |
#7417, aired 2016-12-06 | MINING FOR "ORE" $400: Come one, come all to ye olde inn & enjoy our bill of fare & flagons of ale as in days of this yore |
#7414, aired 2016-12-01 | "ROCK" IT TO ME $400: This Bill Haley classic topped the charts in 1955 & hit the Top 40 again in 1974 "Rock Around The Clock" |
#7413, aired 2016-11-30 | DEEPER IN DEBT $400: In June 2016 Congress passed a rescue bill for this island's $70 billion debt Puerto Rico |
#7412, aired 2016-11-29 | LEANING CONSERVATIVE $2000: It's clear that he's the founder & editor the conservative magazine The Weekly Standard (Bill) Kristol |
#7411, aired 2016-11-28 | A SPELLING BEE $400: You get one of these as a record for paying a bill; don't forget the silent letter R-E-C-E-I-P-T |
#7411, aired 2016-11-28 | 1812: THE WAR & MORE $5,000 (Daily Double): This 11-letter political word entered our vocabulary after Massachusetts' governor signed a redistricting bill gerrymander |
#7398, aired 2016-11-09 | MONEY, MONEY, MONEY $600: The Lincoln Memorial is on the back of this U.S. bill the $5 |
#7398, aired 2016-11-09 | NOTABLE TEENS $1600: He was just 18 when he joined brother Frank & the Younger Gang to rob his first bank in 1866 Jesse James |
#7394, aired 2016-11-03 | OUR OFFICE FANTASY FOOTBALL TEAM NAMES $800: "I'm Just A" him, the Patriots head coach who won at least 10 games a season from 2003 to 2015 Bill Belichick |
#7394, aired 2016-11-03 | I LIKE BIG BUCKS $1200: This ex-Microsoft man has fun with his billions, owning 3 pro sports teams & giving away $2 billion to charity (Paul) Allen |
#7394, aired 2016-11-03 | SOME PEOPLE CALL ME MAURICE $1200: Maurice Lucas of the 1970s Portland Trail Blazers inspired this teammate to name his son Luke Bill Walton |
#7391, aired 2016-10-31 | MY CABINET DEPARTMENT $400: Under Bill Clinton, Robert Reich was always working Labor |
#7390, aired 2016-10-28 | MASTERS OF SOCKS $400: This president & his family had a pet cat named Socks Bill Clinton |
#7379, aired 2016-10-13 | A POETIC CATEGORY $1200: (I'm Melissa Harris-Perry.) At Wake Forest University, I hold the presidential chair named for this author who delivered a poem at Bill Clinton's inauguration (Maya) Angelou |
#7377, aired 2016-10-11 | IT HAPPENED ON MEET THE PRESS $1200: (Chuck Todd of Meet the Press gives the clue.) In April 2015 this mayor, Hillary Clinton's 2000 Senate campaign manager, praised Hillary but didn't quite endorse her yet (Bill) de Blasio |
#7376, aired 2016-10-10 | VERY CLEVER $400: (Kelly of the Clue Crew demonstrates with a bent Jackson.) Bending a $20 bill at precise places can make Andrew's face appear to smile or frown, an effective one of these 2-word tricks an optical illusion |
#7370, aired 2016-09-30 | WE SELL FUN $800: This company that introduced fiberglass skis is named for a very high mountain & for brothers Bill & Don Kirschner K2 Sports |
#7365, aired 2016-09-23 | 4-LETTER U.S. CITIES $600: Bill Clinton was born & spent his early childhood in this small Arkansas town Hope |
#7364, aired 2016-09-22 | ANNUAL EVENTS $600: The trial of Jack McCall was a highlight of the 2016 Wild Bill Days in this South Dakota town Deadwood |
#7349, aired 2016-07-21 | THE LETTER OF THE LAW $400: B:
Handgun violence prevention act passed in 1993 Brady (Law) |
#7348, aired 2016-07-20 | THAT'S A REAL HORROR STORY $800: This character says, "Billy thinks he wants to change. He's making himself a girl suit out of real girls" Hannibal Lecter |
#7346, aired 2016-07-18 | PRES-POURRI $800: Since 1869 Thomas Jefferson has appeared on several versions of this dollar denomination the $2 bill |
#7336, aired 2016-07-04 | RENO 411 $2000: The car that won the 1908 New York to Paris auto race is at the museum housing this late casino owner's auto collection Bill Harrah |
#7321, aired 2016-06-13 | YOU USED TO BE "BIG" $1200: Mid 2000s TV show about multiple family man Bill Henrickson Big Love |
#7321, aired 2016-06-13 | YOU USED TO BE "BIG" $2000: Nickname of tennis' Mr. Tilden, the first athlete to make it into "Who's Who" in America "Big Bill" |
#7318, aired 2016-06-08 | HISTORY IN ART $1,000 (Daily Double): John Trumbull's painting of this event can be seen on the back of a $2 bill the signing of the Declaration of Independence |
#7315, aired 2016-06-03 | MISSING MOVIE NAMES $200: A totally righteous time-travel movie:
"____ & ____'s Excellent Adventure" Bill & Ted |
#7314, aired 2016-06-02 | IN HIS STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS $600: "We will offer a plan to end welfare as we know it... end welfare as a way of life & make it a path to independence" Bill Clinton |
#7313, aired 2016-06-01 | PRESIDENTS FROM OHIO $1000: In 1879 he signed a bill allowing female attorneys to argue cases before the U.S. Supreme Court Hayes |
#7297, aired 2016-05-10 | LAW FIRMS $800: Try Falangetti & Weimortz for your criminal case-- they've both been on the other side as deputy these district attorneys |
#7297, aired 2016-05-10 | "ON" THE MIDDLE $1000: To scold in a mild manner admonish |
#7297, aired 2016-05-10 | LAW FIRMS $1600: Tops for patent litigation per U.S. News & World Report, Fish & Richardson specializes in IP, short for this intellectual property |
#7297, aired 2016-05-10 | IT'S AN ELECTION YEAR $2000: It's the year "Smiling Bill" Taft won the White House 1908 |
#7295, aired 2016-05-06 | FINISH THE LITERARY LINE $400: "Theirs not to make reply, theirs not to reason why, theirs but to..." do and die |
#7295, aired 2016-05-06 | NOT TO BE CONFUSED $400: Careful with these 2 words: one means " unethical"; the other, with a "T", "living forever" immoral & immortal |
#7295, aired 2016-05-06 | TV EATERIES $1000: The Minuteman Cafe & Gift Shop, next door to the Stratford Inn in Vermont Newhart |
#7295, aired 2016-05-06 | PRONUNCIATION $1600: Its tourism commission puts a diacritical mark in the state's name showing the short "a" pronunciation Nevada |
#7293, aired 2016-05-04 | IN THE D.C. AREA $1,600 (Daily Double): The Bill of Rights & the Constitution are on display there the National Archives |
#7292, aired 2016-05-03 | THE LONG HOURS $200: In 2013 Texas Democrat Wendy Davis talked for more than 11 hours using this tactic to block an anti-abortion bill a filibuster |
#7287, aired 2016-04-26 | COMICS' BOOKS $400: His books include "New Rules" & "The New New Rules" Bill Maher |
#7282, aired 2016-04-19 | THE STATE'S RICHEST MAN $200: Bill Gates takes the honors for this state Washington |
#7274, aired 2016-04-07 | THE OLD WEST $400: A presentation of "Custer's last stand" in this man's wild west shows used some Lakota who fought in the battle Buffalo Bill |
#7273, aired 2016-04-06 | SHARED INITIALS $1200: Bill Todman's game show partner & a perestroika pioneer Mark Goodson & Mikhail Gorbachev |
#7273, aired 2016-04-06 | THE WAR OF 1812 $1600: In October 1814 Congress proposed moving the capital back to this city but the house rejected the bill, 83-74 Philadelphia |
#7269, aired 2016-03-31 | THE COLLEGE/ATHLETE $600: Ru-dy! Ru-dy! Rudy Ruettiger, Carl Yastrzemski & Bill Laimbeer Notre Dame |
#7268, aired 2016-03-30 | WORD ORIGINS $800: A wealthy person who controls a government, it comes from the Greek for "wealth", not a dwarf planet plutocrat |
#7268, aired 2016-03-30 | "LITTLE" MOVIES $1000: Lillian Hellman wrote the screenplay for this film based on her play of the same name The Little Foxes |
#7260, aired 2016-03-18 | POLITICAL SHORTHAND $600: FOB refers to supporters & acquaintances of this politician Bill Clinton |
#7253, aired 2016-03-09 | WORD PUZZLES $600: With this phrase, there's not a lot of progress being made one step forward, two steps back |
#7253, aired 2016-03-09 | LIKE A BOSS $1000: In 2015 this ex-Microsoft man & L.A. Clippers owner was the richest sports team owner in the U.S., with $21.6 billion Steve Ballmer |
#7253, aired 2016-03-09 | POLISH HISTORY $2,000 (Daily Double): Poland lost its independence in 1795 when Austria & these 2 rhyming countries partitioned the commonwealth Russia & Prussia |
#7253, aired 2016-03-09 | MY EX-WIVES & ME $2000: His third wife was Mia Farrow, but she made a brand new start of it (Frank) Sinatra |
#7253, aired 2016-03-09 | CITY NICKNAMES $8,000 (Daily Double): Ratnapura in this Asian island country is "the City of Gems" & that's what its name means in Sinhalese Sri Lanka |
#7250, aired 2016-03-04 | DEATH... WHAT A CHARACTER! $400: Playing Death in "Meet Joe Black", he said, "Easy, Bill. You'll give yourself a heart attack & ruin my vacation" Brad Pitt |
#7250, aired 2016-03-04 | DEATH... WHAT A CHARACTER! $800: The Grim Reaper played Clue & Battleship with this title duo as they took a "Bogus Journey" Bill & Ted |
#7245, aired 2016-02-26 | IN THE STATE NICKNAME $1000: South Dakota--this canine Coyote |
#7245, aired 2016-02-26 | WIDE WORLD OF PORTS $1200: France's second-busiest seaport, it was founded under a longer name meaning "haven of grace" Le Havre |
#7241, aired 2016-02-22 | WHAT'S THE "PASS" WORD? $1600: Limiting bumping & tarmac time are both part of what's called their "Bill of
Rights" passengers |
#7239, aired 2016-02-18 | PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN SONGS $1200: Bill Clinton must have been "thinking about tomorrow" & the presidency when he decided to use this Fleetwood Mac tune in 1992 "Don't Stop" |
#7230, aired 2016-02-05 | NONFICTION $400: "Killing Reagan" by this Fox News host recounts the attempted assassination of our 40th president (Bill) O'Reilly |
#7221, aired 2016-01-25 | BILLS, BILLS, BILLS $200: The very tip of the fluke on this heavy nautical item is sometimes called the bill an anchor |
#7221, aired 2016-01-25 | BILLS, BILLS, BILLS $400: This important 10-item list was signed by Speaker Frederick Muhlenberg & Senate President John Adams the Bill of Rights |
#7221, aired 2016-01-25 | BILLS, BILLS, BILLS $600: This food & game fish gets its name from its elongated bill that it uses as a weapon a swordfish |
#7221, aired 2016-01-25 | BILLS, BILLS, BILLS $800: This gunslinger had a ruder nickname--"Duck Bill"; see if you think it fits Wild Bill Hickok |
#7221, aired 2016-01-25 | BILLS, BILLS, BILLS $1000: A carrier may issue a shipper a "bill of" this, an old word for freight or the act of putting it on a transport lading |
#7220, aired 2016-01-22 | PRESIDENTS 101 $800: The first to hold an Internet chat with the public (Bill) Clinton |
#7218, aired 2016-01-20 | THE WORLD ALMANAC 2016 EDITION $200: This U.S. paper currency features B. Franklin & a bell that changes color from copper to green as a security measure a $100 bill |
#7218, aired 2016-01-20 | THE WORLD ALMANAC 2016 EDITION $1000: On the list of the world's richest people, Bill Gates is on top with this Mexican telecommunications mogul at No. 2 Carlos Slim |
#7215, aired 2016-01-15 | THE SENATE MAJORITY LEADER $2000: This leader, seen here, graduated Harvard Med in 1978 & worked as a heart-&-lung transplant surgeon (Bill) Frist |
#7204, aired 2015-12-31 | ____ OF THE ____ $400: Hannibal Lecter is supposed to help the FBI find a serial killer nicknamed Buffalo Bill in this bestseller Silence of the Lambs |
#7204, aired 2015-12-31 | DANIEL DAY-LEWIS ON FILM $1200: Criminal leader Bill "The Butcher" Cutting Gangs of New York |
#7200, aired 2015-12-25 | ART & ARTISTS $400: Bill Magrath's "Returning Fire", seen here, depicts the 1862 battle between these 2 vessels the Monitor & the Merrimack |
#7199, aired 2015-12-24 | GOING STRAIGHT $200: He followed "Stripes" & "Ghostbusters" with a star turn in the Somerset Maugham drama "The Razor's Edge" Bill Murray |
#7199, aired 2015-12-24 | "SANTA" GOES AROUND THE WORLD $400: Columbus' ship would've been at home on this Arizona river, a tributary of the Bill Williams River Santa Maria |
#7186, aired 2015-12-07 | PULLING RANK $2000: When General Patton wanted to censor this Pulitzer-winning sergeant's "Willie & Joe" cartoons, General Eisenhower said no Bill Mauldin |
#7177, aired 2015-11-24 | WHERE IS THAT? $1000: The Buffalo Bill Center of the West:
This Wyoming city Cody |
#7176, aired 2015-11-23 | IN THE STATE'S HALL OF FAME $200: Bill Bradley & Albert Einstein are in this state's Hall of Fame New Jersey |
#7170, aired 2015-11-13 | PLAYING THEMSELVES $200: In "Trainwreck" this athlete asks Bill Hader, "What's the difference between Miami & Cleveland?" LeBron James |
#7169, aired 2015-11-12 | LITERARY STRUCTURE $1,000 (Daily Double): Referring to a symbol on the U.S. $1 bill, the first book in the "Illuminatus!" trilogy is "The Eye in" this the pyramid |
#7168, aired 2015-11-11 | VETERANS $400: (Eric Stonestreet gives the clue.) The American Legion was a key player in the 1944 passage of this legislation that enabled millions of World War II vets to attend college & buy homes the G.I. Bill |
#7162, aired 2015-11-03 | MARY, MARY $600: This Democratic senator from Louisiana lost a 2014 runoff election to Bill Cassidy Mary Landrieu |
#7162, aired 2015-11-03 | SHOW "TIME" $800: Bill Maher keeps it legit on this HBO show Real Time with Bill Maher |
#7160, aired 2015-10-30 | MY MOVIE CHARACTERS $2000: Ted "Theodore" Logan,
Siddhartha Keanu Reeves |
#7159, aired 2015-10-29 | NEW MEXICO $2,000 (Daily Double): This river that rises in northern New Mexico gave its name to the Southwest's counterpart to Paul Bunyan the Pecos River |
#7152, aired 2015-10-20 | 1970s TV $1200: Full name of the show on which Bill Bixby became angry, became too big for his shirt & became Lou Ferrigno The Incredible Hulk |
#7151, aired 2015-10-19 | BRUTE, EH? $800: In "Oliver Twist" this heavy beats his dog & bludgeons Nancy to death Bill Sikes |
#7151, aired 2015-10-19 | 2015 ROCK HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES $2000: When this "Lean On Me" singer warned he was going off teleprompter, Stevie Wonder, who inducted him, said, "I didn't use it" Bill Withers |
#7142, aired 2015-10-06 | A BILL IN CONGRESS $200: These formal arguments for or against proposed bills take place on the floor of the House & the Senate debates |
#7142, aired 2015-10-06 | A BILL IN CONGRESS $400: After a bill is introduced, it is given a number, printed & referred to one or more of these entities for review a committee |
#7142, aired 2015-10-06 | A BILL IN CONGRESS $600: A holiday symbol lends its name to this type of bill that attracts many amendments, like ornaments a Christmas tree bill |
#7142, aired 2015-10-06 | A BILL IN CONGRESS $800: Per its initials, the Revoking Excessive Policies that Encroach on American Liberties Act tried to do this to Obamacare repeal |
#7142, aired 2015-10-06 | A BILL IN CONGRESS $1000: In 2002 Congress approved a campaign-spending bill co-sponsored by John McCain & this Wisconsin senator (Russ) Feingold |
#7139, aired 2015-10-01 | DICKENS BOOK BY CHARACTER $400: Bill Sikes Oliver Twist |
#7130, aired 2015-09-18 | PRESIDENTIAL BOOKS $400: While serving as president, he wrote "Between Hope and History" Bill Clinton |
#7127, aired 2015-09-15 | THE 1990s $1000: About $25 billion in damage to Florida was the bill from this Atlantic hurricane, the first named one of 1992 Andrew |
#7120, aired 2015-07-24 | W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM $800: The same year as "Ghostbusters", Bill Murray went dramatic in a film of this Maugham novel with a "sharp" title The Razor's Edge |
#7116, aired 2015-07-20 | THE BILL OF RIGHTS $400: The 2nd Amendment postulates that "A well regulated" one of these is "necessary to the security of a free state" a militia |
#7116, aired 2015-07-20 | THE BILL OF RIGHTS $800: The 7th Amendment guarantees a jury trial in suits over more than 2 sawbucks, or this $20 |
#7116, aired 2015-07-20 | THE BILL OF RIGHTS $1600: The 3rd (not 4th) Amendment: "No soldier shall, in time of peace be" this "in any house" without the owner's consent quartered |
#7116, aired 2015-07-20 | THE BILL OF RIGHTS $2000: The 8th Amendment: "Excessive" this "shall not be required... nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted" bail |
#7116, aired 2015-07-20 | THE BILL OF RIGHTS $6,600 (Daily Double): The 4th Amendment: None of these "shall issue, but upon probable cause" a warrant |
#7106, aired 2015-07-06 | ALSO A KEYBOARD KEY $400: Your bill at the bar tab |
#7105, aired 2015-07-03 | NAMES FOR YOUR DOG $800: Hey, pal! You can't go wrong with this name that Bill Clinton gave his chocolate lab in 1997 Buddy |
#7102, aired 2015-06-30 | OUR MUSICAL PRESIDENTS $400: This saxophonist became a member of Kappa Kappa Psi, an honorary band fraternity Bill Clinton |
#7101, aired 2015-06-29 | YOU'RE ALL I NEED $2000: With the maximum number of House members present, all John Boehner needs is at least this many votes to pass a bill 218 |
#7094, aired 2015-06-18 | THE MONEY MAN $400: The note that makes up about 45% of U.S. currency production features this man (George) Washington |
#7093, aired 2015-06-17 | FOOTBALL HEROES $600: Growing up in this state capital, Bill Belichick revered Roger Staubach, who won the Heisman playing for Navy Annapolis |
#7091, aired 2015-06-15 | A VISIT WITH KATIE COURIC $200: (Katie Couric delivers the clue.) The world's richest couple, Bill & Melinda Gates, told me that one way to deal with global income inequality was to practice this, from the Greek for "love mankind" philanthropy |
#7089, aired 2015-06-11 | HAIRMAGEDDON $400: Synthetic hair woven into your own is called this, like what you ask for when you want to pay a bill late extensions |
#7087, aired 2015-06-09 | A LITTLE R & R $600: This provision is added to a legislative bill to get it adopted along with the bill a rider |
#7085, aired 2015-06-05 | "SHO" TIME $800: Wild Bill Hickok never knew this word for a face-off--it dates only to 1892, pardner showdown |
#7081, aired 2015-06-01 | MOORE OR LES $1600: He was Secretary of Defense under Bill Clinton in 1993 & 1994 Les Aspin |
#7080, aired 2015-05-29 | EX-MEMBERS OF THE BAND $400: In 1997 this Michael Stipe band said drummer Bill Berry was retiring to his farm (& replaced him with a drum machine) R.E.M. |
#7076, aired 2015-05-25 | PRESIDENTS & SECRETARIES OF STATE $400: He appointed Madeleine Albright Bill Clinton |
#7073, aired 2015-05-20 | DEBUTING IN 1984 $600: One possible thing Bill Murray whispered to her at the end of "Lost in Translation" was "You were born on Nov. 22, 1984" Scarlett Johansson |
#7071, aired 2015-05-18 | TEXAS RISING $1000: Played by Bill Paxton, he went from military hero to political leader as the first president of the new republic (Sam) Houston |
#7068, aired 2015-05-13 | POLITICAL DICTIONARY $200: 3-word name for the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution Bill of Rights |
#7068, aired 2015-05-13 | THE GOLDBERGS $200: Bill Goldberg used moves called the jackhammer & the spear to amass 173 wins in a row in WCW, World Championship this Wrestling |
#7064, aired 2015-05-07 | THE WILD WEST $2000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from Deadwood, SD.) In 1876, "Wild" Bill Hickok moved to Deadwood & became a regular at the poker tables where, on August 2nd, he was shot by Jack McCall holding the dead-man's hand, reportedly a queen or a 9 & these four cards aces & 8s |
#7062, aired 2015-05-05 | THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT $400: A "green paper" covers an issue for discussion; this color paper is the basis for a bill to be put before Parliament white |
#7057, aired 2015-04-28 | ON THE BACK OF THE BILL $200: $5 bill:
This memorial the Lincoln Memorial |
#7057, aired 2015-04-28 | ON THE BACK OF THE BILL $400: $20 bill:
This residence the White House |
#7057, aired 2015-04-28 | ON THE BACK OF THE BILL $600: $1 bill:
A scroll in the eagle's mouth with this Latin motto E pluribus unum |
#7057, aired 2015-04-28 | ON THE BACK OF THE BILL $1000: $2 bill:
The Declaration of Independence being presented to this body the Continental Congress |
#7057, aired 2015-04-28 | ON THE BACK OF THE BILL $4,000 (Daily Double): $10 bill:
This building where you'll find the Salmon P. Chase Suite the Treasury Building |
#7054, aired 2015-04-23 | NONFICTION $1200: In the fourth book in his "Killing" series, Bill O'Reilly writes about "The Strange Death of" this WWII general Patton |
#7050, aired 2015-04-17 | I'M JUST A BILL $200: He wrote his first software program at age 13, & at about 30 he put the "Bill" in billionaire Bill Gates |
#7050, aired 2015-04-17 | I'M JUST A BILL $400: This New York City mayor managed Hillary Clinton's Senate campaign in 2000 (Bill) de Blasio |
#7050, aired 2015-04-17 | I'M JUST A BILL $600: His "Wild West and Congress of Rough Riders of the World" show was big but he lost his fortune through mismanagement Buffalo Bill |
#7050, aired 2015-04-17 | I'M JUST A BILL $800: In 2002 Bill Richardson was elected governor of this state, succeeding Gary Johnson New Mexico |
#7050, aired 2015-04-17 | I'M JUST A BILL $1000: "Homicidal Psycho Jungle Cat" is a collection featuring this Bill Watterson comic strip duo Calvin & Hobbes |
#7049, aired 2015-04-16 | POLITICIANS $600: (I'm George Stephanopoulos.) After seeing Bill Clinton speak for the first time, I thought, this is the guy who can bring blacks & whites together the way that this senator promised to do back in 1968 RFK (Bobby Kennedy) |
#7048, aired 2015-04-15 | THE NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS $1000: This Hall of Fame head coach led the Pats to the 1997 Super Bowl, then left to go fly with the Jets Bill Parcells |
#7043, aired 2015-04-08 | YOU'VE GOTTEN ME INTO... $1000: a production of this Irving Berlin musical; I'm Buffalo Bill Annie Get Your Gun |
#7041, aired 2015-04-06 | THEY PLAYED COACHELLA $400: On the bill at the inaugural festival in 1999: Rage Against the Machine & this lead singer of the Smiths Morrissey |
#7039, aired 2015-04-02 | COMPANIES $1000: Nike was founded by University of Oregon track coach Bill Bowerman & this runner of his Phil Knight |
#7029, aired 2015-03-19 | THE 16th CENTURY $2,000 (Daily Double): This British poet, playwright & contemporary of Shakespeare was killed in a fight in 1593, allegedly over a bill Christopher Marlowe |
#7029, aired 2015-03-19 | IT'S HYPHENATED $2000: Your electric bill usually indicates your usage in terms of this energy unit kilowatt-hour |
#7028, aired 2015-03-18 | LAUGHABLE TELEVISION $800: This Bill Hader guy:
"N.Y.'s hottest club is Push!... (It) has... ghosts... banjos... a stuck-up kitten who won't sign autographs..." Stefon |
#7026, aired 2015-03-16 | BODY PART VERBS $200: To take responsibility for "the bill" to foot |
#7014, aired 2015-02-26 | THAT '90s SHOW $600: '90s shows based on movies included "Robocop: The Series", "Clueless" & this pair's "Excellent Adventures" Bill & Ted |
#7010, aired 2015-02-20 | AT THE MUSEUM $1200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reads the clue from the Peabody Museum in Cambridge, Mass.) The saddle probably belonged to this great Sioux leader who got $50 each time he rode once around the ring with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show; preferring to die as an Indian rather than live as a white man, he returned to his people & was killed in 1890 Sitting Bull |
#7008, aired 2015-02-18 | MY MOVIES $2000: A TV movie about the founder of AA:
"My Name Is ____ ____" Bill W |
#7007, aired 2015-02-17 | CAN I "KEEP" IT? $1000: This phrase meaning to monitor someone's activities originally meant to watch over a bill he ran up to keep tabs |
#7003, aired 2015-02-11 | TV TEACHERS $400: Huffington Post said if you had a science class sub in the '90s, it likely meant watching a VHS of this bow-tied man Bill Nye the Science Guy |
#7001, aired 2015-02-09 | THE NEW $100 BILL $400: (Kelly of the Clue Crew holds a special light bulb over a new $100 bill.)
Some businesses have detectors equipped with this type of light specifically to detect bad bills; the security thread should glow pink ultraviolet |
#7001, aired 2015-02-09 | THE NEW $100 BILL $800: The quill pen & inkwell are a bit ironic given that the person shown on the bill was in this business from age 12 printing |
#7001, aired 2015-02-09 | THE NEW $100 BILL $1200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows the $100 bill in motion on the monitor.) The 3-D security ribbon uses technology from Crane, the same stationery company that printed currency at the Liberty Mill for this patriot & engraver Paul Revere |
#7001, aired 2015-02-09 | THE NEW $100 BILL $1600: To help those with visual impairments, a gold 100 on the back of the bill towers over this Penn. building Independence Hall |
#7001, aired 2015-02-09 | THE NEW $100 BILL $2000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew feels a new $100 bill.) The bill feels rough to the touch due to a printing process using this Italian-named sculptural method also called "hollow relief" intaglio |
#6988, aired 2015-01-21 | 1865 AMERICA $400: On July 21, 1865 this "wild" gunslinger & Dave Tutt engaged in what is regarded as the first true western showdown Bill Hickok |
#6987, aired 2015-01-20 | PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURAL FIRSTS $200: His 1997 inaugural was the first to be broadcast live on the Internet Bill Clinton |
#6981, aired 2015-01-12 | PUT IT ON MY "BILL" $200: Jed, Jethro, Elly May & Granny, collectively the Beverly Hillbillies |
#6981, aired 2015-01-12 | PUT IT ON MY "BILL" $400: Forbes magazine lists oilman John D. Rockefeller as America's first of these billionaire |
#6981, aired 2015-01-12 | PUT IT ON MY "BILL" $600: With about 100,000 people, this seat of Yellowstone County is Montana's most populous city Billings |
#6981, aired 2015-01-12 | PUT IT ON MY "BILL" $800: This magazine for theater buffs just doesn't cover Broadway, but off-Broadway & the London stage as well Playbill |
#6981, aired 2015-01-12 | PUT IT ON MY "BILL" $1000: Mais oui, ma chere, it's a hyphenated French term for a love letter billet-doux |
#6978, aired 2015-01-07 | THE $1 BILL $200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows currency on the monitor.) At the top of each bill are the words "this note is..." this two-word phrase "...for all debts public and private" legal tender |
#6978, aired 2015-01-07 | THE $1 BILL $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows currency on the monitor.) The back of every dollar bears the front & reverse of the image designed in part by Ben Franklin & known by this two-word name the Great Seal |
#6978, aired 2015-01-07 | THE $1 BILL $600: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows currency on the monitor.) At the end of the 19th century, the U.S. issued a $1 bill featuring her, the only woman ever to appear on a U.S. currency note Martha Washington |
#6978, aired 2015-01-07 | THE $1 BILL $800: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows currency on the monitor.) The letter inside the circle indicates which one of the 12 Federal Reserve banks issued the dollar, from "A" for Boston all the way to "L" for the bank in this West Coast city San Francisco |
#6978, aired 2015-01-07 | THE $1 BILL $2,000 (Daily Double): (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows currency on the monitor.) On the front of each dollar are the signatures of the two people in these two similar-sounding jobs the Secretary of the Treasury & the Treasurer of the United States |
#6976, aired 2015-01-05 | "DE"FRIEND $2000: Coach Bill Walsh is seen here on the left with this 49ers owner Edward DeBartolo Jr. |
#6971, aired 2014-12-29 | MEET THE DAKOTAS! $1000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from Deadwood, SD.) I'm standing in this historic Deadwood Cemetery, named for the Jerusalem hill on which Solomon built his temple; western legends Wild Bill Hickok & Calamity Jane were laid to rest here Mount Moriah |
#6968, aired 2014-12-24 | THE FUNNY PAPERS $1200: In 2014 this "Calvin & Hobbes" creator made a surprise return, contributing to the "Pearls Before Swine" strip Bill Watterson |
#6958, aired 2014-12-10 | 21st CENTURY MOVIE QUOTES $2000: "Silly Caucasian girl likes to play with samurai swords" Kill Bill |
#6958, aired 2014-12-10 | POINT "A" TO POINT "B" $2,500 (Daily Double): One a state capital, these 2 cities on Amtrak's Empire Service fill the bill Albany & Buffalo |
#6955, aired 2014-12-05 | THE 18th CENTURY $800: Amendment 8 of the 10 collectively known as this said cruel & unusual punishment was a big no-no the Bill of Rights |
#6952, aired 2014-12-02 | U.S. GOVERNMENT $1200: If the president vetoes a bill, it can still become law if passed by at least this fraction of each house of Congress 2/3 |
#6952, aired 2014-12-02 | SEE TV $2000: "Biography" showed this Microsoft man's "Life--From Child Prodigy to Harvard Dropout to Billionaire" (Bill) Gates |
#6946, aired 2014-11-24 | THE MOVIE ROLE HE WAS BORN TO PLAY $2000: In "Zombieland", when asked, "So, do you have any regrets?" this man playing himself says, "'Garfield', maybe" Bill Murray |
#6940, aired 2014-11-14 | CITY OF BIRTH $200: Bill Gates Seattle |
#6928, aired 2014-10-29 | HOME DESPOT $400: Slobodan Milosevic
(1997-2000) Yugoslavia |
#6928, aired 2014-10-29 | ON A BILLBOARD CHART IN 2014 $1000: "Operator" & "Time In A Bottle" are on this man's "Lost Recordings", found on the folk album chart (Jim) Croce |
#6928, aired 2014-10-29 | THE BIBLE FROM B TO Z $1600: B:
Matthew calls him "a notable prisoner" Barabbas |
#6928, aired 2014-10-29 | MOUNTAINS $2000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a diagram on the monitor.) The Earth bulges in the middle, so the furthest point from the Earth's center is the top of Chimborazo in this South American country Ecuador |
#6927, aired 2014-10-28 | OSCAR SONGS IN OTHER WORDS $800: 2005:
Things are difficult in regards to the call-girl management industry "It's Hard Out Here For A Pimp" |
#6927, aired 2014-10-28 | COMMANDER & CHEF $800: Pierre Chambrin, who quit as White House chef in 1994, said it wasn't true that this President ate a lot of fast food Bill Clinton |
#6927, aired 2014-10-28 | COMMANDER & CHEF $1000: Francois Rysavy was blamed when this President had an attack of indigestion that scared financial markets Dwight David Eisenhower |
#6926, aired 2014-10-27 | U.S. CITIES $400: Mary Todd Lincoln was born in this Kentucky city, now a major center for horse breeding Lexington |
#6926, aired 2014-10-27 | 6 LETTERS, ONLY 1 VOWEL $800: The measured extent of an object; it's used as a unit of distance in horse racing a length |
#6926, aired 2014-10-27 | ART MASTERPIECES $1600: This Spanish artist included himself in his painting of "Las Meninas" Diego Velázquez |
#6920, aired 2014-10-17 | ANIMALS OF THE AMAZON $800: This colorful bird's large bill, which may reach 8 inches in length, helps regulate its body temperature a toucan |
#6910, aired 2014-10-03 | THE 20th CENTURY $800: Bill & Hillary Clinton campaigned for this 1972 presidential candidate McGovern |
#6909, aired 2014-10-02 | NFL THURSDAY: THE STARTING LINEUP $800: He played for the Browns and Eagles before turning coach and winning a Super Bowl with the Steelers (Bill) Cowher |
#6904, aired 2014-09-25 | WE'LL GET YOU THERE $1600: In the "Customer Bill of Rights" from this "colorful" airline, you may get $25 if your flight is delayed 1 1/2 hours JetBlue |
#6904, aired 2014-09-25 | AMERICANA $1600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Deadwood, SD) Born Martha Cannary, this hard-drinking legend
of the old west had a soft side, too, caring for the victims of the 1878 smallpox epidemic in Deadwood. Her dying request? "Bury me beside Wild Bill" Calamity Jane |
#6903, aired 2014-09-24 | PLAY BILL $400: In 2014 this science guy held a live broadcast debate with a creationism guy Bill Nye |
#6903, aired 2014-09-24 | PLAY BILL $800: If Barack Obama wanted a ringer on his basketball team, he'd choose this former Knick who also played in the Senate Bill Bradley |
#6903, aired 2014-09-24 | PLAY BILL $1200: This folklore cowboy rode a cyclone that created the Grand Canyon & his fall created Death Valley Pecos Bill |
#6903, aired 2014-09-24 | PLAY BILL $1600: This journalist is not "now" on PBS, but you can see him "& company" on New York's WNET Bill Moyers |
#6903, aired 2014-09-24 | PLAY BILL $3,000 (Daily Double): This former education secretary & drug czar often speaks out for traditional values Bill Bennett |
#6900, aired 2014-09-19 | CHOCOLATE $600: Emeril's recipe for chocolate-covered turtles doesn't actually call for turtles but for these nuts pecans |
#6900, aired 2014-09-19 | ROCKY ROAD $800: The Stelvio pass near Italy's borders with these 2 countries is one of the highest mountain roads in Europe Switzerland & Austria |
#6900, aired 2014-09-19 | 31 FLAVORS $1000: The 31st state to become part of the union, it was the second-largest in area for 109 years California |
#6900, aired 2014-09-19 | COLLEGE ABROAD $1600: 3 facts on this school: Samuel Beckett went there; it was founded in 1592; it's Ireland's oldest university Trinity College |
#6900, aired 2014-09-19 | DOLLAR "BIL" $2000: Lodging for a soldier a billet |
#6899, aired 2014-09-18 | SCIENCE OF THE SKIES $800: (Kelly of the Clue Crew presents the clue.) The ballistics impact lab fires a simulated bird made of gelatin at high speed to study & mitigate events like Captain Sullenberger's 2009 river landing, where a flock of these knocked out both engines Canada geese |
#6899, aired 2014-09-18 | IT'S BUT A CONJUNCTION $800: As a conjunction this 4-letter word means alike or equally; as an adjective, it means one & the other both |
#6899, aired 2014-09-18 | EXPLORERS' NATIONALITIES $800: Abel Tasman Dutch |
#6899, aired 2014-09-18 | FAIRY TALES $1000: A poem by Goethe is one of the earlier uses of this tale about a pupil who conjures up more magic than he can handle "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" |
#6899, aired 2014-09-18 | EXPLORERS' NATIONALITIES $1000: Sir Edmund Hillary New Zealand |
#6898, aired 2014-09-17 | THE SUPREME COURT $800: (Former Supreme Court justice Sandra Day O'Connor delivers the clue.) The war on terror raised new issues; in 2004 I wrote an opinion establishing that U.S. citizens who are enemy combatants do have rights under this Bill of Rights amendment not to be held indefinitely without due process the Fifth Amendment |
#6898, aired 2014-09-17 | THE AMERICANS $1,000 (Daily Double): Best known for a different work, in 1833 he produced a "Common Version" of the Holy Bible "with Amendments of the Language" Noah Webster |
#6898, aired 2014-09-17 | CRITTERS $3,000 (Daily Double): This largest sea turtle is the only one that lacks a hard shell, having instead skin with tiny bone plates the leatherback turtle |
#6897, aired 2014-09-16 | GHOSTBUSTERS $400: When Sigourney Weaver says it's time to do this to her baby, Bill Murray starts with "You're short" put him down |
#6897, aired 2014-09-16 | SHE'S HAD SOME WORK DONE $600: Grandma can now shower with ease since the bathroom became compliant with this act, the ADA the Americans with Disabilities Act |
#6897, aired 2014-09-16 | PLASTIC SURGERY $1,000 (Daily Double): This alliterative procedure is also called abdominoplasty tummy tuck |
#6884, aired 2014-07-17 | LITERARY SIGNIFICANT OTHERS $600: Bill Sikes Nancy |
#6881, aired 2014-07-14 | MICKEYPEDIA $1200: Mickey Hart joined Bill Kreutzmann for some long jams as they formed the drumming duo of this band The Grateful Dead |
#6875, aired 2014-07-04 | OLDIES $200: "Rock Around The Clock" by this man & His Comets was No. 1 for 8 weeks in 1955 Bill Haley |
#6875, aired 2014-07-04 | COOL IDEA $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Mount Rushmore, South Dakota.) In 1937, a bill was introduced in Congress
to carve a fifth figure on Mount Rushmore, this suffragette, but it never happened Susan B. Anthony |
#6875, aired 2014-07-04 | NEWBIES $600: James Franklin is this U.'s new head football coach, following 2 years of Bill O'Brien & 46 years of another guy Penn State |
#6871, aired 2014-06-30 | 3-LETTER WORDS $400: It's slang for a $5 bill a fin |
#6871, aired 2014-06-30 | LASTS $800: In 1995 the funnies got less funny with the ending of both "The Far Side" & this comic strip by Bill Watterson Calvin & Hobbes |
#6860, aired 2014-06-13 | HISTORIC TV $1000: "I Spy" made the TV history books in 1965 when it cast this African American in one of the lead roles Bill Cosby |
#6860, aired 2014-06-13 | SPOILER MOVIE TITLES $1200: 2004:
David Carradine has to go in Volume 2 Kill Bill |
#6859, aired 2014-06-12 | THE MONTANAS, JOE & HELENA $600: As a 49er, Joe was perfect for this "geographic" offense of coach Bill Walsh the West Coast offense |
#6852, aired 2014-06-03 | FOUNDERS DAY $1,000 (Daily Double): He didn't have the nicest things to say about Bill Gates in "Idea Man: A Memoir by the Cofounder of Microsoft" Paul Allen |
#6847, aired 2014-05-27 | MASTER CARD $800: In "Groundhog Day" Bill Murray has this job; that's why he comes to see the groundhog a weatherman |
#6846, aired 2014-05-26 | IMPRESSIVE SPORTS RECORDS $400: On March 23, 1952 the Blackhawks' Bill Mosienko performed this 3-goal feat in just 21 seconds a hat trick |
#6839, aired 2014-05-15 | DOCUMENTARIES $400: "Religulous", featuring this atheistic host of HBO's "Real Time", has just a bit of an agenda Bill Maher |
#6839, aired 2014-05-15 | HISTORIC DAYS $2,000 (Daily Double): December 15, 1791 the ratification of the Bill of Rights |
#6830, aired 2014-05-02 | COHEN-CIDENTALLY $1000: This senator from Maine ran the Defense Department as the only Republican in Bill Clinton's Cabinet William Cohen |
#6828, aired 2014-04-30 | LET'S SPEAK CANADIAN $400: In Toronto, your "hydro bill" is for this essential, not water electricity |
#6827, aired 2014-04-29 | AMERICANA $1600: This cowboy of folklore met his first wife, Slue-Foot Sue, while she was riding a catfish on the Rio Grande Pecos Bill |
#6825, aired 2014-04-25 | RECENT HISTORY $1000: In August 2009 Bill Clinton traveled to this country & helped win the release of 2 American journalists North Korea |
#6817, aired 2014-04-15 | ORGANIZATIONS $400: This couple has a foundation that works to help all people lead healthy, productive lives Bill and Melinda Gates |
#6813, aired 2014-04-09 | SPORTS IDIOMS $600: I'll bet this slang term for a 2-dollar bill you know it also describes a 40-40 tennis score deuce |
#6813, aired 2014-04-09 | SUPPORTING ACTOR OSCARS $1200: 1992:
The Oscar said he was forgiven for playing baddie Little Bill Daggett in "Unforgiven" (Gene) Hackman |
#6812, aired 2014-04-08 | AMERICAN HISTORY $200: In January 1996 Bill Clinton challenged congress to "Never, ever" do this again; cut to October 2013 shut down (the government) |
#6809, aired 2014-04-03 | IN THE BOOKSTORE $2000: His books include "The Life & Times of the Thunderbolt Kid" & "A Short History of Nearly Everything" Bill Bryson |
#6808, aired 2014-04-02 | NEW IN THE 2000s $1000: Bill Wasik came up with the idea for these; the first to succeed, in June 2003, gathered 200 folks at a Macy's rug department a flash mob |
#6796, aired 2014-03-17 | BIOGRAPHY SUBJECTS $400: This man: "Billionaire Computer Genius" Bill Gates |
#6794, aired 2014-03-13 | FAMILIAR PHRASES $400: Situation here for Bill Tilden at the the ball is in his court |
#6794, aired 2014-03-13 | FAMILIAR PHRASES $600: A document stating whether a ship carried disease; if not, it got a "clean" one a bill of health |
#6792, aired 2014-03-11 | VICE PRESIDENTS $1600: After his years as vice president, he served as U.S. ambassador to Japan under Bill Clinton Walter Mondale |
#6790, aired 2014-03-07 | OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB $400: Works by this fatherly TV star, including "The Meanest Thing To Say", made the club in 1997 Bill Cosby |
#6788, aired 2014-03-05 | BILL CLINTON $200: His birthplace; it's where he lived the first 7 years of his life Hope, Arkansas |
#6788, aired 2014-03-05 | BILL CLINTON $400: The foreign school he attended from 1968 to 1970 Oxford |
#6788, aired 2014-03-05 | BILL CLINTON $600: The first statewide office to which he was elected, in 1976 3 years out of law school attorney general |
#6788, aired 2014-03-05 | BILL CLINTON $800: In 1994 this ex-solicitor general was named independent counsel & became Bill's nemesis (Kenneth) Starr |
#6788, aired 2014-03-05 | BILL CLINTON $1000: The act Bill signed in his first month in office granting workers time off the Family and Medical Leave Act |
#6785, aired 2014-02-28 | RUSSIAN TO JUDGMENT $1000: The 2013 vote in this parliamentary house for a bill that banned telling minors about gay life was 436-0 the Duma |
#6784, aired 2014-02-27 | ALEX' HONKY-TONK SALOON $800: Look who's here! Hey guys, in 1893, 6 million folks went to this guy's Wild West show in Chicago! Drinks are on me! Buffalo Bill |
#6784, aired 2014-02-27 | U.S. GOVERNMENT $1600: It's the process by which a Congressional committee debates & amends a bill, & maybe increases its price markup |
#6780, aired 2014-02-21 | MONEY TALKS $800: The $50 bill:
The last name of this president (Ulysses) Grant |
#6780, aired 2014-02-21 | MONEY TALKS $1000: The $100 bill:
"This note is ____ ____ for all debts, public and private" legal tender |
#6773, aired 2014-02-12 | HAIL TO THE CHIEF $400: His father, William Jefferson Blythe, died in a 1946 car accident before the future president was born Bill Clinton |
#6773, aired 2014-02-12 | STUDENT AID $1000: Originally for WWII vets, it provides grants for tuition & is more formally known as the Servicemen's Readjustment Act the G.I. Bill |
#6771, aired 2014-02-10 | FAMOUS HOMES $2000: As of January 2014 Gracie Mansion at East End Ave. & 88th Street is this man's official residence Bill de Blasio |
#6765, aired 2014-01-31 | BY JOHNNY CASH $1000: Pretty nice show! An Aug. 5, 1955 bill included Wanda Jackson, Johnny & Elvis, his bandmate on this "bright" label Sun (Records) |
#6761, aired 2014-01-27 | THINGS THAT ARE YELLOW $200: The yellow daisy is more commonly called this female a black-eyed Susan |
#6761, aired 2014-01-27 | FINDING MY INNER SCOT $800: Don't peenge to me, this activity, or you'll get na haggis complain |
#6761, aired 2014-01-27 | WHAT A LITERARY CHARACTER! $1,600 (Daily Double): By first names, this title group is Alyosha, Ivan, Dmitri & Smerdyakov the Brothers Karamazov |
#6761, aired 2014-01-27 | I GOT A "FEVER" $2000: Found mainly in kids aged 5 to 15, it gets its name from one symptom, inflammation of the joints rheumatic fever |
#6761, aired 2014-01-27 | LOANWORDS BY LANGUAGE $2000: Ukase, a decree Russian |
#6756, aired 2014-01-20 | BRIT FOOD $800: Blood & pork are featured in "black" this, so it's not a dessert like the kind Bill Cosby enjoys (black) pudding |
#6749, aired 2014-01-09 | PRESIDENTS & VICE PRESIDENTS $2,500 (Daily Double): Bill Clinton said authorizing a special counsel for this 1994 investigation "was the worst mistake of my presidency" Whitewater |
#6748, aired 2014-01-08 | PLAYING LINCOLN $600: Billy Campbell played the big man in a 2013 TV adaptation of this Bill O'Reilly book Killing Lincoln |
#6747, aired 2014-01-07 | LORD OF THE RINKS $1000: After Bill Quackenbush won this sportsmanship trophy in 1949, his tough-guy GM Jack Adams promptly traded him the Lady Byng |
#6743, aired 2014-01-01 | NATIONAL MEMORIALS $400: The memorial to veterans of this war was dedicated on July 27, 1995 by Bill Clinton & Kim Young Sam the Korean War |
#6742, aired 2013-12-31 | CELEBRITIES' FAVORITE MOVIES $400: (Here with the clue are Mike & Mike of ESPN Radio.) My favorite sports movie is "Field of Dreams"--it's got everything: mystery, romance & baseball...
...I can beat that--my favorite is this laughter on the links that co-starred Bill Murray as a crazy gopher exterminator Caddyshack |
#6741, aired 2013-12-30 | THE 1970s $200: On Jan. 2, 1974 President Nixon signed a bill lowering the maximum speed limit on the highways to this 55 |
#6732, aired 2013-12-17 | DID YOU GET MY LETTER? $1600: In 1976 he wrote an open letter to members of the Homebrew Computer Club asking them not to steal his programs Bill Gates |
#6728, aired 2013-12-11 | IN THE BILL OF RIGHTS $200: The right "to keep and bear" these arms |
#6728, aired 2013-12-11 | IN THE BILL OF RIGHTS $400: The right to a trial by one of these a jury |
#6728, aired 2013-12-11 | IN THE BILL OF RIGHTS $600: No requirement to house these during peacetime soldiers |
#6728, aired 2013-12-11 | IN THE BILL OF RIGHTS $800: The right "of the people peaceably to" do this, gather together assemble |
#6728, aired 2013-12-11 | IN THE BILL OF RIGHTS $1000: No excessive bail or fines or either of these kinds of "punishment" cruel or unusual |
#6727, aired 2013-12-10 | SEND IN THE MARINES $600: This former Marine guided Bill Clinton to the presidency & Mary Matalin to the altar James Carville |
#6725, aired 2013-12-06 | 19th CENTURY NOTABLES $400: In 1883 this scout & showman debuted his first Wild West Show in Omaha (Buffalo Bill) Cody |
#6718, aired 2013-11-27 | REMEMBER 1791? $400: On December 15 the U.S. ratified this important 10-part package the Bill of Rights |
#6715, aired 2013-11-22 | PASSWORD $800: When Bill Clinton went digital, he chose this name of his dog as his password Buddy |
#6713, aired 2013-11-20 | WHO PLAYED THE SNL CHARACTER? $2000: Stefon, who knows club hot spots (Bill) Hader |
#6699, aired 2013-10-31 | WE GIVE A DAM $400: The authorities are so proud of the Krasnoyarsk Dam in this country that it's featured on the 10-ruble bill Russia |
#6698, aired 2013-10-30 | SUPER BOWL-WINNING COACHES $400: New England Patriots (Bill) Belichick |
#6696, aired 2013-10-28 | THINGS TO DO TODAY $200: Send that check to charity; this guy & his wife Melinda's foundation has granted $26 billion Bill Gates |
#6695, aired 2013-10-25 | 1960s NEWSMAKERS $1200: In game 7 of the 1960 World Series, this Pirates second baseman hit the winning home run in the bottom of the 9th inning Bill Mazeroski |
#6694, aired 2013-10-24 | MATH APPEAL $200: As the bases are 90 feet apart, it's the area in square feet of a baseball infield 8,100 square feet |
#6694, aired 2013-10-24 | THIS SIDE "UP" $600: "Casablanca" begins with an order to do this to "all suspicious characters and search them" round up |
#6694, aired 2013-10-24 | "P"OETS $2000: On Easter Sunday 1341, this Italian was crowned poet laureate, the first to be named in Rome since antiquity Petrarch |
#6693, aired 2013-10-23 | CLASSICAL LITERATURE $800: Philippic, meaning a bitter rant, comes from the speeches Demosthenes made against this kingdom's Philip II Macedon |
#6693, aired 2013-10-23 | AT THE TRACK $800: This rail service zooms through the Chunnel on a track called High Speed 1 out of London's St. Pancras station the Eurostar |
#6693, aired 2013-10-23 | POINT "A" TO POINT "B" $1200: Though far from Europe, you return to Dutch soil when you sail between these two islands Aruba & Bonaire |
#6693, aired 2013-10-23 | POINT "A" TO POINT "B" $3,600 (Daily Double): It's about a 30-hour drive between these 2 rhyming state capitals Austin & Boston |
#6693, aired 2013-10-23 | '21 $5,000 (Daily Double): 1521:
The tenth pope of this name excommunicates Martin Luther with a papal bull Leo |
#6692, aired 2013-10-22 | COURTS OF ALL SORTS $800: Court Street is the main drag for nightlife at Ohio University in this city Athens |
#6692, aired 2013-10-22 | POP CULTURE FILL-INS $1600: Tiny
____
____
-Hill Tim McGraw |
#6692, aired 2013-10-22 | ART $1600: Art historians think the lady in the da Vinci work was pregnant because she holds this animal, a pregnancy emblem an ermine |
#6692, aired 2013-10-22 | A CLASH OF SYMBOLS $2,200 (Daily Double): The eagle on the one-dollar bill grasps in its talons these seemingly antithetical items arrows & an olive branch |
#6691, aired 2013-10-21 | INSIDE EDITION 25th ANNIVERSARY $200: From 1989 to 1995 you could "factor" in that this man hosted "Inside Edition" & was unafraid to "do it live!" Bill O'Reilly |
#6691, aired 2013-10-21 | THE 13 COLONIES $1200: In 1665 New Haven colony merged with this colony Connecticut |
#6691, aired 2013-10-21 | 1990s HITMAKERS $6,000 (Daily Double): In 1998 Aerosmith had its first No. 1 single with this hit that begins, "I could stay awake just to hear you breathing" "I Don't Want To Miss A Thing" |
#6689, aired 2013-10-17 | THE ROLLING STONES $800: After 30 years, this bassist retired from the band in 1992 Bill Wyman |
#6687, aired 2013-10-15 | SINGERS ON THE SOUNDTRACK $400: "100$ Bill"
from
"The Great Gatsby"
(2013) Jay-Z |
#6675, aired 2013-09-27 | HILLBILLY MUSIC $400: Bill Monroe is known as the "Father of" this "colorful" music genre bluegrass |
#6656, aired 2013-07-22 | HISTORICAL NOVELS $400: Pete Dexter's "Deadwood" tells the tale of this aging gunfighter who just wanted to be left alone to drink & play cards Wild Bill Hickok |
#6654, aired 2013-07-18 | THE CHARACTER'S NAME HAS BEEN CHANGED $1200: '"Dr. Phil, why do you say Buffalo Bill's not a sadist?' " Dr. Lecter |
#6652, aired 2013-07-16 | WHO'S YOUR CADDIE? $200: Before "Caddyshack", he toted clubs at Indian Hill Golf Club, which must be infested with gophers Bill Murray |
#6644, aired 2013-07-04 | HEY, "MISTER"! $1200: Oh, noooo...! Actually, oh, yes! Despite Sluggo, this doh-y guy somehow survived 7 seasons of "SNL" appearances Mr. Bill |
#6641, aired 2013-07-01 | CELEBRITY PALS $400: In 2009 Jon Bon Jovi got his pal, this Patriots head coach, to take the stage & belt out "Wanted Dead or Alive" Bill Belichick |
#6638, aired 2013-06-26 | ANAGRAMMED VIRGINIA PLACES $200: Its colonial heritage has been preserved:
SWAMI BILL RUG Williamsburg |
#6637, aired 2013-06-25 | WASHINGTON MATH $400: The number of amendments in the Bill of Rights times the number of Supreme Court justices ninety (10 times 9) |
#6634, aired 2013-06-20 | ALBUM COVERS $800: 1991: A naked baby in a swimming pool, arms outstretched towards a dollar bill on a fish hook Nevermind |
#6631, aired 2013-06-17 | UNIQUE NEW YORK $600: (Former President Bill Clinton presents the clue.) Duke Ellington & Cab Calloway were the 2 bandleaders most associated with this Harlem cabaret once found on 142nd & Lenox The Cotton Club |
#6627, aired 2013-06-11 | MOOLAH! SCRATCH! DUCATS! $800: On this holiday in late January or early February, Chinese families make cash offerings to the god of wealth the Chinese New Year |
#6627, aired 2013-06-11 | BIOLOGY $1,000 (Daily Double): Appropriately, the name of this bone is from the Latin for "to chew" the mandible |
#6627, aired 2013-06-11 | MOOLAH! SCRATCH! DUCATS! $1200: Raised dot patterns to help the visually impaired are featured on banknotes from this country Canada |
#6623, aired 2013-06-05 | SNL CAST MEMBERS ON FILM $800: "Lost in Translation" Bill Murray |
#6622, aired 2013-06-04 | IN THEIR 20s $400: In 1978 Bill Gates & Paul Allen were in their 20s when this company they founded exceeded $1 million in sales Microsoft |
#6620, aired 2013-05-31 | THE MOVIE MAP $200: Bill Murray as FDR:
"Hyde Park on ____" the Hudson |
#6617, aired 2013-05-28 | THE PRESIDENT BORN IN... $800: The Truman administration
(1 of 2) (Bill) Clinton (or George W. Bush) |
#6615, aired 2013-05-24 | THE RICHEST PERSON IN THE STATE $200: Washington: this computer geek Bill Gates |
#6615, aired 2013-05-24 | HISTORY'S ODDS & ENDS $200: Congressman Peter Rodino, son of an Italian immigrant, introduced the bill establishing this October national holiday Columbus Day |
#6614, aired 2013-05-23 | POTPOURRI $800: Bill Moggridge set the standard with his design for this: a clamshell case with a hinged lid that folded over a keyboard a laptop computer |
#6614, aired 2013-05-23 | IT'S GARY $2000: Seen here, he was exquisitely obnoxious as boss Bill Lumbergh in "Office Space" Gary Cole |
#6612, aired 2013-05-21 | THE DAYS OF THE STAGECOACH $400: "The Attack on the Deadwood Stage" was an attraction in the Wild West shows of this man who once drove a coach himself Buffalo Bill |
#6611, aired 2013-05-20 | SOUTHERNMOST POINTS $600: The nude statue at Smygehuk, the most southern point of Sweden, was based on the grandma of this "Kill Bill" actress Uma Thurman |
#6610, aired 2013-05-17 | THE WORK OF THE CLINTON FOUNDATION $200: (Bill Clinton delivers the clue from his office.) Many African families still don't have bed nets or medicines to cure this disease, the killer of half a million African children every year; we're subsidizing the cost of some of those treatments to fight the disease malaria |
#6610, aired 2013-05-17 | THE WORK OF THE CLINTON FOUNDATION $400: (Bill Clinton delivers the clue from his office.) A healthy lifestyle & the prevention of childhood obesity have been my focus since my quadruple bypass in 2004 so we partnered with this organization to form the Alliance for a Healthier Generation the American Heart Association |
#6610, aired 2013-05-17 | THE WORK OF THE CLINTON FOUNDATION $800: (Bill Clinton delivers the clue from his office)
We're working on climate change in Latin America by testing hybrid buses, which will emit about 30% fewer greenhouse gases & were first rolled out in this Brazilian port city Rio de Janeiro |
#6610, aired 2013-05-17 | THE WORK OF THE CLINTON FOUNDATION $1000: (Bill Clinton delivers the clue from his office)
Impoverished people in Peru can't afford treatment for this condition, the leading cause of blindness in the world; we're working to help provide 50,000 surgeries for it by 2013 cataracts |
#6610, aired 2013-05-17 | THE WORK OF THE CLINTON FOUNDATION $5,400 (Daily Double): (Bill Clinton delivers the clue from his office)
We've supplied affordable fertilizer & better quality seeds to local farmers, improving crop yields & crop prices to help this country emerge from the civil war & genocide of the 1990s Rwanda |
#6609, aired 2013-05-16 | NONFICTION $200: After killing this outlaw, Pat Garrett co-wrote the first biography of him Billy the Kid |
#6607, aired 2013-05-14 | PROFESSORS $800: As Bill Ayers was in a '60s radical group called this, maybe he forecast later being an Illinois education professor the Weathermen |
#6604, aired 2013-05-09 | COMPOSERS & THEIR MUSIC $1200: Even when poor, this 19th century opera composer made sure to dress exquisitely Richard Wagner |
#6604, aired 2013-05-09 | COMPOSERS & THEIR MUSIC $1600: Bach wrote a mean passacaglia, like his C minor one for this instrument he also played expertly organ |
#6604, aired 2013-05-09 | WE HAVE A NEW STATE CAPITAL $2,000 (Daily Double): Replacing Wheeling Charleston |
#6601, aired 2013-05-06 | QUIRKY NEWS $400: Bill Maher said if this real estate tycoon could prove his dad isn't an orangutan, Maher would give him $5 million Donald Trump |
#6600, aired 2013-05-03 | SEEKING ASYLUM $600: As he is gay, the passage of the "Kill the Gay's" bill in Kampala in this country caused Moses Mworeko to seek U.S. asylum Uganda |
#6598, aired 2013-05-01 | MY 3 SONGS $2000: In the '70s:
"Ain't No Sunshine",
"Lean On Me",
"Use Me" Bill Withers |
#6593, aired 2013-04-24 | ALL IN THE FAMILY $600: 1 of Ernest Hemingway's 2 granddaughters who appeared together in the movie "Lipstick" Mariel & Margaux |
#6593, aired 2013-04-24 | EUROPEAN LAKES $1200: Europe's 2 largest lakes, Ladoga & Onega, lie in the northwestern part of this country Russia |
#6592, aired 2013-04-23 | I'D LIKE TO SOLVE THE PUZZLE... FAST! $1200: This type of theatrical entertainment could present twenty or more acts on a single bill
V _ U _ _ V _ _ _ _ Vaudeville |
#6588, aired 2013-04-17 | BOOKS THAT CHANGED AMERICA $400: Bill McKibben got us hot & bothered with "The End of Nature", the first book for general readers about this type of "change" climate change |
#6586, aired 2013-04-15 | FAMOUS PAIRS $400: Sigmund Freud & Billy the Kid are 2 of the people this pair meets in their "Excellent Adventure" Bill & Ted |
#6581, aired 2013-04-08 | GATES $200: He set up his first software company at age 19 with his schoolmate Paul Allen, which worked out fairly well for the 2 Bill Gates |
#6569, aired 2013-03-21 | CURRENCY SPECULATION $1600: Did folks "flash a McKinley" when they used this no-longer-issued bill that could have bought you a car in the '30s? 500 |
#6563, aired 2013-03-13 | TIME MAGAZINE'S PERSON OF THE YEAR $800: A politician & Rhodes scholar:
1992 & 1998 Bill Clinton |
#6557, aired 2013-03-05 | MUSICALS' OPENING SONGS $2000: "Colonel Buffalo Bill" Annie Get Your Gun |
#6546, aired 2013-02-18 | NONFICTION $1200: In October 2012 Bill O'Reilly doubled up on the bestseller list with "Killing Lincoln" & this other murderous book Killing Kennedy |
#6543, aired 2013-02-13 | GINGHAM STYLE $1000: In a 1953 film Doris Day delivered "Gingham Fer The Girls" as this lover of Wild Bill Hickok Calamity Jane |
#6543, aired 2013-02-13 | THE LATE, GREAT COMEDIAN $1600: One of "The Original Kings of Comedy", this man replaced Bill Murray in the "Charlie's Angels" franchise Bernie Mac |
#6541, aired 2013-02-11 | SNEAKER-ING AROUND $200: Oregon track coach Bill Bowerman, a founder of this co., said, "if you have a body, you are an athlete" Nike |
#6525, aired 2013-01-18 | THE SILVER STATE $200: The millions who have visited Nevada to do this can thank assemblyman Phil Tobin, whose bill legalized it in 1931 gamble |
#6518, aired 2013-01-09 | THE UNREAL McCOYS $1200: Captain Bill McCoy's bootlegging ship is anchored off the New Jersey coast in the first scene of this HBO series Boardwalk Empire |
#6517, aired 2013-01-08 | HOCKEY TALK? $200: A restaurant dinner bill the check |
#6517, aired 2013-01-08 | DIRECTOR $400: Executives from Netflix & Bank of America are directors of this company; oh yeah, Bill Gates is still there Microsoft |
#6516, aired 2013-01-07 | 2000: THE YEAR IN QUOTATIONS $200: His State of the Union speech: "Never before has our nation enjoyed... so much prosperity... and so few external threats" Bill Clinton |
#6509, aired 2012-12-27 | ANAGRAMMED AMERICA $800: South Dakota's Bill Chalks the Black Hills |
#6500, aired 2012-12-14 | ADVENTURES IN JOURNALISM $400: This Fox News commentator was the "Factor" when Joy Behar & Whoopi Goldberg stormed off the set of "The View" Bill O'Reilly |
#6497, aired 2012-12-11 | MOVIE CROSSWORD CLUES "R" $400: Bill Maher's 2008 documentary
(10) Religulous |
#6494, aired 2012-12-06 | THEIR TV ROLES $800: Alexander Scott & Cliff Huxtable Bill Cosby |
#6493, aired 2012-12-05 | GREENBACKS $1,400 (Daily Double): It's the only current bill with the face of a treasury secretary on it the $10 bill |
#6492, aired 2012-12-04 | SUPREME COURT JUSTICES $1600: The portrait of this Chief Justice, also the first Republican governor of Ohio, once graced the $10,000 bill Salmon P. Chase |
#6490, aired 2012-11-30 | THE U.S. AMBASSADOR TO THE U.N. $800: In 1997 this Hispanic American from New Mexico fit the bill Richardson |
#6488, aired 2012-11-28 | A LIFE IN BRIEF $200: Minted in 1767, he did enough to get his mug on our $20 bill Andrew Jackson |
#6487, aired 2012-11-27 | A BUNCH OF "S.B." $800: Years after Little Big Horn, this Sioux chief joined Buffalo Bill's Wild West show Sitting Bull |
#6486, aired 2012-11-26 | "XO" $400: Fate or a bill collector may be this, meaning unyielding & unstoppable inexorable |
#6483, aired 2012-11-21 | THAT IS THE QUESTION $1200: In a kids' book by Bill Martin Jr. & Eric Carle, this question follows "Brown Bear, Brown Bear" "What do you see?" |
#6481, aired 2012-11-19 | IN 1867... $600: The fame of this scout was spread by a Harper's article that went "Wild" over his "exquisite manly proportions" Wild Bill Hickok |
#6478, aired 2012-11-14 | VERB-AL NAMES $400: To enter charges, as on an invoice bill |
#6474, aired 2012-11-08 | WEIRDPODGE $1600: Bill Paxton offers up a "greasy pork sandwich served in a dirty ashtray" in this film Weird Science |
#6471, aired 2012-11-05 | D____A $1000: Record label for Lionel Hampton & Bill Haley Decca |
#6469, aired 2012-11-01 | THE OLD GRAY MAYOR $600: Octogenarian Bill Bunten, mayor of this Kansas capital, has had such new ideas as changing the city's name to "Google" Topeka |
#6464, aired 2012-10-25 | TOUCHÉ $400: Split into two parts, this film finds the bride imploring Hattori Hanzo to make her a sword so she can get revenge Kill Bill |
#6456, aired 2012-10-15 | GET YOUR DUCKS $1200: The sawbill feeds mainly on this slippery prey, hence the serrated, saw-like bill fish |
#6455, aired 2012-10-12 | THE EDICT OF NANCY $2000: In "Oliver Twist", Nancy is his girlfriend Bill Sikes |
#6454, aired 2012-10-11 | PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES $400: Little Rock, Arkansas Bill Clinton |
#6454, aired 2012-10-11 | "X"s & "O"s $1000: It sounds like a big mode of transport, but it's a congressional bill dealing with a large number of items omnibus |
#6454, aired 2012-10-11 | ALSO A TRIBE OF ISRAEL $1200: Slang for a $100 bill a Benjamin |
#6447, aired 2012-10-02 | POLITICAL TERMS $600: A legislator who abandons the party line & votes for the other party's bill is said to be "crossing" this the aisle |
#6443, aired 2012-09-26 | BIG CHECKS $200: A 2012 million-dollar donation to a pro-Obama super-PAC came courtesy of this man Bill Maher |
#6441, aired 2012-09-24 | MARSHALL LAW $400: In an 1833 decision John Marshall said this 10-item list was a limitation of the national government only the Bill of Rights |
#6441, aired 2012-09-24 | TECH STUFF $400: In 1939 Stanford classmates Bill & Dave used their last names in founding this company now known for printers Hewlett-Packard |
#6435, aired 2012-08-03 | CREATURES $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Costa Rica.) The chestnut mandible type of this tropical bird has what looks like a disproportionately large bill, but it's actually lightweight & mostly hollow a toucan |
#6418, aired 2012-07-11 | BABY, YOU'RE A RICH MAN OR WOMAN $200: In 2009 this Wash. State man gave $3.8 billion to charity, working in part to make vaccines against malaria, TB & AIDS Bill Gates |
#6416, aired 2012-07-09 | AIRLINES $800: Launched in 2000, it has a Customer Bill of Rights that says if DirecTV isn't working at your seat, you get a $15 credit JetBlue |
#6413, aired 2012-07-04 | THE BEST OF DEAR ABBY $400: "I was married to Bill for three months and I didn't know he drank until one night he came home" this sober |
#6408, aired 2012-06-27 | PRESIDENTS BY KIDS $200: Chelsea Bill Clinton |
#6404, aired 2012-06-21 | "M.E." $1000: Bill & Ted would approve of this highly complimentary way Theophilus is described in Luke 1:3 most excellent |
#6382, aired 2012-05-22 | BEFORE & AFTER GOES TO THE MOVIES $1600: Roger Moore 007 film that turns into another action pic with Uma Thurman as a killer bride View to a Kill Bill |
#6381, aired 2012-05-21 | AMERICAN NICKNAMES $400: It was the nickname of frontiersman William Cody Buffalo Bill |
#6379, aired 2012-05-17 | ART & ARTISTS $200: Thomas Sully painted the portrait of this man that's the basis for the $20 bill Andrew Jackson |
#6378, aired 2012-05-16 | POLITICAL CINEMA $1600: He channeled Bill Clinton when he played Southern governor Jack Stanton in "Primary Colors" John Travolta |
#6362, aired 2012-04-24 | WHO WANTS TO BE A BILLIONAIRE? $800: This Washington State dropout co-founded a company with Bill Gates & piled up $13.5 billion, so things worked out Paul Allen |
#6362, aired 2012-04-24 | MAGAZINES $2000: This editor of The Weekly Standard can also be seen on "Fox News Sunday" (Bill) Kristol |
#6361, aired 2012-04-23 | BIG (& NOT-SO-BIG) BIRD $400: This 3- to 5-foot-tall pink bird uses hair-like combs along the edges of its bill to strain food from mud & sand a flamingo |
#6356, aired 2012-04-16 | EVENTS AROUND THE USA $2000: Called "Cowboy Christmas" by contestants, the Buffalo Bill Cody Stampede Rodeo is a load of bull in this state Wyoming |
#6355, aired 2012-04-13 | THE "KID" STAYS IN THE CATEGORY $1200: Bill Cosby took over hosting duties on this series that began as a segment on "Art Linkletter's House Party" Kids Say The Darndest Things |
#6354, aired 2012-04-12 | MERE CASH $400: This ATM favorite was the first bill redesigned with background colors for greater security the $20 bill |
#6354, aired 2012-04-12 | MERE CASH $800: Discontinued in 1966, the $2 bill was brought back 10 years later with the signing of this document on the reverse the Declaration of Independence |
#6354, aired 2012-04-12 | MERE CASH $1200: The 1869 $10 note is called the "jackass note" because this bird looks like a donkey when the bill is upside down the American eagle |
#6348, aired 2012-04-04 | BOW TIES ARE COOL $600: Seen here giving clues on "Jeopardy!", this guy graduated from Cornell with a mechanical engineering degree Bill Nye the Science Guy |
#6339, aired 2012-03-22 | HOW THE WEST WAS SPUN $600: A Topeka paper said this "wild" gunfighter should be thanked for "the safety of life and property at Abilene" (Wild Bill) Hickok |
#6337, aired 2012-03-20 | CELEBRITY VETERANS $800: This comic joined the navy in 1956 & was a hospital corpsman, probably not handing out Jell-O pudding pops Bill Cosby |
#6336, aired 2012-03-19 | SPORTS ILLUSTRATED SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR $1000: 1968:
Player-coach of the Boston Celtics (Bill) Russell |
#6335, aired 2012-03-16 | FROM JOCK TO POLITICIAN $600: His resume-- Rhodes scholar, N.Y. Knick for 10 years, U.S. senator for 18 Bill Bradley |
#6330, aired 2012-03-09 | GRAVE MATTERS $600: Calamity Jane asked to be buried next to him, & is, at Mount Moriah cemetery in Deadwood, South Dakota Wild Bill Hickok |
#6327, aired 2012-03-06 | SWEET LI'L FILMS $800: Owen Wilson co-wrote the quirky "Rushmore", starring this "Ghostbuster" as Mr. Blume Bill Murray |
#6320, aired 2012-02-24 | TECHNOLOGY MATTERS $800: On Jan. 18, 2012 some popular websites went dark in protest of SOPA, a bill to "Stop Online" this type of theft piracy |
#6319, aired 2012-02-23 | RHYMING MOVIES $800: TV's Bill Cosby & Robert Culp were replaced by Eddie Murphy & Owen Wilson in this 2002 film I Spy |
#6318, aired 2012-02-22 | OR GO HOME $400: To Xanadu 2.0, a high-tech complex on the shore of Lake Washington, if you're this software pioneer Bill Gates |
#6316, aired 2012-02-20 | "SETT"ING $400: The only U.S. state that fits the bill Massachusetts |
#6313, aired 2012-02-15 | AMERICAN EXPERIENCE CLINTON $200: Young Bill won so many honors, the high school principal barred him from running for student body pres in this Arkansas town Hot Springs |
#6313, aired 2012-02-15 | AMERICAN EXPERIENCE CLINTON $800: Here's Clinton in 1993, signing the bill named for this man to his left, instituting background checks for anyone buying a firearm (James) Brady |
#6310, aired 2012-02-10 | POETIC CHARACTERS $400: e.e. cummings began a poem this Western bison hunter & showman is "defunct" Buffalo Bill |
#6301, aired 2012-01-30 | BRING YOUR OWN BOTTLE $800: This West Coast state's 1971 "bottle bill" helped jump-start recycling in the U.S. by banning nonrefundables Oregon |
#6299, aired 2012-01-26 | A REAL RHODES SCHOLAR $400: George Stephanopoulos was a Rhodes scholar in theology before becoming a senior aide to this Rhodie Bill Clinton |
#6290, aired 2012-01-13 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $400: Bill Clinton was elected freshman & sophomore class president at this D.C. school but lost his bid for student body pres. Georgetown |
#6277, aired 2011-12-27 | FOOD PREPARATION $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew holds a payapa in a forest in Molokai, HI.) An enzyme called papain in the leaves & green skin of raw papaya can be used as one of these food preparations as it breaks down the connective tissue of meats a tenderizer |
#6277, aired 2011-12-27 | WAITING FOR THE HAIRDRESSER $800: I'll get my hair straightened with the Brazilian this; it's also what happened to my favorite football team, 35-0 a blowout |
#6277, aired 2011-12-27 | DECADES OF DISASTER $2,000 (Daily Double): The USS Maine goes down, killing 260 the 1890s |
#6258, aired 2011-11-30 | PARTS OF THE WHOLE $400: Card slot,
deposit slot,
bill presenter an ATM |
#6242, aired 2011-11-08 | IT'S YES-VEMBER $200: On Nov. 20, 1789 New Jersey became the first state to ratify this, all 10 parts the Bill of Rights |
#6237, aired 2011-11-01 | WORDS CONTAINING BODY PARTS $800: Past tense word meaning "rejected a bill passed by the legislature" vetoed |
#6222, aired 2011-10-11 | GOOGLE ME THIS! $200: ...president & you'll get his foundation's website listing offices in NYC & Little Rock Bill Clinton |
#6221, aired 2011-10-10 | MONEY, MONEY, MONEY $200: Ulysses S. Grant appears on this U.S. bill the $50 |
#6214, aired 2011-09-29 | ARCTIC WILDLIFE $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Svalbard Islands in Norway.) The Atlantic variety of this comical seabird has a parrot-like bill that can hold many fish at one time a puffin |
#6212, aired 2011-09-27 | BEFORE & AFTER $2000: The higher tract where heartburn originates gets a law helping servicemen go to college the upper G.I. Bill |
#6211, aired 2011-09-26 | FORBES' RICHEST PEOPLE 2011 $200: In 2011 he was no longer the world's richest person--only because he gave $28 billion to his foundation (Bill) Gates |
#6209, aired 2011-09-22 | FIRST NAME PHRASES $1000: A slangy term for a baseball doubleheader a twin bill |
#6207, aired 2011-09-20 | LATE MAN $1200: "Piper Bill" Millin, 1922-2010, played "Hieland Laddie" while under heavy gunfire on Sword Beach on this day in 1944 June 6 |
#6204, aired 2011-07-28 | THE SANDERS OF TIME $2000: On Dec. 10, 2010 he conducted a one-man, 9-hour filibuster on the Senate floor to protest a tax bill Bernie Sanders |
#6202, aired 2011-07-26 | LATE NIGHT TV $1600: Before he hosted his HBO show, he hosted the late night "Politically Incorrect" on ABC Bill Maher |
#6200, aired 2011-07-22 | ROLES IN 2010 BEST PICTURE OSCAR NOMINEES $800: Prince Albert,
Bill Gates The Social Network |
#6199, aired 2011-07-21 | SCOOBY'S RELATIVES? $400: 3-syllable adjective for an unpaid bill or a late library book overdue |
#6196, aired 2011-07-18 | STARTS & ENDS WITH "H" $5,800 (Daily Double): The first ordinal number that fits the bill hundredth |
#6194, aired 2011-07-14 | NFL COACH OF THE YEAR $1000: This hoodied genius was named in 2007 for the Patriots Bill Belichick |
#6190, aired 2011-07-08 | WASHING DONE $800: After you left this bill in a pocket, Abe Lincoln looks like he's crying; I hope it's still "legal tender" a $5 bill |
#6189, aired 2011-07-07 | SPECIAL DAYS $400: December 15 is the day to celebrate the ratification of this part of the constitution the Bill of Rights |
#6187, aired 2011-07-05 | THIS & THAT $400: Andrew Jackson is on the front of this bill the 20-dollar bill |
#6175, aired 2011-06-17 | HERO SANDWICH $1200: Law west of the
_____
_____
Moyers Pecos Bill |
#6173, aired 2011-06-15 | THE NEW YORK TIMES TRAVEL $200: In December 2010 the "In Transit" blog reported that his boyhood home in Hope, Ark. was named a national historic site Bill Clinton |
#6171, aired 2011-06-13 | NATIONAL PARKS A-Z $1000: Z:
It's the only national park that fits the bill Zion |
#6168, aired 2011-06-08 | FOR THE BIRDS $400: The colorful keel-billed type of this bird really fits the bill a toucan |
#6165, aired 2011-06-03 | ROCK OF AGELESS $600: Al Rappa, who started as part of this group with Bill Haley in 1956, now leads the group, Bill being dead The Comets |
#6157, aired 2011-05-24 | ACT I, SCENE 1 $1000: Moliere's "The Imaginary" this opens with the title character adding up his apothecary's bill Invalid |
#6157, aired 2011-05-24 | MEASURING UP $2000: Energy is sold in these units, also called newton-meters, but your electric bill is probably in kilowatt-hours joules |
#6154, aired 2011-05-19 | BRADLEY $1200: During the 2000 Democratic Convention, he released his delegates & urged them to support Al Gore Bill Bradley |
#6152, aired 2011-05-17 | STARTS WITH A SILENT "W" $400: Of journalism's 5 W's, this one fits the bill who |
#6148, aired 2011-05-11 | 2011 NEWS $600: Democratic state senators fled this state to stall Gov. Walker's union-busting budget bill Wisconsin |
#6145, aired 2011-05-06 | THE PRESIDENT WHO WROTE... $400: "My Life" (2004) Bill Clinton |
#6144, aired 2011-05-05 | WHY SO BLUE? $2000: The blue type of this game fish, M. nigricans, has a long pointed bill a marlin |
#6142, aired 2011-05-03 | THE BILL OF RIGHTS $200: In 1938 the Bill of Rights was transferred from this cabinet department to the National Archives the State Department |
#6142, aired 2011-05-03 | THE BILL OF RIGHTS $400: The preamble to the Bill of Rights states that it was passed by this fraction of the House & Senate two-thirds |
#6142, aired 2011-05-03 | THE BILL OF RIGHTS $600: The statement "No" these "shall issue, but upon probable cause" has frustrated many cops wanting to search a house a search warrant |
#6142, aired 2011-05-03 | THE BILL OF RIGHTS $1,000 (Daily Double): This type of citizen army is mentioned in the Second Amendment a militia |
#6142, aired 2011-05-03 | THE BILL OF RIGHTS $1000: In Federalist Paper No. 84, he argued that a bill of rights was "unnecessary" & "dangerous" Hamilton |
#6136, aired 2011-04-25 | THE OPENING VERSE $1200: ...of Yeats' "Leda and" this bird mentions "her nape caught in his bill" a swan |
#6133, aired 2011-04-20 | BILL MURRAY MOVIE QUOTES $200: "In the words of Jean-Paul Sartre, 'Au revoir, gopher"' Caddyshack |
#6133, aired 2011-04-20 | BILL MURRAY MOVIE QUOTES $400: "I was in the Virgin Islands once. I met a girl... that was a pretty good day. Why couldn't I get that day over & over?" Groundhog Day |
#6133, aired 2011-04-20 | BILL MURRAY MOVIE QUOTES $600: "Why worry? Each of us is wearing an unlicensed nuclear accelerator on his back" Ghostbusters |
#6133, aired 2011-04-20 | BILL MURRAY MOVIE QUOTES $1,000 (Daily Double): After a props guy on a Christmas TV special says antlers won't stay glued to a mouse, Bill asks, "Have you tried staples?" Scrooged |
#6133, aired 2011-04-20 | BILL MURRAY MOVIE QUOTES $1000: As Dustin Hoffman's friend Jeff: "That is one nutty hospital" Tootsie |
#6129, aired 2011-04-14 | ANIMAL COMPANIES $200: This short-lived enterprise employed Buffalo Bill Cody & ceased at the completion of the U.S. telegraph system the Pony Express |
#6128, aired 2011-04-13 | THINKING GREEN $400: Oregon's 1972 first-in-the-nation recycling act for containers is commonly known as this alliterative "bill" a bottle bill |
#6118, aired 2011-03-30 | A DICKENSIAN NIGHTMARE $600: Bill was mean to his dog, Bull's Eye, then he killed Nancy... & so, I ran, but he kept gaining on me... Oliver Twist |
#6107, aired 2011-03-15 | TAKE A STAB $800: Lucy Liu looks great as a Yakuza leader, but gets a little off the top courtesy of "The Bride" in this movie Kill Bill |
#6103, aired 2011-03-09 | WHO'S THE BOSS? $200: ...of Microsoft Corporation, 1975-2000 Bill Gates |
#6082, aired 2011-02-08 | STATE UNIVERSITY BY ALUMS $2000: Phil Knight (of Nike fame),
Bill Bowerman (of Nike fame),
Steve Prefontaine (of Nike fame) Oregon |
#6081, aired 2011-02-07 | FASHION DESIGNERS $1000: In the '70s this alliteratively named American designed luggage & airline uniforms in addition to menswear Bill Blass |
Bill Matheny, a Catholic priest from Wheeling, West Virginia
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Season 29 player (2013-06-11). Bill was a fastest finger competitor on...
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Bill Tolany, a marketing executive from Austin, Texas
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Season 30 3-time champion: $44,200 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Bill Moore, a national security consultant from Arlington, Virginia
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Season 24 1-time champion: $18,399 + $2,000. Not to be confused...
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Bill Gabbard, a member of the U.S. Army Field Band from Arnold, Maryland
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Season 23 player (2007-03-30).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: MSgt. Bill
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Bill Pitassy, a lawyer from Roselle Park, New Jersey
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\"After winning 5 games in 1994, he took his family on...
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Bill Pitassy, a labor attorney from Cranford, New Jersey
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 1994 Tournament...
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Bill Pitassy, an attorney from Cranford, New Jersey
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 1994 Tournament...
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Bill Houck, a radio broadcast producer originally from McHenry, Illinois
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Season 1 player (1985-03-26). Bill was a producer of entertainment and...
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Bill Wray, an institutional investor from Marietta, Georgia
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Season 3 player (1987-07-03). Bill's mother appeared on Jeopardy! in 1969,...
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Bill O'Donnell, a national park ranger from Eminence, Missouri
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Season 18 2-time champion: $28,700 + a trip to Aruba. Bill...
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Bill Hammon, a video editor and freelance writer from Bristol, Connecticut
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Season 30 player (2014-01-27).
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Bill Drastal, a writer from Venice, California
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Season 6 player (1990-06-07).
Bill passed away, aged 76, 2023-11-04. Obituary.
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Bill Blose, a clergyman originally from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
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Season 7 1-time champion: $10,201. Bill died 2014-07-01 after a struggle...
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Bill Moore, an innkeeper from Clifton, New Jersey
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Season 12 player (1995-12-15). Not to be confused with Season 24...
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Bill Moreau, an elementary school teacher from Woodbridge, Ontario
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Season 28 player (2011-12-27). Last name pronounced like "MUR-ro". JBoard user...
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Bill Hawkins, a hotel concierge from New York, New York
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Season 29 1-time champion: $17,400 + $2,000.
JBoard user name: hawkwild
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Bill Klippel, a pricing specialist originally from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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Season 1 3-time champion: $4,400.
Bill died at age 63 on 2011-04-06. Obituary.
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Bill Kinnaird, a home builder from Louisville, Kentucky
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Season 20 player (2004-05-17).
Last name pronounced like "kin-ARD".
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Bill Needle, a play-by-play announcer from Chagrin Falls, Ohio
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Season 24 player (2008-02-25).
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Bill Frank, an epidemiologist from Phoenix, Arizona
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Season 24 player (2008-04-22).
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Bill Maher, a comedian and author from Politically Incorrect
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"A comedian and author, he hosts the lively discussion group called...
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Bill Knuth, a high school special education teacher from East Lansing, Michigan
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2016 Teachers Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000 + a $2,500 education grant...
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Bill Weylock, a market researcher originally from Fort Lauderdale, Florida
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Season 22 player (2006-06-12).
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Bill Albertini, a professor of English from Toledo, Ohio
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Season 31 2-time champion: $38,750 + $2,000.
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Bill Duncliffe, a VP of sales from Danvers, Massachusetts
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Season 22 player (2006-06-05).
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Bill Burns, a management consultant from Carrollton, Texas
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Season 32 player (2016-03-30).
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Bill MacDonald, an attorney from Bonita Springs, Florida
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2006 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up: $50,000. Season 22 4-time champion:...
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Bill Patschak, a trivia writer from Frederick, Maryland
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Season 32 player (2016-03-09).
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Bill Murphy, an emergency physician from Laguna Beach, California
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Season 32 player (2016-02-26).
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Bill Crowley, a hotel employee from Goderich, Ontario, Canada
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Season 22 1-time champion: $14,600 + $2,000. First syllable of last...
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Bill Nyden, a computer programmer and analyst from Mountain View, California
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Season 6 1-time champion: $12,401. Bill describes his Jeopardy! experience on...
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Bill Dickenson, a college instructor from Richardson, Texas
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"This 5-time champ from 1996 has taught students from over 100...
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Bill Cossen, a Ph.D. candidate in history originally from Lexington, South Carolina
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Season 31 3-time champion: $50,602 + $1,000.
JBoard user name: JeopardyBill
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Bill Scheller, a writer from Waterville, Vermont
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Season 21 player (2004-09-10).
KJL game 43.
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Bill Menezes, a non-profit director from Denver, Colorado
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Season 25 player (2009-01-15).
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Bill Benison, a wine shop manager from Stamford, Connecticut
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Season 26 player (2010-05-27).
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Bill Wilson, a business manager from Clifton Park, New York
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Season 23 player (2007-05-15).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: PYR85099
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Bill Carter, a personal fitness trainer from New York, New York
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Season 21 player (2004-10-06).
KJL game 51.
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Bill Warren, a restaurant owner originally from Rockville, Indiana
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Season 6 2-time champion $28,201. At the time of his appearance,...
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Bill Nigh, a tax auditor from Levittown, Pennsylvania
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Season 10 player (1993-12-20).
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Bill Larson, a U.S. Air Force personnel officer from San Antonio, Texas
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Season 7 player (1990-10-29).
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Bill Coulter, a bartender from San Francisco, California
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Season 36 player (2019-12-31).
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Bill Bauss, a sales representative from Cleveland Heights, Ohio
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Season 1 1-time champion: $6,000.
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Bill Fairchild, a computer software specialist from Herndon, Virginia
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Season 11 player (1995-02-24).
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Bill Newberry, a musician and teacher from Lilburn, Georgia
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Season 9 player (1992-11-04).
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Bill Lyons, a marine consultant from San Francisco, California
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1991 Seniors Tournament quarterfinalist: $1,000.
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Bill Fleming, a police sergeant from Mission Viejo, California
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Season 2 2-time champion: $20,000.
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Bill Hendrickson, a college student from Lincoln, Nebraska
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Season 2 player (1985-11-07).
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Bill Oldach, an attorney from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Season 8 player (1991-10-02).
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Bill Christopher, an architect originally from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 1 player (1985-01-29).
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Bill Roche, a junior high school teacher from Ashland, Montana
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Season 9 player (1993-03-01).
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Bill McKeever, a naval officer and flight instructor from Virginia Beach, Virginia
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Season 1 player (1985-04-08).
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Bill Holzapfel, a sales representative from Montclair, New Jersey
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Season 7 1-time champion: $9,401.
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Bill Dunn, a grad student originally from Harrisonville, Missouri
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Season 8 player (1992-01-10).
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Bill Livingston, a sports columnist from North Olmsted, Ohio
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Season 1 player (1985-02-27).
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Bill Powers, a research attorney from Indianapolis, Indiana
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Season 9 player (1992-09-11).
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Bill Dingfelder, an art museum fundraiser from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Season 7 player (1991-04-30).
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Bill Lipscomb, a Ph.D. candidate from Lynchburg, Virginia
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Season 9 player (1992-11-26): Apilco ovenware & tableware.
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Bill Taylor, a lawyer originally from Wilmington, Delaware
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Season 7 player (1991-04-22).
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Bill McIntyre, originally from New Jersey
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The introduction was missing from the recording used to archive the...
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Bill Ward, a resort manager from Kailua, Hawaii
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1987 Senior Tournament semifinalist: $5,000.
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Bill Johnston, an aerospace engineer from Rancho Palos Verdes, California
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Season 3 player (1987-04-17): an Emerson video recorder + Karl-Lorimar home videos.
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Bill Sikov, a medical oncologist from Providence, Rhode Island
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Season 36 player (2019-10-02).
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Bill Kennedy, an advertising copywriter from Los Angeles, California
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Season 7 player (1990-09-26).
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Bill Vincent, a university professor originally from Kalamazoo, Michigan
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Season 7 player (1991-02-06).
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Bill Ruehr, a data administrator from Woodland Hills, California
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Season 12 player (1996-07-04).
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Bill Dukes, a personnel manager from Claremont, California
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Season 7 1-time champion: $13,100.
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Bill Steiger, a grad student originally from Washington, D.C.
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Season 9 player (1992-10-16).
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Bill Heins, a graduate student originally from Whiting, Iowa
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Season 6 2-time champion: $11,101.
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Bill Carroll, a purchasing agent from North Hollywood, California
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Season 2 player (1986-05-13).
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Bill Vanko, a radio news director from Ellicott City, Maryland
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Season 12 player (1995-09-05).
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Bill Shackford, an administrative assistant from Glendale, California
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Season 12 player (1995-09-14).
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Bill Stolting, a ticket agent from Mountainside, New Jersey
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Season 7 player (1991-01-02).
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Bill Schwartz, a deputy district attorney from San Pedro, California
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Season 6 player (1990-04-11).
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Bill Nutt, a freelance writer from Hackettstown, New Jersey
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Season 11 1-time champion: $8,900.
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Bill Puskas, a lawyer from Somerset, New Jersey
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Season 7 player (1991-05-24).
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Bill Smith, a lending officer originally from Fairmount, Indiana
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Season 1 player (1985-04-29)
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Bill Clarke, a sales manager from Sassamansville, Pennsylvania
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Season 11 player (1995-03-23).
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Bill Fox, a restaurant manager originally from Lake Bluff, Illinois
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Season 1 1-time champion: $1,200.
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Bill Spencer, a public policy analyst originally from Jackson, Mississippi
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Season 8 1-time champion: $6,000.
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Bill Gallagher, a teacher from Northumberland, Pennsylvania
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Season 8 1-time champion: $17,900.
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Bill Maier, a nuclear regulatory inspector from Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
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Season 9 player (1993-04-23).
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Bill Casey, a motion picture and TV writer from San Juan Capistrano, California
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1989 Senior Tournament quarterfinalist: $1,000.
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Bill Cash, a claims attorney from Branford, Connecticut
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Season 12 1-time champion: $18,690.
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Bill Cox, a portfolio manager from Santa Monica, California
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Season 4 player (1987-09-24).
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Bill Blum, a freelance writer from Studio City, California
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Season 3 player (1986-12-11).
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Bill Schilling, a financial aid director from Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania
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Season 11 2-time champion: $16,602.
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Bill Hudgins, an electrical engineer from Stow, Ohio
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Season 11 player (1995-03-09)
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Bill Orme, a librarian from Indianapolis, Indiana
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Season 8 player (1992-04-23).
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Bill Hand, a data processing manager from Northridge, California
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Season 1 player (1984-12-14).
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Bill Driscoll, a senior at Stanford University from Carolina Beach, North Carolina
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2013 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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Bill Atkinson, a student from Mapleton, Utah
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Season 11 player (1995-05-30).
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Bill Ryan, a national sales representative from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Season 3 1-time champion: $7,400.
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Bill Popper, a writer from Burnsville, North Carolina
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Season 18 player (2002-07-15).
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Bill Jacobs, a doctor from Wellington, Florida
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Season 15 3-time champion: $28,195.
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Bill Deaver, a management analyst from Redlands, California
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Season 1 player (1984-11-09).
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Bill Lee, a sophomore from the University of Washington
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1996 College Championship semifinalist: $5,000.
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Bill Alston, an accountant from Durham, North Carolina
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Season 18 2-time champion: $53,400.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: billbetsbadly
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Bill Maher, a 1995 CableACE winner from Politically Incorrect
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1995 Celebrity Jeopardy! player (1995-11-09). Playing for People for the Ethical...
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Bill Pawlak, an auditor from Rancho Palos Verdes, California
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Season 4 player (1988-05-24).
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Bill McKinley, a sophomore from Wittenberg University
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1997 College Championship semifinalist: $5,000.
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Bill Henner, a commodities trader from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 4 player (1988-06-07).
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Bill Wilcox, a project manager from San Diego, California
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Season 16 player (2000-07-05).
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Bill Schuler, a systems administrator from San Francisco, California
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Season 5 1-time champion:: $12,401.
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Bill Davis, a sales representative from El Cajon, California
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Season 8 player (1992-01-24).
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Bill Westerman, a folklorist from Woodstown, New Jersey
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Season 8 player (1992-03-27).
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Bill Schantz, a software support manager originally from Glen Ullin, North Dakota
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Season 11 1-time champion: $8,099.
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Bill Hughes, a firefighter from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 7 player (1990-10-17).
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Bill Barnett, an academic record keeper from Westminster, Maryland
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Season 14 1-time champion: $12,400 + the Motorla StarTac cellular phone.
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Bill MacDonald, an attorney from Bonita Springs, Florida
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2006 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up: $50,000. Season 22 4-time champion:...
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Bill Collins, a probation counselor originally from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 1 player (1984-10-02).
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Bill Sloan, a real estate broker from Mission Viejo, California
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 1996 Tournament...
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Bill Dickenson, a college instructor from Richardson, Texas
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 1996 Tournament...
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Bill Granoff, a database administrator from Culver City, California
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Season 5 player (1989-03-03).
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Bill Wright, an actor and writer from Los Angeles, California
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Season 5 player (1989-03-02).
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Bill Sloan, a real estate broker from Mission Viejo, California
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 1996 Tournament...
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Bill Dickenson, a college instructor from Richardson, Texas
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 1996 Tournament...
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Bill Sloan, a realtor from Mission Viejo, California
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"Since winning five shows in 1996, he has gone on to...
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Bill Vogel, a phys. ed. teacher originally from Bayport, New York
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Season 5 player (1989-02-27).
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Bill Johnson, a cattle breeder from Fort Mill, South Carolina
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Season 14 1-time champion: $11,510.
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Bill Gellert, a research associate from Washington, D.C.
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Season 4 2-time champion: $6,998 + the Jeopardy! box game.
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Bill Wellman, a Marine Corps intelligence chief originally from Plattsburgh, New York, now stationed at San Diego, California
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Season 15/Armed Forces Week winner (1999-06-29): $12,800.
Rank: Gunnery Sergeant.
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Bill McCormick, an attorney from Corona del Mar, California
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Season 16 1-time champion: $4,500.
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Bill Cute, a social studies teacher from Rehoboth, Massachusetts
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Season 13 2-time champion: $19,601.
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Bill Tomber, a truck driver from St. Louis, Missouri
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Season 16 player (1999-10-27).
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Bill Shields, a Lutheran pastor from Pontiac, Illinois
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Season 17 2-time champion: $24,799.
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Bill Dougherty, an art services provider from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 14 1-time champion: $7,501.
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Bill Aquino, an undergraduate student from Los Angeles, California
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Season 14 1-time champion: $10,000.
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Bill Harris, a baker from Cape Porpoise, Maine
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Season 14 player (1998-02-16).
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Bill Frisch, a marketing coordinator from Baltimore, Maryland
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Season 16 1-time champion: $9,008.
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Bill Hart, a home-sale account executive from Mandeville, Louisiana
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Season 17 player (2001-07-13).
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Bill McCulla, a researcher from Gaithersburg, Maryland
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Season 6 player (1990-01-11).
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Bill Forman, a law student originally from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Season 6 1-time champion: $14,401.
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Bill Unterborn, a visual merchandiser from Palmyra, New York
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Season 14 3-time champion: $31,899.
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Bill McLean, an attorney from Woodstock, Georgia
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Season 15 player (1998-09-15).
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Aaron Wicks, a planning and evaluation manager from Rochester, New York
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Season 26 1-time champion: $18,001 + 1,000. Aaron Wicks Rochester, NY...
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Chris Wallace, a TV host from Fox News Sunday
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"In March, this Fox News anchor was honored by the National...
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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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Catherine Ramen, a database developer and writer from New York, New York
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 winner: $44,000. 1998 Tournament...
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Wolf Blitzer, a journalist from The Situation Room
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"Since 1990, he's covered every major story for CNN, including the...
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Jason Pratt, a middle school history teacher from Woodbridge, Virginia
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Season 25 2-time champion: $32,701 + $1,000. Jason Pratt - A...
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Michael Braun, a junior from Silver Spring, Maryland
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2005 Teen...
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Mandy Walker, an account tech from Mount Juliet, Tennessee
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Season 38 player (2022-05-30). Mandy appeared on the 1982-83 game show...
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Timothy Hsieh, a physician from Elk Grove, California
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Season 13 player (1997-03-06). Timothy won on the PAX pop-culture game...
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David Peterman, an area manager from Laguna Nigel, California
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Season 3 3-time champion: $7,300. David was an area manager for...
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Lewis Black, a stand-up comedian from Lewis Black's Root of All Evil
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"With success in films, plays, books, and TV specials, he tours...
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Thomas L. Friedman, an author and foreign affairs columnist from The New York Times
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"He has won three Pulitzer Prizes and authored six best sellers,...
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Brian Hamilton, an attorney from Sacramento, California
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Season 31 2-time champion: $45,202 + $1,000.
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Aaron Brown, an Emmy Award-winning newsman from CNN's popular primetime newscast
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"A journalist for over 25 years, he now anchors CNN's popular...
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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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Than Hedman, a freshman from University of Colorado-Boulder
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2008 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 19 and from Denver, CO at...
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Terrie Trebilcock, a high school history and economics teacher from Glen Rock, Pennsylvania
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2016 Teachers Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000 + a $2,500 education grant to...
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Jonathan Bill, a high school teacher from Gig Harbor, Washington
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Season 33 player (2016-12-19).
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Matt DeTura, a recent law school graduate from Washington, D.C.
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Season 27 3-time champion: $61,601 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: MDT
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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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Jennifer Broders, a junior high school social studies teacher from Stockton, Iowa
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Season 26 2-time champion: $59,801 + $1,000. Jennifer Broders - a...
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Cathleen Charleson, an actor from Greeneville, Tennessee
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Season 23 player (2006-09-21).
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