#24, aired 2024-01-09 | NUMBER ONE HITS $400: The thumping bassline of Chic's 1979 hit "Good Times" inspired this 1980 queen hit "Another One Bites The Dust" |
#22, aired 2023-12-06 | CHORUS LINES $300: "When the dog bites, when the bee stings, when I'm feeling sad, I simply remember my favorite things" The Sound of Music |
#8837, aired 2023-03-28 | A BABY $400: Birthmarks that often vanish with age are called "stork bites" & these celestial beings "kisses" on the forehead angel kisses |
#8660, aired 2022-06-10 | KILLER TUNES $400: "Are you ready? Hey! Are you ready for this? Are you hanging on the edge of your seat?" Are questions asked in this Queen tune "Another One Bites The Dust" |
#8618, aired 2022-04-13 | BAT QUIZ $1600: Vampire bat bites threaten livestock not by making them the undead, but by spreading this disease caused by a lyssavirus rabies |
#5, aired 2022-02-10 | MEDICAL SPECIALTIES $1,800 (Daily Double): Trouble with hay fever?
Have bad reactions to bug bites? Or peanuts?
This specialist can help an allergist |
#8507, aired 2021-11-09 | ANOTHER ONE BITES THE CRUST $200: I want some more key lime pie, especially with a crust made using these Honey Maid items graham crackers |
#8507, aired 2021-11-09 | ANOTHER ONE BITES THE CRUST $400: In 1995 Pizza Hut introduced original stuffed crust pizza, stuffed with "100% real" this cheese mozzarella |
#8507, aired 2021-11-09 | ANOTHER ONE BITES THE CRUST $600: It's French for "in crust" & salmon is one food often prepared comme ça en croûte |
#8507, aired 2021-11-09 | ANOTHER ONE BITES THE CRUST $800: The Washington Post noted, "The thinner the wrapper, the flakier the crust" in this "seasonal" Chinese appetizer spring rolls |
#8507, aired 2021-11-09 | ANOTHER ONE BITES THE CRUST $1000: A Pillsbury recipe offers up their original crescent rolls for a crisp crust enclosing tenderloin steaks in this dish for 2 Beef Wellington |
#8489, aired 2021-10-14 | THIS IS N-P-R $800: It can mean "one who bites or pinches", as well as "a small boy" a nipper |
#8301, aired 2020-12-14 | GRAMM"OR" $400: Unlike English, in Latin this does not determine meaning; homo mordet canem & canem mordet homo both mean "man bites dog" order |
#8112, aired 2019-12-10 | SHARK-UTERIE $1200: This alliterative type of shark sounds like it uses metal shapes to turn dough into Christmas treats--it bites very uniformly cookie cutter |
#8102, aired 2019-11-26 | SCRAMBLED EGGS $1000: FLOOD BITES soft-boiled |
#8015, aired 2019-06-14 | ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST JACKET $400: Someone's dead & there's a party & that's all we can say about the plot of this long James Joyce novel Finnegan's Wake |
#8015, aired 2019-06-14 | ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST JACKET $800: In a Steinbeck tale Jody Tiflin kills a buzzard that's come to feast on his "Red" one of these that just died pony |
#8015, aired 2019-06-14 | ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST JACKET $1200: Susie in this Alice Sebold novel is already in heaven, but she watches her murderer covering his tracks The Lovely Bones |
#8015, aired 2019-06-14 | ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST JACKET $1600: Tolstoy wrote "The Death of" this alliterative man whose life had been "most simple and most ordinary" Ivan Ilyich |
#8015, aired 2019-06-14 | ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST JACKET $2000: Addie is the "I" who not only passes away but decomposes in this Faulkner novel As I Lay Dying |
#8003, aired 2019-05-29 | 1980s POP LYRICS $2000: Queen:
"How long can you stand the heat? Out of the doorway the bullet rip to the sound of the beat" "Another One Bites The Dust" |
#7893, aired 2018-12-26 | DEATH ON THE NILE $600: These 3-ton-plus river-dwelling mammals have ferocious bites & are known to upend boats hippopotamus |
#7731, aired 2018-04-02 | NEVER FORGET AN ELEPHANT $1200: In 2015 Malawi's Nyasa Times ran its own version of "man Bites Dog" with "Elephant Kills Suspected" this criminal poacher |
#7554, aired 2017-06-15 | WATCH OUT FOR SPIDERS $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a spider on the monitor.) Black widows' bites are rarely fatal to humans, but the venom can produce temporary paralysis in this muscle, making breathing difficult the diaphragm |
#7183, aired 2015-12-02 | STATE ANIMAL FIGHT! $400: Oklahoma's state flying mammal, the Mexican free-tailed bat, bites this Oregon State & Oregon State University animal the beaver |
#7181, aired 2015-11-30 | THAT ONE SONG $400: Queen gave us "Another One" does this Bites The Dust |
#7173, aired 2015-11-18 | FOOD & DRINK $800: In Spanish cuisine they're appetizers or small bites of food, like stuffed dates or chicken croquettes tapas |
#7045, aired 2015-04-10 | PUT ON YOUR DISCO SHOES $1000: Don't "Freak Out", but Queen's "Another One Bites The Dust" has a bass line similar to "Good Times" by this "stylish" band Chic |
#6982, aired 2015-01-13 | SWEET! POTATOES! $600: Ore-Ida invented these alliterative potato bites that are "crunchy outside and fluffy inside" Tater Tots |
#6908, aired 2014-10-01 | BOOKS FOR BARTENDERS $400: A book of "drinks and bites" themed to this TV show includes the Bon Temps Sazerac & Arti-Choked-to-Death Dip True Blood |
#6483, aired 2012-11-21 | GENERAL PRACTICE $800: This contagious skin disease rhymes with a disease you get from animal bites scabies |
#6436, aired 2012-09-17 | GIVING A PUP TALK $2000: An editor of The New York Sun said, "but if" this happens, "that is news" "man bites dog" |
#6212, aired 2011-09-27 | NATURE STUDY $600: In North America many spiders harm humans with their bites, including this brown one whose name means "hermit" recluse |
#6212, aired 2011-09-27 | FAST FOOD MENU $800: The All-American Roastburger &
Sidekickers like the Loaded Potato Bites Arby's |
#6156, aired 2011-05-23 | THEIR GREATEST HITS $200: "Bicycle Race" & "Another One Bites The Dust" Queen |
#6138, aired 2011-04-27 | MISSING LYRICS $400: "And another one gone and another one gone, another one ____ ____ ____" bites the dust |
#6059, aired 2011-01-06 | NO. 1 WITH A BULLET $1200: "Out of the doorway the bullets rip/ To the sound of the beat" in this Queen No. 1 "Another One Bites The Dust" |
#5988, aired 2010-09-29 | A FREEZER FULL OF FOOD $1000: This company's Any'tizers include buffalo style hot wings & mini chicken bites Tyson |
#5819, aired 2009-12-24 | YOU'VE GOT YELLOW FEVER $800: Yellow fever is caused by one of these microorganisms that get transmitted by mosquito bites a virus |
#5813, aired 2009-12-16 | A PERFORMER'S EDUCATION $1600: This actor went to UCLA but really wanted to direct films like "Reality Bites" & "Zoolander" Ben Stiller |
#5523, aired 2008-09-17 | DIA-GRAMMAR $800: (Jon of the Clue Crew indicates five Latin sentences, all translating to "dog bites man", on the monitor.) In Latin, word order doesn't affect meaning; canis is this in each sentence because it's in the nominative case subject |
#5517, aired 2008-09-09 | INTERESTING ANAGRAMS $1600: Anthony Hopkins won an Oscar for this film:
"THE CON BITES MALE FLESH" The Silence of the Lambs |
#5343, aired 2007-11-28 | POTENT QUOTABLES $600: Newspaper editor John Bogart said, "If a man" does this, "that is news" bites dog |
#5276, aired 2007-07-16 | MY SPICE $600: In a sushi bar, you will likely be offered some pickled this so you can cleanse your palate between bites ginger |
#5149, aired 2007-01-18 | ANOTHER ONE BITES THE "UST" $400: The act or process of burning combustion |
#5149, aired 2007-01-18 | ANOTHER ONE BITES THE "UST" $800: This line of products began with a sailor who saw that fish oil stopped corrosion in metal decks Rust-oleum |
#5149, aired 2007-01-18 | ANOTHER ONE BITES THE "UST" $1200: Feral horse of the American plains mustang |
#5149, aired 2007-01-18 | ANOTHER ONE BITES THE "UST" $1600: Just do this dance that was a hit song for Van McCoy back in 1975 Hustle |
#5149, aired 2007-01-18 | ANOTHER ONE BITES THE "UST" $2,000 (Daily Double): The first true use of this Senate tactic was in 1841 over government printing filibuster |
#5078, aired 2006-10-11 | LET'S PLAY POST OFFICE $800: In 2002 the Post Office reported that more than 3,000 letter carriers suffered injury due to these dog bites |
#5071, aired 2006-10-02 | SNACK ATTACK $1200: This brand of pudding & gelatin offers Smoothie Snacks & Pudding Bites Jell-O |
#5008, aired 2006-05-24 | CONGRESSIONAL BEFORE & AFTER $800: A mammal that bites legs off sea captains, rams ships & in his spare time is an Illinois senator Moby Dick Durbin |
#4915, aired 2006-01-13 | IN A MUSICAL MOOD $1600: 3-word title of the song heard here "Need You Tonight" |
#4896, aired 2005-12-19 | BASS LINES $400: (Jon of the Clue Crew a-basses himself.) Queen's bassist, John Deacon, wrote this 1980 hit "Another One Bites The Dust" |
#4872, aired 2005-11-15 | DUKES BEDEVILED $200: Duke Leto bites the dust early on in this classic Frank Herbert sci-fi work Dune |
#4753, aired 2005-04-13 | A DAY'S CALORIES IN ONE MEAL $600: Market Fresh Roast Beef & Swiss sandwich, large Jalapeno Bites, Jamocha shake Arby's |
#4704, aired 2005-02-03 | TEEN CUISINE $800: Smucker's recipe for sweet & sour hot dog bites calls for this classic flavor of jelly grape |
#4602, aired 2004-09-14 | RHYME TIME $800: In "Through the Looking Glass" he tells Alice his horse has anklets to guard against shark bites the White Knight |
#4561, aired 2004-06-07 | BLOODSUCKERS $2000: When this eel-like fish bites & attaches itself to another fish, an anticoagulating fluid keeps the wound open a lamprey (eel) |
#4556, aired 2004-05-31 | POLITICAL GOBBLEDYGOOK $800: News organizations find politicians speak in these quotable snappy snippets sound bites |
#4370, aired 2003-09-12 | ROBERT FROST BITES $200 (Daily Double): This "is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in" home |
#4370, aired 2003-09-12 | ROBERT FROST BITES $400: "He says again, 'Good fences make'" these good neighbors |
#4370, aired 2003-09-12 | ROBERT FROST BITES $800: "Some say the world will end in" this, "some say in ice" fire |
#4370, aired 2003-09-12 | ROBERT FROST BITES $1600: "Two roads" did this "in a wood, and I--I took the one less traveled by" diverged |
#4370, aired 2003-09-12 | ROBERT FROST BITES $2000: "The woods are" these 3 things, "but I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep" lovely, dark & deep |
#4313, aired 2003-05-07 | '70s SITCOMS $400: TV Guide once named the "Chuckles Bites the Dust" episode of this show the greatest episode of all time The Mary Tyler Moore Show |
#4311, aired 2003-05-05 | HARD CANDY $600: These bite-sized "Rich & Creamy" hard candies from Nestle have a name that means "little bites" Nips |
#4281, aired 2003-03-24 | THERE'S A SUCKER... $1000: Sound Bites Lollipops transmit sounds & radio signals into your head when you touch the pops to these teeth |
#4095, aired 2002-05-24 | OLD SCHOOL RAP $1200: This Grandmaster, partner of Grandmaster Mellie Mel, pioneered "quick mixing" of musical sound bites Grandmaster Flash |
#4054, aired 2002-03-28 | "K"2 $2000: The name of this spicy German sausage means "cracked sausage" for the sound it makes when one bites into it knockwurst |
#3914, aired 2001-09-13 | POOCH PROVERBS $200: "Dogs" do this "by custom" & one doing it "seldom bites" bark |
#3783, aired 2001-01-31 | THEY BITE, THEY STING $200: This mollusk captures its prey with its 8 arms, bites it with its beak & injects poison from its salivary glands the octopus |
#3572, aired 2000-02-29 | CLASSIC TV EPISODES $200: "Chuckles Bites the Dust" The Mary Tyler Moore Show |
#3568, aired 2000-02-23 | WHICH CAME FIRST? $100: "Love Me Do",
"Love Bites",
"Love Is A Many Splendored Thing" "Love Is A Many Splendored Thing" |
#3560, aired 2000-02-11 | DROPOUTS $300: He went to UCLA to study film but dropped out; he ended up directing & co-starring in "Reality Bites" & "The Cable Guy" Ben Stiller |
#3461, aired 1999-09-27 | AUTHORS' RHYME TIME $300: Spillane's love-bites Mickey's hickeys |
#3252, aired 1998-10-27 | CLOWNING AROUND $200: In a classic "Mary Tyler Moore Show" episode, this clown bites the dust when he's crushed by an elephant Chuckles |
#3215, aired 1998-07-17 | BABY TALK $400: Pink spots appearing on a baby's face & neck at birth are referred to as these bird markings stork bites |
#3209, aired 1998-07-09 | LITERARY TERMS $600: In "Reality Bites" Ethan Hawke says it's when the actual meaning is different from the literal meaning irony |
#3132, aired 1998-03-24 | BITES $200: Unlike their undead counterparts, these bats prefer biting cattle to humans vampire bats |
#3132, aired 1998-03-24 | BITES $400: A persistently biting insect, or a persistently provoking person, is this kind of "fly" gadfly |
#3132, aired 1998-03-24 | BITES $600: Vipers keep these teeth folded in until it's time to bite fangs |
#3132, aired 1998-03-24 | BITES $800: Long before the Queen song, Homer used this metaphor for warriors who die in battle bite the dust |
#3132, aired 1998-03-24 | BITES $1000: This 1857 mutiny began among Indian troops ordered to bite cartridges greased with animal fat Sepoy Mutiny |
#3119, aired 1998-03-05 | ROCKING THE BABY $400: They include stork bites, which fade naturally, & port-wine stains, which don't Birthmarks |
#3097, aired 1998-02-03 | DOUBLE "B"s $200: Don't wolf down your turkey, but take these small quick bites Nibbles |
#3062, aired 1997-12-16 | '80s ROCK $200: They had 2 No. 1 hits in 1980: "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" & "Another One Bites The Dust" Queen |
#3049, aired 1997-11-27 | “R” MOVIES $400: Winona Ryder, Ethan Hawke & Ben Stiller form a romantic triangle in this 1994 Stiller directed Reality Bites |
#2701, aired 1996-05-06 | PLANTS & TREES $400: The juice or gel in the leaves of this succulent perennial is used on insect bites & burns aloe |
#2660, aired 1996-03-08 | MAMMALS $300: To kill a cobra this mammal sidesteps the snake's strike & bites its head a mongoose |
#2586, aired 1995-11-27 | HEALTH & MEDICINE $100: Without treatment, this disease transmitted by dog bites is usually fatal Rabies |
#2390, aired 1995-01-13 | FILMS OF THE '90s $300: This actor, the son of Jerry Stiller & Anne Meara, co-starred in "Reality Bites" & directed it Ben Stiller |
#2376, aired 1994-12-26 | HERBS & SPICES $500 (Daily Double): This herb whose name means "dragon" was once thought to cure venomous bites tarragon |
#2369, aired 1994-12-15 | DANCE $800: The 1842 ballet "Napoli" features one of these frenzied dances connected with spider bites the tarantella |
#2233, aired 1994-04-27 | SICKNESS & HEALTH $600: To avoid this disease, visitors to African safari parks should protect against tsetse fly bites sleeping sickness |
#2221, aired 1994-04-11 | FIRST AID $200: If a dog bites you, first do this to the wound, then cover it with a sterile dressing wash it |
#1901, aired 1992-12-07 | ANIMALS $500: The coachwhip, which is one of these, jerks or whips its head when it bites, which can cause lacerations a snake |
#1847, aired 1992-09-22 | DANCE $800: Tambourines often accompany this frenzied dance whose origin is connected to spider bites the tarantella |
#1794, aired 1992-05-21 | TELEVISION $400: A 1976 Writing Emmy was awarded for the "Chuckles Bites the Dust" episode of this series The Mary Tyler Moore Show |
#1739, aired 1992-03-05 | FIRST AID $300: An animal that bites a person should be kept under observation to determine if it has this disease rabies |
#1739, aired 1992-03-05 | FIRST AID $500: Rattlesnake bites cause immediate pain, then the wounded area does this and becomes discolored swells up |
#1535, aired 1991-04-12 | THE POST OFFICE $100: The post office says mail carriers have suffered almost 20,000 bites from these animals in the past 3 years dogs |
#1534, aired 1991-04-11 | QUOTES $200: "When a dog bites a man, that is not news, but when" this happens, "that is news" when a man bites a dog |
#1428, aired 1990-11-14 | MOVIE TRIVIA $100: In this 1990 film, a couple dies of spider bites while watching "Wheel of Fortune" Arachnophobia |
#1256, aired 1990-02-05 | FIRST AID $500: A paste made with this cooking ingredient, NaHCO3, is effective on some insect bites baking soda |
#861, aired 1988-05-09 | NAMESAKES $500: Lively dance so named because it reportedly cured spider bites tarantella |
#662, aired 1987-06-23 | FAMOUS WALTERS $800: In 1900, this U.S. Army medical officer proved yellow fever is spread by mosquito bites Walter Reed |
#555, aired 1987-01-23 | DOGS $100: There is evidence of rare airborne transmission of this feared disease usually transmitted through bites rabies |
#548, aired 1987-01-14 | "SEA" LIFE $200: A sailor or a pirate, especially one who growls & bites a sea dog |
#497, aired 1986-11-04 | ANIMALS $200: The bedbug hunter is called "The Kissing Bug" because it bites its victims here on the lips (or around the mouth) |
#297, aired 1985-10-29 | FURNITURE $200: In phony antiques, these "parasite" flaws are made with buckshot or a fine dental drill wormholes |
#146, aired 1985-04-01 | FAMOUS QUOTES $300: Charles Dana defined news as not when a dog bites a man, but when this happens when man bites dog |