Jeopardy! Round, Double Jeopardy! Round, or Tiebreaker Round clues (201 results returned)

#9043, aired 2024-02-21BOOZY $800: Though quite sweet, the name of this almond-flavored liqueur means "little bitter" amaretto
#9040, aired 2024-02-16A DOG'S LIFE $400: Theobromine in this substance is toxic to dogs; the darker & more bitter kinds are more dangerous for the pooch chocolate
#8976, aired 2023-11-20A MATTER OF TASTE $800: Cacao beans, the source of chocolate, aren't sweet; they contain this bitter popular stimulant caffeine
#8960, aired 2023-10-27LEONARDO DA VINCI, BUSY GUY $1200: Late in life, a bitter Leonardo made apocalyptic drawings called this series, another word for flood Deluge
#16, aired 2023-10-11"EZ" GEOGRAPHY $900: The Great Bitter Lake is part of this waterway connecting the Red Sea to the Mediterranean the Suez Canal
#12, aired 2023-05-16INTERNATIONAL LIT $3,200 (Daily Double): This Russian author & founder of literary socialist realism adopted a surname meaning "bitter" Gorky
#8831, aired 2023-03-20CRY UNCLE $1600: Real name Ivan, he's the bitter, aging title character of a Chekhov play Uncle Vanya
#8816, aired 2023-02-27NONPOTENT POTABLES $400: Ask your barista for a ristretto, just the first portion of a shot of this; it's richer & less bitter than the whole shot espresso
#8816, aired 2023-02-27PURE POETRY $2000: In 1950 "Bitter Strawberries" by this Boston-born woman became her 1st nationally published poem; not bad for a 17-year-old Sylvia Plath
#8814, aired 2023-02-23YOU SEEM UPSET $1600: Take one "K" out of a word meaning to sneak & you get this, to be silently bitter sulk
#8719, aired 2022-10-13LOOKING SHARP! $200: In Proverbs 5 "her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged" this sword
#8702, aired 2022-09-20HETERONYMS $400: To feel bitter & transmitted again resent [RE-sent] or resent [re-SENT]
#8693, aired 2022-07-27ALLITERATION $600: First & last name of the woman in a tongue twister who "bought some butter, 'but', she said, 'the butter's bitter"' Betty Botter
#8674, aired 2022-06-30DRINK $2000: A Negroni traditionally has gin, vermouth & this bitter Italian aperitif Campari
#8615, aired 2022-04-08R&B MUSIC $2000: In Dec. 2021 this "seasonal" singer was on 10 of the Top 25 R&B Hits, including "Bitter" with Cardi B & "Insane" Summer Walker
#8610, aired 2022-04-01MADJECTIVES $400: I'm really this; add a letter to the end & I become an aromatic sprinkled in cocktails bitter
#8596, aired 2022-03-14WORDS WITH ONLY ONE CONSONANT $400: A bitter brew often with higher alcohol content an ale
#8482, aired 2021-10-05THAT'S GRAND! $1200: Dating from 1880, this renowned liqueur is made with fine cognac & the essence of bitter oranges Grand Marnier
#8448, aired 2021-07-21EXODUS TELLS US... $200: The Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve, made their lives bitter with hard bondage in mortar & in this brick
#8446, aired 2021-07-19AGREE, 2 DISAGREE $600: No people surveyed, top 1 answer on the board... this 4-letter word is a bitter rivalry between factions; pass or play? feud
#8357, aired 2021-03-16SMALL MAMMALS $200: Named for another creature, this bitter, complaining type of mole is the world's smallest, at less than 1/2 an ounce the shrew mole
#8355, aired 2021-03-12I'M ALWAYS ANGRY $600: It can describe an acrid taste or an acrimonious feeling bitter
#8254, aired 2020-10-08WORD ORIGINS $1000: This word for ill feelings between people originally referred to a bitter taste acrimony
#8230, aired 2020-06-05POLITICAL CONVENTIONS $600: At the 1924 Dem. convention, a proposal to condemn this 3-word racist org. by name lost by 1 vote after a bitter debate the Ku Klux Klan
#8188, aired 2020-03-25HERBS & SPICES $400: It's used as the bitter herbs at the Passover seder & is a traditional accompaniment to roast beef horseradish
#8147, aired 2020-01-28JUST A SAMPLE $800: The Rolling Stones sued The Verve claiming too much of their song The Last Time" was used on this "Symphony" "Bitter Sweet"
#8101, aired 2019-11-25MEDICAL IDIOMS $800: An unpleasant fact that one must accept a bitter pill
#8077, aired 2019-10-22POTPOURRI $400: Chemists say roasting is the key factor driving bitter taste in this beverage; wake up & smell it! coffee
#8052, aired 2019-09-17NEVER TO RETURN $400: This 3-named naval hero sailed from America in 1787 & died bitter in Europe in 1792 John Paul Jones
#8041, aired 2019-07-22WHAT'D THE CAPTAIN SAY? $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a bit on the monitor.) A bit is a sturdy post in a deck for fastening cables & ropes, so when the captain says, "Hold on to" this, it means to grab the last part of a line, not to hang on until no hope remains the bitter end
#7967, aired 2019-04-09BEER $400: These bitter buds added for flavor belong to the Cannabaceae family, making them a cousin of marijuana hops
#7947, aired 2019-03-12FRUIT SALAD $800: This fruit named for the islands of southernmost Florida is bitter rather than sour key lime
#7839, aired 2018-10-11EDISON LABS $1000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew presents from Edison Labs in Menlo Park, NJ.) Written after a 1914 fire damaged the labs, a letter offering Edison best wishes for continuing health & success shows that the rivalry between Edison & this European electrical genius was not as bitter as it's sometimes made out to be (Nikola) Tesla
#7792, aired 2018-06-26OLIVE MY LOVE $800: Olives are too bitter to be eaten off the tree; like a recovering patient, they have to be this cured
#7719, aired 2018-03-15BAD ADJECTIVES FOR A DATING PROFILE $1000: 6-letter synonym for acrid, corresponding to one of the 4 major kinds of taste buds bitter
#7654, aired 2017-12-14EXILED! $400: After being exiled from this city in 1302, Dante wrote, "Bitter is the taste of another man's bread" Florence
#7565, aired 2017-06-30CANADA 150 $800: (Alex presents from the Canadian embassy in Washington, D.C.) In 1964 the country was divided over the selection of a new flag, but when Parliament ended months of bitter dispute with the selection of this now familiar maple leaf design, the members got together, and in a show of national unity, sang this anthem that was itself only officially adopted in 1980 "O Canada"
#7539, aired 2017-05-25GET YOUR "PHIL" $2000: Demosthenes delivered several of these bitter orations, named for a king of Macedonia a philippic
#7509, aired 2017-04-13SAY IT WITH CHOCOLATE $200: The bitter native drink chocolatl had sugar added to it by these 16th century conquerors the Spaniards
#7500, aired 2017-03-31UNFORTUNATE HISTORY $1200: This president from N.H. began his inaugural address in "bitter sorrow", his son having recently died in a train wreck Franklin Pierce
#7497, aired 2017-03-28PICK YOUR POISON $400: Agatha Christie taught us it smells like bitter almonds: cyanide, nicotine, opium cyanide
#7475, aired 2017-02-24WORD ORIGINS $400: Nestle knows this word for a beloved sweet substance comes from a Nahuatl word meaning "bitter water" chocolate
#7457, aired 2017-01-31NO MAN $2000: Sir Richard Owen, who had been Mr. Biology in Britain, wrote a bitter, negative review of this seminal 1859 book On the Origin of Species
#7337, aired 2016-07-05SOME HARSH WORDS FOR YOU $1600: For the cynical part of you: basic taste sensations include sour, sweet, salt & this one bitter
#7300, aired 2016-05-13OTHER GREAT LAKES $800: Great Bitter Lake is a marshy lake in Egypt that forms part of this manmade waterway the Suez Canal
#7207, aired 2016-01-05AUTHORS $600: He's the sometimes bitter Irish-born 18th century satirist seen here (Jonathan) Swift
#7111, aired 2015-07-13APPLES & ORANGES $200: Too bitter to eat fresh, the Seville orange is used to make these after-dinner beverages like Cointreau & Curacao a liqueur
#7101, aired 2015-06-29LET'S VISIT SAO TOME & PRINCIPE $600: This sweet stuff, the country's longtime main crop & export, is grown on plantations called rocas cocoa
#6934, aired 2014-11-06THE EARLY A.D.'S $2000: The last remnant of Jewish rule in ancient Palestine, this fortress was taken after a bitter siege Masada
#6898, aired 2014-09-17"NINE" LETTER WORDS $1600: Rat poison that (luckily) has a bitter taste strychnine
#6864, aired 2014-06-19A SOFT TOUCH $600: Moderate in force, like certain winds, or in Britain, a beer with a blander taste than bitter mild
#6855, aired 2014-06-06THE UNCIVIL WARS $400: Casualty estimates for the bitter 1980s war between Iran & this country range from 1 to 2 million Iraq
#6817, aired 2014-04-15CHARLES DICKENS $400: Last name of Ralph, who hates his nephew Nicholas & maybe is bitter that the book isn't named for him Nickleby
#6804, aired 2014-03-27FEUDS $600: After a bitter feud the Dassler Bros. formed rival sneaker companies; Rudolf founded Puma & Adolf, this one Adidas
#6731, aired 2013-12-16BITTER $400: Maror is Hebrew for the bitter herb eaten at the Seder meal on this Jewish holiday Passover
#6731, aired 2013-12-16BITTER $800: A bittersweet cherry liqueur is called this, the same as a specially treated cherry a maraschino
#6731, aired 2013-12-16BITTER $1200: The name of this green veggie precedes "rabe" in the name of a bitter green veggie broccoli
#6731, aired 2013-12-16BITTER $2000: Back in 1824 a German doctor formulated what is now this brand of aromatic bitters Angostura
#6731, aired 2013-12-16BITTER $3,000 (Daily Double): This bitter green liqueur is distilled from alcohol infused with wormwood absinthe
#6693, aired 2013-10-23CLASSICAL LITERATURE $800: Philippic, meaning a bitter rant, comes from the speeches Demosthenes made against this kingdom's Philip II Macedon
#6620, aired 2013-05-31ADD AN E $800: To expectorate, with an E added, adds to the bitter ill will spit & spite
#6599, aired 2013-05-02TABLE OF CONDIMENTS $600: Maror, the bitter herb found on the Passover table, is usually this root horseradish
#6597, aired 2013-04-30IN THE DICTIONARY $800: Blount's, 1656: "A kind of drink among the Turks & Persians...which is black, thick & bitter" coffee
#6557, aired 2013-03-05"IT" $400: An unpleasant taste, or a type of ale bitter
#6525, aired 2013-01-18FOOD $800: Amaretti are macaroons flavored with a paste made from the bitter type of these nuts almonds
#6497, aired 2012-12-11I CAN ALMOST TASTE THAT WORD $400: One of the 4 basic tastes, it's also a noun for a basic type of cocktail sour
#6324, aired 2012-03-01CANALS $400: On its way south from Port Said, this canal passes through Lake Timsah, Great Bitter Lake & Little Bitter Lake the Suez Canal
#6298, aired 2012-01-25PLANT SCIENCE $1600: Also called manioc, this starchy South American tuber comes in bitter & sweet varieties cassava (yuca accepted)
#6221, aired 2011-10-10CELEBRITY MEMOIRS $400: In "All That Is Bitter & Sweet", this actress says mom Naomi likes to say their family put the "fun" in dysfunctional Ashley Judd
#6205, aired 2011-07-29BOOK TITLES $800: A bestseller by Jamie Ford is "Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and" this Sweet
#6115, aired 2011-03-25INDONESIA $1,400 (Daily Double): Following a bitter war for independence, this European nation granted Indonesia self-rule in 1949 the Netherlands
#6110, aired 2011-03-18A BITTER / SWEET SYMPHONY $200: Totally sweet! Tartarian & Bing are sweet types of this fruit cherries
#6110, aired 2011-03-18A BITTER / SWEET SYMPHONY $400: The color of this sweet liquid is determined by the source of the nectar honey
#6110, aired 2011-03-18A BITTER / SWEET SYMPHONY $800: Plain, bitter or unsweetened this contains about 50% cocoa butter & if stored properly, will keep for years chocolate
#6110, aired 2011-03-18A BITTER / SWEET SYMPHONY $1000: Despite its name, "bitter" this doesn't taste like a casaba; it's a side dish in Asian cuisine melon
#6068, aired 2011-01-19SATIRISTS $400: His "Gulliver's Travels" is savagely bitter, but so witty & imaginative that it became a children's classic (Jonathan) Swift
#6053, aired 2010-12-2920th CENTURY FACES $1600: He had a bitter clash with Stalin over the defense of the city of Tsaritsin; Stalin would have the last word Leon Trotsky
#6050, aired 2010-12-24FOOTBALL: 20-10 $200: A 20-10 win in 2001 went in Nebraska's column in its bitter rivalry with this school's Sooners Oklahoma
#5973, aired 2010-07-28COUNTRY BY BEER $1200: Victoria Bitter Australia
#5923, aired 2010-05-19BIBLICAL PROVERBS: FILL IN THE BLANK $200: "To the hungry soul every bitter thing is ____" sweet
#5910, aired 2010-04-30TERMS OF ENBEERMENT $400: Porter & bitter are examples of this 3-letter beer, the darker of the 2 basic types of beer ale
#5901, aired 2010-04-19BOGEY MEN $200: 1942: Bogart as bitter Rick Blaine runs a bar in north Africa, sweetheart Casablanca
#5839, aired 2010-01-21NUTS LANDING $800: Cyanide is said to have the odor of bitter these almonds
#5834, aired 2010-01-14FOOD CONFUSION $1600: This bitter herb has nothing to do with equines; the first part of the word just denotes "big" or "strong" horseradish
#5814, aired 2009-12-17LIMERICK TIME $200: Tom was certainly bitter / It leaked: He was a knitter! / He always would rue / That all his pals knew / How'd it get posted on ____ Twitter
#5803, aired 2009-12-02ALCOHOLICS UNANIMOUS $1,000 (Daily Double): This alcoholic playwright created the bitter alcoholic Jamie Tyrone & a "long day" for his cursed family Eugene O'Neill
#5793, aired 2009-11-181969 $2000: It was the bitter end for these artificial sweeteners, recalled after they were linked to cancer in rats the cyclamates
#5763, aired 2009-10-07THE VICTORIANS $400: The plight of the poor was shown in works like "Horrible" this city & "The Bitter Cry of Outcast" this city London
#5763, aired 2009-10-07BIBLICAL BOTANY $2000: Absinthe lovers are forewarned in Amos about "Ye who turn judgment to" this bitter, aromatic plant wormwood
#5752, aired 2009-09-22FROM SOUP TO NUTS $1000: The sweet variety of this nut is popular as a snack; the bitter type is inedible but yields a flavoring extract almonds
#5715, aired 2009-06-12BEFORE & AFTER $2000: Poet who may lose a finger or toe to a bitter cold condition (after stopping by woods on a snowy evening) Robert Frostbite
#5671, aired 2009-04-13"BUD" $200: The ones for sweetness are up front, while the bitter ones are back here taste buds
#5653, aired 2009-03-18SHAKESPEAREAN JEOPORTMANTEAU! $1600: Bitter Trojan comedy plus Marcel Duchamp's art movement Troilus and Cressidada
#5627, aired 2009-02-10FROM A TO Y $800: Sadly, some divorces are filled with this, bitter animosity acrimony
#5627, aired 2009-02-10FROM A TO Y $1000: After that bitter divorce, you might have to pay this, spousal support alimony
#5578, aired 2008-12-03AN I FOR AN A $800: There was a sharp, unpleasant taste to the thick liquid for making the pancakes bitter batter
#5554, aired 2008-10-30SONG ADJECTIVES $600: The Verve: "____ ____ Symphony" Bitter Sweet
#5504, aired 2008-07-10"JE"-PARDY $1000: A bitter or warning rant, from the name of a Old Testament prophet a jeremiad
#5400, aired 2008-02-15AT THE MOVIES $1600: Vince Vaughn played this title guy, Santa's bitter older brother, in a 2007 holiday film Fred Claus
#5268, aired 2007-07-04COMPLETE THE POETIC RHYME $700 (Daily Double): Maya Angelou: "...your bitter twisted lies,/ You may trod me in the very dirt/ but still, like dust, I'll ____" rise
#5253, aired 2007-06-13JAMES JOYCE'S DUBLIN $1200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Dublin, Ireland.) This young hero of "Ulysses" stands in this spot looking over the sea & pondering love's bitter mystery Stephen Dedalus
#5192, aired 2007-03-205 "CC"s $400: This artificial sweetener is made from toluene, a petroleum product; no wonder it has a bitter aftertaste! saccharin
#5162, aired 2007-02-06'90s NEWS $1200: After a bitter confirmation hearing, this man took over for retiring justice Thurgood Marshall Clarence Thomas
#5145, aired 2007-01-12INSIDE THE ARTIST'S STUDIO WITH JAMES LIPTON $400: (James Lipton reads the clue.) The 19th century--more than 800 oil paintings and 700 drawings--yet you sold but one in your 37 years. Are you bitter? Van Gogh
#5122, aired 2006-12-12POETS & POETRY $2000: Romantic poet who wrote, "St. Agnes's Eve--ah, bitter chill it was! The owl, for all his feathers, was a-cold" (John) Keats
#4968, aired 2006-03-29RHYME TIME FOOD & DRINK $1600: An acrid-tasting deep-fried cake full of corn or crab a bitter fritter
#4942, aired 2006-02-21FRENCH SAUCES $4,000 (Daily Double): A bigarade is a bitter one of these; bigarade sauce is often used on duck (Seville) orange
#4725, aired 2005-03-04"F"OOD WORD ORIGINS $2000: The name of this pleasantly bitter herb is derived from the Latin fenum Graecum, which means "Greek hay" fenugreek
#4719, aired 2005-02-24WOODY ALLEN'S MANHATTAN $600: In this film, the bitter artist played by Max von Sydow naturally lives in the artsy area of SoHo Hannah and Her Sisters
#4709, aired 2005-02-10ANIMALS, VEGETABLES, MINERALS $2000: Verona & Treviso are varieties of this bitter, red-leafed salad green radicchio
#4657, aired 2004-11-30FESTIVUS $400: Bitter herbs are featured on this holiday's Seder plate Passover
#4589, aired 2004-07-15FRUIT $800: It's a cross between the mandarin orange & the bitter orange the tangerine
#4563, aired 2004-06-09MOVIE ROLES $400: In a 2003 movie he played the bitter, foul-mouthed "Bad Santa" Billy Bob Thornton
#4540, aired 2004-05-07POP MUSIC $400: You'll understand her songs, like "Ironic" & "Hands Clean", when you're older & more bitter Alanis Morissette
#4497, aired 2004-03-09FILE UNDER "C" $1600: He's given us a lot to fill a "B.S." category: "Bitter Sweet", "Blithe Spirit"... (Noel) Coward
#4490, aired 2004-02-27A MATTER OF TASTE $800: Cacao beans, the source of chocolate, aren't sweet -- they contain this bitter, popular stimulant caffeine
#4477, aired 2004-02-10THE BODY HUMAN $200: Your taste buds help you distinguish between salty & bitter, & these 2 opposites sweet & sour
#4463, aired 2004-01-21WHEN WE DANCE $1200: The ballet "The Bitter Weird" is based on the dances Agnes De Mille created for this musical about a Scottish town Brigadoon
#4431, aired 2003-12-08BE BITTER $400: In a popular tongue twister, it's what Betty bought that was bitter batter
#4431, aired 2003-12-08BE BITTER $800 (Daily Double): The Clue Crew demo of prussic acid ended before it began when they smelled this distinct odor (bitter) almonds
#4431, aired 2003-12-08BE BITTER $800: An Army doctor stationed at this village in Venezuela invented a type of bitters now found in bars worldwide Angostura
#4431, aired 2003-12-08BE BITTER $1600: This phrase used since the 1500s refers to something unpleasant to accept "a bitter pill to swallow"
#4431, aired 2003-12-08BE BITTER $2000: The last clue in the category, it's something to "hold out to" the bitter end
#4325, aired 2003-05-23SCIENCE LAB $400: These oral receptors are divided into 4 types: acid, salty, bitter & sweet taste buds
#4070, aired 2002-04-19THE OAK TREE $2000: Oaks contain this bitter chemical used in preparing leather--that's why you can't just munch on an acorn tannin
#4008, aired 2002-01-23MUSICAL BOTANY $2000: "Just remember in the winter far beneath the bitter snow lies the seed that with the sun's love... becomes" this "The Rose"
#3997, aired 2002-01-08BAD LITERARY TRIPS $2000: You'll sail to Bremerhaven with several bitter, deluded bigots in this Katherine Anne Porter novel Ship of Fools
#3981, aired 2001-12-17I NEED A LATIN LOVER $800: The name of these bright red cherries added to cocktails & baked goods is from the Latin for "bitter" maraschino
#3958, aired 2001-11-14MMM... YOU SMELL GREAT $400: You smell like the bitter type of this nut, so either you're wearing Dior's Hypnotic Poison or you've swallowed cyanide almond
#3910, aired 2001-09-07IN THE DICTIONARY $500: French for "animation", it's the vitality of the group that sang "Bitter Sweet Symphony" verve
#3898, aired 2001-07-11THE KOREAN WAR $800: In bitter battles of 1951, Pork Chop was a hill & Heartbreak was one of these a ridge
#3855, aired 2001-05-11ANYTHING BUT CHEESESTEAK $400: Part of a British breakfast, this jam is made from bitter Seville oranges, including the rinds marmalade
#3839, aired 2001-04-19COFFEE BREAK $200: The Swiss water process is a popular way to remove this bitter stimulant from coffee Caffeine
#3817, aired 2001-03-20THEY'RE GREAT! $500: This 19th C. Kentuckian was known as the "Great Pacificator" for his ability to settle bitter political conflicts Henry Clay
#3777, aired 2001-01-23OF THE TONGUE $500: Sweet, salty, bitter & sour are the 4 types of flavor sensed by these tongue receptors Taste buds
#3721, aired 2000-11-06NAME THE NOVEL $100: 1852: "'This is God's curse on slavery! -- a bitter, bitter, most accursed thing!'" "Uncle Tom's Cabin"
#3708, aired 2000-10-18BEHIND BARS $1000: Last name of Edouard, who created a new liqueur by blending sweet & bitter orange peels Cointreau
#3707, aired 2000-10-17HISTORIC HEROES $800: After Jim Bowie fell ill, this lawyer & soldier took full command of the Alamo until the bitter end William Travis
#3692, aired 2000-09-26ANOTHER MAN'S POISON $800: As Heinrich Himmler found out, this poison smells like bitter almonds Cyanide
#3658, aired 2000-06-28FAMILIAR PHRASES $800: "You always have to take" this "with the sweet" The bitter
#3633, aired 2000-05-24VIDEO POTPOURRI $600: Classified by taste, one of the two main varieties of the nut seen here: bitter almond (or sweet almond)
#3607, aired 2000-04-18THE PASSOVER SEDER $300: Maror, the bitter herbs, are there to remind us how slavery in this country embittered the lives of the Jews Egypt
#3483, aired 1999-10-27POTENT POTABLES $600: This cognac-based "Grand" liqueur is flavored with bitter orange peel Grand Marnier
#3435, aired 1999-07-09COMMON BONDS $400: A sword, a bitter pill, your words Things you swallow
#3433, aired 1999-07-07GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $800: After a close & bitter contest, this Illinois Democrat lost her Senate seat in 1998 Carol Moseley Braun
#3432, aired 1999-07-06THE WRITE STUFF $1000: In 1819 this English poet wrote, "St. Agnes' Eve -- ah, bitter chill it was!" John Keats
#3431, aired 1999-07-05IT GROWS ON TREES $500: Though inedibly bitter when picked, 11 million tons of them are produced a year, most around the Mediterranean olives
#3040, aired 1997-11-14TONGUE TWISTERS $500: Betty Botter bought some of this, but was worried it would make her batter bitter Butter
#3016, aired 1997-10-13FRUITS & VEGETABLES $800: American Indians referred to this holiday fruit by a name meaning "bitter berries" Cranberries
#2979, aired 1997-07-10HOUSEPLANTS $200: Small, bitter Calamondin oranges are good for making this spread that contains bits of peel Marmalade
#2972, aired 1997-07-01SMELLS $500: There may be a shortage of first-hand accounts, but this gas smells like bitter almonds Hydrogen cyanide
#2854, aired 1997-01-16MEDICINAL PLANTS $400: This plant that gives beer its pleasantly bitter taste is valued by herbalists as a sedative Hops
#2823, aired 1996-12-04BITTER BATTLES $100: The Confederate victory at Chancellorsville paved the way for this early July 1863 Pennsylvania battle Gettysburg
#2823, aired 1996-12-04BITTER BATTLES $200: The 1824 battle of Ayacucho marked the end of this European country's power in South America Spain
#2823, aired 1996-12-04BITTER BATTLES $300: The Battle of Austerlitz, one of his greatest victories, is sometimes called the Battle of the Three Emperors Napoleon
#2823, aired 1996-12-04BITTER BATTLES $400: The Battle of the Argonne during this war was part of a general offensive against the Hindenburg line World War I
#2823, aired 1996-12-04BITTER BATTLES $500: The recapture of Antwerp was a goal of this 1944-45 battle, Germany's last great offensive in the West Battle of the Bulge
#2759, aired 1996-09-05FOOD $400: Almonds are generally divided into 2 types: sweet & this bitter
#2664, aired 1996-03-14THE FANNIE FARMER COOKBOOK $400: When sauteeing minced cloves of this, don't let them brown or the flavor will be bitter garlic
#2585, aired 1995-11-24FRUITS & VEGETABLES $500: This bitter plum, the fruit of the blackthorne, is used to make jam & to flavor gin sloe berry
#2577, aired 1995-11-14FOOD & DRINK $400: This salad green, also called rucola, has a bitter taste many find too assertive Arugula
#2438, aired 1995-03-22TEA $500: This chemical in tea leaves provides color & a bitter taste tannin
#2409, aired 1995-02-09BEVERAGES $200: This nut that gives its name to a common soft drink has a bitter taste a kola nut
#2409, aired 1995-02-09ENDS IN "END" $300: You may "stick things out to" this, the conclusion of an unpleasant situation the bitter end
#2341, aired 1994-11-07ANATOMY $400: The tongue's taste buds distinguish 4 basic tastes: salty, bitter, sweet & this one sour
#2308, aired 1994-09-21SMELL $300: Mystery fans know hydrogen cyanide emits a faint odor of bitter ones of these almonds
#2150, aired 1993-12-31COOKING $500: Traditional orange marmalade is made from these slightly bitter Spanish oranges Sevilles
#2142, aired 1993-12-21FILMS OF THE '60s $500: This Taylor-Burton film about a bitter couple was the first to restrict admission to viewers over 18 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
#2094, aired 1993-10-14NICKNAMES $600: For his cynicism, this American writer was called "Bitter Bierce" Ambrose Bierce
#2073, aired 1993-09-15BEVERAGES $400: The sloe is a small, bitter one of these fruits used to make sloe gin plum
#1984, aired 1993-04-01OPERETTAS $400: This British playwright of "Private Lives" wrote the twice-filmed operetta "Bitter Sweet" Noël Coward
#1978, aired 1993-03-24THE HUMAN BODY $600: 2 of the 4 kinds of taste buds in the tongue (2 of) salt, sweet, bitter, & sour
#1932, aired 1993-01-19FRUITS & VEGETABLES $500: The Seville and bergamot are classified as bitter varieties of this fruit oranges
#1907, aired 1992-12-15FOOD FACTS $1000: This slightly bitter salad green is also known as rucola arugula
#1895, aired 1992-11-27FOOD $400: Originally made from quince, this preserve is now usually made from bitter oranges marmalade
#1883, aired 1992-11-11BIOGRAPHIES $1000: "Bitter Fame", a controversial 1989 biography, deals with this poet, her suffering & breakdown Sylvia Plath
#1846, aired 1992-09-21GENERAL SCIENCE $400: Highly poisonous prussic acid is said to have the smell of these "bitter" nuts almonds
#1841, aired 1992-09-14COMMON BONDS $300: Bitter, blood, Valencia oranges
#1791, aired 1992-05-18NUTS $500: There are 2 kinds of this nut, bitter & sweet, & 3 kinds of shells, hard, soft & paper an almond
#1604, aired 1991-07-18SCIENCE & NATURE $100: Taste buds are usually divided into 4 types, salt, acid, bitter & this sweet
#1511, aired 1991-03-11HERBS & SPICES $200: Grated or made into a sauce, this bitter herb is the perfect compliment to prime rib horseradish
#1469, aired 1991-01-10FRUIT $500: Spain & Italy are the top two producers of this fruit, which is too bitter to eat right off the tree olives
#1467, aired 1991-01-08BOOKS & AUTHORS $800: 1927 Sinclair Lewis novel described as "a bitter satire on hypocrisy among the clergy" Elmer Gantry
#1430, aired 1990-11-16POTENT POTABLES $200: The flowers of this plant give beer its bitter taste hops
#1428, aired 1990-11-14POISONS $200: If a spy's taken a pill containing this poison, his breath will smell like bitter almonds cyanide
#1355, aired 1990-06-22BEER $500: Guinness makes a bitter variety & Mackeson a sweet variety of this dark beer stout
#1352, aired 1990-06-19COSMETICS $200: Sally Hansen makes a bitter, brush-on liquid that helps stop this bad habit biting your nails
#1303, aired 1990-04-11DRAMA $800: Noel Coward's "Bitter Sweet" opened in 1929 & this play of his with the same initials opened in 1941 Blithe Spirit
#1013, aired 1989-01-18SALADS $500: The bitter salad green that the English commonly call chicory Americans call this endive
#969, aired 1988-11-17BOTTOMS UP $200: Almond-flavored liqueur whose name comes from the Italian for "bitter," not the Italian for "love" Amaretto
#841, aired 1988-04-11DOUBLE C $1000: Italian for wild chicory, it's the name of a red, rather bitter lettuce often used in gourmet salads radicchio
#785, aired 1988-01-22BALLET $600: Agnes de Mille turned dances she created for this musical about Scotland into the ballet "The Bitter Weird" Brigadoon
#702, aired 1987-09-29BIOLOGY $400: Bitter-tasting natural pesticides called limonoids are found in seeds, rinds & juice of this fruit group citrus
#591, aired 1987-03-16WILD WEST $200: The most bitter range wars featured cattlemen against men who raised these sheep
#539, aired 1987-01-01BOOKS & AUTHORS $800: His pen name is Russian for "bitter"; his depressing plays include "The Lower Depths" Gorky
#469, aired 1986-09-25OLD RADIO $600: Phrase which followed "The weed of crime bears bitter fruit, crime does not pay..." the Shadow knows
#416, aired 1986-04-14FRUITS $300: Belonging to the rose family, this bitter fruit sounds like it got up on the wrong side of the tree a crabapple
#327, aired 1985-12-10CHOCOLATE $400: Cocoa is a misspelling of this word from Maya for "bitter juice" cacao
#185, aired 1985-05-24FLOWERS $1000: Though Gilbert & Sullivan made her "sweet", cattle won't eat this flower because it's bitter a buttercup
#153, aired 1985-04-10CURRENT EVENTS $500: Newsweek called British strike in this industry the country's "longest, costliest & most bitter" coal
#52, aired 1984-11-20ANATOMY $400: The taste sensation that goes with sweet, sour, & salty bitter

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#8528, aired 2021-12-0820th CENTURY PEOPLE: Gen. MacArthur said this man's death by "violence is one of those bitter anachronisms that seems to refute all logic" "Mahatma" Gandhi
#7015, aired 2015-02-27AUTHORS & FILMMAKERS: This author had a bitter feud with Michael Moore over the title of a 2004 documentary Ray Bradbury
#3001, aired 1997-09-22FOOD & DRINK HISTORY: Its original name meant "bitter water" & it was made palatable to Europeans after the Spaniards added sugar chocolate

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