| #8809, aired 2023-02-16 | AN ANCIENT WONDER OF THE WORLD $1000: Ephesus! (Bless you!); temple of the goddess; went Goth in 262 & was never rebuilt Artemis |
| #8569, aired 2022-02-03 | MASHED-UP BOOK TITLES $1000: "God Bless You, Mr. Cradle" God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater & Cat's Cradle |
| #8541, aired 2021-12-27 | YOU STUBBED YOUR TOE ON LIVE TV $800: 2 words that completed Red Skelton's signoff, "Good night and..." God bless |
| #8495, aired 2021-10-22 | THE AUTHOR'S CHARACTERS $2000: Tralfamadorians & (God bless you,) Eliot Rosewater Kurt Vonnegut |
| #7809, aired 2018-07-19 | GOD BLESS AMERICIUM $1200: The americium used in these devices that keep you safe at home is itself safe, though radioactive smoke alarm |
| #7763, aired 2018-05-16 | ETIQUETTE $800: It's often said to those with hay fever, & columnist Miss Conduct says it's okay to say it to an atheist God bless you |
| #7723, aired 2018-03-21 | FULL SENTENCE LITERARY TITLES $800: "God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater" by this author introduced his alter-ego, a sci-fi writer (Kurt) Vonnegut |
| #7414, aired 2016-12-01 | CROSSWORD CLUES "G" $400: Bless you!, German style
(10) Gesundheit |
| #7196, aired 2015-12-21 | I HATE QUOTES $400: This first gospel contains Jesus' words, "Bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you" Matthew |
| #6707, aired 2013-11-12 | 8-LETTER WORDS $1000: A babushka is this kind of headwear that sounds like it's followed by "Bless you!" a kerchief |
| #6358, aired 2012-04-18 | CULTURES OF SOUTH AFRICA $200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Lesedi Cultural Village in South Africa.) The Xhosa hymn "Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika" evolved into the South African national anthem; "Nkosi" is God, so the title means this God Bless Africa |
| #6158, aired 2011-05-25 | SPANISH PHRASE BOOK $1,000 (Daily Double): En una iglesia, you might hear, "Bendiceme, padre, porque he pecado", this confessional phrase Bless me, Father, for I have sinned |
| #6123, aired 2011-04-06 | HORTON HEARS A HOOSIER $1000: In 1965 this Indianapolis-born novelist published "God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater" Vonnegut |
| #5885, aired 2010-03-26 | GOD BLESS YOU $400: Eriu is a celtic fertility goddess of this island named for her; Eire & Erin are corruptions of her name Ireland |
| #5885, aired 2010-03-26 | GOD BLESS YOU $800: The Angolan sea god Kianda is the guardian of this nearby ocean & all its creatures the Atlantic Ocean |
| #5885, aired 2010-03-26 | GOD BLESS YOU $1200: A Roman goddess of birth & newborns, Deverra was symbolized by one of these, used to sweep away evil a broom |
| #5885, aired 2010-03-26 | GOD BLESS YOU $1600: The creator god Vairacocha of these people of Peru traveled the world teaching man all the arts & sciences the Incas (Incans accepted) |
| #5885, aired 2010-03-26 | GOD BLESS YOU $2000: In pre-Islamic times Qaynan was a protector god of blacksmiths on this peninsula the Arabian Peninsula |
| #5869, aired 2010-03-04 | GOD BLESS NEBRASKA $400: In 1950 Omaha became the home of this sport's men's college championship baseball |
| #5671, aired 2009-04-13 | GUINNESS $200: Guinness reports that the highest speed of particles expelled by one of these is 103.6 mph; bless you! a sneeze |
| #5508, aired 2008-07-16 | A BIT OF LIT $800: "God bless Captain Vere!" are the last words this Melville foretopman speaks before being hanged Billy Budd |
| #5143, aired 2007-01-10 | AUTHORS' WORKS $1000: "God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater",
"Timequake",
"Mother Night" Kurt Vonnegut |
| #4418, aired 2003-11-19 | SPEECH! $600: Once a prisoner, his 1994 inaugural address included the words "Let freedom reign ... God bless Africa ... thank you" Nelson Mandela |
| #4236, aired 2003-01-20 | "V" LOVE IT! $800: God bless this author of "God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater" Kurt Vonnegut |
| #4056, aired 2002-04-01 | ORIGINS $200: Pope Gregory the Great is credited with starting the custom of saying "God bless you" after one of these a sneeze |
| #3447, aired 1999-09-07 | THOSE WACKY GERMANS $100: Gesundheit, meaning "health", is what Germans say instead of "bless you" when you do this Sneeze |
| #3155, aired 1998-04-24 | MAY DAY! MAY DAY! $800: This singer heard here was born on May 1, 1909: Kate Smith |
| #3151, aired 1998-04-20 | BLESS YOU $200: One form of this pre-meal prayer begins, "Bless us, O Lord, and these thy gifts" grace |
| #3151, aired 1998-04-20 | BLESS YOU $400: He wore his brother Esau's clothes to finagle his father Isaac's blessing Jacob |
| #3151, aired 1998-04-20 | BLESS YOU $600: Term for Jesus' 8 statements beginning with "Blessed are the poor in spirit..." the Beatitudes |
| #3151, aired 1998-04-20 | BLESS YOU $800: "May His great name be blessed to all eternity" is the nucleus of this Jewish mourner's prayer Kaddish |
| #3151, aired 1998-04-20 | BLESS YOU $1000: The U.S. Constitution was established to "secure the blessings of" this liberty |
| #3124, aired 1998-03-12 | SUPERSTITIONS $100: Do this on a Monday, you do it "for danger"; bless you sneeze |
| #2710, aired 1996-05-17 | ODD WORDS $200: Sternutation is the act of, or noise produced by, doing this; God bless you! sneezing |
| #2324, aired 1994-10-13 | SONG LYRICS $300: "I bless the day I found you, I want to stay around you, and so I beg you" this "Let It Be Me" |
| #2083, aired 1993-09-29 | POP LYRICS $200: Simon & Garfunkel told her, "God bless you, please...heaven holds a place for those who pray" Mrs. Robinson |
| #2045, aired 1993-06-25 | FOLK SINGERS $700 (Daily Double): Woody Guthrie began this song, probably his most famous, as a parody of "God Bless America" "This Land Is Your Land" |
| #1490, aired 1991-02-08 | IRISH DITTIES $300: Completes "I kiss the dear fingers so toil worn for me, oh, God bless you and keep you..." "Mother Machree" |
| #509, aired 1986-11-20 | RITUALS $100: Someone saying "God bless" after you do this is said to keep your soul from wandering sneezing |
| #345, aired 1986-01-03 | AFRICA $200 (Daily Double): Group which had a No. 1 hit with this 1982 song:
"It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you /
There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do /
I bless the rains down in Africa /
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had..." Toto |
| #184, aired 1985-05-23 | SUPERSTITIONS $100: The almost universal response to a sneeze God bless you |
