#9032, aired 2024-02-06 | IT'S A BIRD! IT'S A PLANE! $1600: 70 years after Louis Blériot first did it, the human-powered Gossamer Albatross flew across this body of water in 1979 the English Channel |
#9021, aired 2024-01-22 | AVIATION PIONEERS $400: John Moisant made the first flight across this body of water carrying a passenger & his cat, soon renamed Paris-London the English Channel |
#8887, aired 2023-06-06 | STRAIT UP $3,000 (Daily Double): Head strait up from Calais & you'll be in the body of water called this strait the Strait of Dover |
#8877, aired 2023-05-23 | AVIATION $400: Taking off from Dover, in 1912 Harriet Quimby became the first woman to pilot a plane across this body of water the English Channel |
#8, aired 2022-11-13 | HISTORIC EVENTS $600: In the 1605 "Gunpowder Plot", Guy Fawkes & fellow conspirators tried to blow up this English legislative body Parliament |
#14, aired 2022-02-17 | A LITTLE BODY ENGLISH $200: This expression for madly in love is 2 body parts & a preposition head over heels |
#14, aired 2022-02-17 | A LITTLE BODY ENGLISH $400: 3-word way to wish a performer good luck break a leg |
#14, aired 2022-02-17 | A LITTLE BODY ENGLISH $600: To deal with the consequences of your actions; hope the tune is at least catchy when you do face the music |
#14, aired 2022-02-17 | A LITTLE BODY ENGLISH $800: To be hit hard by something is to "take it on" this the nose (or the chin) |
#14, aired 2022-02-17 | A LITTLE BODY ENGLISH $1000: Isaac Newton said he had seen further by "standing on" these the shoulders of giants |
#8578, aired 2022-02-16 | LOST $2000: The body of this English climber who went missing on Everest in 1924 was finally discovered in 1999 George Mallory |
#2, aired 2022-02-08 | PIER 5 $800: Brighton Palace Pier can be found on this body of water sometimes called "La Manche" the English Channel |
#8561, aired 2022-01-24 | BODIES OF WATER $800: 20 miles wide at its narrowest, the Strait of Dover connects the English Channel to this body of water the North Sea |
#8204, aired 2020-04-16 | FRENCH GEOGRAPHY $800: Literally meaning "the sleeve", La Manche is this body of water the English Channel |
#7863, aired 2018-11-14 | BODIES OF WATER $2000: The Strait of Dover is the narrowest part of this body of water that connects the Atlantic Ocean & the North Sea the English Channel |
#7828, aired 2018-09-26 | GETTING COORDINATED $1600: 50 degrees north latitude 0 degrees longitude lands you in this body of water, just north of Le Havre the English Channel |
#7790, aired 2018-06-22 | THE REAL GAME OF THRONES $1600: "The Narrow Sea", next to Essos, is also a name for this real body of water as in the history work "Hold the Narrow Sea" the English Channel |
#7058, aired 2015-04-29 | CAPES $800: Normandy's Cap Gris-Nez, which means "gray nose cape", sticks its nose into this body of water the English Channel |
#6864, aired 2014-06-19 | PUT ON YOUR NEON $1200: Welcome to Brighton Sussex, a seaside resort on this body of water the English Channel |
#6777, aired 2014-02-18 | A SPAIN IN THE BODY PART $2000: Bone up on the craneo, this 5-letter word in English skull |
#6670, aired 2013-09-20 | HEADING "NORTH" $800: The English Channel & the Strait of Dover connect this body of water with the Atlantic Ocean the North Sea |
#6636, aired 2013-06-24 | THE ENGLISH CIVIL WARS $800: Executing the king was authorized in 1649 by the legislative body called the "Long" this, which had sat since 1640 Parliament |
#6465, aired 2012-10-26 | 100 YEARS AGO--1912 $400: Harriet Quimby became the first woman to fly across this European body of water the English Channel |
#6452, aired 2012-10-09 | OVER MY DEAD BODY $800: Hers is in an English church, "F.N. Born 12 May 1820, Died 13 August 1910" Florence Nightingale |
#6308, aired 2012-02-08 | LITERARY LOCALES $800: "Dover Beach":
Beside this "national" body of water the English Channel |
#6292, aired 2012-01-17 | AVIATION FIRSTS $200: In 1909 Louis Bleriot became the first person to fly a plane across this body of water between the U.K. & France the English Channel |
#5970, aired 2010-07-23 | HEALTH & MEDICINE $800: In ordinary English it means "better"; to a doctor, it means "located higher up on the body" superior |
#5674, aired 2009-04-16 | BODY ENGLISH $200: "Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your" these ears |
#5674, aired 2009-04-16 | BODY ENGLISH $400: If you make your feelings known to all, you wear this "on your sleeve" your heart |
#5674, aired 2009-04-16 | BODY ENGLISH $600: Proverbially, if you take a firm stand, you've put this body part "down" your foot |
#5674, aired 2009-04-16 | BODY ENGLISH $800: In games slang, dominoes & dice are known as these bones |
#5674, aired 2009-04-16 | BODY ENGLISH $1000: 6-letter slang term meaning to identify someone to the authorities finger |
#5662, aired 2009-03-31 | SPANISH TO ENGLISH $400: A part of the body:
cerebro the brain |
#5631, aired 2009-02-16 | 1909: 100 YEARS AGO $1000: On July 25 Frenchman Louis Bleriot became the first to cross this body of water in a plane the English Channel |
#5440, aired 2008-04-11 | HARRIET $1200: In 1912 Harriet Quimby became the first female pilot to fly over this approximately 21-mile-wide body of water the English Channel |
#5373, aired 2008-01-09 | ANAGRAMMED FOOD & DRINK $400: I'll dine on this English custard & cake dessert, then let it filter through my body trifle |
#4965, aired 2006-03-24 | WORD ORIGINS $800: The minute you walked in the joint, you knew the name of this body part was from the old English "elnboga" elbow |
#4938, aired 2006-02-15 | BODIES OF WATER $800: The Strait of Dover is the narrowest part of this body of water the English Channel |
#4888, aired 2005-12-07 | PAST IRREGULAR $1200: It's a verb's past participle, or a noun referring to a body of writing; you might major in the "English" or "French" type lit |
#4595, aired 2004-07-23 | TRANSPORTATION $600 (Daily Double): In 1994 the trip across this body of water was cut from a little more than an hour to about 35 minutes the English Channel |
#4465, aired 2004-01-23 | BODIES OF WATER $1600: The French call this body of water the Pas de Calais; we call it this the Strait of Dover |
#4200, aired 2002-11-29 | PORT-POURRI $1600: Le Havre, or "the haven", is a port in Normandy, on this historic body of water the English Channel |
#4153, aired 2002-09-25 | PLANE & SIMPLE $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reads from the Museum of Flight in Seattle.) In 1979, the original Gossamer Albatross became the first manpowered plane to cross this body of water English Channel |
#4110, aired 2002-06-14 | WHERE ARE YOU? $400: In this body of water, trying to reenact Gertrude Ederle's historic swim of 1926 English Channel |
#4073, aired 2002-04-24 | 17th CENTURY SCIENCE $400: In 1609 English astronomer Thomas Harriot used the new telescope to draw maps of this body before Galileo did the moon |
#4058, aired 2002-04-03 | THIS IS SPAIN $600: Cape Creus in the extreme northeast juts into this body of water Mediterranean |
#4016, aired 2002-02-04 | "E"OGRAPHY $2000: The French name for this narrow body of water is La Manche the English Channel |
#3971, aired 2001-12-03 | BEATLES SONGS $600: (Cheryl and her fellow Clue Crew mates are at the Santa Monica Pier.) Today, we're all living in a yellow submarine; The Beatles found this colorful body of water in the song Sea of Green |
#3122, aired 1998-03-10 | SPEAKING "ENGLISH" $400: It's what a golfer may use to try to correct a drive that's heading for the water Body english |
#2833, aired 1996-12-18 | 1982 $300: At 65, Ashby Harper became the oldest to swim this body of water; Gertrude Ederle must have been impressed The English Channel |
#2733, aired 1996-06-19 | SCIENTISTS $200: English physicist Ralph Fowler explained the structure of the white dwarf type of this heavenly body a star |
#2635, aired 1996-02-02 | 1950 $400: Florence Chadwick swam this body of water from Cap Gris-Nez to Dover The English Channel |
#2606, aired 1995-12-25 | SOUTHERN ENGLISH $300: Ant killer is a humorous term for this body part, especially a big one a foot |
#2298, aired 1994-09-07 | WOMEN'S FIRSTS $300: Harriet Quimby was the 1st woman to fly over this body of water, long before Gertrude Ederle swam it the English Channel |
#2116, aired 1993-11-15 | BODIES OF WATER $200: Winston Churchill reportedly called this strait "The world's best tank trap" the Strait of Dover |
#2076, aired 1993-09-20 | POTPOURRI $300: In 1992 British swimmer Alison Streeter crossed this body of water for a record-breaking 20th time the English Channel |
#1901, aired 1992-12-07 | TUNNELS $200: On Dec. 1, 1990 workers from both sides met in the "Chunnel" under this body of water the English Channel |
#1599, aired 1991-07-11 | BODIES OF WATER $300: From Paris, the Seine River flows to Le Havre, where it empties into this body of water the English Channel |
#1507, aired 1991-03-05 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $200: Blanchard was first to cross this body of water in a lighter-than-air craft, Bleriot in a heavier-than-air the English Channel |
#1479, aired 1991-01-24 | BODIES OF WATER $400: The port of Southampton on this body of water has double high tides which are an aid to shipping the English Channel |
#1460, aired 1990-12-28 | TRANSPORTATION $400: British aviators Arthur Brown & John Alcock made the first non-stop flight across this body of water in 1919 the Atlantic Ocean |
#1431, aired 1990-11-19 | TECHNOLOGY $800: Now under construction, the longest tunnel in the world is being built under this body of water the English Channel |
#1373, aired 1990-07-18 | POTLUCK $1000: In the 17th century this English physician discovered how blood circulates in the human body (William) Harvey |
#1333, aired 1990-05-23 | TOYS & GAMES $100: If you want to be a wizard on this machine, use a lot of body English & be careful not to tilt Pinball |
#1238, aired 1990-01-10 | GEOGRAPHY $2,000 (Daily Double): The Isle of Man lies in this body of water Irish Sea |
#968, aired 1988-11-16 | AVIATION $500: In 1909 Louis Bleriot electrified the world by flying the 23 1/2 miles of this body of water in 37 minutes the English Channel |
#772, aired 1988-01-05 | BODIES OF WATER $200: Body of water crossed when ferrying from Dover to Calais the English Channel |
#725, aired 1987-10-30 | FROM THE LATIN $800: In Latin, it's the thigh, but in English, it's the thighbone femur |
#637, aired 1987-05-19 | THE YOUNGEST $300: In 1979, Marcus Hooper of England, a 12-years-old, became youngest person to swim this body of water English Channel |
#518, aired 1986-12-03 | AVIATION $600: On July 25, 1909, Louis Bleriot became 1st to fly across this body of water the English Channel |
#307, aired 1985-11-12 | "CC" $400: In English this Texas city's name would be “The body of Christ” Corpus Christi |
#156, aired 1985-04-15 | THE '20s $300: Event Gertrude Ederle greased her body for in August, 1926 to swim across the English Channel |