| #9079, aired 2024-04-11 | THE MANHATTAN PROJECT $1600: The "Little Boy" atomic bomb used uranium-235; "Fat Man", this element that was only discovered around 1940 plutonium |
| #9047, aired 2024-02-27 | LITTLE GNOME FACTS $800: On December 10, 1961 Project Gnome in this state's Eddy County became the first nuclear test designed for peaceful purposes New Mexico |
| #9022, aired 2024-01-23 | RHYMING VERB PAIRS $1200: To force a ticking bomb to cease working
&
to say no to defuse & refuse |
| #9012, aired 2024-01-09 | DISASTER $1000: In 1988 a terrorist bomb destroyed Pan Am Flight 103 over this Scottish town Lockerbie |
| #8999, aired 2023-12-21 | SAY, "BUSTER" $400: Originally meaning a very big bomb, now it's a movie that's a very big not bomb a blockbuster |
| #8978, aired 2023-11-22 | ONOMATOPOEIA $800: A noise a bomb might make, it can also refer to a period of rapid economic growth a boom |
| #19, aired 2023-11-01 | BEST PICTURE WINNERS IN A NUTSHELL $200: 2008:
During the Iraq War, a bomb disposal expert puts his team on edge by taking needless risks The Hurt Locker |
| #8948, aired 2023-10-11 | THE CALIFORNIANS $1000: Like, for sure not a native, this father of the H-bomb totally helped create Lawrence Livermore Lab at U.C. Berkeley Teller |
| #15, aired 2023-10-04 | SCIENTISTS' RHYME TIME $300: Theory of relativity developer Albert's cabernets & merlots (try the E = mc2 Chardonnay--it's da bomb!) Einstein's wines |
| #8928, aired 2023-09-13 | STRAIGHT FIRE $400: Your new PlayStation 4 is the bomb, but a couple extra DualShock these for your crew would rock a controller |
| #8925, aired 2023-07-28 | TALKING ABOUT WOMEN $400: In 1938 André Breton said the art of this Mexican painter "is a ribbon around a bomb" Frida Kahlo |
| #8916, aired 2023-07-17 | OPPENHEIMER $2000: (Matt Damon presents the clue.) I play this hard-driving U.S. Army general, described as the Manhattan Project's indispensable man who oversaw the project from its inception through the successful testing & eventual wartime use of the atomic bomb General Leslie Groves |
| #1, aired 2023-05-08 | ADULT BEVERAGES $1000: According to its label, this German liqueur is made from "56 botanicals" & it's the bomb! Jagermeister |
| #8854, aired 2023-04-20 | "P"OTPOURRI $1600: It's a small bomb, which is why, as the expression goes, you don't want to be hoisted with your own petard |
| #8851, aired 2023-04-17 | NON-BOMB ROM COMS $200: In "Bull Durham" this actor tells Susan Sarandon that he believes in the hanging curve ball, high fiber & good scotch Costner |
| #8851, aired 2023-04-17 | NON-BOMB ROM COMS $400: In 2022 Diane Sawyer interviewed Hugh Grant, Laura Linney & much of the cast of this film, "20 Years Later" Love Actually |
| #8851, aired 2023-04-17 | NON-BOMB ROM COMS $600: You must remember that in 2008, Jason Segel tried "Forgetting" this Kristen Bell character by heading for Oahu Sarah Marshall |
| #8851, aired 2023-04-17 | NON-BOMB ROM COMS $800: This 1998 rom com starred Ben Stiller & Cameron Diaz, with an appearance by Brett Fav...ruh There's Something About Mary |
| #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 |
| #8826, aired 2023-03-13 | THE BIG BANG THEORY $800: Code-named Castle Bravo, the largest U.S. nuclear bomb test ever was conducted in 1954 on this atoll in the Marshall Islands the Bikini Atoll |
| #8799, aired 2023-02-02 | POP MUSIC $1200: On "Truth Hurts", Lizzo rhymes "fresh photos with the bomb lighting" & "new man on" this NFL team the Minnesota Vikings |
| #10, aired 2023-01-12 | GLOOMY AUTHORS $400: In Kuniko Tsurita's book of manga "The Sky Is Blue with a Single Cloud", it's this kind of cloud from a nuclear bomb a mushroom cloud |
| #10, aired 2023-01-12 | EXPLOSIVE MUSIC $1500: This group with Cherie Currie & Joan Jett exploded with "Hello, Daddy, hello, Mom, I'm your ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch cherry bomb" the Runaways |
| #8760, aired 2022-12-09 | RUSSIAN WRITERS $800: Anton Chekhov refashioned his bomb of a play "The Wood Demon" & its character Uncle George into this huge success Uncle Vanya |
| #8739, aired 2022-11-10 | WE SPY $400: In 1944 MLB player/spy Moe Berg was ready to kill Werner Heisenberg if it sounded like the Germans were near making this weapon the atomic bomb |
| #3, aired 2022-10-09 | THEY'RE JUST LIKE "US" $400: A big demolition bomb, or a onetime movie rental chain that still has a store in Bend, Oregon Blockbuster |
| #8643, aired 2022-05-18 | PLANES, TRAINS & AUTOMOBILES $1000: The B-29 named this was the first plane to drop an atomic bomb Enola Gay |
| #8620, aired 2022-04-15 | SCIENTIFIC CANADIAN $1600: Atom bomb builder Louis Slotin was hailed as a hero for shielding others from a fatal burst of radiation at this lab Los Alamos |
| #8608, aired 2022-03-30 | HISTORICAL NONFICTION $3,200 (Daily Double): "The Girls of Atomic City" highlights the experiences of women during WWII helping build the atomic bomb in this Tennessee city Oak Ridge |
| #8606, aired 2022-03-28 | THE 1880s $2000: Its eruption on August 27, 1883 has been estimated to have released 10,000 times the power of an atomic bomb Krakatoa |
| #8596, aired 2022-03-14 | "SH"! $400: From the name of a British army officer, it's fragments from an exploded bomb, mine or shell shrapnel |
| #5, aired 2022-02-10 | PASS/FAIL $600: Explosive word for a long pass in football bomb |
| #8475, aired 2021-09-24 | NOTABLE ASIAN AMERICANS $800: Honored on a 2021 stamp, Chien-Shiung Wu was best known for her work on this secret program to build the first atomic bomb Manhattan Project |
| #8451, aired 2021-07-26 | HISTORY $200: Enewetak Atoll in the Pacific saw the first use of this powerful new weapon in 1952 an H-bomb |
| #8445, aired 2021-07-16 | WORLD WAR II IN EUROPE $600: During the Battle of Britain, brave engineers removed an unexploded bomb that would have devastated this London landmark St. Paul's Cathedral |
| #8419, aired 2021-06-10 | 15 LOVE $1000: At 15, Joe was the younger of this literary detective duo; his first love, Iola Morton, would perish from a car bomb The Hardy Boys |
| #8356, aired 2021-03-15 | THE SQUAD $400: This part of the LAPD dates back to explosives expert DeWayne Wolfer joining the department in 1950 the bomb squad |
| #8355, aired 2021-03-12 | LABORATORIES $800: Located near Chicago, a national physics lab bears the name of this Italian who helped develop the atom bomb Fermi |
| #8348, aired 2021-03-03 | WHATCHA WATCHING? $600: This 2008 film about bomb defusers, which won 6 Oscars The Hurt Locker |
| #8336, aired 2021-02-15 | MEAN TWEETERS $400: Red, Chuck, Bomb & Matilda are these surly characters in a Rovio game app Angry Birds |
| #8335, aired 2021-02-12 | FRUIT FORWARD $800: It's a firecracker with a long fuse:
____ bomb cherry |
| #8329, aired 2021-02-04 | AUTOBIOGRAPHIES $1000: His autobiography "Surely You're Joking, Mr." him came out in 1985, 40 years after he worked on the atomic bomb at Los Alamos (Richard) Feynman |
| #8324, aired 2021-01-28 | BIOGRAPHIES $2000: "American Prometheus" is a biography of this atomic bomb scientist Oppenheimer |
| #8295, aired 2020-12-04 | NICKNAMES $400: A bomb nicknamed Little Boy was dropped on Hiroshima; the bomb dropped on Nagasaki had this nickname Fat Man |
| #8269, aired 2020-10-29 | A SERIOUSLY FLUFFY CATEGORY $1000: This alliterative product sounds like a type of explosive, but actually just makes fluffy suds for you to enjoy in your tub a bath bomb |
| #8258, aired 2020-10-14 | IT'S A FACT $1000: The term "Cold War" was first used in print by this British author in his essay "You and the Atomic Bomb" George Orwell |
| #8208, aired 2020-04-22 | THE CRIME OF THE DECADE $600: The Unabomber commits his last murder & is caught with bomb parts & detailed journals of his crimes the 1990s |
| #8204, aired 2020-04-16 | POETRY FOR PHYSICISTS $800: An atomic bomb test in 1945 made Oppenheimer think of a line from the "Bhagavadgita", a sacred poem in this religion Hinduism |
| #8172, aired 2020-03-03 | THE 1950s $400: Here's an image from May 21, 1956 of the results of the first successful airborne drop of this type of bomb a hydrogen bomb |
| #8158, aired 2020-02-12 | 21st CENTURY JAPAN $1200: In 2019 a rare papal visit to Japan included a speech against nuclear arms in this, the second city where an A-bomb was used in war Nagasaki |
| #8144, aired 2020-01-23 | THE REST OF THE MOVIE'S TITLE $600: This lunatic: "or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb" Dr. Strangelove |
| #8099, aired 2019-11-21 | KLAUS ENCOUNTERS $400: Physicist & spy Klaus Fuchs was convicted in 1950 of supplying this country with secrets about the allies' atomic bomb research the Soviet Union |
| #8098, aired 2019-11-20 | ISLAND NATION CAPITAL CITIES $6,000 (Daily Double): Roseau, Dominica was burned by the French in 1805 & suffered near-total destruction by one of these in 1979 a hurricane |
| #8087, aired 2019-11-05 | RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS $200: Einsteinium was first found in the debris of a 1952 H-bomb explosion in this ocean the Pacific |
| #8049, aired 2019-09-12 | EVERYDAY FOOTBALL TERMS $400: "Explosive" word denoting a giant failure, maybe at the box office a bomb |
| #8045, aired 2019-07-26 | ON THIS DAY: JULY 26 $2000: Despite objections from the Pentagon, on July 26, 1948 Harry Truman issued an executive order telling the military to do this desegregate, or integrate |
| #8028, aired 2019-07-03 | THE GOLDEN HOARD $600: In a 1964 film Goldfinger wants to detonate a dirty bomb in the gold reserves at this locale, making his stash more valuable Fort Knox |
| #8025, aired 2019-06-28 | POETEENS $1200: The documentary "Louder Than a Bomb" follows teens competing in one of these violent-sounding poetry events a poetry slam |
| #8017, aired 2019-06-18 | GRAPHIC NOVELS $600: "Trinity" deals with the history of the first atomic bomb that was exploded 200 miles south of Los Alamos in this state New Mexico |
| #7999, aired 2019-05-23 | AMERICAN HISTORY $600: This project to develop an atomic bomb got started in 1940 with $6,000 for research the Manhattan Project |
| #7992, aired 2019-05-14 | TICK...TICK...BOOM! $400: A precision-guided bomb with controls that direct its fall is this "clever" type a smart missile (or a smart bomb) |
| #7991, aired 2019-05-13 | FILM IN THE BLANK $1200: "Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and ____ ____ ____" love the bomb |
| #7987, aired 2019-05-07 | IN THE PRINCIPAL'S DESK $600: This red, spherical firecracker with a fruity name was found in one of the bathrooms--thank heavens it didn't go off! a cherry bomb |
| #7979, aired 2019-04-25 | MOVIES IN THE DIRECTV GUIDE $1200: 2 men, "on a mission from God, bomb around Chicago in an old police car, reuniting their hot band" The Blues Brothers |
| #7960, aired 2019-03-29 | FOLLOWING SPORTS RELIGIOUSLY $400: On Dec. 8, 1975 WR Drew Pearson was full of grace & the last-minute recipient of a bomb that came to be known as this a Hail Mary |
| #7930, aired 2019-02-15 | LIQUIDS $2000: In 1943 Norwegian commandos & Allied bombs wrecked the Nazis' production of this A-bomb-making liquid at Rjukan heavy water |
| #7895, aired 2018-12-28 | APOCALYPSE THEN $200: The plutonium bomb dropped on this city was more powerful than the uranium one that fell on Hiroshima Nagasaki |
| #7856, aired 2018-11-05 | BRITISH HISTORY $1200: In 1984 she narrowly escaped assassination as her hotel bathroom was destroyed by an IRA bomb Margaret Thatcher |
| #7827, aired 2018-09-25 | LETTER PERFECT $200: Physicist Edward Teller was dubbed "the father of" this bomb the H-bomb |
| #7813, aired 2018-07-25 | WORLD WAR II TIMELINE $1600: April 18, 1942:
Jimmy Doolittle & his raiders bomb this capital Tokyo |
| #7809, aired 2018-07-19 | I READ THE NEWS TODAY $1000: In 2018 the U.S. east coast faced 50+ MPH winds, snow & temps. colder than Mars due to this 2-word type of "ordnance" storm bomb cyclone |
| #7799, aired 2018-07-05 | & THAT'S THE WAY THE NEWS GOES $1,000 (Daily Double): This Hungarian-born physicist later regretted the sexism in his telegram "it's a boy" when an H-bomb test worked Edward Teller |
| #7779, aired 2018-06-07 | PRINCE $2000: (Jimmy of Clue Crew presents from Paisley Park in Chanhassen, Minnesota.) The threat of nuclear war inspired Prince to write the lyrics, "Everybody's got a bomb, we could all die any day", but as this song also reminds us, "Life is just a party, and parties weren't meant to last" party like it's "1999" |
| #7774, aired 2018-05-31 | HEY, SLIM $800: Slim Pickens is seen here on the wildest ride of his career in this film Dr. Strangelove |
| #7730, aired 2018-03-30 | EUROPEAN CITIES $800: In 2017 65,000 had to be evacuated from their homes as a WWII bomb was defused in this Germany city am Main Frankfurt |
| #7698, aired 2018-02-14 | MAN BOOKER $200: Bear Bryant tells this speedy Winston Groom title guy he'll be a "secret weapon" like an "Adam" bomb Forrest Gump |
| #7687, aired 2018-01-30 | HISTORY $4,000 (Daily Double): A 20-kiloton A-bomb was dropped on this atoll in a 1946 test, the first in peacetime Bikini Atoll |
| #7686, aired 2018-01-29 | THE WORDS OF H.G. WELLS $400: Wells imagined an overwhelmingly destructive explosive called this 6-letter "bomb" more than 100 years ago atomic |
| #7657, aired 2017-12-19 | DEAD MEN TELL SOME TALES $1200: The spirits of Heisenberg & this Danish mentor remember the A-bomb in the play "Copenhagen" Niels Bohr |
| #7586, aired 2017-09-11 | NICKNAMES $1600: Robert A. Lewis was the co-pilot of the plane with this nickname that dropped the A-bomb on Hiroshima the Enola Gay |
| #7536, aired 2017-05-22 | DGA FEATURE FILM AWARD WINNERS $800: 2009:
Kathryn Bigelow, who is the bomb The Hurt Locker |
| #7524, aired 2017-05-04 | U.S. HISTORY $400: In 1945 scientists in this state witnessed the detonation of the world's first atomic bomb New Mexico |
| #7503, aired 2017-04-05 | BEFORE & AFTER $600: The atom bomb partner of Little Boy become a fabric-related term for a clergyman Fat Man of the cloth |
| #7445, aired 2017-01-13 | STATES BY CITY TRASH-TALKING $200: "Truth or Consequences isn't a choice! & Los Alamos may be the bomb, but it's Roswell that ends well!" New Mexico |
| #7385, aired 2016-10-21 | HISTORIC OOPSIES $200: During WWII the British sent known Communist Klaus Fuchs to the U.S. to work on this; soon he introduced the USSR to a fat man the nuclear bomb (the atomic bomb) |
| #7291, aired 2016-05-02 | ON THE PERIODIC TABLE $800: 1 of 2 elements named for scientists & identified in debris from the first hydrogen bomb explosion einsteinium (or fermium) |
| #7241, aired 2016-02-22 | TV PETS $1600: A newspaper obit about this animated dog noted his work with the Quahog P.D. as a bomb sniffer Brian Griffin |
| #7223, aired 2016-01-27 | TECHNOLOGY $600: The first atom bomb using this transuranium element was detonated on July 16, 1945 in New Mexico plutonium |
| #7209, aired 2016-01-07 | OFF THE RECORD $1600: "Vertigo" is from U2's album "How To Dismantle" one of these an atomic bomb |
| #7172, aired 2015-11-17 | YOU'RE "DA" BOMB! $200: It means to move slowly, or waste time dawdle |
| #7172, aired 2015-11-17 | YOU'RE "DA" BOMB! $400: The trumpet narcissus is a common variety of this flower a daffodil |
| #7172, aired 2015-11-17 | YOU'RE "DA" BOMB! $600: Charles X's eldest son, Louis-Antoine, was the last person to have this title Dauphin |
| #7172, aired 2015-11-17 | YOU'RE "DA" BOMB! $800: Originating in Africa, it's the colorful garment seen here dashiki |
| #7172, aired 2015-11-17 | YOU'RE "DA" BOMB! $1000: A tool used in knitting, or another name for a dragonfly darning needle |
| #7168, aired 2015-11-11 | VETERANS DAY FILM FESTIVAL $800: Mark Boal, once embedded as a reporter in Iraq, won an Oscar for writing this 2009 film about an Army bomb squad The Hurt Locker |
| #7158, aired 2015-10-28 | CONCERT HALLS $600: Manchester's Bridgewater Hall is so sonically tight that workmen in it didn't hear a 2-ton bomb this org. set off 1/2 mile away the IRA (the Irish Republican Army) |
| #7155, aired 2015-10-23 | HIGH TENSION LINES $400: "Once the bus goes 50 miles an hour, the bomb is armed" Speed |
| #7061, aired 2015-05-04 | MAY THE 4th BE WITH YOU $1000: May 4, 1886:
7 policemen die in this riot in Chicago after someone throws a bomb the Haymarket Riot (Haymarket Square accepted) |
| #7024, aired 2015-03-12 | EAST ASIAN CITIES $800: One of this Japanese city's most popular tourist destinations is the atomic bomb Genbaku Dome Hiroshima |
| #7006, aired 2015-02-16 | DROPPING AN "ESS" BOMB $400: Emphasis, for example on an accented syllable in poetry stress |
| #7006, aired 2015-02-16 | DROPPING AN "ESS" BOMB $800: 2-word term for the place where military folks go to eat a mess hall |
| #7006, aired 2015-02-16 | DROPPING AN "ESS" BOMB $1200: General term for a watercraft bigger than a rowboat a vessel |
| #7006, aired 2015-02-16 | DROPPING AN "ESS" BOMB $1600: Adjective for a rumor without foundation, or a ballfield converted for a concert baseless |
| #7006, aired 2015-02-16 | DROPPING AN "ESS" BOMB $2000: The name of the retired pope means this, a good state for him to be in "blessed" |
| #6998, aired 2015-02-04 | THEY SAID IT $2000: "The atomic bomb was the turn of the screw. It has made the prospect of future war unendurable" (Robert) Oppenheimer |
| #6992, aired 2015-01-27 | THE TITAN MISSILE $200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from the Titan Missile Museum in Arizona.) Deployed in the 1960s, the Titan II had what's still the largest warhead ever on a U.S. missile--9 of these explosive units, or 600 times the force of the 1945 Hiroshima bomb megatons |
| #6949, aired 2014-11-27 | THE DAWN OF THE ATOMIC AGE $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents the clue from Los Alamos, NM.) The stress of running the administrative & scientific size of the project of producing the bomb wore this Los Alamos lab director down to 116 pounds by July 1945 Robert Oppenheimer |
| #6949, aired 2014-11-27 | THE DAWN OF THE ATOMIC AGE $1000: Surely you're joking! Not yet 28, he was a group leader in the theoretical division of the A-bomb push Richard Feynman |
| #6945, aired 2014-11-21 | SONG TITLE IN COMMON TO... $800: John Cougar Mellencamp (1987) & The Runaways (1976) "Cherry Bomb" |
| #6909, aired 2014-10-02 | KEEPING SAFE $200: 1960s New York gov. Nelson Rockefeller pushed for $100 million to build these 2-word post-apocalyptic items for the public bomb shelters (or fallout shelters) |
| #6870, aired 2014-06-27 | IN THE "ZONE" $1600: Martin Landau had 3 hours to find a hidden bomb in "The Jeopardy Room", a 1964 episode of this series The Twilight Zone |
| #6861, aired 2014-06-16 | THE SECRET LIFE OF B's $400: An unsuccessful movie a bomb |
| #6837, aired 2014-05-13 | SHIP SHAPE $2000: This ship named for a Midwest capital was sunk after delivering A-bomb parts in 1945; nearly 600 died awaiting rescue the Indianapolis |
| #6822, aired 2014-04-22 | ROBOTICS $800: For decades, robots have been used by this type of police squad as humans watch from a distance the bomb squad |
| #6820, aired 2014-04-18 | IT HAS 2 "BU" $1600: It's a bomb designed to penetrate & destroy deep underground fortifications a bunker-buster |
| #6813, aired 2014-04-09 | ALBUM FILLER $200: U2:
"How to ____ an Atomic Bomb" Dismantle |
| #6801, aired 2014-03-24 | RECENT NONFICTION $1600: "The Girls of Atomic City" explores the lives of women working on the first A-bomb in this Tennessee city Oak Ridge |
| #6768, aired 2014-02-05 | BACK IN THE USSR $1200: The name of this Soviet foreign minister during WWII became synonymous with a bottle bomb Molotov |
| #6748, aired 2014-01-08 | LOOK! UP IN THE SKY! IT'S... $400: One of these that streaked across the sky over Russia in February 2013, then exploded with the force of an atomic bomb a meteor |
| #6742, aired 2013-12-31 | CELEBRITIES' FAVORITE MOVIES $800: (Hi, I'm Harry Shearer.) The Cuban missile crisis was still fresh in viewers' minds when Stanley Kubrick played the situation for laughs in this 1964 classic Dr. Strangelove (or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb) |
| #6733, aired 2013-12-18 | BOMB $200: In 1970 anti-war radicals attempted to blow up a U.S. Army Mathematics Research Center at this college in Madison the University of Wisconsin |
| #6733, aired 2013-12-18 | BOMB $400: Seen here, one of these was tested on Eniwetok Atoll in 1952 a hydrogen bomb |
| #6733, aired 2013-12-18 | BOMB $600: Early grenades took their name from the French word for this exotic fruit they resembled the pomegranate |
| #6733, aired 2013-12-18 | BOMB $800: The Stuka, a key German weapon of World War II, was this type of aircraft that releases its bombs at low altitude a dive bomber |
| #6733, aired 2013-12-18 | BOMB $1000: The expression hoisted on your own one of these refers to a type of ordnance once used to knock down walls a petard |
| #6727, aired 2013-12-10 | SCIENTIFIC EUROPEAN $3,500 (Daily Double): In 1943 he fled from Copenhagen to escape the Nazis & later went to Los Alamos to advise scientists working on the A-bomb (Niels) Bohr |
| #6710, aired 2013-11-15 | RAID! $2,000 (Daily Double): In February 1942 he wrote that the purpose of his upcoming raid was "to bomb and fire the industrial center of Japan" Jimmy Doolittle |
| #6672, aired 2013-09-24 | NON-POTENT POTABLES $1000: This drink that shares its name with a small firework is made with grenadine, citrus soda & maraschinos a cherry bomb |
| #6667, aired 2013-09-17 | I MADE UP YOUR MIND $2000: Felix Hoenikker, father of ice-nine & the atom bomb Kurt Vonnegut Jr. |
| #6624, aired 2013-06-06 | CLIPS $400: Yep, China's got the bomb; check out this cloud that could go in a food category mushroom |
| #6615, aired 2013-05-24 | 'N '39 $800: In October FDR became pen pals with this physicist over the possibility of an atomic bomb Einstein |
| #6607, aired 2013-05-14 | I GOT MAD HIP-HOP SKILLZ $800: In "Who Am I?": "Bow wow wow, yippee yo, yippie yay, bow wow wow yippie yo (the bomb)" Snoop Dogg |
| #6607, aired 2013-05-14 | I GOT MAD HIP-HOP SKILLZ $1200: In "Gold Digger": "Cutie the bomb, met her at a beauty salon, with a baby Louis Vuitton under her underarm" Kanye West |
| #6587, aired 2013-04-16 | NONFICTION $1600: "American Prometheus" was subtitled "The Triumph and Tragedy of" this father of the atomic bomb Oppenheimer |
| #6585, aired 2013-04-12 | THE POOR MAN'S $1000: An Iranian president called CBW, short for these weapons, "the poor man's atomic bomb" chemical and biological weapons |
| #6562, aired 2013-03-12 | HE WAS PRESIDENT WHEN... $800: The U.S. first conducted atomic bomb tests at Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Truman |
| #6555, aired 2013-03-01 | WINGS $2000: This B-29 that dropped the "Fat Man" bomb over Nagasaki was named for flyer Frederick C. Bock Bockscar |
| #6554, aired 2013-02-28 | RHYMING DICTIONARY $1200: A militant engaged in overthrowing the government; you'll know him by his wild hair & the smoking bomb he carries revolutionary |
| #6541, aired 2013-02-11 | ONOMATOPOEIA $800: A noise a bomb might make, it can also refer to a period of rapid economic growth a boom |
| #6523, aired 2013-01-16 | ON TV 10 YEARS AGO $200: This show featured Jack Bauer, on-screen clocks & dialogue like "Where's the bomb?! Don't make me ask you again!" 24 |
| #6515, aired 2013-01-04 | FILMS BY SUBTITLE $400: "How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb" Dr. Strangelove |
| #6513, aired 2013-01-02 | PALINDROMIC WORDS $1200: A failure, specifically a bomb that doesn't go off a dud |
| #6502, aired 2012-12-18 | "BLOCK" PARTY $600: A hit movie, or an aerial bomb weighing several tons Blockbuster |
| #6501, aired 2012-12-17 | FROM B TO SHINING B $200: Found after dive, cherry or stink, it's da this! the bomb |
| #6480, aired 2012-11-16 | PHYSICISTS $600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows an atomic explosion photo and an atomic diagram on the monitor.) Leading to the development of the atomic bomb, an atom of this element was famously split by Otto Hahn in 1938 uranium |
| #6470, aired 2012-11-02 | WORDS THAT SHOULD RHYME $200: An explosive device &
a hair accessory bomb & comb |
| #6457, aired 2012-10-16 | 29 & HOLDING $600: This B-29 aircraft that dropped the first atomic bomb was named for the mother of pilot Paul Tibbets the Enola Gay |
| #6447, aired 2012-10-02 | WHERE IS CARL?! $800: Carl has wandered into this state, site of the first atomic bomb explosion New Mexico |
| #6444, aired 2012-09-27 | THE CALIFORNIANS $1000: Like, for sure not a native, this "father of the H-bomb" totally helped create Lawrence Livermore Lab at UC Berkeley Edward Teller |
| #6437, aired 2012-09-18 | DUTCH COURAGE $1,800 (Daily Double): After tackling a bomb-wielding man on an airliner, Jasper Schuringa was nicknamed this, like a spectral ship "The Flying Dutchman" |
| #6430, aired 2012-07-27 | THE NEW YORK TIMES HISTORIC HEADLINES $600: The tragic headline for April 20, 1995: A deadly "car bomb attack in" this city "wrecks 9-story federal office building" Oklahoma City |
| #6427, aired 2012-07-24 | NOTABLE NAMES $2000: Later a human rights advocate, he helped create the USSR's H-bomb with his "layer cake" design Andrei Sakharov |
| #6411, aired 2012-07-02 | NOTABLE HUNGARIANS $600: He's been called "the real Dr. Strangelove" as well as "the father of the h-bomb" (Edward) Teller |
| #6380, aired 2012-05-18 | TV GUIDE MOVIE SYNOPSES $400: 1994:
"A cop versus a mad bomber who's rigged a bomb to a bus" Speed |
| #6354, aired 2012-04-12 | SONGS FROM MOVIES $1600: 1964:
"We'll Meet Again" & "When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again" Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb |
| #6337, aired 2012-03-20 | MY PRECIOUS $800: Lucky for us all, the weapons-grade variety of this stuff that powered the second atomic bomb costs almost $11,000 a gram plutonium |
| #6306, aired 2012-02-06 | EPIC FAIL WORDS $800: This bursting projectile can be positive if "you're the" this but negative if "the play was a" this bomb |
| #6294, aired 2012-01-19 | WEAPONS OF WORLD WAR II $2000: "Hefty" nickname of the second & last atomic bomb used during the war Fat Man |
| #6288, aired 2012-01-11 | WANT ADS $1600: In the June 3, 2011 paper: this country wants new president after bomb explodes in Ali Saleh's presidential palace Yemen |
| #6283, aired 2012-01-04 | SCRIPT DOCTORS $600: 1964:
Peter Sellers as this German scientist who helped us love the bomb Dr. Strangelove |
| #6219, aired 2011-10-06 | OCTOBERFEST $400: On Oct. 3, 1951 Bobby Thomson hit his famous home run & the Soviets tested one of these a nuclear bomb |
| #6215, aired 2011-09-30 | EXPLOSIVE MUSIC $800: This group topped the charts & won an Album of the Year Grammy for 2004's "How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb" U2 |
| #6210, aired 2011-09-23 | DESCRIBING THE OSCAR-WINNING FILM $1600: A Renner runs through it; time to Iraq & roll; that movie is the bomb! Hurt Locker |
| #6113, aired 2011-03-23 | MONUMENTALLY ODD $800: A 25' headless shark monument was installed in England Aug. 9, 1986, anniversary of the dropping of one of these the second atomic bomb |
| #6085, aired 2011-02-11 | MARK MARKS THE SPOT $1200: Mark Boal won 2 Oscars for this 2009 film about bomb defusers in Iraq The Hurt Locker |
| #6047, aired 2010-12-21 | THE DOGS OF WAR $400: The sniffer dog here has alerted his squad members to one of these alongside a road in Afghanistan a mine (bomb accepted) |
| #6035, aired 2010-12-03 | WHAT'S THAT WAR? $1,500 (Daily Double): 1937:
German planes bomb Almeria the Spanish Civil War |
| #6027, aired 2010-11-23 | TEXT MESSAGES $2000: Edward Teller notified this New Mexico lab site about the first successful H-bomb test with "It's a boy" Los Alamos |
| #6005, aired 2010-10-22 | FRUITY LANGUAGE $800: This round, red firecracker has been banned by U.S. law since 1966 a cherry bomb |
| #5997, aired 2010-10-12 | DIARIES $400: On July 25, 1945 this president wrote, "We have discovered the most terrible bomb in the history of the world" Harry Truman |
| #5948, aired 2010-06-23 | MATTEL-ICA $200: The Splittin' Image & the Peeping Bomb were among the models in this "fiery" Mattel toy car line introduced in 1968 Hot Wheels |
| #5934, aired 2010-06-03 | ATOM $200: The first atomic bomb to be dropped in warfare used an isotope of this element as its explosive uranium |
| #5921, aired 2010-05-17 | "B"s ON BOTH ENDS $200: The opposite of a blockbuster at the box office a bomb |
| #5911, aired 2010-05-03 | BEFORE & AFTER: SINGERS & PRESIDENTS $800: I sang "Atomic" as part of Blondie & also made the decision to use the atomic bomb Debbie Harry Truman |
| #5906, aired 2010-04-26 | NUCLEAR WEAPONS 101 $800: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows an atomic animation on the monitor.) A neutron is used to split the nucleus of an atom, releasing energy in this type of nuclear bomb process fission |
| #5894, aired 2010-04-08 | REALITY TV $800: Their TV show bios call Kim the bomb-shell, Kourtney the unassuming firecracker & Khloe the voice of reason the Kardashians |
| #5890, aired 2010-04-02 | YOU DA BOMB! $200: Detonated by contact, it can be an explosive buried underground or floated at sea a mine |
| #5890, aired 2010-04-02 | YOU DA BOMB! $400: 2-word name for an explosive charge detonated underwater against submarines a depth charge |
| #5890, aired 2010-04-02 | YOU DA BOMB! $600: It's a homemade bomb consisting of a gasoline-filled bottle ignited by a rag stuck in the bottle's neck a Molotov cocktail |
| #5890, aired 2010-04-02 | YOU DA BOMB! $800: 4-letter name for a medium-range Soviet-era missile originally designed to carry a nuclear warhead Scud |
| #5890, aired 2010-04-02 | YOU DA BOMB! $1000: SAM stands for this type of missile a surface-to-air missile |
| #5887, aired 2010-03-30 | "BUZZ" IN $1000: An unguided jet-propelled missile used by the Germans against England in WWII a buzz bomb |
| #5869, aired 2010-03-04 | 21st CENTURY CINEMA $1000: Frozone, Bomb Voyage & Edna Mode were characters in this 2004 animated film The Incredibles |
| #5819, aired 2009-12-24 | LETTER-WORD $400: This shortened term for a weapon appeared as early as August 1945 A-bomb |
| #5809, aired 2009-12-10 | INSIDE A B-17 $2000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from inside a B-17.) The bombardier took aim through this top-secret bombsight that was said to be able to drop a bomb in a pickle barrel from 18,000 feet the Norden bombsight |
| #5800, aired 2009-11-27 | A CHORUS OF "BOO"S $800: A hidden bomb placed to be set off by an unsuspecting person a booby trap |
| #5742, aired 2009-07-21 | CONTRACT KILLINGS $400: He co-starred as Detective Falconer on "Sisters" until he was needed for "ER"--uh oh, car bomb! George Clooney |
| #5742, aired 2009-07-21 | HARRY TRUMAN $800: It's the month Truman began a famous speech with the line "We have just dropped a new bomb..." August (of 1945) |
| #5711, aired 2009-06-08 | COP TALK $600: What we call the bomb squad is also the "EOD", this "ordnance disposal" explosive (explosives accepted) |
| #5697, aired 2009-05-19 | MARCUS $1000: Physicist Sir Marcus Oliphant helped to develop the atom bomb & to discover new forms of these 2 simplest elements hydrogen & helium |
| #5694, aired 2009-05-14 | ANGELS & DEMONS $1200: Langdon in "Angels & Demons" is looking for this type of bomb made of opposing particles like positrons an antimatter bomb |
| #5616, aired 2009-01-26 | FICTION SCIENCE $400: Chekhov said a story shouldn't include unnecessary stuff--if one of these appears, it better go off a gun |
| #5584, aired 2008-12-11 | SEND IN THE CLOWNS $1000: A rodeo clown before becoming an actor, he "rode" an H-bomb to destruction in "Dr. Strangelove" (Slim) Pickens |
| #5533, aired 2008-10-01 | ALBUM OF THE YEAR GRAMMYS $200: 2005:
"How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb" U2 |
| #5533, aired 2008-10-01 | NEWSEUM $1000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew holds a flak jacket in the Newseum in Washington, D.C.) The Newseum has several exhibits on the dangers of journalism; this flak jacket was worn by this ABC anchor who was severely injured by a bomb in Iraq but, thankfully, returned to work Bob Woodruff |
| #5508, aired 2008-07-16 | NEW MEXICO $800: On July 16, 1945 the Nuclear Age began when this govt. project exploded the first atomic bomb near Alamogordo the Manhattan Project |
| #5448, aired 2008-04-23 | 1984 $600: An IRA bomb at Brighton's Grand Hotel failed to take out this British P.M. who was there Margaret Thatcher |
| #5432, aired 2008-04-01 | SCIENCE STUFF $1600: In this type of bomb, 2 atoms of deuterium collide to produce a helium atom & extra neutrons a hydrogen bomb (or a fusion bomb) |
| #5427, aired 2008-03-25 | THE "BAY" STATE $200: It's the compartment where a B-52's ordnance is carried & from which it's dropped the bomb bay |
| #5326, aired 2007-11-05 | FISSION $400: The first fission bomb ever dropped in war had this diminutive name Little Boy |
| #5325, aired 2007-11-02 | QUOTABLE NOTABLES $400: "The world will note that the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, a military base" Harry Truman |
| #5317, aired 2007-10-23 | LADIES' DAY $1200: Radiation researcher Edith Quimby worked on this "project" that developed the atomic bomb the Manhattan Project |
| #5280, aired 2007-07-20 | SPORTS TERMS $800: Bomb,
backfield,
blitz football |
| #5273, aired 2007-07-11 | CINEMA SHORTHAND $800: 1994:
Don't slow down... or else the bomb goes off! Speed |
| #5265, aired 2007-06-29 | GRAMMY WINNERS $1200: In 2006 U2 won Album of the Year for "How to Dismantle" one of these an Atomic Bomb |
| #5257, aired 2007-06-19 | PLANE CRAZY $600: On August 6, 1945 this B-29 airplane became the first to drop an atomic bomb in warfare the Enola Gay |
| #5244, aired 2007-05-31 | GIVE ME AN "A" $1200: Richard Rhodes wrote a Pulitzer Prize-winning book about "The Making of" this, which is powered by fission the atomic bomb |
| #5236, aired 2007-05-21 | FIVE ABOUT TENN. $1000: Instrumental in the development of the atomic bomb, this Tenn. city is the "Energy Capital of the World" Oak Ridge |
| #5226, aired 2007-05-07 | SILENT B $400: It can follow smoke, cherry & incendiary bomb |
| #5216, aired 2007-04-23 | COMPUTER NAMES $2000: Post-ENIAC (& pre-"Flashdance") came this crazy-sounding 1952 computer that helped create the H-bomb MANIAC |
| #5191, aired 2007-03-19 | I-I-I! $400: Try this "Itsy Bitsy" Marshall Islands atoll on for size; it was the bomb in swimwear Bikini |
| #5183, aired 2007-03-07 | STATES FREAK $400: In 1945 the first atomic bomb was exploded in this state; how enchanting New Mexico |
| #5080, aired 2006-10-13 | WHAT'S FALLING? $800: By design, from a Tupolev Tu-26 "Backfire" or Petlyakov PE-2 a bomb |
| #5077, aired 2006-10-10 | FDR $4,000 (Daily Double): Roosevelt & Churchill wrote to each other about this device using the code name "tube alloys" the atomic bomb |
| #5061, aired 2006-09-18 | I'M HUNGARIAN $1200: I was born in Budapest in 1908 & was instrumental in making possible the first U.S. hydrogen bomb Edward Teller |
| #5022, aired 2006-06-13 | CITY OF THE DAY: BIRMINGHAM $1600: (Kelly of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the 16th St. Baptist Church in Birmingham, AL.) A bomb that claimed 4 young lives stopped time at a Birmingham Church at 10:22 on Sept. 15 of this year, just weeks after the March on Washington 1963 |
| #5012, aired 2006-05-30 | WEAPONS $200: This weapon that vaporized an island in a Nov. 1, 1952 test was Edward Teller's brainchild the hydrogen bomb |
| #5002, aired 2006-05-16 | NEW WEAPONS $400: The USA's "E-Bomb" will disable grids & computers and reheat the enemies' lasagna by sending out these waves microwaves |
| #4972, aired 2006-04-04 | THE DAYS OF WORLD WAR II $1000: At 8:15 A.M. on the 6th of this month in 1945, an atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima August |
| #4966, aired 2006-03-27 | NURSERY RHYME PREVIEWS $800: A cop has his own demons to face on the trail of a wife trapped in a gourd by this ticking time bomb of insanity Peter, Peter Pumpkin Eater |
| #4924, aired 2006-01-26 | THE U.S. AIR FORCE $5,000 (Daily Double): Fitting name of a unit between group & division, like the 509th Bomb one or 349th Air Mobility one a wing |
| #4919, aired 2006-01-19 | BACK TO THE '50s $1000: On January 27, 1951 the U.S. began atomic bomb tests in this state Nevada |
| #4903, aired 2005-12-28 | MOVIE QUOTES $400: (1964)
Peter Sellers:
"Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room!" Dr. Strangelove (or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb) |
| #4824, aired 2005-07-21 | SEEING THE LIGHT $400: "Brighter than a Thousand Suns" is a 1956 book about the men who built the first one of these the atomic bomb |
| #4809, aired 2005-06-30 | LETHAL WEAPONS $400: In the largest man-made explosion in history, the USSR detonated a 50-megaton one of these in 1961 a hydrogen bomb |
| #4748, aired 2005-04-06 | NYPD $1000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from outside an NYPD station.) The NYPD bomb squad robot was made by this military corporation that also developed the stealth bomber Northrop |
| #4746, aired 2005-04-04 | LAS VEGAS CENTENNIAL $400: The Las Vegas area was a frequent venue for these post-World War II events conducted by the U.S. government atomic bomb tests |
| #4686, aired 2005-01-10 | SO NICE THEY NICKNAMED ME TWICE $800: "The Father of the H-Bomb", "Dr. Strangelove" Edward Teller |
| #4656, aired 2004-11-29 | WEAPONS OF THE 2nd MILLENNIUM $1200: Introduced in World War I, the Mills bomb was actually one of these flung weapons a grenade |
| #4641, aired 2004-11-08 | THE TRUMAN LIBRARY $600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Truman Library in Independence, MO.) Among the library's historic artifacts is the safety plug from the bomb dropped on this city on August 9, 1945 Nagasaki |
| #4635, aired 2004-10-29 | LIVIN' LA VIDA YOKO $800: Yoko's song "Hiroshima Sky Is Always Blue" was released in this year, 50 years after the first atomic bomb 1995 |
| #4600, aired 2004-09-10 | THE 20th CENTURY $400: On April 18, 1983 a terrorist bomb at the U.S. embassy in this Mideastern capital killed 63, including 17 Americans Beirut |
| #4571, aired 2004-06-21 | BOMB THE "BAN" $200: "My Golden Bengal" is this country's national anthem Bangladesh |
| #4571, aired 2004-06-21 | BOMB THE "BAN" $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew gives the clue from a boxing ring at Gleason's Gym in Brooklyn, NY.) This term for small chickens & boxers between 112 & 118 pounds is believed to have come from a town on the island of Java bantamweight |
| #4571, aired 2004-06-21 | BOMB THE "BAN" $600: Including Zulu & Xhosa, it's an African language group of over 500 languages Bantu |
| #4571, aired 2004-06-21 | BOMB THE "BAN" $800: In Shakespeare, this close friend of Macbeth's is with him when he encounters the 3 witches Banquo |
| #4571, aired 2004-06-21 | BOMB THE "BAN" $1000: The name of this mythical female spirit comes from the Old Irish for "woman of the fairy realm" a banshee |
| #4538, aired 2004-05-05 | BEGINS & ENDS IN "D" $600: This term refers to a bomb or explosive that fails to detonate dud |
| #4515, aired 2004-04-02 | THE MOVIE WHERE KEANU PLAYED... $400: LAPD bomb expert Jack Traven Speed |
| #4503, aired 2004-03-17 | WEAPONS $200: Einsteinium was discovered in 1952 in the debris produced by one of these a hydrogen bomb |
| #4473, aired 2004-02-04 | JULIUS $1000: The "J." in the name of this director of the A-bomb project at Los Alamos was short for, you guessed it, Julius J. Robert Oppenheimer |
| #4461, aired 2004-01-19 | THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR $200: A headline in Pulitzer's "The World" newspaper asked, was this ship's "Explosion Caused by Bomb or Torpedo?" the Maine |
| #4452, aired 2004-01-06 | DOME, SWEET DOME $400: The only ruin intenionally left standing in this Japanese city is the A-Bomb Dome Hiroshima |
| #4428, aired 2003-12-03 | OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC $200: The first of these thermonuclear bombs was exploded on the Pacific's Eniwetok Atoll on May 8, 1951 a hydrogen bomb |
| #4420, aired 2003-11-21 | GRAPHIC NOVELS $200: The nonfiction "Fallout" is about Leo Szilard, J. Robert Oppenheimer & the "political science" of this weapon the atomic bomb |
| #4398, aired 2003-10-22 | THE "A"s $400: Winston Churchill said that this weapon "brought peace, but man alone can keep that peace" the atomic bomb |
| #4381, aired 2003-09-29 | RUSSIAN GEOGRAPHY $800: The first Soviet atom bomb was produced at the Mayak Complex in this range running from the Arctic to Kazakhstan the Urals |
| #4378, aired 2003-09-24 | AFRICAN AMERICANS $1000: Chemist Lloyd Quarterman worked on the 1940s "Manhattan Project" & helped build the first of these weapons an atomic bomb |
| #4346, aired 2003-06-23 | UH-OH $1200: The plutonium in an atomic bomb needs to have this "mass" to go kaboom! critical mass |
| #4320, aired 2003-05-16 | AMERICAN MOVIE IDOL $2000: A picture of this actress known as the "Love Goddess" adorned an atomic bomb tested on Bikini Atoll in 1946 Rita Hayworth |
| #4316, aired 2003-05-12 | DEADLY DEVICES $400: This part of the B-52D, a plane introduced in 1965, was called the "Big Belly" bomb bay |
| #4253, aired 2003-02-12 | ENTERTAINING VILLAINS $1600: This James Bond's title character's plan is to set off an A-bomb inside Fort Knox Goldfinger |
| #4250, aired 2003-02-07 | RIGHT HERE IN RIVER CITY $800: On August 6, 1945 an atomic bomb was dropped on this Asian city on the Ota River in western Honshu Hiroshima |
| #4200, aired 2002-11-29 | PORT-POURRI $800: In the 19th century Japan's only port for westerners was this second A-bomb site Nagasaki |
| #4183, aired 2002-11-06 | "H" CITIES $200: This city's Atomic Bomb Dome, a structure left unrebuilt after WWII, has become a symbol of the peace movement Hiroshima |
| #4153, aired 2002-09-25 | PLANE & SIMPLE $2000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from inside an airplane at the Museum of Flight in Seattle.) It's the alphanumeric designation of this type of plane, which made history on August 6, 1945 B-29 (the one that carried the atomic bomb) |
| #4137, aired 2002-09-03 | STATE OF THE UNION $200: In 1945 the world's first atomic bomb was tested in this state New Mexico |
| #4094, aired 2002-05-23 | BADA BOOM! $1600: During an atomic bomb test at this atoll in 1946 the U.S. sank the Nagato, a Japanese ship confiscated during WWII Bikini |
| #4094, aired 2002-05-23 | BADA BOOM! $2000: Born in New York City, he became the "Father of the Atomic Bomb" (Robert) Oppenheimer |
| #4078, aired 2002-05-01 | SO YOU'RE THE "SMART" ONE, EH? $800: One example is the 2,000 pound GBU-24 a smart bomb |
| #4075, aired 2002-04-26 | THE 5:00 NEWS $400: 1986--This African leader continues to defy the United States; let's bomb his house Gaddafi |
| #4013, aired 2002-01-30 | SPIES & SPYING $400: During WWII teenage American physicist Theodore Hall passed secrets about this weapon to the USSR atom bomb |
| #3982, aired 2001-12-18 | FIRST THINGS FIRST $800: As the site of the world's first hydrogen bomb blasts, scientists treasure this "swimsuit" isle Bikini |
| #3973, aired 2001-12-05 | MOVIE TRAILERS $400: The "Vegas" edition of this Chevy Chase movie series features a trailer home on an H-bomb test site National Lampoon's Vacation |
| #3967, aired 2001-11-27 | THE SANDBOX $600: In 1945 the first atomic bomb explosion occurred at this "colorful" New Mexico missile range White Sands |
| #3931, aired 2001-10-08 | THE REAL SLIM PICKENS $200: Slim Pickens was the B-52 captain who saddled up a hydrogen bomb in this 1964 Kubrick classic Dr. Strangelove |
| #3917, aired 2001-09-18 | "E.T." $600: In 1945 this Hungarian-born physicist helped construct the first atomic bomb Edward Teller |
| #3902, aired 2001-07-17 | PLACES IN THE NEWS $200: In October 2000 a bomb damaged the U.S.S. Cole in this Mideastern country Yemen |
| #3902, aired 2001-07-17 | "HAY", THERE $1000: The identity of the person who threw the bomb during this May 4, 1886 Chicago riot was never determined Haymarket |
| #3860, aired 2001-05-18 | JEOPARDY PLACES $1000: As an earthquake has an epicenter, a nuclear bomb detonation has this worst place to be ground zero |
| #3851, aired 2001-05-07 | DA BOMB $200: This branch of the military was put in charge of the Manhattan Project the Army |
| #3851, aired 2001-05-07 | DA BOMB $400: Using Pu-239, an isotope of this element, the atomic bomb was tested at Alamogordo in the summer of 1945 plutonium |
| #3851, aired 2001-05-07 | DA BOMB $600: The Enola Gay dropped the bomb on Hiroshima; Bockscar dropped the bomb on this city Nagasaki |
| #3851, aired 2001-05-07 | DA BOMB $800: The A-bomb test site was named this, after the John Donne poem "Batter My Heart, Three-Personed God" Trinity |
| #3851, aired 2001-05-07 | DA BOMB $1000: This Los Alamos director recalled the words "Now I am become death...destroyer of worlds" during the first test J. Robert Oppenheimer |
| #3842, aired 2001-04-24 | SUBATOMIC PARTICLES $300: Particle name of a 1984 Pointer Sisters "dance", or a bomb that destroys people & not buildings Neutron |
| #3836, aired 2001-04-16 | GIANTS OF SCIENCE $1000: This "Father of the H-bomb" helped found what is now the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Edward Teller |
| #3770, aired 2001-01-12 | NEW MEXICO $200: A letter from Einstein to FDR is on display at the Bradbury Science Museum in this city, birthplace of the atomic bomb Los Alamos |
| #3766, aired 2001-01-08 | WAR GAMES $100: Bomb, bullet, blitz, spearing & sudden death are all terms used in this pro sport Football |
| #3755, aired 2000-12-22 | U.S. HISTORY $600: Production was halted on the B-1 bomber in 1977 & the development of this building-saving bomb was announced Neutron bomb |
| #3728, aired 2000-11-15 | THEATRE $200: The off-Broadway hit "The Bomb-itty of Errors" is a hip-hop version of this Shakespeare play "The Comedy of Errors" |
| #3727, aired 2000-11-14 | I'M NOT REALLY A SCIENTIST $400: John Cusack is among the scientists building this in "Fat Man and Little Boy" Atomic bomb |
| #3709, aired 2000-10-19 | WHO WAS THE U.S. VEEP? $600: When the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima no one |
| #3703, aired 2000-10-11 | FLYING MANEUVERS $600: Also a Coney Island ride, it's a 360-degree maneuver that starts by pointing the nose upward Loop-the-loop |
| #3693, aired 2000-09-27 | THE HISTORY OF LIBYA $400: In 1986 this president ordered U.S. warplanes to bomb Libyan military installations Ronald Reagan |
| #3673, aired 2000-07-19 | 1994 FILMS $200: As mad bomber Howard Payne in this film, Dennis Hopper planted a bomb on an L.A. area transit bus Speed |
| #3666, aired 2000-07-10 | WHO'S ON THE BRITISH THRONE? $800: Atom bomb dropped on Hiroshima George VI |
| #3643, aired 2000-06-07 | THE BOMB $200: It's a small explosive bomb either thrown by hand or fired from a launcher Grenade |
| #3643, aired 2000-06-07 | THE BOMB $400: On Nov. 1, 1952 Eniwetok Atoll was the first place on Earth to face the wrath of one of these bombs Hydrogen bomb |
| #3643, aired 2000-06-07 | THE BOMB $600: Used against underwater targets, these "charges" operate by water pressure at the level for which they're set Depth charges |
| #3643, aired 2000-06-07 | THE BOMB $800: From the Latin for "broken piece", this bomb is designed to break into many small pieces when exploded Fragmentation bomb |
| #3643, aired 2000-06-07 | THE BOMB $1000: Also called an enhanced radiation bomb, it emits a large portion of its energy as radioactivity Neutron bomb |
| #3598, aired 2000-04-05 | BOB DYLAN $200: In 1998 a man with "Soy Bomb" marked on his chest interrupted Bob's performance at this awards show Grammy Awards |
| #3591, aired 2000-03-27 | AMERICAN DATEBOOK $500: This "Father of the Atomic Bomb" was suspended by the AEC as a possible security risk April 12, 1954 J. Robert Oppenheimer |
| #3573, aired 2000-03-01 | WORLD WAR II $800: In mid-April 1942 U.S. bombers under his command left the U.S.S. Hornet to bomb Tokyo Col. James Doolittle |
| #3515, aired 1999-12-10 | KUBRICK CLASSICS $300: Characters in this 1964 film include Col. Bat Guano & Gen. Jack D. Ripper Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb |
| #3478, aired 1999-10-20 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $600: This British lord was killed off Ireland in 1979 by IRA terrorists who placed a bomb in his boat Lord Louis Mountbatten |
| #3474, aired 1999-10-14 | HISTORIC NAMES $400 (Daily Double): After WWII Enrico Fermi moved back to this city to teach at its university Chicago |
| #3458, aired 1999-09-22 | THEY SAID THAT? $800: Gen. Curtis Lemay wanted to tell the North Vietnamese to draw back or "We'll bomb them back" to this The Stone Age |
| #3435, aired 1999-07-09 | "GAY"IETY $400: In August 1945 the B-29 named this dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima Enola Gay |
| #3426, aired 1999-06-28 | ASSASSINATIONS $600: A heavy oak table prevented this leader's assassination by a briefcase bomb on July 20, 1944 Adolf Hitler |
| #3423, aired 1999-06-23 | WORLD CITIES $100: This Japanese city's Atomic Bomb Dome has become a symbol of the peace movement Hiroshima |
| #3362, aired 1999-03-30 | HEADS OF STATE $800: On August 29, 1995 Eduard Shevardnadze, president of this country, was wounded by a car bomb Georgia |
| #3340, aired 1999-02-26 | PUT 'EM IN ORDER $400: Hydrogen bomb,
atom bomb,
Ritchie Valens' "La Bamba" atom bomb, hydrogen bomb, Ritchie Valens' "La Bamba" |
| #3312, aired 1999-01-19 | THE COLD WAR $500: The Red Scare of the 1950s destroyed many careers, including that of this father of the atomic bomb Robert Oppenheimer |
| #3303, aired 1999-01-06 | THE USA $600: The name of this New Mexico city where the first atomic bomb was exploded is Spanish for "big cottonwood" Alamogordo |
| #3287, aired 1998-12-15 | WAR PLANES $500: It's the American bomber seen here during a '40s atomic bomb test run a B-29 |
| #3278, aired 1998-12-02 | SPORTS $800: This Italian skier is nicknamed La Bomba, "The Bomb" Alberto Tomba |
| #3219, aired 1998-09-10 | NAME THE YEAR $200: It was the beginning of a new "age" in this year when the picture seen here was taken 1945 |
| #3213, aired 1998-07-15 | ONLY IN "L.A." $200: Spanish for "the poplars", the first hydrogen bomb was designed there Los Alamos |
| #3186, aired 1998-06-08 | SCOOPS $400: In 1945 reporter William Laurence got to fly over this city for the second A-bomb drop Nagasaki |
| #3184, aired 1998-06-04 | MARCH OF TIME $500: On March 1, 1954 the U.S. conducted the first of a series of hydrogen bomb tests on this Pacific atoll Bikini Atoll |
| #3162, aired 1998-05-05 | JEWISH HISTORY $600: In 1994 a bomb killed 96 at a Jewish community center in this S. American city where Eichmann once lived Buenos Aires |
| #3149, aired 1998-04-16 | WISCON-SIN $1000: A bomb at campaign HQ in Madison didn't stop the 1994 reelection of Tommy Thompson to this office governor |
| #3134, aired 1998-03-26 | WHERE THE SUN DON'T SHINE $300: A type of shelter built in the '50s, or what your hair might have done if you didn't have one Fallout |
| #3122, aired 1998-03-10 | PACKAGING $500: Term for a type of "bomb" or a spray can that contains gas under pressure Aerosol |
| #3100, aired 1998-02-06 | 3-LETTER WORDS $400: It describes a bomb that falls down & doesn't go boom Dud |
| #3065, aired 1997-12-19 | BEATNIK LIT $300: Gregory Corso's poem "Bomb" was printed in the shape of this type of cloud Mushroom cloud |
| #3029, aired 1997-10-30 | HISTORIC DOCUMENTS $200: In 1939 Albert Einstein wrote to Franklin Roosevelt urging development of this weapon the atomic bomb |
| #3024, aired 1997-10-23 | THE "I"s HAVE IT $200: A Babylonian goddess of love & fertility, or a movie bomb for Warren Beatty & Dustin Hoffman Ishtar |
| #3010, aired 1997-10-03 | GIANTS OF SCIENCE $1000: "Father of the A-Bomb" who recalled the Hindu line "I am become death" after the first atomic explosion J. Robert Oppenheimer |
| #3002, aired 1997-09-23 | THE 1940s $500: On July 1, 1946 the U.S. detonated its first atomic bomb since WWII at this atoll Bikini |
| #2985, aired 1997-07-18 | THE 20th CENTURY $500: A 1993 car bomb explosion in Florence, Italy damaged priceless works of art from this gallery the Uffizi Gallery |
| #2978, aired 1997-07-09 | HISTORY BOOKS $200: In a 1995 work Gar Alperovitz questions "The Decision To Use" this weapon The Atomic Bomb |
| #2885, aired 1997-02-28 | SCIENCE $400: This "project" to develop a fission bomb was established in August 1942 The Manhattan Project |
| #2854, aired 1997-01-16 | OOPS! $500: An outcry led the Post Office to reconsider issuing a 1995 stamp showing this WWII event Dropping the A-bomb on Hiroshima |
| #2851, aired 1997-01-13 | SCIENTISTS $1000: This Hungarian-American physicist was the principal architect of the hydrogen bomb Edward Teller |
| #2831, aired 1996-12-16 | TOWERS $100: Smoke inundated this NYC complex' towers after a bomb exploded in its garage, February 26, 1993 World Trade Center |
| #2811, aired 1996-11-18 | AMERICAN HISTORY $300: More than 200 U.S. Marines were killed in 1983 by a truck bomb at their barracks in this Mideast capital Beirut |
| #2707, aired 1996-05-14 | MODERN HISTORY $200: In May 1974 India tested this type of explosive device an atomic bomb |
| #2704, aired 1996-05-09 | 1995 $100: France drew worldwide protests in September by doing this at the Mururoa Atoll detonating an atomic bomb |
| #2689, aired 1996-04-18 | RUSSIAN RULERS $400: In 1881 Alexander II was assassinated in this capital by bomb-throwing members of "People's Will" St. Petersburg |
| #2658, aired 1996-03-06 | THE 1590s $200: This Japanese city on which an atomic bomb was dropped Aug. 6, 1945 was founded in 1593 around a castle Hiroshima |
| #2641, aired 1996-02-12 | WEIGHTS & MEASURES $1000: The explosive force of a nuclear bomb is measured in these units megatons |
| #2605, aired 1995-12-22 | WORLD WAR II $200: On July 20, 1944 Col. Claus von Stauffenberg attempted to assassinate this man with a briefcase bomb Hitler |
| #2600, aired 1995-12-15 | 20th CENTURY AMERICA $200: On July 16, 1943 the U.S. detonated the first atomic bomb at Trinity site near this New Mexico city Alamogordo |
| #2572, aired 1995-11-07 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $400 (Daily Double): The first atomic bomb was exploded in 1945 near Alamogordo in this state New Mexico |
| #2519, aired 1995-07-13 | WOMEN'S FIRSTS $100: Micheline Bernardi modeled the first of these in 1946, 4 days after an atomic bomb test a bikini |
| #2495, aired 1995-06-09 | U.S. MUSEUMS $400: Atomic bomb casings are displayed at the Bradbury Science Museum in this New Mexico city Los Alamos |
| #2488, aired 1995-05-31 | THE 20th CENTURY $500: On Nov. 1, 1952 the U.S. detonated the first hydrogen bomb at this Pacific atoll Eniwetok |
| #2483, aired 1995-05-24 | J LETTER MEN $400: From 1943-45 he was director of the atomic bomb project at Los Alamos (J. Robert) Oppenheimer |
| #2418, aired 1995-02-22 | PRESIDENTS & FIRST LADIES $400: In 1945 he told us, "Sixteen hours ago an American airplane dropped one bomb on Hiroshima" Truman |
| #2417, aired 1995-02-21 | THE 20th CENTURY $200: In 1984 this British P.M. narrowly missed being blown up by an IRA bomb in Brighton (Margaret) Thatcher |
| #2414, aired 1995-02-16 | JAPAN $200: The A-bomb dome is the only structural ruin left standing in this city Hiroshima |
| #2411, aired 1995-02-13 | AMERICAN HISTORY $1000: U.S. Army General Leslie Groves was chief administrator of this program to build the atom bomb the Manhattan Project |
| #2399, aired 1995-01-26 | ALBERT EINSTEIN $600: Einstein's letter to FDR about the possibility of an A-bomb led to this project to build one Manhattan Project |
| #2395, aired 1995-01-20 | AMERICAN HISTORY $1,100 (Daily Double): On Feb. 18, 1965 this Secretary of Defense called for a nationwide network of bomb shelters Robert McNamara |
| #2337, aired 1994-11-01 | TENNESSEE $100: During the '40s the city of Oak Ridge was the headquarters of this "project" that built the 1st atomic bomb the Manhattan Project |
| #2331, aired 1994-10-24 | 1970 $100: On April 26 a bomb ripped through the Louisiana state capitol in this city Baton Rouge |
| #2280, aired 1994-07-01 | FIREWORKS $400: "Fruity" name for a red, spherical firecracker a cherry bomb |
| #2273, aired 1994-06-22 | ROCKS & MINERALS $400: Isotope of uranium that was used in the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima U-235 |
| #2236, aired 1994-05-02 | HELEN KELLER $600: Helen spoke against nuclear arms in these 2 A-bomb-devastated Japanese cities Hiroshima & Nagasaki |
| #2235, aired 1994-04-29 | THE 20th CENTURY $200: In July 1944 Col. Stauffenberg attempted to assassinate this dictator with a bomb Hitler |
| #2234, aired 1994-04-28 | MOVIE MONSTERS $200: Resembling a 400-foot-tall Tyrannosaurus, this monster attacked Tokyo after an H-bomb test revived him Godzilla |
| #2164, aired 1994-01-20 | HISTORY $300: In January 1950 President Truman authorized the Atomic Energy commission to develop this weapon the hydrogen bomb |
| #2155, aired 1994-01-07 | IT HAD TO BE "U" $400: In 1993 a car bomb was responsible for damaging over 20 paintings at this art gallery in Florence the Uffizi |
| #2152, aired 1994-01-04 | NEW MEXICO $600 (Daily Double): Twice a year you can visit the site outside Alamogordo where this happened on July 16, 1945 the detonation of the first atomic bomb |
| #2109, aired 1993-11-04 | MARINE DISASTERS $800: The U.S. Cruiser Indianapolis was torpedoed in 1945 after delivering this weapon to the Marianas an atomic bomb |
| #2046, aired 1993-06-28 | AWARDS $1000: In 1962 this "Father of the Hydrogen Bomb" was given the Fermi Award for achievement in Atomic Energy Edward Teller |
| #2041, aired 1993-06-21 | SCIENTISTS $600: Leo Szilard actually wrote the letter proposing the A-bomb that Einstein sent to this president FDR |
| #2019, aired 1993-05-20 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $200: Dogpatch is almost hit by an atom bomb in this 1956 musical Li'l Abner |
| #2009, aired 1993-05-06 | WORLD HISTORY $200: Japan's oldest open port, it was the second city on which the U.S. dropped an A-bomb in World War II Nagasaki |
| #1994, aired 1993-04-15 | 1952 $300: On April 22 a home TV audience & 2,100 troops in foxholes watched one of these in the Nevada desert an nuclear bomb explosion |
| #1980, aired 1993-03-26 | HEADLINES $400: June 29, 1914:
This "heir to Austrian throne assassinated... after escaping bomb" the Archduke Francis Ferdinand |
| #1976, aired 1993-03-22 | PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA $400: He was returning from Potsdam when he heard that the first A-bomb had been dropped on Japan Truman |
| #1966, aired 1993-03-08 | SCIENCE $300: The "core" of one of these is the central part that contains the fissile material a nuclear reactor (an atomic bomb) |
| #1949, aired 1993-02-11 | AMERICAN HISTORY $500 (Daily Double): In 1954 this "Father of the Atomic Bomb" had his security clearance revoked J. Robert Oppenheimer |
| #1878, aired 1992-11-04 | TRANSPORTATION $500: The National Air & Space Museum is restoring this plane that dropped an atomic bomb August 6, 1945 the Enola Gay |
| #1860, aired 1992-10-09 | SCIENCE $400: In 1952, the element einsteinium was discovered in the debris of this type of bomb a hydrogen bomb |
| #1785, aired 1992-05-08 | 1991 $200: The bomb that killed this Indian leader in May also killed 16 others, including the assassin Rajiv Gandhi |
| #1773, aired 1992-04-22 | COMIC BOOKS $300: Gamma rays from an exploding bomb caused Dr. Bruce Banner to become this superhero the Incredible Hulk |
| #1726, aired 1992-02-17 | RECENT HISTORY $300: Son & grandson of Indian prime ministers, he was assassinated by a bomb in May 1991 Rajiv Gandhi |
| #1722, aired 1992-02-11 | ISLANDS $400: In 1946 the U.S. removed about 200 inhabitants from this atoll in order to use it for A-bomb tests Bikini |
| #1720, aired 1992-02-07 | FAMOUS AMERICANS $1,500 (Daily Double): After the first successful A-bomb test he said, "I am become death, the destroyer of worlds" Oppenheimer |
| #1708, aired 1992-01-22 | VOCABULARY $200: This "fruity" word can precede bomb or picker cherry |
| #1689, aired 1991-12-26 | U.S. STATES $600: The first atomic bomb was exploded on July 16, 1945 at the Trinity site in this state New Mexico |
| #1676, aired 1991-12-09 | PHYSICAL SCIENCE $200: A 1-megaton bomb has the explosive power of a million tons of this TNT |
| #1642, aired 1991-10-22 | SCIENTISTS $600: The work this Hungarian-born U.S. physicist did in developing the H-bomb is still secret (Edward) Teller |
| #1638, aired 1991-10-16 | CLOUDS $400: It's the device that creates a mushroom cloud an atomic bomb |
| #1623, aired 1991-09-25 | SCIENTISTS $600: In the 1940s this Danish physicist served as an advisor on the atomic bomb project at Los Alamos (Niels) Bohr |
| #1607, aired 1991-09-03 | CHARACTERS IN FILM $1000: President Muffley, Colonel "Bat" Guano & General Jack D. Ripper Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb |
| #1575, aired 1991-06-07 | HISTORIC NAMES $200: In 1950, this president authorized development of the hydrogen bomb Truman |
| #1570, aired 1991-05-31 | SCIENTISTS $1000: In 1943 this physicist was put in charge of the Los Alamos labs where the first A-bomb was built Oppenheimer |
| #1541, aired 1991-04-22 | NUCLEAR PHYSICS $100: Country in which the first atomic bomb was exploded the United States |
| #1521, aired 1991-03-25 | FATHERLY NICKNAMES $800: "The Father of the Soviet Hydrogen Bomb" Sakharov |
| #1484, aired 1991-01-31 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $800: John Hersey's 1946 account of atomic bomb survivors that took up an entire issue of "The New Yorker" Hiroshima |
| #1465, aired 1991-01-04 | THE 1950s $800: This country exploded an A-bomb on October 3, 1952, becoming the third member of the nuclear club Great Britain |
| #1462, aired 1991-01-01 | NICKNAMES $500: The "Father of Pennsylvania" & the "Father of the H-Bomb", or a pair of comic magicians Penn & Teller |
| #1453, aired 1990-12-19 | WORLD WAR II $1000: While attending a conference in this East German city, Truman learned of the first successful A-bomb test Potsdam |
| #1426, aired 1990-11-12 | MODERN HISTORY $300: The first Asian country to detonate a nuclear bomb China |
| #1410, aired 1990-10-19 | THE 1950s $400: In October 1951 the Atomic Energy Commission dropped a bomb half the size of the Hiroshima bomb over Yucca Flat in this state Nevada |
| #1326, aired 1990-05-14 | COMIC BOOKS $300: Getting caught in a gamma bomb blast in 1989 turned him from green to gray & boosted his intelligence The Hulk |
| #1309, aired 1990-04-19 | RECENT U.S. HISTORY $200: In 1954 the U.S. tested a hydrogen bomb in the Marshall Islands & launched this nuclear sub the Nautilus |
| #1271, aired 1990-02-26 | ___THE___ $300: 1960s slogan calling for the elimination of nuclear weapons "Ban The Bomb" |
| #1270, aired 1990-02-23 | NEW JERSEYITES $200: German-American physicist whose letter to FDR led to the Manhattan Project to make the A-bomb Einstein |
| #1261, aired 1990-02-12 | PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA $200: He was the first President to authorize the use of an atomic bomb in war Truman |
| #1233, aired 1990-01-03 | TECHNOLOGY $200: There are "craters" in the ground NW of Las Vegas where the U.S. has conducted these tests atomic bomb tests |
| #1190, aired 1989-11-03 | WORLD HISTORY $100: In 1967 this country exploded its 1st H-bomb at its Lob Nor test site in Sinkiang province (Red) China |
| #1187, aired 1989-10-31 | CLOTHING $400: Along with "S", Dior assigned these 2 letters to his "line" dresses in 1954 & 1955--& they didn't bomb A-line dresses & H-line dresses |
| #1062, aired 1989-03-28 | FUNNY FELINES $400: In a 1988 novel, this Coconino County kat quits the comic strip after witnessing an A-bomb test Krazy Kat |
| #1021, aired 1989-01-30 | "ROBERT"s $800: Though he directed the team that made the 1st atomic bomb, he opposed making the hydrogen bomb Robert Oppenheimer |
| #997, aired 1988-12-27 | LANDMARKS $200: The Atomic Bomb Memorial Dome, a building left unreconstructed after WWII, is a peace symbol in this city Hiroshima |
| #934, aired 1988-09-29 | HISTORIC QUOTES $200: "The decision was mine alone," said Truman of this monumental event in 1945 dropping the atom bomb |
| #926, aired 1988-09-19 | SCIENCE $800: U.S. News said this "Father of the H-bomb" may come to be known as "Father of Star Wars" too Edward Teller |
| #923, aired 1988-09-14 | WORLD WAR II $200: Col. Paul Tibbits & Major Thomas Ferebee made history on August 6, 1945 by dropping this the atomic bomb |
| #923, aired 1988-09-14 | WORLD WAR II $400: Germany's V-2 was the world's 1st rocket-powered one missile |
| #909, aired 1988-07-14 | U.S. STATES $200: The 1st atomic bomb was exploded, aptly, in this state whose name is from that of an Aztec war god New Mexico |
| #900, aired 1988-07-01 | COOKING $400: You can throw a bomb any time, but the best time to serve a "bombe" is during this course dessert |
| #892, aired 1988-06-21 | WORLD WAR II $200: He signed the famous letter warning FDR that Germany might be working on an atom bomb Einstein |
| #881, aired 1988-06-06 | WWI PLANES $200: The only U.S.-built plane to see combat, the DH-4 helped pioneer delivery of this after the war the mail |
| #837, aired 1988-04-05 | WASHINGTON STATE $400: During WWII, most of the workers in Richland, Wash. were working on this, though few of them knew it the atomic bomb |
| #784, aired 1988-01-21 | SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY $600: Though code-named this, research for the U.S.'s 1st atomic bomb also took place in Calif., N.M. & Ill. the Manhattan (Project) |
| #763, aired 1987-12-23 | RULERS $200: When his dad was assassinated in 1881 by a bomb, Alexander III became this country's penultimate czar Russia |
| #762, aired 1987-12-22 | HIT TUNES $100: A Dolly Parton-Sly Stallone movie bomb, "Rhinestone", was based on this 1975 Glen Campbell hit song "Rhinestone Cowboy" |
| #738, aired 1987-11-18 | BRITISH ARCHITECTS $500: Sir Basil Spence designed this controversial Coventry building which many thought too modern Coventry Cathedral |
| #725, aired 1987-10-30 | FROM THE LATIN $400: In Latin it originally meant "to drive off the stage by clapping"; now it's what a bomb does explode |
| #724, aired 1987-10-29 | WEAPONS $500: It's an explosive device dropped in battle or a shocking surprise dropped in conversation a bombshell (bomb accepted) |
| #720, aired 1987-10-23 | WORLD WAR II $400: "Little Boy" was the code name for the atom bomb dropped on this city Hiroshima |
| #667, aired 1987-06-30 | SHOW BIZ LINGO $1000: In WWII, it was a bomb which could destroy an entire city block; now it's a huge success a blockbuster |
| #651, aired 1987-06-08 | THE '50s $1000: Atoll in the Marshall Islands that was site of the 1st H-bomb test, November 1, 1952 Eniwetok |
| #590, aired 1987-03-13 | ODDS & ENDS $200: In August '86, the Air Force announced it had accidentally dropped one of these on New Mexico in '57 nuclear device |
| #544, aired 1987-01-08 | THE 20TH CENTURY $100: One was 1st detonated on July 15, 1945, just 12 days before Hiroshima atomic bomb |
| #530, aired 1986-12-19 | WORLD WAR II $1000: 2 days after we dropped an A-bomb on Hiroshima, this country declared war on Japan the Soviet Union |
| #516, aired 1986-12-01 | "F" WORDS $200: A Broadway bomb, or a companion of flip flop |
| #505, aired 1986-11-14 | THE QUEEN'S ENGLISH $300: How a London theatrical producer would probably react to learn his play is a "bomb" happily |
| #484, aired 1986-10-16 | WW III $800: Actor in "Dr. Strangelove" who dropped in on the Soviet Union astride a bomb Slim Pickens |
| #479, aired 1986-10-09 | WEAPONS $200: '86 film about a high school student in New York who makes his own atomic bomb for a science fair The Manhattan Project |
| #435, aired 1986-05-09 | "C.B." $600: A powerful globular red firecracker a cherry bomb |
| #428, aired 1986-04-30 | THE '60s $800: In 1960, it became the 4th nation to explode an atomic bomb France |
| #425, aired 1986-04-25 | WEAPONS $2,000 (Daily Double): Weapon mentioned in the following Tom Lehrer song:
"How then Indonesia claimed that they / Were gonna get one any day / South Africa wants two, that's right / One for the Black and one for the White / Who's next?" the bomb (A-bomb, H-bomb) |
| #393, aired 1986-03-12 | TECHNOLOGY $100: The 1st was exploded on Eniwetok Atoll in 1952 the H-bomb |
| #372, aired 1986-02-11 | 20TH CENTURY $200: In 1953, just months after the U.S., this country exploded its 1st hydrogen bomb Russia (the Soviet Union) |
| #372, aired 1986-02-11 | NEVADA $400: In 1951, Yucca Flat exploded into the news when this began in the state the atom bomb (testing) |
| #359, aired 1986-01-23 | WEAPONS $200: Land or sea bomb that's not yours or ours, but belongs to me a mine |
| #352, aired 1986-01-14 | HODGEPODGE $200: A "logic bomb" is a saboteur's tool designed to destroy or rearrange information stored in these a computer |
| #298, aired 1985-10-30 | WWII $600: According to Eisenhower, the bazooka, DC-3, A-bomb, & this vehicle won the war a jeep |
| #268, aired 1985-09-18 | MOVIES $2,000 (Daily Double): '63 film in which the world ends to this tune:
"We'll meet again / Don't know where / Don't know when..." Dr. Strangelove (or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb) |
| #185, aired 1985-05-24 | WEAPONS $400: Weapon featured each week in the opening of "Mission Impossible" a bomb |
| #173, aired 1985-05-08 | NUCLEAR PHYSICS $400: The effects of a nuclear bomb dropped on Lawrence, KS were the subject of this 1983 TV movie The Day After |
| #171, aired 1985-05-06 | MOVIE TRIVIA $200: 1980 film "The Nude Bomb" tried to revive this '60s TV spy show Get Smart |
| #154, aired 1985-04-11 | 1953 $200: In '53, one year after the U.S., this country exploded its 1st hydrogen bomb the Soviet Union |
| #145, aired 1985-03-29 | 1983 $400: Terrorist bomb attacks on U.S. installations in this city occurred in April & October Beirut |
| #142, aired 1985-03-26 | 1967 $1,900 (Daily Double): In ’67 it became 1st Asian country to explode an H-bomb China |
| #99, aired 1985-01-24 | WARS $1,100 (Daily Double): War for which Tom Lehrer wrote this song: [Instrumental piano opening]
"[Paul lip syncs] So long, mom, / I'm off to drop the bomb, / So don't wait up for me..." World War III |
| #92, aired 1985-01-15 | WEAPONS $1,500 (Daily Double): In the series "Danger UXB", what a "UXB" was an unexploded bomb |
| #82, aired 1985-01-01 | NUCLEAR PHYSICS $600: Purpose of the Manhattan Project was to make this the atomic bomb |
| #80, aired 1984-12-28 | THE "IN" CROWD $200: A beetle bomb insecticide |
| #77, aired 1984-12-25 | U.S. HISTORY $200: President who ordered atomic bomb dropped on Japan Truman |
| #67, aired 1984-12-11 | MOVIE TRIVIA $200: Subtitled "How I Learned to Stop Worrying & Love the Bomb" Dr. Strangelove |
| #54, aired 1984-11-22 | WORLD WAR II $200: Second A-bomb used in the war used on this city Nagasaki |
| #52, aired 1984-11-20 | MOVIES $1000: Actor who rode bomb to oblivion at the end of Dr. Strangelove Slim Pickens |
| #14, aired 1984-09-27 | THE 20TH CENTURY $1000: In 1939, this scientist wrote FDR a letter explaining that an atomic bomb could be built Albert Einstein |
| #1, aired 1984-09-10 | NATIONAL LANDMARKS $1000: D.C. building shaken by November '83 bomb blast the Capitol |
