Jeopardy! Round, Double Jeopardy! Round, or Tiebreaker Round clues (770 results returned)

#9075, aired 2024-04-05ALLITERATIVE LIT $1000: This heedless horseman also known as Abraham Van Brunt taunts his rival Ichabod Crane Brom Bones
#9061, aired 2024-03-18CHOOSE A PROTEIN $1000: It's high in proline so we're giving this most abundant protein in the body that's in tendons, bones & skin some lip service collagen
#9048, aired 2024-02-28NAME THAT TOMB $1600: The inscription on this conquistador's tomb in Puerto Rico reads, "Here rest the bones of a valiant lion" Ponce de León
#9045, aired 2024-02-23THAT BUILDING HAS GREAT BONES $400: The Hearst museum of this -ology at Cal Berkeley has many Native American remains but is giving some of them back to tribes anthropology
#9045, aired 2024-02-23THAT BUILDING HAS GREAT BONES $800: The Hyrtl Skull Collection is among the medical treasures at the Mütter Museum in this U.S. city Philadelphia
#9045, aired 2024-02-23THAT BUILDING HAS GREAT BONES $1200: This Channel Island's zoo doesn't just display 'em live; you may see skulls & skeletons at the Durrell Discovery Centre Jersey
#9045, aired 2024-02-23THAT BUILDING HAS GREAT BONES $2000: It's the word for a bone depository, like the Wamba one in Spain an ossuary
#9045, aired 2024-02-23THAT BUILDING HAS GREAT BONES $7,000 (Daily Double): You'll think of mortality in a Rome church housing 3,500 skulls of friars in this order that makes me think of Italian coffee the Capuchins
#9042, aired 2024-02-20PILES $400: Regina, Saskatchewan once had an indigenous name translating to "pile of bones"--the bones of this much-hunted animal a buffalo
#9036, aired 2024-02-12RHYMING SYNONYMS $1600: Sounds that are fit for a mouse or old bones squeak & creak
#9033, aired 2024-02-07ANTHROPOLOGISTS $1200: Forensic anthropologist Kathy Reichs' life & novels inspired TV's Temperance Brennan, nicknamed this "Bones"
#26, aired 2024-01-23NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM $300: Before flowers & bones, the open skies of Texas were one of her early subjects, like the 1917 work "Starlight Night" Georgia O'Keeffe
#9013, aired 2024-01-10WORD HISTORIES $1200: An adjective meaning gigantic, it came into English in the 1700s to describe huge elephant-like bones found in Siberia mammoth
#9011, aired 2024-01-08CELEBRITY SIBLING SURNAMES $1200: Of "New Girl" Zooey & "Bones" actress Emily Deschanel
#9004, aired 2023-12-28HEY, WHERE'S THAT? $600: In this human body part: the metacarpal bones the hand
#8992, aired 2023-12-12STICKY STUFF $1200: More than 1 million fossil bones have been recovered at this sticky-but-popular LA tourist attraction the La Brea Tar Pits
#8975, aired 2023-11-17BONES $200: Collectively, your sacrum, coccyx & 2 hip bones make up this the pelvis
#8975, aired 2023-11-17BONES $400: It's the longer of the 2 bones of the forearm the ulna
#8975, aired 2023-11-17BONES $600: The heart & lungs are protected by the thoracic cage which is made up of 12 vertebrae in back, the ribs & this breastbone the sternum
#8975, aired 2023-11-17BONES $800: If I had a malleus, & I do, in my middle ear, I'd call it this, because of its shape a hammer
#8975, aired 2023-11-17BONES $1000: Collectively, the bones of your digits, both fingers & your toes, are called these phalanges
#8966, aired 2023-11-06WHAT A BODY $1200: Three cuneiform bones, along with the metatarsals, help form each of these foot parts that may leave you flat your arches
#19, aired 2023-11-01VITAMINS & MINERALS $1200: The unsung hero of bone health, this vitamin directs calcium to your bones & keeps it there; isn't that special? vitamin K
#17, aired 2023-10-18MEDICAL MNENOMICS $1200: If you can't remember "ulna, radius, humerus", try "usually really hard" to help recall the bones in this part of the body the arm
#8941, aired 2023-10-02A BUG'S LIFE $1000: Used by scientists to clean flesh off bones being prepared for research, dermestids are a type of this insect beetles
#8919, aired 2023-07-20YOU'VE GOT SOME BAGGAGE $200: The second paragraph of this novel mentions a sea-chest belonging to the old sailor, Billy Bones Treasure Island
#8891, aired 2023-06-12CORE VALUES $1000: The central part of your body, your core includes your hips, lower back, abs (of course) & this set of bones connecting the trunk & legs the pelvis
#8891, aired 2023-06-12NARRATOR OF THE NOVEL $1000: This downer of a novel: 14-year-old Susie Salmon, from heaven, because she's been murdered The Lovely Bones
#8885, aired 2023-06-02WOMEN AUTHORS $2000: She recently took the 3 top spots on the paperback trade fiction list with "It Ends with Us", "It Starts with Us" & "Heart Bones" Colleen Hoover
#8884, aired 2023-06-01BIO PICS $800: Time to get meta & point out these bones highlighted here metacarpals
#8875, aired 2023-05-19THE HUMAN BODY $800: Connective tissues include ligaments & these, which usually attach muscles to bones tendons
#1, aired 2023-05-0820/23 $400: Atomic No. 20, it's good when it's in the bones but bad when it builds up in the arteries calcium
#8860, aired 2023-04-28A REAL BODY BUSY $800: Keepin' busy, this soft, fatty tissue inside your bones makes platelets & oh yeah, billions of new blood cells daily bone marrow
#8860, aired 2023-04-28INSIDE JOB $1000: "B" is for this legendary creature in Job; "his bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron" the behemoth
#8812, aired 2023-02-21ON TIKTOK $800: Sadly, in 2022 it was a final "no bones" for TikTok star Noodle, this breed of dog, who passed away at 14 a Pug
#8808, aired 2023-02-15CRAFTS $800: Whittling uses wood, while scrimshaw typically involved carving this material tusks (bones or ivory)
#8756, aired 2022-12-05MYTH $2000: A chief Aztec deity, this feathered serpent helped create the human race by mingling his blood with the bones of the ancient dead Quetzalcoatl
#8745, aired 2022-11-18THE NEANDERTHALS $400: A valley in this country where some of the first bones were found gave the Neanderthals their name Germany
#8740, aired 2022-11-11LOGOS $600: This extinct animal became the logo of the NHL's Nashville Predators after its bones were discovered in the area a saber-toothed tiger
#8715, aired 2022-10-07"O" MY $1000: Bones develop through a process called osteogenesis or this word with the same first 2 letters ossification
#1, aired 2022-09-25THE SKELETAL SYSTEM $300: 12 of these slender bones on each side of your torso make up a "cage" to help protect your insides ribs
#1, aired 2022-09-25THE SKELETAL SYSTEM $600: The spinal cord passes through these bones that join together to form the backbone vertebrae
#1, aired 2022-09-25THE SKELETAL SYSTEM $900: Inside your bones is this soft tissue where blood cells & platelets are produced marrow
#1, aired 2022-09-25THE SKELETAL SYSTEM $1200: Also called the clavicle, it's a popular but, like all bones, a more painful tattoo site the collarbone
#8700, aired 2022-09-16BEYOND THE PALE $400: This study of ancient life on Earth deals with dinosaur bones, as well as fossils of plants & even microbes paleontology
#8651, aired 2022-05-30STICK TO THE SCRIPTURE $2000: "... In the midst of the valley which was full of" these "there were very many in the open valley; and, lo, they were very dry" (dry) bones
#8643, aired 2022-05-18SCIENCE $1600: In a bat's wing these, finger bones in humans, are elongated to aid in flight phalanges
#8641, aired 2022-05-16SKELETON CREW $800: These bones can be cervical, thoracic or lumbar vertebrae
#8641, aired 2022-05-16SKELETON CREW $1200: These 2 bones articulate with the humerus to form the elbow the ulna & the radius
#8598, aired 2022-03-16SCIENCE & MEDICINE $1200: They're the 2 bones of your forearm the radius & the ulna
#8591, aired 2022-03-07THAT'S JUST SCIENCE, MAN $800: Make your bones naming this complex of bones seen here the pelvis
#18, aired 2022-02-22SCARY STORIES $1200: A dead girl observes her family, friends & killer in this 2002 bestseller by Alice Sebold, later a movie The Lovely Bones
#13, aired 2022-02-17FANG SHUI $800: The pit type of this creature has hollow fangs attached to movable bones in the jaw that it uses to inject poison a viper
#10, aired 2022-02-15ANATOMY $400: Fused together in adults, the Ilium, pubis & ischium form the hip bone & the 2 hip bones form this girdle the pelvis (or pelvic girdle)
#6, aired 2022-02-10MEDIEVAL LIFE $400: Medieval Brits mainly dressed in this animal fabric; by God's bones, itchy my tunic be! wool
#2, aired 2022-02-08PIER 5 $200: Seen here, South Africa's Umhlanga Pier has an archway named for this animal's bones a whale
#8566, aired 2022-01-31ENDS IN A SILENT T $600: A choice cut of meat or fish with the bones removed a filet
#8554, aired 2022-01-13PLATES, POTS & PANS $800: Though named for the strained liquid found after cooking bones in water, this pot can be used for pastas & seafood too a stockpot
#8542, aired 2021-12-28YOU NEED A VITAMIN BOOST $2000: Usually from a lack of vitamin D, the disease that softens bones in children is called this; for adults, it's osteomalacia rickets
#8512, aired 2021-11-16THE X FACTOR $1000: One of the first orchestral uses of the xylophone was to invoke skeletons' bones in this spooky 1874 work by Camille Saint-Saens Danse macabre
#8477, aired 2021-09-28FROM GRAY'S ANATOMY $1600: This "is composed of four bones: the two hip bones laterally and in front and the sacrum and coccyx behind" pelvis
#8461, aired 2021-08-09DEM BONES $400: The standard count of 206 bones in the body does not include these, which are not considered bones as they are covered with enamel teeth
#8461, aired 2021-08-09DEM BONES $800: Men do not have more of these bones than women, but some people have extra cervical ones near the collar bone ribs
#8461, aired 2021-08-09DEM BONES $1200: In your back, T1-T12 refers to the thoracic these vertebrae
#8461, aired 2021-08-09DEM BONES $2000: This colorfully named type of partial fracture is a break on only one side of a bone greenstick
#8461, aired 2021-08-09DEM BONES $4,000 (Daily Double): Sesamoid bones are found in tendons; the best known is this bone at the lower end of the quadriceps tendon the patella
#8454, aired 2021-07-29IT'S ALL IN YOUR HEAD & HANDS $2000: She was lookin' kinda dumb with her fingers & her thumb connected to her wrist by these 5 long palm bones metacarpals
#8437, aired 2021-07-06THE HUMAN BODY $1600: These wrist bones border a tunnel, through which a nerve runs the carpals
#8431, aired 2021-06-28"A" BEFORE "E" $1200: Before some of them fuse together, your spine consists of 33 of these bones vertebrae
#8425, aired 2021-06-18SCAVENGERS ASSEMBLE! $1000: These dog-sized marsupials named for an Australian island can clean their plates--bones, fur & all Tasmanian devils
#8424, aired 2021-06-17NORTH AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY $1000: This capital of Saskatchewan started out as a hunters' camp called Pile O'Bones due to all the buffalo parts lying around Regina
#8381, aired 2021-04-19THE HUMAN BODY $1600: The ankle joint is formed by the talus bone articulating with these two bones that go up the leg the tibia & the fibula
#8371, aired 2021-04-05PARTS OF THE BODY $400: Condyles are the rounded ends of bones that meet up at joints--the femur has one where it meets up with the tibia in this joint the knee
#8355, aired 2021-03-12THAT'S MY SECRET $1000: This secret society at Yale was formed in 1832, possibly after a dispute with Phi Beta Kappa Skull and Bones
#8353, aired 2021-03-10MEDICINE $800: The periosteum is a membrane of connective tissue that surrounds these body parts bones
#8346, aired 2021-03-01____ & ____ $200: If you're extremely thin, you are said to be these 2 body parts skin & bones
#8330, aired 2021-02-05DOCTOR HOW $1200: ...many of "false" these bones are in a human body? 6--the top 3 pairs, not linked directly to the breastbone ribs
#8322, aired 2021-01-26BAD TO THE BONE $200: Often formed in your joints, osteophytes, or bone these, project along the edges of your bones & are definitely not the fun cowboy kind spurs
#8322, aired 2021-01-26BAD TO THE BONE $400: You're being very bad to your bones if you don't get enough of this "sunshine vitamin"; tuna, egg yolks & mushrooms are good sources vitamin D
#8322, aired 2021-01-26BAD TO THE BONE $600: Examination of this tissue in your bones can help diagnose leukemia & Gaucher disease bone marrow
#8266, aired 2020-10-26BONES $200: This set of curved bones attaches to the sternum the rib bones (the collarbones)
#8266, aired 2020-10-26BONES $400: In humans, this bone is the thigh; in other animals, it's the hind leg the femur
#8266, aired 2020-10-26BONES $600: The hip bones, the ilium & the ischium are part of this complex of bones that joins the legs & the trunk the pelvis
#8266, aired 2020-10-26BONES $800: Though its name is shorter, this forearm bone is slightly longer than the radius the ulna
#8266, aired 2020-10-26BONES $1000: The maxilla is the fixed upper bone of this the jaw
#8255, aired 2020-10-09THE DOCTOR WILL "C" YOU NOW $2000: This rubbery tissue at the ends of long bones is also called gristle cartilage
#8242, aired 2020-09-22YOU GOTTA FIGHT! $800: No bones about it--this dominant UFC light heavyweight has a brother who plays linebacker for the Arizona Cardinals Jon "Bones" Jones
#8240, aired 2020-09-18NORSEMEN $1200: Norse games of myth included hnutukast, taking these from the carcass after a meal & throwing them at each other with intent to injure bones
#8238, aired 2020-09-16TV SHOWS BASED ON BOOKS BY WOMEN $400: Kathy Reichs drew upon her own work as a forensic anthropologist to pen the Temperance Brennan books that became this show Bones
#8233, aired 2020-06-10HOME IMPROVEMENT ON TV $400: Karen & Mina attack homes like surgeons, unafraid to use an open concept on a place with "Good" these, the show's title Bones
#8209, aired 2020-04-23EVERY BODY $800: Both humans & giraffes have 7 of these bones in the neck to hold the head aloft vertebrae
#8188, aired 2020-03-25THAT'S GOTTA HURT! $1000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents by a display monitor.) Usually the result of a fall, a Colles fracture, or what we commonly call a broken wrist, is a break in the distal end of this slightly shorter of the two forearm bones the radius
#8187, aired 2020-03-24BONES $400: Its middle section is made up of the thoracic vertebrae the spine
#8187, aired 2020-03-24BONES $800: The metacarpal bones of your hands correspond to these bones of your feet metatarsal
#8187, aired 2020-03-24BONES $1200: This word for the shoulder comes from Latin for "shoulder" & "blade" scapula
#8187, aired 2020-03-24BONES $1600: It sounds like an alternate name of ancient Troy, but anatomically, it's the upper part of the hip bone the ilium
#8187, aired 2020-03-24BONES $2000: Lifesaving chest compressions during CPR can sometimes cause a fracture of this, AKA the breastbone a sternum
#8160, aired 2020-02-14THE BODY HUMAN $2000: Found in the ear, the body's three smallest bones are known as the anvil, hammer & this, after their shapes a stirrup
#8088, aired 2019-11-06REALITY SHOW BREAKOUTS $600: Johnny Knoxville can thank the bruises & broken bones from this MTV show he co-created for his film career Jackass
#8082, aired 2019-10-29BOOK NUMBERS $1000: A Temperance Brennan novel: "___ Bones" (referring to the number of bones in the body) 206
#8077, aired 2019-10-22MOVING THE SAINTS $1200: In 2004 bones of 2 saints taken from Constantinople to Rome were returned by the pope to this church's patriarch Eastern Orthodox
#8068, aired 2019-10-09WEIRD FLEX $200: Pelicans may look uncomfortable, but several of these bones are abnormally joined so their necks are far more flexible than ours vertebrae
#8053, aired 2019-09-18EX-SPORTS $2000: In his autobiography he described a game played with moccasins & bones called "kah", or "foot" Geronimo
#8049, aired 2019-09-12ANATOMICAL ETYMOLOGY $4,600 (Daily Double): Aristotle was the first to call the bones of the fingers these; they are arranged in rows like Greek soldiers phalanges
#8035, aired 2019-07-12WHAT'S THAT IN YOUR EAR? $1000: Of the 3 bones in the ear, the one that sounds like it's best suited for horse riding a stirrup
#8015, aired 2019-06-14ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST JACKET $1200: Susie in this Alice Sebold novel is already in heaven, but she watches her murderer covering his tracks The Lovely Bones
#8007, aired 2019-06-04THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS $200: In 1705 Cotton Mather thought the bones of these mammoth relatives were really pre-flood human giants mastodons
#7990, aired 2019-05-102-WORD ALLITERATION $200: The most basic elements or essentials, or what's in the photograph bare bones
#7981, aired 2019-04-29BREAKS & LIVERS $200: One of the most commonly broken bones is this one that serves as a strut to support the shoulder a clavicle (or collarbone)
#7981, aired 2019-04-29BREAKS & LIVERS $600: From the Greek for "bone" & "passage", this condition in older folks can lead to more fragile, brittle bones osteoporosis
#7965, aired 2019-04-05COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $1200: While attending this school, George W. Bush was a member of its Skull & Bones secret society Yale
#7955, aired 2019-03-22WHICH BODY PART? $2000: Has 22 bones, including the sphenoid at its base the skull
#7943, aired 2019-03-06EX-CREATURES $400: These creatures were big enough that huts in Ukraine were made from their bones & tusks during paleo times woolly mammoths
#7905, aired 2019-01-1130 SOMETHING $1200: Most people are born with 33 of these bones, but reach maturity with fewer because some of them fuse vertebrae
#7901, aired 2019-01-07IN THE HAND $2000: The three types of bones in the hand are the carpals, metacarpals & these, in the fingers phalanges
#7865, aired 2018-11-16-OLOGIES $1200: Osteology is the branch of anatomy that deals with these body parts bones
#7859, aired 2018-11-08HEALTH & MEDICINE $2000: A fall on an outstretched hand may fracture the scaphoid, one of these wrist bones the carpals
#7858, aired 2018-11-07YOUNG ADULT READING $1000: "City of Bones" introduced the Shadowhunters, demon-dispatching warriors on Earth in this series Mortal Instruments
#7853, aired 2018-10-31A SKELETON $200: Bones making up your thorax include the sternum & 12 pairs of these ribs
#7853, aired 2018-10-31A SKELETON $800: Sharing its name with St. Paul's birthplace, it's the collective name for 7 bones in the foot tarsus
#7853, aired 2018-10-31A SKELETON $1000: This part of the skull that protects the brain is made up of 8 bones including the occipital & temporal bones the cranium
#7822, aired 2018-09-18TOMB RAIDER $1600: On Feb. 17, 2009, the centennial of Geronimo's death, his descendants sued this Yale secret society for taking his remains Skull and Bones
#7815, aired 2018-07-27AROUND THE BODY $800: Arranged in 2 rows, 8 small carpal bones make up this part of the body the wrist
#7794, aired 2018-06-28KITCHEN CONFUSION $400: Broth is mainly made from the meat of the animal, while stock comes from these other parts bones
#7791, aired 2018-06-25IN THE BOOKSTORE $800: In DeLisle, Miss. Jesmyn Ward endured this 2005 event that looms over her "Salvage the Bones" & "Sing, Unburied, Sing" Hurricane Katrina
#7785, aired 2018-06-15INVENTIONS $500 (Daily Double): In 1950 Zenith introduced the first one of these gadgets; it was called the "Lazy Bones" a (TV) remote control
#7784, aired 2018-06-14MAN CAVES $800: Caverns in Indiana bear the name & the bones of this trailblazer's brother Squire, who was laid to rest there in 1815 (Daniel) Boone
#7764, aired 2018-05-1721st CENTURY BESTSELLERS $1200: In 2008 Kathy Reichs was atop the list with "Devil Bones"; in 2002, it was Alice Sebold, with this novel The Lovely Bones
#7755, aired 2018-05-04BODY LANGUAGE $1000: "The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their ____" bones
#7748, aired 2018-04-25CROSSOVER TV $600: An interrogation took a surprising turn on "Bones" when Booth hallucinated Stewie Griffin from this cartoon Family Guy
#7743, aired 2018-04-18"R" TOWN $1200: Once known as Pile O' Bones, in 1882 this western Canadian city was renamed in honor of Queen Victoria Regina, Saskatchewan
#7739, aired 2018-04-12WHERE IN THE BODY? $1600: Phalanges & metacarpal bones the hands
#7732, aired 2018-04-03THAT'S SO CLICHE $1000: A satisfying meal is said to do this, attach itself to certain bones stick to your ribs
#7730, aired 2018-03-30ODD-TITLED TOP 40 HITS $1600: The bones of this rap group got the whole skeleton together for their first Top 40 hit, "Thuggish-Ruggish-Bone" Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
#7711, aired 2018-03-05DITLOIDS $800: The talus is one: 206 B I T H B 206 bones in the human body
#7701, aired 2018-02-19MYSTERY & CRIME NOVELS $1000: "A Morbid Taste for Bones" introduced this medieval monk solving a murder in a remote Welsh village Brother Cadfael
#7661, aired 2017-12-25MY HEART WILL GO ON $5,000 (Daily Double): If your heart goes to someone else, it must fit neatly into this 2-word structure formed by 24 bones your rib cage
#7646, aired 2017-12-04HEALTH & MEDICI $200: This "Magnificent" Medici died in 1492, afflicted with "fevers" in his "veins...limbs, intestines, nerves, bones & marrow" Lorenzo (the Magnificent)
#7640, aired 2017-11-24DETECTIVE FICTION $600: Kathy Reichs' novels featuring Temperance Brennan include "Bare" these & "Cross" these bones
#7638, aired 2017-11-22CHAPELS SHOW $2000: With the bones of 40,000 souls, the Czech chapel seen here is also called this, from the Latin for bones an ossuary
#7609, aired 2017-10-12THE INUIT $600: Vital in the dark winter, the qulliq is traditionally fueled by the oil of this animal whose skin and bones were also key resources seal (the whale)
#7595, aired 2017-09-22A JOINT EFFORT $800: Wrenching a joint may tear a tendon or this band of tissue that connects the 2 bones a ligament
#7587, aired 2017-09-12BONE VOYAGE $800: In 1562, almost 500 years after this Norman's greatest victory, Huguenots ransacked his tomb, scattering his bones William the Conqueror
#7570, aired 2017-07-07DAY-"O" $1,200 (Daily Double): If your bones are brittle, gain awareness of this disorder on Oct. 20, the day devoted to it osteoporosis
#7545, aired 2017-06-02ARCHAEOLOGY $800: A 2015 discovery of a Plains Indian site included a kind of mini-Stonehenge of these animals' bones the buffalo
#7509, aired 2017-04-13THE BODY $400: The distal phalanges are the bones at the tips of these body parts your fingers
#7506, aired 2017-04-10IT'S A FACT $1200: The Tomb is the clubhouse of this Yale secret society the Skull and Bones
#7499, aired 2017-03-30HAS GOOD BONES $400: The strongest & longest bone in the body, it is stronger than an equivalent rod of steel, yet is itself partly hollow the femur
#7499, aired 2017-03-30HAS GOOD BONES $800: Humans have 12 pairs of these, 2 of which are "floating" ribs
#7499, aired 2017-03-30HAS GOOD BONES $1200: The plantar fascia ligament acts as a bowstring on the bottom of the foot, helping the bones maintain this structure the arch
#7499, aired 2017-03-30HAS GOOD BONES $2,000 (Daily Double): Ossicles, the tiny auditory bones, are the stirrup, the hammer & this one aka the incus the anvil
#7499, aired 2017-03-30HAS GOOD BONES $2000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew show an anatomical illustration on the monitor.) Perhaps from an ancient belief that it was the bone around which a body would be resurrected, the triangular bone at the base of the spine in connecting with the pelvis has this name meaning "holy" sacrum
#7451, aired 2017-01-23HEALTH & MEDICINE $600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows an anatomical animation on the monitor.) The spine bends forward as the thoracic vertebrae become compressed in a condition called kyphosis, more commonly known as a Dowager's hump, a symptom of this disease of thinning bones osteoporosis
#7423, aired 2016-12-14LITERARY LINES $1000: "My name was Salmon, like the fish; first name, Susie. I was fourteen when I was murdered..." The Lovely Bones
#7423, aired 2016-12-14STICK WITH ME $2,000 (Daily Double): More than 1 million fossil bones have been recovered at this sticky but popular L.A. tourist attraction the La Brea Tar Pits
#7419, aired 2016-12-08ANATOMICAL ETYMOLOGY $200: From a Latin word meaning "to turn", they're the bones that make up the spine vertebrae
#7386, aired 2016-10-24BREAKING BAD $1600: This body part is loaded with bones, including the tarsals, so fractures there are unfortunately common the foot
#7367, aired 2016-09-27HEAD, SHOULDERS, KNEES & TOES $1000: In humans, the big toe has 2 of these bones; the other toes each have 3 phalanges
#7355, aired 2016-07-29SCARY-SOUNDING ANIMALS $1200: Hey, you old bag of bones--this type of shrimp, also known as the praying mantis of the sea, hangs out with us in SoCal skeleton shrimp
#7352, aired 2016-07-26POTPOURRI $400: AKA ascorbic acid, this vitamin helps form collagen in bones & aids in the absorption of iron Vitamin C
#7351, aired 2016-07-25ANATOMICALLY TITLED LIT $1600: "City of Bones" is the first book in this fantasy series about teenage demon hunters in New York City The Mortal Instruments
#7346, aired 2016-07-18SCIENCE $600: Humans have 2 of these long bones, the longest in the body a femur
#7340, aired 2016-07-08ANATOMY $800: Humans have 7 superior or true pairs of these bones & 5 pairs of inferior or false ones ribs
#7335, aired 2016-07-01NICE LONG DANES $800: In 1012 Danish marauders under Thorkell the Tall seized England's Archbishop of this & brutally beat him with steak bones Canterbury
#7324, aired 2016-06-16DINO $800: The 90-foot Diplodocus weighed 10 tons, 1/8 as much as some shorter dinos, because its bones were this hollow
#7306, aired 2016-05-23KEY WORDS $1000: Get down to bare bones with this term for a key that can open multiple old-fashioned locks a skeleton key
#7306, aired 2016-05-23PREFIXATED ON SCIENCE $2,000 (Daily Double): Osteo‑ & myelo‑ refer to these 2 related things bones & bone marrow
#7296, aired 2016-05-09BONES $200: The hyoid bone in your throat helps anchor this body part on whose tip some answers may be found the tongue
#7296, aired 2016-05-09BONES $400: A dislocated shoulder occurs when the head of this bone comes out of the socket--hey, that's not funny at all the humerus
#7296, aired 2016-05-09BONES $600: The name of this long, strong bone is from the Latin for "thigh" the femur
#7296, aired 2016-05-09BONES $800: These S-curved bones articulate medially with the breastbone & with the tops of the shoulders the clavicles
#7291, aired 2016-05-02AFRICANA $2000: If you visit this capital to see the Mahdi's tomb, know there's no Mahdi; Gen. Kitchener tossed his bones into the Nile Khartoum
#7284, aired 2016-04-21BONE"S" $400: Collectively it's made up of the cranial bones & most of the facial bones the skull
#7284, aired 2016-04-21BONE"S" $1200: The bones of the shoulder are the humerus, the clavicle & the shoulder blade, aka this bone the scapula
#7278, aired 2016-04-13"E-T-C" $800: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows an anatomical animation on the monitor.) This adjective refers to the five bones of the hand between the wrist & the fingers metacarpal
#7271, aired 2016-04-04TV NICKNAMES $400: Dr. McCoy on "Star Trek" had this nickname, long before Temperance Brennan Bones
#7264, aired 2016-03-24PHYSIOLOGY $200: This spongy tissue in most bones is also known as myeloid tissue marrow
#7218, aired 2016-01-20YOU MIGHT NEED SURGERY $1600: When used to open the thoracic cavity, a surgical guillotine transects this group of bones, not the neck the ribs
#7209, aired 2016-01-07LIVING THE SPACED-OUT LIFE $600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from NASA Glenn Research Ctr in Cleveland, OH.) The treadmill on the International Space Station, which is simulated here, is critical in maintaining bone mass; loss of this element from the bones can not only lead to weakness & fractures, but to kidney stones calcium
#7175, aired 2015-11-20FIT BITS $800: Strength-training exercises can help prevent fractures caused by this condition, aka thinning bones osteoporosis
#7162, aired 2015-11-03D.C. TV $800: Emily Deschanel plays a forensic anthropologist who works at the Jeffersonian Institute in D.C. on this Fox series Bones
#7159, aired 2015-10-29LAND OF ENCHANTMENT $1600: New York, aka the "City of" these in "The Mortal Instruments" series, has faeries, warlocks & Shadowhunters the City of Bones
#7131, aired 2015-09-21NOTHING BUT SKIN & BONES $400: Especially numerous in the palms & soles are these tubular structures that cool the skin & body sweat glands
#7131, aired 2015-09-21NOTHING BUT SKIN & BONES $800: Neck rings create the appearance of an elongated neck by pressing on & deforming these, the clavicles the collarbones
#7131, aired 2015-09-21NOTHING BUT SKIN & BONES $1200: This name for the small, flat bone that protects the knee literally means "small plate" the patella
#7131, aired 2015-09-21NOTHING BUT SKIN & BONES $1600: Also called alpha-tocopherol & found in nuts & vegetable oils, it helps protect the skin from sun damage & aging vitamin E
#7131, aired 2015-09-21NOTHING BUT SKIN & BONES $2000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows an anatomical diagram on the monitor.) Among the bones that make up the cranium are the frontal bone, the parietal bone & this one that forms most of the base of the skull the occipital bone
#7125, aired 2015-07-31THE FILMS OF STANLEY TUCCI $1000: Deceptively ordinary Stanley kills poor young Susie Salmon in this 2009 film The Lovely Bones
#7110, aired 2015-07-10HISTORIC OBJECTS $2000: The St. James ossuary, said to have held bones of Jesus' brother, is inscribed in this language spoken by Jesus Aramaic
#7072, aired 2015-05-19A VISIT TO SLEEPY HOLLOW $2,400 (Daily Double): (Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Sleepy Hollow, New York.) In an 1849 letter, Washington Irving wrote, "Naming it" this "instead of the Sleepy Hollow cemetery was a blunder"; Irving also noted, "I shall one day lay my bones there", & was correct Tarrytown Cemetery
#7057, aired 2015-04-28EAR, NOSE & THROAT $800: A trio of ear bones are popularly called the hammer, anvil & this the stirrup
#7032, aired 2015-03-24HEALTHY COOKING WITH MICHELLE OBAMA $600: (First Lady Michelle Obama delivers the clue.) You can find it in a variety of dishes & foods like canned salmon; because it contains tiny edible bones, 4 ounces provides 25% of the daily recommended amount of this mineral calcium
#7022, aired 2015-03-10ON THE NOSE $600: These are the 4 groups of air-filled chambers in the facial bones near the nose the sinuses
#7013, aired 2015-02-25SKELETON CREW $1600: These 5 bones form the skeleton of the sole of the foot the metatarsals
#7013, aired 2015-02-25SKELETON CREW $2000: This bone is purely an anchor for the tongue; it articulates with no other bones the hyoid bone
#6995, aired 2015-01-30TV CHARACTER NICKNAMES $1200: On a Fox series, forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan Bones
#6956, aired 2014-12-08AQUA, FRESH $1600: Freshwater fish have lots of small bones that annoy diners because fresh water has less of this lifting quality buoyancy
#6953, aired 2014-12-03AROUND THE BODY $2000: This spongy substance that fills the bones produces the body's blood cells marrow
#6952, aired 2014-12-02DOUBLE THE BONES $400 (Daily Double): Humans have 12 pairs of these bones, 7 pairs of which attach to the sternum ribs
#6952, aired 2014-12-02DOUBLE THE BONES $400: The two parietal bones join together to help protect the two parietal lobes of this organ brain
#6952, aired 2014-12-02DOUBLE THE BONES $800: The 2 patellas cap & protect these 2 vital body hinges knees
#6952, aired 2014-12-02DOUBLE THE BONES $1200: It's the 2-word name for the 2 triangular bones of the upper back aka scapulas shoulder blades
#6952, aired 2014-12-02DOUBLE THE BONES $1600: If someone kicks you in these, they're kicking you in the tibias the shins
#6920, aired 2014-10-17ARCHAEOLOGY $800: In 2013 the bones found under a parking lot in England were proven to be those of this king killed at Bosworth Field Richard III
#6916, aired 2014-10-13PUPPY LOVE $400: The bones aren't really that big; it's just that the puppy seen here is one of this notoriously small breed Chihuahua
#6904, aired 2014-09-25"CHAR"MED, I'M SURE $2000: It's a room or vault in which the bones or bodies of the dead are placed a charnel house
#6899, aired 2014-09-18TV HANGOUTS $2000: The Royal Diner & The Founding Fathers Bar Bones
#6884, aired 2014-07-17"M"ENAGERIE $800: This plant-eating water mammal has mostly solid bones with no marrow, making its skeleton quite heavy manatee
#6881, aired 2014-07-14"I" LOVE SCIENCE $2000: In humans, the hipbone is 3 fused bones: the pubis, the ischium & this one the ilium
#6844, aired 2014-05-22YOU $1200: Made up of many bones fused together, it protects the cerebrum, the hippocampus & other vital parts the skull
#6843, aired 2014-05-21LETTERS TO CANADA $800: This province with lots of dinosaur bones is SK Saskatchewan
#6801, aired 2014-03-24THE CHUCK WAGON $1600: Nicknamed "The Iceman", this former Ultimate Fighting champ has appeared as himself on "Bones" & "The Simpsons" Chuck Lidell
#6780, aired 2014-02-21COUPLING ON TV $1200: Agent Booth & Dr. Brennan, who finally got married on a 2013 episode Bones
#6779, aired 2014-02-20FEMALE FANTASY CHARACTERS $800: Clary Fray crosses paths with the demon-killing Shadowhunters in "City of Bones", the first book in this series the Mortal Instruments series
#6777, aired 2014-02-18A GREEK MYTHTAKE $600: After this guy tricked Zeus into accepting the bones from a sacrifice instead of the meat, Zeus hid fire from man Prometheus
#6777, aired 2014-02-18A SPAIN IN THE BODY PART $1600: Humans have doce pares de costillas, these bones ribs
#6760, aired 2014-01-24ANATOMY $400: Of the 14 facial bones, it's the only movable one the mandible
#6760, aired 2014-01-24ANATOMY $1600: Not to be confused with the trapezius muscle, the trapezium & trapezoid are 2 of the 8 carpal bones found in this joint the wrist
#6736, aired 2013-12-23SOLVE THE MYSTERY TITLE $1,000 (Daily Double): By Kathy Reichs, "____ Are Forever" & "206 ____" Bones
#6728, aired 2013-12-11THE BONE IDENTITY $2000: This wedge-shaped bone that's just above the coccyx is actually 5 bones that fuse in early adulthood the sacrum
#6695, aired 2013-10-25GET YOUR KICKS $1200: Jon "Bones" Jones, after a win in this sport: "I saw that my toe was upside down. Maybe it's not that serious of an injury" mixed martial arts
#6673, aired 2013-09-25STRATEGY GAMES $600: Also called "bones", these game pieces each have 0 to 6 pips on each end dominoes
#6668, aired 2013-09-18GOING FETAL $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a rendering of a fetus on the monitor.) Are you talking or playing music for your baby? At 18 weeks, the bones & nerves of the ear may have developed enough that the baby can hear your stomach growling or blood flowing through this fetal lifeline the umbilical cord
#6667, aired 2013-09-17ANATOMY $5,000 (Daily Double): (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a diagram of arm bones on the monitor.) Ligaments connect one bone to another; muscle is connected to a bone by one of these, which pulls the bone when a muscle contracts a tendon
#6665, aired 2013-08-02AROUND THE BODY $2000: Babies have flat feet; the bones in the middle of the foot gradually rise to form this an arch
#6651, aired 2013-07-15TV TITLE GUYS & GALS $1200: Emily Deschanel, one of TV's 50 greatest forensic anthropologists Bones
#6616, aired 2013-05-27STAR TREK $200: In this "Trek" role both Karl Urban & DeForest Kelley could have said, "Jim, I'm a doctor, not a game show response!" "Bones" McCoy
#6595, aired 2013-04-26ELEMENTS IN THE HUMAN BODY $600: Your bones don't glow in the dark, but they do contain this "light-bringing" element that makes up 1% of you phosphorus
#6593, aired 2013-04-24ALL IN THE FAMILY $400: It's the last name of celebrity sisters Emily, who stars on "Bones", & Zooey of "New Girl" Deschanel
#6591, aired 2013-04-22BREAKING BAD $200: If you've busted your scaphoid, radius & ulna, you've broken bones in this limb the arm
#6590, aired 2013-04-19BODY SNATCHERS $800: George W. Bush's granddad is among those who allegedly stole Geronimo's head for this secret Yale society Skull and Bones
#6536, aired 2013-02-04HEALTHY EATING $400: Got milk? For healthy bones & teeth, the RDA for teens is 1,300 milligrams of this mineral calcium
#6530, aired 2013-01-25DEM BONES $200: Pairs of these bones protect the heart & lungs by forming a cage around the chest cavity ribs
#6530, aired 2013-01-25DEM BONES $400: Resting on the upper jaw bone are the 2 zygomatic bones, also known as these facial bones cheek bones
#6530, aired 2013-01-25DEM BONES $800: It might amuse you to know that it's the longest & largest bone of the arm the humerus
#6530, aired 2013-01-25DEM BONES $1000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows an anatomical diagram on the monitor.) When you rest your hand on your hip, you can feel this broad, flat bone that's also the Latin name for ancient Troy the ilium
#6530, aired 2013-01-25DEM BONES $1,400 (Daily Double): Because it supports the head, the topmost vertebra is called this, also the name of a mythical giant the atlas
#6502, aired 2012-12-18TENNESSEE'S WILLIAMS $1000: A real-life "Bones", forensic anthropologist William Bass founded the "Body Farm" at the U. of Tenn. in this city Knoxville
#6478, aired 2012-11-14BEFORE & AFTER $2000: Type of union at the hip between bones with a round end fitting into a cup that advises the president on military matters a ball-and-socket Joint Chiefs of Staff
#6477, aired 2012-11-13A 4 "O" AVERAGE $1200: 12-letter disease causing the bones of older women to become abnormally fragile osteoporosis
#6470, aired 2012-11-02SCIENCE "C" STUFF $400: A basic component of bones, this metallic element is also used to make plaster, alloys & cement calcium
#6433, aired 2012-08-01MUSHROOMANIA $800: Though with no skull & cross-bones warning, toadstools have been defined as mushrooms that are this poisonous
#6414, aired 2012-07-05"O" MY $1600: The process by which bones are formed & people's ideas become inflexible is called this 12-letter word ossification
#6410, aired 2012-06-29SCIENCE $400: Individual bones called these make up the spinal column vertebrae
#6395, aired 2012-06-08A BARE BONES CATEGORY $200: The hip bones are part of the pelvic this, also the name of an undergarment girdle
#6395, aired 2012-06-08A BARE BONES CATEGORY $400: In humans the top 7 pairs of these are attached to the backbone & the breastbone the ribs
#6395, aired 2012-06-08A BARE BONES CATEGORY $600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew points to bones in a skeleton.) The uniquely evolved bones of this down-under denizen allow it to achieve its distinctive locomotion a kangaroo
#6395, aired 2012-06-08A BARE BONES CATEGORY $800: This larger bone of the forearm is the most commonly broken arm bone radius
#6395, aired 2012-06-08A BARE BONES CATEGORY $1000: Only about a tenth of an inch long, the stirrup in this body part fits into an opening of the bony labyrinth the ear
#6383, aired 2012-05-23WHAT THE X-RAY SHOWS $1600: (Kelly of the Clue Crew displays an X-ray on the monitor.) In the X-ray, the little finger is clearly this, meaning the two bones here have become separated from the joint dislocated
#6350, aired 2012-04-06MNEMONICS $1600: The bones of the cranium go "Old people from Texas eat spiders", with O short for this occipital
#6349, aired 2012-04-05MURDER, SHE WROTE $1600: "Flash and Bones" (featuring Temperance Brennan) (2011) Kathy Reichs
#6331, aired 2012-03-12FBI TV $1600: A forensic anthropologist teams up with FBI agent Seeley Booth to solve crimes on this Fox drama Bones
#6322, aired 2012-02-28BODY WORKS $800: You've gone meta: you've got metacarpals & these other bones, too metatarsals
#6310, aired 2012-02-10POTPOURRI $600: Snakes have no arms or legs but can have 600 of these bones in their flexible spines vertebrae
#6304, aired 2012-02-02THE SOPHOMORE JINX $1200: This novelist made less of an impact with "The Almost Moon" than with "The Lovely Bones" Alice Sebold
#6287, aired 2012-01-10IT MIGHT SURPRISE YOU $1,200 (Daily Double): It's not one large bone below the waist, it's five bones: the coccyx, the ilium, the ischium, the pubis & the sacrum the pelvis
#6276, aired 2011-12-26BOOKS' FIRST LINES $2000: A 2002 novel: "My name is Salmon, like the fish; first name, Susie, I was 14 when I was murdered on December 6, 1973" The Lovely Bones
#6216, aired 2011-10-03THE HUMAN BODY $200: 8 bones form this portion of the skull, also called the braincase the cranium
#6204, aired 2011-07-28BONING UP $800: This fatty substance inside the bones is a major site of blood cell production the marrow
#6204, aired 2011-07-28BONING UP $2000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows an anatomical animation on the monitor.) Most broken bones in children are this type of fracture with a colorful name, in which the break cuts only partway through the bone a greenstick
#6198, aired 2011-07-20THE STYLE OF ELEMENTS $5,400 (Daily Double): Make no bones about it, it's the fifth most abundant element in both the earth's crust & the human body calcium
#6176, aired 2011-06-20WHEN THINGS GO WRONG $2000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows an anatomical illustration on the monitor.) Often the result of throwing a punch without keeping the wrist straight, a boxer's fracture is usually a break in the fifth of these hand bones the metacarpals
#6171, aired 2011-06-13THAT'S LIFE SCIENCE $5,000 (Daily Double): (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a bird on the monitor.) A bird's wing is composed of bones similar to our arm; & like us, birds have two bones between their elbow & wrist with these names the ulna & the radius
#6162, aired 2011-05-31THE HUMAN BODY $800: Allowing for almost no movement between 2 bones, a suture is a joint only found here the skull
#6145, aired 2011-05-06BONE UP FOR THE TEST $600: Finger tendons run through a "tunnel" almost completely surrounded by these bones of the same name the carpal
#6145, aired 2011-05-06BONE UP FOR THE TEST $800: "U" know it's the inner of 2 bones in the forearm when viewed with the palm facing forward the ulna
#6124, aired 2011-04-07THAT'S GOTTA HURT! $400: A 747 running over the 26 bones, including 14 phalanges, in this body part the foot
#6122, aired 2011-04-05A STACK OF KNOWLEDGE $1000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows some anatomical diagrams on the monitor.) Despite the vast difference in their heights, a human & a giraffe both have 7 of these bones in the neck, stacked one on top of the other vertebra
#6120, aired 2011-04-01BIBLICAL WHO SAID IT? $400: "This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh" Adam
#6110, aired 2011-03-18TAKE YOUR VITAMINS $1200: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows an anatomical diagram on a monitor.) A severe vitamin D deficiency, especially in children, can cause this disease in which the bones soften & bend rickets
#6104, aired 2011-03-10MOVIE BY SONG LYRICS $600: "I gave my love a chicken, that had no bones, I gave my love a story, that had no end, I gave..." (Bluto smashes guitar) Animal House
#6103, aired 2011-03-09YAD VASHEM $2000: (Alex walks through the Valley of the Communities at Yad Vashem.) The Valley of the Communities is a labyrinth of great walls with the names of over 5,000 communities, most of which no longer exist; now the architects were inspired by this biblical prophet's vision of the Valley of the Dry Bones Ezekiel
#6078, aired 2011-02-02BONES $200: The parathyroid glands regulate this element essential to bone health calcium
#6078, aired 2011-02-02BONES $400: One basic & one more serious, they're the 2 main types of bone fracture simple & compound
#6078, aired 2011-02-02BONES $600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows an anatomical rendering on the monitor.) In the second year of life, two bones fuse to form this lower jawbone, & the chin starts to develop at the fusion point the mandible
#6078, aired 2011-02-02BONES $800: Infection-fighting white blood cells called neutrophils are produced in this part of the bone the marrow
#6078, aired 2011-02-02BONES $1,000 (Daily Double): This forearm bone takes its name from the Latin for "elbow" the ulna
#6063, aired 2011-01-12CALCIUM-RICH FOODS $800: These fish named for an island in the Mediterranean are high in calcium --if you eat their tiny bones sardines
#6062, aired 2011-01-11BODY COUNT $2000: Number of bones in the average adult human body plus zero 206
#6060, aired 2011-01-07TV TITLE REFERENCES $1600: On Bones, Dr. Temperance Brennan has the title of forensic this, and is able to read clues left behind in bones anthropologist
#6043, aired 2010-12-15ART $600: Her dominant motifs, the animal bones & landscape of the Southwest, are seen here Georgia O'Keeffe
#6038, aired 2010-12-08CHINESE CINEMA $400: This Chinese action star of films like "Drunken Master" & "Rumble in the Bronx" has broken a number of bones doing stunts Jackie Chan
#6022, aired 2010-11-16ARCHAEOLOGY $800: Also a Keanu sci fi movie, it's the layers of rock surrounding fossilized bones a matrix
#6012, aired 2010-11-02BONES HUMANA $400: There are 12 pairs of these bones in the body ribs
#6012, aired 2010-11-02BONES HUMANA $800: The palatine bone forms the roof of the mouth & the floor of this the nasal cavity
#6012, aired 2010-11-02BONES HUMANA $1200: Frontal, parietal & temporal bones are all found here the skull
#6012, aired 2010-11-02BONES HUMANA $1600: In reference to the hands & feet, this 4-letter prefix is found before carpal & tarsal meta-
#6012, aired 2010-11-02BONES HUMANA $2000: The foot contains wedge-shaped bones that share a name with this ancient Middle Eastern writing system cuneiform
#5984, aired 2010-09-23MODERN FICTION $1000: Murdered by her neighbor, Susie Salmon tells her story from heaven in this Alice Sebold bestseller The Lovely Bones
#5960, aired 2010-07-09HUMAN BODY NUMBERS $600: Of 106, 206 or 506, the approximate number of bones in the human body 206
#5955, aired 2010-07-02DOMINOES $2,000 (Daily Double): Domino pieces are sometimes called these because they were originally made of ivory bones
#5940, aired 2010-06-11COOKING VERBS $600: From the French, it means to remove bones, especially the backbones, from fish filet
#5934, aired 2010-06-03IN THE FRENCH PANTRY $600: For our pizza, we'll need a can of les anchois, these; don't worry about the little bones, they're edible anchovies
#5897, aired 2010-04-13NATURE $600: Despite its length, the neck of the giraffe has only 7 of these bones, but they are elongated vertebrae
#5889, aired 2010-04-01WHO PLAYED 'EM ON TV? $800: Starfleet medical officer Leonard "Bones" McCoy DeForest Kelley
#5887, aired 2010-03-30I AM A BAD, BAD SURGEON $800: The human this has 26 bones, including 7 tarsals; as your doctor, should I admit I just learned that today? foot
#5879, aired 2010-03-18UTENSILS $600: A butcher's knife heavy enough to break bones, or last name of Black Panther Eldridge a cleaver
#5867, aired 2010-03-02HEY THERE, MUSCLES $200: Too many 6-packs will kill your 6-pack of these sheetlike muscles attached to the ribs above & the pelvic bones below the abs
#5849, aired 2010-02-04FACTS & FINGERS $2000: All primates have 2 of these bones in each thumb & 3 in each other finger phalanges
#5837, aired 2010-01-19YES, DEER $200: Deers are the only animals with bones called these; in most species, only the males have them antlers
#5826, aired 2010-01-04TV's SUPPORTING CASTS $1000: T.J. Thyne as Dr. Jack Hodgins, an expert on insects, spores & minerals at the Jeffersonian Institute Bones
#5797, aired 2009-11-24THE NEW YORK TIMES 2009 FICTION BESTSELLERS $400: Temperance Brennan is accused of mishandling an autopsy in Kathy Reichs' "206" these body parts Bones
#5784, aired 2009-11-05FINISH THE OLD TESTAMENT QUOTE $1600: Genesis: "Bone of my bones, and...." flesh of my flesh
#5783, aired 2009-11-04TV SHOWS IN OTHER WORDS $1600: "Femurs & Clavicles " Bones
#5780, aired 2009-10-30TURN ON $400: Turn on Fox to see David Boreanaz & Emily Deschanel solve crimes on this series Bones
#5779, aired 2009-10-29CLASSICAL MUSIC $600 (Daily Double): Halloween concerts often include this, Opus 40 by Saint-Saens, with a xylophone imitating rattling bones the Danse macabre
#5759, aired 2009-10-01ODE TO BILLY JOEL $1000: This album won a Grammy / & made you some real bones / Its title's a reminder / Some folks should not throw stones Glass Houses
#5740, aired 2009-07-17STORY TIME $800: "One False Note" & "The Maze of Bones" are part of a book series with this number of "Clues" in its title 39
#5734, aired 2009-07-09YOU: THE OWNER'S MANUAL $400: (Dr. Oz presents the clue.) Bones regenerate themselves every seven years, but after age 35, your bones grow slower & become less dense, which can lead to this condition, a thinning of bones osteoporosis
#5733, aired 2009-07-08THE FROG ROLLS IN $1,200 (Daily Double): (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a radiograph of a frog on the monitor.) A frog's hind legs have a humanlike femur, but unlike humans, their single shin bone is these two bones fused together the tibia & the fibula
#5731, aired 2009-07-06DOCTOR, NO $1000: ...parietal bones aren't in the leg, they're at the top of this 5-letter bony structure; you did finish med school, right? the skull
#5690, aired 2009-05-08ANATOMY $800: The human body has 3 types of these: skeletal, smooth & cardiac, a combination of skeletal & smooth muscles
#5690, aired 2009-05-08ANATOMY $1200: The talus fits between the ends of these 2 bones forming the ankle joint the tibia & fibula
#5680, aired 2009-04-24WAKING THE BABY MAMMOTH $1200: (Paleontologist Dan Fisher delivers the clue) It's fortunate that Lyuba's body retained at least some of her hair; recent research shows that woolly mammoth's wool can be a better source than bones for sequencing this DNA
#5674, aired 2009-04-16BODY ENGLISH $800: In games slang, dominoes & dice are known as these bones
#5656, aired 2009-03-23WOMEN AUTHORS $2000: Clip the "tag" off a German building & you've got this creator of forensic sleuth Tempe Brennan of "Devil Bones" (Kathy) Reichs
#5622, aired 2009-02-03ANATOMY $600: Each wrist has 8 of these bones, also the name of a tunnel in the wrist the carpals
#5615, aired 2009-01-23MEDICINAL PLANTS $800: Comfrey helps bruises & sprains & even helps these knit together bones
#5611, aired 2009-01-19BASKETMAKING $800: These pieces used to weave a basket share their name with a device that keeps broken bones in place splints
#5591, aired 2008-12-22AHH, LIVER! $800: These bands of tissue support the liver; others of the same name hold the knee bones together ligaments
#5585, aired 2008-12-12HEALTH MATTERS $600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows an anatomical diagram on the monitor.) As a result of a sudden force, like a twisting motion, a sprain can be a mild to a severe injury to these bands that connect bones ligaments
#5582, aired 2008-12-09FROM THE NECK UP $1600: This membrane transmits vibrations to little bones called auditory ossicles the eardrum
#5570, aired 2008-11-21POETS & POETRY $1600: Poet who wrote, "I think we are in Rats' Alley where the dead men lost their bones" (sure sounds like a "Waste Land") (T.S.) Eliot
#5564, aired 2008-11-13AN HOUR OF TV $2000: Zooey's sister, this actress is the lovely "Bones" Emily Deschanel
#5563, aired 2008-11-12WHEN YOU GO TO COLLEGE $800: Mayhap you'll join a secret society like Skull & Bones, which has its own "tomb" at this university in New Haven Yale
#5562, aired 2008-11-11BODY WORKS $2000: The plantar fascia is a thick band of tissue that keeps the bones of this body part in place feet
#5545, aired 2008-10-17SKULL $1000: (Jon of the Clue Crew points to an anatomical diagram on the monitor.) Allowing molding of the head during birth, soft spots on a baby's skull, also known as these, are surrounded by bones that fuse & harden by 18 months fontanels
#5534, aired 2008-10-02MEDICAL MATTERS $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew indicates a pair of bones on the monitor.) There are many types of bone fractures; here, the oblique fracture is closed with a diagonal break, while this type, an open fracture, breaks through the skin a compound fracture
#5519, aired 2008-09-11ANATOMY $2000: A large forehead doesn't indicate smartness; it indicates a large one of these bones that form the forehead the frontal bone
#5518, aired 2008-09-10FREAKS AND GEEKS ALUMS $1200: In 2003 Linda Cardellini (Lindsay) checked into County on this show as Nurse Samantha Taggart ER
#5482, aired 2008-06-10BIOLOGY $1200: Call a cop! You're born with 300 of these, but by the time you grow up you only have 206 bones
#5471, aired 2008-05-26THE BODY HUMAN $400: Bones range in size from the stapes in your ear to this thighbone the femur
#5466, aired 2008-05-19THE ELEMENTS $400: Nearly all of this element in the body is found in the bones & teeth calcium
#5462, aired 2008-05-13DR. DREW $400: (Dr. Drew Pinsky reports.) Drinking sodas may decrease the density of these, as calcium is drawn from them to balance the overall ratio with phosphorus bones
#5450, aired 2008-04-25CAT SKILLS $1600: Cats have more of these dorsal bones than humans; in between them are discs of pliable fibrocartilage vertebrae
#5439, aired 2008-04-10HEALTH MATTERS $2000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew delivers the clue in front of a large monitor.) Within moments of a fracture, the bone begins to knit by creating a callus, which is a tough meshwork of this protein found in skin & bones; eventually the callus is replaced by bone collagen
#5431, aired 2008-03-31MEDICAL TALK $200: This term refers to the painful inflammation of any of the fibrous structures that connect muscles to bones tendinitis
#5423, aired 2008-03-19ON "ICE" $600: In slang, they're referred to as "bones" dice
#5422, aired 2008-03-18THE LOVELY BONES $400: The lacrimal bones contain sacs that collect excess these from the surface of the eyes tears
#5422, aired 2008-03-18THE LOVELY BONES $800: These bones are classified as true, false, & floating ribs
#5422, aired 2008-03-18THE LOVELY BONES $1200: The stapes, the smallest bone in the human body, is found in this organ the ear
#5422, aired 2008-03-18THE LOVELY BONES $1600: (Jon of the Clue Crew points to a model of a human skeleton.) The spinal column ends with this bone, named because it's said to resemble a certain bird's beak the coccyx
#5422, aired 2008-03-18THE LOVELY BONES $2000: This long slender bone is parallel and lateral to the tibia the fibula
#5421, aired 2008-03-17THE COURAGE TO "B" $800: An adult human is supported by 206 of them bones
#5407, aired 2008-02-26ANIMAL FARM $1600: No "laughing" matter, in Africa a dozen of these can reduce a 500-pound zebra to bones in 30 minutes hyena
#5381, aired 2008-01-21DEATH $1600: According to the Antyesti rites of this religion, water & milk are set out, & the bones may be immersed in a river the Hindu religion
#5375, aired 2008-01-11STATE THE GOVERNOR $800: In 2007 this state's Jon Corzine broke several bones in a car crash--he wasn't buckled in New Jersey
#5350, aired 2007-12-07"T" TIME $1200: It's a sustained pull applied mechanically to correct fractured or dislocated bones traction
#5347, aired 2007-12-04CHANTED $200: In a children's playground chant, they're the 2 things that will "break my bones, but names will never hurt me" sticks & stones
#5344, aired 2007-11-29"CON" GAME $800: Clear soup made from boiling meat or bones consommé
#5326, aired 2007-11-05ANATOMY $1200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew plays with a skeleton.) The bones of the shoulder--the clavicle, the scapula & the humerus--form this type of joint, which is more susceptible to injury because it moves in multiple directions a ball and socket
#5324, aired 2007-11-01DOCTORIN' $800: The pelvic bones are where doctors get this stuff they transplant into cancer patients bone marrow
#5321, aired 2007-10-29TV MDs $1000: We dig forensic anthropologist Dr. Temperance Brennan on this Fox drama Bones
#5284, aired 2007-07-26ANATOMY & MEDICINE $1600: These 5 bones make up the palm of the hand metacarpals
#5251, aired 2007-06-11THE LIFE OF THE SEA $1200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Institute of Marine Sciences at UC Santa Cruz.) The bones of the blue whale's flipper compare to those of the human hand: ulna, carpals, & these, like your finger bones the phalanges
#5249, aired 2007-06-07ANATOMY $2000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reads in front of a skeleton) It's the medical name for these two bones, from the Latin for "key"; in birds, they fuse to form a wishbone clavicle
#5235, aired 2007-05-18ON THE HEAD $200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew shows a skull on the monitor and holds a model skull.) Skull bones are joined together by seams of connective tissue called these, also an operating room term a suture
#5235, aired 2007-05-18ON THE HEAD $600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew holds a model skull.) 8 of the numerous bones in the skull fuse as you age to form this enclosure of the brain the cranium
#5230, aired 2007-05-11WORD ORIGINS $200: The name of these bones that form the spinal column comes partly from a word meaning "to turn" vertebrae
#5174, aired 2007-02-22THE HUMAN ELEMENT $400: The most abundant metal in your body is this one that builds bones calcium
#5118, aired 2006-12-06DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES $800: A DEXA scan measures bone density to screen for this disorder in which bones become porous & brittle osteoporosis
#5114, aired 2006-11-30ANIMALS $1200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the shark tank.) Unlike most other fish, sharks don't have bones; their skeleton is made up of this tough, flexible tissue. cartilage
#5080, aired 2006-10-13DEM BONES $400: In a 6-foot-tall person, this bone, the body's longest, is about 20 inches the femur
#5080, aired 2006-10-13DEM BONES $800: It's the longer of the 2 bones of the forearm the ulna
#5080, aired 2006-10-13DEM BONES $1200: If I had a malleus, & I do, in my middle ear, I'd call it this, because of its shape the hammer
#5080, aired 2006-10-13DEM BONES $1600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew stands next to a skeleton & reads the clue.) The heart & lungs are protected by the thoracic cage, which is made up of 12 vertabrae in the back, the ribs & this breastbone the sternum
#5080, aired 2006-10-13DEM BONES $2000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew educates us, standing next to the skeleton this time.) Collectively, the bones in your digits, in both your fingers & your toes, are called these phalanges
#5075, aired 2006-10-06WORD UP! $1200: It's one of the bones of the forearm, or a line from the center of a circle to the circumference the radius
#5046, aired 2006-07-17INVENTORS & INVENTIONS $2,400 (Daily Double): This device was first developed by Zenith in 1950 under the name "Lazy Bones" a (TV) remote control
#5036, aired 2006-07-03LITERARY CHARACTERS $400: Brom Bones freaks this man out by telling him the tale of the headless horseman Ichabod Crane
#5018, aired 2006-06-07PETS $1000: To metabolize calcium & have strong bones, iguanas need this type of radiation, provided by a special light ultraviolet
#5010, aired 2006-05-26THE HUMAN BODY $2000: The name of these bones comes from words meaning "behind the ankle" metatarsi
#4987, aired 2006-04-25THE BODY WOMAN $1600: Location of the zygomatic bones; fashion models may have prominent ones cheekbones
#4985, aired 2006-04-21A BUG'S LIFE $1000: Used by scientists to clean flesh off bones being prepared for research, dermestids are a type of this insect a beetle
#4977, aired 2006-04-11"BO" KNOWS $200: Examples include the scaphoid & the scapula bones
#4970, aired 2006-03-31SLOTH $600: Most mammals have 7 of these neck bones; 3-toed sloths have 8 or 9 & can rotate their heads 270 degrees (cervical) vertebrae
#4956, aired 2006-03-13SCIENCE $800: The name of this disorder in which the bones become porous comes from the Greek for "bone" & "passage" osteoporosis
#4946, aired 2006-02-27WAITER! $600: To heat up my chilly bones, bring out a large bottle of this warmed & fermented rice drink from Japan sake
#4945, aired 2006-02-24ALL YOU NEED IS "LAV" $1200: Either of 2 slender bones, each articulating with the sternum & scapula the clavicles
#4899, aired 2005-12-22NATURAL BIOLOGY $1000: This material, such as your stapes, is formed by ossification bones
#4888, aired 2005-12-07"F" IN ANATOMY $2000: It's the term for the "soft spot" on the surface of a newborn's head where the skull bones haven't fused yet the fontanel
#4887, aired 2005-12-06CONTEMPORARY NOVELISTS $400: This New Englander wrote "Bag of Bones", about a sufferer from writer's block--how would he know? Stephen King
#4848, aired 2005-10-12OLD TESTAMENT HEROES $200: This man said, "This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called woman" Adam
#4847, aired 2005-10-11THE HUMAN BODY $400: Of 103, 206 or 412, the total number of bones in the adult body 206
#4819, aired 2005-07-14ANATOMICALLY CORRECT $1200: The axis is the second one of these bones; it serves as a pivot for the atlas, the topmost one your vertebrae
#4797, aired 2005-06-14ODDPODGE $800: Once called "Pile o' Bones", this city with a population near 200,000 is the capital of Saskatchewan province Regina
#4796, aired 2005-06-13THEN WE CAN DIG IT $200: The neolithic folk of Catal Huyuk, Turkey exposed their dead to the vultures, then put these remains under their beds their bones
#4781, aired 2005-05-23EGGHEADS $1000: In this screwball comedy, stuffy paleontologist Cary Grant had a few bones to pick with Katharine Hepburn Bringing Up Baby
#4774, aired 2005-05-12BACK WORDS $1600: This triangular bone lies directly above the coccyx & joins with the hip bones to form the rear of the pelvis the sacrum
#4765, aired 2005-04-29QUASI-RELATED PAIRS $2000: A light racing boat & Dr. McCoy of "Star Trek" scull & Bones
#4760, aired 2005-04-22SHOW ME THE MONEY SLANG $2000: Ossicles bones
#4744, aired 2005-03-31"JOY" DIVISION $400: "Your mother is in your bones" was the New York Times' headline for its review of this novel The Joy Luck Club
#4730, aired 2005-03-11THAT'S MY ALBUM $400: "Hearts and Bones", "Graceland" Paul Simon
#4725, aired 2005-03-04____ & ____ $200: If you've lost weight, Mom might say you're nothing but these 2 anatomical items skin & bones
#4721, aired 2005-02-28BODY WORLDS $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew points to a set of tiny bones in the Body Worlds exhibit at the California ScienCenter.) The smallest bones of the body, the hammer, stirrup & anvil, are found in this part of the ear the middle ear
#4721, aired 2005-02-28BODY WORLDS $2000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew stands by a plastinated human skeleton.) In 1543 this pioneering Flemish anatomist pointed out that bones support the body & protect organs from injury Vesalius
#4692, aired 2005-01-18ANATOMY & MEDICINE $1,000 (Daily Double): These bones in the foot correspond to the carpal & metacarpal bones in the hand the tarsals and the metatarsals
#4683, aired 2005-01-05THEY FOUND MORE THAN ONE ELEMENT $400: Make no bones about it, Sir Humphry Davy discovered calcium, Ca, Sodium, Na, & this, K Potassium
#4681, aired 2005-01-03IT'S NOT CATCHING $1000: It's the inflammation of a fluid-filled sac that cushions the bones & tendons in a joint bursitis
#4672, aired 2004-12-21A REALLY LONG TIME AGO $1200: This early ancestor of European man was named for the French cave site where the bones were first found Cro-Magnon man
#4665, aired 2004-12-102 CAN PLAY THAT GAME $1000: In the regular block & draw version of this game, the 2 players begin by drawing 7 bones each dominoes
#4655, aired 2004-11-26I'M NOT A DOCTOR, BUT I PLAY ONE ON TV $800: Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy DeForest Kelley
#4632, aired 2004-10-26AROUND THE BODY $1600: In the hand, these are in self-lubricating sheaths to protect them from friction against the bones tendons
#4617, aired 2004-10-05WORD ORIGINS $600: Make no bones about it, it's from a Greek expression for "dried-up body" skeleton
#4590, aired 2004-07-16THE ANATOMY OF EVEL $400: They may be the strongest & longest bones in the body but Evel snapped both of 'em in the famous leap at Caesars the femur
#4590, aired 2004-07-16THE ANATOMY OF EVEL $800: Evel says he's broken 35 bones, including this, the slender bone that forms the anterior part of the shoulder the clavicle
#4581, aired 2004-07-05THE GOD SQUAD $400: With his exposed bones & skull-like head, Ah Puch is unmistakable as the Mayan god of this death
#4557, aired 2004-06-01THE REGINA MONOLOGUES $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1882 the city then known as "Pile O' Bones" was renamed Regina in this person's honor Queen Victoria
#4513, aired 2004-03-31RELIGION $600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the front of the Temple de la Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, Spain) The facade named this, the word for Jesus' suffering & death, has sober design elements like columns that look like bones the Passion Facade
#4509, aired 2004-03-25WHAT A BODY! $800: 3 cuneiform bones along with the metatarsals help form each of these foot parts that may leave you flat the arches
#4507, aired 2004-03-23RAY $1200: Like a shark, a ray doesn't have bones; it has a skeleton made out of this cartilage
#4477, aired 2004-02-10THE BODY HUMAN $1000: Use your head & tell us it's the part of the skull, made up of 8 bones, that encloses the brain the cranium
#4440, aired 2003-12-19CHINA $1,000 (Daily Double): A high-quality type of china is made from these parts of animals, reduced to ash bones
#4414, aired 2003-11-13STAR TREK: THE ORIGINAL SERIES $800: Role played by the actor seen here on the original series Bones (Dr. Leonard McCoy)
#4402, aired 2003-10-28DEM BONES $200: The largest & strongest of these bones that make up the spine are labeled L1 to L5 vertebrae
#4402, aired 2003-10-28DEM BONES $400: Its name is from the Latin for "upper arm"; what could be funnier? the humerus
#4402, aired 2003-10-28DEM BONES $600: You have 2 of these long, slender, curved bones -- one to support each shoulder the clavicle
#4402, aired 2003-10-28DEM BONES $800: Your knee is the joint where these 2 bones meet the patella the femur & the tibia
#4402, aired 2003-10-28DEM BONES $1000: It's the medical term for the shoulder blade the scapula
#4400, aired 2003-10-24WOMEN'S HEALTH $1000: Osteoporosis weakens bones; this, which starts with the same 5 letters, destroys cartilage in joints osteoarthritis
#4399, aired 2003-10-23FINISH YOUR MAIN COURSE $600: Finish your "carp": the group of bones forming the wrist joint carpals
#4378, aired 2003-09-24THE BODY HUMAN $800: The lower leg consists of 2 bones: the tibia & this slightly smaller one fibula
#4338, aired 2003-06-11PET PEEVES $400: My dog Rover says not to boil the knuckle type of these before giving them to him--it may cause splintering bones
#4338, aired 2003-06-11DEM BONES $400: Parts of these bones form a "cage" that protects the heart & lungs ribs
#4338, aired 2003-06-11DEM BONES $800: A sharp blow or even a fall can cause this bone, also called the kneecap, to become dislocated patella
#4338, aired 2003-06-11DEM BONES $1200: This longest bone in your body accounts for about a quarter of your height femur (thighbone)
#4338, aired 2003-06-11DEM BONES $1600: They're the more descriptive names for the tiny malleus, incus & stapes bones of the ear hammer, anvil & stirrup
#4338, aired 2003-06-11DEM BONES $2000: St. Paul's birthplace, or the collective name for the bones of the ankle Tarsus
#4328, aired 2003-05-28WHAT THE "L"? $1200: When you sprain your ankle, you tear or twist these tissues that connect the leg & foot bones ligaments
#4313, aired 2003-05-07BESTSELLERS $400: This novel by Alice Sebold is narrated by a 14-year-old girl looking down from heaven after her murder "The Lovely Bones"
#4280, aired 2003-03-21NOT SO "E"ASY $1000: This Old Testament prophet had a famous vision of dry bones Ezekiel
#4268, aired 2003-03-05CELEBRITY RHYME TIME $800: Sharon's femurs & ulnas Stone's bones
#4253, aired 2003-02-12I'M A SPINELESS JELLYFISH $200: Being spineless, jellyfish are members of this "no bones about 'em" animal group invertebrates
#4250, aired 2003-02-07SAME FIRST & LAST LETTER $600: A 2-word term for a type of group; ours is discussing "The Lovely Bones" next Tuesday book club
#4244, aired 2003-01-30TOE-KNEE $2000: It's the inner & larger of the 2 main bones between the knee & the ankle tibia
#4243, aired 2003-01-29A LITERARY TOUR $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew) "Cursed be he that moves my bones" is a chilling last line of the inscription over this man's grave William Shakespeare
#4241, aired 2003-01-27"C" CREATURES $800: The jaws of this reptile are strong enough to crush bones, but so weak that they can be held shut by hand crocodile
#4209, aired 2002-12-12THE HUMAN BODY $200: Also called an articulation, it's the place where 2 or more bones meet joint
#4209, aired 2002-12-12THE HUMAN BODY $400: Of its 22 bones, 8 form the cranium skull
#4209, aired 2002-12-12THE HUMAN BODY $600: Of 13, 14 or 15, the total number of phalanges, or toe bones, in each human foot 14
#4199, aired 2002-11-28DEM BONES $400: The name of this bone to which the ribs attach is from the Greek for "breastbone" sternum
#4199, aired 2002-11-28DEM BONES $800: This joint consists of 8 carpal bones arranged in 2 rows of 4 the wrist
#4199, aired 2002-11-28DEM BONES $1200: The biceps and triceps muscles surround this bone humerus
#4199, aired 2002-11-28DEM BONES $1600: Its 3 parts are the ilium, ischium & pubis the hip bone
#4199, aired 2002-11-28DEM BONES $2000: The mandible is the lower jaw; this is the upper jaw maxilla
#4186, aired 2002-11-11HUMAN BODY OF KNOWLEDGE $1600: The metatarsal bones are in the foot; these 5 bones lie between the wrist & the fingers metacarpals
#4171, aired 2002-10-21UNBREAKABLE $400: This X-Man seen here has bones & claws made from unbreakable adamantium Wolverine
#4163, aired 2002-10-09YOU'RE SCARING ME $400: A literary character named Brom Bones may have been the one who scared this schoolmaster out of town Ichabod Crane
#4151, aired 2002-09-23BODY PARTS $2,000 (Daily Double): 12 of these 33 bones are thoracic vertebrae
#4146, aired 2002-09-16ELEMENT-ARY SCHOOL $800: This element is essential for the clotting of blood, as well as healthy teeth & bones calcium
#4139, aired 2002-09-05SPORTS BEATING TERMS $200: This synonym for "interred" is what the Dogs did to the Bones, 119-30 buried
#4138, aired 2002-09-04ANATOMY $1200: They're the 2 bones of the forearm the radius & the ulna
#4127, aired 2002-07-09THE OLYMPICS $600: A special event at the 1928 & 1948 Winter Games, this bare-bones sled slid back to the Games in 2002 the skeleton
#4113, aired 2002-06-19SPINAL TAP $800: The true ones of these bones attach to the breastbone in the front and the spine in the rear ribs
#4113, aired 2002-06-19SPINAL TAP $1200: It's the term for just one of the bones in your spinal column a vertebra
#4102, aired 2002-06-04LET'S GET PHYSICAL! $2000: It's the -ology that studies the structure, function & diseases of the bones osteology
#4101, aired 2002-06-03THE ELEMENTS $200: Nearly all of this element in the body is found in the bones & teeth calcium
#4056, aired 2002-04-01I HURT MY FOOT $800: The tarsal bones form the ankle; these 5 bones prone to stress fracture form the instep the metatarsals
#4043, aired 2002-03-13BITS OF THE BODY $800: For kids, lack of vitamin D or UV radiation from sunlight may cause rickets, in which these don't harden right bones
#4021, aired 2002-02-11TV REUNION MOVIE PLOTS $800: Adult Bop & BJ fight to stop the Field Museum from digging up & displaying the bones of their former boss Barney
#3994, aired 2002-01-03CORPORAL PUNISHMENT $400: This instrument of torture, a wooden frame with moveable bars, stretches the body until the bones separate a rack
#3990, aired 2001-12-28BODY BASICS $1,000 (Daily Double): The middle part of this organ contains 3 tiny bones called the hammer, anvil & stirrup ear
#3959, aired 2001-11-15MAMMALS $500 (Daily Double): (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the San Diego zoo.) Despite the length of the giraffe's neck, it contains only seven of these bones, same as humans vertebrae
#3953, aired 2001-11-07ANATOMY CLASS $400: All of your blood cells are produced in this soft substance that fills the bones marrow
#3953, aired 2001-11-07ANATOMY CLASS $600: A tib-fib fracture is one of these 2 bones tibia & fibula
#3857, aired 2001-05-15YALE $800: Generations of the Bush family have belonged to this society called Bones for short Skull and Bones
#3850, aired 2001-05-04ANATOMY CLASS $600: As a child you have 33 of these bones that make up the spine; later some fuse together vertebrae
#3849, aired 2001-05-03AMERICAN LITERATURE $800: Brom Bones tells the story of the Headless Horseman in "The Legend of" this place Sleepy Hollow
#3830, aired 2001-04-06DEM BONES $200: You can toss a ball with a flick of this because the carpal bones articulate with the radius & ulna Wrist
#3830, aired 2001-04-06DEM BONES $400: A bone called the vomer makes up much of this dividing wall in your nose Septum
#3830, aired 2001-04-06DEM BONES $600: From the Latin for "to chew", it's the technical name for the bone seen here Mandible
#3830, aired 2001-04-06DEM BONES $800: Moving up the spine, you have 5 lumbar vertebrae, 12 thoracic vertebrae & 7 of these in the neck Cervical vertebrae
#3830, aired 2001-04-06DEM BONES $1000: Medical term for the growth & renewal of bone; more generally, it means becoming hardened & unchanging Ossifying/ossification
#3824, aired 2001-03-29BELOW THE WAIST $800: You can call this pair of leg bones the pin & pipe; that's what their names mean Tibia & fibula
#3823, aired 2001-03-28THE BODY HUMAN $100: Of 106, 206 or 306, the number of bones an average adult has 206
#3815, aired 2001-03-16NUTRITION $1000: An ounce of cheddar cheese has 200 milligrams of this, crucial to healthy bones calcium
#3793, aired 2001-02-14AFTER "ALL" $200: This reptile's jaws can crack cattle bones Alligator
#3770, aired 2001-01-12MILITARY MATTERS $1000: Originally a hospital for injured soldiers, it's the Paris "Hotel" where you'll find Napoleon's bones Hotel des Invalides
#3652, aired 2000-06-20SOURCES OF CALCIUM $200: The calcium you get from eating sardines is coming from these parts Bones
#3652, aired 2000-06-20MOVIE DEBUTS $800: No bones about it: this "Star Trek" actor made his film debut in the 1947 thriller "Fear in the Night" DeForest Kelley
#3641, aired 2000-06-05FILE UNDER "D" $100: The "bones" in this game are pulled out of the "boneyard" Dominoes
#3641, aired 2000-06-05OH, MY ACHING BACK! $1000: Lower back pain may be caused by inflammation of this joint connecting the hip bones to the lower spine Sacroiliac joint
#3605, aired 2000-04-14FOOD PEOPLE $1000: This "cereal" actor played Bones Barboni in 1995's "Get Shorty" Dennis Farina
#3589, aired 2000-03-23THE BODY HUMAN $1000: Derived from Greek, it's the name of the bones that form your fingers & toes Phalanges
#3558, aired 2000-02-09MY BOD $600: A microdiskectomy fixes a damaged disk in this chain of 33 bones Spine
#3523, aired 1999-12-22BESTSELLERS $100: In 1998 this master of horror rattled our nerves with "Bag of Bones" Stephen King
#3505, aired 1999-11-26EARLY MAN $200: With wood scarce, early man in the Ukraine 15,000 years ago built huts out of this animal's giant bones & tusks Mammoth
#3500, aired 1999-11-19HAIL & FAREWELL: 1999 OBITS $300: Though his acting career began in 1947, DeForest Kelley was best known for playing this "Star Trek" doctor "Bones" McCoy
#3494, aired 1999-11-11BODY LANGUAGE $400: Composed of 8 bones, it's the largest part of the skull; it shields the brain cranium
#3469, aired 1999-10-07THE BODY HUMAN $3,000 (Daily Double): 2 of the 3 bones that meet at the shoulder joint (2 of) the clavicle, the humerus, & the scapula
#3448, aired 1999-09-08ELEMENT-ARY SCHOOL $1,000 (Daily Double): The fifth most abundant element in the Earth's crust, it helps build strong bones in your body Calcium
#3424, aired 1999-06-24BODY PARTS $500: The talus bone meets these 2 leg bones at the ankle joint Tibia & fibula
#3409, aired 1999-06-03GANGSTER'S DICTIONARY $300: Roll out these "bones", boys, so we can play some games of chance Dice
#3404, aired 1999-05-27CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $400: Ichabod Crane & Brom Bones are rivals for the affections of Katrina Van Tassel in this story "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"
#3401, aired 1999-05-24PREHISTORIC TIMES $600: As its name suggests, a pterodactyl's wings were supported by the bones in these fingers
#3390, aired 1999-05-07...AND WE LIKED IT! $100: Before the 1912 Cadillac, we risked broken bones turning these to start the car...& we liked it! Cranks
#3386, aired 1999-05-03SCIENCE & NATURE $600: Of teeth, bones or an esophagus, the one sharks don't have Bones
#3360, aired 1999-03-26FEET $400: The bones of these foot parts are called phalanges toes
#3357, aired 1999-03-23INTERNATIONAL CUISINE $300: This nutritious tissue found in bones can be made into balls that the Germans call markklosschen marrow
#3353, aired 1999-03-17BIOLOGY $400: Muscles may connect directly onto bones or connect to them by these Tendons
#3343, aired 1999-03-03CLASSIC STAR TREK $100: From the Old Germanic for "legs", it's Dr. McCoy's nickname "Bones"
#3341, aired 1999-03-01HUMAN ANATOMY 101 $200: The number of bones in each finger except the thumbs 3
#3334, aired 1999-02-18WEIRD NATURE $400: Call a cop! You're born with 300 of these, but by the time you grow up you only have 206 bones
#3325, aired 1999-02-05A COWBOY'S DICTIONARY $300: Due to the commonplace amputation of limbs, a doctor or surgeon was often called this tool nickname sawbones
#3316, aired 1999-01-25ENDS IN "TH" $1000: The book of Job says this large animal's "bones are like bars of iron" Behemoth
#3302, aired 1999-01-05CATCHPHRASES $400: TV character who said, "He's dead, Jim" & also "I'm a doctor, not a bricklayer!" Leonard "Bones" McCoy
#3282, aired 1998-12-08THE BODY HUMAN $500 (Daily Double): This joint consists of 8 carpal bones Wrist
#3279, aired 1998-12-03BODY LANGUAGE $200: To sense something intuitively is to "feel it in" these calcium storehouses Bones
#3271, aired 1998-11-23GIMME AN "F" $400: Broken, like some bones or cartoon "fairy tales" Fractured
#3234, aired 1998-10-01DINOSAUR LORE $200: In diplodocus, these individual back bones were hollow, keeping the animal's weight to 12 tons Vertebrae
#3222, aired 1998-09-15NURSERY RHYME HEADLINES $400: "Giant Threatens to Grind Englishman's Bones to Make" this his bread
#3217, aired 1998-09-08WELL, EXHUME ME! $300: Time asked in 1985 "Is this the Nazi doctor?" when bones dug up in South America were suspected to be his Josef Mengele
#3192, aired 1998-06-16THE ANIMAL KINGDOM $100: You can't call snakes spineless: they may have over 300 of these bones, compared to humans Vertebrae
#3123, aired 1998-03-11"D" $600: Needed for good teeth & bones, sunlight brings out the best of it in you Vitamin D
#3121, aired 1998-03-09FAMILIAR PHRASES $200: Children chant that these 2 things "Will break my bones but names will never hurt me" Sticks and stones
#3115, aired 1998-02-27CREATURES OF THE WILD $100: Although this mammal's neck may exceed 6 feet in length, it has only 7 bones--the same as humans a giraffe
#3095, aired 1998-01-30DINOSAUR $400: In 1922 the first of these to be discovered came from a mommy protoceratops dinosaur eggs
#3091, aired 1998-01-26NOTABLE AMERICANS $1000: In the 1940s she created her "Pelvis Series" paintings which feature blue sky seen through bovine bones Georgia O'Keeffe
#3086, aired 1998-01-19FOOD $100: Change one letter in the herb yarrow & you'll get this foodstuff found in bones Marrow
#3068, aired 1997-12-24TOYMAKERS $300: Ty's red heart logo on your "Bones the Dog" proves it's a genuine example of these stuffed animals Beanie Babies
#3042, aired 1997-11-18MOM'S A BAD COOK $1000: Mom shouldn't call the strips of flounder she cuts by this name; she rarely gets all the bones out filets/fillets
#3030, aired 1997-10-31BONES $100: Cavities in the skull called orbits house these organs the eye
#3030, aired 1997-10-31BONES $200: This liquid makes up about 20% of a bone's weight, as opposed to about 60% of the weight of the entire body water
#3030, aired 1997-10-31BONES $300: Also called the kneecap, it's an example of a sesamoid bone because it's encased in tendons the patella
#3030, aired 1997-10-31BONES $400: Osteoblasts, osteocytes & osteoclasts are types of these basic units that make up bones cells
#3030, aired 1997-10-31BONES $500: This long, flat bone is made up of 3 parts with the most ribs attached to the middle part the sternum
#2971, aired 1997-06-30SHAKESPEARE THE MAN $1000: Perhaps written by Shakespeare himself, it ends, "Curst be he that moves my bones" Epitaph
#2960, aired 1997-06-13BIOLOGY $200: These body cavities can contain blood or can be hollow, as in the bones around the nose sinuses
#2959, aired 1997-06-12THE BODY WOMAN $400: Shallower & wider than a man's to allow for childbirth, its bones are fused in a ring to give support pelvis
#2957, aired 1997-06-10ARCHAEOLOGY $200: Scientists prefer to find dinosaur eggs that are cracked because these remains may be preserved inside embryos
#2952, aired 1997-06-03"X", "Y", "Z" $400: In Saint-Saens' "Danse macabre", this instrument is made to sound like bones rattling xylophone
#2944, aired 1997-05-22NATURE $300: Instead of bones, a shark's skeleton is made up of this material Cartilage
#2938, aired 1997-05-14ANATOMY $400: They're any of the bones that form the spinal column Vertebrae
#2937, aired 1997-05-13GENERAL SCIENCE $200: Archaeologists measure the fluorine in these animal remains to determine their relative age Bones
#2905, aired 1997-03-28THE BODY HUMAN $200: The tarsus is the collective name for the 7 bones of this foot joint Ankle
#2897, aired 1997-03-18LITERATURE $600: In "The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow", Abraham Van Brunt, a rival of Ichabod Crane, is better known by this name Brom Bones
#2875, aired 1997-02-14THE BODY HUMAN $200: Most people have 12 pairs of these bones, all attached to the spine Ribs
#2875, aired 1997-02-14THE BODY HUMAN $600: It's the shorter of the 2 bones of the forearm, or a term used in geometry Radius
#2866, aired 1997-02-03NUTRITION $400: Broccoli has about the same amount of this mineral for healthy bones & teeth as milk calcium
#2845, aired 1997-01-03DEM JOINTS $800: This joint consists of 8 bones collectively known as the carpus the wrist
#2818, aired 1996-11-27ODDS & ENDS $1000: It's the smaller of the two bones in the lower leg the fibula
#2810, aired 1996-11-15BOOKS & AUTHORS $600: She leaves vampires behind for the tale of an ancient Babylonian spirit in "Servant of the Bones" Anne Rice
#2787, aired 1996-10-15WORD ORIGINS $200: The name of this Florida site is an alteration of the Spanish cayo huesa "island of bones" Key West
#2732, aired 1996-06-18THE HUMAN BODY $400: The Haversian canals are in your bones & the semicircular canals are in these organs ears
#2732, aired 1996-06-18THE HUMAN BODY $600 (Daily Double): The parietal bones make up the sides & top of this structure the skull
#2715, aired 1996-05-24AMERICAN ARTISTS $800: She painted "Red Hills and Bones" in 1941 & "Red Hills and Sky" in 1945 Georgia O'Keeffe
#2696, aired 1996-04-29FATS & FIGURES $200: Fats help your body absorb vitamin D, which makes this mineral available to bones & teeth calcium
#2660, aired 1996-03-08THE ELEMENTS $200: You'll find an abundance of this element in limestone & marble, & in your bones calcium
#2656, aired 1996-03-04SICKNESS & HEALTH $100: Osteoporosis most often affects the bones that make up this structure the spine
#2643, aired 1996-02-14NAMES $600: From Hebrew for "without glory", it's the first name of Brom Bones' rival in a Washington Irving story Ichabod
#2637, aired 1996-02-06SICKNESS & HEALTH $400: In spinal fusion 2 or more of these bones are joined vertebrae
#2635, aired 1996-02-02SPEAK OF THE DEVIL $400: These gaming items were called the devil's bones because they were made of bone & led to ruin Dice
#2596, aired 1995-12-11THE BODY HUMAN $300: Most of the 19 major muscles attached to these 2 forearm bones move the wrist & fingers the ulna & the radius
#2578, aired 1995-11-15SCIENCE $300: Boiling bones & hides converts the protein collagen to this foodstuff Gelatin
#2575, aired 1995-11-10THE HUMAN BODY $600: There are 2 bones that make up the jaw: the maxilla & this lower bone the mandible
#2568, aired 1995-11-01ANATOMY $200: These paired bones that protect the heart & lungs rise & fall as you breathe the ribs
#2568, aired 1995-11-01ANATOMY $400: Unlike the red, the yellow type of this substance that fills the bones is mostly fat marrow
#2539, aired 1995-09-21DINOSAURS $200: Elasmosaurus, whose neck was half the animal's length, had 76 of these neck bones vertebrae
#2526, aired 1995-09-04HEALTH & MEDICINE $400: During childhood the yellow form of this replaces the more active red type inside some of your bones bone marrow
#2520, aired 1995-07-14DEM BONES $200: The tympanic bone is located in this organ the ear
#2520, aired 1995-07-14DEM BONES $400: The Ilium, pubis & ischium make up this "girdle" the pelvic girdle
#2520, aired 1995-07-14DEM BONES $600: It runs down the center of the chest & your true ribs branch off of it the sternum
#2520, aired 1995-07-14DEM BONES $800: It runs from the elbow to the wrist on the side opposite the thumb the ulna
#2520, aired 1995-07-14DEM BONES $1000: Common name for the calcaneus, the quadrangular bone at the back of the tarsus the heel bone
#2516, aired 1995-07-10HEALTH & FITNESS $200: Chiropractors believe the misalignment of this series of bones is a major cause of health problems spine
#2490, aired 1995-06-02DEM BONES $100 (Daily Double): They're the 2 bones of the forearm the radius & the ulna
#2490, aired 1995-06-02DEM BONES $200: 12 pairs of these bones make up the sides of the thoracic cavity ribs
#2490, aired 1995-06-02DEM BONES $400: Adapted for childbearing, this bony structure is lighter & roomier in females than in males the pelvis
#2490, aired 1995-06-02DEM BONES $600: The 8 carpal bones that make up this joint include the lunate & the scaphoid the wrist
#2490, aired 1995-06-02DEM BONES $800: If you fracture your kneecap, you fracture this bone the patella
#2464, aired 1995-04-27HISTORY $600: The bones of this early man were discovered in Chou-K'ou-Tien in 1927 Peking Man
#2462, aired 1995-04-25ANATOMY $400 (Daily Double): The smallest muscle in the body is the stapedius, a threadlike part of this organ the ear
#2426, aired 1995-03-06SICKNESS & HEALTH $100: Most of the magnesium in the body is in the teeth & these structures the bones
#2424, aired 1995-03-02COOKING $200: This fatty tissue found in animal bones adds body & flavor to soups marrow
#2411, aired 1995-02-13MARSUPIALS $400: This Tasmanian marsupial eats all of its prey, including the skin & bones the Tasmanian devil
#2406, aired 1995-02-06SCIENCE & NATURE $600: Number of bones in a spider's body 0
#2358, aired 1994-11-30THE BODY HUMAN $200: 2 tiny bones in the ear, the malleus & incus, are better known as the hammer & this the anvil
#2354, aired 1994-11-24ANATOMY $400: Tendons connect muscles to bones, & these bands of tissue bind the joints Ligaments
#2354, aired 1994-11-24ANATOMY $600: There are 33 of these bones in the body including 7 in the neck & 12 in the chest region Vertebrae
#2330, aired 1994-10-21ARTISTS $1000: She said of bones, "To me they are strangely more living than the animals walking around" Georgia O'Keeffe
#2325, aired 1994-10-14LEFTOVERS $500: The plantar fascia is a long ligament that keeps the bones of this body part in place the foot
#2293, aired 1994-07-20THE BIBLE $400: When the Israelites left Egypt, they took the bones of this son of Jacob for burial at Shechem Joseph
#2284, aired 1994-07-07PARTS OF CLOTHING $500: Term for the stiff pieces in the collar of a man's shirt stays
#2272, aired 1994-06-21FOOD $400: Agar is the vegetable equivalent of this substance obtained from animal bones gelatin
#2257, aired 1994-05-31ANATOMY $400: This rounded part of the foot is formed by the heads of the metatarsal bones the ball of the foot
#2250, aired 1994-05-20ANATOMY $200: It's any hollow body cavity, not just the 4 in the bones surrounding the nose sinuses
#2248, aired 1994-05-18MEDICINE $1000: Soldiers who march a lot are susceptible to march fractures, which affect these long bones in the feet the metatarsals
#2226, aired 1994-04-18SCIENCE $100: Folic acid is necessary for the production of red blood cells in this part of the bones the marrow
#2219, aired 1994-04-07DINOSAURS $1000: The 2 major groups are distinguished by the way the bones in this part of their bodies fit together their hips
#2212, aired 1994-03-29SCIENCE & NATURE $200: Red blood cells are made in this substance that fills the medullary cavity of the bones the marrow
#2205, aired 1994-03-18GOURMET COOKING $200: You can make a "mock" version of this reptile soup with veal bones & calf brains turtle soup
#2195, aired 1994-03-04THEATRE $400: Interlocutor & Mr. Bones provided humor in this type of "show" popular in the 19th century a minstrel show
#2180, aired 1994-02-11DEM BONES $100: It might "amuse" you to know that this bone extends from the shoulder to the elbow the humerus
#2180, aired 1994-02-11DEM BONES $200: The occipital & temporal bones form a large portion of this structure the skull
#2180, aired 1994-02-11DEM BONES $300: This bony ring that supports the head is named for the mythical Titan who held up the heavens the atlas
#2180, aired 1994-02-11DEM BONES $400: This lower jaw bone is the largest facial bone the mandible
#2180, aired 1994-02-11DEM BONES $500: Named for their shapes, the stirrup & these 2 bones connect the eardrum to the inner ear the hammer & the anvil
#2166, aired 1994-01-24PAINTERS $600: After she moved to New Mexico, bare bones & desert flowers became frequent motifs in her paintings Georgia O'Keeffe
#2160, aired 1994-01-14BONES $100: This framework of bones supporting the lower abdomen includes the Ilium & pubis bones the pelvis
#2160, aired 1994-01-14BONES $200: It's the part of the body where you'd find the 7 tarsal bones the foot
#2160, aired 1994-01-14BONES $300: Shaped like a horseshoe, this bone normally has 8 teeth on each side the jawbone (or the mandible)
#2160, aired 1994-01-14BONES $400: Of the 2 bones in the lower leg, it's the one not joined to the knee the fibula
#2160, aired 1994-01-14BONES $500: The biceps & triceps muscles surround this arm bone the humerus
#2153, aired 1994-01-05THE DEVIL $200: Among gambling instruments, cards were the devil's picture-book & these were the devil's bones dice
#2147, aired 1993-12-28TV NURSES $100: As Nurse Christine Chapel, Majel Barrett assisted "Bones" on this science fiction series Star Trek
#2138, aired 1993-12-15VITAMINS & MINERALS $200: Fortified milk & cod liver oil contain vitamin A & this one to regulate the growth of bones vitamin D
#2121, aired 1993-11-22NUTRITION $400: Though this mineral is needed for building bones & teeth, megadoses can cause extreme lethargy Calcium
#2091, aired 1993-10-11NATURE $200: It takes about 60 bones to make up this part of a turtle his shell
#2080, aired 1993-09-24COOKING TERMS $200: When you fillet something, you remove these bones
#2077, aired 1993-09-21THE HUMAN BODY $300: This structure consists of over 24 bones, including the atlas & coccyx, & averages just over 2 feet the spine
#2075, aired 1993-09-17DEM BONES $200: The "middle" part of this organ is an air cavity in the temporal bone the ear
#2075, aired 1993-09-17DEM BONES $400: Popularly called the shinbone, it's the larger of the 2 bones in the lower leg the tibia
#2075, aired 1993-09-17DEM BONES $600: While humans have 2 of these collarbones, dogs don't have any clavicles
#2075, aired 1993-09-17DEM BONES $800: Resting on the maxilla, the zygomatic is this bone in the face the cheekbone
#2075, aired 1993-09-17DEM BONES $1000: It's the collective name for the bones that form the fingers & toes the phalanges
#2060, aired 1993-07-16ZOOLOGY $100: This part of an elephant's anatomy contains thousands of muscles but no bones trunk
#2037, aired 1993-06-15THE HUMAN BODY $1000: 1 of the 2 pairs of bones that make up the pectoral girdle the clavicle (collar bone or shoulder bone)
#2030, aired 1993-06-04THE HUMAN BODY $400: This band of fibrous tissue connects bones & holds organs in place ligaments
#2013, aired 1993-05-12-OLOGIES $600: Osteology is the study of these bones
#1999, aired 1993-04-22BIOLOGY $200: A sprain is an injury to these connective tissues between the bones of a joint ligaments
#1992, aired 1993-04-13DEM BONES $100: The 12 pairs of these bones are divided into true, false & floating types ribs
#1992, aired 1993-04-13DEM BONES $200: Like this digit, the big toe is made up of just 2 phalanges the thumb
#1992, aired 1993-04-13DEM BONES $300: The coccyx is made up of 4 of these cylindrical bones fused together vertebrae
#1992, aired 1993-04-13DEM BONES $400: This long, horizontal bone connects the shoulder blade with the sternum the clavicle
#1992, aired 1993-04-13DEM BONES $600 (Daily Double): This bone runs parallel to the fibula & is attached to it by ligaments the tibia
#1984, aired 1993-04-01ARCHAEOLOGY $400: Bones dating from Mesolithic times indicate that this wolf relative was the first domesticated animal the dog
#1978, aired 1993-03-24THE HUMAN BODY $800: It's the smaller of the 2 bones between the knee & the ankle the fibula
#1960, aired 1993-02-26ANATOMY $300: The rounded ends of the metacarpal bones form these joints in the fingers knuckles
#1955, aired 1993-02-19SCIENCE $600: In human anatomy the lowest 2 pairs of these bones are "floating" ribs
#1955, aired 1993-02-19SCIENCE $1000: Colloquially called the kneecap, this flat, triangular bone is one of the sesamoid bones the patella
#1941, aired 1993-02-01MEDICAL TERMS $100: This soft tissue found inside bones can be red or yellow marrow
#1925, aired 1993-01-08ANCESTORS $400: John Napier's bones, or calculating rods, were the ancestor of this logarithmic device a slide rule
#1923, aired 1993-01-06RECENT BOOKS $1000: In "Very Old Bones", this "Ironweed" author continues his saga of the Phelan family of Albany (William) Kennedy
#1906, aired 1992-12-14"C" IN SCIENCE $800: When boiled, this fibrous protein found in bones & connective tissue dissolves & forms gelatin collagen
#1903, aired 1992-12-09THE HUMAN BODY $200: 99% of this mineral found in the human body is in the bones & teeth calcium
#1864, aired 1992-10-15THE BODY HUMAN $1,000 (Daily Double): The carpus is the collective term for the eight bones that make up this joint the wrist
#1861, aired 1992-10-12PEOPLE IN HISTORY $400: Half of one of this "venerable" historian's finger bones is in a church in La Canada, California the Venerable Bede
#1853, aired 1992-09-30DEM BONES $200: The 12 pairs of these bones protect the lungs & also function in breathing ribs
#1853, aired 1992-09-30DEM BONES $400: Formed by the hip bones & lower spine, this cavity is wider on women than on men the pelvic cavity (pelvic girdle)
#1853, aired 1992-09-30DEM BONES $600: The calcaneus, the large bone in the rear of the foot, is more commonly called this the heel bone
#1853, aired 1992-09-30DEM BONES $800: The tibia or shin bone is second in length only to this bone the femur
#1853, aired 1992-09-30DEM BONES $1,001 (Daily Double): They're the Latin names of 2 of the 3 arm bones (2 of) radius, ulna & humerus
#1847, aired 1992-09-22PIRATES $400: Calico Jack's flag had 2 swords, not 2 bones, crossed under one of these a skull
#1827, aired 1992-07-07THE HUMAN BODY $200: It's the collective term for the 8 bones of the skull which house the brain the cranium
#1800, aired 1992-05-29"KEY"s $400: No bones about it, it opens many locks a skeleton key
#1796, aired 1992-05-25SHORT STORIES $1000: In "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, this is Abraham Van Brunt's nickname Brom Bones
#1795, aired 1992-05-22WORLD CITIES $1000: Regina, this Canadian province's capital, was originally called Pile O'Bones Saskatchewan
#1786, aired 1992-05-11THE HUMAN BODY $800: The 2 bones found in your forearm are the radius & this the ulna
#1766, aired 1992-04-13BIOLOGY $200: The three small bones found in this organ are known collectively as the ossicles the ear
#1765, aired 1992-04-10PLAYING WITH FIRE $500: The bon in bonfire is short for this, the substance originally burned in it bones
#1754, aired 1992-03-26ZOOLOGY $200: Although its neck can be 6 feet long, it often has 7 bones -- the same as humans giraffe
#1751, aired 1992-03-23SCIENCE $600: By definition a geologic deposit that's ossiferous contains these bones
#1742, aired 1992-03-10SURGERY $600: It's the type of surgeon who specializes in replacing joints & operating on bones an orthopedic surgeon
#1729, aired 1992-02-20DEM BONES $200: Total number of femurs in the normal human body 2
#1729, aired 1992-02-20DEM BONES $400: They're attached to the spine in the back & the breastbone in the front the ribs
#1729, aired 1992-02-20DEM BONES $600: From Latin for "little key", it's the name of the key-shaped collarbone the clavicle
#1729, aired 1992-02-20DEM BONES $800: They're separated by springy disks of fibrocartilage the vertebrae
#1729, aired 1992-02-20DEM BONES $1000: A Greek fighting formation gave its name to these bones the phalanges
#1719, aired 1992-02-06WORLD FACTS $200: Oracle bones were used to foretell the future in this country during its Shang dynasty China
#1713, aired 1992-01-29FAMOUS COUPLES $400: In 1989 it was announced that the bones of this czar & czarina had been found in a pit in 1979 Nicholas & Alexandra
#1700, aired 1992-01-10BIOLOGY $200: This word can mean a thread to close a wound or an immovable joint between skull bones suture
#1673, aired 1991-12-04LIFE SCIENCE $100: The red type of this soft material within the bones produces red blood cells (bone) marrow
#1657, aired 1991-11-12THE HUMAN BODY $400: Of the approximately 33 bones called vertebrae, 12 of them in the upper back are classified as this thoracic
#1641, aired 1991-10-21HEALTH & MEDICINE $200: Arthritis is an inflammation of these junctions where the ends of bones meet joints
#1629, aired 1991-10-03ANATOMY $300: The tendon named for this mythological character links the calf muscles to the heel bones the Achilles tendon
#1616, aired 1991-09-16FADS & FASHION $300: 19th century women not only wore these whale parts in their corsets, sometimes they wore them in dresses too bones
#1609, aired 1991-09-05MAMMALS $100: The wrist bones of this "bear" are elongated & act as thumbs for holding bamboo stalks the panda bear
#1599, aired 1991-07-11ANATOMY $800: Each pair of ribs is joined at the back of the rib cage to one of these bones in the spine a vertebrae
#1587, aired 1991-06-25HOMOPHONIC PAIRS $500: Apportion out T-bones & roasts mete meat
#1581, aired 1991-06-17THE VIETNAM WAR $1000: The playwright who turned his Vietnam experiences into "Sticks and Bones" & "Streamers" David Rabe
#1575, aired 1991-06-07FICTIONAL CHARACTERS $400: In "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow", Daredevil was the favorite steed of this rival of Ichabod Crane Brom Bones
#1568, aired 1991-05-29ANATOMY $500: In osteoarthritis this tissue disintegrates & bones rub against one another the cartilage
#1522, aired 1991-03-26CLASSICAL MUSIC $500 (Daily Double): Make no bones about it, this 1875 work was the first major concert piece to use the xylophone "Danse Macabre"
#1519, aired 1991-03-21EXPLORERS $300: A pile of bones in the Cathedral of Lima is said to be the remains of this conqueror Pizarro
#1458, aired 1990-12-26FICTIONAL VILLAINS $800: Brom Bones is the rival who loses his head & scares this schoolmaster out of Sleepy Hollow Ichabod Crane
#1420, aired 1990-11-02OLD TESTAMENT $400: Joseph asked his people to carry his bones to Canaan just before he died in this country Egypt
#10, aired 1990-08-18DEM BONES $500: World Book lists the complete set of 32 of these as part of the skeletal system teeth
#10, aired 1990-08-18DEM BONES $1000: A hockey player wears guards to protect the tibia, better known as this shin
#10, aired 1990-08-18DEM BONES $1500: Of the 3 kinds of movable joints, the hip joints are this type ball (and socket) joints
#10, aired 1990-08-18DEM BONES $2500: This passes through a opening in the occipital bone, the back plate of the skull spinal cord
#10, aired 1990-08-18DEM BONES $6,000 (Daily Double): Extending off the metacarpals are these bones that form the fingers phalanges
#1324, aired 1990-05-10THE ELEMENTS $200: Seashells are made of its carbonate, your bones of its phosphate Calcium
#1287, aired 1990-03-20FAMOUS FOLKS $300: This star of "The Outlaw" said she was once so skinny the boys in school called her "Bones" Jane Russell
#1276, aired 1990-03-05THE HUMAN BODY $600: They're also known as your zygomatic bones, & high ones are considered especially attractive cheekbones
#1273, aired 1990-02-28MAMMALS $1000: Despite their incredibly long necks, giraffes have only this many neck bones, the same as humans 7
#1261, aired 1990-02-12CATS $200: The number of bones cats have is variable due to different lengths of this tail
#1251, aired 1990-01-29STARTS WITH "G" $100: This adhesive can be made from animal hides, bones, vegetables or fish Glue
#1238, aired 1990-01-10BIOLOGY $200: Some birds have patella bones, commonly called this in humans kneecaps
#1231, aired 1990-01-01BIOLOGY $400: Term for just one of the bones in your spinal column vertebra
#1230, aired 1989-12-297-LETTER WORDS $100: An open-air blaze; its name comes from a time when bones were used for fuel a bonfire
#1206, aired 1989-11-27GEOGRAPHY $500: Pile O' Bones was the original name of this capital of Saskatchewan Regina
#1205, aired 1989-11-24STARTS WITH "M" $200: The essential part of something, not just the inside of your bones marrow
#1200, aired 1989-11-17THE BODY HUMAN $600: 2 of the 3 bones that meet at the shoulder Clavicle, Humerus & Scapula
#1194, aired 1989-11-09MEXICO $100: In 1924 Mexican anthropologists found the bones of Cuauhtemoc, the last ruler of this Indian tribe the Aztecs
#1193, aired 1989-11-08ANATOMY $200: The places where bones meet, including the thin hairlines on the skull, are called this joints
#1193, aired 1989-11-08ANATOMY $1000: The 2 large bones that meet just behind your kneecap femur & tibia
#1170, aired 1989-10-06ONOMATOPOETIC WORDS $800: Old bones & old wooden doors do it when moved creak
#1135, aired 1989-07-07STAR TREK $100: This character's dress uniform includes a kilt Scotty
#1135, aired 1989-07-07STAR TREK $300: Make no bones about it, he plays "Bones", Dr. McCoy DeForest Kelley
#1123, aired 1989-06-21THE OLD WEST $200: Shot for hides, 3,500 tons of their bones were hauled by the Santa Fe railroad in 1874 buffalo
#1105, aired 1989-05-26MEDICINE $800: Encyclopedia Americana says an infant has about 350 of these, but a typical adult only 206 bones
#1060, aired 1989-03-24BIOLOGY $600: They're the tissues that connect bones to bones ligaments
#1055, aired 1989-03-17ODD JOBS $200: An osteologist can determine the size & living habits of a human just from these its bones
#1031, aired 1989-02-1316th CENTURY SCIENCE $200: Konrad von Gresner thought these were rocks that just happened to look like bones or shells fossils
#1017, aired 1989-01-24"F" IN BIOLOGY $1000: The 2 leg bones that fit the category femur & fibula
#995, aired 1988-12-23HEAD & SHOULDERS $400: Latin name for the 2 big, flat, triangular bones forming the back part of the shoulder the scapulae
#989, aired 1988-12-15BONES $200: The substitution bones & the membrane bones form this part of the skull that protects the brain cranium
#989, aired 1988-12-15BONES $400: The hyoid bone serves primarily as an anchor for this wagging muscle tongue
#989, aired 1988-12-15BONES $600: Common name for the thoracic basket which protect the heart & lungs rib cage
#989, aired 1988-12-15BONES $800: The town drunk might not know that this word also describes cartilage that's been turned into bone ossified (ossification)
#989, aired 1988-12-15BONES $1000: Turtles & snakes don't have one of these bones commonly called a breastbone sternum
#970, aired 1988-11-18CORPORATE AMERICA $200: Nabisco is hounding the bad doggie breath problem by adding this flavor to its Milk-Bones mint
#947, aired 1988-10-18THE '80S $200: The 1st fossil bones of a mammal found on this continent were dug up in 1982 Antarctica
#947, aired 1988-10-18BIOLOGY $500: While "carpal" refers to bones in your body, a carpel is a reproductive organ in one of these flower
#946, aired 1988-10-17FORTUNE TELLING $500 (Daily Double): Chiromancy, which is this, is the only common form of psychic reading that uses a magnifying glass palmistry
#944, aired 1988-10-13BONES $100: Also called mycloid tissue, it can be red or yellow & fills the cavities of bones marrow
#944, aired 1988-10-13BONES $200: If a bone lacked this element, it would lose its rigidity & become flexible calcium
#944, aired 1988-10-13BONES $300: Ligaments link bone to bone while these link bone to muscle tendons
#944, aired 1988-10-13BONES $400: A spineless jellyfish is in this animal group because it has no bones invertebrates
#944, aired 1988-10-13BONES $500: Human bones range in size from the femur in the leg to the smallest bones located in this ear
#942, aired 1988-10-11GAMES $100: In haunted houses, rattling bones are skeletons; in casinos, rattling "bones" are these Dice
#891, aired 1988-06-20BIRD OF PREY $200: The lammergeier drops large bones onto rocks in order to eat this the marrow
#891, aired 1988-06-20KIDDIE LIT $600: The part of an Englishman Jack's giant uses to make his bread his bones
#869, aired 1988-05-19OLD TESTAMENT $400: Ezekiel saw a vision of these coming together followed by sinews & flesh coming up on them bones
#868, aired 1988-05-18"F" IN SCIENCE $200: Paleontologists really dig these fossils
#839, aired 1988-04-07LITERATURE $6,000 (Daily Double): Brom Bones dressed up as this to scare the schoolmaster away from Katrina the Headless Horseman
#791, aired 1988-02-01PREHISTORIC TIMES $800: During WWII, the bones of this, China's best-known human fossil, disappeared the Peking Man
#752, aired 1987-12-08GIRAFFES $600: Of 7, 17, or 27, the # of bones in a giraffe's neck, the same as in a human's 7
#749, aired 1987-12-03EPITAPHS $3,500 (Daily Double): Good friend for Jesus sake forbeare / To dig the dust enclosed here / Blessed be the man that spares these stones / And cursed be he that moves my bones William Shakespeare
#733, aired 1987-11-11RECREATION $300: Bones in this joint are the most likely to get broken in a fall while roller-skating the wrist
#727, aired 1987-11-03ANATOMY $800: The malleus, incus & stapes bones are better known by these 3 names hammer, anvil, stirrups
#724, aired 1987-10-29HOMOPHONES $200: A small stream or the noise old bones might make a creek creak
#720, aired 1987-10-23THE HUMAN BODY $500: Part of the body where you would find the frontal, parietal & occipital bones the skull
#715, aired 1987-10-16SYMPTOMS $1,000 (Daily Double): The main symptom of osteitis deformans, Paget's disease is pain in these throughout the body bones
#661, aired 1987-06-22FOOD $400: Glutinous protein made from animal skin & bones, it' used to make film & wobbly desserts gelatin
#658, aired 1987-06-17THE HUMAN BODY $500 (Daily Double): 2 of the 3 types of bones that make up the foot (2 of) tarsal & metatarsal (or phalanges)
#645, aired 1987-05-29SPIDERS & WEBS $200: Number of bones in a spider's body zero
#642, aired 1987-05-26INDIANS $400: Its flesh was food, its bones, tools; hair, rope; tendons, threads; skin, teepees; & horns, spoons a buffalo (bison)
#629, aired 1987-05-07ACCORDING TO SPOCK $500: On TV, while Bones was medical officer, & Scotty was engineering officer, Spock was this officer science officer
#605, aired 1987-04-03FANTASY ISLANDS $200: A map of this island was found at Admiral Benbow Inn among the papers of the late Bill Bones Treasure Island
#577, aired 1987-02-24THE HUMAN BODY $300: There are about 206 of dem in the body bones
#569, aired 1987-02-12TV TRIVIA $200: Though he was more flint than calcium, "Star Trek"s Dr. McCoy had this nickname "Bones"
#562, aired 1987-02-03KIDDIE LIT $400: "Fee-fi-fo-fum", the giant said he'd grind Jack's bones to do this to make my bread
#538, aired 1986-12-31FAMOUS "JAMES"s $1000: On early TV wrestling shows he broke dog biscuits into mike to sound like bones crunching Dennis James
#456, aired 1986-09-08PHYSIOLOGY $1,000 (Daily Double): Of the ear bones called "hammer", "anvil" & "stirrup", the one that looks most like its namesake stirrup
#442, aired 1986-05-20SHAKESPEARE $800: It reads: "Blest be the man that spares these stones and curst be he that moves my bones" Shakespeare's tombstone (epitaph)
#427, aired 1986-04-29THE HUMAN BODY $800: The smallest human muscle is located here, along with the tiniest bones the ear
#407, aired 1986-04-01TOYS & GAMES $300: Game where you try to get rid of all your bones by matching spots dominoes
#393, aired 1986-03-12ANATOMY $200: The framework of bones supporting lower part of abdomen, or Elvis' epithet the pelvis
#295, aired 1985-10-25THE HUMAN BODY $400: Soft substance consisting of cells & connective tissue that fills the cavities of bones marrow
#291, aired 1985-10-21TENNESSEE $100 (Daily Double): Tennessean who sold 2,000,000 copies of this record in just 9 weeks: "Some people say a man is made outta mud / A poor man's made outta muscle and blood / Muscle and blood and skin and bones / A mind that's a-weak and a back that's strong..." Tennessee Ernie Ford
#282, aired 1985-10-08NUTRITION $400: By weight, most common mineral in the body is this, which forms teeth & bones calcium
#272, aired 1985-09-24THE HUMAN BODY $400: The 2 bones in it are the radius & ulna forearm
#184, aired 1985-05-23ANATOMY $200: Of an infant, a teen-age girl & an old man, the one with the most bones an infant
#178, aired 1985-05-15EAR, NOSE & THROAT $100: The tiny malleus, incus & stapes bones of the ear are better known as these the stirrup, anvil, and hammer (the three bones of the inner ear)
#169, aired 1985-05-02MAMMALS $1000: From bulldogs to giraffes, almost all mammals have this number of bones in their necks 7
#166, aired 1985-04-29CLASSIC CINEMA $400: Its title character is a lusty lad who sucks bones with Mrs. Waters in a sexy supper scene Tom Jones
#158, aired 1985-04-17ANATOMY $200: A man walking places pressure of up to 2000 lbs. per sq. inch on the bones in this feet
#155, aired 1985-04-12COLLECTIBLES $500 (Daily Double): Ash from these added to white clay gives fine translucent china its name bones
#154, aired 1985-04-11ANATOMY $800: Set of 3 tiny bones which are the only ones fully developed at birth the bones in the ears (the hammer, the anvil & the stirrup)
#144, aired 1985-03-28GAMES $300: Thought to have derived from dice, you can play "sniff" or "Bergen" with these B & W "bones" dominoes
#128, aired 1985-03-06STAR TREK $600: Nickname of Dr. Leonard McCoy Bones
#118, aired 1985-02-20ANATOMY $400: Any of the bones which make up spinal column vertebrae
#115, aired 1985-02-15STARTS WITH "X" $400: In Saint-Saens' "Danse Macabre", rattling of bones is portrayed by this instrument a xylophone
#110, aired 1985-02-08CHEMISTRY $200: Metallic element essential for strong bones & teeth calcium
#85, aired 1985-01-04SCIENCE $400: Human organ containing the smallest bones ear
#4, aired 1984-09-13ANATOMY $400: Over ½ of these are in your hands & feet your bones
#4, aired 1984-09-13ANATOMY $3,500 (Daily Double): Prominent zygomatic bones, considered an attractive facial feature cheek bones
#1, aired 1983-09-18ANATOMY $200 (Daily Double): Babies have more than 300, while adults have only 206 bones

Final Jeopardy! Round clues (5 results returned)

#8223, aired 2020-05-27FAIRY TALES: A familiar chant in this fairy tale continues, "Be he alive or be he dead, I'll grind his bones to make my bread" "Jack and the Beanstalk"
#3969, aired 2001-11-29ARTISTS: Christopher Buckley called his book on the life and work of this artist "Blossoms and Bones" Georgia O'Keeffe
#3319, aired 1999-01-28POETS' CORNER: One reason he is not buried in Westminster Abbey is his epitaph, which concludes, "Curst be he that moves my bones" William Shakespeare (he's buried at Stratford)
#3191, aired 1998-06-15MACBETH: Macbeth says to this character, "Thy bones are marrowless, thy blood is cold" Banquo's ghost
#3057, aired 1997-12-0916th CENTURY EXPLORERS: He was buried under a stone that read "Beneath this stone repose the bones of the valiant lion..." Ponce de Leon

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