| #9084, aired 2024-04-18 | AT THE START OF THE SPORT $1000: These landmark boxing rules are named for the British nobleman who sponsored their 1867 publication the Queensberry rules |
| #9041, aired 2024-02-19 | HEAVY $800: Detroit's big fist honoring this "Brown Bomber" & boxing champ is a heavyweight itself at about 8,000 pounds Joe Louis |
| #9032, aired 2024-02-06 | 13-LETTER WORDS $200: This division in men's professional boxing has an upper limit of 126 pounds featherweight |
| #9031, aired 2024-02-05 | THE "ARE" YOU BREATHE $600: A sanctioned & medically supervised promotion founded in 2018 presents this style of boxing--John L. Sullivan would be proud bare knuckle |
| #9003, aired 2023-12-27 | 2023 SPORTS HIGHLIGHT REEL $1000: In August, this YouTube star turned fighter beat MMA star Nate Diaz in a 10-round boxing match Jake Paul |
| #16, aired 2023-10-11 | HI, I'M J.LO $600: Boxing's greatest "J.Lo" of all time, he had a sports arena named after him in Detroit that was known locally as "the Joe" Joe Louis |
| #8946, aired 2023-10-09 | THE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION OF THE WORLD $200: A wild day for this ex-champ in 1997: "I lost my last professional boxing match, but I received a check for $1 million for the grill" George Foreman |
| #8932, aired 2023-09-19 | WHAT COULD IT "B"? $400: This annual event falls on the feast day of St. Stephen Boxing Day |
| #8874, aired 2023-05-18 | BEFORE & ACTOR $1000: "Who's the Boss?" & "Transparent" actress & oxymoronic pro boxing class going up to 175 pounds Judith Light heavyweight |
| #8862, aired 2023-05-02 | A JR. IN ENTERTAINMENT $1000: UT Austin's trove of material from this Jr.'s career includes his "Raging Bull" boxing robe & even scripts from "Dirty Grandpa" Robert De Niro |
| #8819, aired 2023-03-02 | IN THE SPORT $600: Eight-count,
accidental butt,
cutman (for said accidental butt) boxing |
| #8796, aired 2023-01-30 | WORDS THAT SHOULD RHYME $800: An injury & a division of a boxing match wound & round |
| #8785, aired 2023-01-13 | BORN OR DIED IN 1923 $1600: Born:
This heavyweight boxing champ from 1952 to 1956 (Rocky) Marciano |
| #8783, aired 2023-01-11 | THE MOVIE ATHLETE'S SPORT $400: Hilary Swank,
"Million Dollar Baby" boxing |
| #8760, aired 2022-12-09 | PUT IN A GOOD WORD $200: This word suitably introduces us to the fictional Mrs. Maisel & the very real boxing legend Marvin Hagler marvelous |
| #8746, aired 2022-11-21 | SPORTS $600: In 2017 this Irish UFC champ tried boxing & got TKO'd by Floyd Mayweather (Conor) McGregor |
| #8720, aired 2022-10-14 | ALL EARS $1000: The sound of this item with a swift name lets you know you're in a boxing gym a speed bag |
| #8716, aired 2022-10-10 | SPORTY BOOKS $200: Sports Illustrated said the best sports book ever is "The Sweet Science", all about this sport's champions, palookas & cornermen boxing |
| #1, aired 2022-09-25 | JEOPARDY! & THE 10 RINGS $500: When it was first published in 1922, The Ring called itself "The world's foremost" magazine about this sport boxing |
| #8701, aired 2022-09-19 | JACK $2000: In 1908 he defeated Tommy Burns to become the first African-American world heavyweight boxing champ Jack Johnson |
| #8651, aired 2022-05-30 | IN THE SPORT'S HALL OF FAME $200: Lennox Lewis &
Joe Louis boxing |
| #8586, aired 2022-02-28 | SPORTS BY THEIR HONORS $400: The Gold Glove & Silver Slugger Awards (both sound like it could be boxing, but it's not) baseball |
| #15, aired 2022-02-18 | ESPN $1000: (Michael Eaves delivers the clue.) ESPN has brought you the UFC since 2019 & we cover it all, including this pre-fight confrontation that's now an essential part of MMA, but became popular around 1930 at boxing weigh-ins with fighters like Jack Sharkey the stare-down |
| #8578, aired 2022-02-16 | THE LYIN' IN WINTER $1000: We would've given our beloved mail carrier a Mercedes to observe this day, December 26, but federal law maxes single gifts at $20 Boxing Day |
| #8556, aired 2022-01-17 | HOLMES & WATSON $600: This heavyweight boxing champ of the 1970s & '80s was nicknamed the Easton Assassin Larry Holmes |
| #8524, aired 2021-12-02 | FOR "U" & "ME" $200: This adjective describes 100% agreement, like a boxing decision unanimous |
| #8500, aired 2021-10-29 | FOUL PLAY $200: In boxing this rhyming 2-word bit of downtown illegality is frowned upon for good reason a low blow |
| #8469, aired 2021-09-16 | MUHAMMAD ALI $400: (Hana Ali presents the clue.) In my father's greatest boxing rivalry, he won two out of three classic bouts with this other legendary champion whose relentless slugging style made an unforgettable contrast with my dad's speed & showmanship Joe Frazier |
| #8437, aired 2021-07-06 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1200: The Feast of St. Stephen, called Boxing Day in Commonwealth countries, is observed on this date December 26th |
| #8420, aired 2021-06-11 | BUSTERS $400: In a stunning 1990 upset, Buster Douglas knocked out this heavyweight boxing champ Mike Tyson |
| #8407, aired 2021-05-25 | HOLIDAYS & FESTIVALS $200: In March 1912 200,000 in Cleveland came to this parade, also a welcome home for boxing champ Johnny Kilbane a St. Patrick's Day parade |
| #8396, aired 2021-05-10 | I'LL FIGHT YOU! $1000: Last name of the Ukrainian boxing brothers whose PhDs in sports science led to the nicknames "Dr. Steelhammer" & "Dr. Ironfist" Klitschko |
| #8360, aired 2021-03-19 | DOES THAT RING A BELL? $600: Also the name of a high school-set sitcom, this phrase for timely intervention comes from boxing Saved By the Bell |
| #8354, aired 2021-03-11 | THE "OVER"/"UNDER" $800: The boxing matches just before a featured bout, with up-&-coming or down-&-going fighters the undercard |
| #8347, aired 2021-03-02 | SPORTS TROPHIES & AWARDS $200: World Boxing Council champs get these, handmade of Italian leather belts |
| #8339, aired 2021-02-18 | GLOVE $400: The name of this boxing tournament comes from a small metallic charm in the shape of a boxing glove awarded to winners the Golden Gloves |
| #8325, aired 2021-01-29 | GYM & JUICE $1000: You can burn around 400 cals. an hour, decrease stress & get in cardio doing this, throwing jabs & hooks at an imaginary foe shadow boxing |
| #8323, aired 2021-01-27 | COULD YOU? $400: Throw one of these basic boxing punches named for the way it travels from low to high an uppercut |
| #8292, aired 2020-12-01 | SPORTS IDIOMS $1,000 (Daily Double): When you "draw" this in a boxing or fencing bout, you've inflicted the initial suffering in the contest first blood |
| #8292, aired 2020-12-01 | HAVE A CHAIR $1000: A fighting chair isn't for boxing but for this sport; an adjustable footrest helps with balance as you battle 500-lb. foes below fishing |
| #8272, aired 2020-11-03 | WEIGHT, WHAT'S THAT? $800: This boxing class just below heavyweight includes the name of a warship class just below battleship cruiserweight |
| #8242, aired 2020-09-22 | YOU GOTTA FIGHT! $200: Before becoming a UFC champ, Ronda Rousey was the 1st U.S. woman to win an Olympic medal in this martial art judo |
| #8227, aired 2020-06-02 | HALL MONITOR $600: This legend is alphabetically first among modern-era inductees at the International Boxing Hall of Fame (Muhammad) Ali |
| #8226, aired 2020-06-01 | A CONTAINER FULL OF WORDS $800: A handbag; it can also refer to the prize money in a boxing match a purse |
| #8182, aired 2020-03-17 | ABBREVIATED ABC $600: In 1895 the ABC or "American" this sport "Congress" was organized in NYC & helped standardize the game's rules bowling |
| #8174, aired 2020-03-05 | "C" AS IN SEIZE $600: A boxing hold, or to nail down a playoff spot clinch |
| #8170, aired 2020-02-28 | SPORTS UPSETS $1000: 2019's ESPY Award for Upset of the Year went to this 25-1 underdog, the first heavyweight boxing champ of Mexican ancestry Andy Ruiz Jr. |
| #8141, aired 2020-01-20 | SLOWLY I TURNED $800: In 2008 in Hong Kong 20,000 people did long, slow turns in a class of this, aka Chinese boxing tai chi |
| #8120, aired 2019-12-20 | THAT'S OXYMORONIC $1600: In the Olympics, Leon Spinks won a gold medal in this boxing class between 165-178 pounds light heavyweight |
| #8117, aired 2019-12-17 | INTERNATIONAL YULETIDE $1000: In the Bahamas, everyone dances in the streets for the Junkanoo celebrations on New Year's & this December 26 holiday Boxing Day |
| #8114, aired 2019-12-12 | CRUSHIN' IT! $600: In 1987 James "Bonecrusher" Smith took this heavyweight boxing champ the distance but lost the decision Mike Tyson |
| #8101, aired 2019-11-25 | THE 1960s $400: He was stripped of his heavyweight boxing title after he refused to be drafted into the Army (Muhammad) Ali |
| #8056, aired 2019-09-23 | WORD + WORD = NEW WORD $400: A circular piece of jewelry + an informal term for a dish like French fries = this first-row area for boxing fans ringside |
| #8051, aired 2019-09-16 | POPULAR INVENTION $800: Popularized by boxer Jack Broughton in the 18th century, the early version of these were used only in training bouts boxing gloves |
| #8047, aired 2019-09-10 | PIG ENGLISH $1600: An 1824 London news report on a boxing match said that one of the fighters did this like a pig sweat |
| #8046, aired 2019-09-09 | JACK LONDON $1600: In "The Game", a man shows his fiancee the brutality of this sport in which he competes boxing |
| #7997, aired 2019-05-21 | PEOPLE $200: Some of this promoter's boxing extravaganzas included the Thrilla in Manila & the Rumble in the Jungle Don King |
| #7989, aired 2019-05-09 | TERMS FROM SPORTS $200: The name of this style of boxing that lacked a key piece of gear now means "without conventional niceties" bareknuckle boxing |
| #7988, aired 2019-05-08 | THEM'S THE RULES $400: No hugging allowed according to the Marquess of Queensberry rules for this sport boxing |
| #7963, aired 2019-04-03 | THE SWEET SCIENCE OF BOXING $200: He won the 1975 "Thrilla in Manila" over Joe Frazier Muhammad Ali |
| #7963, aired 2019-04-03 | THE SWEET SCIENCE OF BOXING $400: It pairs with "weaving" to describe a boxer's evasive head movements bobbing |
| #7963, aired 2019-04-03 | THE SWEET SCIENCE OF BOXING $600: In Olympic boxing, the maximum weight for the "cocky" little fighters in this division is 123 pounds bantamweight |
| #7963, aired 2019-04-03 | THE SWEET SCIENCE OF BOXING $800: Major boxing organizations include the World Boxing Assn., the World Boxing Council & the IBF, this the International Boxing Federation |
| #7963, aired 2019-04-03 | THE SWEET SCIENCE OF BOXING $1000: Published since 1922, this authoritative boxing magazine is called "the Bible of boxing" Ring magazine |
| #7959, aired 2019-03-28 | PUT A "RING" ON IT $600: On a pole similar to a mast to get this word for practice boxing sparring |
| #7948, aired 2019-03-13 | HOLLYWOOD MEMORABILIA $1000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Profiles in History in Calabasas, CA.) Theatrical blood remains on these leather boxing gloves worn by Robert De Niro in his Oscar-winning performance in this film Raging Bull |
| #7884, aired 2018-12-13 | "FIGHT" CLUB $200: This term for a boxing match refers to the cash to be won a prize fight |
| #7863, aired 2018-11-14 | NOTABLE AFRICAN AMERICANS $1200: In 2018 a pres. pardon was given to Jack Johnson, a champion in this sport whose 1913 conviction had racial overtones heavyweight boxing |
| #7850, aired 2018-10-26 | WE'LL GO "R"s $2000: A train's repair building, or an exaggerated boxing punch roundhouse |
| #7843, aired 2018-10-17 | CELEBRITY POLITICIANS $400: Heavyweight boxing champ Vitali Klitschko is currently the mayor of this Ukrainian city Kiev |
| #7837, aired 2018-10-09 | BEFORE & AFTER AT THE MALL $1600: Colorful painter of boxing matches & 5 Olympiads who is also an upscale department store founded in Dallas, Texas Leroy Neiman Marcus |
| #7810, aired 2018-07-20 | HANDWEAR $400: In the 2000s pro baseball's Ichiro Suzuki won this defensive award 10 straight times the Gold Glove |
| #7800, aired 2018-07-06 | WRITERS ON SPORTS $400: A.J. Liebling, an unathletic boxing writer who used bacon as a bookmark, wrote of this Rocky's "prehistoric style" Rocky Marciano |
| #7792, aired 2018-06-26 | YES, PRIME MINISTER $800: In 2012 this future Canadian PM soundly beat up a senator from the opposing party in public...boxing for charity, that is (Justin) Trudeau |
| #7753, aired 2018-05-02 | UNARMED COMBAT $400: The 4 basic boxing punches are the jab, the hook, the cross & this one that arrives from below an uppercut |
| #7724, aired 2018-03-22 | LET'S REWRITE THE CLASSIC NOVEL $600: "Hey Jurgis, Packingtown is going vegan! You'll love boxing up carrots at your new ergonomic work station" The Jungle |
| #7704, aired 2018-02-22 | AFRICA SINCE 1750 $400: From 1951 to 1960, he was the heavyweight boxing champion of Uganda; from 1971 to 1979, he was president Idi Amin |
| #7694, aired 2018-02-08 | FIRST NAME VERBS $800: To move up & down as if in a boxing ring Bob |
| #7662, aired 2017-12-26 | ON BOXING DAY $200: This team sold Babe Ruth to the Yankees in 1919; curses! the Boston Red Sox |
| #7662, aired 2017-12-26 | ON BOXING DAY $400: Later TV's Judge Mills Lane, "Maximum Mills" was the ref when this boxer got an earful of Evander Holyfield Mike Tyson |
| #7662, aired 2017-12-26 | ON BOXING DAY $400: In the Dec. 26, 1776 battle of this New Jersey city, a colonial army defeated a garrison of Hessian soldiers Trenton |
| #7662, aired 2017-12-26 | ON BOXING DAY $600: I feel happy inside that this song was released in the U.S. on the day after Christmas 1963, launching U.S. Beatlemania "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" |
| #7662, aired 2017-12-26 | ON BOXING DAY $800: The 1946 rematch of this "Brown Bomber" & Billy Conn was the first world heavyweight title fight available on TV Joe Louis |
| #7662, aired 2017-12-26 | ON BOXING DAY $800: In 1966 Maulana Karenga, a professor of Africana studies, gave the world this celebration Kwanzaa |
| #7662, aired 2017-12-26 | ON BOXING DAY $1000: On Dec. 26, 1944 Patton's Third Army relieved Bastogne during this battle the Battle of the Bulge |
| #7662, aired 2017-12-26 | ON BOXING DAY $1200: This UFC champion's crossover into boxing came up a bit short against Floyd Mayweather in August 2017 (Conor) McGregor |
| #7656, aired 2017-12-18 | SPORT'S STUFF $200: Hook,
cauliflower ear,
peek-a-boo defense boxing |
| #7644, aired 2017-11-30 | SOME CHOICE WORDS $600: A court or boxing judgment a decision |
| #7608, aired 2017-10-11 | THERE'LL ALWAYS BE AN ENGLAND $2000: If Dec. 26 falls on a weekend, the public observance of this event in Britain takes place on the following Monday Boxing Day |
| #7552, aired 2017-06-13 | "J" WORDS $200: A short, straight punch in boxing a jab |
| #7518, aired 2017-04-26 | COMPOUND WORDS $1000: Coupling device seen here, used to adjust the tension of a rigging, like in the corner of a boxing ring a turnbuckle |
| #7510, aired 2017-04-14 | ROYAL OPERA HOUSE TITLES $1000: Above a earl but below a duke, it is often heard when referring to boxing rules-- watch your pronunciation! a marquess |
| #7500, aired 2017-03-31 | SUPPORTING ACTRESS OSCAR WINNERS $800: Melissa Leo as boxing mom Alice Ward in this film The Fighter |
| #7464, aired 2017-02-09 | THE OED, FROM POISE TO QUELT $2,500 (Daily Double): "One who practices the art of boxing" a pugilist |
| #7453, aired 2017-01-25 | SPORTS ABBREV. $600: A group for pugilists:
WBC World Boxing Council |
| #7448, aired 2017-01-18 | SPORTS NICKNAMES $800: In 1974 Muhammad Ali reclaimed his heavyweight boxing title from this man in the "Rumble in the Jungle" in Zaire George Foreman |
| #7379, aired 2016-10-13 | STEP RIGHT "UP" $600: In boxing, it's the powerful punch seen here an uppercut |
| #7331, aired 2016-06-27 | WAR OF THE WORDS $1200: This 4-letter word can mean a boxing match or a period of illness a bout |
| #7313, aired 2016-06-01 | "UCK"Y STUFF $400: In 1719 James Figg became the first English boxing champion, fighting in this hyphenated style bare-knuckled |
| #7280, aired 2016-04-15 | "KNOCK", KNOCK $800: 2-word way to lose a boxing match though you're still on your feet a technical knockout |
| #7248, aired 2016-03-02 | THE LAST MAN $400: In an amateur boxing match, Serafim Todorov was the last to defeat this man who won his first 49 pro fights Floyd Mayweather |
| #7245, aired 2016-02-26 | BIG-SCREEN ELVIS $600: It's the sport Elvis takes up in "Kid Galahad" boxing |
| #7241, aired 2016-02-22 | THE IMAGE AWARDS $800: Denzel Washington blew through the competition to win an
Outstanding Actor award for this boxing biopic The Hurricane |
| #7234, aired 2016-02-11 | THE "MID" SECTION $400: Pro boxing division with a top limit of 160 pounds middleweight |
| #7215, aired 2016-01-15 | THE SENATE MAJORITY LEADER $400: biography.com says this recent leader "is known for his blunt yet soft-spoken demeanor, love of boxing and Mormon faith" Harry Reid |
| #7198, aired 2015-12-23 | EDIBLE EXPRESSIONS $1000: Boxing & wrestling are risk factors for this condition, though it can also be caused by high piercings a cauliflower ear |
| #7197, aired 2015-12-22 | 8-LETTER WORDS $400: Type of seat with the best view at the boxing match ringside |
| #7194, aired 2015-12-17 | BELIZE NAVIDAD $400: Belize celebrates this Dec. 26 holiday, so I'll make a charitable donation & get something nice for Jeeves Boxing Day |
| #7164, aired 2015-11-05 | POP CULTURE FROM BARTLETT'S $800: Muhammad Ali used this boxing credo that mentions 2 insects "Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee" |
| #7142, aired 2015-10-06 | THESE WORDS COULD GO ON A DIET $1600: Take a boxing blow, insert an "A" & you get this word for a big belly paunch |
| #7125, aired 2015-07-31 | GIVE ME A RING $800: Founded in 1922, The Ring magazine is now owned by this boxing "Golden Boy" Oscar de la Hoya |
| #7121, aired 2015-07-27 | BIOGRAPHIES $1,000 (Daily Double): A biography of this nobleman goes beyond the boxing rules he devised & his accusations against Oscar Wilde the Marquess of Queensberry |
| #7077, aired 2015-05-26 | JACK IN THE BOXING RING $200: Lightweight champ Beau Jack fought the main event at this NYC venue a record 21 times Madison Square Garden |
| #7077, aired 2015-05-26 | JACK IN THE BOXING RING $400: In his 70s, long after his 1920s championship days, he flattened 2 men who tried to mug him Jack Dempsey |
| #7077, aired 2015-05-26 | JACK IN THE BOXING RING $600: Jack Sharkey won the heavyweight title in 1932 by defeating this German Max Schmeling |
| #7077, aired 2015-05-26 | JACK IN THE BOXING RING $800: This pioneering black heavyweight fought in Paris, Havana & Leavenworth Jack Johnson |
| #7077, aired 2015-05-26 | JACK IN THE BOXING RING $1000: Before becoming an actor, this "Shane" tough guy had a career in the pro ring Jack Palance |
| #7072, aired 2015-05-19 | OSCAR $800: 1980's Best Picture nominees included 2 black & white films: "The Elephant Man" & this boxing film Raging Bull |
| #7048, aired 2015-04-15 | A MIXED BAG OF MIXED BAGS $200: A subject of abuse, or something you can really lay into at the boxing gym a punching bag |
| #7044, aired 2015-04-09 | DOUBLE TALK $800: Nickname of former lightweight boxing champ Ray Mancini "Boom Boom" |
| #7024, aired 2015-03-12 | PRESIDENTIAL SECRETS $600: Boxing in the White House in the early 20th century left him blind in one eye, a secret he kept for years Teddy Roosevelt |
| #7017, aired 2015-03-03 | OH "NO"! $800: A referee's 2-word ruling that a boxing match doesn't count no contest |
| #6999, aired 2015-02-05 | OLYMPIC SPORTS BY GOLD MEDALIST $600: 1976:
Michael Spinks boxing |
| #6977, aired 2015-01-06 | THE UKRAINE STRAIN $1200: Last name of 2 boxing brothers Wladimir & 2014 Ukrainian protest leader Vitali Klitschko |
| #6960, aired 2014-12-12 | A GAME OF IDIOMS $400: Saved by the bell boxing |
| #6951, aired 2014-12-01 | THE LANGUAGE OF SPORTS $400: In boxing, K.O. is short for this a knockout |
| #6944, aired 2014-11-20 | 1940s TELEVISION $1200: Boxing was big on the small screen, like on the "Cavalcade of Sports" Friday night fights from this NYC venue Madison Square Garden |
| #6938, aired 2014-11-12 | BEFORE & AFTER $400: Pugilist's equipment for storing your maps in the car boxing glove compartment |
| #6913, aired 2014-10-08 | MOVIE SOUND FX $800: Put 'em up; one of these contests is about to start a boxing match |
| #6883, aired 2014-07-16 | NOT-SO-CURRENT SLANG $200: Everything's OK, it's this name, like boxing's LaMotta jake |
| #6883, aired 2014-07-16 | PUT YOUR LIPS TOGETHER & "BLO" $400: Rhyming term for a boxing foul a low blow |
| #6875, aired 2014-07-04 | WEIRD SPORTS $1200: The WCBO challenges both brains & brawn in its combined matches of boxing & this board game chess |
| #6873, aired 2014-07-02 | LITERARY QUOTES $1200: This Hemingway novel begins, "Robert Cohn was once middleweight boxing champion of Princeton" The Sun Also Rises |
| #6861, aired 2014-06-16 | THE 1950s $1000: Surprisingly, Dr. Joyce Brothers' knowledge of this sport earned her the top prize on "The $64,000 Question" boxing |
| #6856, aired 2014-06-09 | YOU CAN QUOTE ME $400: About his upcoming opponent Billy Conn, this boxing champ remarked, "He can run, but he can't hide" Joe Louis |
| #6850, aired 2014-05-30 | SINGLE-NAMED SINGERS' HITS $1000: He shares his name with a brand of boxing gloves
"God forbid you ever had to walk a mile in his shoes /
'Cause then you really
might know..." Everlast |
| #6800, aired 2014-03-21 | SAFE WORDS $400: Jab-jab-cross in boxing combination |
| #6794, aired 2014-03-13 | ELEPHANT HODGEPODGE $1200: About 100 years ago, a circus elephant named John L. Sullivan participated in this sport in an act with his trainer boxing |
| #6765, aired 2014-01-31 | A MONTH OF ANNUAL EVENTS $1000: Nine days of Posada (in Mexico),
Boxing Day (in England) December |
| #6763, aired 2014-01-29 | IN THE SPORT'S HALL OF FAME $600: Kid Gavilan,
Jimmy Carter (not that one!),
Sylvester Stallone boxing |
| #6739, aired 2013-12-26 | BOXING DAY $400: With a 1-minute break between them, men's professional boxing rounds last this long unless stopped 3 minutes |
| #6739, aired 2013-12-26 | BOXING DAY $800: As Cassius Clay, Muhammad Ali fought in the Olympics at this weight class, not heavyweight light heavyweight |
| #6739, aired 2013-12-26 | BOXING DAY $1200: The first heavyweight match in the U.S. fought under these rules was in 1892 when Jim Corbett beat John L. Sullivan Queensberry Rules |
| #6739, aired 2013-12-26 | BOXING DAY $1600: Insectoid name for the professional boxing weight class from 108 to 112 pounds flyweight |
| #6739, aired 2013-12-26 | BOXING DAY $2000: Last name of the 2 brothers who both won gold medals for the U.S. at the 1976 Olympics Spinks |
| #6729, aired 2013-12-12 | HAPPY DECEMBER, EVERYBODY! $400: This British observance on the first weekday after Christmas doesn't refer to pugilists but to gift packages Boxing Day |
| #6693, aired 2013-10-23 | SPORTS BOOK $800: "The Sweet Science" boxing |
| #6651, aired 2013-07-15 | BOOKS' BEGINNINGS $2000: "The Sun Also Rises":
"Robert Cohn was once middleweight boxing champion of ____" Princeton |
| #6646, aired 2013-07-08 | "UP" WORDS $400: This "up" word is a term in both boxing & bridge uppercut |
| #6638, aired 2013-06-26 | SLANGUAGE $2000: Drop a letter from a class in boxing to get this, the poundage you gain on an ocean liner pleasure trip cruise weight |
| #6602, aired 2013-05-07 | 4-LETTER CROSSWORD CLUES $800: To practice boxing with light blows spar |
| #6594, aired 2013-04-25 | WHAT'S YOUR TECHNIQUE? $800: A boxing move paired with "bobbing", or interlacing threads to form fabric weaving |
| #6582, aired 2013-04-09 | THE JACK LONDON READER $600: London's depiction of the brutality of this sport in "The Game" even shook up Gene Tunney boxing |
| #6526, aired 2013-01-21 | "T" TIME $1000: Boxing or wrestling ring fixture seen here, used for tightening a turnbuckle |
| #6522, aired 2013-01-15 | WOMEN IN SPORTS $1200: American Claressa Shields won gold as the women's version of this sport made its Olympic debut in 2012 boxing |
| #6491, aired 2012-12-03 | SPORTS ON FILM $400: "Million Dollar Baby" boxing |
| #6453, aired 2012-10-10 | YOU KNOW THE RULES! $800: No. 11 in this man's rules for boxing, first published in 1867: no shoes or boots with springs allowed (The Marquess of) Queensberry |
| #6448, aired 2012-10-03 | 13-LETTER WORDS $800: A fighter between 122 & 126 pounds is in this boxing class featherweight |
| #6403, aired 2012-06-20 | HOW DO YOU GET "BY"? $1000: Found before "account", this term originated with announcers who described each punch in a boxing match a blow-by-blow |
| #6378, aired 2012-05-16 | ABRUPT ABBREVS. $200: In a boxing ring, TKO a technical knockout |
| #6373, aired 2012-05-09 | WHEN IN THE WORLD? $1000: The Brits celebrate Boxing Day on the 26th of this month December |
| #6373, aired 2012-05-09 | HE'S QUITE THE SPORTSMAN $1000: He takes time out from his work as a Philippine congressman to win a lot of boxing matches Manny Pacquiao |
| #6357, aired 2012-04-17 | COWBOY TALK $1,600 (Daily Double): As a verb, it meant to shoot someone; as a noun it referred to a rectangular bar of chewing tobacco plug |
| #6292, aired 2012-01-17 | MUHAMMAD ALI AT 70 $400: Ali won a light heavyweight boxing gold medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics in this European capital Rome |
| #6277, aired 2011-12-27 | "W" $1600: This 4-letter term for a ridge on the skin resulting from a blow also begins the name of a boxing weight division a welt |
| #6259, aired 2011-12-01 | BRIT SPEAK $400: It's not just a special occasion like Easter or Boxing Day, it's also a vacation in general a holiday |
| #6231, aired 2011-10-24 | OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALISTS BY SPORT $800: 1964:
Joe Frazier;
1996:
Wladimir Klitschko boxing |
| #6227, aired 2011-10-18 | SPORTS BY CHAMPIONS $200: Shane Mosley,
Sonny Liston boxing |
| #6225, aired 2011-10-14 | THE GREATEST IN SPORTS WITH MIKE & MIKE $400: (Mike & Mike deliver the clue.) The most bizarre sports story I know was the Nancy Kerrigan/Tonya Harding kneecapping fracas
Well, I'd say equally twisted was the June 28, 1997 boxing match between these 2 heavyweights that featured teeth as well as fists Tyson & Holyfield |
| #6206, aired 2011-09-19 | WORD & PHRASE ORIGINS $800: This phrase meaning "to admit defeat" comes from boxing, where a trainer does it to stop the fight throw the towel in |
| #6204, aired 2011-07-28 | JULIUS CAESAR SALAD $1200: In Spanish the name becomes this, as on former boxing champion Chavez Julio Cesar Chavez |
| #6198, aired 2011-07-20 | LOUIS, LOUIS $800: Raised in Detroit, he won the national Amateur Athletic Union light heavyweight boxing crown in 1934 Joe Louis |
| #6173, aired 2011-06-15 | KINGS, QUEENS, & JACKS $600: This big-time boxing promoter was cleared of a 1954 murder charge when a judge found it to be justifiable homicide Don King |
| #6162, aired 2011-05-31 | THEODORE ROOSEVELT $800: TR had one of these set up in the White House, & he would regularly don the gloves a boxing ring |
| #6150, aired 2011-05-13 | COMMON BONDS $200: Surgical,
boxing,
fingerless gloves |
| #6120, aired 2011-04-01 | SPORTS NICKNAMES $400: "The Brown Bomber" of boxing Louis |
| #6111, aired 2011-03-21 | THE SPORT'S GOVERNING BODY $800: The WBO & the WBA boxing |
| #6110, aired 2011-03-18 | "K" AS IN... $200: This boxing stat; Sugar Ray Robinson had 109 during his career KOs (knockouts) |
| #6103, aired 2011-03-09 | ALPHABET HOMOPHONES $800: This insect is mentioned in Muhammad Ali's line about his boxing style a bee |
| #6093, aired 2011-02-23 | SPORTS BY THE NUMBERS $1000: Standing 8 count boxing |
| #6029, aired 2010-11-25 | I'M GONNA "MAKE" IT! $800: It sounds like a farm machine, but it's really a hard punch that renders an opponent unable to continue boxing a haymaker |
| #5986, aired 2010-09-27 | FIGHT LIKE A MAN $800: Boxing's "Golden Boy", he now promotes a stable of fighters under his Golden Boy Promotions Oscar De La Hoya |
| #5974, aired 2010-07-29 | JANET RENO'S DANCE PARTY $800: In 1997 Janet challenged this then-NYC mayor to a boxing match (& kneed him downstairs--Janet boxed dirty) (Rudy) Giuliani |
| #5948, aired 2010-06-23 | MATTEL-ICA $400: Mattel now makes this classic boxing game in which the Red Rocker & Blue Bomber try to knock each other's blocks off Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots |
| #5920, aired 2010-05-14 | BOXING TERMS SANS BOXING $200: An enticement; hard to catch a fish without one a hook |
| #5920, aired 2010-05-14 | BOXING TERMS SANS BOXING $400: A circle in the trunk that reveals a tree's age a ring |
| #5920, aired 2010-05-14 | BOXING TERMS SANS BOXING $600: Hey, ya palooka, I got you a lawyer... yeah, he's also known by this "oral" term a mouthpiece |
| #5920, aired 2010-05-14 | BOXING TERMS SANS BOXING $800: Annoyed, or to pass from one side to the other cross |
| #5920, aired 2010-05-14 | BOXING TERMS SANS BOXING $1000: A strikingly attractive woman a knockout |
| #5872, aired 2010-03-09 | THE BRITISH NOBILITY LADDER $800: No. 2:
Boxing fan John Sholto Douglas was one of Queensberry a marquess |
| #5849, aired 2010-02-04 | THEY ARE THE CHAMPIONS $1000: This upstate N.Y. academy's team has won back-to-back National Collegeiate Boxing Association titles West Point |
| #5834, aired 2010-01-14 | BOXING MOVIES $400: Ed Asner made his big screen debut in "Kid Galahad", a 1962 film with this rock star in the title role Elvis Presley |
| #5834, aired 2010-01-14 | BOXING MOVIES $800: Ex-heavyweight champ Max Baer appeared in 1956's "The Harder They Fall", the last film of this actor, sweetheart Humphrey Bogart |
| #5834, aired 2010-01-14 | BOXING MOVIES $1200: In this 1939 classic William Holden played a gifted violinist who took up boxing to further his musical career Golden Boy |
| #5834, aired 2010-01-14 | BOXING MOVIES $1600: Cassius Clay, playing himself, ends the career of Mountain Rivera in this 1962 "Requiem" Requiem for a Heavyweight |
| #5834, aired 2010-01-14 | BOXING MOVIES $2000: John Garfield earned an Oscar nomination for playing a corrupt boxer who becomes champ in this 1947 film Body and Soul |
| #5799, aired 2009-11-26 | IT'S THE 26th $2000: It's the term in England for December 26th, a day to salute your postman Boxing Day |
| #5695, aired 2009-05-15 | BE A SPORT $800: This sport gives a Gold Glove Award (not to be confused with boxing's Golden Gloves) baseball |
| #5685, aired 2009-05-01 | THE SPORTING LIFE $200: This sport was introduced in the 688 B.C. Olympics; the modern sport has its origins in bare-knuckle contests boxing |
| #5632, aired 2009-02-17 | RATED "R" $800: A building for locomotive repair, or a big, wide boxing punch a roundhouse |
| #5596, aired 2008-12-29 | MR. & MRS. MALAPROP $1000: "I'm not going to make a skeptical out of my boxing career", said this skater-turned-felon-turned-pugilist in 2004 Tonya Harding |
| #5567, aired 2008-11-18 | VIDEO GAMING $400: Accessories for this Nintendo game system include boxing gloves, a dancing mat & a balance board the Wii |
| #5516, aired 2008-09-08 | 25 $400: From 1937 to 1949, he successfully defended his heavyweight boxing title a record 25 times (Joe) Louis |
| #5502, aired 2008-07-08 | "T"s ME, ALEX $400: A type of boxing knockout a TKO, or technical knockout |
| #5420, aired 2008-03-14 | 1960s SPORTS LEGENDS $200: Between May 1965 & March 1967, he defended his heavyweight boxing title an amazing 9 times Muhammad Ali |
| #5390, aired 2008-02-01 | "CAN"NED WORDS $800: The floor of a boxing ring canvas |
| #5382, aired 2008-01-22 | 1940s TELEVISION $400: Boxing came to network TV in 1944 with "Cavalcade of Sports" sponsored by this razor company Gillette |
| #5372, aired 2008-01-08 | WHAT A DICTATOR $400: Talk about a strongman-- he was the heavyweight boxing champ of Uganda for 9 years before becoming dictator Idi Amin |
| #5371, aired 2008-01-07 | TO EVERYTHING THIS IS A SEASON $800: We don't think Mike Tyson celebrates Boxing Day, which falls in this season, but he's surprised us before winter |
| #5361, aired 2007-12-24 | "U"TOPIA $2000: The matches coming before the main boxing match the undercard |
| #5354, aired 2007-12-13 | MEET THE ROBINSONS $800: In 1951 he defeated Jake LaMotta to become middleweight boxing champ Sugar Ray Robinson |
| #5325, aired 2007-11-02 | MAGAZINES $1000: In 1922 sportswriter Nat Fleischer founded this magazine that's still making the "rounds" today The Ring |
| #5325, aired 2007-11-02 | GOVERNORS $1200: A 4-time governor of Alabama first elected in 1962, he worked his way through law school by boxing professionally Gov. George Wallace |
| #5323, aired 2007-10-31 | THE SPORTING LIFE $400: You can weigh up to 147 pounds in this boxing class between lightweight & middleweight welterweight |
| #5304, aired 2007-10-04 | I LOVE A PARADE $400: The Junkanoo Parade brings a sea of color to downtown Nassau on Boxing Day & again on this one six days later New Year's Day |
| #5270, aired 2007-07-06 | ATHLETES $800: This boxer won a gold medal in the 1992 Olympics, leading an uncle to nickname him the "Golden Boy" Oscar De La Hoya |
| #5215, aired 2007-04-20 | THE SPORTING LIFE $800: (Hi, I'm Keith Olbermann.) This heavyweight boxing champ was adopted by Cus D'Amato, & since my uncle wed Cus' niece, that makes him my cousin Mike Tyson |
| #5196, aired 2007-03-26 | A NUMBER FROM ONE TO 10 $800: The number of minutes in an IBF boxing round three |
| #5180, aired 2007-03-02 | ORDINAL PEOPLE $200: If you're the official attendant to someone in a duel or a boxing match, you're known by this ordinal term a second |
| #5150, aired 2007-01-19 | FAMOUS JEWISH ATHLETES $1600: In 1933 Max Baer wore a star of David on his boxing trunks when he beat this German champion Schmeling |
| #5023, aired 2006-06-14 | FEAT OF CLAY $200: He became pro heavyweight boxing champ 2 more times after changing his name from this Cassius Clay |
| #5015, aired 2006-06-02 | BOXING BIOPICS $400: "Raging Bull" Jake LaMotta |
| #5015, aired 2006-06-02 | BOXING BIOPICS $800: "Cinderella Man" Braddock |
| #5015, aired 2006-06-02 | BOXING BIOPICS $1200: "Joe and Max"
(2 please) Joe Louis & Max Schmeling |
| #5015, aired 2006-06-02 | BOXING BIOPICS $1600: "Gentleman Jim"
(1942) Jim Corbett |
| #5015, aired 2006-06-02 | BOXING BIOPICS $2000: "Somebody Up There Likes Me" Rocky Graziano |
| #4996, aired 2006-05-08 | THE NEW YORK TIMES SPORTS $200: This "most primal sport... has been condemned since Cain & Abel, but it's still here... on barges or in barrooms" boxing |
| #4996, aired 2006-05-08 | THE NEW YORK TIMES SPORTS $800: Not typically thought of as a contact sport, it's "athletic ballet... a brutal sport played by large and powerful men" basketball |
| #4991, aired 2006-05-01 | CHAMPS OF THE SQUARE CIRCLE $400: In March of 1966 in his native Toronto George Chuvalo lost a 15-round decision to this heavyweight boxing champ Muhammad Ali |
| #4985, aired 2006-04-21 | SPORTS EVOLUTION $1000: The 18th century Broughton rules were intended to lessen the brutality of this sport boxing |
| #4944, aired 2006-02-23 | LESSER-KNOWN FOLKS $400: Under the auspices of the Marquess of Queensberry, John Graham Chambers drew up the rules for this sport boxing |
| #4943, aired 2006-02-22 | THE OLYMPIC GAMES $400: In 1960 he won the light heavyweight boxing gold medal; 4 years later he won the professional heavyweight title Cassius Clay (or Muhammad Ali) |
| #4942, aired 2006-02-21 | HE WAS IN THAT? $600: This boxing champ played a bartender in "The Hustler", & that's no "Raging Bull" (Jake) LaMotta |
| #4938, aired 2006-02-15 | RHYME TIME $800: The evening assigned for the boxing match fight night |
| #4921, aired 2006-01-23 | MASSACRE $800: In a career that ran from 1936 to 1963, Archie Moore scored an unprecedented 141 of these boxing decisions knockouts |
| #4905, aired 2005-12-30 | ON COMMISSIONS $1200: The Nevada State Athletic Commission is mainly concerned with this sport boxing |
| #4904, aired 2005-12-29 | BEFORE & AFTER $2000: Wild-haired boxing promoter who's the world's largest venomous snake Don King Cobra |
| #4888, aired 2005-12-07 | MARVIN GARDENS $400: "Marvelous" Marvin Hagler was the world boxing champ in this weight class from 1980 to 1987 middleweight |
| #4876, aired 2005-11-21 | PUGILISTS $600: 3 Rays have won Olympic gold medals in boxing for the U.S.: Ray Mercer, Ray Seales & this "sweet" guy Sugar Ray Leonard |
| #4865, aired 2005-11-04 | WORLD WAR II MOVIES $400: 1953:
Military corruption, romance & boxing at a Hawaiian Army camp just prior to Pearl Harbor From Here to Eternity |
| #4851, aired 2005-10-17 | SOUTH OF THE BORDER $1200: Known as J.C., this boxing champion won titles in 3 weight divisions & more than 100 pro fights Julio Cesar Chavez |
| #4844, aired 2005-10-06 | MR. JOHNSON $1600: In 1908 he became the first black heavyweight boxing champ when he KO'd Tommy Burns Jack Johnson |
| #4842, aired 2005-10-04 | YOUNG ABE LINCOLN $200: Abe gained the respect of local ruffians when he held his own against one of the Clary's Grove boys in this sport wrestling |
| #4835, aired 2005-09-23 | SPORTS MOVIES $400: 1980:
A self-destructive middleweight boxing champ battles in & out of the ring Raging Bull |
| #4832, aired 2005-09-20 | 16- (YES, 16-) LETTER WORDS $400: In boxing, do something crazy like, I don't know, biting a guy's ear off & you'll get a DQ, this disqualification |
| #4826, aired 2005-09-12 | A NEBRASKA CORNHUSKER, OR... $600: QB of Nebraska's all-century team Tommie, or boxing's "Smokin' Joe" Frazier |
| #4790, aired 2005-06-03 | ORAL EXAM $400: Mandatory in boxing, it comes with air holes a mouthguard |
| #4783, aired 2005-05-25 | GLOVE, AMERICAN STYLE $400: Despite playing only 28 games at first base in 1999, Rafael Palmeiro won this MLB defensive award Gold Glove |
| #4773, aired 2005-05-11 | WOMEN IN SPORTS $1600: In the 1990s Christy Martin was probably the best-known woman in this sport boxing |
| #4766, aired 2005-05-02 | POP CULTURE $200: Jack Handey "Deep Thought": "To me", this sport "is like a ballet, except, there's no music... and the dancers hit each other" boxing |
| #4750, aired 2005-04-08 | FELIX, NOTHING MORE THAN FELIX $1600: In 1999 he became a welterweight boxing champion (Felix) Trinidad |
| #4743, aired 2005-03-30 | I'VE GOT ESPN $1600: (Dan Patrick reads the clue.) From baseball, basketball & boxing, they were named by ESPN's "Sports Century" the 3 greatest North American Athletes of the 20th Century Babe Ruth, Michael Jordan & Muhammad Ali |
| #4726, aired 2005-03-07 | JAMIE FOXX ROLES $800: Boxing cornerman Drew "Bundini" Brown Ali |
| #4686, aired 2005-01-10 | SPORTS TROPHIES $2000: The Lonsdale Belt boxing |
| #4679, aired 2004-12-30 | 1-2 $200: You could be giving someone the ol' 1-2 with a left hook & an uppercut in this "sweet science" boxing |
| #4674, aired 2004-12-23 | SAVING THE BEST FOR LAST $1200: In July 1889 this fighter knocked out Jake Kilrain in the last bare-knuckled championship boxing match (John L.) Sullivan |
| #4611, aired 2004-09-27 | TOUGH LIT $800: Joyce Carol Oates wrote a 1987 book "on" this sport, popular with another Joyce, Joyce Brothers boxing |
| #4606, aired 2004-09-20 | CHAMPIONSHIP MOVIES $800: On the night of a big boxing championship Nicolas Cage gets caught up in an assassination plot in this movie Snake Eyes |
| #4601, aired 2004-09-13 | FAMOUS KENTUCKIANS $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew sits at a table in the Seelbach Hilton in Louisville, KY.) This boxing legend known as the Louisville Lip loves to dine here at the Oak Room when he's visiting his hometown Muhammad Ali |
| #4600, aired 2004-09-10 | TOYS & GAMES $600: Mattel has set this classic boxing toy in a video game “arena” Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots |
| #4585, aired 2004-07-09 | GREAT SPORTS $400: This heavyweight boxing champion won all 49 of his professional fights, 43 by knockout Rocky Marciano |
| #4579, aired 2004-07-01 | BOXING $400: At the 2000 Olympics, 4 boxing golds went to fighters from this Caribbean island Cuba |
| #4579, aired 2004-07-01 | BOXING $800: In 1937 Joe Louis became heavyweight champ; in 1997 this Lewis wore the crown Lennox Lewis |
| #4579, aired 2004-07-01 | BOXING $1200: In 1973 Joe Frazier lost his title to this man George Foreman |
| #4579, aired 2004-07-01 | BOXING $1600: Fearsome nickname of 1980s heavyweight champ James Smith "Bonecrusher" |
| #4579, aired 2004-07-01 | BOXING $2000: His sweetest moment came on June 17, 2000 when he beat Oscar De La Hoya "Sugar" Shane Mosley |
| #4571, aired 2004-06-21 | BOMB THE "BAN" $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew gives the clue from a boxing ring at Gleason's Gym in Brooklyn, NY.) This term for small chickens & boxers between 112 & 118 pounds is believed to have come from a town on the island of Java bantamweight |
| #4567, aired 2004-06-15 | 3-LETTER WORDS $200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew punches in from Gleason's Gym in Brooklyn.) Terms for boxing punches include uppercut, hook & this 3-letter word jab |
| #4526, aired 2004-04-19 | JOE, ANNES & JOANNES $800: He retired from boxing in 1949, but returned only to be KOed by Rocky Marciano in 1951 Joe Louis |
| #4518, aired 2004-04-07 | NAME THE OLYMPIC SPORT $200: Shorts,
10 or 12-ounce gloves,
protective headgear boxing |
| #4516, aired 2004-04-05 | 1954 $400: This heavyweight boxing champ defended his title twice in 1954, both times against Ezzard Charles Rocky Marciano |
| #4505, aired 2004-03-19 | THAT OLD TIME TELEVISION $1600: With boxing as her category, Dr. Joyce Brothers won the top prize on this TV quiz show The $64,000 Question |
| #4472, aired 2004-02-03 | BOXING $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew at Gleason's Gym in New York City) This great champ who trained at Gleason's Gym invented the "Rope-a-dope" technique to tire his opponents Muhammad Ali |
| #4472, aired 2004-02-03 | BOXING $800: After a knockdown during a match, the standing boxer must retire to one of these a neutral corner |
| #4472, aired 2004-02-03 | BOXING $1200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew) From the Middle English for "thrust", it's a term used for practice fighting sparring |
| #4472, aired 2004-02-03 | BOXING $1600: By setting many of the rules still used today, the 8th Marquess of this turned boxing from fisticuffs into an art form Queensberry |
| #4472, aired 2004-02-03 | BOXING $2000: (Cheryl) The subject of the film "Raging Bull", this Gleason's Gym trainee held the middleweight title from 1949 to 1951 Jake LaMotta |
| #4444, aired 2003-12-25 | GET SOME EXERCISE $1600: Appropriately, Everlast makes up to 150 lb. versions of this boxing training accessory a heavy bag |
| #4431, aired 2003-12-08 | SPORTS $600: Marvis, son of this heavyweight boxing champ known as "Smokin' Joe", fought for the title in 1983 Joe Frazier |
| #4418, aired 2003-11-19 | LORD OF THE RING $600: Seen here, he's been a heavyweight boxing champ since 2001 Lennox Lewis |
| #4418, aired 2003-11-19 | LORD OF THE RING $1000: Last name of brothers Leon & Michael, who were the first 2 brothers to hold world heavyweight boxing titles Spinks |
| #4373, aired 2003-09-17 | THE SUMMER OLYMPICS $400: I cannot tell a lie, he's the only George to take home a gold heavyweight boxing medal George Foreman |
| #4336, aired 2003-06-09 | "K" RATIONS $800: In 1997 Ving Rhames played this larger than life boxing promoter Don King |
| #4331, aired 2003-06-02 | THE JOCK $200: In 1908 Jack Johnson became the first black boxing champ in this weight division when he KO'd Tommy Burns heavyweight |
| #4319, aired 2003-05-15 | THE OLYMPIC GAMES $600: In 1988 he won a gold medal boxing for Canada; 5 years later he won the pro heavyweight title Lennox Lewis |
| #4319, aired 2003-05-15 | PRESIDENTIAL MEDICAL RECORDS $1,700 (Daily Double): He kept secret the fact that he lost sight in his left eye during a boxing match with a White House aide Theodore Roosevelt |
| #4295, aired 2003-04-11 | GERMAN HODGEPODGE $1000: Defeating Jack Sharkey, this German won the World Heavyweight boxing title in 1930 Max Schmeling |
| #4292, aired 2003-04-08 | SOUNDS LIKE IG-PAY ATIN-LAY $600: December 26, when British servants traditionally get gifts Boxing Day |
| #4287, aired 2003-04-01 | BUY "ONE" $800: In boxing, a left jab followed immediately by a right cross one-two punch |
| #4278, aired 2003-03-19 | SPORTS $600: In 1994, at age 45, he became heavyweight boxing champ again & was the AP's Male Athlete of the Year George Foreman |
| #4256, aired 2003-02-17 | PROFESSIONAL SPORTS $1000: On Sept. 21, 1985 he became the heavyweight boxing champion, like his brother before him Michael Spinks |
| #4216, aired 2002-12-23 | "J.B." SPORTS $1200: In boxing, this division with a type of fowl in its name goes up to 115 pounds junior bantamweight |
| #4212, aired 2002-12-17 | THE SPORTING NEWS $400: One name for this sport derives from the Latin "pugnare", to fight with fists boxing |
| #4200, aired 2002-11-29 | DOUBLE Ws $400: 147 pounds is the maximum in this class of professional boxing welterweight |
| #4191, aired 2002-11-18 | SWEET! $400: Columbus native Buster Douglas was a 1990s champion in this sport dubbed "The Sweet Science" boxing |
| #4157, aired 2002-10-01 | TWINS $600: Famous for their boxing & horsemanship skills, these mythological twins were AKA "Dioscuri" Castor & Pollux |
| #4130, aired 2002-07-12 | BASKETBALL $1000: (Cheryl is attempting a rebound from Bradley.) Shawn's doing this to me; it sounds like fighting, but he's actually in position for the rebound boxing out |
| #4107, aired 2002-06-11 | SORTA SOUNDS LIKE OPRAH? $800: Phrase that precedes "dope" in Ali's famed boxing strategy "rope-a" |
| #4104, aired 2002-06-06 | "UP" WORDS $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew has his boxing gloves on.) It's the devastating blow I'm about to deliver an uppercut |
| #4101, aired 2002-06-03 | THE DAMON RUNYON STORY $600: Shortly after this man won the world heavyweight boxing crown, Damon Runyon dubbed him the "Manassa Mauler" Jack Dempsey |
| #4076, aired 2002-04-29 | THE OLYMPICS $800: Later a pro heavyweight boxing champ, this man won a light heavyweight gold medal in 1960 Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali) |
| #4075, aired 2002-04-26 | WITH "OUT" END $400: A wrestling or boxing match a bout |
| #4041, aired 2002-03-11 | CARMEN $1200: Inspired by "Carmen", this Oscar Hammerstein musical features black characters & ends outside a boxing arena Carmen Jones |
| #4032, aired 2002-02-26 | SPORTING PRESIDENTS $800: Though he was the first president to win the Nobel Peace Prize, he enjoyed boxing. jujitsu & wrestling Teddy Roosevelt |
| #4029, aired 2002-02-21 | HANDWEAR $800: Mia St. John dons a pair of these to work boxing gloves |
| #4012, aired 2002-01-29 | THE "L" IT IS! $400: No bull, he became world middleweight boxing champion in 1949 Jake LaMotta |
| #4003, aired 2002-01-16 | JACKS OR BETTER $800: His third title defense, against Georges Carpentier in 1921, became boxing's first million-dollar gate Jack Dempsey |
| #4000, aired 2002-01-11 | INTERNATIONAL ACTORS $1200: This star of "Jean de Florette" & "Cyrano de Bergerac" did some boxing before becoming an actor Gerard Depardieu |
| #3988, aired 2001-12-26 | 'TWAS THE DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS $800: Boxing Day began in the Middle Ages when lords in this island nation gave gifts to their servants on Dec. 26 Great Britain (England) |
| #3987, aired 2001-12-25 | LEGENDS OF THE GAMES $800: Joe Louis, Muhammad Ali boxing |
| #3974, aired 2001-12-06 | HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPS $200: In 1964 he won the first of his 3 world heavyweight boxing titles, defeating Sonny Liston by a TKO Muhammad Ali |
| #3968, aired 2001-11-28 | YOU HIT ME IN THE FACE! $1000: In a 1994 boxing match, Danny Bonaduce bloodied this "Puppy Love" singer's nose & won a decision Donny Osmond |
| #3965, aired 2001-11-23 | CELEBRATED AFRICAN-AMERICANS $400: This boxing hall of famer seen here "bombed" many an opponent Joe Louis |
| #3947, aired 2001-10-30 | CLICHE ORIGINS $500: A boxing technique where you move away so you won't feel the full force when a punch lands rolling with the punches |
| #3941, aired 2001-10-22 | THE LANGUAGE OF SPORT $400: Down & out boxing |
| #3939, aired 2001-10-18 | OH, "BROTHER"! $300: The famous boxing expert & TV personality seen here Dr. Joyce Brothers |
| #3918, aired 2001-09-19 | BEASTLY MOVIES $200: 1980:
Robert De Niro battles his way to the top of the middleweight boxing world Raging Bull |
| #3918, aired 2001-09-19 | BOYS' "E" $1000: The boys at the boxing gym use equipment from this company, founded in 1910 & once a supplier to Jack Dempsey Everlast |
| #3910, aired 2001-09-07 | DESCRIBING THE SPORT $100: Get 3/4 naked, use 12-ounce mittens to beat opponent senseless boxing |
| #3888, aired 2001-06-27 | SO YOU WANT TO BE IN MOVIES $200: This name for the Hollywood actor's necessity seen here sounds like a boxing blow to the skull a headshot |
| #3879, aired 2001-06-14 | BO, MOE OR PO $200: "Kid Gorgeous", "Kid Presentable", "Kid Gruesome" & finally "Kid" this were boxing nicknames of this "Simpsons" barkeep Moe (Szyslak) |
| #3819, aired 2001-03-22 | WE'RE WORLD CHAMPS $200: Felix Trinidad,
Lennox Lewis,
Oscar De La Hoya boxing |
| #3795, aired 2001-02-16 | SPORTS GREATS $200: In the 1960s & 1970s he won the world's heavyweight boxing title 3 times Muhammad Ali |
| #3781, aired 2001-01-29 | MOVIE PORTRAYALS $1000: This boxing champ of the '40s was portrayed by Paul Newman in "Somebody Up There Likes Me" Rocky Graziano |
| #3777, aired 2001-01-23 | MAKE WAY FOR HEMINGWAY $500: This 1926 novel begins, "Robert Cohn was once middleweight boxing champion of Princeton" "The Sun Also Rises" |
| #3743, aired 2000-12-06 | 20th CENTURY SPORTS $400: Heavyweight boxing champ in 1974, he went back in the ring in 1994 & regained the title George Foreman |
| #3737, aired 2000-11-28 | SPORTS LEGENDS $500: In 1952 he won the heavyweight boxing title by KOing Jersey Joe Walcott; he retired undefeated in 1956 Rocky Marciano |
| #3735, aired 2000-11-24 | FAMOUS FACES $300: Boxing was one of the sports covered by this man seen here Howard Cosell |
| #3710, aired 2000-10-20 | HEY, MIKEY! $800: He & his brother Leon both won Olympic boxing gold in 1976 Michael Spinks |
| #3688, aired 2000-09-20 | BOXING NICKNAMES $100: "The Greatest" Muhammad Ali (Cassius Clay) |
| #3688, aired 2000-09-20 | BOXING NICKNAMES $200: "The Brown Bomber" Joe Louis |
| #3688, aired 2000-09-20 | BOXING NICKNAMES $300: "The Manassa Mauler" Jack Dempsey |
| #3688, aired 2000-09-20 | BOXING NICKNAMES $400: "Macho" Hector Camacho |
| #3688, aired 2000-09-20 | BOXING NICKNAMES $500: "The Real Deal" Evander Holyfield |
| #3687, aired 2000-09-19 | OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALISTS $500: 1968:
Men's Heavyweight Boxing George Foreman |
| #3679, aired 2000-09-07 | TO THE MAX $600: 1 of 2 men who fit the category who reigned as heavyweight boxing champs in the 1930s Max Baer or Max Schmeling |
| #3669, aired 2000-07-13 | WHO'S WHO IN SPORTS $400: Ali's 1974 fight against Foreman was the breakout event for this boxing promoter Don King |
| #3656, aired 2000-06-26 | WOMEN IN SPORTS $200: In her 1999 professional debut, Laila, daughter of this boxing great, KO'd her opponent in 31 seconds Muhammad Ali |
| #3580, aired 2000-03-10 | NON-RELIGIOUS HOLIDAYS $500: On this British holiday, service people like postmen & trash collectors get gifts Boxing Day (December 26) |
| #3555, aired 2000-02-04 | GIVE "P"s A CHANCE $400: From the Latin for "boxer", it's a synonym for boxing Pugilism |
| #3546, aired 2000-01-24 | 13-LETTER WORDS $1000: In professional boxing, it's the class between bantamweight & lightweight Featherweight |
| #3507, aired 1999-11-30 | SPORTS VENUES $600: For first-class Thai kick-boxing action, head for Rajadamnoen Stadium in this city Bangkok |
| #3457, aired 1999-09-21 | BEFORE & AFTER $1000: Boxing champ who stung the "40 Thieves" like a bee Muhammad Ali Baba |
| #3423, aired 1999-06-23 | BEFORE & AFTER $1000: Psychedelic "Dark Side of the Moon" rockers twice crowned heavyweight boxing champion of the world Pink Floyd Patterson |
| #3413, aired 1999-06-09 | LEGENDS OF SPORTS $600: Sadly, this undefeated boxing legend from Brockton, Massachusetts died in a plane crash in 1969 Rocky Marciano |
| #3396, aired 1999-05-17 | SPORTS ANIMALS $600: This type of punch, which lands on the back of the neck, is illegal in boxing rabbit punch |
| #3373, aired 1999-04-14 | PUT A KIRK IN IT $400: Kirk got his first Oscar nomination for "Champion", a 1949 film about this sport Boxing |
| #3368, aired 1999-04-07 | BOXING TERMS $100: New to the sport? Let me show you these; they're strung around the ring Ropes |
| #3368, aired 1999-04-07 | BOXING TERMS $200: A punch delivered "below" it is a foul (and may cause you to lose it) The belt |
| #3368, aired 1999-04-07 | BOXING TERMS $300: The most important bout on the card; Barbra Streisand sang about one in 1979 Main event |
| #3368, aired 1999-04-07 | BOXING TERMS $400: For the count, the standing boxer must retire to one of these Neutral corner |
| #3368, aired 1999-04-07 | BOXING TERMS $500: In 1982 Nevada made this count mandatory in case of a knockdown a standing eight count |
| #3366, aired 1999-04-05 | MR. MIKE $100: On November 22, 1986 at age 20, he became the youngest world heavyweight boxing champion ever Mike Tyson |
| #3366, aired 1999-04-05 | GIVE "UP" $200: A boxing blow directed upward towards your opponent's chin uppercut |
| #3357, aired 1999-03-23 | THE KING $400: The title of this Elvis boxing movie includes the name of a chaste Round Tabler Kid Galahad |
| #3356, aired 1999-03-22 | ATHLETE'S RHYME TIME $300: A boxing arena monarch ring king |
| #3356, aired 1999-03-22 | JOCKS ON FILM $800: This film's title is the second half of an old boxing expression The Harder They Fall |
| #3352, aired 1999-03-16 | FIVE GUYS NAMED JOE $600: He was inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame in 1989 & the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1990 Joe Frazier |
| #3349, aired 1999-03-11 | "MOORE" OR "LES" $1000: This light-heavyweight boxing champ had a record 130 knockouts during his 27-year career in the ring Archie Moore |
| #3344, aired 1999-03-04 | IN OTHER WORDS... $300: Toss a cap into a boxing arena Throw your hat into the ring |
| #3337, aired 1999-02-23 | BODY LANGUAGE $600 (Daily Double): (Hello, I'm Jay Leno) A boxing expression says a person who suffers a setback "takes it" on this body part Chin |
| #3319, aired 1999-01-28 | THE JOHNSONS $600: The first black heavyweight boxing champ, this Texan reigned from 1908 to 1915 Jack Johnson |
| #3278, aired 1998-12-02 | SPORTS $1,600 (Daily Double): (Hi, I'm Austin Peck & I play boxer-turned-executive Austin Reed on "Days Of Our Lives") One of the largest crowds in indoor boxing history gathered on Sept. 15, 1978 when Leon Spinks fought this man Muhammad Ali |
| #3244, aired 1998-10-15 | JENNIFER & DAVID $1000: "Boxing Helena" was directed by this avant-garde director's daughter Jennifer David Lynch |
| #3227, aired 1998-09-22 | SPORTING CLICHES $100: Hit below the belt boxing |
| #3222, aired 1998-09-15 | TEDDY ROOSEVELT $400: Roosevelt, who often participated in this sport, was virtually blinded in his left eye during a match boxing |
| #3220, aired 1998-09-11 | HANDWEAR $200: It's the glove of the Golden Gloves & may deliver a K.O. a boxing glove |
| #3215, aired 1998-07-17 | WHO'RE YOU LOOKIN' AT? $100: Celebrity seen here: Don King |
| #3198, aired 1998-06-24 | A THAILAND FLING $100: In Muay Thai, the Thai form of this western sport, kicking is allowed Boxing |
| #3191, aired 1998-06-15 | SPORTS $400: On Sept. 23, 1926 this heavyweight boxing champ lost his title to Gene Tunney in a decision Jack Dempsey |
| #3189, aired 1998-06-11 | BEFORE & AFTER $800: Boxing promoter whose boys lost the fight for the American colonies Don King George III |
| #3160, aired 1998-05-01 | JUMBO JOCKS $400: On November 5, 1994, he regained the heavyweight boxing title he lost 20 years & 30 pounds earlier George Foreman |
| #3146, aired 1998-04-13 | 12-LETTER WORDS $2,000 (Daily Double): In boxing, it's the weight class between lightweight & middleweight Welterweight |
| #3141, aired 1998-04-06 | PUNCHY WRITERS $800: He was boxing editor for Sports Illustrated before writing the script for "On the Waterfront" Budd Schulberg |
| #3141, aired 1998-04-06 | PUNCHY WRITERS $1000: Based on a play by Clifford Odets, it's the 1939 boxing film seen here:
"Well, I've made up my mind to win the middleweight crown."
"But your heart's in music!" Golden Boy |
| #3138, aired 1998-04-01 | APRIL $500: On April 27, 1956 he retired as boxing's only undefeated heavyweight champ Rocky Marciano |
| #3134, aired 1998-03-26 | 20 YEARS AGO: 1978 $400: On September 15 he regained the heavyweight boxing crown for a record third time, by beating Leon Spinks Muhammad Ali |
| #3113, aired 1998-02-25 | HEY, GOOD-LOOKIN' $300: In boxing, it's when you've fallen & you can't get up a knockout |
| #3094, aired 1998-01-29 | FISH $300: Aquarium fish include the fighting fish & this one that shares its name with the Manassa Mauler Jack Dempsey |
| #3088, aired 1998-01-21 | THE SUMMER OLYMPICS $100: 1 of 2 Spinks brothers to win boxing gold medals at the 1976 games Leon or Michael |
| #3085, aired 1998-01-16 | MURDER & MUSICALS $800: This Oscar Hammerstein musical inspired by "Carmen" ends with a murder outside a boxing arena "Carmen Jones" (directed by Otto Preminger) |
| #3078, aired 1998-01-07 | WOMEN IN SPORTS $800: In 1996 Christy Martin became the first female pro in this sport to be featured live on national TV Boxing |
| #3056, aired 1997-12-08 | THE QUEEN'S ENGLISH $300: If you got a new brolly as a gift on Boxing Day, you received one of these Umbrella |
| #3054, aired 1997-12-04 | TAKING YOUR "Q" $1,500 (Daily Double): [Hello, I'm Robin Quivers] This marquess who wrote a set of boxing rules also helped bring down Oscar Wilde Marquess of Queensbury |
| #3006, aired 1997-09-29 | THE "ROCKY"s $500: Somebody up there must have liked him; he was world middleweight boxing champ in 1947 & '48 Rocky Graziano |
| #2993, aired 1997-09-10 | THEM'S FIGHTIN' WORDS $300: Boxing announcer Michael Buffer is known for the injunction "Let's get ready to" do this rumble! |
| #2957, aired 1997-06-10 | ENTREPRENEURS $600: Representing such people as Mike Tyson, he bills himself as "The World's Greatest Boxing Promoter" Don King |
| #2920, aired 1997-04-18 | BY GEORGE $200: He's the only George to win an Olympic gold medal in boxing's heavyweight division George Foreman |
| #2866, aired 1997-02-03 | SPORTS $200: On November 9, 1996 he beat Mike Tyson to win the heavyweight boxing title for the third time Evander Holyfield |
| #2857, aired 1997-01-21 | LITERATURE $400: Budd Schulberg's novel "The Harder They Fall" deals with corrupt practices in this sport boxing |
| #2832, aired 1996-12-17 | BOXING MOVIES $200: In "The Main Event", she inherits a boxer played by her "What's Up Doc?" co-star Ryan O'Neal Barbra Streisand |
| #2832, aired 1996-12-17 | BOXING MOVIES $400: Tony Lo Bianco played this famous Rocky, not Rocky Balboa, in a 1979 TV movie Rocky Marciano |
| #2832, aired 1996-12-17 | BOXING MOVIES $600: Yo! She played Adrian in all 5 "Rocky" movies Talia Shire |
| #2832, aired 1996-12-17 | BOXING MOVIES $800: Cathy Moriarty earned an Oscar nomination for her screen debut as Vikki La Motta in this film Raging Bull |
| #2832, aired 1996-12-17 | BOXING MOVIES $1000: In "The Kid from Brooklyn", this "White Christmas" co-star played a meek milkman who accidentally becomes a champ Danny Kaye |
| #2734, aired 1996-06-20 | SPORTS $400: The November 1982 death of lightweight Duk Koo Kim resulted in editorials calling for a ban on this sport boxing |
| #2679, aired 1996-04-04 | BOXING MOVIES $200: Before starring on TV's "Thunder In Paradise", this "Hulkster" played Thunderlips in "Rocky III" Hulk Hogan |
| #2679, aired 1996-04-04 | BOXING MOVIES $400: He played Elvis' trainer in "Kid Galahad" a "Dirty Dozen" years before he starred in "Death Wish" Charles Bronson |
| #2679, aired 1996-04-04 | BOXING MOVIES $600: This platinum blonde was a real knockout as a prizefighter's scheming wife in the 1931 film "Iron Man" Jean Harlow |
| #2679, aired 1996-04-04 | BOXING MOVIES $800: Jack Palance starred in the TV version of this "heavy" Rod Serling drama; Anthony Quinn, in the film version "Requiem For A Heavyweight" |
| #2679, aired 1996-04-04 | BOXING MOVIES $1000: Based on Clifford Odets' play, this "colorful" 1939 film made William Holden a star Golden Boy |
| #2677, aired 1996-04-02 | SPORTS $200: On Nov. 5, 1994 he became the oldest to win a heavyweight title -- or any boxing title -- at age 45 George Foreman |
| #2636, aired 1996-02-05 | SPORTS $200: On April 22, 1995 he retained his heavyweight boxing title in a controversial decision against Axel Schulz George Foreman |
| #2624, aired 1996-01-18 | ON BROADWAY 1968 $800: James Earl Jones starred on the Great White Way in this drama set in the world of boxing The Great White Hope |
| #2614, aired 1996-01-04 | 20th CENTURY AUTHORS $400: Sportswriter & "Poseidon Adventure" author Paul Gallico helped begin this amateur boxing event the Golden Gloves |
| #2602, aired 1995-12-19 | SPORTS $500: Nicknamed the "Bronx Bull", he won the middleweight boxing title in 1949 & held it for 2 years Jake LaMotta |
| #2593, aired 1995-12-06 | THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART $600: George Bellows' 1909 "Both Members of This Club" shows one of these sporting matches, then illegal in NYC boxing |
| #2580, aired 1995-11-17 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $300: In Canada & Great Britain it's usually the day following Christmas Boxing Day |
| #2562, aired 1995-10-24 | ARENAS $100: George Foreman started his professional boxing career with a KO victory at this NYC venue Madison Square Garden |
| #2538, aired 1995-09-20 | OLD POLITICAL TERMS $200: An adviser was once called a bottle-holder, from a ring assistant in this sport boxing |
| #2516, aired 1995-07-10 | HISTORY $400: From 1951 to 1960 this future Ugandan dictator was heavyweight boxing champ of his country Idi Amin |
| #2484, aired 1995-05-25 | NEWSPAPERS & MAGAZINES $100: This sport is the subject of Ring magazine boxing |
| #2351, aired 1994-11-21 | VICE PRESIDENTS $300: He was a boxing & football coach at Yale before attending law school there Gerald Ford |
| #2320, aired 1994-10-07 | SPORTS $100: This former heavyweight boxing champ is known as "Iron Mike" Mike Tyson |
| #2312, aired 1994-09-27 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: It's St. Stephen's Day as well as the traditional date of Boxing Day December 26 |
| #2259, aired 1994-06-02 | HISTORIC DOCUMENTS $500: John Graham Chambers drafted the 12 boxing rules published under the patronage of this marquess in 1867 the Marquess of Queensbury |
| #2232, aired 1994-04-26 | FRENCH $500: In France boxing is la boxe & this sport is les courses de chevaux horse racing |
| #2223, aired 1994-04-13 | AWARDS $200: Established in 1976, the Rocky Marciano Award honors outstanding achievement in this sport boxing |
| #2197, aired 1994-03-08 | SPORTS $400: He won the heavyweight boxing title in 1952 & retired undefeated 4 years later Marciano |
| #2136, aired 1993-12-13 | BLACK FIRSTS $1000: In 1908 he defeated Tommy Burns to become the 1st Black world heavyweight boxing champ Jack Johnson |
| #2123, aired 1993-11-24 | CHAMPIONS $300: In 1987, at age 21, he became the undisputed world heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson |
| #2120, aired 1993-11-19 | DRAMA $400: In Clifford Odets' "Golden Boy", Joe Bonaparte gives up the violin for this sport Boxing |
| #2117, aired 1993-11-16 | PSYCHOLOGY $400: Dementia pugilistica is so named because it often affects people in this sport Boxing |
| #2078, aired 1993-09-22 | SPORTS $600: It's the nickname of former heavyweight boxing champ James Douglas Buster |
| #1991, aired 1993-04-12 | THE 20th CENTURY $400: In 1927 the 1st of these amateur boxing matches was held, under the sponsorship of the New York Daily News the Golden Gloves |
| #1982, aired 1993-03-30 | HEAR, HEAR $100: One's heard at the beginning & end of a round in boxing a bell |
| #1954, aired 1993-02-18 | 3-LETTER WORDS $300: In boxing, it's a short, straight blow a jab |
| #1932, aired 1993-01-19 | "SAVE" $400: Borrowed from boxing, this expression means delivered from an undesirable fate saved by the bell |
| #1927, aired 1993-01-12 | BOXING MOVIES $200: Director Martin Scorsese appeared as a stagehand in this film about Jake LaMotta Raging Bull |
| #1927, aired 1993-01-12 | BOXING MOVIES $400: He wasn't on "The A-Team" yet when he tangled with Sylvester Stallone in "Rocky III" Mr. T |
| #1927, aired 1993-01-12 | BOXING MOVIES $600: Paul Newman played this Rocky, not Rocky Balboa, in "Somebody Up There Likes Me" Rocky Graziano |
| #1927, aired 1993-01-12 | BOXING MOVIES $800: Rod Serling adapted the screenplay for this boxing film from his own Emmy-winning TV script Requiem for a Heavyweight |
| #1927, aired 1993-01-12 | BOXING MOVIES $1000: This 1931 boxing classic was the first film that teamed Wallace Beery with Jackie Cooper The Champ |
| #1910, aired 1992-12-18 | "P"s & "Q"s $300: Boxing fans may know that John Sholto Douglas was only 14 when he became Marquess of this Queensberry |
| #1877, aired 1992-11-03 | FOREIGN HOLIDAYS $600: In Hong Kong, as in Great Britain, the day after Christmas is called this Boxing Day |
| #1846, aired 1992-09-21 | "ISM"s $300: It's another term for boxing, or the art of fighting with fists pugilism |
| #1815, aired 1992-06-19 | "UP" $400: In boxing this swinging blow is usually directed toward an opponent's chin an uppercut |
| #1792, aired 1992-05-19 | "KING"s $300: He was the man behind such boxing events as the "Rumble in the Jungle" & the "Thrilla in Manila" Don King |
| #1788, aired 1992-05-13 | SPORTS $300: It's the only class in professional boxing in which there's no upper weight limit heavyweight |
| #1745, aired 1992-03-13 | BEFORE HE WAS PRESIDENT $1,100 (Daily Double): After graduating from the Univ. of Michigan, he worked as a boxing coach & asst. football coach at Yale Gerald Ford |
| #1711, aired 1992-01-27 | SPORTS $500: When he KO'd Ingemar Johansson in 1960, he became the 1st to regain the heavyweight boxing title Floyd Patterson |
| #1685, aired 1991-12-20 | FAMOUS ARMSTRONGS $300: Henry Armstrong is the only pro to hold 3 world championships simultaneously in this sport boxing |
| #1657, aired 1991-11-12 | BOXING $100: He invented the "Rope-A-Dope" technique to tire his opponents Muhammad Ali |
| #1657, aired 1991-11-12 | BOXING $200: Meaning to strike rapidly, it's the term used for practice fighting sparring |
| #1657, aired 1991-11-12 | BOXING $300: He held the heavyweight title from 1937 to 1949, the longest reign Joe Louis |
| #1657, aired 1991-11-12 | BOXING $400: In 1915 Jess Willard took the heavyweight title from this first black man to hold it (Jack) Johnson |
| #1657, aired 1991-11-12 | BOXING $500: At 260 lbs., the heaviest heavyweight champ was this "Ambling Alp" from Italy Primo Carnera |
| #1652, aired 1991-11-05 | SPORTS $300: This "sweet" fighter won the world middleweight boxing title a record 5 times from 1951-1958 ("Sugar Ray") Robinson |
| #1634, aired 1991-10-10 | BEFORE HE WAS PRESIDENT $1,000 (Daily Double): While attending Harvard, he was runner-up for the campus lightweight boxing championship Theodore Roosevelt |
| #1630, aired 1991-10-04 | SPORTS $100: In 1941 this heavyweight boxing champ successfully defended his title a record 7 times Joe Louis |
| #1606, aired 1991-09-02 | SPORTS $300: This former heavyweight boxing champ's last bout was a 1981 loss to Trevor Berbick Muhammad Ali |
| #1592, aired 1991-07-02 | 1990 $500: Two of the three men who were world heavyweight boxing champs in 1990 (2 of) Mike Tyson & Buster Douglas (or Evander Holyfield) |
| #1563, aired 1991-05-22 | PLAYS $400: In "Golden Boy" a violinist gives up his musical dreams to compete in this sport boxing |
| #1554, aired 1991-05-09 | SPORTS: 1990 $200: He was boxing's heavyweight champ from February 10 to October 25 (Buster) Douglas |
| #1552, aired 1991-05-07 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1000: In England the first weekday after Christmas is this holiday Boxing Day |
| #1528, aired 1991-04-03 | THE OLYMPICS $100: He threw his 1960 light heavyweight boxing gold medal into the Ohio River (Muhammad) Ali |
| #1487, aired 1991-02-05 | TAXI $200: After turning from boxing to acting in real life, he went for one more match in 1979 in Madison Square Garden Tony Danza |
| #1454, aired 1990-12-20 | SPORTS LINGO $200: Of bantam, fly & feather, the word used to describe the lightest boxing weight flyweight |
| #1444, aired 1990-12-06 | THE OLYMPICS $200: The brothers who won the middleweight & light heavyweight divisions of boxing in 1976 the Spinks brothers |
| #1425, aired 1990-11-09 | SPORTS $400: According to Forbes Magazine, the 3 highest-paid athletes for 1990 compete in this sport boxing |
| #1387, aired 1990-09-18 | SPORTS $400: Heavyweight champ Gene Tunney & this former champ were involved in boxing's Long Count bout (Jack) Dempsey |
| #9, aired 1990-08-11 | SPORTS $400: In 1978 he won the heavyweight boxing title; 7 years later, his brother Michael did the same Leon Spinks |
| #1370, aired 1990-07-13 | BOB HOPE $300: Referring to an early stab at this sport, Bob said, "I was the only (one)...who was carried both ways" boxing |
| #1368, aired 1990-07-11 | SPORTS $200: "Sweet" nickname of both the 1972 &1976 Olympic light welterweight boxing gold medalists Sugar Ray |
| #1363, aired 1990-07-04 | SPORTS $400: "Gentleman" who in 1892 won boxing's first heavyweight title under Queensberry rules "Gentleman Jim" Corbett |
| #3, aired 1990-06-30 | ORGANIZATIONS $200: Originally, this amateur boxing organization was sponsored by the Chicago Tribune Charities Golden Gloves |
| #1345, aired 1990-06-08 | TEXANS $400: This first black heavyweight boxing champ claimed he lost deliberately to Jess Willard in 1915 Jack Johnson |
| #1325, aired 1990-05-11 | SPORTS ARENAS $400: A Detroit arena named for this heavyweight boxing champ was the site of the 1980 GOP Nat'l Convention Joe Louis |
| #1304, aired 1990-04-12 | DOUBLE TALK $300: Nickname of former lightweight boxing champ Ray Mancini "Boom Boom" |
| #1300, aired 1990-04-06 | MYTHS & LEGENDS $800: Among Hercules' teachers were these twins who taught him horsemanship & boxing Castor & Pollux |
| #1295, aired 1990-03-30 | FAMOUS JOES & JOSEPHS $100: 1 of the 3 heavyweight boxing champs to fit this category Joe Frazier, Joe Louis & "Jersey Joe" Walcott |
| #1294, aired 1990-03-29 | MARLON BRANDO $200: When he said, "I coulda been a contender!" in "On The Waterfront", he was referring to this sport Boxing |
| #1281, aired 1990-03-12 | 19TH CENTURY AMERICANS $600: Nicknamed "Gentleman Jim", this bank teller won the heavyweight boxing title from John L. Sullivan in 1892 Jim Corbett |
| #1270, aired 1990-02-23 | POT LUCK $300: In Great Britain & Canada Boxing Day is observed on the 1st working day after this holiday Christmas |
| #1269, aired 1990-02-22 | THE OLYMPICS $300: In 1976 these 2 brothers won gold medals in boxing & later both were champs in the pro ranks Michael & Leon Spinks |
| #1241, aired 1990-01-15 | FAMOUS FAMILIES $500: The Marciano Brothers & the Nakash Brothers are feuding families in this line of business jeans manufacturers |
| #1241, aired 1990-01-15 | THE OLD WEST $600: Tx. & Mex. banned the Maher-Fitzsimmons boxing match, so this judge held it on a sand bar in the Rio Grande Roy Bean |
| #1236, aired 1990-01-08 | FAMOUS KANGAROOS $200: The 1978 Elliott Gould film "Matilda" was about a kangaroo who participated in this sport boxing |
| #1190, aired 1989-11-03 | RHYME TIME $300: In boxing it could be Caesars Palace or Madison Square Garden Fight Site |
| #1183, aired 1989-10-25 | BOXING MOVIES $100: He played a boxer who kills his friend in "Killer McCoy"--a far cry from Andy Hardy Mickey Rooney |
| #1183, aired 1989-10-25 | BOXING MOVIES $200: In 1949 he took it on the chin as the "Champion" but his dimple stayed intact Kirk Douglas |
| #1183, aired 1989-10-25 | BOXING MOVIES $400: He was the 1st actor to win an Oscar for playing a boxer, in "The Champ" Wallace Beery |
| #1183, aired 1989-10-25 | BOXING MOVIES $500 (Daily Double): This song was the theme for the 1947 John Garfield classic of the same name "Body And Soul" |
| #1183, aired 1989-10-25 | BOXING MOVIES $500: He was the last actor to win an Oscar for playing a boxer, & that's no "bull" Robert De Niro |
| #1177, aired 1989-10-17 | WORLD LEADERS $400: This political "strongman" was heavyweight boxing champ of Uganda from 1951-60 Idi Amin |
| #1167, aired 1989-10-03 | ELVIS FILMS $100: In "Kid Galahad", Elvis played an ex-serviceman who took up this professional sport boxing |
| #1103, aired 1989-05-24 | FAMOUS QUOTES $200: Profession of Bob Fitzsimmons who said, "The bigger they come, the harder they fall" boxing |
| #1002, aired 1989-01-03 | STARTS WITH "W" $200: In professional boxing, it's the classification of a boxer whose weight is 136-147 pounds a welterweight |
| #1002, aired 1989-01-03 | IF IT'S TUESDAY... $200: On July 20, 1858 about 1,500 fans in N.Y. were 1st to pay an admission charge to watch this sport baseball |
| #993, aired 1988-12-21 | SPORTS $200: In 1983 the A.M.A. called for banning this sport in the U.S. due to danger of brain damage boxing |
| #968, aired 1988-11-16 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $100: If Leon Spinks is in England on December 26, he might join in the observance of this Boxing Day |
| #954, aired 1988-10-27 | SPORTS TRIVIA $100: The head official in soccer, hockey, football & boxing referee |
| #945, aired 1988-10-14 | PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA $400: He was blinded in 1 eye as a result of a 1904 boxing match with a white house aide, but kept it secret Theodore Roosevelt |
| #940, aired 1988-10-07 | ODD WORDS $100: A "slugfest" isn't a big party for slimy creatures, it's this a boxing match (or fight) |
| #935, aired 1988-09-30 | SPORTS TRIVIA $1000: This country has hosted 7 min. 54 sec. of heavyweight championship boxing in 2 quick matches Japan |
| #868, aired 1988-05-18 | BODY LANGUAGE $500: Meaning "blows from a clenched hand", it's another name for boxing fisticuffs |
| #831, aired 1988-03-28 | 1987 $400: On May 27, 1987, this middleweight boxing champ announced his retirement...again Sugar Ray Leonard |
| #766, aired 1987-12-28 | SPORTS $500: In the late 19th c., exhibition matches featuring this champ helped popularize boxing in the U.S. John L. Sullivan |
| #753, aired 1987-12-09 | KANSANS $200: The Pottawatomie Giant, 6' 6" Jess Willard, rose to the top in this sport when he beat Jack Johnson boxing |
| #744, aired 1987-11-26 | THE 1890s $200: In 1897, James J. Corbett & Bob Fitzsimmons starred & sparred in the 1st pro one of these filmed a boxing match |
| #737, aired 1987-11-17 | LEGENDARY SINGERS $1,000 (Daily Double): Her affair with a world middleweight boxing champion reportedly led her to write the following: Edith Piaf |
| #730, aired 1987-11-06 | THE QUEEN'S ENGLISH $800: Boxing Day, December 26, doesn't celebrate pugilism but gets its name from this custom giving gifts to working class people |
| #726, aired 1987-11-02 | "KINGS"s & "QUEEN"s $1000: In this code, rule 11 states "No shoes or boots with springs allowed", rule 2 says "No hugging" Marquess of Queensberry rules pertaining to boxing |
| #689, aired 1987-09-10 | "EE" $400: In boxing, he always starts a fight the referee |
| #687, aired 1987-09-08 | SPORTS FIGURES $200: For boxing, it usually measures 18-20 ft. square the ring |
| #678, aired 1987-07-15 | SPORTSCASTS $500: When "The Gilette Cavalcade of Sports" was on the air, this was the only sport they telecast live boxing |
| #626, aired 1987-05-04 | ADAPTATIONS $300: Clifford Odets' drama of the same name became a musical about boxing starring Sammy Davis Jr. Golden Boy |
| #607, aired 1987-04-07 | SPORTS $500: Jack Broughton, inventor of the modern boxing glove, is buried in this British landmark Westminster Abbey |
| #602, aired 1987-03-31 | THEATER $300: Sport featured in the musicals "Hold Everything" & "Golden Boy" boxing |
| #589, aired 1987-03-12 | SPORTS RECORDS $800: Though 13 of his old KO's were recently thrown out, with 132 he still has the most in boxing history Archie Moore |
| #566, aired 1987-02-09 | THE OLYMPICS $400: The 2 Olympic sports whose weight classes include light flyweight or paperweight boxing & wrestling |
| #529, aired 1986-12-18 | COLORFUL TV SHOWS $1000: From 1954-58, his "Corner" on sports news filled the gap between boxing matches & the 11 o'clock news Red Barber |
| #523, aired 1986-12-10 | THE '50s $300: 1 of 5 men to have held the world heavyweight boxing championship during the decade 1 of (Ezzard Charles, Jersey Joe Walcott, Rocky Marciano, Floyd Patterson & Ingemar Johannson) |
| #495, aired 1986-10-31 | MIDDLE NAMES $400: Joe Barrow dropped his last name & used this, his middle name, when boxing Louis |
| #493, aired 1986-10-29 | SPORTS TRIVIA $400: In 1976 Olympics, these 2 brothers both won gold medals in boxing events the Spinks brothers (Michael & Leon) |
| #488, aired 1986-10-22 | DAVID LETTERMAN $400: Davis asked this boxing promoter "What's the deal with your hair?" Don King |
| #463, aired 1986-09-17 | REGULAR JOES $400: One source we have says he won '64 gold medal in boxing fighting with broken left hand; 1 says right Joe Frazier |
| #461, aired 1986-09-15 | "KING"s & "QUEEN"s $400: He sat in the House of Lords after developing modern rules of boxing Marquis of Queensbury |
| #436, aired 1986-05-12 | SPORTS $500: In 1921, boxing's 1st million-dollar bout was won by this heavyweight Jack Dempsey |
| #431, aired 1986-05-05 | 4TH OF JULY $400: On July 4, 1919, he won the heavyweight boxing title from Jess Willard Jack Dempsey |
| #426, aired 1986-04-28 | SPORTS TRIVIA $1000: The only 2 brothers to have both held a world heavyweight boxing title the Spinks brothers (Leon & Michael) |
| #393, aired 1986-03-12 | SPORTS $600: On April 15 1985, Marvin Hagler knocked him out in 3rd round of World Boxing Championship at Caesars Palace "The Hitman" Thomas Hearns |
| #390, aired 1986-03-07 | "ON" WORDS & "UP" WORDS $200: A boxing blow an uppercut |
| #369, aired 1986-02-06 | SPORTS TRIVIA $200: In 1872 the Marquess of Queensberry introduced this equipment to protect aristocrats while boxing gloves |
| #368, aired 1986-02-05 | SPORTS $400: Inventor of the boxing glove, English boxer Jack Broughton is commemorated in this regal resting palace Westminster Abbey |
| #360, aired 1986-01-24 | SPORTS $200: This annual amateur boxing tournament was 1st held in 1927 the Golden Gloves |
| #328, aired 1985-12-11 | SPORTS MOVIES $500: In 1947, John Garfield got into this sport "Body and Soul" boxing |
| #327, aired 1985-12-10 | SPORTS $1000: 1st to develop feinting as a major boxing tool, he became 1st black heavyweight champ Jack Johnson |
| #307, aired 1985-11-12 | FRENCH PHRASES $800: It could be “The final blow“ in boxing or “The finishing stroke” in tennis coup de grace |
| #295, aired 1985-10-25 | NUMBERS $400: In Olympic boxing, maximum number of rounds in each bout 3 |
| #287, aired 1985-10-15 | BOXING $200: In the basic stance, right-handed & some left-handed boxers keep this foot forward the left foot |
| #287, aired 1985-10-15 | BOXING $400: After knocking an opponent down a boxer must go to this for the count a neutral corner |
| #287, aired 1985-10-15 | BOXING $600: In 1889, John L. Sullivan went 75 rounds to win the last heavyweight championship fought this way bare-knuckle |
| #287, aired 1985-10-15 | BOXING $800: When any part of a boxer's body except his feet is touching the floor a knockdown |
| #287, aired 1985-10-15 | BOXING $1000: In the WBA, neither the jr. flyweight nor, surprisingly, this division has a minimum weight requirement heavyweight |
| #173, aired 1985-05-08 | SPORTS $300: From the Latin for "one who fights with his fists" comes this name for boxing pugilism |
| #139, aired 1985-03-21 | BOXING $200: Vegetable name for a boxer's damaged acoustic organ a cauliflower ear |
| #139, aired 1985-03-21 | BOXING $400: In many states it is mandatory count after a knockdown before fight may continue a standing 8 count |
| #139, aired 1985-03-21 | BOXING $600: He ended his fight with "Sugar" Ray Leonard with the words "No mas, no mas" Roberto Duran |
| #139, aired 1985-03-21 | BOXING $800: His reign as heavyweight champ, 11 yrs, 8 mos. 9 days, was the longest for any weight division Joe Louis |
| #139, aired 1985-03-21 | BOXING $1000: Italian heavyweight who, at 260 pounds, was largest man to win the crown Primo Carnera |
| #136, aired 1985-03-18 | PSYCHOLOGY $600: Psychologist Dr. Joyce Brothers won $134,000 on TV quiz shows as an expert on this boxing |
| #129, aired 1985-03-07 | LITERATURE $200: Profession of Clifford Odets' "Golden Boy" boxing |
| #120, aired 1985-02-22 | SPORTS $1000: The lowest weight division in boxing junior flyweight (light flyweight) |
| #118, aired 1985-02-20 | SPORTS $400: Undefeated bare-knuckle boxing champ in 1880s, he lost his 1st fight with gloves (John L.) Sullivan |
| #100, aired 1985-01-25 | BROADWAY $400: Life of Black boxing champ Jack Johnson was inspiration for this '68 show The Great White Hope |
| #97, aired 1985-01-22 | DOCTORS $800: Ex-boxing "whiz", she is current whiz on "what every woman should know about love & marriage" Dr. Joyce Brothers |
| #96, aired 1985-01-21 | "MOORE" OR "LES" $400: '50s boxing champ, he boasted the highest percentage of KO's in 205 bouts Archie Moore |
| #64, aired 1984-12-06 | BOXING $100: Length of a full count ten |
| #64, aired 1984-12-06 | BOXING $200: Term for tossing the terrycloth throwing in the towel |
| #64, aired 1984-12-06 | BOXING $300: Meaning of TKO technical knockout |
| #64, aired 1984-12-06 | BOXING $400: In '81, he got $12 mil. for beating welterweight Thomas Hearns Sugar Ray Leonard |
| #64, aired 1984-12-06 | BOXING $500: In '65, it took Muhammad Ali less than 2 min. to beat him Sonny Liston |
| #45, aired 1984-11-09 | HOLIDAYS $200: Name of this Dec. 26 English holiday comes from gift cartons, not prize fighters Boxing Day |
| #35, aired 1984-10-26 | SPORTS QUOTES $100: Boxing champ noted for predicting: "They must all fall, in the round I call" Muhammad Ali |
| #17, aired 1984-10-02 | HOLIDAYS $400: This English holiday has masked children begging "A penny for the guy" Guy Fawkes Day |
