| #9070, aired 2024-03-29 | EPONYMS $1200: Last name of Belgian inventor Adolphe, who lent his name to a brass wind instrument that ranges in type from sopranino to bass Sax |
| #9016, aired 2024-01-15 | POP MUSIC-POURRI $2000: "A Taste Of Honey" & "Zorba the Greek" were 2 of many '60s pop hits for this trumpeter & The Tijuana Brass (Herb) Alpert |
| #8918, aired 2023-07-19 | HISTORY $2000: A recent exhumation of this eccentric 16th century Danish astronomer found his prosthetic nose was more likely brass than gold Tycho Brahe |
| #8916, aired 2023-07-17 | WITH BELLS ON $1600: Yongs are ancient brass bells that didn't have these tongues inside to make noise as mallets were used for that a clapper |
| #8915, aired 2023-07-14 | MODERN FANTASY LIT $600: S.A. Chakraborty's "City of Brass" has Nahri team up with Dara, one of these mystical creatures whose name starts with a silent "D" a djinn |
| #8868, aired 2023-05-10 | NEW NEW ORLEANS MUSIC $1600: This New Orleans-set HBO series opened with the Rebirth Brass Band playing "Feel Like Funkin' It Up" during a second line Treme |
| #8860, aired 2023-04-28 | INSIDE 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 |
| #8816, aired 2023-02-27 | DESCRIBING THE MUSICAL INSTRUMENT $200: It's big, it's brass, it was invented in the 1830s & it goes oompah a tuba |
| #8800, aired 2023-02-03 | THAT'S A CRIME! $800: Using a baseball bat or brass knuckles to inflict injury can lead to a charge of ADW, short for this assault with a deadly weapon |
| #8776, aired 2023-01-02 | GIVING YOU SOME METALS $800: Rubbings are hand-made copies of the engraved plates of this metal that adorned many an old tomb brass |
| #8697, aired 2022-09-13 | A CHEM/ PHYSICS/ BIO SAMPLER $2000: With hard work & strong acid, you can get the original metals from alloys, like this partner of zinc out of brass copper |
| #8676, aired 2022-07-04 | ORCHESTRAL INSTRUMENTS $800: A quartet played these "national" brass instruments on "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" French horns |
| #8550, aired 2022-01-07 | METAPHORS $800: Meaning achieving great success, grabbing this was originally a way to get a free ride on a merry-go-round the brass ring |
| #8548, aired 2022-01-05 | LESSER-KNOWN COMPOSERS $1600: In 1844, before this brass woodwind was even patented, Jean-Georges Kastner used it in his opera "The Last King of Judah" the saxophone |
| #8541, aired 2021-12-27 | BEFORE & AFTER $800: An "international" phrase used after swearing tunes in as a valved, circular brass instrument pardon my French horn |
| #8501, aired 2021-11-01 | FAMILY IS EVERYTHING $400: Patented in 1835, it gave brass instruments a new largest family member a tuba |
| #8476, aired 2021-09-27 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $400: Louisiana's state quarter features this brass wind instrument to honor the state's jazz heritage a trumpet |
| #8431, aired 2021-06-28 | SOUND GARDEN $1000: The flower seen here is the angel's this, & while it doesn't make a sound like a brass instrument, it rustles nicely in the breeze trumpet |
| #8409, aired 2021-05-27 | MUSICAL MENAGERIE $400: The Beastie Boys' "Brass" one was actually a cocktail; George Michael sang of a metaphoric one "on your back" a Monkey |
| #8344, aired 2021-02-25 | MUSICAL IDIOMS TO MY EARS $1000: To make yourself look good, sometimes you have to do this, sound a brass instrument with a flared bell toot your own horn |
| #8316, aired 2021-01-18 | MUSIC CLASS $1200: This device, seen here, modifies the sound of a brass instrument a mute |
| #8186, aired 2020-03-23 | THIS DEFINES ME $1200: A trumpet is a wind instrument in this orchestra section brass |
| #8172, aired 2020-03-03 | PARENTHETICAL SONG TITLES $2000: The Pretenders:
"(I'm Special)" "Brass In Pocket" |
| #8164, aired 2020-02-20 | KNICKKNACK $1600: You don't see these brass receptacles for tobacco chewers much anymore, at least not used for their original purpose a spittoon |
| #8136, aired 2020-01-13 | I LEARNED IT ON YOUTUBE $1200: How to identify the differences between antique copper & these 2 "B" alloys bronze & brass |
| #8135, aired 2020-01-10 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $400: It's the lowest-sounding member of the brass section the tuba |
| #8116, aired 2019-12-16 | USING WORLDLY ADJECTIVES $400: This instrument heard here is a mainstay of the brass section a French horn |
| #8048, aired 2019-09-11 | 4-LETTER WORDS $1000: Atomic number 30, this bluish white metal is a component of brass zinc |
| #7987, aired 2019-05-07 | IN THE ORCHESTRA $1200: The Sousaphone, a type of this brass instrument, wraps around the player a tuba |
| #7913, aired 2019-01-23 | CRIMINOLOGY $1600: As with the savings & loan crisis, "collective" this 12-letter word is stealing funds from an institution by the top brass embezzlement |
| #7812, aired 2018-07-24 | HORN BLOWER $1200: Damon Bryson, brass player for this "Tonight Show" band, is punningly nicknamed "Tuba Gooding Jr." The Roots |
| #7812, aired 2018-07-24 | HORN BLOWER $1600: Louis Armstrong gained fame on the trumpet, but he got his start playing this very similar brass instrument the cornet |
| #7674, aired 2018-01-11 | PLUMBING FOR CLUES $600: This metal alloy is used as a slang term for faucets & other fittings, regardless of the real material used to make them brass |
| #7631, aired 2017-11-13 | STARTS WITH A DOUBLE VOWEL $200: Repetitious bass sounds made by brass instruments oompah |
| #7620, aired 2017-10-27 | "T"4 $400: This brass instrument takes so long to produce sound that its players have to anticipate the conductor the tuba |
| #7444, aired 2017-01-12 | BEASTLY WORDS & PHRASES $800: The Beastie Boys could tell you "brass" this animal refers to weather that's really cold brass monkey |
| #7395, aired 2016-11-04 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $1200: Bandleader Glenn Miller was also a virtuoso on this brass instrument trombone |
| #7312, aired 2016-05-31 | DO YOU HAVE ANY NINES? $1000: According to Milton, there are nine gates of hell: 3 of rock, 3 of brass & 3 of this metal iron |
| #7162, aired 2015-11-03 | QUITE CONTRARY $600: Activist Hu Jia is not popular with China's brass & is considered one of these, from the Latin for "to sit apart" a dissident |
| #7161, aired 2015-11-02 | TALKING GEOGRAPHY $600: The altitude of every point in the U.K. is measured against a brass bolt in Newlyn, Cornwall, marking this sea level |
| #7102, aired 2015-06-30 | OUR MUSICAL PRESIDENTS $1000: Warren G. Harding played in a brass band in college & later organized a cornet band in Marion in this state Ohio |
| #7004, aired 2015-02-12 | "OY" TO THE WORLD $600: Brass is an example of this, a mixture of 2 or more metals an alloy |
| #6989, aired 2015-01-22 | JUST FOR THE ELEPHANT $400: An elephant's cry has this name, also a brass instrument trumpet |
| #6983, aired 2015-01-14 | WIND $1000: This group brought in the USC marching band to get that big brass sound on "Tusk" Fleetwood Mac |
| #6977, aired 2015-01-06 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $1000: It's the smallest member of the orchestra's brass family & also the one with the highest-pitched notes trumpet |
| #6972, aired 2014-12-30 | NATIONALLY CLAIMED $800: It's the brass instrument heard here French horn |
| #6950, aired 2014-11-28 | NO. 1 ALBUMS OF THE '60s $2000: This group's No. 1 albums included "Whipped Cream & Other Delights", "What Now My Love" & "The Beat of the Brass" Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass |
| #6812, aired 2014-04-08 | TV COPS $400: Detective Jim Brass, who's learned a lot about forensics since 2000 CSI |
| #6665, aired 2013-08-02 | THE ORCHESTRA $2,000 (Daily Double): The tuba is made from this metal & belongs to that section of the orchestra brass |
| #6561, aired 2013-03-11 | THE HITTITES $800: Around 1400 B.C. the Hittites began working with this metal that's softer than bronze, helping to usher in its "Age" Iron |
| #6541, aired 2013-02-11 | COLLEGE RECOMMENDATIONS $200: Don't walk on the brass "M" on the diag before your first test at this Ann Arbor school; legend says you'll flunk it if you do Michigan |
| #6535, aired 2013-02-01 | NOT TO BE CONFUSED $600: Helicoid describes something shaped like a spiral; a helicon is a coiled brass type of this a musical instrument |
| #6530, aired 2013-01-25 | GEOGRAPHIC BANDS $200: They gave listeners a "Taste of Honey":
Herb Alpert and the ____ Brass Tijuana |
| #6485, aired 2012-11-23 | KNOWEST THOU THE OLD TESTAMENT? $1200: The weight of his "coat of Maal... was five thousand shekels of brass", not that it did him much good in the end Goliath |
| #6477, aired 2012-11-13 | F.H. $1000: Oui, this brass instrument is pitched lower than a trumpet but higher than a tuba a French horn |
| #6431, aired 2012-07-30 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $400: This largest brass instrument is also the one with the lowest pitch the tuba |
| #6431, aired 2012-07-30 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $800: Instead of valves like a trumpet, this brass instrument has a slide with 7 positions a trombone |
| #6420, aired 2012-07-13 | GUMBO $600: Proverbially, to deal with the essential facts of a matter is to "get down to" these 2-word metallic fasteners brass tacks |
| #6387, aired 2012-05-29 | VIRTUOSI $1200: Maurice Andre plays a special 4-valve version of this brass instrument the trumpet |
| #6386, aired 2012-05-28 | THE RING CYCLE $800: If you grab the brass ring physically, not metaphorically, you are on this carnival ride a merry-go-round (or carousel) |
| #6360, aired 2012-04-20 | BIBLICAL IDOL $1200: Nehustan was a brass one of these reptiles fashioned by Moses & later worshipped by the Israelites as if it were a god a snake |
| #6307, aired 2012-02-07 | ANATOMICAL WORDS & PHRASES $800: The TSA specifically bans this item from carry on luggage; I wonder why! brass knuckles |
| #6286, aired 2012-01-09 | LABOR DAY FOR HERCULES $800 (Daily Double): Hercules hunted down a brass-hooved stag that was sacred to this goddess Diana |
| #6257, aired 2011-11-29 | THE WRECKING CREW $800: On "Whipped Cream & Other Delights", Herb Alpert played the trumpet, but the Wrecking Crew was this "south of the border" band the Tijuana Brass |
| #6250, aired 2011-11-18 | FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES $1600: This brass wind instrument comes in part from the German for "wing" flugelhorn |
| #6247, aired 2011-11-15 | MELTING POTPOURRI $1000: Melting copper & zinc together is the traditional recipe for this alloy used since Neolithic times brass |
| #6169, aired 2011-06-09 | JOHN PHILIP SOUSA $400: The sousaphone, developed from a suggestion by Sousa, is a 3-valved type of this brass instrument a tuba |
| #6126, aired 2011-04-11 | "EU" FIRST $2000: It's the brass instrument heard here a euphonium |
| #6116, aired 2011-03-28 | HERBS & SPICE GIRLS $800: This trumpet player headed the Tijuana Brass on "Spanish Flea", the theme song for "The Dating Game" Herb Alpert |
| #5987, aired 2010-09-28 | LYRICS OF THE ARTIST $1200: "I drink Brass Monkey and I rock well, I got a castle in Brooklyn that's where I dwell" the Beastie Boys |
| #5956, aired 2010-07-05 | THE ORCHESTRA $200: You might notice that the loudest section of the orchestra is this "metallic" one brass |
| #5915, aired 2010-05-07 | HOW LOW CAN YOU GO? $1600: Heard here, it's the lowest instrument of an orchestra's brass section a tuba |
| #5861, aired 2010-02-22 | THE ALLOYS $1600: Make your own artwork at London's church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields & its center for these rubbings brass |
| #5795, aired 2009-11-20 | INSTRUMENTS OF CHANGE $400: It's a brass wind instrument:
OH OX ASPEN saxophone |
| #5794, aired 2009-11-19 | AGENTS & MANAGERS $200: Fittingly, in 4 films Ronald Reagan played Brass Bancroft, one of these agents who guard the U.S. president the Secret Service |
| #5779, aired 2009-10-29 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $1200: In 1864 this opera composer wrote an "Homage March" for brass band to honor his patron King Ludwig Wagner |
| #5735, aired 2009-07-10 | THE NIFTY 1930s $800: (Jon of the Clue Crew reports from Tavern on the Green.) Tavern on the Green opened as a restaurant in 1934; this New York City mayor opened the door with a brass key & sampled the cuisine LaGuardia |
| #5733, aired 2009-07-08 | SHOP 'TIL YOU DROP $800: The trendy Brass Plum section has now been shortened to BP in this Seattle-based department store Nordstrom |
| #5725, aired 2009-06-26 | WHITE & NERDY $1600: I play this lowest-pitched brass instrument & I've gotten really good at dodging stuff people try to throw in it the tuba |
| #5704, aired 2009-05-28 | 6-LETTER WORDS $1600: Meaning "of brass", this brassy adjective describes many a shameless hussy brazen |
| #5696, aired 2009-05-18 | YOU TUBA $400: The word "tuba" comes from the Latin for this other brass wind instrument trumpet |
| #5580, aired 2008-12-05 | BRASS $400: In 1989 this son of Jamaican immigrants became Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (Colin) Powell |
| #5580, aired 2008-12-05 | BRASS $800: If you don't know he was made commander of the 2nd Armored Tank Division in April 1941, I'll slap you silly (George) Patton |
| #5580, aired 2008-12-05 | BRASS $1200: We shall return to this man who graduated from West Point in 1903 with the highest honors in his class Doug MacArthur |
| #5580, aired 2008-12-05 | BRASS $1600: A 10-man, 22-ton "infantry fighting vehicle" named for this general has a 2-man turret & a 25mm cannon (Omar) Bradley |
| #5580, aired 2008-12-05 | BRASS $8,000 (Daily Double): In 1864 Democrats nominated this Union general for president, though he repudiated their platform George McClellan |
| #5559, aired 2008-11-06 | SPEED METAL $800: The Getzen Company makes this type of musical instrument brass |
| #5535, aired 2008-10-03 | THE HIGHEST-SCORING SCRABBLE WORD $200: Copper,
zinc,
brass zinc |
| #5519, aired 2008-09-11 | INSTRUMENTAL $1200: Patented in 1835, this instrument was designed to provide a suitable valved brass bass for a wind band the tuba |
| #5511, aired 2008-07-21 | 1980s ROCK $600: "Brass Monkey" & "No Sleep Till Brooklyn" were songs on their hit 1986 debut album the Beastie Boys |
| #5453, aired 2008-04-30 | COLORFUL SCIENCE $1200: This reddish metal is a main ingredient of both brass & bronze copper |
| #5450, aired 2008-04-25 | THE "ALP"s $1200: He has had 19 Top 40 hits as a soloist & with his band The Tijuana Brass Herb Alpert |
| #5419, aired 2008-03-13 | THE CRUCIBLE $800: Brass usually comes out of a crucible in this 5-letter form, more familiarly used with gold an ingot |
| #5405, aired 2008-02-22 | BIBLICAL QUOTES $200: The Philistines took him "and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass" Samson |
| #5388, aired 2008-01-30 | METALS $1600: Brass is an alloy of copper & this; the more this, the less malleable zinc |
| #5365, aired 2007-12-28 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $400: (Jon of the Clue Crew blows a trombone.) Performing the same function as the valves on modern brass instruments, this moveable part of the trombone dates back to the 15th century the slide |
| #5163, aired 2007-02-07 | FROM THE LATIN $200: The name of this large brass instrument is Latin for "trumpet" the tuba |
| #5073, aired 2006-10-04 | LITERARY CLASSICS $1200: Tom Sawyer told this girl, "I don't care for anybody but you", then gave her a brass knob from an andiron Becky |
| #4929, aired 2006-02-02 | 2-SPORT TERMS $800: In 2 different sports, it can weigh 1 1/8 ounces of lead, or 16 pounds of iron or brass a shot |
| #4860, aired 2005-10-28 | WE'VE GOT YOUR BACK $1000: ___ & The Tijuana Brass Herb Alpert |
| #4845, aired 2005-10-07 | KICKIN' BRASS $200: Let's "get down to" these, meaning most fundamental considerations brass tacks |
| #4845, aired 2005-10-07 | KICKIN' BRASS $400: It's the instrument with a "national" name heard here a French horn |
| #4845, aired 2005-10-07 | KICKIN' BRASS $600: In 1975 Turkish prime minister Suleyman Demirel had his nose broken by an attacker wielding this weapon brass knuckles |
| #4845, aired 2005-10-07 | KICKIN' BRASS $800: Grab this merry-go-round term for wealth or success as a goal or prize the brass ring |
| #4845, aired 2005-10-07 | KICKIN' BRASS $1000: Robert Burns: "His locked, letter'd, braw brass-collar, show'd him the gentleman an'" this scholar |
| #4829, aired 2005-09-15 | BEFORE & AFTER $800: A House majority leader goes ga-ga over Dylan's "big brass bed" occupant & earns the nickname... Tom DeLay Lady Lay |
| #4754, aired 2005-04-14 | "W" $200: The saxophone is a member of this instrument family, not the brass family woodwinds |
| #4739, aired 2005-03-24 | THE ORCHESTRA $400: Orchestra section with the name of an alloy the brass |
| #4719, aired 2005-02-24 | DRINKS $200: Traditionally, the Turkish type of this is made in a long-handled brass pot called a jezve or ibrik coffee |
| #4662, aired 2004-12-07 | KNOW THE SCORE $400: On an orchestral score, the woodwinds are on top, then brass, then percussion & these on the bottom the strings |
| #4565, aired 2004-06-11 | FIX THE SIMILE $2000: Gold as grass bold as brass |
| #4536, aired 2004-05-03 | MUSIC CLASS $600: In a symphony orchestra the 4 main groups of instruments are strings, woodwinds, percussion & this brass |
| #4465, aired 2004-01-23 | METALS $600: This alloy metal popular for bathroom rails gets softer as it includes more copper & less zinc brass |
| #4456, aired 2004-01-12 | CREATED $800: Also called frottage, some people do it to tombstones & brass plaques rubbing |
| #4431, aired 2003-12-08 | CLASSICAL CLASSICS $800: Jeremiah Clarke is best remembered for his "voluntary" for this brass instrument the trumpet |
| #4411, aired 2003-11-10 | SCIENCE & NATURE $400: It's the main metal in both bronze & brass copper |
| #4403, aired 2003-10-29 | LEFTOVERS $200: This alloy used in musical instruments is also a slang term for high-ranking Army officers brass |
| #4391, aired 2003-10-13 | THE GUARDIAN $2000: Hephaestus made Talus, a man of brass, to guard this island for its ruler Minos Crete |
| #4372, aired 2003-09-16 | '80s MUSIC $400: "Brass Monkey" & "No Sleep Till Brooklyn" were songs on their hit 1986 debut album The Beastie Boys |
| #4322, aired 2003-05-20 | YOU'RE DARN TOOTIN'! $800: Kid Ory was a pioneer on this brass instrument whose name comes from the Italian for "trumpet" trombone |
| #4264, aired 2003-02-27 | MUSIC APPRECIATION $1600: It's a flourish of trumpets or an orchestral passage featuring brass; Copland wrote one "for the Common Man" Fanfare |
| #4230, aired 2003-01-10 | DOUBLE-LETTER WORDS $2000: It's a combination of 2 metals; brass is one, combining copper & zinc alloy |
| #4226, aired 2003-01-06 | I WANT TO BE A FIREFIGHTER $400: Often made of brass, it's the classic route for firemen getting quickly downstairs to the trucks pole |
| #4221, aired 2002-12-30 | ALLOYS $600: For this alloy, mix your zinc & copper in a crucible & work with your ingots after they cool brass |
| #4106, aired 2002-06-10 | AROUND THE BIBLE $400: In Exodus the Lord told Moses to make a laver of brass for Aaron & his sons to wash their hands & these in their feet |
| #4049, aired 2002-03-21 | COME BLOW YOUR HORN $200: A type of this lowest-pitched brass instrument was designed for Richard Wagner a tuba |
| #3970, aired 2001-11-30 | USES FOR ARSENIC $600 (Daily Double): Around 3500 B.C. people were mixing copper & arsenic to make this: they soon found copper & tin worked better bronze |
| #3963, aired 2001-11-21 | THE BRASS $200: "Get down to" these & you're working on what's important brass tacks |
| #3963, aired 2001-11-21 | THE BRASS $400: This H.G. Wells title device came back "A little travel worn...a brass rail bent" "The Time Machine" |
| #3963, aired 2001-11-21 | THE BRASS $600: The instruments in a brass band range in pitch from the cornet to the bombardon, a bass one of these tuba |
| #3963, aired 2001-11-21 | THE BRASS $800: Architectural bronze is a brass alloy of mainly this metal with a little lead, tin & zinc thrown in copper |
| #3963, aired 2001-11-21 | THE BRASS $1000: The art of this involves taking a crayon or wax stick to paper atop a design in metal to transfer the design brass rubbing |
| #3962, aired 2001-11-20 | THIS ONE TIME AT BAND CAMP $200: To prank our instructor on this brass instrument, we stole his picture of J.J. Johnson & glued his slide in place the trombone |
| #3897, aired 2001-07-10 | HIT SONGS $400: This group made its U.S. Top 40 debut with "Brass in Pocket" in 1980 The Pretenders |
| #3870, aired 2001-06-01 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENT ORIGINS $400: The history of this brass instrument "slides" back to the 15th century sackbut Trombone |
| #3848, aired 2001-05-02 | MUSIC CLASS $100: In an orchestra, horns like the trumpets & trombones belong to this section of instruments brass |
| #3689, aired 2000-09-21 | "WOOD"s $100: Though it's made of brass, as part of an orchestra the saxophone is classified as this Woodwind |
| #3594, aired 2000-03-30 | UNUSUAL WEAPONS $200: The Brits call this heavy metal favorite a knuckle duster brass knuckles |
| #3581, aired 2000-03-13 | BIBLICAL MILITARY MEN $100: This Philistine had a "helmet of brass" & a coat of mail weighing 5,000 shekels Goliath |
| #3525, aired 1999-12-24 | HANDEL'S MESSIAH $300: In one aria, this brass instrument "shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible" Trumpet |
| #3401, aired 1999-05-24 | SLANGUAGE $500: Among musicians, a licorice stick is a clarinet & a pretzel is this brass instrument French horn |
| #3391, aired 1999-05-10 | GETTING SCIENTIFIC $600: This reddish metal is a main ingredient of both brass & bronze Copper |
| #3374, aired 1999-04-15 | FILM ROLES $300: He played Secret Service agent Brass Bancroft in 4 films years before he himself needed Secret Service protection Ronald Reagan |
| #3360, aired 1999-03-26 | SINAI $800: This metal from the mines of El Maghara helped usher in the Bronze Age in the area copper |
| #3262, aired 1998-11-10 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $400: The lowest-pitched of the brass instruments, its name is from the Latin for trumpet the tuba |
| #3234, aired 1998-10-01 | WEIGHTS & MEASURES $200: In 1832 the U.S. Treasury set it to the distance between the 27th & 63rd inch marks on an 82 inch brass bar a yard |
| #3220, aired 1998-09-11 | HANDWEAR $300: It's a set of linked metal rings slipped over the fingers of a thug who wants to rearrange your face brass knuckles |
| #3194, aired 1998-06-18 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $600: Heard here & in a 1997 film, the Grimethorpe Colliery Band is this type of "heavy metal" band: a brass band |
| #3069, aired 1997-12-25 | FIVE GOLDEN "RING"s $1,500 (Daily Double): Symbol of success & achievement associated with the object seen here:
[a carousel] a brass ring |
| #3047, aired 1997-11-25 | HE WAS IN THAT? $1000: This trumpeter played a drummer in "The Ten Commandments" before he formed the Tijuana Brass Herb Alpert |
| #3043, aired 1997-11-19 | BULL $500: The crowd noises from this first Herb Alpert hit were dubbed from a bullring in Tijuana "The Lonely Bull" |
| #3035, aired 1997-11-07 | MUSIC APPRECIATION $200: It's the section of a symphony orchestra in which you'll find the tuba & the trombones brass |
| #2869, aired 1997-02-06 | HODGEPODGE $200: Wind instruments blown by the player are traditionally divided into woodwinds & these brass |
| #2868, aired 1997-02-05 | MARCHING BAND $400: Pitched below the trumpet, the mellophone replaces this brass horn in the marching band the French horn |
| #2835, aired 1996-12-20 | METALS $400: They're the 2 main metals found in brass Copper & Zinc |
| #2831, aired 1996-12-16 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $500 (Daily Double): It's the smallest & highest sounding brass instrument in an orchestra Trumpet/Cornet |
| #2801, aired 1996-11-04 | MEDIEVAL WORDS $1000: The sackbut was the medieval form of this modern brass musical instrument trombone |
| #2715, aired 1996-05-24 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $500: Jazz musician Arturo Sandoval is famous for playing this brass instrument the trumpet |
| #2684, aired 1996-04-11 | "NET"s $200: This brass instrument originated in the 1820s from a post horn used on carriages a cornet |
| #2677, aired 1996-04-02 | MUSIC $300: This brass instrument may be fitted with valves either replacing the slide or in addition to it Trombone |
| #2675, aired 1996-03-29 | SECTIONS $400: Section of an orchestra in which the tuba player sits the brass section |
| #2621, aired 1996-01-15 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $100: In "The Brass Bottle", Horace Ventimore buys an antique brass bottle that contains one of these beings a genie |
| #2617, aired 1996-01-09 | ODDS & ENDS $200: A brazier works with brass & a blacksmith works with this metal iron |
| #2606, aired 1995-12-25 | MUSIC $500: This "woodwind" instrument is made of brass & was patented in Paris in 1846 the saxophone |
| #2603, aired 1995-12-20 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $200: This brass slide instrument became firmly established in the orchestra around 1850 the trombone |
| #2598, aired 1995-12-13 | HINTS FROM HELOISE $500: Mix salt & lemon juice or salt & this liquid to clean brass & copper vinegar |
| #2570, aired 1995-11-03 | METALS $300: Gunmetal, monel metal & brass are examples of these metallic substances composed of 2 or more elements alloys |
| #2502, aired 1995-06-20 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $300: This brass instrument used to give military signals has no valves the bugle |
| #2486, aired 1995-05-29 | GUINNESS RECORDS $400: The largest brass instrument, a tuba, was built for a tour by this American band leader & composer (John Philip) Sousa |
| #2373, aired 1994-12-21 | MENSWEAR $100: Traditionally, the buttons on a blazer are made of this brass |
| #2340, aired 1994-11-04 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $300: Used in military bands, the large-bored euphonium is a type of this brass instrument a tuba |
| #2301, aired 1994-09-12 | "T" TIME $300: The word tuba is actually Latin for this other brass instrument the trumpet |
| #2287, aired 1994-07-12 | CLICHES $100: Dealing with the task at hand is "getting down to brass" ones of these tacks |
| #2273, aired 1994-06-22 | ROCKS & MINERALS $1000: After the discovery of this metal, bronze makers could make brass zinc |
| #2223, aired 1994-04-13 | THE LIBERTY BELL $800: This metal makes up about 2/3 of the bell; the other 1/3 consists mostly of tin & silver copper |
| #2184, aired 1994-02-17 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $800: The name tuba comes from the Latin for this smaller brass instrument the trumpet |
| #2154, aired 1994-01-06 | METALS $500: In brass, less copper & more of this metal will make it appear gold zinc |
| #2029, aired 1993-06-03 | THE HAND $100: Hand part that precedes "down" & "under" & follows "brass" the knuckles |
| #1991, aired 1993-04-12 | 5 CENTS $300: The phrase "not worth" one of these came from the practice of filling coins with inferior metal a plugged nickel |
| #1985, aired 1993-04-02 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $500: The 1978 hit "Feels So Good" features Chuck Mangione on this brass instrument the flugelhorn |
| #1856, aired 1992-10-05 | MUSIC APPRECIATION $400: The pavillon is this part of a brass instrument, which has a nice ring to it the bell |
| #1785, aired 1992-05-08 | BAND PRACTICE $400: The Salvation Army bands are examples of these bands that use no woodwinds brass band |
| #1692, aired 1991-12-31 | COPPER $1000: Trombones & other brass instruments usually consist of about 70% copper & about 30% this metal zinc |
| #1673, aired 1991-12-04 | BIBLICAL FILMS $300: This leader of the Tijuana Brass played a drummer in Cecil B. DeMille's "The Ten Commandments" Herb Alpert |
| #1578, aired 1991-06-12 | SCIENCE $500: It's an alloy consisting primarily of copper and zinc brass |
| #1552, aired 1991-05-07 | NURSERY RHYME OBJECTS $1000: Hush, little baby, if this turns to brass, papa's going to buy you a looking glass the diamond ring |
| #1532, aired 1991-04-09 | COLUMBUS, OHIO $400: School in Columbus that’s home to the world’s largest all-brass marching band Ohio State University |
| #1499, aired 1991-02-21 | BAND PRACTICE $200: Traditionally, wind instruments are divided into woodwinds & these brass instruments |
| #1486, aired 1991-02-04 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $200: The saxophone belongs to this family, not the brass Woodwinds |
| #1455, aired 1990-12-21 | MUSIC $300: They're the 2 main types of wind instruments brass & woodwinds |
| #1452, aired 1990-12-18 | METALS $400: It's the main metal in brass and bronze copper |
| #1404, aired 1990-10-11 | ADS & COMMERCIALS $300: In ads for Post Bran Flakes, she says, "Two-thirds more fibre keeps the brass in this Horne" Lena Horne |
| #1, aired 1990-06-16 | CHEMISTRY $400: Bronze & brass are examples of this, a mixture of 2 or more metals an alloy |
| #1302, aired 1990-04-10 | THE BIBLE $400 (Daily Double): Things saved from this city were the gold & silver, the iron & brass vessels & Rahab & her family Jericho |
| #1263, aired 1990-02-14 | 6-LETTER WORDS $500: It's the oldest alloy known to humans bronze |
| #1202, aired 1989-11-21 | FASHION HISTORY $400: Used as ornamental trimmings for centuries, these beads share their name with a brass instrument bugles |
| #1182, aired 1989-10-24 | RECORD ALBUM COVERS $500: A woman covered with whipped cream graced the cover of his album "Whipped Cream & Other Delights" Herb Alpert |
| #1163, aired 1989-09-27 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $600: The trumpet, the trombone & the tuba are found in this section of the orchestra the brass section |
| #1116, aired 1989-06-12 | POTLUCK $100: This Tijuana Brass leader now markets a women's perfume called "Listen" Herb Alpert |
| #1107, aired 1989-05-30 | MULTIPLE MEANINGS $500: A metal pan for holding charcoal, or someone who works in brass brazier |
| #1045, aired 1989-03-03 | DOLLS $200: The Tressy doll of the 1960s had a brass key in her back to rewind this hair |
| #1002, aired 1989-01-03 | MUSIC $400: You hold your lips the same way to play a brass instrument or this exotic shell a conch |
| #970, aired 1988-11-18 | ABBREV. $100: One of the two metal alloys abbreviated br. bronze (or brass) |
| #855, aired 1988-04-29 | "B" THERE $400: It means impudent or bold, or simply something made of brass brassy (brazen) |
| #844, aired 1988-04-14 | MEDIUM & MESSAGE $900 (Daily Double): Roget's also calls an operator of one of these a brass pounder or dit-da artist a telegraph operator |
| #838, aired 1988-04-06 | "WATER" $1000: A leading producer of brass in the U.S., this Connecticut city is called the "Brass Center of the World" Waterbury |
| #788, aired 1988-01-27 | METALLIC PHRASES $200: To check out the essential facts you "get down to" these fasteners the brass tacks |
| #780, aired 1988-01-15 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $300: It's the call of an elephant or a brass instrument, or the brass instrument itself a trumpet |
| #770, aired 1988-01-01 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $500: Ironically, it is now the German version of this brass instrument that is universally accepted the French horn |
| #769, aired 1987-12-31 | GROUPS $200: One of the 4 major groups in a symphony orchestra, Al Hirt would sit with those in this section brass |
| #704, aired 1987-10-01 | NETWORK BRASS $100: Of tinker, tailor, soldier, or spy, the one who headed NBC for 5 years, 1981-86 (Grant) Tinker |
| #704, aired 1987-10-01 | NETWORK BRASS $200: Kevin Wendle & Garth Ancier, responsible for this new 4th network's shows, are 28 & 29 yrs. old respectively Fox |
| #700, aired 1987-09-25 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $1000: This is the bass voice in the brass section of a concert band the tuba |
| #691, aired 1987-09-14 | WEAPONS $300: They are also called "knuckle-dusters" brass knuckles |
| #640, aired 1987-05-22 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $300: With money from making these, Seth Thomas built a cotton mill & a brass rolling factory clocks |
| #603, aired 1987-04-01 | SENSORY SONGS $200: Though they didn't sing its words, for the Tijuana brass it was still "much sweeter than wine" "A Taste of Honey" |
| #575, aired 1987-02-20 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $100: You'll find 41 keys & 120 brass buttons on a professional model of this "squeezebox" accordion |
| #554, aired 1987-01-22 | ALICE IN WONDERLAND $200: What the "W" stood for on the brass plate which read "W. Rabbit" on the door of his house white |
| #359, aired 1986-01-23 | WEAPONS $800: Xmas present young Charley Partanna received in "Prizzi's Honor" brass knuckles |
| #278, aired 1985-10-02 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $200: Class of instruments to which the flute belongs (wood)wind |
| #183, aired 1985-05-22 | TOUGH TRIVIA $200: None of the members of this Herb Alpert band are Hispanics the Tijuana Brass |
| #153, aired 1985-04-10 | STARTS WITH "OO" $200 (Daily Double): Name for beer hall brass band that plays like this: oompah |
| #106, aired 1985-02-04 | SCIENCE $1000: Brass & bronze have this in common copper (the fact that they are both alloys accepted) |
| #25, aired 1984-10-12 | MUSIC $200: Herb Alpert has re-formed this group for a new tour the Tijuana Brass |
