#8939, aired 2023-09-28 | FASHION HISTORY $400: No spy should be without one of these aptly named outer garments worn by British soldiers in WWI a trench coat |
#8265, aired 2020-10-23 | DAME YANKEES $600: Angela Ahrendts was honored as a dame for her work running this British fashion brand known for its plaid Burberry |
#7915, aired 2019-01-25 | BRIT SPEAK $1000: Braces is the British term for these fashion accessories suspenders |
#7852, aired 2018-10-30 | A BIT OLD FASHION $800: From around 1825 short pants called breeches were no longer worn by fashionable British men, only by these, such as footmen servants |
#7823, aired 2018-09-19 | AWARDS & HONORS $3,000 (Daily Double): Established in 1348, this oldest & highest order of British knighthood is named for a fashion accessory the Order of the Garter |
#7248, aired 2016-03-02 | FASHION $1000: This iconic British brand has checked rain boots that coordinate with its check-lined Sandringham trench coat Burberry |
#7237, aired 2016-02-16 | HOW "OD" $1200: Natty British rockers The Jam exemplified this fashion style mod |
#7154, aired 2015-10-22 | & THE HOLOGRAMS $1600: At a 2006 fashion show, Alexander McQueen employed a hologram of this British supermodel Kate Moss |
#7073, aired 2015-05-20 | ALWAYS IN FASHION $800: This formal accessory was once a sash worn by British military personnel at dinner in India a cummerbund |
#6727, aired 2013-12-10 | FILE UNDER "Q" $2000: Around 1970 this British fashion designer made hot pants popular Mary Quant |
#6640, aired 2013-06-28 | ROCK GROUP NAMES $1000: This British synth rock band took its name from a French fashion magazine Depeche Mode |
#6331, aired 2012-03-12 | BRITISH DRAMA CHARACTER NAMES $800: "Sir Timothy Tawdry" is alternately titled "The Town" this, a 3-letter fashion victim Fop |
#6316, aired 2012-02-20 | McPEOPLE $1200: This bad boy of British fashion died in February 2010 (Alexander) McQueen |
#6237, aired 2011-11-01 | DESIGNING WOMEN $2000: Kate Middleton's wedding dress was designed by Sarah Burton, of this late British designer's fashion house Alexander McQueen |
#5887, aired 2010-03-30 | HISTORIC FASHION $1200: These broad neckties got their name from the British racetrack where they were once de rigueur ascots |
#5201, aired 2007-04-02 | FASHION & BEAUTY $1600: The classic Ivy League suit has this slit only in the back; a more British style calls for side ones--a bit more comfy vents |
#5138, aired 2007-01-03 | WHO'S YOUR DADDY? $1600: British fashion designer Stella Paul McCartney |
#5060, aired 2006-09-15 | FASHION $600: This long, narrow scarf that's looped or knotted in the front was named for a British racetrack an ascot |
#4905, aired 2005-12-30 | FASHION HISTORY $200: No spy should be without one of these aptly named outer garments first designed for British soldiers in WWI a trench coat |
#4387, aired 2003-10-07 | FASHION HISTORY $1000: This famous British fashion fop of the early 19th century took a reported 3 hours just to tie his cravat right Beau Brummel |
#4167, aired 2002-10-15 | BRITISH FASHION $200: David & Elizabeth Emanuel got the assignment to design this for Princess Diana to wear on July 29, 1981 her wedding dress |
#4167, aired 2002-10-15 | BRITISH FASHION $400: 19th century Englishmen Thomas & William Bowler got their names in the dictionary by making these hats |
#4167, aired 2002-10-15 | BRITISH FASHION $600 (Daily Double): With grenade loops added, the coat designed by Thomas Burberry got this new name during World War I trenchcoat |
#4167, aired 2002-10-15 | BRITISH FASHION $800: This "Superwaif" model made news in 1993 when she went topless at a Vivienne Westwood show Kate Moss |
#4167, aired 2002-10-15 | BRITISH FASHION $1000: Sharp suits & skinny ties typified the '60s look of the "squad" of these young Britishers the mod squad |
#3751, aired 2000-12-18 | BRITISH FASHION $200: Designer Vivienne Westwood ran a shop with Malcolm McLaren, who launched this Johnny Rotten band The Sex Pistols |
#3751, aired 2000-12-18 | BRITISH FASHION $400: Star designer John Galliano was born Juan Carlos Galliano in this British possession at the tip of Spain Gibraltar |
#3751, aired 2000-12-18 | BRITISH FASHION $600: Katharine Hamnett created the '80s T-shirt telling us to "choose" this Life |
#3253, aired 1998-10-28 | HODGEPODGE $800: Last name of British fashion designer Vivienne, or the L.A. community that's home to UCLA Westwood |
#2779, aired 1996-10-03 | FASHION HISTORY $400: Winkle pickers were a pointed style of these worn by British trendsetters in the 1950s shoes |
#2614, aired 1996-01-04 | FASHION HISTORY $200: After the Jacobite Rebellion, these Scottish plaid patterns were banned by British law tartans |
#2161, aired 1994-01-17 | FASHION $200: From the name of a Scottish inventor, it's what the British call a raincoat a Makintosh |
#1851, aired 1992-09-28 | FASHION HISTORY $100: Shawls & other demure fashions became popular when she ascended the British throne in 1837 Queen Victoria |
#1632, aired 1991-10-08 | FASHION HISTORY $400: British designer known as the mother of the mini skirt Mary Quant |
#1626, aired 1991-09-30 | BRITISH FASHION HISTORY $200: Term for a dandy dresser in 1773; Yankee Doodle was one after feathering his hat macaroni |
#1626, aired 1991-09-30 | BRITISH FASHION HISTORY $400: British sailors applied this to canvas to make waterproof clothes, hence their nickname tar |
#1626, aired 1991-09-30 | BRITISH FASHION HISTORY $600: In the 1820s it could take a man up to 2 hours to do this properly to his cravat tie it |
#1626, aired 1991-09-30 | BRITISH FASHION HISTORY $800: Last name of the hatmakers who supplied the felt for the 1st British "derby" Bowler |
#1626, aired 1991-09-30 | BRITISH FASHION HISTORY $1000: In 1901 Thomas Burberry made his first one for the British army trench coat |
#1490, aired 1991-02-08 | FASHION $500: The common lace-up shoe with 3 or more pairs of eyelets. named for a British city an Oxford |
#1465, aired 1991-01-04 | FASHION HISTORY $400: British designer known as "The Mother of the Miniskirt" Mary Quant |
#1015, aired 1989-01-20 | FASHION $300: If you're wearing British Knights, you're wearing a new brand of this type of shoe athletic shoes |
#929, aired 1988-09-22 | BRITISH TRIVIA $400: In 1987 Mary Quant opened a new fashion emporium on this London street famous in the '60s Carnaby Street |
#696, aired 1987-09-21 | BRITISH TRIVIA $100: Independent televisions "Frocks on the Box" is a show about this fashion |
#479, aired 1986-10-09 | BRITISH FASHION $300 (Daily Double): What we call a "vest", they call a "waistcoat", while what they call a "vest", we call this an undershirt |
#479, aired 1986-10-09 | BRITISH FASHION $600: Name of the fashionably famous Lane between Soho & Regent Streets in London's West End Carnaby Street |
#479, aired 1986-10-09 | BRITISH FASHION $800: In 1963, this then unknown British hairdresser cut a futuristic style for a "Dr. Who" character Vidal Sassoon |
#479, aired 1986-10-09 | BRITISH FASHION $1000: In 1963 her Ginger Group was making miniskirts; 10 years later, in 1973, she was designing maxis Mary Quant |
#193, aired 1985-06-05 | TRENDS $500: North American aquatic mammal Castor canadensis nearly wiped out by 19th c. British hat fashion trend a beaver |
#66, aired 1984-12-10 | FASHION $400: Teenagers' tooth wear or what the British call suspenders braces |