| #9028, aired 2024-01-31 | BUSINESS & FINANCE HISTORY $800: In 2021 El Salvador's govt. made all businesses accept this as payment & introduced the digital "Chivo Wallet" bitcoin |
| #8974, aired 2023-11-16 | THE NAME OF THE LAW $1200: A tariff act named for Smoot & this congressman raised import duties to protect U.S. businesses Hawley |
| #8969, aired 2023-11-09 | OPERATION $400: Breadbasket:
Boycott of discriminatory businesses begun in 1962 by the SCLC, this the Southern Christian Leadership Conference |
| #8759, aired 2022-12-08 | 1990s VOCAB TEST $2000: The '90s saw an uptick in talk about this, the process of businesses & other entities starting to operate on a worldwide scale globalization |
| #8755, aired 2022-12-02 | OLD TECHNOLOGY $2000: Fed with a long sheet of paper, this type of printer you're hearing now has lingered with businesses like airport car rental dot matrix |
| #8727, aired 2022-10-25 | TV CARTOONS $600: Businesses next to this title Fox eatery: A Site for Sore Thighs, A Small Price Toupee & Baby Got Back Problems Physical Therapy Bob's Burgers |
| #8714, aired 2022-10-06 | U.S. DIPLOMACY $800: This man's 1909-1913 administration practiced "Dollar Diplomacy", trying to create stability abroad to help U.S. businesses Taft |
| #8589, aired 2022-03-03 | GETTING DOWN TO BUSINESS $1000: In 1837 a candlemaker & a soapmaker merged their businesses in Cincinnati to become this giant in consumer goods Procter & Gamble |
| #8526, aired 2021-12-06 | POST DOCTORAL $1000: In the 1960s Jim Buck, half a dozen or more leashes in hand, started NYC's first of these businesses dog walking |
| #8482, aired 2021-10-05 | I BEFORE E AFTER C $1600: Term for someone like J.P. Morgan who invests in businesses on a large scale a financier |
| #8478, aired 2021-09-29 | BUSINESS $1000: The 2017 tax bill changed things for these businesses so-named because their revenue goes right to the tax returns of owners pass-through |
| #8455, aired 2021-07-30 | LEGAL $200: Businesses & professors are among those who give the court information to help one party in an amicus curiae brief, Latin for this friend of the court |
| #8447, aired 2021-07-20 | INTERNET BUSINESSES $200: Today the largest online retailer in the U.S., when it began in 1995, it sold only books Amazon |
| #8447, aired 2021-07-20 | INTERNET BUSINESSES $400: This combo of 2 satellite radio companies owns the Internet music service Pandora SiriusXM |
| #8447, aired 2021-07-20 | INTERNET BUSINESSES $600: William Shatner has been a longtime advertising pitchman for this site that helps find discounts for travel Priceline |
| #8447, aired 2021-07-20 | INTERNET BUSINESSES $800: This search engine began as "Jerry's Guide to the World Wide Web" Yahoo! |
| #8447, aired 2021-07-20 | INTERNET BUSINESSES $1000: Robert Shapiro co-founded this online law service for wills, incorporating & other needs legalzoom.com |
| #8344, aired 2021-02-25 | BUSINESSES $200: This company that also makes Pine-Sol has a popular brand of disinfecting wipes Clorox |
| #8344, aired 2021-02-25 | BUSINESSES $400: In 1901 the Saturday Evening Post ran the first ad of this tire company that featured its trademark wingfoot Goodyear |
| #8344, aired 2021-02-25 | BUSINESSES $600: Yeesh, there's no easy way to tell you... you're in need of one of these chewy mints billed as "The Freshmaker" Mentos |
| #8344, aired 2021-02-25 | BUSINESSES $800: In 2020 this car rental co. that offers gold plus rewards said that even if you're 20, you're good to go, with no extra fee Hertz |
| #8344, aired 2021-02-25 | BUSINESSES $1000: If you need to know the history of this toilet co., I don't think we're in Kansas anymore --it was founded in Japan in 1917 Toto |
| #8327, aired 2021-02-02 | AMERICAN NAMES $800: He failed in a few candy businesses before founding the Lancaster Caramel Company in 1886; later it was on to chocolate (Milton) Hershey |
| #8290, aired 2020-11-27 | LET'S START A SMALL BUSINESS $200: 99.9% of all U.S. businesses, small businesses are defined as having fewer than this many employees, D to the Romans 500 |
| #8290, aired 2020-11-27 | LET'S START A SMALL BUSINESS $600: Small businesses create over 10 times more of these exclusive invention registrations per employee than large companies patents |
| #8290, aired 2020-11-27 | LET'S START A SMALL BUSINESS $1000: Per the National Small Business Association, more than 30% of U.S. small businesses operate as these, LLCs limited liability corporations (companies) |
| #8110, aired 2019-12-06 | ACCORDING TO BLACK'S LAW DICTIONARY $800: It's a 4-syllable "system of organized crime...involving the extortion of money from businesses by intimidation " racketeering |
| #7930, aired 2019-02-15 | WORD PUZZLES $800: Said of some economically vital businesses too big to fail |
| #7868, aired 2018-11-21 | SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY $600: Even if you have an awesome name like Pita Pan or Holy Mole, these businesses take long hours & hard work restaurants |
| #7488, aired 2017-03-15 | THICK AS A BRICK $400: This 3-word phrase is often used to differentiate physical stores from online-only businesses brick and mortar |
| #7453, aired 2017-01-25 | BUSINESSES $200: Beginning in 1904 chubby cartoon kids called Roly-Polys advertised this soup brand Campbell's Soup |
| #7453, aired 2017-01-25 | BUSINESSES $400: This company's 1st product was wood picture frames; doll furniture made from wood scraps changed its emphasis to toys Mattel |
| #7453, aired 2017-01-25 | BUSINESSES $600: In 1903 William Ellis Corey became the second president of this iron-strong company U.S. Steel |
| #7453, aired 2017-01-25 | BUSINESSES $1000: Last name of Henry David, whose Kansas company started making dungarees in 1911 Lee |
| #7453, aired 2017-01-25 | BUSINESSES $3,000 (Daily Double): In 1915 Thomas Lyle Williams began selling mascara under this brand name that honored his sister Maybelline |
| #7418, aired 2016-12-07 | OPERATION $600: Breadbasket: boycott of discriminatory businesses begun in 1962 by the SCLC, this the Southern Christian Leadership Conference |
| #7415, aired 2016-12-02 | "Y"s UP $800: This website's stated purpose is "to connect people with great local businesses" Yelp |
| #7146, aired 2015-10-12 | ALWAYS PAY YOUR DEBTS $800: This word comes from the Italian for "broken bench", which would happen to failed Italian businesses bankrupt |
| #7048, aired 2015-04-15 | "IN" BUSINESS $1200: Governments encourage businesses to expand & hire with an ITC, this type of tax credit investment |
| #7034, aired 2015-03-26 | FICTIONAL MOVIE BUSINESSES $400: The day job of "Iron Man" is running this "Industries" "Stark" |
| #7034, aired 2015-03-26 | FICTIONAL MOVIE BUSINESSES $800: In a slightly future world, Joaquin Phoenix writes for beautifulhandwrittenletters.com in this 2013 film Her |
| #7034, aired 2015-03-26 | FICTIONAL MOVIE BUSINESSES $1200: As Norville Barnes, this actor is the title proxy at Hudsucker Industries Tim Robbins |
| #7034, aired 2015-03-26 | FICTIONAL MOVIE BUSINESSES $1600: You can't replicate the Tyrell Corporation's success in this sci-fi classic Blade Runner |
| #7034, aired 2015-03-26 | FICTIONAL MOVIE BUSINESSES $2000: A virus created by the Umbrella Corporation is out of control in this horror series Resident Evil |
| #7001, aired 2015-02-09 | THE NEW $100 BILL $400: (Kelly of the Clue Crew holds a special light bulb over a new $100 bill.)
Some businesses have detectors equipped with this type of light specifically to detect bad bills; the security thread should glow pink ultraviolet |
| #6862, aired 2014-06-17 | THE NAME OF THE LAW $1200: A tariff act named for Smoot & this congressman raised import duties to protect U.S. businesses Hawley |
| #6803, aired 2014-03-26 | SILENT CONSONANT $400: A warehouse; in the names of businesses, it follows "Home" & "Office" depot |
| #6775, aired 2014-02-14 | THE "EX" FACTOR $400: In names of businesses, it follows both "American" & "Panda" Express |
| #6533, aired 2013-01-30 | ELECTRICITY $1600: Power stations put out big zaps, so these step-down devices reduce the current for use in homes & businesses transformers |
| #6420, aired 2012-07-13 | TV BUSINESSES $200: Ewing Oil Dallas |
| #6420, aired 2012-07-13 | TV BUSINESSES $400: Duff Brewery The Simpsons |
| #6420, aired 2012-07-13 | TV BUSINESSES $600: Bluth's Original Frozen Banana Arrested Development |
| #6420, aired 2012-07-13 | TV BUSINESSES $800: Luthercorp Smallville |
| #6420, aired 2012-07-13 | TV BUSINESSES $1000: Los Pollos Hermanos--best chicken in New Mexico! Breaking Bad |
| #6299, aired 2012-01-26 | BAVARIA $1600: The aircraft businesses of Gustav Otto & Karl Rapp merged to form this Munich company now known for cars Bavarian Motor Works (BMW) |
| #6098, aired 2011-03-02 | FIRST THINGS FIRST $400: Issued in New Haven, Connecticut in 1878, the first one of these listed about 50 names & businesses a phone book |
| #6074, aired 2011-01-27 | MOVIES WITH THE SAME NAME $1600: 2004: Matt Dillon;
2006: Jessica Simpson
(there are 12 a year at some businesses) Employee of the Month |
| #6064, aired 2011-01-13 | WEBSITES $1000: Its name sounds like a sharp cry, but this website offers reviews by real people of local businesses & restaurants Yelp |
| #5788, aired 2009-11-11 | AMERICAN IDLE 2009 $200: With businesses hurting, not as many people bought office supplies from this company, stock symbol SPLS Staples |
| #5446, aired 2008-04-21 | BUSINESS TALK $1600: From the Latin for "to roll together", it's a corporation of several companies involved in a variety of businesses conglomerate |
| #5429, aired 2008-03-27 | LOCO FOR LOGOS $3,000 (Daily Double): The first credit card that could be used at multiple businesses was started by this company Diners Club |
| #5323, aired 2007-10-31 | "TRIC"s $600: Theory of economic benefit moving from big business to smaller businesses & the general public trickle-down |
| #5248, aired 2007-06-06 | FAMOUS FLOPS $600: Businesses stuck with carbon paper because this company's 1949 Model A was slow, messy & hard to use the Xerox |
| #5123, aired 2006-12-13 | 100,000 REASONS $1600: 100000watts.com is a listing of these businesses in the U.S. radio stations |
| #4841, aired 2005-10-03 | HARD "WORK" $600: 2-word term for insurance required of businesses for employees injured on the job workman's compensation |
| #4580, aired 2004-07-02 | STRICTLY BUSINESS $2000: When businesses restructure following a bankruptcy they use this section of U.S. federal code Chapter 11 |
| #4562, aired 2004-06-08 | COLORS OF THE RAINBOW $400: The ink businesses try to avoid red |
| #4366, aired 2003-09-08 | MODERN-DAY QUOTES $1000: Kenneth Lay of this co. admitted, "In hindsight, we made some very bad investments in noncore businesses…" Enron |
| #4289, aired 2003-04-03 | LOTTO FEVER $400: One of the USA's 500 largest businesses by revenue is this state's lottery, based in Schenectady New York |
| #4285, aired 2003-03-28 | ORGANIZATIONS $600: Founded in 1933, the alliance of these Chinese businesses became a major NYC civil rights group laundries |
| #4103, aired 2002-06-05 | THERE OUGHTA BE A LAW $400: Consumers use chapter 7 or 13 of this code, a federal statute; businesses restructure under chapter 11 bankruptcy |
| #4066, aired 2002-04-15 | HEARD OF HARDING $400: Before going into politics, Harding ran one of these media businesses with the wealthy divorcee he married a newspaper |
| #3852, aired 2001-05-08 | COLORFUL WORDS & PHRASES $100: Traditionally, it's the section of telephone directories that lists businesses alphabetically by type the Yellow Pages |
| #3821, aired 2001-03-26 | ODDS & ENDS $500: It's a mix of businesses owned by one company, or a rock that contains a mix of pebbles Conglomerate |
| #3810, aired 2001-03-09 | CAMERAS $800: It's the CC in CCTV, a security camera system used by many businesses Closed circuit |
| #3656, aired 2000-06-26 | ORGANIZATIONS $100: It advertises itself as "Helping Consumers and Businesses to Maintain an Ethical Marketplace" Better Business Bureau |
| #2982, aired 1997-07-15 | SMALL BUSINESS $200: Tax relief for small businesses was part of the 1996 legislation raising this to $5.15 an hour minimum wage |
| #2866, aired 1997-02-03 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $100: Many businesses close early in honor of this observance that falls 2 days before Easter Good Friday |
| #2722, aired 1996-06-04 | OHIOANS $500: A famous company was created in 1837 when these 2 men merged their candlemaking & soap businesses Procter & Gamble |
| #2308, aired 1994-09-21 | BUSINESS TALK $600: From Latin for "to roll together", it's a corp. of several co.s involved in a variety of businesses a conglomerate |
| #2078, aired 1993-09-22 | JULY 1993 $100: This river flooded homes & businesses in Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois & Missouri Mississippi |
| #1686, aired 1991-12-23 | CUBA $100: When the U.S. stopped buying this, Cuba's main crop, Castro took over all U.S. businesses there sugar |
| #1471, aired 1991-01-14 | THE 20th CENTURY $800: In 1917, the federal government ordered all businesses in the Storyville section of this city closed New Orleans |
| #1290, aired 1990-03-23 | MAGAZINES $1000: Since 1912 this federation of businesses has published its own monthly magazine, Nation's Business U.S./National Chamber of Commerce |
| #960, aired 1988-11-04 | CORPORATE AMERICA $800: The Senate's "Bork Bill" aims to bar these businesses from revealing what you rented from them video rentals |
| #717, aired 1987-10-20 | GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $800: Tenn. Gov. Ned McWherter ate pickles & ice cream after signing a law for businesses to provide this maternity leave |
| #607, aired 1987-04-07 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $500: For the past 3 years her cosmetic co. has topped the Savvy magazine list of businesses run by women Estée Lauder |
| #566, aired 1987-02-09 | CORPORATE AMERICA $300: The families of John Knight & Herman Ridder merged their businesses to form a large chain of these newspapers |
| #269, aired 1985-09-19 | BEST SELLERS $600: In 1983, Thomas J. Peters & Robert H. Waterman, Jr. went "In Search of" this in Amer. businesses Excellence |
| #93, aired 1985-01-16 | EUROPE $1000: Though it has a pop. of only 28,000, this country is hdqtrs. for over 5,000 foreign businesses Liechtenstein |
