#8999, aired 2023-12-21 | TRIPLY ALLITERATIVE $800: When you buy one of these, like a McDonald's or an Arby's, you might have to pay the parent company a percentage of sales a fast food franchise |
#17, aired 2023-10-18 | HISTORICAL MARKERS $100: Located in Kokomo, Indiana, "Haynes' Horseless Carriage" is on the spot where Elwood Haynes first tested one of these in 1894 automobile |
#8916, aired 2023-07-17 | DOUBLE TALK $2000: In Voodoo shops you can buy one of these bags with a variety of ingredients designed to protect you & bring you luck juju (gris-gris) |
#2, aired 2023-05-08 | RELIGION $1600: Being a teen in 1972 is a trip, man--mom won't buy me "Summer Breeze" by Seals & Crofts cuz they practice this 19th c. faith from Iran Baháʼí |
#8856, aired 2023-04-24 | MADE GOOD $2,500 (Daily Double): You've won big playing this game at the casino; now it's time to buy one of the same-named crystal maker's chandeliers baccarat |
#8840, aired 2023-03-31 | HEY, BIG SPENDER $800: If you're going to splurge for the Ferrari, get a GTO; the G & T stand for this Italian phrase, also a video game Gran Turismo |
#8751, aired 2022-11-28 | PLAY YOUR CARDS RIGHT $200: This liberating card depicts Mr. Monopoly flying out of a birdcage; you can buy one from another player Get Out of Jail Free |
#4, aired 2022-10-16 | THE IN MEMORIAM SEGMENT 1922 $600: William Desmond Taylor, director slain in one of early Hollywood's great scandals, at a site that's now a this Dress for Less Ross |
#1, aired 2022-09-25 | TELLING A BEDTIME STORY $500: Her cupboard, bare; she found her dog dead, left to buy a coffin, then found the pup laughing... sounds more like Stephen King Old Mother Hubbard |
#8593, aired 2022-03-09 | FURNITURE $400: Baby may be under pressure to get a good nap in this, smaller than a crib or cradle, if you buy the $2,800 one from Aristot a bassinet |
#8588, aired 2022-03-02 | ACRONYMS $1200: It's used to promote retail sales:
BOGOF buy one, get one free |
#8483, aired 2021-10-06 | BY A ONE-NAMED WRITER $1200: "Buy Me the Sky" by Xinran is about this population control policy & the spoiled "little emperors" it created the one-child policy |
#8413, aired 2021-06-02 | I'D LIKE TO BUY $400: Got some caped crusading to do, so I'll need one of these head coverings, from Latin for "hood" a cowl |
#8413, aired 2021-06-02 | I'D LIKE TO BUY $600: I want to lay some bricks, so I'll take a Kraft tool carbon steel one of these mortar spreaders with a flat plate & a handle a trowel |
#8413, aired 2021-06-02 | I'D LIKE TO BUY $1000: I love to build things, so I sure could use a Madison Mill round wood poplar one of these connecting rods a dowel |
#8343, aired 2021-02-24 | BUY ME $200: How about a 10 pound one of these from Toblerone? Only $70 a chocolate bar |
#8343, aired 2021-02-24 | BUY ME $600: I could use a letter opener; would you buy me one of these small Italian daggers with a tapering blade? a stiletto |
#8343, aired 2021-02-24 | BUY ME $1000: How about a 60-year-old bottle of Macallan 1926, this booze? One sold at auction for $1.9 million scotch |
#8222, aired 2020-05-26 | BUY YOUR OWN $200: You can buy Bonefish Cay, one of these in the Bahamas, for a mere $7 million an island |
#8222, aired 2020-05-26 | BUY YOUR OWN $600: One of the first of its kind, this 4-letter private jet can sell for $5 million (used) a Lear |
#8222, aired 2020-05-26 | BUY YOUR OWN $1000: Maybe you need one of these made by Specialized, with Shimano derailleurs & airless tires that won't go flat a bicycle |
#8047, aired 2019-09-10 | PIG ENGLISH $400: This is an old word for a sack; buy "a pig in" one & you don't really know what you're getting a poke |
#7900, aired 2019-01-04 | GOTTA RUN! $1600: You can "run" one of these at a bar when you buy drinks, perhaps a cola of the same name for everybody a tab |
#7605, aired 2017-10-06 | "B"USINESS $600: "BOGOF" is an abbreviation for this promotion that means a 50% savings buy one, get one free |
#7382, aired 2016-10-18 | WHAT CAN YOU BUY FOR A BUCK? $200: A new one of these every month from the Dollar Shave Club a razor |
#7382, aired 2016-10-18 | WHAT CAN YOU BUY FOR A BUCK? $600: At one of the dollar stores, you can get an 8-digit desktop or pocket one of these a calculator |
#7241, aired 2016-02-22 | REAL ESTATE $1000: In England you don't contact a realtor to buy or sell property, but an "estate" one of these instead an agent |
#7129, aired 2015-09-17 | REPLICAS $800: Some assembly is required when you buy a replica one of these at the Eli Whitney Museum & Workshop a cotton gin |
#7033, aired 2015-03-25 | ANTS $800: When you buy one of these, it will most likely be filled with Western Harvester ants because they are great tunnelers an ant farm |
#6966, aired 2014-12-22 | YOU CAN BUY IT ON eBAY $1000: Pretty much every musical instrument from A (accordion) to Z (this stringed one) a zither |
#6915, aired 2014-10-10 | POP CULTURE $2000: When you buy a pair of these shoes, founder Blake Mycoskie's one for one program sends a pair of shoes to a child in need Toms |
#6896, aired 2014-09-15 | STATES THAT FLOW TOGETHER $2,000 (Daily Double): The big land buy named for one also got us the other Louisiana & Arkansas |
#6526, aired 2013-01-21 | CAPE TOWN $400: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from Greenmarket Square in Cape Town, South Africa.) Once the site of slave trading, greenmarket square is now a bustling market where you can buy souvenirs from all over Africa; a popular one is the painted eggs of this big African bird an ostrich |
#6509, aired 2012-12-27 | YOUR CHOICE OF 3 $1000: In myth Orpheus used music to charm this 3-headed hound into submission Cerberus |
#6282, aired 2012-01-03 | THE NUMBER AFTER 1: LITERARY EDITION $600: This Belgian detective doesn't buy suicide as the cause of a dentist's death in "One, Two, Buckle My Shoe" (Hercule) Poirot |
#6261, aired 2011-12-05 | PHRASES OF DEATH $400: This agricultural plot of land is the last one you'll "buy" the farm |
#6236, aired 2011-10-31 | SHOW ME YOUR STUFF $600: Starting a toy collection? Then buy one featuring this feline character from Sanrio Hello Kitty |
#6168, aired 2011-06-08 | ASSETS $800: If you exercise one of these synonyms for "choice", you agree to buy or sell an asset at a given price an option |
#6164, aired 2011-06-02 | LET'S GO SHOPPING $800: You're going to a Fasig-Tipton auction if you want to buy one of these 4-legged competitors a racehorse |
#5948, aired 2010-06-23 | BUSINESSWOMEN $400: Denver's Linda Alvarado is the first woman to use her own capital to buy into a MLB team, this one the (Colorado) Rockies |
#5926, aired 2010-05-24 | U.S. BIZ $200: The 747 reasons to buy from this company include the E-6 Tacamo & a little thing called Air Force One Boeing |
#5656, aired 2009-03-23 | FASHION FORWARD & BACKWARD $800: Too bad you didn't buy a Birkin one of these in the '80s; now the waiting list can take years a handbag |
#5633, aired 2009-02-18 | CAN I BUY YOU A SANDWCH? $800: How about this one with chicken or turkey, bacon, lettuce & tomato on 3 slices of toast a club sandwich |
#5633, aired 2009-02-18 | THIS IS ONE SLIMY CATEGORY $1000: Seen here are the fruiting bodies of the slime type of this mold |
#5633, aired 2009-02-18 | CAN I BUY YOU A SANDWCH? $1200: Direct from Cleveland, a Polish boy is one of these Polish sausages on a bun topped with BBQ sauce & coleslaw a kielbasa |
#5271, aired 2007-07-09 | WORD WORDS $1200: When I use the phrase "buy the farm" for death, I'm using one of these, from the Greek for "auspicious words" euphemism |
#5252, aired 2007-06-12 | LET'S CONSULT THE MAP $400: To have a map of the entire Earth that has the least distortion, you have to buy one of these objects a globe |
#4846, aired 2005-10-10 | HOW TO INVEST YOUR ALLOWANCE $600: You donate money to the charity that fights this disease, & buy a wristband like the one seen here cancer |
#4792, aired 2005-06-07 | FINANCIAL ABBREVIATIONS $400: When you need a loan to buy a house, you can get a fixed-rate one or this, an ARM adjustable rate mortgage |
#4580, aired 2004-07-02 | IN THE DICTIONARY $800: It'll probably take more than a buck to buy a jumbuck, an Australian term for one of these animals a sheep |
#4451, aired 2004-01-05 | CAN I BUY YOU A DRINK? $400: If you don't have one of these small appliances, you can forget about making frozen Daiquiris blender |
#4333, aired 2003-06-04 | FIND THE STATE $800: The newspaper's sales force prefers you buy a color ad over a black & white one Colorado |
#4287, aired 2003-04-01 | BUY "ONE" $200: An ace in golf hole-in-one |
#4287, aired 2003-04-01 | BUY "ONE" $400: The president's plane Air Force One |
#4287, aired 2003-04-01 | BUY "ONE" $600: The pressures & joys of life after a divorce were explored on this sitcom starring Bonnie Franklin One Day at a Time |
#4287, aired 2003-04-01 | BUY "ONE" $800: In boxing, a left jab followed immediately by a right cross one-two punch |
#4287, aired 2003-04-01 | BUY "ONE" $1000: "In the country of the blind" this person "is king" the one-eyed man |
#4206, aired 2002-12-09 | GOOD BUY $1000: One of the organizers of the Republican Party, William Seward, negotiated this purchase as U.S. secretary of state Alaska |
#4064, aired 2002-04-11 | DINAR $800: Use dinars to buy a Dido record in this modern country where Carthage was once ruled by a Queen Dido Tunisia |
#3999, aired 2002-01-10 | FOREIGN FUNDS $400: To buy chili in Colombia or a Columbia VHS tape in Chile, you'll spend currency called this peso |
#3990, aired 2001-12-28 | DEAR DIARY $1,400 (Daily Double): 1975: One day I'll be so rich I could buy my own island, maybe Australia. Starting Microsoft with my pal Paul is a good start Bill Gates |
#3730, aired 2000-11-17 | BIRTHSTONES $200: This sea-colored March birthstone is said to cure laziness, but I'm too tired to go out & buy one Aquamarine |
#3518, aired 1999-12-15 | FIZZ-ICS $100: From 1915 to 1955, if you'd like to buy the world one of these it came in the classic 6 1/2-ounce bottle Coke/Coca-Cola |
#3302, aired 1999-01-05 | FAUX FRENCH $200: In France a madame buys a "soutien-gorge", while an American woman would buy one of these, to lift & separate Brassiere |
#3192, aired 1998-06-16 | TO THE NEAREST... $800: To the nearest billion, number of Cokes you'd need to buy to give one to everyone in the world 6 billion |
#3083, aired 1998-01-14 | CAR TUNES $200: Janis Joplin asked the Lord to buy her one of these to make up for her Porsche-driving friends Mercedes-Benz |
#2932, aired 1997-05-06 | ENDS WITH "IST" $100: At the grocery store, one of these can help you remember what to buy (shopping) List |
#2572, aired 1995-11-07 | LEADING "ROLL"s $300: If you have lots of dough, you can buy a really nice one of these implements to smooth out your dough a rolling pin |
#1737, aired 1992-03-03 | ANAGRAMS $300: Nola needs one of these to buy her first car a loan (from Nola) |
#1647, aired 1991-10-29 | SONG LYRICS $400: "I'm going to buy" one of these "that I can call my own" a paper doll |
#1592, aired 1991-07-02 | 1990 $200: Rolling Stone reported this group's album went gold in one week, though you could buy it only
at Pizza Huts the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles |
#1493, aired 1991-02-13 | SPELLING $300: For a big date you might buy your girlfriend one of these small pin-on bouquets a C-O-R-S-A-G-E |
#1470, aired 1991-01-11 | IN THE DICTIONARY $400: In Australia it'll cost you more than a buck to buy a jumbuck, one of these sheep |
#1444, aired 1990-12-06 | HATS $300: American women buy one quarter of all their hats just before this holiday Easter |
#1144, aired 1989-07-20 | THE FIVE & DIME $300: Chenille stems, which are better known as these, are one of the few items you can still buy for a dime pipe cleaners |
#1123, aired 1989-06-21 | IN OTHER WORDS... $100: Purchase one sack-encased sow buy a pig in a poke |
#1073, aired 1989-04-12 | FINE CHINA $100: Collectors of limited edition plates can now buy one depicting him at the gates of Graceland Elvis Presley |
#1032, aired 1989-02-14 | FIRST YEAR FRENCH $600: Meaning "to remember" you might buy one of these to remember your trip to France a souvenir |
#935, aired 1988-09-30 | CARNIVALS $400: When a kid at a carnival asks his mom to buy him a pronto pup, pronto, he wants one of these a corn dog |
#915, aired 1988-07-22 | IN OTHER WORDS... $300: Procure but with one melody buy it with (for) a song |
#838, aired 1988-04-06 | FOLK SONGS $200: "Hush little baby, don't say a word, Papa's gonna buy you" one of these a mockingbird |
#825, aired 1988-03-18 | MUSIC ON THE MAP $5 (Daily Double): You can buy a record w/"The Hawaiian Wedding Song" on 1 side & this Andy Williams hit on the other:
"Once I was alone /
So lonely /
And then /
You came..." "Canadian Sunset" |
#749, aired 1987-12-03 | MAGAZINES $400: You don't buy Parade Magazine separately--it comes with one of these newspaper |
#746, aired 1987-11-30 | CONTAINERS $100: A sack or bag, you're advised not to buy a pig in one a poke |
#679, aired 1987-07-16 | CLOTHING $300: Of teddies, mules or puppies, the one you wouldn't buy in a lingerie department puppies |
#576, aired 1987-02-23 | WHAT'S NEW $100: In some jewelry departments, you can now buy a single one of these instead of a pair earring |
#497, aired 1986-11-04 | TRANSPORTATION $100: For about $60 million you can buy one of their 767 jetliners Boeing |
#121, aired 1985-02-25 | 5-LETTER WORDS $800: You can give one to a book, but you get one when you buy a house a title |
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