| #24, aired 2024-01-09 | KITTY LIT $300: The lion Jad-Bal-Ja was created by Edgar Rice Burroughs as a companion to this guy of the jungle Tarzan |
| #22, aired 2023-12-06 | ALSO A TAYLOR SWIFT SONG $1000: While crossing the George Washington Bridge from N.J., drivers are greeted by a sign with these 4 words (it's been waiting for you) Welcome to New York |
| #8924, aired 2023-07-27 | PLAY TIME $2,000 (Daily Double): The play "Mrs. Warren's Profession" by this Irishman was considered so scandalous it was banned for years George Bernard Shaw |
| #3, aired 2023-05-09 | COLONIAL AMERICA $7,200 (Daily Double): This evangelical revival of the 1730s & 1740s was led by such theologians as George Whitefield & Jonathan Edwards the Great Awakening |
| #8755, aired 2022-12-02 | THEIR '80s NO. 1 ALBUM $1200: His "Don't Be Cruel"
(& it's not Elvis) Bobby Brown |
| #8747, aired 2022-11-22 | RHYMING PHRASES $800: On stage & film, it's what "stays mainly in the plain"... by George, do you have it?! the rain in Spain |
| #8740, aired 2022-11-11 | MANDY PATINKIN $1000: (Mandy Patinkin presents the clue.) I was a big fan of the late Stephen Sondheim & I am honored to have originated the role of the artist Seurat in this James Lapine-Sondheim musical that was inspired by a painting Sunday in the Park with George |
| #8717, aired 2022-10-11 | THE WAIT OF THE WORLD $400: Folks have awaited the next book by him after 2011's "A Dance with Dragons" but it takes as long as it takes George R.R. Martin |
| #8443, aired 2021-07-14 | EPONYMOUS LEGISLATION $1600: A star in Chaplin's "The Kid", he earned millions, but it got spent by others; a law named for him protects the earnings of minors Jackie Coogan |
| #8258, aired 2020-10-14 | IT'S A FACT $1000: The term "Cold War" was first used in print by this British author in his essay "You and the Atomic Bomb" George Orwell |
| #8050, aired 2019-09-13 | SURNAMES $400: It's the occupational surname shared by Plymouth Colony governor John & scientist George Washington Carver |
| #7909, aired 2019-01-17 | STATES & PROVINCES $600: This province isn't really "New", it was chartered by King George III in 1784 & is one of Canada's original 4 provinces New Brunswick |
| #7838, aired 2018-10-10 | I COMPOSED IT $1000: Commissioned by England's King George II, "Music for the Royal Fireworks" Handel |
| #7731, aired 2018-04-02 | OUR HISTORICAL NEWS CORRESPONDENT $1200: It's April 1865, and the nation turns to this new leader, spared by the failed nerve of Booth accomplice George Atzerodt Andrew Johnson |
| #7389, aired 2016-10-27 | THE PLAYWRIGHT WRITES $800: "If there is one thing interesting--remarkable indeed--in the whole province, it's just our cherry orchard" Anton Chekhov |
| #6996, aired 2015-02-02 | BRITISH NICKNAMES $3,000 (Daily Double): "The Last King of America" George III |
| #6312, aired 2012-02-14 | ISLANDS $400: Alexander Island, one of this continent's largest, is connected to it by the George VI ice shelf Antarctica |
| #6237, aired 2011-11-01 | BALLET IT ON THICK $800: He left the USSR in 1924 & joined Diaghilev's co. in Paris, becoming its leading choreographer, by George Balanchine |
| #5430, aired 2008-03-28 | BY GEORGE, IT'S GEORGE $200: According to Parson Weems, this man was incapable of being mendacious George Washington |
| #5430, aired 2008-03-28 | BY GEORGE, IT'S GEORGE $400: This U.S. general who loved horses & studied at a cavalry school helped protect the Lipizzaners in WWII George Patton |
| #5430, aired 2008-03-28 | BY GEORGE, IT'S GEORGE $600: His command of the 7th Cavalry ended on June 25, 1876 General George Custer |
| #5430, aired 2008-03-28 | BY GEORGE, IT'S GEORGE $800: In 1760 he became the last British monarch to be buried in Westminster Abbey George II |
| #5430, aired 2008-03-28 | BY GEORGE, IT'S GEORGE $1000: This South American capital was once known as Stabroek Georgetown |
| #5352, aired 2007-12-11 | THE COLOR PURPLE $400: Established by George Washington in 1782, it can also be given to P.O.W.s who've been mistreated Purple Heart |
| #5030, aired 2006-06-23 | COWBOYS & INDIANS $800: (Jon of the Clue Crew reports from Grand Teton Nat'l Park in Wyoming.) Created by native son George Ostrom, this trademark of the state of Wyoming is abbreviated BH&R Bucking Horse & Rider |
| #4971, aired 2006-04-03 | HOLD THE FORT $1600: Built by George Washington's troops in June 1754, you might say it was the mother of invention Fort Necessity |
| #4841, aired 2005-10-03 | MANUEL LABOR $400: Longtime congressman Manuel Lujan was appointed Secretary of the Interior by this man in 1989 George H.W. Bush |
| #4814, aired 2005-07-07 | READ THE BOOK $2000: According to the title of a book by George Eliot, the Dorlcote Mill is on this river the Floss |
| #4781, aired 2005-05-23 | IT CHANGED THE WORLD $1200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew stands before a portrait of George Marshall in the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia.) George Marshall became Chief of Staff of a 200,000 man army on this date, when WWII began; by war's end, the number was 8 million September 1, 1939 |
| #4713, aired 2005-02-16 | YOU GOT MY LITERARY NUMBER $1600: It's the classic 1949 novel by the writer born Eric Blair 1984 |
| #4674, aired 2004-12-23 | BY GEORGE, IT'S GEORGE! $400: With hits like "All My Ex's Live in Texas" & "Blue Clear Sky", he's "Pure Country" George Strait |
| #4674, aired 2004-12-23 | BY GEORGE, IT'S GEORGE! $800: This record producer was known as the "Fifth Beatle" George Martin |
| #4674, aired 2004-12-23 | BY GEORGE, IT'S GEORGE! $1200: In his 1963 inaugural address this governor called for "Segregation forever!" George Wallace |
| #4674, aired 2004-12-23 | BY GEORGE, IT'S GEORGE! $1600: He was the head coach of the Los Angeles Rams 1966-1970 & of the Washington Redskins 1971-77 George Allen |
| #4674, aired 2004-12-23 | BY GEORGE, IT'S GEORGE! $2000: In 1990 a color remake was produced of this director's 1968 B&W zombie classic "Night of the Living Dead" George Romero |
| #4641, aired 2004-11-08 | DO "TELL" $600: It's the governmental organization headed by George H.W. Bush from 1976 to 1977 the Central Intelligence Agency |
| #4544, aired 2004-05-13 | WASHINGTON SCHLEPPED HERE $200: The location of Washington, D.C. was actually chosen by G.W., & it's a nice little commute from this estate of his Mount Vernon |
| #4476, aired 2004-02-09 | IT'S A GROUP THING $1600: When he was Texas Governor, George W. Bush sometimes was guarded by this group (not the baseball team) the (Texas) Rangers |
| #4365, aired 2003-07-18 | LAKES $800: Fed by lakes Victoria & Edward, it's also known as Lake Mobutu Sese Seko Lake Albert |
| #4314, aired 2003-05-08 | BRITISH HEIR WAYS $2000: As Prince of Wales & Prince Regent, this future king was a close pal of Beau Brummell, & quite a dandy himself George IV |
| #4275, aired 2003-03-14 | MISSED IT BY THAT MUCH... $200: Luke Floorwalker was the hero of my script "Store Wars", a better tale than this director's "Star Wars" movie George Lucas |
| #4256, aired 2003-02-17 | IT'S ALL A BUNCH OF LIES $200: Although written by Parson Weems, the line "I can't tell a lie. I did cut it with my hatchet" is often attributed to him George Washington |
| #4180, aired 2002-11-01 | MUSICAL "UP"s & "DOWN"s $400: It's the classic heard here
"Early in the ev'nin', just about suppertime / Over by the courthouse, they're startin' to unwind..." "Down On The Corner" |
| #4153, aired 2002-09-25 | ORGANIZATION SYMBOLS & LOGOS $1000: By George, it was founded in 1990 & works through volunteer centers throughout the U.S. Points of Light Foundation |
| #4124, aired 2002-07-04 | GEORGE M. COHAN $400: It's the self-introducing line of a Cohan song sung by jockey Little Johnny Jones "I'm a Yankee Doodle dandy." |
| #3447, aired 1999-09-07 | WHOSE IS IT? $800: The Battle of the Little Bighorn, won by the Sioux, also has this "final" name Custer's Last Stand |
| #1481, aired 1991-01-28 | THE MIDDLE AGES $400: "Venerable" historian who completed a translation of the Gospel of St. John hours before his death Bede |
| #676, aired 1987-07-13 | LIES $200: Of a lie or the truth, it's what the George Washington "I cannot tell a lie" story is a lie |
| #651, aired 1987-06-08 | TRANSPORTATION $200: It's how George Higgs escaped from Erewhon & the Wizard left Oz by balloon |
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