| #3, aired 2024-02-02 | LITERATURE $800: A sea-witch tells this 19th c. title gal that her transformation will make each step feel like "treading upon sharp knives" Little Mermaid |
| #8924, aired 2023-07-27 | WORLD CITIES $1200: The Georgian city of Batumi dates from around 1000 B.C. & is an important port on this sea the Black Sea |
| #8803, aired 2023-02-08 | THE "C" SHORE $200: The waters of this vast "sea" touch Iran, Russia, Azerbaijan & a couple of "Stan" countries the Caspian Sea |
| #8672, aired 2022-06-28 | THE MAP OF EUROPE $800: Founded as far back as the 7th century B.C., Constanta is one of Romania's main ports on this sea the Black Sea |
| #8450, aired 2021-07-23 | HISTORICAL NONFICTION $1600: "1177 B.C." marks the decline of this ancient North African empire following invasions by marauding "sea peoples" that year Egypt |
| #8330, aired 2021-02-05 | ISLANDS $2000: "C" is for Caribbean & for this, Mexico's largest island in that sea Cozumel |
| #8131, aired 2020-01-06 | STATUE OF NO LIMITATIONS $1000: Some are up in arms over this marble statue carved around 150 B.C., saying she's really the sea goddess Amphitrite the Venus de Milo |
| #8097, aired 2019-11-19 | ISLANDS IN THE "C" $800: Tiburon Island: this sea named for a conquistador, AKA the Gulf of California the Sea of Cortez |
| #8097, aired 2019-11-19 | ISLANDS IN THE "C" $2000: Bird Islet & Cato Island, near the Great Barrier Reef: this sea the Coral Sea |
| #7811, aired 2018-07-23 | HIT THE BEACHES $4,000 (Daily Double): Edisto Beach, S.C. says no lights on the beach after dusk in summer to protect these sea turtles named for their big "heads" loggerheads |
| #7696, aired 2018-02-12 | C.C. & ME $1600: This author & Graham Brown team up on the NUMA Files novels about deep-sea divers Clive Cussler |
| #7504, aired 2017-04-06 | MARITIME FLAGS OF CONVENIENCE $800: Moldova justifies its F.O.C. registry with its tiny frontage along this long European river that ends in the Black Sea the Danube |
| #7472, aired 2017-02-21 | UNCHARTED $2000: In the 500s B.C. Scylax sailed the length of this longest river of Pakistan to the Arabian Sea & beyond the Indus River |
| #7411, aired 2016-11-28 | A SPELLING BEE $800: It's the sea that surrounds Jamaica & Cuba C-A-R-I-B-B-E-A-N |
| #7120, aired 2015-07-24 | "A"+ IN HISTORY $3,000 (Daily Double): Flourishing between 3000 & 1100 B.C., Cycladic & Minoan were 2 of the cultures named for this sea the Aegean |
| #7079, aired 2015-05-28 | ISLANDS IN THE "C"s $400: An old song says, "26 miles across the sea" this island "is a-waitin' for me" Catalina |
| #7055, aired 2015-04-24 | LITERATURE $400: A sea-witch tells this 19th c. title gal that her transformation will make each step feel like "treading upon sharp knives" the Little Mermaid |
| #7023, aired 2015-03-11 | LITERA-SEA $1200: This fictional captain created by C.S. Forester was inspired by Horatio Nelson & Thomas Cochrane (Horatio) Hornblower |
| #6707, aired 2013-11-12 | YOUR MYTHIC ABCs $1,000 (Daily Double): C:
This Greek sea monster is the personification of whirlpools Charybdis |
| #6701, aired 2013-11-04 | "C" THE WORLD $800: For a European getaway, split to Split in this country on the Adriatic sea Croatia |
| #6701, aired 2013-11-04 | "C" THE WORLD $2,000 (Daily Double): Its waters separate Azerbaijan from Turkmenistan the Caspian Sea |
| #6540, aired 2013-02-08 | LET'S VISIT A MUSEUM $1200: A god rose from the sea... or a 460 B.C. statue of one did, & it's at this capital's Natl. Archaeological Museum Athens |
| #6321, aired 2012-02-27 | PLACES TO "C" $3,000 (Daily Double): This body of water receives many rivers, including the Ural & the Kura the Caspian Sea |
| #6131, aired 2011-04-18 | RE: GUN $1600: "The Gun" is a tale of the Napoleonic Wars by C.S. Forester, creator of this sea captain who also fights Napoleon Horatio Hornblower |
| #6022, aired 2010-11-16 | EXPLORING AFRICA $800: Around 2750 B.C. Hannu, an Egyptian, sailed down this sea, reaching what is now Ethiopia & Somalia the Red Sea |
| #5995, aired 2010-10-08 | CROSSWORD CLUES "C" $200: Pink, reef & sea preceder (5) coral |
| #5971, aired 2010-07-26 | CROSS WORLD CLUES "C" $200: Sea known as the American Mediterranean
(9) the Caribbean |
| #5790, aired 2009-11-13 | EXPEDITION WEEK $2000: (National Geographic archaeologist Byron McCane delivers the clue.) The Gabriel Revelation tablet, sometimes called a Dead Sea Scroll in stone, allegedly tells of a Jewish revolt against Rome in 4 B.C. & mentions a king of evil countenance, this emperor Augustus (Caesar) |
| #5781, aired 2009-11-02 | "C" CREATURES $2000: The name of this sea bird comes from the Latin Corvus marinus, "sea raven" a cormorant |
| #5601, aired 2009-01-05 | THE HOLY "C" $200: Pharaoh & his men pursued the children of Israel into the Red Sea aboard these horse-drawn vehicles chariots |
| #5138, aired 2007-01-03 | R.C. $1200: The sea around this author & naturalist was Sheepscot Bay, which her Maine summer home overlooked Rachel Carson |
| #5133, aired 2006-12-27 | ARCHAEOLOGY $400: The first ship completely excavated on the sea bed dates from 1200 B.C., this age; the metal was much of its cargo bronze |
| #5045, aired 2006-07-14 | FRUITLESS SEARCHES $400: Many scholars believe this was actually the Aegean Sea island of Thira, largely destroyed around 1500 B.C. Atlantis |
| #4895, aired 2005-12-16 | "C" FOOD $200: To get this roe, wade in the Caspian Sea & visit a sturgeon caviar |
| #4794, aired 2005-06-09 | "DEAD" RECKONING $600: The most famous of these may have formed the library of a Jewish community that lived from about 150 B.C. to 70 A.D. the Dead Sea Scrolls |
| #4553, aired 2004-05-26 | CROSSWORD CLUES "C" $800: Beany's seasick sea serpent
(5) Cecil |
| #4421, aired 2003-11-24 | THE SEVEN "C"s $1600: Fish-loving sea birds seen here: cormorants |
| #4182, aired 2002-11-05 | ALPHABETIC HOMOPHONES $400: A lunar mare, Tranquility is one sea (C) |
| #4082, aired 2002-05-07 | THE NATURAL WORLD $800: 18th C. naturalist Georg Steller described the sea eagle, the sea lion & this slow-moving "sea" beast the sea cow |
| #4002, aired 2002-01-15 | "C" SEA $400: This arm of the Atlantic Ocean is bounded on the south by Panama & South America & on the west by Central America Caribbean |
| #4002, aired 2002-01-15 | "C" SEA $800: The Russian name for this body of water is Kaspiyskoye More Caspian Sea |
| #4002, aired 2002-01-15 | "C" SEA $1200: The Taiwan Strait connects this sea's East & South parts China Sea |
| #4002, aired 2002-01-15 | "C" SEA $1,400 (Daily Double): An arm of the Pacific Ocean, it lies mostly between the 10th & 20th southern parallels Coral Sea |
| #4002, aired 2002-01-15 | "C" SEA $1600: The Gulf of California was originally named this, for a certain Spanish conqueror Sea of Cortés |
| #3750, aired 2000-12-15 | "C" BIRDS $1000: From Old French for "raven of the sea", these greedy, web-footed birds have a distensible neck pouch Cormorants |
| #3726, aired 2000-11-13 | SEATTLE MEANS BUSINESS $100: Robyn Hitchcock's song "Viva! Sea-Tac" rhymes, "Coming and going it has to be" this transportation company Boeing |
| #3660, aired 2000-06-30 | BODIES OF WATER $100: In 700 B.C. Greeks first crossed this sea to colonize Samothrace Aegean Sea |
| #3622, aired 2000-05-09 | AUSTRALIAN STATES $500 (Daily Double): A state & a sea are both named for this man Abel Tasman |
| #2823, aired 1996-12-04 | BY THE SEASHORE $100: The northern fur seal breeds each summer in the Pribilof Islands in this sea Bering Sea |
| #2783, aired 1996-10-09 | THE 19th CENTURY $400: The 19th C. hymn "Hold The Fort" was based on messages sent by this gen. known for his "March to the Sea" Sherman |
| #1900, aired 1992-12-04 | ENGLAND $500: For his bravery in the Baltic Sea June 21, 1854, Lt. C.D. Lucas was the first to receive this decoration the Victoria Cross (the V.C.) |
| #1851, aired 1992-09-28 | FAMOUS NAMES $400: John C. Lilly began his pioneering work on the brain of this sea creature in 1955 the bottlenose dolphin |
| #1837, aired 1992-09-08 | TV NOSTALGIA $300: C. Lindbergh's son Jon, an ex-Navy frogman, was an advisor for this 1950s Lloyd Bridges adventure series Sea Hunt |
| #1678, aired 1991-12-11 | PIRATES $200: In 67 B.C., Pompey the Great led a fleet that temporarily cleared this sea of pirates the Mediterranean |
| #1071, aired 1989-04-10 | SHIPS $100: Flying Cloud, Cutty Sark & Sea Witch are all examples of this mid 19th c. speedy merchant ship a clipper ship |
| #1021, aired 1989-01-30 | THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR $300: A S.C. merchant was captured at sea & charged room & board while imprisoned at this London landmark Tower of London |
| #968, aired 1988-11-16 | PIRATES $100: In 67 B.C. Pompey's Roman forces cleared out the pirates from this large sea Mediterranean |
| #933, aired 1988-09-28 | U.S. STATES $800: Jekyll Island is one of the Sea Islands off the coast of S.C., Florida & this state Georgia |
| #813, aired 1988-03-02 | ENGLISH CITIES $800: Dr. R. Russell's 18th c. promotion of sea bathing for health promoted this resort town due S. of London Brighton |
| #807, aired 1988-02-23 | MOVIE ROYALTY $300: Flora Robson played this 16th c. queen twice, in "The Sea Hawk" & "Fire Over England" Queen Elizabeth I |
| #653, aired 1987-06-10 | LAST LINES $800: "...She tossed the robe into the old man's arms. For the big fisherman! She said." The Robe |
| #337, aired 1985-12-24 | LAWS & RULES $200: Under the laws of physics, when raised to 100° C. at sea level, water will do this boil |
| #268, aired 1985-09-18 | BODIES OF WATER $200: River connecting Lake Bala in Wales & the Irish Sea, or letter connecting C & E Dee |
| #166, aired 1985-04-29 | WORLD CITIES $1000: Greeks originally founded this Soviet Black Sea port about 800 B.C. Odessa |
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