| #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 |
| #8525, aired 2021-12-03 | YOU GET A "C" $1000: They're 2 alternate ways you can serve multiple prison sentences; one will get you out much sooner than the other concurrent & consecutive |
| #8356, aired 2021-03-15 | "T.O.C." $400: At the summer Solstice, the Sun is directly over this line north of the equator the Tropic of Cancer |
| #8244, aired 2020-09-24 | "A" IS FOR AUTUMN $400: Each fall Alabama & this S.E.C. football archrival meet in "The Iron Bowl" Auburn |
| #8151, aired 2020-02-03 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN ATHLETES $200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew is at the National Museum of African American History & Culture in Washington, D.C.) The Game Changers Exhibit honors such athletes as this track & field star whose four gold medals at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin upset Hitler's dreams to demonstrate Aryan superiority Jesse Owens |
| #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 |
| #7745, aired 2018-04-20 | SUMMER JOB IDEAS $1600: Too hot & humid? Spend your days cruising in A/C for this delivery app Postmates |
| #7575, aired 2017-07-14 | ICYMI $600: Mexico's first Trump-era IPO was a success for this tequila company named for an 18th c. señor Jose Cuervo |
| #7342, aired 2016-07-12 | GETTING READY FOR THE OLYMPICS $2000: It's Thomas Bach's first Summer Games in this job; Jacques Rogge will be a tough act to follow head (or president) of the I.O.C. |
| #7108, aired 2015-07-08 | SHADOW PLAY $1200: By comparing shadows in wells during the summer solstice, Eratosthenes calculated this around 240 B.C. the circumference of the Earth |
| #6998, aired 2015-02-04 | THAT'S ANCIENT CITY HISTORY $2000: Erech & Kish were cities of this earliest known civilization that flourished in Iraq in the 3rd millennium B.C. Sumeria |
| #6926, aired 2014-10-27 | ANCIENT COINS $2000: The first coins of this ancient land, roughly modern Lebanon, were minted around the 400s B.C. Phoenicia |
| #6840, aired 2014-05-16 | B.C.-ING YOU $1600: This system of wedge-shaped writing originated in Sumer around 3000 B.C. cuneiform |
| #6698, aired 2013-10-30 | LIKE WE DID LAST SUMMER $200: On Aug. 28, 1963 in Washington D.C., Martin Luther King gave a speech later known by this 4-word name "I Have a Dream" |
| #6461, aired 2012-10-22 | A LONG TIME AGO $800: By the waters of the Euphrates, this city became a Mesopotamian capital in the early 2nd millennium B.C. Babylon |
| #6281, aired 2012-01-02 | C.S., I $800: He became New York's senior senator when Daniel Patrick Moynihan retired in 2001 (Charles) Schumer |
| #6278, aired 2011-12-28 | THIS... IS... HEGEMONY! $2000: In the first half of the 3rd millennium B.C., this 2-letter city established its hegemony over the rest of Sumer Ur |
| #6257, aired 2011-11-29 | MUST "C" TV $1600: Thomas Gibson & Shemar Moore star as members of the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit on this drama Criminal Minds |
| #6083, aired 2011-02-09 | WHAT'S IN YOUR "C"LOSET? $600: A floral summer dress made from this cotton fabric named for a city in India calico |
| #5982, aired 2010-09-21 | I KNOW UR $2000: Founded in the 4th millennium B.C., Ur was a capital city of this oldest Mesopotamian civilization Sumeria |
| #5745, aired 2009-07-24 | PREHISTORIC TIMES $1000: One of the earliest known uses of this metal alloy was in Sumer in Mesopotamia around 3500 B.C. bronze |
| #5665, aired 2009-04-03 | CULTURE CLUB $400: The Prose Edda, a 13th c. work from Snorri Sturluson, is a cultural masterpiece of this island nation Iceland |
| #5390, aired 2008-02-01 | THE DEVIL $1000: "The Screwtape Letters" from a senior devil to an underdevil are by this man better known for children's books C(live) S(taples) Lewis |
| #5170, aired 2007-02-16 | TV SHOW PEOPLE $800: Summer Roberts,
Taylor Townsend,
Seth Cohen The O.C. |
| #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 |
| #4822, aired 2005-07-19 | TV GUIDE SAYS $400: "Ryan's attempt to reunite Lindsay and Caleb backfires... Seth's comic doodlings open Summer's eyes" The O.C. |
| #4716, aired 2005-02-21 | "C.S.", I $1200: As a congressman he sponsored 1994's Brady Bill on handguns; now, he's New York's senior senator Chuck Schumer |
| #4650, aired 2004-11-19 | THE "O.C." $400: It's the capital of the Sooner State Oklahoma City |
| #4329, aired 2003-05-29 | "C.C." SENOR! $400: This peninsula in southeastern Massachusetts is one of the prime tourist destinations in New England Cape Cod |
| #4329, aired 2003-05-29 | "C.C." SENOR! $800: When Harding died suddenly, this man became the top man at the White House & in the nation Calvin Coolidge |
| #4329, aired 2003-05-29 | "C.C." SENOR! $1200: This endangered dark gray vulture of the southwestern U.S. can have a wingspan up to 10 feet California condor |
| #4329, aired 2003-05-29 | "C.C." SENOR! $1600: This unit of measure is equal to one milliliter cubic centimeter |
| #4329, aired 2003-05-29 | "C.C." SENOR! $2000: Chalk is a naturally occurring form of this compound whose chemical formula is CaCO3 calcium carbonate |
| #4254, aired 2003-02-13 | ENDLESS SUMER $800: Dating from around 3000 B.C., the Sumerians used this writing system seen here cuneiform |
| #3801, aired 2001-02-26 | ENGLISH LIT $1,000 (Daily Double): An ominous character from this 1949 novel lent his name to a summer 2000 series on CBS "1984" ("Big Brother") |
| #3680, aired 2000-09-08 | WORKING ON THE RAILROAD $100: Hideo Shima, put in charge of planning the Tokyo-Osaka line in 1958, wanted it done by this 1964 event, & it was The Summer Olympics |
| #3518, aired 1999-12-15 | C'EST LA "V" $200: It's not a summer holiday, it's your profession Vocation |
| #3506, aired 1999-11-29 | RUSSIAN CITIES $400: Important Russian cities on this longest Russian river include Nizhniy Novgorod, Kazan & Samara Volga |
| #3135, aired 1998-03-27 | "C.C." SENOR $100: At this Florida site, the scientists are all out to launch Cape Canaveral |
| #3135, aired 1998-03-27 | "C.C." SENOR $200: His name, pre-Muhammad Ali Cassius Clay |
| #3135, aired 1998-03-27 | "C.C." SENOR $300: Research facilitator that includes the following: a card catalogue |
| #3135, aired 1998-03-27 | "C.C." SENOR $400: Ernie Banks played all his Major League games with this team the Chicago Cubs |
| #3135, aired 1998-03-27 | "C.C." SENOR $500: In 1968 this labor leader had a grape, er... gripe Cesar Chavez |
| #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 |
| #1953, aired 1993-02-17 | INVENTORS & INVENTIONS $400: This early 20th C. invention by Willis Carrier helps you keep a cool head on hot summer nights air conditioner |
| #1829, aired 1992-07-09 | ORGANIZATIONS $300: Headquartered in Washington, D.C., the NCSC is the National Council of these people Senior Citizens |
| #1137, aired 1989-07-11 | FOOD $200: Mix 3 eggs & 3/4 c. sugar; add 1 c. thick cream,
2 c. half & half
& 2 tsps. vanilla;
simmer; then freeze with ice vanilla ice cream |
| #1098, aired 1989-05-17 | "A.C."/"D.C." $500: Swimming stroke in which the swimmer kicks twice with 1 leg for each stroke of the opposite arm the Australian crawl |
| #719, aired 1987-10-22 | FAMOUS QUOTES $200: In "My Summer in a Garden", humorist C.D. Warner said "Politics make" this type of "bedfellows" strange |
| #617, aired 1987-04-21 | GOING IN STYLE $300: Perhaps rehearsing for death, this "divine" 19th c. star slept in a satin-lined casket Sarah Bernhardt |
| #564, aired 1987-02-05 | AGRICULTURE $600: Summer berries only found growing wild until 1st cultivated in New Jersey in early 20th c. blueberries |
| #510, aired 1986-11-21 | THE CIVIL WAR $1000: In 1856, on the Senate floor, Rep. Preston Brooks of S.C. beat this Mass. senator unconscious (Charles) Sumner |
| #455, aired 1986-06-06 | WASHINGTON D.C. $100: It's said walking out into this season's humid weather in D.C. is like "stepping into the breath of a large dog" summer |
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Lindsay Eanet, a senior from the University of Missouri
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Tim Russert, a moderator from Meet the Press
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Will Warren, a senior from the University of Alabama
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Suchita Shah, a senior from the University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Ryan Stoffers, a sophomore from UCLA
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Isaac Loeb, a senior legislative assistant from Washington, D.C.
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Season 35 player (2018-09-10).
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Phil Costopoulos, a senior editor from Washington, D.C.
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Season 12 player (1996-06-14).
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Caroline Bartman, a senior from Washington, D.C.
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2007 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
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Andrew Nerlinger, a senior at the University of Notre Dame from Wilmington, Delaware
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Gabe Orlet, a senior from Belleville, Illinois
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Michael McKean, a Grammy winner, Oscar nominee and multi-talented performer from Hairspray and The Pajama Game
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Ariella Goldstein, a junior from Muhlenberg College
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2009 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 20 and from Cortlandt Manor,...
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Jason Pratt, a middle school history teacher from Woodbridge, Virginia
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Season 25 2-time champion: $32,701 + $1,000. Jason Pratt - A...
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Jill Bunzendahl Chimka, a speech and language pathologist from Washington, D.C.
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Hon. Margaret Spellings, a U.S. Secretary of Education from Washington, D.C.
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Rebecca Dixon, a graduate student and musician from Vancouver, Washington
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Season 26 2-time champion: $53,002 + $1,000. Rebecca and her partner...
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Robert Knecht Schmidt, a patent agent from Cleveland, Ohio
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Season 26 1-time champion: $12,799 + $1,000. Middle name pronounced like...
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Thomas L. Friedman, an author and foreign affairs columnist from The New York Times
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David Hudson, a junior from the University of Virginia
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Alyssa McRae, a gift card production designer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Season 25 3-time champion: $50,402 + $2,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Christine Valada, a photographer and attorney originally from Walton, New York
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2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $68,703...
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Andy Davis, a Chyron operator from South Boston, Massachusetts
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Season 25 2-time champion: $49,799 + $1,000. Andy Davis - A...
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Christopher Meloni, a star from Law & Order: SVU and HBO's Oz
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Chris Wallace, a TV host from Fox News Sunday
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Ari Fleischer, a former White House Press Secretary from the current Bush administration
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Anthony Dedousis, a sophomore from Harvard University
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2009 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 19 and from Manhasset, New York...
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Dave Belote, the base commander from Nellis Air Force Base, Las Vegas
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2010 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 26 5-time champion:...
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Robin Quivers, a radio and television personality from The Howard Stern Show
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Amy Fletcher, a junior from Cincinnati, Ohio
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2005 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500.
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