| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | ANCIENT HISTORY $1600: The Southern or Shan-Yang part of this waterway may date from the 500s B.C.; the adjective-worthy part wasn't dug until much later the Grand Canal |
| #9043, aired 2024-02-21 | IT'S REIGNING MEN! $400: The I didn't even rule Egypt for a year & a half, but this pharaoh II of the 19th dynasty clocked in for 66, 1279-1213 B.C. Ramses |
| #25, aired 2024-01-16 | SPELLING BIZ $300: Toyota debuted this model in the US in 1983; you can't spell it without spelling...
C A _ R _ Camry |
| #8977, aired 2023-11-21 | SPEAK OF THE DEVIL $2,600 (Daily Double): This 17th c. work says, "Abashed the devil stood, and felt how awful goodness is... saw, and pined his loss" Paradise Lost |
| #19, aired 2023-11-01 | VITAMINS & MINERALS $300: Un-poke that straw from your orange: turns out this vitamin won't actually prevent colds, though it may shorten them vitamin C |
| #8959, aired 2023-10-26 | FASHION STATEMENTS $600: This phrase means a situation has been reversed; in the 19th c. that switch was easier: there weren't right & left ones the shoe is on the other foot |
| #8951, aired 2023-10-16 | I DIDN'T COME HERE TO MAKE FRIENDS $400: In the 13th c., mock battles of armed horsemen called mêlées began to give way to this related lance-a-lot sport joust |
| #8943, aired 2023-10-04 | WAXING PHILOSOPHICAL $1600: In "Metaphysics of Morals", this 18th c. man wrote that one who makes himself a worm can't complain if he's stepped on Immanuel Kant |
| #8927, aired 2023-09-12 | THAT'S T-B-D $1000: This inn is found in "The Canterbury Tales" & today in Washington, D.C., where it's a favorite brunch spot the Tabard Inn |
| #8926, aired 2023-09-11 | HONORARY HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS $400: Playing center is the Holy C, the Bishop of Rome & the Thunderdome, from Argentina to the arena--this pope turned Trotter Pope Francis |
| #8892, aired 2023-06-13 | 4-LETTER WORLD CITIES $400: Tradition says this city was founded in 753 B.C., but it wasn't built in a day Rome |
| #8883, aired 2023-05-31 | LANDMARKS OF GREAT BRITAIN $400: Druids didn't build this stone circle begun around 3000 B.C., but modern-day Druids gather there at solstice time Stonehenge |
| #8882, aired 2023-05-30 | THE BAND'S SONGS TELL A STORY $400: "I Gotta Feeling" you know this hip-hop group! They did "Don't Stop The Party"... c'mon, "Don't Phunk With My Heart"! Black Eyed Peas |
| #11, aired 2023-05-16 | CURRENT U.S. GOVERNORS $800: He cheers for MLB's Reds in his own state as well as the Asheville, N.C. Tourists minor league team, which his family owns Mike DeWine |
| #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 |
| #8808, aired 2023-02-15 | I HAVE AN IDEA $2000: The institute named for this 18th c. Scot says his radical insight was that national wealth isn't gold but productive capacity Adam Smith |
| #8805, aired 2023-02-10 | DON'T FALL IN! $1000: It's 10 feet wide & 260 deep, so don't fall into Australia's Standley this "C" word--a chi word in Greek Chasm |
| #8792, aired 2023-01-24 | FINDING NIMOY $200: Nimoy appeared in other TV series with this "Star Trek" co-star, including "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." & "T.J. Hooker" William Shatner |
| #11, aired 2023-01-19 | STARTS WITH A SILENT LETTER $600: Whether it begins with a silent "T" or a silent "C", it's the title for a former ruler of Russia a czar |
| #8787, aired 2023-01-17 | SCIENCEY STUFF $1600: You'll get an "A", but won't give one by naming this computer programming language with a name 3 characters long C++ |
| #8764, aired 2022-12-15 | GIVING YOU SOME T-L-C $200: It's the "I" in IQ, & it will be incredibly embarrassing for all of us if no one rings in now intelligence |
| #8764, aired 2022-12-15 | GIVING YOU SOME T-L-C $400: Reggie's bringing the potato salad & Veronica, the stew to this type of supper a potluck |
| #8764, aired 2022-12-15 | GIVING YOU SOME T-L-C $600: It's slang for voluptuously attractive; Destiny's Child sang, "'cause my body too" this title "for ya, babe" bootylicious |
| #8764, aired 2022-12-15 | GIVING YOU SOME T-L-C $800: It's the birdie you bop in badminton a shuttlecock |
| #8764, aired 2022-12-15 | GIVING YOU SOME T-L-C $1000: It means light can pass through an object but gets diffused so objects on the other side can't be seen clearly translucent |
| #8756, aired 2022-12-05 | HISTORY ON THE DOUBLE $2,000 (Daily Double): Prophetically, around 30 B.C., these 2 lovers founded a club called Those Who Will Die Together Antony & Cleopatra |
| #8743, aired 2022-11-16 | HEARD IN THE MOVIE $2000: "Fred C. Dobbs ain't a guy likes bein' taken advantage of--do the mug in, I say" The Treasure of the Sierra Madre |
| #8741, aired 2022-11-14 | POETRY $2000: The "Terrible Sonnets" of this 3-named 19th c. poet aren't bad but sad, like "No Worst, There is None" & "Carrion Comfort" Gerard Manley Hopkins |
| #8726, aired 2022-10-24 | "C" BAND LYRICS $1200: 1992:
"Thursday doesn't even start, it's Friday I'm in love" The Cure |
| #8709, aired 2022-09-29 | STAY HEALTHY $1000: While it won't help you Wolverine-style, this water-soluble vitamin helps heal wounds & is needed to make collagen vitamin C |
| #8693, aired 2022-07-27 | "B.C." $800: In 1921 at age 16 Clara Bow won one of these, winning a part in a Hollywood movie a beauty contest |
| #8677, aired 2022-07-05 | IT HAPPENED IN JULY $800: On July 17, 2020 America lost 2 civil rights icons, Rev. C.T. Vivian & this beloved congressman from Georgia John Lewis |
| #8662, aired 2022-06-14 | 3 FOR THE SHOW $400: CBS cops (or C.O.P.S.?) Lina Esco, David Lim & Alex Russell S.W.A.T. |
| #8659, aired 2022-06-09 | ABBREVIATED TV $1000: The forces of T.H.R.U.S.H. were enemies of "The Man from" this 1960s title spy organization U.N.C.L.E. |
| #8631, aired 2022-05-02 | COUNTRY MUSIC SONG TITLES $1200: In a Grammy-winning hit, Jeannie C. Riley sang about "the day my mama socked it to" this school organization the "Harper Valley P.T.A." |
| #8630, aired 2022-04-29 | THE ATMOSPHERE $400: C.A.T., or "clear air" this, refers to dangerous air currents that can cause problems for aircraft turbulence |
| #8602, aired 2022-03-22 | SILENT LETTER STARTERS $400: This title for a European ruler can have a silent "T" or "C" at the front tsar (czar) |
| #8595, aired 2022-03-11 | BANK "C" $400: While you don't sign the cashier's one, this double-"C" item that's also guaranteed is signed by you & a bank official a certified check |
| #8542, aired 2021-12-28 | THE "C" TEAM $1000: The coach of this Columbus MLS team hopes they don't mutiny the Crew |
| #8534, aired 2021-12-16 | WHAT DO YOU KNOW? $1000: To have knowledge in a particular field is to know these veggies, though some say the word is a reference to a lexicographer onions |
| #8504, aired 2021-11-04 | EPONYMOUS -ISMs $400: It wasn't until after his 479 B.C. death that the "ism" named for him became China's leading philosophy Confucius |
| #8452, aired 2021-07-27 | SCIENCE FICTION $8,400 (Daily Double): Arthur C. Clarke's "Rendezvous with" this isn't about a Hindu god but rather a spooky craft that's entered our galaxy Rama |
| #8442, aired 2021-07-13 | YOU CAN'T $200: ...buy more of the golden Kellogg's cereal named for this "Star Wars" droid; it was discontinued years ago C-3PO |
| #8434, aired 2021-07-01 | "C" AS IN CAT $200: Sadly, this fast spotted cat hasn't prospered--it's endangered a cheetah |
| #8434, aired 2021-07-01 | TRYING ON SOME GENES $2000: It's the "T" in the representation G-C-A-T of the 4 nucleic acid building blocks of DNA thymine |
| #8427, aired 2021-06-22 | C.G., I $400: I can't believe a 1930s MGM casting director said, "My ears made me look like a giant sugar bowl" Clark Gable |
| #8427, aired 2021-06-22 | C.G., I $2000: In the 1970s I had a giant hit with the song "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue" Crystal Gayle |
| #8381, aired 2021-04-19 | "M.C." $200: The reading section of the S.A.T. includes 52 questions of this type multiple choice |
| #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 |
| #8356, aired 2021-03-15 | "T.O.C." $800: It's the tarot card seen here the Three of Cups |
| #8356, aired 2021-03-15 | "T.O.C." $1200: Make this "sweet" computer change if you want websites to remember you when you revisit them turn on cookies |
| #8356, aired 2021-03-15 | "T.O.C." $1600: One of Bob Barker's first gigs, it's also the name of a New Mexico City Truth or Consequences |
| #8356, aired 2021-03-15 | "T.O.C." $2000: Beginning with its debut in 2006, this cycling race took riders through the Golden State the Tour of California |
| #8355, aired 2021-03-12 | BUSINESS ABBREV. $600: The C.T.O. is this officer who might deal with data & cloud storage the chief technical officer (chief technology officer) |
| #8351, aired 2021-03-08 | STRANGE BEDFELLOWS $2000: In "Step Brothers", these 2 actors ask their parents for permission to make bunk beds; it doesn't turn out well John C. Reilly & Will Ferrell |
| #8349, aired 2021-03-04 | ALPHABET DOGS $600: C: Toto was one of these Scottish terriers bred to chase vermin in rock piles a cairn terrier |
| #8348, aired 2021-03-03 | B.C.-ING YOU $200: The city of Larsa wasn't up to this Babylonian's code, so he conquered it in the 1760s B.C. Hammurabi |
| #8328, aired 2021-02-03 | TV & MOVIE PAIRS $200: They're the pair referred to in the movie line "These aren't the droids you're looking for" R2-D2 & C-3PO |
| #8291, aired 2020-11-30 | 3 C's $400: Adjective meaning so small it can't be seen with the naked eye microscopic |
| #8283, aired 2020-11-18 | V.O. INITIALS $600: Mater in "Cars":
L.T.C.G. Larry the Cable Guy |
| #8237, aired 2020-09-15 | KEN JENNINGS ON WINNING STREAKS $1000: (Ken Jennings presents the clue.) The Persian Empire fell to him in the 330s B.C., then Western Asia Minor, the Mediterranean coast, Egypt, on into India; not bad for a guy barely over 30 Alexander the Great |
| #8223, aired 2020-05-27 | A WRITER'S LIFE $1,000 (Daily Double): Born 1898, taught at Oxford & Cambridge, chronicled big cats, enchantresses & closets, died 1963 C.S. Lewis |
| #8215, aired 2020-05-01 | MAY DAY! MAY DAY! $600: Until May 1, 2008 Washington, D.C.'s cabs didn't have these; they used a zone system instead meters |
| #8200, aired 2020-04-10 | DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT HISTORY $1600: In this 19th c. year the USS President fought a battle with HMS Belvidera, which until then didn't know for sure there was a war on 1812 |
| #8196, aired 2020-04-06 | E-COLLEGE-Y $200: N.C. State created a program to compost these food boxes, which usually aren't recyclable, especially if they contain crusts pizza boxes |
| #8188, aired 2020-03-25 | THAT'S GOTTA HURT! $200: Park ranger Roy C. Sullivan survived being struck by this 7 times, though he suffered some burns & hair loss lightning |
| #8180, aired 2020-03-13 | SMITHSONIAN AIR & SPACE MUSEUM $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum in Washington, D.C.) Though it wasn't quite ready for combat in WWII, the Bell Airacomet first flew in 1942, making it the first American plane to use this then-emerging technology jet propulsion |
| #8170, aired 2020-02-28 | HIGHER EDUCATION GEOGRAPHY $4,000 (Daily Double): Founded in 1853, Washington University isn't in D.C. or Washington State but in this city on the Mississippi river St. Louis |
| #4, aired 2020-01-08 | I JUST TOOK A DNA TEST $2000: DNA is composed of nucleotides, which contain 4 nitrogenous bases represented by these 4 letters A, C, G & T |
| #8129, aired 2020-01-02 | THAT'S HERESY! $2000: Arianism, which argued that God & Jesus weren't one & the same, was condemned by the 4th c. council of this "Creed" city Nicaea |
| #8119, aired 2019-12-19 | NATIVE AMERICANS: THE REALITY $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew is at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C.) The Americans exhibit highlights Native Americans' role in American identity. One legend is Pocahontas' famous 1607 rescue of this man, a story some doubt, as he didn't tell it until 1624, though he had written about his time in Virginia before then John Smith |
| #8009, aired 2019-06-06 | VITAMINS $200: Humans can't produce this scurvy-fighting vitamin internally, but you can take supplements to treat hay fever Vitamin C |
| #7944, aired 2019-03-07 | ILLEGAL BABY NAMES $2000: This North Atlantic island nation bans names that contain C, W or Q since those letters aren't in their alphabet Iceland |
| #7938, aired 2019-02-27 | A LONG, LONG TIME AGO $1200: Don't call Ayla in "The Clan of the Cave Bear" a Neanderthal--she's this kind of human that emerged later, around 40,000 B.C. a Cro Magnon |
| #7925, aired 2019-02-08 | FAUX AMIS $800: In French C-O-I-N isn't money; coin means corner & coin-coin is what these birds say ducks |
| #7919, aired 2019-01-31 | "M.C." $1600: On craigslist.org those who noticed each other & almost met but didn't, tried to reach out again under this forum a missed connection |
| #7918, aired 2019-01-30 | SPELLEMENTS $800: Cl C-H-L-O-R-I-N-E |
| #7914, aired 2019-01-24 | THAT'S SO "P.C." $1000: It's a small room where violent patients or inmates are held so they can't hurt themselves a padded cell |
| #7909, aired 2019-01-17 | OF ALCATRAZ $2000: In 1847 this "Pathfinder" bought Alcatraz but Uncle Sam wouldn't recognize the purchase (John C.) Fremont |
| #7845, aired 2018-10-19 | C'EST LA TV $600: Somehow, the afterlife wouldn't be complete without Blake Bortles on this NBC sitcom The Good Place |
| #7768, aired 2018-05-23 | AS YOU GO DOWN $200: Guess Nike wasn't taking calls when the 413-404 B.C. Ionian War did not go the way of this city-state Athens |
| #7707, aired 2018-02-27 | "X" IN THE CITY $1,000 (Daily Double): Antony & Cleopatra died there in 30 B.C. Alexandria |
| #7706, aired 2018-02-26 | BEJEWELED $1000: Seen here, both these gems are vulnerable to scratching; they become adjectives by adding "E-S-C-E-N-T" opal and pearl |
| #7657, aired 2017-12-19 | "HOPE"FUL ENTERTAINMENT $1600: In The Who's "My Generation", "Things they do look awful c-c-cold", which leads to this wish "I hope I die before I get old" |
| #7640, aired 2017-11-24 | THIS...WAS...SPARTA! $2,000 (Daily Double): In 480 B.C. King Leonidas & his men perished to the last Spartan defending this mountain pass from invasion Thermopylae |
| #7616, aired 2017-10-23 | REMEMBER THE... $800: T.C. Williams High School football--
"Remember the ____" Titans |
| #7600, aired 2017-09-29 | NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WINNING WORDS $800: In 1948 the winning word was this medical branch that deals with the treatment & prevention of mental illness P-S-Y-C-H-I-A-T-R-Y |
| #7586, aired 2017-09-11 | "A-C"/"D-C" $400: Term for someone who can't remember who he is amnesiac |
| #7542, aired 2017-05-30 | LYRICAL SPELLING BEE $1200: Tammy Wynette spelled out this title word that she doesn't want her 4-year-old "to understand" divorce ("D-I-V-O-R-C-E") |
| #7510, aired 2017-04-14 | SHALLOW THOUGHTS $200: Around 500 B.C. Heraclitus said change is constant, so you can't step into the same one of these twice river |
| #7461, aired 2017-02-06 | NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE $2000: (Alex delivers the clue from the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C.) The tape recorder was used by this man, whose ideas for black activism couldn't be contained by the Nation of Islam, leading to the sad correctness of his prediction in his autobiography that, "I, too, will die by violence" Malcolm X |
| #7443, aired 2017-01-11 | THE BISHOP $800: 17th century bishop James Ussher dated this event to Oct. 22, 4004 B.C.; scientists don't think so anymore creation (of the universe) |
| #7411, aired 2016-11-28 | A SPELLING BEE $400: You get one of these as a record for paying a bill; don't forget the silent letter R-E-C-E-I-P-T |
| #7409, aired 2016-11-24 | BUTTERFLIES $400: Butterflies don't form a cocoon; their equivalent stage is this other "C" term a chrysalis |
| #7403, aired 2016-11-16 | ENDANGERED ANIMALS AT THE SMITHSONIAN'S NATIONAL ZOO $800: (Kelly of the Clue Crew presents from Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington, D.C.) Without native mammals present, kiwis thrived for over 35 million years, but today they're endangered & facing extinction, largely because they're flightless and can't escape from introduced predators in this, their native country New Zealand |
| #7403, aired 2016-11-16 | ENDANGERED ANIMALS AT THE SMITHSONIAN'S NATIONAL ZOO $1200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington, D.C..) Known since ancient times & extinct in the wild until recent reintroductions, the scimitar-horned oryx is noted for its long, curved horns; if one breaks off, it doesn't grow back, which may have inspired the myth of this legendary creature the unicorn |
| #7383, aired 2016-10-19 | THAT EXPLAINS IT $600: This 21st c. word happens when a male patronizingly tells a female about a topic she already understands mansplaining |
| #7368, aired 2016-09-28 | THAT'S T-B-D $1000: This inn is found in "The Canterbury Tales" & today in Washington, D.C., where it's a favorite brunch spot the Tabard Inn |
| #7315, aired 2016-06-03 | C.T. $400: Insincere criers shed these crocodile tears |
| #7315, aired 2016-06-03 | C.T. $800: She's the model & TV host seen here Chrissy Teigen |
| #7315, aired 2016-06-03 | C.T. $1200: Blood vessels & tendons pass through this narrow opening in the wrist the carpal tunnel |
| #7315, aired 2016-06-03 | C.T. $1600: Peter Rabbit's mom put him to bed & gave him this beverage chamomile tea |
| #7315, aired 2016-06-03 | C.T. $2000: IRS code 4947(a)(1) covers these entities; the Pew ones try to solve today's most challenging problems charitable trusts |
| #7308, aired 2016-05-25 | THE OLD MAN & THE "C" $400: A grandson does this carrying job & doesn't mind shaving a few strokes off the old man's scorecard caddying (or caddie) |
| #7299, aired 2016-05-12 | TELL ME SOMETHING I DON'T KNOW $400: The first kitten born via this method was named C.C. by Texas A&M researchers; some say it's for "copy cat" cloning |
| #7278, aired 2016-04-13 | "E-T-C" $200: A flower arrangement or other display placed at the middle of a table a centerpiece |
| #7278, aired 2016-04-13 | "E-T-C" $400: The process of making a wild animal tame domestication |
| #7278, aired 2016-04-13 | "E-T-C" $600: Perceived path of the planets around the sun according to Kepler elliptical |
| #7278, aired 2016-04-13 | "E-T-C" $800: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows an anatomical animation on the monitor.) This adjective refers to the five bones of the hand between the wrist & the fingers metacarpal |
| #7278, aired 2016-04-13 | "E-T-C" $1000: A type of drywall or plasterboard made of gypsum layered between heavy paper Sheetrock |
| #7263, aired 2016-03-23 | WOMEN ON TV $200: (I'm Bellamy Young.) "Scandal isn't my first venture in D.C. TV; in 2004 I played North Carolina lawyer Marylou Meriwether on an episode of this show named for part of the White House The West Wing |
| #7255, aired 2016-03-11 | FROM "C" TO SHINING "C" $600: Mark Twain said this type of book is one that people praise but don't read a classic |
| #7221, aired 2016-01-25 | SPELLING BEE WORDS $2000: French word for a phase of the moon or a buttery pastry C-R-O-I-S-S-A-N-T |
| #7183, aired 2015-12-02 | LET'S CONTINUE TO PODCAST $1600: As "The Smartest Man in the World", Greg Proops spoke of AT&T Park, the late Anne Meara & this "2001" author all in one show Arthur C. Clarke |
| #7163, aired 2015-11-04 | FICTIONAL ORGANIZATIONS $400: This evil organization that 007 has battled in many movies is the title of the 2015 James Bond film S.P.E.C.T.R.E. |
| #7147, aired 2015-10-13 | MY KIND OF "TOWN" $4,000 (Daily Double): About 2.5 miles northwest of the Capitol, it's at the confluence of the Potomac & Rock Creek Georgetown |
| #7142, aired 2015-10-06 | THE I.T. GUY $400: The I.T. guy knows his coffee & this Sun Microsystems computing language influenced by Objective-C Java |
| #7142, aired 2015-10-06 | THE I.T. GUY $600: He took the class at Princeton on C.A., short for this, the design of a computing system computer architecture |
| #7038, aired 2015-04-01 | THE CIVIL WAR YEARS $600: In 1863 the Statue of Freedom designed by Thomas Crawford was placed atop this Washington, D.C. building the Capitol building |
| #7032, aired 2015-03-24 | HEALTHY COOKING WITH MICHELLE OBAMA $800: (First Lady Michelle Obama delivers the clue.) Don't wait for Thanksgiving to make sweet potatoes; just one provides you with nearly 40% of your daily requirement for vitamin C & over 400% of this vitamin vitamin A |
| #7008, aired 2015-02-18 | I DIDN'T COME HERE TO MAKE FRIENDS $400: In the 13th c., mock battles of armed horsemen called melees began to give way to this related lance-a-lot sport jousting |
| #6998, aired 2015-02-04 | THAT'S ANCIENT CITY HISTORY $400: Bollywood wasn't even a gleam in Ashoka's eye when he ruled this island city in the 3rd century B.C. Mumbai |
| #6998, aired 2015-02-04 | "C"OUNTRIES $600: You don't mess with the Zoran when he's Zoran Milanovic, the prime minister of this country Croatia |
| #6991, aired 2015-01-26 | THAT WOMAN CAN SING! $200: In 2010 this Detroit legend said she'd prefer Halle Berry to play her in a film bio; R-E-S-P-E-C-T her wishes! Aretha Franklin |
| #6986, aired 2015-01-19 | THE TRANSPORTER $400: Time magazine, on an "arrogantly huge" 21st c. model of this: "Maybe we all shouldn't be driving tanks that get 10 mpg" a Hummer |
| #6970, aired 2014-12-26 | ABBREVIATED MAGAZINES $1000: It's got luxury & style:
T&C Town & Country |
| #6969, aired 2014-12-25 | BEST PICTURE INITIALS $400: 1971:
Popeye is no chicken in "T.F.C." The French Connection |
| #6962, aired 2014-12-16 | GETTING LUCKY WORDS $1600: Hmm... "propitious"--let's swap the first 3 letters for new ones, replace the "T" with a "C" &, lucky for us, get this synonym auspicious |
| #6952, aired 2014-12-02 | SPELL IT OUT FOR ME $800: This Olympic sport that consists of 10 track & field events D-E-C-A-T-H-L-O-N |
| #6926, aired 2014-10-27 | POP "C"ULTURE $1600: Don't be jealous of this electro-funk duo seen here Chromeo |
| #6891, aired 2014-07-28 | LET'S VISIT D.C. $1,600 (Daily Double): Though he didn't even live to see 1777, he is honored with a statue for his contribution to the American Revolution Nathan Hale |
| #6839, aired 2014-05-15 | MISHMASH $800: Tell T.C. & Rick to keep it down! It's time for this TV show whose theme is heard here Magnum, P.I. |
| #6815, aired 2014-04-11 | U.S. PLACE NAMES $800: Named for Ralph Edwards' old radio show, this New Mexico city is called "T or C" for short Truth or Consequences |
| #6814, aired 2014-04-10 | "D.C." POWER $600: If you were one of these stupid chicken sounds, you wouldn't be here dumb cluck |
| #6781, aired 2014-02-24 | THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN HISTORY $800: (Alex delivers the clue from the National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C.) I'm with one of the earliest locomotives of the U.S. railroad system--it looks like it could still run, doesn't it?--& it actually did in 1981 as it celebrated its 150th birthday; it was built in England, & it is named for this symbolic Englishman John Bull |
| #6766, aired 2014-02-03 | PRE-'80s HISTORY $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) By law, Roman generals couldn't lead forces out of their assigned province; Caesar's 49 B.C. crossing of this stream separating Cisalpine Gaul from Italy acted as a war declaration the Rubicon |
| #6729, aired 2013-12-12 | T.C.L.T. $200: "T.O.C."
(either one)
by Henry Miller Tropic of Cancer (or Tropic of Capricorn) |
| #6729, aired 2013-12-12 | T.C.L.T. $400: "O.H.B."
by Somerset Maugham Of Human Bondage |
| #6729, aired 2013-12-12 | T.C.L.T. $600: "F.H.T.E."
by James Jones From Here to Eternity |
| #6729, aired 2013-12-12 | T.C.L.T. $800: "T.U.L.O.B."
by Milan Kundera The Unbearable Lightness of Being |
| #6729, aired 2013-12-12 | T.C.L.T. $1000: "T.L.T.O.C."
by Nikos Kazantzakis The Last Temptation of Christ |
| #6719, aired 2013-11-28 | ANCIENT GREEKS $600: This 200s B.C. man demonstrated 467 propositions of plane & solid geometry from axioms & postulates Euclid |
| #6701, aired 2013-11-04 | "C" THE WORLD $400: The West Indies archipelago discovered by Columbus in 1503 isn't the Crocodile Islands but these the Cayman Islands |
| #6701, aired 2013-11-04 | "C" THE WORLD $1200: This African country's English name doesn't fit the category, but its French name does Cote d'Ivoire |
| #6687, aired 2013-10-15 | STARTS WITH A QUESTION WORD $1200: If you don't have a reason to visit this community 25 minutes south of Asheboro, N.C., just say this Whynot |
| #6680, aired 2013-10-04 | INDOOR DRAMAS $400: Martha said she'd murder me if my sneezes made this fluffy French egg dish fall, but I couldn't hold back a souffle |
| #6680, aired 2013-10-04 | BETWEEN JOBS $1000: In tarot, the card between magician and empress is a female one of these, which there's only been in legend pope |
| #6649, aired 2013-07-11 | WORLD HISTORY $2000: The legendary wealth of this king in what's now Turkey didn't help in 546 B.C. when the Persians defeated him Croesus |
| #6624, aired 2013-06-06 | GEORGE WASHINGTON $400: The city where he was sworn in as president in 1789 (don't say Washington, D.C., it wasn't built yet) New York City |
| #6621, aired 2013-06-03 | OFFICIAL STATE STUFF $1,000 (Daily Double): To represent the abundance of Washington's forests, historian C.T. Conover coined this nickname the Evergreen State |
| #6614, aired 2013-05-23 | THE VICE PRESIDENCY $1000: (Vice President Biden delivers the clue.) In 1832, after ticking off President Jackson & defending a state's right to nullify an act of the Congress, this proud Southerner became the first vice president to resign (John C.) Calhoun |
| #6521, aired 2013-01-14 | B.C. KING $800: This father of Alexander the Great wasn't so bad himself, extending his dominion over all of Greece Phillip |
| #6512, aired 2013-01-01 | KINDLY CORRECT NIGEL'S SPELLING $600: I can't conceive why you believed you had licence to dissemble in such a fashion L-I-C-E-N-S-E |
| #6510, aired 2012-12-28 | LETTERS, WE GET LETTERS $400: The 11th letter, it's rarely used in languages that developed from Latin K |
| #6495, aired 2012-12-07 | SCIENCE GRAB BAG $2,000 (Daily Double): Teflon is an example of this type of compound that contains only the elements F & C a fluorocarbon |
| #6470, aired 2012-11-02 | SCIENCE "C" STUFF $2000: (Alex Trebek stands by railroad tracks.) I love the smell of this in the morning; it's a distillation of coal & wood tar, & for years & years, it has been the main preservative for wooden railroad ties (don't say napalm) creosote |
| #6470, aired 2012-11-02 | SCIENCE "C" STUFF $5,000 (Daily Double): This pigment comes in different letter types; the C version is found in algae chlorophyll |
| #6465, aired 2012-10-26 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $800: Lockheed Martin is big in security & I.T. but is still better known for making these, like its C-5 airplanes |
| #6456, aired 2012-10-15 | DR. SEUSS TITLES BY INITIALS $400: "T.C.I.T.H." The Cat in the Hat |
| #6456, aired 2012-10-15 | DR. SEUSS TITLES BY INITIALS $600: "H.T.G.S.C!" How the Grinch Stole Christmas! |
| #6456, aired 2012-10-15 | IN A ROW $2000: This 18th c. Oxford man didn't invent an "Aqualung" but did devise a farm tool for planting seeds in rows Jethro Tull |
| #6385, aired 2012-05-25 | SPELLING WITH THE STARS $200: 1967 No. 1 for Aretha--give her some! R-E-S-P-E-C-T |
| #6370, aired 2012-05-04 | LITERARY CHARACTERS $0: Although he doesn't actually appear in "1984", his presence is everywhere--on posters, coins & telescreens Big Brother |
| #6365, aired 2012-04-27 | SPYING $1600: Captain Cumming went by this name as 1st head of MI6, & his successors followed suit though their names didn't match C |
| #6335, aired 2012-03-16 | WE ALL MAKE CHOICES IN LIFE $200: The math section of the S.A.T. a) is 70 minutes long; b) covers algebra; c) is mainly multiple choice; d) all of the above d) all of the above |
| #6326, aired 2012-03-05 | WHERE AM I? $400: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports.) I'm at the CBC Broadcast Centre in this city, Canada's largest metropolis & commercial centre--that's C-E-N-T-R-E Toronto |
| #6311, aired 2012-02-13 | THE ELEMENTS OF STYLE? $800: If blue or black aren't scientific enough for you, you can get jeans in the color of this element, C carbon |
| #6307, aired 2012-02-07 | THE I.T. FACTOR $800: Bjarne Stroustrup gets this grade "++" for creating a new computer language C |
| #6283, aired 2012-01-04 | OLD KING COAL $400: Coal mining was made safer by the 19th c. invention of the safety this, which wouldn't ignite methane a lantern (or lamp) |
| #6262, aired 2011-12-06 | YOUR HISTORICAL INSURANCE ADJUSTER $400: The ruins of this Italian city were found by a 16th c. architect; the well-preserved bodies won't help your resale Pompeii |
| #6222, aired 2011-10-11 | GIVING BLOOD $200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew is being prepped to donate blood at an American Red Cross blood donation center in Washington, D.C.) Before giving blood a simple test will ensure that you don't have anemia, & that donating blood won't bring it on, as you'll be giving up about 250 milligrams of this element iron |
| #6193, aired 2011-07-13 | THE CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS $200: A founders photo includes one representative who couldn't actually vote in Congress - Walter Fauntroy, the first elected delegate from here Washington, D.C. |
| #6188, aired 2011-07-06 | SPELL IT! $1200: Spell this metric measurement equal to .03937 of an inch M-I-L-L-I-M-E-T-E-R |
| #6183, aired 2011-06-29 | ATHENS IN THE 5th CENTURY B.C. $2,000 (Daily Double): The philosopher Anaxagoras discovered the true cause behind these lunar phenomena but wasn't believed eclipses |
| #6161, aired 2011-05-30 | FILL IN THE SONG TITLE $200: The 4 Seasons, or Fergie: "B.G.D.C." "Big Girls Don't Cry" |
| #6131, aired 2011-04-18 | REAL HISTORICAL HOUSEWIVES OF D.C. $800: The woman enjoying her grandkids in the White House movie theater isn't any old granny--she's this First Lady Mamie Eisenhower |
| #6128, aired 2011-04-13 | AN AUTHOR IS BORN $2000: He was born at home Oct. 3, 1900 in Asheville, N.C. & later found out you can't go home again Thomas Wolfe |
| #6081, aired 2011-02-07 | DON'T HAVE A COW, MAN $200: Vegetarians in search of vitamins A & C know butterhead & crisphead are 2 of its general classifications lettuce |
| #6059, aired 2011-01-06 | NICKNAMES $1600: Though he didn't really blaze his own trails, this explorer & politician was nicknamed "The Pathfinder" John C. Fremont |
| #6058, aired 2011-01-05 | CONTRARY TO POPULAR BELIEF $200: When Rome burned in 64 A.D., Nero was 35 miles away & couldn't have played this, as it wasn't invented until the 15th c. a fiddle |
| #5987, aired 2010-09-28 | MAN ABOUT THE HOUSE $400: First name of Arkansas U.S. Representative Berry; don't confuse him with a controversial 4-term D.C. mayor Marion |
| #5964, aired 2010-07-15 | ALL-AMERICAN REJECTS $200: In D.C. for the 2009 inauguration, he was told he couldn't check in early at Blair House; an ex-Aussie P.M. had it (Barack) Obama |
| #5958, aired 2010-07-07 | SPELL IT OUT FOR ME $800: The written note from a doctor to a pharmacist telling what medicine you need P-R-E-S-C-R-I-P-T-I-O-N |
| #5956, aired 2010-07-05 | GEORGE WASHINGTON $2000: It's the large northeastern city where George was first inaugurated, as Washington, D.C. hadn't been built yet New York City |
| #5932, aired 2010-06-01 | T-N-C $400: A loose-fitting cloak extending to the hips or knees a tunic |
| #5932, aired 2010-06-01 | T-N-C $800: A long, steep-sided depression in the ground or the ocean floor a trench |
| #5932, aired 2010-06-01 | T-N-C $1200: Instability in the atmosphere that means it's time to buckle your airplane seatbelt turbulence |
| #5932, aired 2010-06-01 | T-N-C $1600: From the Latin for "dyeing", it's a medicine used in small amounts, consisting of an extract in solution tincture |
| #5932, aired 2010-06-01 | T-N-C $2000: The act of abstaining from excess or an anti-alcohol movement of the late 19th century temperance |
| #5908, aired 2010-04-28 | MY ART WILL GO ON $2000: The work by this Dutch artist is seen here; maybe it's for the best he didn't become an architect, as he first intended (M.C.) Escher |
| #5895, aired 2010-04-09 | "C" IN SCIENCE $1200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew performs a physics demonstration.) When I swing a bucket of water, it doesn't spill because of this force that pulls it in the center & keeps it from following its path of inertia centripetal force |
| #5856, aired 2010-02-15 | HOUSEHOLD HINTS $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew brushes the cut surface of an apple.) Apples brushed with lemon juice don't brown, because the enzymes that cause the apple's oxidation are rendered inactive by this acid, also known as vitamin C ascorbic acid |
| #5856, aired 2010-02-15 | CLEO $800: Her brothers didn't fare well with Cleopatra; fleeing from his sister in 47 B.C., one drowned in this river the Nile |
| #5838, aired 2010-01-20 | CELEBRITY BLOGS $400: He may have rapped "U Can't Touch This" but U can read his blog on blogspot.com M.C. Hammer |
| #5828, aired 2010-01-06 | THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES $200: (Alex reports from the National Archives in Washington, D.C.) In 1940 in a letter to the President, this then 14-year-old future world leader asked FDR for a $10 bill, yet he doesn't cash the checks we send him for Guantanamo Fidel Castro |
| #5821, aired 2009-12-28 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $800: Although founded in 1867, this Washington, D.C. school didn't have its first black president until 1926 Howard |
| #5809, aired 2009-12-10 | HISTORICAL OPERAS $1000: Except for a concert version, Massenet's opera of this 11th c. Castilian hero wasn't staged from 1902 to 1999 El Cid |
| #5788, aired 2009-11-11 | MEDICINE $400: The traditional Snellen chart used to measure this contains only the letters C, D, E, F, L, O, P, T & Z eyesight |
| #5781, aired 2009-11-02 | "C" CREATURES $400: It's hump isn't a water reservoir but an energy reserve a camel |
| #5762, aired 2009-10-06 | FASHION STATEMENTS $800: This phrase means a situation has been reversed; in the 19th c. that switch was easier: there weren't right & left ones the shoe is on the other foot |
| #5762, aired 2009-10-06 | FILL IN THE STEINBECK TITLE $1600: "C.R." Cannery Row |
| #5734, aired 2009-07-09 | CITY SPELLING $200: This S-T-E-E-L C-I-T-Y is the seat of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania P-I-T-T-S-B-U-R-G-H |
| #5734, aired 2009-07-09 | CITY SPELLING $1000: Pardon me, boy, but this city is on the Moccasin Bend of the Tennessee River C-H-A-T-T-A-N-O-O-G-A |
| #5724, aired 2009-06-25 | CLASSICAL WORKS' OTHER NAMES $400: It wasn't until 9 years after Beethoven's death that his piano sonata in C-sharp minor got this nickname the "Moonlight Sonata" |
| #5722, aired 2009-06-23 | NATIONAL MEDAL OF ARTS WINNERS $400: Singers honored in 1999: Odetta, Lydia Mendoza, & her--show her some R-E-S-P-E-C-T! Aretha Franklin |
| #5706, aired 2009-06-01 | ABBREVIATED LINES OF POETRY $400: "How do I love thee?"
L.M.C.T.W. Let me count the ways |
| #5706, aired 2009-06-01 | ABBREVIATED LINES OF POETRY $2000: "I am the master of my fate;"
I.A.T.C.O.M.S. I am the captain of my soul |
| #5703, aired 2009-05-27 | FILL IN THE DICKENS TITLE $1200: "T.O.C.S." The Old Curiosity Shop |
| #5702, aired 2009-05-26 | LET'S GET I.T. ON $800: This programming language isn't a little worse than "B minus"; it's a 1980s improvement of a language called "Combined" C++ |
| #5687, aired 2009-05-05 | YOU CAN'T SPELL JEOPARDY! WITHOUT PARTY! $200: Our drinking game: if someone on C-SPAN says, "Madam Speaker", take a sip of Darjeeling this tea |
| #5680, aired 2009-04-24 | THAT'S MY KID! $800: 40 B.C.:
Cleopatra
(don't think again) Mark Antony |
| #5676, aired 2009-04-20 | FILL IN THE SONG TITLE $400: Madonna as Evita:
"D.C.F.M.A." "Don't Cry For Me Argentina" |
| #5623, aired 2009-02-04 | ROTTEN POETRY ABOUT GOOD POETS $1000: A 19th c. shut-in / We really don't mean to butt in / Her "A Route of Evanescence" / Would've thrilled Donald Pleasence Emily Dickinson |
| #5585, aired 2008-12-12 | 2008 NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WORDS $400: Luckily a competitor didn't have one spelling this word that means "pertaining to the heart" C-O-R-O-N-A-R-Y |
| #5569, aired 2008-11-20 | WHEEL OF JEOPARDY! $800: Words won't fail you if you have a good one
_ O C A _ U L A _ _ vocabulary |
| #5567, aired 2008-11-18 | I CAN'T HEAR MYSELF THINK $1000: I called 703-417-8020 about noise at this facility named for Ronald Reagan, but couldn't hear the person talk the Washington, D.C. airport |
| #5559, aired 2008-11-06 | C'EST LA "V" $800: The French term for a Peeping Tom isn't Tomas le Peepe, it's this voyeur |
| #5552, aired 2008-10-28 | I'M GETTING "C" SICK $1600: Uh-oh... I feel itchy. Hope I wasn't bitten by this outdoor pest, the red larva of a harvest mite a chigger |
| #5520, aired 2008-09-12 | ABBREVIATED PROVERBS $1600: "Beggars
C. B. C." can't be choosers |
| #5509, aired 2008-07-17 | SPELLING "B" $200: Acute or chronic inflammation of the membrane lining the lungs B-R-O-N-C-H-I-T-I-S |
| #5479, aired 2008-06-05 | GOVERNMENT $800: Created in 1914, this commission works to maintain competition & protect customers the F.T.C. (the Federal Trade Commission) |
| #5451, aired 2008-04-28 | "C" IN PHYSICS $2000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew puts her spin on an experiment.) When the turntable is still, the marble moves in a straight line; when the turntable moves, even though it doesn't look that way, the marble continues to move in a straight line, illustrating this wind-related effect the Coriolis effect |
| #5439, aired 2008-04-10 | SNAKES $200: This Egyptian queen didn't make an asp of herself, but she did use an asp snake to kill herself in 30 B.C. Cleopatra |
| #5416, aired 2008-03-10 | WOMEN'S FIRSTS $400: Let's show her a little R-E-S-P-E-C-T; she's the first woman inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Aretha Franklin |
| #5412, aired 2008-03-04 | "C" BIRDS $600: Because this black bird eats a wide range of agricultural crops, it isn't popular with farmers a crow |
| #5379, aired 2008-01-17 | MUSIC $1000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew presents some musical notation.) Ledger lines are for notes that don't fit on the 5-line staff, like this note that's one line below the treble staff, or one line above the bass staff middle C |
| #5361, aired 2007-12-24 | PRESIDENTIAL CREATIONS $400: Creation of an administration for these under Hoover didn't stop the "Bonus Army" of them from marching on D.C. military veterans |
| #5349, aired 2007-12-06 | LAUGHIN' $800: From this 30th c.-set Fox cartoon: "I always feared he might run off like this. Why? Why? Why didn't I break his legs?" Futurama |
| #5331, aired 2007-11-12 | 2007 NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WORDS $1200: It's an Italian appetizer of toasted bread, garlic & olive oil, often topped with chopped tomatoes B-R-U-S-C-H-E-T-T-A |
| #5312, aired 2007-10-16 | ENTERTAINMENT HISTORY $400: Born William Claude Dukenfield, he's supposed to have said, "Anyone who hates children and dogs can't be all bad" W.C. Fields |
| #5277, aired 2007-07-17 | GETTING TESTY $400: The A.C.T. college entrance exam includes a set of 4 multiple-choice tests covering English, science, reading & this mathematics |
| #5276, aired 2007-07-16 | QUIZILLA $200: In 2006 ABC aired the finals in primetime for this C-O-N-T-E-S-T, the "longest-running educational promotion" the Spelling Bee |
| #5249, aired 2007-06-07 | TV INITIALS $400: On the series "24", C.T.U., the good guys, stands for this Counter-Terrorism Unit |
| #5246, aired 2007-06-04 | "C" IN SHAKESPEARE $800: You don't need a university education to know that the Earl of this appears in "Henry V" Cambridge |
| #5241, aired 2007-05-28 | D.C. COMICS $2,200 (Daily Double): A T-shirt promoting these 2 fake news stars as 2008 running mates promised "truthiness and justice for all" Jon Stewart & Stephen Colbert |
| #5217, aired 2007-04-24 | THE NEW YORK TIMES SCIENCE TIMES $3,000 (Daily Double): Scholars can't read a 10-word column found in Guatemala but know it means these people had writing in 2300 B.C. the Mayans |
| #5198, aired 2007-03-28 | "C" POTPOURRI $800: The company called Jennifer these doesn't sell sports cars but sofa beds Convertibles |
| #5198, aired 2007-03-28 | "C" POTPOURRI $1200: A parliamentary motion to test support for the government is a vote of this; if the gov't loses, a vote of "no" this confidence |
| #5194, aired 2007-03-22 | ROMANS $600: Roman consul Lucius Metellus didn't play guitar for Metallica, but he did fight in the first of these lasting 264-241 B.C. the Punic Wars |
| #5158, aired 2007-01-31 | CRITICISM WITH STYLE $200: This 19th c. humorist:
"I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it" Mark Twain |
| #5124, aired 2006-12-14 | EPIC POEMS AS COUNTRY SONGS $800: 800s B.C., maybe:
"I might be a long-lost husband, but that don't mean you get my wife" the Odyssey |
| #5102, aired 2006-11-14 | MUSIC $600: You won't need much practice to learn the piece of music seen here, the C-major one of these a scale |
| #5035, aired 2006-06-30 | FACT $400: On a traditional Snellen one of these, the 9 letters on the 11th line are
P E Z O L C F T D an eye chart |
| #5034, aired 2006-06-29 | LITERARY STYLES $800: You can't have Sturm without this in an 18th c. German style celebrating individual feeling Drang |
| #5032, aired 2006-06-27 | "C"OUNTRIES $400: When the Warsaw Pact invaded what was then this country in 1968, Romania didn't participate Czechoslovakia |
| #5013, aired 2006-05-31 | ALL THAT JAZZ $1200: This bandleader from D.C. traveled with an electric piano, now in the Smithsonian, so he wouldn't wake hotel guests Duke Ellington |
| #4995, aired 2006-05-05 | BRITISH SPELLING BEE $200: A book-like listing of a business' goods for sale; Sears & Roebuck used to put out a famous one C-A-T-A-L-O-G-U-E |
| #4966, aired 2006-03-27 | FILL IN THE LITERARY TITLE $400: "T.R.B.O.C."
by Stephen Crane The Red Badge of Courage |
| #4965, aired 2006-03-24 | AMERICANA $800: You don't have to be in spitting distance to know that N.C. has 3 official festivals; 2 of them honor this fruit the watermelon |
| #4949, aired 2006-03-02 | THE VALLEY $400: Pop hit P.T.A. site for Jeannie C. Riley Harper Valley |
| #4932, aired 2006-02-07 | FILL IN THE NOVEL TITLE $600: "A.T.O.T.C."
by Charles Dickens A Tale of Two Cities |
| #4932, aired 2006-02-07 | FILL IN THE NOVEL TITLE $1000: "T.C.O.M.C."
by Alexandre Dumas The Count of Monte Cristo |
| #4900, aired 2005-12-23 | BE B.C. $1,800 (Daily Double): This "great" guy got a gig as governor of Galilee in 47 B.C.; a few years later, he was king of Judea Herod the Great |
| #4895, aired 2005-12-16 | "C" FOOD $600: It's also called silver salmon coho (salmon) |
| #4878, aired 2005-11-23 | DEPARTMENT "S" $400: This protest technique became common in 1960 when black students wouldn't leave a N.C. lunch counter sit-in |
| #4837, aired 2005-09-27 | GONE WITH THE WIND $2000: After a name change to the House Internal Security Committee, it was abolished in 1975 the House Un-American Activities Committee |
| #4770, aired 2005-05-06 | PAINTERS' COLORS $2000: In Washington, D.C.: Vermeer's "Girl with" this color "Hat" red |
| #4765, aired 2005-04-29 | SIDESHOW CINEMA $800: In "You Can't Cheat an Honest Man", he played circus owner Larson E. Whipsnade W.C. Fields |
| #4736, aired 2005-03-21 | NATIONAL HISTORIC SITES $800: This poet & biographer's site isn't in Illinois but in Flat Rock, N.C.; he moved there & raised goats Carl Sandburg |
| #4726, aired 2005-03-07 | PARTICLE PHYSICS $800: C.T.R. Wilson won the 1927 Nobel Prize for inventing this gas-filled compartment to detect charged particles a cloud chamber |
| #4706, aired 2005-02-07 | OPPOSITES ATTRACT $1200: The opposite of deride isn't dewalk but this, the title of an Aretha Franklin C-L-A-S-S-I-C respect |
| #4702, aired 2005-02-01 | BRAIN TEASE $1200: Brain waves are measured using the instrument known by these 3 letters for short E.E.G. |
| #4691, aired 2005-01-17 | NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WORDS $2000: This Athenian school founded by Aristotle in 335 B.C. was the last word of the 1992 competition L-Y-C-E-U-M |
| #4669, aired 2004-12-16 | WHY DIDN'T I THINK OF THAT? $200: In 1888 Nikola Tesla came up with the first practical system for generating & transmitting this type of current A.C. |
| #4651, aired 2004-11-22 | PITTSBURGH STEELERS, PIRATES & PENGUINS $800: Thomas Henderson said this Steeler QB "couldn't spell cat if you spotted him the C & the A", but he still won 4 Super Bowls Terry Bradshaw |
| #4599, aired 2004-09-09 | CONTRACTIONS $1200: The American Heritage Dict. says this nonstandard contraction was attacked in the 19th C. "for being a vulgarism" ain't |
| #4567, aired 2004-06-15 | HITS OF THE '60s $400: In 1967 Aretha Franklin proved she could S-P-E-L-L with this song, one of the biggest solo hits of her career "Respect" ("R-E-S-P-E-C-T" accepted) |
| #4562, aired 2004-06-08 | QUOTATIONS $800: W.C. Fields said, these "are like elephants to me. I like to look at them, but I wouldn't want to own one" women |
| #4550, aired 2004-05-21 | NATIONAL SPELLING BEE $800: 1970's winning word was this French crescent-shaped roll C-R-O-I-S-S-A-N-T |
| #4521, aired 2004-04-12 | 5 "C.C."s, STAT! $800: Used by James T. Kirk on the bridge of the Enterprise, it sold at auction in 2002 for $304,750 the captain's chair |
| #4520, aired 2004-04-09 | FOUR $1200: Like a certain sport, DNA has 4 of these abbreviated A, G, C & T bases |
| #4505, aired 2004-03-19 | SPELL THAT GOVERNOR $400: Of Ohio, coming from a long line of politicians, Bob... T-A-F-T |
| #4496, aired 2004-03-08 | COLORFUL ROCK $800: In 1968 O.C. Smith sang, "God didn't make" these "and it don't snow in Minneapolis when the winter comes" little green apples |
| #4476, aired 2004-02-09 | CROSSWORD CLUES "V" $1,000 (Daily Double): A, B, C, D, K
(8) vitamins |
| #4437, aired 2003-12-16 | "C" IN ROCK $1000: This Nirvana song says, "And I swear that I don't have a gun" "Come As You Are" |
| #4429, aired 2003-12-04 | BEFORE & AFTER $800: "Queen of Soul" who got R‑E‑S‑P‑E‑C‑T as the 32nd president of the U.S. Aretha Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
| #4405, aired 2003-10-31 | TV TRANSPORTATION $200: TV's Thomas Magnum, played by this man, was piloted around the islands by his buddy T.C. Tom Selleck |
| #4398, aired 2003-10-22 | THE ROYALS $400 (Daily Double): Charles Edward Stuart could have worn a T.Y.P. necklace for "The Young Pretender" or a B.P.C. one for this nickname Bonnie Prince Charlie |
| #4384, aired 2003-10-02 | AMERICAN FOOD $800: Marionberries aren't from D.C.; they're from Oregon & are a variety of these berries blackberries |
| #4377, aired 2003-09-23 | THE DREADED SPELLING CATEGORY $400: It doesn't take sleight of hand to spell... M-A-G-I-C-I-A-N |
| #4377, aired 2003-09-23 | THE DREADED SPELLING CATEGORY $800: It'll be business as usual when you spell... T-Y-P-I-C-A-L |
| #4377, aired 2003-09-23 | THE DREADED SPELLING CATEGORY $1600: Take an educated guess and spell... S-C-H-O-L-A-S-T-I-C |
| #4346, aired 2003-06-23 | SPELL THE LAST NAME $400: U.N. commander in the Korean War General Douglas... M-A-C-A-R-T-H-U-R |
| #4346, aired 2003-06-23 | SPELL THE LAST NAME $800: 17th century man with the "I think, therefore I am" plan, Rene... D-E-S-C-A-R-T-E-S |
| #4346, aired 2003-06-23 | SPELL THE LAST NAME $2000: German "God is Dead" philosopher Friedrich Wilhelm... N-I-E-T-Z-S-C-H-E |
| #4319, aired 2003-05-15 | SCANDINAVIANS $1,000 (Daily Double): We wouldn't call ourselves Homo sapiens without the work of this 18th C. Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus |
| #4316, aired 2003-05-12 | DESIGN $1600: This 19th C. Brit known for his wallpaper designs isn't the same guy who founded the theatrical agency William Morris |
| #4307, aired 2003-04-29 | CHEMICAL ELEMENTS $200: This metal's "Age" began around 1200 B.C. & no, it didn't follow the Wash & Dry Age the Iron Age |
| #4281, aired 2003-03-24 | HOLLYWOOD MIDDLE INITIALS $400: C.
Nominated for 4 Oscars, he won in 1971, but didn't accept it George C. Scott |
| #4270, aired 2003-03-07 | "C"OMEDIANS $400: Some of his "Seven Words You Can't Say on TV" are now said on TV, especially cable George Carlin |
| #4269, aired 2003-03-06 | GETTING POSSESSIVE $600 (Daily Double): You don't hear much about this 19th c. American civil engineer, husband of a famous portrait subject Whistler's father |
| #4219, aired 2002-12-26 | C'EST CHEESE $6,000 (Daily Double): The creation of this cheese in the 1900s is credited to a man named David from the central coast of California Monterey Jack |
| #4208, aired 2002-12-11 | PEN NAMES $400: Otis Criblecoblis was the name he used as a scriptwriter of "Never Give a Sucker an Even Break" W.C. Fields |
| #4198, aired 2002-11-27 | THANKSGIVING AT ALEX'S HOUSE $800: (Sofia has some medical advice.) If we eat enough of these cranberries we won't get scurvy because they're chock full of this vitamin C |
| #4179, aired 2002-10-31 | STAIR-ING AT THE SCREEN $4,600 (Daily Double): (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Washington, D.C.) The steps leading from Prospect Street to M Street, seen here, were featured in this 1973 thriller The Exorcist |
| #4158, aired 2002-10-02 | "T" FOR ONE? $600: In July 2001 Liberty Media's John C. Malone resigned from this company's board of directors AT&T |
| #4154, aired 2002-09-26 | MULTIPLE CHOICE $800: This word isn't in the Constitution's First Amendment:
A. press
B. redress
C. compress
D. establishment C. compress |
| #4147, aired 2002-09-17 | THE DREADED SPELLING CATEGORY $800: Inquisitive minds will know how to spell... C-U-R-I-O-S-I-T-Y |
| #4147, aired 2002-09-17 | THE DREADED SPELLING CATEGORY $1200: One of your skills is spelling... A-C-C-O-M-P-L-I-S-H-M-E-N-T |
| #4141, aired 2002-09-09 | "C" DUTY $200: From the Latin for "lying down", it's a small compartment for work or study cubicle |
| #4122, aired 2002-07-02 | WELL DOCUMENTED $400: The 421 B.C. Peace of Nicias between Athens & the city-state was supposed to last for decades--
didn't work Sparta |
| #4044, aired 2002-03-14 | OF MADISON $1000: Madison made a lousy cabinet choice in John Armstrong, who didn't think D.C. needed defending in thi war the War of 1812 |
| #4023, aired 2002-02-13 | REJECTED S.A.T. QUESTIONS $600: Flighty is to capricious as flimsy is to:
A. indefatigable
B. insubstantial
C. interfascicular B (insubstantial) |
| #4023, aired 2002-02-13 | REJECTED S.A.T. QUESTIONS $800: Asia's 1900 Boxer Uprising was a movement to: A) win Olympic gold; B) unionize; C) get rid of foreigners get rid of foreigners |
| #4023, aired 2002-02-13 | REJECTED S.A.T. QUESTIONS $1000: Of A) codicil; B) uracil; C) Clearasil, it's a base contained in RNA uracil |
| #3982, aired 2001-12-18 | CHRISTMAS RAPPINGS $200: A No. 1 hit in '52/ M.C. Trebek is tellin' you/ I don't remember dissin' him/ But "I saw mommy kissing" him Santa Claus |
| #3961, aired 2001-11-19 | MUSIC CLASS $800: While he didn't invent it, W.C. Handy is often considered "the father of" this moody music the blues |
| #3958, aired 2001-11-14 | IT'S ALL IN THE DNA $1000: One of the 4 nitrogen-containing DNA bases abbreviated A, G, T & C cytosine (or adenine, guanine or thymine) |
| #3956, aired 2001-11-12 | GEMS & JEWELRY $200: It's said that pins weren't worn on kilts until this 19th c. queen offered one to a Highland soldier on a windy day Queen Victoria |
| #3955, aired 2001-11-09 | 2 OUT OF 3 AIN'T BAD $600: Of 1001, 2001 & 3001, only 2 were odyssey years for this author's space tales Arthur C. Clarke |
| #3948, aired 2001-10-31 | SPELL THE LAST NAME $1000: Maiden name of the author of "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman" W-O-L-L-S-T-O-N-E-C-R-A-F-T |
| #3922, aired 2001-09-25 | SPEAK & SPELL $200: Get onboard & cruise to the spelling of... Y-A-C-H-T |
| #3911, aired 2001-09-10 | DON'T MESS WITH SICILY $400: Sicily was ceded to the Romans in 241 B.C. after they won the first of these wars Punic |
| #3908, aired 2001-09-05 | THINGS YOU SHOULDN'T PUT IN YOUR MOUTH $800: This man, who introduced A.C. current in the U.S., wouldn't recommend putting any appliance in your mouth George Westinghouse |
| #3879, aired 2001-06-14 | WEIRD SCIENCE $600: Georg Brandt isolated the metal that miners called Kobold, after an Earth spirit, & re-spelled it this way C-O-B-A-L-T |
| #3838, aired 2001-04-18 | HOLLYWOOD $100: Anyone born with the name William Claude Dukenfield, like this man seen here, can't be all bad W.C. Fields |
| #3803, aired 2001-02-28 | ARETHA FRANKLIN $100: Aretha's spelled it out: "Find out what it means to me" "R-E-S-P-E-C-T" |
| #3801, aired 2001-02-26 | BEFORE & AFTER $200: The former mayor of Washington, D.C. who "Can't Smile Without You" "At the Copa, Copacabana" Marion Barry Manilow |
| #3801, aired 2001-02-26 | CROSSWORD CLUES "C" $400: Don't tell! ___ up
(4) Clam |
| #3772, aired 2001-01-16 | 20 QUESTIONS $400: The 20th consonant in the English alphabet, some Canadians say it's always a vowel Y |
| #3756, aired 2000-12-25 | THE DREADED SPELLING CATEGORY $100: Don't lose hope when you spell... D-I-S-C-O-U-R-A-G-E-D |
| #3756, aired 2000-12-25 | THE DREADED SPELLING CATEGORY $200: Thanks for spelling... A-P-P-R-E-C-I-A-T-I-O-N |
| #3756, aired 2000-12-25 | THE DREADED SPELLING CATEGORY $500: Do me a favor & spell... A-C-C-O-M-M-O-D-A-T-E |
| #3755, aired 2000-12-22 | SPELL IT: -ABLE OR -IBLE? $100: Adjective for an expense that can be subtracted from earnings in regards to income taxes D-E-D-U-C-T-I-B-L-E |
| #3755, aired 2000-12-22 | SPELL IT: -ABLE OR -IBLE? $400: A peace officer having minor judicial functions, usually in a small town C-O-N-S-T-A-B-L-E |
| #3755, aired 2000-12-22 | CATS UP $800: Close friends of this garbage-can-dwelling Hanna-Barbera feline get to call him T.C. Top Cat |
| #3750, aired 2000-12-15 | WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY? $200: (Hi, I'm Wayne Brady of Whose Line Is It Anyway?) This comedian reportedly uttered the now classic line, "Anyone who hates children and dogs can't be all bad" W.C. Fields |
| #3746, aired 2000-12-11 | ISN'T IT BYRONIC? $1,000 (Daily Double): While helping this country fight for its independence, Byron died at Missolonghi in 1824 Greece |
| #3732, aired 2000-11-21 | IN THE BOOKSTORE $400: A 2000 book subtitled "The Edge of Reason" is Helen Fielding's follow-up to this singleton's "Diary" "Bridget Jones's Diary" |
| #3732, aired 2000-11-21 | REVERSED DECISIONS $600: (Hi, I'm Tom Cubbage, winner of Jeopardy!'s 1989 College Championship, now a litigator in Washington, D.C.) Booth v. Maryland said capital-case juries couldn't hear from the family of this person the victim |
| #3731, aired 2000-11-20 | PRESIDENTIAL NICKNAMES $100: His hunting rifle accessory made him "Telescope Teddy" Teddy Roosevelt |
| #3731, aired 2000-11-20 | RELIGION 101 $1,000 (Daily Double): This religious leader was born around 563 B.C. in what is now Nepal Buddha |
| #3721, aired 2000-11-06 | NAME THE NOVEL $500 (Daily Double): 1953:
"It was a pleasure to burn" "Fahrenheit 451" |
| #3718, aired 2000-11-01 | HISTORY $100: 7 years after crossing the Alps, he reached the gates of Rome with his troops in 211 B.C., but didn't get in Hannibal |
| #3671, aired 2000-07-17 | NURSERY RHYMES $200: It's the precarious location of the Rock-a-bye Baby's cradle In the tree top |
| #3670, aired 2000-07-14 | HISTORIC POST-IT NOTES $200: In 218 B.C. this things-to-do note seen here:
"Feed elephants, don't forget, shovel!" Hannibal |
| #3666, aired 2000-07-10 | TOOLS $400: Samuel Johnson preferred the spelling "S-I-T-H-E", but alas, it was this spelling that prevailed S-C-Y-T-H-E |
| #3641, aired 2000-06-05 | HE WAS IN THAT? $1000: This American wasn't yet the Man from U.N.C.L.E. when he was in the golden calf scene in "The Ten Commandments" Robert Vaughn |
| #3625, aired 2000-05-12 | EARLS $400: We don't know if the Earl Granville gave advice on outhouses as lord president of this council from 1751 to 1763 Privy Council |
| #3625, aired 2000-05-12 | QUOTATIONS $600: The witticism "A verbal agreement isn't worth the paper it's written on" is attributed to this film pioneer Samuel Goldwyn |
| #3619, aired 2000-05-04 | INITIAL T.V. $800: This '70s series about a harsh Navy drill instructor with a soft heart starred Don Rickles C.P.O. Sharkey |
| #3619, aired 2000-05-04 | INITIAL T.V. $1000: Organization that employed Alexander Waverly, Mark Slate & Illya Kuryakin U.N.C.L.E. (United Network Command for Law and Enforcement) |
| #3597, aired 2000-04-04 | M.C.s $1000: It wasn't an impossible mission for him to become host of A&E's "Biography" Peter Graves |
| #3571, aired 2000-02-28 | NOTED NATIVE AMERICANS $600: Of Meadowlark, Geese or Curly, the Crow who served as a scout for Custer at Little Big Horn Curly |
| #3550, aired 2000-01-28 | LETTER PERFECT $400: In NASA launch countdowns, it precedes "Minus seven, minus six"... T |
| #3537, aired 2000-01-11 | 1800 $600: William Herschel discovered these "rays" beyond the red end of the visible spectrum Infrared rays |
| #3507, aired 1999-11-30 | BRITISH SPELLING BEE $200: A telly that isn't black & white must be this C-O-L-O-U-R |
| #3507, aired 1999-11-30 | BRITISH SPELLING BEE $400: It's the British version of the word we spell C-O-N-N-E-C-T-I-O-N C-O-N-N-E-X-I-O-N |
| #3495, aired 1999-11-12 | BRITTANY $400: Breton isn't a Romance language, it's placed with Irish Gaelic & Welsh in this group Celtic |
| #3495, aired 1999-11-12 | THE DREADED SPELLING CATEGORY $600: Give the word special treatment as you spell... P-R-E-F-E-R-E-N-T-I-A-L |
| #3495, aired 1999-11-12 | THE DREADED SPELLING CATEGORY $800: Casually & cooly prove that you can spell... N-O-N-C-H-A-L-A-N-T |
| #3446, aired 1999-09-06 | SPELL IT OUT FOR ME! $300: I hungrily await you to spell... N-E-C-T-A-R-I-N-E |
| #3446, aired 1999-09-06 | SPELL IT OUT FOR ME! $400: Don't spell it 3 times, but do spell... T-R-I-P-L-I-C-A-T-E |
| #3445, aired 1999-07-23 | ELEMENT SYMBOL SPELLING $1,200 (Daily Double): Nickel,
carbon,
potassium Nick (Ni C K) |
| #3433, aired 1999-07-07 | GOING "NATIONAL" $600 (Daily Double): (Hi, I'm political commentator Al Franken) In 1996 I addressed this august Washington, D.C. club on the topic "Neo-Post-Multilateralism" National Press Club |
| #3404, aired 1999-05-27 | ODD COUPLES $800: "R-E-S-P-E-C-T" is all this singer wants from her kite-flying beau Aretha & Ben Franklin |
| #3395, aired 1999-05-14 | SPELL THE LAST NAME $600: Aqualung pioneer Jacques... C-O-U-S-T-E-A-U |
| #3395, aired 1999-05-14 | SPELL THE LAST NAME $800: U.S. pop artist Roy... L-I-C-H-T-E-N-S-T-E-I-N |
| #3387, aired 1999-05-04 | MEDIEVAL TECHNOLOGY $600: 12th C. mathematician Bhaskara had an idea for this type of machine that hasn't been made yet Perpetual motion machine |
| #3384, aired 1999-04-29 | "C" IN HISTORY $1000: He wasn't yet France's premier when he gave Emile Zola the idea to title a famous letter "J'Accuse!" Georges Clemenceau |
| #3381, aired 1999-04-26 | "C.D."s $1000: He wrote the following in the 1890s Claude Debussy |
| #3356, aired 1999-03-22 | COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $1000: This cradle of civilization was conquered by Macedonia in 338 B.C. & wasn't independent again until 1830 Greece |
| #3353, aired 1999-03-17 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $800: This "Carmen" composer's "Symphony in C" wasn't heard until the 1930s, over 50 years after his death Georges Bizet |
| #3338, aired 1999-02-24 | THE DREADED SPELLING CATEGORY $400: We'll think of you as lustrous, colorful & brilliant when you spell... I-R-I-D-E-S-C-E-N-T |
| #3329, aired 1999-02-11 | FAMOUS LAST WORDS $400: At the end, this German philosopher remarked "Last words are for fools who haven't said enough" Karl Marx |
| #3296, aired 1998-12-28 | SPELLBOUND $800: In a 1991 movie, a group of working-class Dubliners form a band that plays '60s soul music & take this name C-O-M-M-I-T-M-E-N-T-S |
| #3296, aired 1998-12-28 | SPELLBOUND $1000: It's the adjective for a 150th anniversary celebration S-E-S-Q-U-I-C-E-N-T-E-N-N-I-A-L |
| #3295, aired 1998-12-25 | THE RED-NOSED $100: Leo Rosten said of this hard-drinking comic, "Any man who hates small dogs & children can't be all bad" W.C. Fields |
| #3269, aired 1998-11-19 | HISTORIC AMERICANS $300: John C. Fremont, who hadn't heard of this scout before hiring him, later wrote tales of his exploits Kit Carson |
| #3263, aired 1998-11-11 | READING, WRITING & ROCK & ROLL $100: In a Jeannie C. Riley hit, "My mama socked it to" this junior high's P.T.A. Harper Valley |
| #3260, aired 1998-11-06 | HISTORY 101 $100: The rulers of this country weren't known as pharaohs until the 1500s B.C. Egypt |
| #3234, aired 1998-10-01 | "HIT" OR "MISS" $100: If you write my last name as T-R-E-B-E-C-K, you've just done this misspelled it |
| #3202, aired 1998-06-30 | CLASSIC "BIG" & "LITTLE" SONGS $300: In 1968 O.C. Smith crooned, "God didn't make" these "and it don't rain in Indianapolis in the summertime" Little green apples |
| #3181, aired 1998-06-01 | "C" OF LOVE $200: If you didn't show up for a blind date, you have these kind of "feet" cold feet |
| #3175, aired 1998-05-22 | "C" CREATURES $200: Although most don't have nearly that many, its name means "100-footed" centipede |
| #3166, aired 1998-05-11 | SPELL CHECK $1000: It'll be peculiar if you can't spell... I-D-I-O-S-Y-N-C-R-A-S-Y |
| #3165, aired 1998-05-08 | COLLEGE TOWNS $300: Even if Gallaudet weren't here, it's still quite the party town... a 2-party town mainly Washington, D.C. |
| #3158, aired 1998-04-29 | WASHINGTON D.C. $500: This floral festival takes place in late March or early April, even if the trees aren't in bloom yet the Cherry Blossom |
| #3157, aired 1998-04-28 | WITCHCRAFT $400: A witch may c-a-s-t one of these to influence events Spell |
| #3145, aired 1998-04-10 | "F" IN SPELLING $200: We wouldn't want to mislead you, but this is how you spell... F-A-L-L-A-C-I-O-U-S |
| #3145, aired 1998-04-10 | "F" IN SPELLING $1000: Congratulations! Now spell this synonym... F-E-L-I-C-I-T-A-T-I-O-N-S |
| #3124, aired 1998-03-12 | HANNA-BARBERA CATS $200: Close friends get to call him "T.C." Top Cat |
| #3092, aired 1998-01-27 | THE NATIONAL SPELLING BEE $1000: 1987:
Stephanie Petit really earned her win with... S-T-A-P-H-Y-L-O-C-O-C-C-I |
| #3084, aired 1998-01-15 | "B.C." $1000: They don't travel as fast as dromedaries; perhaps the second hump slows them down Bactrian camel |
| #3067, aired 1997-12-23 | '60s FLICKS $800: One book abbreviated this 1969 film "B&C&T&A" Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice |
| #3061, aired 1997-12-15 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $300: This Washington, D.C. Catholic school maintains the Vincent T. Lombardi Cancer Research Center Georgetown |
| #3037, aired 1997-11-11 | THE DREADED SPELLING CATEGORY $400: When you eat in a deli, you should know "deli" is short for this word D-E-L-I-C-A-T-E-S-S-E-N |
| #3033, aired 1997-11-05 | SODA POP QUIZ $400: This 19th c. physician of Rural Retreat, Va. was immortalized in the name of a soft drink Dr. Charles T. Pepper |
| #3011, aired 1997-10-06 | B.C. WOMEN $200: Wife of Akhenaton & mother of 6, she wasn't just another pretty bust Nefertiti |
| #3007, aired 1997-09-30 | "C" IN HISTORY $400: An alphabetical list of this empress' lovers might end with Zubov -- but we can't be sure Catherine the Great |
| #2971, aired 1997-06-30 | MOVIE DEBUTS $800: As a teenager, Woody Harrelson appeared in this film based on a song sung by Jeannie C. Riley "Harper Valley P.T.A." |
| #2950, aired 1997-05-30 | MIRACLE SITES $400 (Daily Double): Shadrach, Meshach & Abednego found themselves in need of a miracle in this Babylonian hot spot The Fiery Furnace |
| #2949, aired 1997-05-29 | '60s TV $200: In 1966 "T.H.E. Cat" followed "The Man From" this organization on NBC U.N.C.L.E. |
| #2945, aired 1997-05-23 | ODDS & ENDS $600: In 1978 Peter T. Coleman was sworn in as this "American" territory's first elected governor American Samoa |
| #2894, aired 1997-03-13 | LITERATI $1,700 (Daily Double): He succeeded Margaret Fuller as editor of the transcendentalist journal The Dial in 1842 Ralph Waldo Emerson |
| #2883, aired 1997-02-26 | QUOTATIONS $600: This late magazine publisher ascribed his success to "Sheer ability spelled I-N-H-E-R-I-T-A-N-C-E" Malcolm Forbes |
| #2880, aired 1997-02-21 | TRAVEL & TOURISM $200: This Washington D.C. theater has been restored to appear as it did on the night of April 14, 1865 Ford's Theater |
| #2850, aired 1997-01-10 | RIVERS $200: Due to the great falls on this river, large ships can't go past Washington, D.C. Potomac |
| #2842, aired 1996-12-31 | ODD WORDS $300: A compotator is a person who does this with another person -- how sociable Drinks |
| #2842, aired 1996-12-31 | COUNTIES BY STATE $400: Choctaw,
Cherokee,
Cimarron Oklahoma |
| #2838, aired 1996-12-25 | CHRISTMAS SONGS $100: In Eddy Arnold's "C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S", the "M" is for this place where Jesus lay Manger |
| #2835, aired 1996-12-20 | IF YOU CAN'T SAY SOMETHING NICE $300: Bartletts quotes this comedian: "I never forget a face, but in your case I'll make an exception" Groucho Marx |
| #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 |
| #2814, aired 1996-11-21 | ON THE INTERNET $100: www.si.edu doesn't get you into Sports Illustrated, but into this D.C. institution the Smithsonian Institution |
| #2688, aired 1996-04-17 | THE MOVIES $800: Film in which Bogart says, "Fred C. Dobbs don't say nuthin' he don't mean" Treasure of the Sierra Madre |
| #2630, aired 1996-01-26 | FILM TO TV $600: Barbara Eden starred in the film & TV versions of this Jeannie C. Riley hit song "Harper Valley P.T.A." |
| #2590, aired 1995-12-01 | ROCK LYRICS $500: Completes Jim Morrison's wish "C'mon, c'mon, c'mon now..." "touch me, babe" |
| #2570, aired 1995-11-03 | MIDDLE INITIAL C. $500: Tom T. Hall wrote this female country singer's 1968 hit "Harper valley P.T.A." Jeannie C. Riley |
| #2567, aired 1995-10-31 | FILE UNDER "C" $200: A leopard can't change its spots but this lizard can change its skin color a chameleon |
| #2547, aired 1995-10-03 | THE LETTER T $300: In 18th c. England, a person with a T branded on his thumb was one of these felons a thief |
| #2464, aired 1995-04-27 | FAIRY TALES $500: In a H.C. Andersen tale, it was said that only a fool or someone unfit for office couldn't see these the emperor's new clothes |
| #2322, aired 1994-10-11 | TIME $200: Insert these 3 letters into "tricennial" to multiply it from every 30 years to every 300 years T-E-N |
| #2318, aired 1994-10-05 | FINANCE $200: Stocks not sold on the floor of an exchange are sold O.T.C., which stands for this over the counter |
| #2228, aired 1994-04-20 | ANCIENT EGYPT $1,000 (Daily Double): On Sept. 2, 31 B.C., Antony & Cleopatra lost the Battle of this Greek promontory to Octavian Actium |
| #2084, aired 1993-09-30 | "C" HERE $300: Boston cream pie isn't technically a pie, it's one of these custard (cake) |
| #2069, aired 1993-09-09 | SPELL THAT NAME $400: The Tammy who taught us to spell D-I-V-O-R-C-E W-Y-N-E-T-T-E |
| #2069, aired 1993-09-09 | SPELL THAT NAME $500: In "Double Indemnity", this Barbara was a "Ball of Fire" S-T-A-N-W-Y-C-K |
| #2006, aired 1993-05-03 | SPELLING $200: It's a little cube of fried or toasted bread that's tossed on top of a salad C-R-O-U-T-O-N |
| #2006, aired 1993-05-03 | SPELLING $400: SK is the postal abbreviation for this Canadian province S-A-S-K-A-T-C-H-E-W-A-N |
| #1983, aired 1993-03-31 | "C" HERE $500: This title character sings a Spanish song called the seguidilla in Act I of a Bizet opera Carmen |
| #1976, aired 1993-03-22 | "C" IN SPELLING $200: An Alpine dwelling for a Swiss miss C-H-A-L-E-T |
| #1976, aired 1993-03-22 | "C" IN SPELLING $400: To visit Mystic Seaport, you have to go to this state C-O-N-N-E-C-T-I-C-U-T |
| #1953, aired 1993-02-17 | TEENS IN HISTORY $200: He wasn't yet 20 when he died in the 1300s B.C.; he'd been pharaoh since he was 9 or 10 Tutankhamun |
| #1935, aired 1993-01-22 | STREETS $2,000 (Daily Double): W.C. Handy wrote & played his blues compositions from Pee Wee's Saloon on this Memphis street Beale Street |
| #1932, aired 1993-01-19 | QUOTES $400: A favorite saying of W.C. Fields was "You can't" do this to "an honest man" cheat |
| #1873, aired 1992-10-28 | IN THE NEWS $100: 13-year-old Amanda Goad of Virginia was the winner of this national C‑O‑M‑P‑E‑T‑I‑T‑I‑O‑N the Spelling Bee |
| #1830, aired 1992-07-10 | NUTRITION $1000: Like humans, guinea pigs & monkeys will develop this disease if they don't get enough vitamin C scurvy |
| #1786, aired 1992-05-11 | SPELLING $400: This adjective describes a question to which no answer is expected; you won't see one on "Jeopardy!" R-H-E-T-O-R-I-C-A-L |
| #1784, aired 1992-05-07 | THE ELEMENTS $100: Though it was mined as early as 500 B.C., it wasn't used in thermometers until the 18th century mercury |
| #1732, aired 1992-02-25 | ANCIENT HISTORY $200: The Persians & the Medes were considered barbarians, people who didn't speak this language Greek |
| #1726, aired 1992-02-17 | FIRST LADIES $1000: Because of her White House ban on alcohol, the W.C.T.U. commissioned a portrait of this first lady Lucy Hayes ("Lemonade Lucy") |
| #1722, aired 1992-02-11 | DOG FOOD $400: The "T.C." in Milk-Bone's T.C. biscuits means it controls this, like some toothpastes tartar control |
| #1715, aired 1992-01-31 | WASHINGTON, D.C. $1000: The Herbert C. Hoover building houses this gov't department of which Hoover was secretary the Department of Commerce |
| #1689, aired 1991-12-26 | GIMME 5 $400: The only one of the 5 Civilized Tribes whose name didn't begin with "C" the Seminole |
| #1659, aired 1991-11-14 | ANNUAL EVENTS $400: Bridgeport, Conn. has an annual festival honoring this 19th c. showman P.T. Barnum |
| #1614, aired 1991-09-12 | CELEBRITY SPELLING $500: Gene Kelly didn't go back to Brigadoon to see Sid Caesar, but to be with this Cyd (Cyd) C-H-A-R-I-S-S-E |
| #1609, aired 1991-09-05 | SPELL THAT NAME $200: Jacques, who probably doesn't sing calypso, but does explore on the Calypso C-O-U-S-T-E-A-U |
| #1603, aired 1991-07-17 | A.K.A. $200: James King Kern Kyser of Rocky Mount, N.C. became a famous bandleader using this name Kay |
| #1601, aired 1991-07-15 | U.S.A. $300: To see the National Museum of Women in the Arts, go to 13th St. & New York Ave. NW in this city Washington, D.C. |
| #1580, aired 1991-06-14 | GEOGRAPHICAL SPELLING $100: San Juan is the capital of this self-governing commonwealth P-U-E-R-T-O R-I-C-O |
| #1569, aired 1991-05-30 | SPELL THAT NAME $200: Formerly Allie on "Kate & Allie", she is no plain Jane (Jane) C-U-R-T-I-N |
| #1569, aired 1991-05-30 | WORLD HISTORY $200: He was born July 12, 100 B.C. but it wasn't called July yet Julius Caesar |
| #1528, aired 1991-04-03 | "C" IN COOKING $200: This light, delicate pie doesn't contain the light, delicate fabric of the same name chiffon |
| #1493, aired 1991-02-13 | SPELLING $1,400 (Daily Double): Traditionally, every seventh year a teacher is entitled to this leave of absence S-A-B-B-A-T-I-C-A-L |
| #1466, aired 1991-01-07 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $200: Congress chartered this city's American Univ. in 1893, but instruction didn't begin until 1914 Washington, D.C. |
| #1422, aired 1990-11-06 | QUOTES $500: Leo Rosten said of him, "Anyone who hates babies & dogs can't be all bad" W.C. Fields |
| #11, aired 1990-08-25 | SPELLING $800: The ancient Roman Pont du Gard is an example of this type of bridge built to carry water A-Q-U-E-D-U-C-T |
| #1371, aired 1990-07-16 | AWARDS $400: Miss America of 1921 & 1944 didn't represent states but this city Washington, D.C. |
| #1347, aired 1990-06-12 | SPELLING $500: A 150th anniversary S-E-S-Q-U-I-C-E-N-T-E-N-N-I-A-L |
| #1322, aired 1990-05-08 | FAMOUS QUOTES $100: T. Tusser's 16th C. book "A Hundred Good Points of Husbandry" says, "Sweet April showers do spring" these May flowers |
| #1318, aired 1990-05-02 | 19TH CENTURY AMERICA $1,500 (Daily Double): When he didn't get along with this President, John C. Calhoun resigned as Vice President in 1832 Andrew Jackson |
| #1312, aired 1990-04-24 | GOLDEN OLDIES $100: Country star Jeannie C. Riley's only hit on the pop charts; it was about a small town's P.T.A. "Harper Valley P.T.A." |
| #1306, aired 1990-04-16 | CIRCUS MOVIES $300: He played circus owner Larson E. Whipsnade in "You Can't Cheat an Honest Man" W.C. Fields |
| #1262, aired 1990-02-13 | SPELLING $200: It's the continent that surrounds the South Pole A-N-T-A-R-C-T-I-C-A |
| #1235, aired 1990-01-05 | LANDMARKS $800: There's a mine accessible from the Ponderosa Saloon on C Street in this Nevada city Virginia City |
| #1200, aired 1989-11-17 | SLAVERY $400: The Compromise of 1850 banned the slave trade in Washington, D.C. & admitted this state as a free state California |
| #1181, aired 1989-10-23 | BRITISH MUSICALS $1,000 (Daily Double): This musical, set in 19th c. London, featured the following:
"In this life, one thing counts /
In the bank, large amounts /
I'm afraid these don't grow on trees..." Oliver |
| #1161, aired 1989-09-25 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $800: This Washington, D.C. school is the only liberal arts college for the deaf in the U.S. Gallaudet |
| #1146, aired 1989-09-04 | "C.C." $100 (Daily Double): The song heard here is the only No. 1 hit this group has had in the U.S.:
"Desert loving in your eyes all the way / If I listened to your lies would you say..." Culture Club |
| #1128, aired 1989-06-28 | SPELL THAT NAME $500: Orville the popcorn king spells his last name this way R-E-D-E-N-B-A-C-H-E-R |
| #1126, aired 1989-06-26 | DICTIONARY ABBREVIATIONS $800: A "conj." isn't a conjurer, it's one of these a conjunction |
| #1093, aired 1989-05-10 | SPELLING $100: Used in insecticides, it's the poisonous alkaloid found in tobacco N-I-C-O-T-I-N-E |
| #1093, aired 1989-05-10 | SPELLING $200: A 200th anniversary B-I-C-E-N-T-E-N-N-I-A-L |
| #1063, aired 1989-03-29 | 19th C. AMERICA $400: In 1814 British officers ate in this famous residence--then burned it White House |
| #1062, aired 1989-03-28 | 18th C. AMERICA $600: Some say Jefferson left the cabinet when Washington wouldn't support this country's war with Britain France |
| #1057, aired 1989-03-21 | AMERICAN INDIANS $200: The only 1 of "The 5 Civilized Tribes" whose name doesn't begin with "C", many of them live in Fla. Seminoles |
| #1056, aired 1989-03-20 | POT LUCK $200: Mirrors were originally made of polished metal; this material wasn't used until the 12th c. glass |
| #1020, aired 1989-01-27 | SAINTS $1,000 (Daily Double): Lord Chancellor of England in the 16th c., he didn't attain sainthood until 1935 Thomas More |
| #997, aired 1988-12-27 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $600: His philosophical works weren't known as the "Metaphysics" until after his death in 322 B.C. Aristotle |
| #952, aired 1988-10-25 | 19TH C. AMERICANS $400: In 1891, this great showman asked that his obituary be published a few days before his death Phineas T. Barnum |
| #950, aired 1988-10-21 | THE 20TH CENTURY $1000: Hitler spent 9 months in jail when this attempt to seize the Bavarian state gov't failed in 1923 (Beerhall) Putsch |
| #934, aired 1988-09-29 | 20th C. AMERICANS $100: Cowboy humorist who said his ancestors "didn't come over on the Mayflower--they met the boat" Will Rogers |
| #918, aired 1988-09-07 | UNREAL ESTATE $1,500 (Daily Double): While the following 1968 hit was based on a true story, it had this fictional setting:
"Well, there's Bobby Taylor sittin' there / And seven times he's asked me for a date / And Mrs. Taylor..." Harper Valley |
| #869, aired 1988-05-19 | MEDICAL INITIALS $500: In a "CAT" scan, the "A" & "T" stand for axial tomography, & the "C" stands for this computer, computer-aided (computerized) |
| #848, aired 1988-04-20 | "LITTLE" MOVIES $200: Mae West & W.C. Fields co-wrote the script for this comedy classic, & they didn't come "cheep" My Little Chickadee |
| #844, aired 1988-04-14 | ANATOMICAL SPELLING $600: The tube leading from the middle ear to the throat E-U-S-T-A-C-H-I-A-N |
| #843, aired 1988-04-13 | W.C. FIELDS $400: Proverb Fields followed up with "Then quit. There's no use being a fool about it." If at first you don't succeed, try, try again |
| #821, aired 1988-03-14 | AUTHORS $200: Famous for Klondike stories, this early 20th c. writer didn't start high school until age 19 Jack London |
| #805, aired 1988-02-19 | SPELLING $200: Tip O'Neill's home state M-A-S-S-A-C-H-U-S-E-T-T-S |
| #794, aired 1988-02-04 | ENGINEERING $1000: Though Romans used this support principle for aqueducts, it wasn't applied to dams until the 6th C. the arch |
| #787, aired 1988-01-26 | SPELLING $1000: Many religions believe God to be omnipresent, omnipotent & this, having total knowledge O-M-N-I-S-C-I-E-N-T |
| #778, aired 1988-01-13 | ODD SPELLING $600: It's how that 3-part picture of a playmate in the middle of a British Playboy is spelled C-E-N-T-R-E-F-O-L-D |
| #761, aired 1987-12-21 | HISTORY $100: This country was probably named for the Ch'in dynasty, which unified t in 221 B.C. China |
| #757, aired 1987-12-15 | CHARLESTON, S.C. $100 (Daily Double): Though written in ’35 & set in Charleston, this show, featuring the following, didn’t play there until ’70:
"There's a boat dat's leavin' soon for New York /
Come wid me /
Dat's where you belong..." Porgy and Bess |
| #757, aired 1987-12-15 | SCIENTIFIC SPELLING $600: Temperature scale in which the freezing point of water is 0° C-E-N-T-I-G-R-A-D-E |
| #752, aired 1987-12-08 | MUSICALS $500: "Illya, Darling" wasn't based on "The Man from U.N.C.L.E.", but on this Melina Mercouri film Never on Sunday |
| #742, aired 1987-11-24 | FASHION HISTORY $500: Though shoes go back to circa 4000 B.C., shoes designed individually for these weren't common until 19th c. your left & right foot |
| #734, aired 1987-11-12 | STARTS WITH "C" $100 (Daily Double): 1945 Broadway musical which featured the following waltz: Carousel |
| #725, aired 1987-10-30 | FAMOUS CANADIANS $300: In 1961, he was the singing M.C. of the Miss Canada pageant, but you won't hear him sing on "World News Tonight" Peter Jennings |
| #695, aired 1987-09-18 | MUSIC PEOPLE $200: Still occasionally soloing for her father's choir, this Queen of Soul gets lots of "R-E-S-P-E-C-T" Aretha Franklin |
| #695, aired 1987-09-18 | "C" IN SPELLING $600: High levels of this fatty substance found in all animal tissues can spell health risks for humans C-H-O-L-E-S-T-E-R-O-L |
| #695, aired 1987-09-18 | "C" IN SPELLING $1,500 (Daily Double): Light yellowish green, or a liqueur that has that color C-H-A-R-T-R-E-U-S-E |
| #691, aired 1987-09-14 | THE CONFEDERACY $400: Closest Confederate state to Washington, D.C., it wasn't readmitted to the Union until 1870 Virginia |
| #676, aired 1987-07-13 | AIRPORTS $500: You can't fly the Concorde from Concord, but you can catch it in these 2 East Coast cities New York City & Washington, D.C. |
| #655, aired 1987-06-12 | PEN NAMES $400: His pen names supposedly included A. Shoeboy, Abel Roper, T. Fribble, & Lemuel Gulliver Jonathan Swift |
| #641, aired 1987-05-25 | PUBLISHING $600: This city's Free Press was rebuked by readers for revealing our T of C winner's name early Detroit |
| #639, aired 1987-05-21 | INITIALS $400: Expect quarts of milk to be brought to a BYOB party by members of this W.C.T.U., this organization Woman's Christian Temperance Union |
| #635, aired 1987-05-15 | PIRATES $800: Though Shakespeare didn't tell us so, in 75 B.C. pirates kidnapped this man & held him for ransom Julius Caesar |
| #634, aired 1987-05-14 | HODGEPODGE $200: Unlike her brother, the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, this 19th c. author didn't endorse soap or trusses Harriet Beecher |
| #631, aired 1987-05-11 | WASHINGTON D.C. $200: It was established from the fortune left our gov't in 1829 by British scientist James Smithson Smithsonian Institute |
| #626, aired 1987-05-04 | 17TH C. FASHION $500: These facial decorations were called "mouches" because they looked like flies patches |
| #619, aired 1987-04-23 | ACTORS & ROLE $800: C. Laughton, T. Howard & A. Hopkins were all adrift playing this part Captain Bligh |
| #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 |
| #602, aired 1987-03-31 | INVENTIONS $100: Before the 11th c., this eating utensil wasn't placed on the left, because it hadn't been invented a fork |
| #597, aired 1987-03-24 | "DO"s & "DON'T"s $2,000 (Daily Double): Lorenzo Dow's 19th c. definition of Calvinism said it offered you this hell of a choice damned if you do, damned if you don't |
| #592, aired 1987-03-17 | BOGIE $200: "Fred C. Dobbs don't say nuthin' he don't mean" Treasure of the Sierra Madre |
| #560, aired 1987-01-30 | SPORTS QUOTES $100: Prior to a 1980 fight, he said "If Holmes don't C-sharp, he'll B-flat" Muhammad Ali |
| #538, aired 1986-12-31 | QUESTIONABLE SONGS $500: In their biggest hit, the Poppy Family asked Billy this "Which Way You Goin' Billy?" |
| #538, aired 1986-12-31 | THE JUNGLE $2,000 (Daily Double): Like most of us would, it's what Jethro Tull was doing "In The Jungle" in 1974:
"Walking through forests of palm-tree apartments /
Scoff at the monkeys who live in their dark tents /
Down by the waterhole--drunk every Friday /
Eating their nuts--saving their raisins..." Bungle |
| #525, aired 1986-12-12 | U.S.A. $200: Of J.C. Penney, the U.S. Coast Guard, & the L.A. Dodgers, one which doesn't ban beards J.C. Penney |
| #524, aired 1986-12-11 | 20th C. AUTHORS $800: While alive, he only allowed an abridged version of his "7 Pillars of Wisdom" to be sold to the public T.E. Lawrence |
| #512, aired 1986-11-25 | THE '50s $1000: A prosecuting attorney in the Rosenberg case, he later assisted Sen. Joe McCarthy Roy Cohn |
| #485, aired 1986-10-17 | "M.C." $500 (Daily Double): Movie whose theme song is the following:
"Everybody's talking at me / I don't hear a word they're saying..." Midnight Cowboy |
| #467, aired 1986-09-23 | SPELLING $200 (Daily Double): This word is also spelled out in the song that includes the following:
"What you want..." R-E-S-P-E-C-T |
| #467, aired 1986-09-23 | SPELLING $400: Steak sauce, made of vinegar, soy, & other ingredients, named for a county in England W-O-R-C-E-S-T-E-R-S-H-I-R-E |
| #449, aired 1986-05-29 | TABLE MANNERS $300: If napkins weren't provided, 19th c. etiquette permitted a gentleman to use a hanky or this instead tablecloth |
| #444, aired 1986-05-22 | PRINCESS DI $400: They said it was an accident she stopped in this department of the Springfield, Virginia
J.C. Penney's the maternity department |
| #441, aired 1986-05-19 | SPELLING $200: Not the city where Congress meets, but the building C-A-P-I-T-O-L |
| #441, aired 1986-05-19 | SPELLING $800: After a business trip, you'll have fewer hassles with the IRS if you save these R-E-C-E-I-P-T |
| #435, aired 1986-05-09 | "C.B." $1,500 (Daily Double): Kind of retriever developed in Maryland by crossing Newfoundlands with native retrievers a Chesapeake Bay Retriever |
| #431, aired 1986-05-05 | THEATER $800: "The Drunkard", called by W.C. Fields "The Greatest Show on Earth", was presented by this showman in 1843 P.T. Barnum |
| #417, aired 1986-04-15 | SPELLING $100: Only 1 letter separates these 2 spellings for a feline & its rodent prey C-A-T & R-A-T |
| #386, aired 1986-03-03 | CONNECTICUT $1,000 (Daily Double): Though much more is grown in N.C. & Ky., it's also Connecticut's leading field crop tobacco |
| #346, aired 1986-01-06 | MOVIE QUOTES $600: Film in which Bogart claims, "Fred C. Dobbs don't say nuthin' he don't mean" Treasure of the Sierra Madre |
| #340, aired 1985-12-27 | MOVIES $400: In 1983, Mr. T took a break from "The A-Team" to drive a cab in this city Washington, D.C. |
| #287, aired 1985-10-15 | CONQUERORS $800: This 13th C. Mongol ruler of China couldn't conquer Japan when his armada was destroyed by a typhoon Kublai Khan |
| #264, aired 1985-09-12 | MEDICINE $800: Though ether was discovered long before, it wasn't until 19th c. that it was used for this anesthesia |
| #185, aired 1985-05-24 | ANCIENT HISTORY $200: When the Greeks destroyed this city in Asia Minor around 1200 B.C., they weren't horsing around Troy |
| #180, aired 1985-05-17 | COUNTRY MUSIC $100: This Jeannie C. Riley hit sold 6 million records "The Harper Valley P.T.A." |
| #169, aired 1985-05-02 | BASEBALL $300: During 1945, this team hit only 1 home run in its D.C. stadium the Washington Senators |
| #165, aired 1985-04-26 | SILLY SONGS $500: Where K-K-K-Katy will be waiting at the k-k-k-kitchen door |
| #162, aired 1985-04-23 | WEATHER $500: It happened to W.C. Fields when he opened his door & said, "It ain't a fit night out for man nor beast" snow getting in his face |
| #135, aired 1985-03-15 | MUSIC $800 (Daily Double): What A.S.C.A.P. stands for the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers |
| #129, aired 1985-03-07 | "T" TIME $400: From Latin, "to hold", which is their goal with a high C a tenor |
| #123, aired 1985-02-27 | HISTORY $1000: In late 18th c., Russia, Prussia & Austria partitioned this country out of existence Poland |
| #122, aired 1985-02-26 | "BOYS" IN SONG $500: '84 hit by Deniece Williams where she sounds like an M.C. "Let's Hear It For The Boy" |
| #97, aired 1985-01-22 | U.S. HISTORY $800: 19th c. anti-Catholic society which kept its secrets by saying "I don't know" the Know-Nothings |
| #59, aired 1984-11-29 | WARS $800: In 19th C., Brazil, Argentina & Uruguay wiped out over 80% of this nearby country's population Paraguay |
| #42, aired 1984-11-06 | ALPHABET SOUP $400: What a small "C" enclosed in a circle means copyrighted |
| #25, aired 1984-10-12 | SPELLING $200: How Aretha Franklin spelled what Rodney Dangerfield doesn’t get R-E-S-P-E-C-T |
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Jim Davis, a college music and humanities instructor from Freeport, Illinois
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Season 25 2-time champion: $62,802 + $2,000. Not be to confused...
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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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Kadeem Cooper, a junior from the University of Virginia
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2009 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 20 and from Brooklyn, New York...
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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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"This multi-talented performer is a Grammy winner and Oscar nominee and...
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Marisa Goldstein, an attorney from Arlington, Virginia
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Season 20 player (2004-03-02).
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Greer Mackebee, a senior at Duke University from Knoxville, Tennessee
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2012 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 22 at the time of the...
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Matt Kohlstedt, a grad student originally from La Grange, Illinois
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2009 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 25 5-time champion: $77,803 + $2,000.
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Nicole Karrow, an 11-year-old from Lewes, Delaware
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"Her goals are to be a horse breeder and trainer..." 2007...
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Kaitlin Welborn, a sophomore from the University of Pennsylvania
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2007 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 20 at the time of the...
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Michelle Princi, a government analyst from Silver Spring, Maryland
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Season 29 player (2012-10-03).
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Caroline Wilkins, an arts writing university teacher from Silver Spring, Maryland
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Season 28 player (2011-11-21).
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Kelly O'Donnell, a political reporter from NBC News
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"An Emmy-winning political reporter, she has covered Capitol Hill and the...
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Andrew Nerlinger, a senior at the University of Notre Dame from Wilmington, Delaware
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2001 College Championship quarterfinalist: $2,500. Andrew was 21 at the time...
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Emily Zhang, from Indianapolis, Indiana
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"A National Science Merit Award recipient, she plans on becoming a...
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Paul Gutowski, an alcohol and drug counselor from Rockford, Illinois
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"He was the first 5-time winner in 1997. An alcohol and...
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Gabe Orlet, a senior from Belleville, Illinois
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2009 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
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Pat Spangler, a Ph.D. student and college instructor from Bethesda, Maryland
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Season 26 player (2009-09-28).
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Amy Fletcher, a junior from Cincinnati, Ohio
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2005 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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