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#9017, aired 2024-01-16 | OUR FEATHERED FRIENDS $600: For decades, these songbirds were employed in mining to detect toxic gases before miners were overcome canaries |
#8750, aired 2022-11-25 | STAYIN' ALIVE $200: John Scott Haldane saved lives when he proposed that canaries in coal mines would give early warnings of this gas carbon monoxide |
#8017, aired 2019-06-18 | APPROPRIATE FOR MINERS $2000: In 1986 Britain ended its decades-long practice of using these birds as sentinels in coal mines canaries |
#7911, aired 2019-01-21 | POET IDENTIFICATION, PLEASE $800: "The song of canaries / Never varies, / And when they're moulting / They're pretty revolting" Ogden Nash |
#6934, aired 2014-11-06 | ALCATRAZ $800: An author of 2 books on canaries, his stay included 6 years in segregation & 11 in the hospital Robert Stroud |
#6816, aired 2014-04-14 | WARM $1000: Shoe designer Manolo Blahnik was born in these Spanish islands in the Atlantic that enjoy year-round springlike temps the Canaries |
#6544, aired 2013-02-14 | CANARIES $200: A "landslide" couldn't bring down "The Nicks Fix", this singer's official website Stevie Nicks |
#6544, aired 2013-02-14 | CANARIES $400: This soulful Brit's album "21" was the top seller of 2011 & 2012 Adele |
#6544, aired 2013-02-14 | CANARIES $600: "Bootylicious" making it into the OED was one of the 30 most memorable moments for this "Bootylicious" singer & writer Beyoncé Knowles |
#6544, aired 2013-02-14 | CANARIES $800: She appeared at the 2011 MTV VMAs as her male alter ego Jo Calderone Lady Gaga |
#6544, aired 2013-02-14 | CANARIES $1000: This singer has a fragrance line called Harajuku Lovers (Gwen) Stefani |
#5605, aired 2009-01-09 | COAL $400: These Old World finches of the genus Serinus were used in coal mines to detect deadly gas canaries |
#5584, aired 2008-12-11 | NURSERY RHYME TIME $200: Quite contrary gardener's yellow birds Mary's canaries |
#5347, aired 2007-12-04 | GEOLOGY $2000: A 6-mile-wide caldera, or volcanic crater, is a highlight of La Palma in this Spanish Island group off Africa the Canaries |
#5086, aired 2006-10-23 | THE CANARY $1000: Canaries take their name from the Canary Islands, which belong to this country Spain |
#4995, aired 2006-05-05 | CAT $800: Proverbially, to stir up trouble is to put "the cat in among" these urban birds the pigeons |
#4882, aired 2005-11-29 | BEASTLY QUOTES $400: Ogden Nash: "The song of" these "never varies, and when they're moulting they're pretty revolting" canaries |
#4820, aired 2005-07-15 | EXPLORERS $200: He stopped at Gomera in the Canaries for nearly a month, then headed for the New World on Sept. 6, 1492 Columbus |
#4084, aired 2002-05-09 | SINNERS $1000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reads from a building on an infamous island.) This "Birdman of Alcatraz" raised canaries at Leavenworth, but wasn't permitted birds here in his cell at Alcatraz (Robert) Stroud |
#3959, aired 2001-11-15 | ISLANDS $600: This Ecuadorian island group's animal life includes a rare flightless cormorant & 2 species of iguana the Galápagos |
#3805, aired 2001-03-02 | THE BIRDS & THE BEES $300: These small yellow finches were once used by coal miners to detect deadly gases Canaries |
#3642, aired 2000-06-06 | ZOOLOGY $600: This pet bird comes in 2 main types, depending on its singing: choppers & rollers canaries |
#3179, aired 1998-05-28 | LITTLE BIRDIES $200: These little yellow birds were once carried into coal mines because of their sensitivity to poisonous gas Canaries |
#3053, aired 1997-12-03 | LANGUAGE $400: Natives on Gomera in the Canaries talk by using these warbling sounds, so wet yours before chatting Whistle |
#2754, aired 1996-07-18 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $200: Brocken is the highest peak in this German mountain range known for its canaries the Harz Mountains |
#2730, aired 1996-06-14 | MOUNTAINS $800: Some of the finest singing canaries are bred in the Harz Mountains of this country Germany |
#2642, aired 1996-02-13 | BIRDS $200: Most canaries produced through selective breeding are this color yellow |
#2617, aired 1996-01-09 | ISLANDS $400: In 1927 this Spanish group in the Atlantic was divided into 2 provinces: Las Palmas & Santa Cruz de Tenerife the Canaries |
#1850, aired 1992-09-25 | BIRDS $200: The finest examples of this yellow bird are bred in the Harz Mountain area of Germany canaries |
#1661, aired 1991-11-18 | BIRD ORIGINS $600: Some singing canaries are bred in these mountains whose name may remind you of a brand of bird food Harz Mountains |
#1246, aired 1990-01-22 | BIRDS $800: Sensitive to poison gases, these small birds were used as gas detectors in coal mines Canaries |
#1029, aired 1989-02-09 | SPAIN $200: These islands were named for the Latin for "dog", not for the yellow birds that are also found there Canaries |
#713, aired 1987-10-14 | LANGUAGES $200: Audible up to 5 miles, one language of the Canary Islands consists of doing this, just like canaries whistling |
#617, aired 1987-04-21 | BIRDS $400: German mountains where best singing canaries are bred, or brand of bird seed you might feed yours Hartz |
#271, aired 1985-09-23 | BRITISH ISLES $400: Cats, dogs & budgerigars, an Aussie variety of these, are most popular English pets parakeets |
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