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

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