| #21, aired 2023-11-29 | CANDLE CULTURE $400: Procter & Gamble ceased candle production in 1920, one of many candle casualties following the rise of this invention the light bulb (the electric light) |
| #20, aired 2023-11-15 | MOTHER GOOSE POLICE BLOTTER $1000: Officers responded to anonymous reports that a local man was sequestering his wife inside a large gourd "Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater" |
| #8900, aired 2023-06-23 | REMEMBER BASEBALL? $600: Who can forget 1972, when the first of these led to the cancellation of 86 games that were never rescheduled? (the players') strike |
| #8881, aired 2023-05-29 | HISTORY $800: Fake guns nicknamed for this peaceful religious group fooled the Union into canceling an 1862 attack on Centerville, Virginia the Quakers |
| #8812, aired 2023-02-21 | THE REST OF THE WORLD IN 2018 & '19 $400: Reports of these man-made fliers near London's Gatwick Airport led to the cancellation or diversion of about 1,000 flights drones |
| #8785, aired 2023-01-13 | I THANK YOU ALL $400: Kristin Chenoweth's 2009 Emmy thank you included a plea for a role on "The Office", as this had already happened to "Pushing Daisies" cancellation |
| #8765, aired 2022-12-16 | CHRISTMAS & HANUKKAH $1600: Bah! Humbug! Starting under this Lord Protector, Christmas was canceled in England until the Restoration Oliver Cromwell |
| #8686, aired 2022-07-18 | THE WOUK MOB $1000: Physicist Guy Carpenter is out of a job in "A Hole in Texas", based on the real cancellation of the Superconducting this machine Super Collider |
| #8678, aired 2022-07-06 | WE RECOGNIZE $1000: We'll get your initial reaction to this mega wealthy financier who cancelled his reservation on the "Titanic" J.P. Morgan |
| #8376, aired 2021-04-12 | FORMER WEBSITES $600: Mercilessly recapping your nightly shows was the website called "Television Without" this, which would itself be canceled Pity |
| #8308, aired 2021-01-06 | GADGET $600: No more cords! These Pro earbuds from Apple are wireless, noise-cancelling & water resistant AirPod Pros |
| #8212, aired 2020-04-28 | WHAT'S MY AIRLINE? $400: After his flight was canceled, he hired a plane, wrote "Virgin Airlines" on a board, charged $39 for 1-way & "filled up my first plane" Branson |
| #7820, aired 2018-09-14 | CAN YOU HEAR ME? $1000: QuietComfort noise-cancelling headphones are from this high-end audio company that pioneered the technology Bose |
| #7792, aired 2018-06-26 | QUOTES OF VICTORY $400: This author famed for a 16th century manual for tyrants warned, "Previous victories are all canceled by present defeats" Machiavelli |
| #7675, aired 2018-01-12 | GET WITH THE PROGRAM! $800: Canceled in 2010, the Constellation program planned to return humans here by 2020 after a nearly 50-year absence the Moon |
| #7579, aired 2017-07-20 | STAMP COLLECTING $800: It's the postmark that indicates a stamp has been used the cancellation |
| #7515, aired 2017-04-21 | ALMA MATERS $400: He was a shock jock in training at Boston University where a radio show he created was canceled after one broadcast Howard Stern |
| #7332, aired 2016-06-28 | 'BYE, RACHEL! COUPLES $800: The Rachel Bilson/Adam Brody romance & this Calif.-set evening soap they acted in were canceled in rapid succession The O.C. |
| #7326, aired 2016-06-20 | JUST MISSED THE TITANIC $600: Edgar Selwyn, who gave this fellow film producer the "wyn" in his name, canceled passage to read a friend's novel Samuel Goldwyn |
| #7325, aired 2016-06-17 | BECAUSE $400: The L.A. Dodgers went from 1967 to '76 & 1988 to '99 without having a game canceled because of this a rainout |
| #7258, aired 2016-03-16 | THE WRIGHT BROTHERS $1200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Wright Brothers Nat'l Memorial in Kill Devil Hills, NC.) To provide more thrust, the Wrights used two propellers driven by a bicycle chain & sprocket; the laminated spruce propellers were carved by hand & mounted so they'd rotate in opposite directions, canceling out this twisting force torque |
| #7189, aired 2015-12-10 | LATIN AMERICAN HODGEPODGE $800: Within 3 days in 2002, this country saw a coup, the cancellation of its Constitution & Chavez' reinstatement Venezuela |
| #6844, aired 2014-05-22 | TV THEN & NOW $1600: The desperation may be permanent on this lane now that "Desperate Housewives" has been canceled Wisteria |
| #6778, aired 2014-02-19 | DORM ROOM CHECKLIST $200: To enjoy TV or music without disturbing your roommate, bring along a pair of noise-canceling these headphones |
| #6696, aired 2013-10-28 | IT'S IN THE "CAN" $800: This postal marking or perforation on a stamp indicates that it's been used cancellation |
| #6337, aired 2012-03-20 | MUSICAL TERMS $2000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows us a musical staff with 3 lowercase B's superimposed.) First used on the B note, accidental symbols are all variations of the letter B; the flat lowers pitch, the sharp raises it & this symbol cancels a flat or sharp a natural |
| #6308, aired 2012-02-08 | YAY, PHYSICS! $3,000 (Daily Double): (Jimmy of the Clue Crew holds a flying toy.) The flying spaceman's twin rotors spin in opposite directions, keeping him from spinning out of control by canceling out the effects of this rotational force torque |
| #6265, aired 2011-12-09 | CANCELED! $200: These formed a "cover" overhead & forced the cancellation of a Feb. 7, 2010 Space Shuttle launch clouds |
| #6265, aired 2011-12-09 | CANCELED! $400: All scheduled flights in & out of Heathrow Airport April 18, 2010 were canceled due to this a volcanic eruption |
| #6265, aired 2011-12-09 | CANCELED! $600: Reason school was canceled in Pensacola Feb. 12, 2010--it's an every-20-year kind of thing snow |
| #6265, aired 2011-12-09 | CANCELED! $800: The final round in the NCAA Division III women's golf championships May 13, 2011--due to this lightning |
| #6265, aired 2011-12-09 | CANCELED! $1000: Culprit in the cancellation of the Blue Angels' San Francisco show Oct. 10, 2009 fog |
| #6181, aired 2011-06-27 | HINDSIGHT IS 1920 $800: This country, once scheduled to host the canceled 1916 Olympics, was not invited to the 1920 Games; too bad Germany |
| #6024, aired 2010-11-18 | PLANES, TRAINS & AUTOMOBILES $800: This supersonic transport made its last flights in 2003 after British Airways & Air France canceled service the Concorde |
| #5928, aired 2010-05-26 | CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG $400: 2003:
This then-Russian president "cancels plans for trip after bombing at rock concert" Vladimir Putin |
| #5867, aired 2010-03-02 | THE "POST" CATEGORY $800: It serves as a cancellation of a stamp & indicates the place & date of mailing a postmark |
| #5818, aired 2009-12-23 | MOVIES BY QUOTE $400: A band manager:
"The Boston gig has been canceled... I wouldn't worry about it, though, it's not a big college town" This Is Spinal Tap |
| #5807, aired 2009-12-08 | POLITICAL TALK $5,000 (Daily Double): According to the League of Women Voters, an "empty chair" one of these should be canceled debates |
| #5693, aired 2009-05-13 | WHAT'S ON TV? $600: We were just getting into Michael Imperioli & Harvey Keitel on this "planetary" cop show, then it got canceled Life on Mars |
| #5577, aired 2008-12-02 | ODE TO A SITCOM $800: Verily, Ross & Rachel walked love's true path but yea! / 'Twas a perilous road for Joey / Filled with cancellation Friends |
| #5516, aired 2008-09-08 | A LOOK BACK WITH JEOPARDY! $600: For our tenth anniversary, there was no joy in Mudville as he declared the World Series canceled due to a labor dispute (Bud) Selig |
| #5503, aired 2008-07-09 | ____OFF! $800: A cancellation from accountants as a loss a write-off |
| #5502, aired 2008-07-08 | WRITING FOR TV $400: "A Benihana Christmas" by Jennifer Celotta had this comedy's Michael Scott canceling the holiday itself The Office |
| #5502, aired 2008-07-08 | WRITING FOR TV $800: Carol Barbee co-wrote the "Why We Fight" episode of this CBS show which fought its own cancellation (at least briefly) Jericho |
| #5329, aired 2007-11-08 | TV DETECTIVES $600: Expecting cancellation, this Hawaiian eye was killed off in 1987 but oops! got renewed & resuscitated Magnum, P.I. |
| #5283, aired 2007-07-25 | NHL, NBA, NFL OR ALL 3 $2000: Has cancelled an entire season due to labor woes the NHL |
| #5249, aired 2007-06-07 | DUDE-ERONOMY $600: Awesome, dude! Deuteronomy says that all debts are to be canceled after this many years! seven |
| #5218, aired 2007-04-25 | THE NEW YORK TIMES BUSINESS $1000: Her book imprint is being closed after the debacle & cancellation of O.J.'s "If I Did It" book Judith Regan |
| #5103, aired 2006-11-15 | FUHGETTABOUDIT $800: Want to join this religion so you can have more than one spouse? Fuhgettaboudit! Canceled the practice in 1890 Mormon |
| #5053, aired 2006-07-26 | PHYSICS $800: (Kelly of the Clue Crew indicates a series of sinusoids on the monitor.) When a wave is canceled out by an equal & opposite wave, the result is "complete destructive" this, like what messes up radio transmissions interference |
| #4884, aired 2005-12-01 | TRAVEL & TOURISM $200: A Philadelphia post office museum that honors him offers his special "B. Free" cancellation Benjamin Franklin |
| #4780, aired 2005-05-20 | PRE-DATERS $2,000 (Daily Double): The last city to host the Olympics before St. Moritz in 1948 Berlin |
| #4506, aired 2004-03-22 | THE YEAR IN SPORTS $3,000 (Daily Double): (Jimmy of the Clue Crew at Indianapolis Speedway) The Noc-Out Hose Clamp Special was the winning car at Indianapolis in this year; the race was cancelled the next 4 years 1941 |
| #4482, aired 2004-02-17 | A KNOWLEDGE OF WEALTH $400: This couple's well-publicized $2 million September 14, 2003 wedding was cancelled a few days before the event Ben Affleck & Jennifer Lopez |
| #4467, aired 2004-01-27 | NAUTICAL TERMS $2000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew in Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts) As well as cancelling, the name of this pin can also mean fastening belay/belaying |
| #4144, aired 2002-09-12 | 2001 $600: Flights in & out of Puerto Rico were canceled July 29, due to one of these in Montserrat a volcanic eruption (or volcanic explosion) |
| #3892, aired 2001-07-03 | OLYMPIC HISTORY $1,200 (Daily Double): The number of times the modern Olympics have been canceled due to war 3 times |
| #3663, aired 2000-07-05 | GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $200: After spending about $76 million this publisher canceled himself out of the 2000 presidential race Steve Forbes |
| #3538, aired 2000-01-12 | BUMPED FROM THE COVER OF TIME $200: A cover titled "Declining American Birthrate" was canceled in 1974 when this man was pardoned Richard M. Nixon |
| #3253, aired 1998-10-28 | '90s MUSIC $200: Pepsi canceled a deal with her after complaints over the "Like A Prayer" video Madonna |
| #3209, aired 1998-07-09 | THE TITANIC $500: This American financier who owned the Titanic cancelled his trip on it before it sailed J.P. Morgan |
| #3194, aired 1998-06-18 | TELEVISION $500: After NBC canceled this Sam Waterston series in 1993, PBS produced a movie to wrap up its loose ends I'll Fly Away |
| #3101, aired 1998-02-09 | CANCELED CZECHS $200: In 1962 this nation canceled the Czechs' World Cup soccer dreams, winning without Pele Brazil |
| #3101, aired 1998-02-09 | CANCELED CZECHS $400: This 3-time U.S. Open champion canceled his Czech citizenship in 1992 & became a U.S. citizen Ivan Lendl |
| #3101, aired 1998-02-09 | CANCELED CZECHS $600: After the cancellation of Czechoslovakia, he took on the role of president of the Czech Republic Vaclav Havel |
| #3101, aired 1998-02-09 | CANCELED CZECHS $800: The Soviets canceled this Czech leader's "Prague Spring" reforms by invading the country in 1968 Alexander Dubcek |
| #3101, aired 1998-02-09 | CANCELED CZECHS $1000: The Munich Pact canceled Czech sovereignty over this region that was ceded to Nazi Germany the Sudetenland |
| #3099, aired 1998-02-05 | THE BOOK BIZ $400: In 1997 Harper Collins canceled 100 new titles but let the authors keep these up-front payments advances |
| #3089, aired 1998-01-22 | FILM STARS $200: In 1991 this sister of Eric Roberts shocked Hollywood by canceling her wedding to Kiefer Sutherland Julia Roberts |
| #2999, aired 1997-09-18 | TV COPS $200: In 1983 letters from viewers helped save this Sharon Gless-Tyne Daly series from cancellation "Cagney And Lacey" |
| #2995, aired 1997-09-12 | THE EMMYS $600: Kathy Bates & Ray Walston picked up Emmys in 1996 for their work on this series cancelled in 1996 Picket Fences |
| #2887, aired 1997-03-04 | WINTER OLYMPIC SITES $500: The men's 10,000-meter speed skating event was canceled at this Swiss resort in 1928; the ice melted St. Moritz |
| #2812, aired 1996-11-19 | MUSIC $400: In musical notation this sign cancels a previous sharp or flat natural |
| #2685, aired 1996-04-12 | TELEVISION $100: After "Perry Mason" was canceled, Raymond Burr returned as this wheelchair-bound detective "Ironside" |
| #2655, aired 1996-03-01 | CELEBRITY QUOTES $400: Former Weekend Update host who had a talk show canceled, then went on to success on HBO Dennis Miller |
| #2628, aired 1996-01-24 | SPORTS '95 $200: A February match between English & Irish teams in this sport was canceled because of fan rioting football (soccer) |
| #2437, aired 1995-03-21 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $300: In 1994 this May holiday parade was canceled in Manhattan for the first time in 73 years, for lack of interest Memorial Day |
| #2253, aired 1994-05-25 | HERE COMES THE BRIDE $200: If your wedding is canceled, you should do this with the gifts you've received return them |
| #2245, aired 1994-05-13 | THE 1990s $200: This Jan. 17, 1994 event caused the cancellation of Jeopardy!'s Jan. 18 & 19 tapings an (Northridge or Reseda) earthquake |
| #2152, aired 1994-01-04 | WOMEN '93 $800: A South African court canceled her jail sentence, ordering her to pay a fine & compensation instead Winnie Mandela |
| #2109, aired 1993-11-04 | 1992 $600: Presidential elections in this country were canceled as Vigdis Finnbogadottir was unopposed Iceland |
| #2076, aired 1993-09-20 | 1973 $300: Pan Am & TWA canceled orders for this British-French supersonic airliner the Concorde |
| #1935, aired 1993-01-22 | EVEN MORE MOOSE POTPOURRI $100: In 1980 students at this New Haven school stole a moose head & said they'd eat it if midterms weren't canceled Yale |
| #1848, aired 1992-09-23 | ODD WORDS $200: A party giver might take out pluvius insurance in case this cancels the festivities rain |
| #1788, aired 1992-05-13 | CELEBRITY COUPLES $300: After canceling her 1991 wedding, Julia Roberts "rush"ed to Europe with this star of "Rush" Jason Patric |
| #1725, aired 1992-02-14 | FAMOUS WOMEN $500: Her contract with a French theatre company was canceled in 1863 after she slapped another actress Sarah Bernhardt |
| #1709, aired 1992-01-23 | PEOPLE $100: She canceled her June 1991 wedding to Kiefer Sutherland & flew to Europe Julia Roberts |
| #1597, aired 1991-07-09 | THE WWII HOME FRONT $200: Major sporting events cancelled in 1940 included Wimbledon & this, slated for Helsinki the Olympics |
| #1569, aired 1991-05-30 | PRESIDENTS $1000: Since he & his wife were mourning their son they cancelled the inaugural ball when he took office in 1853 Franklin Pierce |
| #1528, aired 1991-04-03 | THE OLYMPICS $300: The games to be held in this city in 1916 were cancelled & it had to wait 20 years to get them back Berlin |
| #1515, aired 1991-03-15 | SHIPS $1000: Though warned of attacks, few of the 1,258 passengers on this ship's May 1, 1915 trip cancelled the Lusitania |
| #1419, aired 1990-11-01 | STAMP COLLECTING $400: Some people collect only these envelopes with stamps cancelled on the first day of issue first-day covers |
| #1274, aired 1990-03-01 | 1984 $600: The Boston Symphony had to pay this actress $100,000 for canceling her contract due to her PLO support Vanessa Redgrave |
| #1163, aired 1989-09-27 | BOOKS $400: Marianne Wiggins, wife of this "Satanic Verses" author, cancelled a tour for her book, "John Dollar" Salman Rushdie |
| #1091, aired 1989-05-08 | THE SWIMSUIT EDITION $500: A S.I. office pool tries to guess the # of these the issue will produce: the high -- 442 in '75 cancelled subscriptions |
| #874, aired 1988-05-26 | MUSIC THEORY $600: Term for the sign cancelling a previous flat or sharp in that measure natural |
| #846, aired 1988-04-18 | TELEVISION $400: He won his 2nd Emmy as Alex Rieger on "Taxi" after the show had been cancelled Judd Hirsch |
| #833, aired 1988-03-30 | STAMPS & COINS $500: U.S. first day covers are envelopes whose stamps bear the prized cancellation with these 4 words first day of issue |
| #764, aired 1987-12-24 | THE OLYMPICS $700 (Daily Double): While they were suspended to hold Ancient Olympics, they caused cancellation of 1916 & 1940 games wars |
| #657, aired 1987-06-16 | METROPOLITAN OPERA $100: A 1965 Met performance of "Il Trovatore" had to be cancelled due to this famous power problem the blackout in New York City |
| #612, aired 1987-04-14 | STAMPS $400: Name for any mark, such as a postmark, applied to a stamp on a letter to prevent its reuse cancellation mark |
| #603, aired 1987-04-01 | LAW $500: While divorce is a dissolution of a marriage, this is a cancellation that says it was never valid an annulment |
| #566, aired 1987-02-09 | THE OLYMPICS $1,000 (Daily Double): In the modern era, # of times the Summer Olympic have been cancelled due to war 3 |
| #530, aired 1986-12-19 | NATURAL RESOURCES $300: Uranium production has fallen in recent years because of cancellations in building these plants nuclear power plants |
| #502, aired 1986-11-11 | POST OFFICE $500: Black envelopes are nonmailable since this wouldn't be legible the postmark |
| #461, aired 1986-09-15 | TV NOSTALGIA $1,000 (Daily Double): When his series was cancelled, Rex Randolph moved from Bourbon St. to this Hollywood address 77 Sunset Strip |
| #450, aired 1986-05-30 | THE '85 TV SEASON $400: CBS's "Hometown" got this dubious distinction for the 1985 season the first show cancelled |
| #443, aired 1986-05-21 | 4-LETTER WORDS $1000: Word from Latin meaning "let it stand", it cancels an edit stet |
| #417, aired 1986-04-15 | FINANCIAL AFFAIRS $400: In the summer of 1985, American Airlines fined passengers a total of $1.5 million for doing this for not showing up (canceling some of their tickets--Super Saver fare) |
| #413, aired 1986-04-09 | DEMANDS $500: It was by demand of the fans that this series, cancelled in 1968, set off into space for a 3rd year Star Trek |
| #407, aired 1986-04-01 | AUTOMOBILES $200: "Business Week" predicted in '68, this country's auto industry wouldn't "carve out a big slice" of U.S. market Japan |
| #404, aired 1986-03-27 | GAME SHOWS $400: Cancelled in 1978 after 6 mos., ratings indicate this host's "Knockout" wasn't "v-e-r-y interesting" Arte Johnson |
| #358, aired 1986-01-22 | TWILIGHT ZONE $200: In 1964, this network announced the show's cancellation, in 1985, its revival CBS |
| #269, aired 1985-09-19 | TRAVEL & TOURISM $300: These ticket holders anxiously await no-shows & cancellations so they might board the plane standbys |
| #177, aired 1985-05-14 | SPORTS $800: This ABC series hosted by Curt Gowdy was recently canceled, ending its 20 year run American Sportsman |
| #169, aired 1985-05-02 | THE EMMYS $100: Though Judd Hirsch & Carol Kane both won Emmys for this show in '83, it was canceled that year Taxi |
| #164, aired 1985-04-25 | 4-WORD PHRASES $500: Recently canceled soap opera which was named for the time it originally aired, 4:30 P.M. The Edge of Night |
| #159, aired 1985-04-18 | ETIQUETTE $500: In the U.S., an invitation to dinner here is akin to a command & other plans should be cancelled the White House |
| #60, aired 1984-11-30 | THE EMMYS $300: Tyne Daly's Emmy & public demand brought back this cancelled cop show Cagney & Lacey |
| #60, aired 1984-11-30 | THE EMMYS $500: Current late night host whose daytime show won an Emmy after being cancelled David Letterman |
