#8908, aired 2023-07-05 | ART & ARTISTS $200: This type of wall hanging, popular in the Middle Ages, takes its name from a word meaning "carpet" a tapestry |
#8892, aired 2023-06-13 | ACCESSORIES $1000: Anya Taylor-Joy & Olivia Wilde are among the stars who have worn opera-length these accessories on the red carpet gloves |
#8846, aired 2023-04-10 | THE NATION IN QUESTION $200: Berbers, the first to carpet the place; discovery of oil near the Algerian border in the late '50s a big plus; care for a sirte? Libya |
#8808, aired 2023-02-15 | TV PARTY TONIGHT! $400: Dwight buys brown & gray balloons to match the conference room carpet for Kelly's birthday party on this show The Office |
#12, aired 2023-01-26 | REAL ESTATES $3,800 (Daily Double): A private jet named the Lisa Marie & the jungle room with its green shag carpet are highlights of this Memphis estate Graceland |
#8759, aired 2022-12-08 | THE WORLD OF PATENT MODELS $800: Melville Bissell's allergies led to his carpet sweeper; now Bissell makes a model with a HEPA filter, the "P" for this type of matter particulate |
#8701, aired 2022-09-19 | WORDS BEFORE WORDS $400: Carpet,
saucer,
colors flying |
#8521, aired 2021-11-29 | HELPING THE PLANET $200: Georgia-based carpet company Interface makes carpet tiles that are not merely this element "neutral", they're "negative" carbon |
#8326, aired 2021-02-01 | CARPET $200: Carpet is a version of this card game whose name implies that it is played by one person Solitaire |
#8326, aired 2021-02-01 | CARPET $400: Princess Leia callously refers to him as a "big walking carpet" Chewbacca |
#8326, aired 2021-02-01 | CARPET $600: This traveling item gave its name to Yankees heading south during Reconstruction carpetbaggers |
#8326, aired 2021-02-01 | CARPET $800: Duran Duran sang of a "Massacre" on this kind of carpet, noting the "deathstalk paparazzi" the red carpet |
#8326, aired 2021-02-01 | CARPET $1000: Historian Hugh Thomas used this term in describing devastating German aerial attacks on enemy trenches in the 1930s carpet bombing |
#8272, aired 2020-11-03 | BEFORE & AFTER $400: Central Florida NBA team used by Prince Husain in "One Thousand & One Nights" the Orlando Magic carpet |
#8197, aired 2020-04-07 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $200: Its second act features a magic carpet, "A Whole New World" & a reprise of "Arabian Nights" Aladdin |
#8186, aired 2020-03-23 | THE OSCARS $400: Sure, you remember the swan dress of this Icelandic singer, but how 'bout the 6 ostrich eggs she "laid" on the red carpet? Bjork |
#8186, aired 2020-03-23 | THE OSCARS $600: Celebs began to walk a red carpet in 1961, but TV viewers may not have known because this didn't come to the Oscar telecast until 1966 color |
#8157, aired 2020-02-11 | MAGIC IN LITERATURE $400: In Glen Cook's "Black Company" series, Soulcatcher flies around on one of these, just like in the "Thousand and One Nights" a magic carpet |
#8141, aired 2020-01-20 | "STEP" BY STEP $600: In 1968 this band took us on a musical "Magic Carpet Ride" Steppenwolf |
#8016, aired 2019-06-17 | OLD BOOKS $400: The "Arabian Nights" tales include one about Prince Husain, who flies around on a magical one of these carpet |
#7992, aired 2019-05-14 | IDIOMS AROUND THE HOUSE $200: If you are being "called on" this floor covering, you are being reprimanded the carpet |
#7958, aired 2019-03-27 | HAIRSTYLES $1000: This longish bob cut shares its name with a thick carpet big in the 1970s a shag |
#7906, aired 2019-01-14 | DRESSED ALIKE $2000: Aubrey Plaza & this portrayer of the Scarlet Witch purposely were style twins for a 2017 red carpet event Elizabeth Olsen |
#7890, aired 2018-12-21 | DAFFYNITIONS $400: "A pup for your Porsche" (or a wall-to-wall floor covering) carpet |
#7742, aired 2018-04-17 | SEEING RED $400: It's the celebrity arrival part of a televised awards show the red carpet |
#7712, aired 2018-03-06 | ELECTRICITY $400: Shuffling around the carpet for a while can get you a juicy amount of this type of electricity, 20,000 volts worth static electricity |
#7642, aired 2017-11-28 | MADE IN THE USA $1200: Peacock Alley, center of the U.S. carpet industry, begins at Georgia's northern border with this state Tennessee |
#7635, aired 2017-11-17 | HISTORIC OBJECTS $600: The ancient Persian artifact called the "Spring of Khosrow" was this, reputedly covering 40,000 square feet carpet |
#7568, aired 2017-07-05 | 30 SECONDS $800: A kid's relentless determination to stain the carpet leads to LifeProof carpet from this "More saving. More doing" megastore Home Depot |
#7524, aired 2017-05-04 | STARTS WITH AN NBA TEAM NAME $400: In an animated film Jasmine & Aladdin go flying on this type of remarkable rug a magic carpet |
#7429, aired 2016-12-22 | COME FLY WITH ME $2000: In 1949 the Jews of Yemen were brought to Israel on this new airline as part of Operation Magic Carpet El Al |
#7330, aired 2016-06-24 | WORRIER PRINCESS $1200: She asks, "Is it safe?" before getting on the magic carpet, but seems to chill when "A Whole New World" starts (Princess) Jasmine |
#7289, aired 2016-04-28 | FAMILIAR PHRASES $200: To be reprimanded by a superior is to be "called on" this, since the boss' office had that feature on to the carpet |
#7278, aired 2016-04-13 | A MIXED BAG $400: Mary Poppins, as well as Northerners who went to the South after the Civil War, carried this type of satchel a carpet bag |
#7254, aired 2016-03-10 | THE BODY ELECTRIC $800: This type of electricity can have 25,000 volts but low charge, so walking on carpet & touching metal won't kill you static |
#7214, aired 2016-01-14 | THE DUDE ABIDES $200: When the Dude's carpet is soiled, he worries not, for it will be cleaned by a Roomba, one of these that also starts with "ro" a robot |
#7167, aired 2015-11-10 | COLORFUL LANGUAGE $200: Let's roll out this proverbial item for the arrival of a high-ranking dignitary the red carpet |
#6984, aired 2015-01-15 | ALADDIN ON BROADWAY $800: (Prince Ali delivers the clue with his princess dressed in blue.) In a highlight from Act II, we take a high-flying magic carpet ride among the stars while singing this Oscar-winning song "A Whole New World" |
#6907, aired 2014-09-30 | SAME-LETTER SWAP $600: Your "puppy" left some P's on the carpet & became this well-preserved body a mummy |
#6856, aired 2014-06-09 | STUPID ANSWERS $400: "Red Carpet" & "Just Like Us" are weekly features of this magazine Us (Weekly) |
#6789, aired 2014-03-06 | WELCOME TO THE JUTE MILL $1200: A big 19th century discovery: jute makes good carpet backing if mixed with this politically incorrect oil whale oil |
#6764, aired 2014-01-30 | MATH PROBLEMS $2000: The office measures 10 feet by 18 feet; to carpet the whole thing will cost this much at $10 a square yard $200 |
#6698, aired 2013-10-30 | HOMONYMS $800: A heap, or the loops of yarn forming the surface of a carpet pile |
#6664, aired 2013-08-01 | COLORFUL EXPRESSIONS $800: Ryan Seacrest interviews celebs arriving at the Oscars "live from" this colorful place the red carpet |
#6636, aired 2013-06-24 | D.I.Y. $400: To clean red wine out of a carpet, sprinkle on this common condiment for 15 minutes, then rinse with soap vinegar (or salt) |
#6614, aired 2013-05-23 | FUN WITH SCIENCE $1200: It's annoying when you walk across carpet & touch metal but helpful when Xerox machines use it to make copies static electricity |
#6596, aired 2013-04-29 | SCIENCE IS A 7-LETTER WORD $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew steps on a carpet and taps a metal table.) We all know what it feels like to get shocked... & though the tension of the spark contains several thousand volts... it's harmless due to its small amount of this 7-letter word current (amperes accepted) |
#6400, aired 2012-06-15 | INVENTORS $1000: You know him for his 1876 hand-operated carpet sweeper (Melville) Bissell |
#6301, aired 2012-01-30 | IT'S A PARTY! $1200: A red carpet party for Lil Wayne Nov. 7, 2010 celebrated his homecoming after 8 months here the pen (prison) |
#6236, aired 2011-10-31 | SHOW ME YOUR STUFF $800: The Persian type of this home furnishing is usually tied with what's known as a sehna knot a rug (or carpet) |
#6214, aired 2011-09-29 | SIDEKICKS $400: This over 7-foot-tall "walking carpet" was Han Solo's first mate & constant companion Chewbacca |
#6128, aired 2011-04-13 | "C" SERPENTS $400: Because its markings resemble the patterns on an oriental rug, an Australian python species is called this the carpet python |
#6113, aired 2011-03-23 | THE ARABIAN NIGHTS $800: Prince Houssain buys this transportation device at a bazaar for 40 purses of gold a magic carpet |
#6111, aired 2011-03-21 | IT'S "AH" FULL $2000: Now meaning a type of woven carpet, it formerly referred to a residence set aside for a noblewoman in India a mahal |
#6092, aired 2011-02-22 | RED THINGS $2000: In issues of French Vogue you read a lot about people on le tapis rouge, this the red carpet |
#6053, aired 2010-12-29 | DO TRY THIS AT HOME $200: When doing this task, change direction from week to week to keep the pile of the carpet upright vacuuming |
#6040, aired 2010-12-10 | STAIN REMOVAL $400: After cleaning carpet stains with this, use the rest to make a gin fizz & enjoy your clean rug club soda |
#5986, aired 2010-09-27 | RECENT MOVIES $800: Can we talk? A documentary covered a year in the life of this red carpet comedienne: "A Piece of Work" Joan Rivers |
#5953, aired 2010-06-30 | PEOPLES MAGAZINE $2000: A story on a North African people is headlined "There's more to us than" this carpet Berbers |
#5915, aired 2010-05-07 | BRANDS THAT SOUND LIKE VERBS $200: This potato chip brand sounds like it's got some carpet work to do Lay's |
#5902, aired 2010-04-20 | DUMB CRIMINALS $800: Criminals, don't call this "You can do it. We can help" store & ask "How do you get a large quantity of blood out of a carpet?" Home Depot |
#5806, aired 2009-12-07 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $800: In 1926 a "beater bar" was added to this company's product; it tapped the carpet to loosen ground-in dirt Hoover |
#5458, aired 2008-05-07 | COLLEGE SPORTS FILMS $800: The premiere for this 2006 film featured a green carpet, to honor the Thundering Herd We Are Marshall |
#5276, aired 2007-07-16 | POTPOURRI $200: Technically, a carpet is fixed to the floor but one of these lies free a rug |
#5276, aired 2007-07-16 | EVERYDAY TECHNOLOGY $400: (Cheryl of the Clue crew is in the lab.) This trademarked DuPont technology protects each fiber of a carpet to prevent stains; you might know it better from cookware teflon |
#5219, aired 2007-04-26 | MY LIFE IN GAME SHOWS $800: This Toronto native ran a carpet business long before success as the host of "Deal or No Deal" Howie Mandel |
#5035, aired 2006-06-30 | OSCAR NIGHT 2006 $600: She walked the red carpet & walked away with the Best Actress award for her role in "Walk the Line" Reese Witherspoon |
#4989, aired 2006-04-27 | WHAT A GOOD IDEA! $1000: This brand of carpet introduced in 1986 uses Teflon to repel the coffee you just spilled Stainmaster |
#4944, aired 2006-02-23 | BASHIN' FASHION $400: Mr. Blackwell, 2004:
"From cyber disgrace to red carpet chills" with this hotel heiress Paris Hilton |
#4935, aired 2006-02-10 | RED, WHITE OR BLUE $400: It's rolled out at special events for the stars to walk on a red carpet |
#4919, aired 2006-01-19 | SAY THE "MAGIC" WORDS $400: According to the "Arabian Nights", Prince Houssain's could fly a magic carpet |
#4911, aired 2006-01-09 | "CAR" TALK $2000: Cleopatra's unusual mode of transportation when she first met Julius Caesar carpet |
#4828, aired 2005-09-14 | BEASTLY RHYME TIME $200: A carpet for a calico a cat mat |
#4805, aired 2005-06-24 | YOU DON'T BRING ME FLOWERS $1200: A plant that forms a furry carpet on forest floors is known as the club type of this, but isn't a true one a moss |
#4755, aired 2005-04-15 | HELOISE YES! $600: Repotting this warm-weather plant "can be a sticky situation unless you have... carpet scraps to handle" it a cactus |
#4501, aired 2004-03-15 | HEAVY METAL BANDS $800: "Magic Carpet Ride",
"The Pusher",
"Born to Be Wild" Steppenwolf |
#4463, aired 2004-01-21 | AROUND THE HOUSE $1000: If you want Tabriz through your decorating, get a Tabriz, a fancy one of these carpet |
#4377, aired 2003-09-23 | ANIMATED MOVIES $200: This 1992 Disney film features a magic carpet ride through the Cave of Wonders Aladdin |
#4340, aired 2003-06-13 | A FLY CATEGORY $400: A magic flying carpet was a character in this 1992 Disney film Aladdin |
#4208, aired 2002-12-11 | PUNS $800: Cabinet minister: "We must take up the tax". Groucho: "You've got to take up the tacks before you can take up" this the carpet |
#4174, aired 2002-10-24 | HAIR & MAKE-UP $800: Also a style of carpet, this hairstyle consists of overlapping layers shag |
#4136, aired 2002-09-02 | HOMEMAKING $800: Properly speaking, a piece of carpet that isn't wall-to-wall is called this, also a slang term for a toupee a rug |
#3949, aired 2001-11-01 | NAME THE SPORT $100: Carpet, hazards, a windmill, a castle putt-putt (or miniature golf) |
#3924, aired 2001-09-27 | RED $400: Seen here, it's rolled out for important occasions the red carpet |
#3888, aired 2001-06-27 | CALLED ON THE CARPET $200: The 3 main types of woven rugs, velvet, Wilton & Axminster, are made on different types of this machine Loom |
#3888, aired 2001-06-27 | CALLED ON THE CARPET $400: Seen here is an example of the Tabriz school of this geographical type of carpet a Persian rug |
#3888, aired 2001-06-27 | CALLED ON THE CARPET $600: This type of rug covers only part of a room, much less than the same type of "code" Area rug |
#3888, aired 2001-06-27 | CALLED ON THE CARPET $800: This room, seen here, is recognizable partly by its floor covering the Oval Office |
#3888, aired 2001-06-27 | CALLED ON THE CARPET $1000: These large, delicately woven rugs are named for the French village of their manufacture Aubusson |
#3751, aired 2000-12-18 | BACKWORDS $200: Ed leaves pools of water on the carpet when he comes in from sailing this boat Sloop (pools) |
#3543, aired 2000-01-19 | HOME $1000: A heriz is a Persian one Carpet |
#3305, aired 1999-01-08 | COLOR MY WORLD $100: "Roll" this out for all your important visitors Red carpet |
#3194, aired 1998-06-18 | FAMILIAR PHRASES $200: It's where something embarrassing is swept under the rug/carpet |
#3164, aired 1998-05-07 | BEASTLY EXPRESSIONS $400: In other words, "As comfy as an insect in a carpet" as snug as a bug in a rug |
#3077, aired 1998-01-06 | COLORFUL WORDS & PHRASES $400: Along with the keg, this is sometimes "rolled out" at weddings Red carpet |
#3055, aired 1997-12-05 | CLEOPATRA $300: In another great entrance, Cleo was carried to Caesar rolled up in one of these, perhaps wearing nothing but lint Carpet |
#2979, aired 1997-07-10 | ELECTRICITY $200: Walking across a carpet can build up this type of charge caused by stationary electrons Static electricity |
#2915, aired 1997-04-11 | NATURE $400: Though the small species that carpet damp forest areas are more familiar, these plants can grow a yard high Mosses |
#2637, aired 1996-02-06 | CROSSWORD CLUES "R" $200: Welcome mat for a VIP (3,6) a red carpet |
#2607, aired 1995-12-26 | FIRST LADIES $200: In 1954 Alden Hatch published a biography of her titled "Red Carpet for Mamie" Mamie Eisenhower |
#2534, aired 1995-09-14 | QUOTATIONS $200: Prince Charles once said, "I sometimes wonder if two-thirds of the globe is covered in" this color "carpet" red |
#2464, aired 1995-04-27 | INVENTORS $200: Melville Bissell cleaned up with this invention in 1876 carpet sweeper |
#2360, aired 1994-12-02 | HINTS FROM HELOISE $300: If furniture has left indentations in this, put an ice cube in each indentation & let it melt overnight carpet |
#2261, aired 1994-06-06 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $800: In 1986 this chemical company introduced a stain-resistant carpet called Stainmaster DuPont |
#2127, aired 1993-11-30 | SIMPLY "RED" $100: It's what you roll out for important guests Red Carpet |
#2111, aired 1993-11-08 | HINTS FROM HELOISE $1000: Heloise suggests using this mixer on fresh wine stains on the carpet soda water |
#2057, aired 1993-07-13 | RODENTS $200: Its pond lodge may have a shredded-bark carpet & several entranceways a beaver |
#1986, aired 1993-04-05 | HINTS FROM HELOISE $400: Heloise cuts up old carpet into circles that fit these so they won't stick to the bottom of glasses coasters |
#1926, aired 1993-01-11 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $500: The nation's largest chemical company, it's also the largest maker of carpet fiber DuPont |
#1901, aired 1992-12-07 | FOOTWEAR $200: A type of satin, or an item of footwear that can be carpet or ballet a slipper |
#1834, aired 1992-07-16 | FAMOUS NAMES $500: This man invented the carpet sweeper in 1876 to clean up dust in his China shop Bissell |
#1626, aired 1991-09-30 | ODDS & ENDS $100: More than 95% of these floor coverings produced in the U.S. are made by a process called tufting carpet |
#1555, aired 1991-05-10 | THE ARABIAN KNIGHTS $400: It was only about 6 feet square but its asking price was 40 purses of gold a flying carpet |
#1409, aired 1990-10-18 | COMMON BONDS $300: the red carpet,
pie dough,
the barrel things you roll out |
#1327, aired 1990-05-15 | ADAM & EVE $100: When called on the carpet, Adam blamed Eve, & Eve blamed him The Serpent |
#1132, aired 1989-07-04 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: From the Latin for "hair", it's the loops of yarn that form the surface of a carpet pile |
#1001, aired 1989-01-02 | TECHNOLOGY $400: M. Bissell's allergy to the straw dust on his store floor inspired him to invent this in the late 1800s a carpet sweeper |
#910, aired 1988-07-15 | THE ARABIAN NIGHTS $200: In a quest for the rarest object, Prince Houssain found one of these that could fly a flying carpet |
#879, aired 1988-06-02 | GARDENING $800: It's a blanket statement, we'd say ice plant, Aaron's beard & carpet bugle are all good plants for this ground cover |
#832, aired 1988-03-29 | "BROAD" MINDED $200: As a noun or adjective, this refers to carpet broadloom |
#765, aired 1987-12-25 | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS $200: In the "Arabian Nights" tales, Prince Houssain had 1 that could transport him anywhere he desired magic carpet |
#661, aired 1987-06-22 | 4-LETTER WORDS $300: One can be of thumb, carpet, or tie variety a tack |
#634, aired 1987-05-14 | SPORTS LEGENDS $400: This tennis champ is the only woman to have won U.S. singles titles on clay, grass, carpet & hard courts Billie Jean King |
#555, aired 1987-01-23 | RUGS & CARPETS $100: It's rolled out for Queen Elizabeth, Ronald Reagan, & the ducks at Memphis's Peabody Hotel the red carpet |
#555, aired 1987-01-23 | RUGS & CARPETS $300: One was 1st patented
on Sept. 19, 1876 by Melville R. Bissell a carpet sweeper |
#506, aired 1986-11-17 | CAESAREAN SECTION $100: Caesar weed fiber is used in making these; you might roll out a red one for Julius to step on carpet |
#357, aired 1986-01-21 | RUGS & CARPETS $10 (Daily Double): Kind of carpet in title of the following:
"I like to dream /
Yes, yes, right between the sound machine" a magic carpet |
#357, aired 1986-01-21 | RUGS & CARPETS $200: It's peachy keen that this Southern state makes about 60% of all U.S. carpet Georgia |