| #8893, aired 2023-06-14 | J NOT SOUNDING LIKE JUH $400: This Scandinavian first name that's big in baby carriers means "bear" Bjorn |
| #8863, aired 2023-05-03 | ABOARD THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER $200: Using this type of power, the engines of all 10 U.S. Nimitz-class carriers can go decades without refueling nuclear |
| #8863, aired 2023-05-03 | ABOARD THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER $1000: It's the 8-letter piece of equipment that makes landings possible or a fraternal organization devoted to carriers a tailhook |
| #8791, aired 2023-01-23 | POTENT "P"OTABLES $1200: This type of dark brown British beer is said to have gotten its name from the luggage carriers who drank it a porter |
| #8546, aired 2022-01-03 | AMERICAN POETRY $600: In a Marianne Moore poem, "the lost battalion's gallant bird" is one of these title message carriers a carrier pigeon |
| #8211, aired 2020-04-27 | HOLY SMOKE $1600: Some religious ceremonies feature one of these smoky incense carriers a censer |
| #7901, aired 2019-01-07 | 2 CAN PLAY THAT GAME $400: Carriers have 5 holes & cruisers 3 in this Hasbro game Battleship |
| #7882, aired 2018-12-11 | THE BIG BATTALIONS $400: The U.S. rules the seas with 11 of these mighty ships, more than the rest of the world's fleets combined aircraft carriers |
| #7878, aired 2018-12-05 | VIXEN $800: That vixen may look pettable but be careful--some foxes are carriers of this disease, AKA hydrophobia rabies |
| #7844, aired 2018-10-18 | UNIONS ONLINE $200: In any weather you can visit nalc.org, for the National Association of these Carriers letter carriers |
| #7627, aired 2017-11-07 | KICKING AXIS $3,000 (Daily Double): In this June 1942 battle, Japan lost all 4 of its heavy aircraft carriers & with them, pretty much, the Pacific war Midway |
| #7538, aired 2017-05-24 | AT THE SMITHSONIAN NATIONAL POSTAL MUSEUM $400: In the early days, snow was no problem for rural letter carriers who converted this Ford model into a snowmobile a Model T |
| #7150, aired 2015-10-16 | "CAT"EGORICAL $800: These launch devices on Navy aircraft carriers share their name with ancient military machines catapults |
| #6967, aired 2014-12-23 | NAME BRAND NAMES $800: Baby carriers from Sweden:
Baby ____ Björn |
| #6799, aired 2014-03-20 | LABOR UNIONS $800: When the N.A.L.C., the National Association of these, went on strike in NYC in 1970, soldiers delivered the mail letter carriers |
| #6582, aired 2013-04-09 | DEFENSE ABBREV. $1600: APC:
These, like the M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle armored personnel carriers |
| #6490, aired 2012-11-30 | CLASSIFICATION IS IN $400: Classes of these ships include Kitty Hawk, Enterprise & Nimitz aircraft carriers |
| #6294, aired 2012-01-19 | WEAPONS OF WORLD WAR II $800: Ships in the U.S. Navy's Casablanca class of "escort" these were smaller than their big cousins like the Lexington aircraft carriers |
| #6196, aired 2011-07-18 | WATER CARRIERS $400: One of these channels, built to bring goods by water to Madras, India, took 76 years to finish an canal |
| #6196, aired 2011-07-18 | WATER CARRIERS $1200: Martin Luther King hoped for righteousness to roll down "like a mighty" this, not quite a river a mighty stream |
| #6196, aired 2011-07-18 | WATER CARRIERS $1600: In 1590 Sir Francis Drake built the 17-mile River Leat, one of these channels, bringing water to Plymouth, England an aqueduct |
| #6196, aired 2011-07-18 | WATER CARRIERS $2000: In the 1950s this project opened up a 2,300-mile system of waterways the Saint Lawrence Seaway project |
| #6196, aired 2011-07-18 | WATER CARRIERS $8,200 (Daily Double): The 62-mile Kings River flume in California wasn't built for a theme park but to float these logs |
| #6184, aired 2011-06-30 | AIRCRAFT CARRIER NAMES $600: Aircraft carriers named for stinging insects include the USS Wasp & this one, now a museum the Hornet |
| #6145, aired 2011-05-06 | ISLANDS $600: Sand Island is part of this central Pacific atoll that entered history in June 1942 with the actions of carriers nearby Midway Island |
| #5961, aired 2010-07-12 | WAGES $200: Call off the dogs! & the snow, rain & heat--the folks who carry this for a living make an average of $46,970 a year mail |
| #5888, aired 2010-03-31 | SNACKS ON A PLANE $400: Allergy concerns have caused most carriers to discontinue these snacks, but Northwest still serves 'em peanuts |
| #5845, aired 2010-01-29 | THE U.S. SENATE $1200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the deck of the USS John C. Stennis.) Several aircraft carriers are named for presidents; this one's named for John C. Stennis, who chaired this defense-oriented U.S. Senate committee from 1969 to 1980 the Armed Services Committee |
| #5802, aired 2009-12-01 | "TU" MUCH $800: On U.S. aircraft carriers, power comes from nuclear reactors & these steam-powered rotary engines turbines |
| #5699, aired 2009-05-21 | "J" PEG $800: The surname of this apostle might be from a radical secret society of "dagger carriers" Judas Iscariot |
| #5654, aired 2009-03-19 | HARD STUFF $1600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the bridge of the USS John C. Stennis in San Diego, CA.) USS John C. Stennis is one of this class of carrier named for an admiral under whose command carriers like Yorktown & Enterprise fought in WWII Nimitz |
| #5635, aired 2009-02-20 | THE HUSTLER $600: HMH-772, call name "Hustler", is a Marine Corps squadron of these craft helicopters |
| #5621, aired 2009-02-02 | ABOARD AN AIRCRAFT CARRIER $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the USS John C. Stennis in San Diego, CA.) Often, the first jets sent up, E-2Cs, provide early warning & detection to carriers & bear this name of a "Last of the Mohicans" character Hawkeye |
| #5604, aired 2009-01-08 | LET'S REMOVE YOUR GALLBLADDER $800: Risks? bleeding from the cystic one of these carriers of oxygenated blood, I guess,-almost never happens... arteries |
| #5593, aired 2008-12-24 | THEY GOT STRUCK $400: For the first time in 195 years, by the National Association of Letter Carriers in 1970 the U.S. Postal Service |
| #5382, aired 2008-01-22 | POSTAL POTPOURRI $200: In 1661 Britain's Henry Bishop introduced this, showing only day & month, to monitor lazy letter carriers a postmark |
| #5167, aired 2007-02-13 | CROSSWORD CLUES "C" $400: Gene carriers (11) chromosomes |
| #5078, aired 2006-10-11 | LET'S PLAY POST OFFICE $800: In 2002 the Post Office reported that more than 3,000 letter carriers suffered injury due to these dog bites |
| #4896, aired 2005-12-19 | WE WANNA KNOW "Y" $800: The Navy has had 2 aircraft carriers with this Revolutionary War name; the first was sunk at Midway Yorktown |
| #4874, aired 2005-11-17 | PIERCED NAVAL HISTORY $2000: In October 1944, this admiral nicknamed "Bull" sank 4 Japanese carriers off Luzon's Cape Engano Halsey |
| #4757, aired 2005-04-19 | PSYCHOLOGY $2000: Behaviorist Clark Hull reduced motivations to needs like hunger, which he gave this "transporting" term drives |
| #4481, aired 2004-02-16 | TECH TOPICS $400: A rule that went into effect November 24, 2003 allows a cell phone user to keep this when switching carriers telephone number |
| #4371, aired 2003-09-15 | ON THE "ITZ" $1000: A class of aircraft carriers bears the name of this commander of the U.S. Pacific fleet during WWII Nimitz |
| #4313, aired 2003-05-07 | DOGGY BAG $800: These keg-carriers were once known simply as hospice dogs Saint Bernards |
| #4233, aired 2003-01-15 | CARRIERS $400: These are carried on ocean liners to carry groups of survivors lifeboats |
| #4233, aired 2003-01-15 | CARRIERS $2000: Mercury's counterpart, this Greek messenger of the gods carries a caduceus Hermes |
| #3857, aired 2001-05-15 | FAST FOOD HAIKU $500: Ultimate deep dish/
hand tossed & crunchy thin crust/
Heatwave carriers Domino's |
| #3828, aired 2001-04-04 | WHATSITS, DOOHICKEYS, THINGAMABOBS $500: It's a trough used by "carriers" for carrying bricks Hod |
| #3613, aired 2000-04-26 | UNION LABELS $300: The NALC, National Association of these, says its members each deliver 41.5 tons of mail a year Letter Carriers |
| #3597, aired 2000-04-04 | "A.C." $200: The U.S. Navy has 12 of these equipped with steam-driven catapults aircraft carriers |
| #3425, aired 1999-06-25 | LABOR $500: The NALC is the "National Association of" these, & you have to give them their postage due Letter Carriers |
| #3139, aired 1998-04-02 | LAUNCH THIS! $300: The device that launches planes from aircraft carriers is named for this medieval rock-thrower a catapult |
| #2976, aired 1997-07-07 | INVENTIONS $200: In 1870 Mattie Knight patented a machine that folded flat bottoms on these grocery carriers Paper/shopping bags |
| #2975, aired 1997-07-04 | HISTORY OF THE SEAS $500: In June 1942 U.S. dive bombers sank 3 Japanese aircraft carriers at this central Pacific battle Midway |
| #2884, aired 1997-02-27 | GENERAL SCIENCE $1000: In 1905 this physicist proposed that photons were the carriers of electromagnetic energy Albert Einstein |
| #2865, aired 1997-01-31 | TRANSPORTATION $200: A 1935 act of Congress gave this agency, the ICC, authority over motor carriers & drivers Interstate Commerce Commission |
| #2656, aired 1996-03-04 | TRANSPORTATION $300: Trucking companies called common carriers have operating certificates from this federal commission the Interstate Commerce Commission |
| #2411, aired 1995-02-13 | HEALTH & MEDICINE $800: While women are the carriers of this hereditary bleeding disorder, they rarely develop it themselves hemophilia |
| #2387, aired 1995-01-10 | CASES & CARRIERS $100: They're slung over a horse or motorcycle saddlebags |
| #2387, aired 1995-01-10 | CASES & CARRIERS $200: French term for a briefcase attache |
| #2387, aired 1995-01-10 | CASES & CARRIERS $300: The 2 colors of Ella Fitzgerald's "A-Tisket A-Tasket" basket green & yellow |
| #2387, aired 1995-01-10 | CASES & CARRIERS $400: It's what an Aussie usually carries in his tucker bag food |
| #2387, aired 1995-01-10 | CASES & CARRIERS $500: This large trunk with a curved lid is named for a city in New York Saratoga (Springs) |
| #2159, aired 1994-01-13 | MILITARY SLANG $400: These huge naval ships have been referred to as bird boats aircraft carriers |
| #2040, aired 1993-06-18 | INSECTS $200: The chief insect carriers of encephalitis are the Culex & Aedes types of this insect mosquitoes |
| #1981, aired 1993-03-29 | TRANSPORTATION $500 (Daily Double): In 1991 this Fort Worth-based airline led all U.S. carriers in passenger miles flown American Airlines |
| #1981, aired 1993-03-29 | GEOGRAPHY $800: In the 1942 battle for this atoll, the Japanese lost 4 aircraft carriers & a heavy cruiser to the U.S. Midway |
| #1904, aired 1992-12-10 | INSECTS $200: Many of these insects in the genus Aedes are carriers of yellow fever a mosquito |
| #1688, aired 1991-12-25 | U.S. NAVY $500: During the 1950s the Navy named a class of aircraft carriers for this 1st Defense Sec'y James Forrestal |
| #1535, aired 1991-04-12 | INSECTS $100: People get yellow fever from these disease carriers a mosquito |
| #1535, aired 1991-04-12 | THE POST OFFICE $100: The post office says mail carriers have suffered almost 20,000 bites from these animals in the past 3 years dogs |
| #958, aired 1988-11-02 | SKUNKS $500: Skunks are the major carriers of this disease in the continental U.S. rabies |
| #935, aired 1988-09-30 | TRANSPORTATION $2,000 (Daily Double): The largest ships afloat are these oil tankers (supertankers) |
| #888, aired 1988-06-15 | TRAVEL TIPS $200: Tourists in the tropics beware: dark clothing--& maybe talking too much --can attract these malaria carriers (anopheles) mosquitoes |
| #620, aired 1987-04-24 | "A.C." $300: The Enterprise & the Nimitz, for example aircraft carriers |
| #264, aired 1985-09-12 | ARMED FORCES $300: The Enterprise, Kitty Hawk, Nimitz, Midway, & Forrestal are the 5 classes of these aircraft carriers |
| #55, aired 1984-11-23 | WEAPONS $1000: The extras in operas spear carriers |
