#8491, aired 2021-10-18 | VERBI"AGE" $2000: To carry a boat overland from one body of water to another portage |
#8290, aired 2020-11-27 | THE ATMOSPHERE $400: Corridors of water vapor such as the Pineapple Express are called atmospheric these & carry more moisture than the Amazon rivers |
#7653, aired 2017-12-13 | THAT'S AMAZING! $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew demonstrates.) Thanks to a phenomenon known as total internal reflection, you can trap a laser beam inside a stream of water, the same principle that enables this type of cable to carry your internet or TV signal a fiber optic cable |
#7385, aired 2016-10-21 | MIDDLE "G" $1600: It's a group of persons organized for a specific purpose, such as a bucket one to carry water to a fire a brigade |
#6864, aired 2014-06-19 | A SOFT TOUCH $1000: A railroad car attached to steam locomotives to carry fuel & water tender |
#6736, aired 2013-12-23 | STREET SMARTS $600: A recessed area at the side of a road to carry off surface water; keep your mind out of it a gutter |
#6729, aired 2013-12-12 | CARRY "WATER" $200: This phrase has been applied to sadistic dripping & to Houdini's escape act from a water tank water torture |
#6729, aired 2013-12-12 | CARRY "WATER" $400: Navy SEAL training includes 5 minutes of doing this--in diving gear & a weight belt, using no hands treading water |
#6729, aired 2013-12-12 | CARRY "WATER" $600: A Chopin etude is named after this natural feature; hear the arpeggios "cascade" up & down the piano a waterfall |
#6729, aired 2013-12-12 | CARRY "WATER" $800: If you start to cry, you "turn on" these the waterworks |
#6729, aired 2013-12-12 | CARRY "WATER" $1000: A land ridge dividing the areas drained by 2 different river systems a watershed |
#6142, aired 2011-05-03 | THE MALE CARES FOR THE YOUNG $800: Males of the poison arrow variety of these amphibians carry the hatched young on their backs to water frogs |
#5500, aired 2008-07-04 | SCIENCE $1200: Like you, dicotyledonous plants have a network of these, but theirs carry food & water veins |
#5430, aired 2008-03-28 | SCIENCE $1000: (Jon of the Clue Crew holds a white rock at White Sands National Monument, New Mexico.) Because it's water-soluble, this form of calcium sulfate is rarely found in sand, but here in New Mexico's Tularosa Basin, there are no rivers to carry it away, so it forms the famed white sand gypsum |
#2856, aired 1997-01-20 | DESERT LIFE $100: These can carry 1,000-pound loads & go for 10 days without water Camels |
#2625, aired 1996-01-19 | BODIES OF WATER $1000: This Venezuelan lake has been dredged so transport ships can carry oil from it Lake Maracaibo |
#1717, aired 1992-02-04 | ANTIQUITIES $100: A hydria is an ancient jar used to carry this, hence its name water |
#11, aired 1990-08-25 | SPELLING $800: The ancient Roman Pont du Gard is an example of this type of bridge built to carry water A-Q-U-E-D-U-C-T |
#1310, aired 1990-04-20 | ARCHAEOLOGY $200: Built by the Romans to carry water near Nimes, France, the Pont du Gard is one of these structures an aqueduct |
#1034, aired 1989-02-16 | ZOOLOGY $200: The desert-dwelling sand grouse uses its feathers to carry this back to its young water |
#486, aired 1986-10-20 | COWBOYS & INDIANS $100: A cowboy used it to fan fires, carry water, & ward off everything from hailstones to low branches his hat |
#464, aired 1986-09-18 | THE DESERT $200: South African desert natives use the large shells of this bird's eggs to carry & store water ostrich |
#344, aired 1986-01-02 | BRIDGES $100: A bridge built to carry water, not people an aqueduct |