| #9083, aired 2024-04-17 | INVENTORS & INVENTIONS $400: In the 19-teens August Fruehauf attached trailers to cars to haul lumber & attached this prefix to "trailer" semi |
| #9075, aired 2024-04-05 | 20th CENTURY LASTS $800: The 1998 Lada Niva was the last model started using this; U.S. carmakers abandoned it after a 1908 injury led to a fatality a hand crank |
| #9064, aired 2024-03-21 | THERE WILL BE A TEST ON THIS $400: An evasive maneuver test for cars in Sweden bears the name of these deer you would definitely want to avoid when driving moose |
| #9056, aired 2024-03-11 | ON WHEELS $400: The wheels on this hippie-mobile go round & round, like on the one George Carlin voiced in "Cars" a VW Microbus |
| #9054, aired 2024-03-07 | UNUSUAL NICKNAMES $200: You can see why BMW E24 6 cars were dubbed this predatory creature's nose a shark |
| #9049, aired 2024-02-29 | COMPOUND WORDS $400: Today, fewer cars have this installed from the factory; you'll pay extra to have one put in to stash your gum wrappers an ashtray |
| #9028, aired 2024-01-31 | TECH TALK $800: The accepted levels of this technology go from 0 (a 1978 Buick Regal) to 5 (no pedals; doesn't exist yet) self-driving cars |
| #9022, aired 2024-01-23 | THESE STARS SOUND LIKE CARS $200: Henry in "Regarding Henry" & Branch Rickey in "42" are 2 more sedentary roles of this star of many action flicks Harrison Ford |
| #9022, aired 2024-01-23 | THESE STARS SOUND LIKE CARS $400: This "SNL" vet played world-wise golf aficionado Ty Webb in "Caddyshack" Chevy Chase |
| #9022, aired 2024-01-23 | THESE STARS SOUND LIKE CARS $600: This Brit seen here rolled over many a Zombie as Rick on "The Walking Dead" Andrew Lincoln |
| #9022, aired 2024-01-23 | THESE STARS SOUND LIKE CARS $800: She's known for her roles in TV comedies like "Ally McBeal" & "Arrested Development" Portia de Rossi |
| #9022, aired 2024-01-23 | THESE STARS SOUND LIKE CARS $1000: First name of Oscar-winning actresses Ruehl & McCambridge Mercedes |
| #9018, aired 2024-01-17 | U.S. STAMPS $400: The "Pony Cars" series features 5 classic sporty autos, including this Ford model that inspired the term a Mustang |
| #9001, aired 2023-12-25 | HOBBIES $2,000 (Daily Double): It's a period in British history, or a hobby involving refurbishing old cars the Restoration |
| #21, aired 2023-11-29 | ALONG FOR THE RIDE $600: The animal rights organization Trunks & Leaves says it's okay to ride these in national parks (cars are worse for the environment) an elephant |
| #20, aired 2023-11-15 | SAD SONGS $1000: You hardly notice that this Simon & Garfunkel song has no rhymes; maybe you're busy counting the cars on the New Jersey turnpike "America" |
| #8953, aired 2023-10-18 | MIRRORS $600: Before the advent of this device in the 1911 Indy 500, passengers called riding mechanics watched for cars coming up behind rearview mirror |
| #8934, aired 2023-09-21 | PAST HISTORY $200: William Hedley invented Puffing Billy, this type of locomotive, which began pulling coal cars in 1813 a steam engine (steam locomotive) |
| #8925, aired 2023-07-28 | REAL FAST $1000: Driving jet-propelled cars, Craig Breedlove repeatedly broke the world land speed record at this Utah spot in the 1960s Bonneville (Salt) Flats |
| #8921, aired 2023-07-24 | MAKEOVERS $400: A few things added to cars on this show hosted by Xzibit: a fish tank, a fireplace, a Sistine Chapel-like ceiling Pimp My Ride |
| #8918, aired 2023-07-19 | GET YOUR KICKS ON ROUTE 66 $800: Lester Dill, who ran Missouri's Meramec Caverns, was one of the 1st to use this form of advertising on cars; in the '30s they were tied on bumper stickers |
| #8908, aired 2023-07-05 | OPPOSITES $600: The opposite of active, or a verb for what cars do in standstill traffic idle |
| #8905, aired 2023-06-30 | SPORTS ROOKIES $1000: In 1959, long before he voiced "The King" in "Cars", this racing legend was NASCAR's Rookie of the Year Richard Petty |
| #8895, aired 2023-06-16 | GREASE & ROAM $1000: Used in cars with stick shifts, gear oil protects meshing moving parts after a driver releases this pedal the clutch |
| #9, aired 2023-05-15 | ABBREV. $800: The dealer is legally free to sell at a lower or higher cost, but cars have an MSRP, short for this manufacturer's suggested retail price |
| #7, aired 2023-05-12 | PRESENT COMPANY ACCEPTED $200: In 2023 this company announced price cuts on its cars, including a $19,000 discount on the Model X Plaid Tesla |
| #6, aired 2023-05-10 | CAR STUFF $1000: This British automaker teamed up with its competitor Healey to produce classic '50s sports cars like the Sprite Austin |
| #8864, aired 2023-05-04 | A SPECIAL TRAIN CAR $400: Dating from 1916, the Cannery Row one of these train-ending cars is an attraction in Monterey, California a caboose |
| #8864, aired 2023-05-04 | A SPECIAL TRAIN CAR $1600: These cars named for the architectural shape up top were the ultimate in mid-century luxury & great views a dome car |
| #8864, aired 2023-05-04 | A SPECIAL TRAIN CAR $6,000 (Daily Double): An epically terrible trip from Buffalo to Westfield, N.Y. inspired this man to create the comfy rail cars named for him (George) Pullman |
| #8862, aired 2023-05-02 | A JR. IN ENTERTAINMENT $800: The fans' choice as NASCAR's Most Popular Driver 15 straight times, he voiced himself--well, a version of himself--in "Cars" Dale Earnhardt Jr. |
| #8855, aired 2023-04-21 | YOU DRIVE $1000: At NASCAR races the driver of this car leads the field to the start & also keeps the cars at the right speed on pit road the pace car |
| #8848, aired 2023-04-12 | LOST WITH THE TITANIC $1600: A brand new 1912 Renault one of these cars, from French for "cut" & "town" a Coupe DeVille |
| #8835, aired 2023-03-24 | THE WWE $200: (Kofi Kingston presents the clue.) "Awesome" doesn't even begin to describe this WWE legend; billed at 7'4" & 500 pounds he loved practical jokes & would move his friends' small cars at night--yes, move, & not drive André the Giant |
| #8825, aired 2023-03-10 | HODGEPODGE $400: With no combustion engine, electric cars may have a frunk, a combo of these 2 words a front trunk |
| #8809, aired 2023-02-16 | CARS BY THE NUMBER $200: It follows "RAV" & precedes "Runner" in the names of Toyota models 4 |
| #8809, aired 2023-02-16 | CARS BY THE NUMBER $400: It makes models called A4, A5, A6, A7... I'm seeing a pattern here Audi |
| #8809, aired 2023-02-16 | CARS BY THE NUMBER $600: The 2005 Chevy Corvette C6 introduced a new GM engine with a capacity of 6.0 of these metric units liters |
| #8809, aired 2023-02-16 | CARS BY THE NUMBER $800: This company has made 7 generations of its 3 series, including the 330i sedan BMW |
| #8809, aired 2023-02-16 | CARS BY THE NUMBER $1000: Oldsmobile called a classic muscle car the 4-4-2 because it had a 4-barrel carburetor, 4-speed this, & 2 exhaust pipes transmission |
| #11, aired 2023-01-19 | THOMAS EDISON $200: Edison was good friends with this industrialist, who hoped to use Edison's nickel-iron batteries to power his cars Ford |
| #8783, aired 2023-01-11 | HORSES ON WHEELS $200: In the 21st century this equine term is still a common unit for cars; the Maserati MC20 boasts 621 in its V-6 horsepower |
| #8774, aired 2022-12-29 | DON'T GET... $400: ...one of the unsatisfactory cars known by this fruity term a lemon |
| #8772, aired 2022-12-27 | ALBUM COVERS $1200: Alberto Vargas painted model Candy Moore posing on a Ferrari for this band's "Candy-O" The Cars |
| #8770, aired 2022-12-23 | THAT WAS MY HOME $1000: The manor, 56,500 sq. feet with room to park 100 cars, belonged to this mega-producer of "Beverly Hills, 90210" & "Dynasty" Spelling |
| #8736, aired 2022-11-07 | THAT '70s OR '80s SHOW $1000: This TV legend kind of got busted from captain down to sgt. as T.J. Hooker, but he did get to jump on the hoods of moving cars! Shatner |
| #7, aired 2022-11-06 | BIG ____ $300: Step right up, ladies & gents; from acrobats to clown cars, we've got it all inside this structure the big top |
| #8719, aired 2022-10-13 | THE AUTOMOTIVE WORLD $2000: Seen here is an iconic model from this French company, making cars since 1919 a Citroën |
| #3, aired 2022-10-09 | A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN $400: It was founded in Daytona Beach in 1948 to organize races for "stock" or production line cars NASCAR |
| #3, aired 2022-10-09 | TECHNOLOGY $1200: Since 2019 a feature called Autopilot has been standard on new cars from this company such as Model S & Model 3 Teslas |
| #8712, aired 2022-10-04 | THE 50 STATES $1000: Step back in time on this Michigan island where cars are banned & horses, buggies & bikes are the means of transportation Mackinac (Island) |
| #8684, aired 2022-07-14 | TV SHOWS BY EPISODE TITLE $1000: "Riding in Town Cars with Boys" &
"The Unblairable Lightness of Being" Gossip Girl |
| #8679, aired 2022-07-07 | FROM THE SPEEDWAY $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from the Las Vegas Motor Speedway.) Yes, there are speed limits in NASCAR; at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, it's 45 miles per hour on this road where cars are serviced the pit (road) |
| #8677, aired 2022-07-05 | 19th CENTURY TECHNOLOGY $400: Born into slavery, Andrew Beard invented a steam engine & an automatic coupler, which joined these transports train cars |
| #8671, aired 2022-06-27 | BUSINESS NAMES $800: After having trouble with his Ferrari, this guy, first name Ferruccio, began making his own luxury sports cars Lamborghini |
| #8664, aired 2022-06-16 | CLASSIC CARS $400: This 8-letter avian word describes the doors on the 1954 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL coupe gullwing |
| #8664, aired 2022-06-16 | CLASSIC CARS $800: Company founder & namesake Enzo had to give approval in order for someone to purchase one of its 250 GTOs Ferrari |
| #8664, aired 2022-06-16 | CLASSIC CARS $1200: In 2018 this doozy of an American car sold for $22 million; previous owners include Gary Cooper a Duesenberg |
| #8664, aired 2022-06-16 | CLASSIC CARS $1600: In "The Spy Who Loved Me", James Bond had esprit with this carmaker's Esprit--it converted into a submarine a Lotus |
| #8664, aired 2022-06-16 | CLASSIC CARS $2000: Here's a real beauty from the 1960s, this hyphenated British make's 3000 an Austin-Healey |
| #8659, aired 2022-06-09 | DRINK UP POP CULTURE $400: This host of "Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee" has drunk some Joe with Margaret Cho & Jay Leno Seinfeld |
| #8655, aired 2022-06-03 | IN THE WORLD CAPITAL $1000: We'd love to take one of the cars in its Royal Automobile Museum for a spin, maybe 3 hours north to another capital, Damascus Amman |
| #8638, aired 2022-05-11 | WHAT'S THAT SONG CALLED? $1600: "Red lights, stop signs, I still see your face in the white cars, front yards" "Drivers License" |
| #8610, aired 2022-04-01 | HOOD ORNAMENTS $1600: This word preceded 88 in a line of early muscle cars from Oldsmobile, & here's one on the hood a rocket |
| #8604, aired 2022-03-24 | CLASSIC CARS $200: Wilhelm Karmann used the chassis & engine of this company's utilitarian Bug for its much more stylish Karmann Ghia Volkswagen |
| #8604, aired 2022-03-24 | CLASSIC CARS $400: The "XK" in the name of this British maker's famed XK-E refers to its engine, the 11th in the X series Jaguar |
| #8604, aired 2022-03-24 | CLASSIC CARS $600: After Peugeot complained it had patented a three-digit model number, Porsche added 10 to get this now classic model 911 |
| #8604, aired 2022-03-24 | CLASSIC CARS $800: Road & Track called this Chevy classic "America's sports car" Corvette |
| #8604, aired 2022-03-24 | CLASSIC CARS $1000: The take-off ready tail fins of a 1959 classic from this maker are seen here Cadillac |
| #8585, aired 2022-02-25 | THAT INVENTION IS ELECTRIC $1600: In 1859 Gaston Planté developed "the accumulator", a world-changing one of these found in many cars today a battery |
| #14, aired 2022-02-17 | CHECK OUT MY RIDE! $600: As its name hints, around 1900 the Lohner-Porsche Mixte was the first of these cars that gained popularity 100 years later a hybrid |
| #8566, aired 2022-01-31 | STATE CAPITAL HISTORY $200: A famous speedway was built to test cars for this city's many early 20th c. automakers, like the National Motor Vehicle Company Indianapolis |
| #8559, aired 2022-01-20 | LIGHTS! CAMERA! $400: These are mandatory in newer cars, but you can install an aftermarket one like the Auto-Vox Cs-2 in your 1994 Chevy Corsica a reverse camera |
| #8557, aired 2022-01-18 | INTERNATIONAL CARS $400: This Italian company took over Chrysler in 2009 Fiat |
| #8557, aired 2022-01-18 | INTERNATIONAL CARS $800: The 300 SL model from this German automaker featured gull-wing doors Mercedes |
| #8557, aired 2022-01-18 | INTERNATIONAL CARS $1200: Japan's Nissan Corp. phased out this brand in 1981, then brought it back in 2012 Datsun |
| #8557, aired 2022-01-18 | INTERNATIONAL CARS $1600: Tata Motors is this Asian nation's largest auto company India |
| #8557, aired 2022-01-18 | INTERNATIONAL CARS $2,000 (Daily Double): This car was first imported to the U.S. in the 1980s; the factory that made them was destroyed by NATO bombing in 1999 a Yugo |
| #8556, aired 2022-01-17 | 20th CENTURY AMERICA $1600: Named for a god, this line of cars from Ford got cooler when James Dean drove one in "Rebel Without a Cause' a Mercury |
| #8513, aired 2021-11-17 | IT'S A NEW MACHINE $600: Even full-size cars became compact & easily removed as the Al-Jon Co. started making these alliterative machines in the '60s car crushers |
| #8497, aired 2021-10-26 | CAR PARTS APART FROM CARS $200: 3-letter edge of a glass rim |
| #8497, aired 2021-10-26 | CAR PARTS APART FROM CARS $400: As a verb, it means to grip tightly; as a noun, it's a woman's small purse clutch |
| #8497, aired 2021-10-26 | CAR PARTS APART FROM CARS $600: Isiah Thomas & Bill Laimbeer were "Bad Boys" for this team the (Detroit) Pistons |
| #8497, aired 2021-10-26 | CAR PARTS APART FROM CARS $800: It's another word for a wool scarf muffler |
| #8497, aired 2021-10-26 | CAR PARTS APART FROM CARS $1000: An unlawful beating of a person battery |
| #8493, aired 2021-10-20 | BOATS & SHIPS $200: Electric boats are taking off like electric cars & 30 of these speed units is a common performance benchmark knots |
| #8491, aired 2021-10-18 | DISNEY SONGS $400: "Life Is A Highway", according to Rascal Flatts in a song used in this animated film Cars |
| #8487, aired 2021-10-12 | WHO DIRECTED IT? $400: "Riding in Cars with Boys",
"Awakenings" (Penny) Marshall |
| #8465, aired 2021-08-13 | THINK BIG! $600: With eight lanes for cars & two for trains, this Down Under city's iconic bridge seen here is one of the world's widest Sydney |
| #8448, aired 2021-07-21 | 15 MINUTES OR LESS $200: Nic Cage & Angelina Jolie make cars disappear in this title length of time in a 2000 film 60 seconds |
| #8437, aired 2021-07-06 | STREET ART $200: The Ecuador-born artist known as Lady Pink became famous for painting on these transports in New York City, 1979-1985 subway cars |
| #8433, aired 2021-06-30 | MAGAZINES $1600: This magazine once known for featuring cars & boats has a breakthrough award for innovations like bacteria-powered batteries Popular Mechanics |
| #8431, aired 2021-06-28 | THE CARS $200: In 1997 Toyota introduced this model, the world's first mass-produced hybrid-powered vehicle the Prius |
| #8431, aired 2021-06-28 | THE CARS $400: This interior panel evolved from a piece of wood attached to a carriage that prevented mud from splattering the driver the dashboard |
| #8431, aired 2021-06-28 | THE CARS $600: For the 2016 James Bond movie "Spectre", this British automaker built a new model, the DB10, especially for the film Aston Martin |
| #8431, aired 2021-06-28 | THE CARS $800: The adventures of this Ford model named for Ford's estate lasted from 1955 through 1970 when the name was dropped in the U.S. the Fairlane |
| #8431, aired 2021-06-28 | THE CARS $1000: A status symbol of the time, some say this company's Bearcat put the "roar" in the Roaring Twenties Stutz |
| #8430, aired 2021-06-25 | 7-LETTER WORDS $1200: This adjective for a mass of ice often describes a slow pace, like of cars in a traffic jam glacial |
| #8415, aired 2021-06-04 | CINEMATIC CITIES & TOWNS $800: Much of this 2006 animated film takes place in Radiator Springs Cars |
| #8405, aired 2021-05-21 | PAINTING, NOT THE ART KIND $200: Earl Scheib started making money painting these in the 1930s at the corner of Whitworth & Fairfax in Los Angeles cars |
| #8366, aired 2021-03-29 | YOU'LL EAT THOSE WORDS $400: In "Rebel Without a Cause", James Dean & a rival play this in speeding cars, with unfortunate results chicken |
| #8358, aired 2021-03-17 | '90s NONFICTION $800: Adlai Stevenson & big fins on cars appear in David Halberstam's '90s book about this earlier decade the '50s |
| #8354, aired 2021-03-11 | NBA LOGOS $1000: This team's logo has a chrome outline to symbolize muscle cars the Detroit Pistons |
| #8314, aired 2021-01-14 | WEE-POURRI $1000: Now owned by Mattel, they began rolling off the assembly line in the 1950s & were named for their small cardboard containers Matchbox cars |
| #8290, aired 2020-11-27 | PALINDROMES $400: In 2019 Kelley Blue Book named this Honda coupe Best Buy of the Year among compact cars a Civic |
| #8283, aired 2020-11-18 | V.O. INITIALS $600: Mater in "Cars":
L.T.C.G. Larry the Cable Guy |
| #8256, aired 2020-10-12 | I'LL TURN IT $1200: Before the steering wheel caught on, American cars of the 1890s were steered by turning this device, like on a boat a tiller |
| #8223, aired 2020-05-27 | SCIENCE NOW! $2000: Developers of this hyphenated type of battery that powers smartphones & electric cars won the 2019 Nobel Chemistry Prize lithium-ion |
| #8222, aired 2020-05-26 | SONG SUNG BLUE $1200: That Dishwalla song from the '90s that says, "Tell me all your thoughts on God" is actually titled "Counting Blue" these "Cars" |
| #8216, aired 2020-05-18 | CORPORATE SCANDALS WITH DAVID FABER $1200: (David Faber of CNBC presents the clue.) TDI Clean Diesel turned out to be an oxymoron in 2015 when the EPA revealed that emissions tests were tampered with by this company & millions of cars were recalled Volkswagen |
| #8214, aired 2020-04-30 | BROKEN ENGLISH $800: Numbers that have been summed & cars that have been wrecked beyond repair have been this totaled |
| #8187, aired 2020-03-24 | CAR "MA" $600: In 1914 a brand name was born when he raced cars up Aston Hill (Lionel) Martin |
| #8187, aired 2020-03-24 | CAR "MA" $1000: This last name of Mercedes designer Wilhelm follows Mercedes in the name of a very upscale line of cars Maybach |
| #8158, aired 2020-02-12 | DAYTONA 500 GRAND MARSHALS $200: 2017 Grand Marshal Owen Wilson is the voice of this "Cars" car Lightning McQueen |
| #8155, aired 2020-02-07 | CARS $200: Chrysler, General Motors & this are the "Big 3" automakers Ford |
| #8155, aired 2020-02-07 | CARS $400: With a Latin name meaning "I roll", this Swedish automaker began rolling out its cars in 1927 Volvo |
| #8155, aired 2020-02-07 | CARS $600: This maker of the Impreza says that 97% of its vehicles sold in the last 10 years are still on the road today Subaru |
| #8155, aired 2020-02-07 | CARS $800: Headquartered in Munich, it built aircraft engines before transitioning to motorcycles & cars BMW |
| #8155, aired 2020-02-07 | CARS $1000: A charging bull graces the hood of the Aventador, a model of this Italian sports car Lamborghini |
| #8152, aired 2020-02-04 | GIVE US ONE LETTER $1000: In 1927 Ford introduced its next generation of cars, the model this A |
| #8148, aired 2020-01-29 | THE WORLD ALMANAC 2020 $1000: In 1950 the U.S. manufactured more than 75% of the world's these; in 2018, 12% cars |
| #8142, aired 2020-01-21 | SPACES $1000: In the 1970s Ed Mullinax Ford in Amherst, Ohio had the world's largest one of these indoor spaces, holding 120 cars a showroom |
| #8129, aired 2020-01-02 | NEW YORK CITY MUSEUMS $600: Fun house mirrors & vintage bumper cars are part of the collection celebrating this iconic amusement area in Brooklyn Coney Island |
| #8115, aired 2019-12-13 | 3-LETTER WORDS $600: Water begins to form on plants & cars at this "point", the temperature at which the atmosphere is saturated with water vapor dew |
| #8114, aired 2019-12-12 | CRUSHIN' IT! $1000: In movies & on TV, crushers of these are often seen at junkyards; OverBuilt LLC makes one with 10' jaws & 159 tons of crushing power cars |
| #8108, aired 2019-12-04 | MODERN ACTIVISM $2000: This political movement fighting income inequality is named for emergency items required in cars by French law yellow vests |
| #8104, aired 2019-11-28 | DICTATOR TOTS $800: Marko Milosevic, son of the former leader of this country, is said to have crashed over 20 luxury cars Serbia |
| #8093, aired 2019-11-13 | SOCIOLOGY $400: Marked by things like expensive cars or homes, this type of "symbol" of social rank comes from the Latin for "to stand" a status symbol |
| #8090, aired 2019-11-08 | REVELATIONS $1200: In 2015 it was revealed that this automaker had programmed 11 million cars to cheat on emissions tests Volkswagen |
| #8050, aired 2019-09-13 | SAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE $400: Railing against these machines, philosopher C.E.M. Joad said, "The only way to see the country is to walk in it" cars (automobiles) |
| #8045, aired 2019-07-26 | 2 VERBS IN ONE $200: To travel by taking rides from passing cars hitchhike |
| #8043, aired 2019-07-24 | FAREWELLS $800: Initially "A Different Kind of Company" with cars built in Tennessee, it was phased out by GM beginning in 2007 Saturn |
| #8038, aired 2019-07-17 | FAKE GNUS $1600: Chevy didn't name one of its cars after a gnu but after this swift creature, one of the most common ruminants in Africa an impala |
| #8031, aired 2019-07-08 | "J"-6 $600: A chapter on used cars in "The Grapes of Wrath" uses this word for a rundown auto a jalopy |
| #8024, aired 2019-06-27 | BUSINESS PAIRS $600: Fancy British cars were born after 1904, when Charles Stewart Rolls got into business with this Henry Royce |
| #8004, aired 2019-05-30 | REPLICAS $600: Near Alliance, Nebraska, 39 old cars arranged in a circle replicate this monument across the pond Stonehenge |
| #7991, aired 2019-05-13 | 3 OF A KIND $400: Fiesta,
Falcon,
Fusion Ford vehicles |
| #7981, aired 2019-04-29 | WHEELY GOOD $1200: These toy cars from Mattel have been satisfying kids' needs for speed since 1968 Hot Wheels |
| #7975, aired 2019-04-19 | AUTO-BIOGRAPHIES $1200: Referring to cars' tails, a book on designer Harley Earl has this fishy 4-letter title Fins |
| #7951, aired 2019-03-18 | 15-LETTER WORDS $1200: This quality of small cars makes them easy to handle, particularly in small spaces maneuverability |
| #7940, aired 2019-03-01 | "E"PONYMOUS $1200: This eponymic line of cars debuted in 1957 & departed with its 1960 model the Edsel |
| #7918, aired 2019-01-30 | FLYING CARS? $400: Lamborghini's Reventon was inspired by the F-22 Raptor, this kind of fighter designed to evade detection a stealth fighter |
| #7918, aired 2019-01-30 | FLYING CARS? $800: The U.S. Air Force show squadron rolled off the assembly line in 1953; the popular Fords, a year later the Thunderbird |
| #7918, aired 2019-01-30 | FLYING CARS? $1200: GM added "Le" to the name of the F-86 fighter jet to get the name of this Buick model LeSabre |
| #7918, aired 2019-01-30 | FLYING CARS? $1600: To Dodge, it's a minivan; to Cessna, it's a turboprop; in the desert, it's a group of travelers a Caravan |
| #7918, aired 2019-01-30 | FLYING CARS? $2000: Giovanni Michelotti designed the Spitfire, a real winner in the '60s for this British car brand Triumph |
| #7892, aired 2018-12-25 | CAR TALK $800: (Here's Jay Leno with the clue.) At a time when most cars had huge engines & heavy bodies, the speedy & nimble 1913 Mercer Raceabout pioneered the sports car by pairing a small engine with a lightweight one of these; it's a French word for a car's frame, hmmm chassis |
| #7878, aired 2018-12-05 | 3-LETTER BIZ $400: Sending a parcel? You've got some 3-letter choices, including DHL & this shipper with its brown "package cars" UPS |
| #7861, aired 2018-11-12 | THEME PARKS $1200: The Slinky Dog Dash Coaster coils through the new Disney World land named for this movie Toy Story |
| #7854, aired 2018-11-01 | WRITERS' OTHER GIGS $800: In "Breakfast of Champions", Dwayne Hoover sells these, just like Kurt Vonnegut once did cars |
| #7849, aired 2018-10-25 | FICTIONAL BOOKS IN BOOKS $1600: An angry fan makes Paul Sheldon destroy his own manuscript for the novel "Fast Cars" in this Stephen King book Misery |
| #7841, aired 2018-10-15 | DRIVING $400: Cruising around Phoenix--that driver must be awfully short--oh, it's Waymo, Google's version of these self-driving cars |
| #7841, aired 2018-10-15 | DRIVING $800: To make driving safer, all new cars sold in the U.S. since 1998 require driver & front passenger ones air bags |
| #7829, aired 2018-09-27 | BANDITS $2000: Alliterative & appropriate nickname of Colton Harris-Moore, who stole planes, boats & cars, but not shoes the Barefoot Bandit |
| #7828, aired 2018-09-26 | VIDEO GAMES $200: This company's "Infinity" allowed you to play characters from "The Incredibles" & "Cars", to name a few Disney |
| #7805, aired 2018-07-13 | A STREETCAR $200: This city isn't just about cable cars; its classic Muni streetcars run past the historic piers San Francisco |
| #7776, aired 2018-06-04 | MOTORCYCLES $400: Also known for its cars, in 2017 this Japanese company produced its 100 millionth Super Cub series motorcycle Honda |
| #7776, aired 2018-06-04 | THE OLD 3, 4 $2000: This term for full speed is the title of a BBC TV show about cars Top Gear |
| #7774, aired 2018-05-31 | TV & MOVIE COMMON BONDS $1000: Herbie,
General Lee,
Black Beauty cars |
| #7766, aired 2018-05-21 | JEFF BRIDGES $600: In "Tucker: The Man & His Dream", Jeff is the man & manufacturing these is the dream cars |
| #7765, aired 2018-05-18 | HOME ROOM $1000: The kitchen named for this man is long & narrow, just like the kind you would find on one of his train cars Pullman |
| #7756, aired 2018-05-07 | PRESIDENTIAL POSSESSIVES $200: The 16th president's town cars Lincoln's Lincolns |
| #7735, aired 2018-04-06 | VINTAGE CARS WITH PEDIGREES $400: (Kelly of the Clue Crew presents from the Nethercutt Collection.) Just as the Great Depression hit, Cadillac unveiled its luxurious V-16; one of the first ordered was this beauty by this famed director of Biblical epics like "The Ten Commandments" (Cecil B.) DeMille |
| #7735, aired 2018-04-06 | VINTAGE CARS WITH PEDIGREES $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from the Nethercutt Collection.) The Nethercutt's 1928 Pierce Arrow was bedecked with flowers to carry the grand marshal of the 2010 Rose Parade, this heroic airline pilot who fit the parade's theme, "A Cut Above the Rest" (Sully) Sullenberger |
| #7735, aired 2018-04-06 | VINTAGE CARS WITH PEDIGREES $1200: (Kelly of the Clue Crew presents from the Nethercutt Collection.) A skilled mechanic who liked to work on his own cars, this silent film star of "The Sheik" was at the height of his career when he bought the 1923 Voisin, whose cobra hood ornament was a gift from Douglas Fairbanks & Mary Pickford Rudolph Valentino |
| #7735, aired 2018-04-06 | VINTAGE CARS WITH PEDIGREES $1600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from the Nethercutt Collection.) The 1930 Dupont Model G town car, personally restored by J.B. Nethercutt over 18 months, was featured in the 1982 film "Annie" as the car of this wealthy character Daddy Warbucks |
| #7735, aired 2018-04-06 | VINTAGE CARS WITH PEDIGREES $2000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew presents from the Nethercutt Collection.) Exhibited at the 1933 Chicago World's Fair where it was the hit of the show, the SJ, a model of this car, was nicknamed the "Twenty Grand" for its asking price, making it a real doozy a Duesenberg |
| #7724, aired 2018-03-22 | VERY POSSESSIVE $1200: As cars were so new, in 1904 this British company's first policy for one called it a "ship navigating on land" Lloyd's of London |
| #7717, aired 2018-03-13 | LITERARY GEOGRAPHY $400: With cars, phones & faxes, his 1863 novel "Paris in the 20th Century" was rejected as too fantastical to be believed (Jules) Verne |
| #7713, aired 2018-03-07 | ABBREVIATED MAGAZINES $800: Since 1902 it's focused on science & technology & new innovations like cars & TV:
PM Popular Mechanics |
| #7711, aired 2018-03-05 | TRANSPORTATION $800: Co-founder John Zimmer predicts that within 5 years, most of this ride-sharing co.'s cars will be self-driven Lyft |
| #7683, aired 2018-01-24 | THE GOLD STANDARDS $1600: Named for Ransom Eli Olds, REO, an old maker of these, promoted them as "the gold standard of value" cars (automobiles or Speedwagons) |
| #7670, aired 2018-01-05 | PORTMANTEAU WORDS $800: One installment of an internet TV show like "Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee" a webisode |
| #7614, aired 2017-10-19 | ONE "DAY" AT A TIME $600: Check out the Richard Petty driving experience in this city where cars once raced on the sand Daytona |
| #7600, aired 2017-09-29 | TRANSPORTATION $600: This adjective for less-than-full-size cars later got preceded by "sub" and today, sometimes even by "micro" compact |
| #7589, aired 2017-09-14 | THE ORIENT EXPRESS $1200: When Georges Nagelmackers saw this man's sleeper cars, he realized he could create a train to span a continent George Pullman |
| #7568, aired 2017-07-05 | STUPID ANSWERS $200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from Lego Systems, Inc.) Here's Lightning McQueen, the hotshot rookie racecar and protagonist of this 2006 Disney animated blockbuster Cars |
| #7552, aired 2017-06-13 | "J" WORDS $600: One theory derives this word from the name of a Mexican town where many used, dilapidated American cars were sent jalopy |
| #7529, aired 2017-05-11 | CASTRO'S CUBA: 1959-2016 $1600: With new cars scarce, Cubans preserved classic U.S. models like the Bel Air from this automaker Chevrolet |
| #7521, aired 2017-05-01 | DERBY $400: On national TV, one of these events in 1972 had A.J. Foyt & the Unser brothers driving & cars destroyed included a Rolls-Royce a demolition derby |
| #7520, aired 2017-04-28 | THE WIDE WORLD OF SPOTS $400: Some cars' side mirrors have detection systems specifically for this a blind spot |
| #7511, aired 2017-04-17 | GET A LYFT WITH UBER $600: In 2015 Lyft shaved this symbol from its cars' grills & replaced it with a light-up dashboard version a pink mustache |
| #7511, aired 2017-04-17 | GET A LYFT WITH UBER $800: Uber debuted this kind of car in September 2016, & passengers didn't have to make small talk or argue about the music self-driving cars |
| #7511, aired 2017-04-17 | GET A LYFT WITH UBER $1000: Airports have been slow to welcome rideshare cars; this busiest one in the U.S. began allowing pickups on Jan. 1, 2017 Atlanta |
| #7501, aired 2017-04-03 | KILLER CARS $400: In a 1979 George Miller film, this title road warrior uses his V8 Interceptor to run down some bad bikers Mad Max |
| #7501, aired 2017-04-03 | KILLER CARS $800: The end of this 1978 comedy saw a car named the "Deathmobile" emerge from a giant cake that said "Eat me" National Lampoon's Animal House |
| #7501, aired 2017-04-03 | THE ROCK & ROLL QUINTET $800: In 1979 500,000 people in Central Park decided this Ric Ocasek band was "Just What I Needed" The Cars |
| #7501, aired 2017-04-03 | KILLER CARS $1200: In this movie, Clark Griswold must explain to an officer why there is a dogless leash tied to the back of the family car National Lampoon's Vacation |
| #7478, aired 2017-03-01 | SPORTS CARS? $400: Name shared by Chevrolet autos that began rolling in 1982 & Cleveland NBA players who began balling in 1970 the Cavaliers |
| #7478, aired 2017-03-01 | SPORTS CARS? $800: Max Bentley, "The Dipsy Doodle Dandy from Delisle" (Saskatchewan), is in this sport's Hall of Fame hockey |
| #7478, aired 2017-03-01 | SPORTS CARS? $1200: Before "Kizashi" it's a car model; after "Ichiro" it's a Japanese & American baseball hit machine Suzuki |
| #7478, aired 2017-03-01 | SPORTS CARS? $1600: Nicknamed for his blondness, he won 10 World Series games for the Yankees in the '50s & '60s (Whitey) Ford |
| #7478, aired 2017-03-01 | SPORTS CARS? $2000: Hefty lineman Lincoln Kennedy, "The Oval Office", went to Super Bowl XXXVII with this Bay Area team against Tampa Bay the (Oakland) Raiders |
| #7468, aired 2017-02-15 | POLICE GLOSSARY $1000: You can listen as dispatchers talk to patrol cars with the radio receiver called a police type of this scanner |
| #7467, aired 2017-02-14 | GOTTA CRAM $1000: It's any condition where things grind to a halt, specifically a traffic jam where cars don't clear an intersection gridlock |
| #7464, aired 2017-02-09 | PLAYING TRIBUTE $1000: Candy-O revs up the hits from these rockers The Cars |
| #7426, aired 2016-12-19 | POP CULTURE $2000: Jerry Seinfeld drove around the White House in a 1963 Stingray with Pres. Obama on an episode of this web series Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee |
| #7405, aired 2016-11-18 | PHYSICS $2,000 (Daily Double): Ground effects on race cars are to keep the tires on the track, fighting this 4-letter force that tries to raise them lift |
| #7402, aired 2016-11-15 | CAREER DAY $800: This type of officer doesn't work for the military but helps people get money for cars & mortgages at the bank a loan officer |
| #7377, aired 2016-10-11 | ONE-WORD FILM TITLES $200: (I'm Mario Andretti.) In 1967 I drove a Ford Fairlane to win the Daytona 500; almost 40 years later I played a Ford Fairlane who was at the racetrack in this Pixar film Cars |
| #7360, aired 2016-09-16 | LITTLE RED CORVETTE $200: The 2004 C5 Chevy Corvette was one of the last cars released with pop-up these headlights |
| #7350, aired 2016-07-22 | THE BUCKET LIST $800: Bucket seats in cars were popularized by this make's Monza & Corvair & soon took over Chevy |
| #7348, aired 2016-07-20 | OUR GREAT COUNTRY $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from a USPS distribution center in Chicago, IL.) The Postal Service moves mail by planes, trains, trucks, cars, feet & many other methods, including by mule train down an eight-mile trail to a Havasupai Indian community at the bottom of this location the Grand Canyon |
| #7346, aired 2016-07-18 | 4-LETTER ENTERTAINMENT $400: In this 2006 animated film, a rookie named Lightning takes a detour on Route 66 & learns some lessons about life Cars |
| #7345, aired 2016-07-15 | HYBRID & ELECTRIC CARS $200: Its Accord hybrid gets 47 mpg on the highway, so if you're going 220 mi. from NYC to Boston, it's just under 5 gallons Honda |
| #7345, aired 2016-07-15 | HYBRID & ELECTRIC CARS $400: An "electric" stat: Chevy says owners who charge this model regularly average more than 900 miles between fill-ups the Volt |
| #7345, aired 2016-07-15 | HYBRID & ELECTRIC CARS $600: This brand's "relentless pursuit of perfection" includes the ES300h, which has a combined 200hp & gets 40 in the city Lexus |
| #7345, aired 2016-07-15 | HYBRID & ELECTRIC CARS $800: On the highway, its Jetta hybrid SEL will get you almost 100 miles on 2 gallons Volkswagen |
| #7345, aired 2016-07-15 | HYBRID & ELECTRIC CARS $1000: Based in Seoul, this company has soul--its Soul EV-- which can go 93 miles on a one-hour charge Kia |
| #7343, aired 2016-07-13 | LEARN TO FLY $800: More known today for luxury cars, this alliterative British company supplied Eagle V engines to early planes Rolls-Royce |
| #7336, aired 2016-07-04 | NASCAR TECHNOLOGY $600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Daytona Int'l Speedway in Daytona Beach, FL.) Engines with carburetors ruled NASCAR for decades, but since 2012, all cars have been equipped with EFI, electronic this, because it's more efficient & produces a better air-gas mixture fuel injection |
| #7336, aired 2016-07-04 | NASCAR TECHNOLOGY $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Daytona Int'l Speedway in Daytona Beach, FL.) Banking is the degree of incline of a racetrack's surface, which allows the cars to go faster in the turns with minimal lateral slippage; while Daytona has a 31% bank, Will Ferrell could tell you that this Alabama speedway is even steeper, at 33% Talladega |
| #7318, aired 2016-06-08 | "T" MOBILE $1600: A 1988 film told of this "Man and his Dream" of building cutting-edge cars, like the one seen here (Preston) Tucker |
| #7301, aired 2016-05-16 | GERMANIA! $400: The "B" in the name of this maker of cars like the M2 & X5 refers to Bavaria BMW |
| #7293, aired 2016-05-04 | TOYS $400: This line of toy cars named for a small container started in 1953 with a roller, a dump truck & a cement mixer Matchbox |
| #7254, aired 2016-03-10 | CARS $200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum in Cleveland, OH.) The eventual decline of Cleveland's luxury automaking industry was influenced, in part, by the mass production of cheaper, simpler models, like this classic from Ford the Model T |
| #7254, aired 2016-03-10 | CARS $400: Discontinued in 2002, this classic Lincoln was originally created as a personal car for Edsel Ford the Continental |
| #7254, aired 2016-03-10 | CARS $600: Some people are supercharged over this Chevy model that gets up to 380 miles on a full charge & a full tank of gas the Volt |
| #7254, aired 2016-03-10 | CARS $800: Hyundai's bestselling cars in the U.S. are the Elantra & this musical model the Sonata |
| #7254, aired 2016-03-10 | CARS $1000: A 2013 postage stamp featured one of these Pontiac muscle cars known by three letters a GTO |
| #7245, aired 2016-02-26 | REPORTAGE $400: (I'm Hiroko Tabuchi.) In 2015 I reported on the Japanese company Takata's delay investigating why inflators on these in cars were exploding air bags |
| #7244, aired 2016-02-25 | CRIME TIME $1000: Rhyming term for a place where stolen cars are dismantled so the pieces can be sold separately a chop shop |
| #7243, aired 2016-02-24 | DISNEY ANIMATED SUPPORTING CHARACTERS $200: 2006:
Luigi, a 1959 Fiat 500 Cars |
| #7241, aired 2016-02-22 | SAME FIRST & LAST LETTER $200: A huge collection of crashed cars on the interstate a pile-up |
| #7222, aired 2016-01-26 | RADIO $1000: Radio term for the rush-hour morning & evening periods when people are likely to listen in their cars drive time |
| #7198, aired 2015-12-23 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY $800: Porter on the train cars named for him was a good middle-class job, though you got called "George" whatever your name was (George) Pullman |
| #7191, aired 2015-12-14 | STATE FIRSTS $800: In 1934 California's first of these facilities got noise complaints as there was only 1 big speaker for all the cars a drive-in theater |
| #7186, aired 2015-12-07 | PRIVATE $1200: A company called Vigilant Solutions claims the first central repository of data from scanning these on cars license plates |
| #7182, aired 2015-12-01 | COLLECTORS $400: An avid collector of these, Jay Leno has written about them for Popular Mechanics magazine cars |
| #7158, aired 2015-10-28 | THINK MUSIC $2000: "You might think I'm foolish or maybe it's untrue, you might think I'm crazy, all I want is you" The Cars |
| #7098, aired 2015-06-24 | IN SAN FRANCISCO $400: At Market & Powell Streets, you'll find the southern turntable for these conveyances cable cars |
| #7097, aired 2015-06-23 | ALPHANUMERICS $800: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the Western Reserve Historical Society in Cleveland, OH.) While many cars carry a standard V8 engine, the 1932 all-aluminum Peerless would blow them off the road by generating nearly 175 horsepower with this giant of an engine a V16 |
| #7091, aired 2015-06-15 | THEY DON'T MAKE THESE CARS ANYMORE $200: After 2013 its Altima Coupe got the coup de grace Nissan |
| #7091, aired 2015-06-15 | THEY DON'T MAKE THESE CARS ANYMORE $400: Its H2 went to an oversize grave Hummer |
| #7091, aired 2015-06-15 | THEY DON'T MAKE THESE CARS ANYMORE $600: Apparently, people wouldn't really rather have its Skylark Buick |
| #7091, aired 2015-06-15 | THEY DON'T MAKE THESE CARS ANYMORE $800: Its Avalanche went under Chevy |
| #7091, aired 2015-06-15 | THEY DON'T MAKE THESE CARS ANYMORE $1000: Its TSX is an ex-model; the TLX is the next thing Acura |
| #7085, aired 2015-06-05 | FILM & TV VEHICLES $400: Not "Steve" but this precedes "McQueen" in the name of a race car in the 2006 movie "Cars" Lightning |
| #7065, aired 2015-05-08 | NASCAR $600: (I'm Joey Logano.) To designate these drivers on the track, NASCAR affixes a yellow stripe on the rear bumpers of their cars so veterans can be more cautious around them rookies |
| #7065, aired 2015-05-08 | NASCAR $1000: (I'm Denny Hamlin.) It's the process of 2 or more cars moving in close nose-to-tail formation to reduce air resistance & increase speed around the track drafting |
| #7062, aired 2015-05-05 | 1950s AMERICA $400: In 1953, the first of these Chevy sports cars rolled off the assembly line; all 300 made that year were white with red interior Corvette |
| #7052, aired 2015-04-21 | 4-LETTER FILMS $800: This 2006 film features the voices of Owen Wilson & Bonnie Hunt Cars |
| #7030, aired 2015-03-20 | ANNUAL EVENTS $1000: September's World of Speed event at this Utah site features the world's fastest wheel-driven cars Bonneville Salt Flats |
| #7026, aired 2015-03-16 | RAGE FOR THE MACHINE $400: From 1928 to 1931 Ford built almost 5 million of these Model T successor cars the Model A |
| #7005, aired 2015-02-13 | COMEDIANS $400: These days, he can be seen at Crackle.com hosting the web series "Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee" (Jerry) Seinfeld |
| #6986, aired 2015-01-19 | THE TRANSPORTER $2000: From one of the materials visible, it's the word for classic cars like the one seen here a woody |
| #6966, aired 2014-12-22 | YOU CAN BUY IT ON eBAY $600: Not just trucks but also cars, including the 911 & 912 Targa from this automaker Porsche |
| #6963, aired 2014-12-17 | HISTORIC AUTOMOBILES $400: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the Western Reserve Historical Society in Cleveland, OH.) To showcase its strength & durability, this 1964 Thunderbird was one of a handful of cars made with bodies of this alliterative alloy stainless steel |
| #6963, aired 2014-12-17 | HISTORIC AUTOMOBILES $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Western Reserve Historical Society in Cleveland, OH.) Though most of the problems were worked out by the 1964 version, the Chevy Corvair was one of the main cars covered unfavorably in this man's book "Unsafe at Any Speed" (Ralph) Nader |
| #6962, aired 2014-12-16 | INVENTORS & INVENTIONS $400: Maybe the weather was bad in 1903, when Mary Anderson created this for cars; it had a swinging arm & a rubber blade a windshield wiper |
| #6948, aired 2014-11-26 | A VISIT TO TESLA $1000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Tesla Motors in Fremont, CA.) Drawing on ideas conceived by Nikola Tesla himself, the motors used in all Tesla cars make use of this phenomenon by which the spinning of a metallic rotor inside a magnetic field creates an electrical current electromagnetic induction |
| #6934, aired 2014-11-06 | ENTERTAINMENT: FIVE RHYMES $1200: No. 1 adult contemporary hit for The Cars in 1984 "Drive" |
| #6926, aired 2014-10-27 | POP "C"ULTURE $400: Paul Newman voiced Doc Hudson in this 2006 film Cars |
| #6910, aired 2014-10-03 | HOLIDAY $200: By around 1920 Alvan Fuller, a dealer of these, was using Presidents' Day as an excuse for a sale cars |
| #6909, aired 2014-10-02 | WORKING ON THE RAILROAD $400: As the name suggests, this "man" originally worked on the railroad stopping cars brakeman |
| #6903, aired 2014-09-24 | WHAT GOOGLE IS DOING $800: This browser introduced in 2008 was given a name associated with shiny, fast cars Chrome |
| #6901, aired 2014-09-22 | "D.C."ING YOU $2000: Even today, Hot Wheels metal cars are made by this method die-casting |
| #6895, aired 2014-08-01 | MUSIC INDUSTRY TERMS $2000: A songwriter can make money writing these; they are brief catchy tunes to sell cars, tissues or prunes jingle |
| #6877, aired 2014-07-08 | MUST YOU BE GOING? $1600: To this Somalian capital, nah, as a local cop said, "We use sticks to stop cars, but they only listen to gun-toting soldiers" Mogadishu |
| #6873, aired 2014-07-02 | MODES OF TRANSPORT $800: A Jerry Seinfeld web series:
"Comedians in ____ Getting Coffee" Cars |
| #6872, aired 2014-07-01 | DOGGING THE "WAG" $800: The Dasher & the Fox were cars from this manufacturer Volkswagen |
| #6872, aired 2014-07-01 | SUGAR LAND $1000: 007, do be careful riding the cable cars at this peak overlooking Rio! Sugarloaf |
| #6856, aired 2014-06-09 | SPORTS TALK $600: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a racetrack diagram on a monitor.) At the start of a NASCAR race, the top cars line up according to their qualifying times; best time gets this 2-word spot, a term said to have originated in horse racing pole position |
| #6847, aired 2014-05-27 | AMERICAN EXPRESS $400: In 1868 George Pullman launched the Delmonico, a sleeping car transformed into one of these cars a dining car |
| #6836, aired 2014-05-12 | GOING OUT OF BUSINESS $600: Let's go back in time--he made 9,000 of the cars named for him before running off the road in 1982 John DeLorean |
| #6805, aired 2014-03-28 | WE'VE GOT CHEMISTRY $400: Produced by oxidation & found on old cars, it consists chiefly of ferric hydroxide & ferric oxide rust |
| #6794, aired 2014-03-13 | AUTOMAKERS $400: In a 1988 film Jeff Bridges played this maverick carmaker who built only 51 of the cars named for him (Preston) Tucker |
| #6782, aired 2014-02-25 | HISTORIC CARS $200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows us a car at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles.) On a fateful day in 1968, this presidential candidate took this Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud to address campaigners at Los Angeles's Ambassador Hotel after his primary win Robert Kennedy |
| #6782, aired 2014-02-25 | HISTORIC CARS $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows us a car at Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles.) This specially made armored limousine was made for Franklin Delano Roosevelt & used as he hammered out issues at this Crimean conference in 1945 Yalta |
| #6782, aired 2014-02-25 | HISTORIC CARS $600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows us a car's engine at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles.) Featuring a single cylinder engine dubbed "Little Hercules", the first ever one of these cars, named for the founder of the city of Detroit, rolled onto streets in 1902 a Cadillac |
| #6782, aired 2014-02-25 | HISTORIC CARS $1000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows us a smooth car at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles.) Containing no sharp edges, the aesthetic & technical achievements of the 1947 Cisitalia 202 GT were enough for this progressive New York City museum to consider it a work of art & put it on display MOMA (the Museum of Modern Art |
| #6782, aired 2014-02-25 | HISTORIC CARS $6,000 (Daily Double): (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows us another car at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles.) Inspired by the '56 Packard, the 1962 Chaika was a favorite of Nikita Khrushchev, who owned one himself & gave one as a present to this first cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin |
| #6781, aired 2014-02-24 | THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN HISTORY $400: (Alex delivers the clue from the National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C.) The first transcontinental car trip was made by Horatio Nelson Jackson in this 1903 Winton at a time when America had few roads & little support for cars, so, whenever he had a breakdown & needed repairs, he would often have to rely on these workers that the automobile would soon put out of business blacksmiths |
| #6762, aired 2014-01-28 | IT'S A "LOCK" $400: Stuck traffic, especially because cars don't clear the intersection gridlock |
| #6738, aired 2013-12-25 | HISTORY OF CARS $200: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, California.) Fred Astaire's elegant 1927 Rolls town car has many luxurious features, like a means of speaking to the chauffeur &, in the rear... a Louis Vuitton one of these, later a term for a car's built-in storage compartment a trunk |
| #6738, aired 2013-12-25 | HISTORY OF CARS $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, California.) The 1930 Nash 482R had 2 spark plugs per cylinder, a top speed of 75 miles per hour, & one of these features, which was also known as the "mother-in-law seat" the rumble seat |
| #6738, aired 2013-12-25 | HISTORY OF CARS $600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, California.) The 1946 Kurtis Ross Page Special that raced in the first Indy 500 after World War II had this clear plastic for its windshield, much lighter than traditional material Plexiglas |
| #6738, aired 2013-12-25 | HISTORY OF CARS $800: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, California.) During World War II, the use of chrome was curtailed by Washington because it was needed for the war effort. This resulted in cars with little trim work that were referred to as these, also a term for a city's strategy against nighttime air raids blackout |
| #6738, aired 2013-12-25 | HISTORY OF CARS $1000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, California.) In 1901, 17-year-old Carl Breer attached a boiler & a crankshaft to a chassis to make an engine powered by this, which briefly challenged the combustion engine for supremacy steam |
| #6730, aired 2013-12-13 | BEFORE & AFTER $1600: Heavy-duty tool that can cut through crashed cars & Twain River memoirs jaws of Life on the Mississippi |
| #6720, aired 2013-11-29 | THE NIXON YEARS $800: Jumping 19 cars with his motorcycle in Ontario, California, he set a world record in 1971 Evel Knievel |
| #6717, aired 2013-11-26 | 4-SYLLABLE WORDS $800: Since cars first met wet roads, drivers have had problems with loss of control due to this event, as seen here hydroplaning |
| #6717, aired 2013-11-26 | DRIVING IN EUROPE $1200: In 1959 the cars of this Swedish company were the first to make a 3-point safety belt standard Volvo |
| #6711, aired 2013-11-18 | THINGS $600: It joins 2 railroad cars & sounds like it's trying to set people up on dates a coupler |
| #6683, aired 2013-10-09 | BUSINESS $800: Ferdinand Porsche designed the first model for this German company whose cars often move slower than Porsches Volkswagen |
| #6679, aired 2013-10-03 | IN CARS $200: Types of these used in electric cars include lead-acid, nickel metal hydride, & lithium-ion batteries |
| #6679, aired 2013-10-03 | IN CARS $400: This metal rod moves up & down inside a cylinder; it's also known to move up and down NBA courts piston |
| #6679, aired 2013-10-03 | IN CARS $600: Sodium azide reacts with potassium nitrate to (quickly!) produce nitrogen gas in this safety feature air bag |
| #6679, aired 2013-10-03 | IN CARS $800: ACDelco says this item "is what started it all for us" & it has "the kind of firepower you expect" spark plugs |
| #6679, aired 2013-10-03 | IN CARS $1000: The kinetic energy of suspension movement is turned into heat energy that's dissipated through hydraulic fluid by this part shock absorber |
| #6672, aired 2013-09-24 | CNN ENVIRONMENT $400: (Anna Coren of CNN gives the clue from a hazy Beijing.) Beijing's air pollution has been somewhat improved thanks to more modern cars in the city, where a study has found a near doubling in ratio of carbon dioxide to this toxic product of inefficient combustion carbon monoxide |
| #6662, aired 2013-07-30 | GIVE UP THE "SHIP"! $800: An authorized trading establishment, perhaps for cars a dealership |
| #6650, aired 2013-07-12 | TIME'S 50 WORST CARS OF ALL TIME $200: This 1958 Ford model "was the first victim of Madison Avenue hyper-hype" the Edsel |
| #6650, aired 2013-07-12 | TIME'S 50 WORST CARS OF ALL TIME $400: The "cheap" Gremlin from this 3-letter company had "vacuum-operated windshield wipers, no less" AMC |
| #6650, aired 2013-07-12 | TIME'S 50 WORST CARS OF ALL TIME $600: This Soviet-bloc brand "had a rear-window defroster-- reportedly to keep your hands warm (as) you pushed it" the Yugo |
| #6650, aired 2013-07-12 | TIME'S 50 WORST CARS OF ALL TIME $800: The DMC-12 by this maker "was heavy, underpowered... and overpriced" & didn't really go back to 1955 when it hit 88 MPH Delorean |
| #6650, aired 2013-07-12 | TIME'S 50 WORST CARS OF ALL TIME $1000: While "not particularly" a bad car, this Ford model "tended to erupt in flame in rear-end collisions" the Pinto |
| #6648, aired 2013-07-10 | 2013 POSTAGE STAMPS $1000: A series featuring classic muscle cars included the GT500 Mustang designed by this man (Carroll) Shelby |
| #6644, aired 2013-07-04 | SIMILES $1200: In this 2006 animated film, Mater says that he's "happier 'n a tornado in a trailer park" Cars |
| #6644, aired 2013-07-04 | AT THE DRIVE-IN $2000: Intermission trailers often reminded patrons not to drive away without removing this from their cars speakers |
| #6642, aired 2013-07-02 | AUTHORS' LESSER-KNOWN WORKS $800: James Bond had some cool cars, but none as cool as this flying title one of another Ian Fleming book Chitty Chitty Bang Bang |
| #6634, aired 2013-06-20 | ALBUM COVERS $2000: 1979: A pin-up girl splayed on the hood of a Ferrari, painted by Alberto Vargas at the request of The Cars' drummer Candy-O |
| #6624, aired 2013-06-06 | LISTED ON THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE $400: Company with armored cars for CIT (cash in transit):
BCO Brink's |
| #6605, aired 2013-05-10 | MAGAZINES $400: The Horseless Age, first published in 1895, was the first American magazine devoted to this subject cars |
| #6604, aired 2013-05-09 | WHATEVER $600: In 2011 a group of 28 people set a Guinness world record by cramming into one of these "mini" cars Mini Cooper |
| #6603, aired 2013-05-08 | TRANSPORTATION $400: The Baltimore & Ohio's first train service in 1830 consisted of cars drawn by these horses |
| #6603, aired 2013-05-08 | TRANSPORTATION $1600: These have 3 types of brakes--wheel, track & emergency--so no fear of runaway carnage at Fisherman's Wharf cable cars |
| #6572, aired 2013-03-26 | SUBCOMPACTS $1000: This company's Model 2 has been called a poster child for greenformance cars Mazda |
| #6563, aired 2013-03-13 | ODE TO A TV SHOW $800: O Boss Hogg! Thy white flannel suits / Must have had quite a cost! / But not as much as all the cars / & dignity you lost The Dukes of Hazzard |
| #6532, aired 2013-01-29 | THE RACE IS ON $800: This "All-American" competition was inspired by 3 boys in the 1930s racing homemade engineless cars down an incline the Soapbox Derby |
| #6491, aired 2012-12-03 | POP QUIZ $1600: Supermodel Paulina Porizkova, who married Ric Ocasek of this group, appeared in their video for "Drive" The Cars |
| #6488, aired 2012-11-28 | MORTAL MATTERS $2000: French term for a long queue of people & cars taking part in a funeral procession a cortege |
| #6484, aired 2012-11-22 | HANKS GIVING $800: Tom Hanks gave voice to characters named this in 3 "Toy Story" films & 1 "Cars" movie Woody |
| #6428, aired 2012-07-25 | ABBREVIATED MAGAZINES $400: Featuring pricing guides & reviews of the latest cars & trucks: MT Motor Trend |
| #6412, aired 2012-07-03 | TRANSPORTATION $2000: This innovation in the Model T may have resulted from better roads, making oncoming cars more of a worry than ditches the driver on the left side |
| #6404, aired 2012-06-21 | TV & MOVIE CARS $200: In a 2005 film this "love bug" was "fully loaded" & back in action Herbie |
| #6404, aired 2012-06-21 | TV & MOVIE CARS $400: Bo & Luke Duke hot-rodded around Hazzard County in the souped-up Dodge Charger called this the General Lee |
| #6404, aired 2012-06-21 | TV & MOVIE CARS $600: A song about this movie car says, "High, low, anywhere we go on" this car "we depend" Chitty Chitty Bang Bang |
| #6404, aired 2012-06-21 | TV & MOVIE CARS $800: Grandpa drove the DRAG-U-LA, a hot rod made from a casket, on this '60s show The Munsters |
| #6404, aired 2012-06-21 | TV & MOVIE CARS $1000: Kato & the Green Hornet hit the streets in this gadget-laden car that shares its name with a fictional equine Black Beauty |
| #6401, aired 2012-06-18 | AMERICAN ISLANDS $1000: This Michigan island where no passenger cars are allowed was once a focal point of John Jacob Astor's fur trade Mackinac Island |
| #6399, aired 2012-06-14 | BRIT SPEAK $400: We fill our cars with gasoline; Brits fill theirs with this petrol |
| #6398, aired 2012-06-13 | MAKES SENSE--MOVIES EDITION $600: In the movie "Cars", the patriotic Sarge is a type of this vehicle a Jeep |
| #6389, aired 2012-05-31 | FAST CARS $200: Look at that! The 4-door Panamera from this automaker still goes from zero to 60 in 6 seconds or less Porsche |
| #6389, aired 2012-05-31 | FAST CARS $400: With the GT version named one of Car & Driver's 10 Best for 2012, this is the only Ford to receive that honor 7 times the Mustang |
| #6389, aired 2012-05-31 | FAST CARS $600: This Dodge seen here is named for a snake, perhaps because it strikes just as fast the Viper |
| #6389, aired 2012-05-31 | FAST CARS $800: In 1965 this British racing car with a flower name won the Indy 500, averaging 150.686 mph, a record at that time the Lotus |
| #6389, aired 2012-05-31 | FAST CARS $1000: The 1951 Hudson Hornet was the inspiration for this character, last name "Hudson", voiced by Paul Newman in "Cars" Doc Hudson |
| #6373, aired 2012-05-09 | CARS IN AMERICA $200: (Vice President Joe Biden delivers the clue.) The Chevy Coach dates from around the time this became the world's largest car company; with cars like my favorite, the Corvette... it held that position until 2008, then filed for bankruptcy but now it's back on top GM (General Motors) |
| #6373, aired 2012-05-09 | CARS IN AMERICA $400: (Vice President Joe Biden delivers the clue.) The Model T was one of the first major industrial products made on this arrangement of workers doing repetitive work, giving productivity a huge boost the assembly line |
| #6373, aired 2012-05-09 | CARS IN AMERICA $600: (Vice President Joe Biden delivers the clue.) Before pump prices spiked in the 1970s, buyers didn't care much if the car was this alliterative term referring to its 12 miles per gallon fuel efficiency gas guzzler |
| #6373, aired 2012-05-09 | CARS IN AMERICA $800: (Vice President Joe Biden delivers the clue.) The Jeep came to America's notice when soldiers depended on it during WWII... today, it's a popular vehicle from this, one of the big 3 automakers Chrysler |
| #6364, aired 2012-04-26 | INTERBRAND TOP 100 GLOBAL BRANDS $400: The world's largest media conglomerate at No. 9, in 2012 it will open Cars Land at its California Adventure park Disney |
| #6336, aired 2012-03-19 | "SQ"SES, "SQ"SES $400: I spent most of my money on booze, fast cars & women; the rest was this, meaning "wasted" squandered |
| #6316, aired 2012-02-20 | CHARACTER $600: Selling these starting in 1934, Madman Muntz basically invented the crazy pitchman shtick cars |
| #6299, aired 2012-01-26 | BAVARIA $1600: The aircraft businesses of Gustav Otto & Karl Rapp merged to form this Munich company now known for cars Bavarian Motor Works (BMW) |
| #6298, aired 2012-01-25 | MUSCLE CARS $200: John Lingenfelter remodeled this iconic Chevy sports car to go 0-60 in under 2 seconds & even race an F-18 a Corvette |
| #6298, aired 2012-01-25 | MUSCLE CARS $400: A Plymouth named for this Warner Bros. cartoon character even had the horn sound to match the Road Runner |
| #6298, aired 2012-01-25 | MUSCLE CARS $600: The 1968 Dart GTS was a muscle car from this maker Dodge |
| #6298, aired 2012-01-25 | MUSCLE CARS $800: In the '60s Ford named a fastback after this newly opened Alabama speedway Talladega |
| #6298, aired 2012-01-25 | MUSCLE CARS $1000: V-8 engines with major displacement are alliteratively called "big" this big block |
| #6263, aired 2011-12-07 | TIME FOR A CHANGE $800: In 1981 the Nissan company dropped this name under which it had sold its cars in the United States Datsun |
| #6255, aired 2011-11-25 | PORTMANTEAU WORDS $200: This 9-letter word for a procession of cars is often used to refer to that of the U.S. president a motorcade |
| #6252, aired 2011-11-22 | CARTOON VOICES $200: Michael Caine is Finn McMissile, a sleek British spy-mobile, in this 2011 sequel Cars 2 |
| #6240, aired 2011-11-04 | MTV VIDEO OF THE YEAR ARTISTS $1200: 1984:
"You Might Think" The Cars |
| #6172, aired 2011-06-14 | GREAT LAKES $1200: The appropriately named Lake Speed won the 1988 Trans South 500 in one of these GM cars; it was not his father's an Oldsmobile |
| #6162, aired 2011-05-31 | YOU'VE GONE BANKRUPT $800: Last name of the brothers whose "Steamer" company lost steam with the popularity of gas cars & went bankrupt in 1924 Stanley |
| #6155, aired 2011-05-20 | CARS OF THE FUTURE PRESENT $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Argonne National Laboratory in Chicago, IL.) In theory, an omnivorous engine can run on any fuel combination; this one adds butanol, which would result in fewer fill-ups as it's high in energy density, to the common mix of gas & this alcohol ethanol |
| #6155, aired 2011-05-20 | CARS OF THE FUTURE PRESENT $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Argonne National Laboratory in Chicago, IL.) The Argonne National Laboratory dynamometer can measure both a car's particulate production & its fuel efficiency--the latter by simulating road stresses & measuring the products of this element in the engine's emissions carbon |
| #6155, aired 2011-05-20 | CARS OF THE FUTURE PRESENT $1200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Argonne National Laboratory in Chicago, IL.) Argonne researchers are working to reduce the size & increase the life span of storage batteries with this element in their name lithium |
| #6155, aired 2011-05-20 | CARS OF THE FUTURE PRESENT $1600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Argonne National Laboratory in Chicago, IL.) The dynamometer is a key part of testing to find a real-world car that gets 100 mpge--miles per gallon energy equivalent--the goal of this automotive prize the X Prize |
| #6155, aired 2011-05-20 | CARS OF THE FUTURE PRESENT $2000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Argonne National Laboratory in Chicago, IL.) Designed to take advantage of available supply, the 3-fuel mix of Argonne's omnivorous engine means the computer has to solve a new problem dozens of times a second, as it figures what mix to use for each firing, also called this event combustion |
| #6125, aired 2011-04-08 | BABY NAMES A LA SHAKESPEARE $400: Name a girl this after the "Merchant of Venice" heroine & she'll probably grow up to like fast sports cars Portia |
| #6123, aired 2011-04-06 | ROADSIDE AMERICA $800: In Alliance, Nebraska, 38 cars are arranged in a circle to replicate this prehistoric monument in England Stonehenge |
| #6070, aired 2011-01-21 | WE OWN YOU $200: Barbie dolls &
Matchbox cars Mattel |
| #6012, aired 2010-11-02 | A FEW CARS $200: The Thunderbird Ford |
| #6012, aired 2010-11-02 | A FEW CARS $400: The Regal Buick |
| #6012, aired 2010-11-02 | A FEW CARS $600: The Delta 88 Oldsmobile |
| #6012, aired 2010-11-02 | A FEW CARS $800: The Echo Toyota |
| #6012, aired 2010-11-02 | A FEW CARS $1000: The Aspen Dodge |
| #6009, aired 2010-10-28 | IT'S NOT UNUSUAL $800: From 1938 to 2003, Volkswagen hatched more than 20 million cars of this model the Beetle (or the bug) |
| #5993, aired 2010-10-06 | WANT TO RACE? $1600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew is at the Toyota Grand Prix.) The cars got more power due to the addition of this super device that forces air into the combustion chamber for a bigger bang & more horsepower a supercharger |
| #5986, aired 2010-09-27 | SCULPTORS $200: Dustin Shuler was best known for "Spindle", in which he impaled 8 of these on a giant spike--literally a pile-up cars |
| #5979, aired 2010-09-16 | SILENCE $800: No cell phone use is permitted on "quiet cars", begun in 2000 on this service's Philly-Washington run Amtrak |
| #5950, aired 2010-06-25 | KEEP ON TRUCKIN' $800: Also called splash guards, these on a truck help prevent splashing on following cars mud flaps |
| #5914, aired 2010-05-06 | WORKING ON THE RAILROAD $800: Organized in 1867, his firm built, staffed & operated sleeping cars on all major U.S. railroads (George) Pullman |
| #5903, aired 2010-04-21 | THE AUTO MAN EMPIRE $800: The emblem seen here represents this line of cars, named for auto pioneer David Buick |
| #5902, aired 2010-04-20 | A LONE PRIVATE "I" $1000: Shamus, I hear you're doing sidework for this security firm founded in 1859 that uses big armored cars Brink's |
| #5895, aired 2010-04-09 | BIBLICAL BAD STUFF $400: This 7th of the 10 plagues returned in Munich in 1984, damaging 250,000 cars & costing $1 billion hail |
| #5870, aired 2010-03-05 | THE TOYOTA GRAND PRIX OF LONG BEACH $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Toyota Grand Prix in Long Beach, CA.) The Grand Prix was once an F1 event; 2009 is the first time it's part of this series, whose name is derived from a big May race with cars bigger & some say faster than F1 Indycar |
| #5870, aired 2010-03-05 | THE TOYOTA GRAND PRIX OF LONG BEACH $1200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Toyota Grand Prix in Long Beach, CA.) There's no smell of gasoline in the air; the cars run on 100% this 100% biodegradable fuel ethanol |
| #5810, aired 2009-12-11 | 4-LETTER WORDS $1600: Before you shoot an arrow, you do this to it, which sounds like something cars do on low octane nock |
| #5800, aired 2009-11-27 | CYCLE BABBLE $2000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows an animation on the monitor.) In order to cut wind resistance, a cyclist may use this air pocket to draft on another rider, saving about 30% of his energy the slipstream |
| #5793, aired 2009-11-18 | COMPANY CARS $200: For some FCX Clarity, hop in this company's Civic hybrid Honda |
| #5793, aired 2009-11-18 | COMPANY CARS $400: Some say this company's CC is as fast as a Rabbit Volkswagen |
| #5793, aired 2009-11-18 | COMPANY CARS $600: Bust out a Venza diagram & drive its Camry Solara Toyota |
| #5793, aired 2009-11-18 | COMPANY CARS $800: Charger out of the garage in its Avenger Dodge |
| #5793, aired 2009-11-18 | COMPANY CARS $1000: We wonder if its Aveo comes in Cobalt Chevy |
| #5790, aired 2009-11-13 | YOUNG ATHLETES $1200: (I'm Danica Patrick.) Long before I got into race cars, I was a 12-year-old winner of the grand national championship in this sport -- if you're cool, you don't put the "go" in front of it go-karts |
| #5790, aired 2009-11-13 | FOR MY FIRST CAR I'D LIKE... $2000: Uncle Ingemar's '94 Saab--cars from this country really hold up Sweden |
| #5785, aired 2009-11-06 | GET MOVING $800: Tesla & Lightning are companies that make cars powered by this electricity |
| #5780, aired 2009-10-30 | BRIDGES $1000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows an architectural rendering on the monitor.) Built so that cars can drive over them or through them, the bridge structures here are named for these support triangles that provide rigidity trusses |
| #5776, aired 2009-10-26 | AUTO RACING 101 $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew points out the race car at the Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race track in Long Beach, CA.) Like many sporty cars, Alex's has the pattern called double wishbone this; it's been modified so the ride's more responsive but also bumpier suspension |
| #5744, aired 2009-07-23 | "MOTOR" HEAD $600: Sometimes surrounding a VIP, it's a procession of people traveling in cars a motorcade |
| #5740, aired 2009-07-17 | THE SECRET LIVES OF TEACHERS $400: You buy the P.E. teacher's soccer injury story? He hurt his knee jumping police cars on a Harley-Davidson this, duh a motorcycle |
| #5719, aired 2009-06-18 | OBSCURE AMERICA $200: The Wigwam Motels along Route 66 were the basis for the Cozy Cone Motel in this animated flick Cars |
| #5707, aired 2009-06-02 | IN THE YEAR 2000 $1600: In France a strike by drivers of these 2-word vehicles left many ATMs empty armored cars |
| #5690, aired 2009-05-08 | OLD FOLKS IN THEIR 30s $1000: Elon Musk is now making rockets & electric cars; before that he co-founded & sold this electronic payment system PayPal |
| #5684, aired 2009-04-30 | MOVIES IN MINIVANS $400: Hey, Minivan! Turn up this 2006 feature--I want to hear Larry the Cable Guy as a tow truck Cars |
| #5638, aired 2009-02-25 | MIRRORS $600: The "Car Talk" guys recommend pulling up next to a line of parked cars to adjust this side view mirrors |
| #5615, aired 2009-01-23 | POSH & BECKS $400: In 2008 a posh, diamond-encrusted white gold one of these "firey" toy cars was made, worth $140k Hot Wheels |
| #5614, aired 2009-01-22 | GRAND THEFT AUTO $600: Compact cars top the list in most states, but in W.V. & Texas, the most commonly stolen vehicles are this type pickups |
| #5614, aired 2009-01-22 | GRAND THEFT AUTO $800: Rhyming name for a place where stolen cars are disassembled into parts for resale a chop shop |
| #5614, aired 2009-01-22 | GRAND THEFT AUTO $1000: Thieves often break into cars with this long, thin metal strip that shares its name with a spicy meat snack a slim jim |
| #5600, aired 2009-01-02 | DUMB GUYS' GREATEST INVENTIONS $400: Dumb guys now have a place to put their 32-oz. drinks; not only do these come in cars but they're on movie seats! cup holders |
| #5566, aired 2008-11-17 | YOU GIVE ME THE BLUES $200: 2-word term for a guide listing the market value of used cars blue book |
| #5560, aired 2008-11-07 | INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL $1600: City on the south side of the most congested U.S.-Mexico crossing; half the northbound cars wait 90 minutes Tijuana |
| #5552, aired 2008-10-28 | BRAND NAME SYMBOLS $2,000 (Daily Double): This mode of transportation adorns boxes of Rice-a-Roni a cable car |
| #5509, aired 2008-07-17 | CAR $1600: In cars, it governs air flow to the carburetor; in a shotgun, it controls the amount of spread of the shot the choke |
| #5489, aired 2008-06-19 | ON YOUR "OWN" $200: Remember used cars? now dealers refer to those models as this type pre-owned |
| #5489, aired 2008-06-19 | OF A MAN NAMED BRADY $1000: In the 1880s he made his fortune selling railroad cars for the Fox Pressed Steel Co. & got seriously into jewelry Diamond Jim Brady |
| #5469, aired 2008-05-22 | CHEMISTRY $400: 2007 Nobel laureate Gerhard Ertl has studied the conversion of this monoxide to this dioxide, as in cars carbon |
| #5467, aired 2008-05-20 | MODES OF TRANSPORT $800: This nickname for early cars pointed out that they were not pulled by equines horseless carriages |
| #5453, aired 2008-04-30 | WHEELS OF FORTUNE $400: The hood ornament, the Spirit of Ecstasy, can retract with a button push on some cars made by this company Rolls-Royce |
| #5442, aired 2008-04-15 | ENTERTAINMENT AWARDS $800: This animated film with Tow Mater & Doc Hudson won the 2007 People's Choice Award for favorite family movie Cars |
| #5430, aired 2008-03-28 | STARS, NOT CARS $400: This lead singer of Queen wrote & sang what was voted the best single ever in a U.K. Guinness poll Freddie Mercury |
| #5430, aired 2008-03-28 | STARS, NOT CARS $800: On the hit album "Last Mango in Paris", this "Indy" actor provided the bullwhip cracks Harrison Ford |
| #5430, aired 2008-03-28 | STARS, NOT CARS $1200: This actor was good friends with Hemingway & starred in "For Whom the Bell Tolls" & "A Farewell to Arms" Gary Cooper |
| #5430, aired 2008-03-28 | STARS, NOT CARS $1600: Either of the 2 actresses who won Oscars for "All the King's Men" or "The Fisher King" Mercedes Ruehl (or Mercedes McCambridge) |
| #5430, aired 2008-03-28 | STARS, NOT CARS $2000: On "Saturday Night Live", he was, and you weren't Chevy Chase |
| #5411, aired 2008-03-03 | COOL CARS $200: In 2003 Toyota unveiled vehicles with "IPA", a system that allows a car to do this "P" by itself park |
| #5411, aired 2008-03-03 | COOL CARS $400: Mercedes-Benz' "smart" cruise control uses this detecting & ranging system to sense vehicles ahead of you radar |
| #5411, aired 2008-03-03 | COOL CARS $600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reads the clue from inside a car.) This vehicle is the only still-existing 1970 Boss 429 Lawman type of this "pony" car a Mustang |
| #5411, aired 2008-03-03 | COOL CARS $1000: Powered by both a gasoline engine & an electric motor, this company's Insight was the first hybrid car sold in the U.S. Honda |
| #5411, aired 2008-03-03 | COOL CARS $1,200 (Daily Double): Henry Ford planned for this biofuel made from grain to be the principal fuel for the Model T ethanol |
| #5402, aired 2008-02-19 | NOT ONE, NOT 2, BUT 3 Os $400: It pulls a train or individual railroad cars a locomotive |
| #5401, aired 2008-02-18 | DESIGN SQUAD $400: For a dragster, one team made a continuously variable type of this; in cars they come in automatic & manual transmission |
| #5385, aired 2008-01-25 | IT HAPPENED IN SAN FRANCISCO $800: An engineer saw a streetcar slide down Nob Hill, killing 5 horses, & came up with this better system cable cars |
| #5381, aired 2008-01-21 | TRANSPORTATION $200: Roofed cars on a freight train, or a roll of 12 in a dice game boxcars |
| #5379, aired 2008-01-17 | EXCESS HOLLYWOOD $800: On Oscar night 2006, winners Three 6 Mafia sported these in gold & diamonds-- on their teeth, not their cars grills |
| #5359, aired 2007-12-20 | THE BUCKET LIST $600: (Rob Reiner returns.) The leads in "The Bucket List" have a high-speed race between a Dodge Challenger & a Shelby one of these Ford cars a Mustang |
| #5348, aired 2007-12-05 | BRIT SPEAK $800: While Americans put gas in their cars, the British put in this 6-letter equivalent petrol |
| #5317, aired 2007-10-23 | ANIMATED MOVIES $200: Lightning McQueen crashes into Radiator Springs in this "racy" 2006 flick Cars |
| #5299, aired 2007-09-27 | CONSUMER REPORTS ROAD TEST $800: Mileage tests show that these, using gas & electric power, deliver the best mileage of any 5-passenger cars hybrids |
| #5266, aired 2007-07-02 | MUSCLE CARS $200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew stands next to a '59 Chevrolet Biscayne, shown from the rear.) For the '59 Biscayne, Chevy introduced new features like cat's eye taillights & fins named for this mammal's wings bat |
| #5266, aired 2007-07-02 | MUSCLE CARS $400: With a lighter body and large engine, this company's 1968 Dart offered superior handling Dodge |
| #5266, aired 2007-07-02 | MUSCLE CARS $600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew leans over the open hood of a 1970 Plymouth Barracuda.) The 1970 Plymouth Barracuda got some extra muscle from its six-barreled setup of these devices carburetors |
| #5266, aired 2007-07-02 | MUSCLE CARS $800: The E-type by this British company was one of the first to offer independent rear suspension Jaguar |
| #5266, aired 2007-07-02 | MUSCLE CARS $1000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew stands behind a pristine Ford Mustang GT500 parked outside a residential garage.) You can't talk about muscle cars without honoring this racer, car designer & chili cookoff originator who made the classic GT500 Carroll Shelby |
| #5257, aired 2007-06-19 | PLANE CRAZY $200: He began mass-producing business jets in 1964 &, later, 8-track stereo tape players for cars (Bill or William) Lear |
| #5251, aired 2007-06-11 | JOE RANFT: PIXAR LEGEND $600: Not only the voice of Peterbilt, Joe Ranft co-directed & helped write this Oscar-nominated 2006 Pixar hit Cars |
| #5242, aired 2007-05-29 | ACTS OF CONGRESS $800: In 1893 the anti-mangling activism of Lorenzo Coffin got Congress to mandate the air type of these on railroad cars brakes |
| #5236, aired 2007-05-21 | FORBES' CARS FOR THE RICH $400: Things get personal for personal computer mogul Michael Dell in a 2005 H2 from this manufacturer Hummer |
| #5236, aired 2007-05-21 | FORBES' CARS FOR THE RICH $800: Investor Warren Buffett drives one of these "urban" car models from Lincoln a Town Car |
| #5236, aired 2007-05-21 | FORBES' CARS FOR THE RICH $1600: For Bill Gates, it computes to own 2 models, the 959 & the 911, from this manufacturer Porsche |
| #5236, aired 2007-05-21 | FORBES' CARS FOR THE RICH $2000: No stranger to the finer things in life, Saudi Prince Alwaleed Alsaud traverses the sands in this auto's Phantom Rolls-Royce |
| #5236, aired 2007-05-21 | FORBES' CARS FOR THE RICH $2,400 (Daily Double): Put it together: IKEA founder Ingvar Kamprad drives a 240 GL from this European auto company Volvo |
| #5231, aired 2007-05-14 | A DREW BARRYMORE FILM FESTIVAL $2000: (Again we draw on Drew for the final clue.) This movie in which I portrayed Beverly Donofrio was based on her memoir subtitled "Confessions of a Bad Girl Who Makes Good" Riding in Cars with Boys |
| #5229, aired 2007-05-10 | WHAT'S THE PLAN? $600: In 1963 Studebaker announced plans to stop making these in the U.S. & make them only in Canada cars |
| #5218, aired 2007-04-25 | ELEMENTAL, MY DEAR $1000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Princeton University.) The hull thruster, a plasma-based propulsion system for space, burns this element that glows in some luxury cars' headlights xenon |
| #5213, aired 2007-04-18 | LET'S GO SHOPPING $400: "Name your own price" for airline tickets, hotels, cars & more on this website that's a clever way to shop Priceline.com |
| #5210, aired 2007-04-13 | "V" IS FOR... $200: ...This male servant, or for an attendant who parks cars a valet |
| #5210, aired 2007-04-13 | MARKETING $800: Way back in the Model T days, Ford offered these, a few bucks of the purchase price back a rebate |
| #5207, aired 2007-04-10 | FANTASTIC SCAMS $600: In 2004 the FTC filed suit against a Co. offering a magnetic device that purportedly increased this in cars by 27% gas mileage |
| #5198, aired 2007-03-28 | "C" POTPOURRI $800: The company called Jennifer these doesn't sell sports cars but sofa beds Convertibles |
| #5194, aired 2007-03-22 | SENATOR RHYME TIME $2000: Senator Alexander's automobiles Lamar's cars |
| #5189, aired 2007-03-15 | THE "IDE"S OF MARCH $800: 2-verb term for a system that gives train commuters a place to leave their cars park-and-ride |
| #5158, aired 2007-01-31 | INVENTIVE MINDS $600: A lot of rain fell on Robert Kearns' parade after he invented the intermittent type of these for cars windshield wipers |
| #5145, aired 2007-01-12 | 5 BANDS $200: Appropriately, this '80s band sang, "You can't go on thinking, nothing's wrong, who's gonna drive you home tonight?" The Cars |
| #5138, aired 2007-01-03 | RUNNING "HOT" & "COLD" $200: This brand of toy cars roared into the world in 1968 Hot Wheels |
| #5128, aired 2006-12-20 | MC J-GIL IN DA HIZZ-OUSE (FEAT. DJ T-BEK) $800: (Alex: This artist is pure money...)
"My flow, my show brought me the dough that bought me all my fancy things, my crib, my cars..." 50 Cent |
| #5111, aired 2006-11-27 | BRIDGES $800: Paris' first iron bridge, the Pont des Arts, was for these, not cars pedestrians |
| #5067, aired 2006-09-26 | TRANSPORTATION IN SONG $1600: Completes the Gary Numan lyric "Nothing seems right in..." cars |
| #5062, aired 2006-09-19 | THE ORIENT EXPRESS $1200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew relaxes in a dining car.) To prepare for a visit from this last tsar, the French president had 7 new train cars created to show true French elegance Nicholas II |
| #5038, aired 2006-07-05 | MOVIE-MOBILES $400: Ingrid Bergman & Rex Harrison starred in a film about various owners of "The Yellow" one of these luxe cars Rolls-Royce |
| #5038, aired 2006-07-05 | MOVIE-MOBILES $2000: This 2001 Vin Diesel street-racing film popularized Honda "Tuners", personalized cars that are the new hot rods The Fast and the Furious |
| #5032, aired 2006-06-27 | JAPAN-U.S. RELATIONS $400: In June 1995 the 2 nations made a trade deal on imports of these major consumer items cars |
| #5031, aired 2006-06-26 | CASABLANCA $600: Carousels & bumper cars are waiting for you at the Casablanca amusement park named for this famous sailor Sinbad the Sailor |
| #5027, aired 2006-06-20 | CARS IN THE DICTIONARY $200: This Chevy car is perfectly ship-shape a Corvette |
| #5027, aired 2006-06-20 | CARS IN THE DICTIONARY $400: I think we can all agree on this Honda an Accord |
| #5027, aired 2006-06-20 | CARS IN THE DICTIONARY $600: This Ford model created quite a storm in North America a Thunderbird |
| #5027, aired 2006-06-20 | CARS IN THE DICTIONARY $800: It would take many of this Nissan model to reach its limit a Maxima |
| #5027, aired 2006-06-20 | CARS IN THE DICTIONARY $1000: This Volkswagen model is a real sport a Golf |
| #5010, aired 2006-05-26 | BABY YOU CAN MAKE MY CAR $600: Use "Fusion" to gain "Focus" & discover "Five Hundred" reasons to drive this company's cars Ford |
| #4995, aired 2006-05-05 | BY THE NUMBERS $200: This country, the world's second-leading producer of cars in 2000 with over 10 mil., made only 32,000 of them in 1950 Japan |
| #4994, aired 2006-05-04 | AUTO FOCUS $400: Incorporated in 1915, it designed its cars to withstand Sweden's rough roads & cold temperatures Volvo |
| #4983, aired 2006-04-19 | SPORTS QUOTES $1000: On his NBA fines, Kenyon Martin, then of this "Garden State" team: "I lost almost $300,000. That's 2 cars" the New Jersey Nets |
| #4980, aired 2006-04-14 | FORBES 2005 TOP FICTIONAL RICH FOLKS $1200: This movie tippler played by Dudley Moore races cars & plays tennis, but he has weekends off & he's his own boss Arthur |
| #4980, aired 2006-04-14 | 4-LETTER WORDS $1600: Usual term for a row of elevator cars bank |
| #4958, aired 2006-03-15 | HONEST AL TREBEK'S USED CARS $200: Yes, this American Motors car shares its name with a WWII engine trouble-causing imp... what, no sale? a Gremlin |
| #4958, aired 2006-03-15 | BLENDED WORDS $400: In 1925 the world's first one of these opened in San Luis Obispo, welcoming lodgers as well as their cars motel (from motor hotel) |
| #4958, aired 2006-03-15 | HONEST AL TREBEK'S USED CARS $400: Sure, in the '70s this car's gas tank exploded a bit when rear-ended but I prefer to think of the same-named bean the Pinto |
| #4958, aired 2006-03-15 | HONEST AL TREBEK'S USED CARS $600: Never mind this carmaker's Jetta--I see you top down, stone cold chillin' in its model called the Thing Volkswagen |
| #4958, aired 2006-03-15 | HONEST AL TREBEK'S USED CARS $800: This import had its U.S. debut in 1985 at $3,990, but its home country got split up later, so I'll let it go for a cool grand Yugo |
| #4958, aired 2006-03-15 | HONEST AL TREBEK'S USED CARS $1000: You'll feel like Montezuma in his chariot--I've got a whole lot of these Pontiac "sport recreation vehicles" the Aztek |
| #4956, aired 2006-03-13 | CRASH $1200: A recent study in Europe determined that pink cars were the safest & cars of this color the most likely to crash black |
| #4951, aired 2006-03-06 | TRANSPORTATION $600: It's a device used to connect railroad cars; today's automatic knuckle one was patented by Eli Janney in 1873 a coupler |
| #4914, aired 2006-01-12 | PARACHUTING WITH THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS $600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew demonstrates with a parachute at Fort Bragg, NC.) Also found on cars, when these steering lines are used dually, they slow the parachute; singly, they allow turning brakes |
| #4903, aired 2005-12-28 | OBSTACLES $200: In Indianapolis v. Edmond, the Supreme Court said cops may not set these up mainly to look for drugs in cars a roadblock |
| #4893, aired 2005-12-14 | U.S. HIGHWAYS & BYWAYS $2000: Named for a president, it was the USA's first transcontinental road for cars the Lincoln Highway |
| #4847, aired 2005-10-11 | GOIN' MOBILE $800: In 2005 Dan Wheldon led a 1-2-3-4 finish at the Indy 500 for cars made by this co., known for its Accord & CR-V Honda |
| #4846, aired 2005-10-10 | LET'S GO TO THE MOVIES $400: In the 1960s, California had over 200 of these, where people watched movies from their cars drive-ins |
| #4837, aired 2005-09-27 | CARS $200: Ford's Crown Victoria accounts for over 3/4 of these purchased, many painted black & white police cars |
| #4837, aired 2005-09-27 | CARS $400: An octet of these gives the VW Passat W8 its name cylinders |
| #4837, aired 2005-09-27 | CARS $600: Subaru's Outback was one of the first vehicles to combine an SUV & this traditional favorite of suburbanites a station wagon |
| #4837, aired 2005-09-27 | CARS $800 (Daily Double): At the 1953 Paris motor show, along came this famed Porsche model the Spyder |
| #4837, aired 2005-09-27 | CARS $800: Showing its "age", this 106-year-old GM line of cars sent its last one off the assembly line in 2004 Oldsmobile |
| #4835, aired 2005-09-23 | 10-LETTER WORDS $800: A driveway area where cars reverse direction, or the time needed to complete a task turnaround |
| #4806, aired 2005-06-27 | CORN $1200: (Jimmy is still lost in the Wisconsin cornfield.) Henry Ford suggested running cars on this fuel made from corn; in recent years it's become a big part of our fuel supply ethanol |
| #4785, aired 2005-05-27 | MIRRORS $600: Before the advent of this device in the 1911 Indy 500, passengers called riding mechanics watched for cars coming up behind a rear-view mirror |
| #4770, aired 2005-05-06 | ALL ABOARD! $1,000 (Daily Double): Ride in restored 1930s passenger cars on the Oil Creek and Titusville Railroad in this state Pennsylvania |
| #4746, aired 2005-04-04 | THE DIRECTOR'S CHAIR $800: "A League of Their Own",
"Renaissance Man",
"Riding in Cars with Boys" Penny Marshall |
| #4743, aired 2005-03-30 | MOTHERS OF INVENTION $600: In 1921 Kate Gleason built 100 tract homes, inspired by a visit to an assembly line for these cars |
| #4669, aired 2004-12-16 | WHY DIDN'T I THINK OF THAT? $600: Andrew Beard invented an improvement for the device that coupled 2 of these when they bumped together train cars |
| #4663, aired 2004-12-08 | CARS $200: In a 1969 Disney film, Herbie was this model of car Volkswagen Beetle |
| #4663, aired 2004-12-08 | CARS $400: This Japanese luxury brand debuted in the U.S. with the Legend sedan in 1986 Acura |
| #4663, aired 2004-12-08 | CARS $600: The name of this maker of the Q45 makes it sound like it will run forever Infiniti |
| #4663, aired 2004-12-08 | CARS $800: This sporty Dodge model is available as n SRT-10 Roadster for 2004, starting at around $80,000 a Viper |
| #4663, aired 2004-12-08 | CARS $1000: This German car make got its name from the Latin translation of founder August Horch's name Audi |
| #4646, aired 2004-11-15 | INTERNATIONAL TRAFFIC $1600: In 2003 Mayor Ken Livingstone of this metropolis introduced a tax of 5 pounds on cars entering the city center London |
| #4643, aired 2004-11-10 | VIDEO GAMES $800: A Ford Escort can race a VW Beetle in this "A-spec" PlayStation racing game with over 150 cars Gran Turismo |
| #4600, aired 2004-09-10 | RADIO $800: 2-word term for the peak listening period when rush hour commuters are in their cars drive time |
| #4570, aired 2004-06-18 | YOU AUTO KNOW THIS $2000: Said to be Elvis' favorite of all his cars, a 1973 Blackhawk made by this company is on display at Graceland Stutz |
| #4565, aired 2004-06-11 | FOR THE KID IN YOU $200: At Six Flags Over Texas, you must be 3'6" to ride in these, 4'6" to drive one the bumper cars |
| #4563, aired 2004-06-09 | MUSEUMS $200: You can take the Powell-Mason line of these to a museum of them in San Francisco the cable cars |
| #4555, aired 2004-05-28 | THE INDY 500 $200: (Sofia of the Clue Crew rides up in an Indy car at the Indianapolis Speedway.) Paved with 3.2 million bricks in 1909, the Indianapolis Speedway has had this nickname ever since "The Brickyard" |
| #4555, aired 2004-05-28 | THE INDY 500 $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reads from inside a car at the Indianapolis Speedway Hall of Fame Museum.) A 1911 Stoddard-Dayton was one of the first of these cars that lead others around the track but don't race a pace car |
| #4555, aired 2004-05-28 | THE INDY 500 $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reads from the Indianapolis Speedway Hall of Fame Museum.) Behind the wheels of these cars, this driver, known by his initials, became the first 4-time winner of the Indy 500 A.J. Foyt |
| #4540, aired 2004-05-07 | U.S. RIVERS $2,000 (Daily Double): The Lincoln & Holland tunnels let cars travel from Manhattan to New Jersey under this river the Hudson |
| #4532, aired 2004-04-27 | RHYMES WITH A PLANET $800: Audis, Buicks & Chryslers, for example cars |
| #4522, aired 2004-04-13 | SIT, TAKE A LOAD OFF $200: These individual seats with rounded backs are found in sports cars, not wells bucket seats |
| #4502, aired 2004-03-16 | ON THE WATER $200: A land game with cars on a collision course, or a safer water game in which players sit on others' shoulders Chicken |
| #4498, aired 2004-03-10 | CARS $200: Models from this car company include Escort & Mustang Ford |
| #4498, aired 2004-03-10 | CARS $400: Serapis Bey performs the catchy "Zoom-Zoom-Zoom" song in this carmaker's commercials Mazda |
| #4498, aired 2004-03-10 | CARS $600: Introduced in 1963, the Sting Ray was a version of this Chevrolet sports car the Corvette |
| #4498, aired 2004-03-10 | CARS $800: Actor Paul Hogan appeared in ads for its Outback model Subaru |
| #4498, aired 2004-03-10 | CARS $1000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew) This legendary GM designer introduced tailfins in 1948 & saw them reach a peak with the 1959 Cadillac Harley Earl |
| #4483, aired 2004-02-18 | WHEN I WAS YOUR AGE... $800: We didn't have SUVs, we had cars like this company's Edsel Ford |
| #4458, aired 2004-01-14 | "CON" GAME $400: When it comes to cars, ragtop is slang for this convertible |
| #4456, aired 2004-01-12 | TOYS & GAMES $800: Lesney Products, a die-casting firm, experimented with making toys & this brand known for its miniature cars was born Matchbox |
| #4437, aired 2003-12-16 | "C" IN ROCK $400: Ric Ocasek was the lead singer of this "Candy-O" group The Cars |
| #4407, aired 2003-11-04 | LET'S HAVE SOME CHILE $400: Just as in San Francisco, these are used in the port of Valparaiso to carry passengers up steep hillsides cable cars |
| #4390, aired 2003-10-10 | WELL EQUIPPED $200: Cars come with standard equipment, but you can add on these, from the Latin for "choice" options |
| #4389, aired 2003-10-09 | EUROPE $200: The world's earliest steam locomotives pulled cars full of this product out of mines in Wales coal |
| #4375, aired 2003-09-19 | RACK YOUR BRAIN $600: Rack & this is a steering system used in sports cars pinion |
| #4314, aired 2003-05-08 | BEFORE & AFTER $1600: "Parade's End" author who drives the first of the Pony Cars Ford Madox Ford Mustang |
| #4306, aired 2003-04-28 | STATE: THE OBVIOUS $400: At last count, this state had about 2 1/2 times as many cars as Texas or New York California |
| #4300, aired 2003-04-18 | CAR TUNES $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the Henry Ford Museum in Detroit.) In the opening to "All in the Family", Archie & Edith sang, "Gee, our old" one of these cars "ran great" LaSalle |
| #4282, aired 2003-03-25 | "D" TALKS $2000: The "Motor Wagon Company" of these brothers produced 13 cars in 1896 Duryea |
| #4272, aired 2003-03-11 | PHOBIAS $800: If Drew Barrymore were amaxophobic, she'd avoid doing this, with or without boys riding in cars |
| #4263, aired 2003-02-26 | ALBUMS $600: This New Wave group's album "Shake It Up" begins with the lachrymose "Since You're Gone" The Cars |
| #4260, aired 2003-02-21 | '60s MUSCLE CARS $200: Ronny & the Daytonas wanted to "turn it on, wind it up" & "blow it out" GTO |
| #4260, aired 2003-02-21 | '60s MUSCLE CARS $400: This Plymouth named for a sharp-toothed fish really had some bite Barracuda |
| #4260, aired 2003-02-21 | '60s MUSCLE CARS $600: This Chevy was still going strong into the '90s with a Z-28 model Camaro |
| #4260, aired 2003-02-21 | '60s MUSCLE CARS $800: This Pontiac muscle car moves much faster than the Stravinsky ballet Firebird |
| #4260, aired 2003-02-21 | '60s MUSCLE CARS $1000: Later maker of the Pacer, this automaker's Javelin hit the mark American Motors (AMC) |
| #4257, aired 2003-02-18 | SMARTIES $1000: Last name of the French brothers who introduced the pneumatic tire for cars Michelin |
| #4255, aired 2003-02-14 | DRIVER'S ED. $10,000 (Daily Double): (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports) A good steering wheel position is "9 & 3 o'clock" for cars equipped with these; "10 & 2" is standard for cars without them air bags |
| #4251, aired 2003-02-10 | SCIENCE & NATURE $2000: STP goes into cars; your body's cells are fueled by ATP, short for this triphosphate adenosine |
| #4235, aired 2003-01-17 | THE ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME & MUSEUM $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland.) These cars were hung as stage props during this group's "Zoo TV" tour in 1992 & 1993 U2 |
| #4199, aired 2002-11-28 | THE CARS $200: Look! Up in the sky! Those clouds! A Chrysler Cirrus & a Dodge one of these a Dodge Stratus |
| #4199, aired 2002-11-28 | THE CARS $400: In his diaries, this pop artist mentions directing The Cars' "Hello Again" music video Andy Warhol |
| #4199, aired 2002-11-28 | THE CARS $400: Aye, it's the name of a pirate sword as well as an Oldsmobile a Cutlass |
| #4199, aired 2002-11-28 | THE CARS $600: Maurice Chevalier sang, "Every little" one of these Plymouths "seems to whisper Louise" a Breeze |
| #4199, aired 2002-11-28 | THE CARS $800: One of this legendary pin-up artist's girls graced the cover of The Cars' album "Candy-O" Vargas |
| #4199, aired 2002-11-28 | THE CARS $1,000 (Daily Double): I can't see the sun; this Mitsubishi is blocking it an Eclipse |
| #4199, aired 2002-11-28 | THE CARS $1000: You can buy this Lincoln off the shelf -- the shelf off North America a Continental |
| #4199, aired 2002-11-28 | THE CARS $1200: The video for "Drive" featured this Czech model whom Ric Ocasek drove up the aisle in 1989 Paulina Porizkova |
| #4199, aired 2002-11-28 | THE CARS $1600: It's a "no-brainer" to tell us that in 1984 this Cars video won MTV's first Video of the Year award "You Might Think" |
| #4199, aired 2002-11-28 | THE CARS $2000: "Dance all night with anyone don't let nobody pick your fun just" do this "Shake It Up" |
| #4181, aired 2002-11-04 | "CH"ITCHAT $800: Its line of cars includes the Cavalier & Prizm Chevrolet |
| #4179, aired 2002-10-31 | DESIGN $1600: Type of design that's the title of a work by Raymond Loewy, who designed bottles, cars & refrigerators industrial design |
| #4175, aired 2002-10-25 | HOPE YOU'RE NOT CLAUSTROPHOBIC $200: As of 2001 all new passenger cars must have a release latch here (inside) the trunk |
| #4164, aired 2002-10-10 | CELEBRITY RHYME TIME $1000: Willis' railroad cars Bruce's cabooses |
| #4156, aired 2002-09-30 | CAR MEN $1600: Fast Italian cars are named for Enzo Ferrari, Alfieri Maserati & Ferruccio this Lamborghini |
| #4155, aired 2002-09-27 | INTERNATIONAL ROAD VEHICLE STICKERS $400: About 300,000 passenger cars:
CR Costa Rica |
| #4155, aired 2002-09-27 | INTERNATIONAL ROAD VEHICLE STICKERS $800: About 2,500,000 passenger cars:
GR Greece |
| #4155, aired 2002-09-27 | INTERNATIONAL ROAD VEHICLE STICKERS $1200: About 8 million passenger cars:
ROK Republic of Korea (South Korea) |
| #4155, aired 2002-09-27 | INTERNATIONAL ROAD VEHICLE STICKERS $1600: About 300,000 passenger cars:
ZW Zimbabwe |
| #4155, aired 2002-09-27 | INTERNATIONAL ROAD VEHICLE STICKERS $2000: About 6 million passenger cars:
NL the Netherlands (Holland) |
| #4135, aired 2002-07-19 | 20th CENTURY BUSINESS $400: (Sarah rings in the clue.) In the 1950s, the first commercial for this "saute and simmer" product featured the San Francisco cable cars Rice-a-Roni |
| #4114, aired 2002-06-20 | '20s TRANSPORTATION $200: Cadillac pioneered the use of this shiny coating, making it standard on their cars in 1929 chrome |
| #4095, aired 2002-05-24 | NEW CARS $200: One version of Chrysler's PT Cruiser has a paneled look like the hip station wagons known as these Woodies |
| #4095, aired 2002-05-24 | NEW CARS $400: Unlike characters in the Keanu Reeves movie, this new Toyota can't hang frozen in mid-air & dodge bullets Matrix |
| #4095, aired 2002-05-24 | NEW CARS $600: Ford plans to produce only 25,000 a year of this reinterpreted classic model Thunderbird |
| #4095, aired 2002-05-24 | NEW CARS $800 (Daily Double): Called "the original SUV", this over 60-year-old brand has a new model, the Liberty Jeep |
| #4095, aired 2002-05-24 | NEW CARS $1000: The H2 is GM's smaller version of this roadhog Humvee (Hummer) |
| #4083, aired 2002-05-08 | STRAIN THY BRAIN $800: The U.S. National Historic Landmark found in California that moves at a steady 9.5 miles per hour the San Francisco cable cars |
| #4074, aired 2002-04-25 | GAMES PEOPLE PLAY $800: It features a plastic spinner, plastic cars, blue & pink plastic pegs, fire insurance & stock certificates Life |
| #4067, aired 2002-04-16 | LIVIN' LATVIAN LARGE $200: During the Soviet Era, cars were rare in Latvia so teens got licenses for these bicycles |
| #4066, aired 2002-04-15 | EARLY AUTOMAKERS $400: One of his Lansing-built cars cost over $600; quite a "ransom", but then he was one, too (Ransom) Olds |
| #4066, aired 2002-04-15 | EARLY AUTOMAKERS $800: In 1914 Brothers John & Horace Dodge got out of making parts for this company to make their own cars Ford |
| #4059, aired 2002-04-04 | COULD IT "B"? $1200: (Sarah and Sofia of the Clue Crew ride an amusement park attraction.) 2-word term for the amusement park feature seen here, also known as dodge 'ems bumper cars |
| #4033, aired 2002-02-27 | MODEL RAILROADING $1600: The Kadee Company specializes in these devices for joining cars coupler |
| #4026, aired 2002-02-18 | CATCH THE "WAVE" $1600: It's the musical style associated with the Cars & Blondie new wave |
| #4022, aired 2002-02-12 | LET'S ALL GO TO THE MOVIES $400: 2001's "Riding in Cars with Boys" starred this actress from 1995's "Boys on the Side" Drew Barrymore |
| #4003, aired 2002-01-16 | "ANTI" UP $200: Many cars these days come equipped with this sophisticated stopping device anti-lock brakes |
| #3995, aired 2002-01-04 | TOUGH POTPOURRI $200: (Cheryl is in the Big Apple, and the clue's text is provided as the tunnel is way too loud.) NYC has been depositing old subway cars in the waters off Delaware to create an artificial one of these reef |
| #3967, aired 2001-11-27 | STOCK CARS $200: GM General Motors |
| #3967, aired 2001-11-27 | STOCK CARS $400: TM Toyota |
| #3967, aired 2001-11-27 | STOCK CARS $600: HMC Honda Motor Corporation |
| #3967, aired 2001-11-27 | STOCK CARS $800: NSANY Nissan |
| #3967, aired 2001-11-27 | STOCK CARS $1000: DCX Daimler Chrysler |
| #3954, aired 2001-11-08 | U.S. HISTORY $1000: To keep trains moving during this firm's 1894 strike, mail cars were added, so stopping them was a federal offense the Pullman Company |
| #3942, aired 2001-10-23 | NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARKS $200: Though they were designated a landmark in 1964, you can still ride them up & down the streets of San Francisco cable cars |
| #3901, aired 2001-07-16 | TRANSPORTATION $300: The Eclipse and Galant are 2 of the cars driving up business for this Japanese automaker Mitsubishi |
| #3879, aired 2001-06-14 | TAKE THE KIDS! $200: This West Coast city boasts museums devoted to Asian art, cartoon art & cable cars San Francisco |
| #3865, aired 2001-05-25 | REMEMBER 1989? $400: Echoing sports cars of the past, Mazda introduced this 2-seat roadster Miata |
| #3845, aired 2001-04-27 | BIG-SCREEN STUMPERS $200: Built by a team that created the James Bond cars, this title automobile celebrated its 30th anniv. in 1998 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang |
| #3825, aired 2001-03-30 | 2001 CARS $100: The top-selling SUV in America, Ford didn't change it much for 2001 Explorer |
| #3825, aired 2001-03-30 | 2001 CARS $200: With its 2.8-liter engine upgraded to a 3.0, this company's 328i became the 330i BMW |
| #3825, aired 2001-03-30 | 2001 CARS $300: Demand way exceeded production of this company's PT Cruiser, which premiered in March 2000 Chrysler |
| #3825, aired 2001-03-30 | 2001 CARS $400: This Japanese automaker's Prius has a hybrid gas-electric engine Toyota |
| #3825, aired 2001-03-30 | 2001 CARS $500: Honda changed the Civic's double-wishbone front suspension to this strut system MacPherson front suspension system |
| #3802, aired 2001-02-27 | FAST CARS $100: In the U.S. a limited edition of these new VWs in vapor blue & reflex yellow were available only online Beetle |
| #3802, aired 2001-02-27 | FAST CARS $200: Sting rides around in the back of an S-type sedan in TV commercials for this car Jaguar |
| #3802, aired 2001-02-27 | FAST CARS $300: This automaker's TT Roadster goes from 0 to 60 in 6.7 seconds Audi |
| #3802, aired 2001-02-27 | FAST CARS $400: In 1993 New York's Museum of Modern Art dedicated the exhibit "Designed for Speed" to this Italian automaker Ferrari |
| #3802, aired 2001-02-27 | FAST CARS $500: It's the make & model of the fast car seen here Porsche Boxster |
| #3783, aired 2001-01-31 | "WHEEL" OF FORTUNE $200: This toy line helps Mattel claim it makes more cars each year than the big 3 automakers combined Hot Wheels |
| #3709, aired 2000-10-19 | FIRST THINGS FIRST $100: In the 19th century enterprising Americans first added sleeping & dining cars to these trains |
| #3680, aired 2000-09-08 | WORKING ON THE RAILROAD $300: In 1880 he set up his own U.S. town to build his luxury dining & sleeping cars George Pullman |
| #3676, aired 2000-09-04 | CAR TREK $200: Reappearing in recent years, cars powered by this energy source reached their first production peak in 1912 electricity |
| #3652, aired 2000-06-20 | COMMUNITY COLLEGES $400: Don't want to end up parking cars? Try Henry Ford Community College in this Michigan city Dearborn |
| #3635, aired 2000-05-26 | ROMAN HOLIDAY $800: On April 25 Romans appeased Robigus, god of this--the kind that afflicts plants, not old cars rust |
| #3617, aired 2000-05-02 | NAME THE ROCKERS $400: "Shake it Up",
"Panorama",
"Heartbeat City" The Cars |
| #3605, aired 2000-04-14 | CLASSIC ALBUM ART $1000: A drawing by pin-up artist Vargas graced the cover of this group's "Candy-O" The Cars |
| #3594, aired 2000-03-30 | 2000 CARS $100: Honda's new Insight is a hybrid, propelled by 2 engines: 1 gas & 1 of this type electric |
| #3594, aired 2000-03-30 | 2000 CARS $200: This Swedish automaker's 40-Series has--Oh my!--curves instead of corners Volvo |
| #3594, aired 2000-03-30 | 2000 CARS $300: Not to be Cruella, but Cadillac's completely restored this model for 2000, including L.E.D. taillights de Ville |
| #3594, aired 2000-03-30 | 2000 CARS $400: Oooh, it cut its Cutlass & 86ed its Eighty-Eight from the line Oldsmobile |
| #3594, aired 2000-03-30 | 2000 CARS $500: It split its most popular all-wheel-drive vehicles, the only type it sells, into 2 lines--Legacy & Outback Subaru |
| #3565, aired 2000-02-18 | TOY STORY $400: In the late '60s Mattel took on Matchbox with this line of toy cars; today it owns both Hot Wheels |
| #3537, aired 2000-01-11 | THAT OLD TIME NEW WAVE MUSIC $400: You might think this Cars leader is married to supermodel Paulina Porizkova (& you'd be right) Ric Ocasek |
| #3537, aired 2000-01-11 | THAT OLD TIME NEW WAVE MUSIC $800: Last name of Gary, the former Tubeway Army leader who charted with New Wave hits like "Cars" Gary Numan |
| #3529, aired 1999-12-30 | CALLING ALL CARS $100: It can be a group of desert travelers journeying together, or the name of a Dodge minivan Caravan |
| #3529, aired 1999-12-30 | CALLING ALL CARS $200: This Ford model is named for the Zodiac sign of the wives of several men who developed it Taurus |
| #3529, aired 1999-12-30 | CALLING ALL CARS $300: General Motors' first new nameplate in over 60 years, it bears the name of the sixth planet Saturn |
| #3529, aired 1999-12-30 | CALLING ALL CARS $400 (Daily Double): One of the longest-lived model names, this Buick line dating from 1959 means "the sword" in French Le Sabre |
| #3529, aired 1999-12-30 | CALLING ALL CARS $400: The name of this rear-engined Chevy model brought out in 1959 was originally on an experimental Corvette Corvair |
| #3467, aired 1999-10-05 | DESTRUCTION $400: They're what are destroyed in the PlayStation game "Destruction Derby" cars |
| #3467, aired 1999-10-05 | 2000 CALENDARS $400: The "Woodies" featured in a calendar by Brown Trout are classic cars of this type station wagons |
| #3449, aired 1999-09-09 | SOCIAL STUDIES $500: Henry Ford devised this production "line" that reduced the cost of making cars Assembly line |
| #3433, aired 1999-07-07 | VINTAGE CARS $100: The Cadillac Automobile Company was founded in this city in 1902 Detroit |
| #3433, aired 1999-07-07 | VINTAGE CARS $200: It's the company that produced classics like the 1967 Z/28 Camaro Chevrolet |
| #3433, aired 1999-07-07 | VINTAGE CARS $300: Chief designer of the 1965 Pontiac GTO, he later designed a sports car he named for himself John DeLorean |
| #3433, aired 1999-07-07 | VINTAGE CARS $400: Mopar, a company that helps keep vintage cars running, stands for this Motor Parts |
| #3433, aired 1999-07-07 | VINTAGE CARS $500: This classic Plymouth muscle car with a 383 c.i. engine shares its name with a speedy cartoon bird Roadrunner |
| #3428, aired 1999-06-30 | CLASSIC TOYS $100: In 1954 Lesney Products issued its first 4 tiny die-cast cars in this line Matchbox |
| #3389, aired 1999-05-06 | THE CARS $100: An all-new model of this classic car was introduced in 1998 Volkswagen Beetle |
| #3389, aired 1999-05-06 | THE CARS $200: Today, instead of a family car, many Americans are roughing it with an SUV, which stands for this Sport utility vehicle |
| #3389, aired 1999-05-06 | THE CARS $300: The logo for this luxury automaker is one line away from a '60s peace sign Mercedes-Benz |
| #3389, aired 1999-05-06 | THE CARS $400: This GM car is named for a rocket, not a planet Saturn |
| #3389, aired 1999-05-06 | THE CARS $500: Bad news for some Toyota owners: this model is the car that's stolen most often Camry |
| #3382, aired 1999-04-27 | WORKING ON THE RAILROAD $1000: A pin puller operates these in the yard, to shunt cars from one track to another switchovers |
| #3381, aired 1999-04-26 | CAR MODELS $500: 5000,
A4,
A8 Audi |
| #3369, aired 1999-04-08 | THE 1930s $400: The first factory to make these cars was dedicated in Wolfsburg, Germany May 26, 1938 Volkswagen |
| #3341, aired 1999-03-01 | CABLE $600: Andrew S. Hallidie invented these & helped install them in San Francisco in 1873 cable cars |
| #3306, aired 1999-01-11 | POP MUSIC $800: "You Might Think" this group won MTV's Best Video of 1984: well, you're right, they did The Cars |
| #3304, aired 1999-01-07 | CAR TROUBLE $200: His stainless steel gull wing-doored cars were sharp, but his business tactics were not John DeLorean |
| #3304, aired 1999-01-07 | CAR TROUBLE $400: With high hopes, in 1985 Malcolm Bricklin began importing these boxy, cheap cars from central Europe to the U.S. Yugos |
| #3281, aired 1998-12-07 | CAR TALK $700 (Daily Double): (Hi, I'm Jay Leno.) Car buffs like me know in starting some classic cars you pull out the choke to constrict airflow to this part the carburetor |
| #3269, aired 1998-11-19 | HISTORIC AMERICANS $100: Born on a farm in Dearborn, Michigan in 1863, he repaired steam engines before building cars Henry Ford |
| #3260, aired 1998-11-06 | VINTAGE CARS $100: This famous flop was named after Henry Ford's son Edsel |
| #3255, aired 1998-10-30 | SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN $100: In 1998 the magazine told of efforts to liquify this "cleanest of fossil fuels" for use in cars natural gas |
| #3203, aired 1998-07-01 | U.S. HISTORY $1000: Developed in the 1860s, these vehicles made it possible to ship fresh produce across the nation refrigerated cars |
| #3178, aired 1998-05-27 | 1997 BUSINESS NEWS $4,500 (Daily Double): This automaker, whose logo is seen here, turned 50 in 1997 but has only made about 70,000 cars: (black stallion) Ferrari |
| #3176, aired 1998-05-25 | HEARD IN THE '80s $400: Rock group heard here: The Cars |
| #3147, aired 1998-04-14 | SPARE TIME $200: Some people raise baby foxes, called these; some build model cars from sets of parts, also called these Kits |
| #3138, aired 1998-04-01 | IT'S A GUY THING $300: It's the main hormone producing male characteristics like facial hair & love of sports cars testosterone |
| #3134, aired 1998-03-26 | PEOPLE WHO BECAME WORDS $400: Not one to let sleeping cars lie, he invented the railroad car named for him George Pullman |
| #3127, aired 1998-03-17 | THINGS THAT GO BUMP $300: They're small electric vehicles found in amusement parks bumper cars |
| #3127, aired 1998-03-17 | THINGS THAT GO BUMP $500: These ridges that are made to force cars to slow down can give them quite a jolt speed bumps |
| #3122, aired 1998-03-10 | HOT WATER $500: Last name of twin brothers Francis & Freelan who manufactured steam-driven cars Stanley |
| #3112, aired 1998-02-24 | PLACES $500: This term for a house's entrance hall also refers to the space between cars on a train the vestibule |
| #3072, aired 1997-12-30 | TRAVEL INDIANAPOLIS $300: Union Station has a hotel that features these sleeping cars converted into hotel suites Pullman cars |
| #3072, aired 1997-12-30 | TRANSPORTATION $400: The British SRN 4 type of this machine was designed to ferry people & cars across the English Channel hovercraft |
| #3071, aired 1997-12-29 | CELEBRITY RHYME TIME $100: Ringo's Renaults & Rolls-Royces Starr's cars |
| #3059, aired 1997-12-11 | THEY CAME FROM CLEVELAND $500: This former big wheel of the Cars recently produced Weezer's debut album Ric Ocasek |
| #3053, aired 1997-12-03 | RHYME TIME $200: A collision between cars that causes only minor damage Fender bender |
| #3046, aired 1997-11-24 | THE OLD WEST $400: Way before they made cars, Studebaker had these covered for the Old West Wagons |
| #2987, aired 1997-09-02 | RESORT CITIES $300: This resort's famous boardwalk was built in 1870 to keep sand out of hotel lobbies & railroad cars Atlantic City |
| #2973, aired 1997-07-02 | NEW WAVE MUSIC $200: Ric Ocasek's head was put on a fly's body in this group's video "You Might Think" The Cars |
| #2967, aired 1997-06-24 | THE MIDDLE AGES $1000: This 13th century English philosopher predicted there would be cars, airplanes & ships without rowers Roger Bacon |
| #2955, aired 1997-06-06 | CAR PARTS $200: Cars can be slowed by these parts pressing on the brake drum; don't drag your own on the pavement shoes |
| #2953, aired 1997-06-04 | CARS $100: This international automaker opened a U.S. plant in 1978 to build Rabbits Volkswagen |
| #2953, aired 1997-06-04 | CARS $200: In 1949 Chrysler pioneered starting a car with one of these rather than by pushing a button Ignition key |
| #2953, aired 1997-06-04 | CARS $300: In 1968 a U.S. postage stamp was issued commemorating this automaker's 105th birthday Henry Ford |
| #2953, aired 1997-06-04 | CARS $400 (Daily Double): GM division named for the son of a Swiss clockmaker Chevrolet |
| #2953, aired 1997-06-04 | CARS $400: Though the gov't considers it a truck, Motor Trend named this Dodge family vehicle 1996 "Car of the Year" Caravan |
| #2936, aired 1997-05-12 | TAKE A LETTER $300: In 1919 about half the cars in the world were this model T |
| #2928, aired 1997-04-30 | HODGEPODGE $200: One of the first cable cars from 1873 sits on a pedestal in this California city's Cable Car Museum San Francisco |
| #2891, aired 1997-03-10 | THE 1930s $200: A factory to make these "People's Cars" was dedicated May 26, 1938 in Wolfsburg, Germany Volkswagen |
| #2882, aired 1997-02-25 | SIGNS & SYMBOLS $200: The Witches' Almanac says those born under this sign are most likely to "ram" their cars into something Aries |
| #2872, aired 1997-02-11 | LAST PLACE $200: Of the 33 cars in this race, May 26, 1996, Johnny Unser's came in last, as he didn't complete one lap The Indianapolis 500 |
| #2853, aired 1997-01-15 | "FUN" WORDS $500: On this type of railway, ascending & descending cars may counterbalance each other Funicular |
| #2766, aired 1996-09-16 | AUTO HISTORY $100: The Duryea brothers built these, like the Wright brothers, before turning to cars bicycles |
| #2766, aired 1996-09-16 | AUTO HISTORY $300: John Hetrick invented this safety device in 1952; GM began adding it to cars in 1973 air bags |
| #2752, aired 1996-07-16 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $300: Comau, a subsidiary of this Italian company, makes the robots that build its cars Fiat |
| #2739, aired 1996-06-27 | "LINE"s $400: Henry Ford set one up to build his cars faster assembly line |
| #2713, aired 1996-05-22 | ODD JOBS $100: It's the group of people who refuel & service cars during a race pit crew |
| #2575, aired 1995-11-10 | TRANSPORTATION $200: In 1907 these cars for hire appeared in New York City with meters & gas-powered engines a taxi |
| #2535, aired 1995-09-15 | AUTOMOBILES $200: Since 1977, by law, cars in Sweden have had to keep these on in the daytime headlights |
| #2530, aired 1995-09-08 | CRIME TIME $600: Michael Fay was caned for spray-painting cars in this country Singapore |
| #2528, aired 1995-09-06 | FLORIDA $500: Cars were once raced on this beach that's 23 miles long & 500 feet wide Daytona Beach |
| #2522, aired 1995-07-18 | AMERICAN HODGEPODGE $100: Once there were 600 of these tramlike vehicles in San Francisco; now there are only 39 cable cars |
| #2517, aired 1995-07-11 | TRANSPORTATION $600: 9-letter term for a parade of cars motorcade |
| #2506, aired 1995-06-26 | 1995 CARS $100: This company has a new ragtop Celica Toyota |
| #2506, aired 1995-06-26 | 1995 CARS $200: Pontiac's Sunfire replaced this other "Sun" model the Sunbird |
| #2506, aired 1995-06-26 | 1995 CARS $300: Its new XJ6 sedan has a base price of $53,450; its XJ12, $77,250 Jaguar |
| #2506, aired 1995-06-26 | 1995 CARS $400: This Japanese automaker's Odyssey is its first minivan Honda |
| #2506, aired 1995-06-26 | 1995 CARS $500: Its Integra LS is Consumer Reports' top recommended small car Acura |
| #2479, aired 1995-05-18 | THE ENVIRONMENT $400: The use of these devices in cars has cut down on carbon monoxide emissions in the U.S., Canada & Japan catalytic converters |
| #2394, aired 1995-01-19 | CRIME TIME $500: Michael Fay of Ohio received a fine, a jail term & this punishment for spray-painting cars in Singapore caning |
| #2321, aired 1994-10-10 | CARS $100: In 1993 this Chevy sports car celebrated its 40th birthday the Corvette |
| #2321, aired 1994-10-10 | CARS $200: The expression "a real doozy" became popular after the introduction of this car in the 1920s the Duesenberg |
| #2321, aired 1994-10-10 | CARS $300: In 1989 Nissan unveiled its Infiniti & Toyota launched this luxury line the Lexus |
| #2321, aired 1994-10-10 | CARS $400: Some of this Swedish co.'s 1995 models, including the 850 Turbo, feature side-impact air bags Volvo |
| #2321, aired 1994-10-10 | CARS $500: Mazda's MX-5 2-seater convertible is also known by this name the Miata |
| #2311, aired 1994-09-26 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $400: This company exports cars from its Marysville, Ohio plant to Japan Honda |
| #2275, aired 1994-06-24 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $600: In 1958 Nissan Motor Co. started marketing its cars in the U.S. under this brand name Datsun |
| #2265, aired 1994-06-10 | PROFESSIONS $1000: Cars are driven by chauffeurs & these are driven by mahouts elephants |
| #2211, aired 1994-03-28 | PEOPLE $200: In his 61st & last TV ad for Chrysler, he introduced the company's new LH cars Lee Iacocca |
| #2209, aired 1994-03-24 | MUSEUMS $800: This German city's BMW-Museum features cars & motorcycles made by that company Munich |
| #2205, aired 1994-03-18 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $200: In 1918 this company founded by Walter Jacobs became the first to rent cars Hertz |
| #2167, aired 1994-01-25 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $200: In 1968 this toy manufacturer introduced Hot Wheels, its line of miniature model cars Mattel |
| #2127, aired 1993-11-30 | THE CARS $100: In 1994 select customers will be able to test GM's new Impact, a car powered by this Electricity |
| #2127, aired 1993-11-30 | THE CARS $200: Judging by its name, this line of luxury cars from Nissan could go on forever Infiniti |
| #2127, aired 1993-11-30 | THE CARS $300: In 1949 this company produced its one millionth car, a Coupe DeVille Cadillac |
| #2127, aired 1993-11-30 | THE CARS $400: This company has "excelled" in automaking ever since it produced Korea's first car, the Pony Hyundai |
| #2127, aired 1993-11-30 | THE CARS $500: In 1987 this Italian company's Countach sold for about $125,000 Lamborghini |
| #2115, aired 1993-11-12 | COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $600: This country follows Japan & the U.S. in the production of passenger cars Germany |
| #2098, aired 1993-10-20 | THE AUTO INDUSTRY $800: This largest private Italian company produces Alfa Romeo & Autobianchi cars Fiat |
| #2086, aired 1993-10-04 | POTPOURRI $200: In "I Left My Heart in San Francisco", these vehicles "climb halfway to the stars!" little cable cars |
| #2066, aired 1993-09-06 | MAMMALS $200: Once widely used to pull funeral cars, Friesian horses are always this color black |
| #2063, aired 1993-07-21 | ODDS & ENDS $300: In December 1992 San Francisco added 3 new ones of these to its fleet, the first since 1914 cable cars |
| #2058, aired 1993-07-14 | TRANSPORTATION $300: This provides the propulsion for the cars in the All-American Soap Box Derby gravity |
| #2043, aired 1993-06-23 | TRANSPORTATION $300: Major types of this vehicle include utility, touring & racing bicycles |
| #2003, aired 1993-04-28 | THE B&O $200: In April 1930 the B&O added this climate-control feature to certain cars; in 1931, to the whole train air conditioning |
| #1997, aired 1993-04-20 | TRANSPORTATION $100: In 1873 San Francisco became the first city in the world to have this means of transportation cable cars |
| #1997, aired 1993-04-20 | TRANSPORTATION $500: Built in the 1860s, the Pioneer was the first of this man's railroad sleeping cars George Pullman |
| #1993, aired 1993-04-14 | U.S. HISTORY $800: In 1894 Eugene Debs led the American Railway Union in boycotting this company's railway cars Pullman |
| #1986, aired 1993-04-05 | TRANSPORTATION $500: Art Ingels made the first one of these mini cars in 1956 out of metal tubing & a lawn mower engine a go kart |
| #1960, aired 1993-02-26 | MUSEUMS $600: A transportation museum in Baltimore named for this railroad has a collection of early railway cars B&O (Baltimore & Ohio) |
| #1891, aired 1992-11-23 | GERMAN CITIES $600: A major industrial city, its products include cars, chemicals & of course, toilet water Cologne |
| #1865, aired 1992-10-16 | "V"OCABULARY $100: It can refer to a gentleman's gentleman or one who parks cars a valet |
| #1788, aired 1992-05-13 | PARTY TIME $200: Uninvited guests who barge in on a party are said to do this, whether or not they wreck their cars crash it |
| #1781, aired 1992-05-04 | TRANSPORTATION $400: With an estimated 60,000, Mexico City has more of these cars for hire than any other city taxis |
| #1744, aired 1992-03-12 | CARS $300: An Oldsmobile that can be "Ciera" or "Supreme", or a sword once swung by sailors Cutlass |
| #1744, aired 1992-03-12 | CARS $400: A Plymouth, or the intersection of the earth & sky Horizon |
| #1744, aired 1992-03-12 | CARS $500: A Suzuki, or a "fast" bird that roosts in chimneys Swift |
| #1734, aired 1992-02-27 | FAMOUS FIRSTS $200: In 1914 he produced the first cars assembled completely on conveyor belts (Henry) Ford |
| #1729, aired 1992-02-20 | THE RAILROAD $600: Until it was standardized, early railroads built their cars & engines to fit this the (size of the) track (width) |
| #1719, aired 1992-02-06 | FAMOUS NAMES $200: A plant manager for Buick from 1912-16, he went on to build his own cars & a NYC skyscraper Chrysler |
| #1709, aired 1992-01-23 | TRANSPORTATION $100: Some of these vehicles survived a 1906 earthquake & are still in use on the Powell Street line today (San Francisco) cable cars |
| #1683, aired 1991-12-18 | TRANSPORTATION $400: Cable cars are 1 type of these "desirable" vehicles a streetcar |
| #1680, aired 1991-12-13 | THE AUTO INDUSTRY $100: In 1986 this company launched a new line of cars under the Acura name Honda |
| #1673, aired 1991-12-04 | U.S.A. $400: Carhenge in Alliance, Nebraska is a display of half-buried cars that looks like this British landmark Stonehenge |
| #1670, aired 1991-11-29 | CARS $100: A Dodge, or a TV series about the Carringtons, who might be chauffeured in one a Dynasty |
| #1670, aired 1991-11-29 | CARS $200: A Buick, or the European coastal region where you could take it for a spin Riviera |
| #1670, aired 1991-11-29 | CARS $300: A Hyundai, or the "Moonlight" composition you might listen to while you drive it a Sonata |
| #1670, aired 1991-11-29 | CARS $400: A Cadillac, or the Spanish city where Velazquez was born Seville |
| #1670, aired 1991-11-29 | CARS $500: A Toyota, or the collection of petals on a flower a Corolla |
| #1652, aired 1991-11-05 | TRANSPORTATION $800: In August 1991 this French automaker of the 405 Series said it will quit selling cars in the U.S. Peugeot |
| #1622, aired 1991-09-24 | TRANSPORTATION $100: These San Francisco vehicles run at a steady pace of 9 1/2 miles per hour cable cars |
| #1622, aired 1991-09-24 | TRANSPORTATION $400: This nickname for early cars pointed out they were not pulled by equines horseless carriages |
| #1610, aired 1991-09-06 | FILM FACTS $300: "The Love Bug",
"What's Up, Doc?" &
"Bullitt" all featured cars speeding through this city's streets San Francisco |
| #1606, aired 1991-09-02 | TRANSPORTATION $400: This company apologized after it found out the cars stomped by a monster truck in its TV ad were altered Volvo |
| #1599, aired 1991-07-11 | TRANSPORTATION $200: More than 15 million of these cars were sold before they were discontinued in 1927 the Model T |
| #1570, aired 1991-05-31 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $400: In 1981 Nissan dropped this brand name for its cars sold in the U.S. Datsun |
| #1519, aired 1991-03-21 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $100: In 1985, this corporation started a new company to make cars under the trade name Saturn General Motors |
| #1481, aired 1991-01-28 | SAFETY FIRST $300: In cars the 2 basic types of passive restraints are automatic belts & these airbags |
| #1473, aired 1991-01-16 | "M"s ON THE MAP $400: Because it's so small in area, no passenger cars are allowed on this Michigan resort Island Mackinac Island |
| #1435, aired 1990-11-23 | TRANSPORTATION FIRSTS $200: In 1901 Daimler built the 1st of these cars named for the daughter of a customer a Mercedes |
| #1431, aired 1990-11-19 | ALL GONE $400: In 1902 the Thomas B. Jeffrey Company made 1500 of these cars, a line later bought by Nash Ramblers |
| #1421, aired 1990-11-05 | LABOR $100: The Mitsubishi Eclipse & Mazda 626 are 2 Japanese cars made in the U.S. by members of this union the United Auto Workers |
| #1419, aired 1990-11-01 | GRAMMAR $200: This word is the object in the sentence "Ralph sold expensive cars" cars |
| #1416, aired 1990-10-29 | ANIMALS $200: After 3,000 years these "ships of the desert" in Saudi Arabia are being replaced by cars, vans & trucks camels |
| #1415, aired 1990-10-26 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $600: This Japanese company began producing motorcycles after WWII & didn't sell cars until 1963 Honda |
| #1318, aired 1990-05-02 | 19TH CENTURY AMERICA $100: This means of transportation invented by Andrew Hallidie was first used in San Francisco in 1873 the cable cars |
| #1302, aired 1990-04-10 | ADVERTISING SLOGANS $200: "Wouldn't you really rather have" one of these cars Buick |
| #1301, aired 1990-04-09 | TRANSPORTATION $400: Chrysler says these safety devices are standard on all its U.S.-built cars beginning with 1990 models air bags |
| #1265, aired 1990-02-16 | CHEMISTRY $200: The "wet" type is used for cars, the "dry" type for flashlights a battery |
| #1265, aired 1990-02-16 | FAMOUS FIRSTS $200: In 1959 this Swedish firm became the first to equip its cars with safety belts Volvo |
| #1223, aired 1989-12-20 | CARS BY THE NUMBERS $100: 911 a Porsche |
| #1223, aired 1989-12-20 | CARS BY THE NUMBERS $200: RX7 a Mazda |
| #1223, aired 1989-12-20 | CARS BY THE NUMBERS $300: 325i a BMW |
| #1223, aired 1989-12-20 | CARS BY THE NUMBERS $400: 5000S an Audi |
| #1223, aired 1989-12-20 | CARS BY THE NUMBERS $500: Z28 a Chevrolet |
| #1221, aired 1989-12-18 | 1968 $300: 85% of the cars sold in the U.S. in 1968 had this type of large engine a V8 |
| #1211, aired 1989-12-04 | TECHNOLOGY $500: This emission control device on cars is a cylinder filled with metal-coated pellets a catalytic converter |
| #1208, aired 1989-11-29 | DRIVING $500: Warren, Ohio is using Rotary Club members to issue $50 tickets to cars parked illegally in these handicap spots |
| #1206, aired 1989-11-27 | PEOPLE $100: Last year this man's son Robbie jumped his motorcycle over 22 cars & broke... his dad's record Evel Knievel |
| #1203, aired 1989-11-22 | TRANSPORTATION $100: NYC has waged a successful campaign to remove this type of marking from all subway cars graffiti |
| #1188, aired 1989-11-01 | ENDS WITH "Z" $200: This company's new cars have a note on the windshield attesting to quality signed "G. Daimler" Mercedes-Benz |
| #1183, aired 1989-10-25 | TRANSPORTATION $100: Prowl cars are a tool of this profession policemen |
| #1147, aired 1989-09-05 | CARS $100: In 1973 this motorcycle manufacturer created a splash in the U.S. with the Civic car Honda |
| #1147, aired 1989-09-05 | CARS $200: In ads, celebrities & their children promote the "New Generation" of this company's cars Oldsmobile |
| #1147, aired 1989-09-05 | CARS $300: The Ranger, Pacer, Corsair & Citation were the 4 models of this Ford failure Edsel |
| #1147, aired 1989-09-05 | CARS $400: This French automaker, not Mercedes, is Europe's largest builder of diesel engines Peugeot |
| #1147, aired 1989-09-05 | CARS $500: Planning to market the Lexus, this Japanese company was taken to court by a co. using the name Lexis Toyota |
| #1135, aired 1989-07-07 | TRANSPORTATION $100: Since September 1, 1985, all new cars are required to have a 3rd brake light installed here the center of the back window |
| #1135, aired 1989-07-07 | JUNE $200: With a 40 ft. x 50 ft. screen & parking for 400 cars, the 1st one of these opened in 1933 in Camden, N.J. a drive-in theater |
| #1135, aired 1989-07-07 | TRANSPORTATION $400: This auto company advertises that its cars are "built for the human race" Nissan |
| #1133, aired 1989-07-05 | 1901 $400: Wilhelm Maybach, technical director at Germany's Daimler Works, built the 1st one of these cars Mercedes |
| #1132, aired 1989-07-04 | TOOLS $100: Before cars came with electric starters, you started the engine by turning one of these tools a crank |
| #1096, aired 1989-05-15 | TRANSPORTATION $300: 3 million of these safety devices are slated to be installed in 1990 model American cars airbags |
| #1079, aired 1989-04-20 | SWITZERLAND $400: Over 10 miles long, the St. Gotthard is the longest one in the world for cars a tunnel |
| #1054, aired 1989-03-16 | TRANSPORTATION $400: Featured in a 1988 film, only some 50 of these cars were built a Tucker |
| #1038, aired 1989-02-22 | GEOGRAPHY $100: California has more cars than this, the world's largest country Russia (Soviet Union) |
| #1035, aired 1989-02-17 | THE METRIC SYSTEM $200: Speedometers on most cars in the U.S. can be read in either miles per hour or these kilometers per hour |
| #1007, aired 1989-01-10 | AUTOMOBILES $400: Retailer that stopped marketing cars at the turn of the century but then offered the Allstate in '52 Sears |
| #1005, aired 1989-01-06 | TRANSPORTATION $1,500 (Daily Double): U.S. News & World Report says Japan imports more cars from this country than any other Germany |
| #1000, aired 1988-12-30 | THE 50 STATES $200: Perhaps this state's romance with cars began in 1894 when one was driven on Pumpkinvine Pike in Kokomo Indiana |
| #1000, aired 1988-12-30 | AUTOMOBILES $300: On April 8, 1988 the Marysville, Ohio plant assembling these Japanese cars produced its millionth Honda |
| #999, aired 1988-12-29 | ROARING '20s $500: Introduced in 1923, this gas additive gave cars more power than regular ethyl |
| #997, aired 1988-12-27 | AVIATION $800: The 3-diamond symbol of this Japanese co. that made the Zero fighters can now be found on cars Mitsubishi |
| #987, aired 1988-12-13 | SLANG $500: Term for the small spare tire that comes with many new cars; perhaps they're cheaper by the dozen donut |
| #946, aired 1988-10-17 | TRANSPORTATION $400: During the '50s students tried to stuff as many of themselves as possible into one of these cars a Volkswagen Bug |
| #934, aired 1988-09-29 | TRAVEL & TOURISM $100: You can board one of Grave Line Tours' "funeral cars" to "see the stars' last stops" in this city Hollywood |
| #932, aired 1988-09-27 | THE RAILROAD $200: The very first passenger cars were built to resemble these, the form of transportation they replaced the stagecoach |
| #924, aired 1988-09-15 | TRANSPORTATION $200: In popular song, "they climb halfway to the stars" (little) cable cars |
| #914, aired 1988-07-21 | 9-LETTER WORDS $800: It's 2 or more cars parked obliquely across a street with B. Crawford standing behind them a roadblock |
| #906, aired 1988-07-11 | U.S.A. $400: In 1988, this Rocky Mountain state became 1st to require all cars to use oxyfuel to lower pollution Colorado |
| #889, aired 1988-06-16 | AUTOMOBILES $400: In 1986, this company sold some 169,000 cars in the U.S., most ever by an import in its 1st year Honda |
| #885, aired 1988-06-10 | "IN" PLACES $200: At the race in this city, the 500 refers to the distance run, not the number of cars in the running Indianapolis |
| #859, aired 1988-05-05 | "T" ON THE MAP $200: The city on Honshu that shares its name with the cars made there Toyota |
| #840, aired 1988-04-08 | TRANSPORTATION $500 (Daily Double): 1 of 2 cars mentioned in the following 1958 hit by The Playmates:
"Beep beep, beep beep /
His horn went beep beep beep..." Little Nash Rambler (or Cadillac) |
| #807, aired 1988-02-23 | WISCONSIN $400: Marking highways numerically, requiring seat belts in new cars, & opening a kindergarten things that happened first in Wisconsin |
| #802, aired 1988-02-16 | OLYMPIC MEDALISTS $400: He ran races for money against cars & horses when his 4 gold medals in 1936 brought no wealth Jesse Owens |
| #799, aired 1988-02-11 | ROCK $400: Timothy Hutton directed the video of this group's hit "Drive" The Cars |
| #772, aired 1988-01-05 | ADVERTISING $400: U.S. auto company who in July 1987 ads admitted their error in disconnecting odometers in test cars Chrysler |
| #766, aired 1987-12-28 | GOVERNMENT $200: In 1986, voters in Massachusetts & Nebraska revoked laws requiring them to do this in their cars buckle a seat belt |
| #747, aired 1987-12-01 | IACOCCA $400: He currently backs his cars with a powertrain warranty for this many years or this many miles 7 & 70,000 |
| #731, aired 1987-11-09 | THE AUTO INDUSTRY $600: GM plans to build Saturn cars in Spring Hill while Nissan has a plant at nearby Smyrna in this state Tennessee |
| #731, aired 1987-11-09 | THE AUTO INDUSTRY $1000: Ransom Eli Olds should have felt at home driving these two cars; both were named for him Oldsmobile and REO Speedwagon |
| #716, aired 1987-10-19 | WHITE HOUSE WHEELS $200: Cars equipped with special manual controls enabled this president to drive Franklin Roosevelt |
| #710, aired 1987-10-09 | COMMON BONDS $400: The bell, the conductor, the Rice-a-Roni placard cable cars |
| #703, aired 1987-09-30 | AUTOMOBILES $800: The VW "Beetle" was designed by this man whose name is on a much more expensive line of cars (Ferdinand) Porsche |
| #699, aired 1987-09-24 | HIGHWAYS & BYWAYS $200: Despite its name, Ford & GM cars can also use this "Motor City"s Chrysler Freeway Detroit |
| #698, aired 1987-09-23 | CARS $100: On the power stroke of a piston's 4-stroke cycle, air & this are ignited by an electric spark gasoline (fuel) |
| #698, aired 1987-09-23 | CARS $200: Before air really caught on, it's said syrup, sawdust, & tennis balls were tried as-filling for these tires |
| #698, aired 1987-09-23 | CARS $300: Among early prototypes of this 1st U.S. production sports car was a station wagon a Corvette |
| #698, aired 1987-09-23 | CARS $400: G.M.'s chief stylist was inspired with the idea of tail fins while looking at these other vehicles airplanes |
| #698, aired 1987-09-23 | CARS $500: To avoid high import taxes, for many years some of these British cars were built in Springfield, Mass. Rolls Royces |
| #687, aired 1987-09-08 | SPORTS FIGURES $500: The top class for international race cars Formula 1 |
| #678, aired 1987-07-15 | AUTOMOBILES $200: Country whose people own about 35% of the world's cars United States |
| #673, aired 1987-07-08 | POT LUCK $100: Of cars or babies, the 1 the U.S. currently produces more of each year cars |
| #673, aired 1987-07-08 | AUTOMOBILES $1000: Then owner of Cincinnati Reds & their stadium, his 44 mpg cars were sold in early '40s at Macy's (Powel) Crosley (Jr.) |
| #664, aired 1987-06-25 | CARS BY THE NUMBER $100: RX 7 Mazda |
| #664, aired 1987-06-25 | CARS BY THE NUMBER $200: 560 SEL Mercedes |
| #664, aired 1987-06-25 | CARS BY THE NUMBER $300: 928 S4 Porsche |
| #664, aired 1987-06-25 | CARS BY THE NUMBER $400: 325 e BMW |
| #639, aired 1987-05-21 | FAMOUS FIRSTS $1000: In 1948, this British company became 1st to offer 4-wheel-drive cars, not jeeps, to the public Rover |
| #632, aired 1987-05-12 | AUTOMOBILES $600: Only 110,847 cars were ever made with this Ford nameplate, all during 1957-59 Edsel |
| #632, aired 1987-05-12 | AUTOMOBILES $1,000 (Daily Double): The 2 men who founded the company that now makes Mercedes-Benz cars Daimler & Benz |
| #612, aired 1987-04-14 | SAN FRANCISCO $300: Once covering 58 miles, the routes for these have been reduced to less than 10 miles cable cars |
| #607, aired 1987-04-07 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $400: In March 1986, a Pittsburgh car dealer gave Cadillac buyers these Eastern European cars, free the Yugo |
| #593, aired 1987-03-18 | 20th CENTURY ART $400: A 60 foot-high sculpture near Paris named "Long Term Parking" has 60 of these embedded in concrete cars |
| #571, aired 1987-02-16 | CAR TALK $200: When fixing cars, "R & R" means remove & do this to an auto part restore (or replace or repair) |
| #558, aired 1987-01-28 | AUTOMOBILES $600: In Feb. 1973, Motor Trend named '63 VW Van & '57 Chevy among 8 all-time best cars for this paired activity making out |
| #554, aired 1987-01-22 | AUGUST $100: On Aug. 1, 1873, these, the Natl. Historic Landmark on wheels, 1st began climbing "halfway to the stars" the cable cars |
| #541, aired 1987-01-05 | LITERARY CANNIBALS $600: Humorist whose "Cannibalism in the Cars" told of a congressman who chews up his constituents Mark Twain |
| #533, aired 1986-12-24 | FROGS $900 (Daily Double): Name of the frog mentioned in this song:
If I were the king of the world
Tell you what I'd do
I'd throw away the cars and the bars and the war
Make sweet love to you
Sing it now
Joy to the world
All the boys and girls... Jeremiah the bullfrog |
| #518, aired 1986-12-03 | 20TH CENTURY AMERICA $500 (Daily Double): It's reported that by the early '30s the author of this 1928 Rep. slogan was begging for food "A chicken in every pot and two cars in every garage" |
| #507, aired 1986-11-18 | WORLD CITIES $100: N. European city with a service to fish out cars that fall into its canals, the Dijks, for example Amsterdam |
| #501, aired 1986-11-10 | ON THE ROAD $100: In L.A. 60% of 911 calls to the CHP are now coming from people with these in their cars cellular telephones |
| #499, aired 1986-11-06 | AUTOMOBILES $500: First company to build diesel powered cars Mercedes Benz |
| #498, aired 1986-11-05 | RELIGION $200: Many in this group, founded by Jakob Amman in 17th c., shun cars & fancy clothes the Amish |
| #497, aired 1986-11-04 | TRANSPORTATION $500 (Daily Double): Major world power that averages 1 car per 3,853 people China |
| #480, aired 1986-10-10 | CARS $100: The names of most Toyota models begin with this letter C |
| #480, aired 1986-10-10 | CARS $200: A U.S. car was named this out of admiration for endurance & strength of the Pilgrims Plymouth |
| #480, aired 1986-10-10 | CARS $300 (Daily Double): Make of model mentioned in this song: Pontiac |
| #480, aired 1986-10-10 | CARS $300: New on the American market, the Hyundai is imported from this country Korea |
| #480, aired 1986-10-10 | CARS $500: In the Ford Edsel, the transmission controls took this form push buttons |
| #480, aired 1986-10-10 | ODD SPORTS $1000: While the Indianapolis 500 uses cars, the Iditarod 1100 uses these dog sleds |
| #470, aired 1986-09-26 | VICTORIAS $400: Begun in San Francisco in 1969, these franchised restaurants feature box cars & depot decors Victoria Station |
| #456, aired 1986-09-08 | ODD JOBS $1000: Job of the "oshiya" in Japanese subways the pusher |
| #455, aired 1986-06-06 | TRANSPORTATION $100: In 1977, U.S. auto makers sold 9.3 million cars, but did this to 10.4 million recalled them |
| #433, aired 1986-05-07 | RELIGION $400: Many in this group, founded by Jakob Ammann in the 17th century, shun cars & fancy clothes the Amish |
| #422, aired 1986-04-22 | BICYCLES $300: This French company is known for making fine bicycles as well as cars Peugeot |
| #391, aired 1986-03-10 | TRANSPORTATION $600: In early 1970s, this popular form of transportation outsold cars in the U.S. bicycles |
| #388, aired 1986-03-05 | 1981 $200: In 1981, Datsun began selling cars in the U.S. under this corporate name Nissan |
| #383, aired 1986-02-26 | NUMBER PLEASE $800: Total # of tires & hubcaps you get with most American new cars 9 |
| #381, aired 1986-02-24 | AMERICAN HISTORY $800: A former slave who protested segregation on 1840's trains by sitting in cars reserved for whites Frederick Douglass |
| #373, aired 1986-02-12 | TECHNOLOGY $600: U.S. models of these have included the 1904 Caloric, the 1912 Fwick, & the 1911 Irvington Izzer cars |
| #356, aired 1986-01-20 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $200: This company was the 1st to use armored cars commercially Brinks |
| #345, aired 1986-01-03 | AUTOMOBILE TRIVIA $400: According to 1980 census, within 5%, the % of all cars in the world that are in the U.S. 37.9% |
| #343, aired 1986-01-01 | CARS IN SONG $100: According to the Beach Boys, "She'll have fun, fun, fun 'til her daddy takes" this car "away" a T-Bird |
| #343, aired 1986-01-01 | CARS IN SONG $200: In the '50s, Dinah Shore always closed her show by singing "See The U.S.A." in this a Chevrolet |
| #343, aired 1986-01-01 | CARS IN SONG $400: Pontiac model Ronnie & the Daytonas could have driven at Daytona a GTO |
| #343, aired 1986-01-01 | CARS IN SONG $500 (Daily Double): Person who drives the car described here
"If you see her on the street, don't try to choose her / Go Granny, go Granny, go Granny, go" The Little Old Lady From Pasadena |
| #343, aired 1986-01-01 | CARS IN SONG $500: Johnny Cash got this car 1 piece at a time & it didn't cost him a dime a Cadillac |
| #314, aired 1985-11-21 | AUTO SHOP $300: In newer cars it has generally replaced the generator for keeping the battery charged an alternator |
| #310, aired 1985-11-15 | NEWSPAPER FILLERS $200: As of July, 1985, Oregon guru Rajneesh had been given 90 of these cars, but he's hoping for 365 Rolls-Royces |
| #306, aired 1985-11-11 | POLAND $300: Of 1 out of 5, 1 out of 15, or 1 out of 50, approximate ratio of Polish families who own cars 1 out of 50 |
| #299, aired 1985-10-31 | FOREIGN CARS $200: World's number 1 motorcycle maker, it's also a major producer of cars Honda |
| #299, aired 1985-10-31 | FOREIGN CARS $400: Automaker that's tops in sales in Europe is this American firm Ford |
| #299, aired 1985-10-31 | FOREIGN CARS $600: French automaker that owns Citroen & also makes bicycles Peugeot |
| #299, aired 1985-10-31 | FOREIGN CARS $800: Though GM no longer markets them here, it still makes these cars in Germany Opel |
| #299, aired 1985-10-31 | FOREIGN CARS $1000: Of all European makers, these 2 whose names start the same sell most in the U.S. Volkswagen & Volvo |
| #298, aired 1985-10-30 | POP MUSIC $400: New Wave band that has driven through "Heartbeat City" to the top of the charts The Cars |
| #287, aired 1985-10-15 | AUTOMOBILES $400: Company that builds cars for Chrysler & sells under its own name, too Mitsubishi |
| #277, aired 1985-10-01 | GAME SHOWS $300: "Just Men" had 7 keys & 1 of these, while "Split Second" had 1 key & 5 of these cars |
| #267, aired 1985-09-17 | THE '40s $200: New models of these in '48 included the Tucker Torpedo & the Frazer Manhattan cars (automobiles) |
| #266, aired 1985-09-16 | AUTOMOBILES $200: Yep. He & Clark Gable bought the only 2 SSJ Duesenbergs sold Gary Cooper |
| #183, aired 1985-05-22 | STARTS WITH "G" $600: Condition caused by too many cars in one area, prohibiting movement in any direction gridlock |
| #181, aired 1985-05-20 | 1964 $500: In '64, this automaker closed its last American plant but was still making cars in Canada Studebaker |
| #152, aired 1985-04-09 | THE FAR EAST $200: Besides producing 7 million cars a year, this country is world's leading shipbuilder Japan |
| #134, aired 1985-03-14 | "STARTS" $100: Indy cars & track stars all begin here start(ing) line |
| #130, aired 1985-03-08 | POP MUSIC $100: It made sense this group's hit would be titled "Drive" The Cars |
| #95, aired 1985-01-18 | AUTO REPAIR $100: Both angry people & worn-out cars can blow one a gasket |
| #86, aired 1985-01-07 | CARDS & DICE $600: In craps, double sixes on dice are called this box cars |
| #77, aired 1984-12-25 | TRANSPORTATION $1000: Fruehauf is America's largest maker of this specific item truck trailers (semis) |
| #68, aired 1984-12-12 | CARS $100: Daimler & Benz borrowed this name from a friend's daughter Mercedes |
| #68, aired 1984-12-12 | CARS $200: GM car named for Indian chief who tried to take Ft. Detroit Pontiac |
| #68, aired 1984-12-12 | CARS $300: What BMW stands for Bavarian Motor Works (Bayerische Motoren Werke) |
| #60, aired 1984-11-30 | SCIENCE $300: Common name for ethylene glycol, it's used in cars in winter antifreeze |
| #52, aired 1984-11-20 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $200: Only company that sells rotary engine cars in U.S. Mazda |
| #51, aired 1984-11-19 | USED-UP CARS $100: Ford's '50s flop with a family name an Edsel |
| #51, aired 1984-11-19 | USED-UP CARS $200: Fans howled at Mel Blanc's imitation of this, Jack Benny's junker a Maxwell |
| #51, aired 1984-11-19 | USED-UP CARS $300: Among the victims of the Depression was this company's Bearcat a Stutz |
| #51, aired 1984-11-19 | USED-UP CARS $400: When production stopped in 1960, this Chrysler car had reached "de Endo" a DeSoto |
| #51, aired 1984-11-19 | USED-UP CARS $500: In '55, this steelmaker gave up making his namesake cars Henry J. Kaiser |
| #44, aired 1984-11-08 | SPORTS $100: Baseball team named for how its Brooklyn fans evaded trolley cars the Dodgers |
| #43, aired 1984-11-07 | ASIA $500: Pakistani pass with separate roads for cars, trains & camels the Khyber Pass |
| #24, aired 1984-10-11 | TRAVEL U.S.A. $200: S.F. attraction that despite “ups & downs” reopened in time for the Democratic Convention the cable cars |
| #9, aired 1984-09-20 | ADDRESSES $400: "Kookie" Byrnes parked cars for Dino's Lodge 77 Sunset Strip |
| #7, aired 1984-09-18 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $300: U.S. company that builds Renault cars American Motors |
| #5, aired 1984-09-14 | CHEMISTRY $800: Used in cars' catalytic converters, it's more expensive than gold platinum |
| #4, aired 1984-09-13 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $400: In 1978, this German co. became first foreign automaker to make cars here Volkswagen |
| #3, aired 1984-09-12 | AUTOMOBILES $200: This toy company builds more cars than Ford, G.M. & Chrysler combined Mattel |
