| #9084, aired 2024-04-18 | SECOND CITIES $200: The Castle of Good Hope dates to the 1660s in this city in South Africa Cape Town |
| #9044, aired 2024-02-22 | TV CHARACTERS $200: (Jason Alexander presents the clue.) I worked for 9 wonderful seasons with Julia-Louis Dreyfus who danced into politics as this veep in 2012; Julia is truly queen of the castle with 11 Emmys to prove it Selina Meyer |
| #9034, aired 2024-02-08 | A REGIONAL TREASURE $400: You'll find Gravensteen, the Castle of the Counts, in this region, the northern half of Belgium Flanders |
| #9029, aired 2024-02-01 | CANADIANS INVADE OUR LIVING ROOM! $1600: You know that TV show "Castle"? Well, this Albertan was Castle (Nathan) Fillion |
| #9025, aired 2024-01-26 | DASHIELL HAMMETT $400: Hammett is famous for his 1930 novel about this coveted title object that was made by Turkish slaves in the castle of St. Angelo the Maltese Falcon |
| #9021, aired 2024-01-22 | SO PUT ON ALL YOUR CLOTHES $1000: This Scottish article of headwear bears the name of a castle a Balmoral |
| #8998, aired 2023-12-20 | OPERA $1200: In a Bela Bartok opera, Judith comes to live in this man's "Castle" & discovers its room of his previous wives Bluebeard |
| #8997, aired 2023-12-19 | KING'S CROSSING $2,000 (Daily Double): In 1516, 11 years after losing the queen he called the "most excellent wife king ever had", this Castile royal left the castle Ferdinand |
| #8980, aired 2023-11-24 | CHESS $1200: It's the 8-letter term for the direction in which white has chosen to castle kingside |
| #8978, aired 2023-11-22 | BUILDING TERMS $400: As seen here, it's a small tower that rises up from a castle wall a turret |
| #8970, aired 2023-11-10 | WHERE'S THAT? $1000: Founded by William the Conqueror, this royal residence in Berkshire has been home to 40 monarchs Windsor (Castle) |
| #8960, aired 2023-10-27 | THE MAORI $1000: In this 2002 movie starring Keisha Castle-Hughes, a 12-year-old girl wants to be chief of her Maori tribe; granddad says no Whale Rider |
| #8944, aired 2023-10-05 | ARCHITECTURE TERMS $1200: This low wall on the top of a castle may feature crenellation a parapet |
| #8935, aired 2023-09-22 | SCOTLAND $200: Built in the 13th century, Urquhart Castle is found on the shore of this--wait, did you guys see something in the water? Loch Ness |
| #8929, aired 2023-09-14 | ALLITERATIVE GEOGRAPHY $1200: This California place is home to Piedras Blancas Light Station &, of course, Hearst Castle San Simeon |
| #8917, aired 2023-07-18 | AFRICAN FILMS $1600: "Sankofa" features an American transported back in time at Cape Coast Castle near Accra in this West African country Ghana |
| #8916, aired 2023-07-17 | WORLD ROYALTY $800: Mad King Ludwig of this old German kingdom got his nickname for stunts like building Neuschwanstein Castle Bavaria |
| #8911, aired 2023-07-10 | HOMOPHONES $800: Castle protector &
dust particle a moat/mote |
| #8910, aired 2023-07-07 | HOTEL CALIFORNIA $400: Hit the bricks for this theme park in Carlsbad that opened a New Castle Hotel on the premises in 2018 LEGOLAND |
| #8906, aired 2023-07-03 | COUNTIES OF ENGLAND $1,400 (Daily Double): Legend says King Arthur was born at Tintagel Castle in this pointy county that juts into the Atlantic Ocean Cornwall |
| #8896, aired 2023-06-19 | TV $600: Before he starred on "Castle" & "The Rookie", he was Captain Mal Reynolds on "Firefly" (Nathan) Fillion |
| #8892, aired 2023-06-13 | LET'S CHECK YOUR FAMILY HISTORY $800: Built in 1020, what's translated as "Hawk's Castle" gave this royal European dynasty its family name Habsburg |
| #18, aired 2023-05-23 | FICTIONAL CASTLES $200: The real-life Alnwick castle was used for this reel-life fortress built by Godric Gryffindor & 3 others Hogwarts (Castle) |
| #18, aired 2023-05-23 | FICTIONAL CASTLES $400: Prince Adam of Eternia transforms into He-Man by raising his power sword & proclaiming, "By the power of" this castle Grayskull |
| #18, aired 2023-05-23 | FICTIONAL CASTLES $600: This creator of Bertie Wooster wrote a series of stories about Lord Emsworth & family set at Blandings Castle Wodehouse |
| #18, aired 2023-05-23 | FICTIONAL CASTLES $800: In this 17th century work, Great-Heart & Old Honest rescue Mr. Despondency & Much-Afraid, prisoners in Doubting Castle Pilgrim's Progress |
| #18, aired 2023-05-23 | FICTIONAL CASTLES $1000: "The Castle of" this place, written in 1764 by Horace Walpole, is said to be the first Gothic novel in the English language Otranto |
| #7, aired 2023-05-12 | ISLE BE "C"ING YOU $800: Popular tourist highlights on this Italian isle are the Blue Grotto & the Castiglione, a medieval castle Capri |
| #3, aired 2023-05-09 | UNUSUAL MUSEUMS $200: Oddly, Leeds Castle in England houses a museum devoted to 5 centuries of this canine neckwear a dog collar |
| #8859, aired 2023-04-27 | WHERE THE "H" IS THAT? $400: The Buda Castle District is near the Danube in this nation Hungary |
| #8858, aired 2023-04-26 | BRIT LIT $800: In Sir Walter Scott's "Castle Dangerous", which is book good, the castle is defended in 1306 against this Scottish king Robert the Bruce |
| #8853, aired 2023-04-19 | A EUROPEAN VACATION $1600: We'll take a castle tour of this nation, the northernmost of the 3 Baltic states; Narva's is an impressive one Estonia |
| #8841, aired 2023-04-03 | HORRORS! $800: A trap door leads to a "subterraneous" vault in 1764's "The Castle of Otranto", cited as the first novel in this spooky genre Gothic |
| #8840, aired 2023-03-31 | OH, THE LITERARY PLACES YOU DON'T WANT TO GO! $800: As in "The Trial", this author uses a protagonist named K. in "The Castle"; a dark city with odd locals keeps K, busy Kafka |
| #8838, aired 2023-03-29 | A DISASTER ARIA $800: Lammermoor Castle is witness to the grief of this woman & her aria "Il dolce suono" Lucia |
| #8826, aired 2023-03-13 | THE BIG BANG THEORY $800: Code-named Castle Bravo, the largest U.S. nuclear bomb test ever was conducted in 1954 on this atoll in the Marshall Islands the Bikini Atoll |
| #8820, aired 2023-03-03 | HISTORIC NAMES $600: After posting his 95 Theses on the door of a castle church, this Reformation leader was branded a heretic Martin Luther |
| #8812, aired 2023-02-21 | HOME COMING $1200: The 8th Earl & Countess of Carnarvon live at Highclere Castle, also recognized as the title setting of this TV series Downton Abbey |
| #8804, aired 2023-02-09 | ON THEIR FAST FOOD MENU $800: An impossible slider with smoked cheddar cheese White Castle |
| #8794, aired 2023-01-26 | WORKING 9 2 5 $800: Tradition says Martin Luther posted this many theses to the door of a castle church in 1517 95 |
| #12, aired 2023-01-26 | ALL THINGS IRISH $500: Kissing this stone at the Irish castle of the same name is said to give the kisser the gift of persuasive speaking (the) Blarney (Stone) |
| #12, aired 2023-01-26 | REAL ESTATES $600: Highclere Castle played the title place of this TV series that featured Maggie Smith as the Dowager Countess of Grantham Downton Abbey |
| #8787, aired 2023-01-17 | DURING THE LIZ TRUSS WEEKS $600: Queen Elizabeth II was laid to rest with her husband, parents & sister in St. George's Chapel in this castle Windsor Castle |
| #8781, aired 2023-01-09 | WHITES & COLORS $400: Here's the flag of this British territory; the castle & the key symbolize its strategic importance Gibraltar |
| #9, aired 2023-01-05 | MERRIAM-WEBSTER DEFINES IT AS... $200: "A lower room in the keep of a castle... a close dark prison... commonly underground" a dungeon |
| #8769, aired 2022-12-22 | THERE'S A BOOK IN THAT BOOK $3,600 (Daily Double): "The Grasshopper Lies Heavy" is an underground novel in this Philip K. Dick book set in a conquered America The Man in the High Castle |
| #8764, aired 2022-12-15 | DRONING ON ACROSS AMERICA $400: Life's pretty good here in California; check out the pier that shares this name of the village known for Hearst Castle San Simeon |
| #8764, aired 2022-12-15 | THE NAME AS A PAST TENSE VERB $2000: Ready for adventure, we actress Hawkins-ed forth from the castle Sally |
| #8753, aired 2022-11-30 | A GIANT CATEGORY $800: Giant's Castle is a peak in the Drakensberg Mountains of this country's KwaZulu-Natal province South Africa |
| #8753, aired 2022-11-30 | TIME FOR SOME FOOD $800: Term for mini-burgers from places like White Castle sliders |
| #8747, aired 2022-11-22 | BUILDINGS $800: It would puzzle the noble builders of the Chateau de Chaumont that it was an inspiration for this lowly heroine's Disney World castle Cinderella |
| #8745, aired 2022-11-18 | HISTORIC CASTLES $800: Caernarfon Castle was the site for the investiture of him as Prince of Wales in 1969 (Prince) Charles (Charles III) |
| #8745, aired 2022-11-18 | HISTORIC CASTLES $1200: Poland's Malbork Castle is the largest in Europe built with these rather than stones brick |
| #8745, aired 2022-11-18 | HISTORIC CASTLES $1600: Home to the Vatican Observatory, this castle complex was first used as a summer papal residence in the 17th century Castel Gandolfo |
| #8745, aired 2022-11-18 | HISTORIC CASTLES $2000: Built by the Knights of Saint John in the 1100 & 1200s, the crusader castle Krak des Chevaliers is in this Middle Eastern country Syria |
| #8741, aired 2022-11-14 | THE LONG HALL $2000: Seen here, Chapultepec Castle in Mexico once served as a residence to this emperor & his Empress Carlota Maximilian |
| #8736, aired 2022-11-07 | BRIT BITS $400: At Christopher Wren's suggestion, in the 1670s the ruined Greenwich Castle became the site of a new this, designed by Wren observatory |
| #7, aired 2022-11-06 | FIRE ISLAND $500: 92 at Kilkenny Castle in 1887 was long considered the hottest temperature in this island nation Ireland |
| #8723, aired 2022-10-19 | FAITH, HOPE & CHARITY $1200: At Scotland's Edzell Castle, the garden spells out the motto "Dum spiro spero"--"while I do this, I hope" breathe |
| #1, aired 2022-09-25 | QUEEN ELIZABETH II $200: On Sept. 8, 2022, after 70 years on the throne, the Queen passed away at Balmoral Castle in this U.K. country Scotland |
| #8698, aired 2022-09-14 | BUILDINGS $200: The first secretary of this institution stands in front of its famous castle the Smithsonian |
| #8698, aired 2022-09-14 | BUILDINGS $600: Associated with Dracula, Bran Castle is a popular tourist attraction in this Romanian region Transylvania |
| #8690, aired 2022-07-22 | BOOKS OF THE CIVIL WAR ERA $1200: 2 cousins vie for a noble lady's hand in "Castle Richmond" by Anthony Trollope, set in this nation during its 1840s famine Ireland |
| #8687, aired 2022-07-19 | WORD ORIGINS $2000: Now a way to get out of something, it was originally a window in a castle wall for archers to shoot through loophole |
| #8684, aired 2022-07-14 | LITERARY CASTLES $400: A Scottish castle is home to this school of witchcraft & wizardry Hogwarts |
| #8684, aired 2022-07-14 | LITERARY CASTLES $800: This Prague author's unfinished novel "The Castle" has a man named K trying unsuccessfully to access the title place Kafka |
| #8684, aired 2022-07-14 | LITERARY CASTLES $1200: In this 17th century religious allegory, Christian & Hopeful are imprisoned for a time at Doubting Castle The Pilgrim's Progress |
| #8684, aired 2022-07-14 | LITERARY CASTLES $1600: A key antagonist in "The Chronicles of Narnia", she lives in a castle full of stone statues the White Witch |
| #8684, aired 2022-07-14 | LITERARY CASTLES $2000: Young Cassandra Mortmain lives in the rundown title structure in "I Capture the Castle" by this "101 Dalmatians" author Dodie Smith |
| #8680, aired 2022-07-08 | HISTORIC STRUCTURES $400: Charles I was the last monarch to sleep in this castle, the night before he was crowned king of Scotland in 1633 Edinburgh Castle |
| #8646, aired 2022-05-23 | IT'S MAY 23rd! $800: On May 23, 1618 3 guys were thrown out of a castle window in what is called this incident "of Prague" defenestration |
| #8646, aired 2022-05-23 | ANAGRAM PAIRS $1000: Soccer shoes worn at Neuschwanstein castle cleats |
| #8640, aired 2022-05-13 | DROP A LETTER $800: A home fit for a king & queen loses a letter & becomes this socioeconomic place caste (from castle) |
| #8640, aired 2022-05-13 | D.C. TOURISM $1000: In the 1880s, General Meigs designed the Pension Bureau building, now a museum; some called it "Meigs' Old Red" this Meigs's Old Red Barn |
| #8622, aired 2022-04-19 | APRIL FOOLS $1200: While besieging a castle in 1199, this "Lionheart" failed to wear his mail; he died in April after being struck by an arrow Richard the Lionheart |
| #8610, aired 2022-04-01 | HISTORIC NAMES $1200: Its wealthy newspaperman owner called this estate La Cuesta Encantada, "The Enchanted Hill" Hearst Castle |
| #8604, aired 2022-03-24 | PUT A "RING" ON IT $400: Like medieval castle-busters, firefighters use this 2-word bar to go through brick walls battering ram |
| #8577, aired 2022-02-15 | INTERNATIONAL PRISONS $200: Anne Boleyn is said to haunt this prison & castle begun by William the Conqueror in 1066 the Tower of London |
| #8575, aired 2022-02-11 | I'M TOO SEXY: A LYRICAL POTPOURRI $600: ... for this northern Italian city & fashion capital, site of Sforzesco Castle Milan |
| #6, aired 2022-02-10 | MEDIEVAL LIFE $1200: This part of a castle's defenses often also functioned as the sewer the moat |
| #8559, aired 2022-01-20 | ALSO KNOWN AS $400: This double-talk prison is called "The Castle on the Hudson" Sing Sing |
| #8543, aired 2021-12-29 | THE HISTORIC WHITE HOUSE $1000: Living there for only 5 months, this early first lady referred to the White House as "The Great Castle" Abigail Adams |
| #8539, aired 2021-12-23 | BUILT IN THE 1800s $1600: King Ludwig was a patron of Wagner, so this castle of his featured murals of Lohengrin & Parsifal Neuschwanstein |
| #8537, aired 2021-12-21 | GO HOME $200: Around 40 A.D. if you said Caesar's this type of home, you meant the one near the Roman Forum palace |
| #8535, aired 2021-12-17 | HOME, SWEET HOME $400: This historic German region was home to Hohenzollern Castle, a home to Frederick William IV, king of that region Prussia |
| #8524, aired 2021-12-02 | FICTION $800: This novel about a canine says, "A monster came to the small town of Castle Rock" Cujo |
| #8524, aired 2021-12-02 | FICTION $1,600 (Daily Double): Emily is imprisoned in a gloomy castle--that tells you "The Mysteries of Udolpho" is a classic of this big 1790s genre gothic fiction (a gothic romance) |
| #8520, aired 2021-11-26 | THE MOVIES $400: Because the British have no White Castle restaurants there, they used the title this pair "Get the Munchies" instead Harold & Kumar |
| #8512, aired 2021-11-16 | LOOK AT THAT MOUNTAIN! $1000: Head to this Alberta national park to see the fortress-like towers of Castle Mountain Banff |
| #8508, aired 2021-11-10 | THE SHIRLEY BOOTH $800: "We Have Always Lived in the Castle" is a Gothic novel by this author also known for her short stories Shirley Jackson |
| #8498, aired 2021-10-27 | THE BRITISH ROYAL FAMILY $400: Extensive renovations were required after this residence outside London caught fire in 1992 Windsor Castle |
| #8484, aired 2021-10-07 | WE DID START THE FIRE $1600: A fire started by an experiment in this gold-making pseudoscience destroyed a Weimar castle in 1618 alchemy |
| #8480, aired 2021-10-01 | CITIES OF IRELAND $1200: It was a long way to this city for the English King John, who built a castle there when he was governor Tipperary |
| #8479, aired 2021-09-30 | CHAPTER & VERSE $800: In a Tennyson poem this "Lady" is imprisoned in a castle, not far from Camelot Lady of Shalott |
| #8478, aired 2021-09-29 | SEE, IT STARTS WITH "CL" $1200: Bunratty Castle, the most complete one in Ireland, is one of the many attractions of this county Clare |
| #8476, aired 2021-09-27 | A 9-LETTER "N"OUN $2000: Seen here is the current version of the new castle that gives this Swiss city its name Neuchâtel |
| #8469, aired 2021-09-16 | LET'S VISIT CENTRAL EUROPE $2000: Breathe in the fresh air of the Little Carpathians & check out the castle that hovers over this Slovakian capital Bratislava |
| #8446, aired 2021-07-19 | A VISIT TO PRAGUE $800: A "Good King" in Christmas song, this martyred prince was interred in 932 A.D. in what's now part of Prague Castle Wenceslas |
| #8444, aired 2021-07-15 | ARCHITECTS $400: Pioneering California architect Julia Morgan designed several residences for this man, including his San Simeon Castle Hearst |
| #8437, aired 2021-07-06 | A WORLD TO KISS $800: Kissing this at a castle in County Cork will get you the gift of gab, or so they say the Blarney Stone |
| #8436, aired 2021-07-05 | STARTS & ENDS WITH "T" $1200: It's a small castle tower or something that holds a gun on a military tank turret |
| #8423, aired 2021-06-16 | NOT QUITE STUPID ANSWERS $200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from outside the Smithsonian Castle in Washington, D.C.) This scientist's will provided the funds that established the Smithsonian Institution; his crypt is here in the Smithsonian Castle & the institution he endowed has grown around him, exceeding anything he could have envisioned Smithson |
| #8422, aired 2021-06-15 | AT FREDDY'S $800: This red-bearded Fred built a mighty, now ruined castle at Gelnhausen in the 12th century Barbarossa |
| #8422, aired 2021-06-15 | AT FREDDY'S $1,000 (Daily Double): Frederick the Wise, ruler of Saxony, protected this controversial reformer at Wartburg Castle in 1521 (Martin) Luther |
| #8405, aired 2021-05-21 | STEPHEN KING TITLE REFERENCES $1000: The name of a shop in Castle Rock where you find the object of your dreams Needful Things |
| #8402, aired 2021-05-18 | SOMETHING'S LOOMING OVER ME $400: In Norwich, England it's Norwich Castle, which for 500 years was repurposed as this type of institution, for sure using its keep a prison |
| #8371, aired 2021-04-05 | STATE THE STATE $200: Hearst Castle is a landmark there California |
| #8350, aired 2021-03-05 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $1000: Set in a royal castle, "Once Upon a Mattress" is a musical based on this fairy tale "The Princess and the Pea" |
| #8347, aired 2021-03-02 | ALTERNATE HISTORY NOVELS $1600: Set in a world where Germany & Japan prevailed in WWII, "The Man in the High Castle" is a tale from this sci-fi legend Philip K. Dick |
| #8345, aired 2021-02-26 | LARGE & IN CHARGE $2000: Made by the Muffin Man, Mongo is the name of a huge one of these that attacks the castle at the end of "Shrek 2" a gingerbread man |
| #8320, aired 2021-01-22 | DUNGEONS & DRAGONS $800: This notorious Wallachian prince was supposedly confined in dungeons at Turkey's Tokat Castle Vlad the Impaler |
| #8318, aired 2021-01-20 | ACTORS' FILMOGRAPHIES $1200: "Room", "The Glass Castle" Brie Larson |
| #8301, aired 2020-12-14 | WORLD CAPITAL BINGO $1000: "O", around 1300: Akershus Castle is built in this city; it's still there today, south of a street called Karl Johans Gate Oslo |
| #8295, aired 2020-12-04 | "H"ISTORY $400: The name of this dynasty that ruled in Europe from the 1200s to the 1900s came from the family's ancestral "Hawk's Castle" Hapsburg |
| #8285, aired 2020-11-20 | BUILDINGS $400: Fairy tale-esque Neuschwanstein Castle in Germany was an inspiration for Sleeping Beauty's Castle at this SoCal location Disneyland |
| #8280, aired 2020-11-13 | BRITISH ROYAL RESIDENCES $1200: Caernarfon Castle was used by Edward I in the 13th century when subduing this country, now part of the United Kingdom Wales |
| #8280, aired 2020-11-13 | BRITISH ROYAL RESIDENCES $1600: Originally a Saxon castle, this edifice overlooks the Thames River and is where several English monarchs are entombed Windsor |
| #8280, aired 2020-11-13 | BRITISH ROYAL RESIDENCES $2000: This castle on the River Dee where the royal family spends summers is lovingly called "The Highland Barn" Balmoral |
| #8273, aired 2020-11-04 | CLUES ACROSS THE SMITHSONIAN $800: ( Jonathan Elias presents from outside The Castle in Washington, D.C.) Hi, I'm Jonathan Elias from ABC7: the architect of the Smithsonian's Castle said the color of the sandstone he used was close to ashes of roses; it was quarried in Maryland along this nearby river the Potomac |
| #8269, aired 2020-10-29 | "BE"SOMETHING"ED" $1200: Beleaguered is a synonym for this, whether by soldiers around your castle or by problems besieged |
| #8217, aired 2020-05-19 | STILL STANDING IN EUROPE $1,600 (Daily Double): Built in the 9th century, the castle named for this European capital looks out upon the Vltava River Prague |
| #8202, aired 2020-04-14 | BOOK CHAPTERS $800: "Huts on the Beach", "Castle Rock" Lord of the Flies |
| #8136, aired 2020-01-13 | I LEARNED IT ON YOUTUBE $1600: How kids get to build a volcano, a castle & survival houses to avoid creepers in this video game Minecraft |
| #8132, aired 2020-01-07 | HAVE FUN STORMING THE CASTLE! $800: Take plenty of these to scale the walls; Joan of Arc said she was the first to place one against a fortress at the Siege of Orleans a ladder |
| #8132, aired 2020-01-07 | HAVE FUN STORMING THE CASTLE! $1200: Watch out for one of these defensive sorties that sounds like a female first name sally |
| #8132, aired 2020-01-07 | THINK IT WILL WORK? $1600: No: these, attached to a Scotsman's arms for a leg-breaking leap from the top of Stirling Castle in 1507 wings |
| #8132, aired 2020-01-07 | HAVE FUN STORMING THE CASTLE! $1600: Bring somebody strong to lift this heavy, iron-bound, vertically sliding door that covers the main gate a portcullis |
| #8132, aired 2020-01-07 | HAVE FUN STORMING THE CASTLE! $2000: Try tunneling, like attackers did through chalk to collapse part of this Channelside British castle in 1216 Dover Castle |
| #2, aired 2020-01-07 | ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN $400: Julia Morgan designed this 68,500-square-foot home in San Simeon, California in the Mediterranean Revival style Hearst Castle |
| #8115, aired 2019-12-13 | WORD WAR Z $400: Zywiec, a town in this Central European nation, is home to the Komorowski Castle Poland |
| #8114, aired 2019-12-12 | FEMALE TV CRIME FIGHTERS $1000: Much to her chagrin, homicide detective Kate Beckett got teamed up with this title mystery writer to solve cases (Richard) Castle |
| #8100, aired 2019-11-22 | 7-LETTER WORDS $1200: An oubliette was a secret one of these beneath a trapdoor in a castle & a place you did not want to end up a dungeon |
| #8099, aired 2019-11-21 | NEW TO THE OED $400: This adjective meaning "swindled" that sounds like a chess castle was the culprit rooked |
| #8096, aired 2019-11-18 | HOME IS WHERE THE ART IS $1200: Open to the public, this man's castle features a fountain with ancient sculptures of the Egyptian goddess Sekhmet (William Randolph) Hearst |
| #8095, aired 2019-11-15 | "R"CHITECTURE $2000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Smithsonian Castle in Washington, D.C.) The Castle, the Smithsonian Institution's main building, was designed by this prolific 19th century architect, who would go on to design St. Patrick's Cathedral James Renwick |
| #8090, aired 2019-11-08 | SETTING THE SCENE IN SHAKESPEARE $1000: A tragedy, act I, scene ii: "The Earl of Gloucester's castle" King Lear |
| #8077, aired 2019-10-22 | A TREE GROWS IN BOOK LAND $200: The Whomping Willow does its whomping on the grounds of this castle Hogwarts |
| #8059, aired 2019-09-26 | PRE "SCH"OOL $2000: This German word for "castle" schloss |
| #8052, aired 2019-09-17 | BURGERS $400: The first hamburger chain in the U.S. was this one that sounds like it could've benefitted from a moat White Castle |
| #8028, aired 2019-07-03 | THERE'S A TIME & A PLACE FOR EVERYTHING $1000: 1862,
this Tokyo castle:
Iemochi marries Princess Kazu in a shogun wedding Edo Castle |
| #8014, aired 2019-06-13 | RESTAURANT CHAINS $600: Famous for its sliders, it was voted the chain with the most craveable burgers; Harold & Kumar would agree White Castle |
| #8010, aired 2019-06-07 | ARTIFACTS $600: Located at Windsor Castle, the locket seen here contains the bullet that killed this admiral in an 1805 battle Nelson |
| #8000, aired 2019-05-24 | LET'S GO TO THE OPERA $1200: Joan Sutherland used to really nail this character's big mad scene in Lammermoor Castle Lucia |
| #7991, aired 2019-05-13 | WATER, WATER EVERYWHERE $400: This "monstrous" Scottish lake contains an island that in the 15th century was home to a castle Loch Ness |
| #7984, aired 2019-05-02 | HEY, "B.B." $600: The door at the castle church of Wittenberg once served as this; Martin Luther made use of it the bulletin board |
| #7978, aired 2019-04-24 | WHERE AM I? $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents.) I'm outside South Africa's oldest building, the Castle of Good Hope in this city, named for its location on a peninsula Cape Town |
| #7974, aired 2019-04-18 | PET SOUNDS $1000: In a Miyazaki animated film, this magician has his own "Moving Castle" Howl |
| #7960, aired 2019-03-29 | CASTLE ARCHITECTURE $400: Tours of Norwich Castle include this place of incarceration, complete with torture instruments dungeon |
| #7960, aired 2019-03-29 | CASTLE ARCHITECTURE $800: A chandler was a castle's store room; its name is directly related to these that were stored there candles |
| #7960, aired 2019-03-29 | CASTLE ARCHITECTURE $1200: A tiltyard was a space where knights practiced their riding while using this weapon, basically the spear 2.0 lance |
| #7960, aired 2019-03-29 | CASTLE ARCHITECTURE $1600: From the Italian "scarpa" or slope, it was a steep slope in front of a castle to slow an attacking enemy escarpment |
| #7960, aired 2019-03-29 | CASTLE ARCHITECTURE $3,000 (Daily Double): 4-letter name for the innermost & strongest building near the center of a castle the keep |
| #7953, aired 2019-03-20 | BEFORE HE WAS VICE PRESIDENT... $200: He was a councilman for New Castle County in Delaware Joe Biden |
| #7935, aired 2019-02-22 | THAT'S A MOUTHFUL! $1600: On May 23, 1618 3 guys were tossed out of a castle's windows in what is known as this, sparking a Bohemian revolt the defenestration of Prague |
| #7930, aired 2019-02-15 | FRANZ KAFKA $2000: Kafka's last novel is called this, like the one on Hradcany Hill that overlooks his hometown The Castle |
| #7920, aired 2019-02-01 | SHE'S GOT AWAY $400: In 1568 she made a daring escape from Lochleven Castle, where she'd been a prisoner for almost a year Mary, Queen of Scots |
| #7889, aired 2018-12-20 | TV: THE WHAT? $200: It's about old new cop Nathan Fillion The Rookie |
| #7872, aired 2018-11-27 | TRAVEL & TOURISM $1200: Neuschwanstein Castle was begun in 1869 by "Mad" King Ludwig of this German kingdom Bavaria |
| #7867, aired 2018-11-20 | THE OLYMPICS $400: The standard distance of this race comes from the 1908 games, when it ran from Windsor Castle to the royal box the marathon |
| #7861, aired 2018-11-12 | IN THE SPANISH DICTIONARY $600: Under C:
Castillo de arena is this, something you see at the beach a sandcastle |
| #7857, aired 2018-11-06 | WHAT DO YOUR SHOES MEAN? $2,000 (Daily Double): Queen Victoria's Scottish castle is the source of the name of this laced shoe Balmoral |
| #7847, aired 2018-10-23 | THE HEART OF THE COUNTRY $2000: Lough Ree & Castle Durrow Ireland |
| #7844, aired 2018-10-18 | FICTIONAL WRITERS $2000: "Deadly Heat" was an actual 2013 bestselling novel by this TV title character played by Nathan Fillion Castle |
| #7820, aired 2018-09-14 | NONFICTION $1000: "The Last Castle" takes readers inside this largest residence in the U.S., once a Vanderbilt home the Biltmore |
| #7807, aired 2018-07-17 | COMPOSERS $2000: "The Old Castle" is one of the artworks on which Mussorgsky based this musical work Pictures at an Exhibition |
| #7806, aired 2018-07-16 | THE BOUNCY CASTLE $200: The English took this capital's castle in 1335; the Scots took it back in 1341, disguised as merchants Edinburgh |
| #7806, aired 2018-07-16 | THE BOUNCY CASTLE $400: Possession of this country's Bran Castle has bounced among Hungarians, Walachians & Transylvanians Romania |
| #7806, aired 2018-07-16 | THE BOUNCY CASTLE $600: Chateau Gaillard overlooks the Seine, but it was built by this leonine ruler who lost it to the French in 1204 Richard the Lionheart |
| #7806, aired 2018-07-16 | THE BOUNCY CASTLE $800: The Nazis made Saxony's Colditz Castle a prison; U.S. troops liberated it in April 1945 & in May, handed it over to this army the Red Army |
| #7806, aired 2018-07-16 | THE BOUNCY CASTLE $1000: In 1492 Catholic forces seized this Granada fortress & its castle from the Moors the Alhambra |
| #7802, aired 2018-07-10 | KING OF THE CASTLE $200: Fontainebleau, 1643-1715:
Le roi, c'est moi Louis XIV |
| #7802, aired 2018-07-10 | KING OF THE CASTLE $400: The former Edo Castle, 1926-1989:
This emperor Hirohito |
| #7802, aired 2018-07-10 | KING OF THE CASTLE $600: El Pardo, 1975-2014:
This recent abdicator Juan Carlos |
| #7802, aired 2018-07-10 | KING OF THE CASTLE $800: Neuschwanstein Castle, 1864-1886:
This mad man (Mad King) Ludwig (of Bavaria) |
| #7802, aired 2018-07-10 | KING OF THE CASTLE $1000: Windsor Castle, 1936-1952:
This father of a queen George VI |
| #7772, aired 2018-05-29 | I SURRENDER $400: Our besieged castle is out of food? Time to "wave" this proverbial symbol of surrender the white flag |
| #7737, aired 2018-04-10 | HAMLET $200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from Kronborg Castle in Denmark.) The legendary Danish hero Amleth inspired Shakespeare's "Tragedy of Hamlet", & the castle at Kronborg inspired this setting for nearly every scene of the play Elsinore |
| #7737, aired 2018-04-10 | HAMLET $600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from Kronborg Castle in Denmark.) Hamlet instructs this friend, "Draw thy breath in pain to tell my story," which is why a guide leads tours of Kronborg Castle as this character Horatio |
| #7737, aired 2018-04-10 | HAMLET $1000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from Kronborg Castle in Denmark.) While confronting his mother here in the queen's chamber, Hamlet ends up killing Ophelia's dad, this devious character, who is hiding behind a curtain Polonius |
| #7736, aired 2018-04-09 | 9 (LETTER WORDS) $400: In a fairy tale Jack climbs it to a magic castle in the clouds a beanstalk |
| #7724, aired 2018-03-22 | LOCATION VACATION $400: If you want to see the pavilion where Liesl was "16 going on 17" in this movie, head to Salzburg's Hellbrunn Castle The Sound of Music |
| #7724, aired 2018-03-22 | LOCATION VACATION $600: Take a tour of Highclere Castle in Hampshire, England, better known to PBS fans as this title manor Downton Abbey |
| #7718, aired 2018-03-14 | FROM THE BRITISH MONARCHY'S WEBSITE $1200: This residence of the queen outside of London is the largest occupied castle in the world Windsor |
| #7705, aired 2018-02-23 | RHYME TIME $800: An irritating inconvenience at Balmoral a castle hassle |
| #7703, aired 2018-02-21 | VERY, VERY U.K. ELECTION CONSTITUENCIES $1000: Stoke-on-Trent North; Bootle; this town on the Thames with a William the Conqueror-initiated castle Windsor |
| #7703, aired 2018-02-21 | BESTSELLERS $1600: This memoir begins with Jeannette Walls in a taxi, seeing her mom rooting through a dumpster The Glass Castle |
| #7681, aired 2018-01-22 | CAMPBELLS $600: Colum Ban Campbell MacKenzie is laird of Castle Leoch, where Claire Randall ends up living in 1743 in this 1991 novel Outlander |
| #7663, aired 2017-12-27 | SHAKESPEARE IN THE PARK $1600: Dunsinane Castle is a few miles away from this wood, the royal forest in the witches' prediction Birnam Wood |
| #7656, aired 2017-12-18 | PHILIP K. DICK $2000: This novel takes place in an alternate universe where the Axis won World War II The Man in the High Castle |
| #7656, aired 2017-12-18 | STATE FLAGS $2000: The sailing ship on its flag represents the shipbuilding industry of New Castle County Delaware |
| #7653, aired 2017-12-13 | ROBERTS' RULES $200: A castle built by Robert the Devil, the sixth Duke of Normandy, was the birthplace of this son & future conqueror William the Conqueror |
| #7633, aired 2017-11-15 | BOOK SMARTS $1600: This 1759 Voltaire work opens, "In the castle of Baron Thunder-Ten-Tronckh in Westphalia there lived a youth" Candide |
| #7630, aired 2017-11-10 | FRUIT, NOT FRUIT $600: Nintendo says she "spent her...time in Bowser's castle" but now she "prefers to be the one doing the rescuing" Princess Peach |
| #7623, aired 2017-11-01 | A MARRIAGE MADE IN... $400: The posh Luttrellstown Castle:
the former Posh Spice and him David Beckham |
| #7622, aired 2017-10-31 | WHAT HAPPENED WHEN? $800: On February 8, 1587 it was off with her head at Fotheringhay Castle after 19 years of imprisonment Mary, Queen of Scots |
| #7619, aired 2017-10-26 | THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON $2000: While encountering the spirit world, Chihiro discovers Haku has become a white dragon in this Miyazaki animated film Spirited Away |
| #7615, aired 2017-10-20 | AN EDIFICE COMPLEX $600: The German founders of Anaheim would be happy Disneyland has this heroine's castle inspired by Neuschwanstein Sleeping Beauty |
| #7612, aired 2017-10-17 | SUPREME COURT JUSTICE BEFORE & AFTER $1200: This Heisman runner-up jurist, now the home of "The Original Slider" Byron White Castle |
| #7599, aired 2017-09-28 | ABSURDIST LIT $1200: Only a few of the works of this Czech author of "The Castle" were published while he was alive Kafka |
| #7536, aired 2017-05-22 | ASIAN-AMERICAN PERFORMERS $400: In 2004 New Jersey-born Kal Penn played Kumar, hungry for this title place for some reason White Castle |
| #7530, aired 2017-05-12 | WHERE YOU AT, SHAKESPEARE? $3,000 (Daily Double): 2 ladies in this tragedy, playing rough in Gloucester's castle: "Hang him instantly"--"Pluck out his eyes" King Lear |
| #7526, aired 2017-05-08 | PARTS OF THE WHOLE $400: Keep,
parapet,
moat a castle |
| #7522, aired 2017-05-02 | GIMME SHELTER $800: Leeds is a stone one built by a Norman baron a castle |
| #7512, aired 2017-04-18 | DUG OUT $400: No medieval British castle is complete without one of these dug around it a moat |
| #7505, aired 2017-04-07 | COMMON BONDS $200: King,
castle,
pawn chess pieces |
| #7465, aired 2017-02-10 | GLOBETROTTING $1000: A trip to these lakes in County Kerry should include a visit to Ross Castle on the shores of Lough Leane the Lakes of Killarney |
| #7460, aired 2017-02-03 | THE TITLE OF THE MOVIE ESCAPES ME $1600: In 2004 these 2 pals "Go to White Castle"; in 2008 they "Escape from Guantanamo Bay" Harold and Kumar |
| #7450, aired 2017-01-20 | MUST "C" TV $400: NYPD Detective Beckett accepted the title character's proposal on season 6 of this now-departed show Castle |
| #7445, aired 2017-01-13 | CASTLES $400: This city's Rosenborg Castle houses the Danish crown jewels & has one of the finest collections of Venetian glass Copenhagen |
| #7445, aired 2017-01-13 | CASTLES $800: Bram Stoker is said to have based the castle of Dracula on Bran Castle in this region of Romania Transylvania |
| #7445, aired 2017-01-13 | CASTLES $1200: The Crimea's Swallow's Nest Castle, seen here, has been hanging precariously over this sea since a 1927 earthquake the Black Sea |
| #7445, aired 2017-01-13 | CASTLES $1600: Most weekends when she hasn't an official engagement, Queen Elizabeth II leaves London for this castle Windsor Castle |
| #7445, aired 2017-01-13 | CASTLES $2000: Neuschwanstein Castle in Bavaria was built by King Ludwig to honor this composer whom he greatly admired Wagner |
| #7439, aired 2017-01-05 | BEEN THERE, DONE THAT $600: Leaned upside down to kiss this tourist attraction in a County Cork castle the Blarney Stone |
| #7432, aired 2016-12-27 | SCANDINAVIAN CITIES $1600: Each August productions of "Hamlet" take place on Kronborg Castle in this Danish town Helsingør (or Elsinore) |
| #7424, aired 2016-12-15 | TALES $1600: Josef K. is busted without cause right from the start in this Kafka story, & things only get worse The Trial |
| #7418, aired 2016-12-07 | THE ROOM WHERE IT HAPPENS $1600: In 1618 in a room of Prague Castle, imperial agents Slavata & Borita of Martinic left the room this way through the window |
| #7416, aired 2016-12-05 | LITERARY CHARACTERS $1000: The name of this "Dracula" character who represents steadfastness calls to mind the castle of Elsinore Professor Van Helsing |
| #7359, aired 2016-09-15 | HISTORIC PLACES $1600: Tradition says a door of the Schlosskirche, aka Castle Church, is the site where these were posted in 1517 Martin Luther's (95) theses |
| #7352, aired 2016-07-26 | BOOKS BY CHAPTER TITLES $200: "Of What Happened to the Ingenious Gentleman in the Inn Which He Took to Be a Castle" Don Quixote |
| #7352, aired 2016-07-26 | 2016 PEOPLE'S CHOICE TV WINNERS $600: Stana Katic & Nathan Fillion both were lauded for their work on this network crime drama Castle |
| #7339, aired 2016-07-07 | PUNNY & NOT-PUNNY DEFINITIONS $2000: "To fill in the ditch around the castle", or to reduce in rank demote |
| #7337, aired 2016-07-05 | HEY HEY WE'RE THE MAORIS! $600: In this 2002 movie starring Keisha Castle-Hughes, a 12-year-old girl wants to be chief of her Maori tribe; Granddad says no Whale Rider |
| #7334, aired 2016-06-30 | CENTRAL PARK $2000: The name of this castle that houses a visitor center & nature observatory means "beautiful view" in Italian the Belvedere Castle |
| #7323, aired 2016-06-15 | HIGHLAND BLING $800: To look fashionable when in this castle on the river Dee, why not wear a cap of the same name Balmoral |
| #7321, aired 2016-06-13 | THE LAW $800: Sir Edward Coke's maxim "a man's house is his" this is one basis for privacy law castle |
| #7318, aired 2016-06-08 | LAKES & RIVERS $1600: Lord Byron set a poem at the Castle of Chillon along the shores of this European lake Lake Geneva |
| #7314, aired 2016-06-02 | TV MAPS $1000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) The Allies lost the war, and a buffer zone splits North America, with the Japanese in the west & the Nazis in the east on this Amazon show based on a story by Philip K. Dick The Man in the High Castle |
| #7297, aired 2016-05-10 | JOBS $800: Richard Castle on "Castle" hobnobs with the police, but is actually one of these an author (or writer) |
| #7295, aired 2016-05-06 | WHERE IN THE WORLD? $2000: The castle seen here:
this British city Edinburgh |
| #7286, aired 2016-04-25 | A ROYAL BRITISH LOCKUP $800: This doomed king tried to break out of Carisbrooke Castle in 1648 but got stuck in the bars on his window Charles I |
| #7276, aired 2016-04-11 | STATE SONG LYRICS $2000: "From New Castle's rolling meadows, through the fair rich fields of Kent, to the Sussex shores" is sung in this state Delaware |
| #7239, aired 2016-02-18 | SHAKESPEAREAN GEOGRAPHY $600: This Danish castle also called Kronborg is the setting for much of "Hamlet" Elsinore |
| #7237, aired 2016-02-16 | WOMEN IN POETRY $2000: In a Tennyson poem, she lives in a castle on an island in a river that rhymingly flows "down to Camelot" the Lady of Shalott |
| #7218, aired 2016-01-20 | DWELLING ON THE PAST $1000: Buckingham's nice, but this castle above the Thames is nifty, too; William the Conqueror picked its site Windsor Castle |
| #7214, aired 2016-01-14 | THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME $400: Architect Julia Morgan designed a home with 61 bathrooms for William Randolph Hearst at this Calif. town San Simeon |
| #7190, aired 2015-12-11 | MEDIEVAL JOB MART $400: You couldn't ditch work as a ditcher, part of the group that dug castle foundations & these defensive trenches a moat |
| #7167, aired 2015-11-10 | THIS & THAT $1000: Found on the north bank of the Thames River, it's officially Her Majesty's Royal Palace & Fortress the Tower of London |
| #7164, aired 2015-11-05 | GOTHIC LITERATURE $400: Starting the genre was Horace Walpole's 1765 novel titles this classic Gothic structure "of Otranto" castle |
| #7157, aired 2015-10-27 | THAT'S OLD STUFF $2000: Mad King Ludwig began construction of this fairy-tale castle in 1869 Neuschwanstein |
| #7145, aired 2015-10-09 | BUILDING TERMS $400: As seen here, it's a small tower that rises up from a castle wall a turret |
| #7140, aired 2015-10-02 | MEMOIRS $2000: In this 2005 memoir Jeannette Walls writes about growing up poor in a dysfunctional family constantly on the move The Glass Castle |
| #7121, aired 2015-07-27 | STATE OF THE ESTATE $200: Hearst Castle California |
| #7120, aired 2015-07-24 | NOT CHESS AGAIN! $200: In doing this, a player moves a rook either 2 squares to the left or 3 to the right castling |
| #7119, aired 2015-07-23 | STATE SEALS $1000: Its 3 counties are represented on its seal: Sussex by a sheaf of wheat, Kent by an ear of corn & New Castle by a ship Delaware |
| #7106, aired 2015-07-06 | LET'S VISIT SCOTLAND $1000: Prince Albert bought this estate in Aberdeenshire for Queen Victoria & helped design the castle himself Balmoral |
| #7099, aired 2015-06-25 | "HIGH" PAGE DRIFTERS $2000: In 2015 Ridley Scott helped bring to TV the Philip K. Dick novel called "The Man in" this structure the High Castle |
| #7092, aired 2015-06-16 | BRITISH HISTORY $400: In 1917 the royal family took this new name, also a castle Windsor |
| #7069, aired 2015-05-14 | A CAPITAL IDEA $400: Hradcany Castle, once the home to the kings of Bohemia, is a popular tourist stop in this Czech capital Prague |
| #7064, aired 2015-05-07 | CRIMINALITY... IN SONG $1000: In 1976 he sang, "Billy Joe shot a man while robbing his castle, Bobbie Sue took the money & run" Steve Miller |
| #7049, aired 2015-04-16 | CEREMONIES $800: In Oct. 2014 you could see this ceremony on even days of the month at Buckingham Palace; odd days, at Windsor Castle changing of the guard |
| #7035, aired 2015-03-27 | WHAT?!... WHEN?! $400: In 1291 Acre, the last major Holy Land castle held by this group, fell to the Mamelukes the Crusaders |
| #7034, aired 2015-03-26 | POE FOLKS $1200: This prince who tries to evade the Red Death in a secluded castle bears the name of a Shakespearean island dweller Prospero |
| #6964, aired 2014-12-18 | COUNTRIES BY WORLD HERITAGE SITES $400: The Tokaj wine region &
the Buda Castle Quarter Hungary |
| #6964, aired 2014-12-18 | MOVIE STUDIO LOGOS $600: Searchlights scanning the skies & lighting up its name 20th Century Fox |
| #6929, aired 2014-10-30 | THE SMITHSONIAN FROM A TO Z $600: C:
Nickname of this building, home to the Smithsonian Information Center the Castle |
| #6925, aired 2014-10-24 | 1809 $400: Enemies kidnapped this country's Gustav IV Adolf & held him in Gripsholm Castle until he abdicated Sweden |
| #6914, aired 2014-10-09 | DYNASTY $800: This dynasty's name comes from the German for "hawk's castle" Hapsburg |
| #6901, aired 2014-09-22 | CANADIANS ON TV $800: Fellow Canadians Stana Katic and Nathan Fillion solve murder-mysteries in New York on this series "Castle" |
| #6874, aired 2014-07-03 | CLIFFS $400: A cave at the bottom of the cliffs below Tintagel Castle in Cornwall is said to be the home of this Arthurian wizard Merlin |
| #6874, aired 2014-07-03 | BORN IN THE USA $800: A N.Y. congressman from 1903 to 1907, this newspaper magnate returned to California & got into castle building (William Randolph) Hearst |
| #6866, aired 2014-06-23 | 19th CENTURY AMERICA $2,200 (Daily Double): In 1847 Marines stormed & secured Chapultepec Castle in this world capital Mexico City |
| #6809, aired 2014-04-03 | 10-LETTER WORDS $2000: A women's magazine, or the mistress of a castle chatelaine |
| #6791, aired 2014-03-10 | BALLET SETTINGS $1600: The garden of Prince Siegfried's castle &
a lakeside Swan Lake |
| #6787, aired 2014-03-04 | DISNEY SIDEKICKS $2000: The song heard before the credits as fireworks explode over the castle was sung originally by this sidekick Jiminy Cricket |
| #6781, aired 2014-02-24 | A PROPER BRITISH BURIAL $400: He's buried in St. George's Chapel in Windsor Castle, beside his third wife Henry VIII |
| #6771, aired 2014-02-10 | FAMOUS HOMES $1600: Miramare Castle was the project of this man who soon met a sad end as ruler of Mexico Maximilian |
| #6767, aired 2014-02-04 | TV CHARACTERS $1600: Before there was Castle, there was Jessica Fletcher, who penned mysteries & solved them on this series Murder, She Wrote |
| #6719, aired 2013-11-28 | THE COUNTIES OF IRELAND $1600: This largest Irish county in area is home to Doneraile National Park & Blarney Castle Cork |
| #6718, aired 2013-11-27 | "B" GOOD $1200: Also called the ward, it's the courtyard of the castle & usually pairs with "motte" bailey |
| #6712, aired 2013-11-19 | MOVIES WITH STRUCTURE $200: "Harold & Kumar Go to White ____" Castle |
| #6704, aired 2013-11-07 | ALAS, POOR... $1000: Alas, poor this castle that brings tourists to the English Midlands Warwick |
| #6698, aired 2013-10-30 | THE NEW YORK TIMES MOVIE REVIEWS $1600: (A.O. Scott presents the clue.) I can sum up this animated Disney delight, one of my Critics' Picks of 2010, by saying, "Back to the castle, where it's all about the hair" Tangled |
| #6696, aired 2013-10-28 | MIDDLE AGE MEN $1600: In 1057 he was killed in battle at Lumphanan in Aberdeenshire, not at Dunsinane Castle Macbeth |
| #6677, aired 2013-10-01 | CASTLING $400: Today thought of as a prison in the bottom levels of a castle, originally it was the strongest building there the dungeon |
| #6677, aired 2013-10-01 | CASTLING $1600: A large, often iron & wood grate at the main entrance of a castle the portcullis |
| #6677, aired 2013-10-01 | CASTLING $2000: The Arabic word kazir, meaning castle, gave us this word for Spanish structures like the one seen here in Segovia an alcázar |
| #6671, aired 2013-09-23 | BRITISH ROYAL RESIDENCES $800: This castle 22 miles west of London claims to be the oldest & largest occupied castle in the world Windsor Castle |
| #6632, aired 2013-06-18 | DECORATIVE ARTS $1000: "The Lady and the Unicorn" is a 6-paneled one of these that once hung in the castle of Boussac a tapestry |
| #6630, aired 2013-06-14 | TV TIME $400: On a British series, Highclere Castle plays this title house Downton Abbey |
| #6623, aired 2013-06-05 | THE BURGERS $800: A Crave Case of Sliders White Castle |
| #6621, aired 2013-06-03 | CURTAINS $600: At Framlingham, a medieval one of these, the outer or curtain wall stands 44 feet high & 8 feet thick a castle |
| #6609, aired 2013-05-16 | WHERE IS IT? $600: Edo Castle: in this city Tokyo |
| #6604, aired 2013-05-09 | WE HAVE A NEW STATE CAPITAL $1600: Replacing New Castle Dover |
| #6565, aired 2013-03-15 | HIGH FANTASY $1000: In a novel by Diana Wynne Jones, Howl, the title wizard, has a "moving" one of these domiciles a castle |
| #6556, aired 2013-03-04 | AMERICAN ARCHITECTS $2000: California's first licensed female architect, Julia Morgan, designed this tycoon's castle Hearst |
| #6547, aired 2013-02-19 | TILE LAND $200: The Roman pool at this publisher's California "Castle" is decorated from floor to ceiling with glass tiles (William Randolph) Hearst |
| #6527, aired 2013-01-22 | IF THE SHOE FITS... $1000: A Scottish castle gave its name to this basic style of Oxford shoes Balmoral |
| #6522, aired 2013-01-15 | SAME 4 LETTERS, DIFFERENT WORD $600: Electron home & castle protector atom & moat |
| #6496, aired 2012-12-10 | LANDMARKS $2000: The mailing address of Hearst Castle is in this small California community San Simeon |
| #6491, aired 2012-12-03 | SHAKESPEAREAN SCENE SETTINGS $200: "Elsinore. A platform before the castle" Hamlet |
| #6491, aired 2012-12-03 | AT THE VEGAS HOTEL $800: The Tournament of Kings dining show,
Castle Walk,
Fun Dungeon Excalibur |
| #6491, aired 2012-12-03 | SHAKESPEAREAN SCENE SETTINGS $1000: "Cyprus, a room in the castle" Othello |
| #6488, aired 2012-11-28 | AMERICAN LITERATURE $800: This Mark Twain book contains such chapters as "The Ogre's Castle" & "Merlin's Tower" A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court |
| #6432, aired 2012-07-31 | THE WIZARDING WORLD OF HARRY POTTER $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows us a castle at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Orlando.) At the Wizarding World of Harry Potter, you'll see the familiar castle that's home to this prestigious school of witchcraft & wizardry Hogwarts |
| #6383, aired 2012-05-23 | COMPANY NAMES $800: The color in the name of this hamburger chain signifies purity; the other word signifies strength & permanence White Castle |
| #6364, aired 2012-04-26 | IRISH HISTORY $1600: In 1446 Dermot McCarthy built this castle & installed a stone taken from an earlier version of the castle Blarney |
| #6345, aired 2012-03-30 | POE'S PROSE $1200: Prince Prospero & 1,000 knights & dames retired to a castle to escape a fatal pestilence in this story "The Masque of the Red Death" |
| #6339, aired 2012-03-22 | PORTRAITS $2000: Get in the van & name this Flemish artist whose portrait of 5 children of Charles I hangs in Windsor Castle van Dyck |
| #6337, aired 2012-03-20 | I'M THE KING OF THE WORLD $200: This country's King Leopold III spent much of World War II as a prisoner in his own castle Belgium |
| #6328, aired 2012-03-07 | THIS & THAT $1600: Baltimore is in Maryland; this Aberdeenshire, Scotland castle is a summer residence of the British royal family Balmoral |
| #6294, aired 2012-01-19 | A SHAKESPEARE PLAY, FOR OPENERS $200: This play opens on the battlements of the castle at Elsinore as Barnardo asks, "who's there?" Hamlet |
| #6267, aired 2011-12-13 | WORLD OF WONDERS $600: The 38-bedroom, 60,645-square-foot "Casa Grande" is the main house of this California "Castle" Hearst Castle |
| #6260, aired 2011-12-02 | SHADES OF GRAY $400: The Gray Lady of Scotland's Glamis Castle is said to be Lady Douglas, an accused witch who met this fiery fate burning at the stake |
| #6260, aired 2011-12-02 | SHADES OF GRAY $800: Brodick Castle's Gray Lady is said to be a woman who was locked in the dungeon because she carried this deadly disease the plague |
| #6260, aired 2011-12-02 | SHADES OF GRAY $1000: A Gray Lady is said to haunt this African country's castle of Goede Hoop South Africa |
| #6259, aired 2011-12-01 | ABOUT THE STATES $400: Delaware has only 3 of these: New Castle, Kent & Sussex counties |
| #6257, aired 2011-11-29 | MOAT POINTS $800: Great Britain's second largest, after Windsor, the Castle of Caerphilly, moat & all, is found in this country Wales |
| #6257, aired 2011-11-29 | MOAT POINTS $1200: In the late 1100s what's now the site of this in Paris was Philip Augustus' castle, with a wide moat & not much art the Louvre |
| #6250, aired 2011-11-18 | THE BIGGEST SCHMOOZER $800: A man's home is his castle, & yours is so amazing, it's like one of these French-named castles in Bordeaux a chateau |
| #6243, aired 2011-11-09 | THE HILLS ARE ALIVE $1000: The 200' Chapultepec Hill boasts the castle where this Mexican emperor lived in the 1860s Maximilian |
| #6243, aired 2011-11-09 | "RED", "WHITE" OR "BLUE" $1200: A Big Crave 9 from here contains 20 sliders White Castle |
| #6225, aired 2011-10-14 | AT 33 $600: He was 33 when he nailed his 95 theses to the door of the Wittenberg Castle Church Martin Luther |
| #6191, aired 2011-07-11 | THE VATICAN $1000: The 2006 feature film this "story", starring Keisha Castle-Hughes as Mary, was the first to premiere at the Vatican The Nativity Story |
| #6157, aired 2011-05-24 | ACT I, SCENE 1 $200: Act I, Scene 1 of this Shakespeare play takes place atop the castle at Elsinore Hamlet |
| #6155, aired 2011-05-20 | WORLD OF SOUP $1000: A beef and vegetable soup is called "Brown" this, also the castle where George III is buried (not due to eating the soup) Windsor |
| #6155, aired 2011-05-20 | PLACEMENT $1200: You're in this U.S. state if you're checking out the Coral Castle that Ed Leedskalnin mysteriously carved in 1923 Florida |
| #6111, aired 2011-03-21 | FLAGS OF THE WORLD $400: The castle & key on the flag of this British dependency symbolize its strategic position on the Mediterranean Gibraltar |
| #6099, aired 2011-03-03 | TV CITY SETTINGS $1600: "Castle" New York |
| #6095, aired 2011-02-25 | CASTLES $200: The Scottish National War Memorial is found in the castle bearing the name of this capital city Edinburgh Castle |
| #6095, aired 2011-02-25 | CASTLES $400: Neuschwanstein Castle, often described as a magical setting, is found in this country Germany |
| #6095, aired 2011-02-25 | CASTLES $600: Once home to the Knights of the Sword, Riga Castle is today the official residence of the president of this Baltic country Latvia |
| #6095, aired 2011-02-25 | CASTLES $1000: Balmoral Castle is this present monarch's summer home Queen Elizabeth II (of Great Britain) |
| #6067, aired 2011-01-18 | BURGER JOINTS $1000: The craving for burgers from this chain is so strong that it was in the title of a Harold & Kumar film White Castle |
| #6060, aired 2011-01-07 | TV TITLE REFERENCES $2000: Nathan Fillion plays a mystery novelist with this last name; he helps a female NYC police detective solve crimes Castle |
| #6054, aired 2010-12-30 | PORTUGUYS $600: In the 15th century, this Portuguese prince established a school of navigation at Sagres, his castle Henry (the Navigator) |
| #6045, aired 2010-12-17 | MUSICAL LODGINGS $600: This '80s group reminisced that "our house was our castle and our keep" Madness |
| #6019, aired 2010-11-11 | LANDMARKS $1600: This structure follows Windsor, Balmoral or Montezuma castle |
| #6009, aired 2010-10-28 | UNFINISHED NOVELS $2000: The hero of his unfinished novel "The Castle" is known only as K. Kafka |
| #5995, aired 2010-10-08 | SHAKESPEARE'S SETTINGS $800: Most of "Hamlet" takes place within this castle Elsinore |
| #5991, aired 2010-10-04 | A PALACE IN HISTORY $1600: Japan's Imperial Palace is on the former site of this castle, also the old name for Tokyo Edo |
| #5987, aired 2010-09-28 | MAN ABOUT THE HOUSE $800: Wilmington-born Mike Castle is this little state's only man in the House of Representatives Delaware |
| #5987, aired 2010-09-28 | LYRICS OF THE ARTIST $1200: "I drink Brass Monkey and I rock well, I got a castle in Brooklyn that's where I dwell" the Beastie Boys |
| #5975, aired 2010-07-30 | UNREAL ESTATE $2000: In "The Prisoner of Zenda", the king of this fictional Central European kingdom is held captive in Zenda Castle Ruritania |
| #5963, aired 2010-07-14 | THE QUEEN $600: During WWII, Elizabeth & her sister were evacuated to this castle where their grandfather George V is buried Windsor Castle |
| #5959, aired 2010-07-08 | WORLD CAPITALS $800: This Philippine capital's intramuros, or walled city, was built on the design of a medieval castle Manila |
| #5933, aired 2010-06-02 | THE RING CYCLE $400: In "Das Rheingold" 2 giants, Fasolt & Fafner, build a castle for the king of the gods, whom Wagner calls this Wotan |
| #5915, aired 2010-05-07 | HOTELS $600: This French word for "castle" precedes "Marmont" in the name of an upscale West Hollywood Hotel château |
| #5913, aired 2010-05-05 | DOLLARS & NONSENSE $800: Architect Julia Morgan's records on this California castle show it cost under $10 million, even with 41 fireplaces San Simeon (or the Hearst Castle) |
| #5873, aired 2010-03-10 | THE OTHER 2 LITTLE PIGS REBUILD $800: Really, Pig 1, I think your reproduction of this newspaperman's castle was a bit much Hearst |
| #5816, aired 2009-12-21 | RENAISSANCE ARTISTS $800: While living in Milan, he created a forced-air central heating system for a castle da Vinci |
| #5802, aired 2009-12-01 | CASTLING $200: No castle is complete without this deep trench that prevents access from the surrounding land a moat |
| #5802, aired 2009-12-01 | CASTLING $600: Horace Walpole's 1764 novel "The Castle of Otranto" is regarded as the first in this spooky genre Gothic |
| #5802, aired 2009-12-01 | CASTLING $800: Vaduz Castle overlooks the town of Vaduz in this principality Liechtenstein |
| #5801, aired 2009-11-30 | ARCHITECTURE $2000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a castle wall on the monitor.) The name of this defensive wall comes from words meaning "protect" & "chest"; it's still used as a protective barrier on bridges & balconies a parapet |
| #5793, aired 2009-11-18 | I CAN HAS CHEEZBURGER? $800: White Castle makes these itty-bitty cheeseburgers that sound like baseball players trying to steal bases sliders |
| #5780, aired 2009-10-30 | THE SHAKESPEAREAN ROOM $400: (Wolf Blitzer delivers the clue from the Shakespearean Room.) Confrontation at Elsinore Castle. Laertes wishes vengeance for his father's death in this play, & the King says yes to those demands Hamlet |
| #5762, aired 2009-10-06 | "JON" $2000: Sounding like the basement torture room, it's the main tower within the walls of a medieval castle the donjon |
| #5748, aired 2009-09-16 | 5 SQUARE MEALS $200: Go to goodtobesquare.com & you'll find this hamburger company with square burgers Wendy's |
| #5741, aired 2009-07-20 | RIPLEYS $800: Ripley Castle in this nation has been home to the Ingilby family for 700 years & 26 generations England (the United Kingdom acceptable) |
| #5736, aired 2009-07-13 | THE STATE IT'S IN $600: Hearst Castle,
the Monterey Peninsula California |
| #5729, aired 2009-07-02 | LITERATURE IN THE 1800s $600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Rosenborg Castle Gardens in Copenhagen, Denmark.) In one translation of an 1868 work, this author calls Denmark's Rosenborg "the Castle of the Roses, as beautiful as the flower that gave it its name" Hans Christian Andersen |
| #5723, aired 2009-06-24 | PARTS OF THE WHOLE $400: Keep,
battlement,
turret,
bailey a castle |
| #5705, aired 2009-05-29 | THINK OF ENGLAND $1600: The Turreted Castle at this city in southeast Britain has been called the "Key to England" Dover |
| #5697, aired 2009-05-19 | A POTENT POTABLE TOUR $200: Take a fun-filled ride through the history of scotch next to this Scottish capital's castle Edinburgh |
| #5693, aired 2009-05-13 | STAYING AT HOME $200: The British royal residence & castle known as Balmoral is found in this U.K. country Scotland |
| #5671, aired 2009-04-13 | GUINNESS $400: To benefit a children's camp, Ed Jarrett built the tallest one of these, 31 feet 6 inches, at a beach resort in Maine a sand castle |
| #5657, aired 2009-03-24 | FLOORING $1000: 1 letter off from "flat stones", they make good flooring for your castle flagstones |
| #5655, aired 2009-03-20 | KINGS $1200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the "magical" Rosenborg Castle in Copenhagen, Denmark.) Denmark's fourth king of this name was a notable builder who contributed to the plans of Rosenborg Castle, constructed in the early 1600s as his summer home Christian |
| #5623, aired 2009-02-04 | MORE STATELY MANSIONS $1200: An official residence of Queen Elizabeth, it's the largest occupied castle in the world Windsor Castle |
| #5609, aired 2009-01-15 | YOU GET AN "F" $1600: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from New York.) Central Park's Belvedere Castle was designed in 1865 as one of the fanciful Victorian-era structures called by this rather pejorative name a folly |
| #5594, aired 2008-12-25 | HISTORIC QUOTATIONS $800: Thomas More said if this body part of his could win Henry VIII a castle in France, "it should not fail to go" his head |
| #5591, aired 2008-12-22 | HELLO, DALI $1000: In 1982 this king appointed Dali Marquis of Pubol; he then went to live at the castle there King Juan Carlos of Spain |
| #5558, aired 2008-11-05 | DISNEY FILMS $600: 1991:
Talking dishes & a candelabrum in an enchanted castle Beauty and the Beast |
| #5552, aired 2008-10-28 | UNREAL ESTATE $2000: The hero of this Thackeray novel woos & wins the widow who inhabits Castle Lyndon Barry Lyndon |
| #5545, aired 2008-10-17 | AND THE KINGDOM $400: Sir Thomas Malory placed this castle in Winchester, at least for one brief shining moment Camelot |
| #5542, aired 2008-10-14 | WE LOVE DISNEYLAND $400: The construction of Disneyland delayed this animated film, but the heroine's castle became the park's centerpiece Sleeping Beauty |
| #5534, aired 2008-10-02 | ELEANOR ROOSEVELT GOES TO THE THEATRE $800: Seeing this play at the Castle of Elsinore thrilled Eleanor; she also liked the Danish pastry served at intermission Hamlet |
| #5525, aired 2008-09-19 | EUROPEAN CITIES $800: For centuries, this Austrian city, whose name means "castle of salt", was the center of Europe's salt trade Salzburg |
| #5508, aired 2008-07-16 | WORLD O' FACTS $1600: A symbolic fortress of Scotland overlooking Edinburgh, or a Rob Reiner movie company Castle Rock |
| #5497, aired 2008-07-01 | GRASSHOP-POURRI $400: Chapultepec, or Grasshopper Hill, in this capital city is the site of a castle that was home to the Emperor Maximilian Mexico City |
| #5492, aired 2008-06-24 | TANGO $1000: Last name of American dance instructors Vernon & Irene, who brought the tango to the U.S. around 1912 Castle |
| #5475, aired 2008-05-30 | HOW TOUCHING! $600: When Sir Walter Scott wrote, "Have I not licked the black stone of that ancient castle?" he meant this fabled object the Blarney Stone |
| #5463, aired 2008-05-14 | SHAKESPEARE $400: Much of Act V of this play is set at Dunsinane Castle Macbeth |
| #5462, aired 2008-05-13 | YOU'RE SUCH AN IDIOM! $4,800 (Daily Double): It describes a small, out-of-the-way place, or an aperture in Hadrian's famous structure a hole in the wall |
| #5457, aired 2008-05-06 | LESSER-KNOWN NAMES $1600: Julia Morgan designed a castle for this publisher's San Simeon, California estate Hearst |
| #5449, aired 2008-04-24 | A GAME OF CHESS $400: In castling, you move the king & this piece (aka a castle) simultaneously the rook |
| #5446, aired 2008-04-21 | TRAVEL EUROPE $600: Gripsholm Castle, on an island in Lake Malaren, was built by this country's King Gustav Vasa Sweden |
| #5391, aired 2008-02-04 | TOURING EUROPEAN CAPITALS $600: Thrill to the history of Zamek Krolewski, this city's royal castle Warsaw |
| #5391, aired 2008-02-04 | ARCHITECTURE $1000: This low wall around the edge of a castle roof was designed to protect soldiers from falling off a parapet |
| #5371, aired 2008-01-07 | GAME RHYME TIME $200: Chess castle's crannies rook's nooks |
| #5361, aired 2007-12-24 | MYTHOLOGY & ART $2,000 (Daily Double): A sarcophagus at Hearst Castle depicts this group of 9, including Erato, who inspires love poems the Muses |
| #5344, aired 2007-11-29 | WHERE AM I? $1200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew also reads from a European riverbank.) Prazsky Hrad, a castle that shares its name with the city it's in, is the seat of the president of this country the Czech Republic |
| #5335, aired 2007-11-16 | REAL CASTLES & PALACES $400: Joan Rivers was among the guests at Charles & Camilla's wedding reception in this castle Windsor Castle |
| #5335, aired 2007-11-16 | REAL CASTLES & PALACES $800: As you can see, Neuschwanstein Castle is one of the most beautiful in this mountain range the (Bavarian) Alps |
| #5335, aired 2007-11-16 | REAL CASTLES & PALACES $2,000 (Daily Double): King John's Castle rises majestically above the banks of this river in the city of Limerick the Shannon River |
| #5335, aired 2007-11-16 | UNREAL ESTATE $2000: Castle Richmond is the title setting of an 1860 work by this author of "Barchester Towers" (Anthony) Trollope |
| #5327, aired 2007-11-06 | BABY GOT BACH $800: Bach grew up in Eisenach, the city where this reformer translated the New Testament at Wartburg Castle Martin Luther |
| #5322, aired 2007-10-30 | PIECE $1000: It's the more correct name for the castle piece in a game of chess a rook |
| #5319, aired 2007-10-25 | "J" PEG $800: A staircase in Prague Castle was built wide & shallow for mounted knights to enter for this competition jousting |
| #5305, aired 2007-10-05 | OLDE ENGLISH $800: Jan. 29, 1820:
This king doth find life too taxing in yonder Windsor Castle... Yoiks! George III |
| #5289, aired 2007-09-13 | INTERNATIONAL $800: A castle built by Crusaders dominates the port of Kyrenia on this island nation near Lebanon Cyprus |
| #5282, aired 2007-07-24 | JULY $4,000 (Daily Double): A July 17, 1917 royal proclamation changed the name of the British royal family to this, like a castle Windsor |
| #5272, aired 2007-07-10 | COLORFUL FILMS $1000: A 2004 comedy:
"Harold & Kumar Go to ____ Castle" White |
| #5271, aired 2007-07-09 | MYTHOLOGY & ART $600: A fountain at Hearst Castle boasts several sculptures of Sekhmet, a lion-headed goddess of this civilization Egypt |
| #5265, aired 2007-06-29 | MAROON 5 $400: Castle Rock in this novel is the fort where Jack bases his tribe; the conch is later shattered there Lord of the Flies |
| #5263, aired 2007-06-27 | WHAT'S IN A CELEBRITY NAME? $400: His name honors "Warren Kiefer", pseudonym of the man behind his dad Donald's 1st film, "Castle of the Living Dead" Kiefer Sutherland |
| #5263, aired 2007-06-27 | WORLD CAPITALS $1,400 (Daily Double): A castle in this world capital was once the home of the kings of Bohemia Prague |
| #5260, aired 2007-06-22 | TRAVEL EUROPE $800: Frederiksborg Castle, famed for its gardens, has been called the Versailles of this Scandinavian country Denmark |
| #5239, aired 2007-05-24 | '80s MOVIE MEMORIES $600: Brownsville, Oregon was cast as Castle Rock in this 1986 film about 4 boys on a trek for a dead body Stand By Me |
| #5230, aired 2007-05-11 | WRITTEN BY $1000: "The Executioner's Song",
"The Castle in the Forest" Norman Mailer |
| #5228, aired 2007-05-09 | TURRETS SYNDROME $800: Arundel Castle has been the seat of these noblemen of Norfolk for hundreds of years; the 18th one lives there now the Dukes |
| #5228, aired 2007-05-09 | TURRETS SYNDROME $4,000 (Daily Double): A castle was built at Vallandraut, France for the man who in 1309 moved this office to France for an extended stay the papacy |
| #5193, aired 2007-03-21 | "OY"! $1000: Castle that was the birthplace of St. Ignatius, the founder of the Jesuits Loyola |
| #5179, aired 2007-03-01 | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND OR WALES $1000: The building of Caernarfon Castle, a medieval fortress, was begun there in 1283 Wales |
| #5175, aired 2007-02-23 | U.S. CITIES $600: This New England town's famous "cottages" are actually lavish mansions such as Belcourt Castle & Marble House Newport |
| #5168, aired 2007-02-14 | OSCAR YOUTH $800: At age 13, Keisha Castle-Hughes was nominated for an Oscar in 2004 for playing a Maori girl who "rode" these cetaceans whales |
| #5167, aired 2007-02-13 | CROSSWORD CLUES "C" $800: A man's home, proverbially (6) castle |
| #5131, aired 2006-12-25 | GRAMMAR $800: The sentence "Harold and Kumar go to White Castle" has a plural compound one of these a subject |
| #5121, aired 2006-12-11 | PISTOL PETE $400: The ghost of Peter Dromgoole, supposedly killed in a duel, haunts Gimghoul Castle near Chapel Hill in this state North Carolina |
| #5101, aired 2006-11-13 | NOTABLE NAMES $800: In 1958 his castle & San Simeon estate became California State Historic Landmark No. 640 William Randolph Hearst |
| #5099, aired 2006-11-09 | STAN THE CONTRACTOR $200: Stan put this 4-letter castle-surrounding trench at his British client's home a moat |
| #5097, aired 2006-11-07 | WE'RE HERE TO "WIN" $800: Castle community that the Queen calls home Windsor |
| #5093, aired 2006-11-01 | OPERA SETTINGS $1600: Appropriately, this Donizetti opera takes place near Lammermoor, at Ravenswood Castle Lucia di Lammermoor |
| #5080, aired 2006-10-13 | CRAGS LIST $200: You'll find Sacramento River swimming & great mountain views in this state's Castle Crags Park California |
| #5069, aired 2006-09-28 | PRAGUE $4,000 (Daily Double): (Jimmy of the Clue Crew steps out of a housefront in Prage, Czech Republic to point out the address.) This novelist lived within the castle at number 22 Golden Lane a few years before he wrote his novel "The Castle" (Franz) Kafka |
| #5060, aired 2006-09-15 | COLD PLAY $2,000 (Daily Double): This James Goldman play is set in a castle at Christmas, 1183 "The Lion In Winter" |
| #5055, aired 2006-07-28 | THE CHAMBER $1600: Many visitors to this castle where Victoria is buried have been awed by the royal presence in the Presence Chamber Windsor Castle |
| #5047, aired 2006-07-18 | BROADWAY GEOGRAPHY $200: (Jon of the Clue Crew reads from a castle rampart in the Shubert Theatre, New York.) In "Spamalot" the year is 932 A.D., & most of the action takes place in this Merrie Olde country England |
| #5006, aired 2006-05-22 | NATIONAL PARKS $600: Scotty's Castle in this sweltering national park was built by insurance magnate Albert Johnson in the 1920s Death Valley |
| #5005, aired 2006-05-19 | ARCHITECTURE $1200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew stands on the set of Beauty and the Beast at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre in New York.) The castle in "Beauty and the Beast" reimagines this architectural style that evolved from the Romanesque in the 12th century Gothic |
| #4989, aired 2006-04-27 | WORD & PHRASE ORIGINS $600: A Roman hill where the emperors built their homes gives us this 6-letter word for a king's home palace |
| #4956, aired 2006-03-13 | THE "NEW" WORLD $1600: The Green in the center of this Delaware city was laid out by Peter Stuyvesant in 1655 New Castle |
| #4938, aired 2006-02-15 | ESTATE QUARTERS $1600: The tartan worn by the queen's piper is displayed at Balmoral Castle in this U.K. nation Scotland |
| #4923, aired 2006-01-25 | THE BRITISH ISLES $800: On a clear day you can see France from a castle named for this seaport in the county of Kent Dover Castle |
| #4915, aired 2006-01-13 | OLD HAMPSHIRE $1200: Completed around 1544 to protect Hampshire's coast, Hurst Castle was built by this English king Henry VIII |
| #4902, aired 2005-12-27 | SEE "EO"s $600: A dark underground prison cell in a castle dungeon |
| #4874, aired 2005-11-17 | THE IVORY TOWER $800: A centuries-old fortress in Monmouthshire, Wales, or a decades-old burger chain based in Ohio White Castle |
| #4873, aired 2005-11-16 | PEOPLE $1000: He wore a kilt when he married Madonna in a Scottish castle Guy Ritchie |
| #4850, aired 2005-10-14 | GIMME "MO" $400: A water-filled barrier around a castle a moat |
| #4844, aired 2005-10-06 | ALL OF OUR "STONE" $200: You'll find this legendary object in a castle wall near Cork, Ireland & by the way, you're so suave & good-looking the Blarney Stone |
| #4843, aired 2005-10-05 | VILLES DE FRANCE $1200: Loire Valley castle t--uh, excursions can begin in this capital of the Indre-et-Loire Department Tours |
| #4834, aired 2005-09-22 | LITERARY LANDMARKS $400: He wrote most of his "Waverley" novels while living at No. 39 Castle St. in Edinburgh Sir Walter Scott |
| #4827, aired 2005-09-13 | NOVEL CHARACTERS $800: This 1897 title character crawls down the wall of his castle face down, with his cloak spreading out like wings Dracula |
| #4823, aired 2005-07-20 | DISNEY SONG LYRICS $200: "Some day we'll meeet again and
Away to his castle we'll go
To be happy forever I know" Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs |
| #4814, aired 2005-07-07 | A FOOD ATTITUDE $800: Slyders & Cheese Sticks are highlights of the cuisine offered at this hamburger chain White Castle |
| #4814, aired 2005-07-07 | LET'S DANCE! $2000: The Castle Walk was named for Vernon & Irene Castle, played by this pair in a 1939 movie Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers |
| #4799, aired 2005-06-16 | WHERE HISTORY HAPPENED $1000: At Bannockburn in 1314 he led a small force to take Stirling Castle, Britain's last stronghold in Scotland Robert the Bruce |
| #4790, aired 2005-06-03 | "O", WHAT A PLACE! $1600: Akershus Castle, overlooking a fjord, is a popular tourist attraction in this capital Oslo |
| #4788, aired 2005-06-01 | UNREAL ESTATE $400: Giant Despair inhabits Doubting Castle in this John Bunyan allegory The Pilgrim's Progress |
| #4761, aired 2005-04-25 | CHESS $1200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew delivers the clue while demonstrating in a chess game with Sarah.) It's the 8-letter term for the direction in which I've chosen to castle kingside |
| #4753, aired 2005-04-13 | STATES OF THE UNION $3,000 (Daily Double): New Castle was this mid-Atlantic state's first capital Delaware |
| #4751, aired 2005-04-11 | EUROPE $400: In 1917 the name of this castle that dates back to the 11th century was adopted by a royal house Windsor |
| #4746, aired 2005-04-04 | ALTERNATIVE HISTORY NOVELS $1600: The Nazis & Japanese occupy 1962 America in Philip K. Dick's novel "The Man in " this place the High Castle |
| #4743, aired 2005-03-30 | ONE OF THE 12 TRIBES OF ISRAEL $1000: Sans the San, Hearst's California castle Simeon |
| #4728, aired 2005-03-09 | 4-LETTER BIRDS $2000: The most abundant crow in Europe, you might find one near a castle a rook |
| #4727, aired 2005-03-08 | STARGAZERS $1600: This observer of the heavens was the son of the governor of Helsingborg Castle Tycho Brahe |
| #4713, aired 2005-02-16 | TRIOS $1000: Havana's striking landmark the El Morro Castle & Fort is dedicated to this holiday trio, the patrons of its chapel the Three Magi |
| #4705, aired 2005-02-04 | IT HAPPENED ONE FEBRUARY $600: This Scottish queen was beheaded at Fotheringhay Castle on Feb. 8, 1587 Mary |
| #4674, aired 2004-12-23 | STUPID ANSWERS $400: Oddly, this piece of furniture was never built for the throne room at Neuschwanstein Castle the throne |
| #4661, aired 2004-12-06 | QUOTH THE RAVEN? $400: I've got it! Hamlet's dad's castle wherein he was rottenly killed by Claudius; quoth the raven... Elsinore |
| #4646, aired 2004-11-15 | THE LONE REPRESENTATIVE $1200: Michael Castle from this state with 3 counties: New Castle, Kent & Sussex Delaware |
| #4643, aired 2004-11-10 | FILMS OF THE 21st CENTURY $2000: Keisha-Castle Hughes played a young Maori girl destined to be her tribe's leader in this critically acclaimed film Whale Rider |
| #4630, aired 2004-10-22 | THE HISTORY OF DISNEYLAND $1600: Neuschwanstein Castle inspired the design of this heroine's castle in a 1959 film and at Disneyland Sleeping Beauty |
| #4614, aired 2004-09-30 | HODGEPODGE $800: She gave Kenilworth Castle to Robert Dudley, who was (wink, wink) a "favorite" of hers Queen Elizabeth I |
| #4574, aired 2004-06-24 | KINGS & THEIR CASTLES $200: Once the home of King Christian IV, Rosenborg Castle now houses this Scandinavian country's crown jewels Denmark |
| #4574, aired 2004-06-24 | KINGS & THEIR CASTLES $400: William the Conqueror chose the site of this huge castle, one day's march from the Tower of London Windsor Castle |
| #4574, aired 2004-06-24 | KINGS & THEIR CASTLES $600: King James V was not yet 2 when he was crowned king of this country at Stirling Castle in 1513 Scotland |
| #4574, aired 2004-06-24 | KINGS & THEIR CASTLES $800: Afonso Henriques, this country's first king, captured Palmela Castle from the Moors in the 12th century Portugal |
| #4574, aired 2004-06-24 | KINGS & THEIR CASTLES $2,200 (Daily Double): (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reads from outside Neuschwanstein Castle in Germany.) Sadly, this king of Bavaria, who built Neuschwanstein Castle, didn't live here long; he was declared insane & forced to leave Ludwig II of Bavaria |
| #4573, aired 2004-06-23 | MEXICO $2000: In 1864, this man seen here took up residence in the old Castle of Chapultepec Maximilian |
| #4572, aired 2004-06-22 | A "D" IN HISTORY $1600: On the summit of this hill in Scotland are the remains of Macbeth's castle Dunsinane |
| #4561, aired 2004-06-07 | GEOGRAPHIC SAINTS $400: This city's metro area includes Universal City, Castle Hills & Alamo Heights San Antonio |
| #4554, aired 2004-05-27 | WORLD CITIES $2,000 (Daily Double): A castle keep in this French city is known as the Tour Jeanne d'Arc Rouen |
| #4543, aired 2004-05-12 | A EUROPEAN TOUR $800: Now that it's a hotel, any schlub can stay at storied Dalhousie Castle in this Scottish capital Edinburgh |
| #4529, aired 2004-04-22 | THE MORGAN WEB $800: Architect Julia Morgan designed this publisher's castle at San Simeon, California William Randolph Hearst |
| #4524, aired 2004-04-15 | ON LOCATION $1200: If Neuschwanstein Castle looks familiar, you may have seen it in this Dick Van Dyke film about a magical car Chitty Chitty Bang Bang |
| #4515, aired 2004-04-02 | ROYAL LANDMARKS $1200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Schlosskirche in Wittenberg, Germany.) The Emperor's Pew is where this German emperor sat when the castle church was rededicated in 1892 Kaiser Wilhelm (II) |
| #4496, aired 2004-03-08 | DYNASTY $800: Habsburg is a contraction of Habichtsburg, the name of the family's one of these in Switzerland castle |
| #4493, aired 2004-03-03 | GHOST $600: The ghost of the first Duke of Buckingham has been seen at this royal residence, burial place of Henry VIII Windsor Castle |
| #4463, aired 2004-01-21 | WHEN WE DANCE $3,000 (Daily Double): Geographic name of the dance often done to a bagpipe classic like the "Balmoral Castle" the Highland Fling |
| #4462, aired 2004-01-20 | ARCHITECTURE TERMS $1200: This low wall on the top of a castle may feature crenellation parapet/battlement |
| #4448, aired 2003-12-31 | TRAVEL GERMANY $1600: At Hohenschwangau Castle, you'll find a body of water that shares its name with this 1877 ballet Swan Lake |
| #4414, aired 2003-11-13 | OPERA $1200: (Sofia of the Clue Crew presents from Neuschwanstein Castle) Many paintings at Neuschwanstein Castle depict characters from this composer's operas, including "Tannhauser" Wagner |
| #4373, aired 2003-09-17 | KAFKA $1000: Kafka used this special initial for the land surveyor in "The Castle" & the last name of Joseph in "The Trial" K |
| #4352, aired 2003-07-01 | WORLD HERITAGE SITES $800: The Castle of the Teutonic Order in Malbork & the Wieliczka Salt Mine Poland |
| #4335, aired 2003-06-06 | MY PLACE? $200: A Norman could say, "I'm the king of the motte-and-bailey style of" this castle |
| #4311, aired 2003-05-05 | HOLY ROMAN EMPERORS $400: The House of Hapsburg, which ruled from 1440 to 1806, got its name not from just a house, but from one of these castle |
| #4279, aired 2003-03-20 | DELAWARE-FORE ART THOU $400: There are only 3 of these in Delaware: Kent, Sussex & New Castle counties |
| #4275, aired 2003-03-14 | "SA" $200: This "castle"-making material is loosely defined as rock or mineral particles between 1/400 & 1/12 inch sand |
| #4239, aired 2003-01-23 | "O" TOWN $2000: Italian town that completes the title of Horace Walpole's classic Gothic novel "The Castle of..." Otranto |
| #4223, aired 2003-01-01 | A SHAKESPEARE TOUR $2000: A castle:
"'Fear not, till Birnam Wood do come to'" it Dunsinane |
| #4197, aired 2002-11-26 | I THEE WED $600: She tied the knot with Guy Ritchie in Skibo Castle one day after their son Rocco was baptized Madonna |
| #4197, aired 2002-11-26 | I THEE WED $800: Must be something in the haggis...Skibo Castle was also where this "Kiss the Girls" star wed Dario Franchitti Ashley Judd |
| #4180, aired 2002-11-01 | LET'S VISIT BELIZE $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Xunantunich Mayan archaeological site in Belize.) Towering 130 feet, one of the largest pyramids in Belize is called El Castillo, which means this in English the castle |
| #4158, aired 2002-10-02 | IF YOU BUILD IT... $400: Though built in the 1800s, Neuschwanstein Castle in this country looks like a medieval fairy tale castle Germany |
| #4151, aired 2002-09-23 | MUSICAL MATTERS $600: It sounds like a small trench around a castle, but it was the major type of late medieval composition motet |
| #4103, aired 2002-06-05 | STEPHEN KING $2000: "Needful Things" was King's last story set in this fictional town, also the name of an entertainment company Castle Rock, Maine |
| #4086, aired 2002-05-13 | BRITISH ROYALTY $1000: England's beloved Queen Mother grew up in this castle that's featured in "Macbeth" Glamis |
| #4076, aired 2002-04-29 | HOME SWEET HOME $200: His home was a castle in San Simeon, Calif. complete with indoor & outdoor pools & a private airstrip William Randolph Hearst |
| #4060, aired 2002-04-05 | ROYALTY $1,400 (Daily Double): (Hi. I'm Harry Connick, Jr.) In July 1991 I gave a command performance at Windsor Castle for this man's 70th birthday (Prince) Philip |
| #4059, aired 2002-04-04 | COULD IT "B"? $800: Medieval soldiers sometimes used this weapon to smash down castle walls & gates a battering ram |
| #4034, aired 2002-02-28 | CHEESY COUNTRIES $200: Oak-smoked Blarney Castle Ireland |
| #4030, aired 2002-02-22 | UNREAL ESTATE $2000: In a novel by Sir Walter Scott, this title character & his father Cedric are held captive in Torquilstone Castle Ivanhoe |
| #4024, aired 2002-02-14 | VALENTINO'S DAY $1600: (Alex: Take a look.) This burger chain opened in 1921; one of its first outlets is seen here White Castle |
| #4016, aired 2002-02-04 | "E"OGRAPHY $1200: Home to a cathedral, a castle & a royal palace, it's the capital city of Scotland Edinburgh |
| #3997, aired 2002-01-08 | WINE IF YOU MUST $800: In the Bordeaux region this term refers to a vineyard rather than a castle chateau |
| #3988, aired 2001-12-26 | UNREAL ESTATE $1000: In books by Garth Nix, the only place that gets sun is a castle city with this title number of towers 7 |
| #3987, aired 2001-12-25 | AROUND THE WORLD $800: Legend says you'll gain the gift of persuasive speaking by kissing the Blarney Stone at Blarney Castle in this country Ireland |
| #3984, aired 2001-12-20 | THE CHILDREN'S HOUR $400: Hotels in this Asian capital city include the Children's Castle & Okubo House Tokyo |
| #3971, aired 2001-12-03 | D.C. $1000: The Smithsonian Institution building seen here is commonly known by this imposing name "The Castle" |
| #3949, aired 2001-11-01 | NAME THE SPORT $100: Carpet, hazards, a windmill, a castle putt-putt (or miniature golf) |
| #3943, aired 2001-10-24 | THE 13 COLONIES $300: This colony began with a 1704 meeting of the general assembly for New Castle, Kent & Sussex Counties Delaware |
| #3931, aired 2001-10-08 | U.S. STATES $200: 2/3 of this state's population lives in New Castle, one of its 3 counties Delaware |
| #3891, aired 2001-07-02 | DIRECTOR DIRECTORY $300: This castle in Brno used as a Hapsburg prison didn't make "Schindler's List" Spielberg Castle |
| #3852, aired 2001-05-08 | DUNGEONEERING $100: The word dungeon entered English in the 14th C. from this language's word donjon, meaning castle keep French |
| #3809, aired 2001-03-08 | EUROPEAN CAPITALS $1,000 (Daily Double): A castle on the Vltava River in this capital was once home to the kings of Bohemia Prague |
| #3800, aired 2001-02-23 | EUROPEAN LAKES & RIVERS $500: The castle of Chillon on this lake's eastern shore was made famous in a Lord Byron poem Lake Geneva |
| #3794, aired 2001-02-15 | DON'T MISS IT! $200: A ride through the history of this type of liquor is a fun-filled attraction near Edinburgh Castle Scotch |
| #3758, aired 2000-12-27 | I KNOW THAT NAME $300: Over 2 million blocks went into building Khufu's Great one of these, & we're not talking Lego! Pyramid |
| #3751, aired 2000-12-18 | TRAVEL & TOURISM $100: The Cinderella Castle Mystery Tour is a highlight of this Asian city's Disneyland Tokyo |
| #3746, aired 2000-12-11 | QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY HONOURS 2000 $800: Hazel Ann Esson, the head housemaid at this Scottish castle, got a Royal Victorian Medal Balmoral Castle |
| #3745, aired 2000-12-08 | GREAT BRITS $100: One of the social events of 1999 was this Spice Girl's castle wedding to soccer star David Beckham Posh Spice |
| #3731, aired 2000-11-20 | TRAVEL $800: A haunted castle full of mummies is a new attraction at the West Edmonton Mall in this Canadian province Alberta |
| #3719, aired 2000-11-02 | PARENT COMPANIES $200: In 1961 Castle & Cooke, founded by Hawaiian missionaries, became the parent company of this fruit giant Dole |
| #3711, aired 2000-10-23 | OF MONTEZUMA $500: With some of the USA's best-preserved cliff dwellings, Montezuma Castle National Monument is in this state Arizona |
| #3687, aired 2000-09-19 | CASTLE LIFE $200: It's usually a body of protective water spanned by the drawbridge Moat |
| #3687, aired 2000-09-19 | CASTLE LIFE $400: Under feudal law this 4-letter word was the general title for the owner of a manor or castle Lord |
| #3687, aired 2000-09-19 | CASTLE LIFE $600: Term for the trainer of a predatory bird used for hunting Falconer |
| #3687, aired 2000-09-19 | CASTLE LIFE $800: 2-word term for the big chamber that was the main meeting & dining area Great hall |
| #3687, aired 2000-09-19 | CASTLE LIFE $1000: Crossbows were stored in the balistraria & these were stored in the chandlery Candles |
| #3636, aired 2000-05-29 | FIRE $100: A spotlight placed too closse to a curtain ignited the 1992 fire that damaged St. George's Hall at this royal castle Windsor Castle |
| #3627, aired 2000-05-16 | U.N. SECRETARIES-GENERAL $200: He lived with his parents in Uppsala Castle Dag Hammarskjöld |
| #3624, aired 2000-05-11 | WORLD LITERATURE $600: The defense of Douglas Castle in 1306 is the subject of this Edinburgh native's 1832 novel "Castle Dangerous" Sir Walter Scott |
| #3603, aired 2000-04-12 | JAPANESE HISTORY $300: In 1457 Ota Dokan built a castle on the present site of the Imperial Palace in this city Tokyo |
| #3598, aired 2000-04-05 | HIGHWAY 61 REVISITED $200: The highway passes Castle Danger & Knife River as it skirts this Great Lake en route to Duluth Lake Superior |
| #3591, aired 2000-03-27 | LANDMARKS $600: Traquair, the oldest inhabited castle in this U.K. country, is home to the Maxwell Stuart family Scotland |
| #3577, aired 2000-03-07 | DANCE $1000: In one of their last film pairings, Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers played this husband & wife dance team in 1939 Vernon & Irene Castle |
| #3573, aired 2000-03-01 | FOOD ON FILM $500: This rotund singer was on the menu at Dr. Frank N. Furter's castle in "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" Meat Loaf |
| #3555, aired 2000-02-04 | LITERARY HODGEPODGE $500: This Kafka novel was published posthumously under the German title "Das Schloss" "The Castle" |
| #3555, aired 2000-02-04 | VILLAGES $500: At the start of the play, Macbeth is the thane of this Scottish village & lives in its castle Glams & Cawdor |
| #3517, aired 1999-12-14 | 4-LETTER CAPITALS $500 (Daily Double): Akershus Castle, a tourist site in this capital, sits on a rocky peninsula overlooking a fjord Oslo |
| #3512, aired 1999-12-07 | PEOPLE IN HISTORY $1000: The father of this Danish astronomer was the governor of Halsingborg Castle Tycho Brahe |
| #3498, aired 1999-11-17 | PEOPLE $1,700 (Daily Double): (Alex: To read the clue, now appearing in The Royal Tour, please welcome Dame Edna Everage.) England's current royal family belongs to the House of this; it's also the name of a castle Windsor |
| #3483, aired 1999-10-27 | U.S. HISTORIC SITES $1000: Castle Clinton National Monument was originally a fort renamed in 1815 for this New York City mayor DeWitt Clinton |
| #3463, aired 1999-09-29 | YOU'LL FIND IT IN SHAKESPEARE $500: The king's castle in this Danish seaport is the setting for most of "Hamlet" Elsinore/Helsingor |
| #3456, aired 1999-09-20 | ENDS IN "U" $200: From the Latin for "castle", it's a French castle or manor house chateau |
| #3455, aired 1999-09-17 | LITERARY TOURISM $100: Visiting Cornwall? You'll find this wizard's cave near Tintagel Castle, the legendary site of King Arthur's birth Merlin |
| #3384, aired 1999-04-29 | POE FOLKS $600: This masked apparition joins Prince Prospero & his friends at a costume ball in a secluded castle The Red Death |
| #3375, aired 1999-04-16 | POTPOURRI $400: This chess piece that usually looks like part of a castle is sometimes called a castle Rook |
| #3362, aired 1999-03-30 | QUEEN VICTORIA $1000: Queen Victoria was said to be happiest at this "humble" Scottish home Balmoral Castle |
| #3359, aired 1999-03-25 | DISNEYLANDS $300: Though it was inspired by Mad King Ludwig's pad, it's her "Castle" you'll see in the Anaheim park Sleeping Beauty |
| #3348, aired 1999-03-10 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $800: Of the states that have counties, it has the fewest: Kent, New Castle & Sussex Delaware |
| #3335, aired 1999-02-19 | TRAVEL & TOURISM $500: You'll find Gripsholm Castle on an island in Lake Malaren in this northern European country Sweden |
| #3308, aired 1999-01-13 | U.S. CITIES $600: Areas of this Texas city include Hollywood Park, Castle Hills & Alamo Heights San Antonio |
| #3294, aired 1998-12-24 | CAPITAL TOWNS $400: New Castle, Pa. is king of these, producing shows for the 1986 Statue of Liberty fete & every July 4 fireworks |
| #3284, aired 1998-12-10 | LITERATURE $600: In this allegory, Christian uses a key called Promise to escape from the Doubting Castle Pilgrims Progress |
| #3264, aired 1998-11-12 | CASTLES $100: Do this at Blarney Castle & you'll receive a lovely parting gift -- the gift of gab Kiss the Blarney stone |
| #3264, aired 1998-11-12 | CASTLES $200: The "castle" built by this publisher sits on La Cuesta Encantada, "The Enchanted Hill" William Randolph Hearst |
| #3264, aired 1998-11-12 | CASTLES $300: This English castle, badly damaged by fire in November 1992, reopened to the public in December 1997 Windsor Castle |
| #3264, aired 1998-11-12 | CASTLES $400: You can see the royal crown of Scotland in a castle in this Scottish city, but you can't try it on Edinburgh |
| #3255, aired 1998-10-30 | LET'S VISIT AUSTRIA $1,000 (Daily Double): This English king was held prisoner in 1193 in a castle above Durnstein, Austria Richard the Lionheart (on his way back from one of the Crusades) |
| #3250, aired 1998-10-23 | HOMOPHONES $500: A speck of dust or the area around a castle Mote & moat |
| #3236, aired 1998-10-05 | BIG RIVERS $400: While rowing down this river, you'll pass Oxford University & Windsor Castle Thames |
| #3227, aired 1998-09-22 | WORLD HISTORY $1000: In 1199 this crusader king of England was mortally wounded while besieging the castle of Chalus Richard the Lionhearted |
| #3202, aired 1998-06-30 | AMERICAN HODGEPODGE $800: You'll find this state's highest point, which is just 442 feet, in New Castle County, near Centerville Delaware |
| #3185, aired 1998-06-05 | WOMEN RULE! $400: This queen of Scotland got the ax -- literally -- at Fotheringhay Castle in 1587 Mary, Queen of Scots (Mary Stuart) |
| #3177, aired 1998-05-26 | WHERE THE "H" ARE WE? $500: The Malecon,
Morro Castle,
Revolution Square Havana |
| #3159, aired 1998-04-30 | CASTLE $200: A famous castle in Anaheim's Disneyland is named for this celebrated snoozer Sleeping Beauty |
| #3159, aired 1998-04-30 | CASTLE $400: When you daydream, you're said to build "castles in" this The Air |
| #3159, aired 1998-04-30 | CASTLE $1,000 (Daily Double): Much of this musical that features the following is set in a castle: Camelot |
| #3126, aired 1998-03-16 | WORLD TRAVEL $600: After touring the Old Castle in Gruyeres in this country, you may visit the dairy that makes Gruyere cheese Switzerland |
| #3119, aired 1998-03-05 | DUNCAN $200: Cawder Castle, which claims to be the site of this man's killing of Duncan I, was built 400 years after the event Macbeth |
| #3100, aired 1998-02-06 | AROUND THE CASTLE WITH LANCE $200: Once Lance sees from the gatehouse that you're not hostile, he might lower this method of entry Drawbridge |
| #3100, aired 1998-02-06 | AROUND THE CASTLE WITH LANCE $400: Since Lance's castle dates from before the Gothic period, it lacks the "flying" type of these supports Buttresses |
| #3100, aired 1998-02-06 | AROUND THE CASTLE WITH LANCE $600: The ever-cautious Lance might refuse to raise this iron grating, named from French for "sliding door" a portcullis |
| #3100, aired 1998-02-06 | AROUND THE CASTLE WITH LANCE $800: Lance uses this structure, named from Old Norse for "small hut", for the castle's domesticated pigeons Dovecote |
| #3100, aired 1998-02-06 | AROUND THE CASTLE WITH LANCE $1000: With taxes rising, Lance hopes he'll be able to "hold onto" this central tower, his real home Keep |
| #3081, aired 1998-01-12 | FAMOUS NAMES $600: His "Castle" at San Simeon included a zoo, an airstrip & a private theater William Randolph Hearst |
| #3078, aired 1998-01-07 | ROYALTY $800: This country's King Carl XVI Gustaf was born Carl Gustaf Folke Hubertus at Haga Castle in 1946 Sweden |
| #3076, aired 1998-01-05 | TRAVEL & TOURISM $1000: Queen Mary's Dollhouse, on display in this castle, has real running water & real wine in its wine cellar Windsor Castle |
| #3070, aired 1997-12-26 | BRITISH ROYAL RESIDENCES $600: The oldest royal residence still in use Windsor Castle |
| #3070, aired 1997-12-26 | MODERN OPERA $800: This Hungarian composer wrote only one opera, the dramatic 1-act "Duke Bluebeard's Castle" Bela Bartok |
| #3053, aired 1997-12-03 | WORLD CITIES $400: The name of this Austrian city means "Salt Castle" Salzburg |
| #3037, aired 1997-11-11 | THE SMITHSONIAN $600: The main building is known as this; the first secretary Joseph Henry didn't want it so massive The Castle |
| #3030, aired 1997-10-31 | REAL GHOSTS? $200: Glamis Castle in this U.K. country has several ghosts, including an earl who gambled with the devil, & lost Scotland |
| #2989, aired 1997-09-04 | NAME THAT NOVEL $200: "Before I left the castle I so fixed its entrances that never more can the Count enter there un-dead." Dracula |
| #2983, aired 1997-07-16 | DINING OUT IN EUROPE $400: This country's Ruthin Castle in Clwyd County is known for its sumptuous medieval banquets Wales |
| #2969, aired 1997-06-26 | NOTABLE NAMES $200: Once upon a time this publisher noted for his "castle" owned the largest newspaper chain in the U.S. William Randolph Hearst |
| #2946, aired 1997-05-26 | HISTORIC HOMES $500: This Scottish castle, a private residence of the Queen of England, stands on the right bank of the River Dee Balmoral |
| #2935, aired 1997-05-09 | MUSEUMS $500: The setting for "Hamlet", Kronberg Castle in this Danish town now houses a maritime museum Helsingør |
| #2934, aired 1997-05-08 | NOVELS & NOVELISTS $400: He died in 1924 without completing "The Trial" & "The Castle" Franz Kafka |
| #2930, aired 1997-05-02 | VIVA LAS VEGAS $200: You enter this hotel's castle via the drawbridge over its moat Excalibur |
| #2898, aired 1997-03-19 | LITERARY HODGEPODGE $400: "The Castle Of Otranto", a tale of evil, was the 1st English novel of this "architectural" genre Gothic |
| #2887, aired 1997-03-04 | SEPTEMBER $1000: This "Swedish Nightingale" opened her U.S. concert series at Castle Garden in New York, September 11, 1850 Jenny Lind |
| #2881, aired 1997-02-24 | CONTEMPORARY AUTHORS $3,000 (Daily Double): This author once had a newsletter devoted to him titled "Castle Rock" Stephen King |
| #2878, aired 1997-02-19 | LITERARY HODGEPODGE $600: "Das Schloss" is the German title of this Kafka novel The Castle |
| #2872, aired 1997-02-11 | PEOPLE IN HISTORY $1000: This Scotsman known for his "brave heart" defeated an English army near Stirling Castle in 1297 William Wallace |
| #2866, aired 1997-02-03 | DISNEY WORLD AT 25 $300: In honor of the 25th anniversary, this heroine's castle was transformed into a giant pink cake Cinderella |
| #2865, aired 1997-01-31 | STATE CAPITALS $600: In 1777 it replaced New Castle as the capital of Delaware Dover |
| #2862, aired 1997-01-28 | HOMES $300: In 1919 this publisher began building the castle he called "La Casa Grande" William Randolph Hearst |
| #2839, aired 1996-12-26 | EUROPEAN CITIES $1000: The castle church to which Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses is a landmark of this German city Wittenburg |
| #2830, aired 1996-12-13 | EUROPEAN DINING $200: It's said the Witchery by the Castle, on Castle Hill in this Scottish city, is haunted by several ghosts Edinburgh |
| #2827, aired 1996-12-10 | LITERATURE $400: In an Anthony Hope novel, King Rudolf is "The Prisoner Of" this castle in Ruritania Zenda |
| #2814, aired 1996-11-21 | ON THE INTERNET $300: This entrepreneur's Taj Mahal & Castle have their own web pages Donald Trump |
| #2806, aired 1996-11-11 | SHAKESPEARE $600: The last scene of "Richard II" is set in this famous royal castle west of London Windsor Castle |
| #2805, aired 1996-11-08 | U.S. STATES $500: This state's border with Pennsylvania is the arc of a perfect circle centered in New Castle Delaware |
| #2786, aired 1996-10-14 | THE 12th CENTURY $400: This capital of Northern Ireland dates from 1177, when a Norman castle was erected there Belfast |
| #2774, aired 1996-09-26 | AUTHORS $800: This author of "The Castle" worked for an accident insurance board from 1908 to 1922 Kafka |
| #2761, aired 1996-09-09 | AUTHORS $600: This author's 3 novels, "The Trial", "The Castle" & "Amerika", were published posthumously Franz Kafka |
| #2743, aired 1996-07-03 | AMERICAN FOOD HISTORY $100: Originally costing 5¢ each, White Castle wanted you to "buy 'em by the sack" a burger |
| #2714, aired 1996-05-23 | BRITISH HISTORY $300: Scotland's Glamis Castle was the queen mother's childhood home & the birthplace of this princess, her daughter Princess Margaret |
| #2712, aired 1996-05-21 | WALES $100: Caernarvon Castle was the site of his 1969 investiture as Prince of Wales Prince Charles |
| #2702, aired 1996-05-07 | MUSEUMS $200: The original building of this Washington, D.C. complex is called the Castle the Smithsonian |
| #2700, aired 1996-05-03 | 19th CENTURY AMERICA $200: One of these brothers was born near New Castle, Indiana in 1867, the other in Dayton, Ohio in 1871 the Wright Brothers |
| #2682, aired 1996-04-09 | LITERARY HODGEPODGE $500: This Voltaire title character is thrown out of the baron's castle with several kicks to his backside Candide |
| #2676, aired 1996-04-01 | TRAVEL & TOURISM $1000: About a mile from Edinburgh Castle, this palace of Mary, Queen of Scots is open to the public Holyrood |
| #2674, aired 1996-03-28 | EUROPEAN CITIES $200: Hradcany Castle, former home of the kings of Bohemia, is in this Czech capital Prague |
| #2672, aired 1996-03-26 | 16th CENTURY NAMES $1000: As a child, this Danish astronomer was abducted by his uncle & raised in a castle Tycho Brahe |
| #2663, aired 1996-03-13 | HISTORY $200: While hiding at Wartburg Castle during 1521-22, he translated the New Testament into German Martin Luther |
| #2659, aired 1996-03-07 | THE 13th CENTURY $300: King Edward I began building Caernarvon Castle, where this princely title is bestowed the Prince of Wales |
| #2658, aired 1996-03-06 | THE 1590s $200: This Japanese city on which an atomic bomb was dropped Aug. 6, 1945 was founded in 1593 around a castle Hiroshima |
| #2655, aired 1996-03-01 | QUEEN VICTORIA $800: Victoria had one of this castle's chapels restored as a monument to her Albert Windsor |
| #2653, aired 1996-02-28 | ARCHITECTURAL TERMS $500: The Ward, the courtyard of one of these fortified structures, is also called the bailey a castle |
| #2652, aired 1996-02-27 | PORTUGAL $100: St. George's Castle is one of the best places from which to view this capital city Lisbon |
| #2646, aired 1996-02-19 | WORLD CITIES $800: This capital's Akershus Castle lies on a peninsula overlooking a fiord Oslo |
| #2620, aired 1996-01-12 | LET'S DANCE $500: These married dancers popularized the Castle Polka Vernon & Irene Castle |
| #2608, aired 1995-12-27 | HISTORY $100: This capital city was founded in 1457 when warrior Ota Dokan built the predecessor of Edo Castle Tokyo |
| #2597, aired 1995-12-12 | THE HAPSBURGS $200: The family name comes from the name of one of these fortresses built by the family in 1020 a castle |
| #2594, aired 1995-12-07 | AROUND THE WORLD $200: This famous block of limestone is set into a castle tower near Cork the Blarney Stone |
| #2588, aired 1995-11-29 | AMERICAN HISTORY $300: In 1934 the Morro Castle burned off Asbury Park in this state, costing more than 120 lives New Jersey |
| #2587, aired 1995-11-28 | HAPPY 40th ANNIVERSARY DISNEYLAND $400: A time capsule buried at this castle in 1995 will be opened on Disneyland's 80th anniversary in 2035 the Sleeping Beauty castle |
| #2584, aired 1995-11-23 | GOURMET CUISINE $1000: Served with bearnaise sauce, this thick cut of beef is named for a French statesman, not a French castle Chateaubriand |
| #2557, aired 1995-10-17 | FOREIGN ARCHITECTURE $600: An early type of castle was the Motte-and-this Bailey |
| #2556, aired 1995-10-16 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $200: In 1851 2 missionaries in this island group formed Castle & Cooke the Hawaiian Islands |
| #2552, aired 1995-10-10 | HISTORY $200: Implicated in a plot to murder Queen Elizabeth I, she was beheaded at Fotheringhay Castle in 1587 Mary, Queen of Scots |
| #2548, aired 1995-10-04 | IRELAND $300: In 1446 Cormac MacCarthy built this castle stone by stone Blarney |
| #2539, aired 1995-09-21 | DISNEY FILMS $500: Ray Bolger sang "Castle In Spain" to Annette Funicello in this film based on a Victor Herbert operetta Babes in Toyland |
| #2537, aired 1995-09-19 | MEDIEVAL TIMES $300: This duchy's name goes back to Lucilinburhuc, a castle built around 963 Luxembourg |
| #2528, aired 1995-09-06 | HAIRSTYLES $500: A special type of this short, boyish cut of the 1920s was named for Irene Castle bob |
| #2524, aired 1995-07-20 | BRITISH HISTORY $1,000 (Daily Double): During the siege of a castle in 1199, this courageous king was struck by an arrow & died Richard the Lionhearted |
| #2513, aired 1995-07-05 | DANCE $800: Vernon & Irene Castle popularized the "hesitation" style of this ballroom dance the waltz |
| #2500, aired 1995-06-16 | ARCHITECTURE $800: James Renwick designed "The Castle", part of this museum complex, in Norman Romanesque style Smithsonian |
| #2493, aired 1995-06-07 | FIRE $400: In 1992 a fire destroyed St. George's Hall in this British Castle Windsor Castle |
| #2470, aired 1995-05-05 | LITERATURE $600: This Voltaire novel opens in the noble castle of Baron Thunder-Ten-Tronckh in Westphalia Candide |
| #2458, aired 1995-04-19 | THE 50 STATES $500: New Castle is 1 of only 3 counties in this state Delaware |
| #2429, aired 1995-03-09 | 1917 $100: The British royal family adopted this name, taking it from a castle Windsor |
| #2419, aired 1995-02-23 | AMERICAN HISTORY $100: During the Revolutionary War, this silversmith commanded Castle William, a Boston fortress Paul Revere |
| #2415, aired 1995-02-17 | NOTABLE NAMES $1000: In 1521 he wrote a pamphlet "On Monastic Vows" while hiding at Wartburg Castle Martin Luther |
| #2406, aired 1995-02-06 | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS $300: Jonathan Harker is amazed to see him crawl down his castle wall face down, his cloak spread out like wings Dracula |
| #2395, aired 1995-01-20 | MUSEUMS $600: The rebuilding of the Castle Museum in this capital was financed by Poles from all over the world Warsaw |
| #2378, aired 1994-12-28 | FLAGS $100: The flag of this British Crown colony has a castle denoting its strategic importance in the Mediterranean Gibraltar |
| #2373, aired 1994-12-21 | AMERICAN HISTORY $200: In 1890 Castle Garden closed as a New York immigration depot & 2 years later this one opened Ellis Island |
| #2368, aired 1994-12-14 | POTPOURRI $500: In a fairy tale he leaves his wife the keys to the castle, but warns her not to enter one of the rooms Bluebeard |
| #2360, aired 1994-12-02 | CONTEMPORARIES $500 (Daily Double): While Martin Luther hid in Wartburg Castle in 1521, this man took Tenochtitlan Cortes |
| #2344, aired 1994-11-10 | EUROPE $100: You can see this country's crown jewels on display at Rosenborg Castle in Copenhagen Denmark |
| #2338, aired 1994-11-02 | SHAKESPEAREAN SETTINGS $1,900 (Daily Double): Castle setting seen here; it's located on a sound that's the northern entrance to the Baltic Sea Elsinore (or Helsingør, or Kronborg) |
| #2317, aired 1994-10-04 | PEOPLE IN HISTORY $800: In 1945 Vidkun Quisling was executed for treason at Akershus Castle in this capital city Oslo |
| #2306, aired 1994-09-19 | LEGENDS OF THE WORLD $200: This world-famous lake monster has often been "seen" near Urquhart Castle the Loch Ness Monster |
| #2305, aired 1994-09-16 | EUROPEAN ROYALTY $600: This country's ruler, Prince Hans Adam, lives in a castle on a cliff that overlooks the city of Vaduz Liechtenstein |
| #2296, aired 1994-09-05 | PROVERBS $300: "Home is where the heart is" & "a man's home is" this his castle |
| #2286, aired 1994-07-11 | HODGEPODGE $500: There's an outstanding portrait gallery inside Gripsholm Castle in this Scandinavian country Sweden |
| #2279, aired 1994-06-30 | COATS OF ARMS $300: On Spain's coat of arms, a castle represents Castile & this animal represents Leon a lion |
| #2276, aired 1994-06-27 | CASTLE ARCHITECTURE $200: Spanning a moat or ditch, it was raised in times of emergency the drawbridge |
| #2276, aired 1994-06-27 | CASTLE ARCHITECTURE $400: What was once a term for the living quarters became this word for the castle's prison the dungeon |
| #2276, aired 1994-06-27 | CASTLE ARCHITECTURE $600 (Daily Double): A windlass was used to raise & lower this huge wood & iron grating the portcullis |
| #2276, aired 1994-06-27 | CASTLE ARCHITECTURE $600: The Balistraria was the room where these weapons were kept or the windows through which they were aimed arrows (bows & arrows, or crossbows) |
| #2276, aired 1994-06-27 | CASTLE ARCHITECTURE $1000: This immense room was used for general gatherings & dining the Great Hall |
| #2272, aired 1994-06-21 | NATIONAL MONUMENTS $600: This city's Castle Clinton National Monument served as an immigration depot 1855-1890 New York City |
| #2269, aired 1994-06-16 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: A crow, or a castle in chess a rook |
| #2259, aired 1994-06-02 | BRIDGES $200: It's the type of bridge you'd most likely see lying across a castle moat A drawbridge |
| #2222, aired 1994-04-12 | HISTORY $600: Erected in 1020, Hawk's castle in Switzerland was the original seat of this ruling family the Hapsburgs |
| #2212, aired 1994-03-29 | FAMOUS WOMEN $200: A raging fire broke out at Windsor Castle on November 20, 1992, her 45th wedding anniversary Elizabeth II |
| #2210, aired 1994-03-25 | OPERA $1000: Name of the castle that's home to Donizetti's "Lucia" Lammermoor |
| #2181, aired 1994-02-14 | THE BEACH $100: The Guinness record for the height of one of these built with just hands, buckets & shovels is 19'6" a sand castle |
| #2164, aired 1994-01-20 | DINING OUT $200: The Akershus, a Norwegian restaurant at Epcot Center, is named for a castle in this capital city Oslo |
| #2157, aired 1994-01-11 | THE SMITHSONIAN $200: James Renwick, who designed the Smithsonian "Castle", also designed this city's St. Patrick's Cathedral New York City |
| #2142, aired 1993-12-21 | WORLD TRAVEL $300: In 1993 the admission price at this British castle was reduced almost 50%—sort of a "fire sale" Windsor Castle |
| #2118, aired 1993-11-17 | THE MIDDLE AGES $800: This tower-like structure, the strongest part of a medieval castle, is also called the donjon Keep |
| #2105, aired 1993-10-29 | THE SUPERNATURAL $300: Sir George Villiers has been seen at Windsor Castle as one of these a ghost |
| #2093, aired 1993-10-13 | DISNEYLAND $200: You can see Walt Disney's family crest above the archway at the entrance to this castle Sleeping Beauty's castle |
| #2089, aired 1993-10-07 | FAMOUS NAMES $400: When this publisher died, he left his San Simeon Castle to the Univ. of Ca. but they turned it down (William Randolph) Hearst |
| #2088, aired 1993-10-06 | LAKES & RIVERS $200: Oxford, Reading & Windsor Castle lie on its banks Thames |
| #2088, aired 1993-10-06 | FAMOUS NOVELS $800: Count Westwest, the lord of the castle, is named but doesn't appear in his novel "The Castle" Kafka |
| #2085, aired 1993-10-01 | THE WEST INDIES $400: Morro Castle, an old Spanish fort, guards the entrance to the harbor of this Cuban capital Havana |
| #2064, aired 1993-07-22 | LITERATURE $400: Horace Walpole's 1764 "The Castle of Otranto" was the 1st of these novels with violence & gloomy settings gothic |
| #2062, aired 1993-07-20 | HODGEPODGE $400: In 1932 Castle & Cooke bought into the pineapple co. founded by this man in 1901 Dole |
| #2050, aired 1993-07-02 | 4-LETTER WORDS $200: It contains water under the bridge, a castle's drawbridge moat |
| #2049, aired 1993-07-01 | NOTABLE NAMES $500: This prince consort was only 42 when he died of typhoid fever at Windsor Castle in 1861 Prince Albert |
| #2026, aired 1993-05-31 | BRITISH HISTORY $200: Caernarvon Castle in this country of the U.K. was begun in 1283 by Edward I Wales |
| #2018, aired 1993-05-19 | BAVARIA $200: Neuschwanstein is just one of these built by the eccentric King Ludwig II between 1869 & 1886 a castle |
| #2016, aired 1993-05-17 | WORLD "C"ITIES $400: Blarney Castle is located 5 miles northwest of this city, the Republic of Ireland's 2nd largest Cork |
| #1974, aired 1993-03-18 | ESCAPES $400: In May 1568 this queen escaped by boat from a castle on an island in Loch Leven Mary, (Queen of Scots) |
| #1971, aired 1993-03-15 | LESSER KNOWN NAMES $1000: In 1911 Irene Foote went into a marriage with this dancer with both feet Vernon Castle |
| #1969, aired 1993-03-11 | HISTORIC SITES $200: This country's presidents resided in Chapultepec Castle from the 1860s until 1940 Mexico |
| #1960, aired 1993-02-26 | MUSEUMS $200: England's Leeds Castle features a museum devoted to these items that encircle canines' necks collars |
| #1959, aired 1993-02-25 | IN THE NEWS $600: A week after the fire at Windsor Castle, the Hofburg Palace in this city caught fire Vienna |
| #1957, aired 1993-02-23 | GEOGRAPHY $200: This London royal palace stands on the site of a mulberry garden Buckingham Palace |
| #1950, aired 1993-02-12 | WORLD TRAVEL $200: This London palace was originally the home of a duke by the name of John Sheffield Buckingham Palace |
| #1947, aired 1993-02-09 | TRAVEL & TOURISM $600: Montezuma Castle, a 5-story prehistoric cliff dwelling, lies about 50 miles south of Flagstaff in this state Arizona |
| #1941, aired 1993-02-01 | ROYALTY $400: England's King James I was born in this castle in the Scottish city of the same name Edinburgh |
| #1933, aired 1993-01-20 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $200: In 1777 it replaced New Castle as the capital of Delaware Dover |
| #1922, aired 1993-01-05 | DELAWARE $200: Delaware has only 3 of these—Kent, New Castle & Sussex counties |
| #1911, aired 1992-12-21 | CONTEMPORARY AUTHORS $200: He's set several of his works in Castle Rock, Maine but "Needful Things" is reportedly the last Stephen King |
| #1909, aired 1992-12-17 | ARCHITECTURE $1000: From French for "sliding door", it's a heavy iron grating which can be lowered over a castle door a portcullis |
| #1902, aired 1992-12-08 | ENCLOSURES $500: This term for the outer courtyard of a castle has been applied to an old court in England Old Bailey |
| #1901, aired 1992-12-07 | FOOTWEAR $400: You might feel regal when you wear Balmorals because they're named for one of these in Scotland a castle |
| #1872, aired 1992-10-27 | WORLD HISTORY $100: This Irish castle famous for its "stone" was built by Cormac MacCarthy about 1446 the Blarney |
| #1866, aired 1992-10-19 | TRAVEL & TOURISM $200: You have to lean backwards over the edge of a castle if you want to kiss this Gaelic landmark the Blarney Stone |
| #1856, aired 1992-10-05 | KISS $3,000 (Daily Double): Traditional length of time the person associated with the following building waited for a kiss: 100 years |
| #1846, aired 1992-09-21 | SCOTLAND $200: In this city a road known as the Royal Mile connects Castle Rock with Holyrood Palace Edinburgh |
| #1846, aired 1992-09-21 | ISLES $800: This capital city grew around Slotsholmen, or Castle Isle; Christiansborg Castle is there now Copenhagen |
| #1845, aired 1992-09-18 | CANADA $300: Craigdarroch Castle is 1 of 2 castles in this city named for a queen Victoria |
| #1845, aired 1992-09-18 | MOTOWN HITS $700 (Daily Double): Group heard in the following No. 1 hit:
"I can turn the gray sky blue / I can make it rain when I want it to / I can build a castle" The Temptations |
| #1843, aired 1992-09-16 | ARCHITECTURE $500: On a castle, a turret is a small one of these, usually forming part of a larger structure a tower |
| #1833, aired 1992-07-15 | WORLD FLAGS $600: This British crown colony's flag has a castle denoting its strategic position on the Mediterranean Gibraltar |
| #1827, aired 1992-07-07 | GUINNESS RECORDS $200: The tallest castle made of this using hands, buckets & shovels was 17'6" high sand |
| #1800, aired 1992-05-29 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $200: In one Grimm tale, 12 princesses dance these to pieces in an underground castle their shoes |
| #1792, aired 1992-05-19 | QUEENS $800: While imprisoned at Lochleven Castle in 1567, she was forced to abdicate in favor of her son James Mary Stuart |
| #1788, aired 1992-05-13 | SHAKESPEARE $100: "Hamlet" opens at Elsinore castle, where a sentinel notes not a creature is stirring, not even this one a mouse |
| #1786, aired 1992-05-11 | MUSEUMS $200: You'll find this Washington, D.C. institution's information center in a building known as the Castle the Smithsonian |
| #1783, aired 1992-05-06 | CLASSIC PLAYTHINGS $500: Licorice Castle & Gum Drop Mountain are found on this board game that requires no reading Candy Land |
| #1752, aired 1992-03-24 | FOLKLORE $1000: He gave his wife keys to all the rooms in the castle, but said don't go in one (it had bodies of old wives) Bluebeard |
| #1729, aired 1992-02-20 | CHAIRS $500: This popular chair with a saddle seat may have been named for an English town known for its castle Windsor (chair) |
| #1707, aired 1992-01-21 | HISTORIC SITES $100: This territory was formally transferred to the U.S. at Castle Hill in Sitka Alaska |
| #1704, aired 1992-01-16 | THE 1850s $1000: Elizabeth II's Scottish Castle, it was built in the mid-1850s on a site purchased by Prince Albert Balmoral |
| #1703, aired 1992-01-15 | DENMARK $500: In Helsingor a memorial to this author can be found in Kronborg Castle William Shakespeare |
| #1632, aired 1991-10-08 | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS $1000: "K" is the young man seeking admission to the castle in this man's unfinished novel "The Castle" (Franz) Kafka |
| #1625, aired 1991-09-27 | IRELAND $400: Cormac MacCarthy, lord of this castle, talked his way out of acknowledging Elizabeth I's sovereignty Blarney |
| #1610, aired 1991-09-06 | MUSIC $2,700 (Daily Double): Mendelssohn was inspired to write this symphony at the ruins of Holyrood Castle the Scottish symphony (the Scotch Symphony) |
| #1593, aired 1991-07-03 | BUSINESS BIGGIES $200: Castle & Cooke, which owns 98% of the Hawaiian island of Lanai, also owns this pineapple Co. Dole |
| #1579, aired 1991-06-13 | THE 50 STATES $200: Its northern boundary is formed by the arc of a circle centered in New Castle Delaware |
| #1577, aired 1991-06-11 | POETS $400: His castle was destroyed by fire in 1598 & much of "The Faerie Queene" may have gone up in smoke Spenser |
| #1574, aired 1991-06-06 | EUROPEAN CITIES $200: Amalienborg Castle in this city has been home to the Danish royal family since 1794 Copenhagen |
| #1572, aired 1991-06-04 | AMERICAN AUTHORS $1000: A distant cousin of Amy Lowell, he won the 1947 Pulitzer Prize for "Lord Weary's Castle" Robert Lowell |
| #1568, aired 1991-05-29 | HISTORY $200: This dynasty's name comes from one of its 1st castles, Habichtsburg, or Hawk's Castle, in Switzerland Hapsburg |
| #1563, aired 1991-05-22 | GEOGRAPH"E" $100: A castle built on top of Castle Rock dominates the central part of this Scottish city Edinburgh |
| #1537, aired 1991-04-16 | SCANDINAVIA $100: Denmark's Kronborg Castle often hosts productions of this Shakespeare play Hamlet |
| #1536, aired 1991-04-15 | WORLD FACTS $400: Queen Mary's dolls' house is one of the attractions at this castle 22 miles west of London Windsor |
| #1524, aired 1991-03-28 | "IN" CITIES $500: Some say Macbeth murdered Duncan in a castle near this Scottish city Inverness |
| #1493, aired 1991-02-13 | TOYS & GAMES $500: This Parker Bros. strategy game whose board is a map comes in the original & "Castle" versions Risk |
| #1492, aired 1991-02-12 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $200: This capital city built around Castle Rock is famous in Scottish legend as Dudeideann or "Auld Reekie" Edinburgh |
| #1481, aired 1991-01-28 | CASTLES & PALACES $300 (Daily Double): It has a famous stone inscribed, "Cormac McCarthy fortis me fieri fecit, A.D. 1446" Blarney Castle |
| #1479, aired 1991-01-24 | FAMOUS WOMEN $400: William Randolph Hearst shared his castle with this actress, his protegee & mistress Marion Davies |
| #1476, aired 1991-01-21 | LEONARDO $500: This British castle's library has one of the finest collections of his drawings in the world Windsor Castle |
| #1458, aired 1990-12-26 | WORLD CAPITALS $300: This city's name, Serbian for White Castle, refers to an ancient citadel above the Sava & Danube Rivers Belgrade |
| #1441, aired 1990-12-03 | BRITISH ROYALTY $400: He was born in Edinburgh Castle in 1566 & was crowned King of Scotland as a baby James I |
| #1440, aired 1990-11-30 | GHOSTS $100: The spectre of Lady Glamis is said to haunt the clock tower of Glamis Castle in this country Scotland |
| #1431, aired 1990-11-19 | TECHNOLOGY $200: Louis J. Marcus invented these to hold Irene Castle's newly-bobbed hair bobby pins |
| #1423, aired 1990-11-07 | DANCE $600: Irene & Vernon "strolled" their way to fame with this dance the Castle Walk |
| #1423, aired 1990-11-07 | BRITISH ROYALTY $600: This castle, where the Royal family goes for Grouse shooting, was built in the Scottish Baronial style Balmoral |
| #1402, aired 1990-10-09 | FICTION $2,000 (Daily Double): In an 1894 novel King Rudolf of Ruritania is held prisoner in this castle Zenda |
| #1379, aired 1990-09-06 | EUROPEAN CITIES $800: Shakespeare might have told you this Danish city is the site of Hamlet's castle Elsinore |
| #3, aired 1990-06-30 | LAKES $800: A castle on this French-Swiss lake was made famous by the poem "The Prisoner of Chillon" Lake Geneva |
| #1319, aired 1990-05-03 | DISNEYLAND $500: It may be Sleeping Beauty's castle, but in the doorway you hear this song from "Pinocchio" "When You Wish Upon A Star" |
| #1318, aired 1990-05-02 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $200: While hidden at Wartburg Castle in 1521, this man began his German translation of the New Testament Martin Luther |
| #1296, aired 1990-04-02 | PALACES $600: King of Bavaria whose Neuschwanstein Castle might be called a monument to his madness Ludwig II |
| #1296, aired 1990-04-02 | PALACES $1000: Hiram Bingham claimed he found a castle of the Incas in this remote fortress city he excavated Machu Picchu |
| #1289, aired 1990-03-22 | ANTIQUES $1000: The name of this chair is said to have come about when George III ordered some made for his castle the Windsor chair |
| #1272, aired 1990-02-27 | THE MIDDLE AGES $400: Habichtsburg, or Hawks Castle, built in 1020 in present-day Switzerland gave this dynasty its name Hapsburgs |
| #1235, aired 1990-01-05 | LANDMARKS $600: King James VI of Scotland was born in this castle Edinburgh |
| #1228, aired 1989-12-27 | RELIGIOUS HISTORY $200: He was born a nobleman's son in the ancestral castle of his family, the Loyolas Ignatius Loyola |
| #1200, aired 1989-11-17 | CORPORATE AMERICA $400: Dole is the best-known brand name of this company founded by missionaries in Hawaii Castle & Cooke |
| #1186, aired 1989-10-30 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $400: The Hearst Corporation has plans to build a hotel near this California landmark San Simeon (the Hearst Castle) |
| #1163, aired 1989-09-27 | 4-LETTER WORDS $600: As a verb it means "to hold on to"; as a noun it's the central tower of a castle the keep |
| #1152, aired 1989-09-12 | LANGUAGES $1,100 (Daily Double): At his 1969 investiture at Caernarvon Castle, Prince Charles spoke these 2 languages English & Welsh |
| #1142, aired 1989-07-18 | ASTAIRE & ROGERS $800: In their 9th film, Fred & Ginger played this early 20th C. dance team famous for their "walk" Vernon and Irene Castle |
| #1121, aired 1989-06-19 | POT LUCK $300: This English suffix that follows Shrews, Sud & Gaston means "castle" bury |
| #1106, aired 1989-05-29 | AUSTRIA $200: Mozart was born in this city whose name means "Castle of Salt" Salzburg |
| #1102, aired 1989-05-23 | RELIGIOUS LEADERS $600: The number of theses, or proposals, that Martin Luther nailed to the door of Castle Church 95 |
| #1094, aired 1989-05-11 | KNIGHTS $400: Knights sometimes used this heavy beam to smash down castle walls & gates a battering ram |
| #1085, aired 1989-04-28 | LANDMARKS $800: It's the largest inhabited castle in England Windsor Castle |
| #1061, aired 1989-03-27 | THE 50 STATES $1000: Michael Castle, governor of this state, quips it has "3 counties at low tide and 2 counties at high" Delaware |
| #1045, aired 1989-03-03 | ASTRONOMY $1,000 (Daily Double): Founded by King Charles II in 1675, it is located at Herstmonceux Castle in Sussex Greenwich Observatory |
| #1041, aired 1989-02-27 | LITERATURE $400: He was "knighted" by an innkeeper whose hostelry he mistook for a castle Don Quixote de La Mancha |
| #1035, aired 1989-02-17 | TEEN CUISINE $100: This national hamburger chain's patties are square, but the buns are still round Wendy's |
| #1027, aired 1989-02-07 | MUSEUMS $400: Valuable papers & paintings were lost when this institution's castle burned in 1865 due to a misvented stove the Smithsonian |
| #1008, aired 1989-01-11 | EUROPE $400: Schönbrunn Castle, once home to the Hapsburgs, has been called this city's Versailles Vienna |
| #1007, aired 1989-01-10 | AUTOMOBILES $200: This popular German import sports a castle on the hub of its steering wheel Volkswagen (VW) |
| #994, aired 1988-12-22 | SHAKESPEARE $200: This fun couple lived in a castle in Inverness Macbeth & Lady Macbeth |
| #983, aired 1988-12-07 | 10-LETTER WORDS $1000: The mistress of a castle or chateau chatelaine |
| #970, aired 1988-11-18 | PATRON SAINTS $400: The family of this patron of students once kept him in a castle to keep him from becoming a friar St. Thomas Aquinas |
| #952, aired 1988-10-25 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $500 (Daily Double): This Cole Porter show about a shipwreck was rewritten after the Morro Castle disaster:
"The world has gone mad today / And good's bad today / And black's white today / And day's night today / And most guys today / That women prize today / Are just silly gigolos / And though I'm not a great romancer / I know that I'm bound to answer / When you propose..." Anything Goes |
| #928, aired 1988-09-21 | LANDMARKS $200: You have to lie down atop a castle & hang your head over the wall if you want to kiss this the Blarney Stone |
| #916, aired 1988-09-05 | FROM THE FRENCH $600: It's French for "castle" chateau |
| #898, aired 1988-06-29 | FAMILIAR PHRASES $100: Some 400 years ago, English jurist Sir Edward Coke stated, "A man's house is..." this his castle |
| #890, aired 1988-06-17 | POETRY $600: Byron based a poem on the true story of a man who spent years as the "Prisoner of" this castle Chillon |
| #883, aired 1988-06-08 | COMPOSERS $500: One of Bela Bartok's more famous operas is set at the castle of this notorious wife killer Bluebeard |
| #878, aired 1988-06-01 | ROYAL ANNES $200: Reportedly, the ghosts of Elizabeth I & this woman, her mother, both haunt Windsor Castle Anne Boleyn |
| #869, aired 1988-05-19 | SOUTH DAKOTA $500: It's approximately 17 miles west of Castle Rock, South Dakota, at about 104° w. longitude, 45° n. latitude geographical center of the U.S.A. |
| #851, aired 1988-04-25 | UNREAL ESTATE $400: To get to his castle near Hungary's Borgo Pass, take the 3 p.m. coach--& carry garlic or a silver cross Count Dracula |
| #841, aired 1988-04-11 | BRITISH ROYALTY $600: Since 1820, every English monarch has been buried on the grounds of this castle Windsor Castle |
| #829, aired 1988-03-24 | THIRD SYMPHONIES $1000: Mendelssohn was inspired to write this, his 3rd symphony, after visiting Holyrood Castle "The Scottish Symphony" |
| #824, aired 1988-03-17 | THE BRITISH ISLES $200: Sorcerer who supposedly spun his spells in a cave in Cornwall near Tintagel Castle Merlin |
| #823, aired 1988-03-16 | CASTLES & CHATEAUX $1000: This castle on the River Dee is the British sovereign's private residence in Scotland Balmoral |
| #789, aired 1988-01-28 | WORLD LITERATURE $800: He died in 1824, leaving unfinished his only 3 novels, "The Trial", "The Castle" & "Amerika" (Franz) Kafka |
| #769, aired 1987-12-31 | U.S. COUNTIES $1000: State which consists of only Sussex, Kent & New Castle counties Delaware |
| #759, aired 1987-12-17 | CASTLES & CHATEAUX $200: Of Coca, Cola or Pepsi, the 1 that's a castle in Spain Coca |
| #759, aired 1987-12-17 | CASTLES & CHATEAUX $600: In 1847, schoolboys fought American troops defending this capital city's Chapultepec Castle Mexico City |
| #751, aired 1987-12-07 | "IF"FY SONGS $300 (Daily Double): Condition under which you could hear this tale:
"In a castle dark or a fortress strong / With chains upon my feet / You know that ghost is me / And I will never be set free..." "If You Could Read My Mind" |
| #751, aired 1987-12-07 | WHAT'S IN A NAME? $300: Norwegian for "bear from the castle", this Swede was a bar on the tennis courts Björn Borg |
| #747, aired 1987-12-01 | BRITISH GHOSTS $400: A week after dying in it, George III was seen at this castle outside London Windsor Castle |
| #747, aired 1987-12-01 | BRITISH GHOSTS $800: Film in which cowardly Chas. Laughton was considered to haunt a castle, awaiting a chance to be brave The Canterville Ghost |
| #717, aired 1987-10-20 | MARK TWAIN $800: After being hit by a crowbar, a man from Hartford woke up near this castle site King Arthur's Court |
| #715, aired 1987-10-16 | LANDMARKS $1000: In a 1987 vote whether "To be or not to be" on strike for more money, guards at this Danish site voted yes Elsinore (Hamlet's) Castle |
| #636, aired 1987-05-18 | CASTLES & CHATEAUX $200: This royal family's name came from one of their 1st castles, "Habichtsburg", Hawk's Castle Hapsburgs |
| #636, aired 1987-05-18 | CASTLES & CHATEAUX $400: Bran Castle in Romania's Carpathian Mountains is touted to tourists as this man's home (Count) Dracula (Vlad Tepes) |
| #636, aired 1987-05-18 | CASTLES & CHATEAUX $600: A castle on this site some 21 miles west of London goes back to the time of William the Conqueror Windsor Castle |
| #636, aired 1987-05-18 | CASTLES & CHATEAUX $800: Contrary to its romanticized history, this Death Valley landmark was built by Albert Johnson Scotty's Castle |
| #635, aired 1987-05-15 | LANDMARKS $400: Edward VII Park & St. George's Castle sound like they should be in London, but they're in this Iberian capital Lisbon |
| #622, aired 1987-04-28 | BUSINESS TRIVIA $200: Castle & Cooke primarily peddles its pineapples under this brand name Dole |
| #618, aired 1987-04-22 | NAME'S THE SAME $400: Horse who danced away with 1986 Calif. derby, or aviator who danced away with Irene Castle Vernon Castle |
| #597, aired 1987-03-24 | SOCCER $100: Like a castle, a soccer field in Rio is surrounded by this to keep out overzealous fans a moat |
| #590, aired 1987-03-13 | BUSINESS BIGGIES $100: In per-store gross, White Castle was #1 in 1984 fast food business, edging out this huge competitor McDonald's |
| #551, aired 1987-01-19 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $800: She called her '58 autobiography "Castles in the Air", even though husband Vernon died in a 1918 plane crash Irene Castle |
| #535, aired 1986-12-26 | THE ROYAL FAMILY $800: Though she married an ex-king, she was, ironically enough, barred from Windsor Castle the Duchess of Windsor (Wallis Simpson) |
| #528, aired 1986-12-17 | STARTS WITH "I" $500: This saint was born in the castle of Loyola, Azpeitia, Spain Ignatius |
| #527, aired 1986-12-16 | SHAKESPEARE'S WOMEN $200: A doctor sat up 3 nights in Dunsinane Castle to observe her sleepwalking Lady Macbeth |
| #512, aired 1986-11-25 | KING ARTHUR $400: Winchester Castle claims it has the real one, but don't try to sit at it: it's hanging on the wall the Round Table |
| #472, aired 1986-09-30 | 19th CENTURY $200: In 1892, it replaced Castle Garden as New York's immigration depot Ellis Island |
| #468, aired 1986-09-24 | HAMLET $800: Olivier, Gielgud & Plummer have all played Hamlet at this, its original Danish site Elsinore |
| #440, aired 1986-05-16 | ENDS WITH "X" $800: After 273 yrs., the Royal Greenwich Observatory moved to castle in this English coastal county Sussex |
| #418, aired 1986-04-16 | LITERATURE $300: Romance genre which might begin, "From the dark castle, she saw a mysterious figure on the misty moor" a Gothic novel |
| #394, aired 1986-03-13 | MILITARY MEN $400: British/American flight instructor in WWI, but best known for wife Irene & introducing turkey trot (Vernon) Castle |
| #393, aired 1986-03-12 | FOOD $500: Not found in castle cellars, it's an excellent flavored crab from the Pacific Northwest Dungeness |
| #393, aired 1986-03-12 | LANDMARKS $800: When opened to the public in 1958, 1 of 1st guests was said to have asked "Where is Rosebud?" Hearst Castle |
| #368, aired 1986-02-05 | WORLD CITIES $400: Not the duke, duchess, or castle, but Canada's southernmost city Windsor |
| #313, aired 1985-11-20 | STARTS WITH "B" $500: On the River Dee in Scotland, it's private residence of the British sovereign Balmoral Castle |
| #296, aired 1985-10-28 | CORPORATE AMERICA $100: Castle & Cooke, maker of Dole products, is 4th largest landholder there Hawaii |
| #275, aired 1985-09-27 | LAW $200: The 17th c. "Institutes of the Laws of England" states "A man's house is" this his castle |
| #261, aired 1985-09-09 | GHOSTS $600: At Windsor Castle, this Tudor queen supposedly haunts the Queen's library Elizabeth I |
| #184, aired 1985-05-23 | BRITISH ISLES $500: Soldiers still guard Scotland's royal crown in this castle where the Scottish kings lived Edinburgh Castle |
| #169, aired 1985-05-02 | LANDMARKS $200: Kronborg Castle in this country was the scene of Shakespeare's "Hamlet" Denmark |
| #163, aired 1985-04-24 | THE '20s $300: Vernon Castle's dancing partner who originated the bob hairstyle Irene Castle |
| #143, aired 1985-03-27 | POP MUSIC $200: Top-selling Carole King album you could find hanging on a castle wall Tapestry |
| #114, aired 1985-02-14 | ART $400: Woven pictures that insulated castle walls as well as decorated them tapestries |
| #92, aired 1985-01-15 | TRIVIA $400: Both Ludwig of Bavaria & Disney of Burbank have recreated her castle Sleeping Beauty |
| #62, aired 1984-12-04 | MOVIE TRIVIA $400: In his best English Bronx accent he cried "Yonder lies the castle of my father" Tony Curtis |
| #14, aired 1984-09-27 | THE "PITS" $600: Poe's tale of torture in a Spanish castle The Pit and the Pendulum |
| #5, aired 1984-09-14 | THE PRESS $600: Harvard Lampoon alumnus, by 1937 he owned 25 daily newspapers & a California castle William Randolph Hearst |
