| #9075, aired 2024-04-05 | SPORTS $800: Sydney Swans & Adelaide Crows better beware of Geelong Cats, your 2022 champs in this sport Australian Rules Football |
| #9074, aired 2024-04-04 | CHARACTERS IN MUSICALS $800: She's the faded glamour cat who sings "Memory" in "Cats" Grizabella |
| #9060, aired 2024-03-15 | EXTINCT ANIMALS $1600: The Stephens Island wren on an isle just off this country's South Island was eaten to extinction by a lighthouse keeper's cats New Zealand |
| #9059, aired 2024-03-14 | IT'S A FACT! $800: Unlike other cats, this fastest one doesn't have fully retractable claws a cheetah |
| #9020, aired 2024-01-19 | THE BOOK TITLE ANIMAL $800: Let's toss around "Mrs. Frisby & the ____ of NIMH" Rats |
| #9014, aired 2024-01-11 | NOVELS $1200: Cathy Queen of Cats is a character in "The House on Mango Street" by this author Sandra Cisneros |
| #8992, aired 2023-12-12 | BLACK MYSTERY & CRIME FICTION $800: In "White Butterfly" P.I. Easy Rawlins said jazz cats came by Cadillac & bluesmen by bus or by thumb to Watts in this West Coast city Los Angeles |
| #21, aired 2023-11-29 | THIS IS JEO-PURR-DY! $200: Also called vibrissae, cats typically have 24 of these sensitive hairs on their muzzle whiskers |
| #8981, aired 2023-11-27 | CAT'S A RISING STAR $1000: Jennifer Hudson sang of being "all alone in the moonlight" in this role in 2019's "Cats" Grizabella |
| #8973, aired 2023-11-15 | IN COGNITO $1000: This hybrid offspring of two big cats a tigon |
| #20, aired 2023-11-15 | VETERINARY MEDICINE $900: Believe it or not, many adult cats suffer from this condition, which makes them unable to digest milk lactose intolerance |
| #8971, aired 2023-11-13 | DOGS & CATS LIVING TOGETHER $200: Toy dogs like the Chihuahua can be trained to use these; experts say fill your dog's with the non-clumping stuff a litter box |
| #8971, aired 2023-11-13 | SONGS IN MUSICALS $200: "Memory" &
"Mr. Mistoffelees" Cats |
| #8971, aired 2023-11-13 | DOGS & CATS LIVING TOGETHER $400: Dogs & cats shouldn't share food, as cats are obligate these & their chow is too high in protein to be good for dogs carnivores |
| #8971, aired 2023-11-13 | DOGS & CATS LIVING TOGETHER $600: Experts say this breed that originated in Newfoundland is good with cats--& heck, everything else a Labrador Retriever |
| #8971, aired 2023-11-13 | DOGS & CATS LIVING TOGETHER $800: The AKC says these herding dogs that come in "rough" & "smooth" types love children & "that love can extend to cats" Collies |
| #8971, aired 2023-11-13 | DOGS & CATS LIVING TOGETHER $1000: The kitten's investigating the tail of a pup of this terrier breed named for an English cleric a Jack Russell Terrier |
| #8967, aired 2023-11-07 | CRITTERS $600: Not tabbies or flabbies, but these house cats are known as Abys Abyssinians |
| #8955, aired 2023-10-20 | AMY POEHLER IS AWESOME $800: As Leslie on this show: "Hey, honey! Good morning! How did you sleep? I adopted 32 cats & dogs. Do you want pancakes?" Parks and Recreation |
| #15, aired 2023-10-04 | NO CAP $900: It can be a type of joke or the title "Cats" in a T.S. Eliot book of poems
_ R _ _ T I _ _ L practical |
| #8930, aired 2023-09-15 | CAT LOVERS $200: Some of this empress' favorite cats were said to be Russian Blues, naturally, & they had the run of the Winter Palace Catherine the Great |
| #8930, aired 2023-09-15 | CAT LOVERS $600: Not satisfied with your basic kitty, Salvador Dalí owned Babou, one of these wild cats of Central & South America an ocelot |
| #8915, aired 2023-07-14 | GOOD AFTERNOON! $400: Most African cats are nocturnal hunters, but these fastest ones can be "spotted" on the prowl in the late afternoon cheetahs |
| #8911, aired 2023-07-10 | WORD PUZZLES $800: An extreme weather condition:
King Tiger
Queen Puma
King Chow Chow
Queen Jack Russell reigning cats & dogs |
| #8883, aired 2023-05-31 | ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER $200: (Andrew Lloyd Webber presents the clue.) When my dad listened to the song here from this show I asked him, "Does it sound like anything else"? & he responded, "It sounds like $10 million"
"Midnight / Not a sound from the pavement / Has the moon lost her memory? / She is smiling alone..." Cats |
| #8836, aired 2023-03-27 | WHAT A BUNCH OF CARICATURES! $2000: She's "The Talented Mr. Ripley" author depicted here, with one of her beloved cats (Patricia) Highsmith |
| #8835, aired 2023-03-24 | CATS: THE NON-MUSICAL $200: Think fast! This big cat can take 3 1/2 strides per second & reach a speed of 70 mph a cheetah |
| #8835, aired 2023-03-24 | CATS: THE NON-MUSICAL $400: In 1878 this short-haired breed was imported into the U.S. from what is today Thailand, but not then Siamese |
| #8835, aired 2023-03-24 | CATS: THE NON-MUSICAL $600: Smilodon for the camera! Known for its 2 extended chompers, this cat prowled around 40 million years ago a saber-toothed tiger |
| #8835, aired 2023-03-24 | CATS: THE NON-MUSICAL $800: A statistic commonly cited about this alliterative cat with a blotched, tortoiseshell-&-white coat is only one of 3,000 is male calico |
| #8835, aired 2023-03-24 | CATS: THE NON-MUSICAL $1000: Though it's known for its lack of a tail, this breed seen here can sometimes be born with one Manx |
| #8810, aired 2023-02-17 | MEMOIRS OF GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $2000: Trent Lott's memoir of his life in politics is aptly titled doing this, which might actually be easier with pets than with senators Herding Cats |
| #8765, aired 2022-12-16 | THAT'S A BIG ANIMAL $800: Before the arrival of big cats over a new isthmus, flightless 10-foot terror birds were the apex predators of this continent South America |
| #8764, aired 2022-12-15 | A SHORT CATEGORY $1200: Shorthair cat breeds with former names of nationalities include the Abyssinian & this one that originated in Asia Siamese cats |
| #8750, aired 2022-11-25 | LET'S PLAY SPORTS THERE! $600: Home of Alex Trebek's beloved CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats, the field named for this donut company hosted a 2022 NHL outdoor game Tim Hortons |
| #8750, aired 2022-11-25 | SELLIN' IT! $800: Meow Mix says that it's "the only one cats" do this for ask for by name |
| #6, aired 2022-10-30 | FIGURES OF SPEECH $200: "It's raining" these means it's coming down hard, not that there's a deluge of Angoras & Akitas cats & dogs |
| #5, aired 2022-10-23 | CATS THROUGH TIME $200: Bastet the cat goddess inspired these ancient people to fill cemeteries at Bubastis with mummified cats the Egyptians |
| #5, aired 2022-10-23 | CATS THROUGH TIME $400: This big name in 19th century nursing cared for cats too--dozens, including Mr. Bismark, who ate rice pudding off china plates Florence Nightingale |
| #5, aired 2022-10-23 | CATS THROUGH TIME $600: 10 Downing Street, London home to the politician with this title, is also home to Larry, who has the cheeky title "chief mouser" the prime minister |
| #5, aired 2022-10-23 | CATS THROUGH TIME $800: A feline named Trim kept explorer Matthew Flinders company after his boat got stuck on a big mass of this near Australia coral |
| #5, aired 2022-10-23 | CATS THROUGH TIME $1000: Legend says the maneki-neko, or "lucky cat", raised a paw, an invitation to one of these warriors to enter a temple during a storm a samurai |
| #8715, aired 2022-10-07 | ANAGRAMMED BIBLE PEOPLE $600: Big cats did no harm:
NAILED Daniel |
| #1, aired 2022-09-25 | CATS & DOGS $200: The American Kennel Club says these "colorful" dogs retain their puppyish behavior into adulthood a golden retriever |
| #1, aired 2022-09-25 | CATS & DOGS $400: From Britain's Isle of Man, the Manx cat is distinctive for its lack of this a tail |
| #1, aired 2022-09-25 | CATS & DOGS $600: The tallest of the working breeds, this dog was actually developed in Germany the Great Dane |
| #1, aired 2022-09-25 | CATS & DOGS $800: Developed in what is now Thailand, this popular breed of cat comes in blue point, chocolate point & seal point varieties a Siamese |
| #1, aired 2022-09-25 | CATS & DOGS $1000: This big long-haired breed is the official cat of the state in its name the Maine Coon |
| #8696, aired 2022-09-12 | THAT'S SO SIR/REEL! $800: Gus in "Cats" & also giving a magnetic performance in "X-Men" Sir Ian McKellen |
| #8649, aired 2022-05-26 | BIG ANIMALS $800: The biggest of the big cats are these hybrids known by a portmanteau name ligers |
| #8646, aired 2022-05-23 | ANAGRAM PAIRS $600: All the actors playing Macavity, Rumpleteazer & the rest in a musical Cats cast |
| #8630, aired 2022-04-29 | FELINES IN FICTION $1600: Mungojerrie & Bustopher Jones are memorable characters in this T.S. Eliot work Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats |
| #8630, aired 2022-04-29 | FELINES IN FICTION $2000: Pixel the cat shows up in the Robert Heinlein work "The Cat Who" does this, which regular cats can't do Walks Through Walls |
| #8606, aired 2022-03-28 | A GATHERING OF ANIMALS, SPEAKING LATIN $800: A coalition of these super-speedy spotted cats, Acinonyx jubatus cheetahs |
| #8597, aired 2022-03-15 | GLOW-POURRI $1200: Cats' eyes glow due to a structure that reflects light after it has passed around this photosensitive structure the retina |
| #8582, aired 2022-02-22 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $400: Koko & Yum Yum are these pets in a series of detective novels by Lilian Jackson Braun cats |
| #8579, aired 2022-02-17 | ANIMALS OF NOTE $1600: Many British govt. offices have cats called "Chief" this rodent-ridder; Palmerston worked in the foreign office 2016-2020 mouser |
| #8, aired 2022-02-11 | OR TAKE THE "M" CATS $400: The puma of north & South America is also known as the cougar, the panther, & this 2-word name a mountain lion |
| #8, aired 2022-02-11 | OR TAKE THE "M" CATS $800: A recently created breed of small cat bears this name from "The Wizard of Oz" a munchkin |
| #8, aired 2022-02-11 | OR TAKE THE "M" CATS $1200: It's the stately breed of long-haired domesticat seen here a Maine coon |
| #8, aired 2022-02-11 | OR TAKE THE "M" CATS $1600: Tradition says this tailless cat originated on an island in the Irish Sea a Manx cat |
| #8, aired 2022-02-11 | OR TAKE THE "M" CATS $2000: Seen here, this lovely little cat is often referred to as a miniature version of the big cat called the clouded leopard the marbled cat |
| #8545, aired 2021-12-31 | ENDS IN DOUBLE LETTERS $400: Mama cats carry their babies by this loose skin at the back of the neck the scruff |
| #8514, aired 2021-11-18 | POETRY COLLECTIONS $800: He wrote many of the poems in "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats" for his godchildren Eliot |
| #8470, aired 2021-09-17 | BROADWAY ON THE POP CHARTS $1200: Barry Manilow took this song from "Cats" to the Top 40 "Memory" |
| #8448, aired 2021-07-21 | THEY'VE GOT AN EGOT $400: This composer's EGOT includes Tonys for "Evita", "Cats" & "Sunset Boulevard" Andrew Lloyd Webber |
| #8444, aired 2021-07-15 | BROADWAY MUSICALS BY SETTING $800: A junkyard on the night of the Jellicle Ball Cats |
| #8434, aired 2021-07-01 | "C" AS IN CAT $600: Cats with this coat pattern caused by a genetic anomaly are almost always female calico |
| #8377, aired 2021-04-13 | LITERARY CHARACTERS $1200: In a 1960 novel Jem Finch says this character "dined on raw squirrels and any cats he could catch" Boo Radley |
| #8369, aired 2021-04-01 | OVERLAPS $1600: St. Patrick's 3-lobed plant that's a musical style revived by bands like the Stray Cats shamrockabilly |
| #8297, aired 2020-12-08 | YOU'VE GOT ANIMAL MALE $600: Male house cats & male turkeys both have this name a tom |
| #8287, aired 2020-11-24 | WE'LL GIVE YOU PAWS $2000: Here's the paw of one of these unusual cats, from the Greek for "many-toed" polydactyl |
| #8262, aired 2020-10-20 | POP CULTURE $200: During a 2017 performance of this Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, a service dog ran after Bombalurina, one of the title characters Cats |
| #8223, aired 2020-05-27 | A WRITER'S LIFE $1,000 (Daily Double): Born 1898, taught at Oxford & Cambridge, chronicled big cats, enchantresses & closets, died 1963 C.S. Lewis |
| #8200, aired 2020-04-10 | CATS $200: The ocicat looks like this wild cat species for which it is named the ocelot |
| #8200, aired 2020-04-10 | CATS $400: An old name for Thailand is in the name of this breed that sometimes has crossed eyes a Siamese |
| #8200, aired 2020-04-10 | CATS $600: Hairless cat breeds include the Peterbald & this one whose name sounds like the mythic monster that posed a riddle a Sphynx |
| #8200, aired 2020-04-10 | CATS $800: This "kingly" word after Cornish or Devon in cat breeds indicates it has curly hair like a rabbit breed rex |
| #8200, aired 2020-04-10 | CATS $1000: The breed called this "brown" is not from Cuba but is named for its cigar-brown color the Havana |
| #8184, aired 2020-03-19 | ADJECTIVES FOR ANIMALS $2000: Aggressive cats may also be this, extra protective of their home turf or personal space territorial |
| #8153, aired 2020-02-05 | SHOW TUNE RHYMES $1200: In "Cats", "Every streetlamp seems to beat a fatalistic warning, someone mutters & the street lamp gutters, & soon it will be" this morning |
| #8127, aired 2019-12-31 | BATTLE & HUM $2000: In a 1974 Carl Douglas hit, "Everybody was" doing this, "Those cats were fast as lightning" "Kung Fu Fighting" |
| #8103, aired 2019-11-27 | HERE, KITTY $400: In the voice box, great cats like the lion & tiger have instead of the epihyal bone a special ligament letting them do this roar |
| #8071, aired 2019-10-14 | 5 DAYS IN OCTOBER $800: October 16 is National Feral this animal day--remember to spay & neuter! cats |
| #7964, aired 2019-04-04 | SMALL SCREEN SHOW TUNES $1600: On a memorable "American Idol", Jason Castro sang "Memory" from this Broadway musical Cats |
| #7949, aired 2019-03-14 | THAT'S MY MATH OR SCIENCE THING! $800: Here's our in-depth examination of cats and dogs in this diagram, named for a 19th-century English logician Venn |
| #7939, aired 2019-02-28 | UNPHARAOHS $1200: Legend says Psamtik III sacrificed his kingdom rather than fight when his foes brought these sacred animals, maus, into battle cats |
| #7925, aired 2019-02-08 | ORGANIZATIONS $800: According to this 5-letter assn., the number of euthanized dogs & cats has dropped by almost half since 2011 the ASPCA |
| #7923, aired 2019-02-06 | WWF $1600: The World Wildlife Fund is working to double the number of these endangered cats in the wild by 2022 with a program known as TX2 tigers |
| #7918, aired 2019-01-30 | BRUSHED UP YOUR SHAKESPEARE $800: These scaredy-cats "die many times before their deaths", says Julius Caesar a coward |
| #7878, aired 2018-12-05 | VIXEN $200: Vixens are female foxes; like cats, they have vertical eye pupils & some have this type of claws that can be pulled back in retractable |
| #7874, aired 2018-11-29 | PEOPLE IN POEMS $1200: In a Robert Browning poem, he got rid of the rats! That "fought the dogs and killed the cats" the Pied Piper |
| #7829, aired 2018-09-27 | WE'RE IN THIS LEAGUE $1000: Hamilton Tiger-Cats the CFL (or Canadian Football League) |
| #7829, aired 2018-09-27 | NURSERY RHYMES $1000: "There were once two cats from" this Irish town & "each thought that was one cat too many" Kilkenny |
| #7817, aired 2018-09-11 | BROADWAY REPLACEMENTS $400: Overrun with "Cats" for nearly 20 years, the Winter Garden Theatre opened this ABBA-tastic show in 2001 Mamma Mia! |
| #7816, aired 2018-09-10 | HIS WIDOW LIVED ON $600: Valerie (nee Fletcher) spent 47 years as this poet's widow & cashed more than a few "Cats" checks (T.S.) Eliot |
| #7746, aired 2018-04-23 | WHAT DO YOU LOVE? $1000: Ailurophile cats |
| #7728, aired 2018-03-28 | SONGS FOR YOUR CAT $1600: This quartet sang "Our house is a very very very fine house, with two cats in the yard, life used to be so hard" Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young |
| #7728, aired 2018-03-28 | SONGS FOR YOUR CAT $2000: Members of The Cure wore kitty costumes in the video for this poppy tune, the band's first U.K. Top 10 hit "Love Cats" |
| #7708, aired 2018-02-28 | BOOKS TO BROADWAY $1200: T.S. Eliot poems that were adapted into this hit show include "Old Deuteronomy" & "Mr. Mistoffelees" Cats |
| #7683, aired 2018-01-24 | THE NOT-SO-BIG CATS $400: This rare Indian cat is named for the activity it's engaging in here a fisher cat (or fishing) |
| #7683, aired 2018-01-24 | THE NOT-SO-BIG CATS $800: Smaller than a house cat, the black-footed cat is native to the Kalahari on this continent Africa |
| #7683, aired 2018-01-24 | THE NOT-SO-BIG CATS $1200: Name in common to the two beings seen here bobcat |
| #7683, aired 2018-01-24 | THE NOT-SO-BIG CATS $1600: This little cat gets its name from the flat, grassy plains of South America, to which it's native a Pampas cat |
| #7683, aired 2018-01-24 | THE NOT-SO-BIG CATS $2000: Seen here, the marbled cat of southeast Asia is often called the miniature version of this clouded big cat a leopard |
| #7677, aired 2018-01-16 | "DIS" IS IT $800: This contagious & often fatal disease affects both dogs & cats; in cats, it's also known as panleukopenia distemper |
| #7646, aired 2017-12-04 | WEATHER IDIOMS $200: Stated otherwise, this metaphor might be "pouring down Manx & Affenpinschers" raining cats and dogs |
| #7605, aired 2017-10-06 | BROADWAY, BABY $200: In 2017 Grizabella & Rum Tum Tugger prowled the Great White Way once more in this musical Cats |
| #7550, aired 2017-06-09 | BETWEEN THE LIONS $1000: This tree that begins & ends with an "A" is a big hit with a group of cats seen here an acacia |
| #7531, aired 2017-05-15 | BROADWAY MUSICALS BY SONGS $400: "The Jellicle Ball" & "Memory" Cats |
| #7514, aired 2017-04-20 | THEY DIFFER BY A LETTER $1000: A clam soup & a group of cats chowder and clowder |
| #7508, aired 2017-04-12 | BIOLOGY $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a cat on the monitor.) More common in white cats is something called heterochromia where one eye is blue & the other is a different color due to a gene that prevents this pigment from reaching the blue eye melanin |
| #7495, aired 2017-03-24 | WHAT'S IN YOUR POCKET? $200: One of these 5-letter drives so when we get to your house, I can show you thousands of photos of my cats a flash drive |
| #7466, aired 2017-02-13 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $800: In 2016 Leona Lewis earned her whiskers playing Grizabella in the revival of this musical Cats |
| #7461, aired 2017-02-06 | BROADWAY SHOWS IN LATIN $800: "Feles" Cats |
| #7423, aired 2016-12-14 | THE BROADWAY MUSICAL'S CHARACTERS $1000: Mungojerrie,
Mistoffelees,
Grizabella Cats |
| #7386, aired 2016-10-24 | IN COGNITO $1000: This hybrid offspring of two big cats a tigon |
| #7357, aired 2016-09-13 | I'M JUST A SAYING $1000: "All cats are gray" under this condition means beauty isn't so important in the dark (or in the night) |
| #7327, aired 2016-06-21 | MEMORY $1200: "Memory, all alone in the moonlight, I can smile at the old days, I was beautiful then" is sung in this Broadway musical Cats |
| #7290, aired 2016-04-29 | AMY POEHLER IS AWESOME $200: As Leslie on this show: "Hey, honey! Good morning! How did you sleep? I adopted 32 cats & dogs. Do you want pancakes?" Parks and Rec |
| #7218, aired 2016-01-20 | BETWEEN 5 FERNS $1000: In the 1961 novel "Where the Red Fern Grows", a boy's dogs are killed defending him from attack by one of these cats a mountain lion |
| #7201, aired 2015-12-28 | KITTY LIT $800: "The Naming of Cats" is the first part of his book "of Practical Cats" by T.S. Eliot Old Possum |
| #7099, aired 2015-06-25 | INDOOR & OUTDOOR CATS $200: After mating, the male of this big cat doesn't stay long with the female before he leaves for good, perhaps at 70 mph a cheetah |
| #7099, aired 2015-06-25 | INDOOR & OUTDOOR CATS $400: This breed with a Middle Eastern name has been around since at least the 1600s Persian |
| #7099, aired 2015-06-25 | INDOOR & OUTDOOR CATS $3,000 (Daily Double): As of 2013 there were said to be about 300 left of the Iberian this, which would also like to buy a vowel, Pat a lynx |
| #7035, aired 2015-03-27 | OF INFORMATION $400: Grizabella & Macavity are characters in this musical Cats |
| #6954, aired 2014-12-04 | CATS & DOGS $400: It follows Shetland & Old English in the names of dog breeds used to guide other animals sheepdog |
| #6954, aired 2014-12-04 | CATS & DOGS $800: Even the smallest dog breeds around today are all descended from the gray species of this animal wolf |
| #6954, aired 2014-12-04 | CATS & DOGS $1200: Bast was the cat-headed goddess of this ancient culture, which also left thousands of cat mummies the Egyptians |
| #6954, aired 2014-12-04 | CATS & DOGS $1600: You can tell a Sphynx cat by its lack of hair; a Manx, by its lack of this a tail |
| #6954, aired 2014-12-04 | CATS & DOGS $2000: In the late 1800s a German night watchman with this last name developed a breed of guard dog called the Pinscher Doberman |
| #6950, aired 2014-11-28 | SCIENCE MYSTERIES $1200: Debate continues as to why cats do this, which has a pattern & frequency between 25 & 150 hertz purr |
| #6945, aired 2014-11-21 | I'M JUST A SAYING $1200: "Dogs have owners, cats have" this 5-letter group a staff |
| #6932, aired 2014-11-04 | POETRY & THEE $200: He explained, "The naming of cats is a difficult matter, it isn't just one of your holiday games" (T.S.) Eliot |
| #6879, aired 2014-07-10 | STAGE WHISKERS $800: Ah, the pleasant memories of Old Deuteronomy's whiskers in this Broadway show Cats |
| #6878, aired 2014-07-09 | NURSERY RHYME CATS $400: After the Owl & the Pussy-cat were married, "they danced by the light of" this the moon |
| #6878, aired 2014-07-09 | NURSERY RHYME CATS $800: "Little Robin" this "sat upon a tree, up went Pussycat and down went he" Redbreast |
| #6878, aired 2014-07-09 | NURSERY RHYME CATS $1200: For losing their mittens, the 3 little kittens "began to cry" & were denied this dessert by their mother pie |
| #6878, aired 2014-07-09 | NURSERY RHYME CATS $1600: With a crooked one of these coins, the crooked man "bought a crooked cat, which caught a crooked mouse" a sixpence |
| #6878, aired 2014-07-09 | NURSERY RHYME CATS $2000: "The gingham dog and" this feline "side by side on the table sat" the calico cat |
| #6868, aired 2014-06-25 | CHESHIRE CATS $400: This pseudonymous Oxford don was born in Daresbury, Cheshire, not Wonderland, in 1832 Lewis Carroll |
| #6868, aired 2014-06-25 | CHESHIRE CATS $800: Cheshire's Charles Marriott was a great leg break & googly bowler, making him really good at this sport cricket |
| #6868, aired 2014-06-25 | CHESHIRE CATS $1200: Cheshire-born WWI flying ace Christopher Draper, "The Mad Major", earned the Croix de Guerre & this medal, the DSC the Distinguished Service Cross |
| #6868, aired 2014-06-25 | CHESHIRE CATS $1600: James Chadwick of Macclesfield, Cheshire, won a 1935 Nobel Prize for his discovery of this chargeless atomic particle a neutron |
| #6868, aired 2014-06-25 | CHESHIRE CATS $2000: Bowman's capsule, part of this blood-filtering organ, is named for Nantwich, Cheshire's William Bowman the kidney |
| #6825, aired 2014-04-25 | SOCIETIES $400: Founded in 1866, this "American" group 1st focused on livestock & horses but soon began helping dogs & cats too the ASPCA |
| #6758, aired 2014-01-22 | LITERATURE CATS WOULD LOVE $200 (Daily Double): Kitty doesn't like the knitting so much in the Debbie Macomber book called "A Good" this, but loves the threads Yarn |
| #6758, aired 2014-01-22 | LITERATURE CATS WOULD LOVE $200: There are 4 servings of seafood in this Dr. Seuss title, & kitty doesn't mind at all One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish |
| #6758, aired 2014-01-22 | LITERATURE CATS WOULD LOVE $400: This Agatha Christie play that features Detective Sergeant Trotter is something most cats would love to have The Mousetrap |
| #6758, aired 2014-01-22 | LITERATURE CATS WOULD LOVE $600: Kitty's ears perk up when she hears the title of this Daphne du Maurier tale of fierce finches & robins "The Birds" |
| #6758, aired 2014-01-22 | LITERATURE CATS WOULD LOVE $1000: "Tell me more", said puss about the Paul Torday love story with the odd title this "in the Yemen" Salmon Fishing |
| #6751, aired 2014-01-13 | FROM PAGE TO STAGE $1600: If "Memory" serves me, this Broadway musical was based on a 1939 book of humorous verse Cats |
| #6748, aired 2014-01-08 | IN THE FUNNY PAPERS $1600: This man says his famous feline is a composite of all the cats from his childhood rolled into one feisty orange fur ball Jim Davis |
| #6737, aired 2013-12-24 | ATHLETIC CUPS $800: I cheered when my Hamilton (Ontario) Tiger-Cats won this league's Grey Cup in 1999 Canadian Football League (CFL) |
| #6706, aired 2013-11-11 | THOSE "R" THE TOP 10 HITS $800: The Stray Cats,
1982 "Rock This Town" |
| #6706, aired 2013-11-11 | ANAGRAMMED SCHOOL SUBJECTS $800: The world by numbers:
SIT, CATS, SIT statistics |
| #6656, aired 2013-07-22 | ANIMAL GROUPS $1600: Brian Setzer of this retro trio played Eddie Cochran in "La Bamba" The Stray Cats |
| #6650, aired 2013-07-12 | SO "CAL" $400: Piebald or variegated, like some cats calico |
| #6650, aired 2013-07-12 | ANIMAL CARE $2,800 (Daily Double): Vets discourage this procedure unless absolutely necessary: it severs tendons & can make kitty a biter de-clawing |
| #6646, aired 2013-07-08 | ROCK & ROLL CALL $800: Rick Savage plays bass in this band, whose name was initially spelled like a hard-of-hearing feline Def Leppard |
| #6622, aired 2013-06-04 | THE 5 W's $1000: Why:
Because free-floating collarbones make them more flexible & able to get their paws under them in time why cats always land on their feet |
| #6621, aired 2013-06-03 | CATS IN PROVERBS $200: "____ killed the cat" Curiousity |
| #6621, aired 2013-06-03 | CATS IN PROVERBS $400: "When the cat's away, the mice will ____" play |
| #6621, aired 2013-06-03 | CATS IN PROVERBS $600: "There's more than one way to ____ a cat" skin |
| #6621, aired 2013-06-03 | CATS IN PROVERBS $800: "In the dark all cats are ____" grey |
| #6621, aired 2013-06-03 | CATS IN PROVERBS $1000: "A cat in ____ catches no mice" gloves |
| #6615, aired 2013-05-24 | GETTIN' PIGGY WITH IT $200: Winston Churchill reportedly said, "I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as" this equals |
| #6584, aired 2013-04-11 | DOGS & CATS IN LITERATURE $400: In 1990 this first lady collaborated with her Springer spaniel on "Millie's Book: As Dictated to" her Barbara Bush |
| #6584, aired 2013-04-11 | DOGS & CATS IN LITERATURE $800: This "old" dog in a story by Fred Gipson teaches kids about loyalty Old Yeller |
| #6584, aired 2013-04-11 | DOGS & CATS IN LITERATURE $1200: A feline about town, Bustopher Jones is a character in "Old Possum's Book of" these title critters Practical Cats |
| #6581, aired 2013-04-08 | GRAPHIC NOVELS $200: In Art Spiegelman's "Maus", Jews are portrayed as mice & Nazis as these cats |
| #6545, aired 2013-02-15 | TONY-WINNING MUSICALS IN OTHER WORDS $200: 1983:
"Felines" Cats |
| #6535, aired 2013-02-01 | BAD LUCK? $2000: Some have thought this October birthstone bad luck, perhaps because it looks like cats' creepy eyes the opal |
| #6527, aired 2013-01-22 | SONGS FOR YOUR CAT $1200: The cat is a fan of rockabilly, so play anything by this Brian Setzer trio, particularly its "Strut" The Stray Cats |
| #6487, aired 2012-11-27 | CLASSIC AD SLOGANS $800: "Tastes so good, cats ask for it by name" Meow Mix |
| #6477, aired 2012-11-13 | TEACHER'S PET $2000: ...is a pair of these large blue-eyed cats, Ann & Andy, who go limp & floppy when you pick them up ragdolls |
| #6475, aired 2012-11-09 | REMEMBER BOOKSTORES? $800: A common sight at small bookstores is an in-house one of these animals, like the late Silas at A Novel Idea in Lincoln, Nebraska cats |
| #6440, aired 2012-09-21 | NOW A FEW WORDS $200: This 4-letter word for a type of jazz singing is also used to shoo cats scat |
| #6405, aired 2012-06-22 | KEYBOARD CATS $400: At the age of 5, he performed at the Bavarian Court alongside his sister Maria Anna Mozart |
| #6405, aired 2012-06-22 | KEYBOARD CATS $800: In 1937 this keyboard noble wrote & recorded what became his band's theme song, "One O'Clock Jump" Count Basie |
| #6405, aired 2012-06-22 | KEYBOARD CATS $1200: At the 2012 Grammys the Beach Boys feted their 50th anniversary with this song-writing sibling at piano Brian Wilson |
| #6405, aired 2012-06-22 | KEYBOARD CATS $1600: In 1957 he added a vocal group, the Raelettes, to his concerts & recordings Ray Charles |
| #6405, aired 2012-06-22 | KEYBOARD CATS $2000: In 1986 this piano virtuoso finally returned home to the USSR after 60 years for recitals in Moscow & Leningrad Vladamir Horowitz |
| #6366, aired 2012-04-30 | DOUBLE "F" $1200: Mother cats carry their newborn kittens by this part of the neck the scruff |
| #6345, aired 2012-03-30 | WILD CATS $200: The prophet Jeremiah asked if this cat could change his spots the leopard |
| #6345, aired 2012-03-30 | WILD CATS $400: Once spread across 1/2 of Asia, the Asian lion is now confined to the Gir Forest in this country's Gujarat State India |
| #6345, aired 2012-03-30 | WILD CATS $600: While running, this fastest cat takes strides covering about 22 feet each, the same distance as a racehorse's a cheetah |
| #6345, aired 2012-03-30 | WILD CATS $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows photographs of two cats on a monitor.) To distinguish between two North American cats, remember that the mountain lion is mainly one color with a very long tail, while this cat is spotted with a short tail a bobcat |
| #6345, aired 2012-03-30 | WILD CATS $1,000 (Daily Double): The cougar has the Guinness record for most other names in English, over 40, including this 4-letter name puma |
| #6310, aired 2012-02-10 | THE 54th GRAMMY AWARDS $1200: Brian Setzer, nominated for "Setzer Goes Instru-Mental", long ago sang "Sexy & 17" for this "feline" band The Stray Cats |
| #6285, aired 2012-01-06 | SNAKES... WHY'D IT HAVE TO BE SNAKES? $200: Holy jumpin' cats! Here's an African sand cat squaring off with a sand viper in this 3-million-square-mile sandpile the Sahara |
| #6192, aired 2011-07-12 | SWEET SPOTS $1600: Two Fat Cats Bakery in Maine is famous for makin' these regional "pies", a creamy filling between 2 cake-like cookies whoopee pies |
| #6187, aired 2011-07-05 | HELLO KITTY $1200: Because its smell is exciting to cats, this aromatic herb of the mint family is often used as a stuffing for cat toys catnip |
| #6186, aired 2011-07-04 | WHATCHA WATCHIN'? $2000: "Cats 101" followed by "Whale Wars" on this Discovery cable channel Animal Planet |
| #6178, aired 2011-06-22 | STUFF FOR YOUR COMPUTER? $400: The mental capacity to recall facts, or a show-stopping number from "Cats" memory |
| #6162, aired 2011-05-31 | ANIMAL ANAGRAMS $800: These spotted cats are the coolest! ocelots |
| #6113, aired 2011-03-23 | SONGS IN MUSICALS $200: "Memory" &
"Mr. Mistoffelees" Cats |
| #6109, aired 2011-03-17 | FACTS FROM THE WORLD ALMANAC $400: This musical tops the Almanac's list of longest-running Broadway shows The Phantom of the Opera |
| #6091, aired 2011-02-21 | MOVIE TITLE FILL-IN $800: "Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of ____ ____" Kitty Galore |
| #6090, aired 2011-02-18 | CATS & DOGS $200: Despite its name, this dog breed began in Germany the Great Dane |
| #6090, aired 2011-02-18 | CATS & DOGS $400: The California spangled cat was created by a breeder inspired by the sight of these wild African felines a leopard |
| #6090, aired 2011-02-18 | CATS & DOGS $600: Descended from the water spaniel, this "precious" breed can be quite fetching golden retriever |
| #6090, aired 2011-02-18 | CATS & DOGS $800: Germans object to this edible alternate name for the dachshund a wiener dog (or sausage dog) |
| #6090, aired 2011-02-18 | CATS & DOGS $1000: This cat breed of Asian origin has a distinct vocal tone that can be endearing or annoying Siamese |
| #6061, aired 2011-01-10 | THOSE ANIMALS FRIGHTEN ME! $2000: Ailurophobia cats |
| #6052, aired 2010-12-28 | LOONEY TUNES $1600: In "The Cats Bah", he pops open a bottle of bubbly & is interviewed about the great love of his life Pepé Le Pew |
| #5975, aired 2010-07-30 | SAY WHAT, BOB? $1600: "You used to ride on the chrome horse with your diplomat / Who carried on his shoulder" one of these cats--why? a Siamese cat |
| #5958, aired 2010-07-07 | ENTERTAIN ME! $1200: On TV her pets go way beyond cats & dogs, because she's "The Jungle Girl" Bindi (Sue Irwin) |
| #5953, aired 2010-06-30 | KITTY LIT $2000: Jennyanydots is the subject of "The Old Gumbie Cat", one of 13 poems in this collection Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats |
| #5939, aired 2010-06-10 | CATS & DOGS $400: This retriever was developed from the St. John's water dog in Newfoundland the Labrador retriever |
| #5939, aired 2010-06-10 | CATS & DOGS $800: The rumpy type of this breed is the only cat born without a tail the Manx |
| #5939, aired 2010-06-10 | CATS & DOGS $1200: An English greyhound in miniature, this speedy dog has been called the "poor man's racehorse" a whippet |
| #5939, aired 2010-06-10 | CATS & DOGS $2000: This "great" mountain dog was once used to smuggle contraband between France & Spain the Great Pyrenees |
| #5939, aired 2010-06-10 | CATS & DOGS $2,500 (Daily Double): This Turkish cat was nearly extinct by the early 1960s; a Turkish zoo began a breeding program that saved them Angoras |
| #5903, aired 2010-04-21 | AskOxford.com $800: AskOxford.com says the most commonly cited collective term for these animals is a clowder cats |
| #5897, aired 2010-04-13 | NATURE $400: During a chase, these cats take about 3 1/2 strides per second, though the sprints only last about 300 yards cheetahs |
| #5848, aired 2010-02-03 | GRAPHIC NOVELS $2000: Art Spiegelman tackled the holocaust in this graphic novel that portrayed Germans as cats Maus |
| #5826, aired 2010-01-04 | ABLE ANIMALS $800: Cats have tapetum lucidum membranes in this body part, so they have 2 chances to catch photons their eyes |
| #5803, aired 2009-12-02 | ACTRESSES' ROLES $1000: "Henry & June",
"Pulp Fiction",
"The Truth About Cats & Dogs" Uma Thurman |
| #5802, aired 2009-12-01 | T.S. ELIOT $800: A book of verse for children, "Old Possum's Book of Practical" these found new life when adapted for Broadway Cats |
| #5793, aired 2009-11-18 | I CAN HAS CHEEZBURGER? $200: Cool cats know all the words to this Jimmy Buffett song that comes with a "big kosher pickle & a cold draft beer" "Cheeseburger In Paradise" |
| #5793, aired 2009-11-18 | NAME THE POEM $1200: "Rats! They fought the dogs, and killed the cats, and bit the babies in the cradles" "The Pied Piper of Hamelin" |
| #5787, aired 2009-11-10 | WHATEVER $1000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew repeatedly drops onto the table a springed apparatus that lands on four feet, like a cat.) Cats are able to land on their feet because their flexible spines allow them to rotate in midair without violating the principle of conservation of this angular quantity momentum |
| #5768, aired 2009-10-14 | TV TIME $1200: From the planet Melmac, this title TV character liked to eat cats ALF |
| #5765, aired 2009-10-09 | CATS $400: The American consul in Bangkok sent First Lady Lucy Hayes a cat of this breed, the first in the United States Siamese |
| #5765, aired 2009-10-09 | CATS $800: The breed called this Rex was developed in Cornwall, England Cornish |
| #5765, aired 2009-10-09 | CATS $1200: The coon cat, which has large snowshoe feet, has this state in its full name Maine |
| #5765, aired 2009-10-09 | CATS $1600: It's the exotic type of kitty seen here, just like a certain tiger a Bengal |
| #5765, aired 2009-10-09 | CATS $2000: A mutation of the American shorthair is the American this, with crimped fur, much like a lamb's coat wirehair cat |
| #5748, aired 2009-09-16 | MUSICAL MENAGERIE $1200: "Rock This Town",
"Runaway Boys" The Stray Cats |
| #5734, aired 2009-07-09 | TALK LIKE "DIS" $800: A viral disease in dogs & cats distemper |
| #5726, aired 2009-06-29 | SEX & THE KITTY $200: Like expectant women, pregnant cats can experience this A.M. ailment morning sickness |
| #5726, aired 2009-06-29 | SEX & THE KITTY $1000: Derived from Middle Dutch, it's the term for that squalling noise that cats on the make make a caterwaul |
| #5698, aired 2009-05-20 | THE NEW YORK TIMES THEATER REVIEWS $400: (Frank Rich delivers the clue.) In 1982 I said this Andrew Lloyd Webber musical is "likely to lurk around Broadway for a long time" & it did, closing 18 years later Cats |
| #5667, aired 2009-04-07 | NUMBER PLEASE $400: Number of toes on each front paw of most cats five |
| #5628, aired 2009-02-11 | WHAT DAY IS IT? $200: If it's October 16, it's national feral these day--Bob Barker hopes you spay & neuter the little guys cats |
| #5599, aired 2009-01-01 | WRONG ACCENTS FOR LITERARY CHARACTERS $600: "Tom... that Injun devil wouldn't make any more of drownding us than a couple of cats" Huckleberry Finn |
| #5567, aired 2008-11-18 | COMMON BONDS $400: Abyssinian,
Calico,
Manx cats |
| #5543, aired 2008-10-15 | CATS & DOGS $400: Named for a place in County Wicklow, the Glen of Imaal terrier is one of the most lovable breeds from this country Ireland |
| #5543, aired 2008-10-15 | CATS & DOGS $800: I'll drink to this terrier that has a vodka & Kahlua cocktail in its name Black Russian |
| #5543, aired 2008-10-15 | CATS & DOGS $1200: A Lilac Point Burmese has lilac markings, while the Siamese, called this point, is named for a tasty shade of brown chocolate |
| #5543, aired 2008-10-15 | CATS & DOGS $1600: A blue-black-tongued dog, or the food it eats a chow |
| #5543, aired 2008-10-15 | CATS & DOGS $2000: This breed loves to be pampered, perhaps because it was once an imperial Chinese pet a shih tzu |
| #5450, aired 2008-04-25 | CAT SKILLS $400: Cats have a "nictitating membrane", a third one of these, which is used to clear dust from the cornea an eyelid |
| #5450, aired 2008-04-25 | CAT SKILLS $1600: Cats have more of these dorsal bones than humans; in between them are discs of pliable fibrocartilage vertebrae |
| #5444, aired 2008-04-17 | FICTIONAL FEMALES $400: Her lines include "What a curious feeling!", "How queer everything is today!" & "I didn't know that cats could grin" Alice |
| #5435, aired 2008-04-04 | PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS $400: He penned the lines, "They looked nervous as cats... nervous as a couple of cats on a hot tin roof" Tennessee Williams |
| #5426, aired 2008-03-24 | ONE OF THE 7 DEADLY SINS $200: Sounds like a collective name for a group of large cats pride |
| #5416, aired 2008-03-10 | THE CAT $200: Of all the varieties of cats big & small, the cheetah is the only one that can't fully retract these the claws |
| #5410, aired 2008-02-29 | SOUTH AMERICAN ANIMALS $400: Also called tigre americano, it's unique among big cats in using its canine teeth to pierce the skull of prey the jaguar |
| #5353, aired 2007-12-12 | THE TIGER $1000: Tigers are the largest cats, & this tiger named for a Russian region is the largest tiger the Siberian Tiger |
| #5333, aired 2007-11-14 | MANILOW! $600: Barry had a Top 40 hit with this song from "Cats" "Memory" |
| #5329, aired 2007-11-08 | 20th CENTURY COMPOSERS $1200: Sir Ralph Vaughan Williams put these jazzy horns in his 9th symphony, with the instruction not to sound like "demented cats" saxophones |
| #5325, aired 2007-11-02 | ____ AND ____ MOVIES $2000: (Hi, I'm Sean Hayes.) I was far from kittenish when I played the voice of Mr. Tinkles in this 2001 film that pitted felines against canines Cats & Dogs |
| #5300, aired 2007-09-28 | CATS & DOGS $400: Siamese kittens develop their full adult color within a few months but are born mostly this color white |
| #5300, aired 2007-09-28 | CATS & DOGS $800: The Bombay cat, a cross between a Burmese & a Black American shorthair, originated in this largest KY. city Louisville |
| #5300, aired 2007-09-28 | CATS & DOGS $1200: In England, this cat breed was once known as a "foreign blue" a Russian blue |
| #5300, aired 2007-09-28 | CATS & DOGS $2000: Corgis come in 2 breeds: Cardigan Welsh Corgi & this one Pembroke |
| #5300, aired 2007-09-28 | CATS & DOGS $3,000 (Daily Double): This dog that derives its name from a place on the eastern shore of the Adriatic is also called a coach dog Dalmatian |
| #5290, aired 2007-09-14 | CATS $200: The Korat breed, from Thailand, is usually this color of some Olympic medals silver |
| #5290, aired 2007-09-14 | CATS $400: The mass killing of cats in the 14th century helped spread this disease carried by rat fleas bubonic plague |
| #5290, aired 2007-09-14 | CATS $600: The fact that a cat can land upon its feet without injury gave rise to this numerical concept 9 lives |
| #5290, aired 2007-09-14 | CATS $800: Shorthaired cats were derived from the caffre cat, which was domesticated by this ancient civilization Egypt |
| #5290, aired 2007-09-14 | CATS $1000: This Asian-named cat is produced by mating Siamese and longhairs, and then selectively breeding them Himalayan |
| #5275, aired 2007-07-13 | PLEISTOCENE STEALER $3,400 (Daily Double): If you had a Smilodon smiling down on you, you were in trouble with one of these Pleistocene cats a saber-tooth tiger (or a lion) |
| #5272, aired 2007-07-10 | GEMS & JEWELS $1600: Corundums with 3 bands of light are called "stars"; corundums with one band have this feline name cats eye |
| #5257, aired 2007-06-19 | AGES AGO $600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Luxor, Egypt.) Ramses the Great lived to be 96, had 200 wives & concubines, & one tomb held at least 20 of these, including Mery-Atum sons |
| #5252, aired 2007-06-12 | LIVING LYRICS $200: Ricky Martin sang,"She's into superstitions, black cats and voodoo dolls", & no doubt she's livin' this La Vida Loca |
| #5242, aired 2007-05-29 | THE CATS IN THE HATS $400: The guy seen here, William Van Alen, designed this in New York from 1928-1930 the Chrysler Building |
| #5242, aired 2007-05-29 | THE CATS IN THE HATS $800: He's the only cat with a hat in the photo seen here Stalin |
| #5242, aired 2007-05-29 | THE CATS IN THE HATS $1200: Hats off to this man who sang a lot in "Evita" Che (Guevara) |
| #5242, aired 2007-05-29 | THE CATS IN THE HATS $1600: "Viva" this early 20th century revolutionary (Emiliano) Zapata |
| #5242, aired 2007-05-29 | THE CATS IN THE HATS $2000: The cat on the left is this detective who started the Army's Secret Service Pinkerton |
| #5235, aired 2007-05-18 | IT'S ALL A LEGEND $1000: This pair of legendary Irish cats fought until only their tails were left the Kilkenny Cats |
| #5232, aired 2007-05-15 | BROADWAY MUSICALS BY CHARACTERS $800: Bustopher Jones,
Old Deuteronomy,
Mistoffelees Cats |
| #5194, aired 2007-03-22 | A KITTY CAT-EGORY $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew cats around at the Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha, NE.) When this little pussycat grows up, it may reach 250 fierce pounds, because it's this biggest New World cat the jaguar |
| #5182, aired 2007-03-06 | SPANISH PLACE NAMES IN THE U.S. $1600: A California city:
"The Cats" Los Gatos |
| #5173, aired 2007-02-21 | BROADWAY LYRICS $600: "I can smile at the old days, I was beautiful then, I remember the time I knew that happiness was" Cats |
| #5142, aired 2007-01-09 | A WORLD OF MUSIC $800: A survey of Mexican audiences was unanimous; they wanted to see this musical under its original title, not "Gatos" Cats |
| #5094, aired 2006-11-02 | & SO I FACE THE FINAL CURTAIN $1600: With more than 7,400 performances, this musical became a "Memory" after its Sept. 10, 2000 finale Cats |
| #5031, aired 2006-06-26 | MEET T.S. ELIOT $3,000 (Daily Double): Practical cats know that Eliot was nicknamed after this animal because his cold manner seemed like playing dead the possum |
| #5000, aired 2006-05-12 | PRIME (MINISTER) RHYME $1200: The current Aussie prime minister's lily-livered fraidy cats Howard's cowards |
| #4995, aired 2006-05-05 | CAT $400: Now endangered, these fast felines were once common in India where a Mogal emperor kept a thousand of them as hunting cats cheetah |
| #4970, aired 2006-03-31 | BROADWAY SECRETS $400: When this show's 9 lives were up in 2000, its props & costumes were auctioned off--guess you could call it kitty litter Cats |
| #4944, aired 2006-02-23 | RHYME TIME $400: Advice guru Ms. Van Buren's striped cats Abby's tabbies |
| #4938, aired 2006-02-15 | THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS $200: The animals were worshipped in ancient Egypt as they kept down the rat population cats |
| #4897, aired 2005-12-20 | BOOK TITLES $400: T.S. Eliot's poetical classic:
"Old Possum's Book of Practical" these Cats |
| #4881, aired 2005-11-28 | DE CAMERON $2000: In 1981 it was raining "Cats" (but not dogs) for Andrew Lloyd Webber & this British theatrical producer Cameron Mackintosh |
| #4867, aired 2005-11-08 | PANTHERS & BOBCATS $400: Taxonomists group cats into ones that roar & ones, including bobcats, that do this instead purr |
| #4853, aired 2005-10-19 | CATS & DOGS $400: The "MiB" pug & the "Legally Blonde" Chihuahua popularized breeds classified by the AKC in this group toy dogs |
| #4853, aired 2005-10-19 | CATS & DOGS $800 (Daily Double): Dash, a favorite pet of Queen Victoria, was this type of spaniel named for another monarch a Cavalier King Charles |
| #4853, aired 2005-10-19 | CATS & DOGS $800: The Sphynx cat is often referred to as this, also following "Mexican" in a dog breed name a hairless (cat) |
| #4853, aired 2005-10-19 | CATS & DOGS $1200: National name of the kitty known affectionately as a "Wegie" Norwegian |
| #4853, aired 2005-10-19 | CATS & DOGS $2000: Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis was a Bouvier de New York; a fine cattle-herding dog is the Bouvier de this Bouvier des Flandres |
| #4817, aired 2005-07-12 | CHOOSE A "CIDE" $2000: The killing of cats felicide |
| #4786, aired 2005-05-30 | SPORTS 2004 $200: These big cats gave the Patriots all they could handle in Super Bowl XXXVIII the (Carolina) Panthers |
| #4767, aired 2005-05-03 | MY FANTASY WRITER TEAM $400: Paul Gallico owned 23 of these animals at a time & wrote a fantasy about a boy who's changed into a white one cats |
| #4755, aired 2005-04-15 | HOOK THE "BARB" $1200: While cats have whiskers, catfish have whiskerlke feelers called these barbels |
| #4713, aired 2005-02-16 | CATS $200: Some believe that the eradication of so many cats in the 14th century may have led to spread of this scourge the bubonic plague (the Black Death) |
| #4713, aired 2005-02-16 | CATS $400: Bred in Scotland in the 1960s, the Scottish fold has these folded forward its ears |
| #4713, aired 2005-02-16 | CATS $800: The largest domestic cat, it originated in New England & resembles a raccoon a Maine Coon |
| #4713, aired 2005-02-16 | CATS $1000: A splinter group of Ragdoll cat breeders called their breed this, because it descended from street urchin cats Ragamuffin |
| #4713, aired 2005-02-16 | CATS $1,200 (Daily Double): The tail status determines the 4 varieties of this cat: Rumpy, Rumpy Riser, Stumpy & Longy the Manx |
| #4670, aired 2004-12-17 | ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER $1200: (Andrew Lloyd Webber reads the clue.) The only show in Broadway history that ran longer than "The Phantom of the Opera" is this other musical of mine Cats |
| #4640, aired 2004-11-06 | ODD ANIMAL FACTS $2,000 (Daily Double): Male lions are the only cats to have them & they darken as they grow manes |
| #4611, aired 2004-09-27 | MULTIPLE TONY WINNERS $800: The playwright of "The Cocktail Party" also won best play for this poetic musical Cats by T.S. Eliot |
| #4588, aired 2004-07-14 | CAT ANATOMY $800: Because they have this quality, cats' claws don't get worn down from walking like dogs' do retractability |
| #4588, aired 2004-07-14 | CAT ANATOMY $1000: Of the 2 types of cells that change light into nerve impulses, cats are loaded with these, for better night vision rods |
| #4574, aired 2004-06-24 | THEATRE CROSSWORD CLUES "M" $400: Unforgettable "Cats" song
(6) "Memory" |
| #4548, aired 2004-05-19 | CATS $200: The Russian blue's eyes, this color, may be the "envy" of other felines green |
| #4548, aired 2004-05-19 | CATS $400: Kittens have 26 of these, adult cats 30 teeth |
| #4548, aired 2004-05-19 | CATS $600: Britain's first cat show, in 1871, included black, blue & white types of this cat with a Mideastern heritage Persians |
| #4548, aired 2004-05-19 | CATS $800: The Tonkinese breed developed in the U.S. around 1930 & is a cross between a Burmese & this breed Siamese |
| #4548, aired 2004-05-19 | CATS $1000: In the 1960s officials of the Ankara, Turkey zoo saved this pure breed from extinction the Turkish Angora |
| #4501, aired 2004-03-15 | "A.C."/"D.C." $400: These critters yowl in the spaces between buildings alley cats |
| #4500, aired 2004-03-12 | OLD SWEET SONGS $400: In 1958 Chuck Berry sang, "All over St. Louis, way down in New Orleans, all the cats wanna dance with" her "Sweet Little Sixteen" |
| #4477, aired 2004-02-10 | BEASTLY EXPRESSIONS $200: When it's really pouring down, it's "raining" these 2 animals cats and dogs |
| #4476, aired 2004-02-09 | STUPID ANSWERS $600: In October 2003, police in Monroe Township, Penn. looked for a cat burglar who stole these from a local shelter cats |
| #4471, aired 2004-02-02 | POSTAL MATTERS $200: In a short-lived in Belgium in 1879, these house pets were used to carry bundles of mail cats |
| #4468, aired 2004-01-28 | NURSERY RHYME TIME $600: Nonfat eating Jack's pet animals Sprat's cats |
| #4457, aired 2004-01-13 | CLOTHES ENCOUNTERS $200: The costumes for this long-running musical based on a T.S. Eliot book of poems include pointy ears & tails Cats |
| #4426, aired 2003-12-01 | SPORTS & MUSIC $400: It's traditionally heard before games between the Hamilton Tiger-Cats & the Winnipeg Blue Bombers "O Canada" |
| #4412, aired 2003-11-11 | THE MATRIX $200: One of these (of 2 similar black cats, for instance) usually means a glitch in The Matrix deja vu |
| #4390, aired 2003-10-10 | STUPID ANSWERS $600: This rockabilly trio had a 1983 hit with "Stray Cat Strut" the Stray Cats |
| #4387, aired 2003-10-07 | THE SHAPE OF THINGS $200: To cool cats, daddy-o, it's the opposite of hip square |
| #4363, aired 2003-07-16 | COUNTRY COVERS $2000: (Hi, I'm Ricky Skaggs) On my 1995 "Solid Ground" album, I covered this famous story song by Harry Chapin "Cats in the Cradle" |
| #4334, aired 2003-06-05 | WILD CATS $400: Also known as a cougar, this cat with a 4-letter name can spring up to about 20 feet in one leap puma |
| #4334, aired 2003-06-05 | WILD CATS $800: The Sumatran is the only species of this cat that now lives on an island; the rest live on the Asian mainland tiger |
| #4334, aired 2003-06-05 | WILD CATS $1200: Its scientific name is Panthera leo lion |
| #4334, aired 2003-06-05 | WILD CATS $1600: This fastest cat only sprints for short distances; otherwise, its body temperature rises to lethal levels cheetah |
| #4334, aired 2003-06-05 | WILD CATS $2000: Pre-Columbian civilizations in Mexico & Central America worshiped this largest New World cat as a god jaguar |
| #4308, aired 2003-04-30 | CATS ALL, FOLKS $200: This Asian carnivore is the largest member of the cat family & the only big cat with striped fur tiger |
| #4308, aired 2003-04-30 | CATS ALL, FOLKS $400: Proverbially, this type of inquisitiveness is what "killed the cat" curiosity |
| #4308, aired 2003-04-30 | CATS ALL, FOLKS $600: He's the long-time MGM superstar seen here Tom |
| #4308, aired 2003-04-30 | CATS ALL, FOLKS $800: Except for the cheetah, all cats can retract these claws |
| #4308, aired 2003-04-30 | CATS ALL, FOLKS $1000: One of the very few curly-haired varieties of cat, the Cornish Rex was developed in this country England |
| #4295, aired 2003-04-11 | COLLEGE TEAM NICKNAMES $200: (I'm Kurt Warner.) The team at my alma mater, Northern Iowa, is these big, fierce black cats Panthers |
| #4281, aired 2003-03-24 | LET'S BUILD A CASINO! $1000: "Feed the kitty" will take new meaning at the casino inspired by this Andrew Lloyd Webber show Cats |
| #4258, aired 2003-02-19 | FANGS FOR THE MEMORIES $400: The long fangs of these cats, many of which have been retrieved from the La Brea Tar Pits, give them this name saber-tooth tiger |
| #4255, aired 2003-02-14 | LET'S DO A BROADWAY MUSICAL! $2000: I insist on a flea collar (& lots of Whiskas in my dressing room) when I play Rumpleteazer in this musical Cats |
| #4238, aired 2003-01-22 | ANIMAL LIFE $400: Panther is a term for a black one of these cats jaguar/leopard |
| #4206, aired 2002-12-09 | VETERINARY AFFAIRS $1000: In 1987 researchers found a new virus in cats, known by this 3-letter abbreviation FIV (Feline Immunodeficiency Virus) |
| #4156, aired 2002-09-30 | ROCK OF AGES $200: The Stray Cats sang she was "Sexy &" this age, the same age when we "saw her standing there" 17 |
| #4140, aired 2002-09-06 | CRITTERS $600: Not tabbies or flabbies, but these house cats are known as Abys Abyssinians |
| #4079, aired 2002-05-02 | BE AFRAID, BE VERY AFRAID $800: If you've got ailurophobia, avoid a musical by this composer that won Tony awards in 1983 Andrew Lloyd Webber |
| #4065, aired 2002-04-12 | NIGHTLIFE $600: The people of Madrid are so fond of nightlife that they're known as gatos, these animals cats |
| #4026, aired 2002-02-18 | YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY... $1000: For centuries fraidy-cats have insisted that this "is the better part of valor" discretion |
| #3998, aired 2002-01-09 | RHYME TIME $1600: Masterson's Persians & calicos Bat's cats |
| #3960, aired 2001-11-16 | CATS & DOGS $100: These ever-popular dogs are known as Scotties for short Scottish terriers |
| #3960, aired 2001-11-16 | CATS & DOGS $200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Page Museum in Los Angeles.) Creatures from 28,000 years ago who sported the look seen here the saber-toothed tiger |
| #3960, aired 2001-11-16 | CATS & DOGS $300: The American curl cat is so-named because this pair of features curls back to give it an alert appearance the ears |
| #3960, aired 2001-11-16 | CATS & DOGS $400: The Clumber breed of this dog was named for Clumber Park, the Duke of Newcastle's estate a spaniel |
| #3960, aired 2001-11-16 | CATS & DOGS $500: Though this dog is called "Rhodesian", it actually hails from South Africa the Rhodesian ridgeback |
| #3950, aired 2001-11-02 | OBSCURE GEOGRAPHY $1,000 (Daily Double): Tailless critters from this isle between England & Ireland are treasured by their owners Isle of Man |
| #3908, aired 2001-09-05 | I'M 18 & I LIKE IT $400: "(She's) Sexy And Seventeen" by this group is now 18
(who'd-a-thunk?) The Stray Cats |
| #3896, aired 2001-07-09 | ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER $400: One "memory" of this show is that it's based on a book of verse by T.S. Eliot Cats |
| #3883, aired 2001-06-20 | YOU'RE AN ANIMAL! $400: Known scientifically as Felis pardalis, there are only about 100 of these cats left in Texas an ocelot |
| #3876, aired 2001-06-11 | CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS $200: The "big cats" who founded this organization in Chicago in 1917 allow no business discussions at meetings Lions Club |
| #3847, aired 2001-05-01 | MANIA MANIA! $200: Ailuromaniacs really love these animals, like Felix or Garfield cats |
| #3834, aired 2001-04-12 | WHY? $200: They're "unlucky" because in the Middle Ages they were thought to be the mascots of witches Black cats |
| #3824, aired 2001-03-29 | ANIMAL WORDS & PHRASES $800: Philosophically speaking, "All" of these "are gray in the dark" Cats |
| #3818, aired 2001-03-21 | KITTY LIT $600: Your cat gives "2 paws up" to this poet's "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats" T.S. Eliot |
| #3812, aired 2001-03-13 | ALL OVER $200: On Sept. 10, 2000, after 7,485 performances "Now & Forever" became finite in this Broadway show Cats |
| #3759, aired 2000-12-28 | FUN WITH OPERA $800: This "Phantom" & "Cats" composer's mini-opera "Tell Me on a Sunday" premiered on the BBC in 1980 Andrew Lloyd Webber |
| #3755, aired 2000-12-22 | CATS UP $200: This 2-word name for the cougar or puma implies that it lives at high altitude Mountain lion |
| #3755, aired 2000-12-22 | CATS UP $400: This grinning creature that looks down at Alice in Wonderland is convinced it's mad Cheshire Cat |
| #3755, aired 2000-12-22 | CATS UP $800: Close friends of this garbage-can-dwelling Hanna-Barbera feline get to call him T.C. Top Cat |
| #3755, aired 2000-12-22 | CATS UP $1000: Disney created the fearsome design on this WWII fighter group's plane seen here Flying Tigers |
| #3755, aired 2000-12-22 | CATS UP $1,800 (Daily Double): This Tennessee Williams portrait of Southern degeneracy opened in New York on March 24, 1955 "Cat on A Hot Tin Roof" |
| #3754, aired 2000-12-21 | AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE $400: About 4 million of these live in Canada, most are pets cats |
| #3741, aired 2000-12-04 | HISTORY OF THE WORLD PART 3 $1,000 (Daily Double): Medieval plagues were caused in part by widespread killing of these now common animals, then considered evil Cats |
| #3716, aired 2000-10-30 | ANIMATED CATS $100: In their 1940 MGM debut, "Puss Gets the Boot", this feline partner of Jerry was called Jasper Tom |
| #3716, aired 2000-10-30 | ANIMATED CATS $200: When Tweety tawt he taw a puddy tat, this is usually the puddy tat that Tweety tawt he taw Sylvester |
| #3716, aired 2000-10-30 | ANIMATED CATS $300: The 1972 adventures of this risque cat became the first animated film ever to get an "X" rating Fritz the Cat |
| #3716, aired 2000-10-30 | ANIMATED CATS $400: Geppetto's cat in "Pinocchio"; he shares his name with an operatic barber of Seville Figaro |
| #3716, aired 2000-10-30 | ANIMATED CATS $500: The "meeses" this beatnik cat hated "to pieces" included Pixie & Dixie Mr. Jinks ("Jinksie") |
| #3698, aired 2000-10-04 | MUSICALS $1,500 (Daily Double): Big cats abound in this Tony-winning show that's set in part at Pride Rock The Lion King |
| #3676, aired 2000-09-04 | MOVIE MICE $1,500 (Daily Double): In a 1986 film, this hero's father tells him "In America there are no cats" Fievel (An American Tail) |
| #3665, aired 2000-07-07 | THE TRUTH ABOUT CATS & DOGS $200: At 26 cycles a second felines do this about twice as fast as an idling diesel engine Purr |
| #3665, aired 2000-07-07 | THE TRUTH ABOUT CATS & DOGS $400: Of 6 million, 60 million or 600 million, the number of pet cats in the USA 60 million |
| #3665, aired 2000-07-07 | THE TRUTH ABOUT CATS & DOGS $600: The xuloitzcuintli, resembling the Chihuahua, is the national dog of this country Mexico |
| #3665, aired 2000-07-07 | THE TRUTH ABOUT CATS & DOGS $800: Garm, the hound of Hel in Norse mythology, is often compared to this canine of Greek mythology Cerberus |
| #3665, aired 2000-07-07 | THE TRUTH ABOUT CATS & DOGS $1000: The official dog of this nation's army, the Briard was once rare because so many were lost in World War I France |
| #3650, aired 2000-06-16 | LONG RUNS ON BROADWAY $200: In 2000 it was announced that this, Broadway's longest-running show, would be a "Memory" after over 7,000 shows Cats |
| #3634, aired 2000-05-25 | HELLO KITTY $1000: Riddle me this:
Despite its name, you'd be hard pressed to find one of these "hairless" cats in Egypt Sphynx |
| #3634, aired 2000-05-25 | HELLO KITTY $2,400 (Daily Double): The blue-eyed Balinese was developed as a separate breed after it appeared as a mutation of this other breed Siamese |
| #3632, aired 2000-05-23 | CLASSIC AD LINES $300: "Tastes So Good Cats Ask For It By Name" Meow Mix |
| #3618, aired 2000-05-03 | SHOW TUNES $800: "Memory",
"Mr. Mistoffelees" Cats |
| #3608, aired 2000-04-19 | COMPOSE YOURSELF $200: This composer's shows "Cats" & "Phantom of the Opera" have won a total of 14 Tonys Andrew Lloyd Webber |
| #3602, aired 2000-04-11 | GOT "ILK"? $400: Irish home of legendary fighting cats Kilkenny |
| #3586, aired 2000-03-20 | "LE" CATEGORIE $200: He's always falling for black cats who've had a white stripe accidentally painted on them Pepe Le Pew |
| #3569, aired 2000-02-24 | COOL CATS $200: Arthur was this cool "Happy Days" character's first name Fonzie |
| #3569, aired 2000-02-24 | COOL CATS $400: On "Beverly Hills, 90210", Luke Perry plays this brooding cool guy Dylan |
| #3569, aired 2000-02-24 | COOL CATS $600: What a drag! This cool crooner of "Mack The Knife" checked out early in 1973 Bobby Darin |
| #3569, aired 2000-02-24 | COOL CATS $800: Snoopy's "temperate" sunglassed persona Joe Cool |
| #3569, aired 2000-02-24 | COOL CATS $1000: Starsky often got the latest news on the street from this groovin' Antonio Fargas character Huggy Bear |
| #3561, aired 2000-02-14 | ENTERTAINING CATS $100: Jim Davis draws the line at this title cat Garfield |
| #3561, aired 2000-02-14 | ENTERTAINING CATS $200: Distinct phraser heard here reading "The Autobiography of Foudini M. Cat": David Hyde Pierce |
| #3561, aired 2000-02-14 | ENTERTAINING CATS $300: This colorful big cat has been bopping to a Henry Mancini theme since 1963 the Pink Panther |
| #3561, aired 2000-02-14 | ENTERTAINING CATS $400: Beanie Baby fanatics know Blizzard is a white one of these a tiger |
| #3561, aired 2000-02-14 | ENTERTAINING CATS $500: The cat seen here lives with the TV family with this last name:
Salem the Cat: "I'll take WORLD DOMINATION for $1000, Alex!" Spellman (on Sabrina the Teenage Witch) |
| #3545, aired 2000-01-21 | ANIMAL COMMON BONDS $400: Abyssinian,
Burmese,
Manx Cats |
| #3542, aired 2000-01-18 | IF THEY WERE MUSICALS... $200: Forget "Cats"; the musical of this Orwell book would feature jackbooted dancing pigs "Animal Farm" |
| #3519, aired 1999-12-16 | BOOKS FOR YOUR DOG $600: Be warned: in "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats", this poet picks on the Pekingese T.S. Eliot |
| #3480, aired 1999-10-22 | ACTORS' RHYME TIME $400: Cybill's large cats Shepherd's leopards |
| #3465, aired 1999-10-01 | QUOTATIONS $1000: In this poem Robert Browning wrote, "Rats! They fought the dogs and killed the cats" "The Pied Piper of Hamelin" |
| #3406, aired 1999-05-31 | SAY CHEESE! $800: This Browning work says, "Rats! They fought the dogs and killed the cats...and ate the cheeses out of the vats" The Pied Piper of Hamelin |
| #3397, aired 1999-05-18 | SHOWBIZ TIMELINE $600 (Daily Double): On June 19, 1997 this musical surpassed "A Chorus Line" as the longest-running Broadway show of all time Cats |
| #3378, aired 1999-04-21 | ANAGRAMMED MUSICALS $100: "Scat" Cats |
| #3347, aired 1999-03-09 | REIGNING CATS & DOGS $100: A tabby cat named Dusty produced exactly 420 of these during her life, a world record kittens |
| #3347, aired 1999-03-09 | REIGNING CATS & DOGS $200: More of these retrievers are registered in the U.S. than any other dog breed Labradors |
| #3347, aired 1999-03-09 | REIGNING CATS & DOGS $300: The 2 heaviest dog breeds on average are the mastiff & this Alpine rescue breed Saint Bernard |
| #3347, aired 1999-03-09 | REIGNING CATS & DOGS $400: Of 26, 46 or 66 pounds, the one closest to the weight of the world's heaviest domestic cat 46 |
| #3347, aired 1999-03-09 | REIGNING CATS & DOGS $500: The smallest dog ever recorded, one of these terriers, stood 2 1/2 inches tall & stretched 3 3/4 inches long a Yorkshire terrier |
| #3325, aired 1999-02-05 | BEASTLY EXPRESSIONS $400: In this weather phrase, felines represent precipitation & canines symbolize wind & storm Raining cats & dogs |
| #3321, aired 1999-02-01 | CATS $200: He's 9-Lives' finicky spokescat Morris |
| #3321, aired 1999-02-01 | CATS $400: This fun-loving feline of the funny pages shares his name with a "Wuthering Heights" character Heathcliff |
| #3321, aired 1999-02-01 | CATS $600: On 1960s TV, he was the "Wonderful, Wonderful" cat Felix the Cat |
| #3321, aired 1999-02-01 | CATS $800: This freewheeling hippie-cat of underground comics was created by R. Crumb Fritz the Cat |
| #3321, aired 1999-02-01 | CATS $1000: archy's feline friend mehitabel |
| #3311, aired 1999-01-18 | CHEETAHS $200: Unlike most cats, a cheetah can't completely retract these, so be careful when shaking its paw claws |
| #3303, aired 1999-01-06 | THE CAT $800: Like MGM's Leo the Lion, if you can do this you're considered one of the "big cats" roar |
| #3278, aired 1998-12-02 | BROTHERS $400: This "Cats" creator wrote a set of cello variations for his brother Julian to play Andrew Lloyd Webber |
| #3270, aired 1998-11-20 | MUMMY DEAREST $300: Ancient Egyptians worshipped these animals & now their "scans" are used to study mummies cats |
| #3262, aired 1998-11-10 | PEOPLE & PLACES $400: The people of this "Magnolia State" are sometimes known as Mud-Cats Mississippi |
| #3260, aired 1998-11-06 | MUSICAL THEATER $200: You have our word it's Broadway's longest-running nostalgic musical set in a high school Grease |
| #3258, aired 1998-11-04 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $1000: "Cats" is based on this book with a much longer title Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats |
| #3252, aired 1998-10-27 | WHAT AM I AFRAID OF? $400: Keep these animals away from me, senor, because I suffer from gatophobia Cats |
| #3247, aired 1998-10-20 | "ROCK"IN' & A-"ROLL"IN' $600: The Stray Cats revived this kind of rock in 1982 rockabilly |
| #3225, aired 1998-09-18 | GETTIN' CATTY $100: In competition, this term used for the cats seen here is for any cat under 8 months old Kitten |
| #3225, aired 1998-09-18 | GETTIN' CATTY $300: Including calico, it's the collective term for cats with striped or brindled coats tabby |
| #3210, aired 1998-07-10 | I'M FROM MISSOURI -- SHOW ME! $800: Show me! If "Memory" serves, I was born in St. Louis, but a lot of "Cats" know I moved to England: T.S. Eliot |
| #3172, aired 1998-05-19 | CATS $100: After Charles Dickens' cat William did this, Dickens renamed it Williamina Had kittens |
| #3172, aired 1998-05-19 | CATS $200: To an Englishman, stroking one of these means good luck Black cat |
| #3172, aired 1998-05-19 | CATS $300: Desmond Morris reports that a 1987 study found cats outnumbering these in the U.S. for the first time Dogs |
| #3172, aired 1998-05-19 | CATS $400: A homeless orphan in 1990, this cat now lives the high life at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Socks |
| #3172, aired 1998-05-19 | CATS $500: This English scientist didn't need a cat to fall on him to inspire the cat flap, a swinging door Sir Isaac Newton |
| #3152, aired 1998-04-21 | MUSICALS BY ANY OTHER NAME $600: "Felidae" Cats |
| #3124, aired 1998-03-12 | HANNA-BARBERA CATS $100: Hanna-Barbera's first network show featured this cat with the dog Reddy Ruff |
| #3124, aired 1998-03-12 | HANNA-BARBERA CATS $200: Close friends get to call him "T.C." Top Cat |
| #3124, aired 1998-03-12 | HANNA-BARBERA CATS $300: "Yogi Bear Show" lion who might "exit stage left" Snagglepuss |
| #3124, aired 1998-03-12 | HANNA-BARBERA CATS $400: These were the 2 "Meeces" Mr. Jinks hated to pieces Pixie & Dixie |
| #3124, aired 1998-03-12 | HANNA-BARBERA CATS $500: Her back-up group was The Pussycats Josie |
| #3111, aired 1998-02-23 | BUSINESS NEWS $500 (Daily Double): On June 19, 1997 it surpassed "A Chorus Line" as Broadway's longest-running show Cats |
| #3109, aired 1998-02-19 | GRINNIN' $100: About this character, Alice remarked "I didn't know cats could grin" Cheshire Cat |
| #3081, aired 1998-01-12 | SLEEP $200: Observation & brain-wave studies suggest cats have these, perhaps about imaginary enemies Dreams |
| #3049, aired 1997-11-27 | 13-LETTER WORDS $400: It's the adjective for someone who irrationally fears black cats or a category like 13-letter words superstitious |
| #3046, aired 1997-11-24 | STANDUP COMICS $500: I Hate Myself is the production company of this female comic who starred in "The Truth About Cats & Dogs" Janeane Garofalo |
| #2917, aired 1997-04-15 | NORSE MYTHOLOGY $200: Skilled in witchcraft, Freya rode a chariot pulled by 2 of these house pets cats |
| #2903, aired 1997-03-26 | "OLD" LIT $800: Though T.S. Eliot wrote it, the title says it's this character's "Book of Practical Cats" Old Possum |
| #2867, aired 1997-02-04 | SONG LYRICS $400: "Memory" from this Andrew Lloyd Webber show begins, "Midnight, not a sound from the pavement" "Cats" |
| #2863, aired 1997-01-29 | ANIMALS $800: If you spot several servals slinking south of the Sahara, you'll see slender types of these animals Cats |
| #2857, aired 1997-01-21 | MYTHOLOGY $600: These animals were mummified by ancient Egyptians as a tribute to the goddess Bast cats |
| #2855, aired 1997-01-17 | CELEBRITY RHYME TIME $500: Sajak's Siameses Pat's cats |
| #2828, aired 1996-12-11 | CATS & DOGS $100: This dog's name refers to its impressive pedigree; it really should be called "blooded" Bloodhound |
| #2828, aired 1996-12-11 | CATS & DOGS $200: Because this cat from the Isle of Man has hind legs longer than its forelegs, it runs like a rabbit Manx |
| #2828, aired 1996-12-11 | CATS & DOGS $300: The bombay, a panther-like cat, was bred from a black American shorthair & one of these "Myanmar" cats Burmese |
| #2828, aired 1996-12-11 | CATS & DOGS $400: The Magyars first brought the Puli dog to this country about 1,000 years ago Hungary |
| #2828, aired 1996-12-11 | CATS & DOGS $500: It's a synonym for a domestic cat, or a coat pattern that may be classic, spotted, ticked or mackerel Tabby |
| #2817, aired 1996-11-26 | VETERINARY MEDICINE $800: Sex hormones may be given to cats stricken with alopecia, loss of this Hair |
| #2817, aired 1996-11-26 | VETERINARY MEDICINE $1000: Fever is a sign of this disease caused by parvovirus in cats & by a paramixovirus in dogs Distemper |
| #2810, aired 1996-11-15 | CATS & DOGS $200: Afghans hunt by sight, while bloodhounds hunt by this sense smell |
| #2810, aired 1996-11-15 | CATS & DOGS $400: The Mau is a breed of cat that originated in this country, where it was revered by the Pharaohs Egypt |
| #2810, aired 1996-11-15 | CATS & DOGS $600: Breeders once considered it desirable for these "Thai" cats to have crossed eyes Siamese |
| #2810, aired 1996-11-15 | CATS & DOGS $800: The Airedale type of this dog is named for the Aire Valley in Yorkshire, England terrier |
| #2810, aired 1996-11-15 | CATS & DOGS $1000: The ocicat is so named because the daughter of its original breeder thought it looked like this wild cat ocelot |
| #2802, aired 1996-11-05 | CATS $200: These "Thai" cats are born nearly white; they darken around their points as they grow older Siamese |
| #2802, aired 1996-11-05 | CATS $400: The Cymric is a long-haired version of this tailless cat the Manx |
| #2802, aired 1996-11-05 | CATS $800: This large cat from the "Down East" region has 3 tufted paws for easy snow travel the Maine Coon cat |
| #2802, aired 1996-11-05 | CATS $1000: This nearly hairless cat whose name suggests an ancient structure appeared in the 1960s the Sphinx cat |
| #2802, aired 1996-11-05 | CATS $1,800 (Daily Double): Alphabetically, it's the first breed of cat recognized by most cat organizations Abyssinian |
| #2779, aired 1996-10-03 | IDIOMS $100: In Spain it comes down in "jugs"; in Italy, "basins"; in France, "ropes"; & in the U.S., "cats & dogs" rain |
| #2759, aired 1996-09-05 | NATURE $300: Tiger Cats & Numbats are classified as these animals, from the Latin for "pouch" marsupials |
| #2697, aired 1996-04-30 | THE OCCULT $300: These spirits that aid witches may occupy finger rings or take the form of animals, like cats familiars |
| #2648, aired 1996-02-21 | POETS & POETRY $800: His "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats" inspired a Broadway musical T.S. Eliot |
| #2641, aired 1996-02-12 | ZOOLOGY $300: Ctenocephalides felis is a flea best known for pestering these animals cats |
| #2638, aired 1996-02-07 | CHEESE, PLEASE $300: Cheshire cheeses were once shaped like grinning cats, which may have inspired this author's Cheshire Cat Lewis Carroll |
| #2623, aired 1996-01-17 | CATS & DOGS $100: The akita is named for the prefecture of Akita on this country's island of Honshu Japan |
| #2623, aired 1996-01-17 | CATS & DOGS $200: On an otterhound these features are slightly webbed, so it's quite a good swimmer Feet |
| #2623, aired 1996-01-17 | CATS & DOGS $300: Like the chow, the shar-pei is noted for having this blue-black organ the tongue |
| #2623, aired 1996-01-17 | CATS & DOGS $400: The 1st Cornish Rex was a mutant kitten named Kallibunker who was born in this English duchy in 1950 Cornwall |
| #2623, aired 1996-01-17 | CATS & DOGS $500: Tonkinese cats were produced by mating Siamese to these "Myanmar" cats Burmese |
| #2587, aired 1995-11-28 | CATS $200: Bred in England, Havana Browns were named for their color's resemblance to these items cigars |
| #2587, aired 1995-11-28 | CATS $400: Since 1910 the English have called this "Iranian" cat the longhair the Persian |
| #2587, aired 1995-11-28 | CATS $600: In a condition called heterochromia iridis, one of the cat's eyes remains this color from birth blue |
| #2587, aired 1995-11-28 | CATS $800: The feline equivalent of this dog term is Moggie mixed breed (mongrel) |
| #2587, aired 1995-11-28 | CATS $3,000 (Daily Double): The 4 categories of this cat are rumpy, rumpy riser, stumpy & longie Manx |
| #2580, aired 1995-11-17 | CATS & DOGS $100: The most famous "rough" type of this dog is undoubtedly Lassie--rough, rough! collie |
| #2580, aired 1995-11-17 | CATS & DOGS $200: One of the first of these cats in the United States was given to Mrs. Rutherford B. Hayes by the consul in Bangkok Siamese |
| #2580, aired 1995-11-17 | CATS & DOGS $300: This terrier with a vulpine name may be smooth-haired or wire-haired fox terrier |
| #2580, aired 1995-11-17 | CATS & DOGS $400: Most of these Myanmar cats are descended from a female named Wong Mau Burmese |
| #2580, aired 1995-11-17 | CATS & DOGS $500: The French call this dog la caniche Poodle |
| #2458, aired 1995-04-19 | MUSICAL THEATRE $200: Rum Tum Tugger & Growltiger are characters in this musical Cats |
| #2414, aired 1995-02-16 | MAMMALS $600: There are only about 2,000 of these largest cats left in India Bengal tigers |
| #2345, aired 1994-11-11 | CATS & DOGS $100: The Lilac Point type of this "Thai" cat has a white body with pinkish gray markings a Siamese cat |
| #2345, aired 1994-11-11 | CATS & DOGS $200: The Peke Face Persian cat is so named because its face resembles this dog's a Pekingese |
| #2345, aired 1994-11-11 | CATS & DOGS $300: A rumpy is a Manx cat that lacks one of these, while a stumpy has a short one a tail |
| #2345, aired 1994-11-11 | CATS & DOGS $400: This spotted dog is also known as the "firehouse dog" a dalmatian |
| #2345, aired 1994-11-11 | CATS & DOGS $500: The Jack Russell type of this dog is named for the clergyman who developed it terrier |
| #2295, aired 1994-07-22 | CAT-EGORY $100: These cats that closely resemble the sacred cats in Ancient Egyptian art are nicknamed Abys Abyssinians |
| #2295, aired 1994-07-22 | CAT-EGORY $200: The Crazy Cat Lady sells a "Voodoo Vet" toy for cats; it's a veterinarian doll stuffed with this herb catnip |
| #2295, aired 1994-07-22 | CAT-EGORY $500: It's believed the Balinese 1st appeared as a long-haired mutation in a litter of these other Asian cats Siamese |
| #2270, aired 1994-06-17 | CATS $100: One legend says this cat was late arriving on Noah's Ark & lost its tail as the door closed the Manx cat |
| #2270, aired 1994-06-17 | CATS $200: The American Curl got its name because these body parts curl back the ears |
| #2270, aired 1994-06-17 | CATS $300: The spotted ocicat is named for its resemblance to this wild cat the ocelot |
| #2270, aired 1994-06-17 | CATS $400: Like this cat from which it was bred, the Balinese may be a seal, blue, chocolate or lilac point Siamese |
| #2270, aired 1994-06-17 | CATS $500: Though named for Ancient Ethiopia, it may have been the sacred cat of Ancient Egypt the Abyssinian |
| #2240, aired 1994-05-06 | 1994 CALENDARS $100: Among these animals to have their own 1994 calendars are Felix & Garfield cats |
| #2237, aired 1994-05-03 | ROCK 'N' ROLL $500: Slim Jim Phantom of this "Rock This Town" group played Charlie Parker's drummer in the film "Bird" the Stray Cats |
| #2209, aired 1994-03-24 | ANIMALS $500: Also known as hunting leopards, these speedy cats have black marks on their faces that look like tear streaks a cheetah |
| #2206, aired 1994-03-21 | "T" TIME $300: A comforting thought: World Book says only 3 or 4 of every 1,000 of these big cats eat people tigers |
| #2199, aired 1994-03-10 | INSECTS $100: This wingless insect that preys on cats & dogs is a carrier of bubonic plague the flea |
| #2184, aired 1994-02-17 | ANIMALS $400: Named for a region of Russia, it's the largest of all wild cats the Siberian tiger |
| #2147, aired 1993-12-28 | COMPOSERS $400: Call him Sir when addressing this "Cats" composer; he was knighted in 1992 Andrew Lloyd Webber |
| #2124, aired 1993-11-25 | ZOOLOGY $100: These cheetah features are not retractile, unlike those of other big cats Claws |
| #2117, aired 1993-11-16 | PSYCHOLOGY $600: Ailurophobia is the fear of these pets Cats |
| #2095, aired 1993-10-15 | MAMMALS $800: A black panther is actually a dark one of these wild cats & can occur in the same litter as yellowish ones a leopard |
| #2086, aired 1993-10-04 | ALICE IN WONDERLAND $100: The Duchess says all of these can grin, not just the Cheshire ones, "and most of 'em do" cats |
| #2069, aired 1993-09-09 | CATS $200: This cat feature comes in 3 basic types: round, almond-shaped & slanted eyes |
| #2069, aired 1993-09-09 | CATS $400: This cat was so named because its coloring resembles a popular type of printed cotton calico |
| #2069, aired 1993-09-09 | CATS $600: The Cymric is essentially a long-haired version of this tailless cat the Manx |
| #2069, aired 1993-09-09 | CATS $800: The Seal-Point was the first variety of this breed to be recognized the Siamese |
| #2069, aired 1993-09-09 | CATS $1000: This state's coon cat is America's oldest breed Maine |
| #2062, aired 1993-07-20 | SONGS FROM MUSICALS $500: "The
Jellicle Ball"
&
"Old
Deuteronomy" Cats |
| #2045, aired 1993-06-25 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $400: Midway between England & Northern Ireland, you'll find this island famous for its tailless cats The Isle of Man |
| #2031, aired 1993-06-07 | PARKS $200: Fossils of mastadons & saber-toothed cats have been excavated from this city's La Brea Tar Pits Los Angeles |
| #1979, aired 1993-03-25 | CATS & DOGS $100: Legend says this tailless cat was bred by crossing a cat with a rabbit, but it isn't true a Manx |
| #1979, aired 1993-03-25 | CATS & DOGS $200: Cats with this color pattern are called "torties" for short tortoiseshell |
| #1979, aired 1993-03-25 | CATS & DOGS $300: Prince Charles could tell you the Sealyham terrier was developed in this part of the British Isles Wales |
| #1979, aired 1993-03-25 | CATS & DOGS $400: The Irish water type of this has lots of ringlets, so you could call it the Shirley Temple of dogs the spaniel |
| #1979, aired 1993-03-25 | CATS & DOGS $500: This sporting dog that ofen has amber eyes was bred by nobles at the Weimar Court the Weimeraner |
| #1978, aired 1993-03-24 | POETS $400: Nicknamed "Old Possum", he wrote "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats" T.S. Eliot |
| #1977, aired 1993-03-23 | FOR THE BIRDS $100: Many people add these to cats' collars to warn birds of their approach bells |
| #1968, aired 1993-03-10 | CATS $200: The Havana brown is so named because its reddish-brown colors resemble these smoking items cigars |
| #1968, aired 1993-03-10 | CATS $400: A striped & blotched coat is popularly known as tiger, but is properly called this a tabby vsy |
| #1968, aired 1993-03-10 | CATS $600: The Tonkinese is a hybrid of the Burmese & this other Asian cat the Siamese |
| #1968, aired 1993-03-10 | CATS $1000: A variation of this tailless cat is the Cymric the Manx |
| #1968, aired 1993-03-10 | CATS $1,200 (Daily Double): The first important long-haired breed in Europe was this one from the present Turkish capital the Angora |
| #1942, aired 1993-02-02 | U.S. CITIES $300: This city's Lincoln Park Zoo recently renovated its Kovler Lion House, creating a new area for big cats Chicago |
| #1789, aired 1992-05-14 | ANIMALS $200: It's the female, not the male, in a pride of these cats who does most of the hunting a lion |
| #1781, aired 1992-05-04 | CATS $200: Some cats might "envy" the Russian blue's beautiful eyes, which are this color green |
| #1781, aired 1992-05-04 | CATS $400: Some cats are called tabbies, but these African cats are called Abys Abyssinians |
| #1781, aired 1992-05-04 | CATS $600: A color combination seen on some cats, or a substance that comes from a turtle's carapace tortoiseshell |
| #1781, aired 1992-05-04 | CATS $800: The Birman originated in this country, which you might guess from its name Burma |
| #1781, aired 1992-05-04 | CATS $1000: The Manx cat was named for the Isle of Man in this sea Irish Sea |
| #1739, aired 1992-03-05 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $400: This musical is celebrating 9 years on Broadway, so you could say it's had 9 lives Cats |
| #1705, aired 1992-01-17 | MYSTERIES $400: Koko & Yum Yum are a pair of these pets that solve crimes in books by Lilian Jackson Braun Siamese cats |
| #1700, aired 1992-01-10 | THE FUNNIES $100: This little boy's dog, Ruff, has a fear of cats Dennis the Menace |
| #1646, aired 1991-10-28 | AWARDS $200: Betty Buckley's Tony for Best Actress came in 1983 for playing Grizabella in this musical Cats |
| #1636, aired 1991-10-14 | CATS $200: From the Middle English "caterwawen", it's the wail a cat makes, especially when it's in heat a caterwauling |
| #1636, aired 1991-10-14 | CATS $400: It can mean any domestic cat or specifically one with a striped coat a tabby cat |
| #1636, aired 1991-10-14 | CATS $600: It is distinctive for its rabbitlike gait & soft voice as well as missing posterior part a Manx |
| #1636, aired 1991-10-14 | CATS $800: Anyone devoted to the breeding & advancement of cats belongs collectively to this group a cat fancier |
| #1636, aired 1991-10-14 | CATS $1000: Cats have 5 toes on each forepaw, including this thumblike toe the dewclaw |
| #1621, aired 1991-09-23 | ANIMALS $100: Some people in India wear masks on the back of their heads to deter these big cats from attacking tigers |
| #1617, aired 1991-09-17 | WILD CATS $100: Its scientific name is panthera leo lion |
| #1617, aired 1991-09-17 | WILD CATS $200: In the Bible, Jeremiah asked proverbially, "can" this animal change "his spots?" the leopard |
| #1617, aired 1991-09-17 | WILD CATS $300: The only cat that can't retract its claws, it can run up to 70 mph cheetah |
| #1617, aired 1991-09-17 | WILD CATS $400: This cat, the largest in the western hemisphere, figures prominently in Mayan design jaguar |
| #1617, aired 1991-09-17 | WILD CATS $500: Broad feet help the "Canada" species of this cat pursue its favorite prey, the snowshoe rabbit lynx |
| #1610, aired 1991-09-06 | THE ANIMAL KINGDOM $300: Mature female cats are known by this regal term queens |
| #1595, aired 1991-07-05 | OGDEN NASH $400: Nash rhymed, "The panther is like" one of these cats, "Except is hasn't been peppered" a leopard |
| #1590, aired 1991-06-28 | CATS $100: To fix a feline, a male is "altered" & a female is neutered this way spayed |
| #1590, aired 1991-06-28 | CATS $200: Cat toys are often stuffed with the leaves of this plant, also called catmint catnip |
| #1590, aired 1991-06-28 | CATS $300: Kittens of this aristocratic short-haired breed are born white, if you please Siamese |
| #1590, aired 1991-06-28 | CATS $400: A patterned cotton cloth, or the patterned cat also called a tortoiseshell calico |
| #1590, aired 1991-06-28 | CATS $500 (Daily Double): Long-haired, white Angora cats originated in this country Turkey |
| #1589, aired 1991-06-27 | ANAGRAMS $200: The original London cast of this musical included Elaine Paige as Grizabella Cats (from cast) |
| #1579, aired 1991-06-13 | BROADWAY LYRICS $200: In "Memory" from "Cats", there's "not a sound from the pavement" at this time midnight |
| #1556, aired 1991-05-13 | PHOBIAS $500: Andrew Lloyd Webber musical you'd avoid if you suffered from ailurophobia Cats |
| #1555, aired 1991-05-10 | WORLD FACTS $300: Not part of the UK but a dependency of the British crown, it's home to Manx cats the Isle of Man |
| #1537, aired 1991-04-16 | PROVERBS $200: Wanton kittens make sober these cats |
| #1465, aired 1991-01-04 | LIONS $100: Male lions are the only cats that wear this fur collar a mane |
| #1463, aired 1991-01-02 | ANAGRAMS $100: When these animals get in my way I yell "Scat!" cats |
| #1460, aired 1990-12-28 | LITERARY ANIMALS $1000: Bustopher Jones, Growltiger & Old Deuteronomy were felines featured in this collection of poems Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats |
| #1439, aired 1990-11-29 | ANIMAL GROUPS $200: These house pets come in a clowder, or, when they hear the can opener cats |
| #1421, aired 1990-11-05 | PETS $400: The Birman & the Balinese are long-haired breeds of these cats |
| #1417, aired 1990-10-30 | ZOOLOGY $600: Unlike most other big cats, leopards spend time in these & are known for hiding their victims there trees |
| #1350, aired 1990-06-15 | CRIME & PUNISHMENT $200: Tho there are none of these animals on the Isle of Man, hunting them is banned, so call off the hounds foxes |
| #1310, aired 1990-04-20 | ANIMALS $300: All lions are cats & all sea lions are these seals |
| #1308, aired 1990-04-18 | CATS $200: This short-haired Asian breed with almond-shaped eyes was introduced to the West in the 1880s Siamese |
| #1308, aired 1990-04-18 | CATS $400: Considered evil in the Middle Ages, many cats were killed, which may have led to this scourge the Black Death |
| #1303, aired 1990-04-11 | SINGERS & THEIR ROLES $500: She acted & sang in "Pete Kelly's Blues" & provided the voices of the Siamese cats in "Lady & the Tramp" Peggy Lee |
| #1261, aired 1990-02-12 | CATS $100: Except for the cheetah, all cats can completely retract these claws |
| #1261, aired 1990-02-12 | CATS $200: The number of bones cats have is variable due to different lengths of this tail |
| #1261, aired 1990-02-12 | CATS $300: This ancient civilization tamed the Kaffir cat & trained it to act as a retriever in hunting Egyptians |
| #1261, aired 1990-02-12 | CATS $400: White cats with this color eyes are usually deaf blue |
| #1261, aired 1990-02-12 | CATS $500: When a Burmese mates with one of this breed a Tonkinese results Siamese |
| #1227, aired 1989-12-26 | POETRY $800: Carl Sandburg wrote, "The fog comes on" these little cat feet |
| #1166, aired 1989-10-02 | ANIMALS $100: Scientists are not certain what causes this characteristic of contented cats a purr |
| #1143, aired 1989-07-19 | ANIMALS $100: Pet owners often buy their dogs & cats a special collar to protect them from fleas & these arachnids ticks |
| #1137, aired 1989-07-11 | CATS $100: Encyclopedia Americana says this breed originated in China: Britannica says Thailand Siamese |
| #1137, aired 1989-07-11 | CATS $200: Cats adore this strong-scented herb, but it stimulates them & shouldn't be used continuously catnip |
| #1137, aired 1989-07-11 | CATS $300: Varieties of this cat include the stumpy & the rumpy; the rumpy has no tail the Manx |
| #1137, aired 1989-07-11 | CATS $400: Technically referring to striped markings, this word has become almost synonymous with "cat" tabby |
| #1137, aired 1989-07-11 | CATS $500: Bubastis, one of the major cities of this civilization, was dedicated to Bast, the cat goddess Egypt |
| #1136, aired 1989-07-10 | ZOOLOGY $400: The only place in Asia in which these big cats are still found in the wild is the Gir Forest in India lions |
| #1133, aired 1989-07-05 | MAMMALS $1000: Panthera is the genus for the big cats, & this is the genus for most small cats Felis |
| #1101, aired 1989-05-22 | LITERATURE $100: T.S. Eliot, not an aged marsupial, wrote "Old Possum's Book of" these "Practical" creatures Cats |
| #1088, aired 1989-05-03 | THE SENSES $100: An organ of touch for cats, for Mr. Claus they're just "as white as the snow" whiskers |
| #1066, aired 1989-04-03 | CATS $200: This cat, the most popular of the long-haired breeds, probably came from the Middle East Persian |
| #1066, aired 1989-04-03 | CATS $400: The points of extremities of these cats are either blue, chocolate, lilac or seal Siamese |
| #1066, aired 1989-04-03 | CATS $600: Because of its coloring most often white, yellow & black, it's also called a "tortoiseshell - & white" calico |
| #1066, aired 1989-04-03 | CATS $800: This cat has been bred in Ethiopia for thousands of years Abyssinian |
| #1066, aired 1989-04-03 | CATS $1000: Bred in New England, this large cat looks something like the nocturnal animal for which it's named Maine coon |
| #1056, aired 1989-03-20 | CATS $100: One explanation as to why cats were sacred to the Egyptians was that these glowed at night eyes |
| #1056, aired 1989-03-20 | CATS $200: The name of this cat comes from a South American Indian name for it -- "yaguara" the jaguar |
| #1056, aired 1989-03-20 | CATS $300: Though it can go over 65 m.p.h. in a sprint, it can't sustain that speed over a long distance a cheetah |
| #1056, aired 1989-03-20 | CATS $400: To keep a kill away from scavengers, leopards will often put it here in a tree |
| #1056, aired 1989-03-20 | CATS $500: It's defined as the shriek a cat lets out during the mating season caterwauling |
| #1040, aired 1989-02-24 | "FAN"s $500: Someone breeding cats to bring out desired features might be called this fancier |
| #1038, aired 1989-02-22 | '70s ADVERTISING $400: "Meow Mix Tastes So Good, 9 Out of 10 Cats" do this ask for it by name |
| #1033, aired 1989-02-15 | MUSICALS IN OTHER WORDS $200: "Felines" Cats |
| #1000, aired 1988-12-30 | BROADWAY SONGS $200: In "Cats", hour of the day that's the 1st word of "Memory" Midnight |
| #976, aired 1988-11-28 | POTPOURRI $100: Some Manx still speak Manx on this island, home of the tailless Manx cats the Isle of Man |
| #948, aired 1988-10-19 | CATS & DOGS $200: Of 20 million, 35 million or 50 million, estimated number of dogs in America 50 million |
| #948, aired 1988-10-19 | CATS & DOGS $400: The term for neutering a female dog or cat spaying |
| #948, aired 1988-10-19 | CATS & DOGS $600: While the tramp in "Lady & the Tramp" was a mongrel, Lady was this breed a Cocker Spaniel |
| #948, aired 1988-10-19 | CATS & DOGS $800: A female cat that can be used for breeding is referred to as this a queen |
| #948, aired 1988-10-19 | CATS & DOGS $1000: Hair on the back ridge of this dog, bred to hunt lions in Africa, grows the opposite way to its coat the Rhodesian Ridgeback |
| #932, aired 1988-09-27 | CHARACTERS IN PLAYS $600: Alonzo,
Rumpleteazer & Bustopher Jones Cats |
| #894, aired 1988-06-23 | ANIMALS $400: Though a common name for civets puts them in this animal family, they really aren't members cats |
| #860, aired 1988-05-06 | PETS $500: From Greek for "bloodlessness", this condition can affect cats suffering from too many fleas anemia |
| #833, aired 1988-03-30 | FAMOUS HOMES $800: Descendants of this writer's beloved cats still overrun his home on whitehead Street in Key West Ernest Hemingway |
| #824, aired 1988-03-17 | CATS & DOGS $100: The longest fence in the world, said to be 6,000 miles long, was built to keep out these wild Australian dogs dingoes |
| #824, aired 1988-03-17 | CATS & DOGS $200: Color that completes the names of the "Kerry terrier" & the "Russian domestic cat" blue |
| #824, aired 1988-03-17 | CATS & DOGS $300: While a male lion & female tiger produce a liger, a male tiger & female lion produce this a tigon |
| #824, aired 1988-03-17 | CATS & DOGS $400: This wild cat has the largest range of any native mammal in the new world a puma |
| #824, aired 1988-03-17 | CATS & DOGS $1,700 (Daily Double): From Welsh for "dwarf dog", this herding dog was 1st raised in Cardigan, Wales the corgi |
| #780, aired 1988-01-15 | WORLD CITIES $600: The city for which Angora wool, Angora cats, Angora goats & Angora rabbits are named is now called this Ankara |
| #767, aired 1987-12-29 | "QUAD"s $200: Examples include dogs, cats, rats, crocodiles, horses, & salamanders quadrupeds |
| #766, aired 1987-12-28 | PETS $100: These pets were worshipped by the Ancient Egyptians, & thousands have been found mummified cats |
| #721, aired 1987-10-26 | THE BIG CATS $100: Of the order "Carnivora", it's presently the largest African carnivore lion |
| #721, aired 1987-10-26 | THE BIG CATS $200: These, not khaki fatigues, provide the leopard camouflage spots |
| #721, aired 1987-10-26 | THE BIG CATS $300: This New World big cat, Panthera onca, swims & climbs well but usually stalks prey on the ground jaguar |
| #721, aired 1987-10-26 | THE BIG CATS $400: After a kill, this central organ is generally the only one a tiger will not eat the stomach |
| #721, aired 1987-10-26 | THE BIG CATS $500: Unlike most big cats, this, also known as the hunting leopard, is active during the day cheetah |
| #698, aired 1987-09-23 | POULTRY $200: A huge one named Weirdo reportedly weighed 22 lbs., crippled a dog & killed 2 cats a rooster |
| #696, aired 1987-09-21 | PREDATORS $600: Technically not a "big cat", this North American feline is the largest of all "small cats" the puma (the cougar) |
| #690, aired 1987-09-11 | POTPOURRI $800: Napoleon is known to have had ailurophobia, the fear of these cats |
| #644, aired 1987-05-28 | MAMMALS $100: Unlike large leopards, leopard cats have some of these arranged in rows spots |
| #640, aired 1987-05-22 | BIG BANDS $300: His band was the Bob Cats Bob Crosby |
| #622, aired 1987-04-28 | AUSTRALIA $500: While Europeans brought cats, sheep and rabbits to the continent, aborigines brought only this carnivore wild dogs |
| #610, aired 1987-04-10 | CATS $200: A female cat used for breeding can be given this royal name -- & not just "for a day" queen |
| #610, aired 1987-04-10 | CATS $400: Killing of cats in the Middle Ages because they were believed evil supposedly led to this disease Bubonic plague |
| #610, aired 1987-04-10 | CATS $500 (Daily Double): 2 of the 9 long-haired cat breeds now commonly recognized in the U.S. Persian, Himalayan, Birman, Balinese, Somali, Angora, Maine Coon, Cymric, Norwegian Forest |
| #610, aired 1987-04-10 | CATS $600: Though all Manx cats are often called "rumpies", the real rumpy is the only 1 with this trait tailless (having no tail at all) |
| #610, aired 1987-04-10 | CATS $800: Known only since the early 1960s, the domestic Scottish fold is named for these folded features ears |
| #597, aired 1987-03-24 | CATS $200: Only continent on which tigers are found naturally Asia |
| #597, aired 1987-03-24 | CATS $400: This pattern in a tabby's coat is believed to be a direct throwback to a cat's wild ancestors stripes |
| #597, aired 1987-03-24 | CATS $600: Largest cat in the Americas, but, in 1985, only 17th largest selling import car in the U.S. the jaguar |
| #597, aired 1987-03-24 | CATS $800: Probably the closest living link to the 1st domesticated cat is this breed from the Upper Nile the Abyssinian |
| #597, aired 1987-03-24 | CATS $1000: Anyone devoted to breeding & advancement of cats falls into the informal group known as this the cat fancy (cat fanciers) |
| #590, aired 1987-03-13 | BROADWAY $200: According to Burns & Mantle's, "Best Plays" titles with this # of words were big during '82-83 season one |
| #567, aired 1987-02-10 | "SAND" $200: Where children play or cats do their business a sandbox |
| #542, aired 1987-01-06 | SOAP OPERAS $200: An original cat in "Cats", F. Hughes now plays police chief A. DeVane on this #1 daytime soap General Hospital |
| #541, aired 1987-01-05 | "CAT" EGORY $100: It's not a bunch of cats, but a bunch of cows cattle |
| #520, aired 1986-12-05 | PETS $400: Most popular breed of long-haired cats, it's become a generic term for all long-hairs Persian |
| #501, aired 1986-11-10 | CATS & DOGS $100: In ancient Egypt, this was the punishment for one who stole, or killed, even by accident, a cat death |
| #501, aired 1986-11-10 | CATS & DOGS $200: Koko the "talking" gorilla named her pet kitten "All Ball", probably because it lacked this feature tail |
| #501, aired 1986-11-10 | CATS & DOGS $300: The Pekingese, Chihuahua, & Tonka's "Pound Puppies" fall under this classification of dogs toys |
| #501, aired 1986-11-10 | CATS & DOGS $400: Name of this class of dogs comes from the Latin for "earth" terrier |
| #501, aired 1986-11-10 | CATS & DOGS $500: The Akita, "natural dog" of this country, is said to have been brought to U.S. by Helen Keller Japan |
| #486, aired 1986-10-20 | CATS & DOGS $100: In the Browning poem, he "got rid of the rats that fought the dogs & killed the cats" the Pied Piper (of Hamlin) |
| #486, aired 1986-10-20 | CATS & DOGS $200: Of the cartoons "Snooper & Blabber", "Quick Draw & Baba Louie" & "Rough & Ready", the dog & cat team Rough & Ready |
| #486, aired 1986-10-20 | CATS & DOGS $300 (Daily Double): 1 of the 4 Disney theatrical features with "Cat" in the title (1 of) That Darn Cat, The Aristocats, The Cat from Outer Space & Jungle Cat |
| #486, aired 1986-10-20 | CATS & DOGS $300: While Pussy got dumped in the well, Pussycat Pussycat got to go to this world capital London |
| #486, aired 1986-10-20 | CATS & DOGS $400: Cleo in 1955's "The People's Choice" & Beauregard on "Hee Haw" both had this unique ability the ability to speak (verbalize their thoughts) |
| #469, aired 1986-09-25 | MAMMALS $100: The LAFD said, "Have you ever seen a... skeleton of this animal in a tree?", so they don't rescue them anymore cats |
| #441, aired 1986-05-19 | MAMMALS $200: As a rule, this type of animal travels & hunts alone, but lions take "pride" in being the exception cats |
| #435, aired 1986-05-09 | CATS $100: It's hard for the Rumpy Manx to chase it, since it doesn't have one a tail |
| #435, aired 1986-05-09 | CATS $200: Tortoiseshell & calico cats are nearly always this sex female |
| #435, aired 1986-05-09 | CATS $300: Unlike other cats, a cheetah cannot completely sheathe, or do this, to its claws retract |
| #435, aired 1986-05-09 | CATS $400: Though most cats prefer warm climates, this cat with long white fur lives in snowy mtns. of Tibet a snow leopard |
| #435, aired 1986-05-09 | CATS $500: The "great cats", like lions & tigers, are so called not because of size but because they can do this roar |
| #422, aired 1986-04-22 | PSYCHOLOGY $100: In the psychology of learning, it’s “the retention of association”; in “Cats”, it’s a showstopping song memory |
| #399, aired 1986-03-20 | WILD CATS $200: Junior Cub Scouts are named for this small wild cat found over much of the U.S. a bobcat |
| #399, aired 1986-03-20 | WILD CATS $400: Though they're the largest cats, only 2000 still survive in India tigers |
| #399, aired 1986-03-20 | WILD CATS $600: This name, usually applied only to black leopards, is the scientific genus name for all leopards a Panther |
| #399, aired 1986-03-20 | WILD CATS $1,000 (Daily Double): In Latin America, this most feared carnivore is called "tigre" the jaguar |
| #399, aired 1986-03-20 | WILD CATS $1000: This New World "leopard cat" is often tamed as a kitten but can't be trusted when adult the ocelot |
| #389, aired 1986-03-06 | ALL THAT JAZZ $300: Improvised crooning of nonsense syllables, "Cats" dig it despite its name scatting |
| #375, aired 1986-02-14 | TRIVIA $200: Like domestic cats but unlike other big cats, mountain lions can do this they can purr |
| #363, aired 1986-01-29 | WILD CATS $100: The winner of all fights between healthy specimens of lions & tigers tigers |
| #363, aired 1986-01-29 | WILD CATS $200: Pointy-eared northern version of the wild cat, or Mercury version of the Ford Escort a lynx |
| #363, aired 1986-01-29 | WILD CATS $300: Only country outside Africa to which lions are native India |
| #360, aired 1986-01-24 | ACRONYMS $200: The Society for Industrial & Applied Mathematics, not a country that exports cats SIAM |
| #332, aired 1985-12-17 | MAMMALS $1000: The largest of all cats the tiger |
| #289, aired 1985-10-17 | MAMMALS $200: In poor light, this sense in cats can be 6 times sharper than man's vision (sight) |
| #287, aired 1985-10-15 | 6-LETTER WORDS $200: Most cats will do this "upon" most mice pounce |
| #284, aired 1985-10-10 | AMERICAN AUTHORS $400: Punning author of light verse who wrote, "Cats have kittens, bats have bittens" Ogden Nash |
| #283, aired 1985-10-09 | THEATER $100: Musical which, according to its ads, is "now & forever" Cats |
| #274, aired 1985-09-26 | NOTABLE ANIMALS $100: Siam, 1st of this cat breed in the U.S., was a gift to Pres. Rutherford B. Hayes in 1878 Siamese (cats) |
| #271, aired 1985-09-23 | BRITISH ISLES $400: Cats, dogs & budgerigars, an Aussie variety of these, are most popular English pets parakeets |
| #267, aired 1985-09-17 | AMERICAN POETRY $400: Sandburg wrote, "The fog comes on" these, but Brautigan said no, cats do, Carl little cat feet |
| #189, aired 1985-05-30 | COMIC CATS & DOGS $100: This canine caped crusader floats by Macy's every Thanksgiving Underdog |
| #189, aired 1985-05-30 | COMIC CATS & DOGS $200: Garfield finds this dog a pushover, usually over edge of table Odie |
| #189, aired 1985-05-30 | COMIC CATS & DOGS $300: Geppetto's cat in "Pinocchio" Figaro |
| #189, aired 1985-05-30 | COMIC CATS & DOGS $400: As Tom was to Jerry, he was to Herman Katnip |
| #189, aired 1985-05-30 | COMIC CATS & DOGS $500: Mom & Dad to Disney dog Scamp Lady and the Tramp |
| #176, aired 1985-05-13 | GREAT ROMANCES $400: Black cats with a white stripe accidentally painted on their backs are pursued by this cartoon Romeo Pepe Le Pew |
| #143, aired 1985-03-27 | STARTS WITH "C" $100: Lions & tigers & Manx, not bears cats |
| #135, aired 1985-03-15 | THE '50s $200: Like, to these cats & chicks, Kerouac was the most the beatniks (the Beat Generation) |
| #135, aired 1985-03-15 | POETRY $400: His poems were the catalyst for "Cats" T.S. Eliot |
| #107, aired 1985-02-05 | CATS $100: Prehistoric cats with enlarged canine teeth a saber-toothed tiger |
| #107, aired 1985-02-05 | CATS $200: Distinguished from leopards by its spots within spots, it's largest wildcat in W. Hemisphere jaguar |
| #107, aired 1985-02-05 | CATS $300: Vibrations in wall of blood vessels in the chest are believed to cause this phenomenon purring |
| #107, aired 1985-02-05 | CATS $400: The Himalayan gets its long hair from the Persian & its color points from this breed a Siamese |
| #107, aired 1985-02-05 | CATS $500: From German for "wailing tomcat", it's the harsh feline cry of mating season a caterwaul |
| #91, aired 1985-01-14 | CATS & DOGS $100: He "speaks" for 9 Lives Morris |
| #91, aired 1985-01-14 | CATS & DOGS $200: Dog who went from "Petticoat Junction" to international stardom Benji |
| #63, aired 1984-12-05 | ZOOLOGY $200: Finned on fish, scaly on lizards, nonexistent on humans & manx cats tails |
| #57, aired 1984-11-27 | LEGENDS $1,000 (Daily Double): Mythical creature Noah left behind in this Irish Rovers' song
"...green alligators and long-necked geese /
Some humpty-back camels and some chimpanzees /
Some cats and rats and elephants, but sure as you're born..." a unicorn |
| #43, aired 1984-11-07 | ASIA $100: These cats guarded Thailand’s temples & palaces Siamese cats |
| #15, aired 1984-09-28 | THE COMICS $400: Bratty bros. whose German name means both "hangover" & "the yowling of cats" the Katzenjammer Kids |
| #3, aired 1984-09-12 | BROADWAY $100: 4-letter play about 9-lived creatures Cats |
| #2, aired 1984-01-01 | SUPERSTITIONS $250: French warrior & statesman morbidly afraid of cats & the number 13 Napoleon |
