| #9071, aired 2024-04-01 | CURRENT EVENTS $600: Will it be "How soon they forget" or "Always remembered"? He caught the Super Bowl 58-winning pass for Kansas City Mecole Hardman |
| #9071, aired 2024-04-01 | ART & CRIME $2000: After he caught a body in 1606, this artist fled Rome & took his chiaroscuro skills to Malta Caravaggio |
| #9068, aired 2024-03-27 | WORLD LITERATURE $11,400 (Daily Double): In this Hermann Hesse novel, Harry Haller reads a treatise about his dual inner self, caught between a man & a lupine creature Steppenwolf |
| #9043, aired 2024-02-21 | BOOZY $400: An in-escape-able song by Rupert Holmes wonders if you like these cocktails & getting caught in the rain piña coladas |
| #9037, aired 2024-02-13 | SIBLINGS OF NOTE $11,000 (Daily Double): Marcel's kid sister Suzanne Duchamp caught the bug for this movement with artworks like "Accordion Masterpiece" Dada |
| #9031, aired 2024-02-05 | NOTHING BUT MAMMALS $800: Popular as pets, most of the golden type of these rodents descend from a single group caught in Syria in the 1930s hamsters |
| #22, aired 2023-12-06 | THREESOMES $400: If "American Pie" is your karaoke go-to, you know they're "the three men I admire most" who "caught the last train for the coast" Father, Son & the Holy Ghost |
| #8987, aired 2023-12-05 | FLAGS $1200: A seminal L.A. punk band of the 1980s, or what a NASCAR driver gets if he's caught speeding on pit road Black Flag |
| #8979, aired 2023-11-23 | BIBLICAL ZOO $600: Samson caught 300 of these sly creatures, put firebrands on their tails & sent them into enemy cornfields foxes |
| #8963, aired 2023-11-01 | A FISH CALLED... $1600: Like Santiago, you'd have quite a story to tell if you caught the massive blue type of this a marlin |
| #8959, aired 2023-10-26 | FASHION STATEMENTS $400: If you've surprised someone who's unprepared, you've caught him this way with his pants down |
| #18, aired 2023-10-25 | NAME DROPPERS $200: France caught a sick burn in 2003, when D.C. cafeterias dropped the name "French fries" and started serving these Freedom fries |
| #8887, aired 2023-06-06 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $400: At the start of this Hemingway book, Santiago hasn't caught a fish in a long time; it ends with his fish being eaten by sharks The Old Man and the Sea |
| #15, aired 2023-05-22 | PERILS OF JOURNALISM $400: The "authoritative journalism guidebook", this org.'s stylebook caught flak in 2023 for a tweet about "the French" AP |
| #8874, aired 2023-05-18 | HISTORY $400: Prior to becoming general of the Continental Army, George Washington caught this disease & bore the scars for life smallpox |
| #10, aired 2023-05-15 | GREAT SPORTS CALLS $600: Al Michaels: "It is caught by Dyson. Can he get in? No, he cannot. Mike Jones made the tackle &" they "have won the Super Bowl!" the Rams |
| #8867, aired 2023-05-09 | 21st CENTURY QUOTES $600: In 2009 this hedge fund manager who committed massive fraud said, "I wish they caught me six years ago, eight years ago" Madoff |
| #1, aired 2023-05-08 | LITERARY DEMISES $200: He's killed in chapter 135 when Moby Dick drags him into the ocean after he gets caught in the rope of a harpoon Ahab |
| #8863, aired 2023-05-03 | THEATER BEFORE & AFTER $2000: Sam Shepard's play about 2 brothers who get caught up in a turf war with the Jets & Sharks True West Side Story |
| #8853, aired 2023-04-19 | MY KID GOT INTO AN IVY LEAGUE MUSEUM $400: Sonny caught the Penn Museum's new gallery of the eastern part of this sea, & its display of sarcophagus lids found in Israel the Mediterranean |
| #8837, aired 2023-03-28 | '80s MOVIE COMEDIES $200: In 1986 this title guy & 2 friends had quite a day, hitting a museum & doing some fine dining; he even caught a ball at a Cubs game Ferris Bueller |
| #8805, aired 2023-02-10 | THE MIAMI VICE SQUAD $1600: This superstar of stage, song & screen was seeing Don Johnson when she cameo-d as a pedestrian who caught Sonny's eye Barbra Streisand |
| #8803, aired 2023-02-08 | THE "C" SHORE $1000: Salmon, trout & grayling are caught along the edge of this major river of Scotland the Clyde |
| #8751, aired 2022-11-28 | PLAY YOUR CARDS RIGHT $800: Before playing your second-to-last card in this 3-letter game, you must say the name of the game; you draw 4 if you get caught Uno |
| #8749, aired 2022-11-24 | NEAR THE FRONT OF THE DICTIONARY $800: To be "taken" this can mean to be caught by surprise or to have your ship's sails filled with wind from the wrong direction aback |
| #8741, aired 2022-11-14 | FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES $6,000 (Daily Double): A criminal who is caught red-handed is caught this way, "while the crime is blazing" in flagrante delicto |
| #8697, aired 2022-09-13 | NFL OPENING WEEKEND $600: (Kyle Brandt of the NFL Network presents the clue.) Wes Welker & Demaryius Thomas each caught two scores as part of this quarterback's monster 7-touchdown day against the Ravens in the 2013 opener Peyton Manning |
| #8670, aired 2022-06-24 | SPIES LIKE THEM $400: Caught spying for this Eastern foe in 1913, Austria's former intelligence chief asked to be left alone with his pistol; the end Russia |
| #8666, aired 2022-06-20 | WASHINGTON SLIPPED HERE $1000: Oops! One of the burglars caught at the Watergate in 1972 was security chief of this committee, CREEP for short Committee to Re-elect the President |
| #8645, aired 2022-05-20 | HISTORY PAINTINGS $400: Seen here is Washington's capture of these German mercenaries caught off guard after Christmas celebrations the Hessians |
| #8642, aired 2022-05-17 | MILITARY HISTORY $2000: An impressment ordinance got this author of "The Pilgrim's Progress" caught up in the English Civil Wars John Bunyan |
| #8640, aired 2022-05-13 | PLACES IN THE BIBLE $2,000 (Daily Double): This reluctant prophet boarded a ship bound for Tarshish that was soon caught in a storm Jonah |
| #8639, aired 2022-05-12 | THE BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS $400: "Straight Up" now name this woman who closed the 2019 show with a greatest hits medley
"Straight up now tell me /
Do you really want to love me forever (oh, oh, oh) /
Or am I caught in a hit-and-run?" (Paula) Abdul |
| #8607, aired 2022-03-29 | IDIOMS & EXPRESSIONS $1200: In Sweden, to be caught "with your beard in the mailbox" is similar to this clothing-related phrase we use caught with your pants down |
| #8607, aired 2022-03-29 | NATIONAL DAYS $1600: In Austria, October 26 commemorates the declaration of permanent this in 1955, when the country was caught between East & West neutrality |
| #8554, aired 2022-01-13 | WE GOT STUCK $600: In 1916 Tanglefoot, a maker of this sticky stuff, used star outfielder Zack Wheat in ads; they caught way more than he did flypaper |
| #8551, aired 2022-01-10 | SOME TRAVELIN' MUSIC, PLEASE $400: The Monkees took the "Last" one "To Clarksville"; Gladys Knight caught the "Midnight" one "To Georgia" Train |
| #8500, aired 2021-10-29 | 5,5 $800: Wrongdoers sometimes leave this series of documents that gets them tracked & caught a paper trail |
| #8498, aired 2021-10-27 | THE BRITISH ROYAL FAMILY $400: Extensive renovations were required after this residence outside London caught fire in 1992 Windsor Castle |
| #8491, aired 2021-10-18 | FICTIONAL AFRICA $400: In a 1938 tale the fictional cities of Thobos & Ashair are at war & this "ape man" is caught in the middle Tarzan |
| #8483, aired 2021-10-06 | SO VERY COLD $1600: Fish caught by Canadian Inuit would flash-freeze in the Arctic air, inspiring this inventor's food innovation Birdseye |
| #8474, aired 2021-09-23 | WELCOME TO COMET-CON! $1600: In 1997 the world caught sight of this comet named for 2 amateur astronomers Hale-Bopp |
| #8465, aired 2021-08-13 | IDIOMS $200: A-ha! Literally, I've caught you with your... hand in the cookie jar |
| #8428, aired 2021-06-23 | CATCH $200: 1950s race horse Silky Sullivan once caught the leaders & won after trailing by 41 these, the distance from his nose to his tail lengths |
| #8428, aired 2021-06-23 | CATCH $1000: Teenaged truck driver Sal Durante caught this man's homer No. 61 in '61; he sold the ball for $5,000 Roger Maris |
| #8424, aired 2021-06-17 | TV BEFORE & AFTER $600: Like sands through the hourglass, Richie & Fonzie get caught up in the soap opera set in the fictional town of Salem Happy Days of Our Lives |
| #8415, aired 2021-06-04 | DEATH OF A LITERARY CHARACTER $400: "The harpoon was darted... (he) stooped to clear it... but the flying turn caught him round the neck" Captain Ahab |
| #8412, aired 2021-06-01 | U.S. HISTORY $400: A dynamite-filled wagon exploded in front of the J.P. Morgan Building on this NYC street in 1920 Wall Street |
| #8398, aired 2021-05-12 | I'LL REPEAT MYSELF AGAIN, TOO $1600: A fish with this Hawaiian name weighing 72.8 pounds was caught off Maryland in 2019 mahi-mahi |
| #8384, aired 2021-04-22 | "A" PLACE IN HISTORY $1600: Legend says Charlemagne caught a fatal fever aafter bathing in the hot springs aat this city in 814 Aachen |
| #8355, aired 2021-03-12 | BEFORE & AFTER $800: The "IT" in finance's REIT tips over backward, believing that it'll be caught investment trust fall |
| #8347, aired 2021-03-02 | MOUNTAINS $1000: In 1794 George Vancouver caught sight of this peak from Cook Inlet, an arm of the Gulf of Alaska Mount McKinley (Denali) |
| #8331, aired 2021-02-08 | THE B__G's $800: This amphibian named for its loud call can grow to a pound or more & is often caught for food a bullfrog |
| #8322, aired 2021-01-26 | CROSSWORD CLUES "D" $400: Predicament you might be caught on the horns of
(7) dilemma |
| #8319, aired 2021-01-21 | CLEVELAND: NEWS CLUES $1000: (Chris Frye from WOIO presents the clue.) In 1969, Cleveland's Cuyahoga River was so badly polluted that an oil slick on the river's surface caught fire, making national headlines & helping spark the 1970 creation of this federal agency the EPA |
| #8311, aired 2021-01-11 | KNIGHTS $2000: He caught us in the web (the World Wide Web, that is) & snagged a knighthood in 2004 (Tim) Berners-Lee |
| #8305, aired 2020-12-18 | YACHT ROCK $400: Adding music to a personal ad, Rupert Holmes began, "If you like" these cocktails "and getting caught in the rain..." piña coladas |
| #8289, aired 2020-11-26 | IT'S LIKE MAINE $400: In 2012 one of these critters caught off Rockland was 27 pounds with "all the weight... in the claws"... mmmm a lobster |
| #8285, aired 2020-11-20 | POTPOURRI $1000: In the title of a No. 1 hit by Steam, these 4 words precede "kiss him goodbye" na na hey hey |
| #8276, aired 2020-11-09 | THE BOOK CASE $600: "The Interpretation of Murder" finds this Austrian & Carl Jung caught up in a Manhattan murder mystery Freud |
| #8269, aired 2020-10-29 | BLOCKBUSTERS $600: Subtitled "Catching Fire", the second film in this series caught fire with moviegoers The Hunger Games |
| #8258, aired 2020-10-14 | 2-WORD TV TITLES $1000: Nadia Vulvokov is caught in a time loop in this acclaimed Netflix series Russian Doll |
| #8256, aired 2020-10-12 | I'LL TURN IT $1200: Before the steering wheel caught on, American cars of the 1890s were steered by turning this device, like on a boat a tiller |
| #8252, aired 2020-10-06 | SPEED READING $4,000 (Daily Double): It's the 4-letter title of Lisa Patton's novel about students caught up in the frenzy of matching students with sororities Rush |
| #8210, aired 2020-04-24 | SPY TERMS $1200: If you get caught up in this type of sweet "trap", a seductive agent has gotten information from you a honey trap |
| #8208, aired 2020-04-22 | THE CRIME OF THE DECADE $600: The Unabomber commits his last murder & is caught with bomb parts & detailed journals of his crimes the 1990s |
| #8191, aired 2020-03-30 | ABSTRACT NOUNS $1600: Also a British name for Solitaire, it's a quality you need when caught in a traffic jam Patience |
| #6, aired 2020-01-09 | CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER PUDDING $1000: (Christopher Plummer delivers the clue.) In the film "The Last Station" I play this Russian author caught between his worshipers & family; the title refers to the setting of my death scene Tolstoy |
| #8132, aired 2020-01-07 | FILL THE M-T SPACE $800: The one that eventually caught Olympic Park bomber Eric Rudolph lasted about 7 years a manhunt |
| #8127, aired 2019-12-31 | WE WUZ ROBBED! $400: Thomas Blood & his criminal gang stole these treasures from the Tower of London in 1671, but were quickly caught the Crown Jewels |
| #8125, aired 2019-12-27 | GHOST-TED $1600: With no -ted, you go from a slang way to say you got caught to this mode of group transport a bus |
| #8119, aired 2019-12-19 | I'M DYIN' UP HERE! $200: On April 21,1918 he caught a fatal bullet while piloting his Fokker triplane over northern France the Red Baron (Richthofen) |
| #8115, aired 2019-12-13 | MATTER $1200: Hydrogen & helium, which make up 98% of atomic matter, were formed during the first few minutes after this event not caught on film the Big Bang |
| #8100, aired 2019-11-22 | BLACK-&-WHITE FILMS $1000: On "Seinfeld", Jerry caught serious grief for making out with his date during this 1993 World War II-set drama Schindler's List |
| #8095, aired 2019-11-15 | SNAILS $1000: Tasmania produces around 25% of the world's wild caught supply of this large edible sea snail, mainly the black lip variety abalone |
| #8093, aired 2019-11-13 | THE MOVIES $2000: Hugh Jackman played this senator caught with Donna Rice during his 1988 presidential campaign in "The Front Runner" Gary Hart |
| #8092, aired 2019-11-12 | DON'T FORGET THE LYRICS $400: Elvis: "We're caught in a trap, I can't walk out, because I love you too much, baby... we can't go on to-gether, with" these suspicious minds |
| #8090, aired 2019-11-08 | SINGLE-NAMED CELEBS $200: She's been caught in Peter Parker's web playing MJ in Marvel's Spider-Man flicks Zendaya |
| #8072, aired 2019-10-15 | OH OH, 3 O'S $400: It describes your peepers when they've caught the red eye bloodshot |
| #8063, aired 2019-10-02 | THE NOT-SO-GOOD DOCTOR $600: In 1910 Walter Dew of this London police force caught wife-killer Dr. Hawley Crippen in Canada after a transatlantic chase Scotland Yard |
| #8052, aired 2019-09-17 | NEVER TO RETURN $800: In 1194 Richard I left England to fight for disputed land in this country, where he caught an arrow 5 years later France |
| #8043, aired 2019-07-24 | GO, GO, GADGET... $800: Ghost hunters would never be caught without an EMF meter, which detects these fields, EMF for short electromagnetic fields |
| #7991, aired 2019-05-13 | SHOW $1000: In "I Am the Night", Chris Pine is a reporter caught up in this real-life unsolved Hollywood murder case the Black Dahlia |
| #7938, aired 2019-02-27 | WHAT A CIRCUS! $600: Caught by his brother, in 1982 Miguel Vasquez did the first quadruple somersault using this apparatus a trapeze |
| #7930, aired 2019-02-15 | IT WAS SO FUNNY $200: From this NBC sitcom: "How's life treating you, Norm?" "Like he caught me in bed with his wife" Cheers |
| #7903, aired 2019-01-09 | COMPOSING, DECOMPOSING $1600: Caught us off guard with his "Surprise" Symphony; if you seek his grave, visit Austria's Bergkirche Haydn |
| #7836, aired 2018-10-08 | 2018 HAPPENINGS $1600: Caught up in a sex scandal, the Swedish Academy announced it would not give this Nobel Prize in 2018 Literature |
| #7816, aired 2018-09-10 | LITERATURE $1200: Nicholas Rubashov is a revolutionary caught up in this leader's purges in Arthur Koestler's "Darkness at Noon" Stalin |
| #7813, aired 2018-07-25 | ANIMAL PLANET $800: A kangaroo caught nibbling on toilet paper in an Aussie restroom led to the rhyming UPI headline "'Roo in the" this the loo |
| #7813, aired 2018-07-25 | ANIMAL PLANET $1200: This British blues guitar legend is a fishing aficionado & caught a 28-pound salmon on a 2016 trip to Iceland (Eric) Clapton |
| #7812, aired 2018-07-24 | A HALL OF FAME INFIELD $400: This Cubbie first baseman caught a lot of throws from Tinker & Evers (Frank) Chance |
| #7802, aired 2018-07-10 | THE FBI's 10 MOST WANTED LIST $600: When the FBI caught thief James Ringrose, he handed them one of these cards from a board game--didn't work a Get Out of Jail card |
| #7788, aired 2018-06-20 | THE SUN, THE MOON, THE STARS $200: The gas & dust of a dying star called the Cat's Eye Nebula were caught in a picture taken by this instrument the Hubble Telescope |
| #7787, aired 2018-06-19 | WORLD HISTORY $400: In 1202 Leonardo of Pisa urged the use of Arabic numerals including this one originally called a zephyrum & it caught on zero |
| #7780, aired 2018-06-08 | THIS CATEGORY WILL BLOW YOU AWAY $800: In November 1605 he was caught red-handed in a cellar getting ready to blow up England's Parliament Guy Fawkes |
| #7775, aired 2018-06-01 | SPY STUFF $800: In 1780 John Andre was caught with papers in his boot concerning Benedict Arnold surrendering the fort at this place West Point |
| #7760, aired 2018-05-11 | MY DEER $200: To be so frightened as to be unable to move is to be in the thrall of this cervine idiom a deer caught in the headlights |
| #7754, aired 2018-05-03 | SHOW RUNNERS $1000: On "The Sopranos" Mikey Palmice was out for a run when this tracksuit-clad guy nicknamed "Walnuts" caught up with him Paulie |
| #7752, aired 2018-05-01 | I'LL BE THE JUDGE OF THAT $400: So, you fled over the state border, got caught & were sent back via the 1878 clause regarding this; welcome home! the extradition clause |
| #7738, aired 2018-04-11 | BLUE BOOKS $400: In "The Blue and the Gray" by John Leekley, the Geysers & the Hales are caught up in this war the U.S. Civil War |
| #7713, aired 2018-03-07 | COMPLIMENTS FOR FISHING $400: You hauled in a northern one of these game fish rivaling the 55-pounder caught in 1986? Wow! a northern pike |
| #7713, aired 2018-03-07 | HUMANS IN THE GALAPAGOS $400: (Alex presents the clue from the Galapagos.) In Darwin Bay, Franklin Delano Roosevelt first came to the islands aboard the U.S.S. Houston on a fishing trip; along the way, he caught a shark, but more importantly, that trip helped us make a deal with this country to establish a base here in 1942 Ecuador |
| #7696, aired 2018-02-12 | DUMB CRIMINALS $800: When you "start with" robbing this home improvement store & end by trying to hide in a nudist resort, yep, you will get caught Lowe's |
| #7689, aired 2018-02-01 | STAG, YOU'RE IT $1200: Here's Actaeon about to be caught by his own dogs after this Greek goddess of the hunt turned him into a stag Artemis |
| #7682, aired 2018-01-23 | SEAS OF THE WORLD $400: See this sea? You've probably eaten plenty of fish caught there the Bering Sea |
| #7682, aired 2018-01-23 | FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES $2000: A criminal caught red-handed is said to be caught "in" this Latin phrase, "while the crime is blazing" in flagrante delicto |
| #7639, aired 2017-11-23 | FOR A SONG $2000: In an Oasis song "someday you will find me, caught beneath the landslide, in a" this title "in the sky" "Champagne Supernova" |
| #7616, aired 2017-10-23 | HISTORY, WITH SOUND EFFECTS $800: On April 28, 1881 Billy the Kid escaped jail... but it was game over when this sheriff caught up with him a few months later Pat Garrett |
| #7614, aired 2017-10-19 | ONE "DAY" AT A TIME $200: You've caught me in one of these, a reverie a daydream |
| #7611, aired 2017-10-16 | CAUGHT $200: This abolitionist leader & raider was captured by Robert E. Lee & hanged in 1859 John Brown |
| #7611, aired 2017-10-16 | CAUGHT $400: He was watching the movie "War is Hell" at a Dallas theater before being nabbed by the police in 1963 (Lee Harvey) Oswald |
| #7611, aired 2017-10-16 | CAUGHT $600: Jessica Lynch received a Bronze Star, Purple Heart & P.O.W. medal after being captured in this country Iraq |
| #7611, aired 2017-10-16 | CAUGHT $1,000 (Daily Double): She was captured in 1430 while protecting her rear guard as they crossed the Oise River Joan of Arc |
| #7611, aired 2017-10-16 | CAUGHT $1000: Eli Cohen, who infiltrated the top ranks of Syria's military for this spy agency, was caught & hanged in 1965 Mossad |
| #7594, aired 2017-09-21 | DRAMATIC TV DRAMA! $400: Frank Underwood made sure Kate Mara's Zoe Barnes caught a train on this drama House of Cards |
| #7555, aired 2017-06-16 | 1971's COSMO GIRL'S GUIDE TO THE NEW ETIQUETTE $1000: "But I wouldn't be caught dead without my bra" is not a good enough response when discussing "women's" this lib |
| #7551, aired 2017-06-12 | THE SPORTING LIFE $200: (I'm Mario Andretti.) Over the years I had bad luck at this famous American race, but I caught some breaks in 1969 when I won it in a backup car after a crash during practice the Indianapolis 500 |
| #7541, aired 2017-05-29 | FINGER-SNAPPING TUNES $1600: Oh, snap! This hit had "jet planes, islands, tigers on a gold leash, we don't care, we aren't caught up in your love affair" "Royals" |
| #7537, aired 2017-05-23 | THE 2016 SIENA INTERNATIONAL PHOTO AWARDS $1200: Giuseppe Famiani caught Mount Etna clearing its throat on this island in 2015 Sicily |
| #7505, aired 2017-04-07 | -GATES $1200: In 2015 when this diminutive singer was caught on camera licking unsold wares, Donutgate was born Ariana Grande |
| #7496, aired 2017-03-27 | 1970s "SONG" TITLES $800: The Fugees caught some (Roberta) Flack when the band covered this 1973 hit "Killing Me Softly With His Song" |
| #7492, aired 2017-03-21 | BAD INVESTMENTS $1600: Flooz & Beenz were trying to push online these that never caught on & lost their investors real money virtual currency |
| #7488, aired 2017-03-15 | PRO TEAMS ARE FOR THE BIRDS $800: In 2005 Larry Fitzgerald caught 103 passes, including 10 TDs, for this team the Arizona Cardinals |
| #7407, aired 2016-11-22 | IN THE RED $1200: If you're caught up in this sticky sounding stuff, you're in a bureaucratic mess red tape |
| #7402, aired 2016-11-15 | LITERARY CHARACTERS $1200: This Dickens orphan takes pickpocketing lessons from the Artful Dodger but gets caught the 1st time he tries it Oliver Twist |
| #7400, aired 2016-11-11 | A STUDENT OF FILM $800: Imagine you're this 2008 film guy; you're an immortal vampire! Bella has caught your eye! But you're in high school... forever! Edward |
| #7399, aired 2016-11-10 | BORN IN THE '90s $400: You saw some wild moves & costumes if you caught her "Bangerz" tour Miley Cyrus |
| #7394, aired 2016-11-03 | "OOK" $200: Caught demanding a bribe? You have your proverbial "hand in" this 2-word item the cookie jar |
| #7362, aired 2016-09-20 | ENDLESSLY ROCKING $600: 60 acts played for 16 hours for this 1985 London-Philly charity event; Phil Collins caught a plane & played in both cities Live Aid |
| #7340, aired 2016-07-08 | CATCH THESE MEN $200: Ted Kaczynski, who carried on a lethal 17-year campaign under this name, was caught following a tip from his brother the Unabomber |
| #7340, aired 2016-07-08 | STATES THAT BEGIN WITH CALIFORN $600: In 1980 nearly 104,000 fans caught Super Bowl 14 at this playhouse in Pasadena the Rose Bowl |
| #7314, aired 2016-06-02 | CRIME WAVE $600: The first criminal caught via the use of these was murderer Francisca Rojas in Argentina in 1892 fingerprints |
| #7282, aired 2016-04-19 | A MIDNIGHT MOVIE $1200: This 1978 film tells the true story of Billy Hayes, an American college student caught smuggling drugs out of Turkey Midnight Express |
| #7279, aired 2016-04-14 | HORNS YOU CAN'T PLAY $600: It's the most frequently caught fish in the Bighorn River a trout |
| #7273, aired 2016-04-06 | SHARED INITIALS $1200: Bill Todman's game show partner & a perestroika pioneer Mark Goodson & Mikhail Gorbachev |
| #7260, aired 2016-03-18 | THAT JUST WON'T FLY $2000: Looks like Phil Silvers just caught this dog breed in the act of not flying an Airedale |
| #7255, aired 2016-03-11 | U.S. FIRSTS $400: Launched in 1965 as the USA's first commercial satellite, it caught TV signals, not "the worm" the Early Bird |
| #7241, aired 2016-02-22 | WHAT'S THE "PASS" WORD? $800: Term for a pitch a catcher should have caught but did not, allowing a runner to advance a passed ball |
| #7230, aired 2016-02-05 | FLORIDA & FAUNA $1600: You will always remember this as the day that you almost caught the Cape Sable seaside this bird a sparrow |
| #7216, aired 2016-01-18 | THE FRENCH REVOLUTION $1200: He tried to escape France but was caught after a patriot recognized him from his picture on French currency Louis XVI |
| #7214, aired 2016-01-14 | THIS CATEGORY HAS BEEN FLAGGED $1200: A seminal L.A. punk band of the 1980s, or what a NASCAR driver gets if he's caught speeding on pit road Black Flag |
| #7205, aired 2016-01-01 | OFFBEAT MUSEUMS $600: Leila's Hair Museum in Independence, Mo. includes a lock from this rock star taken from a Pepsi shoot when his hair caught fire Michael Jackson |
| #7184, aired 2015-12-03 | THE NEW YORK TIMES: OBITUARIES $400: The Times writes advance obits for some stars, but, like us, was caught off-guard by the suicide of this comic actor in 2014 Robin Williams |
| #7148, aired 2015-10-14 | MOVIE TAGLINES $800: From 1980:
"They'll never get caught. They're on a mission from God" Blues Brothers |
| #7141, aired 2015-10-05 | DON'T DRINK THE WATER $4,000 (Daily Double): In 1969 Time said, "Chocolate-brown, oily... it oozes rather than flows" after this Ohio river caught fire the Cuyahoga |
| #7051, aired 2015-04-20 | IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT $400: November 4, 1605:
Guy Fawkes is caught playing with fireworks under the House of these dukes, earls, etc. Lords |
| #7027, aired 2015-03-17 | NORTHERN WATERS $1600: A 72-pound lake trout has been caught in this "great" lake, the largest entirely within Canada the Great Bear Lake |
| #7003, aired 2015-02-11 | SONGS OF WINE & ROSES $2000: "Someday you will find me / Caught beneath the landslide / In a champagne super-nova in the sky", warned this band Oasis |
| #6989, aired 2015-01-22 | THIS IS N-P-R $200: Directional term for a drenching bit of weather; don't get caught in a heavy one downpour |
| #6979, aired 2015-01-08 | RESISTANCE IS UTILE $400: In 1945 Italian partisans caught this man as he tried to cross into Austria disguised as a German soldier Mussolini |
| #6969, aired 2014-12-25 | BEST PICTURE INITIALS $800: 1961:
"W.S.S.", see the Jets soar West Side Story |
| #6922, aired 2014-10-21 | MLB ALL-TIME LEADERS $1000: Times caught stealing (win some, lose some) Rickey Henderson |
| #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 |
| #6871, aired 2014-06-30 | MAN OVERLORD! $400: The 24-year rule of this Soviet leader led to the deaths of millions of peasants caught up in collectivization Joseph Stalin |
| #6865, aired 2014-06-20 | STICK IT $2000: The head of the stick used in this sport is triangular & netted to allow the ball to be caught, carried or thrown Lacrosse |
| #6844, aired 2014-05-22 | 2 SYLLABLES, 1 SYLLABLE $200: If you're caught with your "hand in" this dessert container, you've probably just taken a bribe cookie jar |
| #6833, aired 2014-05-07 | READ"ING" $800: This collection of essays by Joan Didion is a portrait of 1960s California Slouching Towards Bethlehem |
| #6818, aired 2014-04-16 | PUP CULTURE $200: This Elvis hit says, "you ain't never caught a rabbit and you ain't no friend of mine" "Hound Dog" |
| #6801, aired 2014-03-24 | CHEESY NAMES $2000: The name of this Italian cheese means "beautiful country", referring to the Lombardy area bel paese |
| #6787, aired 2014-03-04 | ALL AROUND AMERICA $2000: The Lake Whitefish is often found in this lake where a 43-pounder was caught in 1918 Lake Superior |
| #6769, aired 2014-02-06 | RARE BREEDS $2000: The vaquita, the smallest of this order of mammals, is getting rarer; it's often caught in fishing nets cetaceans |
| #6767, aired 2014-02-04 | CLARINETS & SEAFOOD $1600: Tilapia is known in Israel as this apostle's fish; tradition holds he caught one & found a coin in its mouth St. Peter |
| #6741, aired 2013-12-30 | GRIMM, GRIM $2000: A dad steals food for his dying wife, gets caught & must give away his kid, this girl who gets locked in a tower Rapunzel |
| #6723, aired 2013-12-04 | GUINNESS $1000: Edward Watson's dog Rose caught 7 of these one at a time, keeping them all in her mouth at once frisbees |
| #6704, aired 2013-11-07 | 99 MODELS OF GEAR $400: This NHL star tucked in his 99 jersey to one side, a childhood habit to stop his stick from getting caught Wayne Gretzky |
| #6681, aired 2013-10-07 | WHAT THE...?! $400: You may get caught "Between" him "& The Deep Blue Sea"; what the...?! Devil |
| #6678, aired 2013-10-02 | RED-DY $600: The expression "caught" this way alludes to blood you would have washed off if you'd had time red-handed |
| #6672, aired 2013-09-24 | TYPES OF FISHING $1200: Grouper are often caught using this method of slowly pulling a lure on a line behind a boat trolling |
| #6648, aired 2013-07-10 | "R" IS FOR RELIGION $1600: The name of this anticipated event is derived from a word in the Latin Bible meaning "we will be caught up" Rapture |
| #6624, aired 2013-06-06 | CLIPS $1000: During the 2010 State of the Union address, lip-readers caught this Supreme Court justice saying, "Simply not true" (Samuel) Alito |
| #6605, aired 2013-05-10 | POP CULTURE $1200: She & Andrew Garfield were caught in a web of love after co-starring in "The Amazing Spider-Man" Emma Stone |
| #6577, aired 2013-04-02 | PONCE DE LEON & FLORIDA $2000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows us the map of Ponce de Leon's continuing voyage past the south end of Florida.) On June 21st, 1513 Ponce de Leon's ships arrived in this small island group where his men, needing food, caught the large turtles that gave the islands their name the Dry Tortugas |
| #6566, aired 2013-03-18 | RAISING THE BAR $200: A '70s song asks "if you like" these fruity cocktails "and getting caught in the rain" (it's stuck in my head now too) pina coladas |
| #6558, aired 2013-03-06 | POP GO THE LYRICS! $1000: This Elvis song says, "we're caught in a trap, I can't walk out" "Suspicious Minds" |
| #6550, aired 2013-02-22 | COATS OF ARMS $1000: Among the items featured on this Scottish city's coat of arms is a salmon caught in the River Clyde Glasgow |
| #6538, aired 2013-02-06 | I SAW THAT ON TV $1200: He caught passes for the Bengals; now he's Al Michaels' partner on "Sunday Night Football" Cris Collinsworth |
| #6496, aired 2012-12-10 | CAPES OF ALL SHAPES $600: Edna Mode says, "Stratogirl! April 23rd, '57! Cape caught in a jet turbine... no capes!" in this Pixar film The Incredibles |
| #6485, aired 2012-11-23 | KNOWEST THOU THE OLD TESTAMENT? $1600: He "put forth his hand and caught" a serpent, which "became a rod in his hand" Moses |
| #6472, aired 2012-11-06 | WE'VE GOT TO STOP MEETING LIKE THIS $2,500 (Daily Double): An 18-minute brawl was caught on film during this 1968 meeting in Chicago the Democratic National Convention |
| #6449, aired 2012-10-04 | LIFE ON THE MEKONG $400: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from a fish farm facility in Vietnam.) One of the world's largest freshwater aquaculture industries is Mekong River farming for this fish; at over 600 pounds, the giant type may be the largest fish ever caught in freshwater the catfish |
| #6442, aired 2012-09-25 | WELCOME TO MY "FLAT" $400: To be "caught" this anatomical way is to be caught unprepared flat-footed |
| #6430, aired 2012-07-27 | GO FISH $200: On June 2, 1932 George Perry caught a 32 1/2-inch, 22-lb., 4 oz. largemouth one of these in Georgia a bass |
| #6419, aired 2012-07-12 | 30s ROCK $1200: "Caught Up In You" was a No. 1 mainstream hit (though ironically not with a bullet) for this Southern rock group 38 Special |
| #6386, aired 2012-05-28 | COLORFUL PHRASES $400: When you're in possession of incriminating evidence, you're "caught" this way red-handed |
| #6362, aired 2012-04-24 | LONGFELLOW $1200: Hiawatha caught a monster sturgeon named Mishe-Nahma while canoeing on a lake that Longfellow called this Gitche Gumee |
| #6346, aired 2012-04-02 | GREAT JANES $1000: In 1997 this Perry Farrell band had "Been Caught Stealing" Flea of the Chili Peppers, who took over on bass for Eric Avery Jane's Addiction |
| #6304, aired 2012-02-02 | NEW FADS $400: Vanna's caught up in the Internet fad seen here that goes by this wooden name planking |
| #6304, aired 2012-02-02 | SENIORITIS $800: I got so caught up in reading this fourth book of the "Twilight" series that I missed my Byron seminar Breaking Dawn |
| #6291, aired 2012-01-16 | AT WIDE RECEIVER FOR THIS TEAM... $200: 1988: John Taylor, Jerry Rice; Taylor caught Super Bowl XXIII's game-winning pass, but Rice got MVP the 49ers |
| #6254, aired 2011-11-24 | A FINE CATEGORY $600: You could be fined if you're caught driving solo in an HOV lane, short for this high-occupancy vehicle |
| #6249, aired 2011-11-17 | ACAPULCO $400: Later president of the U.S., he caught a sailfish on his honeymoon in Acapulco in 1953 (John F.) Kennedy |
| #6229, aired 2011-10-20 | SHIP LORE $800: The seam around a ship's hull was called this, so you might get caught between it & the deep blue sea the devil |
| #6202, aired 2011-07-26 | U.S. PLACE NAMES $400: No big surprise--this hook-shaped peninsula of Massachusetts was named for the fish caught off its shores Cape Cod |
| #6195, aired 2011-07-15 | THE LION $1000: This Tanzanian national park lost more than 1,000 lions in 1994 when they caught canine distemper from domestic dogs the Serengeti |
| #6180, aired 2011-06-24 | MAY I QUOTE YOU ON THAT? $2,500 (Daily Double): "No matter what happens, the U.S. Navy is not going to be caught napping", said Navy Sec. Frank Knox Dec. 4 of this year 1941 |
| #6164, aired 2011-06-02 | MODERN WORDS $800: Acoustic, like some performances; you might have caught Nirvana on the MTV show of the same name unplugged |
| #6136, aired 2011-04-25 | THE OPENING VERSE $1200: ...of Yeats' "Leda and" this bird mentions "her nape caught in his bill" a swan |
| #6098, aired 2011-03-02 | 4-SYLLABLE WORDS $4,200 (Daily Double): When speaking about matters of faith, "ex cathedra", the Pope is said to be this, meaning he can't be wrong infallible |
| #6038, aired 2010-12-08 | AUSTRIAN HISTORY $800: During the Third Crusade, Leopold V quarreled with this English king, who was later caught in Austria & ransomed Richard I (Richard the Lionheart) |
| #6011, aired 2010-11-01 | SINGLE-NAMED SINGERS' LAST NAMES $1000: Get "Caught Up" with this R&B singer: Raymond Usher |
| #5991, aired 2010-10-04 | THE TENTH INNING $200: (Ken Burns reads the clue.) Since Jim Creighton of the Brooklyn Niagaras tried an illegal rising fastball in 1859, players have looked for an edge, like the time Albert Belle got caught in 1994 using a bat that had been doctored this way it was corked |
| #5980, aired 2010-09-17 | HELLO CLEVELAND! $1000: Cleveland sits at the mouth of this river that caught fire in 1969; it's also the seat of the county of the same name Cuyahoga |
| #5976, aired 2010-09-13 | ELEMENTAL CLUES $12,400 (Daily Double): Pd:
A great place for live music palladium |
| #5936, aired 2010-06-07 | FLIGHTLESS BIRDS $1200: A grebe named for this lake is endangered because it's often caught in nets by Peruvian & Bolivian fishermen Lake Titicaca |
| #5880, aired 2010-03-19 | ALLITERATIVE ACTORS $1000: Getting caught in the wheels of a machine makes him go berserk in 1936's "Modern Times" Charlie Chaplin |
| #5871, aired 2010-03-08 | A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS $1200: In 1605 Thomas Winter was caught up in a plot to blow up Parliament with this more famous guy Guy Fawkes |
| #5857, aired 2010-02-16 | ALASKA $800: More than half of all fish consumed in the U.S. are caught in this sea between Siberia & Alaska the Bering Sea |
| #5841, aired 2010-01-25 | OSCAR-WINNING SONG LYRICS $1200: "When you get caught between the moon and New York City" Arthur |
| #5839, aired 2010-01-21 | WHEELS OF MISFORTUNE $2000: In 2008, an assembly line in Serbia produced the last of these, which never caught on in North America the Yugo |
| #5808, aired 2009-12-09 | ANIMAL SONGS $200: Elvis Presley:
"You ain't never caught a rabbit" "Hound Dog" |
| #5804, aired 2009-12-03 | DOUBLE-LETTER WORDS $400: In baseball, it's a play in which a runner is caught off base & thrown out by the pitcher or catcher a pickoff |
| #5802, aired 2009-12-01 | THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID $800: "When caught between two evils, I generally like to take the one I never tried" Mae West |
| #5797, aired 2009-11-24 | COMMON SIMILES $1000: (Here's Jimmy.) He is depicting this common simile about a criminal who's been at it a long time & isn't good at not getting caught a rap sheet as long as your arm |
| #5796, aired 2009-11-23 | TWINKLE TWINKLE LITTLE WORD THAT RHYMES WITH STAR $200: Proverbial food storage container where your "hand is caught" when busted for taking a bribe the cookie jar |
| #5791, aired 2009-11-16 | THEY SHOT THE SHERIFF $400: He & 5 accomplices ambushed Lincoln, N.M. sheriff William Brady in 1878, 3 years before Pat Garrett caught up with him Billy the Kid |
| #5762, aired 2009-10-06 | FASHION STATEMENTS $400: If you've surprised someone who's unprepared, you've caught him this way with his pants down |
| #5762, aired 2009-10-06 | I GET A KICK OUT OF YOU $600: In 1998 we got caught in "Rush Hour" with this Hong Kong-born star Jackie Chan |
| #5757, aired 2009-09-29 | TV LAUGH LINES $400: Kim Cattrall, on this HBO show: "I think I have monogamy. I must have caught it from you people" Sex and the City |
| #5750, aired 2009-09-18 | FATHER TIME $400: On Dec. 13, 1961 Father Time caught up with this 101-year-old artist with a relative in her nickname "Grandma Moses" |
| #5746, aired 2009-09-14 | TOUCHDOWN! $1000: In 1984 Gerard Phelan caught this Boston College QB's last-second Hail Mary to beat Miami 47-45 Doug Flutie |
| #5721, aired 2009-06-22 | IMPRISONED IN THE TOWER OF LONDON $1200: On Nov. 4, 1605 he was caught trying to blow up Parliament; 3 days later he signed a confession in the Tower Guy Fawkes |
| #5707, aired 2009-06-02 | ANGRY MOMS OF FUTURE PRESIDENTS $1000: Later caught with his hand figuratively in the cookie jar, he jumps when Mom says, "Get out of there" Richard Milhous Nixon |
| #5694, aired 2009-05-14 | ASSERTING AUTHOR-ITY $800: Born in 1919, he "caught" acclaim in 1951 & published all of 1 novel & 13 short stories; tends to keep to himself (J.D.) Salinger |
| #5686, aired 2009-05-04 | WE SHALL REMAIN: GERONIMO $800: Wyatt Earp was part of this sheriff-organized group sent out after Geronimo; it never caught sight of him a posse |
| #5682, aired 2009-04-28 | FISH TALES $1000: Mark Kurlansky's book about this food fish says in 1895 a 211-lb. one was caught off the coast of Massachusetts cod |
| #5679, aired 2009-04-23 | THE MOST WANTED LIST $600: Don Bussmeyer made the list in 1967 but didn't last long; he was caught shirtless, with this tattooed on his chest his name |
| #5679, aired 2009-04-23 | THE MOST WANTED LIST $1000: The original "Slick Willie", this bank robber made the list in its second week; he got caught within 2 years Willie Sutton |
| #5670, aired 2009-04-10 | WHAT IS THIS, SOME KIND OF JOKE? $200: From this sitcom:
"How's life treating you, Norm?"
"Like it caught me in bed with his wife" Cheers |
| #5670, aired 2009-04-10 | THE BARTENDER SAYS... $600: Caught in the rain, Mac? How about one of these, the subject of a 1979 No. 1 song by Rupert Holmes a piña colada |
| #5649, aired 2009-03-12 | NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Gathering of Nations in Albuquerque, NM.) Nightmares get caught in the webs of these Ojibwa craftworks, & the morning sun burns them away dreamcatchers |
| #5638, aired 2009-02-25 | SAMUEL JOHNSON $1200: Gems like "Much may be made of a Scotchman if he be caught young" were recorded by this Scottish-born biographer (James) Boswell |
| #5603, aired 2009-01-07 | SORE LOSERS $600: Cameras caught Faith Hill shouting "What?" after this American Idol beat her as top female vocalist at the 2006 CMA awards Carrie Underwood |
| #5592, aired 2008-12-23 | AMERICA'S GOT TALENT $600: In 1999 Illinois' Scott Jeckel shot a marshmallow from his nose & Ray Perisin caught it--16 feet later--in... eww... this his mouth |
| #5585, aired 2008-12-12 | GYPSIES, TRAMPS & THIEVES $1000: In 1911 Vincenzo Perugia stole this painting from the Louvre; he was caught trying to sell it to an antiques dealer the Mona Lisa |
| #5576, aired 2008-12-01 | NEW YORK CITY SONGS $800: Christopher Cross sang, "If you get caught between" this & NYC, "the best that you can do is fall in love" the Moon |
| #5568, aired 2008-11-19 | A SHOT AT LOVE $1600: There was a certain glow in the air when Maria Sklodowska caught the eye of this French physicist in 1894 Pierre Curie |
| #5562, aired 2008-11-11 | IT WASN'T RATED R $1000: Meryl Streep's daughter is caught up in a musical version of "My Three Dads" in this film Mamma Mia! |
| #5544, aired 2008-10-16 | O CAPTAIN, MY POP CULTURE CAPTAIN $2000: "You will always remember this as the day that you almost caught" this captain, seen in a trilogy of films Jack Sparrow |
| #5511, aired 2008-07-21 | AMERICAN GANGSTER $400: In 1934 he caught "Manhattan Melodrama" at the Biograph Theater; then he caught some government bullets (John) Dillinger |
| #5485, aired 2008-06-13 | LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL $1000: (Jimmy preserves another one for us from Williamsport, PA.) I'm caught between the bases, and I've gotten myself into one of these; it's also called a pickle, because that's what I'm in a rundown |
| #5470, aired 2008-05-23 | THE PAPARAZZI LOVE... $1000: This actress whose father Billy Ray "got caught up in...filming" & forgot to buckle up for one of his scenes Miley Cyrus |
| #5441, aired 2008-04-14 | ROCK MUSIC $1000: This 1962 Roy Orbison hit is subtitled "How Long Must I Dream" "Dream Baby" |
| #5403, aired 2008-02-20 | LET'S GO TO OHIO $2000: In 1969 this river running through Cleveland actually caught fire the Cuyahoga |
| #5395, aired 2008-02-08 | SONGS FROM MUSICALS $2000: "Defying Gravity" Wicked |
| #5393, aired 2008-02-06 | CLASSIC ROCK OPENING LINES $1000: Elvis:
"We're caught in a trap..." "Suspicious Minds" |
| #5385, aired 2008-01-25 | THE KILLERS $600: Months after his wife Laci's disappearance, this man was caught with $15,000 in cash & his brother's I.D. (Scott) Peterson |
| #5362, aired 2007-12-25 | KEVIN-SENT $400: As Harold, he caught "The Big Chill" in 1983 Kevin Kline |
| #5347, aired 2007-12-04 | SALMON $400: World Book says this country leads the world in salmon fishing, with more than 450,000 tons caught each year the United States |
| #5340, aired 2007-11-23 | 1960s TV $1600: On August 29, 1967 he finally caught up with the one-armed man Richard Kimble (the "Fugitive") |
| #5319, aired 2007-10-25 | A HOSTEL TAKEOVER $400: I'm sure the Red Bus Hostel is fine, but the Mellow Mood Central Hostel caught my eye in this capital of Hungary Budapest |
| #5316, aired 2007-10-22 | POP CULTURE $400: When Sinatra caught his act, this "Mr. Warmth" comic said, "Make yourself at home, Frank, hit somebody" Don Rickles |
| #5312, aired 2007-10-16 | THE 1930s $1,500 (Daily Double): Melvin Purvis gained fame (more than Hoover liked) as head of the FBI's office in this city Chicago |
| #5304, aired 2007-10-04 | CATCH & CARRY $600: Kathie Lee must know this Giant caught 43 TDs, carried for 34 & threw for 14; he even kicked 2 FGs & caught 2 ints. Frank Gifford |
| #5292, aired 2007-09-18 | WORLD CAPITALS $800: The capital of India is not pronounced Cal-cut-ah or Cal-eh-cut, but this way New Delhi |
| #5254, aired 2007-06-14 | 2006 SPORTS LAUGHS $2000: Caught red-limbed drinking from a flask, the tree mascot for this school near Palo Alto was suspended Stanford |
| #5240, aired 2007-05-25 | GEOGRAPHY $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Mississippi.) Some of the best catfish is caught in the Mississippi Alluvial Plain, better known around here as this area the (Mississippi) Delta |
| #5184, aired 2007-03-08 | A SET OF CHINA $1000: It's the item seen here; a game of the same name has been played since 1935 sugar bowl |
| #5180, aired 2007-03-02 | ALLITERATIVE ARTISTS $2000: Cunning canine cameraman caught cuddling William Wegman |
| #5154, aired 2007-01-25 | FOOTBALL $600: This "time" is the number of seconds between the ball being kicked & caught on a kickoff or a punt hang time |
| #5152, aired 2007-01-23 | THE HERBERT HOOVER PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY $800: (Jimmy stands behind sacks of food.) During World War I, Hoover provided sacks of food via the Commission for Relief of this country caught between German bayonets & a British blockade Belgium |
| #5138, aired 2007-01-03 | JOE BUCK CALLS HISTORY $400: June 17, 1972:
There's the throw... & James McCord, Jr. & 4 others are caught stealing at this complex Watergate |
| #5137, aired 2007-01-02 | IT'S A GRAND OLD "FLAG" $1000: Latin term meaning "caught in the act" in flagrante (delicto) |
| #5129, aired 2006-12-21 | FIRE WHEN READY $800: 491 perished when the Coconut Grove nightclub caught fire in this New England capital city in 1942 Boston |
| #5126, aired 2006-12-18 | A SPELLING CATEGORY $1000: (Hi, I'm Doug Savant.) When I played Matt on "Melrose Place", this actress caught my eye as red-headed bad girl Sydney; now she's my wife Laura Leighton |
| #5115, aired 2006-12-01 | ALSO A PRESIDENTIAL NAME $400: Burn on, big river; in 1969 this city's Cuyahoga River actually caught fire Cleveland |
| #5085, aired 2006-10-20 | HAIL TO THE CHIEF $400: His presidential library has a sailfish he caught during his 1953 honeymoon in Acapulco Kennedy |
| #5043, aired 2006-07-12 | I COULDA BEEN A BARTENDER $800: If you like light rum, crushed ice, pineapple juice, coconut cream, a cherry & getting caught in the rain, you like this piña coladas |
| #5019, aired 2006-06-08 | PEOPLE, PLACES & THINGS WE KNOW $400: If someone wants you caught & is offering a reward, you have this "on your head" a price |
| #5004, aired 2006-05-18 | MACHINERY $1000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew holds a ticking metronome.) This mechanism that provides periodic energy to devices like a metronome gets its name from the wheel that is caught & then gets free an escapement |
| #4986, aired 2006-04-24 | BIG FISH $400: You're gonna need a bigger boat to top the record catch of 2,664 lbs. for one of these sharks caught off Australia in 1959 a great white |
| #4982, aired 2006-04-18 | SHRIMPING $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew handles a net on a shrimp boat in Savannah, GA.) An excluder device called a T.E.D. helps this animal, such as the loggerhead, from getting caught in the net a turtle |
| #4951, aired 2006-03-06 | small countries $8,917 (Daily Double): The Rhine River provides the western border of this principality Liechtenstein |
| #4914, aired 2006-01-12 | EASILY IMITATED $1000: "You're the man now, dog!" Sean Connery |
| #4909, aired 2006-01-05 | BOTTOMS UP! $600: A 1979 song wondered if you like this tropical drink & getting caught in the rain piña colada |
| #4895, aired 2005-12-16 | THIS MEANS TROUBLE $400: "There's trouble right here in River City" in this popular Meredith Willson show The Music Man |
| #4887, aired 2005-12-06 | BIBLICAL ZOO $600: Samson caught 300 of these sly creatures, put firebrands on their tails & sent them into enemy cornfields a fox |
| #4852, aired 2005-10-18 | ROMANCE NOVELIST HISTORY BOOK $400: Mary had caught this lawyer's eye & wed him on Nov. 4, 1842. But would her growing madness doom them both? Lincoln |
| #4831, aired 2005-09-19 | "Y"s UP! $1200: The Rockefeller Foundation scientists who developed a vaccine for this "colorful" disease often caught it yellow fever |
| #4796, aired 2005-06-13 | ISAAC $600: Abraham was ready to sacrifice Isaac as commanded, but God provided this adult animal caught in a thicket a ram |
| #4791, aired 2005-06-06 | FLY FISHING $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew holds what looks like a not-so-freshly caught game fish in Montana.) I caught one of these salmon family members popular with fly casters a (rainbow) trout |
| #4772, aired 2005-05-10 | BEER $1600: From 1940 to 1965 New York City was caught up in the annual contest to find "Miss" this brewer Rheingold |
| #4723, aired 2005-03-02 | HINTS FROM HELOISE... TO ABELARD $800: "The punishment you suffered would have been proper vengeance for men caught" committing this, a biblical no-no adultery |
| #4715, aired 2005-02-18 | 1970s ALBUM COVERS $800: 1973:
Paul McCartney & 8 others including James Coburn & Christopher Lee are caught by a police spotlight Band on the Run |
| #4608, aired 2004-09-22 | GAME OVER $400: You caught the ball & got tensies, which makes you the winner at this game jacks |
| #4606, aired 2004-09-20 | CHAMPIONSHIP MOVIES $800: On the night of a big boxing championship Nicolas Cage gets caught up in an assassination plot in this movie Snake Eyes |
| #4589, aired 2004-07-15 | MOVIE STARS OLD & NEW $2000: This alliterative-named actor caught many eyes as the smooth Trent in "Swingers" Vince Vaughn |
| #4576, aired 2004-06-28 | BEFORE & AFTER $2000: "Lethal Weapon" director whose group was caught in a Sierra Nevada pass in the winter of 1846-47 the Richard Donner Party |
| #4543, aired 2004-05-12 | A EUROPEAN TOUR $400: Snowboarding is big at Gstaad in this country, but the term apres-snowboard hasn't really caught on Switzerland |
| #4532, aired 2004-04-27 | BALLET $400: Emma Livry, who triumphed as this creature in "Le Papillon", died after her dress caught fire a butterfly |
| #4531, aired 2004-04-26 | SITCOM UNCLES $400: On a 1998 episode of this sitcom, Uncle Leo got caught shoplifting a book Seinfeld |
| #4507, aired 2004-03-23 | NANA $400: In 1885 Nana & this other Apache leader broke out of the San Carlos Reservation; they were caught & sent to Florida Geronimo |
| #4497, aired 2004-03-09 | PAPER CLIPS $800: New York Times, November 10, 1965: "Power Failure Snarls Northeast; 800,000 are Caught in" these in the city Subways |
| #4480, aired 2004-02-13 | SEA CREATURES $800: A member of the herring family, it's named for the Italian island in he Mediterranean where it was first caught sardine |
| #4473, aired 2004-02-04 | ANIMAL LORE $1000: In Indian legend, the Aquinnah Cliffs' red is the blood of these mammals which a giant caught in the sea and ate the whale |
| #4467, aired 2004-01-27 | AT THE BALLPARK $1600: Parks where this "territory" is large hurt hitters because popups get caught by opponents instead of fans foul territory |
| #4395, aired 2003-10-17 | SALMON FISHING $1600: The record for this salmon named for a body of water is a 79-pounder caught in Norway in 1928 Atlantic salmon |
| #4385, aired 2003-10-03 | "Q"s $400: The title character in a 1605 novel gave us this adjective that means caught up in the romance of noble deeds quixotic |
| #4366, aired 2003-09-08 | A FISH CALLED… $1600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew delivers the clue.) Like Santiago, you'd have quite a story to tell if you caught the 1,056-pound black type of this a marlin |
| #4331, aired 2003-06-02 | THE JOCK $800: (I'm NFL wide receiver Ed McCaffrey) In the 1999 Super Bowl, I caught 5 passes from this quarterback who was playing his final game John Elway |
| #4319, aired 2003-05-15 | AUTHORS ON FILM $1600: "Cross Creek" is a biography of this author of "The Yearling" Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings |
| #4303, aired 2003-04-23 | DOLPHINS $400: Since 1990, new practices have cut by 90% the number of dolphins caught in nets intended for these tuna |
| #4230, aired 2003-01-10 | OLD TESTAMENT NAMES $1600: Absalom, who was killed after his hair got caught in a tree, was a son of this king (King) David |
| #4135, aired 2002-07-19 | COLOR MY WORLD $1000: In a 15th century English war, a rose of this color represented the House of York white |
| #4107, aired 2002-06-11 | SOMETHING'S FISHY $1600: Until one was caught in 1938, it was thought that this fish had been extinct for more than 70 million years the coelacanth |
| #4081, aired 2002-05-06 | POETIC LICENSE $1200: A rural legend says he wrote a nasty ballad about Sir Thomas Lucy after being caught poaching on Lucy's land William Shakespeare |
| #4060, aired 2002-04-05 | THE DARWIN AWARDS $200: A Pittsburgh convict tied 8 of these together to escape but was 25 feet short; he broke his ankle & was caught his bed sheets |
| #4038, aired 2002-03-06 | THE CIVIL WAR $2000: Joseph Johnston caught his death of cold at the 1891 funeral of this union general who had accepted his surrender General (William T.) Sherman |
| #4029, aired 2002-02-21 | THE 18th CENTURY $1000: This country acquired much of Italy, including Naples & Milan, but the new pasta schnitzel never caught on Austria |
| #3995, aired 2002-01-04 | SOUNDS LIKE AN OBSCURE ROCK BAND $1200: A culinary specialty, they're the blue type of crustacean, caught just after they molt soft-shelled crabs |
| #3986, aired 2001-12-24 | MYTHS & LEGENDS $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew in a winter scene) A christmas tradition says you have to give a kiss if you're caught under a branch of this plant [Smooching] mistletoe |
| #3974, aired 2001-12-06 | THE MOVIES $1200: Marilyn Monroe's toe gets caught in a bathroom faucet in this 1955 classic The Seven Year Itch |
| #3970, aired 2001-11-30 | 1890s AVIATION $800: Alberto Santos-Dumont's first flight of his No.1 airship in 1898 ended with it being caught in one of these tree |
| #3947, aired 2001-10-30 | CIRCUSES $100: The tattered, unshaven hobo type of this performer caught on in American circuses clown |
| #3941, aired 2001-10-22 | THAT'S GOTTA HURT $100: When 2 people are shooting guns & their aim intersects at you, you're caught in one of these crossfire |
| #3934, aired 2001-10-11 | VICE PRESIDENTIAL RHYME TIME $100: Gore's buddies Al's pals |
| #3896, aired 2001-07-09 | A-ONE $800: Adjective describing one who tends to trip over things, gets his hand caught in doors, drops fragile vases.... accident-prone |
| #3864, aired 2001-05-24 | OSCAR'S SUPPORTING ACTORS $800: Kevin Kline "caught" a 1988 supporting Oscar for his role in this comedy A Fish Called Wanda |
| #3856, aired 2001-05-14 | THAT'S MY "BABY" $500: This 1991 U2 album featuring "Mysterious Ways" caught our attention "Achtung Baby" |
| #3787, aired 2001-02-06 | HEY, SPORT! $400: In Nov. 2000 Phil Mickelson caught this Tiger by the tail, winning the Tour Championship PGA tournament by 2 strokes Tiger Woods |
| #3769, aired 2001-01-11 | ALL THE KING'S SONGS $500: "We're caught in a trap, I can't walk out, because I love you too much baby" "Suspicious Minds" |
| #3762, aired 2001-01-02 | THE TAO OF STEVE $600: (I'm NFL wide receiver Terrell Owens.) In 1999 I caught the game-winning pass from this lefty quarterback as the 49ers beat the Packers in the playoffs Steve Young |
| #3756, aired 2000-12-25 | GUINNESS RECORDS $300: Roy Sullivan, a park ranger, was struck by this a record 7 times & survived; his hair caught fire twice lightning |
| #3748, aired 2000-12-13 | HOLD IT $100: According to an old expression, a kid's in trouble when he's caught with his hand in this container Cookie jar |
| #3721, aired 2000-11-06 | THE ADAM SANDLER STORY $100: After Dennis Miller caught Adam's act at the Improv in L.A., he was invited to join this show in NYC Saturday Night Live |
| #3695, aired 2000-09-29 | THE BALL ROOM $100: On September 27, 1998 Philip Ozersky caught a ball hit by this man & later sold it for $2.7 million Mark McGwire |
| #3682, aired 2000-09-12 | THE GRIDIRON $400 (Daily Double): [Hi, I'm Franco Harris, Hall of Fame running back of the Pittsburgh Steelers] In the 1972 playoff game against the Oakland Raiders, I caught a miraculous, game-winning pass that's been nicknamed this "The Immaculate Reception" |
| #3676, aired 2000-09-04 | TREES $400: In April 1999 a family of 3 of these rodents was "arrested" for attacking cherry trees in Washington, D.C. beavers |
| #3639, aired 2000-06-01 | SPORTS SUPERSTITIONS $500: Gone fishing? Don't reveal this until you are done for the day Your catch/number of fish you caught |
| #3579, aired 2000-03-09 | NOVEL OPENINGS $100: 1936:
"Scarlett O'Hara was not beautiful, but men seldom realized it when caught by her charm..." Gone with the Wind |
| #3577, aired 2000-03-07 | TOOL TIME? $500: Get caught between these secret Chinese societies when they are warring & you may get iced Tongs |
| #3545, aired 2000-01-21 | ____THE____ $500: Freed from blame, or a fish after being caught & released Off the hook |
| #3538, aired 2000-01-12 | 1994 $800: With a December release, this actress seen here caught the public eye: Julia Ormond ("Legends of the Fall") |
| #3533, aired 2000-01-05 | HAVE A (COUNTY) SEAT $400: How do you pronounce the seat of Franklin County, Kentucky? Not "Lewisville" or "Louieville", but this Frankfort |
| #3514, aired 1999-12-09 | SAY YOUR PRAYERS $200: After Darius' men caught Daniel praying, they had him thrown into this place The lion's den |
| #3499, aired 1999-11-18 | NEW YORK POST HEADLINES $400: In 1977 the Post sold 1 million papers instead of the usual 600,000 when this NYC serial killer was "Caught!" "Son of Sam" (David Berkowitz) |
| #3496, aired 1999-11-15 | THE TONY AWARDS $600 (Daily Double): (Jane Bodle sings part of a song from "Les Miserables") The Tony-winning musical "Les Miserables" is set mainly in this city Paris |
| #3408, aired 1999-06-02 | FASHION STATEMENTS $200: If you're discovered in an embarrassing situation, you're said to be caught "with" these "down" Your pants |
| #3384, aired 1999-04-29 | HISTORIC AMOURS $400: Actress Nell Gwyn was the lover of Lord Buckhurst before she caught the eye of this "Merry Monarch" King Charles II |
| #3351, aired 1999-03-15 | MIGHTY APHRODITE $200: Aphrodite was married to Hephaestus, who caught her romancing this Greek god of war Ares |
| #3331, aired 1999-02-15 | WORDS WITHIN WORDS $300: A 1,496-pound one was unfortunate enough to get caught in 1979 Tuna (unforTUNAte) |
| #3276, aired 1998-11-30 | SEEING RED AT THE MOVIES $600: Moira Shearer made her movie debut in this film about a ballerina caught between 2 men The Red Shoes |
| #3269, aired 1998-11-19 | 10 YEARS LATER $300: In the '82-'83 season, "60 Minutes" was the No. 1 rated TV show in the U.S.; 10 years later, this was No. 1 60 Minutes |
| #3263, aired 1998-11-11 | SPORTS LEGENDS $800: Only Steve Largent & this 49ers receiver have caught 100 or more career touchdown passes Jerry Rice |
| #3245, aired 1998-10-16 | GAMBLING $300: You can win at blackjack with this method explained by Edward Thorp; don't get caught card counting |
| #3244, aired 1998-10-15 | WHAT'S FOR DINNER? $400: This is how I'll cook the cod; I hope it's not the way it was caught poaching |
| #3208, aired 1998-07-08 | DON'T DO THIS $500: It made news that a London burglar was caught by using these prints he left while listening at doors & windows earprints |
| #3185, aired 1998-06-05 | BAD HAIR DAYS $400: In a 1903 opera, this queen strangles herself with her own hair after she's caught with Lancelot Guinevere |
| #3166, aired 1998-05-11 | FIRST DATES $800: On Oct. 10, 1920 Bill Wambsganss caught a line drive & tagged 2 players for the first of these in a World Series Triple play |
| #3160, aired 1998-05-01 | UP IN SMOKE $500: This Italian cruise ship, that was hijacked by guerrillas in 1985, caught fire in 1994 & sank Achille Lauro |
| #3153, aired 1998-04-22 | PHONY EXPRESS $600: Posing as Arabs with lots of cash, the FBI caught 7 members of Congress in this 1970s sting operation Abscam |
| #3142, aired 1998-04-07 | CAUGHT ON TAPE $100: This Teflon Don & Gambino Family boss spilled the beans on tape at the Ravenite Social Club in Manhattan John Gotti |
| #3142, aired 1998-04-07 | CAUGHT ON TAPE $200: As the video revealed, the LAPD didn't treat this man like royalty on March 3, 1991 Rodney King |
| #3142, aired 1998-04-07 | CAUGHT ON TAPE $300: Unaware the mike was open, Ronald Reagan said of this country in 1984, "The bombing begins in 5 minutes" the Soviet Union (or Russia) |
| #3142, aired 1998-04-07 | CAUGHT ON TAPE $400: Footage of this mayor using drugs failed to crack the confidence of D.C. voters; they re-elected him in 1994 Marion Barry |
| #3084, aired 1998-01-15 | SEPARATING SHEEP FROM GOATS $500: If the carp you caught is missing barbels, it may actually be a wild descendant of this pet fish Goldfish |
| #3072, aired 1997-12-30 | TO THE "NTH" DEGREE $600: Since the rediscovery of this ancient fish in 1938, only a few hundred have been caught coelacanth |
| #3051, aired 1997-12-01 | TRANSPORTATION $800: This military vehicle got its name from a British codeword when "Landship" never caught on a tank |
| #3027, aired 1997-10-28 | THE COD $300: Most of the cod caught is of the species named for this body of water Atlantic Ocean |
| #3008, aired 1997-10-01 | FOODS THAT BEGIN WITH THE LETTER "Q" $600: This savory pie can have bacon bits added to the custard filling quiche |
| #2993, aired 1997-09-10 | NEW LATIN $200: Commuters hate to be caught in this, a "fluxus interclusio" Traffic Jam |
| #2992, aired 1997-09-09 | IMPOSSIBLE $200: If you're part of this group & are caught, the secretary will disavow any knowledge of your actions Impossible Mission Force (IMF) |
| #2946, aired 1997-05-26 | SEA CREATURES $1000: This primitive fish was believed extinct until caught off the African coast in 1938 coelacanth |
| #2910, aired 1997-04-04 | EUROPEOPLE $800: Like Neil Kinnock in 1983, he was 41 when he became leader of Britain's Labour Party in 1994 Tony Blair |
| #2900, aired 1997-03-21 | BIRDS $800: You win the "prize" if you know this seabird was named for its stupidity in being easily caught Booby |
| #2874, aired 1997-02-13 | OCCUPATIONS $1000: On July 6, 1994 a sudden wind led to the deaths of 14 of these workers in Colorado Firefighters |
| #2868, aired 1997-02-05 | TV NEWS $1000: Pat Buchanan & Michael Kinsley are 2 of the pundits who've been "caught in" this CNN debate show Crossfire |
| #2823, aired 1996-12-04 | LATIN LEGAL LINGO $200: When a criminal is caught red-handed, he's caught "in" this, "while the crime is blazing" Flagrante Delicto |
| #2815, aired 1996-11-22 | SEAN CONNERY FILMS $200: Connery caught the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for this 1987 film The Untouchables |
| #2807, aired 1996-11-12 | EVILDOERS $300: In July 1881 Pat Garrett caught up with this young outlaw in Fort Sumner, New Mexico Billy the Kid |
| #2769, aired 1996-09-19 | THE BIBLE $800: Angry at the Philistines, he caught 300 foxes, set their tails on fire & turned them loose in the fields Samson |
| #2748, aired 1996-07-10 | WWII PEOPLE $200: In April 1945 this former world leader was caught, executed & hung by his heels in a Milan square Mussolini |
| #2663, aired 1996-03-13 | NOVELS' FIRST LINES $200: "Scarlett O'Hara was not beautiful, but men seldom realized it when caught by her charm..." Gone with the Wind |
| #2635, aired 1996-02-02 | CONTAINERS $100: A kid or a politician doesn't want to be caught with his hand in this container Cookie Jar |
| #2613, aired 1996-01-03 | MYTHOLOGY $100: Athena caught Poseidon & this gorgon in her temple & turned her into a monster Medusa |
| #2612, aired 1996-01-02 | BOTTOM DWELLERS $400: The American species of this bottom-dwelling crustacean is usually caught in a "pot" lobster |
| #2579, aired 1995-11-16 | FAMILIAR PHRASES $400: Akin to "caught in the act", to be caught this way alludes to a murderer smeared with blood Caught red-handed |
| #2576, aired 1995-11-13 | 18th CENTURY AMERICANS $200: When caught as a spy in September of 1776, he was disguised as a Dutch schoolteacher Nathan Hale |
| #2576, aired 1995-11-13 | NEVADA $500 (Daily Double): The state capital was named for this man Christopher "Kit" Carson |
| #2446, aired 1995-04-03 | '40s FILM FACTS $300: In 1941 she starred in "Caught in the Draft", "Road to Zanzibar" & "Aloma of the South Seas" Dorothy Lamour |
| #2417, aired 1995-02-21 | SEAFOOD $200: The soft-shell type of this is caught just after molting, when its shell is so thin it can be eaten crab |
| #2370, aired 1994-12-16 | CONGRESS $800: Harrison Williams was the only senator caught in this 1978-1980 FBI "sting" operation Abscam |
| #2361, aired 1994-12-05 | GUINNESS RECORDS $200: On Sept. 6, 1981 a man in Finland caught one of these thrown a distance of 317' 10"; it didn't break an egg |
| #2333, aired 1994-10-26 | BIRDS $300: Male terns court females by displaying these that they've just caught fish |
| #2305, aired 1994-09-16 | FOOD $500: These fish are caught by hand & deep fried after they run onto West Coast beaches to spawn grunion |
| #2289, aired 1994-07-14 | LAW $500: This Latin phrase for "while the crime is burning" means you got caught red-handed flagrante delicto |
| #2224, aired 1994-04-14 | THE CONTINENTS $500: It's the continent with the second-greatest number of Confucians North America |
| #2190, aired 1994-02-25 | RHYME TIME $200: A dishonest student can get in big trouble during a test if he's caught with this a cheat sheet |
| #2181, aired 1994-02-14 | MAMMALS $300: Catch a howler red-handed, or a red-handed howler, & you've caught one of these a monkey |
| #2165, aired 1994-01-21 | SONGS OF THE '60s $400: This Elvis chart topper begins "We're caught in a trap, I can't walk out because I love you too much baby" "Suspicious Minds" |
| #2105, aired 1993-10-29 | "MAD" $100: Mel Gibson first caught America's attention when he played this vigilante Mad Max |
| #2073, aired 1993-09-15 | BEVERAGES $300: Name shared by a drink from Campbell's & a type of car engine V-8 |
| #2015, aired 1993-05-14 | IN THE BEGINNING $300: At the start of a game of pool, there are this many balls on the table 16 |
| #1959, aired 1993-02-25 | IN THE NEWS $600: A week after the fire at Windsor Castle, the Hofburg Palace in this city caught fire Vienna |
| #1895, aired 1992-11-27 | THE 18th CENTURY $200: While spying for General Washington, he was caught by the British and hanged on September 22, 1776 Nathan Hale |
| #1880, aired 1992-11-06 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $400: In June 1791 this king fled but was caught at Varennes & returned to Paris Louis XVI |
| #1840, aired 1992-09-11 | NOTORIOUS $1000: In 1934 an ex-Texas Ranger named Frank Hamer laid the trap that caught this outlaw couple Bonnie & Clyde |
| #1754, aired 1992-03-26 | POP MUSIC $200: In this song, "He's gonna get caught, just you wait & see, 'why is everybody always pickin' on me?'" "Charlie Brown" |
| #1747, aired 1992-03-17 | NORTH AMERICA $200: Interest in this fish caught in Nova Scotia "spawned" a museum named for it the salmon |
| #1678, aired 1991-12-11 | PIRATES $500: This hirsute pirate was caught & beheaded off the coast of North Carolina in 1718 Blackbeard |
| #1659, aired 1991-11-14 | SCIENCE & NATURE $600: The coelacanth, thought to be extinct until one was caught in 1938, is this type of creature Fish |
| #1645, aired 1991-10-25 | FAMOUS QUOTES $1000: Lord Byron wrote, "Maidens, like" these insects, "are ever caught by glare" moths |
| #1592, aired 1991-07-02 | MASSACHUSETTS $200: This hook-shaped peninsula was named for the fish caught off its shores Cape Cod |
| #1590, aired 1991-06-28 | FROM THE LATIN $800: The Latin phrase meaning you've been caught red-handed, "while the crime is blazing" in flagrante delicto |
| #1562, aired 1991-05-21 | PROVERBS $100: "It's a silly" one of these "that is caught with the same bait twice" a fish |
| #1483, aired 1991-01-30 | SEA LIFE $1000: Prior to being caught in 1938, this fish was known only from fossil records & believed to be extinct coelacanth |
| #1458, aired 1990-12-26 | SHIPS $600: When it caught fire & sank in Hong Kong Harbor in 1972, this liner was being prepared for use as a university the Queen Elizabeth |
| #1456, aired 1990-12-24 | BIBLICAL ZOO $1000: Samson caught 300 of them, tied torches to their tails & used them to burn the fields of the Philistines foxes |
| #1415, aired 1990-10-26 | POETRY $1,000 (Daily Double): Poet heard here reading one of his own works:
"Out of the mud two strangers came / And caught me splitting wood in the yard, / And one of them put me off my aim..." Robert Frost |
| #1410, aired 1990-10-19 | TV GUIDE SAYS $300: "Basil is caught in a compromising situation with a hotel guest" Fawlty Towers |
| #1388, aired 1990-09-19 | #1 HITS $100: In this song Elvis complained, "You ain't never caught a rabbit & you ain't no friend of mine" "Hound Dog" |
| #1371, aired 1990-07-16 | THE FBI $400: Henry Randolph Mitchell was the only criminal on the first list of these who was not caught the Ten Most Wanted list |
| #1369, aired 1990-07-12 | ACTORS & ACTRESSES $100: His own son played the infant Moses in "The Ten Commandments" Charlton Heston |
| #1329, aired 1990-05-17 | CEREMONIES $400: A tradition at wedding receptions, it's caught by the "Man who'll get married next" Bride's garter |
| #1326, aired 1990-05-14 | COMIC BOOKS $300: Getting caught in a gamma bomb blast in 1989 turned him from green to gray & boosted his intelligence The Hulk |
| #1220, aired 1989-12-15 | SONGS OF THE '60s $400: This dance was "a graveyard smash" & "caught on in a flash" in 1962 & again in 1973 "Monster Mash" |
| #1185, aired 1989-10-27 | "LOCK"s $200: This brazen young blonde was caught napping in Baby Bear's bed Goldilocks |
| #1170, aired 1989-10-06 | LEGENDS $400: Bellerophon caught & tamed this mighty steed Pegasus |
| #1161, aired 1989-09-25 | DANCE $500 (Daily Double): Dance that Eydie Gorme sang about in the following 1963 hit:
"I was at a dance / When he caught my eye / Standin' all alone / Lookin' sad and shy..." the bossa nova |
| #1132, aired 1989-07-04 | THE SOVIET UNION $400: Railway you'd be on if you caught the 2:30 from Moscow & arrived in Vladivostok 7 days later the Trans-Siberian Railroad |
| #1127, aired 1989-06-27 | GONE FISHIN' $500: These food fish were so named because they were 1st caught near an Italian island sardines |
| #1124, aired 1989-06-22 | FOOTBALL $300: MVP of 1989's Super Bowl XXIII who caught 11 passes for a record 215 yards Jerry Rice |
| #1119, aired 1989-06-15 | U.S. CITIES $800: In 1969 this city's polluted Cuyahoga River caught fire, but it's been cleaned up since then Cleveland, Ohio |
| #1080, aired 1989-04-21 | RULERS $800: In 1724 this Russian leader saved sailors drowning in the Gulf of Finland, caught a chill & died Peter the Great |
| #1067, aired 1989-04-04 | BEATLES LYRICS $300: "Standing by a parking meter, when I caught a glimpse of" her lovely Rita the meter maid |
| #1046, aired 1989-03-06 | HEMINGWAY $600: In "The Old Man & the Sea", they ate the giant marlin the old fisherman caught the sharks |
| #990, aired 1988-12-16 | "EX" MARKS THE SPOT $800: Paul Revere went through this town on his famous ride, then, after the British caught him, went back on foot Lexington |
| #973, aired 1988-11-23 | FOOD $400: A small haddock originally caught near & smoked in the Scottish port of Findhorn Finnan haddie |
| #931, aired 1988-09-26 | MOVIE THEMES $200: [This time, the clue is this music (identify the film):]
"When you get caught between the Moon and New York City..." Arthur |
| #925, aired 1988-09-16 | AUTHORS $400: Poet whose wife died after her dress caught fire while he worked on "Tales of a Wayside Inn" Longfellow |
| #901, aired 1988-07-04 | SEA CREATURES $400: When a coelacanth fish was caught near Africa in 1938, scientists were interested for this reason because it was thought to be extinct |
| #883, aired 1988-06-08 | THE CIRCUS $1000: It's what they call the trapeze artist who's caught by the "catcher" flyer |
| #848, aired 1988-04-20 | BODIES OF WATER $1000: Named for a German geographer, this cool current in the Pacific is also known as the Peru Current Humboldt |
| #847, aired 1988-04-19 | HOMONYMS $500 (Daily Double): It could be mere chance or a stroke of good luck if you caught this flatfish fluke |
| #820, aired 1988-03-11 | COLORS $1,800 (Daily Double): Color of hands caught "flagrante delicto" red |
| #816, aired 1988-03-07 | HISTORY $500: As a WWI soldier, this Yugoslavian leader was caught & sent to Russia where he became a communist Josip Broz or Tito |
| #775, aired 1988-01-08 | WYOMING $300: In this town you can visit Buffalo Bill Dam, Buffalo Bill Village, & Buffalo Bill Historical Center Cody |
| #738, aired 1987-11-18 | STAMPS & COINS $500: Till caught in 1987, CIA employees plotted to profit from a poster misprint featuring this design Candleholder |
| #734, aired 1987-11-12 | AMERICAN REVOLUTION $800: Like Nathan Hale, this British major was caught in civilian clothes & hanged as a spy John André |
| #731, aired 1987-11-09 | AMERICAN INDIANS $800: "Indian Napoleon" who led his band on a
1,000 mile retreat, but was caught 40 miles short of his goal, Canada Chief Joseph (of the Nez Perce) |
| #711, aired 1987-10-12 | GRIMM FAIRY TALES $300: In "The Fisherman & his Wife", this unusual ability of the fish 1st caught the fisherman's attention it talks |
| #698, aired 1987-09-23 | CARS $200: Before air really caught on, it's said syrup, sawdust, & tennis balls were tried as-filling for these tires |
| #676, aired 1987-07-13 | "PUN"s $400: It's running back a football kick you've caught, or bringing back a flat-bottomed boat you've rented a punt return |
| #665, aired 1987-06-26 | MOVIE DETECTIVES $100: Calling all crimestoppers: This comic strip cop was 1st caught on celluloid in a 1937 serial Dick Tracy |
| #659, aired 1987-06-18 | SOUTH AFRICA $500: Of go in or go elsewhere, what to do when you see a restroom marked "HERE" "here" means "men"; going in or elsewhere would be dependent on one's gender |
| #658, aired 1987-06-17 | 1ST FAMILY AILMENTS $1000: The wife of this out-going president caught a chill while at Pierce's inauguration & died 1 month later Fillmore |
| #648, aired 1987-06-03 | PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA $400: This President was the son of Theodore Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt |
| #644, aired 1987-05-28 | ENGLISH LITERATURE $600: Bronte sister who caught cold at her brother's funeral & died a few months later Emily Brontë |
| #628, aired 1987-05-06 | MEDICINE $200: Because it was once thought only children caught it, this disease was also called "infantile paralysis" polio |
| #582, aired 1987-03-03 | CRIME & PUNISHMENT $300: The penalty for anyone caught cheating on a West Point exam expulsion |
| #582, aired 1987-03-03 | CRIME & PUNISHMENT $500: Any student in stands at a Wisconsin football game now caught passing 1 of these will be fined $67 a body |
| #563, aired 1987-02-04 | MACBETH $800: "Macbeth"s 1st performance was in this palace, once home to Henry VIII , which caught fire in 1986 Hampton Court |
| #536, aired 1986-12-29 | "FISH"Y EXPRESSIONS $600: What you'd call "I caught a shark with my bare hands during a 200 mph hurricane..." etc, a fish story |
| #517, aired 1986-12-02 | PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA $800: When this general's mother caught him reading war books, she hid them in the attic Eisenhower |
| #502, aired 1986-11-11 | MONEY $300: In 1986, Shelly Long & Tom Hanks found themselves caught in this The Money Pit |
| #498, aired 1986-11-05 | BOTANICAL NAMES $400: He was Vice President of the U.S. from 1981-85 George Bush |
| #486, aired 1986-10-20 | POETRY $600: The 1st volume of this American poet's works
was published in 1890, 4 years after her death Emily Dickinson |
| #482, aired 1986-10-14 | ACTORS & ROLES $800: He escaped the Nazis in "The Sound of Music", but they caught & shot him in "Crossings" Christopher Plummer |
| #468, aired 1986-09-24 | OCTOBER $600: On Oct. 10, 1973 the law caught up with this "Law & Order" politician Spiro Agnew |
| #440, aired 1986-05-16 | 1965 $300: Launched Apr. 6th, the Early Bird satellite caught not worms but these transcontinental TV transmissions (or telephone calls) |
| #437, aired 1986-05-13 | LAW $200: On May 20 1899, a New York cab driver became the 1st person arrested for breaking this law speeding |
| #427, aired 1986-04-29 | WORLD WAR I $200: Nobody wanted to be caught dead there, so area between forward & rear trenches was called this no man's land |
| #419, aired 1986-04-17 | WEIRD WORDS $100: Charlie the tuna would be happy to be caught in this, a "fyke" a net (or fish trap) |
| #413, aired 1986-04-09 | THE OLYMPICS $200: In Ancient Greece, the penalty if they were caught watching the games was being pushed off a cliff women |
| #403, aired 1986-03-26 | FOOD TRIVIA $300: Candy bars caught on after they were mass-produced to meet military demand during this war World War I |
| #381, aired 1986-02-24 | MUSICAL GEOGRAPHY $400: In "Arthur's Theme", "The best that you can do is fall in love" when caught between the moon & here New York City |
| #372, aired 1986-02-11 | GOLDEN OLDIES $100: Elvis' "Hound Dog"..."ain't never caught" this "a rabbit" |
| #343, aired 1986-01-01 | FISH $200: Sardines were named for this Italian island where they were first caught Sardinia |
| #333, aired 1985-12-18 | SUPERSTITIONS $500: If you carry the heart of this amphibian in your pocket, you can steal & not get caught a toad |
| #305, aired 1985-11-08 | SCANDALS $300: 1980 scandal where congressmen were caught taking bribes from bogus sheiks ABSCAM |
| #296, aired 1985-10-28 | SPORTS TRIVIA $300: On April 19, 1974, Thomas Pace caught 48 lb. barracuda this way bare-handed |
| #281, aired 1985-10-07 | SHAKESPEARE $600 (Daily Double): It's believed Shakespeare had to leave Stratford after he was caught doing this in a a private park poaching a deer |
| #176, aired 1985-05-13 | NORTH AMERICA $500 (Daily Double): Direction you'd be traveling when going through the Panama Canal from the Pacific to the Atlantic side northwesterly |
| #165, aired 1985-04-26 | LITTLE BIG MEN $400: Early in his career, his short stature gave him title, "Le petit caporal," "the Little Corporal" Napoleon |
| #159, aired 1985-04-18 | COUNTRY MUSIC $100: His '64 film biography was called "Your Cheatin' Heart" Hank Williams |
| #147, aired 1985-04-02 | COLORS $400: Hand color of someone caught "in flagrante delicto" red-handed |
| #136, aired 1985-03-18 | LITERATURE $200: At the start of "The Old Man & the Sea", the old man hadn't done this for 84 days caught a fish |
| #127, aired 1985-03-05 | FOODS $200: These flaming French pancakes originally caught fire by accident Crêpes Suzette |
| #108, aired 1985-02-06 | GREAT ROMANCES $200: Lovers caught in the cross fire of Montague & Capulet feud Romeo & Juliet |
| #72, aired 1984-12-18 | ANIMALS $200: Specifically, the only cat with a mane a male lion |
| #43, aired 1984-11-07 | 1972 $100: Building complex where James McCord & his cohorts were caught Watergate |
| #8, aired 1984-09-19 | OUTLAWS $500: Gangster who could actually write his name in bullets with his rapid-fire weapon Machine Gun Kelly |
| #3, aired 1984-09-12 | ROYALTY $100: While on the Riviera, she made "To Catch a Thief" & caught a prince Princess Grace |
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Christine Valada, a photographer and attorney originally from Walton, New York
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2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $68,703...
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Dave Belote, the base commander from Nellis Air Force Base, Las Vegas
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2010 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 26 5-time champion:...
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Seema Dahlheimer, a professor of technical writing from St. Louis, Missouri
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Season 36 player (2019-11-22). Seema had Jon Hamm as her high...
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Jayanthi Martins, a finance manager from Austin, Texas
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Season 34 player (2017-10-16). Jayanthi appeared on The Chase on 2022-05-31...
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Emily Hogg, a consultant from Washington, D.C.
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Season 37 player (2021-03-11). Last name pronounced to rhyme with "vogue"....
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John Beck, a creative director from Torrance, California
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"He played in 2003, and was the last retired 5-time champ...
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Kevin Wilson, a communications specialist from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Season 26 3-time champion: $76,998 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Liz Murphy, a foreign service officer originally from Scranton, Pennsylvania
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2010 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 25 5-time champion: $121,302...
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Rajeev Gorowara, a chemical engineer from Wilmington, Delaware
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Season 26 player (2010-01-26). Husband of Season 25 2-time champion Christine...
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Jennifer Broders, a junior high school social studies teacher from Stockton, Iowa
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Season 26 2-time champion: $59,801 + $1,000. Jennifer Broders - a...
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John Beck, a copywriter from Torrance, California
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 winner: $29,000. 2004 Tournament...
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John Beck, an associate creative director from Torrance, California
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 winner: $29,000. 2004 Tournament...
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Rich Coble, an attorney from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Season 34 player (2017-10-09). Richard appeared on The Chase on 2022-05-24...
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Diana Hsu, a legal records assistant from Malden, Massachusetts
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Season 34 2-time champion: $44,601 + $2,000. Diana won $50,000 on...
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Alexis Browsh, a teacher and tutor from Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
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Season 30 player (2013-12-30). Alexis appeared on The Chase on 2022-01-19...
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Ketty Pan, a head of new product development from Henderson, Nevada
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Season 38 player (2022-06-20). Ketty appeared on The Chase on 2021-01-28...
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Tiffany Gholar, an abstract painter from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 30 1-time champion: $6,399 + $2,000. No returning champion Hometown...
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Elise Nussbaum, a financial counselor from Jersey City, New Jersey
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Season 36 3-time champion: $79,600 + 1,000. Elise appeared on The...
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Shawn Moore, a regional human resources manager from Miami, Florida
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Season 35 player (2018-09-13). Shawn won $20,000 of a $60,000 jackpot...
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Carlos Ross, a customer service representative from Austin, Texas
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Season 30 3-time champion: $89,774 + $1,000. Carlos appeared on The...
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Barbara Noyes, a police officer from Blauvelt, New York
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Season 22 player (2005-12-23). Barbara, as a member of the Fornario...
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John Kyle Grady, a substitute teacher originally from Hyde Park, Massachusetts
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Season 30 1-time champion: $28,801 + $2,000. John won $60,000 on...
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Jessica Babbitt, a personal stylist from Austin, Texas
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Season 36 3-time champion: $71,598 + $2,000. Jessica won $10,600 in...
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Denise Littlejohn, a project manager from West Hollywood, California
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Season 34 1-time champion: $21,601 + $2,000. Denise won $0 on...
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James Brown, a physics teacher from El Paso, Texas
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"He teaches at a high school where most of the students...
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Michael Rankins, a customer service represenative from Rohnert Park, California
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 winner: $41,601. Lost to...
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Julissa Castillo, an operations manager from Los Angeles, California
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Season 37 player (2020-09-25). Julissa appeared on The Chase on 2023-02-09...
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Paige Hermansen, an English professor from Amherst, Massachusetts
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Season 36 player (2020-02-05). Wyatt appeared on The Chase on 2022-05-24...
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Neal Pollack, a writer from Austin, Texas
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Season 30 3-time champion: $60,798 + $2,000. No challenger Hometown Howdy...
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Sharath Narayan, a sophomore from Madison, Alabama
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2016 Teen Tournament winner (semifinalist by wildcard): $100,000. Sharath won $55,000...
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Traci Mack, a media executive from Campbell, California
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Season 36 player (2020-01-20). Traci appeared on The Chase on 2023-01-05...
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Hans von Walter, a junior from Southern Adventist University from Avon Park, Florida
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2010-B College Championship 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $25,000 + a...
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Chuck Narikiyo, an attorney from Waipahu, Hawaii
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Season 27 player (2011-04-25). Chuck appeared on The Chase on 2023-02-09...
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Brendan Barnwell, a grad student and tutor from Santa Barbara, California
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Season 28 player (2011-12-05). Although Brendan played the Jeopardy! and Double...
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Anurag Kashyap, a senior from Poway, California
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2008-B Teen Tournament winner: $75,000. Anurag was also the winner of...
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David Brown, a fundraising intern from Palo Alto, California
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Season 29 2-time champion: $32,600 + $1,000. Son of Season 25...
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Abra Belke, a legislative aide from Butte, Montana
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Season 26 player (2009-10-13). Name pronounced like \"AH-bra BELL-kee\". Abra won...
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Shannon Lee, an architectural design associate from Phoenixville, Pennsylvania
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Season 32 player (2015-12-10). Wife of Season 39 player Travis Lee...
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Rick Terpstra, an aspiring English teacher from Havertown, Pennsylvania
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Season 34/35 3-time champion: $60,000 + $2,000. In his Season 34...
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Oishee Shemontee, a tutor from Arcadia, California
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Season 36 player (2020-01-15). Oishee appeared on The Chase on 2023-06-29...
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Carl Brandt, an investor originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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2009 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 25 4-time champion: $70,799...
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Anjali Tripathi, a senior from MIT
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"Math and science were her favorite subjects in seventh grade. We're...
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Raynell Cooper, a senior from Rockville, Maryland
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2011 Teen Tournament winner (semifinalist by wildcard): $75,000. 16 at the...
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Mike Maheu, a high school teacher from San Diego, California
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Season 25 2-time champion: $46,242 + $1,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Andrew Haringer, a college instructor from Squamish, British Columbia, Canada
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2015 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 31 5-time champion:...
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Daniel Donohue, a junior at Northwestern University from Arlington Heights, Illinois
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2013 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Daniel won $5,000 on Who...
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John Anneken, a postdoctoral researcher from Cincinnati, Ohio
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Season 29 3-time champion: $60,112 + $1,000. John appeared on The...
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Danny Devries, a junior from the University of Michigan
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2008 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 21 and from West Bloomfield, MI...
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Suchita Shah, a senior from the University of Wisconsin-Madison
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2008 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 20 and from Holmen, WI...
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Katie Winter, a senior from Tufts University
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2008 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 22 and from Hershey, PA at...
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Che Smith, a consultant and Ph.D. candidate from Washington, D.C.
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Season 31 player (2014-11-06). ché wrote her name as such on...
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Leslie Miller, a business communications representative originally from Reston, Virginia
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2002 Million Dollar Masters...
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Nikhil Damle, an attorney from Torrance, California
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Season 32 player (2016-04-20). Last name pronounced like "DAHM-lee". Nikhil appeared...
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Emily Herndon, a bakery owner from Knoxville, Tennessee
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Season 31 1-time champion: $8,100 + $2,000. Emily won $5,000 on...
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McKinnie Lee Sizemore, a DJ and music journalist from Orlando, Florida
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Season 32 player (2016-04-15). McKinnie won $5,000 on Who Wants to...
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Leslie Shannon, a manager of a research lab from Sydney, Australia
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"A recent art history graduate when she became Jeopardy! champion in...
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Bob Blake, an actuary from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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"In 1990, he won the Tournament of Champions. An actuary from...
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Alyssa McRae, a gift card production designer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Season 25 3-time champion: $50,402 + $2,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Leslie Shannon, a strategic market analyst from Espoo, Finland
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"She was a recent college graduate when she won five games...
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Chris Rodrigues, a personal banking representative from New Bedford, Massachusetts
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Season 26 3-time champion: $41,498 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Kyle Webb, a veterinary clinical pathologist originally from Boyertown, Pennsylvania
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Season 32 3-time champion: $45,200 + $1,000. Kyle appeared on The...
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Marty Scott, an assistant district attorney from Forney, Texas
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Season 26 3-time champion: $64,002 + $2,000. Marty won $250,000 on...
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Andy Davis, a Chyron operator from South Boston, Massachusetts
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Season 25 2-time champion: $49,799 + $1,000. Andy Davis - A...
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David Abolafia, a writer from Fishkill, New York
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Season 20 2-time champion: $42,000 + $2,000. David appeared on The...
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Andrew Haringer, a college instructor from Squamish, British Columbia, Canada
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2015 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 31 5-time champion:...
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Liz Murphy, a foreign service officer originally from Scranton, Pennsylvania
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2010 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 25 5-time champion: $121,302...
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David Duchovny, an actor from Californication
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"He's won two Golden Globes and stars as troubled novelist Hank...
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Genevieve Sheehan, a private equity professional from Boston, Massachusetts
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Season 26 player (2009-10-08). First name pronounced like "JEN-uh-veev". Genevieve won...
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Alison Stone Roberg, an administrative assistant from Kansas City, Missouri
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Season 26 3-time champion: $85,102 + $2,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Rebecca Dixon, a graduate student and musician from Vancouver, Washington
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Season 26 2-time champion: $53,002 + $1,000. Rebecca and her partner...
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Becky Anderson, a retired software specialist originally from Morganton, North Carolina
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Season 25 1-time champion: $16,401 + $2,000. Becky Anderson - A...
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Leslie Miller, an editor from Reston, Virginia
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2002 Million Dollar Masters...
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Ben Bishop, a student originally from Seattle, Washington
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2009 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 25 4-time champion: $114,800...
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Stefan Goodreau, a video game tester and camp counselor from Los Angeles, California
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2010 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $50,000. Season...
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Jove Graham, a biomedical engineer from Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
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Season 26 1-time champion: $34,401 + $1,000. Jove's second contestant interview...
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Julie Bowen, a TV and film actress from Boston Legal, Lost and Modern Family
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"For two seasons, she played attorney Denise Bauer in Boston Legal....
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Claudia Perry, a sports copy editor from Jersey City, New Jersey
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"A pop music critic when she first appeared on Jeopardy!, she's...
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Papa Chakravarthy, a sophomore from Lexington, Kentucky
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2006 Teen Tournament champion: $75,000.
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Jimmy Li, a senior from Chesterfield, Missouri
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2005 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time of...
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