#9034, aired 2024-02-08 | A WILD MOOSE CHASE $800: In 2014 this preppy specialty store chain said, "A&F!" (aloha & farewell!) to its moose logo in the United States Abercrombie & Fitch |
#9015, aired 2024-01-12 | DOUBLE TALK GEOGRAPHY $400: This community in southeastern Pennsylvania gave its name to a convenience store chain very big in Penn. & nearby Wawa |
#8999, aired 2023-12-21 | TRIPLY ALLITERATIVE $400: Originally a small linen store in New Jersey, this home furnishing chain filed for bankruptcy in 2023 Bed Bath & Beyond |
#8, aired 2022-11-13 | AT THE STORE $300: "Fitch" pairs with this surname in the name of a clothing store chain Abercrombie |
#3, aired 2022-10-09 | THEY'RE JUST LIKE "US" $400: A big demolition bomb, or a onetime movie rental chain that still has a store in Bend, Oregon Blockbuster |
#8597, aired 2022-03-15 | FASHION $800: Men's Levi's jeans & recorded music were your only options when this store, now a chain, opened in San Francisco in 1969 the Gap |
#8486, aired 2021-10-11 | THIS ONE GOES TO 2011 $800: As this store chain closed, the CEO wrote, "My sincerest hope is that we remain in the hearts of readers for years to come" Borders |
#8385, aired 2021-04-23 | THAT'S BIG BUSINESS $600: In January 2020 this Texas-based convenience store chain announced the opening of its 70,000th location 7-Eleven |
#8251, aired 2020-10-05 | RESTAURANTS $800: Country fried steak is a popular dish at this chain & "Old Country Store" Cracker Barrel |
#8009, aired 2019-06-06 | BUSINESS NAMES $800: In 1956 Chuck Williams opened his first cookware store in this California city, hence the name of the chain Sonoma |
#7937, aired 2019-02-26 | THE STORE WAS CLOSED! $400: Colin Hanks' documentary "All Things Must Pass" tells about the "Rise and Fall" of this iconic record store chain Tower |
#7932, aired 2019-02-19 | IT'S FULL OF STORES $800: Sadly, many of its "referees" were ejected from the game when this shoe store chain said it was closing 110 stores in 2018 Foot Locker |
#7854, aired 2018-11-01 | BEFORE & AFTER $2000: A proverb about using your generosity for those around you becomes a mega-hardware store chain charity begins at Home Depot |
#7779, aired 2018-06-07 | BRAND AWARENESS $2,000 (Daily Double): This clothing store chain once has "Travel & Safari Clothing Co." as part of its name Banana Republic |
#6872, aired 2014-07-01 | CANYUCKS $1200: Nathan Fielder got attention in 2014 by opening a store of this coffee chain but putting "Dumb" before the name Starbucks |
#6770, aired 2014-02-07 | STOCK SYMBOLS $800: The initials of the founder, JWN is the symbol for this high-end department store chain Nordstrom |
#6705, aired 2013-11-08 | DEPARTMENT STORES $400: The name of this chain tells you its flagship store is on Fifth Avenue Saks Fifth Avenue |
#6705, aired 2013-11-08 | DEPARTMENT STORES $600: In September 2013 this upscale 2-named department store chain was sold to 2 private investors for $6 billion Neiman Marcus |
#6682, aired 2013-10-08 | TARGET IN SIGHT $1200: As an alternative to the Bozeman Target, there's a nearby store of this chain that started in an airplane hangar Costco |
#6445, aired 2012-09-28 | BEAUTY & MAKEUP $1000: The name of this cosmetics store chain comes partly from the name of Moses' wife Sephora |
#6425, aired 2012-07-20 | HEADING FOR "DIXIE" $1600: This grocery chain goes back to a store founded in Miami in 1925 by W.M. Davis Winn-Dixie |
#6370, aired 2012-05-04 | AT THE MALL $2,000 (Daily Double): Get a birthday card for mom at this store chain founded in 1950 & named for an early form of paper Papyrus |
#6325, aired 2012-03-02 | MEMPHIS $1000: The world's first self-service grocery store, this chain with a rhyming name opened in Memphis in 1916 Piggly Wiggly |
#6286, aired 2012-01-09 | THE FOOD CHAIN $200: This convenience store was born when the Southland Ice Co. sold milk & eggs after grocery stores closed 7-Eleven |
#6286, aired 2012-01-09 | THE FOOD CHAIN $600: Starting in 1980 as a small store in Austin, today this grocery chain is one of the world's leaders in organic & natural foods Whole Foods |
#5994, aired 2010-10-07 | A BUSINESS IS BORN $1200: The first drug-store in this chain began operating out of a Chicago hotel in 1901; in 2009 the 7,000th store opened Walgreens |
#5714, aired 2009-06-11 | NAME YOUR BUSINESS $400: Convenience store chain named for its hours of operation in 1946; today you can get a Double Gulp there 24-7 7-Eleven |
#5706, aired 2009-06-01 | MMM...DONUTS $200: This chain known for its conveyor belts full of hot glazed donuts opened its first store in North Carolina in 1937 Krispy Kreme |
#5395, aired 2008-02-08 | NOW IN STORE $800: Mizrahi, Mossimo & Michael Graves are some of the designers making products for this retail chain Target |
#5254, aired 2007-06-14 | 2006 SPORTS LAUGHS $800: The White Sox made a deal with a convenience store chain, so weeknight games will start at this time 7:11 |
#5057, aired 2006-09-12 | SLOGANEERING $1000: At this department store chain, "It's all inside" J.C. Penney |
#4921, aired 2006-01-23 | CHAIN STORE $400: It sounds like a sailors' surplus store, but this clothing store chain is a branch of GAP, Inc. Old Navy |
#4921, aired 2006-01-23 | CHAIN STORE $800: The name of an inspirational body of water is part of the name of this national bookstore chain Waldenbooks |
#4921, aired 2006-01-23 | CHAIN STORE $1200: John Madden & Connie Stevens have both been spokespeople for this supply shore Ace Hardware |
#4921, aired 2006-01-23 | CHAIN STORE $1,400 (Daily Double): The curly hair of founder Paul Orfalea gave this business-service chain its name Kinko's |
#4921, aired 2006-01-23 | CHAIN STORE $2000: Appropriately, the "C" in the name of this department store chain named for its founder stands for "Cash" J.C. Penney |
#4904, aired 2005-12-29 | MAGAZINES $400: In the 1980s a well-publicized ban on Playboy occurred when this convenience store chain removed it 7-Eleven |
#4842, aired 2005-10-04 | COMPANIES $600: This chain with a month as its name has acquired stores like Kaufmann's in Pittsburgh & Robinson's in L.A. May Company (May's Department Store accepted) |
#4704, aired 2005-02-03 | FASHIONABLE STORES $1600: This chain founded as a sportswear & camping store in 1892 publishes a cool quarterly magazine Abercrombie & Fitch |
#4704, aired 2005-02-03 | FASHIONABLE STORES $2000: Born in 1984, this girls-only chain, voted best store in a Cosmo Girl poll, has a milestone birthday in 2005 Forever 21 |
#4658, aired 2004-12-01 | AMERICANA $1600: Fred Hervey bought the Kay's food store chain & expanded it under this geometrical name Circle K |
#4606, aired 2004-09-20 | BUSINESS $800: Founded in 1930, Publix is the largest & fastest-growing employee-owned chain of this kind of store a supermarket |
#4230, aired 2003-01-10 | AROUND THE MALL $800: This clothing store chain opened its first "kids" store in 1986 & started its "baby" business 4 years later (The) Gap |
#4188, aired 2002-11-13 | SHOPPING $800: This retail clothing chain started out as a single store in San Francisco in 1969 that sold jeans & records The Gap |
#4165, aired 2002-10-11 | WE'VE GOT COMPANY $400: This worldwide record store chain began with one store in Sacramento in 1960 Tower Records |
#3966, aired 2001-11-26 | STORE TREK $200: Based in Atlanta, this chain for do-it-yourselfers is the world's largest home improvement retailer Home Depot |
#3800, aired 2001-02-23 | BRANSON, HANSON OR MANSON $400: He started a record store chain in 1971 & an airline in 1984 Richard Branson |
#3719, aired 2000-11-02 | PARENT COMPANIES $1000: In 1999 the Southland Corp. took the name of this chain store, once a mere subsidiary 7-Eleven |
#3392, aired 1999-05-11 | WEALTHY $400: This flat pack furniture store chain has made Swede Ingvar Kamprad a very wealthy man IKEA |
#3175, aired 1998-05-22 | THE CHAIN GANG $200: This video store chain began renting video games in January 1994; "Wow, What A Difference" Blockbuster |
#3175, aired 1998-05-22 | THE CHAIN GANG $300: Now owned by the Gap, this clothing store originally sold safari clothing Banana Republic |
#3110, aired 1998-02-20 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $300: The name of this photocopy store chain refers to the curly hair of its founder Paul Orfalea Kinko's |
#2942, aired 1997-05-20 | FASHION $500: Though it sounds like a surplus store, it's the lower-priced sister chain of The Gap Old Navy |
#2710, aired 1996-05-17 | SOFT DRINKS $200: This convenience store chain's Double Gulp contains 1/2 gallon of soda 7-Eleven |
#2591, aired 1995-12-04 | FASHION $400: Kathy Ireland has designed an activewear line for this national discount store chain Kmart |
#2242, aired 1994-05-10 | LETTER PERFECT $200: It's the letter turned backwards in the name of America's top toy store chain R |
#2164, aired 1994-01-20 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $800: This video store chain bought into Spelling Entertainment & Republic Pictures Blockbuster |
#2158, aired 1994-01-12 | POTPOURRI $400: Sam Gutowitz, who founded a famous record store chain, was better known by this name Sam Goody |
#2105, aired 1993-10-29 | BUSINESS BIGGIES $1000: This retail chain began as the Golden Rule Store in 1902 in Kemmerer, Wyoming J.C. Penney |
#2040, aired 1993-06-18 | TYCOONS $1,500 (Daily Double): The richest people in Arkansas & California got their money from this store chain Wal-Mart |
#1815, aired 1992-06-19 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $200: Charles Lazarus, founder of this toy store chain, was among the highest paid corporate exec. of the 1980s Toys "R" Us |
#1745, aired 1992-03-13 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $1,200 (Daily Double): The Limited, Inc. owns this intimate apparel chain, the nation's top-selling lingerie label Victoria's Secret |
#1557, aired 1991-05-14 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $100: The first store in this chain was originally called the "Baby Furniture and Toy Supermarket" Toys "R" Us |
#1493, aired 1991-02-13 | TOYS & GAMES $100: Headquartered in Paramus, N.J., it's the nation's largest toy store chain Toys "R" Us |
#1405, aired 1990-10-12 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $100: The oldest department store chain in Canada is named for this bay Hudson Bay |
#1377, aired 1990-09-04 | INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS $300: Britain's largest general store chain, it's known affectionately as "Marks & Sparks" Marks & Spencer |
#1362, aired 1990-07-03 | ARKANSAS $300: One of America's richest men, Sam Walton of Bentonville heads this discount store chain Walmart |
#1317, aired 1990-05-01 | AMERICAN BUSINESSMEN $1000: In 1963 this Texas hobby store chain owner bought the Boston-based Radio Shack chain Charles Tandy |
#1207, aired 1989-11-28 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $500: Named for its founder, this chain sells more women's fashions than any other department store J. C. Penney's |
#1126, aired 1989-06-26 | NAME'S THE SAME $400: It's a dependent country in the tropics, or a store chain selling clothes to wear in the tropics Banana Republic |
#995, aired 1988-12-23 | CORPORATE AMERICA $1000: R. Campeau won a long battle to take over this department store chain that owns Bloomingdale's Federated |
#493, aired 1986-10-29 | MAGAZINES $600: In July '86, Playboy announced plans to do a pictorial on women of this convenience store chain the 7-Eleven chain |
#112, aired 1985-02-12 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $200: This Senator's grandfather, an immigrant peddler, started an Arizona department store chain Barry Goldwater |
#95, aired 1985-01-18 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $800: Department store & catalogue chain owned by Mobil Oil Montgomery Ward |