| #9060, aired 2024-03-15 | CHAMP CHANGE $400: A 4-games-to-0 result in the World Series changes its second letter to "T" & becomes this adjective steep (from sweep) |
| #8917, aired 2023-07-18 | WORLD OF FIRST NAMES $2,000 (Daily Double): Take a first name meaning "gift of God", change the "th" sound to an "f" & you have this Russian name that means the same Fyodor |
| #8637, aired 2022-05-10 | THE WWF $1200: The Beatles donated this fitting song to the album "No One's Gonna Change Our World", a fundraiser for the World Wildlife Fund "Across The Universe" |
| #8418, aired 2021-06-09 | LEMME PITCH THAT FOR YOU $800: In a recent ad Chipotle asked if one of these handheld items could change the world a burrito |
| #8363, aired 2021-03-24 | THE PLANT WORLD $800: Lupine flowers that are out of this granular substance change color to signal bees to move on to a flower that has some pollen |
| #8355, aired 2021-03-12 | THAT'S MY SECRET $400: In 1942 Gen. Leslie Groves was put in charge of this super-secret "Project" that would forever change the world 3 years later the Manhattan Project |
| #8276, aired 2020-11-09 | PODCASTS $200: This "Science Guy" "Is on a Mission to Change the World" & takes your questions on "Science Rules!" Bill Nye |
| #8204, aired 2020-04-16 | SONGS OF YOUR OLDER SIBLINGS $800: Back in 2007, he was "Waiting On The World To Change" John Mayer |
| #7029, aired 2015-03-19 | THE 16th CENTURY $800: A 1531 writer gave this word a new meaning, saying Martin Luther was making this big kind of change to the whole world a reformation |
| #6858, aired 2014-06-11 | RECORD OF THE YEAR GRAMMYS $800: 1996:
This guitarist's "Change The World" Eric Clapton |
| #6614, aired 2013-05-23 | NAME THAT TUNESMITH $1000: 2006:
"Waiting On The World To Change" John Mayer |
| #6338, aired 2012-03-21 | PLAYING FOR CHANGE $400: This song title from the '80s precedes "25 for Haiti" in a 2010 project featuring 80 recording artists "We Are The World" |
| #6321, aired 2012-02-27 | INFO FROM THE WORLD ALMANAC $200: Introduced in 2007, the stamp known as this will always be valid as first-class postage even if rates change the forever stamp |
| #6057, aired 2011-01-04 | MARXISMS $800: These people, like Kant and Spinoza, "have only interpreted the world in various ways; the point is to change it" philosophers |
| #5839, aired 2010-01-21 | WHEELS OF MISFORTUNE $1200: The attempt to change the car world by this man didn't quite work out (John) DeLorean |
| #5789, aired 2009-11-12 | MUSIC OF TODAY $200: We were "Waiting On The World To Change" when he got to perform "Human Nature" at Michael Jackson's memorial service John Mayer |
| #5575, aired 2008-11-28 | WORLD TRAVEL $800: Instead of going the whole 6,000 miles on this line, you can change at Tarskaya to the Trans-Manchurian for Beijing the Trans-Siberian Railway |
| #5569, aired 2008-11-20 | GOOD WORKS $800: An organization that is using the Internet's power to help young people change the world is called "Do" this Something |
| #5547, aired 2008-10-21 | BORN TO BE MILD $800: His Oct. 2, 1869 birth in Porbandar, India would change the world (Mohandas) Gandhi |
| #5425, aired 2008-03-21 | WORLD FACTS $2,000 (Daily Double): In 1989, a year of political change in Europe, this country that borders China changed its name Myanmar |
| #5278, aired 2007-07-18 | ALLITERATION ALLOTMENT $2,500 (Daily Double): (Jon of the Clue Crew reports from the desk of the Weather Channel in Atlanta, GA.) The Weather Channel believes that 1 degree can change the world, & that the lowering of these alliterative emissions can help greenhouse gases |
| #5227, aired 2007-05-08 | NAME THAT TUNE-STER $800: A singer-songwriter:
"Gravity",
"Belief",
"Waiting On The World To Change" John Mayer |
| #5144, aired 2007-01-11 | WE ALL WANT TO CHANGE THE WORLD $200: Around 1948 she moved into slums to help the poor; on Oct. 19, 2003 she was beatified Mother Teresa |
| #5144, aired 2007-01-11 | WE ALL WANT TO CHANGE THE WORLD $400: On May 20, 2002 U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Paul O'Neill and this singer began a 10-day economic mission to Africa Bono |
| #5144, aired 2007-01-11 | WE ALL WANT TO CHANGE THE WORLD $600: A choice she made on Dec. 1, 1955 would lead to a Supreme Court ruling & Martin Luther King's rise to fame Rosa Parks |
| #5144, aired 2007-01-11 | WE ALL WANT TO CHANGE THE WORLD $800: Richard Gere titled the Time 100 article on this longtime friend of his "He Belongs To The World" Dalai Lama |
| #5144, aired 2007-01-11 | WE ALL WANT TO CHANGE THE WORLD $1000: In 1996 this president of South Africa oversaw the enactment of a new democratic constitution Nelson Mandela |
| #5116, aired 2006-12-04 | THE CHRISTIAN WORLD $1000: The spiritual leader of Orthodox Christianity is Bartholomew, archbishop of this city that had a name change Constantinople (or Istanbul) |
| #5001, aired 2006-05-15 | CHANGE THE WORLD $200: Seen here is a gold coin depicting this Macedonian ruler who died in 323 B.C. Alexander the Great |
| #5001, aired 2006-05-15 | CHANGE THE WORLD $400: For collectors & investors, this country mints a maple leaf coin in gold & silver Canada |
| #5001, aired 2006-05-15 | CHANGE THE WORLD $600: The Susan Constant, Godspeed & Discovery are the ships depicted on this state's quarter Virginia |
| #5001, aired 2006-05-15 | CHANGE THE WORLD $800: When this king married in 1938, Egypt issued a 100-piastre gold coin to commemorate the event King Farouk |
| #5001, aired 2006-05-15 | CHANGE THE WORLD $1,000 (Daily Double): Here are the 2 new coins minted by this country in 2004 Iraq |
| #4710, aired 2005-02-11 | WORLD CAPITALS $5,400 (Daily Double): Emperor Menelik II established this city whose name means "new flower" Addis Ababa |
| #3708, aired 2000-10-18 | AROUND THE WORLD $1000: You'll find Ho Chi Minh City on this river (they didn't change its name) Saigon River |
| #3402, aired 1999-05-25 | SITCOMS CHANGE $400: On "The Cosby Show", daughter Denise left for Hillman College & this spin-off A Different World |
| #3103, aired 1998-02-11 | CURLING UP $800: In a "sweeping" 1968 change, the Scotch Cup gave way to the Silver this as the world championship trophy Broom |
| #3098, aired 1998-02-04 | SEX CHANGES $300: In the 1950s she was the outcome of the world's first publicized sex change Christine Jorgensen |
| #2930, aired 1997-05-02 | THE GRAMMYS $200: This British rocker proved himself a "Phenomenon", winning 2 Grammys for "Change The World" Eric Clapton |
| #2803, aired 1996-11-06 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $500: Pennzoil owns this, the world's largest franchiser of fast oil change centers Jiffy Lube |
| #2384, aired 1995-01-05 | WORLD CAPITALS $2,000 (Daily Double): This capital's name comes from a Masai phrase for "cold water" Nairobi |
| #1806, aired 1992-06-08 | COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $100: In mid-1992 this Baltic country will change its unit of currency to the lats Latvia |
| #1462, aired 1991-01-01 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $100: Change one letter in Volga & you'll get this major river in West Africa the Volta |
| #556, aired 1987-01-26 | TRANSPORTATION $500 (Daily Double): Mode of transportation mentioned in the following: Turning and turning / The world goes on /
We can't change it, my friend / Let us go riding now through..." the bicycles |
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