#9067, aired 2024-03-26 | PICK A CARD, ANY CARD $200: On "SNL" as Stefon, Bill Hader often broke into on-air laughter reading John Mulaney's late script changes written on these cue cards |
#9063, aired 2024-03-20 | BESTSELLING BOOKS $600: Chapter 1 of "The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game" is about the changes caused by this New York Giant who terrified quarterbacks Lawrence Taylor |
#9060, aired 2024-03-15 | CHAMP CHANGE $200: An Olympic award changes a letter & becomes this lever a pedal (from medal) |
#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) |
#9060, aired 2024-03-15 | CHAMP CHANGE $1000: A verb meaning to admit, as into a hall of fame, changes a letter & becomes this verb meaning to infer from reasoning induce (from induct) |
#9019, aired 2024-01-18 | PAINFUL MEMORIES $1200: Posture training & diet changes can help relieve pain in the 2 joints that connect your lower jaw to your skull & go by this abbrev. TMJ |
#9010, aired 2024-01-05 | THE OCEAN $4,000 (Daily Double): A halocline is a zone of ocean water in which this measurement changes rapidly with depth salinity |
#23, aired 2024-01-02 | OATHS $100: The coronation oath he took in 2023 had some minor changes since it was last taken in 1953 King Charles (III) (the former Prince Charles) |
#8988, aired 2023-12-06 | REAL MEN OF SCIENCE $600: Galileo used a supernova in 1604 to disprove this ancient Greek's theory that the universe never changes Ptolemy (Aristotle) |
#8986, aired 2023-12-04 | GIVE THE "DEVIL" $600: Ecclesiastical changes in 1983 eliminated the job of this adversarial examiner first appointed in 1587 the devil's advocate |
#8976, aired 2023-11-20 | OPUS & OPERA $2,600 (Daily Double): These are repetitions of a theme with changes; Paganini's Opus 9 is these on "God Save The King" variations |
#20, aired 2023-11-15 | THE WARDROBE DEPARTMENT $1500: Robert De Niro had over 50 costume changes portraying gambling kingpin & clotheshorse Sam "Ace" Rothstein in this crime drama Casino |
#8971, aired 2023-11-13 | LIFE SCIENCE $800: In HIV these genetic changes that alter the organism happen so fast, a single AIDS drug is unworkable a mutation |
#8946, aired 2023-10-09 | 3rd GRADERS KNOW THIS STUFF $800: The size of this body part changes, depending on the light pupil |
#8919, aired 2023-07-20 | BEFORE & AFTER $1600: A Vegas casino with a Roman theme changes allegiances & becomes a royal residence & private retreat of Louis XIII Caesar's Palace of Versailles |
#8896, aired 2023-06-19 | THE ANIMAL KINGDOM $400: The ribbon moray species of this fish is born male but later changes its color & its sex an eel |
#8874, aired 2023-05-18 | THE WORLD OF HANNA-BARBERA $400: Before it hit the air in 1960, it went though several title changes, including "The Flagstones" & "The Gladstones" The Flintstones |
#8872, aired 2023-05-16 | TURNS $1600: Clothing word for someone who changes allegiance in the course of battle or politics a turncoat |
#8835, aired 2023-03-24 | CHANGE A LETTER $200: A close buddy changes a letter to become a labyrinth mate & maze |
#8835, aired 2023-03-24 | CHANGE A LETTER $1000: Excellence changes a letter & is now a division into 2 opposing aspects quality & duality |
#8799, aired 2023-02-02 | POP MUSIC $2000: An outlier ballad from this British metal band was "Changes" in 1972; it was rarely performed live Black Sabbath |
#8791, aired 2023-01-23 | CITY NAME CHANGES $200: This Arizona city might've been named for Stonewall Jackson, but residents decided that was for the mythical birds Phoenix |
#8791, aired 2023-01-23 | CITY NAME CHANGES $400: When it was founded in the 1600s, New York City was known by this 2-word name, reflecting its early colonial heritage New Amsterdam |
#8791, aired 2023-01-23 | CITY NAME CHANGES $800: Residents of this University of Oregon city are probably happy it didn't stick with Skinner's Mudhole Eugene |
#8791, aired 2023-01-23 | CITY NAME CHANGES $1000: An Irish town once home to a famed medieval book has been known as both Ceanannus Mór & this Kells |
#8791, aired 2023-01-23 | CITY NAME CHANGES $3,200 (Daily Double): This Moroccan port city was built over a villa named Anfa, but that wouldn't have looked as good on a movie marquee Casablanca |
#8790, aired 2023-01-20 | MOONSTRUCK $600: In a popular manga series, schoolgirl Usagi Tsukino changes into this magical character to fight villains & save the world Sailor Moon |
#8786, aired 2023-01-16 | SMALL TOWN AMERICA & CANADA $1200: Sometimes not much changes in a town; Randall Wise was mayor of Niceville in this northwestern slab of Florida for 49 years the Panhandle |
#8694, aired 2022-07-28 | THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION $2,000 (Daily Double): A mass trial in 1813 resulted in many hangings for these machine-smashing foes of the changes the Industrial Revolution brought the Luddites |
#8683, aired 2022-07-13 | MAKING MONEY $1000: The current $100 bill features this U.S. symbol, which changes from copper to green when the note is tilted the Liberty Bell |
#8680, aired 2022-07-08 | ONE LETTER CHANGES EVERYTHING $200: Add a "B" to a chess piece to turn it into this babbling stream brook |
#8680, aired 2022-07-08 | ONE LETTER CHANGES EVERYTHING $400: Subtract an "A" from a word that describes sudden, intense pain to get this word meaning adorable cute |
#8680, aired 2022-07-08 | ONE LETTER CHANGES EVERYTHING $600: Put a "B" on a synonym for donkey & you get this game fish bass |
#8680, aired 2022-07-08 | ONE LETTER CHANGES EVERYTHING $800: Subtract a "B" from a loose-fitting women's shirt to get this parasite you don't want to find there louse |
#8680, aired 2022-07-08 | ONE LETTER CHANGES EVERYTHING $1000: Bite an "S" off a tentacled cephalopod & it becomes this, slang for a British pound quid |
#8678, aired 2022-07-06 | IN THE COURTROOM $800: This tool of judges is ceremonially passed when Florida's Supreme Court changes chief justices the gavel |
#8623, aired 2022-04-20 | ACTORS, INITIALLY $600: W.J.H.,
making some (after)life changes in "The Good Place" William Jackson Harper |
#8611, aired 2022-04-04 | CHANGES ON THE U.S. MAP $200: From 1963 to 1973 Florida's Cape Canaveral was known as this Cape Kennedy |
#8611, aired 2022-04-04 | CHANGES ON THE U.S. MAP $400: Fort Christina became this, now Delaware's most populous city Wilmington |
#8611, aired 2022-04-04 | CHANGES ON THE U.S. MAP $800: As part of a radio show promotion in 1950, the city of Hot Springs in this state renamed itself Truth or Consequences New Mexico |
#8611, aired 2022-04-04 | CHANGES ON THE U.S. MAP $1000: To honor a society of Revolutionary War vets & a Roman citizen-soldier, Losantiville, Ohio was given this new name in 1790 Cincinnati |
#8611, aired 2022-04-04 | WORDS THAT SHOULD RHYME $1200: Early '70s B-B-B-Bowie hit & a 1,560-mile river of Asia "Changes" & Ganges |
#8611, aired 2022-04-04 | CHANGES ON THE U.S. MAP $2,000 (Daily Double): The coastal town of Manchester, Massachusetts had these 3 words added to its name in 1989 by-the-Sea |
#16, aired 2022-02-18 | LET'S ROCK & ROLL! $800: Preexisting rocks that roll with the changes in composition due to high temperature or pressure become this class of rock metamorphic |
#15, aired 2022-02-18 | GEOGRAPHIC NAME CHANGES $400: Batmania & Bearbrass were old names for this second-most populous city in Australia Melbourne |
#15, aired 2022-02-18 | GEOGRAPHIC NAME CHANGES $800: In 1739 Willingtown in Delaware, named for Thomas Willing, made a small change & became this, named after an earl Wilmington |
#15, aired 2022-02-18 | GEOGRAPHIC NAME CHANGES $1200: The former Northern Rhodesia & Southern Rhodesia are now these 2 countries Zambia & Zimbabwe |
#15, aired 2022-02-18 | GEOGRAPHIC NAME CHANGES $1600: In 1972 Sri Lanka dropped this British colonial name Ceylon |
#15, aired 2022-02-18 | GEOGRAPHIC NAME CHANGES $2000: In 1916 an Ontario city named for this foreign capital renamed itself for British field marshal Horatio Kitchener Berlin |
#8558, aired 2022-01-19 | SHORT NOVELS $1600: This British-born author's "Mr. Norris Changes Trains" was later published as part of his "Berlin Stories" Isherwood |
#8547, aired 2022-01-04 | EURO-POURRI $400: In 2003, Slovenia held a competition to help distinguish its flag from that of this similar-sounding nation, but made no changes Slovakia |
#8537, aired 2021-12-21 | NEW ORLEANS: NEWS CLUES $600: (Hi, I'm Liz Reyes.) With a menu that's had minimal changes since 1862, the Cafe du Monde in the French Quarter serves up these fried donuts, unless it's Christmas or if a hurricane passes too close beignets |
#8517, aired 2021-11-23 | THE BODY HUMAN $800: The ciliary muscle changes the curvature of this eye part that determines how near or far we can see the lens |
#8510, aired 2021-11-12 | "A" IN SCIENCE $1200: It's the rate at which velocity changes over time acceleration |
#8449, aired 2021-07-22 | EYE-DEOLOGY $400: Dehydration of this transparent eye part can cause vision changes; swab the lower lid to stimulate tears & hydrate it the cornea |
#8433, aired 2021-06-30 | ADD AN S TO THE FRONT $800: A monster under a bridge changes into a leisurely walk troll & stroll |
#8418, aired 2021-06-09 | THE U.K. IN THE 1980s $200: This PM was re-elected by a landslide in 1983 & her Conservative Party used its majority to usher in wide changes (Margaret) Thatcher |
#8396, aired 2021-05-10 | I'LL FIGHT YOU! $600: This "Rowdy" woman made some initial changes in 2018, swapping out MMA for WWE to take on Triple H Ronda Rousey |
#8310, aired 2021-01-08 | WEARABLE TECH $1000: An experimental tattoo ink developed in Germany for diabetics changes color in response to the levels of this sugar glucose |
#8309, aired 2021-01-07 | BODY LANGUAGE $200: Someone who changes their mind about taking a trip or tying the knot gets cold these feet |
#8236, aired 2020-09-14 | ROLE WITH THE CHANGES $400: Lecy Goranson was Becky Conner No. 1 on this '90s sitcom; Sarah Chalke was second Becky Roseanne |
#8236, aired 2020-09-14 | ROLE WITH THE CHANGES $800: Don Cheadle suited up for duty as Rhodey when Terrence Howard exited this film series Iron Man |
#8236, aired 2020-09-14 | ROLE WITH THE CHANGES $1200: Dick York's role of Darrin magically transformed into Dick Sargent's role of Darrin on this sitcom Bewitched |
#8236, aired 2020-09-14 | ROLE WITH THE CHANGES $1600: Changes for season 3 of "The Crown" included Vanessa Kirby out & her in as Princess Margaret Helena Bonham Carter |
#8236, aired 2020-09-14 | ROLE WITH THE CHANGES $2000: In "Roots" LeVar Burton played the younger version of this character; John Amos played the adult Kunta Kinte |
#8229, aired 2020-06-04 | THROWING YOU A CURVE $800: In astronomy, a light curve graphs changes in magnitude of one of these, especially the variable type a star |
#8221, aired 2020-05-25 | TV TEACHER APPRECIATION $400: On "Breaking Bad", a chilling medical diagnosis led to this chemistry teacher making significant changes in his life Walter White |
#8204, aired 2020-04-16 | MOVIE COMEDIES $1000: This 2018 Mila Kunis/Kate McKinnon comedy changes one word from the title of a James Bond film The Spy Who Dumped Me |
#8193, aired 2020-04-01 | FBI QUANTICO $200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from the FBI Training Academy in Quantico, Virginia.) At the FBI's Tactical Emergency Vehicle Operations Center, agents are taught driving skills like precision high-speed backups, invasive lane changes, and how to navigate this type of zigzag course, also used in ski racing slalom |
#8182, aired 2020-03-17 | CLASSIC ROCK & ROLL QUOTES $1000: Going through ch-ch-changes at his 50th birthday in 1997, he said, "I don't know where I'm going from here, but I promise I won't bore you" David Bowie |
#8153, aired 2020-02-05 | AUTHORS' NAME CHANGES $400: Joanne is her first name; she has no middle name but Kathleen was added for literary purposes in honor of her grandmother J.K. Rowling |
#8153, aired 2020-02-05 | AUTHORS' NAME CHANGES $800: Perhaps in an act of "Civil Disobedience", this transcendentalist reversed the order of his first & middle names Thoreau |
#8153, aired 2020-02-05 | AUTHORS' NAME CHANGES $1200: This author who grew up in Oxford, Mississippi added the letter "U" to his last name Faulkner |
#8153, aired 2020-02-05 | AUTHORS' NAME CHANGES $1600: Marguerite Johnson was a singer when she took this stage name & used it when she wrote poems like "Still I Rise" Maya Angelou |
#8153, aired 2020-02-05 | AUTHORS' NAME CHANGES $2000: New Yorker Nathan Weinstein fittingly changed his name to this & eventually moved out to Hollywood Nathanael West |
#8142, aired 2020-01-21 | WORDS FROM MYTHOLOGY $400: This word meaning given to quick & unpredictable mood changes goes back to the Roman messenger god mercurial |
#8129, aired 2020-01-02 | CHANGE ONE LETTER $800: Planet No. 2 changes one letter & becomes a place where an event is held Venus to venue |
#8129, aired 2020-01-02 | CHANGE ONE LETTER $2,000 (Daily Double): A word meaning to try hard tries hard & changes a letter to take one long step strive & stride |
#8069, aired 2019-10-10 | TECH TALK $800: Air traffic controllers know airmets are in-flight advisories about changes in this weather |
#8067, aired 2019-10-08 | HISTORY, THROUGH THE CENTURIES $400: 13th: This document debuts in 1215 but is reissued with changes in 1216, 1217 & 1225 under a new king the Magna Carta |
#8019, aired 2019-06-20 | METEOROLOGY $1600: The 11-year cycle of these solar areas that are a cool 6,500° has been correlated with temperature changes on Earth sunspots |
#7929, aired 2019-02-14 | THIS IS 40: LITERARY EDITION $1600: Mrs. Wu turns 40 & changes her life in "Pavilion of Women", a China-set 1946 book by this American woman Pearl Buck |
#7903, aired 2019-01-09 | CHARLES DARWIN $200: Darwin used "descent with modification" before warming to this 9-letter word for biological changes over time evolution |
#7891, aired 2018-12-24 | IT'S CHRISTMAS EVE $400: Jimmy Stewart plays George Bailey, whose life changes on Christmas Eve in this movie classic It's a Wonderful Life |
#7889, aired 2018-12-20 | WORDS OF SCIENCE $1000: This type of heat is absorbed or released when a substance changes from one state to another w/o a rise in temp. latent heat |
#7813, aired 2018-07-25 | CELEBRITY PARTIAL NAME CHANGES $400: William Claude Dukenfield kept his first 2 initials for his movie career under this name W.C. Fields |
#7813, aired 2018-07-25 | CELEBRITY PARTIAL NAME CHANGES $800: Jonathan Leibowitz' moment of Zen told him to try this as his last name Stewart |
#7813, aired 2018-07-25 | CELEBRITY PARTIAL NAME CHANGES $1200: This country crooner was born Randy Traywick Randy Travis |
#7813, aired 2018-07-25 | CELEBRITY PARTIAL NAME CHANGES $1600: His first stunt was being born in Hong Kong as Chan Kong-Sang Jackie Chan |
#7813, aired 2018-07-25 | CELEBRITY PARTIAL NAME CHANGES $2000: Natalie Hershlag & Winona Horowitz are better known by these last names they used as movie co-stars Natalie Portman and Winona Ryder |
#7804, aired 2018-07-12 | MATH & SCIENCE $1200: This word before "star" refers to changes in shine; Algol's apparent magnitude goes from 2.1 to 3.4 every few days variable |
#7759, aired 2018-05-10 | HOBBIES & PASTIMES $400: The British version of this board game changes Tennessee Ave. into Marlborough & Boardwalk into Mayfair Monopoly |
#7753, aired 2018-05-02 | CONTEMPORARY COMPOSERS $1600: In "Music of Changes", John Cage used results from this ancient Chinese divination text to add a random element I Ching |
#7740, aired 2018-04-13 | THE OCEANS $200: Surface waters of this 2nd-largest ocean have the highest level of salinity, & changes can affect world rainfall the Atlantic |
#7738, aired 2018-04-11 | CHANGE 1 LETTER OF THE 5 $400: Trick's Halloween opposite changes a letter to become a word meaning to step treat & tread |
#7714, aired 2018-03-08 | MUSIC TERMS $1600: An accidental is a note that the composer changes by a semitone; a little b-looking thingy indicates this flat |
#7671, aired 2018-01-08 | THERMODYNAMICS $1200: Classical thermodynamics focuses on this state of balance & on changes from one such state to another equilibrium |
#7616, aired 2017-10-23 | BIRDS OF A FEATHER $2000: The "P" in its name is silent, and its plumage is nearly invisible as it changes from light brown in summer to a winter white a ptarmigan |
#7615, aired 2017-10-20 | AROUND THE JEOPARDY! LIBRARY $1000: The latest World Almanac keeps us up on changes like this new name with no "Republic" for the land where Prague is located Czechia |
#7609, aired 2017-10-12 | BE A SMART PATIENT $400: Getting this changes treatment substantially in 1/3 of cases; the 1st doctor should be secure enough to handle it a second opinion |
#7545, aired 2017-06-02 | SCIENCE & NATURE $800: Evolutionary term for changes in behavior & /or physiology of an organism to become suited to a new environment adaptation |
#7537, aired 2017-05-23 | HISTORY $400: This document that said the king was subject to the rule of law was reissued with some changes in 1216, '17 & '25 the Magna Carta |
#7532, aired 2017-05-16 | HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT $400: The Indonesian mimic type of this not only changes colors, it can impersonate other sea creatures an octopus |
#7532, aired 2017-05-16 | AWFUL WORLD LEADERS $800: Britannica, on this Ugandan:
"Noted for his abrupt changes of mood... often extreme in his nationalism" Idi Amin |
#7486, aired 2017-03-13 | THE MARCH OF HISTORY $200: In March 1985 this man who would make big changes became general secretary of the Soviet Communist Party Gorbachev |
#7442, aired 2017-01-10 | WE PREDICT YOUR HOROSCOPE $1000: Changes abound for this mutable earth sign; perhaps you'll be touched for the very first time Virgo |
#7411, aired 2016-11-28 | EARTH SCIENCE $1600: The 3 major rock classes are igneous, sedimentary & this, formed by changes to the other 2 types metamorphic |
#7409, aired 2016-11-24 | FROM A TO ALMOST Z $2000: This disease in which too much growth hormone is produced can cause enlargement of the hands & feet & facial changes acromegaly |
#7316, aired 2016-06-06 | PRO SPORTS TEAM NAME CHANGES $200: In 1932 the Brooklyn Robins changed their name back to this the Brooklyn Dodgers |
#7316, aired 2016-06-06 | PRO SPORTS TEAM NAME CHANGES $400: In 2014 these Charlotte NBA felines became the Hornets the Bobcats |
#7316, aired 2016-06-06 | PRO SPORTS TEAM NAME CHANGES $600: A move from Texas to Tennessee earned an NFL team this new name the Titans |
#7316, aired 2016-06-06 | PRO SPORTS TEAM NAME CHANGES $800: "Stockings" was once part of the name of this oldest team in the NL Central Division the Cincinnati Reds |
#7316, aired 2016-06-06 | PRO SPORTS TEAM NAME CHANGES $1000: In 2007 an exorcism was performed on the name of this Florida team the Tampa Bay Rays |
#7290, aired 2016-04-29 | OUT OF THEIR HEADS! $1200: A woman in charge of a school changes into this rival of a wife a mistress |
#7277, aired 2016-04-12 | FIGHTER PLANES $400: (Kelly gives the clue from the Pima Air & Space Museum in Tucson.) The F-14 Tomcat's movable swing wings can sweep through an arc of nearly 50 degrees in response to changes in this number, the ratio of an aircraft's speed to the speed of sound Mach |
#7256, aired 2016-03-14 | WORLD OF RELIGION $1000: The "I Ching" or "Book of Changes" is a divination tool & one of the 5 Classics of this ancient Asian religion Confucianism |
#7230, aired 2016-02-05 | SUPERHERO NAME CHANGES $200: After this sidekick matured in the D.C. universe, he became Nightwing Robin |
#7230, aired 2016-02-05 | SUPERHERO NAME CHANGES $400: Mutant Jean Grey rose from the ashes to be called this, also something that rose from ashes Phoenix |
#7230, aired 2016-02-05 | SUPERHERO NAME CHANGES $600: Iron Man's pal went from this bellicose name to Iron Patriot War Machine |
#7230, aired 2016-02-05 | SUPERHERO NAME CHANGES $800: Disillusioned by government corruption, he dropped rank & became Nomad Captain America |
#7230, aired 2016-02-05 | SUPERHERO NAME CHANGES $1000: D.C. renamed Captain Marvel this, partially because readers already thought it was his name Shazam |
#7218, aired 2016-01-20 | THE WORLD ALMANAC 2016 EDITION $200: This U.S. paper currency features B. Franklin & a bell that changes color from copper to green as a security measure a $100 bill |
#7216, aired 2016-01-18 | GALLANTLY STREAMING TV $1000: In 2015 Jeffrey Tambor went through some big changes & won a Golden Globe for his role on this Amazon series Transparent |
#7180, aired 2015-11-27 | DEVICES $400: (Hi. I'm ABC meteorologist Ginger Zee.) Forecasters use this device invented in 1643 to detect changes in air pressure & predict weather; climbers can also use it to determine altitude because air pressure decreases as altitude increases a barometer |
#7167, aired 2015-11-10 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $800: This org. that changes 1 letter in the month's name urges sporting a mustache in November for men's health awareness Movember |
#7140, aired 2015-10-02 | "HIP" WORDS $800: A 2-person cutting tool, or to cause rapid & confusing back-&-forth changes a whipsaw |
#7106, aired 2015-07-06 | THAT'S IN ROMEO AND JULIET $800: Juliet tells Romeo, "O, swear not by" this "that monthly changes in her circled orb" the moon |
#7095, aired 2015-06-19 | U.S. PLACE NAME CHANGES $400: The name of this largest New Mexico city once had a second "R", but it was hard to pronounce that way Albuquerque |
#7095, aired 2015-06-19 | U.S. PLACE NAME CHANGES $800: In 2005 Clark, Texas renamed itself for this satellite TV provider in exchange for 10 years free service Dish |
#7095, aired 2015-06-19 | U.S. PLACE NAME CHANGES $1200: In 1954 Mauch Chunk, Penn. changed its name to honor this Native American athlete buried there Jim Thorpe |
#7095, aired 2015-06-19 | U.S. PLACE NAME CHANGES $1600: New Archangel, Alaska's name was "spruced" up in 1867 when it was changed to this Sitka |
#7095, aired 2015-06-19 | U.S. PLACE NAME CHANGES $2,000 (Daily Double): This current state capital was once Beverwijck Albany |
#7058, aired 2015-04-29 | "VO"CABULARY $800: Originally applied to birds, it refers to something that flits about or changes rapidly, like some stock markets volatile |
#7057, aired 2015-04-28 | 2 SYLLABLES, 2 SYLLABLES $2000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows an animated geometric diagram on the monitor.) When the shape of an ellipse changes, the diameter lengths can also change, but the longer of the 2 is always known as this the major axis |
#6979, aired 2015-01-08 | COLORFUL ANAGRAMS $800: Robert Smith's band changes its name to a light brownish hue Cure & ecru |
#6969, aired 2014-12-25 | STAR-STRUCK $800: Cepheids are this type of star whose name suggests that its brightness changes periodically a variable star |
#6969, aired 2014-12-25 | ADJECTIVES FOR YOUR RESUMÉ $1,000 (Daily Double): This word for one who foresees a need & makes changes in advance is on a list of "overused business buzzwords" proactive |
#6940, aired 2014-11-14 | READING THE METER $1200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a thermometer.) Look at the number on the lowest of the floating spheres to read the thermometer named for this Italian who discovered that the density of a liquid changes according to its temperature Galileo |
#6935, aired 2014-11-07 | IT'S ALL IN YOUR HEAD $2,000 (Daily Double): Your eardrum would rupture if this tube did not open when air pressure changes suddenly due to varying altitude the Eustachian tube |
#6922, aired 2014-10-21 | INITIALLY MEDICAL $400: You can treat it with diet & lifestyle changes as well as drugs:
HBP high blood pressure |
#6898, aired 2014-09-17 | THE SUPREME COURT $2000: In 2013 the Court struck down key parts of this 1965 act that forces certain states to pre-clear election law changes the Voting Rights Act |
#6870, aired 2014-06-27 | FINISH THE SEUSS LINE $1000: "'Yes... that's what I'd do,' said young Gerald McGrew. 'I'd make a few changes if..." I ran the zoo |
#6863, aired 2014-06-18 | CELEBRITY NAME CHANGES $400: Carlos Estevez became this man, man Charlie Sheen |
#6863, aired 2014-06-18 | CELEBRITY NAME CHANGES $800: Double X marks the spot! Born Eric Bishop, this Oscar winner gave himself the last name of one of his favorite comedians Jamie Foxx |
#6863, aired 2014-06-18 | CELEBRITY NAME CHANGES $1200: Yes! This voice of Knicks basketball & other sports was born Marvin Philip Aufrichtig Marv Albert |
#6863, aired 2014-06-18 | CELEBRITY NAME CHANGES $1600: Happy trails to this cowboy couple, once Leonard Slye & Frances Smith Roy Rogers & Dale Evans |
#6863, aired 2014-06-18 | CELEBRITY NAME CHANGES $2000: This spouse of a talk show host adopted the name of a character in "The Merchant of Venice" Portia de Rossi |
#6858, aired 2014-06-11 | A POTPOURRI OF HISTORY $200: After some changes were made, King John accepted this document on June 19, 1215 the Magna Carta |
#6819, aired 2014-04-17 | REJECTED SUPERVILLAIN NAMES $400: Eerie noises as it changes cycles hint at the power of this appliance, perhaps with the Anyware Plus silverware basket dishwasher |
#6808, aired 2014-04-02 | 19th CENTURY ART & ARTISTS $400: (Alex reports from the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles.) In his series paintings, this artist concentrated on a single subject to show how the light changes depending on the time of day & the season; here is one of his 30 "Wheatstacks," in this case, on a winter morning Monet |
#6775, aired 2014-02-14 | THE TOPIC IS MICROSCOPIC $1600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew explains a microscope shown on a monitor.) Sharing its name with a body
part that helps you breathe,
This part of the microscope
Changes the amount of light
used to view a specimen the diaphragm |
#6765, aired 2014-01-31 | PLANTS & TREES $1200: This Australian gum tree is so well adapted to fire that chemical changes from the heat cause new buds to sprout eucalyptus |
#6743, aired 2014-01-01 | GEOGRAPHIC NAME CHANGES $400: The ancient city of Byzantium is today this city Istanbul |
#6743, aired 2014-01-01 | GEOGRAPHIC NAME CHANGES $800: This modern African republic was once known as Abyssinia Ethiopia |
#6743, aired 2014-01-01 | GEOGRAPHIC NAME CHANGES $1200: What was once the city of Christiania is today this Scandinavian capital Oslo |
#6743, aired 2014-01-01 | GEOGRAPHIC NAME CHANGES $1600: For awhile in the 20th century, it was the Malagasy Republic Madagascar |
#6743, aired 2014-01-01 | GEOGRAPHIC NAME CHANGES $2000: The city of Durban in this country was once known as Port Natal South Africa |
#6719, aired 2013-11-28 | THE BARNES FOUNDATION $400: (Alex presents the clue from the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia, PA.) For "The Dance", this artist pinned paper cutouts to the canvas; now, this made it much easier to make changes to the mural, but it also gave him a working method that he used to great acclaim later in his career Matisse |
#6690, aired 2013-10-18 | ANEMONES CLOSER $2000: One type of this "solitary" sea creature carries a sea anemone, which it brings along when it changes shells a hermit crab |
#6683, aired 2013-10-09 | BIOSPHERE 2 $800: A million-gallon "ocean" helps test how changes affect the zoo- & phyto- types of this basis of the sea's food chain plankton |
#6668, aired 2013-09-18 | GOING FETAL $2000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew gets an ultrasound.) Now that my due date is approaching, I visit my doctor weekly; he's checking the baby's heart rate using technology named for this physicist, who discovered that a moving sound source changes its perceived frequency (Christian) Doppler |
#6657, aired 2013-07-23 | A USEFUL CATEGORY $800: Leading to major changes in sports record keeping, this device was improved in 1916 to measure down to 1/100 of a second the stopwatch |
#6657, aired 2013-07-23 | A USEFUL CATEGORY $1,000 (Daily Double): A common type of this home safety device invented in the 1960s works by identifying changes in air ionization a smoke detector |
#6652, aired 2013-07-16 | LEND AN "EAR" $1000: Named after a doctor, it's a way to find cellular changes on the cervix a pap smear |
#6619, aired 2013-05-30 | SOFA'S CHOICE $400: This type of sofa that changes into a bed shares its name with a type of car that lets you get some sun convertible |
#6604, aired 2013-05-09 | WHATEVER $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew does a demonstration.) The hot water in the bottle rises & floats in the cold; the same principle applies with an underwater volcano, except the hot water changes to this 5-letter emission, which causes an explosion steam |
#6584, aired 2013-04-11 | GENERAL SCIENCE $1600: A bluish-black solid at room temperature, this halogen changes into a purple vapor when heated iodine |
#6556, aired 2013-03-04 | OLYMPIC FACT SHEET $1200: After teams from China, South Korea & Indonesia were disqualified in 2012, this sport mulled format changes badminton |
#6524, aired 2013-01-17 | TITLE CHANGES $200: F. Scott Fitzgerald: "Tender is the Meat" night |
#6524, aired 2013-01-17 | TITLE CHANGES $400: John Irving: "The World According to Madonna" Garp |
#6524, aired 2013-01-17 | TITLE CHANGES $600: William Golding: "Lord of the Dance" flies |
#6524, aired 2013-01-17 | TITLE CHANGES $800: James Jones: "From Here to Montezuma" eternity |
#6524, aired 2013-01-17 | TITLE CHANGES $1000: Zora Neale Hurston: "Their Eyes Were Watching ESPN" God |
#6517, aired 2013-01-08 | MOVIE JOBS $1600: Soap salesman Tyler Durden changes the life of an insomniac office worker in this cult favorite Fight Club |
#6510, aired 2012-12-28 | STARRY NIGHT $1600: Meaning "changing", it's a type of star whose brightness changes; it's also a word for an unknown in math a variable |
#6485, aired 2012-11-23 | DISTINCTIVE CREATURES $1200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reads the clue underwater at Maui Ocean Center.) The hammerhead's unique look gives it room for more sense organs that detect biopotentials, tiny changes in this type of field given off by other organisms electrical |
#6472, aired 2012-11-06 | "OO" WHAT'S THAT? $600: This jewelry item from the '70s that changes colors in response to body heat has made several comebacks a mood ring |
#6458, aired 2012-10-17 | ASTRONOMY $1200: The magnitude of Algol, a binary star, changes every 69 hours as the fainter star does this, passes in front of its pal eclipses |
#6454, aired 2012-10-11 | STARTS WITH 2 VOWELS $2000: The heights of layers of this atmospheric region vary depending on changes in solar radiation the ionosphere |
#6423, aired 2012-07-18 | OPUS & OPERA $800: These are repetitions of a theme with changes; Paganini's Opus 9 is these on "God Save the King" variations |
#6410, aired 2012-06-29 | EVERYTHING CHANGES AROUND HERE $400: What was once Peiping is today this city Beijing |
#6410, aired 2012-06-29 | EVERYTHING CHANGES AROUND HERE $800: You may call it Bangladesh today, but before 1971 it had this "directional" name East Bengal (or East Pakistan) |
#6410, aired 2012-06-29 | EVERYTHING CHANGES AROUND HERE $1200: What used to be Southern Rhodesia is now this country Zimbabwe |
#6410, aired 2012-06-29 | EVERYTHING CHANGES AROUND HERE $1600: This Ohio metropolis was once known as Losantiville-- &, informally, as Porkopolis Cincinnati |
#6410, aired 2012-06-29 | EVERYTHING CHANGES AROUND HERE $2000: Address your postcard to Tsaritsyn; no wait, Stalingrad; nah! Make it this to get it there today Volgograd |
#6373, aired 2012-05-09 | BIOLOGY $1200: In 2011 virologist Ron Fouchier made bird flu more contagious by introducing these genetic changes--bad idea, some say mutations |
#6354, aired 2012-04-12 | REVOLUTION $400: The power loom & steam engine helped fuel this "revolution" of economic & social changes starting around 1760 the Industrial Revolution |
#6332, aired 2012-03-13 | SLANG $800: A social one of these reptiles changes the way he interacts depending on the people he's around chameleon |
#6328, aired 2012-03-07 | 7-LETTER WORDS $800: (Kelly of the Clue Crew presents the clue.) Squeezing the bottle changes the pressure inside, causing water to move into the dropper, making it heavier; since its size remains constant, this 7-letter term of the dropper changed, & it sinks density |
#6310, aired 2012-02-10 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $400: Between 1215 & 1225 this British document was reissued 3 times with various changes the Magna Carta |
#6306, aired 2012-02-06 | ASIAN LITERATURE $1600: The ancient "I Ching" of China is also known as the "Book of" these Changes |
#6280, aired 2011-12-30 | AT BAT $400: Mickey Mantle & Pete Rose were this kind of hitter who changes sides of the plate depending on the pitcher a switch-hitter |
#6257, aired 2011-11-29 | SCIENCE $800: Lignin, a substance in wood, changes when exposed to oxygen; that makes white paper turn this color as it ages yellow |
#6248, aired 2011-11-16 | I'M GONNA MOON YOU! $400: As the Moon changes from new to full & more & more of it becomes visible, it's said to be doing this 6-letter action waxing |
#6234, aired 2011-10-27 | MYTHBUSTERS $600: (The Mythbusters deliver the clue.) We tested a story of unlikely survival using a parachutist hitting a see-saw to launch a girl several stories up but she'd be subjected to 42 of these units, exerted on an object by changes in speed, so a safe landing is unlikely indeed a g |
#6219, aired 2011-10-06 | THE MOTION OF THE OCEAN $400: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) During the winter, the Somali current flows south & west; in the summer, it changes course & flows in the opposite direction due to the winds of this Indian Ocean storm season the monsoon season |
#6201, aired 2011-07-25 | THE NEW YORK TIMES BEST 1,000 MOVIES EVER MADE $1000: This pic shows "the social changes taking place in the south between 1948 and 1973, and (a) remarkable 25-year friendship Driving Miss Daisy |
#6197, aired 2011-07-19 | MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL $2,800 (Daily Double): (Sarah of the Clue Crew is in front of another piece of apparatus.) Massachusetts General is one of the first hospitals to make genetic testing standard in cancer treatment; robotics allow the processing of up to 96 samples at once, so doctors can immediately target patients with these changes in DNA sequence mutations |
#6173, aired 2011-06-15 | KINGS, QUEENS, & JACKS $200: This has been the national anthem of the U.K. since 1952; one word in its title changes from time to time "God Save The Queen" |
#6162, aired 2011-05-31 | THEODORE ROOSEVELT $400: By 1905 this college sport had gotten so violent, TR urged important rule changes that were soon adopted football |
#6139, aired 2011-04-28 | SPORTS SCIENCE $1600: (Sarah of the clue crew gives the clue from the Gatorade Sports Science Institute in Barrington, IL.) The resistance changes along with the terrain on the screen as cyclists use this type of electronic device that evaluates their performance, literally a "work measure" an ergometer |
#6058, aired 2011-01-05 | CONTRARY TO POPULAR BELIEF $400: This "ground lion" reptile rarely changes its color for camouflage: it's usually signifying its emotional state chameleon |
#6042, aired 2010-12-14 | THE MAGIC DRAGON $400: Jeremy Irons helps the title character connect with his dragon in this film whose title changes 1 letter in "Dragon" Eragon |
#6030, aired 2010-11-26 | THE TURN $1200: 8-letter "clothing" term describing one who disloyally changes sides a turncoat |
#6025, aired 2010-11-19 | REAL MEN OF SCIENCE $1200: Galileo used a supernova in 1604 to disprove this ancient Greek's theory that the universe never changes Aristotle |
#6013, aired 2010-11-03 | THE HALL OF HUMAN ORIGIN $2000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew holds a skull.) Fossil skulls from different human species show changes in facial & cranial features; this skull with a large brain case & prominent brow ridge belong to a species named for this city in southwest Germany, where the first specimen was found Heidelberg |
#5960, aired 2010-07-09 | THE CIVIL WAR $400: Lincoln wrote 5 different versions of this Nov. 19, 1863 speech & made several changes as he spoke; nice ad-libbing, Abe! the Gettysburg Address |
#5959, aired 2010-07-08 | THE U.S. CONSTITUTION $800: Article V spells out the procedures for making these changes to the Constitution amendments |
#5958, aired 2010-07-07 | FANTASTIC MR. FOX $800: The fantastic Arctic fox changes color with the seasons, from gray or brown in summer to this color in winter white |
#5952, aired 2010-06-29 | BANANAS $600: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from a banana plantation in Ecuador.) Bananas stay green while attached to the plant; picking one releases a gas that changes the fruit's color & turns its starch into this sugar, from the Latin for "fruit" fructose |
#5891, aired 2010-04-05 | "ODE" TO JOY $400: This vocal style heard here features rapid changes in tempo & pitch yodeling |
#5881, aired 2010-03-22 | EARTH SCIENCE $800: This class of rock is made by changes in heat, pressure or shearing to pre-existing rocks metamorphic rock |
#5827, aired 2010-01-05 | 50 CENT $600: Since 1794 this creature on the back of several versions has undergone 5 different major changes an eagle |
#5827, aired 2010-01-05 | HEALTH & BEAUTY $800: Watch for changes in these dark skin blemishes that are clusters of melanocytes, not rodents moles |
#5798, aired 2009-11-25 | 2009 TV FAREWELLS $400: After 15 seasons & lots of changes, this venerable medical drama about a Chicago hospital finally flatlined ER |
#5764, aired 2009-10-08 | HISTORIC FIGURES SPEAK $800: France, you refused my proposals for constitutional changes in 1969, so I quit as pres.! Bonne chance! de Gaulle |
#5728, aired 2009-07-01 | TAKE MY TEMPERATURE $600: Changes in the frequency of these insects' chirps can be related to changes in temperature a cricket |
#5688, aired 2009-05-06 | COLLEGES IN OTHER WORDS $800: An Ivy:
To saute until color changes Brown |
#5679, aired 2009-04-23 | ULYSSES $1600: This enchantress changes Ulysses' men into pigs but on the plus side, does warn the man about the sirens Circe |
#5675, aired 2009-04-17 | ONE LETTER CHANGES THE VOWEL SOUND $400: A toothed strip of plastic for arranging hair turns into an ancient burial chamber comb & tomb |
#5675, aired 2009-04-17 | ONE LETTER CHANGES THE VOWEL SOUND $800: One turn in chess becomes passionate affection move & love |
#5675, aired 2009-04-17 | ONE LETTER CHANGES THE VOWEL SOUND $1200: To peruse a book or magazine, & a Jerry Garcia fan read & dead |
#5675, aired 2009-04-17 | ONE LETTER CHANGES THE VOWEL SOUND $1600: A word meaning to grant something becomes a bee colony home give & hive |
#5675, aired 2009-04-17 | ONE LETTER CHANGES THE VOWEL SOUND $2000: Pig feed suddenly gets delivered with less than usual speed slop & slow |
#5674, aired 2009-04-16 | THE "COLD" WAR $800: Boundary between air masses characterized by changes in precipitation & temperature cold front |
#5639, aired 2009-02-26 | ANCIENT BOOKS $400: Confucian writing includes the "Shih Ching", "Shu Ching" & this, whose title means "Classic of Changes" I Ching |
#5598, aired 2008-12-31 | ALL ABOUT PRESIDENTS $600: By 1905 football had gotten so violent that this U.S. president urged rule changes Teddy Roosevelt |
#5556, aired 2008-11-03 | LIFE SCIENCE $800: In HIV these genetic changes that alter the organism happen so fast, a single AIDS drug is unworkable mutations |
#5541, aired 2008-10-13 | ORGANIZATIONAL NAME CHANGES $400: The Retail Tobacco Dealers of America changed its name to incorporate these 2 types of fancy smokes cigars & pipes |
#5541, aired 2008-10-13 | ORGANIZATIONAL NAME CHANGES $800: What began as the American Birth Control League, we now know as this Planned Parenthood |
#5541, aired 2008-10-13 | ORGANIZATIONAL NAME CHANGES $1200: Formed by these workers, the Service Employees International Union used to have "Building" before its name the janitors |
#5541, aired 2008-10-13 | ORGANIZATIONAL NAME CHANGES $1600: The American Assoc. on Mental Retardation became AAIDD, IDD for intellectual & developmental these disabilities |
#5541, aired 2008-10-13 | ORGANIZATIONAL NAME CHANGES $2000: In 2000 the Leukemia Society of America added this other "L" ailment to its name lymphoma |
#5529, aired 2008-09-25 | SEEING THE LIGHT $400: Chloroplasts are the sites within plants where this process changes light into chemical energy photosynthesis |
#5504, aired 2008-07-10 | PHRASES IN THE KING JAMES BIBLE $600: Cain's 5-word question to God in Genesis 4:9, when asked of Abel's whereabouts "Am I my brother's keeper?" |
#5496, aired 2008-06-30 | THE ONION'S GLOSSARY OF ELECTION TERMS $1000: This company's voting machine "electronically changes your vote into a vote for Mitt Romney" Diebold |
#5473, aired 2008-05-28 | ZOOLOGY $600: The fact that this lizard's name is from the Greek for "ground lion" never changes chameleon |
#5459, aired 2008-05-08 | FISHIN' IMPOSSIBLE $1000: As the quinnat, a type of this, goes upstream, it changes color, stops eating & lives off its fat a salmon |
#5424, aired 2008-03-20 | OPTICAL ALLUSIONS $600: Don't detach this, which is next to the choroid & changes light rays into neural signals the retina |
#5374, aired 2008-01-10 | IN ST. LOUIS $1,200 (Daily Double): The St. Louis Zoo's 228-foot-long free-flight one has been there since the 1904 World's Fair an aviary |
#5335, aired 2007-11-16 | SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN $400: SCIAM reported on the founder type of these genetic changes--they happen in 1 person & affect millions of descendants a mutation |
#5306, aired 2007-10-08 | SCIENCE $1600: Changes in the tropospheric layer of this are what gives us weather the atmosphere |
#5281, aired 2007-07-23 | MYTHS & LEGENDS $1600: In some legends it's the influence of the full moon that changes a man into one of these, also called a lycanthrope a werewolf |
#5219, aired 2007-04-26 | THE WIZARD OF ODDS $1200: The National Safety Council says the odds of dying this way are 1 in 87,976; one famous case was Natalie Wood drowning |
#5150, aired 2007-01-19 | AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL $1600: Controllers tell pilots of changes in the weather, like this condition of an abrupt shift in the wind shear |
#5051, aired 2006-07-24 | 20th CENTURY POP CULTURE $800: 1984 best new artist Grammy winner heard here
"I said money /
Money changes everything..." Cyndi Lauper |
#5042, aired 2006-07-11 | MARTIAL ARTS $200: Judo contestants don't wear shoes & socks, & the color of these changes as they gain expertise belts |
#4980, aired 2006-04-14 | YOU BREAK IT $800: Borosilicate glass known by this trademarked name is less apt to break during rapid temperature changes Pyrex |
#4940, aired 2006-02-17 | VERTEBRATES $600: When rainbow species of this migrate to the sea, their color changes to silver; they're then called steelheads trout |
#4926, aired 2006-01-30 | LANGUAGE $400: In the Kootenai tongue, a word's pitch changes its meaning, as in this most widely spoken world language Mandarin (Chinese) |
#4904, aired 2005-12-29 | MATH & SCIENCE $800: Often occurring in oily rags or hay, it's the self-burning of materials due to chemical changes spontaneous combustion |
#4904, aired 2005-12-29 | MATH & SCIENCE $1600: (Jon of the Clue Crew shows a % sign on a video monitor as it changes to have one more 0 in the denominator.) You know percent, but how about this similar term that indicates parts in 1,000 per mil |
#4825, aired 2005-07-22 | PHYSICS $400: Sublimation is the process by which a solid changes into a gas without going through this stage liquid |
#4783, aired 2005-05-25 | ROCKS $800: Gneiss & chlorite are regional types of this class of rock that forms when heat & pressure cause changes metamorphic |
#4783, aired 2005-05-25 | LATIN CLASS $2000: It's an alliterative Latin idiom meaning "once the necessary changes have been made" mutatis mutandis |
#4780, aired 2005-05-20 | WORLD COINS $400: Each year this country changes the design of its gold & silver panda coins, adding to their appeal China |
#4767, aired 2005-05-03 | POLITICKING $800: There are 2 "re" processes that changes the areas House seats represent: reapportionment & this redistricting |
#4740, aired 2005-03-25 | PUT OUT THE GOOD SILVER $1200: Light changes colorless silver ions into black silver atoms, leading to this technology in the 1830s photography |
#4700, aired 2005-01-28 | THE EVOLUTIONARY WAR $1,000 (Daily Double): Orderly people are bothered by the idea of thse random changes in genetic material helping evolution along mutations |
#4693, aired 2005-01-19 | BUILDING FEATURES $800: All right. See the dome, players? Now see the little "domey" thing on top of the dome? That's called this, from the Latin for tub a cupola |
#4685, aired 2005-01-07 | THEATRE TALK $1600: An actor changes costumes with a little help from this person whose job title is also the name of a piece of furniture a dresser |
#4659, aired 2004-12-02 | 3rd GRADERS KNOW THIS STUFF $800: The size of this body part changes, depending on the light the pupil |
#4435, aired 2003-12-12 | REASON $2000: This double-reed instrument's pitch rarely changes, so the rest of the orchestra tunes to it the oboe |
#4379, aired 2003-09-25 | AROUND THE YEAR $400: Unlike Christmas, Easter changes its date yearly, because it's based on this heavenly body the Moon |
#4360, aired 2003-07-11 | AT THE MOVIES $1200: Disney's first live-action comedy, this 1959 film starred Tommy Kirk as a boy who changes into a sheepdog The Shaggy Dog |
#4353, aired 2003-07-02 | EARLY AMERICANS $2,000 (Daily Double): Some of his unaccepted spelling changes were hed for head, rong for wrong & iz for is Noah Webster |
#4321, aired 2003-05-19 | GUINNESS RECORDS $7,400 (Daily Double): In this 1996 film Madonna went through a record 85 costume changes Evita |
#4284, aired 2003-03-27 | TOSSIN' & TURNIN' $400: This portal has become a metaphor for frequent changes of personnel revolving door |
#4280, aired 2003-03-21 | NOT SO "E"ASY $400: (Sofia of the Clue Crew presents from a laboratory.) Sublimation is when a solid changes directly into a gas; this is the general term for a liquid becoming a gas evaporation |
#4240, aired 2003-01-24 | IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS $1000: As an agreement between 2 parties it's pronounced one way; the accent changes when it means "to draw together" contract |
#4189, aired 2002-11-14 | ARE YOU EATING RIGHT? $1200: Sweet & sour sauce is a popular dip for these fried Chinese dumplings for which a soup is also named won tons |
#4120, aired 2002-06-28 | PASS THE "P"s, PLEASE $200: This person changes the reels in the back of the movie theater, hopefully in the right order projectionist |
#4115, aired 2002-06-21 | "HOT" STUFF $200: Hormonal changes during menopause can cause women to experience these bursts of warmth hot flashes |
#3985, aired 2001-12-21 | FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS $2000: The practice of ringing church bells in arithmetical sequence is called "ringing" these ringing the changes |
#3927, aired 2001-10-02 | ANIMALS $100: The fact that this lizard's name is from the Greek for "ground lion" never changes chameleon |
#3902, aired 2001-07-17 | 20th CENTURY STUFF $300: After making some major changes in his life in 1952 George Jorgensen changed his name to this Christine |
#3820, aired 2001-03-23 | PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS $500: Percussion instrument whose possible changes for a set of five are seen here Bells |
#3745, aired 2000-12-08 | AROUND THE COMMONWEALTH $500: Constitutional changes in 2000 for this Asian country may help end its civil war between Tamils & Sinhalese Sri Lanka |
#3694, aired 2000-09-28 | PHYSICS $800: Normally, your mass doesn't change, but your weight does, when this force changes Gravity |
#3642, aired 2000-06-06 | DIVINATION $1,000 (Daily Double): Chinese for "The Book of Changes", it's a set of 64 symbols, set some 4,000 years ago I Ching |
#3552, aired 2000-02-01 | GENERAL KNOWLEDGE $100: This 8-armed sea creature doesn't always show its true colors; in fact, it changes colors when frightened Octopus |
#3538, aired 2000-01-12 | BIG WORDS $800: In book titles it precedes e.e. cummings' "Room" & Grace Paley's "Changes at the Last Minute" Enormous |
#3502, aired 1999-11-23 | GENERAL SCIENCE $900 (Daily Double): Since limestone undergoes changes to become marble, marble is classified as this type of rock Metamorphic |
#3484, aired 1999-10-28 | CHANGES $200: To change dollars into pesos, or Christians into Jews Conversion |
#3484, aired 1999-10-28 | CHANGES $400: From Latin for "change", this type of change in DNA causes sickle cell anemia Mutation |
#3484, aired 1999-10-28 | CHANGES $600: The movement of starlight toward the long end of the spectrum is called the "Red" this Shift |
#3484, aired 1999-10-28 | CHANGES $800: "Directional" change the Supreme Court makes when it takes the opposite view from a lower court Reversal |
#3484, aired 1999-10-28 | CHANGES $1000: This 6-syllable word refers specifically to the changing of bread & wine into the body & blood of Christ Transubstantiation |
#3410, aired 1999-06-04 | MEET THE FLINTSTONES $400: "The Flintstones" theme is based on the chord changes of this song; "Who Could Ask for Anything More?" "I Got Rhythm" |
#3333, aired 1999-02-17 | TECHNOLOGY $200: These devices advocated by firemen can work by detecting either ions or changes in light Smoke detectors |
#3319, aired 1999-01-28 | "P.S." I LOVE YOU $200: Daylight saving time on the West Coast changes to this "time" on the last Sunday in October Pacific Standard Time |
#3287, aired 1998-12-15 | GONE $600: Cyndi Lauper sang, "I'm sorry, babe, I'm leaving you tonight" because this "changes everything" money |
#3226, aired 1998-09-21 | TRIPLE A $800: It changes "satin" to "stain" Anagram |
#3178, aired 1998-05-27 | NOT-SO-MAD SCIENTISTS $1000: This Dane's 1572 supernova sighting helped disprove the idea that no changes occur past the moon's orbit Tycho Brahe |
#3175, aired 1998-05-22 | THE CHAIN GANG $400: In 1996 they averaged about 54,000 quick oil changes a day Jiffy Lube |
#3125, aired 1998-03-13 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $600: 16th & 17th c. changes in the Catholic church are often called the counter-this Reformation |
#3109, aired 1998-02-19 | BODIES OF WATER $800: Due to changes in air pressure, the water level of this Swiss-French lake can vary as much as 5' in 30 min. Lake Geneva |
#3107, aired 1998-02-17 | TV CAST CHANGES $100: In 1983 6' 2" Christopher Hewitt replaced the 3' 10" Herve Villechaize on this series Fantasy Island |
#3107, aired 1998-02-17 | TV CAST CHANGES $200: NBC revamped this series in 1997 by replacing Ron Eldard & Justine Bateman Men Behaving Badly |
#3107, aired 1998-02-17 | TV CAST CHANGES $300: George Carlin replaced this ex-Beatle as Mr. Conductor on PBS' "Shining Time Station" Ringo Starr |
#3107, aired 1998-02-17 | TV CAST CHANGES $400: Clayton Moore, who was replaced by John Hart as this hero, got his job back after the ratings went down the Lone Ranger |
#3107, aired 1998-02-17 | TV CAST CHANGES $500: Dabney Coleman played Ann Marie's neighbor on this series before Bernie Kopell That Girl |
#3098, aired 1998-02-04 | SEX CHANGES $100: After 1979 some of these powerful Atlantic storms were given male names too hurricanes |
#3098, aired 1998-02-04 | SEX CHANGES $200: Not far from Roanoke, this military school broke a 158 year tradition & admitted women in 1997 VMI (Virginia Military Institute) |
#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 |
#3098, aired 1998-02-04 | SEX CHANGES $400: Don't let the pearls fool you, these lady bivalves can change into males when it suits them oysters |
#3098, aired 1998-02-04 | SEX CHANGES $500: She continued the tennis career begun by Richard Raskind Renee Richards |
#3048, aired 1997-11-26 | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS $1000: This protagonist of a Virginia Woolf novel changes from man to woman through 4 centuries Orlando |
#3028, aired 1997-10-29 | "C" THE WORLD $400: Great Sand Dunes National Monument in this U.S. state changes its shape because the sand shifts Colorado |
#2988, aired 1997-09-03 | THE MOON $100: As the Moon changes from new to full, it's said to be doing this; then it wanes waxing |
#2971, aired 1997-06-30 | COMMUNICATION $200: In baseball this player changes his signals to the pitcher when there's a runner on second Catcher |
#2969, aired 1997-06-26 | ASTRONOMY $200: This innermost planet goes through apparent changes, or phases, just like our moon Mercury |
#2950, aired 1997-05-30 | THE ELEMENTS $400: As a diamond, this element melts at about 6500 degrees F.; as graphite, it changes directly to a gas Carbon |
#2928, aired 1997-04-30 | NOVELS $200: Margaret Mitchell novel in which Sally Fontaine changes Paul Revere's cry to "The Yankees are coming!" "Gone with the Wind" |
#2812, aired 1996-11-19 | FLORAL POTPOURRI $400: This plant, the silent preacher, changes sex during its life, perhaps going from a Jack to a Jill Jack-in-the-Pulpit |
#2739, aired 1996-06-27 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $400: Since "Changes" in 1983 she's had at least one book in the Top 10 fiction sellers for at least 10 years Danielle Steel |
#2722, aired 1996-06-04 | MOVIE COSTUMES $400: Guinness says this seductive vamp had the most costume changes in a silent film: 50, in "Cleopatra" Theda Bara |
#2717, aired 1996-05-28 | SCIENTISTS & INVENTORS $500: Hermann Muller demonstrated that these inheritable changes in genes can be caused by X-rays mutations |
#2561, aired 1995-10-23 | HODGEPODGE $500: Since 1818 all U.S. flag changes have taken effect on this day of the year July 4th |
#2544, aired 1995-09-28 | PREGNANCY & CHILDCARE $200: At about 8 weeks the developing child changes from an embryo to this a fetus |
#2512, aired 1995-07-04 | FAMOUS TEXANS $200: This San Antonio resident helps out America's homemakers with lots of "Hints" Heloise |
#2462, aired 1995-04-25 | GUINNESS RECORDS $100: This star had the most costume changes in a film, 65, in "Cleopatra" Elizabeth Taylor |
#2445, aired 1995-03-31 | SCIENCE & NATURE $1000: When light moves between clear substances of different densities, its speed changes & this happens it refracts |
#2426, aired 1995-03-06 | STARS $800: The 2 main gases in a star; fusion changes one into the other hydrogen & helium |
#2420, aired 1995-02-24 | FINANCE $600: Abbreviated C.P.I., it measures changes in the cost of living the consumer price index |
#2293, aired 1994-07-20 | WOMEN AUTHORS $400: A head-on collision changes the lives of 5 families in her 32nd bestseller, "Accident" Danielle Steel |
#2245, aired 1994-05-13 | HISTORIC DOCUMENTS $500: After this 1215: document was declared void by Innocent III, it was reissued with changes in 1216, 1217 & 1225 the Magna Carta |
#2205, aired 1994-03-18 | SCIENCE $600: Changes in the Earth may eventually cause igneous & sedimentary rocks to become this type metamorphic |
#2201, aired 1994-03-14 | COMEDY FILMS $500: In this classic Jerry Lewis creates a potion that changes him from shy chem. teacher to campus swinger The Nutty Professor |
#2170, aired 1994-01-28 | DAYS OF THE DEAD $100: The date of this U.S. holiday changes, but it's always the last Monday in May Memorial Day |
#2150, aired 1993-12-31 | "BOX" LUNCH $200: In craps it's 6 of one die, half a dozen of the other boxcars |
#2150, aired 1993-12-31 | COOKING $200: To make chocolate ruffles, spread the chocolate on a chilled piece of this stone marble |
#2125, aired 1993-11-26 | LITERATURE $400: Cervantes' Alonso Quijano changes his name to this, after reading romances of chivalry Don Quixote |
#2017, aired 1993-05-18 | BY THE "BOOK" $800: Also known by this title, the "I Ching" is one of the central texts of Confucianism Book of Changes |
#2015, aired 1993-05-14 | ROCKS & MINERALS $1000: Shale changes into this rock metamorphically & also by changing 2 letters slate |
#1964, aired 1993-03-04 | ROCKS & MINERALS $200: When gypsum loses most of its water, it changes into this white powder used in making casts plaster of Paris |
#1961, aired 1993-03-01 | CLICHES $400: A person newly in office may make sweeping changes, hence "a new" one of these "sweeps clean" a broom |
#1935, aired 1993-01-22 | TIME $300: Juliet called it an inconstant thing "that monthly changes in her circled orb" the Moon |
#1735, aired 1992-02-28 | WEATHER $200: It's a glass tube in which a column of mercury changes height with changes in temperature a thermometer |
#1689, aired 1991-12-26 | MUSIC $300: This Tyrolean mountaineer singing style features sudden changes from low voice to falsetto yodeling |
#1620, aired 1991-09-20 | BROADWAY LYRICS $500: "Only" this many "minutes from Broadway, think of the changes it brings" 45 minutes |
#1619, aired 1991-09-19 | ROOMS $100: It's where a performer changes costumes, not where he keeps his vinaigrette the dressing room |
#1577, aired 1991-06-11 | U.S. COINS $600 (Daily Double): Due to changes for the bicentennial coin, there were no quarters with this year stamped on them 1975 |
#1523, aired 1991-03-27 | THE PIANO $500: Bartolomeo Cristofori made changes to one of these instruments to create the first piano a harpsichord |
#1517, aired 1991-03-19 | WEATHER $200: From "mausim", season, it's the wind system around the Indian Ocean that brings weather changes monsoon |
#10, aired 1990-08-18 | THE MOVIES $1,000 (Daily Double): [Video] It was filmed in Mexico by a Dutch director with an Austrian star [Video: Sharon Stone changes the view on a window with a touch and Arnold Schwarzenegger says, “Let's move to Mars.”] Total Recall |
#1356, aired 1990-06-25 | THE EARTH $1000: Structural & mineralogical change in solid rock caused by temperature & pressure changes is called this metamorphism |
#1296, aired 1990-04-02 | SCIENCE $400: The process by which a substance changes from liquid to a gas is called this Vaporization |
#1176, aired 1989-10-16 | BY THE "BOOK" $1000: The other name for "I Ching", the ancient Chinese book of divination The Book of Changes |
#1137, aired 1989-07-11 | FRENCH PHRASES $500: A philosopher saying "plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose" would mean this the more it changes, the more it is the same |
#1096, aired 1989-05-15 | TRANSPORTATION $200: Yes, ships do have telephone numbers, but this part of the number changes as they travel the area code |
#1084, aired 1989-04-27 | TELEVISION HISTORY $100: 1 of the 2 changes computers made to "Casablanca" before TBS aired it on November 9, 1988 (1 of) colorization (or stereo sound) |
#1075, aired 1989-04-14 | BALLET $200: A "changement de pieds" is a jump in which the dancer changes the position of these feet |
#1011, aired 1989-01-16 | THE WHITE HOUSE $1000: Except for the private quarters, this room reflects each administration's changes more than any other Oval Office |
#1010, aired 1989-01-13 | FASHION HISTORY $800: Traditionally a group that initiates fashion changes or type of style that daring or unorthodox avant-garde |
#1006, aired 1989-01-09 | NAME CHANGES $100: Born Nellie Pauline Burgin in Knoxville, Tn., she played Robert Mitchum's wife in "The Winds of War" Polly Bergen |
#1006, aired 1989-01-09 | NAME CHANGES $200: Michael Sinnott, whose comedies were the "keystone" of silent films Mack Sennett |
#1006, aired 1989-01-09 | NAME CHANGES $300: Sarah Jane Fulks, the First Lady of "Falcon Crest" Jane Wyman |
#1006, aired 1989-01-09 | NAME CHANGES $400: Alexandra Zuck, who was once married to Bobby Darin Sandra Dee |
#1006, aired 1989-01-09 | NAME CHANGES $500: Francis Phillip Wupperman, the wonderful "Wizard of Oz" Frank Morgan |
#994, aired 1988-12-22 | IN THE NEWS $1,600 (Daily Double): A number of states are blaming 1988 budget gaps on changes in this in 1987 federal income tax (federal tax laws) |
#990, aired 1988-12-16 | DAYS OF THE WEEK $400: Day of the week on which the U.S. changes to Daylight Saving Time Sunday |
#890, aired 1988-06-17 | PHYSICS $200: If a substance experiences a change of state, it doesn't mean it moved to Texas, but did this changes from liquid to solid (solid to liquid, solid to gas) |
#887, aired 1988-06-14 | NAME CHANGES $200: Lyle Russell Cedric Henderson used this nickname to conduct "The Tonight Show" band Skitch |
#887, aired 1988-06-14 | NAME CHANGES $400: German-born Simone Kaminker found "Room at the Top" as 1 of France's finest film stars under this name Simone Signoret |
#887, aired 1988-06-14 | NAME CHANGES $600: Patti Woodward, who won an Oscar for her moving performance as Ma Joad in "The Grapes of Wrath" Jane Darwell |
#887, aired 1988-06-14 | NAME CHANGES $800: Ray Cramton, who was the main man on "Medical Center" Chad Everett |
#887, aired 1988-06-14 | NAME CHANGES $1000: Herbert Charles Angelo Kuchacevic, Clouseau's frazzled boss in "The Pink Panther" movies Herbert Lom |
#867, aired 1988-05-17 | THE 1950s $200: Among the changes in George Jorgensen Jr.'s life was the changing of his 1st name to this Christine |
#795, aired 1988-02-05 | 8-LETTER SCIENCE $100: While a variable is a quantity that changes, this is the term for a quantity that stays the same constant |
#790, aired 1988-01-29 | NAME CHANGES $200: Jeanne Murray, who played Archie Bunker's better half Jean Stapleton |
#790, aired 1988-01-29 | NAME CHANGES $400: Born Derek Harris, he changed his name to this, & later his wife Mary Cathleen's name to Bo John Derek |
#790, aired 1988-01-29 | NAME CHANGES $600: The original name of this U.S. ambassador to Mexico was Jack Golenor John Gavin |
#790, aired 1988-01-29 | NAME CHANGES $800: Francesca Mitzi Marlene de Czenyi Von Weiss Gerber, who starred in "South Pacific" Mitzi Gaynor |
#790, aired 1988-01-29 | NAME CHANGES $1000: Vito Farinola, who married Diahann Carroll Vic Damone |
#752, aired 1987-12-08 | NAME CHANGES $100: Rumor had it this movie gangster, born George Ranft, was once a real gangster George Raft |
#752, aired 1987-12-08 | NAME CHANGES $200: Born Asa Yoelson in Russia in 1886, his "mammy" could tell you he changed his name to this Al Jolson |
#752, aired 1987-12-08 | NAME CHANGES $300: Born in Dublin as W. Jos. Shields, he used his brogue as the old priest in "Going My Way" Barry Fitzgerald |
#752, aired 1987-12-08 | NAME CHANGES $400: Ronald Moodnick, who played Fagin in "Oliver!" Ron Moody |
#752, aired 1987-12-08 | NAME CHANGES $500: Actress-director Lyova Rosenthal, who won an Oscar for "Shampoo" Lee Grant |
#740, aired 1987-11-20 | MAPS $500: On a topographic map, these lines indicate changes in elevation contour lines |
#735, aired 1987-11-13 | AUTO SHOP $500: It changes exhaust hydrocarbons & carbon monoxide into carbon dioxide & water a catalytic converter |
#723, aired 1987-10-28 | ACCORDING TO SPOCK $400: Overdressing a baby for warmth will cause its body to lose the ability to adjust to this temperature changes |
#714, aired 1987-10-15 | NAME CHANGES $100: Fashion model Mary Laurence Hutton shortened her name to this but didn't fix the gap in her teeth Lauren Hutton |
#714, aired 1987-10-15 | NAME CHANGES $200: TV "Police Woman" born Angeline Brown Angie Dickinson |
#714, aired 1987-10-15 | NAME CHANGES $300: Ramon Estevez, Emilio's father Martin Sheen |
#714, aired 1987-10-15 | NAME CHANGES $400: She was born Joan de Beauvoir de Havilland but didn't want to be confused with her sister Olivia Joan Fontaine |
#714, aired 1987-10-15 | NAME CHANGES $500: Born Henriette Bernard, 1 of this star's most famous stage roles was as Napoleon's son Sarah Bernhardt |
#705, aired 1987-10-02 | WORLD LITERATURE $800: In a famous novel, Alonso Quijano, a gaunt country gentleman, changes his name to this Don Quixote |
#699, aired 1987-09-24 | THEATER $800: It's said Rosalind Russell made 19 costume changes every night she played this relative Auntie Mame |
#673, aired 1987-07-08 | NAME CHANGES $200: "Golden Girl" Bernice Frankel Bea Arthur |
#673, aired 1987-07-08 | NAME CHANGES $400: If fashion designer Ralph hadn't changed his surname to this, his perfume might be called "Lifshitz" Lauren |
#673, aired 1987-07-08 | NAME CHANGES $600: Dimetrios Georgios Synodinos took the name "James G. Snyder", but gamblers know him as this Jimmy the Greek |
#673, aired 1987-07-08 | NAME CHANGES $800: Perhaps his real name, Eugene Klass, didn't have enough class for this "La Cage aux Folles" star Gene Barry |
#673, aired 1987-07-08 | NAME CHANGES $1000: After death of Admiral Nelson, this mistress, born Amy Lyon, served time in prison & died penniless Lady Emma Hamilton |
#656, aired 1987-06-15 | NAME CHANGES $100: Of Tammette, Wynette, or Spraynette, Tammy Wynette's original middle name Wynette |
#656, aired 1987-06-15 | NAME CHANGES $200: Name under which Stefanie Federkiewicz took "Hart" Stefanie Powers |
#656, aired 1987-06-15 | NAME CHANGES $300: Of Roger Moore, Garry Moore or Sir Thomas More, the 1 whose real name was Thomas Garrison Morfit Garry Moore |
#656, aired 1987-06-15 | NAME CHANGES $400: Charlie Chaplin married this "Modern Times" co-star, whose real name was Marion Levy Paulette Goddard |
#644, aired 1987-05-28 | TV NOSTALGIA $100 (Daily Double): In series w/following theme, 1st scene usually featured a tape recorder & this character: Jim Phelps |
#638, aired 1987-05-20 | ASTRONOMY $400: As the moon changes from new to full, it is said to be doing this household chore waxing |
#635, aired 1987-05-15 | EQUIVALENCIES $300: As pressing valves changes a trumpet's tones, pressing these changes a saxophone's keys |
#616, aired 1987-04-20 | MARINE BIOLOGY $400: Because its pigment bags connect with its nervous system, an excited octopus changes this color |
#615, aired 1987-04-17 | CONSERVATION $200: 4000 Finnish women have pledged not to have these until Finland changes its nuclear energy policy children |
#603, aired 1987-04-01 | MYTHOLOGY $400: Term for one whose temperament changes quickly comes from this speedy messenger of the gods Mercury |
#593, aired 1987-03-18 | FOOTBALL $500: Though still legal, changes in the shape of the ball make this "bouncy" kick impractical drop kick |
#583, aired 1987-03-04 | HOW TO... $100: Wait at a corner until the red hand changes to a white man, then walk between lines to opposite side how do you cross a street |
#575, aired 1987-02-20 | COMIC BOOKS $200: Though Billy Batson & Gomer Pyle both say it, only Billy changes into Captain Marvel shazam |
#574, aired 1987-02-19 | SAPPHIRES $800: Many sapphires are dichroic, meaning this changes with the direction from which they're viewed color |
#541, aired 1987-01-05 | FILM FACTS $200: The largest reported # of costume changes, 65 by 1 actor, was by Liz Taylor in this 1963 film Cleopatra |
#527, aired 1986-12-16 | "BACK" WORDS $800: A snarl on a fishing line, or sharling against socio-political changes backlash |
#503, aired 1986-11-12 | NEW YORK CITY $500: About 10 times a year, Kodak changes the 18' x 60' color transparency in the lobby of this NYC building Grand Central Station |
#502, aired 1986-11-11 | NAME CHANGES $100: Ehrich Weiss escaped the shackles of his name by changing it to this Houdini |
#502, aired 1986-11-11 | NAME CHANGES $200: Dr. Bunting's Sunburn Remedy was renamed this when a customer said it "knocked my eczema" Noxzema |
#502, aired 1986-11-11 | NAME CHANGES $300: In July 1986, U.S. Steel crossed out the "Steel" in their name & replaced it with this letter X |
#502, aired 1986-11-11 | NAME CHANGES $400: In 1819, the southern towns New Philadelphia & E. Alabama merged to form this city, later a capital Montgomery |
#483, aired 1986-10-15 | ANIMALS $300: Gray & brown in the summer, a ptarmigan's plumage changes to this color in the winter white |
#473, aired 1986-10-01 | FRUITS & VEGETABLES $1000: Fertilization begins a series of changes in this flower part that results in its becoming a fruit the ovaries |
#463, aired 1986-09-17 | GENETICS $200: Inversions & translocations of chromosomes lead to these genetic changes mutations |
#463, aired 1986-09-17 | ADD A LETTER $1,000 (Daily Double): Add a "Y" to the end of this word & it changes 1 person into this word for a lot man & many |
#443, aired 1986-05-21 | 19TH CENTURY AMERICA $400: There have been only minor changes in these pants since they were 1st marketed in 1873 Levi's |
#428, aired 1986-04-30 | PHYSICAL SCIENCE $4,000 (Daily Double): Constantly breaking down chemically, uranium changes to radium & ultimately to this mineral lead |
#362, aired 1986-01-28 | MOVIES $300: Playing her, Liz Taylor broke film record for costume changes Cleopatra |
#328, aired 1985-12-11 | NAME CHANGES $100: This comedienne's new name "flows" a lot better than her old one, Joan Sandra Molinsky Joan Rivers |
#328, aired 1985-12-11 | NAME CHANGES $200: "Thank God" this "Country Boy" didn't keep the name Henry John Deutchendorf, Junior John Denver |
#328, aired 1985-12-11 | NAME CHANGES $300: No longer James Bumgarner or James Rockford, but still James this James Garner |
#328, aired 1985-12-11 | NAME CHANGES $400: Born Tadeus Wladyslaw Konopka, his news anchor character shared his new 1st name Ted Knight |
#328, aired 1985-12-11 | NAME CHANGES $500: Having changed from Reginald Dwight, he's "Still Standing" by this name today Elton John |
#310, aired 1985-11-15 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $100 (Daily Double): In 1818, Heinrich Stolzel took out a patent on this horn improvement allowing changes of pitch Stolzel valve |
#307, aired 1985-11-12 | NATURE $500: From Arabic “mawsim”, meaning “season”, it's the wind which changes direction with the seasons monsoon |
#188, aired 1985-05-29 | PHYSICAL SCIENCE $400: Process by which steam changes back into water condensation |
#154, aired 1985-04-11 | 1953 $400: Her release of "There'll Be Some Changes Made", came a year after her sexual change was made (Christine) Jorgensen |
#124, aired 1985-02-28 | TOYS & GAMES $1,000 (Daily Double): Although only 25, she has had 40 face-lifts & 4 complete face changes Barbie |
#87, aired 1985-01-08 | ANATOMY $1000: The constant, complex, orderly set of chemical changes in cells metabolism |
#61, aired 1984-12-03 | SPORTS $400: This bowl game changes location every year the Super Bowl |