| #8995, aired 2023-12-15 | AN "L" OF A TEAM $1200: They chop down opponents for Cal Poly Humboldt, & they're okay the Lumberjacks |
| #8968, aired 2023-11-08 | I PITY DA FOOD! $400: Slaughterhouses don't have to ask & pay for USDA grades for this meat, be it in chop, loin or rib form pork |
| #8933, aired 2023-09-20 | THE HAND THAT FEEDS YOU $400: Finely chop raw, lean meat; add salt, pepper & herbs, top with a raw egg yolk & you're on your way to a dish of beef this tartare |
| #8729, aired 2022-10-27 | WORDS & PHRASES: IMMEDIATELY! $800: Give us this double-talk term quickly, as it means quickly & in this case, not to cut using 2 blows chop-chop |
| #8500, aired 2021-10-29 | FOUL PLAY $800: Lumberjacks wailed in 2016 when the NFL made this thigh-or-lower block illegal on run plays as well as pass a chop block |
| #8471, aired 2021-09-20 | VENTRILOQUISM FOR DUMMIES $400: Shari Lewis had her own children's show featuring this "sheepish" puppet Lamb Chop |
| #8459, aired 2021-08-05 | COOKING VERBS $200: Similar to mince, it means to chop food into small cubes dice |
| #8436, aired 2021-07-05 | LITERATURE $400: In 1905 you didn't want to eat a pork chop while reading the paper "appeal to reason", as it serialized this stockyard novel The Jungle |
| #8354, aired 2021-03-11 | IT'S ALL ONIONS $1,000 (Daily Double): When you chop them, onions make your eyes water because they contain compounds of this element also found in gunpowder sulfur |
| #7882, aired 2018-12-11 | DE-CAP-ITATE 'EM! $400: Chop "cap" off a word meaning to overturn in water & you get this magnitude size |
| #7833, aired 2018-10-03 | KARATE $200: A knife-hand strike to the neck is informally called this, like a slice of meat on the bone chop |
| #7625, aired 2017-11-03 | IDIOMS, ANNOTATED $1200: Put your pole in water or chop up some sardines for the hook--this idiom boils down to: "Do something" fish or cut bait |
| #7616, aired 2017-10-23 | AN "L" OF A TEAM $1200: They chop down opponents for Humboldt State, & they're okay the Lumberjacks |
| #7458, aired 2017-02-01 | GOOD FELLERS $2,500 (Daily Double): In a 1900 work his tree cutting is stuck mid-chop & he asks for someone to "oil my joints" the Tin Man |
| #7453, aired 2017-01-25 | U.S. ISLANDS $600: This island shaped like a pork chop is to the east of Martha's Vineyard across Muskeget Channel Nantucket |
| #7244, aired 2016-02-25 | CRIME TIME $1000: Rhyming term for a place where stolen cars are dismantled so the pieces can be sold separately a chop shop |
| #7152, aired 2015-10-20 | FIRST LADIES $600: In 1800 she complained that she could find no one willing to chop firewood for the White House Abigail Adams |
| #7037, aired 2015-03-31 | GO TO HILL $1600: U.S. troops fought Chinese forces in the Battle of Pork Chop Hill, one of this war's last & longest the Korean War |
| #6889, aired 2014-07-24 | THE SOUND OF WORDS $400: Spelled one way, it's the sound of a bell; spelled another, it's how you can prep carrots or apples peal (peel) |
| #6822, aired 2014-04-22 | ON MY HANDS $400: Famous ones of these on TV included Bunny Rabbit on "Captain Kangaroo" & Shari Lewis' Lamb Chop & Hush Puppy (hand) puppets |
| #6739, aired 2013-12-26 | "TOM" & "HUCK" $400: This Native American item could be used to chop wood or people tomahawk |
| #6729, aired 2013-12-12 | CHOP WOOD $200: The History Channel show "Ax Men" centers on guys in this job, & they're OK lumberjacks |
| #6729, aired 2013-12-12 | CHOP WOOD $400: Shel Silverstein poetically waxed that you could hear this mythic logger's axe "ring for a mile and a half" Paul Bunyan |
| #6729, aired 2013-12-12 | CHOP WOOD $600: In a quirky 2012 movie, this president chops wood & quite a few vampires Abraham Lincoln |
| #6729, aired 2013-12-12 | CHOP WOOD $800: The Wicked Witch of the East maliciously enchants his axe over his love for a munchkin maiden the Tin Man |
| #6729, aired 2013-12-12 | CHOP WOOD $1000: Chopping down a tree starts with making this V-shaped cut; open-faced & Humboldt are 2 styles a notch |
| #6597, aired 2013-04-30 | CHOP CHOP! $200: You can "bury" this small, short-handled axe to symbolize peace, or "take up" one to resume hostilities a hatchet |
| #6597, aired 2013-04-30 | CHOP CHOP! $400: Dress uniforms of engineers in this French army branch include a leather apron & an axe; wanna run off & join? the French Foreign Legion |
| #6597, aired 2013-04-30 | CHOP CHOP! $600: An ice climber may carry an axe whose head consists of a broad adze & this pointy part often found before "axe" a pick |
| #6597, aired 2013-04-30 | CHOP CHOP! $800: In the Stone Age, this stone was the main one flaked to produce arrowheads & axes; it can also be used to strike fire flint |
| #6597, aired 2013-04-30 | CHOP CHOP! $1000: Before the axe fell in 1618, this Brit said, "So the heart be right, it is no matter which way the head lies" Sir Walter Raleigh |
| #6588, aired 2013-04-17 | BLENDER SETTINGS $200: Pork or karate chop |
| #6505, aired 2012-12-21 | SHEEP-POURRI $800: Ventriloquist Shari Lewis first appeared with this sock puppet on a 1957 episode of "Captain Kangaroo" Lamb Chop |
| #6376, aired 2012-05-14 | MILITARY OPERATIONS $800: An operation to chop down a tree in the Korean DMZ was nicknamed for this mythical lumberjack Paul Bunyan |
| #6289, aired 2012-01-12 | LITERARY CHARACTER PERSONAL TRAINER $1000: You're a big pig! (a Berkshire boar) & you may be pres. of the Republic of Animal Farm, but it's time to work, pork chop! Napoleon |
| #6266, aired 2011-12-12 | TAKING SPECIAL MEASURES $600: Please tell us you know that a hoppus foot measures this building material--& tell us chop chop lumber (timber) |
| #6118, aired 2011-03-30 | BATTLE TO NAME THE WAR $800: No one enjoyed the portions at Pork Chop Hill the Korean War |
| #6090, aired 2011-02-18 | "OP" CULTURE $1200: Karate or pork chop |
| #5902, aired 2010-04-20 | "CHOP!" $400: Asian eating utilsils chopsticks |
| #5902, aired 2010-04-20 | "CHOP!" $800: In football, an illegal hit below the knees a chop-block |
| #5902, aired 2010-04-20 | "CHOP!" $1200: Licensed endocrinologist seen here Deepak Chopra |
| #5902, aired 2010-04-20 | "CHOP!" $1600: Hiiiiiiiiii ya! It's a slang term for martial arts movies chop-socky |
| #5902, aired 2010-04-20 | "CHOP!" $2000: This "Philosopher of Pessimism" was born in Danzig in 1788 Schopenhauer |
| #5768, aired 2009-10-14 | "BAT" TOOLS $1000: Robin, bring one of these, which could be used to chop down a tree & is also a term for an overbearing gal a battle axe |
| #5754, aired 2009-09-24 | PASSIVE-AGGRESSIVE HISTORY $400: Some reports have this 16th century British king weighing in at 400 lbs., so calling him "Pork Chop", even lovingly... bad idea Henry VIII |
| #5614, aired 2009-01-22 | GRAND THEFT AUTO $800: Rhyming name for a place where stolen cars are disassembled into parts for resale a chop shop |
| #5576, aired 2008-12-01 | A "P.C." CATEGORY $1600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew points out an animated traffic diagram.) Because of their triangular shape, traffic islands that separate right-turning vehicles are named for this meat item a pork chop |
| #5558, aired 2008-11-05 | DISNEY FILMS $400: 1951:
The Queen of Hearts wants to chop a little girl's head off Alice in Wonderland |
| #5501, aired 2008-07-07 | LEWIS OR CLARK $800: She was very hands-on with the TV series "Charlie Horse Music Pizza" & "Lamb Chop's Play Along" Shari Lewis |
| #5446, aired 2008-04-21 | PRESIDENTIAL PASTIMES $200: He spent time at his California ranch where he could ride horses, chop wood & play the part of a cowboy Reagan |
| #5278, aired 2007-07-18 | FINE $600: To cook up a persillade to add to your escargots, finely chop this herb, "persil" in French parsley |
| #5259, aired 2007-06-21 | BRAVE NEW WORD $800: If you reply anonymously to support your own post in an online forum, you're this hand puppet, like Lamb Chop sock puppet |
| #5232, aired 2007-05-15 | CHOP-A-HOLICS $200: Around 1800 Parson Weems wrote of this man's unauthorized juvenile lumberjacking George Washington |
| #5232, aired 2007-05-15 | CHOP-A-HOLICS $400: The name of this light axe is from the Algonquian for "cutting utensil" tomahawk |
| #5232, aired 2007-05-15 | CHOP-A-HOLICS $600: This legendary timber toppler was said to have dug Puget Sound to float huge logs to the mill Paul Bunyan |
| #5232, aired 2007-05-15 | CHOP-A-HOLICS $800: In 1893 this Massachusetts woman was acquitted of giving her parents the axe Lizzie Borden |
| #5232, aired 2007-05-15 | CHOP-A-HOLICS $1000: The short-bladed type of this 7-letter South American item is used to cut sugar cane machete |
| #5163, aired 2007-02-07 | NATIVE AMERICANS $400: American Indians used this small ax or hatchet to chop wood & to chop down enemies in battle a tomahawk |
| #5134, aired 2006-12-28 | THE MAN WHO WASN'T THERE $800: Chop "man" from a term for a band's lead singer & get this word for a place where 2 air masses meet front |
| #5070, aired 2006-09-29 | WAR MOVIE LOCATIONS $1600: Pork Chop Hill starring Gregory Peck Korea |
| #5048, aired 2006-07-19 | MIDDLE ENGLISH CLASS $800: From Middle English for "to chop", it means to bargain over a price haggle |
| #5011, aired 2006-05-29 | I LOVE THE NIGHTLIFE $600: Grab a quick pork chop sandwich or dine at some trendy spots in the South Loop in this city Chicago |
| #4835, aired 2005-09-23 | WRITERS' RELATIVES $400: Since Judith Krantz was this puppeteer's sister-in-law, guess that made her Lamb Chop's aunt (Shari) Lewis |
| #4823, aired 2005-07-20 | DISNEY SONG LYRICS $800: "Les poissons,
Les poissons
How I love
Les poissons
Love to chop and
To serve little fish" The Little Mermaid |
| #4775, aired 2005-05-13 | GEOMETRY $600: If you chop the narrow end off this solid circular figure, you'll get this shape called a frustum that resembles a fez a cone |
| #4707, aired 2005-02-08 | ADD A LETTER $1000: To cut or chop; add a letter to build this lowly dwelling hack & shack |
| #4687, aired 2005-01-11 | WHAT A DISH! $400: The big difference between chop suey and this Chinese-American dish is that the latter is served with crispy noodles chow mein |
| #4606, aired 2004-09-20 | NAMED FOR A FRENCH KING'S MISTRESS $400: This king may have called Madame de Pompadour his little lamb chop; a tasty lamb dish is named for her Louis XV |
| #4599, aired 2004-09-09 | BOND, COMMON BOND $2000: Dean Martin,
William Clark,
Lamb Chop partners of someone named Lewis |
| #4478, aired 2004-02-11 | PUPPETRY $2000: For decades this beloved puppeteer served up Lamb Chop to children (Shari) Lewis |
| #4337, aired 2003-06-10 | ANIMALIA $1000: Shari Lewis' puppets included Lamb Chop & Charlie this Charlie Horse |
| #4200, aired 2002-11-29 | 20th CENTURY ARTISTS $1200: He conveyed the loneliness of life in the big city in paintings like "Chop Suey" & "Nighthawks" (Edward) Hopper |
| #4162, aired 2002-10-08 | TV PUPPETS $200: Mallory Tarcher has had a hand in continuing Lamb Chop, created by this woman, her mother Shari Lewis |
| #4037, aired 2002-03-05 | OUT LIKE A "LAMB" $400: A Shari Lewis hand puppet Lamb Chop |
| #4023, aired 2002-02-13 | SELF-DEFENSE $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents in a karate robe.) The strike I just demonstrated has been called the karate & judo type of this 4-letter word chop |
| #3976, aired 2001-12-10 | PUT OUT THE CHINA $600: The name of this Chinese-American stew of meat & vegetables translates into English as "mixed bits" chop suey |
| #3961, aired 2001-11-19 | ALL SPORT $300: This Major League Baseball team's fans are famous for their "tomahawk chop" the Atlanta Braves |
| #3954, aired 2001-11-08 | ARTIFACTS $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew pretends to chop at a stone slab.) I'm wielding the versatile stone-age tool called a hand this, though it lacks a separate blade ax |
| #3900, aired 2001-07-13 | PUPPETS FOR DUMMIES $200: Lamb Chop,
Charlie Horse,
Hush Puppy Shari Lewis |
| #3898, aired 2001-07-11 | THE KOREAN WAR $800: In bitter battles of 1951, Pork Chop was a hill & Heartbreak was one of these a ridge |
| #3878, aired 2001-06-13 | BOOK REVIEWS $200: "Dr. Seuss took 220 words, rhymed them, and turned out" this "volume of absurdity that worked like a karate chop" The Cat in the Hat |
| #3837, aired 2001-04-17 | "DEC" ME $400: To chop off the head of something Decapitate |
| #3482, aired 1999-10-26 | THE SHORT VERSION $600: To a chop suey cook:
MSG monosodium glutamate |
| #3404, aired 1999-05-27 | ODD COUPLES $600: Comedian-director much loved by the French says "I Do" with Lamb Chop's driving force Jerry & Shari Lewis |
| #3392, aired 1999-05-11 | PORK PRODUCTS? $600: The futility of final stages of the Korean War was symbolized by the 1953 battle for this hill, also known as Hill 234 Pork Chop Hill |
| #3382, aired 1999-04-27 | STAR TREK WRITERS $300: This ventriloquist co-wrote "The Lights of Zetar" with her husband Jeremy Tarcher, not Lamb Chop Shari Lewis |
| #3365, aired 1999-04-02 | THE BIRTH OF WORDS $1000: This Scottish entree may derive its name from the Old French for "haguier", to chop or hash Haggis |
| #3354, aired 1999-03-18 | ENGLISH "T" $200: Over the years many got "the chop" at this historic London stronghold the Tower of London |
| #3348, aired 1999-03-10 | LIKE A LAMB $400: For many years this award-winning puppeteer left her hand to Lamb Chop Shari Lewis |
| #3308, aired 1999-01-13 | ODD WORDS $400: To decaudate is to do this, like an old farmer's wife did to a trio of blind mice chop off their tails |
| #3126, aired 1998-03-16 | "D" IN COOKING $300: Many cooks chop these palm fruits & add them to nut bread Dates |
| #3111, aired 1998-02-23 | IT'LL END IN "TEER"s $400: Shari Lewis makes Lamb Chop move, & Lamb Chop makes Shari Lewis one of these a puppeteer |
| #3041, aired 1997-11-17 | BORN IN THE U.S.A. $300: Mid-19th century Chinese cooks working on the western railroads devised this dish of odds & ends served over rice Chop suey |
| #3009, aired 1997-10-02 | HOMOPHONIC PAIRS $600: Chop up Certs Mince mints |
| #2743, aired 1996-07-03 | AMERICAN FOOD HISTORY $300: The name of this mix of vegetables & meat over rice comes from Chinese for "odds & ends" chop suey |
| #2704, aired 1996-05-09 | CELEBRITY ASTROLOGY $200: This ventriloquist was born January 17 under the sign of the goat, not the sign of the Lamb Chop Shari Lewis |
| #2679, aired 1996-04-04 | FOOD $400: Chop Suey, cioppini & vichyssoise were all invented in this country U.S.A. |
| #2596, aired 1995-12-11 | FOOD $200: The name of this dish often made of leftovers comes from the French word hacher, meaning "to chop" hash |
| #2576, aired 1995-11-13 | TELEVISION HISTORY $100: In 1992, 29 years after her last NBC show, she began "Lamb Chop's Play-Along" on PBS Shari Lewis |
| #2541, aired 1995-09-25 | DOUBLE TALK $500: From Chinese Pidgin English, it means very quickly chop-chop |
| #2472, aired 1995-05-09 | FOOD & DRINK $200: Chop this green garnish & mix it with garlic to make the seasoning known as persillade parsley |
| #2304, aired 1994-09-15 | BATTLES $600: Famous battles of this war include Heartbreak Ridge & Pork Chop Hill the Korean War |
| #2292, aired 1994-07-19 | COMMON BONDS $200: Chop,
drum,
pick-up sticks |
| #2203, aired 1994-03-16 | FOOD $600: The name of this Chinese-American dish is Cantonese for "miscellaneous fragments" chop suey |
| #2010, aired 1993-05-07 | EAT YOUR VEGETABLES $300: To make cole slaw don't cook this main ingredient; just slice, shred or chop it cabbage |
| #1981, aired 1993-03-29 | HOMOPHONIC PAIRS $100: Chop after dinner candies into small pieces to mince mints |
| #1673, aired 1991-12-04 | VOCABULARY $400: As a verb, it means to chop into very small pieces; as a prefix, it often precedes "meat" mince |
| #1644, aired 1991-10-24 | COOKING $300: A recipe that calls for fines herbes expects you to do this to the herbs before adding them grate or grind (chop) |
| #1510, aired 1991-03-08 | MUSIC $200: Better known by the name of eating utensils it was first published in 1877 as "The Celebrated Chop Waltz" "Chopsticks" |
| #1255, aired 1990-02-02 | NURSERY RHYMES $400: Here comes a candle to light you to bed, here comes a chopper to... uh-oh chop off your head |
| #1197, aired 1989-11-14 | WORD ORIGINS $400: The "chop" in "chopsticks" means this in Pidgin English, as in "chop-chop" hurry (or quick or fast) |
| #1134, aired 1989-07-06 | SHEEP $800 (Daily Double): Name of the popular TV star seen here: Lamb Chop |
| #1069, aired 1989-04-06 | POETRY $1000: In a famous poem, this "colorful" title character tried to chop off Sir Gawain's head the Green Knight |
| #846, aired 1988-04-18 | ANIMAL PHRASES $600: The short, quick blow that gave you that lump at the base of your skull rabbit punch |
| #796, aired 1988-02-08 | 4-LETTER WORDS $200: It can be lamb, pork or karate chop |
| #513, aired 1986-11-26 | LITERARY WOOD $200: It's what Mason Locke Weems wrote that George Washington did as a child with a little hatchet chop down the cherry tree |
| #395, aired 1986-03-14 | 4-LETTER WORDS $200: A cough, a chop, or a cabdriver a hack |
| #364, aired 1986-01-30 | SPORTS TRIVIA $800: A "Baltimore chop" can be seen not in a butcher shop but in this sport baseball |
| #301, aired 1985-11-04 | THE HUMAN BODY $100: The adult size of this J-shaped organ can hold about a quart of chop suey the stomach |
| #3, aired 1984-09-12 | WORLD OF FOOD $200: Like chop suey, this Chinese sweet was invented in America the fortune cookie |
