| #19, aired 2023-11-01 | RIGHT "U-R" $1,500 (Daily Double): The New York Times called it a "sport in which daredevils race over rooftops, flip over ledges and climb walls without assistance" parkour |
| #4, aired 2022-10-16 | FAMOUS NAMES ON THE MAP $1,000 (Daily Double): This alliterative Colorado "Peak" is named for a man who tried & failed to climb it in 1806; guess that was an "or bust" Pikes Peak |
| #8471, aired 2021-09-20 | LIZARDS $600: The name of this lizard known for its ability to climb vertical surfaces is from a Malay word imitating the sound it makes gecko |
| #8418, aired 2021-06-09 | SILENT-LETTER WORDS $400: From Latin for "to climb", it means to rise, as in a dirigible ascend |
| #8252, aired 2020-10-06 | KEN JENNINGS KNOWS MOUNTAIN G.O.A.T.s $600: (Ken Jennings presents the clue.) Though the Freerider route takes most people four days, it took Alex Honnold about four hours, ropeless and using some holds the width of a pencil, to climb El Capitan in this national park Yosemite |
| #7913, aired 2019-01-23 | WATCH OUT FOR THAT TREE! $400: Bushmen use the sap of the bottle tree to tip poison these, so I wouldn't climb it if I were you arrows |
| #7577, aired 2017-07-18 | TAILS OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC $1000: New Caledonia is home to the largest type of this lizard; its sticky feet allow it to climb almost any surface a gecko |
| #7084, aired 2015-06-04 | IN SO MANY WORDS $400: 3 words:
George Mallory's 1923 reply to "Why did you want to climb Mt. Everest?" "Because it's there" |
| #6917, aired 2014-10-14 | TODAY'S CHECKLIST $800: Climb this highest mountain in Japan & hope it keeps up its eruption-less streak, intact since 1707 Mount Fuji |
| #6748, aired 2014-01-08 | FROM "G" TO "G" $800: Despite its name, this marmot can climb trees & swim just like the squirrels to which it's related a groundhog |
| #6693, aired 2013-10-23 | AT THE TRACK $200: The "Toy Train" is a nickname of this country's Darjeeling Himalayan with a two-foot gauge to help it climb hills India |
| #6601, aired 2013-05-06 | HOMOPHONES $800: A meteorological environment, or to go up a mountain clime/climb |
| #6344, aired 2012-03-29 | PHILOSOPHICAL METAPHORS $800: Wittgenstein compared his own book the "Tractatus" to this--you climb its rungs to see the world as it is a ladder |
| #6221, aired 2011-10-10 | SCRAMBLED KEGS $400: Weekends were made for it:
CLIMB HOE Michelob |
| #5637, aired 2009-02-24 | AROUND THE WORLD $200: The youngest person to climb it was 15-year-old Temba Tseri on May 22, 2001 Mount Everest |
| #5604, aired 2009-01-08 | IT'S A FACT $1200: You can take an 8,208-foot cable car climb up Collada D'enradort in this Pyrenees nation Andorra |
| #5106, aired 2006-11-20 | MUSIC $1,000 (Daily Double): (Before the clue is given, Mary Faber and her friend Kate Monster perform "There's A Fine, Fine Line" from the Tony-award winning smash hit Avenue Q.)
"There's a fine, fine line between a lover and a friend /
There's a fine, fine line between reality and pretend /
And you never know 'til you reach the top if it was worth the uphill climb /
There's a fine, fine line between love /
And a waste of time"
In one scene in "Avenue Q", Kate Monster sings atop this skyscraper on 5th Ave. at 34th St. the Empire State Building |
| #4972, aired 2006-04-04 | THE AFRICAN EXPLORER $1200: In 1849 missionary Ludwig Krapf sighted the 2 snow-capped peaks of this "national" mountain but did not climb it Mount Kenya |
| #4951, aired 2006-03-06 | YOU SAID IT! $400: Famous 3-word reply of climber George Mallory when asked why he wanted to climb Mount Everest "Because it's there" |
| #4203, aired 2002-12-04 | & AWAY WE GO $800: The name of a "hill climb" Lionel Martin raced in, he used it in the name of the auto company he later founded Aston |
| #4179, aired 2002-10-31 | GEORGE $1600: Asked why he wanted to climb Mount Everest, he famously responded, "Because it is there" George Mallory |
| #3966, aired 2001-11-26 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $800: After his debut in his hometown of Naples in 1894, it was a fast climb to the top for this tenor Enrico Caruso |
| #3806, aired 2001-03-05 | AMERICA-PODGE $200: This famous peak is named for a lieutenant who discovered it in 1806 & tried to climb it, but never got to the top Pikes Peak |
| #3775, aired 2001-01-19 | CLIMB IT $100: You can climb to the crown of this NYC landmark but you have to take the stairs, all 354 of them! Statue of Liberty |
| #3775, aired 2001-01-19 | CLIMB IT $200: The Hillary Step, a 40-foot spur of snow & ice, is the last obstacle you must climb before reaching its summit Mount Everest |
| #3775, aired 2001-01-19 | CLIMB IT $300: When attempting this African mountain, use the Marangu Route; you'll find it's the easiest & most comfortable Mount Kilimanjaro |
| #3775, aired 2001-01-19 | CLIMB IT $400: You might follow in astronaut James Irwin's footsteps up this mountain in search of Noah's Ark Mount Ararat |
| #3775, aired 2001-01-19 | CLIMB IT $500: You'll see some Inca ruins during the 1-hour climb to the top of Huayna Picchu in this country Peru |
| #3493, aired 1999-11-10 | AUDIO BOOKS $500: This author heard here climbed high on the bestseller list
The Everest climb had rocked my life to its core; it became desparately important for me to record the events in complete detail Jon Krakauer |
| #3446, aired 1999-09-06 | REALLY GRIMM FAIRY TALES $800: Rapunzel's was really long until a mean old witch cut it off so the prince couldn't climb up it hair |
| #3428, aired 1999-06-30 | EXPRESSIONS $800: Originally a way to climb a ship's rigging, it's now commonly heard after "making money" hand over fist |
| #3338, aired 1999-02-24 | CLIMB IT $100: The route to the summit of this 12,388-foot Japanese peak includes 10 stages called gome Mount Fuji |
| #3338, aired 1999-02-24 | CLIMB IT $200: "El Cap" is what climbers call this over 3,000-foot wall of rock in Yosemite El Capitan |
| #3338, aired 1999-02-24 | CLIMB IT $300: Some climbers call 27,800-foot Makalu the most beautiful peak in this Asian range Himalayas |
| #3338, aired 1999-02-24 | CLIMB IT $400: There was a cause celebre in 1786 when Jacques Balmat had the savoir faire to climb it Mont Blanc |
| #3338, aired 1999-02-24 | CLIMB IT $500: These Wyoming peaks include the South, the Middle & the most imposing Grand Tetons |
| #3332, aired 1999-02-16 | IT'S A DISASTER!... MOVIE $200: The survivors climb higher & higher to the bottom of the ship in this Irwin Allen spectacular The Poseidon Adventure |
| #3278, aired 1998-12-02 | WORD ORIGINS $400: From middle English & Latin for "toward" & "to climb", one does it to a staircase or the throne Ascend |
| #3123, aired 1998-03-11 | WHY $100: "Because it is there" was climber George Leigh Mallory's response to this query Why do you climb Mount Everest? |
| #2997, aired 1997-09-16 | FAMOUS MOUNTS $600: Noah was probably the first to climb down this mount without first climbing up it Mount Ararat |
| #2532, aired 1995-09-12 | TRAVEL U.S.A. $400: It's an 11 1/2-mile climb to the top of Pikes Peak in Pike National Forest in this state Colorado |
| #2515, aired 1995-07-07 | MUSICAL THEATRE $3,000 (Daily Double): 1966 Jerry Herman musical that features the following:
"For we need a little Christmas /
Right this very minute /
Candles in the window /
Carols at the spinet /
Yes, we need a little Christmas /
Right this very minute /
It hasn't snowed a single flurry /
But Santa, dear, we're in a hurry /
So climb down the chimney /
Put up the brightest string of lights I've ever seen..." Mame |
| #2414, aired 1995-02-16 | JAPAN $100: From Gogome station it's about a 5-hour climb to the top of this mountain Mt. Fuji |
| #2384, aired 1995-01-05 | DISNEYLAND $300: You can climb aboard this ride at the Disneyland Hotel & take it all the way to Tomorrowland the monorail |
| #1932, aired 1993-01-19 | QUOTES $1000: The reason George Mallory gave when asked "Why do you want to climb Mt. Everest?" "Because it's there" |
| #1014, aired 1989-01-19 | SPORTS IN FILM $800: It's what Clint Eastwood does to the Eiger in "The Eiger Sanction" climb it |
| #1006, aired 1989-01-09 | TRAVEL & TOURISM $100: You can climb it in Switzerland or ride through it in Fantasyland the Matterhorn |
| #561, aired 1987-02-02 | WOMEN $200: In August 1986, 90-year old Hulda Crooks attempted her 26th climb to top of this highest peak in lower 48 Mount Whitney |
| #553, aired 1987-01-21 | O.R. $500 (Daily Double): Title & subject of the following:
"One of these days / I'm gonna climb that mountain / Walk up there among the clouds / Where the cotton's high / And the corn's a-growin' / And there ain't no fields to plow" "Old Rivers" |
| #388, aired 1986-03-05 | WAYS & MEANS $400: Ascend 29,028 feet, plant a flag, & say "Because it was there" how do you climb Mount Everest |
| #375, aired 1986-02-14 | TRIVIA $200: Like domestic cats but unlike other big cats, mountain lions can do this they can purr |
| #352, aired 1986-01-14 | ATHLETIC SONGS $300: First sung by the mother abbess to Maria, it's reprised in final scene of "The Sound of Music" "Climb Every Mountain" |
| #146, aired 1985-04-01 | FAMOUS QUOTES $200: When asked why he wanted to climb Everest, George Mallory, who died there, gave this reply because it's there |
