| #9061, aired 2024-03-18 | 21st CENTURY WORDS $1000: From the French, it's the sport of running, jumping & climbing around & over urban obstacles parkour |
| #9044, aired 2024-02-22 | WORLD CAPITALS $1000: Climbing up on Medvednica Hill, I could see this end-of-the-alphabet city's light & pictured its 13th c. invasion by Mongols Zagreb |
| #8958, aired 2023-10-25 | WASN'T THAT AN '80s THING? $400: A man... a woman in distress... ladder climbing... a giant ape... this video game that debuted in 1981 had it all! Donkey Kong |
| #8901, aired 2023-06-26 | HERE COMES THE SUMMER $1000: An Outward Bound summer course lets teenagers get their kicks rock climbing in these "High" California mountains the Sierra Nevadas |
| #8879, aired 2023-05-25 | GALACTIC VACATIONS $2000: If being a fitfluencer is your thing, head to Mars & try climbing this largest volcano in the solar system Mons Olympus |
| #8865, aired 2023-05-05 | TAKE ME TO CHURCH $800: Climbing up on Montmartre Hill, I could see Paris' city lights & this basilica whose name means sacred heart the Sacré-Cœur |
| #8860, aired 2023-04-28 | "HOLD" UP $400: In rock climbing, it's a small crack or ledge to gain a secure position for further advancement a foothold |
| #8796, aired 2023-01-30 | WORST CASE ONTARIO $600: King Kong, he's real, & he's climbing this 1,815-foot structure, his eye filling the window of the revolving restaurant the CN Tower |
| #8789, aired 2023-01-19 | THE ROPES $600: Mountain climbing ropes are often made of this synthetic material invented by DuPont in the 1930s nylon |
| #8743, aired 2022-11-16 | COLD AROUND THE GLOBE $1600: One of mountain climbing's Seven Summits, Jaya Peak is on the Indonesian part of this big island New Guinea |
| #8701, aired 2022-09-19 | WORDS BEFORE WORDS $600: Climbing,
salt,
star rock |
| #8610, aired 2022-04-01 | BIRTH MONTH FLOWERS $800: What's the story, flower for September? It's this climbing vine that can have flowers 6 inches across morning glory |
| #8498, aired 2021-10-27 | THE GIFT OF GRAB $1000: We know about anteater tongues but some also have 2' tails used for climbing that are this "grabby" 10-letter adjective prehensile |
| #8437, aired 2021-07-06 | WOMEN WHO WRITE $400: Katharine Lee Bates was inspired to write the words to this patriotic anthem after climbing Pikes Peak "America The Beautiful" |
| #8405, aired 2021-05-21 | PAINTING, NOT THE ART KIND $800: You can make good money if you're up for climbing 600-foot towers of this bridge over the Hudson to keep it looking good the George Washington Bridge |
| #8404, aired 2021-05-20 | THAT'S MY AIRPORT $800: The airport in Lukla, Nepal is on the side of a mountain & is named for Edmund Hillary & this climbing partner (Tenzing) Norgay |
| #8387, aired 2021-04-27 | KING $800: This kids' game involves climbing a mound of some sort & laying waste to all who try to dethrone you king of the hill |
| #8352, aired 2021-03-09 | SNAKES & LADDERS $200: The national safety council says that when climbing a ladder, you should always grip these, not the side rails rungs |
| #8290, aired 2020-11-27 | C AS IN "CAT" $400: A robber who gains entry by climbing a cat burglar |
| #8287, aired 2020-11-24 | GO "NUT"s $2000: This small songbird with a powerful bill is known for its habit of climbing down trees head first a nuthatch |
| #8243, aired 2020-09-23 | AROUND THE USA $200: 14,060-foot Mount Bierstadt is a good place to start climbing the "Fourteeners" of this western range the Rockies |
| #8229, aired 2020-06-04 | RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES $1000: This urban running, jumping & climbing activity originated from a French special forces training course parkour |
| #8157, aired 2020-02-11 | CRAYOLA COLORS IN OTHER FORMS $1000: "Off we go into" this 3-word phrase in an Air Force song, "climbing high into the sun" wild blue yonder |
| #8138, aired 2020-01-15 | TEAM AMERICA $400: There's no "rock" in the name of the U.S. team for this sport that includes bouldering & speed disciplines climbing |
| #6, aired 2020-01-09 | JUST THE FACTS $400: Real vanilla flavoring comes from certain climbing species of this tropical plant orchid |
| #8085, aired 2019-11-01 | FEEL THE BERN! $800: Finn, Bjork & Ursina are a family of brown these big animals, fishing & climbing in a park in the heart of Bern since 2009 bears |
| #8059, aired 2019-09-26 | ANIMAL ANATOMY $400: These adorable tree-climbing marsupials have fingerprints very similar to those of humans koalas |
| #8010, aired 2019-06-07 | RISE TO THE OCCASION $1200: A champagne reception & amazing views greeted those who did this city's Gherkin Challenge, climbing 1,038 stairs for charity London |
| #7968, aired 2019-04-10 | "M.G." $2000: It's the climbing vine seen here morning glory |
| #7932, aired 2019-02-19 | CROSSWORD CLUES "K" $1600: Invasive climbing vine
(5) kudzu |
| #7895, aired 2018-12-28 | MY BAD! $2000: Despite the success of "Into Thin Air", this author called climbing Everest the biggest mistake of his life (Jon) Krakauer |
| #7865, aired 2018-11-16 | RAINY DAY P.E. $600: Rope climbing today! It looks so easy on the NBC show called this "warrior" American Ninja |
| #7825, aired 2018-09-21 | OUTSIDE $400: Climbing the "Seven Summits", the highest on each continent, includes 16,000' Vinson Massif on this continent Antarctica |
| #7759, aired 2018-05-10 | FAST COMPANY $1200: Kilian Jorent has set multiple speed records in this, AKA Alpinism mountain climbing |
| #7710, aired 2018-03-02 | SCULPTURE $1200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a sculpture on the monitor.) Leaning against another famous figure, the sculpture here is a personification of this river, with 16 children climbing about alluding to the 16 cubits it ideally rose during flooding to ensure a fertile year the Nile |
| #7679, aired 2018-01-18 | PEAK TV $1600: A documentary on Discovery Channel focuses on this mountain-climbing people of Nepal Sherpas |
| #7652, aired 2017-12-12 | MAMMAL PLANET $400: An NSA deputy director said that the "no. 1. threat" to the U.S. electrical grid is from these climbing rodents squirrels |
| #7651, aired 2017-12-11 | BEST SHORT FILM OSCARS $1000: A 1947 Short Subject Oscar went to "Climbing" this mountain on the border of Switzerland & Italy the Matterhorn |
| #7647, aired 2017-12-05 | A TRIP TO ITALY $1000: You'll do lots of climbing just walking the streets of Positano on this coast on the Gulf of Salerno Amalfi |
| #7539, aired 2017-05-25 | GET YOUR "PHIL" $2,000 (Daily Double): This tree-climbing plant is adapted to the relative darkness of the rain forest, so it thrives indoors a philodendron |
| #7501, aired 2017-04-03 | WHERE ART THOU? $200: In Murphy, N.C., climbing a hillside where these Old Testament injunctions are written in 4'-by-5' letters the Ten Commandments |
| #7471, aired 2017-02-20 | FLOWERS $400: April's birth month flower is this "sweet" climbing one, a member of the legume family a pea |
| #7442, aired 2017-01-10 | "ROLL" CALL $800: While climbing into a cart in "Young Frankenstein", Gene Wilder is asked by Teri Garr if he'd like one of these a roll in the hay |
| #7393, aired 2016-11-02 | GUNS N' ROSES $800: This word that means "aimlessly wandering" is used to describe climbing roses like Bobbie James rambling |
| #7365, aired 2016-09-23 | GETTING FROM HERE TO THERE $200: Put this 8-letter word before "bike" to get a bike with extra-powerful brakes & low gear ratios for climbing steep grades mountain |
| #7270, aired 2016-04-01 | WORDS OF SUBSTANCE $400: This 6-letter term is used to describe the climbing of a mountain ascent |
| #7229, aired 2016-02-04 | WALL-TO-WALL $400: The Whitney Peak Hotel in Reno is home to America's tallest one of these walls--race you to the top a rock-climbing wall |
| #7171, aired 2015-11-16 | NURSERY RHYME TIME $200: Jack's hill-climbing companion's aspirins Jill's pills |
| #7149, aired 2015-10-15 | REORDERING THE NOTED PAIR $800: Time to give the climbing aspect top billing in this classic kids' game from Hasbro; the sliding part slides to the back end Ladders & Chutes |
| #7038, aired 2015-04-01 | OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY $600: Mountain climbing again thanks to OT, Aron Ralston had his survival story told in this 2010 James Franco film 127 Hours |
| #7036, aired 2015-03-30 | PRISON ESCAPES $200: In classic movie fashion, Jeffrey McCoy escaped a Manhattan jail in 1983 climbing down 9 stories on a rope made of these bedsheets |
| #7005, aired 2015-02-13 | 3 LETTERS, ONE OF WHICH IS Y $1000: This climbing vine is in a league of its own ivy |
| #6985, aired 2015-01-16 | M.I.A. $2000: He & climbing partner Sandy Irvine disappeared on Mt. Everest in June 1924; his body was found 75 years later George Mallory |
| #6923, aired 2014-10-22 | 3-LETTER FIRST NAMES $600: A climbing vine ivy |
| #6824, aired 2014-04-24 | FROM "B" TO "Y" $1000: In mountain climbing, this verb means to secure a person to an end of a rope belay |
| #6693, aired 2013-10-23 | SPORTS BOOK $600: "Into Thin Air" mountain climbing |
| #6673, aired 2013-09-25 | FLOWERS $1600: As you might suspect from its name, blue dawn is a variety of this climbing flower morning glory |
| #6643, aired 2013-07-03 | LITERARY MOUNTAIN CLIMBING $400: Title adjective before "Mountain" in Charles Frazier's book about Inman returning home from the Civil War Cold |
| #6643, aired 2013-07-03 | LITERARY MOUNTAIN CLIMBING $800: In "To the Far Blue Mountains", this prolific western author continued his tales of the pioneering Sackett family Louis L'Amour |
| #6643, aired 2013-07-03 | LITERARY MOUNTAIN CLIMBING $1200: This short story became a big-screen story of forbidden love starring Heath Ledger & Jake Gyllenhaal "Brokeback Mountain" |
| #6643, aired 2013-07-03 | LITERARY MOUNTAIN CLIMBING $1600: Hans Castorp goes to a sanatorium in the Swiss Alps in this Thomas Mann novel The Magic Mountain |
| #6643, aired 2013-07-03 | LITERARY MOUNTAIN CLIMBING $2000: A polar expedition finds the remains of a strange creature "At the Mountains of Madness" by this weird author (H.P.) Lovecraft |
| #6630, aired 2013-06-14 | HAVING FUN AROUND THE WORLD $400: Climbing this sacred mountain of Japan in Shizuoka Prefecture Mount Fuji |
| #6594, aired 2013-04-25 | GREEN WITH NON-ENVY $1000: Norman Osborn is the civilian name of this bad guy who has Spider-Man climbing the walls The Green Goblin |
| #6591, aired 2013-04-22 | 3-LETTER WORDS $400: This climbing vine is known to cover the walls of older college buildings ivy |
| #6590, aired 2013-04-19 | COVERING YOUR BASES $1200: If you're trying to accomplish this feat, know that South Base Camp is in Nepal & North Base Camp is in Tibet climbing Mount Everest |
| #6566, aired 2013-03-18 | PAN AM $600: In 1963 Pan Am flew Jim Whittaker to Calcutta on his way to becoming the first American to achieve this lofty feat climbing Mt. Everest |
| #6544, aired 2013-02-14 | TIE ONE $1000: Tie into a sturdy climbing rope from this 3-letter outdoor store founded in 1938 REI |
| #6480, aired 2012-11-16 | IT'S A TOUGH JOB $600: Climbing spurs are useful to these people who fix the transmission wires of phone & power companies linemen |
| #6439, aired 2012-09-20 | HOW DOES SUNDAY MORNING SOUND? $1200: In Rome, if you're climbing these steps on Sunday, you'll hear from the twin towers of Trinita Dei Monti above them the Spanish Steps |
| #6429, aired 2012-07-26 | DO YOU KNOW THE "LING"O? $800: Wrestling, or a type of hook attached to a rope used for climbing grappling |
| #6314, aired 2012-02-16 | CENTRAL AMERICAN WILDLIFE $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew gives the clue from Golfo Dulce in Costa Rica.) Macaws use their powerful beaks as a third foot when climbing trees & as a tool when opening nuts; inside their tongue is a little one of these structures that they use to dislodge nutmeat bone in their tongue (lever accepted) |
| #6218, aired 2011-10-05 | I'M DATING MYSELF $1200: Safe rock climbing requires a partner; rockhounding, also called this, I can do solo rock collecting |
| #6197, aired 2011-07-19 | THE "RAT" PACK $1600: Climbing palm of Asia used to make furniture rattan |
| #6190, aired 2011-07-08 | RECESS $200: I'm taking 5 on this alliterative playground piece that sounds like you should be climbing it in the Congo a jungle gym |
| #6102, aired 2011-03-08 | WHAT THE "ECK" $1000: Wall-climbing house lizard a gecko |
| #6074, aired 2011-01-27 | WASN'T THAT AN '80s THING? $400: A man... a woman in distress... ladder climbing... a giant ape... this video game that debuted in 1981 had it all! Donkey Kong |
| #6023, aired 2010-11-17 | PLANT SCIENCE $400: The night-blooming cereus, a climbing type of this desert plant, blooms for only one night a cactus |
| #6009, aired 2010-10-28 | PLANTS $1600: This colorful climbing shrub of South America was named for a French explorer of the South Pacific bougainvillea |
| #6003, aired 2010-10-20 | NON-DON KNOTS $800: (Kelly of the Clue Crew ties a knot.) Especially useful in sailing & rock climbing, this knot with a numerical name is easily untied, even after the greatest strain a figure-eight knot |
| #5980, aired 2010-09-17 | SIDE EFFECTS MAY INCLUDE... $200: Exploding pancreas, chronic finger loss & dermatitis from contact with this climbing vine, rhus radicans poison ivy |
| #5785, aired 2009-11-06 | LAND MARKS $400: Babu Chhiri, a sherpa famed for this skill, died in a crevasse in 2001 mountain climbing |
| #5703, aired 2009-05-27 | IT HAS TO END WITH "U" $1200: A fast-growing climbing vine all over the southern United States kudzu |
| #5676, aired 2009-04-20 | NOT LITERALLY $400: No, if you're "literally climbing the walls" you'd be this boyfriend of Mary Jane Watson Spider-Man (or Peter Parker) |
| #5568, aired 2008-11-19 | T-R-L $2000: A threadlike, leafless organ of climbing plants, often in spiral form a tendril |
| #5541, aired 2008-10-13 | FAMOUS ELEPHANTS $2000: Elephants hate climbing hills, but the remains of "Icy Mike" were found at 14,000' on this, Africa's 2nd-highest peak Mount Kenya |
| #5521, aired 2008-09-15 | WHERE YA BEEN? $400: Climbing Mount Aconcagua in this Western Hemisphere mountain range the Andes |
| #5494, aired 2008-06-26 | "R" GANG $800: "Bouldering" is a low-altitude version of this 2-word activity rock climbing |
| #5494, aired 2008-06-26 | WORLD CAPITALS $1600: In the "Spring" of 1968, students in this capital were climbing on Soviet tanks & yelling, "USSR go home!" Prague |
| #5403, aired 2008-02-20 | THE GYM $800: Now no longer in the Games, an early Olympic gymnastic event was the speed climbing of one of these a rope |
| #5374, aired 2008-01-10 | BOARD GAME HISTORY $1000: Imported from India, this game had you climbing to God by landing on a virtue, but a serpent ate you on a vice Snakes & Ladders |
| #5366, aired 2007-12-31 | UNDER THE "C" $1600: We're climbing past 10,000 feet on our way to this, the flight level we'll maintain en route, 35,000 feet the cruising altitude |
| #5337, aired 2007-11-20 | I ONLY HAVE "I"s FOR YOU $200: Hedera Helix is the English variety of this climbing plant ivy |
| #5323, aired 2007-10-31 | SCARY PLACES $400: 11 people perished climbing this mountain in 2006, its deadliest season since 15 died in 1996 Everest |
| #5314, aired 2007-10-18 | RHYME TIME $800: One who rides motorcycles as well as enjoys walking & climbing in the outdoors hiker biker |
| #5309, aired 2007-10-11 | AT THE PLAYGROUND $1000: In 1920 Sebastian Hinton invented a "climbing apparatus" to provide "a kind of forest top"; we know it as this a jungle gym (monkey bars accepted) |
| #5285, aired 2007-07-27 | WHAT ARE YOU AFRAID OF? $800: If you've got dendrophobia, a fear of these, we suggest not climbing any trees |
| #5057, aired 2006-09-12 | MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS, PLAYMATE OF THE MONTH $1000: Turn-offs: Rude subjects, labor pains, climbing this structure (one time only) Feb. 8, 1587 the scaffold |
| #5033, aired 2006-06-28 | FLOWERS $2000: Seen here, this flower known by its genus name is popular as a climbing plant a Clematis |
| #4968, aired 2006-03-29 | TREES & SHRUBS $1600: This shrub produces clusters appropriately called catkins said to resemble kittens climbing up the twig a pussy willow |
| #4894, aired 2005-12-15 | THE PRICE IS RIGHT $200: Climbing the Nepalese side of this mountain: almost $30,000; descending it alive: priceless Mount Everest |
| #4736, aired 2005-03-21 | SKI $200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew shuffles uphill on skis in Park City, UT.) As well as a suit pattern, it's a technique of climbing a hill by pointing your skis outward herringbone |
| #4716, aired 2005-02-21 | THIS OLD HOUSE $2000: (Hi, I'm Roger Cook, landscape contractor.) It's an Italian word for an arbor with trelliswork to support climbing plants pergola |
| #4696, aired 2005-01-24 | BY THE DAWN'S EARLY LIGHT $400: The "blue dawn" is a variety of this climbing vine whose flowers open with the first light of dawn a morning glory |
| #4688, aired 2005-01-12 | YORES FOR A SONG $200: In a familiar set of lyrics for the melody heard here, this animal does some climbing a bear |
| #4653, aired 2004-11-24 | HIT TV THEME SONGS $800: Climbing to No. 25 in 1976, "Making Our Dreams Come True" was the hit theme song for this TV show Laverne & Shirley |
| #4340, aired 2003-06-13 | A FLY CATEGORY $2000: Harry H. Gardner, reportedly dubbed this by Grover Cleveland, made his living climbing up the sides of buildings "The Human Fly" |
| #4328, aired 2003-05-28 | QUICK CITY TRIPS $400: Climbing the Acropolis; shopping at the flea market in Monastiraki Square Athens |
| #4218, aired 2002-12-25 | AMERICAN TRAFFIC SIGNS $1000: This specific mountaineering activity permitted here rock climbing |
| #4215, aired 2002-12-20 | THE BICYCLE $2000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew bikes up a hill.) When climbing & mountain biking, pick a gear that allows you to keep this between 60 & 90 RPMs (revolutions per minute) |
| #4183, aired 2002-11-06 | HERBS & SPICES $600: The dried pods of a certain climbing orchid provide this flavoring vanilla |
| #4077, aired 2002-04-30 | ODDS & ENDS $800: In 1989 Chris Gueffroy became the last person to die climbing this; he was trying to reach West Germany the Berlin Wall |
| #3996, aired 2002-01-07 | SLANG $800: (Sofia "rocks" the clue.) In rock-climbing slang, to fall hard to the ground is to do this, also part of a volcano. Aaaah! crater |
| #3982, aired 2001-12-18 | "B" ON THE LOOKOUT $800: (Sofia of the Clue Crew climbs a rock-climbing wall.) As a noun, it's a large rock; as a rock-climbing verb, it means to take an easy route close to the ground boulder |
| #3925, aired 2001-09-28 | I'M SO CUTE! $500: O, yes, this tree-climbing feline seen here would fit into a "STARTS WITH 'O'" category an ocelot |
| #3921, aired 2001-09-24 | CALIFORNIA SCIENCE CENTER $800: (Sofia of the Clue Crew climbs the rock climbing wall at the California Science Center.) A climber who shouts "Give!" to his belayer is asking for more of this--give! line |
| #3916, aired 2001-09-17 | SINGLE DIGITS $800: Number of "Summits" in a climbing feat first completed in 1985 7 |
| #3903, aired 2001-07-18 | CLIMBING $200: Alpinism is European climbing; Andinismo refers to climbing on this continent South America |
| #3903, aired 2001-07-18 | CLIMBING $400: Face & crack climbing are two types of this popular activity seen here rock climbing |
| #3903, aired 2001-07-18 | CLIMBING $600: In "Vertical Limit" Robin Tunney is menaced by this high-altitude condition of fluid leaking into the lungs pulmonary edema (hape accepted) |
| #3903, aired 2001-07-18 | CLIMBING $800: This fastener seen here gets its name from its original use of clipping a carbine rifle to a band carabiner |
| #3903, aired 2001-07-18 | JUST PLANE GEOMETRY $1,000 (Daily Double): The word geometry means to "measure" this the world, the earth (the land) |
| #3903, aired 2001-07-18 | CLIMBING $1000: Also meaning to stop an action, in climbing it means to secure another person with a rope to belay |
| #3883, aired 2001-06-20 | "BEAN"S $100: A folk tale written down by Joseph Jacobs told of a boy who got a nice aerobic workout climbing this the beanstalk |
| #3871, aired 2001-06-04 | NO LONGER AN OLYMPIC SPORT $400: Early gymnastic events included club swinging & the speed climbing of one of these Rope |
| #3863, aired 2001-05-23 | NEW SUMMER "CAMP"s $800: Stair-climbing & bell-ringing are the big activities here campanile |
| #3827, aired 2001-04-03 | ASIAN NEWSPAPERS $200: To find a climbing partner, put an ad in this country's Kathmandu Post Nepal |
| #3764, aired 2001-01-04 | TALL BUILDINGS $100: In 1977 George Willig was fined $1.10, a penny a story, for climbing one of these NYC towers World Trade Center |
| #3659, aired 2000-06-29 | FROGS & TOADS $300: 2-word term for all members of the family Hylidae, having adaptations like sticky foot pads for climbing tree frogs |
| #3579, aired 2000-03-09 | MODERN SPORTS EQUIPMENT $200: Chocks,
carabiners,
rope Mountain climbing |
| #3458, aired 1999-09-22 | "YEAR" $200: Climbing to No. 8 in 1977, it was Al Stewart's biggest hit "Year Of The Cat" |
| #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 |
| #3203, aired 1998-07-01 | POTPOURRI $100: Related to the fear of falling, climacophobia is the fear of climbing these stairs |
| #3179, aired 1998-05-28 | TOP O' THE WORLD, MA! $500: These Nepalese people are much sought after as porters for Himalayan climbing expeditions Sherpas |
| #3174, aired 1998-05-21 | NONFICTION $400: In "Into Thin Air" Jon Krakauer said climbing this mountain "was primarily about enduring pain" Mount Everest |
| #3121, aired 1998-03-09 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $1,000 (Daily Double): A "great" pass & a "little" pass in the Alps are named for this saint St. Bernard (the patron saint of mountain climbing) |
| #3002, aired 1997-09-23 | PLANTS & TREES $500 (Daily Double): The name of this climbing plant often found on poles is Greek for "lover of trees" philodendron |
| #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 |
| #2946, aired 1997-05-26 | BOTANY $400: These slender coils that vines use for support & climbing are actually modified leaves tendrils |
| #2879, aired 1997-02-20 | AUTHORS ON AUTHORS $200: Saul Bellow said this "Jazz Age" author "couldn't distinguish between innocence and social climbing" F. Scott Fitzgerald |
| #2870, aired 1997-02-07 | FLOWERS $600: As its name suggests, the flowers of this climbing plant open in the A.M. & often close by afternoon Morning Glory |
| #2670, aired 1996-03-22 | EXPLORERS $200: He began his mountain climbing career in New Zealand's Southern Alps Sir Edmund Hillary |
| #2603, aired 1995-12-20 | LITERARY ALLUSIONS $800: A scheming young woman is called a Becky Sharp after the social climbing heroine of this Thackeray novel Vanity Fair |
| #2183, aired 1994-02-16 | HISTORIC NAMES $800: He was a beekeeper before he became world-famous for climbing Mount Everest in 1953 Edmund Hillary |
| #2180, aired 1994-02-11 | PLANTS & TREES $1000: The name of this climbing plant means "lover of trees" Philodendron |
| #2150, aired 1993-12-31 | U.S.A. $100: If you’re not up to climbing this NYC building’s 1,860 steps, you can take one of 73 elevators Empire State Building |
| #2034, aired 1993-06-10 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $1000: Puente del Inca is the usual starting point for climbing this mountain, South America's highest Aconcagua |
| #2031, aired 1993-06-07 | ODDS & ENDS $500: Equipment used in this sport includes crampons, pitons & carabiners mountain climbing |
| #1945, aired 1993-02-05 | 1992 $100: During one week in May, 7 people died climbing this Alaskan mountain Mt. McKinley |
| #1859, aired 1992-10-08 | HOUSEHOLD TIPS $400: Attach wire hangers to a wooden upright to make this training device for vines & climbing plants a trellis |
| #1660, aired 1991-11-15 | ANIMALS $100: The robber crab is known for climbing palms to feed on these Coconuts |
| #1555, aired 1991-05-10 | SUPERSTITIONS $600: To dream of climbing up one of these means you'll rise in life, but if you walk under one, look out! a ladder |
| #1483, aired 1991-01-30 | SEA LIFE $200: This carnivore uses its tusks as hooks when climbing onto the Arctic ice walrus |
| #1472, aired 1991-01-15 | FLOWERS $200 (Daily Double): This climbing vine's funnel-shaped flowers open shortly after dawn for just a few hours morning glory |
| #1377, aired 1990-09-04 | WORDS WITHIN WORDS $400: While climbing a tree, you could break one of these--yours or the tree's limb |
| #1291, aired 1990-03-26 | PLANTS $1000: This climbing tropical shrub was named for a French South Seas explorer Bougainvillea |
| #1266, aired 1990-02-19 | PRESIDENTS $400: He was climbing in the Adirondacks when he was notified that Pres. McKinley was dying Theodore Roosevelt |
| #1217, aired 1989-12-12 | STARTS WITH "J" $100: From its name you might expect to see lions & tigers climbing on this type of gym, but it's made for kids a jungle gym |
| #1152, aired 1989-09-12 | THE ALPS $200: "The Day the Rope Broke" is a famous book about an 1865 climbing accident on this peak the Matterhorn |
| #1137, aired 1989-07-11 | SPORTS $100: This sport is also known as alpinism, especially in the Alps mountain climbing |
| #973, aired 1988-11-23 | FOOD $200: Climbing orchids of Madagascar are the main natural source of this ice cream flavor vanilla |
| #953, aired 1988-10-26 | PLANTS & TREES $800: The climbing President Hoover is a variety of this flower rose |
| #769, aired 1987-12-31 | AUTHORS $600: Francesco Petrarch was an early proponent of this sport, & wrote he did it "because it was there" mountain climbing |
| #696, aired 1987-09-21 | PREDATORS $1000: Tree climbing is common among the gray species of this genus "Urocyon" or "Vulpes" the fox |
| #649, aired 1987-06-04 | CLIMBING $200: You can't get a reservation to climb this Himalayan mountain until 1997 Everest |
| #649, aired 1987-06-04 | CLIMBING $400: If you're glissading, you're going in this direction down |
| #649, aired 1987-06-04 | CLIMBING $600: If there's a sudden rise in temperature following a heavy snowfall, watch out for these avalanches |
| #649, aired 1987-06-04 | CLIMBING $800: Term for roping down a rock face rappelling |
| #649, aired 1987-06-04 | CLIMBING $3,000 (Daily Double): On maps, it's abbreviated "USGS" the United States Geological Survey |
| #648, aired 1987-06-03 | GENESIS $400: A ladder for climbing the side of a ship is named for this man who envisioned a ladder to Heaven Jacob |
| #629, aired 1987-05-07 | QUOTES $1000: Line by A.A. Milne which follows, "Hush! Hush! Whisper who dares!" "Christopher Robin is saying his prayers" |
| #591, aired 1987-03-16 | MAMMALS $400: L.A. Zoo says this climbing great cat is, pound for pound, nature's most efficient killing machine leopard |
| #554, aired 1987-01-22 | AUGUST $100: On Aug. 1, 1873, these, the Natl. Historic Landmark on wheels, 1st began climbing "halfway to the stars" the cable cars |
| #467, aired 1986-09-23 | TV NOSTALGIA $300: Still in diapers when he joined the Today show cast in 1953, he sent the ratings climbing J. Fred Muggs |
| #402, aired 1986-03-25 | BOTANY $200 (Daily Double): Title of the following, which is also a hardy annual climbing plant
"I went to a dance just the other night / I saw a girl there she was out of sight / I asked a friend of mine who she could be" "Sweet Pea" |
| #339, aired 1985-12-26 | INITIALS $600: An alcoholic climbing back on the wagon might suffer these "DT"s Delirium tremens |
| #283, aired 1985-10-09 | THE QUEEN'S ENGLISH $600: A British woman might find a ladder climbing up this article of clothing a stocking |
