| #8792, aired 2023-01-24 | OPERA $1600: Not a comic opera, it has a name meaning "the clowns" Pagliacci |
| #8587, aired 2022-03-01 | REMEMBERING STEPHEN SONDHEIM $400: For "A Little Night Music", not a circus, Sondheim wrote the song "Send In" these, "don't bother, they're here" the clowns |
| #8471, aired 2021-09-20 | ALLITERATIVE PEOPLE $600: One of the greatest songs he's written is "Send In The Clowns" from "A Little Night Music" Sondheim |
| #8015, aired 2019-06-14 | BIG TOP JOBS $400: Tramp & Auguste are 2 different types of these performers clowns |
| #7932, aired 2019-02-19 | THAT'S A CLOWN CATEGORY $1200: In 1952, with the help of Hank Aaron, the Indianapolis Clowns won the championship in this organization the Negro Leagues |
| #7591, aired 2017-09-18 | NFL RHYMES $800: The Cleveland team's harlequins Browns clowns |
| #7572, aired 2017-07-11 | ALSO IN THE SHAKESPEARE PLAY $400: Fortinbras, prince of Norway; two clowns, listed as gravediggers Hamlet |
| #7468, aired 2017-02-15 | WHAT ARE YOU AFRAID OF? $600: Creepy sightings in the autumn of 2016 increased the national level of coulrophobia, a fear of these performers clowns |
| #7069, aired 2015-05-14 | STEPHEN SONDHEIM $2000: "Send In The Clowns" is a beloved song from this "small" Sondheim show A Little Night Music |
| #7057, aired 2015-04-28 | CZECH COMPOSERS $800: Julius Fucik's "Entry of the Gladiators" is now mostly associated with these less-fierce performers clowns (circus performers accepted) |
| #7027, aired 2015-03-17 | COMPOUND WORDS $600: A style of comedy named for a paddle once wielded by clowns slapstick |
| #6926, aired 2014-10-27 | 6 LETTERS, ONLY 1 VOWEL $200: Ronald McDonald! Bozo! Krusty! What a bunch of... clowns |
| #6896, aired 2014-09-15 | CLOWNS $200: DC Comics dubbed this character "The Clown Prince of Crime" the Joker |
| #6896, aired 2014-09-15 | CLOWNS $400: Cam becomes Fizbo, "the (butt)-kicking clown that'll twist you like a balloon animal", on this ABC sitcom Modern Family |
| #6896, aired 2014-09-15 | CLOWNS $600: On "In Living Color" this Damon Wayans clown "don't play that" Homey |
| #6896, aired 2014-09-15 | CLOWNS $800: This song begins, "Isn't it rich? Are we a pair? Me here at last on the ground, you in mid-air" "Send In The Clowns" |
| #6896, aired 2014-09-15 | CLOWNS $1000: In 1988 John Vernon, the dean in "Animal House", found more than 0.0 "Killer Klowns from" here Outer Space |
| #6771, aired 2014-02-10 | OTHER COLLEGES $600: Though there is no fixed campus, you can still apply to Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey's college for these performers clowns |
| #6530, aired 2013-01-25 | THAT'S A CLOWN QUESTION, BRO $1600: "Send In The Clowns" is from 1973's "A Little Night Music" by this legendary Broadway songwriter Stephen Sondheim |
| #6330, aired 2012-03-09 | '90s FILM QUOTES $1000: "Let us have pirates, clowns and a happy ending, or we shall send you back to Stratford to your wife" Shakespeare in Love |
| #6312, aired 2012-02-14 | ODD JOBS $800: Besides entertaining the crowds, these performers serve a vital purpose, protecting a bull rider from the bull rodeo clowns |
| #6271, aired 2011-12-19 | BUMPER STICKER HUMOR $800: "Cannibals won't eat" these circus performers... "they taste funny" clowns |
| #6147, aired 2011-05-10 | "MID"-TERMS $1600: In "Send In The Clowns", it's "me here at last on the ground, you" up there (in) mid-air |
| #5974, aired 2010-07-29 | 19th CENTURY OPERA $1200: In this 1892 Leoncavallo opera, the clowns enter an Italian village in a parade led by a donkey cart Pagliacci (Il Pagliacci accepted) |
| #5889, aired 2010-04-01 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $2000: A case handled by Leoncavallo's attorney father served as the basis for this opera also called "Clowns" I Pagliacci |
| #5682, aired 2009-04-28 | OPERAS BY CHARACTERS $2000: 1892: Tonio & Beppe, a couple of clowns Pagliacci |
| #5619, aired 2009-01-29 | IT HAPPENS ONCE A YEAR $200: The first week of August honors these circus performers & is appropriately followed by Smile Week clowns |
| #5584, aired 2008-12-11 | SEND IN THE CLOWNS $200: Johnny Carson's future sidekick, he made his national TV debut in 1950 playing a clown on CBS' "The Big Top" Ed McMahon |
| #5584, aired 2008-12-11 | SEND IN THE CLOWNS $400: In 1966 Ringling Brothers clown Lou Jacobs became the first living person to appear on a United States one of these a postage stamp |
| #5584, aired 2008-12-11 | SEND IN THE CLOWNS $600: Creator Matt Groening has stated that this character was based on a Portland TV clown named Rusty Nails Krusty the Clown |
| #5584, aired 2008-12-11 | SEND IN THE CLOWNS $800: In Cecil B. Demille's "The Greatest Show on Earth", he plays Buttons, a clown who was once a surgeon Jimmy Stewart |
| #5584, aired 2008-12-11 | SEND IN THE CLOWNS $1000: A rodeo clown before becoming an actor, he "rode" an H-bomb to destruction in "Dr. Strangelove" (Slim) Pickens |
| #5363, aired 2007-12-26 | ART $400: Georges Rouault liked to include some tragic ones of these in his works; Red Skelton specialized in them clowns |
| #5290, aired 2007-09-14 | JUDY $1000: She hit the top 40 in both 1975 & 1977 with "Send In The Clowns" Judy Collins |
| #5238, aired 2007-05-23 | CIRCUS TALK $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew clowns around.) Clowns are masters of this look of reaction for the benefit of the audience; especially a double one a double take |
| #5168, aired 2007-02-14 | THE CW $1000: Brothers have to fight vampires, spirits & even clowns on this ghoulish drama Supernatural |
| #5080, aired 2006-10-13 | AUTHORS' RHYME TIME $1600: "Da Vinci" Dan's circus comics Brown's clowns |
| #5042, aired 2006-07-11 | THE GRAMMYS $800: A hit for Judy Collins, this tune from Stephen Sondheim's "A Little Night Music" was 1975's Song of the Year "Send In The Clowns" |
| #5010, aired 2006-05-26 | BROADWAY LYRICS $600: "Isn't it rich? Are we a pair? Me here at last on the ground, you in mid-air". Do this send in the clowns |
| #4868, aired 2005-11-09 | COLLEGE-PODGE $200: A "College" for these silly circus performers opened in 1968 (& no, I am not a graduate) clowns |
| #4695, aired 2005-01-21 | HALLS OF FAME $600: If you're into a little song, a little dance, a little seltzer down your pants, a hall for these is in Milwaukee clowns |
| #4643, aired 2004-11-10 | THEY DO GOOD WORK $800: It's not just doctors--there are now groups called teachers, builders & clowns "without" these borders |
| #4506, aired 2004-03-22 | "SIDE" EFFECTS $2000: Show that includes "Comedy Tonight", "Company" & "Send in the Clowns" Side by Side |
| #4425, aired 2003-11-28 | PRIME MIME $1600: In this 1992 Bobcat Goldthwait film, clowns take great delight in beating up mimes Shakes the Clown |
| #4330, aired 2003-05-30 | DISTURBING THE "P"s $2000: Clowns attempt rape, cheat on each other & eventually commit murder in this Leoncavallo opera Pagliacci |
| #4253, aired 2003-02-12 | ART & ARTISTS $1,200 (Daily Double): This Spaniard painted some dreary-looking clowns during his Blue & Rose Periods in the early 1900s Pablo Picasso |
| #4244, aired 2003-01-30 | THAT '70s SONG $800: In 1975 & again in 1977 Judy Collins made the Top 40 with this song from "A Little Night Music" "Send in the Clowns" |
| #4039, aired 2002-03-07 | CLOWNING AROUND $800: (Sofia & Sarah make complete fools of themselves in silent-movie mode as Alex reads the clue.) This term for the type of comedy seen here comes from a rod used by 16th-century clowns to smack others on the behind slapstick comedy |
| #4039, aired 2002-03-07 | CLOWNING AROUND $1000: Seen here, this Italian director of the 1971 film "The Clowns" ran away to join the circus as a child (Federico) Fellini |
| #4037, aired 2002-03-05 | TV STARS ON BROADWAY $2,000 (Daily Double): You could say that playing Murray in the 2001 revival of "A Thousand Clowns" was this actor's "Magnum" opus Tom Selleck |
| #3867, aired 2001-05-29 | "SPACE" MOVIES $1000: A small town is invaded by blood-drinking aliens that look like clowns in this 1988 cult movie Killer Klowns from Outer Space |
| #3789, aired 2001-02-08 | CIRCUS CIRCUS $100: Major varieties of these circus performers include harlequin, tramp & whiteface clowns |
| #3610, aired 2000-04-21 | CLOWN SONGS $200: Judy Collins recorded a version of this song from "A Little Night Music" "Send in the Clowns" |
| #3610, aired 2000-04-21 | CLOWN SONGS $500: This title of a Stealers Wheel song completes the line "Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right, here I am..." "Stuck in the Middle With You" |
| #3488, aired 1999-11-03 | THE CIRCUS $200: A thick white type of theatrical makeup is named for these circus performers Clowns |
| #3438, aired 1999-07-14 | CLOWNS $100: Popular '50s kids' show that featured the clown seen here The Howdy Doody Show |
| #3438, aired 1999-07-14 | CLOWNS $200: In 1994 Annie Fratellini became the first woman inducted into this Wisconsin site Clown Hall of Fame |
| #3438, aired 1999-07-14 | CLOWNS $300: (Bozo the Clown gives the clue.) In October 1998 a big rig hauling 10 tons of these overturned on an L.A. freeway; Soupy Sales wasn't responsible pies |
| #3438, aired 1999-07-14 | CLOWNS $400: The ISCA is an association of this Masonic organization's clowns Shriners |
| #3438, aired 1999-07-14 | CLOWNS $500: This clown stars in the animated video "The Legend of Grimace Island" Ronald McDonald |
| #3434, aired 1999-07-08 | OPERA $500: It's the English title of the opera "I Pagliacci" & the name of a ballet that juxtaposes terror & buffoonery "The Clowns" |
| #3406, aired 1999-05-31 | COLLEGES $200: Irvin Feld founded a college in Venice, Florida in 1968 to train these performers for the circus clowns |
| #3335, aired 1999-02-19 | CLOWN CINEMA $800: With the Italian documentary "The Clowns", this director explored his fascination with the circus Federico Fellini |
| #3252, aired 1998-10-27 | CLOWNING AROUND $400: Judy Collins hit the pop charts with this song in 1975 & again in 1977 "Send In The Clowns" |
| #3252, aired 1998-10-27 | CLOWNING AROUND $500: This "Born Yesterday" star co-wrote the title tune for the 1965 film "A Thousand Clowns" Judy Holliday |
| #3214, aired 1998-07-16 | NAME THE OPERA $400: [Audio clip in Italian from opera about clowns] Pagliacci |
| #3205, aired 1998-07-03 | IT'S SANDY! $500: She won Tonys for her performances in "A Thousand Clowns" & "Any Wednesday" Sandy Dennis |
| #3138, aired 1998-04-01 | SHOE BIZ $200: Jolly Walkers, formerly Big Foot Shoes, has been making shoes for these performers for over 25 years clowns |
| #3048, aired 1997-11-26 | 19th CENTURY OPERA $400: The title clowns of this Leoncavallo work arrive in a parade led by a donkey, not in a tiny car Pagliacci |
| #2876, aired 1997-02-17 | AUTHORS & THEIR WORKS $800: "Clowns' Houses" is a book of poetry by this sister of Osbert & Sacheverell Sitwell Edith Sitwell |
| #2860, aired 1997-01-24 | ANNUAL EVENTS $200: A Sept. festival in Seaside Heights, New Jersey features hundreds of these silly circus performers Clowns |
| #2660, aired 1996-03-08 | BLACK AMERICA $100: He played with the Indianapolis Clowns in the Negro League before hitting 755 home runs in the majors Hank Aaron |
| #2626, aired 1996-01-22 | THE CIRCUS $200: The forerunners of these circus performers can be found in commedia dell'arte & English pantomime clowns |
| #2608, aired 1995-12-27 | SONG LYRICS $200: "Isn't it rich? Are we a pair? Me here at last on the ground, you in midair; send in" these the clowns |
| #2562, aired 1995-10-24 | THE CIRCUS $500: In 1968 showman Irvin Feld founded a "college" for these performers in Venice, Florida clowns |
| #2310, aired 1994-09-23 | CIRCUS HISTORY $600: These performers are called "Joeys" in honor of Joseph Grimaldi, who was the father of their art clowns |
| #2135, aired 1993-12-10 | NOTABLE NAMES $500: "The Clowns", this film director's tribute to circus people, was made originally for Italian TV Fellini |
| #1862, aired 1992-10-13 | OPERA $2,000 (Daily Double): The title of this Leoncavallo opera can be translated as "Clowns" Pagliacci (I Pagliacci accepted) |
| #1833, aired 1992-07-15 | OPERA $600: Opera in which you'd find Canio, his wife, Nedda & the clowns Tonio & Beppe Pagliacci |
| #1674, aired 1991-12-05 | FOLK SINGERS $300: Her 1975 album "Judith" featured the hit single, "Send In The Clowns" Judy Collins |
| #1639, aired 1991-10-17 | BROADWAY LYRICS $500: It begins, “Isn’t it rich? Are we a pair? Me here at last on the ground, you in mid-air” "Send In The Clowns" |
| #1134, aired 1989-07-06 | THE MOVIES $800: Elizabeth Taylor sang "Send In The Clowns" in this movie musical, & we're not clowning around A Little Night Music |
| #1096, aired 1989-05-15 | THE CIRCUS $200: There are 2 main types of these in the circus, Auguste & whiteface clowns |
| #1070, aired 1989-04-07 | ART $800: This comedian, the son of a circus clown, paints portraits of circus clowns Red Skelton |
| #1065, aired 1989-03-31 | WEAPONS $400: Type of comedy named for a noisy board with which clowns or vaudeville comics whack each other slapstick |
| #1009, aired 1989-01-12 | FOREIGN FILMS $1000: "The Clowns", this director's tribute to circus performers, was originally made for Italian TV (Federico) Fellini |
| #934, aired 1988-09-29 | WEAPONS $600: To celebrate the 20th anniversary of Ringling Bros. Clown College, 120 clowns threw 500 of these at each other (cream) pies |
| #873, aired 1988-05-25 | MACY'S PARADE $200: The clowns in the parade are drawn from these ranks Macy's employees |
| #813, aired 1988-03-02 | BROADWAY LYRICS $800: "Isn't it rich? Are we a pair?" is the 1st line of this sad Sondheim song "Send In The Clowns" |
| #793, aired 1988-02-03 | HATS $600: Both the "Visual Dictionary" & "What's What" say their costumes include a bulb, balloon pants, & a pointed hat clowns |
| #713, aired 1987-10-14 | BASKETBALL $200: When these "clowns" once played in Greece the heat was so great the tar on the court melted Harlem Globetrotters |
| #581, aired 1987-03-02 | OPERA $200: While "Pagliacci" means this, those in the opera are named Tonio & Beppe, not Chuckles & Bozo clowns |
| #556, aired 1987-01-26 | HOLLYWOOD $800: One of the "12 Angry Men", he won an Oscar for "A Thousand Clowns" Martin Balsam |
| #429, aired 1986-05-01 | OPERA $800: There's some clowning around in this opera meaning "the clowns" until people start getting killed I Pagliacci |
| #362, aired 1986-01-28 | "FF" $500: Movie director with penchant for clowns, his wife played one in his "La Strada" Federico Fellini |
| #350, aired 1986-01-10 | THE CIRCUS $500: If they're sent into the arena all at once, it's called a "bust out" clowns |
| #175, aired 1985-05-10 | "LITTLE" $1,300 (Daily Double): Broadway musical from which the following song comes:
"Isn't it rich? / Are we a pair?" A Little Night Music |
| #138, aired 1985-03-20 | NUMBERS $200: "Clowns" in Jason Robards movie, or years in a millenium 1,000 |
| #72, aired 1984-12-18 | OPERA $1000: Its name means "strolling clowns" Pagliacci |
