| #9007, aired 2024-01-02 | STOCKS & INVESTMENTS $400: Also used in a different type of gambling, this colorful term describes a stock with a history of paying out a blue chip stock |
| #8956, aired 2023-10-23 | THE HISTORY CHANNEL $800: After being banished from Iceland, this colorful guy established a colony in Greenland around 985 Erik the Red |
| #8937, aired 2023-09-26 | MEDICINE & HISTORY $800: Montezuma's real revenge: a 1741 British expedition to conquer Mexico was devastated by this "colorful" disease yellow fever |
| #8590, aired 2022-03-04 | ARTHURIAN LEGEND & HISTORY $400: This colorful challenger to Sir Gawain turns out to be Sir Bertilak in disguise the Green Knight |
| #8542, aired 2021-12-28 | ASIAN HISTORY $1200: In the 1960s, many Indian farmers transitioned for a mix of crops to high-yield wheat as part of this colorful revolution the Green Revolution |
| #8399, aired 2021-05-13 | HISTORY CLASS $400: "Colorful" clothing term describing office-working people white-collar |
| #8143, aired 2020-01-22 | EARTH HISTORY $800: Land plants are about 450 mil. years old, but evolution didn't bring us these colorful seed-bearing parts until about 130 MYA flowers |
| #8067, aired 2019-10-08 | HISTORY, THROUGH THE CENTURIES $200: 14th: Around 1347 the bacterium Yersinia pestis begins a European tour known by this "colorful" 2-word phrase black death |
| #7821, aired 2018-09-17 | SPECIFIC GENERAL HISTORY $1,000 (Daily Double): Known by a "colorful" nickname, he got the rank of General of the Armies of the U.S. in September 1919 "Black Jack" Pershing |
| #7199, aired 2015-12-24 | COLORFUL HISTORY $400: Since the late 1700s orange has symbolized this religious group in Ireland & Northern Ireland Protestants |
| #7199, aired 2015-12-24 | COLORFUL HISTORY $800: On June 20, 1756 dozens of Europeans defending Calcutta were thrown into this dungeon; few survived the Black Hole |
| #7199, aired 2015-12-24 | COLORFUL HISTORY $1200: In 1776 Benjamin Franklin sailed to France with this dark blue dye to sell to help fund the war effort indigo |
| #7199, aired 2015-12-24 | COLORFUL HISTORY $1600: Founded in Munich in 1921, this paramilitary group intimidated & assaulted Nazi opponents the Brownshirts |
| #7199, aired 2015-12-24 | COLORFUL HISTORY $2000: In 1978 former Italian premier Aldo Moro was abducted & killed by this terrorist group the Red Brigades |
| #7050, aired 2015-04-17 | COLORFUL ENTERTAINMENT $800: This actor covers a lot of ground, voicing a panda on film & playing both Orson Welles & Elvis on TV's "Drunk History" Jack Black |
| #5552, aired 2008-10-28 | CRAYOLA: A COLORFUL HISTORY $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew stands next to a rotating crayon conveyor at the Crayola Museum & Factory in Easton, PA.) It was a beautiful day in the neighborhood on February 6, 1996, when this man stopped by to help make the 100 billionth Crayola Mr. Rogers |
| #5552, aired 2008-10-28 | CRAYOLA: A COLORFUL HISTORY $800: (Kelly of the Clue Crew stands with a packaging machine at the Crayola Museum & Factory in Easton, PA.) In the early 1900s, this "American Gothic" artist entered a Crayola coloring contest & won; he later said that's what gave him the encouragement he needed to pursue a career in art Grant Wood |
| #5552, aired 2008-10-28 | CRAYOLA: A COLORFUL HISTORY $1200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew stands with machinery at the Crayola Museum & Factory in Easton, PA.) Edwin Binney & this cousin of his began their partnership in 1885 to sell carbon black & other pigments; Crayolas didn't come until 1903 (Harold) Smith |
| #5552, aired 2008-10-28 | CRAYOLA: A COLORFUL HISTORY $1600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew stands with a melting vat at the Crayola Museum & Factory in Easton, PA.) Edwin Binney's wife Alice coined the name "Crayola" by combining "cray", French for chalk, & "ola", short for oily, because Crayolas are made from this paraffin wax |
| #5552, aired 2008-10-28 | CRAYOLA: A COLORFUL HISTORY $2000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew stands with a melting tray at the Crayola Museum & Factory in Easton, PA.) The makers of Crayola introduced dust-free school chalk; it was so successful that it won a gold medal at the 1904 World Exposition in this city St. Louis |
| #5532, aired 2008-09-30 | MEDICINE & HISTORY $800: Montezuma's real revenge: a 1741 British expedition to conquer Mexico was devastated by this "colorful" disease yellow fever |
| #4015, aired 2002-02-01 | MASS COMMUNICATION $800: The book "I Watched a Wild Hog Eat My Baby" is "A Colorful History of" these newspapers tabloids |
| #1989, aired 1993-04-08 | CHINESE HISTORY $200: China's Shang Dynasty capital, Anyang, was in the lower valley of this "colorful" river yellow |
| #1734, aired 1992-02-27 | FASHION HISTORY $400: The dashiki, a loose, colorful garment worn chiefly by men, originated on this continent Africa |
| #1242, aired 1990-01-16 | BUSINESS HISTORY $1000: Colorful canine description for an agreement a worker signs promising not to join a union yellow-dog |
| #1170, aired 1989-10-06 | RUSSIAN HISTORY $400: In 1920 the Red Army finally defeated the anti-Communists, known by this colorful name the Whites |
