| #9061, aired 2024-03-18 | STATUES OF THE WORLD $400: Any statue substantially larger than life-size is one of these, like the Daibutsu or Great Buddha a colossus |
| #9055, aired 2024-03-08 | 150 YEARS OF THE 92nd STREET Y $400: In 1883 it was still the 42nd St. Y & at a further downtown branch, this poet taught immigrants the year she wrote "The New Colossus" (Emma) Lazarus |
| #9030, aired 2024-02-02 | THE GAME OF LIFE $800: With its ups & downs, life has often been compared to one of these, such as Steel Vengeance or the Twisted Colossus a roller coaster |
| #8972, aired 2023-11-14 | ANCIENT TIMES $400: Because of his work there, you could call the astronomer Hipparchus the "Colossus of" this island Rhodes |
| #8965, aired 2023-11-03 | ONLY PARTLY TRUE $800: The mold Chares used to sculpt this 105' tall ancient wonder of the world is kept in a warehouse in Encino the Colossus of Rhodes |
| #19, aired 2023-11-01 | IN BOOKSTORES NOW $900: The New York Times dubbed him "Ballet's Colossus" in its review of "Mr. B", a 2022 biography of this choreographer George Balanchine |
| #8952, aired 2023-10-17 | SORT THROUGH THE WORD PROBLEM $800: The Statue of Liberty weighs 225 tons; how many have read this woman's poem "The New Colossus" on the pedestal wall? Emma Lazarus |
| #8905, aired 2023-06-30 | LET'S GET "DOWN" $2000: Paul Auster wrote "The New Colossus" turned the Statue of Liberty into a "symbol of hope to... outcasts &" this type of people the downtrodden |
| #8881, aired 2023-05-29 | POETIC SUBJECTS $800: "Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame", says Emma Lazarus' poem called "The New" this Colossus |
| #8809, aired 2023-02-16 | AN ANCIENT WONDER OF THE WORLD $400: A harbor guy; it took 12 years to build; kind of a Statue of Liberty vibe the Colossus of Rhodes |
| #8804, aired 2023-02-09 | "WORLD" $200: Stupor mundi is Latin for one of these, like the Colossus of Rhodes a wonder of the world |
| #8662, aired 2022-06-14 | SUN UP $800: One of the 7 Ancient Wonders of the World, it was a giant statue of the Greek sun god Helios the Colossus of Rhodes |
| #18, aired 2022-02-22 | HISTORIC POTPOURRI $1000: Commemorating the lifting of a siege on this city, a bronze colossus was built in the harbor in the 3rd century B.C. Rhodes |
| #8575, aired 2022-02-11 | A PLACE IN THE SUN $400: The colossus is long gone, but on this sunny island of Greece you can visit the Acropolis of Lindos Rhodes |
| #8531, aired 2021-12-13 | 19th CENTURY LIT $600: Title of the Emma Lazarus sonnet read at the Bartholdi Pedestal Fund Art Loan Exhibition in 1883 The New Colossus |
| #8456, aired 2021-08-02 | HODGEPODGE $800: Here's the Appennine Colossus, Giambologna's 16th century statue in this region of Italy that includes Pisa & Florence Tuscany |
| #8437, aired 2021-07-06 | WOMEN WHO WRITE $1000: This activist & poet wrote "The New Colossus" to help raise money for the Statue of Liberty's pedestal Lazarus |
| #8169, aired 2020-02-27 | SHAKESPEAREAN JEOPARDY! $2000: "Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world like a Jeopardy!" Colossus |
| #4, aired 2020-01-08 | THE ____ OF ____ $800: Here's how one artist envisioned this ancient wonder the Colossus of Rhodes |
| #8121, aired 2019-12-23 | BIG WORDS $3,000 (Daily Double): Of the 7 Ancient Wonders, the name of this one from the 200s B.C. reflected its huge size the Colossus of Rhodes |
| #7897, aired 2019-01-01 | 7 WONDERS, 4 COUNTRIES $600: Colossus of Rhodes Greece |
| #7783, aired 2018-06-13 | X-MEN MARK THE LITERARY SPOT $1600: "The New ____" by Emma Lazarus Colossus |
| #7716, aired 2018-03-12 | THE 7 ANCIENT WONDERS $600: Standing over 100 feet tall, the Colossus of Rhodes was a huge bronze statue of this sun god whose name mean "sun" Helios |
| #7613, aired 2017-10-18 | STATUES $800: Of the 7 wonders of the ancient world, one of the 2 that were statues the Colossus of Rhodes (or the Statue of Zeus at Olympia) |
| #7372, aired 2016-10-04 | LAZARUS $400: Emma Lazarus' poem "The New Colossus" is inscribed on the pedestal of this landmark the Statue of Liberty |
| #7371, aired 2016-10-03 | THE ____ OF ____ $600 (Daily Double): This one of the Ancient Wonders was toppled by an earthquake around 225 B.C. the Colossus of Rhodes |
| #7228, aired 2016-02-03 | REACH FOR THE TOP $2,000 (Daily Double): The real colossus of this Greek island is Mount Attavyros, its highest peak at 3,986 feet Rhodes |
| #7035, aired 2015-03-27 | BIG WORDS $1600: From the Greek, it's a much larger than life-size statue, such as an Ancient Wonder a colossus |
| #6652, aired 2013-07-16 | MEDITERRANEAN ISLANDS $400: Around 226 B.C. a "colossal" earthquake destroyed the statue of Helios on this island Rhodes |
| #6613, aired 2013-05-22 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $800: In 2009 this colossus of playthings gained control of FAO Schwarz Toys "R" Us |
| #6600, aired 2013-05-03 | FAMOUS AMERICANS $2000: As well as writing her own poems like "The New Colossus", she also translated the works of other Jewish poets (Emma) Lazarus |
| #6494, aired 2012-12-06 | HOME SWEET MOTOR HOME $1000: The film "This Is Nowhere" explores the trend of motor homes "camping" in the parking lots of this colossus of chain stores Wal-Mart |
| #6414, aired 2012-07-05 | ONLY PARTLY TRUE $800: The mold Chares used to sculpt this 105' tall ancient wonder of the world is kept in a warehouse in Encino, California the Colossus of Rhodes |
| #6343, aired 2012-03-28 | BIG WORDS $800: This word means any statue that is larger than life, not just the one of Helios at Rhodes colossus |
| #6249, aired 2011-11-17 | THAT'S ANCIENT HISTORY! $400: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World were spread out over three continents: 2 were in Africa, 3 in Asia, & the 2 in Europe were the Colossus of Rhodes & this other statue the Statue of Zeus (at Olympia) |
| #6005, aired 2010-10-22 | 5 OF THE 7 ANCIENT WONDERS $800: Built to honor the god Helios, it was mostly hollow & stood about 110 feet tall the Colossus of Rhodes |
| #5997, aired 2010-10-12 | FLAGS & ANTHEMS $1600: In 1922, after 91 years as an instrumental, this S. Amer. country's anthem got words calling it "a brave colossus" Brazil |
| #5977, aired 2010-09-14 | SORT THROUGH THE WORD PROBLEM $800: The Statue of Liberty weighs 225 tons; how many have read this woman's poem "The New Colossus" on the pedestal wall? (Emma) Lazarus |
| #5825, aired 2010-01-01 | B.C. & AFTER $1200: "Wonder"-ful giant statue of Helios that brings financial aid to study at Oxford The Colossus of Rhodes Scholarship |
| #5815, aired 2009-12-18 | THE 7 ANCIENT WONDERS $400: This huge statue of Helios was sold for scrap metal after it was destroyed by an earthquake the Colossus of Rhodes |
| #5650, aired 2009-03-13 | LESSER-KNOWN LINES $1000: "I lift my lamp beside the golden door!" is the last line of this poem "The New Colossus" |
| #5619, aired 2009-01-29 | THE STATUE OF LIBERTY $400: The statue was based on this giant Greek statue destroyed by an earthquake around 225 B.C. the Colossus of Rhodes |
| #5466, aired 2008-05-19 | AMERICAN POETRY $400: This poem on the base of the Statue of Liberty begins, "Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame" "The New Colossus" |
| #5383, aired 2008-01-23 | STATUE OF LIMITATIONS $1,000 (Daily Double): A WNBA-worthy 6-foot-8, this Greek statue was created around 130 B.C. but would have a hard time shooting the ball the Venus de Milo |
| #5308, aired 2007-10-10 | 7, 8 OR 9 $800: Number of classic "Ancient Wonders" that included the Colossus of Rhodes 7 |
| #5240, aired 2007-05-25 | I'M NOT WEARING ANY PANTS $1000: Of the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World, it's the one starring an over 100-foot guy in his birthday suit the Colossus of Rhodes |
| #5207, aired 2007-04-10 | THE 3rd CENTURY B.C. $400: This ancient wonder depicted here, is completed the Colossus of Rhodes |
| #5192, aired 2007-03-20 | POET-POURRI $1600: On the Statue of Liberty's pedestal, you'll find her poem "The New Colossus" (Emma) Lazarus |
| #5173, aired 2007-02-21 | COLOSSUS $400: 2-syllable name for the long-ago elephant relative with 13-foot tusks that has become a synonym for "huge" a mammoth |
| #5173, aired 2007-02-21 | COLOSSUS $800: From this author we get the adjective "brobdingnagian", meaning "gigantic" (Jonathan) Swift |
| #5173, aired 2007-02-21 | COLOSSUS $1200: Rabelaisian adjective meaning "enormous", like a task gargantuan |
| #5173, aired 2007-02-21 | COLOSSUS $1600: This adjective that means "amazingly large" or "causing amazement" is from the Latin for "to be stunned" stupendous |
| #5173, aired 2007-02-21 | COLOSSUS $2000: Immeasurably great, like the "Jest" in a David Foster Wallace title infinite |
| #4985, aired 2006-04-21 | ANCIENT TIMES $600: Because of his work there, you could call the astronomer Hipparchus "the colossus of" this island Rhodes |
| #4936, aired 2006-02-13 | JULIUS CAESAR $3,000 (Daily Double): In his early 20s, Julius Caesar traveled to this "colossal" island to study rhetoric under Molon Rhodes |
| #4924, aired 2006-01-26 | POETS & POETRY $1600: It's the sonnet written in 1883 that ends, "I lift my lamp beside the golden door!" "The New Colossus" |
| #4897, aired 2005-12-20 | CELL $1000: This company beat out Qwest to buy MCI & become a telecom colossus Verizon |
| #4810, aired 2005-07-01 | SIMILES $1600: Many writers have used Shakespeare's simile "bestride the narrow world like" this a colossus |
| #4763, aired 2005-04-27 | LITERARY GREECE $1200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Santorini, Greece.) He wrote in 1941's "The Colossus of Maroussi" that, "In Greece, light penetrates to the soul, opens the doors and windows of the heart" Henry Miller |
| #4673, aired 2004-12-22 | C IS FOR... $800: The Colossus of Rhodes, a gigantic statue of this god whose name is Greek for sun Helios |
| #4623, aired 2004-10-13 | WHAT DO YOU "C"? $1600: According to the poem inscribed on it, the type of statue seen here a colossus |
| #4566, aired 2004-06-14 | PRESIDENTS $400: Though only 5'7", this Founding Father was called "The Colossus of Independence" John Adams |
| #4488, aired 2004-02-25 | 7th CENTURY HEADLINES $800: Rhodes Invaded by the Arabs; This Ancient Wonder's Remains Sold Off the Colossus of Rhodes |
| #4469, aired 2004-01-29 | STATE YOUR NAME $600: Its name may be from a Dutch name or a Greek colossus site Rhode Island |
| #4439, aired 2003-12-18 | THE 7 WONDERS OF THE ANCIENT WORLD $1200: This wonder depicted a sun god shading his eyes & gazing out across the Aegean Sea Colossus of Rhodes |
| #4321, aired 2003-05-19 | "RH" FACTOR $800: This island 12 miles off the coast of Turkey was the site of one of the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World Rhodes (the Colossus) |
| #4222, aired 2002-12-31 | THE 7 WONDERS $600: Made of bronze, it was destroyed by an earthquake in 224 B.C. Colossus of Rhodes |
| #4197, aired 2002-11-26 | SOMETHING "OLD", SOMETHING "NEW" $1000: This poem by Emma Lazarus is on the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty "The New Colossus" |
| #4157, aired 2002-10-01 | ALL ABOUT THE BENJAMINS $1600: Benjamin Cardozo, the second Jewish Supreme Court justice, was a cousin of this "New Colossus" poet Emma Lazarus |
| #4153, aired 2002-09-25 | SCOTTISH HISTORY $2,000 (Daily Double): Pavement inventor John McAdam was nicknamed the "Colossus of" these (& spell it so we know what you mean) R-O-A-D-S |
| #4146, aired 2002-09-16 | ATTACK OF THE THESAURUS $800: In kiddy lit Jack didn't kill the titan or the colossus, he killed this the giant |
| #4040, aired 2002-03-08 | COLOSSUS $400: Mohini, Mala & Bara are 3 of these grey colossuses in Germany's Circus Krone an elephant |
| #4040, aired 2002-03-08 | COLOSSUS $800: Designed to crack German coded messages, the World War II computer Colossus was created by this nation Great Britain |
| #4040, aired 2002-03-08 | COLOSSUS $1200: Best known for her themes of self-destruction, this U.S. poet's poems were collected in "The Colossus" Sylvia Plath |
| #4040, aired 2002-03-08 | OF RHODES $1600: Over 100 feet high, the Colossus of Rhodes was an ancient bronze statue of this sun god overlooking the harbor Helios |
| #4040, aired 2002-03-08 | COLOSSUS $1600: The most famous U.S. timber span bridge was "The Colossus" that spanned the Schuylkill river in this state in 1812 Pennsylvania |
| #4040, aired 2002-03-08 | COLOSSUS $2000: With works in the 1950's like the improvised "Blue 7", jazzman Sonny Rollins was known as the Colossus of this instrument the saxophone |
| #4016, aired 2002-02-04 | TEENS IN HISTORY $1600: he was a teen when he left Britain to grow cotton in Africa; he later became the "colossus" of scholarships Rhodes |
| #3685, aired 2000-09-15 | CITIES $300: This capital of the Greek department of Dodecanese is on the island once home to a colossus Rhodes |
| #3588, aired 2000-03-22 | THE 7 WONDERS OF THE ANCIENT WORLD $300: This ancient wonder is said to have worn a sun-ray crown & stand beside, not over, a harbor Colossus of Rhodes |
| #3339, aired 1999-02-25 | BIG WORDS $1,000 (Daily Double): Michelangelo's David is considered one of these big statues, like one of the 7 Ancient Wonders Colossus/colossal |
| #3333, aired 1999-02-17 | STATUES $300: Around 650 A.D. the bronze remains of this huge statue of Helios were sold for scrap Colossus of Rhodes |
| #3189, aired 1998-06-11 | THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS $600: An ancient wonder, this symbol of largeness stood at the harbor of Rhodes Colossus of Rhodes |
| #2994, aired 1997-09-11 | POETS & POETRY $1000: Emma Lazarus is best known for this sonnet inscribed on the Statue of Liberty's base "The New Colossus" |
| #2986, aired 1997-09-01 | MOUNTAINS $200: As the highest peak, 4,000-foot Ataviros could be called the colossus of this Greek island Rhodes |
| #2920, aired 1997-04-18 | HAIL TO THE CHIEF $500: This first president from Massachusetts was called "The Colossus of Independence" John Adams |
| #2855, aired 1997-01-17 | THE 1880s $500: In 1883 she wrote "The New Colossus" to help raise funds for the Statue of Liberty Emma Lazarus |
| #2741, aired 1996-07-01 | STATUES $800: The misbelief that this statue of Helios straddled a harbor entrance dates from the Middle Ages the Colossus of Rhodes |
| #2527, aired 1995-09-05 | SHAKESPEARE $800 (Daily Double): Of him it's said, "He doth bestride the narrow world like a colossus" Julius Caesar |
| #2488, aired 1995-05-31 | POETS $600: She died in 1887, before her "New Colossus" was placed on the Statue of Liberty Emma Lazarus |
| #2470, aired 1995-05-05 | UNDER THE "C" $400: Its an old for any giant statue, not just the one of Rhodes a colossus |
| #2410, aired 1995-02-10 | POETS $1000: In addition to writing "The New Colossus" she translated works by Victor Hugo & Goethe Emma Lazarus |
| #2378, aired 1994-12-28 | THE 7 ANCIENT WONDERS $600: Some sources say a ship could sail under this wonder, some say it had its feet together the Colossus of Rhodes |
| #2378, aired 1994-12-28 | THE 7 ANCIENT WONDERS $1000: When finished by Ptolemy Philadelphus, it was over 400 feet high the Pharos at Alexandria |
| #2232, aired 1994-04-26 | U.S. COINS $1000: Words from this poem appear on the reverse of the Ellis Island dollar issued in 1986 "The New Colossus" |
| #2175, aired 1994-02-04 | THE STATUE OF LIBERTY $600 (Daily Double): As part of a fund-raising effort, she wrote "The New Colossus", which would be placed on the pedestal Emma Lazarus |
| #2086, aired 1993-10-04 | ANCIENT HISTORY $200: An earthquake in 224 B.C. caused this monument of Rhodes to break at the knees & fall Colossus of Rhodes |
| #2076, aired 1993-09-20 | THE 7 ANCIENT WONDERS $800: The shortest-lived of the Wonders was this enormous statue of Helios, which stood for only 56 years the Colossus of Rhodes |
| #2039, aired 1993-06-17 | LITERATURE $800: Henry Miller's "The Colossus of Maroussi" is an account of his travels in this country Greece |
| #1858, aired 1992-10-07 | 7 WONDERS OF THE ANCIENT WORLD $200: Made of bronze & honoring the sun god Helios, it stood about 100 feet high in the harbor of a Greek island the Colossus of Rhodes |
| #1691, aired 1991-12-30 | ARTISTS $200: Chares of Lindos made this huge bronze figure that stood by the harbor of Rhodes the Colossus |
| #1638, aired 1991-10-16 | POETRY $4,100 (Daily Double): Title of the poem that includes "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses" "The New Colossus" |
| #1570, aired 1991-05-31 | HODGEPODGE $800: Among the 7 ancient world wonders were 2 statues, Zeus at Olympia & this the Colossus of Rhodes |
| #1493, aired 1991-02-13 | POETS $600: Reader's Ency. says her best poem is "The Dance to Death", not "The New Colossus" Emma Lazarus |
| #1461, aired 1990-12-31 | SEVEN WONDERS $400: In the Middle Ages the Arabs replaced its beacon with a small mosque the lighthouse at Alexandria |
| #1461, aired 1990-12-31 | SEVEN WONDERS $3,000 (Daily Double): Said to be 105 feet tall, this bronze statue of Helios overlooked an island harbor the Colossus of Rhodes |
| #1414, aired 1990-10-25 | WOMEN $800: Lines from her poem "The New Colossus" are inscribed on the Statue of Liberty's pedestal Emma Lazarus |
| #1265, aired 1990-02-16 | POETRY $600: The last line of her poem "The New Colossus" is "I lift my lamp beside the golden door" Emma Lazarus |
| #1209, aired 1989-11-30 | 7 WONDERS $400: A little shorter than the Statue of Liberty, it was also a hollow statue the Colossus of Rhodes |
| #1197, aired 1989-11-14 | OXFORD UNIVERSITY $200: You might call this Oxford graduate the "colossus of scholarships" Cecil Rhodes |
| #831, aired 1988-03-28 | SHAKESPEARE $100: Shakespeare wrote that this Roman "doth bestride the narrow world like a colossus" Julius Caesar |
| #600, aired 1987-03-27 | WONDERS $1000: Finished after 12 years in 280 B.C., this giant statue was destroyed by earthquake about 50 years later the Colossus (of Rhodes) |
| #463, aired 1986-09-17 | SCULPTURE $100: From Greek for "a statue larger than life", it's a statue larger than life, like the one at Rhodes colossus |
| #186, aired 1985-05-27 | 7 WONDERS $800: This ancient wonder guided ships for a thousand years before being toppled by an earthquake the Lighthouse at Alexandria |
| #157, aired 1985-04-16 | 7 WONDERS $1000: Ancient pictures show this statue astride the harbor's entrance, ships passing under its legs the Colossus of Rhodes |
| #98, aired 1985-01-23 | ANCIENT WORLDS $200: Julius Caesar went to school in this island known for its "Colossus" Rhodes |
