| #8967, aired 2023-11-07 | YOU'RE GETTING VERY SLEEPY $2000: He's the Shakespearean character who muses, "...in that sleep of death what dreams may come..." Hamlet |
| #3, aired 2023-05-09 | ____ OF THE ____ $1200: In the Bible, Pharaoh says Joseph's family may come & eat of this, what Lennie longs for in "Of Mice & Men" the fat of the land |
| #8804, aired 2023-02-09 | SOUTH AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY $400: The name of this, the continent's highest peak, may come from Ackon Cahuak, Quechua for "sentinel of stone" Aconcagua |
| #8082, aired 2019-10-29 | WOOD $2000: Visit Mandalay in Burma & you may come home with a table of this wood from which the city's U Bein Bridge is built teak |
| #8075, aired 2019-10-18 | THIS SIDE OF PARODIES $400: One of many efforts at parodying this play says, "To wed, or not to wed... for in that married life what fights may come..." Hamlet |
| #7928, aired 2019-02-13 | GLASSWARE $2,300 (Daily Double): The name of this wine glass may come from the Irish word for "mouth" a goblet |
| #7737, aired 2018-04-10 | WORD HISTORY $2000: A statistical term or a synonym for ordinary, this adjective may have come from Arabic for "damaged goods" average |
| #7683, aired 2018-01-24 | LET'S TALK DESSERT $2000: If you boast & come up short, you may have to eat this metaphorical pastry humble pie |
| #7259, aired 2016-03-17 | HEALTH & MEDICINE $1200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows two medical illustrations on the monitor.) At birth, most babies are set to come out head-first; however, 3 to 4 percent present with their feet or buttocks against the cervix in this position & may need a C-section delivery breech |
| #7121, aired 2015-07-27 | IN COLOR $3,000 (Daily Double): These, now meaning "Credit for deeds done", may have come from a measure of young Girl Scouts' achievements brownie points |
| #6225, aired 2011-10-14 | THE NO-FLY LIST $1600: The name of this large extinct flightless bird of New Zealand may come from a Polynesian word for "fowl" the moa |
| #6068, aired 2011-01-19 | BASIC SCIENCE $1,000 (Daily Double): The name of this organ that stores fat may come from a word that means "fat" liver |
| #6046, aired 2010-12-20 | SOME KIND OF A NUT $1600: The name of this oily nut native to Brazil may come from a local name, Acajoba the cashew |
| #5998, aired 2010-10-13 | METAPHORS BE WITH YOU $800: This "deathly" phrase may come from a notion that those who hanged themselves pushed away what they stood on kick the bucket |
| #5873, aired 2010-03-10 | MARSUPIALS $1,600 (Daily Double): The name of this marsupial, also called a native bear, may come from the language of the Katang, an Aboriginal tribe the koala |
| #5716, aired 2009-06-15 | A NEW LINE OF BARBIES? $600: Barbie wrestles alligators in the slow-moving marshy waters of Louisiana; come what may, it's... (Blue) Bayou Barbie |
| #5690, aired 2009-05-08 | WORD ORIGINS $4,800 (Daily Double): This compass direction may come from the Proto-Germanic for "to the left of the rising sun" north |
| #5504, aired 2008-07-10 | BODY LANGUAGE $2,000 (Daily Double): Said when you suspect you're being misled, this phrase may come from British muggers known as "trippers up" you're pulling my leg |
| #5494, aired 2008-06-26 | APPROXIMATE WEIGHTS & MEASURES $1600: This word for a cluster of trees or a clod of soil may come from the Dutch for "lump" a clump |
| #5372, aired 2008-01-08 | MEXICAN FOOD FROM THE LITTLE DINER $600: (Kelly is back in the kitchen.) As well as a fried pastry rolled in sugar and cinnamon, churro means a type of this animal, and the pastry's name may have come from the nomads who herded it sheep |
| #5172, aired 2007-02-20 | COLLEGE SPORTS TEAM NICKNAMES $2000: This Georgetown University sports team nickname may come from a Greek & Latin term meaning "what rocks" A Hoya |
| #4744, aired 2005-03-31 | THE TRUMAN SHOW $1,600 (Daily Double): In 1919 Truman opened this kind of business, whose name may come from the Anglo-Norman for "petty wares" a haberdashery |
| #4402, aired 2003-10-28 | COME WHAT MAY $400: On May 31, 1938 viewers saw what may have been TV's first game show when the BBC broadcast this type of "bee" a spelling bee |
| #4402, aired 2003-10-28 | COME WHAT MAY $800: This auto race dates back to May 30, 1911 the Indianapolis 500 |
| #4402, aired 2003-10-28 | COME WHAT MAY $1200: In May 2002 this paper put up on e-Bay some of its "Dot Heads", the portraits it uses on its front page The Wall Street Journal |
| #4402, aired 2003-10-28 | COME WHAT MAY $1600: In May 1991 Fidel Castro removed his troops from this country Angola |
| #4402, aired 2003-10-28 | COME WHAT MAY $2000: A female suicide bomber assassinated this candidate for Prime Minister of India May 21, 1991 Rajiv Gandhi |
| #4296, aired 2003-04-14 | WHAT COULD SHE BE DOING IN THERE? $200: Giving herself a wavy look with a home one of these--if it doesn't work, she may not come out for days a permanent |
| #4191, aired 2002-11-18 | FAMILIAR EXPRESSIONS $400: Preceding "as thieves", it may come from thieves sticking together, or pickpockets sticking close to victims thick |
| #4164, aired 2002-10-10 | YOU'RE GETTING VERY SLEEPY $1200: He's the Shakespearean character who muses, "...in that sleep of death what dreams may come..." Hamlet |
| #4104, aired 2002-06-06 | SEE 'EM & WEEP $1000: Robin Williams leaves heaven to save wife Annabella Sciorra from hell in this 1998 weepie What Dreams May Come |
| #4081, aired 2002-05-06 | MUSIC APPRECIATION $6,400 (Daily Double): The name of this small harpsichord may come from the Latin for "rod" or the Latin for "maiden" virginal |
| #3640, aired 2000-06-02 | WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR? $800: Used to treat headaches, this mint family member's name may come from the Latin lavare, "to wash" Lavender |
| #3432, aired 1999-07-06 | LICKETY $500: "Lick into shape" may come from an old belief that these animals licked their formless newborn cubs into shape Bears |
| #3310, aired 1999-01-15 | FROM BOOK TO SCREEN $400: This 1998 Robin Williams tearjerker is based on a 1978 novel by Richard Matheson What Dreams May Come |
| #2852, aired 1997-01-14 | U.S. CITIES $1000: The name of this city, twice the capital of W. Va., may have come from an Indian word meaning "place of the head" Wheeling |
| #2714, aired 1996-05-23 | POTPOURRI $500: Look down & you may come across the name Margaret Farrar, the 1st woman to edit these for the N.Y. Times crossword puzzles |
| #2711, aired 1996-05-20 | FABRICS & TEXTILES $2,000 (Daily Double): The name of this fabric with woven-in plaids, checks, etc. may come from genggang, a Malay word gingham |
| #2396, aired 1995-01-23 | ODD WORDS $800: This adjective for compatible or of like mind may come from Spanish simpatico |
| #2038, aired 1993-06-16 | VOCABULARY $100: The name of this continent may come from the word Ereb, meaning “land of the setting sun” Europe |
| #932, aired 1988-09-27 | SONG LYRICS $600: 14 years before Linda Ronstadt, Roy Orbison was "going back some day, come what may" to this place Blue Bayou |
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