| #9080, aired 2024-04-12 | STOCK PHOTOS, KINDA $400: In 1908, it was the result of consolidating many transportation companies General Motors |
| #9066, aired 2024-03-25 | FIVE GUYS $400: Pierpont is the middle name of this mogul who arranged the merger of 2 companies to form General Electric in 1892 Morgan |
| #9043, aired 2024-02-21 | EXTREMELY RANDOM CALCULATIONS $2000: Forbes' annual wealthiest Americans minus Fortune's annual biggest U.S. companies by revenue -100 |
| #9041, aired 2024-02-19 | IT'S ALL "SMALL" STUFF $1000: Established in 1953, this government agency provides support to start-ups & existing companies with programs & loans the Small Business Administration |
| #9030, aired 2024-02-02 | A LONG SESSION OF MONOPOLY $400: Both the English & Dutch companies with this name began around 1600 with their minds on monopoly & monopoly on their minds East India Company |
| #8984, aired 2023-11-30 | WE SELL FUN $1600: Companies like Hasbro have sold this Pokeproduct, a handheld encyclopedia of Pokemon characters the Pokédex |
| #8920, aired 2023-07-21 | HOMOPHONE CONNECTION $1000: Tied up, or a combination of companies that may reduce competition trussed/trust |
| #8917, aired 2023-07-18 | AN ABBREVIATED CATEGORY $2,000 (Daily Double): FAANG:
Coined in 2017 by Jim Cramer to denote 5 top tech companies at the time Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix & Google |
| #8885, aired 2023-06-02 | OHIO GEOGRAPHY $3,000 (Daily Double): Once home to several tire companies, this city takes its name from the Greek for "highest point" Akron |
| #8874, aired 2023-05-18 | MAGAZINES $200: In 2021 this magazine famous for its "500" ranking of companies named Alyson Shontell its first-ever woman editor-in-chief Fortune |
| #8872, aired 2023-05-16 | AUTOMOTIVE ALLITERATION $200: Englishmen named Charles & Henry merged their companies to form it in 1906 Rolls-Royce |
| #8858, aired 2023-04-26 | WHISTLEBLOWERS $800: Jeffrey Wigand's reporting about tobacco companies making products with addictive levels of nicotine became this movie The Insider |
| #8819, aired 2023-03-02 | DOCUMENTARY SUBJECTS $2000: This photographer & advocate for marginalized folks & against opioid companies goes in front of the camera in a 2022 doc Nan Goldin |
| #8816, aired 2023-02-27 | COMPANIES IN HISTORY $400: In the 1960s Benjamin Rubin of Wyeth Laboratories invented the 2-prong bifurcated one of these that helped eliminate smallpox a needle |
| #8816, aired 2023-02-27 | COMPANIES IN HISTORY $800: This company still markets bananas from Guatemala; when it was United Fruit Co., it helped kill a 1950s land redistribution there Chiquita |
| #8816, aired 2023-02-27 | COMPANIES IN HISTORY $1200: With this grain-cutting device, the McCormick Harvesting Machine Co. helped win the Civil War as Union grain exports kept Europe neutral the reaper |
| #8816, aired 2023-02-27 | COMPANIES IN HISTORY $1600: The Universal Co. of the Maritime Canal of this place was formed in 1858 & nationalized by the government of Egypt in 1956 Suez |
| #8816, aired 2023-02-27 | COMPANIES IN HISTORY $2000: This British company made treaties like the 1776 one of Purandar with the Maratha people of present-day Maharashtra state the British East India Company |
| #8794, aired 2023-01-26 | FINANCE & INVESTING $800: This word with a "solid" center is an industry's phase when many companies become few: carmaking around 1910, cannabis today consolidation |
| #8794, aired 2023-01-26 | FINANCE & INVESTING $2000: To earn trust, many investment companies make it front & center that they're this type of advisor obligated to act in a client's interest a fiduciary |
| #11, aired 2023-01-19 | THOMAS EDISON $600: In the 1860s Edison worked as a roving operator of this communication device for companies like Western Union a telegraph |
| #8771, aired 2022-12-26 | THE OFFICE $800: Labor Day 2022 was a dividing line for several big companies when WFH became RTO, short for this return to office |
| #8756, aired 2022-12-05 | STATE CAPITAL NICKNAMES $400: For its growing number of high-tech companies, "The Silicon Peach" Atlanta |
| #8748, aired 2022-11-23 | NOTABLE AFRICAN AMERICANS $1200: In 1986 she founded one of the most successful production companies in daytime TV, Harpo Productions (Oprah) Winfrey |
| #8734, aired 2022-11-03 | GET DOWN TO BUSINESS $3,000 (Daily Double): A New York Times article headlined "When Mac & Cheese and Ketchup Don't Mix" concerned the 2015 merger of these 2 companies Kraft & Heinz |
| #8693, aired 2022-07-27 | A PRISONER OF YOUR OWN DEVICE $1000: Companies convey offers via these "notifications", pop-ups on your device that perchance annoy push notifications (pushes) |
| #8671, aired 2022-06-27 | SUMMER'S HERE $600: Summer analyst is this type of learning position at companies like Goldman Sachs or Morgan Stanley & can pay $40 an hour intern |
| #8646, aired 2022-05-23 | THE RAINFORESTS $1000: One cause of deforestation is this 2-word alliterative process; lumber companies should plant new trees clear cutting |
| #8634, aired 2022-05-05 | TRUST FALL $400: R.J. Reynolds & Liggett & Myers were 2 of the companies created when the trust for this crop was broken up in 1911 tobacco |
| #8634, aired 2022-05-05 | TRUST FALL $1600: The breaking up of Standard Oil of N.J. into 34 companies gave this man stock that made him the richest man in the world J.D. Rockefeller |
| #8599, aired 2022-03-17 | BALLET $400: Choreographers like Alexander Gorsky have made this Moscow ballet co. that dates to 1776 one of the world's leading companies the Bolshoi |
| #8567, aired 2022-02-01 | INTERNATIONAL GET-TOGETHERS $800: Toronto's Collision Conference has a program for these tech companies named for their fledgling nature start-ups |
| #8548, aired 2022-01-05 | HAND-Y RESPONSES $1000: An investment fund with a portfolio that tracks a group of stocks such as the S&P 500 companies an index fund |
| #8515, aired 2021-11-19 | SPEAKING TRUTH TO POWER COMPANIES $200: Consolidated this inventor, your history in New York goes back almost 200 years, to before he was even born Edison |
| #8515, aired 2021-11-19 | SPEAKING TRUTH TO POWER COMPANIES $400: Pacific Gas & Electric, we hear you're going to do this with 10,000 miles of power lines to keep them from sparking wildfires bury them |
| #8515, aired 2021-11-19 | SPEAKING TRUTH TO POWER COMPANIES $800: Vistra, sorry to pick on you, but you had problems as this state where you're based froze in the dark in February 2021 Texas |
| #8515, aired 2021-11-19 | SPEAKING TRUTH TO POWER COMPANIES $1000: Knoxville Utilities Board, you get your power from this agency set up under the New Deal in 1933 the TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) |
| #8515, aired 2021-11-19 | SPEAKING TRUTH TO POWER COMPANIES $3,000 (Daily Double): Florida Power & Light, given your state's nickname it makes sense that you have 42 major plants for this type of energy solar |
| #8508, aired 2021-11-10 | CELEBRITY ENTREPRENEURS $200: She was told successful Internet companies have double "O"s in their names; she put them between her initials to make Goop Paltrow |
| #8500, aired 2021-10-29 | MUSICAL TOURING COMPANIES $400: Gazelle,
Cheetah,
Rafiki The Lion King |
| #8500, aired 2021-10-29 | MUSICAL TOURING COMPANIES $800: Christine,
Raoul,
Music Box The Phantom of the Opera |
| #8500, aired 2021-10-29 | MUSICAL TOURING COMPANIES $1200: Emerald City,
Munchkinland Wicked |
| #8500, aired 2021-10-29 | MUSICAL TOURING COMPANIES $1600: Latter Day,
Jumamosi The Book of Mormon |
| #8500, aired 2021-10-29 | MUSICAL TOURING COMPANIES $2000: Max,
Leo The Producers |
| #8491, aired 2021-10-18 | THEATER COMPANIES $400: With members like Randall Park & Ali Wong, LCC is an Asian-American Theater Company at this SoCal university UCLA |
| #8491, aired 2021-10-18 | THEATER COMPANIES $800: Many of Sam Shepard's shows began at the Magic Theatre Company, which now operates near Fisherman's Wharf in this city San Francisco |
| #8491, aired 2021-10-18 | THEATER COMPANIES $1200: This Oscar winner is a co-founder & artistic director of The Actor’s Gang, which puts on shows right here in Culver City Tim Robbins |
| #8491, aired 2021-10-18 | THEATER COMPANIES $1600: The Atlantic Theater Company was founded by William H. Macy & this "Glengarry Glen Ross" playwright Mamet |
| #8491, aired 2021-10-18 | THEATER COMPANIES $2000: Laurie Metcalf, John Malkovich & Gary Sinise can howl with delight about this Chicago theater company they've long been associated with Steppenwolf |
| #8482, aired 2021-10-05 | IT'S A PROCESS $200: Chester Carlson's photocopying process was rejected by over 20 companies before this one bought it & made him rich Xerox |
| #8473, aired 2021-09-22 | ACRONYMS & ABBREVIATIONS $600: The CFPB, this Financial Protection Bureau, makes sure you are treated fairly by banks, lenders & financial companies Consumer |
| #8451, aired 2021-07-26 | BUSINESS IN THE FRONT $800: In 1911 this oil company got its trust busted & had to divest itself of 33 companies Standard Oil |
| #8447, aired 2021-07-20 | INTERNET BUSINESSES $400: This combo of 2 satellite radio companies owns the Internet music service Pandora SiriusXM |
| #8417, aired 2021-06-08 | WELCOME TO THE PARTY $600: This Mass. senator switched from Rep. to Dem. after she studied credit card companies that fleeced poor families Elizabeth Warren |
| #8408, aired 2021-05-26 | ONES & ZEROS $1000: ZIRP is short for this banking "policy" that encourages low-cost credit to companies & individuals zero interest-rate policy |
| #8400, aired 2021-05-14 | THE STOCK MARKET $400: Direct listing allows companies to sell their shares without these bank "under"lings underwriters |
| #8396, aired 2021-05-10 | TIME $1000: Swiss companies had dominated Olympic timekeeping but this Japanese company was selected as the official timer for the 1964 Tokyo Games Seiko |
| #8365, aired 2021-03-26 | THIS & THAT $400: In December 2020 Tesla joined this stock market index that lists many more companies than the Dow Standard & Poor's |
| #8305, aired 2020-12-18 | MOVING $600: Some companies charge per stair, so you'll pay dearly to move into a NYC fifth-floor this, meaning there's no elevator a walk-up |
| #8290, aired 2020-11-27 | LET'S START A SMALL BUSINESS $600: Small businesses create over 10 times more of these exclusive invention registrations per employee than large companies patents |
| #8290, aired 2020-11-27 | LET'S START A SMALL BUSINESS $1000: Per the National Small Business Association, more than 30% of U.S. small businesses operate as these, LLCs limited liability corporations (companies) |
| #8278, aired 2020-11-11 | GEOGRAPHIC GATEWAYS $400: Companies in this Midwest city include Gateway Metals, Gateway Title & Gateway Chili & Beans (okay, we made that last part up) St. Louis |
| #8232, aired 2020-06-09 | CANSPLAINING $1000: I happened to browse some websites of paint companies, & this one featuring a European youth has its own "twist & pour" paint cans Dutch Boy |
| #8224, aired 2020-05-28 | AMERICAN HEALTH CARE $600: (Hi, I'm Jimmy Kimmel, and...) in speaking out on health care, one thing I'm passionate about is prohibiting insurance companies from refusing coverage based on this type of condition, as per the Affordable Care Act, Part 1, Subpart 1, Section 2704 pre-existing |
| #8216, aired 2020-05-18 | CORPORATE SCANDALS WITH DAVID FABER $400: (David Faber of CNBC presents the clue.) Companies held legally responsible for the gigantic spill at the Macondo Oil Prospect in the Gulf of Mexico included Transocean, Halliburton, Anadarko & this multinational oil company BP |
| #8209, aired 2020-04-23 | STOCK SYMBOLS $400: Companies in the Dow Jones Industrial Average include Verizon (VZ) & this credit card company (just V) Visa |
| #8190, aired 2020-03-27 | THE "GENERAL" ECONOMY $800: It started as a group of flour-grinding companies in 1928 General Mills |
| #8190, aired 2020-03-27 | STATE CAPITALS $1600: Ransom Eli Olds created 2 major car companies in this city Lansing |
| #8169, aired 2020-02-27 | "D" IN AMERICAN HISTORY $200: In the Depression flour companies sold their product in bright print sacks as so many women were reduced to using them as these dresses |
| #8148, aired 2020-01-29 | A LITTLE ALLITERATION $1000: In 1922 London, over 50 companies were making this mechanical & musical wonder with no fingers on the keys player pianos |
| #6, aired 2020-01-09 | CYBERSECURITY $600: Companies consider cybersecurity when instructing employees with a policy on BYOD, short for this bring your own device |
| #8119, aired 2019-12-19 | ABOUT [TYPE]FACE $1000: Change one letter in the word "future" to get this font created in the '20s & used by tech companies like Cisco Futura |
| #8112, aired 2019-12-10 | 21st CENTURY COMPANIES $200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents the clue at SpaceX in Hawthorne, CA.) SpaceX was founded in 2002, with the long-term goal of enabling humans to live on this planet Mars |
| #8112, aired 2019-12-10 | 21st CENTURY COMPANIES $400: The idea for this app was born in 2008 after its co-founders were unable to get a cab in France Uber |
| #8112, aired 2019-12-10 | 21st CENTURY COMPANIES $600: As of 2008, you could find places to stay & things to do & earn money from your extra space with this company Airbnb |
| #8112, aired 2019-12-10 | 21st CENTURY COMPANIES $800: 5 years after launching in 2012, this app was processing 1.4 billion swipes per day & had 10 billion matches Tinder |
| #8112, aired 2019-12-10 | 21st CENTURY COMPANIES $1000: A Swedish co-founder of this platform wished to "create a service that was better than piracy &...compensates the music industry" Spotify |
| #8040, aired 2019-07-19 | THE REAL MOVIE PERSON $2000: In 2017 this title woman in a 2000 pic helped sue Okla. oil & gas companies whose fracking was said to cause earthquakes Erin Brockovich |
| #8036, aired 2019-07-15 | ORGANIZATIONS $400: Protecting the public from unfair practices & unreliable companies, the BBB is this organization the Better Business Bureau |
| #8034, aired 2019-07-11 | BREAKING UP IS HARD TO DO $1200: In 2000 this company was ordered to split Windows & Internet Explorer into 2 companies but appealed successfully Microsoft |
| #8034, aired 2019-07-11 | BREAKING UP IS HARD TO DO $2000: After other failed attempts, a 1911 federal lawsuit finally split this oil trust into more than 30 companies Standard Oil |
| #7976, aired 2019-04-22 | REALITY TV $600: Disguised CEOs work alongside their employees to examine the inner workings of their companies on this CBS series Undercover Boss |
| #7967, aired 2019-04-09 | "PORTER" $800: Walmart isn't just the USA's largest retailer, but also the largest of these companies that bring goods into a country importer |
| #7961, aired 2019-04-01 | THE WORLD OF MONEY $400: Via cap & trade, international companies can sell unused pollution rights in the trade system named for this element carbon |
| #7961, aired 2019-04-01 | THE WORLD OF MONEY $1000: Sony & Toyota are 2 of the companies traded on this Japanese stock index the Nikkei |
| #7939, aired 2019-02-28 | WEIGHTS & MEASURES $800: Cutting down on the zeroes, electric companies usually bill you in these "hours" kilowatt hours |
| #7905, aired 2019-01-11 | SHARK TANK 10 $600: (Hi, I'm Mark Cuban.) I hate it when investors throw money at companies they don't understand but are afraid might do well; that's FOMO investing, short for this fear of missing out |
| #7863, aired 2018-11-14 | UNDERSTANDING MONEY $1200: Equifax & Experian are companies that calculate this "score", a measure of your ability to pay your bills credit score |
| #7827, aired 2018-09-25 | COME UP TO THE LAB $800: Open Source Development Labs was backed by IBM, Intel & other companies to promote this O.S. outta Finland Linux |
| #7818, aired 2018-09-12 | I LEARNED IT FROM MENTAL FLOSS $800: One of the first companies in Ireland to provide pensions, it also gave workers a daily 2-pint beer allowance Guinness |
| #7769, aired 2018-05-24 | WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE? $600: The NYSE has older companies while the stock exchange known by this 6-letter acronym is a high-tech market NASDAQ |
| #7697, aired 2018-02-13 | NASDAQ COMPANIES $400: A share of stock in this company, then just a bookseller, cost about $1.50 in June 1997; 20 years later? Over $1,100! Amazon |
| #7697, aired 2018-02-13 | NASDAQ COMPANIES $800: The news (corp) had been good & then bad for this founder in his long bid to take over European broadcaster sky Rupert Murdoch |
| #7697, aired 2018-02-13 | NASDAQ COMPANIES $1200: Let's see... I need some gas, a patio set & 27 boxes of cereal at this retailer whose roots trace back to 1976 Costco |
| #7697, aired 2018-02-13 | NASDAQ COMPANIES $1600: In 2002 this Nasdaq co. put in a winning bid of $1.5 billion to buy PayPal, which would be quite handy for it eBay |
| #7697, aired 2018-02-13 | NASDAQ COMPANIES $2000: Buy a Driveluxe GPS from this company & you'll get free lifetime updates of North American maps Garmin |
| #7686, aired 2018-01-29 | BALLET COMPANIES $400: Jean Drapeau, mayor of this city, convinced Ludmilla Chiriaeff to turn her company into Les Grandes Ballets Canadiens Montreal |
| #7686, aired 2018-01-29 | BALLET COMPANIES $1,000 (Daily Double): Les Ballets de Monte Carlo was created in 1985 to honor this woman who died 3 years earlier Princess Grace of Monaco |
| #7686, aired 2018-01-29 | BALLET COMPANIES $1200: Rolf de Maré raided this country's Royal Ballet to create Les Ballets Suedois in Paris Sweden |
| #7686, aired 2018-01-29 | BALLET COMPANIES $1600: Born in Novgorod province, Serge Diaghilev was living in Paris when he founded this French-named ballet company the Ballets Russes |
| #7643, aired 2017-11-29 | GAME OF DRONES $800: Companies like Verifly offer this for drone operators just in case you take out a few windows insurance |
| #7641, aired 2017-11-27 | RANKING THE NEW MILITARY MAN $1000: Bain Capital & Brookfield Asset Management are companies in this "non-public" field of investment private investment (or private equity) |
| #7548, aired 2017-06-07 | BUSINESS NAMES $1000: The name of this Warren Buffett conglomerate goes back to 2 Massachusetts textile companies that merged in 1955 Berkshire Hathaway |
| #7547, aired 2017-06-06 | DANCE COMPANIES $400: In 2007 Mikhail Baryshnikov founded the Hell's Kitchen Dance Troupe in this city New York City |
| #7547, aired 2017-06-06 | DANCE COMPANIES $800: After leaving "Riverdance", he created "Lord of the Dance" Michael Flatley |
| #7547, aired 2017-06-06 | DANCE COMPANIES $1200: For the Joffrey Ballet, Twyla Tharp created "Deuce Coupe", set to the music of this group The Beach Boys |
| #7547, aired 2017-06-06 | DANCE COMPANIES $1600: In 1974 the Agnes De Mille Heritage Dance Theatre was founded at the North Carolina School of the Arts in this 2-name city Winston-Salem |
| #7547, aired 2017-06-06 | DANCE COMPANIES $2000: Tel Aviv's Batsheva Dance Company was founded in 1964 with this "Appalachian Spring" dancer as artistic director Martha Graham |
| #7513, aired 2017-04-19 | 1930s AMERICA $400: Strikes by this union got it recognized as a bargaining agent by big companies, starting with General Motors United Auto Workers (UAW) |
| #7462, aired 2017-02-07 | OF INDUSTRY $1000: Before it was forcibly split into several companies, this Rockefeller petroleum co. was the USA's biggest Standard Oil |
| #7443, aired 2017-01-11 | COMPANIES' PRODUCTS $400: The Brownie Box camera Kodak |
| #7443, aired 2017-01-11 | COMPANIES' PRODUCTS $800: The IIe computer Apple |
| #7443, aired 2017-01-11 | COMPANIES' PRODUCTS $1200: Life cereal Quaker Oats |
| #7443, aired 2017-01-11 | COMPANIES' PRODUCTS $1600: The Selectric typewriter IBM |
| #7443, aired 2017-01-11 | COMPANIES' PRODUCTS $2000: The Yaris Toyota |
| #7286, aired 2016-04-25 | THE J-V SQUAD $2000: 2-word term for a business enterprise in which 2 or more companies enter a partnership a joint venture |
| #7242, aired 2016-02-23 | THE 1970s $400: It began service May 1, 1971, taking over from private companies like the newly bankrupt Penn Central Amtrak |
| #7168, aired 2015-11-11 | RULE OF LAW $800: A 2015 SEC rule says companies must disclose the pay gap between workers & this 3-letter boss the CEO |
| #7128, aired 2015-09-16 | HOLLYWOOD $1600: The big 5 companies of the studio era were Paramount (actually in Hollywood!), RKO, Fox, MGM & this familial company Warner Bros. |
| #7103, aired 2015-07-01 | NICE PACKAGE $400: Ballantine was one of the first companies to sell beer cans in these units that are part of a slang term for a common man a six-pack |
| #7039, aired 2015-04-02 | COMPANIES $200: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the Western Reserve Historical Society in Cleveland, OH.) As far back as the early 20th century, you could access your inner hog by riding early motorcycle models like this 1919 one from this U.S. company Harley-Davidson |
| #7039, aired 2015-04-02 | COMPANIES $400: This company's corporate address is 1 Infinite Loop, Cupertino, California Apple |
| #7039, aired 2015-04-02 | COMPANIES $600: Ivory soap was the first branded product of this Ohio-based company Procter & Gamble |
| #7039, aired 2015-04-02 | COMPANIES $800: This sock brand is the gold standard; you can tell because "gold" is in its name Gold Toe |
| #7039, aired 2015-04-02 | COMPANIES $1000: Nike was founded by University of Oregon track coach Bill Bowerman & this runner of his Phil Knight |
| #6988, aired 2015-01-21 | THE INTERNET $600: To come up quickly on Google, companies try to increase SEO, this type of optimization of their websites search engine |
| #6934, aired 2014-11-06 | TRANSPORTATION $2,000 (Daily Double): Bases for these are located at Carson, California, Pompano Beach, Florida & Akron, Ohio Goodyear Blimps |
| #6929, aired 2014-10-30 | 1984 $200: On January 1, this telephone giant was broken up into 7 smaller regional companies AT&T |
| #6843, aired 2014-05-21 | THAT USED TO BE A THING $400: Clark Kent would have trouble today finding one of these to change in, as AT&T & other companies have abandoned them phone booths |
| #6834, aired 2014-05-08 | FORTUNE 500 THROUGH THE DECADES $800: In 1964 the top 10 had 4 oil companies, including this one named for a body of water Gulf |
| #6804, aired 2014-03-27 | FEUDS $600: After a bitter feud the Dassler Bros. formed rival sneaker companies; Rudolf founded Puma & Adolf, this one Adidas |
| #6799, aired 2014-03-20 | MOVIE & TV COMPANIES $400: Oscorp Industries was part of the saga of this "Amazing" movie superhero Spider-Man |
| #6799, aired 2014-03-20 | MOVIE & TV COMPANIES $800: Strickland Propane was Hank's employer on this show King of the Hill |
| #6799, aired 2014-03-20 | MOVIE & TV COMPANIES $1200: The Bluth Company was seen on network TV & Netflix on this show Arrested Development |
| #6799, aired 2014-03-20 | MOVIE & TV COMPANIES $1600: On this TV drama, the Hanso Foundation did work on a crazy island Lost |
| #6799, aired 2014-03-20 | MOVIE & TV COMPANIES $2000: A Quick Stop convenience store was central to this Kevin Smith movie franchise Clerks |
| #6798, aired 2014-03-19 | INVESTING $1200: (I'm Kevin O'Leary.) Like a shark stalking prey, you need patience for the kind of investing I practice, this 5-letter type that focuses on established companies with low P/E ratios value investing |
| #6767, aired 2014-02-04 | BUSINESS & THE MARKET $600: In 1967 this company's holdings included 2 peewee Nebraska insurance companies; now it owns GEICO Berkshire Hathaway |
| #6715, aired 2013-11-22 | THE SHORT VERSION $1200: Part of many companies:
HR Human Resources |
| #6569, aired 2013-03-21 | TAKING A "DIVE" $1600: To withdraw funds, like from companies doing business with Sudan to show support for the people of Darfur divest |
| #6490, aired 2012-11-30 | DANCE COMPANIES $400: Women auditioning for this leggy New York City dance troupe must between 5'6" & 5'10 1/2" in height the Rockettes |
| #6490, aired 2012-11-30 | DANCE COMPANIES $800: In 1992 Joaquin Cortes formed his own company that featured this gypsy dance flamenco |
| #6490, aired 2012-11-30 | DANCE COMPANIES $1200: The building housing this dance company opened August 20, 1856, in time for Czar Alexander II's coronation the Bolshoi |
| #6490, aired 2012-11-30 | DANCE COMPANIES $1600: This company's present artistic director is, fittingly, Kevin McKenzie from the good old United States the American Ballet Theater |
| #6490, aired 2012-11-30 | DANCE COMPANIES $3,000 (Daily Double): During foreign tours, the Mariinsky Ballet Company is known by this name the Kirov |
| #6487, aired 2012-11-27 | CLASSIC AD SLOGANS $1000: "Think small" Volkswagen |
| #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 |
| #6461, aired 2012-10-22 | BREAKING NEWS $800: (I'm CNN correspondent Lizzie O'Leary.) In April 2009 I broke the story that this youngest of the "Big 3" car companies was entering Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Chrysler |
| #6455, aired 2012-10-12 | BUFFETT TALKS BUSINESS $200: (Warren Buffett delivers the clue.) I believe in productive assets that will keep delivering output in 100 years; people will still buy products from companies like this soft drink maker of which Berkshire Hathaway owns 8.8% Coca-Cola |
| #6455, aired 2012-10-12 | BUFFETT TALKS BUSINESS $3,000 (Daily Double): (Warren Buffett delivers the clue.) If you understand a particular industry, put more capital into the companies you believe in; don't bother with this strategy of putting eggs in different baskets diversification |
| #6450, aired 2012-10-05 | MISSOURI LOVES COMPANIES $200: In 2007 this St. Louis-based car rental company said, "we'll pick you up" to ex-competitors Alamo & National Enterprise |
| #6450, aired 2012-10-05 | MISSOURI LOVES COMPANIES $400: At dinnertime, Fido & Mittens don't care that since 2001, Ralston this has been Nestle this Purina |
| #6450, aired 2012-10-05 | MISSOURI LOVES COMPANIES $600: Monsanto specializes in these, like corn, canola & cotton ones seeds |
| #6450, aired 2012-10-05 | MISSOURI LOVES COMPANIES $800: The brands of Brown Shoe Company, based in St. Louis, naturally include this little boy Buster Brown |
| #6450, aired 2012-10-05 | MISSOURI LOVES COMPANIES $1000: The headquarters of this company, founded by two brothers, is in a Kansas City building the color of an eye shade H&R Block |
| #6409, aired 2012-06-28 | PARTIAL OPPOSITES $2000: In January 2012 President Obama praised companies bringing jobs back to America, saying they were doing this insourcing |
| #6407, aired 2012-06-26 | WHAT'S DOT? $400: In 2000-2001 many high-tech companies failed in what became known as the "dot" this "bust" com |
| #6405, aired 2012-06-22 | TEXAS-BASED COMPANIES $200: Hello? Headquartered in Dallas, it's the USA's largest tele-communications company AT&T |
| #6405, aired 2012-06-22 | TEXAS-BASED COMPANIES $400: You'll find the logo seen here on products throughout this retailer's more than 4,700 stores in the United States & Mexico RadioShack |
| #6405, aired 2012-06-22 | TEXAS-BASED COMPANIES $600: Failing to live up to its name, this largest video rental chain filed for bankruptcy in 2010 Blockbuster |
| #6405, aired 2012-06-22 | TEXAS-BASED COMPANIES $800: AMR is the parent company of this airline that landed in new headquarters in Dallas/Fort Worth in 1979 American Airlines |
| #6405, aired 2012-06-22 | TEXAS-BASED COMPANIES $1,000 (Daily Double): This large retailer of imported furnishings & gifts began as a single store in the San Francisco Bay area Pier 1 |
| #6378, aired 2012-05-16 | THE NEW YORK TIMES THE ARTS $1600: Times reviewers sigh & musicians' unions fume over dance companies like Paul Taylor's using music presented this way on tape (or recorded) |
| #6334, aired 2012-03-15 | NEW YORK CITY $400: When companies first list on the NYSE, the CEO is typically invited to do this, which starts trading on the floor ring the bell |
| #6298, aired 2012-01-25 | IN THE MAGAZINE $1200: 100 Best Companies
to Work For,
Investor Interview Fortune |
| #6256, aired 2011-11-28 | NATIVE AMERICAN FOODS $1200: In 1814 a war named for this dried meat & berry staple was fought between rival fur companies pemmican |
| #6213, aired 2011-09-28 | TRIPLE THE FUN $1000: The "triple bottom line" concept urges companies to be successful, caring & green: "profit, people" & this "P" planet |
| #6198, aired 2011-07-20 | BUSINESS & FINANCE ABBREV. $1200: P&L: of concern to all companies Profit and Loss |
| #6135, aired 2011-04-22 | FATHER'S IN LAW $2,000 (Daily Double): Father has rooms near the Court of Chancery in this state where half of Fortune 500 companies are incorporated Delaware |
| #6129, aired 2011-04-14 | ANIMAL COMPANIES $200: This short-lived enterprise employed Buffalo Bill Cody & ceased at the completion of the U.S. telegraph system the Pony Express |
| #6129, aired 2011-04-14 | ANIMAL COMPANIES $400: Fittingly, these patriotic "outfitters" have a line of clothing called "Aerie" American Eagle |
| #6129, aired 2011-04-14 | ANIMAL COMPANIES $600: Want a bar of this "avian" product? Specify whether you'd like chocolate or soap, please Dove |
| #6129, aired 2011-04-14 | ANIMAL COMPANIES $800: This energy drink company now offers a cola & "Energy Shots" Red Bull |
| #6129, aired 2011-04-14 | ANIMAL COMPANIES $1000: This sporting shoe company's logo features a feline jumping over the letters Puma |
| #6119, aired 2011-03-31 | BIG DEAL $600: In 1997 a $16.7 billion deal by Pacific Telesis & SBC was the first merger of these "infantile" companies the Baby Bells |
| #6083, aired 2011-02-09 | SURFIN' USB $200: USB technology was developed by a core group of companies that included Intel, Microsoft & this 3-letter giant IBM |
| #6078, aired 2011-02-02 | FORBES STATES' RICHEST COMPANIES $400: Alaska's richest company, Arctic Slope Regional, trades in this, also the name of a U.S. Cabinet department energy |
| #6078, aired 2011-02-02 | FORBES STATES' RICHEST COMPANIES $1600: In Virginia, look to the heavens & you just might come up with the name of this confectionery that's tops Mars |
| #6078, aired 2011-02-02 | FORBES STATES' RICHEST COMPANIES $2000: This "Entertainment" company is numero uno in Nevada Harrah's |
| #6001, aired 2010-10-18 | COMPANIES NAMED AFTER PEOPLE $400: During WWI the U.S. government confiscated the assets of this German aspirin company & sold off the name Bayer |
| #6001, aired 2010-10-18 | COMPANIES NAMED AFTER PEOPLE $800: The name of this toy company that began by selling frames & doll furniture is a combination of the owners' names Mattel |
| #6001, aired 2010-10-18 | COMPANIES NAMED AFTER PEOPLE $1200: In 2002 the company named for this moviemaker spun off its THX division George Lucas |
| #6001, aired 2010-10-18 | COMPANIES NAMED AFTER PEOPLE $2000: In 1917 the son of an Illinois bookseller joined with a New York store & started this company Barnes & Noble |
| #6001, aired 2010-10-18 | COMPANIES NAMED AFTER PEOPLE $2,700 (Daily Double): A New York bank was named for this Secretary of the Treasury under Lincoln (Salmon P.) Chase |
| #5979, aired 2010-09-16 | DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE COMPANIES $400: There's American Express & this "of America" Bank |
| #5979, aired 2010-09-16 | DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE COMPANIES $800: It has a Supercenter on South 9th St. in Salina, Kansas Walmart |
| #5979, aired 2010-09-16 | DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE COMPANIES $1200: Roy E., the son of its co-founder, died in December 2009 Disney |
| #5979, aired 2010-09-16 | DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE COMPANIES $1600: Pfounded in 18P49 Pfizer |
| #5979, aired 2010-09-16 | DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE COMPANIES $7,000 (Daily Double): Its original purpose was to insure people on journeys Travelers |
| #5976, aired 2010-09-13 | BILL CLINTON & THE CLINTON FOUNDATION $400: (Ex-President Clinton gives the clue.) My foundation & pharmaceutical companies negotiated price reductions in antiretroviral drugs as part of an initiative to combat this pandemic HIV (or AIDS) |
| #5971, aired 2010-07-26 | PURE CLASS $600: Companies issue this in classes such as common & preferred stock |
| #5825, aired 2010-01-01 | BEYOND .COM $1600: It follows dot in a domain for companies & "That's show" in a familiar phrase .biz |
| #5817, aired 2009-12-22 | MUSIC & MUSICIANS $1200: Berlioz never intended "The Damnation of" him to be staged, but damned if opera companies don't do it anyway Faust |
| #5793, aired 2009-11-18 | I CAN HAS CHEEZBURGER? $400: The "Cheeseburger Bill" tried to protect companies from consumer lawsuits claiming this & associated problems obesity |
| #5785, aired 2009-11-06 | GET MOVING $800: Tesla & Lightning are companies that make cars powered by this electricity |
| #5746, aired 2009-09-14 | PRACTICAL PARENTING $800: Start saving for college now with this website, launched in 2001--it rewards you for shopping with partner companies Upromise |
| #5704, aired 2009-05-28 | WOEFUL WALL STREET $800: In 2008, the "Big 3" CEOs of this industry agreed to work for $1 a year if their companies got hefty bailouts the auto industry |
| #5593, aired 2008-12-24 | PEOPLE IN THE ARTS $800: This Madrid-born tenor has also run a couple of opera companies Placido Domingo |
| #5576, aired 2008-12-01 | 2008: A SUBPRIME YEAR $400: On Sept. 7, 2008 the government announced a takeover of these 2 mortgage-backing companies Freddie Mac & Fannie Mae |
| #5550, aired 2008-10-24 | MAKE IT WORK! $1600: Lily, Jane & Dolly think they've killed their boss at Consolidated Companies in this film 9 to 5 |
| #5486, aired 2008-06-16 | TECH COMPANIES? $200: Proverbially, one of these "a day" keeps the M.D. from your presence an apple |
| #5486, aired 2008-06-16 | TECH COMPANIES? $400: This female warrior of myth mainly dealt with men for 1 reason--procreation; use the singular, please Amazon |
| #5486, aired 2008-06-16 | TECH COMPANIES? $600: An ancient Greek wanting to know Zeus' will might consult this in a grove of oak trees in Dodona oracle |
| #5486, aired 2008-06-16 | TECH COMPANIES? $800: It precedes arch in St. Louis gateway |
| #5486, aired 2008-06-16 | TECH COMPANIES? $1000: In 2007 President Bush said he'd do this "to the finish...that's one way to ensure that I am relevant" sprint |
| #5474, aired 2008-05-29 | WE'RE IN BUSINESS $800: Not far apart on the Fortune 500 are these 2 cos., one in Internet services & one in food; the names are homophones Cisco & Sysco |
| #5446, aired 2008-04-21 | BUSINESS TALK $1600: From the Latin for "to roll together", it's a corporation of several companies involved in a variety of businesses conglomerate |
| #5443, aired 2008-04-16 | MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS $2,200 (Daily Double): In an $80 billion deal these 2 oil companies joined forces in 1999 in the biggest merger up to that time Exxon & Mobil |
| #5433, aired 2008-04-02 | THE ELECTRIC COMPANY $600 (Daily Double): Still around today, this power company was one of the first 12 companies included in the DJIA in 1896 General Electric (or G.E.) |
| #5361, aired 2007-12-24 | HERSHEY'S $1000: In the '40s Hershey supplied this dairy-sounding byproduct to companies like the makers of Coppertone cocoa butter |
| #5282, aired 2007-07-24 | COMPANIES YOUNGER THAN YOU $400: This commerce site founded in 1995 now also owns Skype, Paypal, & Shopping.com eBay |
| #5282, aired 2007-07-24 | COMPANIES YOUNGER THAN YOU $800: The first name of this company's search engine was Backrub, as it analyzed the back links pointing to websites Google |
| #5282, aired 2007-07-24 | COMPANIES YOUNGER THAN YOU $1200: While a student at Northeastern, Shawn Fanning started this P2P music-sharing service that now gone legit Napster |
| #5282, aired 2007-07-24 | COMPANIES YOUNGER THAN YOU $1600: After selling Broadcast.com to Yahoo! for more than $5 billion, this Dallas NBA team owner started HDNet Mark Cuban |
| #5282, aired 2007-07-24 | COMPANIES YOUNGER THAN YOU $2000: Started in 2001, Verasun Energy has now become the second-leading producer of this alternative fuel ethanol |
| #5256, aired 2007-06-18 | I LOVE "U" $1600: For insurance companies, they calculate risk, set premiums & write pol...--sorry, dozed off for a second underwriters |
| #5254, aired 2007-06-14 | BUSINESS $200: The Kirin & Asahi brewing companies are headquartered in this city Tokyo |
| #5254, aired 2007-06-14 | OTHER BRITISH ISLES $2,000 (Daily Double): Due to favorable tax laws, there are hundreds of banks & trust companies in this colony NW of Jamaica Cayman Islands |
| #5249, aired 2007-06-07 | YOU GET A "D" $400: National Lead was one of the 12 companies tracked by this "average" when it debuted May 26, 1896 Dow Jones Industrial Average |
| #5213, aired 2007-04-18 | 1902 $800: One of the 2 companies that merged with Plano, Champion & Milwaukee to form International Harvester (one of) McCormick or Deering |
| #5198, aired 2007-03-28 | THE WILD & WOOLLY 1800s $1600: In 1882 Lawyer Samuel Dodd found that to control companies in several states, Standard Oil could form these monopolies (or trusts) |
| #5145, aired 2007-01-12 | THE REPLACEMENTS $400: When companies do this to their stock, they replace outstanding shares with multiple new ones a split |
| #5088, aired 2006-10-25 | GROUPS $400: In the 1730s NYC created No. 1 of these "business" groups; today there are over 350 engine, ladder & rescue ones fire companies |
| #4978, aired 2006-04-12 | MONEY MATTERS $1000: The bonds issued by over 95% of U.S. companies are noninvestment grade, less respectfully called these junk |
| #4970, aired 2006-03-31 | VANITY $800: This "Evening Shade" star wigged out when it was revealed that he owed $7,500 to 2 toupee companies Burt Reynolds |
| #4965, aired 2006-03-24 | HARLEY-DAVIDSON $400: The 1960 "Topper" was Harley's version of this type of bike made by Italian companies like Vespa a scooter |
| #4902, aired 2005-12-27 | CEOs $1200: As CEO, Harold S. Geneen led this communications company abbreviated ITT in acquiring 350 companies International Telephone & Telegraph |
| #4842, aired 2005-10-04 | COMPANIES $200: This warehouse club has over 43 million members, some of them Gold Star, lugging home the big jars of mayo Costco |
| #4842, aired 2005-10-04 | COMPANIES $400: This co. agreed in 1993 to lease the New Amsterdam Theatre, & the old Times Square of degradation & filth was history Disney |
| #4842, aired 2005-10-04 | COMPANIES $600: This chain with a month as its name has acquired stores like Kaufmann's in Pittsburgh & Robinson's in L.A. May Company (May's Department Store accepted) |
| #4842, aired 2005-10-04 | COMPANIES $800: Orange & Rockland Utilities is a subsidiary of this company named for an inventor Consolidated Edison (ConEd) |
| #4842, aired 2005-10-04 | COMPANIES $1000: In 1959 Richard De Vos & Jay Van Andel founded this company that now has 3 million independent distributors Amway |
| #4830, aired 2005-09-16 | BEST "WESTERN" $800: One of the original 11 companies listed when the New York Stock Exchange was created in 1884 Western Union |
| #4817, aired 2005-07-12 | THE TERRIBLE TWOS $400: 2 is a common age to begin this process, though your child & the diaper companies may want you to wait toilet training |
| #4806, aired 2005-06-27 | STARS' PRODUCTION COMPANIES $400: You can read a lot into the fact she named her production company Harpo Oprah Winfrey |
| #4806, aired 2005-06-27 | STARS' PRODUCTION COMPANIES $800: It's Irish dreamtime for this Steele, Remington Steele Pierce Brosnan |
| #4806, aired 2005-06-27 | STARS' PRODUCTION COMPANIES $1200: This "Legally Blonde" star must be pretty intense; she called her prodction company Type A Films Reese Witherspoon |
| #4800, aired 2005-06-17 | TRIPLE "A" $2000: This table helps insurance companies set premiums based on how long you're likely to live an actuarial table |
| #4798, aired 2005-06-15 | VACATION POSSIBILITIES $1200: Several companies offer religious tours around the Near East called "In" these "Of St. Paul" the Footsteps |
| #4792, aired 2005-06-07 | FINANCIAL ABBREVIATIONS $600: If you want to buy stock in small & mid-sized companies, check out the stocks traded on this, the AMEX American Stock Exchange |
| #4740, aired 2005-03-25 | NEW YORK CITY MAYORS $800: Mayor Dinkins fought to divest the city of funds invested in companies that did business with this country South Africa |
| #4711, aired 2005-02-14 | IT'S GREEK TO ME $400: In English it's a figure of speech, like "a sea of troubles"; in Greek it refers to moving companies a metaphor |
| #4681, aired 2005-01-03 | ORGANIZATIONS $800: The National Association of Water Companies is on this Washington, D.C. street associated with lobbyists K Street |
| #4664, aired 2004-12-09 | MEDIEVAL TIMES $1200: "Weapon" name for a Medieval mercenary or a person who works for different companies, each for a limited time freelance |
| #4551, aired 2004-05-24 | AIRLINES $1000: Though now competing with newer companies, it remains Russia's largest air carrier Aeroflot |
| #4491, aired 2004-03-01 | OLD BUSINESS $400: In 1911 the Supreme Court ordered this oil company to split, creating 33 new independent companies Standard Oil |
| #4428, aired 2003-12-03 | GRAB BAG $2000: The 4 rings in this company's logo represent the 4 companies of the Auto-Union Consortium of 1932 Audi |
| #4344, aired 2003-06-19 | 1901 $1600: Andrew Carnegie & this man merged their companies in 1901 to form U.S. Steel J.P. Morgan |
| #4336, aired 2003-06-09 | 100 YEARS OF FORD $400: You might say "the rubber met the road" when Henry Ford first met this man, beginning their companies' long partnership Harvey Firestone |
| #4334, aired 2003-06-05 | THE FINANCIAL PAGE $600: A big part of Pres. Bush's 2003 stimulus proposal was eliminating tax on these paid by companies to shareholders dividends |
| #4327, aired 2003-05-27 | STOCK HOME $400: Microsoft & Starbucks are listed on this exchange that has more companies than the NYSE NASDAQ |
| #4312, aired 2003-05-06 | TOUGH GEOGRAPHY $1000: This area that was created in 1960 & has oil companies licking their chops is dominated by the Brooks Range ANWR (Arctic National Wildlife Refuge) |
| #4277, aired 2003-03-18 | WE'VE GOT ISSUES $2,000 (Daily Double): In 1776 Adam Smith defended makers of these against charges of excessive profit, charges still made today pharmaceuticals (or drug companies) |
| #4204, aired 2002-12-05 | Q WITHOUT U $600: Many companies that qualify for the NYSE choose to sell their stock on this electronic service instead NASDAQ |
| #4138, aired 2002-09-04 | STOCK SYMBOLS $400: A health care conglomerate of over 190 companies:
JNJ Johnson & Johnson |
| #4130, aired 2002-07-12 | THE FORTUNE 500 $200: 1 of the 2 manufacturing companies classified under "Toys" in the 500 1 of (Mattel and Hasbro) |
| #4130, aired 2002-07-12 | THE FORTUNE 500 $800: AMR & UAL are the top 2 companies in this industry airline |
| #4078, aired 2002-05-01 | PLACES TO PUT YOUR BIG WINNINGS $1200: Use your general funds in these 2 "General" companies in the top 5 firms in the Fortune 500 General Motors & General Electric |
| #4058, aired 2002-04-03 | NOT IN YOUR OLD DICTIONARY $400: "Infantile" nickname for the regional phone companies created when AY&T broke up in 1984 Baby Bell |
| #3997, aired 2002-01-08 | QUASI-RELATED PAIRS $1200: Companies like United Van Lines & Bekins, & the "trembling" sect that's an offshoot of the Quakers movers & Shakers |
| #3887, aired 2001-06-26 | SYMBOLIC INDUSTRIES $300: ABF
EAGL
FDX
UPS courier companies (or delivery establishments) |
| #3887, aired 2001-06-26 | SYMBOLIC INDUSTRIES $400: WAG
RAD
LDG
CVS drug store companies |
| #3726, aired 2000-11-13 | SEATTLE MEANS BUSINESS $300: (Hi, I'm Jeff Bezos, founder & CEO of Amazon.com) Like many tech companies, Amazon.com is listed on this stock exchange -- symbol AMZN NASDAQ |
| #3719, aired 2000-11-02 | PARENT COMPANIES $200: In 1961 Castle & Cooke, founded by Hawaiian missionaries, became the parent company of this fruit giant Dole |
| #3719, aired 2000-11-02 | PARENT COMPANIES $400: In an 1899 switch, this subsidiary of Bell Telephone became Bell's parent company AT&T |
| #3719, aired 2000-11-02 | PARENT COMPANIES $600: In 2000 3Com Inc. "handed" over this maker of handheld computing devices to stockholders Palm |
| #3719, aired 2000-11-02 | PARENT COMPANIES $800: In 1994 the parent company of this airline became the world's largest majority employee-owned company United Airlines |
| #3719, aired 2000-11-02 | PARENT COMPANIES $1000: In 1999 the Southland Corp. took the name of this chain store, once a mere subsidiary 7-Eleven |
| #3677, aired 2000-09-05 | HAVE YOU EVER SEEN BAHRAIN? $200: In production of this, the U.S. has ALCOA & Bahrain has ALBA, one of its largest non-oil companies Aluminum |
| #3631, aired 2000-05-22 | ASIAN-AMERICAN ACHIEVERS $300: Dr. William Mow is the man behind this "boy", one of the USA's largest jeans companies Bugle Boy |
| #3625, aired 2000-05-12 | FORTUNE 500 COMPANIES $100: A lot of investors are stuck on this company that markets Acuvue & baby shampoo Johnson & Johnson |
| #3625, aired 2000-05-12 | FORTUNE 500 COMPANIES $200: Fall into this retailer that also operates the Banana Republic & Old Navy stores The Gap |
| #3625, aired 2000-05-12 | FORTUNE 500 COMPANIES $400: In 1999 the Class A stock of this company headed by Warren Buffett reached a 52-week high of $81,000 a share Berkshire Hathaway |
| #3625, aired 2000-05-12 | FORTUNE 500 COMPANIES $500: Here's to your health & here's to this insurance group, whose service mark is seen here CIGNA |
| #3625, aired 2000-05-12 | FORTUNE 500 COMPANIES $800 (Daily Double): This Dallas-based maker of semiconductors got its start in the 1930s as an oil exploration company Texas Instruments |
| #3564, aired 2000-02-17 | 19th CENTURY AMERICA $400: A strike for better pay by the workers of the B&O in July 1877 soon spread to other companies in this industry Railroads |
| #3541, aired 2000-01-17 | BEFORE & AFTER $200: Popular TV game show about the USA's top performing companies Wheel of Fortune 500 |
| #3537, aired 2000-01-11 | FOUND $600 (Daily Double): In the early 1900s William Durant put together Buick, Oldsmobile & other companies to found this corporation General Motors |
| #3524, aired 1999-12-23 | STEVEN SPIELBERG $500: This 22-minute Spielberg film about 2 people who hitchhike west lends its name to one of his companies Amblin' |
| #3494, aired 1999-11-11 | TECH BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $800: U.S. Robotics & other companies developed this modem speed governed by the V.90 standard 56K |
| #3465, aired 1999-10-01 | BUSINESSMEN $200: In the 1920s businessman Marcus Loew combined 3 movie production companies to form this one MGM (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) |
| #3429, aired 1999-07-01 | "GENERAL" KNOWLEDGE $200: In 1929 U.S. companies Postum & Birdseye combined to form this conglomerate General Foods |
| #3426, aired 1999-06-28 | NASHVILLE $400: Sony, MCA & Curb are 3 of the record companies on this famous street Music Square |
| #3389, aired 1999-05-06 | THE POLICE $400: Like taxi companies, police forces have these people whose job is to send help where it's needed Dispatchers |
| #3356, aired 1999-03-22 | WHERE WERE YOU IN '62? $100: Steel companies that raised prices $6 a ton were forced to roll them back by this president John F. Kennedy |
| #3322, aired 1999-02-02 | AROUND THE OFFICE $500: The Atlantic reports companies use 40% more paper upon introducing this communication system e-mail |
| #3311, aired 1999-01-18 | STATE NAMES $200: Home to no Fortune 500 companies, its name is Aleut for "mainland" Alaska |
| #3306, aired 1999-01-11 | THE LIST LIST $300: In 1988 Microsoft came in at No. 137 out of the 500 companies on this magazine's famous list Fortune |
| #3288, aired 1998-12-16 | CANADIANA $100: This sport's first trading cards were issued by Canadian cigarette companies in the 1910s hockey |
| #3214, aired 1998-07-16 | INTERIOR DESIGN $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1991 Charles Hall sued Aqua Queen & other companies for infringing his patent on this furniture item the waterbed |
| #3194, aired 1998-06-18 | INVESTING YOUR JEOPARDY! WINNINGS $200: To minimize your risk, buy these "colorful" stocks in established, reliable companies blue chips |
| #3193, aired 1998-06-17 | 1948 $200: Denmark, Norway & Sweden combined their major airline companies into this one SAS (Scandinavian Arilines) |
| #3160, aired 1998-05-01 | UP IN SMOKE $200: After this city's "Great Fire" of 1666, Nicholas Borbon opened one of the first fire insurance companies London |
| #3143, aired 1998-04-08 | GUM COMPANIES $200: Promoted as the first sugarless gum, its first flavor was called "Original" Trident |
| #3143, aired 1998-04-08 | GUM COMPANIES $400: Hoping to create a "boom", comics were added to this brand of bubble gum in 1953 Bazooka |
| #3143, aired 1998-04-08 | GUM COMPANIES $600: These candy-coated pellets of gum take their name from the Spanish word for gum Chiclets |
| #3143, aired 1998-04-08 | GUM COMPANIES $800: The Shorin brothers named their bubble gum & trading card company this, hoping to lead the field Topps |
| #3143, aired 1998-04-08 | GUM COMPANIES $1,300 (Daily Double): The Royal Swedish Navy's smoking ban on submarines led to the development of this brand of gum Nicorette (for those who still needed the nicotine) |
| #3126, aired 1998-03-16 | TURNING 50 IN '98 $2,000 (Daily Double): As her surname indicates, this soprano has had her share of wars with opera companies & other singers Kathleen Battle |
| #3104, aired 1998-02-12 | EXCHANGES $1000: This continental city's exchange began in 1611, dealing in securities of companies in East India trade Amsterdam |
| #3091, aired 1998-01-26 | ODDS $400: You can find the odds on your early death on these tables used by insurance companies Actuarial tables |
| #3025, aired 1997-10-24 | MEGA MERGERS $600: In 1996 Sandoz & Ciba-Geigy, giant drug companies based in this country, announced they'd merge Switzerland |
| #2982, aired 1997-07-15 | SMALL BUSINESS $400: Many companies stay open 24 hours & take credit cards to provide this money for the just-jailed bail bonds |
| #2961, aired 1997-06-16 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $200: In 1996 companies that produce these consumables announced an end to their ban on TV & radio ads liquor |
| #2851, aired 1997-01-13 | EARLY AMERICA $200: In 1606 England chartered 2 companies, the London Company for south Virginia & this for the north The Plymouth Company (The Virginia Company of Plymouth) |
| #2804, aired 1996-11-07 | U.S. HISTORY $300: Workers at the 28 companies that produced 90% of this material in the U.S. went on strike July 15, 1959 steel |
| #2728, aired 1996-06-12 | 1983 $300: On August 5 a federal judge approved plans for this company to divest 22 local phone companies AT&T |
| #2687, aired 1996-04-16 | WORLD BUSINESS $500: Hoechst, Bayer & BASF are this country's big 3 chemical companies Germany |
| #2656, aired 1996-03-04 | TRANSPORTATION $300: Trucking companies called common carriers have operating certificates from this federal commission the Interstate Commerce Commission |
| #2647, aired 1996-02-20 | 1995 $500: Ian Ballantine, who founded 3 major ones of these in the U.S. passed away in March at age 79 publishing companies |
| #2601, aired 1995-12-18 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $500: In 1989 these 2 companies merged; in 1995 they announced plans to merge with Turner Time Warner |
| #2568, aired 1995-11-01 | HISTORY $200: In 1976 this South American country nationalized 21 of its oil companies Venezuela |
| #2535, aired 1995-09-15 | THE 1950s $200: In 1958 companies founded by E.W. Scripps & W.R. Hearst merged to become this competitor of AP UPI (United Press International) |
| #2424, aired 1995-03-02 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $200: Aetna, American International & Cigna are the USA's largest publicly-owned companies in this industry insurance |
| #2376, aired 1994-12-26 | INSURANCE $100: Insurance companies refer to catastrophic events that come from natural causes as "acts of" this God |
| #2347, aired 1994-11-15 | NEWSPAPERS & MAGAZINES $100: Along with its famous 500 list of U.S. companies, this magazine also ranks the 50 largest U.S. banks Fortune |
| #2333, aired 1994-10-26 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $400: Royal Dutch is 1 of the 2 parent companies of this oil giant Shell |
| #2306, aired 1994-09-19 | THE 1994 FORTUNE 500 $500: Of the 4 companies under "Q" in the index, these 2 have Quaker in their names Quaker Oats & Quaker State oil |
| #2252, aired 1994-05-24 | FINANCE $600: This is the fusion of 2 companies into 1; a takeover is one type a merger |
| #2229, aired 1994-04-21 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $1000: In 1887 William Bristol joined forces with this college friend to build one of America's largest drug companies (John) Myers |
| #2125, aired 1993-11-26 | IN THE NEWS $500: This Persian Gulf country merged 2 major state-owned oil companies: Aramco & Samarec Saudi Arabia |
| #2018, aired 1993-05-19 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $200: This Pittsburgh pickle maker was one of the few food companies in favor of the Pure Food Act of 1906 Heinz |
| #1990, aired 1993-04-09 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $200: Pemex, this country's largest company, was formed when Pres. Cardenas nationalized foreign oil companies Mexico |
| #1977, aired 1993-03-23 | SOAP $600: Founded in 1837, this firm became one of Cincinnati's largest companies by the Civil War; it still is Procter & Gamble |
| #1863, aired 1992-10-14 | POTPOURRI $300: One of Forbes' 200 best small companies in America is this Tinseltown lingerie firm Frederick's of Hollywood |
| #1850, aired 1992-09-25 | DANCE COMPANIES $200: Twyla Tharp choreographed "Push Comes to Shove" for this dance company abbreviated ABT the American Ballet Theatre |
| #1850, aired 1992-09-25 | DANCE COMPANIES $400: It's the first name shared by dance company founders Limon & Greco Jose |
| #1850, aired 1992-09-25 | DANCE COMPANIES $600 (Daily Double): This country is the home of Maurice Bejart's Ballet Lausanne Switzerland |
| #1850, aired 1992-09-25 | DANCE COMPANIES $600: This company's roots go back to 1968, when Anthony Mitchell opened a dance school in a Harlem garage Dance Theatre of Harlem |
| #1850, aired 1992-09-25 | DANCE COMPANIES $1000: In 1991 this ballet company was officially renamed the St. Petersburg Ballet the Kirov |
| #1838, aired 1992-09-09 | RECENT EVENTS $500: In March 1992, this largest maker of silicone breast implants announced it was ending production Dow Corning |
| #1735, aired 1992-02-28 | STATE CAPITALS $300: This Iowa capital is headquarters to more than 50 insurance companies Des Moines |
| #1727, aired 1992-02-18 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $400: This third-largest U.S. automaker owns Dollar, Snappy & Thrifty car rental companies Chrysler |
| #1638, aired 1991-10-16 | UMBRELLAS $400: Set of insurance & financial companies that are found under a trademark umbrella The Travelers |
| #1636, aired 1991-10-14 | BUSINESS BIGGIES $200: For the sixth straight year, this automaker has topped the Fortune 500 list of the nation's top companies General Motors |
| #1587, aired 1991-06-25 | U.S. GOVERNORS $800: New Alaska governor, who as Secretary of the Interior, insisted oil companies pay for their spills Walter Hickel |
| #1567, aired 1991-05-28 | MAGAZINES $800: This business publication is known as "the magazine for growing companies" Inc. |
| #1525, aired 1991-03-29 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $100: This biggest computer company is biggest also among companies in philanthropic contributions IBM |
| #1420, aired 1990-11-02 | SWEETS $200: Little Brownie Bakers is 1 of the 3 companies that make this organization's famous cookies the Girl Scouts |
| #1379, aired 1990-09-06 | THE OLD WEST $500: In the 19th century 130 million acres of federal land were granted to these companies the railroad |
| #1331, aired 1990-05-21 | THE AUTO INDUSTRY $500: August Horch founded 2 car companies - Horch & this one that's the Latin translation of his surname Audi |
| #1265, aired 1990-02-16 | BALLET $800: 1 of the 2 leading ballet companies in the Soviet Union Bolshoi & Kirov |
| #1180, aired 1989-10-20 | FOOD FACTS $1000: Many U.S. food companies have stopped using palm oil & this other tropical oil high in saturated fat coconut oil |
| #1150, aired 1989-09-08 | OPERA $300: Both of these opera companies are based at Lincoln Center Metropolitan & New York City Opera |
| #1079, aired 1989-04-20 | 7-LETTER WORDS $200: This heavy scarf worn around the neck is made by clothing companies, not Midas a muffler |
| #1075, aired 1989-04-14 | ECONOMICS $200: Fast-growing companies tend to be those that invest heavily in R & D, which is this research & development |
| #1045, aired 1989-03-03 | NUMBER, PLEASE $300: Number of companies used for the Standard & Poor's stock index 500 |
| #1019, aired 1989-01-26 | BUSINESS BIGGIES $500 (Daily Double): Companies from the far east have spent about $1 million since 1986 to incorporate in this U.S. state Delaware |
| #1002, aired 1989-01-03 | TRANSPORTATION $300: The Kelly Act of 1925 allowed the Post Office to contract companies to transport mail using these airplanes |
| #997, aired 1988-12-27 | AVIATION $1000: In 1916 these 2 airplane companies were set up on the West Coast, one in California, one in Seattle Lockheed & Boeing |
| #988, aired 1988-12-14 | AUTOMOBILES $300: The auto industry in Sweden is comprised basically of these 2 companies Volvo & Saab |
| #933, aired 1988-09-28 | THE TELEPHONE $400: The telephone companies refer to this service as 3-way calling conference calls |
| #792, aired 1988-02-02 | JFK $1000: When companies in this industry raised prices in April 1962, he got them to back down steel industry |
| #788, aired 1988-01-27 | CORPORATE AMERICA $1000: His financial wizardry helped create the U.S. Steel, General Electric, & Western Union companies J.P. Morgan |
| #768, aired 1987-12-30 | ALABAMIANS $800: George W. Carver turned down big salaries from large companies & continued working at this Alabama school Tuskegee Institute |
| #736, aired 1987-11-16 | CORPORATE AMERICA $600: 1 of the 7 regional phone companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange & commonly called the "Baby Bells" (1 of) Ameritech, Bell Atlantic, BellSouth, NYNEX, Southwestern Bell, Pacific Telesis, or US West |
| #671, aired 1987-07-06 | INVENTIONS $1000: At least 20 companies turned down this Chester Carlson invention, finally sold to Haloid of Rochester, N.Y. xerography (or photocopying) |
| #668, aired 1987-07-01 | STATE CAPITALS $200: Home offices for over 50 insurance companies are found in this Connecticut capital Hartford |
| #637, aired 1987-05-19 | BUSINESS TRIVIA $1000: The product war discussed in Roger Enrico's "The Other Guy Just Blinked" involved these 2 companies Coca-Cola & Pepsi-Cola |
| #596, aired 1987-03-23 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $300: Total number of American companies now making VHS or Beta VCRs in the U.S. none |
| #592, aired 1987-03-17 | TAKE A GUESS $500 (Daily Double): The companies behind stock ticker symbols XRX & XON Xerox and Exxon |
| #578, aired 1987-02-25 | TEEN CLUBS $200: In this "club" that has 243 offices nationally, teens set up real companies with adult help Junior Achievement |
| #573, aired 1987-02-18 | FACTS & FIGURES $1000: # of companies included in Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 |
| #554, aired 1987-01-22 | CORPORATE AMERICA $1000: Aptly enough, 1 of 3 companies currently under contract to bake these is the Little Brownie Company Girl Scout cookies |
| #522, aired 1986-12-09 | "POOR" $800: You might become rich by investing in the companies listed on this company's 500 index the Standard & Poor's |
| #478, aired 1986-10-08 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $1000: In 1985, both these co-founders of Apple named Steven left to start new companies Steven Jobs and Steve Wozniak |
| #460, aired 1986-09-12 | BANKRUPTCIES $200: Insolvent companies can file for reorganization under this chapter of U.S. Bankruptcy Code Chapter 11 |
| #427, aired 1986-04-29 | INDIANS $600: In its heyday this tribe sent out up to 75 medicine show companies, probably pushing their "Joy Juice" Kickapoo |
| #324, aired 1985-12-05 | "WIND" WORDS $400: President Carter proposed that oil companies would have to pay taxes on these windfall profits |
| #309, aired 1985-11-14 | 10-LETTER WORDS $600: At record companies, it's what the “R” in “A & R” stands for repertoire |
| #115, aired 1985-02-15 | TRADE CENTERS $300: Known as "Insurance City", some 50 companies have their headquarters in this New England city Hartford |
| #3, aired 1984-09-12 | AUTOMOBILES $200: This toy company builds more cars than Ford, G.M. & Chrysler combined Mattel |
