| #9084, aired 2024-04-18 | PATIENTS $400: Barney Clark lived 112 days after becoming the first recipient of a permanent artificial this in 1982 an artificial heart |
| #9082, aired 2024-04-16 | DON'T EAT THAT! $1000: This Peter Frampton band sang "30 Days In The Hole" Humble Pie |
| #9079, aired 2024-04-11 | THE MANHATTAN PROJECT $2000: A program chief & a friend of J. Robert Oppenheimer's from Berkeley days, this Nobel Prize winner was played on screen by Josh Hartnett Ernest Lawrence |
| #9076, aired 2024-04-08 | CONSONANT-VOWEL x3 $12,000 (Daily Double): Catholics hoping for special grace may pray this, said for 9 consecutive days a novena |
| #9074, aired 2024-04-04 | TRAIN TALES $400: A book of timetables for railways & steamers helped the protagonist make his less-than-3-month journey in this 1873 novel Around the World in Eighty Days |
| #9073, aired 2024-04-03 | STARS & CONSTELLATIONS $400: In ancient times the rising of this bright star signaled the long, hot dog days of summer Sirius |
| #9073, aired 2024-04-03 | BABY TALK $600: This Jewish circumcision rite is typically performed 8 days after birth by a specialist called a mohel a bris |
| #9070, aired 2024-03-29 | PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS $1600: Teleplaywright J.P. Miller first gave us these "Days" of an alcoholic couple, later a movie & then a Broadway musical in 2024 the Days of Wine and Roses |
| #9068, aired 2024-03-27 | THE 3 "R"s $1200: This type of pilot in the early days of aviation would travel the country giving stunt-flying exhibitions barnstormer |
| #9061, aired 2024-03-18 | ANNUAL EVENTS $800: Each June Nebraskaland Days in North Platte features a golf classic & a rodeo named for this Wild West showman Buffalo Bill |
| #9058, aired 2024-03-13 | "H" IS FOR HISTORY $400: The period of time from March to July of 1815 when Napoleon escaped Elba & ran wild in France is known as this the Hundred Days |
| #9051, aired 2024-03-04 | HAPPY HOUR $600: It became the unofficial anthem of the Democratic Party after FDR used it in 1932 as his campaign song "Happy Days Are Here Again" |
| #9049, aired 2024-02-29 | IT'S A PARTY! $2000: In May 1664 this French king held a days-long party with ballet in honor of his mom & wife & (possibly) his mistress Louis XIV |
| #9047, aired 2024-02-27 | A WORLD OF DEPRESSIONS $800: In 1964 astronauts spent a few days honing their survival skills in this state's Carson Sink Nevada |
| #9047, aired 2024-02-27 | CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY $1000: After her daughter Persephone was abducted, she roamed the Earth for 9 days without eating, drinking or bathing Demeter |
| #9043, aired 2024-02-21 | 1990s MUSIC $800: Clips from the show "Happy Days" were used in this band's video for the song "Buddy Holly" Weezer |
| #9042, aired 2024-02-20 | THE U.S. POSTAL SERVICE $1000: Until this delivery service began in 1860, mail could take 25 days to get from coast to coast, some by steamship via Panama the Pony Express |
| #9040, aired 2024-02-16 | PRESIDENTIAL TV $800: "The Final Days"
(1989) Nixon |
| #9034, aired 2024-02-08 | MILITARY SLANG $600: These days, an enlisted U.S. soldier is this 3-letter first name rather than G.I. a Joe |
| #9028, aired 2024-01-31 | ARTFUL ROGERS $2000: This B-movie maven of "Attack of the Crab Monsters" fame filmed "The Little Shop of Horrors" in 3 days Roger Corman |
| #9027, aired 2024-01-30 | HOT FOR CREATURE $400: Part of this mammalian group, the greater bilby survives 157-degree days in Queensland using elaborate burrow systems marsupial |
| #9025, aired 2024-01-26 | WHAT'S IN A NAME $2000: The Comtesse du Cayla rose, seen here, was named for a mistress of this king who survived Napoleon's Hundred Days Louis XVIII |
| #9024, aired 2024-01-25 | FEAST DAYS OF CHRISTIANITY $400: October 2 honors these heavenly beings said by St. Jerome to protect us from harm guardian angels |
| #9024, aired 2024-01-25 | FEAST DAYS OF CHRISTIANITY $800: January 6 is this feast day with a name from Greek that also means a sudden intuitive insight Epiphany |
| #9024, aired 2024-01-25 | FEAST DAYS OF CHRISTIANITY $1200: The nativity of this son of Zechariah & precursor of Jesus gets its own day, June 24 John the Baptist |
| #9024, aired 2024-01-25 | FEAST DAYS OF CHRISTIANITY $1600: Depicted here by Nicolas Bernard Lépicié, & told of in Acts 9, "The Conversion of" this man has its own feast day on January 25 Saul (Saint Paul) |
| #9024, aired 2024-01-25 | FEAST DAYS OF CHRISTIANITY $2,000 (Daily Double): Corpus Christi & Whitsunday are examples of this type of feast that can fall on different dates in different years a movable feast |
| #9023, aired 2024-01-24 | LOVE STORY $800: In "Love in the Time of Cholera" by him, Florentino has thought of a love affair for 51 years, 9 months & 4 days, not that he's counting Gabriel García Márquez |
| #26, aired 2024-01-23 | OZZY OSBOURNE'S FAVORITE SONGS $600: This Pink Floyd classic reminds Ozzy of his LSD days; maybe it's that trippy cash register sound effect "Money" |
| #9019, aired 2024-01-18 | PAINFUL MEMORIES $400: Turn off the lights, apply a hot or cold compress to your neck & have a little caffeine at signs of this possibly days-long headache a migraine |
| #9019, aired 2024-01-18 | A WOMAN'S PLACE $1600: Open for 10 days until the cops came in 1916, the Brownsville Clinic in Brooklyn was the USA's first to offer guidance about this birth control |
| #9019, aired 2024-01-18 | AN "H" & "R" BLOCK $2000: This calm & peaceful word describes weather or ahhh... those idyllic days of youth halcyon |
| #9015, aired 2024-01-12 | A FASHIONABLE CATEGORY $400: This 3-named French fashion designer popularized a trouser suit for women, appropriate for days & "Yves" Yves Saint Laurent |
| #9015, aired 2024-01-12 | A SEASONED FILM $800: In this film Joseph Gordon-Levitt picks the right "day" for an impromptu dance to a Hall & Oates song 500 Days of Summer |
| #2, aired 2024-01-12 | MINING FOR "ORE" $400: Come one, come all to ye olde inn & enjoy our bill of fare & flagons of ale as in days of this yore |
| #24, aired 2024-01-09 | IT'S A DATE, AMIGO! $800: He's the U.S. president whose cumpleaños is celebrated ten days after El Cumpleaños de Lincoln Washington |
| #9006, aired 2024-01-01 | RELIGION $2000: In Judaism the high holy days begin with this 2-day observance & end with Yom Kippur Rosh Hashanah |
| #9003, aired 2023-12-27 | REPORTING THE NEWS $800: After a bone marrow transplant, she told viewers on Feb. 20, 2013, "I have been waiting 174 days to say this: Good morning, America!" Robin Roberts |
| #8999, aired 2023-12-21 | UNION ACTIONS $600: Union victory at the September 17, 1862 Battle of Antietam emboldened President Lincoln to take this historic action 5 days later the Emancipation Proclamation |
| #8998, aired 2023-12-20 | A LOOK BACK $3,000 (Daily Double): 6 days before Robert E. Lee's surrender, the Confederate government fled this city, & Confederate troops burned much of it down Richmond |
| #8997, aired 2023-12-19 | CAUTIONARY RHYMES $1000: These 2 days of the week are rough, as day 1's "child is full of woe" & day 2's child "has far to go" Wednesday & Thursday |
| #8993, aired 2023-12-13 | WESTERN TV SHOWS $400: In 1966 this man stepped down from hosting the Western "Death Valley Days" to focus on his campaign for governor (Ronald) Reagan |
| #8988, aired 2023-12-06 | WATERY SONGS $1000: The 2 title items in this Carpenters tune, No. 2 in '71, "always get me down" "Rainy Days And Mondays" |
| #22, aired 2023-12-06 | CELEBRITY TELL-ALLS $900: "Life":
This seemingly immortal rock star claims he once went nine days without sleeping Keith Richards |
| #8987, aired 2023-12-05 | A PARANORMAL CATEGORY $200: These events, hearing from the beyond, were popular in Victorian days, when the one seen here took place a séance |
| #8986, aired 2023-12-04 | BRITISH BANDS $800: Bananarama had a hit with this song, appropriately enough, in the mean, hot days of August 1984 "Cruel Summer" |
| #8983, aired 2023-11-29 | FAREWELL TO THE CHIEF $2000: On July 23, 1885 just days after completing his memoirs, he died of cancer at his New York home Ulysses S. Grant |
| #21, aired 2023-11-29 | WHISTLING HALL OF FAME $1500: "The Fishin' Hole" was written especially for this beloved sitcom, long before Ron Howard met the Fonz The Andy Griffith Show |
| #8981, aired 2023-11-27 | COUNTRY MUSIC HITS $800: The Judds wanted him to "take me back to yesterday" & "tell me 'bout the good old days" Grandpa |
| #8981, aired 2023-11-27 | THE 23rd PSALM $1000: "Surely" these 2 qualities "shall follow me all the days of my life" goodness & mercy |
| #8975, aired 2023-11-17 | SPRINGSTEEN LYRICS $800: "I had a friend was a big baseball player back in high school he could throw that speedball by you..." "Glory Days" |
| #8966, aired 2023-11-06 | AT THE ANCIENT ROMAN CINEPLEX $1600: 2009:
Zooey Deschanel in
"(____) Days of Summer" D |
| #8965, aired 2023-11-03 | FAMOUS PAIRS $400: Born just days apart in 1951, they opened their first ice cream shop in a renovated gas station in Vermont in 1978 Ben & Jerry |
| #8953, aired 2023-10-18 | ROCK & ROLL BOOKSTORE $400: "Nowhere Man" is Robert Rosen's take on "The Final Days of" this Beatle John Lennon |
| #8953, aired 2023-10-18 | IN CRISIS MODE $1200: It began Nov. 4, 1979 & lasted 444 days the Iran Hostage Crisis |
| #8952, aired 2023-10-17 | DUST TO DUST $600: In Genesis "God said unto" this creature "dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life" the serpent |
| #8952, aired 2023-10-17 | COUNTDOWN $800: "The 12 Days Of Christmas" gifts:
7. swans a-swimming
6. geese a-laying
5. these golden rings |
| #8952, aired 2023-10-17 | "B" GIRLS $800: 10 days after her release from rehab following a 1947 narcotics arrest, this "Lady" sold out Carnegie Hall Billie Holiday |
| #8950, aired 2023-10-13 | LIKE A ROCK $600: In earlier days, this pro-am golf tournament on California's Monterey peninsula was called the Crosby Clambake Pebble Beach |
| #8942, aired 2023-10-03 | 20th CENTURY FOX HISTORY $800: 10 years after Newman & Redford, Tom Berenger & William Katt played this duo in their early days Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid |
| #8934, aired 2023-09-21 | WELCOME TO FANTASY ISLAND $800: He was left "alone in an un-inhabited island", but after 28 years, 2 months & 19 days, what world will this man return to now? Robinson Crusoe |
| #8928, aired 2023-09-13 | "I"s IN YOUR STARS $800: James Osterberg has been known as this since his days fronting proto-punk-rockers The Stooges Iggy Pop |
| #8928, aired 2023-09-13 | "C"s THE DAY $1200: "Dedication" in Hebrew, it can be spelled without a "C" & actually spans 8 days, but you still need to know it now Chanukah |
| #8926, aired 2023-09-11 | HISTORICAL FILMS $1600: The Charlton Heston film "55 Days at Peking" is set during this 1900 rebellion the Boxer Rebellion |
| #8923, aired 2023-07-26 | CROOKS $600: A 1949 obituary said the name of this man "whose magic would double an investment in 90 days, was heard everywhere" Ponzi |
| #8919, aired 2023-07-20 | A BY-THE-BOOK HOW TO $600: Michele Alexander & Jeannie Long put it right there in the title--"How to" do this "in 10 Days: The Universal Don'ts of Dating" Lose a Guy |
| #8907, aired 2023-07-04 | LET'S GO TO THE SPORTS BOOK $2000: "The night before I met Jimmy Connors... at Wimbledon in the summer of 1975, I went to bed & slept soundly", he says in "Days of Grace" Arthur Ashe |
| #8902, aired 2023-06-27 | SOME THOUGHTS ON THE BOOK $600: Though my memory is Fogg-y, that guy may have a serious gambling problem; far to travel & under 3 months to do it... go! Around the World in Eighty Days |
| #8900, aired 2023-06-23 | KIDS OF THE '70s, REJOICE! $400: "Aaaay!" This "Happy Days" character was the epitome of cool in the '70s (by way of the '50s) Fonzie (Arthur Fonzarelli) |
| #8897, aired 2023-06-20 | VOWEL, VOWEL, CONSONANT, CONSONANT $400: It's 2 ranks below duke & they're not making many new ones these days earl |
| #8890, aired 2023-06-09 | DIASPORA $800: Maybe Hakeem Olajuwon shows up at Nigerian Days, this U.S. city's celebration of its diaspora of 150,000 people Houston |
| #8889, aired 2023-06-08 | HISTORY HYSTERIA $400: 400 people danced uncontrollably for days, some until death, in 1518's dancing plague in Strasbourg in this country France |
| #8874, aired 2023-05-18 | HISTORY $1600: The switch to this in 1752 confusingly moved James Boswell's birthday 11 days later the Gregorian calendar |
| #14, aired 2023-05-17 | NOT-SO-PLAIN JANES $400: 12 days after giving birth to the future King Edward VI, she died of post-natal complications Jane Seymour |
| #8872, aired 2023-05-16 | CHILLIN' IN THE R.I.P. LOUNGE $400: On Oct. 14, 1793 things did not go her way before the revolutionary tribunal & 2 days later, she was an instant ex-royal Marie Antoinette |
| #8872, aired 2023-05-16 | HEAVEN ON EARTH $2,000 (Daily Double): This Parisian avenue is named for a paradise of Greek myth; it's less heavenly these days since it's clogged by traffic the Champs-Élysées |
| #8871, aired 2023-05-15 | CLOSE ELECTIONS $1600: This future pres. won a tight 1948 Texas primary after uncounted votes were "discovered" 6 days after the election Lyndon Johnson |
| #8870, aired 2023-05-12 | LESSER-KNOWN FILM TRILOGIES $1600: Whit Stillman's yuppie trilogy of the 1990s includes "Metropolitan", "The Last Days of Disco" & this film named for a Spanish city Barcelona |
| #8, aired 2023-05-12 | GROWING UP X $800: This type of printer from Apple that used pins hitting an inked ribbon?
You bet it's on display! dot matrix |
| #8, aired 2023-05-12 | I'M LATE, I'M GREAT, I WAS SECRETARY OF STATE $2000: My brother said "war is hell" & I quit as Secretary of State 4 days into the Spanish-American War, which I had opposed John Sherman |
| #8868, aired 2023-05-10 | STRAIGHT TO JAIL $4,000 (Daily Double): In 1919 he came up with a scheme regarding postal reply coupons & would later offer investors 50% interest in 45 days Ponzi |
| #6, aired 2023-05-10 | THE LAST BOOKS YOU'LL READ $400: Edward Bulwer-Lytton wrote the historical novel "The Last Days of" this doomed city near Naples Pompeii |
| #8866, aired 2023-05-08 | POP MUSIC-PODGE $400: She earned our respect by singing "Respect" during her "American Idol" days before having her own hit with "Behind These Hazel Eyes" Kelly Clarkson |
| #8863, aired 2023-05-03 | "D" TOUR $400: When it opened in 1955, a one-day ticket cost $1 for adults & each ride was around 10 to 35 cents Disneyland |
| #8850, aired 2023-04-14 | YOU LOSE $400: In 2010 a valiant Nicolas Mahut fell to John Isner in the 5th set, 70-68, in a match that spread across 3 days at this tournament Wimbledon |
| #8842, aired 2023-04-04 | ALL THE DAYS OF MY LIFE $200: He racked up a number of wedding days: June 11, 1509; Jan, 25, 1533; May 30, 1536; Jan, 6, 1540; July 28, 1540; & July 12, 1543 Henry VIII |
| #8842, aired 2023-04-04 | ALL THE DAYS OF MY LIFE $400: Jawaharlal Nehru's only child, she worked in government before becoming India's first female prime minister Indira Gandhi |
| #8842, aired 2023-04-04 | ALL THE DAYS OF MY LIFE $800: His P-51 Mustang took out 5 German planes in a single dogfight in World War II; being first to break the sound barrier came later Chuck Yeager |
| #8842, aired 2023-04-04 | ALL THE DAYS OF MY LIFE $1,000 (Daily Double): He worked to develop a flu vaccine before coming up with one for polio, declared safe on April 12, 1955 Jonas Salk |
| #8842, aired 2023-04-04 | ALL THE DAYS OF MY LIFE $1000: Born into slavery, she wrote under the name Iola, became a newspaper owner & campaigned against lynching Ida B. Wells |
| #8836, aired 2023-03-27 | BRITISH TO AMERICAN LANGUAGE TRANSLATOR $800: On hot summer days in London, you'll welcome an ice lolly, or what we call this treat a Popsicle |
| #8835, aired 2023-03-24 | THE WWE $400: (Alexa Bliss presents the clue.) Dave Bautista went 282 days to destroy the record for the longest single reign as world heavyweight champ before suiting up, or really stripping down, to play Drax the Destroyer in this 2014 Marvel film Guardians of the Galaxy |
| #8832, aired 2023-03-21 | IT'S A JOKE $800: Jon Stewart noted that while Lent is 40 days, Jews have this one day of atonement: "Even in sin you're paying retail" Yom Kippur |
| #8829, aired 2023-03-16 | WORLD UNIVERSITIES $600: Notable University of Toronto alumni include this actor, seen about a decade after his college days Donald Sutherland |
| #8824, aired 2023-03-09 | TAKE ME TO YOUR LEADER $2000: This type of govt. official sent to a foreign land shares its name with an elected leader in the days of the Roman Republic a consul |
| #8821, aired 2023-03-06 | HISTORY $400: In 1617 a British diplomat promised "calm & halcyonian days" just before this decades-long conflict erupted the Thirty Years' War |
| #8819, aired 2023-03-02 | COURSE DESCRIPTIONS $400: History 400:
A dive into the 20 active years of this party, including 32 days of riding high during the William Henry Harrison presidency the Whig Party |
| #8818, aired 2023-03-01 | ART SUPPLIES $800: These days, Banksy doesn't draw freehand out on the street but uses this type of template & spray paint a stencil |
| #8815, aired 2023-02-24 | SHORT, TINY & SMALL $2000: Lasting a mere 2 months, 17 days in 1483, the fifth king of this name was the shortest-reigning male monarch of England Edward V |
| #8813, aired 2023-02-22 | A JOLLY RHYME $400: Streetcar transit from days of old is being revived, like the one seen here in St. Louis, called this a (Loop) trolley |
| #8811, aired 2023-02-20 | TECH TALK $600: These days, more than 70% of Internet traffic is this type of video that typically uses data compression streaming |
| #8805, aired 2023-02-10 | WESTERN EUROPE $2000: The vibrantly painted buildings of Norway's Bryggen Wharf commemorate its days as a hub for this Baltic trading organization the Hanseatic League |
| #8802, aired 2023-02-07 | WHICH WAR? $1000: Israel quickly captures the Gaza Strip & Golan Heights the Six Days' War |
| #13, aired 2023-02-02 | TRANSPORTATION $300: In 1983 Sally Ride became the first U.S. woman in space, spending 6 days aboard one of these reusable spacecraft a Space Shuttle |
| #8796, aired 2023-01-30 | EXPLORATION $800: In 1889 & 1890 Nellie Bly did this in 72 days, 8 fewer than in the title of a popular novel of the day travel around the world |
| #8793, aired 2023-01-25 | BOOK OF THE YEAR $1600: The Hundred Years' War novel "1356" features this heir to the English throne, known for armor not suited for hot, sunny days Edward the Black Prince |
| #8786, aired 2023-01-16 | CLICHÉS REPHRASE $600: Chef's or nicoise Monday & Saturday salad days |
| #8784, aired 2023-01-12 | WHAT'S ALL THIS, THEN? $2000: My chart of the PM's cabinet was knocked cock-a-hoop when Mr. Kwarteng served only 38 days as this chief financial minister chancellor of the Exchequer |
| #10, aired 2023-01-12 | THE 20th CENTURY $800: At the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, this president was fatally shot, dying 8 days later McKinley |
| #8779, aired 2023-01-05 | TV: WHO PLAYED 'EM? $400: Fonzie on "Happy Days" & Gene Cousineau on "Barry" Henry Winkler |
| #8776, aired 2023-01-02 | HISTORY COMES ALIVE WITH ERIK LARSON $600: (Erik Larson presents the clue.) My book "The Splendid and the Vile", set during the early days of World War II, takes readers inside Chequers, this prime minister's country home where he figured out how to keep his family & his nation together Churchill |
| #8769, aired 2022-12-22 | NICOLE KIDMAN SAYS $1000: To Tom Cruise:
"Nobody knows what's gonna happen next... & certainly not on a racetrack with 40 other infantile egomaniacs" Days of Thunder |
| #8767, aired 2022-12-20 | PLANET FEATURES $400: This speedy planet completes one revolution around the sun in 88 Earth days Mercury |
| #8765, aired 2022-12-16 | CHRISTMAS & HANUKKAH $800: While we talk about the 12 days of Christmas, Hanukkah is celebrated over 8 nights, with lighted candles in this candelabra a menorah |
| #8765, aired 2022-12-16 | ALASKAN GEOGRAPHY $1000: Named for an early 20th century vice president, this city boasts 24 hours of sunlight for 70 days across May to July Fairbanks |
| #8765, aired 2022-12-16 | CHRISTMAS & HANUKKAH $2000: Traditionally, Hanukkah celebrates a victory by this family led by Judah & the miracle of a small amount of oil lasting for 8 days the Maccabees |
| #8763, aired 2022-12-14 | THE "J.C"s $400: In 2019, at age 94 years & 172 days, he became the longest-living president in U.S. history Jimmy Carter |
| #8757, aired 2022-12-06 | WOULDN'T IT BE RUBBERY $800: Cultivated rubber trees are "tapped" about once every 2 days, yielding around a cup of this sap each time latex |
| #8753, aired 2022-11-30 | DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE SIGNERS $400: He graduated from Harvard in 1740, the year he turned 18; he'd later help organize a tea party but these days, is associated with beer Sam Adams |
| #8753, aired 2022-11-30 | A GIANT CATEGORY $1200: 3 words that fill in the King James Bible quote from Genesis--"There were giants... in those days" in the earth |
| #8753, aired 2022-11-30 | SOMETHING TO READ $2000: Her "Year of Magical Thinking" chronicles the time after the loss of her husband John Gregory Dunne, 31 days before their 40th anniversary (Joan) Didion |
| #8748, aired 2022-11-23 | NOTABLE AFRICAN AMERICANS $400: On January 18, 2021 she officially resigned her California Senate seat; 2 days later, she made history (Kamala) Harris |
| #8744, aired 2022-11-17 | HISTORIC DATES $600: On Sept. 20, 1932 Gandhi began one of these in a jail cell; his British captors gave in a few days later a hunger strike |
| #8743, aired 2022-11-16 | AMERICAN HISTORY $400: A 1965 civil rights march started in Selma & ended 54 miles & 4 days later in this city, where MLK spoke on the steps of its capitol Montgomery |
| #8742, aired 2022-11-15 | NOW STREAMING ON DuMONT+ $2000: We've got the Feb. 21, 1953 "Life is Worth Living" where Bishop Sheen predicts death for this Communist; 12 days later, bingo Stalin |
| #8, aired 2022-11-13 | SEE WHAT I DID THERE? $100: Alexander Gardner here: during this war, I took photos 2 days after Antietam, the first battlefield to be photographed so soon the Civil War |
| #8, aired 2022-11-13 | THE "A" LIST $200: In 2021 fugitive Brian Laundrie ended his days in Fla.'s Myakkahatchee Creek area, home to these long & toothy critters alligators |
| #8737, aired 2022-11-08 | NUMBER, PLEASE $200: Matthew 4 says Jesus fasted for this many days & nights in the wilderness, & he was hungry after; well, yeah! 40 |
| #8736, aired 2022-11-07 | IN THAT NOVEL $800: A boy named for a French swimming pool spends 227 days on a different body of water Life of Pi |
| #8736, aired 2022-11-07 | VICE PRESIDENTS $800: In 1973, just days after declaring, "I will not resign if indicted", he resigned Spiro Agnew |
| #7, aired 2022-11-06 | STARTS WITH 2 VOWELS $200: Coming about 40 days after Lent begins, it's one of the few days when it's relatively safe to put all your eggs in one basket Easter |
| #8731, aired 2022-10-31 | TELEVISION $1200: "Like sands through the hourglass, so are the" this TV soap title, the show now on Peacock after 57 years on NBC Days of Our Lives |
| #6, aired 2022-10-30 | OUT OF THIS WORLD $900: In November 2000 Yuri Gidzenko, Sergey Krikalev & William Shepherd became the first residents of this, staying 136 days the International Space Station |
| #8730, aired 2022-10-28 | DAYS OF YORE $400: Chinese alchemists in the 9th century mixed saltpeter, sulfur & carbon, creating this history-changing substance gunpowder |
| #8730, aired 2022-10-28 | DAYS OF YORE $800: Used centuries ago by Irish monks who craved discomfort, a clochán is also known as this insect domicile hut a beehive hut |
| #8730, aired 2022-10-28 | DAYS OF YORE $1200: These lyric poets of southern Europe laid out their rules for poetry in the 14th c. work "Leys d'amors" troubadours |
| #8730, aired 2022-10-28 | DAYS OF YORE $2000: During Japan's Edo period, this "way of the warrior" code developed into an ethical guide for practitioners bushido |
| #8730, aired 2022-10-28 | DAYS OF YORE $6,400 (Daily Double): In 1429 Charles VII granted nobility, arms & the surname du Lys to her family Joan of Arc |
| #5, aired 2022-10-23 | "Q" FORCE $300: This period of isolation to stop the spread of disease goes back to "40 days", how long infected ships were once kept isolated a quarantine |
| #5, aired 2022-10-23 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $800: This Jewish day of atonement comes 10 days after Rosh Hashanah, the new year Yom Kippur |
| #8724, aired 2022-10-20 | A MATTER OF WIFE & DEATH $600: After this sharpshooter wife passed away in 1926, Frank Butler reportedly stopped eating & died 18 days later Annie Oakley |
| #8719, aired 2022-10-13 | THE REST, AS THEY SAY... $400: An old saying goes, "Guests, like fish begin to" do this; how you waited 72 hours is beyond us smell after three days |
| #8718, aired 2022-10-12 | MOVIE STUFF $800: 2 days after Sly Stallone left "Beverly Hills Cop", this man got the starring role (Eddie) Murphy |
| #8717, aired 2022-10-11 | CLASSIC SITCOMS BY EPISODE TITLE $800: "Fearless Fonzarelli: Part 1" Happy Days |
| #8716, aired 2022-10-10 | SPORTY BOOKS $400: In 2022 Geoff Dyer published "The Last Days of" this Swiss star, who says he still wants to play Wimbledon again Federer |
| #1, aired 2022-09-25 | THE WILD WEST $100: The autobiography of former slave Nat Love tells of his days of "riding, roping, and shooting" as a famous one of these cowboy |
| #1, aired 2022-09-25 | JEOPARDY! & THE 10 RINGS $200: "Five golden rings" is a line from this holiday song "The Twelve Days of Christmas" |
| #8698, aired 2022-09-14 | MUSIC $800: Ms. Rice knows con dolcezza or "with sweetness" is in his 6th symphony, which he conducted in St. Petersburg 9 days before his death Tchaikovsky |
| #8697, aired 2022-09-13 | 1960s AMERICA $800: 23 days after Gagarin's flight in 1961, Alan Shepard lit the candle on this NASA project with a 15-minute suborbital journey Mercury |
| #8693, aired 2022-07-27 | THE ANIMAL KINGDOM $4,000 (Daily Double): This North American marsupial has a gestation period of as little as 12 days an opossum |
| #8692, aired 2022-07-26 | SIRIUS-LY DEDICATED $800: This icon who can "Prove It All Night" has some "Glory Days" on his dedicated channel "the Boss", Bruce Springsteen |
| #8687, aired 2022-07-19 | UNDER QUARANTINE $400: To prevent 14th c. epidemics, some ships arriving in Europe had to sit at anchor for quaranta giorni, this many days before landing 40 |
| #8677, aired 2022-07-05 | IT HAPPENED IN JULY $600: Escaping from prison days before he was to be hanged, he was tracked down & killed by Sheriff Pat Garrett July 14, 1881 Billy the Kid |
| #8670, aired 2022-06-24 | SPIES LIKE THEM $1200: His own spy days are part of "The Pigeon Tunnel" by this author of "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold" le Carré |
| #8668, aired 2022-06-22 | THE SONG OF THE DAY $200: In 2013 Rebecca Black naturally followed up "Friday" with this song, a collaboration with the perfectly named Dave Days "Saturday" |
| #8664, aired 2022-06-16 | WHO WAS WHERE, WHEN $400: On May 5, 1960 Khrushchev informed the Supreme Soviet this alphanumeric U.S. plane had been shot down over the USSR 4 days earlier the U2 |
| #8664, aired 2022-06-16 | ALL ALLITERATIVE FAMILIAR PHRASES $800: Per the Farmers' Almanac, the hot period from July 3 to August 11 the dog days |
| #8658, aired 2022-06-08 | FRENCH KINGS NAMED LOUIS $400: Louis XVIII was king from 1814 to 1824, except for the interruption of the "Hundred Days" when this man attempted a return to power Napoleon |
| #8657, aired 2022-06-07 | THE CABINET $800: Cabinet Secretary Denis McDonough has sworn to "uphold our promises to" them, "whether they came home decades ago or days ago" veterans |
| #8649, aired 2022-05-26 | AVIATORS $400: In 1999 it took Bertrand Piccard & Brian Jones just under 20 days to fly nonstop around the world in one of these a hot air balloon |
| #8649, aired 2022-05-26 | NUMERICAL BOOK TITLES $1200: A recent TV adaptation of this 1872 novel has David Tennant as the globe-trotting adventurer trying to win a wager Around the World in Eighty Days |
| #8647, aired 2022-05-24 | WARTIME U.S. PRESIDENTS $2,000 (Daily Double): In the final days of the Vietnam War, he ordered the airlift of more than 200,000 refugees, most of whom were brought to the USA Gerald Ford |
| #8638, aired 2022-05-11 | TIMELY TALK $2000: An alcoholic beverage & flowers are in this phrase for a period of prosperity & happiness the days of wine & roses |
| #8634, aired 2022-05-05 | ASTRONOMY $400: On this innermost planet, a solar day lasts twice as long as its year & is equal to about 176 earth days Mercury |
| #8633, aired 2022-05-04 | THE REALITY OF TV $1000: Since 2013 Michael Brown has narrated this "scary" program about people dealing with 21 days of clotheslessness Naked and Afraid |
| #8631, aired 2022-05-02 | COUNTRY MUSIC SONG TITLES $400: Billy Ray Cyrus lamented the good old days in his tongue-in-cheek song entitled "I Want My" this hairstyle "Back" Mullet |
| #8631, aired 2022-05-02 | FROM BOOK TO MOVIE WITH A DIFFERENT TITLE $400: About a CIA analyst on the run, "Six Days of the Condor" was reduced to this many days in the movie version Three |
| #8630, aired 2022-04-29 | POLITICIANS IN THEIR SCHOOL DAYS $400: Her father was a U.S. Representative when she was born; she'd get her own seat in 1987 & has got the run of the House these days Nancy Pelosi |
| #8630, aired 2022-04-29 | POLITICIANS IN THEIR SCHOOL DAYS $800: Hair's--uh, make that here's this ex-congressman & now MSNBC host in his high school days Scarborough |
| #8630, aired 2022-04-29 | POLITICIANS IN THEIR SCHOOL DAYS $1200: Take a look at this then-young man from Wyoming, a few years before he was a heartbeat away from the presidency Dick Cheney |
| #8630, aired 2022-04-29 | POLITICIANS IN THEIR SCHOOL DAYS $1600: After high school, he became a Navy SEAL; he'd grapple with some bodywork, act a bit, & get to governing after that Jesse Ventura |
| #8630, aired 2022-04-29 | POLITICIANS IN THEIR SCHOOL DAYS $2000: About a decade after high school, he was elected to the Connecticut State Senate in 1970; the U.S. Senate came later (Joseph) Lieberman |
| #8627, aired 2022-04-26 | 1870s LITERATURE $800: Phileas Fogg bets fellow London clubmen that he can succeed at this title challenging task go around the world in 80 days |
| #8626, aired 2022-04-25 | LET'S PLAY OLD-TIME PRIVATE EYE $600: The dame had gams for days, from here to this planet visited by the Galileo orbiter & probe in December 1995 Jupiter |
| #8623, aired 2022-04-20 | THEATRICAL HAPPENINGS $2,400 (Daily Double): The sound of an ax tearing into a grove can be heard near the end of this 1904 Russian play The Cherry Orchard |
| #8622, aired 2022-04-19 | MY LITERARY CREATIONS $2000: Colonel Aureliano Buendía; a book about the last days of Simón Bolívar Gabriel García Márquez |
| #8618, aired 2022-04-13 | WHAT THE LETTER SAYS $400: Thomas Jefferson's last public letter, 10 days before he died, says, sorry, too sick to attend the celebrations of its 50th anniversary U.S. independence |
| #8617, aired 2022-04-12 | A CHRISTIE MYSTERY $400: (Hugh Laurie presents the clue.) A train that was snowbound in Turkey for 10 days in 1929 & the 1932 kidnapping of the Lindbergh baby helped inspire the plot of this, one of Agatha Christie's greatest novels Murder on the Orient Express |
| #8615, aired 2022-04-08 | TELEVISION $200: In season 8 the Linz siblings covered 50 cities in 25 days to win this reality show's first family edition The Amazing Race |
| #8610, aired 2022-04-01 | ACTING PRESIDENTS $2000: Charlton Heston portrayed him wooing Rachel in "The President's Lady" & during his War of 1812 days in "The Buccaneer" Andrew Jackson |
| #8609, aired 2022-03-31 | ON TV IN THE YEAR 2000 $400: The original name of this sitcom set decades ago in Wisconsin was "Teenage Wasteland" but it ended up with a more obvious title That '70s Show |
| #8607, aired 2022-03-29 | NATIONAL DAYS $800: September 2 is the day to celebrate Vietnam's 1945 declaration of independence from this European country France |
| #8607, aired 2022-03-29 | NATIONAL DAYS $1200: This nation celebrates the Grand Duke's birthday every June 23, even though no Grand Duke has been born on June 23 Luxembourg |
| #8607, aired 2022-03-29 | NATIONAL DAYS $1600: In Austria, October 26 commemorates the declaration of permanent this in 1955, when the country was caught between East & West neutrality |
| #8607, aired 2022-03-29 | NATIONAL DAYS $2000: Mexico's national day, September 16, celebrates the grito (or "cry") of this town, where revolt against Spain began in 1810 Dolores |
| #8601, aired 2022-03-21 | THE ANCIENTS SPEAK $1200: Shame on Hipponax' line "There are two days when a woman is a pleasure: the day one marries her and the day one" does this rhyming finish buries her |
| #8593, aired 2022-03-09 | IN RECENT NEWS $800: In 2021 Magdalena Andersson became the 1st female P.M. of this nation, quit after a few hours, then reclaimed the job days later Sweden |
| #8587, aired 2022-03-01 | REMEMBERING STEPHEN SONDHEIM $200: Sondheim's first Broadway musical was as lyricist for this show; he passed away in 2021 just days before the premiere of the movie remake West Side Story |
| #15, aired 2022-02-18 | RELIGION $400: In Judaism this day of atonement is the holiest of all days Yom Kippur |
| #8578, aired 2022-02-16 | PLANETARY TALK $800: The leaves of this reopen about 10 days after catching a meal a Venus flytrap |
| #8575, aired 2022-02-11 | A PLACE IN THE SUN $1600: With over 300 sunny days each year, this tourist destination in the south of Spain has a name meaning "sun coast" the Costa del Sol |
| #8, aired 2022-02-11 | SPECIAL DAYS $200: August 15 is Assumption Day on the Catholic calendar, celebrating this figure being taken up into heaven Mary |
| #8, aired 2022-02-11 | SPECIAL DAYS $400: On April 8 Japan celebrates the flower festival Hana Matsuri; sakura, these blossoms, are a popular offering cherry blossoms |
| #8, aired 2022-02-11 | SPECIAL DAYS $600: On July 24 Ecuador & Venezuela celebrate the birthday of this man born in 1783 Bolivar |
| #8, aired 2022-02-11 | SPECIAL DAYS $800: This fall festival in Hinduism involves lighting lamps to invite the presence of Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth Diwali |
| #8, aired 2022-02-11 | SPECIAL DAYS $1000: October 2021 brought the first presidential proclamation of this day, celebrated along with Columbus Day Indigenous Peoples' Day |
| #5, aired 2022-02-10 | CELEBRITIES $2000: These days, he's "The Good Doctor" Sean Murphy, but as a teen he played Charlie in "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" Freddie Highmore |
| #8573, aired 2022-02-09 | ALPHABETICALLY FIRST $200: Of the days of the week Friday |
| #8573, aired 2022-02-09 | VICE PRESIDENTS $2,000 (Daily Double): 33 days after taking the oath to be the veep, he took another one to not be the veep Tyler |
| #8571, aired 2022-02-07 | & THEN TO THE OPERA HOUSE! $600: Get your rodeo on during the 10 days of its stampede & also mosey over to the Mamdani Opera Centre Calgary |
| #8571, aired 2022-02-07 | AIR $800: Up high, it's a downdraft that affects flight; underwater, it's a breathable zone where some have survived for days an air pocket |
| #8570, aired 2022-02-04 | ALL THE BELLS & WHISTLES $600: In politics of days past, it was a fast-moving tour that kept the candidate on a train a whistle stop tour |
| #8569, aired 2022-02-03 | DATING THE REALITY SHOW $400: Head to Casa Amor to see if singles in bathing suits become soulmates after a solid few days on this show "USA" Love Island |
| #8567, aired 2022-02-01 | KILLER TV SHOWS $1600: The "Murders" in this British detective show take place in the fictional title county, not the dog days of August the Midsomer Murders |
| #8565, aired 2022-01-28 | IT HAPPENED IN EUROPE $800: This event brought joy two days before D-Day the liberation of Rome |
| #8558, aired 2022-01-19 | HOW ARE WE EVEN RELATED? $600: Jason Momoa &
Zoë Kravitz stepdad & stepdaughter |
| #8549, aired 2022-01-06 | IT'LL BE MY TWEET $1000: This scientist: "In my NCAA wrestling days I dreamt of a hold I called the 'double tidal lock' inspired by Earth-Moon physics" Neil deGrasse Tyson |
| #8545, aired 2021-12-31 | THIS & THAT $600: This famous German was in the cavalry & also the infantry before his fighter pilot days in 1916 the Red Baron |
| #8540, aired 2021-12-24 | HOMOPHONIC PAIRS $600: What you're in if you can't remember if it's the first of the month, the third, the fourth, the tenth a daze days |
| #8536, aired 2021-12-20 | JOY TO THE WORLD $400: 10 days after Independence Day in the U.S., the French have a fete named for this structure the Bastille |
| #8534, aired 2021-12-16 | PROTEST SONGS $2000: A single of his, "A Change Is Gonna Come", was released just days after his tragic death in 1964 Sam Cooke |
| #8531, aired 2021-12-13 | BRITISH HUMOR $600: In 2007 he co-created "Gavin & Stacey" but played Smithy rather than Gavin; these days, he stays up late late on CBS Corden |
| #8529, aired 2021-12-09 | IN RECENT YEARS $800: In 2010 Apple released this tablet & sold more than 3 million in the first 80 days iPad |
| #8529, aired 2021-12-09 | AROUND THE MEDITERRANEAN $1000: Enjoy the days & knights of this nation in the Central Med composed of 5 islands including Cominotto Malta |
| #8521, aired 2021-11-29 | PLAY CHARACTERS $200: "Death of a Salesman" takes place during the last few days of his life Willy Loman |
| #8517, aired 2021-11-23 | BROADWAY IS BACK $1600: "American Utopia" features songs from this man's days in Talking Heads & from his solo career (David) Byrne |
| #8517, aired 2021-11-23 | BOOK TITLE MATH $1600: Khaled Hosseini's "Splendid Suns" divided by John Reed's "Days That Shook the World" 100 |
| #8515, aired 2021-11-19 | WORLD LEADERS LEAVE THE SCENE $800: On Dec. 17, 1989 Nicolae Ceausescu had forces fire on demonstrators in this country; 8 days later it was Nicolae being fired on Romania |
| #8512, aired 2021-11-16 | OPERA SOURCE MATERIAL $400: Philip Glass based "The Perfect American" on Peter Stephan Jungk's book about this animation tycoon's last days Disney |
| #8510, aired 2021-11-12 | 20th CENTURY FICTION $200: This novel could have been called "2 1/2 Days in the Life of Holden Caulfield" The Catcher in the Rye |
| #8510, aired 2021-11-12 | DISNEY+ $600: Pixar's "Dug Days" is set in the backyard of the pooch introduced in this 2009 film Up |
| #8508, aired 2021-11-10 | FIRST THINGS FIRST $1000: On May 14, 1973 this first U.S. space station was launched; its first crew arrived 11 days later Skylab |
| #8497, aired 2021-10-26 | BIBLE NUMBERS $400: God spent this many days creating the heavens & the earth 6 |
| #8497, aired 2021-10-26 | LITERARY JOURNALISM $600: This newswoman chronicled her 1889-1890 adventures in the book "Around the World in Seventy-Two Days" Nellie Bly |
| #8497, aired 2021-10-26 | BIBLE NUMBERS $1200: After fasting for this many days & nights, Jesus was tempted by Satan who challenged him to turn stones into bread 40 |
| #8493, aired 2021-10-20 | BOATS & SHIPS $1,600 (Daily Double): In 1854 Flying Cloud, this type of merchant ship, sailed from NYC to San Francisco in 89 days, a record that stood for 135 years a clipper |
| #8493, aired 2021-10-20 | I WANT TO SUCK YOUR BLOOD! $2000: Terminix offers a 30-day guarantee when removing these bloodsuckers--90 days if you buy a mattress encasement bedbugs |
| #8492, aired 2021-10-19 | ANNUS HORRIBILIS $600: "Black Thursday" saw panic selling on Oct. 24 of this year, leading to "Black Monday" & "Black Tuesday" & dark days in the USA 1929 |
| #8489, aired 2021-10-14 | VOTING USA $600: (Here is Dr.Kate Rubins who has spent a total of 300 days in space.) Astronauts are able to vote from the ISS, including me in the 2016 election; my ballot was encrypted & transmitted to a county clerk in this city, where Mission Control is Houston |
| #8488, aired 2021-10-13 | '80s TV $800: In 1981, some 30 million viewers tuned in to see Luke & Laura tie the knot on this daytime soap General Hospital |
| #8484, aired 2021-10-07 | 30 SOMETHING $800: There are this many months of the year with 31 days 7 |
| #8482, aired 2021-10-05 | THE AMERIC-ANNS $800: In 1986 Ann Bancroft (not the actress) left Ellesmere Island & 56 days later became the 1st woman to cross the ice to this point North Pole |
| #8475, aired 2021-09-24 | NOVELS BY QUOTE $400: "Phileas Fogg had, without suspecting it, gained one day on his journey, and this merely because he had traveled constantly eastward" Around the World in Eighty Days |
| #8469, aired 2021-09-16 | DURING THE WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON ADMINISTRATION $600: March 5, 1841 saw the start of what's considered the Senate's first use of this tactic; it lasted several days filibuster |
| #8464, aired 2021-08-12 | TIME FOR SECONDS $600: The second-largest moon in the solar system, Titan orbits this planet every 16 Earth days Saturn |
| #8459, aired 2021-08-05 | WORLD WAR II $400: Hitler committed suicide in his Berlin bunker on the last day of this 1945 month; 9 days later, the war was over in Europe April |
| #8458, aired 2021-08-04 | THE 16th CENTURY $1000: This Ottoman sultan promised he'd eat breakfast in Vienna; after a few days of siege, he got a note saying his food was getting cold Suleiman |
| #8456, aired 2021-08-02 | PLAYS $400: Sophie Treadwell's 1928 play "Machinal" explores how a woman can be driven to murder & end her days in this seat the electric chair |
| #8455, aired 2021-07-30 | POETRY IN MOTION PICTURES $1600: In the film of the same title, Lee Remick quotes to Jack Lemmon Ernest Dowson's lines about "The Days of" this pair Wine and Roses |
| #8452, aired 2021-07-27 | HURRICANES $800: 26 days & 7 letters after Katrina, this hurricane devastated Southeast Texas Hurricane Rita |
| #8449, aired 2021-07-22 | IT'S A TRAP! $1000: The 2010 collapse of a gold & copper mine would end up trapping 33 workers for 69 days in this country Chile |
| #8449, aired 2021-07-22 | MARK YOUR CALENDARS $4,000 (Daily Double): Many of the days of the week bear the name of Germanic gods, but this one is from this name of a Roman deity Saturday |
| #8448, aired 2021-07-21 | MATH IN THE OLD DAYS $400: The Mayans were using this by the 4th century; the concept of that number didn't make it to Europe until the 1200s or so zero |
| #8448, aired 2021-07-21 | MATH IN THE OLD DAYS $800: An ancient Hindu text calculates the square root of this integer as 1.4142156, which is correct to 5 decimal places 2 |
| #8448, aired 2021-07-21 | MATH IN THE OLD DAYS $1600: The Babylonians used base 60, which could be counted on 5 fingers of one hand & the 12 these on 4 fingers of the other the knuckles |
| #8448, aired 2021-07-21 | MATH IN THE OLD DAYS $2000: Some think Ancient Egyptians represented fractions using symbols from the eye of this falcon god Horus |
| #8448, aired 2021-07-21 | MATH IN THE OLD DAYS $6,000 (Daily Double): Their numerals weren't handy for arithmetic, so ancient Romans did most of their calculating on this device an abacus |
| #8439, aired 2021-07-08 | TV SPIN-OFFS $800: "Joanie Loves Chachi" Happy Days |
| #8438, aired 2021-07-07 | WINNING PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN SLOGANS $1000: All together, shout it now: "Happy days Are Here Again" Franklin Roosevelt |
| #8435, aired 2021-07-02 | KISS ME, KATE! $1200: Spoiler alert: "How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days" ends with Matthew McConaughey kissing this actress Kate Hudson |
| #8428, aired 2021-06-23 | HISTORIC NUMBERS $1600: In 1815 the Comte de Chabrol coined this numerical term for a period that had actually lasted for nearly 16 weeks the 100 Days |
| #8426, aired 2021-06-21 | FAMILIAR PHRASES $800: Longtime Philly DJ Jerry Blavat helped popularize this "explosive" rhyming phrase for something good out of the old days blast from the past |
| #8424, aired 2021-06-17 | TV BEFORE & AFTER $600: Like sands through the hourglass, Richie & Fonzie get caught up in the soap opera set in the fictional town of Salem Happy Days of Our Lives |
| #8420, aired 2021-06-11 | GROUPS OF 12 $1000: In song, the 12 days of Christmas gifts include this gift on the eighth day eight maids a-milking |
| #8420, aired 2021-06-11 | 1930s LITERATURE $1200: A soldier is horribly wounded in the WWI novel he "Got His Gun", published 2 days after World War II began Johnny |
| #8418, aired 2021-06-09 | LEMME PITCH THAT FOR YOU $1000: Dean Winters has been wrecking people's days as "Mayhem" in ads for this company Allstate |
| #8412, aired 2021-06-01 | GRAMMY-WINNING DIRECTORS $800: "Eight Days A Week", a documentary about The Beatles, earned this "Apollo 13" director his first Grammy Ron Howard |
| #8404, aired 2021-05-20 | THE CONSTITUTION $800: The 20th Amendment specifies this day for the Congress to be sworn in, giving it 17 days to choose a president if that becomes necessary January 3rd |
| #8402, aired 2021-05-18 | IN THE NATIONAL WOMEN'S HALL OF FAME $400: Shannon Lucid, who made history in 1996 by spending 188 consecutive days in space, mostly on this Russian space station Mir |
| #8387, aired 2021-04-27 | TIGER $200: Late Secretary of State George Shultz was said to have a tiger tattoo on his rear, a legacy of his days at this Ivy League university Princeton |
| #8380, aired 2021-04-16 | NATIVE AMERICANS $2000: In 1973 this South Dakota massacre site was seized by Native Americans & held for 71 days Wounded Knee |
| #8378, aired 2021-04-14 | MALFUNCTION $400: An oxygen tank explosion on this mission in 1970 led to some tense days before the crew managed to get back to earth Apollo 13 |
| #8376, aired 2021-04-12 | AMERICAN FOOD & DRINK $200: This type of bread made from a starter has been a San Francisco specialty since the gold rush days sourdough |
| #8374, aired 2021-04-08 | BOOKS BY THE NUMBER $800: Jules Verne's first novel was "Cinq Semaines en Ballon", or this long "in a balloon" Five Weeks |
| #8367, aired 2021-03-30 | HISTORY $600: Days after crossing the Delaware, Washington won the battle of this place but the painting is in rival Yale's art gallery Princeton |
| #8365, aired 2021-03-26 | GIMME THE NUMBERS! $200: It's the number of days in a fortnight 14 |
| #8364, aired 2021-03-25 | BORN DURING THE CIVIL WAR $4,000 (Daily Double): This president's first wife Alice & his second wife Edith were both born during the early days of the war in 1861 Theodore Roosevelt |
| #8356, aired 2021-03-15 | FINANCIAL TERMS $800: In an all-cash real estate deal, this holding of funds by a third party can last just 3 days escrow |
| #8354, aired 2021-03-11 | VETO $400: The president has this many days to sign a bill--if it runs out when Congress is adjourned, it's called a pocket veto 10 days |
| #8354, aired 2021-03-11 | RELIGIOUS OBSERVANCES $1600: In Judaism this holy day begins the 10 days of repentance that end on Yom Kippur Rosh Hashanah |
| #8352, aired 2021-03-09 | YOU LOSE! $1600: 6 days after picking Carly Fiorina to be his vice presidential running mate in 2016, this Texan dropped out of the race Ted Cruz |
| #8338, aired 2021-02-17 | CATHOLICISM $800: Other than Sundays, the days each year on which the faithful are expected to attend mass are called "Holy Days of" this Obligation |
| #8337, aired 2021-02-16 | LITERATURE $2000: This French-titled book about the round table knights begins, "It befell in the days of Uther Pendragon..." Le Morte d'Arthur |
| #8332, aired 2021-02-09 | HISTORICAL PAIRS $800: Ten days after these paired 1775 battles in Massachusetts, Amos Doolittle visited the towns & created vivid engravings Lexington & Concord |
| #8332, aired 2021-02-09 | MONTH OF THE BOOK $1600: Knebel & Bailey's political thriller
"Seven Days in ____" May |
| #8324, aired 2021-01-28 | THE 5 W's, HISTORICALLY $800: When: date & year congress resolved the "United Colonies are... to be free & independent states", 2 days before what you might think July 2, 1776 |
| #8322, aired 2021-01-26 | HISTORIC SURVIVORS $2000: (Jeff Probst presents the clue.) This 1936 Olympian enlisted when World War II broke out; in 1943, his plane crashed into the ocean, & he survived on a raft for 47 days, only to be taken as a prisoner of war where despite more than two years of captivity & torture, he remained unbroken, also the title of a bestseller about him Louis Zamperini |
| #8318, aired 2021-01-20 | DON'T YOU (FORGET ABOUT ME) $600: The name of this type of memory aid like "30 days hath September" comes from the name of the Greek goddess of memory mnemonic |
| #8311, aired 2021-01-11 | IDIOMS & EXPRESSIONS $400: Rover knows it's the hottest period during the summer dog days |
| #8303, aired 2020-12-16 | BOATS & SHIPS $2000: This clipper ship that sailed from Australia to London 25 days faster than other ships is now a sailing museum in Greenwich, London the Cutty Sark |
| #8298, aired 2020-12-09 | A TRIP TO -BURG -TON -VILLE $3,000 (Daily Double): If you like your Christmas days around 90 degrees, then this world capital, home to the U. of the West Indies, is for you Kingston (Jamaica) |
| #8296, aired 2020-12-07 | LITERARY VIDEO GAMES $600: In the mobile game based on this 1873 novel, you can end up with a different itinerary than the one Jules Verne created Around the World in 80 Days |
| #8295, aired 2020-12-04 | 19th CENTURY LITERATURE $400: 'Twas 2 days before Christmas in 1823 that the poem "A Visit from" him was published anonymously in a New York newspaper St. Nicholas |
| #8284, aired 2020-11-19 | THESE ARE THE DAYS $200: January 17 is the day to "Ditch New Year's" these commitments; that sounds about right resolutions |
| #8284, aired 2020-11-19 | THESE ARE THE DAYS $400: "Seinfeld" popularized this Dec. 23 holiday "for the rest of us" Festivus |
| #8284, aired 2020-11-19 | THESE ARE THE DAYS $600: March 26 is make up your own holiday day, so in 2017, Matt McCarthy created this Vulcan blessing day Live long and prosper |
| #8284, aired 2020-11-19 | THESE ARE THE DAYS $800: April 17 / International this Day / 5-7-5...nice haiku |
| #8284, aired 2020-11-19 | THESE ARE THE DAYS $1000: "No" these pieces of clothing day is May 8; Albert Einstein would have reveled in it socks |
| #8276, aired 2020-11-09 | A DAY AT THE RACES $400: It took 3 days of looking at news pics, but Lee Petty was finally named the winner of the 1st 500 at this Fla. speedway in 1959 Daytona |
| #8275, aired 2020-11-06 | YOUNG MAN OR WOMAN $1200: "The Young" this character "Chronicles" TV series featured the adventurer in his pre-college & pre-movie days Indiana Jones |
| #8262, aired 2020-10-20 | 3-SYLLABLE WORDS $600: To go dormant through winter; one experiment had a brown bat do it for 344 days in a fridge hibernate |
| #8261, aired 2020-10-19 | MOVIES PERFECT FOR A MATINEE $400: Tom Cruise was Cole Trickle, a driver on the southern stock-car circuit, in this action flick Days of Thunder |
| #8261, aired 2020-10-19 | MOVIES PERFECT FOR A MATINEE $800: Spoiler alert: at the end of this film, after surviving a break-up, Joseph Gordon-Levitt meets a girl named Autumn 500 Days of Summer |
| #8258, aired 2020-10-14 | IT'S A FACT $200: This smallest planet is the fastest moving, circling the Sun in 88 days Mercury |
| #8254, aired 2020-10-08 | DYE ANOTHER DAY $400: Saints' days used to be marked on the calendar with a particular color, hence this term for any happy day a red-letter day |
| #8252, aired 2020-10-06 | KEN JENNINGS KNOWS MOUNTAIN G.O.A.T.s $600: (Ken Jennings presents the clue.) Though the Freerider route takes most people four days, it took Alex Honnold about four hours, ropeless and using some holds the width of a pencil, to climb El Capitan in this national park Yosemite |
| #8252, aired 2020-10-06 | RELIGION $2000: Latin mandatum novum, a new "commandment", led to this name for Easter Sunday minus 3 days Maundy Thursday |
| #8249, aired 2020-10-01 | DURING HIS PRESIDENCY $400: The Reagan era saw Desmond Tutu win the Nobel Peace Prize & Barney Clark survive 112 days after surgery implanting this an artificial heart |
| #8248, aired 2020-09-30 | YESTERDAY $200: In 1860 this service got its first delivery from Missouri to California in 10 days the Pony Express |
| #8246, aired 2020-09-28 | FOLLOW THE BUNNY $2000: Soak rabbit meat in a wine-vinegar marinade for a few days in preparation for this stew dish, literally German for "hare pepper" hasenpfeffer |
| #8237, aired 2020-09-15 | ON THE BOOKSHELF $1200: "The Final Days" was Woodward & Bernstein's sequel to this nonfiction bestseller All the President's Men |
| #8235, aired 2020-06-12 | CELEBRITY EXES $400: After 12 days of marriage, my true love said to me... let's split up! (the true lovers being Jon Peters & this "Baywatch" star) Pamela Anderson |
| #8234, aired 2020-06-11 | THE FRENCH REVOLUTION $800: The National Convention first met on Sept. 20, 1792 & declared France one of these kingless governments 2 days later a republic |
| #8233, aired 2020-06-10 | CIVIL WAR NICKNAMES $600: Some call this Confederate cavalry general "Jeb", but others dubbed him "Beauty" during his early days ("Jeb") Stuart |
| #8227, aired 2020-06-02 | BEFORE & AFTER $2000: 1873 Jules Verne adventure novel that's an NBC soap opera on the air since 1965 Around the World in Eighty Days of Our Lives |
| #8225, aired 2020-05-29 | COOL NEWS $200: 17-year-old Wolf Cukier discovered a planet just 3 days into his internship with this government agency NASA |
| #8225, aired 2020-05-29 | "Mc"PEOPLE $400: On Sept. 6, 1901 he was shot at the Pan-American exposition in Buffalo & died 8 days later McKinley |
| #8220, aired 2020-05-22 | MAGAZINES $1000: In her book "Save Me the Plums", Ruth Reichl recounts her days as editor in chief of this fancy food magazine that ceased to be in 2009 Gourmet |
| #8216, aired 2020-05-18 | LET'S HAVE A PLANET $2000: Its year is 687 terrestrial days long Mars |
| #8207, aired 2020-04-21 | JAMES TAYLOR: HIS LIFE & MUSIC $1200: (James Taylor presents the clue.) In my new audio memoir "Break Shot" I talk about my early days, including my time in London in the '60s & my association with The Beatles; in fact, my song "Something In The Way She Moves" inspired this Beatle to write his own song that begins with the same line George Harrison |
| #8202, aired 2020-04-14 | HISTORY 101 $800: The 1st ex-pres. to serve as a rep., he had a stroke at his desk on the House floor in 1848 & died 2 days later in the Speaker's room John Quincy Adams |
| #8202, aired 2020-04-14 | SECOND... $1600: ...bird mentioned in "The 12 Days of Christmas" a turtledove |
| #8199, aired 2020-04-09 | SPORTS HISTORY $800: It took 11 hours & 5 minutes over 3 days at this grand slam tennis venue in 2010 for John Isner to defeat Nicolas Mahut Wimbledon |
| #8194, aired 2020-04-02 | BOOKS OF THE BIBLE $1600: The Bible book named for this woman is read during Shavuot, the holiday observed 50 days after Passover Ruth |
| #8192, aired 2020-03-31 | REMEMBER JAMES GARFIELD! $1200: In the 80 days between being shot & dying, Garfield's 1 official act was to sign this warrant for a forger who had fled to Canada an extradition warrant |
| #8185, aired 2020-03-20 | WE KNEAD THE BREAD $400: Chapter 12, verse 15 of this Bible book contains the line "Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread" Exodus |
| #8182, aired 2020-03-17 | CLASSIC ROCK & ROLL QUOTES $200: This "Quiet Beatle" looked back on his whirlwind pop days & noted, "We were the Spice Boys" George Harrison |
| #8179, aired 2020-03-12 | BEFORE & AFTER $400: He famously said, "Give me liberty or give me death" before wearing leather as the Fonz on "Happy Days" Patrick Henry Winkler |
| #8174, aired 2020-03-05 | NEAT ANIMAL STUFF $1600: Scientists tracked one of these mammals, named for its chilly habitat, as it trekked 2000 miles from Norway to Canada in 76 days an arctic fox |
| #8171, aired 2020-03-02 | STAY PROTECTED $800: In 2019 Fargo, N.D. filled 400,000 of these in 4 days for protection against possible flooding on the Red River sandbags |
| #8158, aired 2020-02-12 | A MENU OF RESTAURANTS $600: Open for 2 days in May 2019, Tiffany Cafe in Beverly Hills was this kind of spot that sounds like it sprang from a toaster a pop-up |
| #8153, aired 2020-02-05 | SHOW TUNE RHYMES $800: Evita rhymes, "All through my wild days, my mad existence, I kept my promise, don't keep your" this distance |
| #8152, aired 2020-02-04 | MONUMENTAL TELEVISION $200: A Milwaukee statue of Henry Winkler's "Happy Days" character is rhymingly called "The Bronze" this Fonz |
| #8151, aired 2020-02-03 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN ATHLETES $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew is at the National Museum of African American History & Culture in Washington, D.C.) Argubably "The Greatest" inside the ring & out, Muhammed Ali first won the heavyweight title by beating Sonny Liston in 1964; in the next few days, publicly adopting Islam, he changed from this & became an example of Black pride & defiance of the establishment Cassius Clay |
| #8150, aired 2020-01-31 | SYMBOLS $1000: Because of his days as a sailor, the founder of this department store used a red star as its symbol Macy's |
| #8145, aired 2020-01-24 | POST HASTE $600: In ye olden days this 2-word stuff was thick boiled flour often eaten as a quick breakfast hasty pudding |
| #8140, aired 2020-01-17 | NUMBER THAT BOOK $1000: "___ Days: A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis" Thirteen |
| #8137, aired 2020-01-14 | ALL STARS $800: The Ancients associated this star's pre-dawn rising with the hottest months, giving rise to the term "dog days" Sirius |
| #8, aired 2020-01-14 | THE GREATEST CANADIANS OF ALL TIME $800: (Ryan Reynolds delivers the clue.) After losing part of his right leg to cancer, he embarked on a Marathon of Hope, running across Canada to raise money to fight cancer; he ran almost a marathon a day for 143 days but stopped short of his goal when the cancer spread to his lungs (Terry) Fox |
| #8133, aired 2020-01-08 | "B"EASTS $600: No time to crash--some of these mouse-like marsupials of Australia have a gestation period of a mere 12 days a bandicoot |
| #1, aired 2020-01-07 | SCHOOL DAYS $200: (Norman Lear delivers the clue.) From the Latin for "citizen", it's the study of the rights & duties of citizens; I took it at P.S. 67 in New York & it would help our country if more kids studied it now civics |
| #1, aired 2020-01-07 | SCHOOL DAYS $400: Adam Sandler's song "Lunch Lady Land" says, "yesterday's meatloaf is today's" this sloppy joe |
| #1, aired 2020-01-07 | SCHOOL DAYS $600: The 2-word title of a 1972 George Carlin album, it's what George probably was at Corpus Christi Grammar School Class Clown |
| #1, aired 2020-01-07 | SCHOOL DAYS $800: High school math! These equations that don't use exponents are so named because of the way they can be graphed linear equations |
| #1, aired 2020-01-07 | SCHOOL DAYS $1000: The first state law allowing these more autonomous publicly funded schools passed in 1991; today over 40 states allow them charter schools |
| #1, aired 2020-01-07 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $1,800 (Daily Double): Last name of Robert, inventor of an electronic music synthesizer; the instrument was on The Doors album "Strange Days" Moog |
| #8130, aired 2020-01-03 | CRIMINAL SLANG $800: Before the days of public relations firms, mouthpiece was slang for this professional a lawyer |
| #8130, aired 2020-01-03 | PROTESTS $1600: Days of protests on this island in 2019 forced Governor Ricardo Rossello to say he'd leave office Puerto Rico |
| #8115, aired 2019-12-13 | NELLIE BLY $2,000 (Daily Double): While famously going around the world in 72 days, Bly met this author who told her how her route differed from Phileas Fogg's Jules Verne |
| #8109, aired 2019-12-05 | "B" SIEGE $1200: The British were under siege from these South Africans at Mafikeng for more than 200 days before reinforcements came the Boers |
| #8105, aired 2019-11-29 | WHEN TV WAS FREE $800: This news magazine's 1988 first episode covered precisely 2 days in Dallas' Parkland Memorial Hospital 48 Hours |
| #8102, aired 2019-11-26 | LIFE IN PLYMOUTH COLONY $400: In 1621, what's sometimes called the first Thanksgiving lasted 3 days in celebration of this gathering of the autumn crops the harvest |
| #8100, aired 2019-11-22 | QUOTABLE BOOKS $1600: 1873: "Phileas Fogg had won his wager of twenty thousand pounds!" Around the World in Eighty Days |
| #8091, aired 2019-11-11 | WHAT'S HER SPORT? $1000: Robin Roberts, in her college days (though her scholarship was for tennis) basketball |
| #8091, aired 2019-11-11 | EXPRESSIONS & IDIOMS $2000: This 2-word cooler-sounding way to say "second job" is the title of a book subtitled "From Idea to Income in 27 Days" Side Hustle |
| #8090, aired 2019-11-08 | STAMPS $800: "3 Days of Peace and Music" & a dove are on the 2019 stamp honoring the 50th anniversary of this Woodstock |
| #8074, aired 2019-10-17 | MAGIC & ILLUSION $1600: On April 5, 1999 this magician was "Buried Alive" in a plexiglass coffin under a 3-ton water tank & stayed for 7 days (David) Blaine |
| #8071, aired 2019-10-14 | 5 DAYS IN OCTOBER $400: October 18, this state's day, commemorates the 1867 transfer of territory from Russia to the United States Alaska |
| #8071, aired 2019-10-14 | 5 DAYS IN OCTOBER $800: October 16 is National Feral this animal day--remember to spay & neuter! cats |
| #8071, aired 2019-10-14 | 5 DAYS IN OCTOBER $1200: In 2014, a time of increased pressure from Russia, Pres. Poroshenko made October 14 this country's Defender Day Ukraine |
| #8071, aired 2019-10-14 | 5 DAYS IN OCTOBER $1600: October 15 is El Gran Día in Ávila, Spain as it's this saint's feast day Teresa of Avila |
| #8071, aired 2019-10-14 | 5 DAYS IN OCTOBER $2000: On October 17 people in this Caribbean country celebrate national icon Jean-Jacques Dessalines Haiti |
| #8067, aired 2019-10-08 | MAKE LIGHT WORK $200: Around noon on some days, Germany gets close to half its power from this source solar power |
| #8065, aired 2019-10-04 | SALUTE TO 8000 $600: The M.I.T. Agelab estimates that this period of your life will last about 8,000 days--don't run out of savings retirement |
| #8061, aired 2019-09-30 | RECENT BROADWAY PLAYS $400: Heidi Schreck reaches back to her days debating civics as a 15-year-old in "What" this document "Means to Me" the Constitution |
| #8059, aired 2019-09-26 | HIP-HOP MUSICIANS' REAL NAMES $2000: Back in the "Good Old Days", he was Ben Haggerty from Seattle Macklemore |
| #8056, aired 2019-09-23 | COUP COUP $1000: He was appointed commander of the Chilean army by Salvador Allende 18 days before he took over in a 1973 coup Pinochet |
| #8054, aired 2019-09-19 | BRITISH NICKNAMES $1600: The "Nine Days' Queen" Lady Jane Grey |
| #8051, aired 2019-09-16 | FAMILY TELEVISION $1000: This "Happy Days" family included Richie, Joanie & Chuck, who was last seen at Christmas but didn't make it to New Year's the Cunninghams |
| #8049, aired 2019-09-12 | IT'S HYPHENATED $400: According to the Flag Code, for 30 days after the death of a president, the flag should be flown this way at half-staff |
| #8048, aired 2019-09-11 | NUMERIC LIT $800: John Reed gave an eyewitness account of the Bolshevik Revolution in "Ten Days That" did this Shook the World |
| #8046, aired 2019-09-09 | LAST NAME FLOW-TOGETHERS $1200: Journalist Ted, who brought us the news late at night, & politician Nancy, who makes news on many days Koppelosi |
| #8044, aired 2019-07-25 | TV SPINOFFS $200: An episode of "Happy Days" in which an alien attempted to kidnap Richie Cunningham led to this series starring Robin Williams Mork & Mindy |
| #8041, aired 2019-07-22 | ANAGRAMMED HOBBIES $200: Not just for grannies these days:
TINT KING knitting |
| #8034, aired 2019-07-11 | RUSSIAN LITERATURE $1600: Just 10 days before he became a dead soul, this author burned sequels he had written for his "Dead Souls" Nikolai Gogol |
| #8031, aired 2019-07-08 | MAMMALS $800: In England, in days of yore, the head of this wild swine was a centerpiece of the Christmas feast a boar |
| #8030, aired 2019-07-05 | LITERARY MINNESOTA $600: According to Garrison Keillor's book titled this town "Days", the town is somewhere near St. Cloud Lake Wobegon |
| #8028, aired 2019-07-03 | THE LONG & THE SHORT OF BATTLE $800: It took 32 days for U.N. forces to win the Battle of Heartbreak Ridge in this country in 1951 Korea |
| #8028, aired 2019-07-03 | THE LONG & THE SHORT OF BATTLE $1200: The 1781 Battle of Yorktown lasted for 21 days before this fenced-in general finally surrendered Cornwallis |
| #8027, aired 2019-07-02 | LITERATURE FROM A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE $2000: "Foe" by J.M. Coetzee depicts the final days of these 2 men as seen by a woman shipwrecked with the pair (Robinson) Crusoe and Friday |
| #8025, aired 2019-06-28 | IT'S TIME FOR TIME $1200: The days-in-each-month mnemonic that starts with these 4 words has been traced back to 1425 30 days hath September |
| #8017, aired 2019-06-18 | APPROPRIATE FOR MINERS $1600: After 69 days deep in the Earth, in 2010 Florencio Avalos became the first of 33 miners rescued in this S. Amer. country Chile |
| #8014, aired 2019-06-13 | ALTAR EGOS $400: Pre-Kanye, her wedding to NBAer Kris Humphries cost $10 million; the marriage lasted 72 days, or about 140 grand per day Kim Kardashian |
| #8012, aired 2019-06-11 | LITERARY GREEN THUMB $400: Before Ernest Dowson died at age 32, he gave us the line "They are not long, the days of wine and" these roses |
| #8006, aired 2019-06-03 | SOMEWHAT HISTORICAL TV $1600: Wyatt & Morgan Earp showed up on this HBO series & Wyatt told Seth Bullock of his lawman days in Dodge City Deadwood |
| #8004, aired 2019-05-30 | CHILDISH BAMBINO $600: Babe had this player leadership position for only 6 days before being stripped of it for going after a fan in the stands captain |
| #8003, aired 2019-05-29 | YOUR TV GOVERNMENT AT WORK $400: "I am the Lord your God. Thou shalt worship no other god before me. Boy those were the days"--Sheen's 1st line on this drama The West Wing |
| #8000, aired 2019-05-24 | THE BIG UNIT OF MEASURE $200: The distance a photon travels in a vacuum in 365 days, this unit is often hyphenated a light-year |
| #8000, aired 2019-05-24 | HIP-HOP TO IT $400: Just 10 days after its release, "This Is America" by this rapper had over 100 million views on YouTube Childish Gambino |
| #7996, aired 2019-05-20 | THE MONTHLY MOVIE TITLE $2000: In 1964 Burt Lancaster played a general attempting a military takeover of the government in this film Seven Days in May |
| #7993, aired 2019-05-15 | RECENT POLITICS $400: 3 years after this Ohioan's days as House Speaker ended, he backed a marijuana startup going public in Canada in 2018 John Boehner |
| #7991, aired 2019-05-13 | ALMOST RHYMES WITH ORANGE $800: "Some like it hot, some like it cold, some like it in the pot, nine days old" porridge |
| #7986, aired 2019-05-06 | OCCUPATIONS $400: No secret handshake required these days to be this professional who uses bricks, blocks or natural stones to build structures a mason |
| #7986, aired 2019-05-06 | BALLOONS $800: At first, the giant balloons in this 90+year-old parade were set afloat & whoever found them, days later, won a prize the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade |
| #7986, aired 2019-05-06 | CLASSIC NOVELS $1000: Chapter 1 of this Verne novel informs us that in 1872 Phileas Fogg lived on Saville Row Around the World in Eighty Days |
| #7985, aired 2019-05-03 | GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $2000: The USA's second-longest of these lasted 21 days in 1995-96, over budgets & social program spending a government shutdown |
| #7979, aired 2019-04-25 | MOVIES IN THE DIRECTV GUIDE $2000: "Two hit men, a boxer, a crime boss & others meet their fates over the course of two days" Pulp Fiction |
| #7976, aired 2019-04-22 | THEY PLANNED THEIR OWN FUNERAL $1000: Instructions by this American that his body was not to lie in state were found a few days too late in 1945 Franklin Roosevelt |
| #7972, aired 2019-04-16 | BEHIND THE SCENES $400: Filming 1990's "Days of Thunder", sparks flew for Tom Cruise & this future wife, playing Cole Trickle & Dr. Claire Lewicki Nicole Kidman |
| #7968, aired 2019-04-10 | MATTHEW, MARK, LUKE & JOHN $400: John 11:17 notes, "He had lain in the grave four days already", but with Jesus' help he makes a comeback Lazarus |
| #7964, aired 2019-04-04 | NATURE STICKS IT TO YOU $600: On 8 of the 9 days of the festival of San Fermin in this city, you can try running with the bulls Pamplona |
| #7964, aired 2019-04-04 | WORLD WAR II $1600: Many have seen Germany's decision to do this along with Italy 4 days after Pearl Harbor as a big mistake declare war on the United States |
| #7963, aired 2019-04-03 | HABITATS $400: These slow movers, like the 2-toed type, live up in the forest canopy; they do come down about once every 6 days sloths |
| #7961, aired 2019-04-01 | MULTILINGUAL OVERLAPS $1200: The days of "openness" in the Soviet Union in the 1980s gives a fond feeling of reminiscence glasnostalgia |
| #7953, aired 2019-03-20 | BEHIND BARS $400: In 1621 Francis Bacon was sent to this London lockup, but the king let him out after 4 days the Tower of London |
| #7952, aired 2019-03-19 | HATS INCREDIBLE $400: In the old days, students could get a "D" in school--& in fashion--when made to wear this tall, conical cap after failing a dunce cap |
| #7942, aired 2019-03-05 | A NASDAQ FACT $600: It's time to get alphanumerically lubricated with this company that in its early days fought rust on Atlas missiles WD-40 |
| #7934, aired 2019-02-21 | TRIPLE RHYME TIME $600: Exploring Hellenic mountains for a full 7 days a Greek peak week |
| #7931, aired 2019-02-18 | USE YOUR B,R,A,I,N POWER $2000: If you're "under" this in a hospital, you're technically an outpatient though you may stay for days observation |
| #7930, aired 2019-02-15 | PRESIDENTS' DAYS $400: Starting in 1973, Texas recognized August 27 as this man's birthday statewide Lyndon Johnson |
| #7930, aired 2019-02-15 | PRESIDENTS' DAYS $800: Presidents' Day in Alabama honors Washington & this next president from the South Jefferson |
| #7930, aired 2019-02-15 | PRESIDENTS' DAYS $1200: This city celebrates McKinley Day in January & Pro Football Hall of Fame enshrinement ceremony in August Canton, Ohio |
| #7930, aired 2019-02-15 | PRESIDENTS' DAYS $1600: A 2009 Illinois resolution made every February 6 this 20th century president's day Ronald Reagan |
| #7930, aired 2019-02-15 | PRESIDENTS' DAYS $2000: This state observes Herbert Hoover Day Iowa |
| #7922, aired 2019-02-05 | SUNNY "D" $400: This Texas city, "The Big D", has an average of 234 sunny days per year Dallas |
| #7917, aired 2019-01-29 | HAMBURGERS $400: Photographer Astrid Kirchherr took some iconic photos of this fab group in their early days in Hamburg the Beatles |
| #7912, aired 2019-01-22 | SPECIAL DAYS $400: You might be "in the" or "tickled" this color on June 23, its national day pink |
| #7912, aired 2019-01-22 | SPECIAL DAYS $800: Use the smiling face with heart eyes on July 17, the world day for these emojis |
| #7912, aired 2019-01-22 | SPECIAL DAYS $1200: July 13 honors these side orders, whether matchstick or shoestring french fries |
| #7912, aired 2019-01-22 | SPECIAL DAYS $1600: July 12 celebrates those like Jane Seymour & Kate Bosworth who have heterochromia, meaning this different-colored eyes |
| #7912, aired 2019-01-22 | SPECIAL DAYS $2000: A'phabet day, aka no "L" day, is punningly observed on this date December 25th |
| #7909, aired 2019-01-17 | BEARD MAN $1600: In July bring your beard to this Florida island for its Hemingway Days & you might win a look-alike contest Key West |
| #7908, aired 2019-01-16 | A NUMBER BETWEEN 1 & 100 $400: Recalling Jesus' fast in the wilderness, fasting during Lent is practiced for this many days 40 |
| #7906, aired 2019-01-14 | DRESSED ALIKE $1200: Did she raid daughter Kim Kardashian's closet? Both wore the same red lace Valentino dress (on different days) Kris Jenner |
| #7901, aired 2019-01-07 | A BIRD $1200: In the song "The 12 Days Of Christmas", it's the largest group of birds given on a single day, the seventh swans (a-swimming) |
| #7900, aired 2019-01-04 | 2019 HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: Mom & Dad have their days, & on September 8 we recognize these other relatives grandparents |
| #7897, aired 2019-01-01 | COOL CRITTERS $1200: In 2016 beekeepers cleared 20,000 bees from a car in Wales after the bees tracked it for 2 days in order to free this the queen bee |
| #7886, aired 2018-12-17 | THE MEXICAN WAR $2,000 (Daily Double): In 1847 Mexico City had its independence day under occupation as this general took the city 2 days before General Winfield Scott |
| #7884, aired 2018-12-13 | THE 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS SHOPPING LIST $200: Byron is dead & Fauntleroy is fictional, but my true love has those 2 & 8 others with this title a-leaping! lords |
| #7884, aired 2018-12-13 | THE 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS SHOPPING LIST $400: I really don't wanna know where my BFF found the 8 maids a-doing this milking |
| #7884, aired 2018-12-13 | THE 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS SHOPPING LIST $600: My true love went all out, getting Stewart Copeland, Clem Burke, Ginger Baker & 9 other of these musicians drummers |
| #7884, aired 2018-12-13 | THE 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS SHOPPING LIST $800: Looks like the love of my life got fowl with this trio three French hens |
| #7884, aired 2018-12-13 | THE 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS SHOPPING LIST $1000: A couple of these birds that winter in central Africa? Oh, my true love, you shouldn't have! Really. I mean that turtle doves |
| #7882, aired 2018-12-11 | THE SUN'S GETTING REAL LOW $400: The harvest moon rises about the same time as the sun sets in the days around this equinox the autumnal |
| #7880, aired 2018-12-07 | PRO WRESTLING $200: Larger than life in just about every way, this wrestler is seen here in his younger days Andre the Giant |
| #7880, aired 2018-12-07 | AFTER THE CIVIL WAR $400: This theatre owner was jailed for 39 days following Lincoln's death & forced to sell his building (John T.) Ford |
| #7876, aired 2018-12-03 | FREE TIME IN ORBIT $400: Disney & NASA developed some educational games to highlight this astronaut toy's 450 days aboard the I.S.S. Buzz Lightyear |
| #7875, aired 2018-11-30 | I GOT NOTHING $200: We can't explain this effect like when you use a drug for pain for days & then you start using saline & it works a placebo |
| #7874, aired 2018-11-29 | HODGEPODGE $200: To pull off the title of this Jules Verne novel, you'd have to average about 13 miles an hour Around the World in Eighty Days |
| #7874, aired 2018-11-29 | HODGEPODGE $600: In September 2013 this video game "V" carjacked $1 billion in sales in its first 3 days of release Grand Theft Auto V |
| #7868, aired 2018-11-21 | 5 SAINT'S DAYS $400: His feast day is December 6--a few weeks earlier than you might expect St. Nicholas |
| #7868, aired 2018-11-21 | 5 SAINT'S DAYS $800: February 23 is the feast of St. Polycarp, who some think may have written letters attributed to this apostle Paul |
| #7868, aired 2018-11-21 | 5 SAINT'S DAYS $1600: June 3 is the feast of Clotilda, queen of this Germanic people who gave their name to Germany's big western neighbor the Franks |
| #7868, aired 2018-11-21 | 5 SAINT'S DAYS $2000: Hegesippus opposed this heresy, from Greek for "knowledge"; if you do too, celebrate his day, April 7 Gnosticism |
| #7868, aired 2018-11-21 | 5 SAINT'S DAYS $3,000 (Daily Double): April 23 is the feast of this saint feared by dragons everywhere St. George |
| #7861, aired 2018-11-12 | ECOLOGY $3,000 (Daily Double): In 2018 the U.K. ran without this fossil fuel for 3 consecutive days for the first time since the 19th century coal |
| #7857, aired 2018-11-06 | IN THEIR 90s $400: 2 days after celebrating her 92nd birthday, she welcomed a new great-grandson, Prince Louis Arthur Charles Queen Elizabeth |
| #7857, aired 2018-11-06 | IN THE '90s $1000: A.P. journalist Terry Anderson was freed in 1991 after 2,454 days as a hostage of Hezbollah in this country Lebanon |
| #7855, aired 2018-11-02 | THE GENDER-FREE OPTION $600: These days, Rita prefers to be a parking enforcement officer rather than this antiquated term a meter maid |
| #7855, aired 2018-11-02 | CAST IRONS $2000: Max Irons stars as a CIA analyst who stumbles on a plot in this show; the '70s film version had "Three Days of" this in its title Condor |
| #7845, aired 2018-10-19 | TIMELY PHRASES $600: Another way to say a very long time is "a month of" these days Sundays |
| #7840, aired 2018-10-12 | 3-SYLLABLE WORDS $2000: In a classic Kurt Weill song, "The days grow short when you reach" this month on the calendar September |
| #7835, aired 2018-10-05 | DISNEY SONGS $200: This wonderful Swahili phrase means "no worries for the rest of your days" hakuna matata |
| #7832, aired 2018-10-02 | PORTUGUESE PRIMER $600: A necessity on sunny days is um oleo de bronzear, which is this suntan lotion or sunscreen |
| #7831, aired 2018-10-01 | NO FILTER $2000: This ever-quotable man put in a brief but memorable 10 days in 2017 as White House communications director the Mooch (or Anthony Scaramucci) |
| #7825, aired 2018-09-21 | CHRIS P. $800: The 9 days this actor worked on "All the Money in the World" were well spent: he got an Oscar nomination Christopher Plummer |
| #7824, aired 2018-09-20 | READING $1000: The structure of her novel "To the Lighthouse" is 2 days separated by the passage of 10 years Virginia Woolf |
| #7820, aired 2018-09-14 | 1973: THE GROOVY & NOT-SO-GROOVY $3,000 (Daily Double): His death on Jan. 22, 2 days after Nixon's second inauguration, left no living ex-U.S. presidents LBJ |
| #7812, aired 2018-07-24 | CELEBRITY MEMOIRS $800: In his "Infinite Tuesday", he talks about his days with the Monkees & also his mother's invention of liquid paper Nesmith |
| #7804, aired 2018-07-12 | THE MONTH OF JULY $600: This "canine" period begins in July & relates to the star Sirius' appearance to the ancient Egyptians before Nile floods the dog days |
| #7804, aired 2018-07-12 | MATH & SCIENCE $1200: This word before "star" refers to changes in shine; Algol's apparent magnitude goes from 2.1 to 3.4 every few days variable |
| #7794, aired 2018-06-28 | CHILDREN'S BOOKS $600: "The First Four Years" covers the early days of her marriage to Almanzo Wilder Laura Ingalls Wilder |
| #7793, aired 2018-06-27 | THE HERO'S JOURNEY $600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) Here is a map approximating the 3 years, 2 months, 14 days & 16 hours of running this title man does in a 1994 Oscar-winning film Forrest Gump |
| #7783, aired 2018-06-13 | BACH $1200: Bach was tasked with writing new works for each festival; cantata 63 is for Christmas & 65 is for this, 12 days later Epiphany |
| #7781, aired 2018-06-11 | MONDAY IS FUN DAY $1000: In the Eastern Orthodox church, Mondays are days on which these beings are celebrated angels |
| #7779, aired 2018-06-07 | I'LL HAVE SECONDS $600: A pair of these birds is the second gift in "The 12 Days Of Christmas" song turtledoves |
| #7773, aired 2018-05-30 | MALE AUTHORS $1200: He wrote, "The portrait should bear the burden of his days, and... keep the unsullied splendour of eternal youth" Oscar Wilde |
| #7771, aired 2018-05-28 | 3-NAMED PEOPLE $1600: Just days after the Scopes monkey trial ended, this statesman who assisted the prosecution died William Jennings Bryan |
| #7763, aired 2018-05-16 | FER SURE, IT'S THE VALLEY, DUDE $200: You didn't need a jacket in the summer of 1996 in this California valley; 40 days saw temperatures top 120 degrees Death Valley |
| #7759, aired 2018-05-10 | FAST COMPANY $1600: Francois Garbart holds the record for doing this solo, just under 43 days--an average of 27.2 knots sailing around the world |
| #7754, aired 2018-05-03 | THESE ARE DAYS $200: On Facebook & Instagram, "TT" can stand for Transformation Tuesday; 2 days later, TBT is this glimpse at the past Throwback Thursday |
| #7754, aired 2018-05-03 | THESE ARE DAYS $400: A belief held in the Middle Ages that bears & badgers interrupted their hibernation on a particular day led to this observance Groundhog Day |
| #7754, aired 2018-05-03 | THESE ARE DAYS $600: A state holiday in Massachusetts & Maine, Patriots' Day is the third Monday in April, in honor of these 2 battles Lexington and Concord |
| #7754, aired 2018-05-03 | 10,000 MANIAC $600: In 2003, at the age of 24 years, 193 days, this Laker became the youngest player to score 10,000 points in the NBA (Kobe) Bryant |
| #7754, aired 2018-05-03 | THESE ARE DAYS $800: Read Across America Day is held on March 2, the birthday of this beloved author & illustrator of kids' books Dr. Seuss |
| #7754, aired 2018-05-03 | THESE ARE DAYS $1000: The 1865 arrival of Union troops in Galveston, Texas is remembered on this Southern holiday with a portmanteau name Juneteenth |
| #7750, aired 2018-04-27 | EARNING BEYOND THE GRAVE $600: This British singer & actor who left us too soon--2 days after his 69th birthday in 2016--was No. 11 with $9.5 million David Bowie |
| #7746, aired 2018-04-23 | HERE'S THE CUSTOMS MAN $2000: Long after his days exploring with Peary, this man started at the N.Y. customhouse at age 47 as a messenger Matthew Henson |
| #7745, aired 2018-04-20 | SUMMER JOB IDEAS $1600: Too hot & humid? Spend your days cruising in A/C for this delivery app Postmates |
| #7744, aired 2018-04-19 | YOU KIDS & YOUR MUSIC THESE DAYS $200: "What About Us"? More like what about this "colorful" singer who hit the Top 40 with that tune in 2017 Pink |
| #7744, aired 2018-04-19 | YOU KIDS & YOUR MUSIC THESE DAYS $400: He's the multiple Grammy-winning artist heard here Bruno Mars |
| #7744, aired 2018-04-19 | YOU KIDS & YOUR MUSIC THESE DAYS $600: This band has gone nation wide singing, "Oo woo, I'm a rebel just for kicks now, I been feelin' it since 1966, now" Portugal. The Man |
| #7744, aired 2018-04-19 | YOU KIDS & YOUR MUSIC THESE DAYS $800: This 2018 Grammy winner is heard "Here" Alessia Cara |
| #7744, aired 2018-04-19 | YOU KIDS & YOUR MUSIC THESE DAYS $1000: After being the "Life Of The Party", this Canadian singer found "There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back" Shawn Mendes |
| #7743, aired 2018-04-18 | 21st CENTURY DEALS $400: This telecom co. dating back to the early days of the telephone bought DirecTV for about $50 billion AT&T |
| #7742, aired 2018-04-17 | ACTING UP ON TV $800: As CEO for 11 days, Kumail Nanjiani's Dinesh dug a $21 billion hole for his tech company on this sitcom Silicon Valley |
| #7732, aired 2018-04-03 | IT'S A DISASTER! $600: The 79 A.D. eruption gets most of the headlines, but the Dec. 16, 1631 event at this volcano killed 3,000 & had dark sky for days Mount Vesuvius |
| #7729, aired 2018-03-29 | HIS PANIC $1000: Gen. Horatio Gates of this army lost to the Redcoats at Camden but got mocking admiration for fleeing 180 miles in 3 days the Continental Army |
| #7724, aired 2018-03-22 | NEWS OF 2017 $200: On April 24 aboard this, Peggy Whitson became the U.S. astronaut with the most time in space; she's now at 665 days the International Space Station |
| #7723, aired 2018-03-21 | I'VE SEEN THE LIGHTS GO OUT ON BROADWAY $1000: As the song says, "They'll pass you by", & this musical about former high school pals opened & closed May 6, 2008 Glory Days |
| #7721, aired 2018-03-19 | CALENDARS $3,200 (Daily Double): As this calendar was left behind, the year 1752 only had 354 days the Julian calendar |
| #7718, aired 2018-03-14 | FROM THE BRITISH MONARCHY'S WEBSITE $2000: On this sacred day, 3 days before Easter, the queen visits a cathedral & passes out special money Maundy Thursday |
| #7715, aired 2018-03-09 | OUR SOLAR SYSTEM $200: Differing by 2 days, the sidereal & synodic types of these are determined by the Moon periods (or months) |
| #7715, aired 2018-03-09 | JEEPARDY $400: Designed in 1940 in just 75 days, the prototype Jeep was delivered to the U.S. Army on this appropriate November day November 11th |
| #7709, aired 2018-03-01 | ERIN $400: Erin Moran was Joanie, the non-nose-twitching daughter on this 1970s sitcom Happy Days |
| #7705, aired 2018-02-23 | PICTURE THE WRITER $1200: It was not the best of hair days for this great British author Dickens |
| #7699, aired 2018-02-15 | MEDICATIONS $800: (Dr. Oz presents the clue.) Medicines in olden days didn't have government oversight; today you couldn't buy Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup... which quieted babies because it was mostly alcohol & this opium derivative used as a painkiller since the early 1800s morphine |
| #7695, aired 2018-02-09 | MOVIE TITLE MATH $2000: "(____) Days of Summer" times "____ Heads in a Duffel Bag" 4000 |
| #7687, aired 2018-01-30 | TV COMEDY ADJECTIVES $400: Featuring the Cunninghams,
"____ Days" Happy |
| #7686, aired 2018-01-29 | NATIVE SONS $800: Mayberry Days is a September festival in Andy Griffith's hometown of Mount Airy in this state North Carolina |
| #7679, aired 2018-01-18 | JANE $400: Briefly Queen of England in 1553--9 days brief Lady Jane Grey |
| #7673, aired 2018-01-10 | 21st CENTURY FICTION $800: The last chapter of this thriller is "Amy Elliott Dunne: Ten Months, Two Weeks, Six Days After the Return" Gone Girl |
| #7672, aired 2018-01-09 | POP CULTURE VILLAINS $1000: As Victor Kiriakis on "Days of Our Lives", this father of a TV star has put in 30-plus years of all kinds of villainy John Aniston |
| #7668, aired 2018-01-03 | WAIT WATCHERS $200: On Dec. 5, 2015 throngs began lining up for this J.J. Abrams "Star Wars" flick, 12 days before it opened The Force Awakens |
| #7665, aired 2017-12-29 | NO MORE COVER-UP $3,000 (Daily Double): Attempts to hide this 1986 accident lasted 2 days before Swedish monitoring stations detected radiation the Chernobyl nuclear disaster |
| #7661, aired 2017-12-25 | TITANIC $3,000 (Daily Double): The single highest grossing day for "Titanic" was this holiday, a Saturday 58 days after the film's December opening Valentine's Day |
| #7659, aired 2017-12-21 | MEDICAL HISTORY $800: Using less current than in the bad old days, it can be effective in treating severe depression electroshock therapy |
| #7656, aired 2017-12-18 | ALLITERATION ALL AROUND $200: This phrase for the hottest part of summer comes from the Latin caniculares dies dog days |
| #7648, aired 2017-12-06 | NATIONAL DAYS $200: Amy Schumer made waves with the photo she posted in honor of this swimsuit's day, July 5, its 71st anniversary the bikini |
| #7648, aired 2017-12-06 | NATIONAL DAYS $400: Small Business Saturday is 2 days after this holiday Thanksgiving |
| #7648, aired 2017-12-06 | NATIONAL DAYS $600: Learn how to save a person who's choking on June 1, the national day for this, also known as an abdominal thrust the Heimlich maneuver |
| #7648, aired 2017-12-06 | NATIONAL DAYS $800: Aug. 4 honors this military branch whose forebear, the Revenue Cutter Service, was founded on that day in 1790 the Coast Guard |
| #7648, aired 2017-12-06 | NATIONAL DAYS $1000: Because of the label tucked into the character's hat band, National Mad Hatter Day is on this date October 6th |
| #7647, aired 2017-12-05 | WAR IS OVER $200: Syria agrees to a cease-fire, June 1967 the Six Days War |
| #7646, aired 2017-12-04 | AVIATION $400: In 1938 this future billionaire flew around the world in the then-record time of 3 days & 19 hours (Howard) Hughes |
| #7640, aired 2017-11-24 | THE EUROPEAN MIDWEST $1200: A Nebraska city named for this Bohemian capital has "Beer Barrel Days" in August--everybody polka! Prague |
| #7631, aired 2017-11-13 | LIGHT UP A CIGAR $600: A valet wrote of this Brit, "In two days his cigar consumption was the equivalent of my weekly salary" Churchill |
| #7628, aired 2017-11-08 | BROADWAY 2017 $1200: Revived in 2017 & set during the final days of the Vietnam War, "Miss Saigon" was inspired by this Puccini opera
"And hold me tight / And dance like it's the last night / Of the world..." Madame Butterfly |
| #7622, aired 2017-10-31 | WHAT HAPPENED WHEN? $400: On Halloween 2012 the New York Stock Exchange reopened after being closed for 2 days due to this weather event Hurricane Sandy |
| #7619, aired 2017-10-26 | RUINING THE RUMORS $200: Invented in 1930, these snack cakes only have a shelf life of 65 days--don't stock your zombie shelter with them Twinkies |
| #7617, aired 2017-10-24 | COME SAIL AWAY $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) To show how ancient America's people could colonize Polynesia, in 1947 Thor Heyerdahl sailed 4300 miles in 101 days, on this raft, named for an Incan god Kon-Tiki |
| #7615, aired 2017-10-20 | THE 20th CENTURY $1000: Forces of this nation held off Vietminh attacks at Dien Bien Phu for 56 days but finally surrendered on May 7, 1954 French forces |
| #7615, aired 2017-10-20 | "HAL" $1600: Found before "days", this word meaning "peaceful" also refers to a mythical bird halcyon |
| #7610, aired 2017-10-13 | COMPLETES THE OLD TESTAMENT QUOTE $400: "Cast thy ____ upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days" bread |
| #7610, aired 2017-10-13 | COMPLETES THE OLD TESTAMENT QUOTE $600: "And all the days of ____ were nine hundred sixty and nine years" Methuselah |
| #7609, aired 2017-10-12 | THE END IS NEAR $200: It's Sept. 28; just 2 days to make the books look better before this federal accounting year ends the fiscal year |
| #7607, aired 2017-10-10 | ZOOLOGY $800: Throw that baby shower quick! Of mammals, this American marsupial has the shortest gestation, 12-13 days the opossum |
| #7594, aired 2017-09-21 | NOT THEIR FIRST RODEO $1200: A huge outdoor rodeo is the centerpiece of this Wyoming city's Frontier Days, held since 1897 Cheyenne |
| #7590, aired 2017-09-15 | THE 14th CENTURY $1,200 (Daily Double): Adding a word to our language, cities began keeping travelers from leaving plague-infected ships for this many days 40 |
| #7589, aired 2017-09-14 | THE ORIENT EXPRESS $4,000 (Daily Double): The Orient Express went as far Orient as this city, after a few days' trip from Paris Istanbul |
| #7587, aired 2017-09-12 | WHIRLED OF WARCRAFT $800: In olden days, it could make people hurl:
CLAP TAUT a catapult |
| #7585, aired 2017-07-28 | & OTHER ODD FILMS $1200: In a recent movie Colin Farrell is given 45 days to find love or he's going to be turned into this title animal a lobster |
| #7584, aired 2017-07-27 | THE UNION, JACK $1000: Days after assuming command of the Army of the Potomac, he led the Union to victory at Gettysburg (George) Meade |
| #7582, aired 2017-07-25 | ALL THE DAYS OF ITALY $200: It's domenica, this day, so put on your best Sunday |
| #7582, aired 2017-07-25 | ALL THE DAYS OF ITALY $400: To get things done there's no day like oggi, this day today |
| #7582, aired 2017-07-25 | ALL THE DAYS OF ITALY $600: On this day, ieri, all my troubles seemed so far away yesterday |
| #7582, aired 2017-07-25 | ALL THE DAYS OF ITALY $800: Let's forget about domani, this day tomorrow |
| #7582, aired 2017-07-25 | ALL THE DAYS OF ITALY $1000: Mercoledi is this day Wednesday |
| #7582, aired 2017-07-25 | THE MUSICAL '70s $1600: The perfect song for rainy days (half of the title), this adult contemporary tune is heard here "Rainy Days And Mondays" |
| #7580, aired 2017-07-21 | THE KITCHEN LIBRARY $200: Intolerant of this protein mixture? David Lawson has "101 Days of" recipes that are free of it gluten |
| #7579, aired 2017-07-20 | HISTORICAL CHESS PIECES $1000: This English king's greatest achievement was Westminster Abbey, consecrated in 1065 just days before his death Edward the Confessor |
| #7577, aired 2017-07-18 | OXYMORONS $2000: In 2001 President Bush headed to Texas for 30 days of policy & play described as this a working vacation |
| #7565, aired 2017-06-30 | 20th CENTURY NAMES $400: Sadly, 5 days after Princess Diana's death, this beloved woman died in Calcutta at age 87 Mother Teresa |
| #7559, aired 2017-06-22 | PLAYWRIGHTS $2000: No Richie or Fonzie in his 1961 play "Happy Days"; who will rid me of this meddlesome playwright? (Samuel) Beckett |
| #7552, aired 2017-06-13 | SAILING STORIES $1200: This Laura Hillenbrand book tells of Louis Zamperini's 47 days in a life raft before his capture by the Japanese Unbroken |
| #7550, aired 2017-06-09 | RECENT MOVIES $1000: Ron Howard's documentary on the Beatles' touring years had this song in its title "Eight Days A Week" |
| #7550, aired 2017-06-09 | MY BIG FAT ANCIENT GREEK LIBRARY $1200: Around 700 B.C., Hesiod wrote "Works & Days", one of these handbooks for farmers to know when to plant an almanac |
| #7542, aired 2017-05-30 | THE PLAYS OF NEIL SIMON $2000: Neil's days as a writer for the show hosted by this giant of '50s TV comedy inspired "Laughter on the 23rd Floor" Sid Caesar |
| #7541, aired 2017-05-29 | WHAT'S THAT PLANET? $800: Its year is 224.7 Earth days Venus |
| #7538, aired 2017-05-24 | AT THE SMITHSONIAN NATIONAL POSTAL MUSEUM $400: In the early days, snow was no problem for rural letter carriers who converted this Ford model into a snowmobile a Model T |
| #7534, aired 2017-05-18 | TV SITCOM BY EPISODES $800: "Joanie's First Kiss" &
"Richie Almost Dies" Happy Days |
| #7526, aired 2017-05-08 | RELIGION $1600: In Judaism this high holiday starts the new year & 10 days of penitence Rosh Hashanah |
| #7524, aired 2017-05-04 | SPOKEN WORD GRAMMY AWARDS $400: Garrison Keillor earned a Grammy for telling tales about the "Days" of this spot Lake Wobegon |
| #7522, aired 2017-05-02 | PRESIDENTIAL KIDS $3,000 (Daily Double): Serving in the House in 1848, he died in the Capitol itself, 2 days after a stroke John Quincy Adams |
| #7514, aired 2017-04-20 | GREAT ROCK SONGS $800: This Florence + the Machine song tells you to "run fast for your mother, run fast for your father" "Dog Days Are Over" |
| #7513, aired 2017-04-19 | 3-NAMED AUTHORS $1600: His "The General in His Labyrinth" is a historical novel about Simon Bolivar's last days Gabriel García Marquez |
| #7510, aired 2017-04-14 | HISTORY AT SEA $400: In 1854 the James Baines, this type of graceful sailing ship, "cut" the Atlantic crossing record to 12 days, 6 hrs. a clipper |
| #7505, aired 2017-04-07 | THE EXPLORERS CLUB $200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Explorers Club in New York.) Using the Explorers Club globe, this Norwegian planned an expedition to show that South Americans could've settled Polynesia as early as 500 A.D.; on August 7, 1947, his balsa wood raft reached Raroia Atoll after 101 hazardous days at sea, proving his theory (Thor) Heyerdahl |
| #7503, aired 2017-04-05 | AMERICAN HISTORY $1200: On April 9, 1979, 12 days after it began, the Nuclear Regulatory Comm. declared the crisis at this facility over Three Mile Island |
| #7501, aired 2017-04-03 | TIME SPANS $400: Number of days in half a fortnight seven |
| #7498, aired 2017-03-29 | 1967 $400: This Arab-Israeli conflict that broke out June 5 ended less than a week later the Six Days War |
| #7498, aired 2017-03-29 | OF THOUSANDS $2000: Maxwell Anderson's play about a monarch of England was titled her "of the Thousand Days" Anne |
| #7495, aired 2017-03-24 | FAMOUS AMERICAN WOMEN $800: In 1889 journalist Nellie Bly tried to beat the record of Phileas Fogg in this novel & did, by more than a week Around the World in Eighty Days |
| #7493, aired 2017-03-22 | BOLD GOERS $2000: In 57 days in 1930, 3 men crossed this "Quarter" in the Arabian desert; a TV ad shows a Range Rover doing it in 10 hours the "Empty Quarter" (or the Rub' al Khali) |
| #7486, aired 2017-03-13 | THE MARCH OF HISTORY $400: She married Napoleon March 9, 1796; 2 days later, her groom left for the army Josephine |
| #7476, aired 2017-02-27 | THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY & CULTURE $200: (Alex gives the clue from the Nat'l Museum of African American History & Culture in Washington, D.C.) Dismantled at its original location on Edisto Island, South Carolina, & now restored & a centerpiece of the museum, this cabin dates back to the early days of slavery but was used well into the 20th century, with residents picking as much as 100 pounds a day of this crop cotton |
| #7471, aired 2017-02-20 | PRESIDENT'S DAY $2000: July 8, 1850:
Predicts he will be dead in 2 days;
July 9, 1850:
It turns out he was overoptimistic (Zachary) Taylor |
| #7464, aired 2017-02-09 | THE OED, FROM POISE TO QUELT $400: "A period (orig. of forty days) during which persons who might serve to spread a contagious disease are kept isolated" a quarantine |
| #7462, aired 2017-02-07 | IN THE FIRST PLACE $400: For 12 days, in early 1924, Chamonix, France hosted the first of these sporting events the Winter Olympics |
| #7456, aired 2017-01-30 | SLIDESHOW BOB $400: Seen here in his earlier days & as a senator, this Kansan recovered from almost total paralysis Bob Dole |
| #7452, aired 2017-01-24 | A CAMEO APPEARANCE $400: On the day she won Wimbledon in 2015, you could see her cameo on HBO's "Seven Days in Hell" Serena Williams |
| #7445, aired 2017-01-13 | THE 1860s $1000: Transcontinental telegraphy began on Oct. 24, 1861; this other service officially closed 2 days later the Pony Express |
| #7442, aired 2017-01-10 | THE CIVIL WAR $800: Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation 5 days after this 1862 Union victory in Maryland Antietam |
| #7440, aired 2017-01-06 | STATE CAPITAL EVENTS $600: The 1850s are back as tons of dirt cover the streets of Old this state capital in its annual Gold Rush Days Sacramento |
| #7440, aired 2017-01-06 | WRITERS ON FILM $800: "Quills" stars Geoffrey Rush as this irrepressible 18th century author during his days in an insane asylum the Marquis de Sade |
| #7438, aired 2017-01-04 | DON "E" $200: On cold days, don a pair of these connected coverings worn on the sides of the head earmuffs |
| #7436, aired 2017-01-02 | A PEEK AT THE PARANORMAL $200: These events, hearing from the beyond, were popular in Victorian days, when the one seen here took place séances |
| #7431, aired 2016-12-26 | MORE THAN AN ATHLETE $1000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) Here's the 1980 Marathon of Hope run by this one-legged Canadian hero, who covered 3,339 miles in 143 days to support cancer research Terry Fox |
| #7425, aired 2016-12-16 | WESTERN MOVIES $800: The Buffalo herd in this 1990 Kevin Costner film numbered 3,500 & it took 8 days to film the hunt & stampede Dances with Wolves |
| #7421, aired 2016-12-12 | THE POPES $800: He was the first pope to choose a double name but, sadly, only had 34 days on the job John Paul |
| #7417, aired 2016-12-06 | MINING FOR "ORE" $400: Come one, come all to ye olde inn & enjoy our bill of fare & flagons of ale as in days of this yore |
| #7416, aired 2016-12-05 | LITERARY CHARACTERS $800: This character & his servant leave London in effort to go around the world in 80 days (Phileas) Fogg |
| #7399, aired 2016-11-10 | AMERICAN SYMBOLS $800: Following the death of George Washington a few days before, it was sounded on December 18, 1799 the Liberty Bell |
| #7398, aired 2016-11-09 | POP CULTURE $400: Twenty One Pilots "wish we could turn back time to the good old days... but now we're" this title "Stressed Out" |
| #7391, aired 2016-10-31 | LIKE A ROCK $600: In earlier days, this Pro-Am golf tournament on California's Monterey Peninsula was called the Crosby Clambake Pebble Beach |
| #7381, aired 2016-10-17 | IMPRISONED AUTHORS $800: This author of "The Call of the Wild" served 30 days in the Erie County Penitentiary for vagrancy Jack London |
| #7379, aired 2016-10-13 | CIRCUS PERFORMERS $600: Big-shoed Pickelherring was a favorite German one of these merry-makers from days of yore a clown |
| #7378, aired 2016-10-12 | COMING SUBTRACTIONS $2000: A "numeric" zombie film from Danny Boyle loses a word & becomes a Sandra Bullock recovery story 28 Days Later & 28 Days |
| #7377, aired 2016-10-11 | FACTS ABOUT AUTHORS $1600: As a boy, Kahlil Gibran wore a cross for 40 days for a splint; as a man he wrote this 1923 mystical work The Prophet |
| #7372, aired 2016-10-04 | WHAT A TV CHARACTER! $1000: This was the full name of Henry Winkler's cool character on "Happy Days" Arthur Fonzarelli |
| #7371, aired 2016-10-03 | BASEBALL IN UNIFORM $200: Bob Feller left the Cleveland Indians for the Navy on December 9, 1941, two days after hearing this news on his way to a contract meeting the bombing of Pearl Harbor |
| #7370, aired 2016-09-30 | QWITTER $200: In 2010 this "Born This Way" singer declared Twitter silence until an AIDS charity money goal was met; $1 million took 6 days Lady Gaga |
| #7368, aired 2016-09-28 | YE OLDE JOB FAIRE $200: In the old days of law enforcement, people might say, "There's a new shrieve in town" instead of this job sheriff |
| #7368, aired 2016-09-28 | WHO'S THE BOSS? $2000: Milwaukee restaurauteur Arnold Takahashi, succeeded later by Al Delvecchio Happy Days |
| #7367, aired 2016-09-27 | THE 2016 PULITZER PRIZES $2000: "Barbarian Days", William Finnegan's chronicle of his obsession with this activity in Hawaii & elsewhere, won the Bio award surfing |
| #7366, aired 2016-09-26 | LAST LETTER, FIRST LETTER $200 (Daily Double): Proverbial time of youthful inexperience, croutons on the side salad days |
| #7364, aired 2016-09-22 | ANNUAL EVENTS $600: The trial of Jack McCall was a highlight of the 2016 Wild Bill Days in this South Dakota town Deadwood |
| #7358, aired 2016-09-14 | EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew holds a framed jersey at the College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta, GA.) One of the sweet buys at the College Football Hall of Fame is a signed Tim Tebow jersey from his days at this school the University of Florida |
| #7355, aired 2016-07-29 | WE'LL BE GRILLIN' & CHILLIN' $200: The HPBA recons Memorial Day, Fourth of July & this holiday as the 3 biggest steak-grilling days in the USA Labor Day |
| #7352, aired 2016-07-26 | THEY SERVED OUR COUNTRY $400: He's seen here in uniform before his days of political service to Arizona (John) McCain |
| #7349, aired 2016-07-21 | PLANES, TRAINS & AUTOMOBILES $400: A true story of how a train got stuck in snow for days inspired Agatha Christie to write this mystery Murder on the Orient Express |
| #7340, aired 2016-07-08 | CATCH THESE MEN $2,000 (Daily Double): 12 days after his heinous act, he was discovered in a barn with David Herold & surrounded in rural Virginia John Wilkes Booth |
| #7338, aired 2016-07-06 | DEATH IN VENICE $2000: After his release from a mental hospital, this American "Cantos" poet lived out his days in Italy, dying in Venice in 1972 (Ezra) Pound |
| #7329, aired 2016-06-23 | FIRST FAMILY PETS $800: Perhaps sensing something was wrong, his Airedale Laddie Boy howled for 3 days prior to his death in August 1923 Harding |
| #7328, aired 2016-06-22 | ENGLISH USAGE $400: It might be good to avoid this word that can mean "every 3 1/2 days" or "every 14 days" biweekly |
| #7327, aired 2016-06-21 | MEMORY $1200: "Memory, all alone in the moonlight, I can smile at the old days, I was beautiful then" is sung in this Broadway musical Cats |
| #7325, aired 2016-06-17 | BECAUSE $200: St. Augustine wrote that "God created all things in" this many days "because the number is perfect" 6 |
| #7325, aired 2016-06-17 | TEEN LITERATURE $400: 1919 saw "Ten Days that Shook the World", John Reed's firsthand account of this historic upheaval the Russian Revolution |
| #7324, aired 2016-06-16 | AMERICAN HISTORY $1200: This song is from the movie "Chasing Rainbows" that unfortunately premiered just after the 1929 market crash "Happy Days Are Here Again" |
| #7323, aired 2016-06-15 | INTERNATIONAL DAYS OF THE WEEK $400: Donnerstag is Thursday in this language German |
| #7323, aired 2016-06-15 | INTERNATIONAL DAYS OF THE WEEK $800: In Hebrew this day is Yom Shabbat Saturday |
| #7323, aired 2016-06-15 | INTERNATIONAL DAYS OF THE WEEK $1200: Of martedi, mercoledi or giovedi, it's Tuesday in Italian martedi |
| #7323, aired 2016-06-15 | INTERNATIONAL DAYS OF THE WEEK $1600: Instead of "Monday, Monday", the French Mamas & Papas would have sung this, this lundi, lundi |
| #7323, aired 2016-06-15 | INTERNATIONAL DAYS OF THE WEEK $2000: Thank God it's "Friday" in Spanish viernes |
| #7322, aired 2016-06-14 | DAVID BOWIE $2000: David Bowie's first U.S. No. 1 album, it was released on his birthday in 2016, just 2 days before his death Blackstar |
| #7321, aired 2016-06-13 | HOLIDAYS AROUND THE WORLD $200: Following a request from Pope Benedict XVI, Cuba reinstated this holiday, observed 2 days before Easter Good Friday |
| #7319, aired 2016-06-09 | "BEE" MINE $600: Brewing a batch of Budweiser beer takes about 30 days & involves milling, mashing & this type of aging beechwood |
| #7315, aired 2016-06-03 | STATE CAPITAL NICKNAMES $1000: "The Home of Frontier Days" Cheyenne |
| #7312, aired 2016-05-31 | RODENTS $400: This striped squirrel can gather more than 150 acorns in a day & enough in several days to last the winter a chipmunk |
| #7306, aired 2016-05-23 | NAME THE SPIN-OFF SOURCE $400: "Mork & Mindy" Happy Days |
| #7305, aired 2016-05-20 | IT HAPPENED IN THE BIBLE $400: Right in chapter 1 of his book, he spent 3 days & nights in the belly of "a great fish" Jonah |
| #7304, aired 2016-05-19 | THE AL FRANKEN DECADE $1000: In 1982 artificial heart recipient Barney Clark survived 112 days with a device called this-7 the Jarvik-7 |
| #7303, aired 2016-05-18 | MULTIPLE CHOICE $200: The one with 31 days:
April,
July,
February July |
| #7300, aired 2016-05-13 | THE QUOTABLE BEN FRANKLIN $800: These "and visitors stink in three days" fish |
| #7298, aired 2016-05-11 | TALK ABOUT THE WEATHER $1200: A stationary one of these boundaries between air masses can stay in the same region for days a front |
| #7294, aired 2016-05-05 | INDEPENDENCE DAYS $400: On July 26, 1847 this African country's independence was granted by the Amer. Colonization Society Liberia |
| #7294, aired 2016-05-05 | INDEPENDENCE DAYS $800: It wasn't until 2005 that the Dutch recognized August 17, 1945 as the independence day for this Asian island nation Indonesia |
| #7294, aired 2016-05-05 | INDEPENDENCE DAYS $1200: In 1996 its people voted to declare its independence day as July 3, 1944, the day Minsk was liberated from the Nazis Belarus |
| #7294, aired 2016-05-05 | INDEPENDENCE DAYS $1600: On Nov. 28, 1912 Ismail Qemali declared Albania's independence from this empire the Ottoman Empire |
| #7294, aired 2016-05-05 | INDEPENDENCE DAYS $2000: The subject of a 1999 peace agreement, on Feb. 17, 2008 it proclaimed independence from Serbia Kosovo |
| #7290, aired 2016-04-29 | "C" THE WORLD $1200: This city in Alberta hosts an annual Stampede, 10 days of rodeo events Calgary |
| #7289, aired 2016-04-28 | PEOPLE ON THE MAP $1200: It wasn't until she was in her 20s that this red-headed actress watched her dad on "Happy Days" Bryce Dallas Howard |
| #7277, aired 2016-04-12 | ONLY "O" AS A VOWEL $800: It means "truth" or "fact" & in olden days there were many "-sayers" of it sooth |
| #7277, aired 2016-04-12 | VIRAL VIDEO $1200: In this 2002 film a man awakens after 2 fortnights in a coma to find London devastated by a chimp-borne virus 28 Days Later |
| #7277, aired 2016-04-12 | FIGHTER PLANES $2000: (Kelly gives the clue from the Pima Air & Space Museum in Tucson.) Designed for high-altitude reconnaissance in the days before surveillance satellites, the Lockheed SR-71 still holds the world speed record for a manned jet, nearly 2200 miles per hour; it's known by this avian nickname the Blackbird |
| #7274, aired 2016-04-07 | GOOD WORKOUT SONGS $1000: This country singer's "Days Go By" & "Who Wouldn't Wanna be Me?" Keith Urban |
| #7272, aired 2016-04-05 | MOVIE COMMON THREADS $1600: "2 Days ____ ____ ____ of Elah" in the Valley |
| #7270, aired 2016-04-01 | LITERARY LATIN AMERICA $800: Mexican poet Octavio Paz quit his diplomatic post due to a massacre of protesters 10 days before this 1968 event the Olympic games in Mexico |
| #7266, aired 2016-03-28 | GRAND OLD PARTY $1,800 (Daily Double): Hemingway said his Paris days were like one of these, a phrase for a religious celebration that's not a fixed date a moveable feast |
| #7264, aired 2016-03-24 | LIMITED TIME ONLY $1600: Per "The Simpsons", "There's Fillmore & there's Hayes / There's William Henry Harrison--I died in" this long 30 days |
| #7251, aired 2016-03-07 | "R" SONG $2000: The Carpenters found the weather & the calendar a drag in this 1971 hit "Rainy Days And Mondays" |
| #7249, aired 2016-03-03 | TIME OFF $600: In 2015 Microsoft said it would require its vendors to provide workers with 15 total days a year for vacation & this sick leave |
| #7244, aired 2016-02-25 | DRINKING SONGS $200: A classic song from a boozy film:
"Days Of ____ And Roses" Wine |
| #7244, aired 2016-02-25 | WHAT A CHARACTER $1200: We wager you might know that Phileas Fogg is the man in motion in this Jules Verne work Around the World in 80 Days |
| #7237, aired 2016-02-16 | HISTORY $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) A stop at Dr. Samuel Mudd's home, landing mistakenly in Maryland, & dying a few days later near Bowling Green were part of his ill-fated 1865 escape route John Wilkes Booth |
| #7237, aired 2016-02-16 | UNITS OF MEASURE $400: A synodic month, on average 29.53059 days, is based primarily on the movement of this the Moon |
| #7235, aired 2016-02-12 | OMG! $1200: The name of this Egyptian goddess said to cure the sick & revive the dead isn't so popular these days Isis |
| #7231, aired 2016-02-08 | HISTORICAL NOVELS $400: In "Telegraph Days", Nellie Courtright interviews this dentist for the Tombstone paper (Doc) Holliday |
| #7221, aired 2016-01-25 | ANNUAL EVENTS $200: A fence painting contest is a highlight of National Tom Sawyer Days in this Missouri city Hannibal |
| #7221, aired 2016-01-25 | SPELLING BEE WORDS $400: This table has the days of the month & year C-A-L-E-N-D-A-R |
| #7221, aired 2016-01-25 | ANNUAL EVENTS $1000: During the Defeat of Jesse James Days in Northfield in this state, James' failed 1876 bank robbery is re-enacted Minnesota |
| #7199, aired 2015-12-24 | FOUND IN GERMANY $200: For Neptune it's about 60,000 Earth days long a year |
| #7198, aired 2015-12-23 | ENGLISH LITERATURE $800: On Dec. 9, 1854, just 45 days after the event, The Examiner published this Tennyson poem "The Charge of the Light Brigade" |
| #7195, aired 2015-12-18 | THE ROMANTIC POETS $400: This title character of a Coleridge poem must wander the world recounting the tale of his days at sea the Ancient Mariner |
| #7191, aired 2015-12-14 | MARK YOUR CALENDAR $400: Cyber Monday comes 4 days after this Thanksgiving |
| #7189, aired 2015-12-10 | LATIN AMERICAN HODGEPODGE $800: Within 3 days in 2002, this country saw a coup, the cancellation of its Constitution & Chavez' reinstatement Venezuela |
| #7185, aired 2015-12-04 | ART & HISTORY $1600: Jacques-Louis David painted "The Death of" this French political leader just days after his murder by Charlotte Corday (Jean-Paul) Marat |
| #7181, aired 2015-11-30 | MOVIE ROMANCES $800: Joseph Gordon-Levitt loses the title girl in "(500) Days of Summer" & naturally moves on to a girl named this Autumn |
| #7174, aired 2015-11-19 | THE TUDORS $400: An enduring nickname of Lady Jane Grey comes from the length of her reign in 1553, this many days 9 |
| #7169, aired 2015-11-12 | BOOKS ABOUT POLITICS $800: Lawrence Wright chronicled the "13 Days in September" 1978, when Pres. Carter got these 2 men to sign a peace treaty Sadat & Begin |
| #7163, aired 2015-11-04 | DEBUT NOVELS $2000: His first novel "Burmese Days" was published in 1934, not long after he began using this name instead of Eric Blair George Orwell |
| #7160, aired 2015-10-30 | DAY OF THE DEAD $600: August 13, 1995:
25,000 fans jam Golden Gate Park to celebrate this guitarist who'd passed away 4 days earlier Jerry Garcia |
| #7159, aired 2015-10-29 | WHAT'S YOUR MOVIE NUMBER? $2000: 1975:
Robert Redford is a CIA researcher Three Days of the Condor |
| #7158, aired 2015-10-28 | FILMS OF THE '90s $600: (I'm NASCAR driver A.J. Allmendinger.) Tom Cruise plays Cole Trickle, a yankee who breaks into big-time stock car racing in this 1990 film Days of Thunder |
| #7154, aired 2015-10-22 | LINES ON THE MAP $400: During a solstice, the sun is directly over one of these lines of latitude whose names suggest easy days & fruity drinks tropic |
| #7152, aired 2015-10-20 | 1970s TV $400: This Robin Williams title alien was introduced on "Happy Days" as he tried to kidnap Richie Cunningham Mork |
| #7148, aired 2015-10-14 | DC-3 $400: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the Delta Flight Museum in Atlanta, GA.) The AM 24 on the fuselage commemorates Delta's early days, when the company flew Route 24 from Fort Worth, Texas to Charleston, South Carolina to deliver this air mail |
| #7148, aired 2015-10-14 | THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL & PREVENTION $2000: In a response to a 2012 outbreak, the CDC in 2 days developed a new test for this fungal disease of the spine meningitis |
| #7145, aired 2015-10-09 | THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME $200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta, GA.) Before his days as a Dallas Cowboy, this Fox NFL commentator made some waves as a Bruin hurler for UCLA (Troy) Aikman |
| #7145, aired 2015-10-09 | THOSE WERE THE DAYS $400: In Old Norse it was Odinsdagr Wednesday |
| #7145, aired 2015-10-09 | THOSE WERE THE DAYS $600: If it's Tuesday & you say it's Ziestag, you must be speaking old high this German |
| #7145, aired 2015-10-09 | THOSE WERE THE DAYS $800: Old Frenchies speaking Old French knew it as juesdi Thursday |
| #7145, aired 2015-10-09 | THOSE WERE THE DAYS $1000: Saturday was Sabbatodags in this language that had Ostro- & Visi-dialects Gothic |
| #7138, aired 2015-09-30 | JESUS $3,400 (Daily Double): ...ascended into heaven from atop this peak 40 days after his resurrection the Mount of Olives |
| #7135, aired 2015-09-25 | ALSO A CABINET DEPARTMENT $200: In 2011-12 a woman having triplets went through this for 75 days & had to lie nearly upside down for more than 10 weeks Labor |
| #7133, aired 2015-09-23 | GONNA MESS AROUND $1000: The happy days of Erin Moran & Scott Baio did not last long on the spin-off where "Joanie Loves" this character Chachi |
| #7132, aired 2015-09-22 | "B"OOKS $200: It's the huge 1992 bestseller about a photographer, a farm wife & 4 days in Iowa Bridges of Madison County |
| #7131, aired 2015-09-21 | SCHOOL DAYS $200: A member of the high school band, he turned down a music scholarship to pursue another dream... Bam! Emeril Lagasse |
| #7131, aired 2015-09-21 | RED-LETTER DAY $400: The abdication of this German leader was announced on Nov. 9, 1918, & WWI ended 2 days later Kaiser Wilhelm II |
| #7131, aired 2015-09-21 | SCHOOL DAYS $400: Good times never seem so good for this singer, who received a fencing scholarship to New York University Neil Diamond |
| #7131, aired 2015-09-21 | SCHOOL DAYS $600: It's now or never to name this rocker seen here in his high school freshman year in New Jersey Jon Bon Jovi |
| #7129, aired 2015-09-17 | BRITISH ROYAL HOUSES $1600: This house that collapsed in 9 days bore the name of an ill-fated lady Grey |
| #7128, aired 2015-09-16 | HISTORY $200: In 1924 he fasted for 21 days to ease Hindu-Muslim tensions & it worked Gandhi |
| #7125, aired 2015-07-31 | CRITTERATURE $400: The title geezer of this Hemingway tale catches a marlin after fighting it for 3 days The Old Man and the Sea |
| #7125, aired 2015-07-31 | AT THE MUSEUM $400: An Oregon science museum has the USS Blueback, one of these; in addition to its navy days, it was in "The Hunt For Red October" a submarine |
| #7125, aired 2015-07-31 | SLOGANS $800: A principle from the early days of the Boy Scouts is to do one of these "daily" a good deed |
| #7123, aired 2015-07-29 | INDEPENDENCE DAYS $400: On March 11, 1990 this southernmost Baltic republic became the first Soviet republic to declare independence Lithuania |
| #7123, aired 2015-07-29 | INDEPENDENCE DAYS $800: After 7 1/2 years of fighting, this North African country gained its independence from France on July 5, 1962 Algeria |
| #7123, aired 2015-07-29 | INDEPENDENCE DAYS $1,300 (Daily Double): On Sept. 21, 1981 this British colony became the last nation on the American mainland to gain independence Belize (or British Honduras) |
| #7123, aired 2015-07-29 | INDEPENDENCE DAYS $1600: On August 14 & 15 respectively, Pakistan & India mark their independence that happened in this post-WWII year 1947 |
| #7123, aired 2015-07-29 | INDEPENDENCE DAYS $2000: On the festive eve of Independence Day, Mexico's pres. reads a statement called "Grito de" this name that means "sorrows" Dolores |
| #7120, aired 2015-07-24 | TRANSPORTATION $800: Like Huck & Jim, a ship's steward named Poon Lim drifted on one of these--for 133 days before being rescued a raft |
| #7097, aired 2015-06-23 | HISTORICAL FILMS $1200: "55 Days at Peking", starring Charlton Heston & David Niven, tells the story of this 1900 insurrection the Boxer Rebellion |
| #7097, aired 2015-06-23 | LINES IN THE SAND $1200: "Like sands through" this, "so are the days of our lives", intoned the voice of MacDonald Carey the hourglass |
| #7096, aired 2015-06-22 | HUMAN ENDEAVOR $400: Pushing his body's limits, Dean Karnazes ran 50 of these in 50 states on 50 consecutive days in 2006 marathons |
| #7095, aired 2015-06-19 | I SAW IT ON THE INTERNET $1000: Articles at this site: "14 Animals that Have Swagger for Days" & "Which Harry Potter Character Is Your Drunk Alter Ego?" BuzzFeed |
| #7089, aired 2015-06-11 | 11th HOUR CLUES $1200: The bestselling novel "The Eleventh Victim" is loosely based on this TV host's days as an Atlanta prosecutor Nancy Grace |
| #7077, aired 2015-05-26 | JACK IN THE BOXING RING $400: In his 70s, long after his 1920s championship days, he flattened 2 men who tried to mug him Jack Dempsey |
| #7069, aired 2015-05-14 | GET RELIGION $800: In Judaism Sukkot, or Feast of Tabernacles, begins 5 days after this holy fast day Yom Kippur |
| #7068, aired 2015-05-13 | THE DAILY SHOW $800: The sands haven't run out for "DOOL", this soap that celebrated 50 years in 2015 The Days of Our Lives |
| #7068, aired 2015-05-13 | REMEMBER THE '80s? $2000: In the days before his January 1989 execution in Florida, he confessed to dozens of murders Ted Bundy |
| #7067, aired 2015-05-12 | TRAVELING AMONGST THE STARS $600: In 1987 this actress was "The Princess Bride" on film; these days she's married to politics on Netflix Robin Wright |
| #7067, aired 2015-05-12 | NUMBER 12 $600: A cost analysis of "The Twelve Days of Christmas" said these 12 12th day items would set you back $2,854.80 12 drummers drumming |
| #7062, aired 2015-05-05 | U.S. HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: Utah celebrates the Days of '47 on July 24, the day on which Brigham Young reached this valley the Salt Lake Valley |
| #7056, aired 2015-04-27 | THE VIETNAM WAR $200: The film "Last Days in Vietnam" details the fall of Saigon & the too-long-delayed evacuation of this facility the American embassy |
| #7054, aired 2015-04-23 | THE CALENDAR $400: This many months have 31 days 7 |
| #7049, aired 2015-04-16 | OLDE ENGLISH $800: O foul & dark time! This infamous event was borne in Pudding Lane & did rage for 5 awfull days in September of 1666 the Great London Fire |
| #7049, aired 2015-04-16 | CEREMONIES $800: In Oct. 2014 you could see this ceremony on even days of the month at Buckingham Palace; odd days, at Windsor Castle changing of the guard |
| #7045, aired 2015-04-10 | APRIL $400: This wicked awesome Boston venue hosted its first game on April 9, 1912, just a few days before the Titanic went down Fenway Park |
| #7040, aired 2015-04-03 | 1965 NO. 1 SONGS $1600: In March the Beatles had us all believing in this calendar impossibility "Eight Days A Week" |
| #7035, aired 2015-03-27 | ASIAN AMERICANS $800: Jerry Yang put an exclamation point on co-founding this web directory in 1994; these days, Jerry's worth about $2.2 billion Yahoo! |
| #7035, aired 2015-03-27 | TALK ABOUT THE CLIMATE $800: The length of the day affects a region's climate; at this latitude, days are always a nice even 12 hours 0 |
| #7030, aired 2015-03-20 | ANNUAL EVENTS $400: Little Big Horn days in Hardin, Montana includes a reenactment of this June 1876 event Little Bighorn (Custer's Last Stand) |
| #7030, aired 2015-03-20 | '80s TONY AWARDS $2000: She won her third Tony 2 days before her 74th birthday for her role in "Foxfire"; an Oscar would come at age 80 (Jessica) Tandy |
| #7010, aired 2015-02-20 | NEW YORK TIMES $200: Its 86th floor observatory is open 8 A.M. to 2 A.M., 365 days a year the Empire State Building |
| #7005, aired 2015-02-13 | COMEDIANS $400: These days, he can be seen at Crackle.com hosting the web series "Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee" (Jerry) Seinfeld |
| #6996, aired 2015-02-02 | RECENT NONFICTION $800: "My Happy Days in Hollywood" is the memoir of this TV writer, director & producer Garry Marshall |
| #6995, aired 2015-01-30 | BOOKS ABOUT PRESIDENTS $1,200 (Daily Double): Arthur Schlesinger Jr.'s Pulitzer Prize-winning book about the JFK administration is called this many "Days" A Thousand |
| #6994, aired 2015-01-29 | ABOUT TIME $1000: In 1752 calendars in Britain jumped forward 11 days following the switch to this the Gregorian calendar |
| #6993, aired 2015-01-28 | STATE OF THE NOVEL $400: "Lake Wobegon Days" Minnesota |
| #6992, aired 2015-01-27 | RENTING $200: In Alaska, a failure to pay utility bills can be grounds for this process against a tenant within 5 days eviction |
| #6988, aired 2015-01-21 | DANGEROUS WEATHER $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows time-elapse satellite imagery of a storm on the monitor.) On October 22, 2012, it began as a tropical depression over the Caribbean, Jamaica got it as a hurricane two days later & by October 29th, this superstorm had a 1,000-mile-wide diameter as it reached the eastern United States Sandy |
| #6983, aired 2015-01-14 | LUCKY '13 $400: Carole Middleton served as his nanny in the days immediately following his July 2013 birth (Prince) George |
| #6975, aired 2015-01-02 | A NOVEL CATEGORY $800: At last count there were 16 books in this apocalyptic series that began with "A Novel of the Earth's Last Days" Left Behind |
| #6972, aired 2014-12-30 | 11-LETTER WORDS $800: A pilot who, in the early days of aviation, would travel to towns & perform aerial stunts above local farm fields a barnstormer |
| #6971, aired 2014-12-29 | CLASSIC GAME SHOWS $800: In 1980 Lt. Thom McKee made history & a whole lot of "Dough", $312,700, during his 46 days on this show Tic Tac Dough |
| #6959, aired 2014-12-11 | FRENCH LIT $800: "Le tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours" is the French title of this 1873 book Around the World in Eighty Days |
| #6959, aired 2014-12-11 | FRENCH LIT $1600: "120 Days of Sodom" by this man was published in 1904, nearly 100 years after his death the Marquis de Sade |
| #6957, aired 2014-12-09 | SEE HOW THEY RAN $200: In his younger days, this then-vice-presidential candidate walked a 1920 parade route with running mate James Cox Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
| #6953, aired 2014-12-03 | MOVIES $600: The latest movie about these mutants is "Days of Future Past"; what does that even mean? X-Men |
| #6949, aired 2014-11-27 | THE DAWN OF THE ATOMIC AGE $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents the clue from Los Alamos, NM.) In 1945, the Quonset hut here was used to assemble the implosion type atomic device called "Fat Man" that would explode over this city days after Hiroshima was bombed Nagasaki |
| #6944, aired 2014-11-20 | TODAY'S MUSIC $400: After announcing that the "Dog Days Are Over", this British band urged us to "Shake It Out, Shake It Out" Florence and the Machine |
| #6926, aired 2014-10-27 | STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON'S ENCYCLOPEDIA $600: In 1954 this Italian "was given the first special Atomic Energy Commission award... Days later he died of cancer" (Enrico) Fermi |
| #6920, aired 2014-10-17 | BROADWAY MUSICALS BY SONG $1600: Reuben & Brothers:
"Those Canaan Days" Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat |
| #6916, aired 2014-10-13 | A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES $2,000 (Daily Double): (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows notes and a map on the monitor.) Union soldiers found Robert E. Lee's handwritten plans wrapped around three cigars & lying in a field east of Sharpsburg, Maryland, four days before this bloody 1862 battle Antietam |
| #6909, aired 2014-10-02 | NFL THURSDAY: THE STARTING LINEUP $200: He's seen here
in his playing days during his 14-year NFL
career with the Giants Phil Simms |
| #6909, aired 2014-10-02 | 2-SYLLABLE WORDS $400: Our 5-day this, a prediction of the future? You'll be sad for 5 days if you don't ring in now forecast |
| #6906, aired 2014-09-29 | "CAT" PEOPLE $1200: She found "Big Trouble in Little China" before her days on "Sex & the City" Kim Cattrall |
| #6906, aired 2014-09-29 | HISTORICAL HAIKU $2000: 10 days, that's too much /
I don't want the crown, she said /
16 & headless Jane Grey |
| #6889, aired 2014-07-24 | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS $1,000 (Daily Double): As this book begins, Santiago had "gone eighty-four days... without taking a fish" The Old Man and the Sea |
| #6875, aired 2014-07-04 | THE 6 WIVES OF HENRY VIII $5,000 (Daily Double): She died 12 days after childbirth & is buried next to Henry Jane Seymour |
| #6874, aired 2014-07-03 | GLORY DAYS $200: This religion's festival of colors is celebrated by throwing colored powder & water to honor the god Krishna Hinduism |
| #6874, aired 2014-07-03 | GLORY DAYS $400: On New Year's Eve the Dutch hold bonfires of these, which were a centerpiece of the home just a week before Christmas trees |
| #6874, aired 2014-07-03 | GLORY DAYS $600: The Texas Cavaliers River Parade is a centerpiece of this annual San Antonio event, "party" in Spanish the fiesta |
| #6874, aired 2014-07-03 | GLORY DAYS $1,000 (Daily Double): April 9 is Bataan Day, aka Day of Valor, on the Bataan Peninsula & in the rest of this nation the Philippines |
| #6874, aired 2014-07-03 | GLORY DAYS $1000: Jamhuri is Swahili for "republic", & this country's Jamhuri Day celebrates its independence from Great Britain Kenya |
| #6873, aired 2014-07-02 | LITERARY QUOTES $800: In 1896 Ernest Dowson wrote, "They are not long, the days of" these 2 things (never imagining it as a film title) wine & roses |
| #6862, aired 2014-06-17 | SOLVE FOR x $400: In 2016 there will be x calendar days 366 |
| #6855, aired 2014-06-06 | NUMBERS FOR BOOKIES $400: "Around the World in ____ Days" 80 |
| #6850, aired 2014-05-30 | POETIC LINES $1600: "Thou wast not born for death, immortal bird!... the voice I hear this passing night was heard in ancient days" "Ode to a Nightingale" |
| #6848, aired 2014-05-28 | OOO, SORRY $200: This Jewish holiday concludes the 10 Days of Repentance Yom Kippur |
| #6846, aired 2014-05-26 | THE ATLANTIC $2,200 (Daily Double): In 1933 she wrote about what she'd look at if she had sight for 3 days: Rembrandts, Fifth Avenue, the face of her dog Helga... Helen Keller |
| #6843, aired 2014-05-21 | THE SECRETARY OF WAR $2000: Secretary during the Civil War, he died 4 days after Grant appointed him to the Supreme Court Edwin Stanton |
| #6842, aired 2014-05-20 | I WILL SURVIVE! $400: In 1995 Capt. Scott O'Grady, downed over Bosnia, survived 6 days by eating non-chocolate-covered these ants |
| #6842, aired 2014-05-20 | I WILL SURVIVE! $2000: The USA's top WWI flying ace, he survived 24 days lost at sea during WWII, subsisting on seagulls Eddie Rickenbacker |
| #6840, aired 2014-05-16 | OSCAR-WINNING SONGS $1000: 1962:
The title theme from "Days Of Wine And Roses" by Johnny Mercer & him Henry Mancini |
| #6839, aired 2014-05-15 | HISTORIC DAYS $400: April 14, 1865 the Lincoln assassination |
| #6839, aired 2014-05-15 | HISTORIC DAYS $800: August 15, 1945 V-J Day |
| #6839, aired 2014-05-15 | HISTORIC DAYS $1200: May 29, 1453 the fall of Constantinople |
| #6839, aired 2014-05-15 | HISTORIC DAYS $1600: April 30, 1975 the end of the Vietnam War |
| #6839, aired 2014-05-15 | HISTORIC DAYS $2,000 (Daily Double): December 15, 1791 the ratification of the Bill of Rights |
| #6830, aired 2014-05-02 | DEAR DIARY $1200: He made the BBC documentary "Around the World in 80 Days" & published his diaries "The Python Years" Michael Palin |
| #6828, aired 2014-04-30 | DAD TV $400: Howard Cunningham Happy Days |
| #6827, aired 2014-04-29 | DAM LIES $200: Russia's Bratsk Dam lies in this region where there's frost most days of the year Siberia |
| #6819, aired 2014-04-17 | HISTORIC DAYS $200: July 20, 1969 moon landing |
| #6819, aired 2014-04-17 | HISTORIC DAYS $400: May 8, 1945 VE day |
| #6819, aired 2014-04-17 | HISTORIC DAYS $600: April 14, 1912 the Titanic sinking |
| #6819, aired 2014-04-17 | HISTORIC DAYS $800: May 21, 1927 Lindbergh flight across Atlantic |
| #6819, aired 2014-04-17 | HISTORIC DAYS $1000: Jan, 24, 1848
(out West) gold discovered in California |
| #6819, aired 2014-04-17 | CELEBRITY EPITAPHS $1600: This "Happy Days" actor: "Fiorello, sheriff, priest...and forever 'Mr. C.'" Tom Bosley |
| #6807, aired 2014-04-01 | WORLD NEWSPAPERS $400: In 1993 Boris Yeltsin shut down this newspaper for 30 days for inciting armed rebellion Pravda |
| #6801, aired 2014-03-24 | RECENT NONFICTION $2000: This mega-preacher's book "Every Day a Friday" seeks to teach us "How To Be Happier 7 Days a Week" Joel Osteen |
| #6797, aired 2014-03-18 | RHYME PAYS $400: Proverbially, "a month of" them is a long long time Sundays |
| #6795, aired 2014-03-14 | CONTEMPORARIES $600: Amundsen reached the South Pole in December 1911, a few days after she received her second Nobel Prize Marie Curie |
| #6792, aired 2014-03-11 | SNACK FACT $600: Despite what you might have heard, Hostess said this golden snack has a shelf life of 45 days, not 25 years a Twinkie |
| #6789, aired 2014-03-06 | ON THE BOOKSHELF $200: This Hemingway novel takes place over 3 days near Segovia, Spain in 1937 For Whom the Bell Tolls |
| #6785, aired 2014-02-28 | SPEECH! $800: (Vice President Biden delivers the clue.) As vice president this man gave a speech to West Berliners just days after construction of the wall began, pledging protection of access to the city LBJ (Lyndon Baines Johnson) |
| #6784, aired 2014-02-27 | SITCOM BY EPISODES $400: "Sexual Harassment Panda,"
"The Death of Eric Cartman",
"Two Days Before the Day After Tomorrow" South Park |
| #6783, aired 2014-02-26 | UP $200: Although their "first" successful flight occured on Dec. 17, 1903, Wilbur had a 112-foot flight 3 days earlier the Wright Brothers |
| #6780, aired 2014-02-21 | NOTABLE NAMES $1000: One of Henry VIII's grandnieces was this lady who was the titular queen of England for 9 days Jane Grey |
| #6777, aired 2014-02-18 | CELEBRITIES & THE LAW $400: No longer a "Teenage Drama Queen", in 2013 she was sentenced to 90 days in rehab after a Porsche mishap Lindsay Lohan |
| #6774, aired 2014-02-13 | HISTORIC AMERICANS $200: Before his days on the Supreme Court, he was chief of the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund Thurgood Marshall |
| #6768, aired 2014-02-05 | '80s BABIES $1600: She survived for 21 days in 1984 with a transplanted baboon heart Baby Fae |
| #6765, aired 2014-01-31 | 31 DAYS OF OSCAR $400: (Ben Mankiewicz reads.) Years later, Deborah Kerr said of the love scene in this movie, "I am still astounded by how extraordinarily erotic it is" From Here to Eternity |
| #6765, aired 2014-01-31 | 31 DAYS OF OSCAR $800: (Ben Mankiewicz reads.) Director Jonathan Demme lost a close friend to AIDS, prompting him to make this film with Tom Hanks as a dying patient Philadelphia |
| #6765, aired 2014-01-31 | A MONTH OF ANNUAL EVENTS $1000: Nine days of Posada (in Mexico),
Boxing Day (in England) December |
| #6765, aired 2014-01-31 | 31 DAYS OF OSCAR $1200: (Ben Mankiewicz reads.) This 1934 classic was the first movie to win Oscars in the 5 major categories, including Best Actor & Actress It Happened One Night |
| #6765, aired 2014-01-31 | 31 DAYS OF OSCAR $1600: (Ben Mankiewicz reads.) Bette Davis had wanted the part of Martha in this film & Elizabeth Taylor does a little Davis impression when she says to Richard Burton's character George, "What a dump!" Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? |
| #6765, aired 2014-01-31 | 31 DAYS OF OSCAR $2000: (Ben Mankiewicz reads.) Scenic spots in Palm Springs & a humongous set on a Columbia Pictures backlot were used to create this Utopian land in 1937's "Lost Horizon" Shangri-La |
| #6764, aired 2014-01-30 | MATH PROBLEMS $1200: Matt served the calendar years 2009 through 2013 in prison, so he marked off this many first days of the month 60 |
| #6759, aired 2014-01-23 | READ THE BOOK, SAW IT ON HBO $2000: Evan Wright's book about a marine battalion in the early days of the Iraq War was the basis for "Generation" this Kill |
| #6754, aired 2014-01-16 | A NOVEL CATEGORY $400: (Kelly of the Clue Crew delivers the clue.) From London's Reform Club to the first stop in Egypt, across India, then on to Yokohama, to the
penultimate stop in New York, here's the route taken in this Jules Verne novel Around the World in Eighty Days |
| #6752, aired 2014-01-14 | LOST & FOUND $1000: Discovered by Galileo in 1610, this moon takes 3.55 days to orbit Jupiter; how continental! Europa |
| #6750, aired 2014-01-10 | "AD" VERBS $600: The constitution says "Neither house...shall" do this for more than 3 days without permission from the other adjourn |
| #6749, aired 2014-01-09 | KIDDY LIT $2000: While spending his school days at Rugby, this title student is harassed by Flashman, the school bully Tom Brown |
| #6748, aired 2014-01-08 | PLAYING LINCOLN $400: Raymond Massey showed us Lincoln in his younger days in 1940's "Abe Lincoln in" this state Illinois |
| #6743, aired 2014-01-01 | WRITERS IN PRISON $7,200 (Daily Double): He spent 30 days in jail for vagrancy in 1894 before heading to the Klondike, the setting for some of his best stories Jack London |
| #6741, aired 2013-12-30 | "HAPPY" HOUR $200: It made The Fonz a star Happy Days |
| #6739, aired 2013-12-26 | LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI $1000: Named for an Indian princess, the city of Winona in this state has been a vital port since the days of paddle wheelers Minnesota |
| #6739, aired 2013-12-26 | THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION $1600: This man's "Ten Days that Shook the World" was the 1st major account of the revolution to appear in the United States John Reed |
| #6728, aired 2013-12-11 | RECENT HISTORY $800: In 2010, after 69 days trapped underground, 33 miners were rescued in this country Chile |
| #6724, aired 2013-12-05 | ALLITERATION $1200: Named for the star Sirius, they're from July 3 to August 11 each summer the dog days |
| #6722, aired 2013-12-03 | HOLY DAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: This 40-day period of fasting & penitence begins on Ash Wednesday Lent |
| #6722, aired 2013-12-03 | HOLY DAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: Id al-Fitr is a Muslim day of feasting immediately following this holy period Ramadan |
| #6722, aired 2013-12-03 | HOLY DAYS & OBSERVANCES $600: Holy Innocents' Day on December 28 commemorates the killing of children by order of this king Herod |
| #6722, aired 2013-12-03 | HOLY DAYS & OBSERVANCES $800: It's the Jewish day of atonement Yom Kippur |
| #6722, aired 2013-12-03 | HOLY DAYS & OBSERVANCES $1000: Between late October & mid November Hindus celebrate this festival of lights Diwali |
| #6718, aired 2013-11-27 | SEQUELS $2000: "28 Weeks Later" is a sequel to this film 28 Days Later |
| #6713, aired 2013-11-20 | WHO PLAYED THE SNL CHARACTER? $400: In the early days of the show, Samurai Futaba (John) Belushi |
| #6708, aired 2013-11-13 | TV SHOWS BY NERD $800: Jefferson High School student Potsie Weber Happy Days |
| #6701, aired 2013-11-04 | FLORA! FLORA! FLORA! $200: This plant native to the Carolinas takes about half a second to catch its prey & about 10 days to digest it the Venus Flytrap |
| #6700, aired 2013-11-01 | IT'S ABOUT TIME $400: The traditional number of days in a U.S. school year, it's the title of a PBS "Inside An American High School" program 180 |
| #6697, aired 2013-10-29 | MANNED SPACE FLIGHT $1600: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a diagram of the Earth, Moon & a spacecraft.) 205,000 miles away from Earth, an explosion forced a free return trajectory around the Moon for this Apollo flight, landing in the Pacific 4 terrifying days later Apollo 13 |
| #6695, aired 2013-10-25 | 1960s NEWSMAKERS $800: His eye patch became a familiar sight after he was made Israel's Defense Minister 4 days before the 6-Day War (Moshe) Dayan |
| #6690, aired 2013-10-18 | HERE COMES 30! $200: The 4 months of exactly 30 days each; remember the rhyme! April, June, November & September |
| #6686, aired 2013-10-14 | CURRENT EVENTS $500 (Daily Double): In 2012 a Scottish skipper found one of these, also a song by the Police; it had been adrift for 97 years & 309 days a message in a bottle |
| #6685, aired 2013-10-11 | MOVIES BY THE NUMBERS $2000: With Harrison Ford & Anne Heche:
"_____ Days _____ Nights" 6 Days, 7 Nights |
| #6684, aired 2013-10-10 | PLAY BALL MUSIC $400: This Springsteen song starts "I had a friend was a big baseball player back in high school" "Glory Days" |
| #6683, aired 2013-10-09 | WEIRD TOP 40 HITS $800: It wasn't "Blue Velvet", but the song "The Days Of Sand & Shovels" also charted for this singer Bobby Vinton |
| #6682, aired 2013-10-08 | EVACUATE! $800: This capital was evacuated & Napoleon's troops occupied it for 35 days until food shortages forced them out Moscow |
| #6680, aired 2013-10-04 | LIFE IS A SOAP OPERA $400: Like sands through the hourglass, so goes this drama & Alison Sweeney, too; she's been on the show for 20 years Days of Our Lives |
| #6679, aired 2013-10-03 | INDEPENDENCE DAYS $400: A country that existed for more than 70 years broke up January 1, 1993, giving birth to these two European nations the Czech Republic and Slovakia |
| #6679, aired 2013-10-03 | INDEPENDENCE DAYS $800: With the help of the U.S., it broke away from Colombia & declared independence on November 3, 1903 Panama |
| #6679, aired 2013-10-03 | INDEPENDENCE DAYS $2,000 (Daily Double): (Kelly of the Clue Crew delivers the clue.) Portugal's 1974 change in government led to the end of an over 500-year colonial involvement in Africa & the independence of several former colonies, including these two Mozambique and Angola |
| #6678, aired 2013-10-02 | FIRE! $200: On Oct. 10, 1871, after 2 days, unbuilt lots, rainfall & Lake Michigan quelled a huge fire in this city Chicago |
| #6678, aired 2013-10-02 | AIM! $400: Guinness reported the youngest male golfer to achieve this singular feat was 4 years & 195 days old a hole-in-one |
| #6677, aired 2013-10-01 | DAYS $200: The American Tolkien society honors these fictional creatures with their own day on September 22 hobbits |
| #6677, aired 2013-10-01 | DAYS $400: May 28, 1892 is the founding day of this conservation club the Sierra Club |
| #6677, aired 2013-10-01 | DAYS $600: The date Congress authorized it, October 1 is the birthday of this national park, menaced by fire in the summer of 2013 Yosemite |
| #6677, aired 2013-10-01 | DAYS $800: On the Catholic calendar, Dec. 28 is Childermas, remembering the slaughter of the innocents in this biblical town Bethlehem |
| #6677, aired 2013-10-01 | DAYS $1000: October 29 in Turkey is this "Day", the kind of country Turkey became when the monarchy was overthrown Republic |
| #6668, aired 2013-09-18 | NEPO-TV-ISM $1200: This one of the "Friends":
Daughter of John, a cast regular on "Days of Our Lives" since 1985 (Jennifer) Aniston |
| #6663, aired 2013-07-31 | WORLD HISTORY $1600: The Gregorian one of these replaced the Julian one in 1582 & moved the date forward 10 days to catch things up a calendar |
| #6661, aired 2013-07-29 | KIDS THESE DAYS $200: Ryan Hreljac inspired the Ryan's Well Foundation, which has brought sources of clean this to nearly a million people water |
| #6661, aired 2013-07-29 | KIDS THESE DAYS $400: At the age of 15, Jack Andraka won an Intel Award for a noninvasive method of early detection for the pancreatic form of this disease cancer |
| #6661, aired 2013-07-29 | KIDS THESE DAYS $600: Katie's Krops, which grows food for the hungry, began when Katie Stagliano grew a 40-lb. one of these sauerkraut veggies cabbage |
| #6661, aired 2013-07-29 | KIDS THESE DAYS $800: On a British TV show, 8-year-old Ainan Cawley took just 4 minutes to correctly recite this mathematical ratio to 518 digits pi |
| #6661, aired 2013-07-29 | KIDS THESE DAYS $1000: This world-record-keeping organization named 9-year-old Ethan Bortnick youngest to headline a solo concert tour the Guinness Book of World Records |
| #6657, aired 2013-07-23 | THE CALENDAR $400: It takes about 365 1/4 days for the earth to orbit the sun, so we get one of these on the calendar every 4 years a leap day (leap year accepted) |
| #6654, aired 2013-07-18 | LONG MOVIE TITLES $400: 2003: "How To" achieve this feat "In 10 Days" Lose a Guy |
| #6653, aired 2013-07-17 | 1813 $2000: The French Imperial Guard marched 90 miles in 3 days to smash some china & win the battle of this German city Dresden |
| #6648, aired 2013-07-10 | "R" IS FOR RELIGION $400: In Tibetan Buddhism the dead are believed to spend up to 49 days in bardo before this happens reincarnation |
| #6646, aired 2013-07-08 | LITERARY FLORIDA $400: Tennessee Williams passed many days in this southernmost Florida town & recalled it fondly in his memoirs Key West |
| #6644, aired 2013-07-04 | WHAT'S ON YOUR iPOD? $800: (CNN correspondent Lizzie O'Leary delivers the clue.) I'm having a flashback to my high school days lately, listening to the hip-hop trio known as "A Tribe Called" this Quest |
| #6632, aired 2013-06-18 | CIVIL WAR MILITARY MEN $1200: Known for his "Charge" at Gettysburg, he was relieved of his command days prior to Appomattox Pickett |
| #6632, aired 2013-06-18 | GONE $2000: In the old days if someone held the job of a hostler, he was employed to tend these animals at an inn horses |
| #6630, aired 2013-06-14 | APOLLO 11 $400: All 8 days, 3 hours, 18 minutes & 35 seconds of Apollo 11's mission took place in this month & year July, 1969 |
| #6630, aired 2013-06-14 | YOU SIX-Y THING $800: In the "12 Days Of Christmas", you get this fowl on the 6th day geese |
| #6620, aired 2013-05-31 | THE VIETNAM WAR $200: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from Vietnam.) On November 24, 1963, just two days after taking office, this man, who escalated the war, told his advisers, "I'm not going to lose Vietnam. I'm not going to let Vietnam go the way of China" Lyndon Johnson |
| #6613, aired 2013-05-22 | ANNUAL EVENTS $1000: 5K & 10K races are part of the Freeze Yer Gizzard Blizzard Run during Icebox Days in International Falls in this state Minnesota |
| #6612, aired 2013-05-21 | THE DAYS OF THE STAGECOACH $400: "The Attack on the Deadwood Stage" was an attraction in the Wild West shows of this man who once drove a coach himself Buffalo Bill |
| #6612, aired 2013-05-21 | THE DAYS OF THE STAGECOACH $800: One stagecoach line posted a rule permitting the use of this, but you had to "spit with the wind, not against it" chewing tobacco |
| #6612, aired 2013-05-21 | THE DAYS OF THE STAGECOACH $1200: A luxury coach was named for this New Hampshire "C"ity; today there's a bus service of the same name Concord |
| #6612, aired 2013-05-21 | THE DAYS OF THE STAGECOACH $1600: This word came before "box" in the name of the locked iron container that held valuables during a stagecoach trip strong |
| #6612, aired 2013-05-21 | THE DAYS OF THE STAGECOACH $2000: John Butterfield, who got an 1857 contract to set up a coach route for this, had the motto "nothing on God's earth must stop" it the U.S. Mail |
| #6598, aired 2013-05-01 | MY 3 SONGS $400: A Jersey boy:
"Prove It All Night",
"Born In The U.S.A.",
"Glory Days" Bruce Springsteen |
| #6598, aired 2013-05-01 | THE ROOSEVELTS $800: From 1935 to 1962, 6 days a week, this member of the clan wrote the newspaper column "My Day" Eleanor |
| #6592, aired 2013-04-23 | I NEED A "BREAK" $800: These days a home's fuse box usually holds these, not fuses; go ahead & reset it, honey! a circuit breaker |
| #6584, aired 2013-04-11 | A PLACE IN THE SUN $400: Almost all your days will be sunny in San Pedro de this Chilean desert Atacama |
| #6584, aired 2013-04-11 | THE BALL $800: On Sept. 24, 2012 the Packers lost on a ruling that the Seahawks had the ball; 3 days later, these men were back at work NFL referees |
| #6581, aired 2013-04-08 | INSPIRED BRITISH COMEDY $1600: "Days Like These", also set decades ago & keeping Eric Forman as the lead's name That '70s Show |
| #6578, aired 2013-04-03 | APRIL $600: These 2 men were born a few days apart in April 1889; one satirized the other in "The Great Dictator" Chaplin & Hitler |
| #6578, aired 2013-04-03 | 1993: 20 YEARS AGO IN FILM $1000: The title star of this film was indeed released & lived the rest of its days in the fjords of Norway Free Willy |
| #6571, aired 2013-03-25 | THE PASSION $1000: (Sarah presents the clue from Jerusalem.) The last of the Stations of the Cross, covered by a slab installed in 1555 and purposely cracked so it wouldn't be looted, is the tomb where Jesus lay for this many days 3 days |
| #6571, aired 2013-03-25 | THE END OF THE STORY $1600: "He brought back ...a charming woman...would you not for less than that make the tour around the world?" Around the World in 80 Days |
| #6565, aired 2013-03-15 | AMERICAN ANNUAL EVENTS $1200: This liquor flows for 6 days at a September festival celebrating it in Bardstown, Kentucky Bourbon |
| #6564, aired 2013-03-14 | THE 1930s $200: On May 21, 1934 this duo attended a party at Black Lake, Louisiana; 2 days later, they were killed by the law Bonnie & Clyde |
| #6555, aired 2013-03-01 | PRESIDENTIAL POOCHES $1,000 (Daily Double): Thomas Jefferson owned 2 briards that were a gift from this Frenchman LaFayette |
| #6542, aired 2013-02-12 | THE WEATHER & GEOGRAPHY REPORT $400: Want variety? Over two days in 1916 the temperature in Browning, in this state, went from 44 to -56 degrees Montana |
| #6536, aired 2013-02-04 | U HAVE 2 SIGN MY YEARBOOK $600: Have a gr8 one of these, found before "squash" & after "(500) Days of" summer |
| #6534, aired 2013-01-31 | JEWISH STARS $2000: Seen here in his more hirsute days, this one-named singer fuses orthodoxy & reggae Matisyahu |
| #6527, aired 2013-01-22 | SONGS FOR YOUR CAT $2000: Kitty can't help but rock out when she hears Florence + the Machine belt out the hit called these "Are Over" "Dog Days" |
| #6525, aired 2013-01-18 | THE SILVER STATE $600: Days before leaving office in 1861, this president signed the act creating the Territory of Nevada Buchanan |
| #6523, aired 2013-01-16 | THE 8th CENTURY $400: In 752 Stephen was elected this but died days later without being consecrated, so he's not listed as an official one a pope |
| #6522, aired 2013-01-15 | WORLD HISTORY $4,000 (Daily Double): Count de Chabrol really liked to count; he coined this term for Napoleon's brief return, March 20 - July 8, 1815 the Hundred Days |
| #6521, aired 2013-01-14 | ENGLISH LITERATURE $2,400 (Daily Double): Edward Bulwer-Lytton's 1834 novel set in 79 A.D. is titled "The Last Days of" this place Pompeii |
| #6517, aired 2013-01-08 | GUINNESS RECORDS $800: In 2011 a Belgian completed his 365th one of these sporting events in 365 days--that's 9,569 miles a marathon |
| #6516, aired 2013-01-07 | DAYS OF YORE $400: The object that caused quite a stir as the "Great Comet" of 1531" is now known as this Halley's Comet |
| #6516, aired 2013-01-07 | DAYS OF YORE $1200: In 1505 this writer established a Florentine militia Machiavelli |
| #6516, aired 2013-01-07 | DAYS OF YORE $1600: Legend has it that around 550 Byzantine ruler Justinian sent monks to China to smuggle out these lepidopterans silkworms |
| #6516, aired 2013-01-07 | DAYS OF YORE $2000: 9th century English King Alfred the Great is said to have used calibrated candles to measure this time |
| #6516, aired 2013-01-07 | DAYS OF YORE $3,000 (Daily Double): This mixture of potassium nitrate, sulfur & charcoal was perfected by the Chinese around 1000 A.D. gunpowder |
| #6514, aired 2013-01-03 | SHELF RELIANCE $400: For raw eggs, it's the period of 3-4 weeks after the "sell by" date; for hard-boiled, it's 7 days, with the shell on shelf life |
| #6509, aired 2012-12-27 | SPEED WRITING $1600: This "Perry Mason" author wrote "The Case of the Velvet Claws" in 3 1/2 days while working as a lawyer Erle Stanley Gardner |
| #6504, aired 2012-12-20 | WEBCAMS $800: Had some good times back in your merchant marine days in this biggest German port? Relive them via webcam Hamburg |
| #6502, aired 2012-12-18 | THE 12th CENTURY $800: In 1181 this type of exploding star lit up the nighttime sky in Cassiopeia & remained visible for 185 days a supernova |
| #6498, aired 2012-12-12 | BREAD $200: Hot cross buns are traditionally served on this day, 2 days before Easter Good Friday |
| #6495, aired 2012-12-07 | FRENCH COUSINE $2000: The 1572 Paris wedding of King Henri to his cousin was the "Scarlet Nuptials"--this massacre was just days later the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre |
| #6493, aired 2012-12-05 | POPULAR MECHANICS $400: Aaaaaay! This "Happy Days" mechanic got out of the garage to be Dean of Boys at a vocational high school the Fonz |
| #6487, aired 2012-11-27 | ANCIENT JERUSALEM $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows us the model of ancient Jerusalem at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem.) At the west end of the second temple was the section called the Holy of the Holies, entered only once a year on this holiest of days in Judaism Yom Kippur |
| #6481, aired 2012-11-19 | SOLVE FOR x $800: 20 - x = days in a fortnight 6 |
| #6476, aired 2012-11-12 | TWO'S DAY $1200: In "The 12 Days of Christmas", it's the gift on the second day two turtledoves |
| #6471, aired 2012-11-05 | WHAT'S CHASING YOU?! $400: "30 Days of Night" & "Fright Night" vampires |
| #6470, aired 2012-11-02 | CROSBY $200: Each December Bing Crosby makes our days merry & bright with this song that charted for him 6 different times "White Christmas" |
| #6457, aired 2012-10-16 | BRAND NAMES $200: Until 1914, before its days as a mouthwash, this antiseptic brand was only available to doctors & dentists Listerine |
| #6456, aired 2012-10-15 | THE ASSASSINATION OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN $400: (Alex stands on the stage of Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C.) Police work in those days could be a little bit shoddy: hours after the murder, a man named William Kent came back to the presidential box looking for his keys; what he found was the murder weapon, the small .44-caliber single-shot pistol bearing the name of this Philadelphia gunsmith who invented it Henry Deringer |
| #6453, aired 2012-10-10 | IT'S GETTING WARM $600: In 1913 this California low point had 5 straight days of at least 129 degrees Death Valley |
| #6442, aired 2012-09-25 | DAYTIME SOAPS FOR SHORT $2000: It's set in the fictitious Midwest town of Salem:
"DOOL" Days of Our Lives |
| #6439, aired 2012-09-20 | LET'S GET TOGETHER $800: Just days before this "Legally Blonde" actress' 36th birthday, news broke that she & 2nd hubby Jim Toth were expecting Reese Witherspoon |
| #6439, aired 2012-09-20 | THE WORLD ALMANAC NO. 1 $800: Get ready to samba! This South American nation leads the world in worker time off with 41 paid days off a year Brazil |
| #6422, aired 2012-07-17 | ARTHUR $2000: A decade after his JFK book "A Thousand Days", this historian wrote "Robert Kennedy and his times" (Arthur) Schlesinger(, Jr.) |
| #6419, aired 2012-07-12 | 30 ROCK $400: Jack Donaghy, played by this man, was "working the dayshift at that graveyard & the graveyard shift at that Days Inn" Alec Baldwin |
| #6417, aired 2012-07-10 | FAMOUS AFRICAN AMERICANS $800: This tennis player's memoir "Days of Grace" was published posthumously in 1993 Arthur Ashe |
| #6413, aired 2012-07-04 | SPIRITUALS $1200: "Lord I want to be in that number when" this happens when the saints go marching in |
| #6412, aired 2012-07-03 | THEY DIED WITH THEIR BOOZE ON $1,500 (Daily Double): He died in Babylon in 323 B.C., a few days after a drinking bout & a few months after declaring himself a god Alexander the Great |
| #6410, aired 2012-06-29 | HISTORIC DAYS OF OUR LIVES $200: (The Days Of Our Lives cast delivers the clue.) Elvis, you are going too far with your latest nefarious scheme, it reminds me of...
I know, father--this man's scheming that made him leader of Norway on February 1, 1942; I kind of admire him Vidkun Quisling |
| #6410, aired 2012-06-29 | HISTORIC DAYS OF OUR LIVES $400: (The Days Of Our Lives cast delivers the clue.) Now Will, your turbulent life & your confused paternity make me hope you can reach a point like March 24, 1522.
You mean when this founder of the Jesuits spent the night in prayer before leaving his wild youth behind?
You got it! Ignatius of Loyola |
| #6410, aired 2012-06-29 | HISTORIC DAYS OF OUR LIVES $600 (Daily Double): (The Days Of Our Lives cast delivers the clue.) Carrie, I'm really sorry I missed your wedding--I know you marrying Austin was a once in a lifetime event.
Yes, I felt like Mary I of England on July 25, 1554 marrying Philip II of this Catholic country Spain |
| #6409, aired 2012-06-28 | LENNON $800: John admitted, "But now these days are gone, I'm not so self-assured" in the lyrics of this song "Help!" |
| #6405, aired 2012-06-22 | PHOENICIA PHUN $1200: The Phoenicians celebrated this on the Autumnal Equinox; we celebrate it about 100 days later New Year's |
| #6393, aired 2012-06-06 | ROYAL RELATIVES $1000: On Oct. 24, 1537, just 12 days after her son Edward was born, this wife of Henry VIII died Jane Seymour |
| #6391, aired 2012-06-04 | BIG PLAYS IN THE BIBLE $1000: What an amazing comeback! John 11 reported he "hath been dead 4 days", but now he's up & going back onto the field! Lazarus |
| #6388, aired 2012-05-30 | ANAGRAMS $800: Wander down the road without this prison chief's OK & you might get thirty days in the hole the warden |
| #6384, aired 2012-05-24 | MY SALAD DAYS $200: Monday is for Panzanella, an Italian salad whose name suggests it will have healthy chunks of this bread |
| #6384, aired 2012-05-24 | MY SALAD DAYS $400: On the way home on Tuesdays, I stop at Long John Silver's & get a couple pounds of this cabbage salad coleslaw |
| #6384, aired 2012-05-24 | MY SALAD DAYS $600: Wednesdays, try this alliterative salad filled with poultry &, of course, mandarin oranges Chinese chicken salad |
| #6384, aired 2012-05-24 | MY SALAD DAYS $800: Thursdays, start with this type of salad seen here, basically, a large section of lettuce with lots of blue cheese a wedge salad |
| #6384, aired 2012-05-24 | MY SALAD DAYS $1000: At a Saturday dinner party, presentation is key, so we serve composed salads, the opposite of this style a tossed salad |
| #6383, aired 2012-05-23 | TV LOCATIONS $800: Before moving to Colorado, Mork from Ork first appeared on Earth in this city Milwaukee |
| #6382, aired 2012-05-22 | GIVE ME A PRIZE! $600: He won a 1987 spoken word Grammy for "Lake Wobegon Days" Garrison Keillor |
| #6381, aired 2012-05-21 | SOUNDS LIKE 2 LETTERS $600: Title number of days needed by Phileas Fogg to traverse the globe eighty |
| #6379, aired 2012-05-17 | THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD $400: Look out, Adam Sandler! Senator Orrin Hatch's many songs include "Eight Days Of" this Hanukkah |
| #6378, aired 2012-05-16 | POLITICAL CINEMA $400: "Thirteen Days", starring Kevin Costner, was based on the events surrounding this 1962 crisis the Cuban Missile Crisis |
| #6375, aired 2012-05-11 | MAY DAYS $200: On May 30, 1536, just days after his wife Anne Boleyn was beheaded, he married Jane Seymour Henry VIII |
| #6375, aired 2012-05-11 | MAY DAYS $400: On May 29, 1953, this New Zealander & his guide Tenzing became the first men to reach the top of Mount Everest (Edmund) Hillary |
| #6375, aired 2012-05-11 | MAY DAYS $600: In May of 1607 captain John Smith arrived at the Virginia site where he would help establish this settlement Jamestown |
| #6375, aired 2012-05-11 | MAY DAYS $800: Partly to expand U.S. territory, Congress declared war on this country May 13, 1846 Mexico |
| #6375, aired 2012-05-11 | MAY DAYS $1000: She made history May 4, 1979 when she became Britain's first female prime minister Margaret Thatcher |
| #6368, aired 2012-05-02 | RHYME TIME $1200: Almost every 365 days nearly yearly |
| #6366, aired 2012-04-30 | TRANSPORTATION $1000: These Spanish treasure ships of the conquistador days were heavy, square-rigged warships with multiple decks galleons |
| #6365, aired 2012-04-27 | POST-POPE $400: The "novemdiales", this many days of official mourning, follow the death of the Pope 9 |
| #6365, aired 2012-04-27 | AMERICAN AUTHORS $1600: In 1913, just days before he was to move into his "Wolf House" in northern Calif., the house was destroyed by a fire Jack London |
| #6361, aired 2012-04-23 | "HOW TO" ENTERTAIN $1600: Kate Hudson is writing the titular column on a dating don't in this romantic comedy How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days |
| #6356, aired 2012-04-16 | EVENTS AROUND THE USA $400: The Bourbon Festival in Bardstown in this state "gives you 6 full days of smooth bourbon" Kentucky |
| #6356, aired 2012-04-16 | QUOTE "UN"QUOTE $800: Humpty Dumpty told Alice that "there are three hundred and sixty-four days when you might get" these "presents" unbirthday presents |
| #6355, aired 2012-04-13 | HARVARD ALUMNI $400: Benazir Bhutto (class of '73), the first female P.M. of this country, was known as "Pinky" during her Harvard days Pakistan |
| #6344, aired 2012-03-29 | THE MARQUIS DE SADE $400: In 1789 de Sade was moved from this prison for creating a disturbance, only days before it was stormed The Bastille |
| #6344, aired 2012-03-29 | THE MARQUIS DE SADE $1000: De Sade's work "120 days of" this sinful biblical city helped introduce the term "sadism" Sodom |
| #6338, aired 2012-03-21 | A BLANK EXPRESSION $1000: The "Jeopardy!" office on tape days: blood, toil, tears & ___ sweat |
| #6329, aired 2012-03-08 | I'M FEELING DIS-ORIENTED $800: 2 days ago I boarded a train in this country's capital of Ulan Bator & here I am at Disneyland--life is strange Mongolia |
| #6328, aired 2012-03-07 | GAMBLING $800: In 1990, in 6 days of this game similar to chemin de fer, Akio Kashiwagi was up $9.6 million, then down $10 million baccarat |
| #6327, aired 2012-03-06 | GRAMMY-WINNING WOMEN $1000: 1986:
Best country performance by a duo or group with vocal for "Grandpa (Tell Me 'Bout The Good Old Days)" The Judds |
| #6325, aired 2012-03-02 | ANNUAL EVENTS $200: The Spud Days festival held in Shelley in this state features the Miss Russet pageant & the tater trot race Idaho |
| #6323, aired 2012-02-29 | HAI KARATE! $1000: Many historians trace karate's origins to this big Japanese island invaded by the U.S. in the waning days of World War II Okinawa |
| #6321, aired 2012-02-27 | SOCIAL STUDIES $400: "Days in the Lives of Social" these professionals follows them as they deal with prisoners, youths & the elderly social workers |
| #6321, aired 2012-02-27 | SMALL TALK $800: An old term for a tree stump, these days it refers to the smallest animal in a litter a runt |
| #6319, aired 2012-02-23 | OTHER WONDERS OF THE WORLD $400: It was dedicated by Titus in 80 A.D. in a ceremony that also included 100 days of games the Colosseum |
| #6316, aired 2012-02-20 | INDEPENDENCE DAYS $400: Iceland, June 17, 1944, from this country Denmark |
| #6316, aired 2012-02-20 | INDEPENDENCE DAYS $800: Kazakhstan, December 16, 1991, from this country the Soviet Union |
| #6316, aired 2012-02-20 | INDEPENDENCE DAYS $1,000 (Daily Double): Belgium, October 4, 1830, from this country the Netherlands |
| #6316, aired 2012-02-20 | INDEPENDENCE DAYS $1200: Jamaica, August 6, 1962, from this country the Great Britain |
| #6316, aired 2012-02-20 | BIBLE GUYS $1200: "In those days came" this man, "preaching in the wilderness of Judaea" John the Baptist |
| #6316, aired 2012-02-20 | INDEPENDENCE DAYS $1600: Albania, November 28, 1912, from this empire the Ottoman Empire |
| #6316, aired 2012-02-20 | BIBLE GUYS $3,000 (Daily Double): "And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that" he "opened the window...which he had made" Noah |
| #6315, aired 2012-02-17 | A WELL-STOCKED LIBRARY $1600: Funk & Lewis' "30 Days To A More Powerful" one of these Vocabulary |
| #6312, aired 2012-02-14 | A FEW THINGS HAPPENED IN 1865 $200: He was inaugurated as vice president on March 4 & as president just 42 days later Andrew Johnson |
| #6312, aired 2012-02-14 | A BIBLE BOOK FOR THEE $800: The Lord gave a guy the business in a big way; his days "are spent without hope" Job |
| #6312, aired 2012-02-14 | A FEW THINGS HAPPENED IN 1865 $1000: This Alp was conquered: first from the Swiss side & 3 days later from the tougher Italian side the Matterhorn |
| #6310, aired 2012-02-10 | POTPOURRI $400: He was 11 days shy of 90 when he announced his retirement from the Supreme Court in 2010 (John Paul) Stevens |
| #6307, aired 2012-02-07 | A NOVEL DESCRIPTION $400: Prep school problems; a few days in New York City; a narrator barely Holden on to sanity Catcher in the Rye |
| #6304, aired 2012-02-02 | JUNIOR YEAR ABROAD $800: Rio de Janeiro is rocking for this 4-day festival that ends 40 days before Easter Carnival |
| #6301, aired 2012-01-30 | TIME $1200: The time of the oscillation of the earth's axis, varying between 416 & 433 days, is the Chandler this. End of sentence Period |
| #6299, aired 2012-01-26 | SPORTS BY MOVIE $600: "Days of Thunder" NASCAR auto racing |
| #6299, aired 2012-01-26 | ANIMALS IN THE NEWS $800: In 2011 New Yorkers followed the saga of a cobra missing from this zoo (& found right there 6 days later) the Bronx Zoo |
| #6299, aired 2012-01-26 | FAMOUS FIRSTS $1,000 (Daily Double): In March 1841 the U.S. Senate experienced its first continuous one of these; it lasted 6 days a filibuster |
| #6296, aired 2012-01-23 | REAL PEOPLE IN NOVELS $400: In "Gatsby's Girl" Caroline Preston fictionalized the romance of Ginevra King & this writer during his Princeton days F. Scott Fitzgerald |
| #6290, aired 2012-01-13 | FROM PAGE TO SCREEN $800: This 2010 film about trapped hiker Aron Ralston was based in part on his memoir "Between A Rock And A Hard Place" 127 Hours |
| #6290, aired 2012-01-13 | THIS & THAT $1200: Prince Borghese was victorious in a 1907 Beijing to Paris race using these; winning time, 61 days automobiles |
| #6289, aired 2012-01-12 | SOLVE FOR EX $400: Playboy Playmate Crystal Harris called off her June 2011 nuptials to this 85-year-old just days before the wedding Hugh Hefner |
| #6281, aired 2012-01-02 | ALPHABETICALLY LAST $200: Of the days of the week Wednesday |
| #6276, aired 2011-12-26 | U.S.A. $800: Take part in a salad toss-off or do some vegetable carving at the annual Yuma Lettuce Days in this state Arizona |
| #6273, aired 2011-12-21 | STATE CAPITAL FUN FESTS $600: On Labor Day weekend, this capital invites you to step back in time & relive the Gold Rush days Sacramento |
| #6273, aired 2011-12-21 | HIGHEST-RATED TV SERIES OF THE SEASON $1000: 1971-72 & the next 4 seasons:
Those were the days All in the Family |
| #6271, aired 2011-12-19 | I BELIEVE WEBSTER'S DEFINES IT AS... $1000: "adj... 2 b: happy, golden" as in (this) era or the (this) days of youth halcyon |
| #6267, aired 2011-12-13 | TITLE ANIMALS OF KIDS' BOOKS $1000: Arnold Lobel:
"Days with ____ and ____"
(2 different amphibians) Frog & Toad |
| #6266, aired 2011-12-12 | AMERICAN POETS $600: Shortly after becoming engaged to Sarah Shelton, he fell ill in a Baltimore tavern & died 4 days later on October 7, 1849 (Edgar Allan) Poe |
| #6256, aired 2011-11-28 | NEW MATH $800: Number of hulls on a catamaran times the number of days in April 60 |
| #6255, aired 2011-11-25 | WHAT THE DICKENS? $1000: "Tough Days" Hard Times |
| #6252, aired 2011-11-22 | CARTOON VOICES $600: Before his Donkey days, this funny guy voiced Mushu the dragon in "Mulan" Eddie Murphy |
| #6249, aired 2011-11-17 | AIRSHIPS $600: On March 31, 1936 it left Germany on its first transatlantic trip, arriving in Rio de Janeiro 4 days later the Hindenburg |
| #6249, aired 2011-11-17 | ACAPULCO $800: He spent his last days in Acapulco but died in flight on his private plane back to Houston in 1976 Howard Hughes |
| #6246, aired 2011-11-14 | SITCOMS BY MOM $400: Marion Cunningham Happy Days |
| #6242, aired 2011-11-08 | ALL SAINTS DAYS $200: October 18:
This third evangelist Luke |
| #6242, aired 2011-11-08 | OOO, SORRY $400: Did you say "Phineas Fogg"? No, the hero of "Around the World in Eighty Days" is named this Phileas Fogg |
| #6242, aired 2011-11-08 | ALL SAINTS DAYS $400: October 4:
This birdman of Assisi Francis |
| #6242, aired 2011-11-08 | ALL SAINTS DAYS $600: December 29:
This man for whom it was a bad day in the cathedral (Thomas à) Becket |
| #6242, aired 2011-11-08 | ALL SAINTS DAYS $800: June 24:
This man who had a good head on his shoulders before he met Salome John the Baptist |
| #6242, aired 2011-11-08 | CLASSIC COUNTRY MUSIC $800: In a 1975 crossover hit, Freddy Fender put this word before his "Days" & "Nights" Wasted |
| #6242, aired 2011-11-08 | ALL SAINTS DAYS $1000: June 22:
This all-seasonable Sir (Thomas) More |
| #6238, aired 2011-11-02 | YOU'RE A "CHAMP"! $800: 4 old buddies relive glory days of high school hoops in this play That Championship Season |
| #6237, aired 2011-11-01 | NATIONAL FOOD DAYS $200: Get out your creminis & portobellos--October 15 is national this day mushrooms |
| #6237, aired 2011-11-01 | NATIONAL FOOD DAYS $400: On July 6, you might pick up a bucket of KFC for national this day fried chicken |
| #6237, aired 2011-11-01 | NATIONAL FOOD DAYS $600: Friday or not, January 21 is national New England this day clam chowder |
| #6237, aired 2011-11-01 | NATIONAL FOOD DAYS $800: Don't pass over May 31; it's the national day for these cookies made from ground almonds or shredded coconut macaroons |
| #6237, aired 2011-11-01 | NATIONAL FOOD DAYS $1000: On December 6, some people celebrate St. Nicholas; others, this cold Spanish soup gazpacho |
| #6221, aired 2011-10-10 | CELEBRITY MEMOIRS $600: "Stories I Only Tell My Friends" includes his days in the Brat Pack & his romance with Princess Stephanie of Monaco Rob Lowe |
| #6220, aired 2011-10-07 | SPLITSVILLE $200: This singer had 2 days of wedded bliss with a childhood friend before moving on to K-Fed Britney Spears |
| #6220, aired 2011-10-07 | HISTORY $600: "Black Thursday" happened on Oct. 24 of this year; 5 days later, share prices had fallen 80% 1929 |
| #6217, aired 2011-10-04 | PLUS 8 $16,400 (Daily Double): Number of days in a leap year
times 2
plus 8 740 |
| #6214, aired 2011-09-29 | EAT-YMOLOGY $400: This big flatfish got its name because it was largely eaten on holy days halibut |
| #6213, aired 2011-09-28 | KISS ME, KATE $800: In "How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days" she & Matthew McConaughey end up on the kiss cam at Madison Square Garden (Kate) Hudson |
| #6213, aired 2011-09-28 | DAMN YANKEES $1200: 3 days after graduating from West Point, this future "Boy General" took part in the First Battle of Bull Run George Armstrong Custer |
| #6212, aired 2011-09-27 | SHORT STORIES $800: George Washington Cable's 1879 collection "Old Creole Days" contained 7 stories set in this city New Orleans |
| #6211, aired 2011-09-26 | TV CATCHPHRASES $400: "Sit on it" Happy Days |
| #6210, aired 2011-09-23 | DESCRIBING THE OSCAR-WINNING FILM $400: Oh, for the days street gangs fought it out... in dance; we met a girl named Maria; J-E-T-S, Jets, Jets, Jets! West Side Story |
| #6209, aired 2011-09-22 | THE WORLD TRADE CENTER & GROUND ZERO $200: In May of 2011, President Obama laid a wreath at Ground Zero, days after announcing that this al-Qaeda leader was killed Osama bin Laden |
| #6199, aired 2011-07-21 | THE HUMAN BODY $800: The average life span of these receptor cell groups in the mouth is 8-10 days tastebuds |
| #6192, aired 2011-07-12 | WORLD HISTORY $600: This Cairo square was the heart of the 18 days of protest that toppled Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak in 2011 Tahrir Square |
| #6191, aired 2011-07-11 | WRITERS ON FILM $2000: Gwyneth Paltrow portrayed her in the early days of her marriage to fellow poet Ted Hughes Sylvia Plath |
| #6189, aired 2011-07-07 | SPECIAL DAYS $200: I can smell it in the oven--be it white, wheat or sourdough, November 17 is Homemade this Day bread |
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Danny Devries, a junior from the University of Michigan
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Andrew Chung, a sophomore from Harvey Mudd College
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Stephen Weingarten, a paraeducator from Portland, Oregon
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Scott Menke, a senior from Johns Hopkins University
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Ken Jennings, the winner of 74 consecutive games from Seattle, Washington
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Ken Jennings, a writer from Seattle, Washington
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Jim Davis, a college music and humanities instructor from Freeport, Illinois
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Eric Betts, a senior from Emory University
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Dan Smith, a student from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 25 3-time champion: $69,200 + $1,000. Dan Smith - a...
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Elizabeth Galoozis, a reference librarian from Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Season 26 2-time champion: $38,801 + $2,000. Elizabeth Galoozis - A...
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Yevgeny Shrago, a research assistant originally from Rochester, New York
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Season 26 1-time champion: $24,600 + $2,000. Name pronounced like "yev-GHEN-ee...
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Leah Anthony Libresco, a junior from Yale University
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2010-A College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Hometown: Mineola, New York. Jeopardy!...
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A.J. Schumacher, a radio show production intern from St. Paul, Minnesota
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Season 25 1-time champion: $10,800 + $2,000. AJ Schumacher Saint Paul,...
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Surya Sabhapathy, a senior from the University of Michigan
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2010-A College Championship 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $26,600. Hometown: Northville,...
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Nick Yozamp, a junior from Washington University in St. Louis
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2010 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 2010-A College Championship winner:...
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Jenifer Thomas, a teacher assistant from Jacksonville, North Carolina
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Season 26 1-time champion: $13,400 + $2,000. Jenifer Thomas October 5,...
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Robbie Berg, a freshman from the University of Pennsylvania
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2010-A College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. Hometown: Davie, Florida. Robbie Berg Blog...
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Enrique Machado, an oil filtration business developer from Orlando, Florida
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Season 26 1-time champion: $30,799 + $2,000. Enrique Machado September 16,...
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CCH Pounder, an actress from Avatar and Brothers
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"She earned an Emmy nomination for her role as Claudette Wyms...
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Will Warren, a senior from the University of Alabama
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2010-A College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. Hometown: Madison, Alabama. Will Warren Blog...
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Ryan Stoffers, a sophomore from UCLA
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2010-A College Championship 1st runner-up: $50,000. Hometown: Saratoga, California. Ryan Stoffers...
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Paul Rouffa, an actor from Forest Park, Illinois
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1990 Super Jeopardy! quarterfinalist: $5,000. 1986 Tournament of Champions 1st runner-up:...
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Graham Nash, a singer-songwriter from Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
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"He's been a rock legend since the days of the British...
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Becky Anderson, a retired software specialist originally from Morganton, North Carolina
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Season 25 1-time champion: $16,401 + $2,000. Becky Anderson - A...
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Elizabeth Perkins, an actress from Weeds
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"For the past five seasons, she's played the calculating and manipulative...
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Pat Sajak, a game show host from Wheel of Fortune
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"A former TV weatherman, he's gone on to become the world's...
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Tom Nissley, an online books editor from Seattle, Washington
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2011 Tournament of Champions...
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Fred Beukema, a structural engineer from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Season 25 3-time champion: $69,401 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Tom Bergeron, an Emmy Award-winning host from Dancing with the Stars
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2009 Celebrity Jeopardy! player: $25,000 to the Muscular Dystrophy Association. "He's...
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Elizabeth Perkins, an actress from Big and Weeds
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2009 Celebrity Jeopardy! player: $25,000 to the New England Learning Center...
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Amanda J. Ray, a sophomore at the University of Virginia from Harrisonburg, Virginia
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2010-B College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
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Jennifer Broders, a junior high school social studies teacher from Stockton, Iowa
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Season 26 2-time champion: $59,801 + $1,000. Jennifer Broders - a...
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Sam Spaulding, a sophomore from Yale University from Wilmington, North Carolina
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2010-B College Championship 1st runner-up: $50,000 + a Nintendo Wii +...
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Tim Relihan, a senior from the University of Nebraska from Stromsburg, Nebraska
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2010-B College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
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Bebe Neuwirth, an actress from Frasier and the Broadway revival of Chicago
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"She won two Emmys for playing Dr. Frasier Crane's acerbic wife...
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Kyle Kahan, a senior from Texas A&M University from Houston, Texas
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2010-B College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000 + a Nintendo Wii +...
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Lea Tottle, a junior from Florida State University from Oldsmar, Florida
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2010-B College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000 + a Nintendo Wii +...
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Brian Weikle, a project manager from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
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Dan Avila, a photographer from Los Angeles, California
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Season 7 1-time champion: $5,300 + a Sanyo remote control stereo...
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Michael Day, an attorney from Mill Valley, California
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"As an MBA Student, he won 5 games in 1985. Today...
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Brad Selvig, a sophomore at Florida State from Jacksonville, Florida
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2004 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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Ken Jennings, a software engineer from Salt Lake City, Utah
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2020 Jeopardy!: The Greatest of All Time winner: $1,000,000 + a...
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Allison Peña, a junior from Sunrise, Florida
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2006 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
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Jerome Vered, a writer from Los Angeles, California
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"The 1-day record of $34,000 he set in 1992 stood for...
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Vanamali Compton, a junior from Clarkdale, Arizona
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2005 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. 16 at the time of the...
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Mike Thayer, a mathematics teacher from North Plainfield, New Jersey
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"He was a junior at Rutgers University when he won the...
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Ken Jennings, a software engineer from Salt Lake City, Utah
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2020 Jeopardy!: The Greatest of All Time winner: $1,000,000 + a...
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