| #9070, aired 2024-03-29 | PENALTIES & BONUSES $400: In the Gospel of John, the Pharisees told Jesus that this was the penalty for adultery; he told them to be cautious judging death by stoning |
| #8925, aired 2023-07-28 | ON THE MONEY $400: He introduced a bill to limit the death penalty while a member of the Virginia legislature Thomas Jefferson |
| #8895, aired 2023-06-16 | OPPOSITIONAL BOOK TITLES $800: The subtitle of this nonfiction work by a Catholic sister is "An Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty in the United States" Dead Man Walking |
| #8563, aired 2022-01-26 | E BEFORE I $2000: In many states the death penalty may be imposed if a murder was especially this, "atrocious or cruel" heinous |
| #8046, aired 2019-09-09 | THE 1820s $1200: "Sacr" bleu! French king Charles X's law named for this sinful crime, like stealing communion wafers, could impose the death penalty sacrilege |
| #7913, aired 2019-01-23 | CRIMINOLOGY $2000: In 2015 Justices Breyer & Scalia sparred over whether the death penalty has this "effect" on those considering murder deterrent |
| #7807, aired 2018-07-17 | CITING PRECEDENT $800: Roper v. Simmons said that for minors, this was cruel & unusual punishment, prohibited by the 8th Amendment capital punishment or the death penalty |
| #7334, aired 2016-06-30 | THE SUPREME COURT $800: Furman v. Georgia, musing on the 8th Amendment's cruel & unusual punishment clause, led to a moratorium on this the death penalty |
| #6763, aired 2014-01-29 | THE "RENT" IS DUE $200: Many believe that the death penalty is not a proven one of these to prevent homicide a deterrent |
| #6714, aired 2013-11-21 | CHARTER SCHOOL $400: Article 2 of the European Union's Charter of Fundamental Rights forbids this type of punishment capital punishment (the death penalty) |
| #6561, aired 2013-03-11 | & FINALLY $1000: There's nothing lower case about this 2-word term for the death penalty capital punishment |
| #6271, aired 2011-12-19 | DOCTOR, LAWYER, NATIVE AMERICAN LEADER $800: He managed to save Leopold & Loeb from the death penalty in 1924; the 2 got 99 years plus life Clarence Darrow |
| #6019, aired 2010-11-11 | NAMED FOR PEOPLE $400: Ironically, this 18th century device bears the name of a French doctor who opposed the death penalty the guillotine |
| #5772, aired 2009-10-20 | FAMOUS TRIALS $1600: (Jack Ford delivers the clue.) On March 29, 1971, a court-martial found this lieutenant guilty in the My Lai massacre; though he faced the death penalty, he only got life & was paroled in 3 years William Calley |
| #5716, aired 2009-06-15 | INTERNATIONAL NEWS $1600: In 2007 this eastern African country abolished the death penalty for all crimes; yes, including genocide Rwanda |
| #5707, aired 2009-06-02 | IN THE YEAR 2000 $400: Illinois' governor put a moratorium on these in his state due to questions of justice the death penalty (executions) |
| #5602, aired 2009-01-06 | FEEL THE PAINE $600: A member of this religious denomination, Tom couldn't support the death penalty, even for the aristocracy the Quakers |
| #5600, aired 2009-01-02 | IN THE BOOKSTORE $1600: This Norman Mailer work is the true story of murderer Gary Gilmore, who chose a firing squad when given the death penalty The Executioner's Song |
| #5278, aired 2007-07-18 | HOW WAS SCHOOL TODAY? $800: By 7-2 we agreed with the Supreme Court in Ring v. Arizona that only this group can impose the death penalty a jury |
| #4943, aired 2006-02-22 | LITERARY SUBTITLES $2,000 (Daily Double): Helen Prejean:
"An Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty in the United States" Dead Man Walking |
| #4899, aired 2005-12-22 | I CHALLENGE YOU TO A DUEL! $1600: This "Volpone" playwright narrowly escaped the death penalty after killing an actor in a duel in 1598 Ben Jonson |
| #4399, aired 2003-10-23 | YOU GET NO DESSERT! $400: David Castillo had 24 tacos, 6 tostadas & 6 enchiladas but no dessert just before this in 1998 in Texas his execution |
| #4143, aired 2002-09-11 | MOST-LIVABLE COUNTRIES $200: With no death penalty, it's the No. 3 most-livable country (the U.S. sits below it) Canada |
| #3305, aired 1999-01-08 | "DEATH" PENALTY $200: This epidemic claimed 25 million Europeans in the 14th century The Black Death |
| #3305, aired 1999-01-08 | "DEATH" PENALTY $400: This national park boasts the hottest U.S. temperature ever recorded - 134 degrees Fahrenheit! Death Valley National Park |
| #3305, aired 1999-01-08 | "DEATH" PENALTY $600: In sports, it's an overtime period added to a tied game with the winner being the first to score Sudden death |
| #3305, aired 1999-01-08 | "DEATH" PENALTY $800: An author's last Italian holiday is the subject of this Thomas Mann novella Death in Venice |
| #3305, aired 1999-01-08 | "DEATH" PENALTY $1000: As Hannibal Lecter could tell you, the Acherontia atropos is this scary moth a death's-head hawkmoth |
| #2815, aired 1996-11-22 | TRAITORS $200: To punish Quisling & 24 other traitors, this country reinstated the death penalty Norway |
| #2608, aired 1995-12-27 | THE SUPREME COURT $200: This Black justice opposed the death penalty throughout his 24 years on the court Thurgood Marshall |
| #2469, aired 1995-05-04 | THE SUPREME COURT $200: In 1972's Furman v. Georgia the court invalidated all existing state laws calling for this punishment capital punishment, death penalty |
| #2410, aired 1995-02-10 | THE SUPREME COURT $800: In 1968 the court invalidated the death penalty provision of the kidnapping law popularly called this the Lindbergh Law |
| #2133, aired 1993-12-08 | HISTORY $200: Shogun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi of this country decreed the death penalty for anyone who harmed a dog Japan |
| #1933, aired 1993-01-20 | OFF WITH THEIR HEADS $800: This "incorruptible" Reign of Terror leader was upset the first time he had to give out a death penalty Robespierre |
| #1911, aired 1992-12-21 | THE ROARING '20s $1000: After Leopold & Loeb confessed, this lawyer helped them escape the death penalty Clarence Darrow |
| #1870, aired 1992-10-23 | LAW $300: Subject to the death penalty in wartime, this crime is grounds for divorce in some states desertion |
| #1263, aired 1990-02-14 | LAW $200: Class of crime more serious than a misdemeanor, with a penalty of more than a year in prison or death Felony |
| #1231, aired 1990-01-01 | ANCIENT HISTORY $100: In the code of Hammurabi, it was the penalty for adultery death |
| #711, aired 1987-10-12 | GRIMM FAIRY TALES $400: The miller's daughter in "Rumplestiltskin" faced this harsh penalty for not spinning straw into gold death |
| #605, aired 1987-04-03 | U.S. GOVERNMENT $2,000 (Daily Double): In one 1972 case, the Supreme Court ruled the death penalty this, violating the 8th Amendment cruel and unusual punishment |
| #403, aired 1986-03-26 | THE SUPREME COURT $600: In 1972, the court ruled that this was cruel & unusual punishment the death penalty |
| #186, aired 1985-05-27 | PETS $300: In Ancient Egypt, one was subject to death penalty for killing this sacred animal a cat |
