| #9081, aired 2024-04-15 | THE VOICE OF TELEVISION $200: Billy Dee Williams voiced Fudge Turnover as well as himself on this "mechanized poultry" show that debuted on TV in 2005 Robot Chicken |
| #9076, aired 2024-04-08 | CONSONANT-VOWEL x3 $800: Boze-dee-boze-dee-bop! Ziddy bop! It's just this old-time term for a male escort a gigolo |
| #9010, aired 2024-01-05 | THIS & THAT $600: Look at the name MOhandas DEwese for the stage name of this artist who slayed Busy Bee in an early rap battle Kool Moe Dee |
| #8971, aired 2023-11-13 | SONGS IN MUSICALS $600: "It's Raining On Prom Night" &
"Look At Me, I'm Sandra Dee" Grease |
| #8923, aired 2023-07-26 | "DA" OR "BA" OR "DEE" $200: When Santa gives these creatures P.T.O. in the summer, some travel up to 800 miles for grazing grounds reindeer |
| #8923, aired 2023-07-26 | "DA" OR "BA" OR "DEE" $400: It's the last name of a film character played by both Gary Cooper & Adam Sandler Deeds |
| #8923, aired 2023-07-26 | "DA" OR "BA" OR "DEE" $600: Its name origin is African but this instrument is now widely associated with the music of Latin America marimba |
| #8923, aired 2023-07-26 | "DA" OR "BA" OR "DEE" $800: It's a word describing motorcyclist Bud Ekins, or the name of a Marvel hero daredevil |
| #8923, aired 2023-07-26 | "DA" OR "BA" OR "DEE" $1000: Herb Caen referred to San Francisco as this place "by-the-Bay" Baghdad |
| #8914, aired 2023-07-13 | NONFICTION $600: Dee Brown told how the expansion of the American West caused the slaughter of indigenous people in "Bury My Heart at" this place Wounded Knee |
| #8871, aired 2023-05-15 | WATCHING THE DETECTIVES $1600: This actor & husband of Ruby Dee directed "Cotton Comes to Harlem", based on a Chester Himes book featuring detective Grave Digger Jones Ossie Davis |
| #8795, aired 2023-01-27 | GEOGRAPHY $400: One of Canada's oldest cities, it's called the Gibraltar of America because its huge Citadel overlooks the St. Lawrence River Quebec City |
| #8795, aired 2023-01-27 | DIFFERS BY A VOWEL $1,000 (Daily Double): The pair found in the name of a large Scottish estuary that connects with the North Sea the Firth of Forth |
| #8795, aired 2023-01-27 | GRIMM BROTHERS FAIRY TALES $1000: The Grimms had this animal eat 6 baby goats, then get sliced open as it slept, with the "meal" still alive within a wolf |
| #8795, aired 2023-01-27 | I "OU" $1600: This French word originally referred to a bride's clothing, linens & accessories that she gathered before her wedding a trousseau |
| #8739, aired 2022-11-10 | THE ROCK BASSIST'S GROUP $400: Dee Dee, who hung out at "Rockaway Beach" the Ramones |
| #8709, aired 2022-09-29 | CHARACTERS ON THE TV SHOW $800: The gang's not all here: Dee Reynolds &
Dennis Reynolds It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia |
| #8586, aired 2022-02-28 | HOMOPHONE TO THE LETTER $2000: Charles Kingsley wrote of "The Sands of" this English river Dee |
| #8540, aired 2021-12-24 | ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL MOVIES? $600: Billy Dee Williams is his friend Gale Sayers & James Caan is the title dying football player in this TV movie Brian's Song |
| #8508, aired 2021-11-10 | SITCOMS $2000: She plays Dee on "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia", & is married to her co-star Rob McElhenney Kaitlin Olson |
| #8388, aired 2021-04-28 | THEIR TV ROLES $1600: Tilly Mitchell in "Escape at Dannemora" & Dee Dee Blanchard in "The Act" Patricia Arquette |
| #8377, aired 2021-04-13 | SCOTT LAND $1200: In a 1977 biopic Billy Dee Williams played this ragtime pianist who dreamed of having his opera produced Scott Joplin |
| #8316, aired 2021-01-18 | CELEBRITY NAMES IN COMMON $1000: Oh &
Dee Sandra |
| #8280, aired 2020-11-13 | BRITISH ROYAL RESIDENCES $2000: This castle on the River Dee where the royal family spends summers is lovingly called "The Highland Barn" Balmoral |
| #8208, aired 2020-04-22 | "DEE" DEE, DEE-DEE-DEE $400: The Sami of northern Scandinavia have trained these animals to pull sleighs, just in time for Christmas reindeer |
| #8208, aired 2020-04-22 | "DEE" DEE, DEE-DEE-DEE $800: Do this to "yourself" & you make up for a bad performance; do it to Grandma's ring & you get it back from a pawnshop redeem |
| #8208, aired 2020-04-22 | "DEE" DEE, DEE-DEE-DEE $1200: Ah, my little black-capped one of these is the state bird of Massachusetts chickadee |
| #8208, aired 2020-04-22 | "DEE" DEE, DEE-DEE-DEE $1600: This type of singer regales us with simple folk or story songs balladeer |
| #8208, aired 2020-04-22 | "DEE" DEE, DEE-DEE-DEE $2000: A 2011 measurement says this part of the Pacific Ocean reaches 36,070 feet down the Challenger Deep |
| #8, aired 2020-01-14 | NONSENSE WORDS $800: In the film "Gone with the Wind", this word comes before "Ashley Wilkes told me he likes to see a girl with a healthy appetite" fiddle-dee-dee! |
| #8132, aired 2020-01-07 | FUN WITH ZIP CODES $600: To promote the use of ZIP Codes, Ethel Merman recorded a jingle to the tune of this song from "Song of the South" "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah" |
| #8103, aired 2019-11-27 | CELEBRITY ARTISTS $2000: Among this African-American actor's paintings are self-portraits as Lando Calrissian "Billy Dee" Williams |
| #8053, aired 2019-09-18 | CLASSIC METAL BANDS $7,600 (Daily Double): "We're Not Gonna Take It" by this Dee Snider band has some musical roots in "O Come, All Ye Faithful" Twisted Sister |
| #7896, aired 2018-12-31 | PLAYING IN THE BAND $1000: John Cummings, Jeffrey Hyman & Douglas Colvin became this band's Johnny, Joey & Dee Dee the Ramones |
| #7832, aired 2018-10-02 | THE BROADWAY PLAY'S PREMIERE CAST $1200: 1959:
Sidney Poitier as Walter Lee Younger, Ruby Dee as Ruth Younger A Raisin in the Sun |
| #7828, aired 2018-09-26 | NAME THE NOVEL $400: "Oh, fiddle-dee-dee! But look at Mrs. Merriwether. She's selling pies to Yankees and that's worse than running a sawmill" Gone With the Wind |
| #7790, aired 2018-06-22 | MEMBERS OF THE HIP-HOP GROUP $1600: Prince Marky Dee,
Kool Rock-Ski,
Buff Love the Human Beat Box
(combined weight, more than 750 lbs.) The Fat Boys |
| #7703, aired 2018-02-21 | INTERJECTIONS! $1000: Scarlett O'Hara used this favorite expression before "War, war, war. This war talk's spoiling all the fun at every party" fiddle-dee-dee |
| #7596, aired 2017-09-25 | THE CITY'S TV SHOW $400: Episodes of this sitcom include "The Gang Cracks the Liberty Bell" & "Frank Sets Sweet Dee on Fire" It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia |
| #7451, aired 2017-01-23 | BOOKS BY PROFESSORS $1600: Illinois professor & librarian Dee Brown changed the field of Native American history with "Bury My Heart" here Wounded Knee |
| #7323, aired 2016-06-15 | HIGHLAND BLING $800: To look fashionable when in this castle on the river Dee, why not wear a cap of the same name Balmoral |
| #7316, aired 2016-06-06 | OSCAR-WINNING SONGS $400: With music by Allie Wrubel, it's the winning song for 1947 heard here "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah" |
| #7305, aired 2016-05-20 | ECHO CATEGORY $1200: The White House Press Secretary during Clinton's first term had this double-talk first name Dee Dee |
| #7246, aired 2016-02-29 | LEAP DAY $800: Well, fiddle dee dee! In 1940 this film was honored with 8 Oscars Gone with the Wind |
| #7201, aired 2015-12-28 | NOT MY CUP OF TEA $800: A salty dog is made with this fruit juice grapefruit juice |
| #7201, aired 2015-12-28 | OTHER STAR TREK CHARACTERS $2000: Going Klingon in "Star Trek III", this actor went back to the future to play an evil commander Christopher Lloyd |
| #7200, aired 2015-12-25 | SUV SHOPPING $600: Pathfinder Nissan |
| #7200, aired 2015-12-25 | ART & ARTISTS $1200: When he died in 1989, he was buried on the floor of the main room of his museum in Figueras, Spain Salvador Dali |
| #6976, aired 2015-01-05 | '80s HAIR BANDS $600: "What do you want to do with your life?!" this "familial" Dee Snider band replied, "I Wanna Rock!" Twisted Sister |
| #6949, aired 2014-11-27 | YOU, PRONOUNS & ME $400: Boze-dee boze-dee bop! In 1985 David Lee Roth double-negatived, "I ain't got" this nobody |
| #6941, aired 2014-11-17 | IN MEMORIAM 2014 $800: This beloved actress, civil rights activist & wife of Ossie Davis passed away at age 91 Ruby Dee |
| #6903, aired 2014-09-24 | ART ROCKERS $800: The artsy side of Dee Dee from this punk quartet includes a portrait of his bandmate Johnny the Ramones |
| #6791, aired 2014-03-10 | HETERONYMS $800: A flaw, or to go over to the opposing side defect [DEE-fekt/di-FEKT] |
| #6704, aired 2013-11-07 | SONG & DANCE $200: Chubby Checker had hits singing about this dance; Joey Dee & the Starliters sang about the "Peppermint" one the twist |
| #6619, aired 2013-05-30 | JOHNNY GILBERT GOES TO THE MOVIES $400: (Johnny Gilbert reads the clue.) "Fiddle-dee-dee! war, war, war; the war talk's spoiling all the fun at every party this spring" Gone with the Wind |
| #6549, aired 2013-02-21 | HEAVY METAL HEROES $800: "We're not gonna take it" if you can't name this band fronted by Dee Snider Twisted Sister |
| #6516, aired 2013-01-07 | FEMALE FIRSTS $2000: The first female White House press secretary, she served in 1993 & 1994 (Dee Dee) Myers |
| #6448, aired 2012-10-03 | THE COURT OF ELIZABETH I $400: John Dee used this, no longer seen as a true science, to determine Elizabeth's coronation day astrology |
| #6437, aired 2012-09-18 | WORD & PHRASE ORIGINS $800: This exclamation used by Scarlett O'Hara refers to a musical instrument fiddle-dee-dee |
| #6309, aired 2012-02-09 | NONFICTION $1000: Dee Brown's classic "Indian History of the American West" is called "Bury my Heart at" this place Wounded Knee |
| #6242, aired 2011-11-08 | CURRENT TV SHOWS BY EPISODES $2000: "Mac's Mom Burns her House Down" &
"Frank Sets Sweet Dee on Fire" It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia |
| #6113, aired 2011-03-23 | SONGS IN MUSICALS $800: "It's Raining On Prom Night" &
"Look At Me, I'm Sandra Dee" Grease |
| #6062, aired 2011-01-11 | HETERONYMS $1200: A flaw, or to switch sides defect [DEE-fekt/di-FEKT] |
| #5870, aired 2010-03-05 | A "D" IN GEOGRAPHY $1600: This Scottish river flows into the North Sea at Aberdeen the Dee |
| #5749, aired 2009-09-17 | WHAT A DECADE IN THE U.S. $1200: 2 of the 4 men who were president in the 1920s; they each must have said "vo dee oh do" at least once (2 of) Coolidge, Hoover, Wilson & Harding |
| #5743, aired 2009-07-22 | BAY O' WOLF $1000: Patrick MacNee is no Avenger as his werewolf colony terrorizes Dee Wallace in this 1981 classic The Howling |
| #5665, aired 2009-04-03 | YES $600: Zip-a-dee-doo! When in Moscow, say "yes" in Russian like this da |
| #5598, aired 2008-12-31 | HOMOPHONIC NAMES $1200: Sandra of teenage movies & Chuck of political rap Dee or D |
| #5563, aired 2008-11-12 | "A" IN GEOGRAPHY $2000: This Scottish seaport lies between the rivers Dee & Don Aberdeen |
| #5546, aired 2008-10-20 | OLD HOLLYWOOD $600: At 83 this widow of Ossie Davis received an Oscar nomination for "American Gangster" Ruby Dee |
| #5509, aired 2008-07-17 | THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS $400: These 2 brothers have "Dum" & "Dee" embroidered on their collars Tweedledum & Tweedledee |
| #5339, aired 2007-11-22 | OSCAR-NOMINATED SONGS $1200: "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah"
(1947) Song of the South |
| #5296, aired 2007-09-24 | AQUATIC-SOUNDING CINEMA $2000: Look at Kate Bosworth, she's Sandra Dee, Bobby Darin's wife, in this crooning biopic Beyond the Sea |
| #5221, aired 2007-04-30 | I'M GOING TO DISNEYLAND $1000: Well, zip-a-dee-doo-dah! I can't wait to get soaked on this ride that has a 5-story plunge near the end Splash Mountain |
| #5182, aired 2007-03-06 | LOWER THE "BOOM" $400: Enormously popular in the 1890s, this song heard here takes its name from the first line of its lyrics "Ta-Ra-Ra-Boom-Dee-Ay" |
| #5091, aired 2006-10-30 | OPERA $2000: In opera, that "dum-dee-dee-dee-dum" every time the merry carpenter shows up is called one of these a leitmotif (a motif accepted) |
| #4948, aired 2006-03-01 | SPORTS FRANCHISES ON FILM $800: 1971:
No. 40
Billy Dee Williams the Chicago Bears |
| #4883, aired 2005-11-30 | EUROPEAN CITIES $2000: Known as the "Granite City", its name is Scots for "At the Mouth of the Dee", the river on which it lies Aberdeen |
| #4860, aired 2005-10-28 | WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARIES $400: Serving under President Clinton, she was the first female press secretary Dee Dee Myers |
| #4836, aired 2005-09-26 | NO. 1 HITS OF THE '70s $1000: Elton John & this woman had a No. 1 duet with "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" Kiki Dee |
| #4763, aired 2005-04-27 | SINGERS ALSO KNOWN AS $1000: "Don't Go Breaking My Heart": tell me that Pauline Matthews changed her name to this Kiki Dee |
| #4678, aired 2004-12-29 | FILMS OF THE '50s $800: "You just can't imagine the thrill of shooting the curl", said this 1959 Sandra Dee character Gidget |
| #4660, aired 2004-12-03 | SONG BIRDS $600: This bird is mentioned in the lyrics of both "Over The Rainbow" & "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah" bluebird |
| #4640, aired 2004-11-06 | "DON'T" FORGET THIS SONG $800: In 1976 Elton John wrote & duetted with Kiki Dee on this world-conquering smash hit "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" |
| #4593, aired 2004-07-21 | "LA" DEE DA $400: The Census Bureau uses "Hispanic", but many of South & Central American heritage prefer this 1-word term latino |
| #4593, aired 2004-07-21 | "LA" DEE DA $800: It's the exciting activity seen here lawn bowling |
| #4593, aired 2004-07-21 | "LA" DEE DA $1200: This company's Blue is one of the top-selling imported beers in the U.S. Labatt |
| #4593, aired 2004-07-21 | "LA" DEE DA $1600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia, PA.) The lower this number for Foucault pendulum's location, the slower its rate of rotation latitude |
| #4593, aired 2004-07-21 | "LA" DEE DA $2000: This Hamburg native who's designed for Chloe & Fendi is known as "King Karl" Karl Lagerfeld |
| #4582, aired 2004-07-06 | RUBY $2000: In a 1999 TV movie, she played Bessie, of the centenarian Delany sisters Ruby Dee |
| #4558, aired 2004-06-02 | ACTRESSES & PLAYWRIGHTS $2000: This author of the play "Purlie Victorious" co-starred in it on Broadway with his wife, Ruby Dee Ossie Davis |
| #4529, aired 2004-04-22 | PICTURE ME! $1600: She left her White House post in 1994 Dee Dee Myers |
| #4289, aired 2003-04-03 | BIG SCREEN COMPASS BEARINGS $1200: Zip-a-dee-doo-dah! Uncle Remus tells his tales in this 1946 Disney classic Song of the South |
| #4240, aired 2003-01-24 | POP & ROCK GROUPS $1000: Dee Dee published "Lobotomy: Surviving" this band The Ramones |
| #4189, aired 2002-11-14 | THE FIFTH $1000: Well, fiddle-dee-dee! He was the fifth emperor of Rome Nero |
| #4178, aired 2002-10-30 | STAR WARS STARS $1000: Gale Sayers in the original "Brian's Song", he played the dashing Lando Calrissian in 2 of the films Billy Dee Williams |
| #4130, aired 2002-07-12 | BEFORE & AFTER $2000: Dee Snider band who sang "We're Not Gonna Take It" to Caroline Meeber in a Dreiser novel Twisted Sister Carrie |
| #4098, aired 2002-05-29 | SURPRISING ROCKERS $800: Before she moved to "The West Wing" she sang "Look At Me, I'm Sandra Dee" in the movie "Grease" Stockard Channing |
| #4039, aired 2002-03-07 | ENDS IN "EE" $4,000 (Daily Double): Used to express scorn or disbelief, it's one of Scarlett O'Hara's favorite expressions "Fiddle-dee-dee!" |
| #4004, aired 2002-01-17 | THE ROLE PLAYED $400: Sandra Dee,
Deborah Walley,
Sally Field Gidget |
| #3910, aired 2001-09-07 | ANIMALS ROCK $500: Leader of The Starliters who did the "Peppermint Twist" in his mother's pouch Joey Dee |
| #3825, aired 2001-03-30 | ENDS IN "EE" $600: First published in 1970, Dee Brown's classic "Indian History of the American West" is titled "Bury My Heart" here at Wounded Knee |
| #3796, aired 2001-02-19 | '90s SITCOMS $100: On this series, baby Maggie's first words, "Dah-dee", were spoken by Elizabeth Taylor The Simpsons |
| #3743, aired 2000-12-06 | WHITE HOUSE WOMEN $100: In March 2000 this former Clinton press secretary gave birth to 5-pound, 11-ounce Katherine Dee Dee Myers |
| #3710, aired 2000-10-20 | SCREEN NAMES $400: If she hadn't changed her name, a song from "Grease" would be "Look At Me, I'm Alexandra Zuck" Sandra Dee |
| #3700, aired 2000-10-06 | CARTOON NETWORK $400: This boy genius would prefer his sister Dee Dee stay out of his laboratory Dexter |
| #3645, aired 2000-06-09 | NO. 1 HITS OF THE '90s $500: In 1999 Will Smith scored with a No. 1 hit with this film title track featuring Dru Hill & Kool Moe Dee "Wild Wild West" |
| #3481, aired 1999-10-25 | OSCAR-NOMINATED SONGS $800: "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah"
(1947) Song Of The South |
| #3314, aired 1999-01-21 | DOUBLE TALK NAMES $600: 1976's "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" was a No. 1 duet by Elton John & this woman Kiki Dee |
| #3302, aired 1999-01-05 | ALL THAT GLITTERS.... $400: She played Ruth Younger in the Broadway & film versions of "A Raisin In The Sun" Ruby Dee |
| #3276, aired 1998-11-30 | GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $1,200 (Daily Double): (Hi, I'm Dee Dee Myers, former press secretary to President Bill Clinton.) This man, my predecessor, had the distinction of serving under 2 presidents, Reagan & Bush Marlon Fitzwater |
| #3189, aired 1998-06-11 | ALMOST RHYMES WITH ORANGE $500: The Italian city of this name has Il Duomo; the one in South Carolina has the Pee Dee Experiment Station Florence |
| #3186, aired 1998-06-08 | FILM STARS $800: An Oscar winner for "Goodfellas", he once played guitar for Joey Dee & the Starliters Joe Pesci |
| #3179, aired 1998-05-28 | 5 GUYS NAMED MOE $1000: This "Kool" rapper's album "How Ya Like Me Now" began a rivalry with LL Cool J Kool Moe Dee |
| #3164, aired 1998-05-07 | RIVERS $200: The Dee & Don Rivers are scenic features of Aberdeen, in this country Scotland |
| #3115, aired 1998-02-27 | WOMEN'S FIRSTS $1000: Serving from 1992 to 1994, she made news as the White House's first female press secretary: Dee Dee Myers |
| #3085, aired 1998-01-16 | POP MUSIC $400: Elton John & Kiki Dee had a No. 1 hit with "Don't Go" doing this Breaking My Heart |
| #3069, aired 1997-12-25 | "G" MOVIES $300: Hey, dude, this 1959 Sandra Dee film led to the TV series that made Sally Field a star Gidget |
| #3065, aired 1997-12-19 | THEY'RE ALL GEMS $600 (Daily Double): Her 1st play with Ossie Davis ran for only 9 performances, but their marriage has lasted for decades Ruby Dee |
| #3053, aired 1997-12-03 | RHYME TIME $400: Young Florence Griffith, called Dee Dee, grew up, got married & acquired this rhyming nickname "Flo-Jo" |
| #3041, aired 1997-11-17 | BIG ISLANDS $400: Over 700,000 square miles, or about 84%, of this island is covered by an icecap Greenland |
| #3041, aired 1997-11-17 | ALLITERATION ALL AROUND $800: Samuel Blanc founded this company during the Depression to make troubles go "down the drain" Roto-Rooter |
| #2952, aired 1997-06-03 | WOMEN IN SPORTS $200: Some know her as "Flo Jo", others call her Dee Dee; her real name is Delorez Florence Griffith Joyner |
| #2947, aired 1997-05-27 | WOMEN IN SPORTS $400: Famous skier who's the daughter of Stubby & Dee Street Picabo Street |
| #2946, aired 1997-05-26 | HISTORIC HOMES $500: This Scottish castle, a private residence of the Queen of England, stands on the right bank of the River Dee Balmoral |
| #2905, aired 1997-03-28 | ROCK MUSIC $400: Kiki Dee & Rick Astley sang backup on his 1994 "Lion King" hit "Can You Feel The Love Tonight" Elton John |
| #2853, aired 1997-01-15 | SILLY SONGS $100: In an Oscar-winning Disney song, this nonsense phrase precedes "My, oh my, what a wonderful day" "Zip-a-dee-doo-dah" |
| #2838, aired 1996-12-25 | CHRISTMAS SONGS $500: "A Holly Jolly Christmas" & "Silver And Gold" came from this 1964 TV special featuring Burl Ives Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer |
| #2787, aired 1996-10-15 | ELTON JOHN SONGS $1000: In 1976 Elton team up with Kiki Dee for this No. 1 hit "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" |
| #2749, aired 1996-07-11 | WOMEN $700 (Daily Double): This former White House press secretary teamed with Mary Matalin to host CNBC's "Equal Time" Dee Dee Myers |
| #2746, aired 1996-07-08 | SONGS FROM MUSICALS $200: "Shakin' at the High School Hop" & "Look at Me, I'm Sandra Dee" Grease |
| #2652, aired 1996-02-27 | 1959 $200: At a state dinner Fred Waring played "Zip-A- dee-doo-dah" for this premier who couldn't visit Disneyland Khrushchev |
| #2628, aired 1996-01-24 | '50s FILM FACTS $200: When Sandra Dee played this tiny beach bunny, James Darren was Moondoggie & Cliff Robertson played Kahoona Gidget |
| #2623, aired 1996-01-17 | '50s SONG LYRICS $200: This Erroll Garner song begins, "Look at me, I'm as helpless as a kitten up a tree" "Misty" |
| #2622, aired 1996-01-16 | OPRYLAND USA $400: Adjacent to the park are 3 museums, one of which honors this "Queen of Country Comedy" Minnie Pearl |
| #2512, aired 1995-07-04 | PLACE NAME ORIGINS $400: The names Donegal & Dundee refer to these structures, one "on the Dee", one "of the foreigners" forts |
| #2475, aired 1995-05-12 | FAMOUS WOMEN $500: The first woman to serve as White House press secretary, she resigned the post in 1994 Dee Dee Myers |
| #2431, aired 1995-03-13 | LITERARY ALLUSIONS $1000: The title of O. Henry's book "Cabbages and Kings" comes from Lewis Carroll's poem about this duo the Walrus & the Carpenter |
| #2363, aired 1994-12-07 | THE AMERICAN THEATRE $1000: He not only wrote the play "Purlie Victorious", he starred in it with his wife Ruby Dee Ossie Davis |
| #2358, aired 1994-11-30 | THE MOVIES $400: The 1947 "Best Song" Oscar went to "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah" from this Disney Film Song of the South |
| #2251, aired 1994-05-23 | THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS $600: These brothers are enantiomorphs, or mirror-image forms of each other -- nowhow! Contrariwise Tweedle-Dee & Tweedle-Dum |
| #2149, aired 1993-12-30 | CANADIAN ACTORS $1000: This tap dancer from Nova Scotia tapped her way into Al Jolson's heart & married him in 1928 Ruby Keeler |
| #2118, aired 1993-11-17 | POP MUSIC $200: In 1962 he teamed with Dee Dee Sharp to record yet another dance hit, "Slow Twistin'" Chubby Checker |
| #2067, aired 1993-09-07 | 3-LETTER WORDS $200: Ice-T, Big Daddy Kane & Kool Moe Dee received 1991 Grammys for this type of music rap |
| #2067, aired 1993-09-07 | THE ROLE PLAYED $300: Sandra Dee,
Deborah Walley &
Cindy Carol Gidget |
| #2005, aired 1993-04-30 | ROCK TRIVIA $1000: "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" was Elton John's sixth No. 1 hit & her first Kiki Dee |
| #1952, aired 1993-02-16 | THE SCHOOL PLAY $200: "Look at Me, I'm Sandra Dee" is a song from this musical Grease |
| #1899, aired 1992-12-03 | LAST NAME'S THE SAME $300: Paul,
Cindy,
Billy Dee Williams |
| #1751, aired 1992-03-23 | WHISTLES $400: Dee Brown's 1977 book "Hear that Lonesome Whistle Blow" is about the building of these the railroads |
| #1729, aired 1992-02-20 | DISNEY SONGS $500: "Everybody Has a Laughing Place" was also in this film but "Zip-A-Dee Doo-Dah" won the Oscar Song of the South |
| #1680, aired 1991-12-13 | ALPHABETIC HOMOPHONES $500: This Robert van Gulik character isn't a private eye, but a Chinese judge Dee |
| #1639, aired 1991-10-17 | AUTHORS' DEDICATIONS $200: Joseph Wambaugh said that this book was “for Dee and of course for all the centurions” The New Centurions |
| #1638, aired 1991-10-16 | "RAIN"Y SONGS $500: "So it must be" this Dee Clark hit from 1961 "Raindrops" |
| #1601, aired 1991-07-15 | COLE PORTER LYRICS $200: Title of the song that says, "From this happy day, no more blue songs, only whoop-dee-doo songs" "From This Moment On" |
| #1587, aired 1991-06-25 | GOLDEN OLDIES $200: In January 1962, this twist song by Joey Dee and the Starliters replaced Chubby Checker's "The Twist" at No. 1 "The Peppermint Twist" |
| #1524, aired 1991-03-28 | DISNEY SONGS $300: "Biddle-Dee-Dee" is a song from "Toby Tyler" & "Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo" is a song from this film Cinderella |
| #1486, aired 1991-02-04 | NONFICTION $100: Dee Brown's Indian history of the American west is called "Bury My Heart at" this place Wounded Knee |
| #1443, aired 1990-12-05 | MUSIC $400: Stephen Foster originally wrote this song as "Way Down Upon The Pee Dee River" "Old Folks At Home" |
| #1358, aired 1990-06-27 | SPANISH HISTORY $200: They took Spain from the Carthaginians, & the Visigoths took it from them Romans |
| #1303, aired 1990-04-11 | SINGERS & THEIR ROLES $400: He made 2 films, "Come September" & "That Funny Feeling", with his wife, Sandra Dee Bobby Darin |
| #1237, aired 1990-01-09 | SCOTLAND $500: Scotland's "Granite City"; its name means "mouth of the Dee" River, which is where it's located Aberdeen |
| #1218, aired 1989-12-13 | BIRDS $1,000 (Daily Double): Born Robert Byrd, Bobby Day had a No. 2 hit with this "avian" song:
"Every little swallow, every chick-a-dee / Every little bird in the tall oak tree / The wise old owl, the big black crow / Flappin' their wings singing go bird go..." "Rockin' Robin" |
| #1178, aired 1989-10-18 | DANCES $300: Dance you'd do to "Ah-one, ah-two, ah-doodle-dee-doodle-dee-do" the old soft shoe |
| #1045, aired 1989-03-03 | POP MUSIC $300: In her big hit "Mashed Potato Time", Dee Dee Sharp asked for this on her mashed potatoes gravy |
| #1006, aired 1989-01-09 | NAME CHANGES $400: Alexandra Zuck, who was once married to Bobby Darin Sandra Dee |
| #996, aired 1988-12-26 | ZOOLOGY $200: Some snails breathe with gills while others breathe by use of these lungs |
| #996, aired 1988-12-26 | HOLLYWOOD MARRIAGES $400: He might have sung his own song "What Kind of Fool Am I?", when he got divorced from Joan Collins Anthony Newley |
| #996, aired 1988-12-26 | SHAKESPEAREAN TRIVIA $600: A glove maker named John & a farmer's daughter named Mary Shakespeare's parents |
| #996, aired 1988-12-26 | CAPITAL CITIES $600: 16th c. Jewish refugees from Spain & Portugal helped make it the diamond-cutting capital of the world Amsterdam |
| #996, aired 1988-12-26 | THE '50s $1000: He talked to teenagers in the top-selling nonfiction book of 1959, "Twixt 12 & 20" Pat Boone |
| #952, aired 1988-10-25 | MAIDEN NAMES $500: Mrs. Ossie Davis Ruby Dee |
| #912, aired 1988-07-19 | FAMOUS LIONS $500 (Daily Double): The Tokens who formerly backed up Neil Sedaka had this No. 1 hit on their own in 1961:
"Weeheeheehee dee heeheeheehee weeoh aweem away
Weeheeheehee dee heeheeheehee weeoh aweem away..." "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" |
| #823, aired 1988-03-16 | CASTLES & CHATEAUX $1000: This castle on the River Dee is the British sovereign's private residence in Scotland Balmoral |
| #806, aired 1988-02-22 | CELEBRITIES IN PRINT $200: Dee Burton wrote an entire book on fans' dreams about this man, called "I Dream of Woody" Woody Allen |
| #806, aired 1988-02-22 | SOUTH CAROLINIANS $600: Nickname of Francis Marion, who made daring guerrilla raids from a hideout in South Carolina's Pee Dee River the Swamp Fox |
| #782, aired 1988-01-19 | BEAUTIFUL "MUSIC" $1000: According to the title of this 1974 song, when Kiki Dee carries a tune, she really carries a tune "I've Got the Music in Me" |
| #729, aired 1987-11-05 | RUBIES $800: She was 1st black actress to star in major roles at the American Shakespeare Festival Ruby Dee |
| #629, aired 1987-05-07 | NAMES BY THE MONTHS $1,400 (Daily Double): The man who played Lando Calrissian in "Return of the Jedi" was born with this middle name December |
| #616, aired 1987-04-20 | MUSIC TRIVIA $200: Carmen Miranda sang a backwards version of this song & called it "Eedapiz Ooh Dad" "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" |
| #564, aired 1987-02-05 | STARTS WITH "Z" $200: My oh my, what a wonderful day it was when Disney's "Song of the South" won an Oscar for this song "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah" |
| #544, aired 1987-01-08 | DOUBLE TALK $300 (Daily Double): Sharp singer who had her biggest hit with this song:
"A Mashed Potato started long time ago /
With a guy named Sloppy Joe /
You'll find this dance is so cool to do /
Come on baby, gonna teach it to you..." Dee Dee Sharp |
| #540, aired 1987-01-02 | "WILLIAMS" $100: "Black Clark Gable", he says his career turning point was playing a space pirate in "Star Wars" sequels Billy Dee Williams |
| #511, aired 1986-11-24 | TOUGH TV TRIVIA $200: In 1986 TV series, Caryn Richman plays this Sandra Dee-Sally Field character "all grown up" Gidget |
| #421, aired 1986-04-21 | ECCLESIASTIC NAMES $300: Dee Snider is the lead singer of this rock group Twisted Sister |
| #391, aired 1986-03-10 | DETECTIVE FICTION $300: Homeland of inscrutable detective Judge Dee China |
| #359, aired 1986-01-23 | 3-LETTER NAMES $100: Among the roles this Sandra played were "Gidget" & Mrs. Bobby Darin Sandra Dee |
| #359, aired 1986-01-23 | '40s FILMS $300 (Daily Double): 1 of 2 Oscar-winning songs featured in Disney films of the '40s (1 of) "When You Wish Upon A Star" or "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah" |
| #313, aired 1985-11-20 | STARTS WITH "B" $500: On the River Dee in Scotland, it's private residence of the British sovereign Balmoral Castle |
| #290, aired 1985-10-18 | ACTORS & ROLES $100: Sandra Dee, Sally Field & Karen Valentine have all played this "girl midget" Gidget |
| #268, aired 1985-09-18 | BODIES OF WATER $200: River connecting Lake Bala in Wales & the Irish Sea, or letter connecting C & E Dee |
| #142, aired 1985-03-26 | 1967 $100: World’s first human heart transplant operation was performed in this country South Africa |
| #142, aired 1985-03-26 | P’S & Q’S $300: With a capital “P”, a Slavic language, but without one, nail gloss polish |
| #142, aired 1985-03-26 | P’S & Q’S $500: French for “tail”, it’s a braid of hair queue |
| #142, aired 1985-03-26 | POLITICAL QUOTES $600: Orator Wendell Phillips said “Eternal vigilance is the price of” this liberty |
| #142, aired 1985-03-26 | ART $800: It runs the Freer Gallery of Art & the National Portrait Gallery the Smithsonian (Institution) |
| #107, aired 1985-02-05 | TRIVIA $500 (Daily Double): Baseball star referred to in this song:
"Dee dee dee dee dee dee dee dee dee dee dee dee dee" Joe DiMaggio |
| #48, aired 1984-11-14 | "DAY" TIME $200: Follows "Zip-a-dee-doo-dah, zip-a-dee-ay" "my, oh, my, what a wonderful day" |
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Dee Dee Myers, a journalist from Vanity Fair
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"The first woman ever to hold the post of White House...
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Dee Daigle, a substitute teacher from Hebron, Connecticut
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Season 32 1-time champion: $19,001 + $2,000.
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Dee Williams, a research associate from Boston, Massachusetts
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Season 39 player (2023-01-27).
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Dee Ann Redman, a sales representative from Billings, Montana
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Season 5 player (1988-12-26).
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Dee Brady, a teacher from San Antonio, Texas
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Season 6 player (1990-06-27).
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Dee Weber, a grad student and substitute teacher from Potosi, Wisconsin
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Season 13 player (1996-12-25).
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Elise Beraru, an insurance underwriter from Los Angeles, California
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1990 Super Jeopardy! quarterfinalist: $5,000. 1985 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $1,000....
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Elise Beraru, an insurance underwriter from Los Angeles, California
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1990 Super Jeopardy! quarterfinalist: $5,000. 1985 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $1,000....
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Elise Beraru, a lawyer from Los Angeles, California
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1990 Super Jeopardy! quarterfinalist: $5,000. 1985 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $1,000....
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Jennifer Linde, an associate professor from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Season 37 1-time champion: $24,800 + $2,000.
Last name pronounced like "LIN-dee".
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Chuck Wilde, an engineer from Naperville, Illinois
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Season 10 player (1994-06-06).
Last name pronounced like \"WILL-dee\".
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Rebecca Heide, an economist from Washington, D.C.
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Season 34 player (2018-06-12).
Last name pronounced like "HI-dee".
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Jennie Bunde, a rabbinical student from Galesburg, Illinois
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Season 38 player (2022-03-29).
Last name pronounced like \"bun-DEE\".
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Larissa Dizon, an academic advisor from San Diego, California
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Season 33 player (2017-07-14).
Name pronounced like "lar-EE-sah DEE-zon".
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Nick Dee, a photographer from Los Angeles, California
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Season 38 player (2022-05-16).
Nick uses they/them pronouns.
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Dolores Kimball, a computer operator from Hollister, California
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Season 1 player (1985-03-26).
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KC Frodyma, a freelance editor from San Francisco, California
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Season 27 player (2011-04-22). Last name pronounced like "fro-DEE-mah". Jeopardy! Message...
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Lynde Smith, a server from Louisville, Colorado
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Season 38 player (2022-02-21).
First name pronounced like "LIN-dee".
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Saidi Chen, an attorney for a legal nonprofit from New York, New York
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Season 29 player (2012-12-12).
First name pronounced like "SIGH-dee".
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Kynan Dias, a film student originally from Las Vegas, Nevada
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Season 31 player (2015-03-13).
Name pronounced like "KEE-nan DEE-as".
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Sarah Shody, a lawyer from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Season 30 player (2014-04-28).
Last name pronounced like "SHAW-dee".
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Erin Rhode, a software engineer originally from Plymouth, Minnesota
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Season 31 player (2015-01-21).
Last name pronounced like "ROH-dee".
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Damon White, a bartender from Darlington, South Carolina
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Season 25 player (2009-06-18).
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Meredith Dedopoulos, a 12-year-old from Durham, New Hampshire
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"This spelling bee champion has also won many sports awards. From...
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