| #9072, aired 2024-04-02 | ASTRONOMY $5,000 (Daily Double): The "E" in NASA's T.E.S.S. satellite stands for these that it's actively looking for, whether they can support life or not exoplanets |
| #9038, aired 2024-02-14 | THE COMPOSER CONDUCTS $400: Hear tunes from "E.T.". "Jaws" & "Always" on the album he "Conducts His Classic Scores for the Films of Steven Spielberg" John Williams |
| #25, aired 2024-01-16 | SPELLING BIZ $100: This beverage brand debuted in 1876; you can't spell it without spelling...
B _ _ _ E _ _ E R Budweiser |
| #25, aired 2024-01-16 | SPELLING BIZ $500: In 1972, this brand debuted Red Zinger and Sleepy Time; you can't spell it without spelling...
_ _ _ _ _ T _ _ _
_ E A _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Celestial Seasonings |
| #9004, aired 2023-12-28 | TRIPLE INITIAL WRITERS $2000: The "A" that's the 3rd initial of this German writer was originally W--for Wilhelm--but he changed it to honor Mozart's Amadeus E.T.A. Hoffmann |
| #8965, aired 2023-11-03 | IT JUST SOUNDS QUESTIONABLE $1200: This letter means "and" in Spanish Y |
| #8957, aired 2023-10-24 | A CATEGORY FULL OF COR(E)YS $1200: Cory Doctorow's somewhat Orwellian look at the near future isn't called "Big" this but "Little" this Brother |
| #8951, aired 2023-10-16 | BRITISH SPELLING BEE $200: Go to the famous Globe one to see a play by Shakespeare T-H-E-A-T-R-E |
| #8951, aired 2023-10-16 | BRITISH SPELLING BEE $600: Lovely Rita of Liverpool knows this unit of measure is 39.37 inches M-E-T-R-E |
| #8949, aired 2023-10-12 | WORDS FROM 2 LETTERS $200: Jennifer Aniston won one in September 2002; her then-husband Brad was nominated, but didn't win Emmy (M-E) |
| #16, aired 2023-10-11 | ALL YOU NEED IS "L-O-V-E" $500: As Charles Darwin could tell you, to do this is to gradually change or develop over time evolve |
| #8867, aired 2023-05-09 | PEOPLE $400: Holy K.I.T.T.! The ex-wife of this '80s TV star wound up marrying a man named Michael (E.) Knight Hasselhoff |
| #1, aired 2023-05-08 | MATHSTERS $1600: Though he didn't discover it, this Swiss genius naturally chose e to represent the important constant named for him Euler |
| #8863, aired 2023-05-03 | SAX EDUCATION $800: Springsteen eulogized this great sax player by saying he "doesn't leave the E Street Band when he dies. He leaves when we die" Clarence Clemons |
| #8812, aired 2023-02-21 | FROM "E" TO "Y" $1200: Arthur Conan Doyle had Sherlock Holmes say this word, but didn't ever follow it with "my dear Watson" elementary |
| #8795, aired 2023-01-27 | TV TIME $200: The Duffer brothers couldn't resist a bike chase in season 1 of this TV series, derivative of "E.T." though it was Stranger Things |
| #8792, aired 2023-01-24 | FINDING NIMOY $200: Nimoy appeared in other TV series with this "Star Trek" co-star, including "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." & "T.J. Hooker" William Shatner |
| #4, aired 2022-10-16 | IT ALL STARTS WITH "U" $200: So you saw an E.T.? Then it must have been piloting this, also called a flying saucer a UFO |
| #8712, aired 2022-10-04 | FILMS BY CHARACTERS $1200: Siblings Michael, Gertie & Elliott E.T. |
| #1, aired 2022-09-25 | DIRECT ME TO THE DIRECTOR $800: This film about an alien trying to get home turned 40 in 2022; Steven Spielberg calls it "my first love story" E.T. |
| #8671, aired 2022-06-27 | FEELING SCIENCE-"E" $2,000 (Daily Double): These hormones relieve pain but probably don't give the runner's high as once thought endorphins |
| #8659, aired 2022-06-09 | ABBREVIATED TV $1000: The forces of T.H.R.U.S.H. were enemies of "The Man from" this 1960s title spy organization U.N.C.L.E. |
| #8655, aired 2022-06-03 | DON'T GET CONFUSED $200: Change an "A" to an "E" to go from immobile to this write stuff stationery |
| #8621, aired 2022-04-18 | ONE E, DOUBLE E $400: It ain't Christmas Eve without a certain 8 of these animals providing their power reindeer |
| #8595, aired 2022-03-11 | SAYS ANN(E) $1000: At the DNC in 1988, Texan Ann Richards said of this man, "He can't help it. He was born with a silver foot in his mouth" George Herbert Walker Bush |
| #8590, aired 2022-03-04 | ALL THE WAY FROM D TO E $400: To linger idly & waste time... come now, don't... dawdle |
| #8587, aired 2022-03-01 | MILITARY MEMOIRS $1000: T.E. Lawrence's chronicle of his desert experiences & participation in the Arab Revolt has this numeric title the Seven Pillars of Wisdom |
| #8583, aired 2022-02-23 | CHILD ACTORS $800: A working actor to this day, Henry Thomas was 10 when he filmed this Spielberg classic E.T. |
| #7, aired 2022-02-11 | 2 WORDS TO COMPLETE THE PHRASE $800: Among AFI's 100 Greatest Movie Quotes of All Time:
"E.T. ..." phone home |
| #8515, aired 2021-11-19 | INTO THE J*E*T STREAM $200: To use a syringe to put a drug into a person's body inject |
| #8515, aired 2021-11-19 | INTO THE J*E*T STREAM $400: A member of the Society of Jesus the Jesuits |
| #8515, aired 2021-11-19 | INTO THE J*E*T STREAM $600: Adjective meaning too willing to criticize others & say they are wrong or deficient judgmental |
| #8515, aired 2021-11-19 | INTO THE J*E*T STREAM $800: The suspension of a court proceeding adjournment |
| #8515, aired 2021-11-19 | INTO THE J*E*T STREAM $1000: From the Latin meaning "again" & "young", it means to make someone youthful & vital again rejuvenate |
| #8481, aired 2021-10-04 | IF AT "FIRST" $600: 2-word term describing an E.M.T. who goes to a crisis area to provide immediate assistance a first responder |
| #8459, aired 2021-08-05 | RECENT POP CULTURE $400: "I Can't" do this by H.E.R. won the Grammy for Song of the Year in 2021 "I Can't Breathe" |
| #8457, aired 2021-08-03 | MED. ABBREV. $400: According to the initials, an E.N.T. is a doctor who specializes in treating these body parts ear, nose & throat |
| #8431, aired 2021-06-28 | "A" BEFORE "E" $400: Fog & mist are considered types of this, though they don't come out of a can an aerosol |
| #8398, aired 2021-05-12 | 'CAUSE WE SPELL GOOD $600: Here's a colonel of truth--"colonel" ain't spelled right in that phrase; please spell out this homophone, the gist of an idea K-E-R-N-E-L |
| #8384, aired 2021-04-22 | KNOWN BY THEIR INITIALS $2000: British soldier Thomas Edward T.E. Lawrence |
| #8368, aired 2021-03-31 | AT THE MOVIES $2000: This 1988 movie that was, let's say, reminiscent of "E.T." found a second life as Paul Rudd's go-to clip on "Conan" Mac and Me |
| #8357, aired 2021-03-16 | STARTS & ENDS WITH "E" $1600: You won't see this event if you're standing on the Moon, but you can if you're orbiting it, like the Apollo 8 astronauts did Earthrise |
| #8335, aired 2021-02-12 | DESCRIBING THE ADJECTIVE $400: Get rid of the "E" in "E.T." & you have this adjective for the Earth terrestrial |
| #8289, aired 2020-11-26 | BESTSELLING NONFICTION $400: Duane Chapman, aka this, the title of an A&E show, was a No. 1 bestselling author in 2007 with "You Can Run But You Can't Hide" Dog the Bounty Hunter |
| #8239, aired 2020-09-17 | STARTS & ENDS WITH "E" $1600: This word for a perfect example doesn't rhyme with "home" epitome |
| #8238, aired 2020-09-16 | TV SHOWS BASED ON BOOKS BY WOMEN $800: 3 young E.T.s appear as humans & attend a New Mexico high school in books by Melinda Metz, the basis for this TV show Roswell |
| #8234, aired 2020-06-11 | BREAKOUT MOVIE ROLES $400: This actress who captured our hearts as little Gertie in "E.T." Drew Barrymore |
| #8224, aired 2020-05-28 | AMERICAN HEALTH CARE $400: It's the "E" in EMTALA, a 1986 federal law that says a hospital must treat patients with serious conditions who can't pay emergency |
| #8206, aired 2020-04-20 | FLEE CIRCUS $1200: P.T. Barnum marked exits with "This way to" this fancy "E" word; folks left & had to buy a ticket to reenter egress |
| #8196, aired 2020-04-06 | E-COLLEGE-Y $200: N.C. State created a program to compost these food boxes, which usually aren't recyclable, especially if they contain crusts pizza boxes |
| #8170, aired 2020-02-28 | SPELL IT LIKE THE BRITS $200: Hermione, our tickets to a play the West End have arrived! Tonight we're off to the... T-H-E-A-T-R-E |
| #8149, aired 2020-01-30 | AUTHOR LAST NAME IN COMMON $800: E.B., T.H. & Australian Nobelist Patrick White |
| #2, aired 2020-01-07 | FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES $1200: If God wills, you know this Arabic expression for "if God wills"; T.E. Lawrence was an early adopter inshallah |
| #8126, aired 2019-12-30 | EDIBLE POP CULTURE $400: In a 1982 film a trail of Reese's Pieces draws this marooned title character out from hiding E.T. |
| #8092, aired 2019-11-12 | DON'T FORGET THE LYRICS $800: "No no no no no, oo-eee-hoo, I'll tell you once more, before I get off the floor", this E.L.O. title "Don't Bring Me Down" |
| #8060, aired 2019-09-27 | WHISKEY BUSINESS $400: Most scotch is distilled twice; this type of whiskey, like Bushmills & Tullamore D.E.W., 3 times Irish whiskey |
| #8053, aired 2019-09-18 | BRAND NAMES: SPELL IN THE BLANK $400: Making pictures with illuminated pegs:
Lite-____ B-R-I-T-E |
| #8020, aired 2019-06-21 | A S.T.E.A.M. CATEGORY $400: Textile engineering includes developing new types of these to protect wounds bandages |
| #8020, aired 2019-06-21 | A S.T.E.A.M. CATEGORY $800: Scientifically, the one that's part of your hand is the metacarpus; the tree is Nypa fruticans palm |
| #8020, aired 2019-06-21 | A S.T.E.A.M. CATEGORY $1200: How far apart your eyes are is one metric of FRS, short for this tech system used by social media & law enforcement facial recognition system |
| #8020, aired 2019-06-21 | A S.T.E.A.M. CATEGORY $1600: In math the vertical "rise" of a line is divided by the horizontal "run" to calculate this measure slope |
| #8020, aired 2019-06-21 | A S.T.E.A.M. CATEGORY $2000: This American artist said his painting "Hotel Window" was "lonelier than I'd planned it" Edward Hopper |
| #8009, aired 2019-06-06 | SPELL IT OR SAY IT? $1200: You say "est" when referring to a 1970s self-help movement, but E.S.T. is "Eastern" this Standard Time |
| #7980, aired 2019-04-26 | OUT-OF-OFFICE E-MAILS $400: From him in 1797:
"Out of office as a third term wasn't for me. Also have several dental appointments" Washington |
| #7949, aired 2019-03-14 | ALL BETS ARE OFF $400: This Greek letter gave us part of the word for all the letters that make up a language alpha |
| #7918, aired 2019-01-30 | SPELLEMENTS $800: Cl C-H-L-O-R-I-N-E |
| #7901, aired 2019-01-07 | REJECTED SUPERHEROES $200: He was rejected on the grounds that he couldn't stop telling everybody he was sorry the Apologizer |
| #7896, aired 2018-12-31 | SYMBOLS $1600: This symbol is derived from the combination of the Latin letters "E" & "T" an ampersand |
| #7865, aired 2018-11-16 | RAINY DAY P.E. $800: We have to practice this "shapely" dance, because I haven't do-si-doed very much square dancing |
| #7863, aired 2018-11-14 | NOTABLE AFRICAN AMERICANS $2000: Among this educator's many books is "Up from Slavery", his autobiography published in 1901 (Booker T.) Washington |
| #7806, aired 2018-07-16 | GERMAN WRITERS $3,200 (Daily Double): E.T.A. Hoffmann's tale entitled this device "and the Mouse King" evolved into a popular ballet the nutcracker |
| #7770, aired 2018-05-25 | NOT MADE $600: Atari's not making any more games based on this 1982 Spielberg movie; they ended up burying thousands in a landfill E.T. |
| #7751, aired 2018-04-30 | HIPSTERY $2000: When this 3-initial writer of "Tales" lived in Bamberg, Germany around 1815, he could have enjoyed many craft breweries E.T.A. Hoffmann |
| #7726, aired 2018-03-26 | GEOGRAPHIC SPELLING BEE $400: The name of this large sea comes from words for "middle of the land" M-E-D-I-T-E-R-R-A-N-E-A-N |
| #7706, aired 2018-02-26 | BEJEWELED $1000: Seen here, both these gems are vulnerable to scratching; they become adjectives by adding "E-S-C-E-N-T" opal and pearl |
| #7701, aired 2018-02-19 | IT'S ALL A MIRAGE $1600: His "Seven Pillars of Wisdom" mentions watching a mirage as "the heat of Arabia came out like a drawn sword" Lawrence of Arabia, or T.E. Lawrence |
| #7696, aired 2018-02-12 | 8-LETTER WORDS $800: It means wary or ever alert; don't take the law into your own hands by adding an E to it vigilant |
| #7667, aired 2018-01-02 | "LIGHT" MUSIC $1000: Turn on this Neil Diamond song inspired by the movie "E.T." "Turn On Your Heartlight" |
| #7634, aired 2017-11-16 | CELEBRITY MEMOIRS $400: In a memoir called "Wildflower", she thanks Steven Spielberg, calling the making of "E.T." magical (Drew) Barrymore |
| #7624, aired 2017-11-02 | ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT TRAVELS THROUGH TIME $400: (Nancy O'Dell and Kevin Frazier of Entertainment Tonight present the clue.)
(Nancy) It is August 15, 1939 & "E.T." is at the Hollywood premiere of "The Wizard of Oz"
(Kevin) We interview Judy Garland, & ask how it felt literally bringing down the house on this character & then stealing her shoes the Wicked Witch of the East |
| #7624, aired 2017-11-02 | ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT TRAVELS THROUGH TIME $800: (Nancy O'Dell and Kevin Frazier of Entertainment Tonight present the clue.)
(Kevin) It's "E.T." for March 28, 1973 & last night, the Academy made him an offer he refused
(Nancy) We sit down with Sacheen Littlefeather, who turned down the Oscar for this leading man Marlon Brando |
| #7600, aired 2017-09-29 | NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WINNING WORDS $2000: In 1994 it was this 12-letter word meaning before the Biblical flood A-N-T-E-D-I-L-U-V-I-A-N |
| #7580, aired 2017-07-21 | WEST VIRGINIA $1000: Charleston has a memorial to this black educator whose family moved to nearby Malden in 1865 Booker T. Washington |
| #7542, aired 2017-05-30 | LYRICAL SPELLING BEE $1200: Tammy Wynette spelled out this title word that she doesn't want her 4-year-old "to understand" divorce ("D-I-V-O-R-C-E") |
| #7518, aired 2017-04-26 | ABBREV-"E"-ATIONS $600: On the Billboard charts, don't confuse EMF with EWF, this "Shining Star" group Earth, Wind & Fire |
| #7515, aired 2017-04-21 | ALMA MATERS $200: (I'm political commentator S.E. Cupp.) I wasn't a politics or history major but graduated from this upstate New York Ivy League school with a degree in art history & wrote art reviews for the Sun Cornell |
| #7482, aired 2017-03-07 | BOX OFFICE CHAMPS OF THE DECADE $1000: The 1980s:
starring Henry Thomas, Drew Barrymore E.T. |
| #7480, aired 2017-03-03 | THE DREADED SPELLING CATEGORY $600: Flip 2 letters in a lumberjack's falling-tree yell & get this quality of the sound of a voice T-I-M-B-R-E |
| #7471, aired 2017-02-20 | LET'S RAP, KIDS! $400: "They mad they ain't famous, they mad they still nameless... but we still hood famous, yeah, we still hood famous" Kanye West |
| #7468, aired 2017-02-15 | WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY? $1600: "I knew then that 'W-A-T-E-R' meant the wonderful cool something that was flowing over my hand" Helen Keller |
| #7457, aired 2017-01-31 | THE DRUMMER SINGS $2000: A Prince protege, she led "The Glamorous Life" to a Top 10 position in 1984, but without love, it ain't much Sheila E. |
| #7422, aired 2016-12-13 | NO STAN LEE CAMEO $2000: No room for Stan in the tank with Brad Pitt & Shia LaBeouf in this 2014 movie that wasn't about S.H.I.E.L.D.'s boss Fury |
| #7411, aired 2016-11-28 | A SPELLING BEE $400: You get one of these as a record for paying a bill; don't forget the silent letter R-E-C-E-I-P-T |
| #7405, aired 2016-11-18 | I GET AROUND $1200: Elliott & E.T. make a memorable ride on one of these against a backdrop of the moon a bicycle |
| #7400, aired 2016-11-11 | STARTS & ENDS WITH "E" $800: When the moonlight doesn't hit your eye like a big pizza pie, that's this scientific phenomenon an eclipse |
| #7391, aired 2016-10-31 | HALLOWEEN ENTERTAINMENT $1200: Because it's Halloween, Elliott dresses up E.T. like one of these so he won't be recognized a ghost |
| #7362, aired 2016-09-20 | "TEN"-LETTER WORDS $1200: Patrick Roy & Hope Solo played this position goaltender |
| #7320, aired 2016-06-10 | VICTORIAN VERSE $2000: A.E. Housman hadn't visited Shropshire when he used it in the title of this 1896 collection A Shropshire Lad |
| #7318, aired 2016-06-08 | ROBOT CHECK-IN $400: Spielberg's next 2-letter film after "E.T.", it featured Jude Law as a handsome mecha called Gigolo Joe A.I. |
| #7317, aired 2016-06-07 | THE PHONE $800: E.T. would enjoy the USO program called Operation this 2-word phrase, giving intl. calling cards to service members Phone Home |
| #7301, aired 2016-05-16 | BALLET $1200: A 1972 ballet was based on (& named for) the "Tales of" this German author E.T.A. Hoffmann |
| #7299, aired 2016-05-12 | NONFICTION $2000: He challenged Booker T. Washington's leadership in his 1903 collection of essays "The Souls of Black Folk" W.E.B. Du Bois |
| #7294, aired 2016-05-05 | TEACHERS $400: He didn't yet have Wolverine's claws to motivate his P.E. students at England's Uppingham School Hugh Jackman |
| #7286, aired 2016-04-25 | I'M INNOCENT $400: The word "legit" has lost these 5 letters I-M-A-T-E |
| #7278, aired 2016-04-13 | "E-T-C" $200: A flower arrangement or other display placed at the middle of a table a centerpiece |
| #7278, aired 2016-04-13 | "E-T-C" $400: The process of making a wild animal tame domestication |
| #7278, aired 2016-04-13 | "E-T-C" $600: Perceived path of the planets around the sun according to Kepler elliptical |
| #7278, aired 2016-04-13 | "E-T-C" $800: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows an anatomical animation on the monitor.) This adjective refers to the five bones of the hand between the wrist & the fingers metacarpal |
| #7278, aired 2016-04-13 | "E-T-C" $1000: A type of drywall or plasterboard made of gypsum layered between heavy paper Sheetrock |
| #7226, aired 2016-02-01 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY $1,000 (Daily Double): This institute founder was the first African American featured on a U.S. postage stamp Booker T. Washington |
| #7223, aired 2016-01-27 | SKILLFUL ADJECTIVES $200: Fill in AD __ __ T & you're this skillful word adept |
| #7221, aired 2016-01-25 | SPELLING BEE WORDS $800: Joyous or cheerful, like Noel Coward's title "Spirit" B-L-I-T-H-E |
| #7170, aired 2015-11-13 | POP CULTURE $400: This actress' big-screen credits include "E.T." & "50 First Dates" Drew Barrymore |
| #7163, aired 2015-11-04 | FICTIONAL ORGANIZATIONS $400: This evil organization that 007 has battled in many movies is the title of the 2015 James Bond film S.P.E.C.T.R.E. |
| #7121, aired 2015-07-27 | GERMAN LIT $2000: 1815 is the estimated time of arrival of "The Devil's Elixer" by this author E.T.A. Hoffmann |
| #7084, aired 2015-06-04 | GEOGRAPH-"E" $1600: Don't slip into this glacial fissure a crevasse |
| #7054, aired 2015-04-23 | IN THE PANTHEON $400: Drew Barrymore & E.T. both say this 5-letter word; E.T. later pairs it with "home" phone |
| #7045, aired 2015-04-10 | DICTIONARY OF SCIENCE $8,600 (Daily Double): "E" is for this hard outer body of an animal, like a mollusk's shell exoskeleton |
| #7002, aired 2015-02-10 | AMERICAN HISTOR-"E" $1,000 (Daily Double): Its construction began in 1817 & took advantage of the Mohawk River Gap in the Appalachian Mountains the Erie Canal |
| #6991, aired 2015-01-26 | THAT WOMAN CAN SING! $200: In 2010 this Detroit legend said she'd prefer Halle Berry to play her in a film bio; R-E-S-P-E-C-T her wishes! Aretha Franklin |
| #6988, aired 2015-01-21 | FRUITY MUSIC $1000: Also the name of a soda, this R.E.M. song says, "Follow me, don't follow me, I've got my spine" "Orange Crush" |
| #6969, aired 2014-12-25 | BEST PICTURE INITIALS $1200: 1996:
"T.E.P.", a Fiennes film The English Patient |
| #6969, aired 2014-12-25 | BEST PICTURE INITIALS $2000: 1953:
"F.H.T.E.", with a big sandy love scene From Here to Eternity |
| #6964, aired 2014-12-18 | A LITTLE T & A $800: The E-flat bass type of this instrument has a fourth valve so you can get extra low a tuba |
| #6957, aired 2014-12-09 | E.T.'s ON TV $400: He's an observer from Ork who travels in a pod & meets up with Mindy Mork |
| #6957, aired 2014-12-09 | E.T.'s ON TV $800: Long-running show about a Time Lord from Gallifrey Doctor Who |
| #6957, aired 2014-12-09 | E.T.'s ON TV $1200: Sitcom about the Solomon family, who must occasionally report to "The Big Giant Head" 3rd Rock from the Sun |
| #6957, aired 2014-12-09 | E.T.'s ON TV $1600: Its title character was planetary neighbor Uncle Martin, with the retractable antennae My Favorite Martian |
| #6957, aired 2014-12-09 | E.T.'s ON TV $2000: The Fifth Column fought the reptilian "Visitors" on this drama V |
| #6952, aired 2014-12-02 | SPELL IT OUT FOR ME $800: This Olympic sport that consists of 10 track & field events D-E-C-A-T-H-L-O-N |
| #6930, aired 2014-10-31 | WORDS ABOUT WORDS $400: The "L-E-T" in piglet is this kind of suffix added to mean small or young diminutive |
| #6925, aired 2014-10-24 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN FIRSTS $800: In 2000 Robert Johnson became the first African American billionaire after selling this TV network to Viacom B.E.T. |
| #6919, aired 2014-10-16 | H _ _ E $400: Don't believe this, excessive publicity hype |
| #6874, aired 2014-07-03 | THE "E" STREET BAND $200: Don't take this word meaning infinite time to respond eternity |
| #6803, aired 2014-03-26 | PARENTHETICAL SONGS $2000: R.E.M.:
"(Don't Go Back To)" "Rockville" |
| #6796, aired 2014-03-17 | THE TWO-THOUSAND YEAR OLD MAN $800: (Carl Reiner & Mel Brooks present the clue.)
"What was your most annoying job?"
"Well, I was a scrivener for this poet who couldn't spell. The first line of his prologue, he spells 'April' like this-A-P-R-I-L-L-E. That's--that's how he spelled 'April'" Chaucer |
| #6795, aired 2014-03-14 | CONTEMPORARIES $800: In 1916 Carl Sandburg published his "Chicago Poems" & this Brit became a liaison officer to Faisal's army T.E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) |
| #6767, aired 2014-02-04 | RUN EMC $1200: E=mc2 refuted the old laws of this "of mass" & "of energy"--m & E aren't fixed in total quantity but can be converted conservation |
| #6765, aired 2014-01-31 | SHAKESPEAREAN SPELLING BEE $200: Romeo's family name M-O-N-T-A-G-U-E |
| #6752, aired 2014-01-14 | DOUBLE "T" WORDS $800: Washed 2 dishes, answered 1 e-mail, watered a plant, basically I just did this around the house all morning frittered (or puttered) |
| #6729, aired 2013-12-12 | T.C.L.T. $600: "F.H.T.E."
by James Jones From Here to Eternity |
| #6705, aired 2013-11-08 | FROM THE "OL" COUNTRY $1600: We sing the song of this island country in the Pacific about 1,000 miles N.E. of Australia--actually, we won't the Solomon Islands |
| #6694, aired 2013-10-24 | OSCAR MIRE $2000: This female producer with an alliterative name has 7 nominations from "E.T." to "War Horse" Kathleen Kennedy |
| #6693, aired 2013-10-23 | SEVEN UP $800: Proverbs 9:1 & the title of T.E. Lawrence's memoir mention 7 of these the pillars of wisdom |
| #6651, aired 2013-07-15 | FROM A TO E $3,000 (Daily Double): It means to make a food or drug impure by adding inferior ingredients adulterate |
| #6600, aired 2013-05-03 | BRITISH LIT $1200: This military man lost the "Seven Pillars Of Wisdom" manuscript in a train station T.E. Lawrence |
| #6593, aired 2013-04-24 | ALL SCIENCE "E" $400: Pine trees & Kalmia shrubs are both this, meaning leaves of the past season aren't shed until new foliage is completely formed evergreens |
| #6583, aired 2013-04-10 | LIVING SOCIAL $600: It sounds like a country of E.T.s but it's really the feeling of being estranged from society alienation |
| #6579, aired 2013-04-04 | SOWING "OTE"s $1,600 (Daily Double): Theodore Roosevelt said this "is like a rifle: its usefulness depends on the character of the user" vote |
| #6535, aired 2013-02-01 | TV SHOW SUM-UP $2000: Joel McHale E!lucidates clip art The Soup |
| #6514, aired 2013-01-03 | RHYME TIME $400: In a 1982 film, E.T. loved this candy Reese's Pieces |
| #6512, aired 2013-01-01 | KINDLY CORRECT NIGEL'S SPELLING $600: I can't conceive why you believed you had licence to dissemble in such a fashion L-I-C-E-N-S-E |
| #6454, aired 2012-10-11 | 1920s BESTSELLERS $2,000 (Daily Double): "Revolt in the Desert", about his exploits in Arabia, was a nonfiction bestseller in 1927 T.E. Lawrence |
| #6441, aired 2012-09-24 | THE METROPOLITAN OPERA $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents the clue from the Metropolitan Opera in New York.) As the duke, Luciano Pavarotti thrilled Met audiences with the aria "La donna e mobile", which is so catchy that Verdi kept it out of rehearsals for this opera, so that it wouldn't become known before opening night Rigoletto |
| #6431, aired 2012-07-30 | IT'S MOVIE TIME $400: Elliott befriends a homesick alien who loves candy in this classic E.T. |
| #6390, aired 2012-06-01 | PHYSICS $400: In 1935 he argued in the "EPR Paper" (he was the "E") that quantum mechanics wasn't a complete theory Einstein |
| #6385, aired 2012-05-25 | SPELLING WITH THE STARS $200: 1967 No. 1 for Aretha--give her some! R-E-S-P-E-C-T |
| #6377, aired 2012-05-15 | NAME THE MOVIE $2000: In a 1982 charmer: "I'll be right here" E.T. |
| #6335, aired 2012-03-16 | GROUP "E"s $1600: "I Can't Get It Out Of My Head" that this Jeff Lynne group joined Olivia Newton-John on the "Xanadu" soundtrack ELO (Electric Light Orchestra) |
| #6326, aired 2012-03-05 | WHERE AM I? $400: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports.) I'm at the CBC Broadcast Centre in this city, Canada's largest metropolis & commercial centre--that's C-E-N-T-R-E Toronto |
| #6300, aired 2012-01-27 | CHILD ACTORS $200: Henry Thomas, who played this role in "E.T.", turned 40 in 2011 Elliott |
| #6289, aired 2012-01-12 | SPELL IT: -ABLE OR -IBLE? $600: Easily carried, such as a small TV or software that can run on multiple computers with the same operating system P-O-R-T-A-B-L-E |
| #6289, aired 2012-01-12 | SPELL IT: -ABLE OR -IBLE? $1000: Unbearable, such as the "Acts" passed by the British parliament in 1774 I-N-T-O-L-E-R-A-B-L-E |
| #6252, aired 2011-11-22 | A "LITTLE" LEARNING $1200: It was thought the first pulsar discovered might be a signal from E.T.s, so it was called LGM-1, short for these little green men |
| #6231, aired 2011-10-24 | KAN U SPEL BIZNESS? $600: Drugstore with 4,700 outlets (the part before "Aid") R-I-T-E |
| #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 |
| #6188, aired 2011-07-06 | SPELL IT! $1200: Spell this metric measurement equal to .03937 of an inch M-I-L-L-I-M-E-T-E-R |
| #6173, aired 2011-06-15 | IN DENIAL $400: Not local, like an E.T. alien |
| #6171, aired 2011-06-13 | STAR TRACK $1000: In 1982, the year she appeared in "E.T.", she became the youngest "SNL" host at the age of 7 Drew Barrymore |
| #6170, aired 2011-06-10 | THE HERO WITH... $400: A tank; in an effort to escape his notoriety, this hero joined the Royal Tank Corps in 1923 as T.E. Shaw Lawrence (of Arabia) |
| #6167, aired 2011-06-07 | FUN WITH STATE NAMES $600: The one vowel that does not begin a state name (& don't say "Y"; we don't need the viewer mail) E |
| #6142, aired 2011-05-03 | GOLDEN GLOBE WINNERS $200: This "E.T." director, a Cecil B. DeMille Award recipient Steven Spielberg |
| #6122, aired 2011-04-05 | NOVEL "T"s $400: In the title of a favorite by S.E. Hinton, these 3 words precede "This Is Now" That Was Then |
| #6120, aired 2011-04-01 | MOLECULAR GASTRONOMY $600: (Sarah gives the clue from the Moto Restaurant in Chicago, IL.) Food is cooked to precise temperatures & uniform doneness in a water bath without the water coming into direct contact with it; the food is sealed without air so the technique is called "sous vide", "vide" meaning this vacuum |
| #6112, aired 2011-03-22 | LET THERE BE LIGHT BEER $200: It's how Miller spells "light" in the name of its beer introduced in 1975 L-I-T-E |
| #6105, aired 2011-03-11 | GOD SPELL $800: Vulcan is the Roman equivalent of this Greek fire god (10 letters) H-E-P-H-A-E-S-T-U-S |
| #6099, aired 2011-03-03 | ALPHABET ROCKERS $800: This '80s hair band from Illinois topped the charts with "Keep On Loving You" & "Can't Fight This Feeling" R.E.O. Speedwagon |
| #6096, aired 2011-02-28 | A SHORT SPELL $1000: You turn wood to shape it on this machine
(5 letters) L-A-T-H-E |
| #5998, aired 2010-10-13 | ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY $800: In 1990, the very first "E.W." cover didn't feature a movie or TV star, but this alternative country singer k.d. lang |
| #5994, aired 2010-10-07 | THE GREAT SEAL OF THE U.S. $1000: The first sketch of the Great Seal in 1776 didn't include an eagle but did include this motto later seen in its beak E pluribus unum |
| #5958, aired 2010-07-07 | SPELL IT OUT FOR ME $200: Not 7th & not 9th, but the ordinal one in between E-I-G-H-T-H |
| #5958, aired 2010-07-07 | SPELL IT OUT FOR ME $800: The written note from a doctor to a pharmacist telling what medicine you need P-R-E-S-C-R-I-P-T-I-O-N |
| #5926, aired 2010-05-24 | BOOK SMART $800: His "Seven Pillars of Wisdom" is subtitled "A Triumph" T.E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) |
| #5924, aired 2010-05-20 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE $2000: His "Souls of Black Folk" expressly attacked Booker T. Washington, the most powerful black American of that time (W.E.B.) Du Bois |
| #5903, aired 2010-04-21 | THE FILM THAT ALMOST WAS $400: E.T. would have followed a trail of this candy, but the Mars company said no; not even the red ones M&Ms |
| #5901, aired 2010-04-19 | CLASSICAL SOUND EFFECTS $400: We don't know if this river flows in E-flat, but that's how Wagner depicted it the Rhine |
| #5868, aired 2010-03-03 | "E" IN SCIENCE $400: Term for a substance that can't be broken down into simpler substances by chemical means element |
| #5848, aired 2010-02-03 | CLASS "E" $1200: Don't bug me! I'm doing my reading for this class in which we study insects entomology |
| #5844, aired 2010-01-28 | 3 "T"s $400: On a standard e-mail, a JPEG or PDF file is likely carried as one of these attachment |
| #5803, aired 2009-12-02 | SCIENCE CROSSWORD CLUES "E" $3,000 (Daily Double): A catalyzing protein, like amylase
(6) an enzyme |
| #5802, aired 2009-12-01 | THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID $400: "I knew then that 'W-A-T-E-R' meant the wonderful cool something that was flowing over my hand" Helen Keller |
| #5789, aired 2009-11-12 | SPELLING $1200: A nonprofessional; Bobby Jones was one in golf A-M-A-T-E-U-R |
| #5788, aired 2009-11-11 | MEDICINE $400: The traditional Snellen chart used to measure this contains only the letters C, D, E, F, L, O, P, T & Z eyesight |
| #5779, aired 2009-10-29 | THE E.U. $1,600 (Daily Double): Of the 27 full members of the EU, this nation is first alphabetically Austria |
| #5773, aired 2009-10-21 | INITIALLY YOURS $2000: This poet didn't like big letters, but his first book was called "The Enormous Room" E.E. Cummings |
| #5764, aired 2009-10-08 | LIST $400: Animals on the endangered species list may be listed as "E", endangered, or "T", this threatened |
| #5759, aired 2009-10-01 | "T-H-E" $200: Proverbially, a praiseworthy accomplishment is this "in your cap" a feather |
| #5759, aired 2009-10-01 | "T-H-E" $400: You're giving this when you donate 10% of your income to your church a tithe |
| #5759, aired 2009-10-01 | "T-H-E" $600: The Beatles had this head of a Christian religious community for women "jump the gun" Mother Superior |
| #5759, aired 2009-10-01 | "T-H-E" $800: It's the condition where the human body's temperature falls below 95 degrees hypothermia |
| #5759, aired 2009-10-01 | "T-H-E" $1000: It's an old term for a drugstore an apothecary |
| #5734, aired 2009-07-09 | CITY SPELLING $200: This S-T-E-E-L C-I-T-Y is the seat of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania P-I-T-T-S-B-U-R-G-H |
| #5722, aired 2009-06-23 | NATIONAL MEDAL OF ARTS WINNERS $400: Singers honored in 1999: Odetta, Lydia Mendoza, & her--show her some R-E-S-P-E-C-T! Aretha Franklin |
| #5714, aired 2009-06-11 | SPELL IT BACKWARDS $1000: Asian new year celebration T-E-T |
| #5710, aired 2009-06-05 | HOLLYWOULDN'T $200: "Nocturnal Fears", a proposed sequel to this, would've seen Elliot kidnapped by aliens; Spielberg said N-O E.T. |
| #5703, aired 2009-05-27 | FILL IN THE DICKENS TITLE $2,200 (Daily Double): "T.M.O.E.D." The Mystery of Edwin Drood |
| #5664, aired 2009-04-02 | MOVIE TAGLINES $2000: 2008:
"Heroes aren't born. They're built" Iron Man |
| #5661, aired 2009-03-30 | IF THEY'D TAUGHT AEROBICS INSTEAD $400: Helen! Feel it! W-A-T-E-R! Water! You can do it! Anne Sullivan |
| #5648, aired 2009-03-11 | MOVIES' LAST LINES $800: 1953:
"Robert E. Lee Prewitt. Isn't that a silly old name" From Here to Eternity |
| #5635, aired 2009-02-20 | THE "-STING" $600: It's the "T" in ETS, the folks who administer the S.A.T. & the G.R.E. testing |
| #5626, aired 2009-02-09 | BELOVED FILMS $200: In this 1982 film, Henry Thomas played Elliott, who befriended a visitor 3 million light years from home E.T. |
| #5612, aired 2009-01-20 | MOVIES IN OTHER WORDS (SORT OF) $2000: Jeremy Irons starrer: "E-N-U-T-R-O-F" Reversal of Fortune |
| #5580, aired 2008-12-05 | STRINGS $2000: The hope behind String Theory is that it will result in this, sometimes shortened to "T.O.E." the theory of everything |
| #5557, aired 2008-11-04 | INDUSTRIAL LIGHT & MAGIC $1000: (Jimmy stands with E.T. at Industrial Light & Magic in San Francisco, CA.) ILM created E.T.'s mothership & perhaps the film's most memorable moment, the bike flight scene that would become a symbol of this Spielberg company Amblin Entertainment |
| #5555, aired 2008-10-31 | MORSE CODE $200: Dot-dash is "A"; a dot then a dash is these 2 letters, also a Spielberg movie title "E-T" |
| #5550, aired 2008-10-24 | AUF WIEDERSEHEN $2000: After June 25, 1822 this writer had no more "Tales" to tell & no more E.T.A.s Hoffmann |
| #5549, aired 2008-10-23 | ONE-LETTER TAKE IN ORDER $2000: It precedes "Bay" on the Internet & also name the state capital spelled out by all 5 responses E & Boise |
| #5513, aired 2008-07-23 | O BEFORE E $200: This watercraft is usually made of aluminum or fiberglass; you don't see many dug-out logs these days a canoe |
| #5476, aired 2008-06-02 | HIP-HOP & RAP $800: A TV show on E! chronicles the "Father Hood" of this rap star Snoop Dogg |
| #5472, aired 2008-05-27 | DON'T TAZE ME, BRO $2000: I didn't cook your burger at 140 degrees, & this bacteria (real first name Escherichia) is still there--oops! E. coli |
| #5470, aired 2008-05-23 | SPELLBOUND $1600: The inconsistent spelling of names in this British soldier's "Seven Pillars of Wisdom" bothered the proofreader T.E. Lawrence |
| #5447, aired 2008-04-22 | A SPELLING PRODUCTION $200: It's the star-shaped symbol on a keyboard above the number 8 A-S-T-E-R-I-S-K |
| #5447, aired 2008-04-22 | A SPELLING PRODUCTION $400: From the Greek for "vein", it's the inflammation of a vein P-H-L-E-B-I-T-I-S |
| #5447, aired 2008-04-22 | A SPELLING PRODUCTION $600: A favorite German meal is knockwurst & this fermented cabbage dish S-A-U-E-R-K-R-A-U-T |
| #5428, aired 2008-03-26 | POLICE & THIEVES $800: NYPD calls its quick responders the E.S.U.; L.A. calls its squad this 4-letter acronym S.W.A.T. |
| #5416, aired 2008-03-10 | WOMEN'S FIRSTS $400: Let's show her a little R-E-S-P-E-C-T; she's the first woman inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Aretha Franklin |
| #5408, aired 2008-02-27 | SPELLING "BE" $400: Any insect of the order Coleoptera B-E-E-T-L-E |
| #5408, aired 2008-02-27 | SPELLING "BE" $1200: The big beast in Job 40:15-24 B-E-H-E-M-O-T-H |
| #5408, aired 2008-02-27 | SPELLING "BE" $1600: A doughnut-like treat from New Orleans' Cafe du Monde B-E-I-G-N-E-T |
| #5402, aired 2008-02-19 | REALLY OLD MOVIES $800: Have some Reese's and enjoy this golden oldie from Steven Spielberg about aliens in America E.T. |
| #5391, aired 2008-02-04 | FILL IN THE BOOK TITLE $1600: "T.E.W.W.G."
by Zora Neale Hurston Their Eyes Were Watching God |
| #5388, aired 2008-01-30 | THE "M.E."s $400: A coroner doesn't have to be a physician, unlike the person in this forensic job a medical examiner |
| #5387, aired 2008-01-29 | TARZAN MOVIE REVIEW $200: Tarzan sob like schoolgirl when little guy leave Elliott at end of this 1982 film E.T. |
| #5378, aired 2008-01-16 | THAT I LOVE YOU $800: In 1993 this "Fabulous Baker Boys" star (& it wasn't Beau or Jeff Bridges) wed TV producer David E. Kelley Michelle Pfeiffer |
| #5331, aired 2007-11-12 | 2007 NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WORDS $1200: It's an Italian appetizer of toasted bread, garlic & olive oil, often topped with chopped tomatoes B-R-U-S-C-H-E-T-T-A |
| #5331, aired 2007-11-12 | 2007 NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WORDS $1600: The first Grand Inquisitor of Spain was the notorious Tomas de... T-O-R-Q-U-E-M-A-D-A |
| #5324, aired 2007-11-01 | HE WAS PRESIDENT WHEN... $400: "E.T.: the Extra-Terrestrial" was released, grossing more than $300 million that year Ronald Reagan |
| #5276, aired 2007-07-16 | QUIZILLA $200: In 2006 ABC aired the finals in primetime for this C-O-N-T-E-S-T, the "longest-running educational promotion" the Spelling Bee |
| #5254, aired 2007-06-14 | BE A STELLAR SPELLER $1200: It's part of Scorpio... A-N-T-A-R-E-S |
| #5248, aired 2007-06-06 | POP LYRICS $1000: In a hit song inspired by "E.T.", Neil Diamond sang, "Turn on your" this, "let it shine wherever you go" heartlight |
| #5221, aired 2007-04-30 | "E"COLLEGEY $400: Some of these "activities" you won't be graded on are intramural sports & student government extracurricular activities |
| #5189, aired 2007-03-15 | QUOTABLE CINEMA $1000: 1982, to Elliott:
"Be good" E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial |
| #5185, aired 2007-03-09 | DESCRIPTIONS & DEFINITIONS $2,000 (Daily Double): Animator Chuck Jones quotes Mark Twain on this: "a long... sorry-looking skeleton with a gray wolf-skin" coyote |
| #5108, aired 2006-11-22 | URBAN DICTIONARY $1000: Though it sounds like a wading bird, this is an e-mail saying that you won't be able to attend Johnny's birthday party an e-gret |
| #5108, aired 2006-11-22 | CAN I GET YOUR LITERARY NUMBER? $2000: T.E. Lawrence wrote that this book has "No lessons for the world... it is filled with trivial things" Seven Pillars of Wisdom |
| #5086, aired 2006-10-23 | NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WINNING WORDS $800: 1954:
This architectural term for the part of a church that crosses the nave at right angles T-R-A-N-S-E-P-T |
| #5086, aired 2006-10-23 | FOOD-O $1,600 (Daily Double): The name of this kind of tuna is Spanish for "pretty" bonito |
| #5072, aired 2006-10-03 | COOL MOVIES $800: In 2002 this Steven Spielberg classic about an alien was re-released with never-before-seen footage E.T. |
| #5070, aired 2006-09-29 | TALES OF E.T.A. HOFFMANN $400: Hoffmann's character Peter Schlemihl has lost this, like Peter Pan his shadow |
| #5070, aired 2006-09-29 | TALES OF E.T.A. HOFFMANN $1200: Murr, who gave us his views on life, was Hoffmann's pet one of these a cat |
| #5070, aired 2006-09-29 | TALES OF E.T.A. HOFFMANN $1600: In "The Golden Pot", Anselmus in Dresden is lured to this mythical land some believe was under the sea Atlantis |
| #5070, aired 2006-09-29 | TALES OF E.T.A. HOFFMANN $2,000 (Daily Double): A Hoffmann tale title lost the words "and the Mouse King" when it became this Tchaikovsky ballet The Nutcracker |
| #5070, aired 2006-09-29 | TALES OF E.T.A. HOFFMANN $2000: Reading "The Devil's Elixir" by Hoffmann helped this Swiss psychiatrist form his "archetypes" (Carl) Jung |
| #5042, aired 2006-07-11 | A VISIT TO THE "E.R." $200: Wedding websites say the "3 months' salary" figure for these isn't realistic; buy what she likes an engagement ring |
| #5042, aired 2006-07-11 | A VISIT TO THE "E.R." $400: Who doesn't love plum sauce with these Chinese appetizers? egg rolls |
| #5037, aired 2006-07-04 | PLANT LIFE $2000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows some leaf shapes on the monitor.) Leaf shapes include lanceolate, ovate & this one, also with the "a-t-e" ending, that's shaped like a cook's flipping & spreading tool spatulate |
| #5035, aired 2006-06-30 | FACT $400: On a traditional Snellen one of these, the 9 letters on the 11th line are
P E Z O L C F T D an eye chart |
| #4995, aired 2006-05-05 | BRITISH SPELLING BEE $200: A book-like listing of a business' goods for sale; Sears & Roebuck used to put out a famous one C-A-T-A-L-O-G-U-E |
| #4995, aired 2006-05-05 | BRITISH SPELLING BEE $600: Go to the famous Globe one to see a play by Shakespeare T-H-E-A-T-R-E |
| #4982, aired 2006-04-18 | SHRIMPING $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew handles a net on a shrimp boat in Savannah, GA.) An excluder device called a T.E.D. helps this animal, such as the loggerhead, from getting caught in the net a turtle |
| #4929, aired 2006-02-02 | IF THEY MARRIED... $800: Mary, co-host of "E.T.", weds Watergate "Deep Throat" W. Mark & hyphenates to get this sincere name Mary Hart-Felt |
| #4917, aired 2006-01-17 | HISTORIC NAMES $400: This British adventurer liked to go by the initials T.E. instead of his given names Thomas Edward T.E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) |
| #4899, aired 2005-12-22 | NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WINNING WORDS $1000: 1994:
Pertaining to the period before the flood, it also means out of date A-N-T-E-D-I-L-U-V-I-A-N |
| #4886, aired 2005-12-05 | SCRABBLE 50-POINT BONUSES $400: T, U, N, S, I, E, Q:
A judicial investigation of a death inquest |
| #4867, aired 2005-11-08 | PANTHERS & BOBCATS $1000: E.T. Seton referred to the "lithe & splended beasthood" of the New World panther with this 2-word name a mountain lion |
| #4853, aired 2005-10-19 | LANGUAGES & DIALECTS $400: Our wood stoop, the one on the front of a house, comes from this language's word spelled S-T-O-E-P Dutch |
| #4848, aired 2005-10-12 | SPELLING $1600: You'll make me hungry when you spell... S-P-A-G-H-E-T-T-I |
| #4821, aired 2005-07-18 | CELEBRITY CEREAL $200: A peanut butter & chocolate flavored cereal was named for this character from a Steven Spielberg movie E.T. (The Extra-Terrestrial) |
| #4776, aired 2005-05-16 | THANK YOU, DR. PARÉ $2000: To prevent this, i.e. heavy bleeding, Paré tied blood vessels instead of cauterizing them with hot irons hemorrhage |
| #4768, aired 2005-05-04 | I GET THEM CONFUSED $400: Peter Coyote was in "E.T.", this deputy defense secretary was nominated to head the World Bank Paul Wolfowitz |
| #4765, aired 2005-04-29 | SIDESHOW CINEMA $800: In "You Can't Cheat an Honest Man", he played circus owner Larson E. Whipsnade W.C. Fields |
| #4756, aired 2005-04-18 | BRITISH SPELLING BEE $600: Lovely Rita of Liverpool knows this unit of measure is 39.37 inches M-E-T-R-E |
| #4756, aired 2005-04-18 | DONE THAT $800: Burglar alarm seller E.T. Holmes employed the 1st of these in 1877, "plugging in" 6 Boston telephone subscribers switchboard |
| #4731, aired 2005-03-14 | G.I. JOE $400: 1967's female G.I. Jo(e), now worth thousands in mint condition, wasn't a warrior but had this caring job a nurse |
| #4702, aired 2005-02-01 | BRAIN TEASE $1200: Brain waves are measured using the instrument known by these 3 letters for short E.E.G. |
| #4691, aired 2005-01-17 | NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WORDS $2000: This Athenian school founded by Aristotle in 335 B.C. was the last word of the 1992 competition L-Y-C-E-U-M |
| #4687, aired 2005-01-11 | FILM CRITICISM $800: Though one critic dubbed it "Lassie in science fiction drag", this 1982 flick fared well at the box office anyway E.T. |
| #4672, aired 2004-12-21 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $1200: For the ballet "Coppelia" Leo Delibes used "The Sandman", one of the "Tales of" this author E.T.A. Hoffmann |
| #4658, aired 2004-12-01 | SPELL-BOUND FOR BROADWAY $400: This dairyman ponders what it would be like "if I were a rich man" T-E-V-Y-E |
| #4658, aired 2004-12-01 | SPELL-BOUND FOR BROADWAY $1200: This inspector relentlessly pursues Le Miserable Jean Valjean J-A-V-E-R-T |
| #4658, aired 2004-12-01 | SPELL-BOUND FOR BROADWAY $1,900 (Daily Double): Martin Dysart psychoanalyzes a boy who's been re-creating the centaur myth in this drama E-Q-U-U-S |
| #4649, aired 2004-11-18 | FAMOUS FRIENDSHIPS $2,000 (Daily Double): This adventurous man was a close friend of George Bernard Shaw & changed his name to T.E. Shaw in 1927 Lawrence of Arabia |
| #4630, aired 2004-10-22 | WHEEL OF JEOPARDY! $600: Tale about someone who rises from neglect to success
_
_ I _ _ E _ E _ _ _
_ T _ _ Y a Cinderella story |
| #4567, aired 2004-06-15 | HITS OF THE '60s $400: In 1967 Aretha Franklin proved she could S-P-E-L-L with this song, one of the biggest solo hits of her career "Respect" ("R-E-S-P-E-C-T" accepted) |
| #4484, aired 2004-02-19 | 3 LETTERS LONG $800: Between April & October, the hour of the day in Maine may be followed by these 3 letters E.D.T. |
| #4477, aired 2004-02-10 | SOLDIERS $1200: It's the nickname of T.E. Lawrence, who helped mobilize a revolt against the Ottoman Empire Lawrence of Arabia |
| #4471, aired 2004-02-02 | POP CULTURE $1600: Neil Diamond's 1982 hit "Heartlight" was inspired by this movie E.T. |
| #4443, aired 2003-12-24 | BIO HAZARD $400: 1922:
"Seven Pillars of Wisdom" T.E. Lawrence (of Arabia) |
| #4440, aired 2003-12-19 | TAKE MY FIRST WIFE... PLEASE! $2000: Alice Hathaway Lee, but she wouldn't live to be First Lady Theodore Roosevelt |
| #4437, aired 2003-12-16 | BOX OFFICE BLOCKBUSTERS $800: This Spielberg-directed effort about a boy & his alien was one of the highest-earning films of the '80s E.T. |
| #4429, aired 2003-12-04 | BEFORE & AFTER $800: "Queen of Soul" who got R‑E‑S‑P‑E‑C‑T as the 32nd president of the U.S. Aretha Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
| #4349, aired 2003-06-26 | MEDICINE $1200: E. Donnall Thomas shared the Nobel Prize for the first transplant of this bone substance between 2 people who weren't twins marrow |
| #4346, aired 2003-06-23 | SPELL THE LAST NAME $800: 17th century man with the "I think, therefore I am" plan, Rene... D-E-S-C-A-R-T-E-S |
| #4346, aired 2003-06-23 | SPELL THE LAST NAME $2000: German "God is Dead" philosopher Friedrich Wilhelm... N-I-E-T-Z-S-C-H-E |
| #4325, aired 2003-05-23 | BALLET $400: This Christmas ballet is based on a story by E.T.A. Hoffmann The Nutcracker |
| #4314, aired 2003-05-08 | NEUROSCIENCE $1000: P.E.T., the positron emission type of this kind of imaging, can identify the focal points of seizures tomography |
| #4281, aired 2003-03-24 | HOLLYWOOD MIDDLE INITIALS $1200: E.
This writer-producer didn't do so well with "Girls Club" or that weird "Ally" 1/2 hour David E. Kelley |
| #4268, aired 2003-03-05 | WORD PUZZLES $1000: A difficult & prolonged struggle
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| #4242, aired 2003-01-28 | ENGLISH "T" $600: E.H. Baily's 17-foot-tall statue of Lord Nelson is in this London plaza Trafalgar Square |
| #4238, aired 2003-01-22 | SPORTS NAME SPELLING $400: Dale, who drove car No. 3 E-A-R-N-H-A-R-D-T |
| #4238, aired 2003-01-22 | SPORTS NAME SPELLING $1200: Yankees lefty Andy P-E-T-T-I-T-T-E |
| #4221, aired 2002-12-30 | WORDS FROM 2 LETTERS $200: Jennifer Aniston won one in September 2002; her husband Brad was nominated, but didn't win M-E/Emmy |
| #4184, aired 2002-11-07 | E BEFORE I $600: Term for a young cow that hasn't yet borne a calf heifer |
| #4156, aired 2002-09-30 | WORD PUZZLES $600: What singer Tiny Tim wanted to do:
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| #4155, aired 2002-09-27 | "E.B." $3,400 (Daily Double): Its choice as a national capital in 1949 wasn't recognized by some countries East Berlin |
| #4147, aired 2002-09-17 | THE DREADED SPELLING CATEGORY $1200: One of your skills is spelling... A-C-C-O-M-P-L-I-S-H-M-E-N-T |
| #4143, aired 2002-09-11 | E.T. 20th ANNIVERSARY $200: He says he was lonely, shooting "Raiders of the Lost Ark" in Tunisia, when the concept for the movie first hit him Steven Spielberg |
| #4143, aired 2002-09-11 | E.T. 20th ANNIVERSARY $400: To lure E.T. into his house, Elliott, played by Henry Thomas, leaves a trail of these candies Reese's Pieces |
| #4143, aired 2002-09-11 | E.T. 20th ANNIVERSARY $600: Of her role as little Gertie, she told Ent. Weekly, "I wouldn't be where I am now if it wasn't for 'E.T.'" Drew Barrymore |
| #4143, aired 2002-09-11 | E.T. 20th ANNIVERSARY $800: Through computer magic, federal agents no longer brandish guns; instead they carry these rhyming devices, 10-4! Walkie-talkies |
| #4143, aired 2002-09-11 | E.T. 20th ANNIVERSARY $1000: Nominated for 9 Oscars, the movie won 4 including one for Original Score by this composer John Williams |
| #4128, aired 2002-07-10 | HAIL TO THE CHIEF $1,200 (Daily Double): His wife's name, Hannah, was also spelled J-A-N-N-E-T-J-E, Dutch for Hannah Martin Van Buren |
| #4118, aired 2002-06-26 | HAILS FROM WALES $800: Technically, this adventurer wasn't "of Arabia" but of Tremadoc, Wales T. E. Lawrence |
| #4107, aired 2002-06-11 | "T"ELEVISION $1200: This offbeat series on E! provides a daily recap of funny chat show highlights Talk Soup |
| #4083, aired 2002-05-08 | STRAIN THY BRAIN $400: The eyes of E.T. were modeled on those of this 1921 Nobel Prize winner Einstein |
| #4080, aired 2002-05-03 | TRAVEL FUN $400: Shop for "mystery pipes", whose designs don't appear until you smoke them, in this cheese-y city 17 mi. e. of Delft Gouda |
| #4076, aired 2002-04-29 | EDIBLE SPELLING $800: Widely used to add flavor, this member of the mint family is grouped in song with parsley, sage & rosemary T-H-Y-M-E |
| #4076, aired 2002-04-29 | EDIBLE SPELLING $1600: Cheese & crackers are a simple example of this type of food served before a meal to stimulate the palate A-P-P-E-T-I-Z-E-R |
| #4071, aired 2002-04-22 | I PROTEST! $2,000 (Daily Double): (Cheryl of the Clue Crew presents from the Plaza Hotel.) In protest of the Oak Room's men-only lunch policy, this organization staged a sit-in at the Plaza on February 12, 1969 N.O.W. (the National Organization for Women) |
| #4070, aired 2002-04-19 | HANDY TRAVEL PHRASES $200: Don't unpack the tent in a Lisbon park if you see the sign "E prohibido acampar", meaning this Camping prohibited (No camping) |
| #4068, aired 2002-04-17 | DON'T JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS MOVIE $1600: "The 7 Pillars of Wisdom" Lawrence of Arabia |
| #4040, aired 2002-03-08 | SPELLING BEE $1000: The name of the Greek goddess of vengeance, it now means an opponent or rival who can't be overcome N-E-M-E-S-I-S |
| #3985, aired 2001-12-21 | A FAREWELL $800: "I'll be right here", he said pointing his glowing finger at Elliot's head before he left the earth E.T. |
| #3957, aired 2001-11-13 | DAVID E. KELLEY TV $600: All was not well in Beantown when teacher Harry Senate couldn't save a gangbanger from his fate on this show Boston Public |
| #3952, aired 2001-11-06 | E-COMMERCE $100: At dunkindonuts.com you can't buy donuts, but you can get this traditional accompaniment by the pound coffee |
| #3948, aired 2001-10-31 | SPELL THE LAST NAME $1000: Maiden name of the author of "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman" W-O-L-L-S-T-O-N-E-C-R-A-F-T |
| #3929, aired 2001-10-04 | WHEEL OF JEOPARDY! $100: A group of outdoor bargain stalls
_ L E _
_ _ R _ E T flea market |
| #3929, aired 2001-10-04 | WHEEL OF JEOPARDY! $300: A final irritation
T _ E
_ _ S T
S T _ _ W the last straw |
| #3929, aired 2001-10-04 | WHEEL OF JEOPARDY! $400: To perform a superfluous action
_ _ L _
T _ E
L _ L Y gild the lily |
| #3917, aired 2001-09-18 | "E.T." $200: In a European capital, it stands 984 feet high the Eiffel Tower |
| #3917, aired 2001-09-18 | THEY WROTE FOR BRITANNICA $400: T.E. Lawrence's article on this type of warfare notes its name is the Spanish diminutive of "war" guerrilla warfare |
| #3917, aired 2001-09-18 | "E.T." $400: A paperless reservation for air travel an e-ticket (or an electronic ticket) |
| #3917, aired 2001-09-18 | "E.T." $600: In 1945 this Hungarian-born physicist helped construct the first atomic bomb Edward Teller |
| #3917, aired 2001-09-18 | "E.T." $800: It's a small projection on the beak of a baby bird to help it break out of its shell an egg tooth |
| #3917, aired 2001-09-18 | "E.T." $2,000 (Daily Double): A disputed part of Indonesia, its capital is Dili East Timor |
| #3898, aired 2001-07-11 | AFRICANA $200: The country's name is properly pronounced "luh-SOO-too", but is spelled this way L-E-S-O-T-H-O |
| #3897, aired 2001-07-10 | DIRECTORS $200: "E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial" Steven Spielberg |
| #3878, aired 2001-06-13 | OUT OF THE "BLUE" $100: It's generally a high-priced stock with a long history of growth, like G.E. or AT&T blue chip |
| #3866, aired 2001-05-28 | ORDER $300: On-screen:
"E.T.",
"X-Men",
"M" M, E.T., & X-Men |
| #3857, aired 2001-05-15 | PRODUCT PLACEMENT $300: Sales for these candies rocketed after being featured in "E.T." Reese's Pieces |
| #3833, aired 2001-04-11 | EXPLORERS $400: T.E. Lawrence wrote the intro to Charles Montagu Doughty's book on exploring this area Arabia |
| #3810, aired 2001-03-09 | IN A MINUTE $100: Each minute 5 million of these are sent; how many of them are spam, we don't know E-mails |
| #3807, aired 2001-03-06 | "E" DOCK $400: Completes the sign P.T. Barnum used to steer foot traffic moving through his museum, "This Way to the...." Egress |
| #3803, aired 2001-02-28 | ARETHA FRANKLIN $100: Aretha's spelled it out: "Find out what it means to me" "R-E-S-P-E-C-T" |
| #3796, aired 2001-02-19 | THE LIGHT $200: E.T. had one that Neil Diamond sang about Heartlight |
| #3793, aired 2001-02-14 | INTERNATIONAL BOOKS & AUTHORS $100: Explorer "of Arabia" who wrote "Seven Pillars of Wisdom" T.E. Lawrence |
| #3756, aired 2000-12-25 | THE DREADED SPELLING CATEGORY $100: Don't lose hope when you spell... D-I-S-C-O-U-R-A-G-E-D |
| #3756, aired 2000-12-25 | THE DREADED SPELLING CATEGORY $200: Thanks for spelling... A-P-P-R-E-C-I-A-T-I-O-N |
| #3756, aired 2000-12-25 | THE DREADED SPELLING CATEGORY $400: Don't delay, spell... I-M-P-A-T-I-E-N-T |
| #3756, aired 2000-12-25 | THE DREADED SPELLING CATEGORY $500: Do me a favor & spell... A-C-C-O-M-M-O-D-A-T-E |
| #3755, aired 2000-12-22 | SPELL IT: -ABLE OR -IBLE? $100: Adjective for an expense that can be subtracted from earnings in regards to income taxes D-E-D-U-C-T-I-B-L-E |
| #3755, aired 2000-12-22 | SPELL IT: -ABLE OR -IBLE? $200: Easily carried, such as a typewriter or radio P-O-R-T-A-B-L-E |
| #3755, aired 2000-12-22 | SPELL IT: -ABLE OR -IBLE? $400: A peace officer having minor judicial functions, usually in a small town C-O-N-S-T-A-B-L-E |
| #3735, aired 2000-11-24 | ENGLISH $400: "Debt" contains this letter to show its etymology, from the Latin debitum B |
| #3715, aired 2000-10-27 | TELEVISION $800: It isn't quite as harrowing as "ER" when real people get makeovers on the E! series known as "Fashion" this Fashion Emergency |
| #3692, aired 2000-09-26 | HARRISON FORD $800: Ford's cameo in this 1982 Spielberg film, written by his now-wife Melissa Mathison, got cut E.T. |
| #3675, aired 2000-07-21 | SPELL MY FIRST NAME $200: Alley of "Cheers" K-I-R-S-T-I-E |
| #3675, aired 2000-07-21 | SPELL MY FIRST NAME $400: Dunst of "Interview With The Vampire" K-I-R-S-T-E-N |
| #3675, aired 2000-07-21 | SPELL MY FIRST NAME $800: Johnston of "3rd Rock" K-R-I-S-T-E-N |
| #3666, aired 2000-07-10 | TOOLS $400: Samuel Johnson preferred the spelling "S-I-T-H-E", but alas, it was this spelling that prevailed S-C-Y-T-H-E |
| #3652, aired 2000-06-20 | BEFORE & AFTER $600: E.T.'s yearning spoken desire to dial up Tim Allen's TV show Phone Home Improvement |
| #3641, aired 2000-06-05 | HE WAS IN THAT? $1000: This American wasn't yet the Man from U.N.C.L.E. when he was in the golden calf scene in "The Ten Commandments" Robert Vaughn |
| #3619, aired 2000-05-04 | INITIAL T.V. $600: [Hi, I'm Pat O'Brien] David E. Kelley won 2 Emmys for this show in 1991, one as executive producer, one as writer L.A. Law |
| #3619, aired 2000-05-04 | INITIAL T.V. $1000: Organization that employed Alexander Waverly, Mark Slate & Illya Kuryakin U.N.C.L.E. (United Network Command for Law and Enforcement) |
| #3597, aired 2000-04-04 | M.C.s $1000: It wasn't an impossible mission for him to become host of A&E's "Biography" Peter Graves |
| #3592, aired 2000-03-28 | SPELL THE LAST NAME $200: Former Russian president Boris... Y-E-L-T-S-I-N |
| #3592, aired 2000-03-28 | SPELL THE LAST NAME $300: Stone Age cartoon series star Fred... F-L-I-N-T-S-T-O-N-E |
| #3588, aired 2000-03-22 | PARTS OF A BUILDING $500: L-E-N-T-I-L spells a legume; rearranged & spelled this way, you get a supporting piece L-I-N-T-E-L |
| #3579, aired 2000-03-09 | THE JET PROPULSION LABORATORY $200: It's the only known planet in our solar system JPL spacecraft haven't visited -- & they're looking into it Pluto |
| #3573, aired 2000-03-01 | FOOD ON FILM $200: Reese's Pieces are a favorite of this title character in a Spielberg blockbuster E.T. |
| #3545, aired 2000-01-21 | ALLITERATIVE PEOPLE $100: "T-R-O-U-B-L-E" was a 1992 album by this country singer whose names also start with "TR" Travis Tritt |
| #3512, aired 1999-12-07 | MOVIE TAGLINES $1000: 1990:
"You will believe" Ghost |
| #3507, aired 1999-11-30 | BRITISH SPELLING BEE $400: It's the British version of the word we spell C-O-N-N-E-C-T-I-O-N C-O-N-N-E-X-I-O-N |
| #3500, aired 1999-11-19 | TV STUPID ANSWERS $500: "Entertainment Tonight" debuted in 1981, making this the first new Steven Spielberg-directed film it could cover E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial |
| #3495, aired 1999-11-12 | THE DREADED SPELLING CATEGORY $600: Give the word special treatment as you spell... P-R-E-F-E-R-E-N-T-I-A-L |
| #3489, aired 1999-11-04 | HOMOPHONES $500: Spell loot & liar this way to turn them into musical instruments L-U-T-E & L-Y-R-E |
| #3473, aired 1999-10-13 | ACTRESSES ON TELEVISION $600 (Daily Double): (Hi, I'm Jane Seymour.) I was nominated for a Golden Globe for playing this famous woman in the TV movie "The Woman He Loved" Duchess of Windsor (Wallis Warfield) |
| #3473, aired 1999-10-13 | "B" IN GEOGRAPHY $800 (Daily Double): This Mississippi port was the capital of the Louisiana Territory for a brief time in the early 1700s Biloxi |
| #3448, aired 1999-09-08 | ACTORS & ACTRESSES $400: This actress who's been in "E.T." & "Never Been Kissed" was a little scamp when she was your age Drew Barrymore |
| #3446, aired 1999-09-06 | SPELL IT OUT FOR ME! $200: Things will be sour if you can't spell... V-I-N-E-G-A-R |
| #3446, aired 1999-09-06 | SPELL IT OUT FOR ME! $300: I hungrily await you to spell... N-E-C-T-A-R-I-N-E |
| #3446, aired 1999-09-06 | SPELL IT OUT FOR ME! $400: Don't spell it 3 times, but do spell... T-R-I-P-L-I-C-A-T-E |
| #3446, aired 1999-09-06 | SPELL IT OUT FOR ME! $500: You won't be exasperated if you can spell... A-G-G-R-A-V-A-T-I-O-N |
| #3438, aired 1999-07-14 | THE CIVIL WAR $600: This Confederate general with the given names James Ewell Brown was famous for his rides "around McClellan" J.E.B. Stuart |
| #3404, aired 1999-05-27 | ODD COUPLES $800: "R-E-S-P-E-C-T" is all this singer wants from her kite-flying beau Aretha & Ben Franklin |
| #3397, aired 1999-05-18 | N.E.W.S. $500 (Daily Double): Of north, east, west or south, the one that doesn't start a U.S. state's name east |
| #3395, aired 1999-05-14 | SPELL THE LAST NAME $600: Aqualung pioneer Jacques... C-O-U-S-T-E-A-U |
| #3395, aired 1999-05-14 | SPELL THE LAST NAME $800: U.S. pop artist Roy... L-I-C-H-T-E-N-S-T-E-I-N |
| #3352, aired 1999-03-16 | '50s TV $200: Word that completes the line sung by Jimmy Nelson "N-e-s-t-l-e-s, Nestle's makes the very best..." Chocolate |
| #3338, aired 1999-02-24 | THE DREADED SPELLING CATEGORY $200: Don't be conservative as you spell... F-U-N-D-A-M-E-N-T-A-L-I-S-M |
| #3338, aired 1999-02-24 | THE DREADED SPELLING CATEGORY $400: We'll think of you as lustrous, colorful & brilliant when you spell... I-R-I-D-E-S-C-E-N-T |
| #3338, aired 1999-02-24 | THE DREADED SPELLING CATEGORY $500: Resolve yourself to spelling... D-E-N-O-U-E-M-E-N-T |
| #3336, aired 1999-02-22 | NAME THE DIRECTOR $100: "Always",
"E.T.",
"Jurassic Park" Steven Spielberg |
| #3334, aired 1999-02-18 | SPELL THE LAST NAME $200: French emperor Napoleon (I)... B-O-N-A-P-A-R-T-E |
| #3334, aired 1999-02-18 | SPELL THE LAST NAME $1000: "Finlandia" composer Jean... S-I-B-E-L-I-U-S |
| #3329, aired 1999-02-11 | A SHROPSHIRE LAD $100: Poet A.E. Housman probably hadn't been to Washington when he called this the "loveliest of trees" Cherry tree |
| #3328, aired 1999-02-10 | BIG SCREEN BRAINBUSTERS $200: This star of "Slumber Party '57" & "Terms Of Endearment" was one of the voices used to create E.T.'s voice Debra Winger |
| #3307, aired 1999-01-12 | SPELL IT OUT $600: Phone home & then spell.... E-X-T-R-A-T-E-R-R-E-S-T-R-I-A-L |
| #3296, aired 1998-12-28 | SPELLBOUND $600: It's the fifth book of the Old Testament D-E-U-T-E-R-O-N-O-M-Y |
| #3296, aired 1998-12-28 | SPELLBOUND $800: In a 1991 movie, a group of working-class Dubliners form a band that plays '60s soul music & take this name C-O-M-M-I-T-M-E-N-T-S |
| #3296, aired 1998-12-28 | SPELLBOUND $1000: It's the adjective for a 150th anniversary celebration S-E-S-Q-U-I-C-E-N-T-E-N-N-I-A-L |
| #3276, aired 1998-11-30 | THAT'S REVOLTING $300: During WWI, this British adventurer led the Arabs in a revolt against Turkish rule Lawrence of Arabia (T.E. Lawrence) |
| #3234, aired 1998-10-01 | "HIT" OR "MISS" $100: If you write my last name as T-R-E-B-E-C-K, you've just done this misspelled it |
| #3221, aired 1998-09-14 | MY LIFE OF "E"S $300: Viscounts & barons needn't bother inviting me over -- I only hobnob with at least this grade of nobleman Earl |
| #3205, aired 1998-07-03 | SPELLING $400: Often seen at Christmas, this flowering plant was named for Joel R. Poinsett P-O-I-N-S-E-T-T-I-A |
| #3166, aired 1998-05-11 | SPELL CHECK $400: Feel no pain as you spell... A-N-E-S-T-H-E-S-I-A |
| #3163, aired 1998-05-06 | STAR MOVIES $400: 5 years before "E.T.", little Cary Guffey tried to befriend extraterrestrials in this Spielberg film Close Encounters of the Third Kind |
| #3145, aired 1998-04-10 | "F" IN SPELLING $400: We won't beat you unless you correctly spell... F-L-A-G-E-L-L-A-N-T |
| #3145, aired 1998-04-10 | "F" IN SPELLING $1000: Congratulations! Now spell this synonym... F-E-L-I-C-I-T-A-T-I-O-N-S |
| #3123, aired 1998-03-11 | WHAT $300: Your hook & line won't do much good without one of these to keep them at the right depth Sinker |
| #3123, aired 1998-03-11 | HAWN $1,200 (Daily Double): This 1969 film, seen here, wasn't Goldie's first, but it gave her her first major film role: Cactus Flower |
| #3112, aired 1998-02-24 | THE DIRECTOR SPEAKS $100: "I never believed in anything before I believed in movies", said this "E.T." director Spielberg |
| #3092, aired 1998-01-27 | THE NATIONAL SPELLING BEE $800: 1994:
Ned Andrews said a mouthful with... A-N-T-E-D-I-L-U-V-I-A-N |
| #3086, aired 1998-01-19 | CHAPTER ONE $400: In chapter one of this E.M. Forster novel, Lucy complains that her window doesn't overlook the Arno A Room with a View |
| #3056, aired 1997-12-08 | THE QUEEN'S ENGLISH $200: The British call a tire a tire, but they spell it this way T-Y-R-E |
| #3037, aired 1997-11-11 | THE DREADED SPELLING CATEGORY $100: It's the opposite of an optimist P-E-S-S-I-M-I-S-T |
| #3037, aired 1997-11-11 | THE DREADED SPELLING CATEGORY $200: This Mandarin orange was named for the city of Tangier T-A-N-G-E-R-I-N-E |
| #3037, aired 1997-11-11 | THE DREADED SPELLING CATEGORY $400: When you eat in a deli, you should know "deli" is short for this word D-E-L-I-C-A-T-E-S-S-E-N |
| #3037, aired 1997-11-11 | THE DREADED SPELLING CATEGORY $500: In dictionaries, this 8-letter word that means "no longer in general use" is often abbreviated obs O-B-S-O-L-E-T-E |
| #3037, aired 1997-11-11 | HISTORIC AMERICANS $800: This educator built the Tuskegee Institute from a student body of 40 in 1881 to 1500 by 1915 Booker T. Washington |
| #3035, aired 1997-11-07 | THEME PARK FUN $300: The Universal Studios ride named for this extraterrestrial might make you want to "phone home" E.T. |
| #3018, aired 1997-10-15 | AMERICAN HERSTORY $400: She wrote, "I knew then that 'W-A-T-E-R' meant the ... cool something that was flowing over my hand" Helen Keller |
| #2980, aired 1997-07-11 | MOVIE CHARACTERS $400: He befriends a young human named Elliott E.T. |
| #2949, aired 1997-05-29 | '60s TV $200: In 1966 "T.H.E. Cat" followed "The Man From" this organization on NBC U.N.C.L.E. |
| #2928, aired 1997-04-30 | WHEN THEY WERE TEENAGERS $100: In his early teens, this "E.T." director won a contest with his short war movie "Escape to Nowhere" Steven Spielberg |
| #2904, aired 1997-03-27 | SCREENWRITERS $400: Melissa Mathison, who wrote this 1982 Steven Spielberg fantasy classic, is married to Harrison Ford E.T. |
| #2883, aired 1997-02-26 | QUOTATIONS $600: This late magazine publisher ascribed his success to "Sheer ability spelled I-N-H-E-R-I-T-A-N-C-E" Malcolm Forbes |
| #2838, aired 1996-12-25 | EXPLORERS $600: Believing he'd betrayed his Arab friends, he sought obscurity, changing his name to T.E. Shaw T.E. Lawrence |
| #2826, aired 1996-12-09 | POP MUSIC $300 (Daily Double): Steven Spielberg film that inspired the 1982 hit heard here:
"Turn on your heartlight /
Let it shine wherever you go..." E.T. |
| #2809, aired 1996-11-14 | BOOKS BY THE NUMBERS $100: The number of Snow White's dwarfs or T.E. Lawrence's "Pillars of Wisdom" 7 |
| #2783, aired 1996-10-09 | GAME SHOWS $300: They're the Burt & Bert of Burt & Bert Productions, which produced "Win, Lose or Draw" Reynolds & Convy |
| #2766, aired 1996-09-16 | BIRTHDAY'S THE SAME $300: Heather Thomas, Jonathan Taylor Thomas & this Thomas who starred in'"E.T." were all born Sept. 8 Henry Thomas |
| #2745, aired 1996-07-05 | CELEBRITY SPELLING $300: Bruce "The Boss", who was "Born To Run" S-P-R-I-N-G-S-T-E-E-N |
| #2724, aired 1996-06-06 | ART & ARTISTS $200: One of Augustus John's portraits of T.E. Lawrence is in the collection of this city's Tate Gallery London |
| #2585, aired 1995-11-24 | LITERARY OPERAS $400: "The Tales of" this German inspired many an opera, including Busoni's "Die Brautwahl" (E. T. A.) Hoffmann |
| #2550, aired 1995-10-06 | AWARDS $400: In 1995 the American Film Institute honored this "E.T." director with its Life Achievement Award Steven Spielberg |
| #2480, aired 1995-05-19 | WEIGHTS & MEASURES $600: This system of weight for precious metals is named for the French town where it may have begun troy |
| #2423, aired 1995-03-01 | ART & ARTISTS $1,000 (Daily Double): Camille Pissarro's work after 1884 was influenced by this pointillist's theory of optical mixture (Georges) Seurat |
| #2423, aired 1995-03-01 | MILITARY MEN $1,400 (Daily Double): In March 1923 he joined the Royal Tank Corps under the name T.E. Shaw Lawrence of Arabia |
| #2357, aired 1994-11-29 | UNUSUAL BOOKS $400: This most common letter in English isn't used in Ernest Vincent Wright's 50,000-word novel "Gadsby" E |
| #2322, aired 1994-10-11 | TIME $200: Insert these 3 letters into "tricennial" to multiply it from every 30 years to every 300 years T-E-N |
| #2289, aired 1994-07-14 | 1993 $200: In October "Jurassic Park" surpassed this film to become the highest-grossing movie of all time E.T. |
| #2169, aired 1994-01-27 | MOVIE DIRECTORS $100: In 1984 this "E.T." director formed a production company & named it for his 1969 short "Amblin'" Steven Spielberg |
| #2125, aired 1993-11-26 | SPELLING $300: A small amount, or an English sponge cake dessert T-R-I-F-L-E |
| #2122, aired 1993-11-23 | THE "BUCK" STOPS HERE $300: Wild Bill Hickok's TV horse, or the large pellets contained in the shell of a 12 gauge gun Buckshot |
| #2105, aired 1993-10-29 | SOUP ORIGINS $200: Pasta e fagioli Italy |
| #2087, aired 1993-10-05 | LEFTOVERS $100: Word that completes the line "N-E-S-T-L-E-S, Nestle's makes the very best..." chocolate |
| #2069, aired 1993-09-09 | SPELL THAT NAME $200: Ms. Garr, who played "Mr. Mom"'s Mrs. T-E-R-I |
| #2069, aired 1993-09-09 | SPELL THAT NAME $400: The Tammy who taught us to spell D-I-V-O-R-C-E W-Y-N-E-T-T-E |
| #2006, aired 1993-05-03 | SPELLING $400: SK is the postal abbreviation for this Canadian province S-A-S-K-A-T-C-H-E-W-A-N |
| #1996, aired 1993-04-19 | THE GRAMMYS $300: This composer's score to "E.T. The Extraterrestrial" won him a Grammy for 1982 John Williams |
| #1993, aired 1993-04-14 | UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOLLYWOOD $300: You can visit this outer space creature's home planet on a ride that may make you want to "phone home" E.T. |
| #1976, aired 1993-03-22 | "C" IN SPELLING $200: An Alpine dwelling for a Swiss miss C-H-A-L-E-T |
| #1976, aired 1993-03-22 | "C" IN SPELLING $400: To visit Mystic Seaport, you have to go to this state C-O-N-N-E-C-T-I-C-U-T |
| #1972, aired 1993-03-16 | "T" TIME $500: It was the name of Robert E. Lee's beloved horse Traveller |
| #1957, aired 1993-02-23 | OH NO! IT'S SPELLING $100: This citrus fruit was named for Tangier, Morocco T-A-N-G-E-R-I-N-E |
| #1957, aired 1993-02-23 | OH NO! IT'S SPELLING $200: Jane, who was probably proud of her "Pride and Prejudice", answered to this last name A-U-S-T-E-N |
| #1957, aired 1993-02-23 | OH NO! IT'S SPELLING $300: As a rule, encyclopedia articles on this kind of "procedure" mention Robert's Rules of Order P-A-R-L-I-A-M-E-N-T-A-R-Y |
| #1930, aired 1993-01-15 | WORLD WAR I $800: This British officer helped the Arabs defeat the Turks & capture Damascus for the Allies T.E. Lawrence |
| #1873, aired 1992-10-28 | IN THE NEWS $100: 13-year-old Amanda Goad of Virginia was the winner of this national C‑O‑M‑P‑E‑T‑I‑T‑I‑O‑N the Spelling Bee |
| #1786, aired 1992-05-11 | SPELLING $200: When you write an essay, you might use one of these books of synonyms; Roget compiled a famous one T-H-E-S-A-U-R-U-S |
| #1786, aired 1992-05-11 | SPELLING $400: This adjective describes a question to which no answer is expected; you won't see one on "Jeopardy!" R-H-E-T-O-R-I-C-A-L |
| #1786, aired 1992-05-11 | SPELLING $600: In the 16th century it was an Indian village; now it's the capital of Florida T-A-L-L-A-H-A-S-S-E-E |
| #1786, aired 1992-05-11 | SPELLING $800: If you have a high I.Q., you know the "Q." in I.Q. stands for this Q-U-O-T-I-E-N-T |
| #1768, aired 1992-04-15 | FINANCE $5,000 (Daily Double): Named for a N.Y. congressman, this pension plan was established in 1962 to benefit the self-employed Keogh (Plan) |
| #1746, aired 1992-03-16 | & IN OTHER NEWS... $200: Dianne Neale of N.Y. made the news when she said this "E.T." host's voice triggered her seizures (Mary) Hart |
| #1719, aired 1992-02-06 | AMUSEMENT PARKS $200: In June 1991 this California theme park unveiled its new attraction, "E.T.'s Adventure" Universal Studios |
| #1717, aired 1992-02-04 | POP MUSIC $400: This rock superstar was featured on the album "E.T. -- The Extraterrestrial" Michael Jackson |
| #1702, aired 1992-01-14 | SPELL THAT NAME $400: Late Ballerina Dame Margot F-O-N-T-E-Y-N |
| #1652, aired 1991-11-05 | NONFICTION $1000: A journal kept by this British adventurer & soldier was published in 1955 as "The Mint" T.E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) |
| #1614, aired 1991-09-12 | CELEBRITY SPELLING $100: Morley of "60 Minutes"; we won't give you 60 minutes to spell his last name S-A-F-E-R |
| #1614, aired 1991-09-12 | CELEBRITY SPELLING $500: Gene Kelly didn't go back to Brigadoon to see Sid Caesar, but to be with this Cyd (Cyd) C-H-A-R-I-S-S-E |
| #1609, aired 1991-09-05 | SPELL THAT NAME $100: Harry who sings calypso but doesn't explore on the Calypso B-E-L-A-F-O-N-T-E |
| #1609, aired 1991-09-05 | SPELL THAT NAME $200: Jacques, who probably doesn't sing calypso, but does explore on the Calypso C-O-U-S-T-E-A-U |
| #1597, aired 1991-07-09 | SPELLING $100: A jointed puppet manipulated by strings or wires M-A-R-I-O-N-E-T-T-E |
| #1597, aired 1991-07-09 | SPELLING $500: The plant whose name is pronounced "impatience" is spelled this way I-M-P-A-T-I-E-N-S |
| #1580, aired 1991-06-14 | GEOGRAPHICAL SPELLING $100: San Juan is the capital of this self-governing commonwealth P-U-E-R-T-O R-I-C-O |
| #1576, aired 1991-06-10 | MOVIE SONGS $500 (Daily Double): 1978 hit movie with the following "Love Theme":
[Instrumental theme plays.] Superman |
| #1543, aired 1991-04-24 | FAMOUS FOLKS $300: A 1935 motorcycle accident claimed the life of this British soldier & adventurer Lawrence |
| #1493, aired 1991-02-13 | SPELLING $500: In their free time, some students dabble in this hobby of stamp collecting P-H-I-L-A-T-E-L-Y (**P-H-I-L-A-T-E-L-I-S-M) |
| #1480, aired 1991-01-25 | JOHNNY MERCER LYRICS $300: Song that urges "E-lim-inate the negative; latch on to the affirmative; don't mess with Mr. In-Between" "Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive" |
| #1432, aired 1990-11-20 | SPELLING $500: The tallest of these calcium carbonate deposits rise 98 feet from the floor of a cave in France S-T-A-L-A-G-M-I-T-E |
| #1408, aired 1990-10-17 | ACTORS & ACTRESSES $300: 33 years after her aunt's "Too Much Too Soon", this "E.T." star published "Little Girl Lost" Drew Barrymore |
| #1393, aired 1990-09-26 | THE 1980s $400: It was the top money-making film of the '80s, not to mention of all time E.T. |
| #12, aired 1990-09-01 | HISTORIC NAMES $800: E. Rosenberg's relationship to Sgt. David Greenglass, a major U.S. gov't witness against her sister to brother |
| #11, aired 1990-08-25 | SPELLING $400: In German it means “lightning war” B-L-I-T-Z-K-R-I-E-G |
| #11, aired 1990-08-25 | SPELLING $800: The ancient Roman Pont du Gard is an example of this type of bridge built to carry water A-Q-U-E-D-U-C-T |
| #1347, aired 1990-06-12 | SPELLING $500: A 150th anniversary S-E-S-Q-U-I-C-E-N-T-E-N-N-I-A-L |
| #1345, aired 1990-06-08 | AUTHORS $1000: He was a close friend of George Bernard Shaw & in fact changed his name to T.E. Shaw in 1927 Lawrence (of Arabia) |
| #1317, aired 1990-05-01 | AMERICAN BUSINESSMEN $200: Accoridng to Forbes Magazine, Steven Spielberg made $70 million or so on this one videotape "E.T." |
| #1306, aired 1990-04-16 | CIRCUS MOVIES $300: He played circus owner Larson E. Whipsnade in "You Can't Cheat an Honest Man" W.C. Fields |
| #1303, aired 1990-04-11 | COMMON BONDS $100: T.E., Vicki, Welk the name of Lawrence |
| #1295, aired 1990-03-30 | INVENTIONS $100: E.T. Holmes made the first one of these in 1877 to serve 6 telephone subscribers in Boston Telephone Switchboard (even though there were only 6 subscribers) |
| #1267, aired 1990-02-20 | POTPOURRI $400: MCA Home Video has sold over 15 million copies of this movie, calling it the all-time top-selling video E.T. |
| #1262, aired 1990-02-13 | SPELLING $100: A native of Tangier or a citrus fruit T-A-N-G-E-R-I-N-E |
| #1201, aired 1989-11-20 | STARTS WITH "E" $100: The ES in ESP stands for this kind of perception, which we don't have to tell you if you have it Extra Sensory |
| #1185, aired 1989-10-27 | NONFICTION $400: He tells of his exploits in "7 Pillars of Wisdom" & in the abridged version, "Revolt in the Desert" T.E. Lawrence |
| #1162, aired 1989-09-26 | POINT IT OUT $300: Besides his heart, this was the other part of E.T. that glowed [index finger] |
| #1134, aired 1989-07-06 | WOMEN IN HISTORY $1,000 (Daily Double): Visiting her birthplace at 10 E. Oglethorpe in Savannah, Ga. won't get you a merit badge Juliette Gordon Low |
| #1128, aired 1989-06-28 | SPELL THAT NAME $100: The last name of the 1988 Democratic vice-presidential nominee B-E-N-T-S-E-N |
| #1128, aired 1989-06-28 | SPELL THAT NAME $200: According to its '50s ads, it "makes the very best...chocolate" N-E-S-T-L-E-S |
| #1128, aired 1989-06-28 | SPELL THAT NAME $400: Last name of the actress who co-starred with Madonna in "Desperately Seeking Susan" A-R-Q-U-E-T-T-E |
| #1128, aired 1989-06-28 | SPELL THAT NAME $500: Orville the popcorn king spells his last name this way R-E-D-E-N-B-A-C-H-E-R |
| #1122, aired 1989-06-20 | VITAMINS & MINERALS $800: Though its name, tocopherol means "to bear children", this vitamin doesn't cure impotence vitamin E |
| #1115, aired 1989-06-09 | CELEBRITY SPELLING $200: Shirley MacLaine's brother uses this last name B-E-A-T-T-Y |
| #1115, aired 1989-06-09 | CELEBRITY SPELLING $400: Any 1 of the last names of folk trio Peter, Paul & Mary T-R-A-V-E-R-S (or Y-A-R-R-O-W or S-T-O-O-K-E-Y) |
| #1093, aired 1989-05-10 | SPELLING $100: Used in insecticides, it's the poisonous alkaloid found in tobacco N-I-C-O-T-I-N-E |
| #1093, aired 1989-05-10 | SPELLING $200: A 200th anniversary B-I-C-E-N-T-E-N-N-I-A-L |
| #1093, aired 1989-05-10 | SPELLING $300: The name of this dish is German for "sour cabbage" S-A-U-E-R-K-R-A-U-T |
| #1039, aired 1989-02-23 | BALD IS BEAUTIFUL $200: This conductor of the Boston Pops composed the scores for "Star Wars" & "E.T." John Williams |
| #1035, aired 1989-02-17 | TEEN CUISINE $500: "E.T." created a sales boom for this candy Reese's Pieces |
| #1028, aired 1989-02-08 | SPELLING $100: Vespucci's first name wasn't America, it was this A-M-E-R-I-G-O |
| #1024, aired 1989-02-02 | SPELLING $300: From Latin "to open", it's an alcoholic drink taken before a meal to stimulate the appetite A-P-E-R-I-T-I-F |
| #915, aired 1988-07-22 | SPELLING $600: In ordinal numbers, this follows forty-ninth F-I-F-T-I-E-T-H |
| #915, aired 1988-07-22 | SPELLING $1000: A small corsage worn by a man in his buttonhole B-O-U-T-O-N-N-I-E-R-E |
| #894, aired 1988-06-23 | THE MOVIES $100: It's rumored that both Columbia & Disney turned down this film about a boy & "his" alien E.T. |
| #873, aired 1988-05-25 | MONTANA $1,000 (Daily Double): Montana is the only state whose rivers flow west to the Pacific, S.E. to the Gulf of Mexico, & N.E. to this bay Hudson Bay |
| #868, aired 1988-05-18 | OH, SHAW! $600: Called Shaw's "surrogate son", this flamboyant hero legally changed his name to "T.E. Shaw" T.E. Lawrence |
| #861, aired 1988-05-09 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $600: E.T. might want to rent a car from National Car Rental, since as of January 1988 they include these (cellular) telephones |
| #860, aired 1988-05-06 | MOUNTAINS $200: In 1865, the 1st to climb this peak on the Swiss-Italian border didn't need an E Ticket Matterhorn |
| #851, aired 1988-04-25 | COMMERCIAL SLOGANS $500: "Sweet dreams you can't resist" are spelled this way N-E-S-T-L-E-S |
| #844, aired 1988-04-14 | ANATOMICAL SPELLING $600: The tube leading from the middle ear to the throat E-U-S-T-A-C-H-I-A-N |
| #844, aired 1988-04-14 | ANATOMICAL SPELLING $1000: It prevents food from entering the windpipe during the act of swallowing E-P-I-G-L-O-T-T-I-S |
| #814, aired 1988-03-03 | STARTS WITH "E" $400: It's one or the other either |
| #805, aired 1988-02-19 | SPELLING $200: Tip O'Neill's home state M-A-S-S-A-C-H-U-S-E-T-T-S |
| #805, aired 1988-02-19 | SPELLING $500 (Daily Double): The herb that's a homophone for what you read on a clock T-H-Y-M-E |
| #787, aired 1988-01-26 | SPELLING $200: It's flotsam's constant companion J-E-T-S-A-M |
| #787, aired 1988-01-26 | SPELLING $1000: Many religions believe God to be omnipresent, omnipotent & this, having total knowledge O-M-N-I-S-C-I-E-N-T |
| #778, aired 1988-01-13 | ODD SPELLING $200: Number halfway between eighty & one hundred N-I-N-E-T-Y |
| #778, aired 1988-01-13 | ODD SPELLING $600: It's how that 3-part picture of a playmate in the middle of a British Playboy is spelled C-E-N-T-R-E-F-O-L-D |
| #775, aired 1988-01-08 | WYOMING $500: In 1906, Pres. T. Roosevelt declared this "Tower" in N.E. Wyoming the nation's 1st nat'l monument Devil's Tower |
| #768, aired 1987-12-30 | CELEBRITIES $300: Her fitness video is "Eat Slim/Stay Slim" & you don't have to pay extra for the "A", "E", & 2 "I"s Vanna White |
| #763, aired 1987-12-23 | U.S. STATES $400 (Daily Double): Of A, E, I, O, or U, the only vowel that doesn't begin a state name E |
| #757, aired 1987-12-15 | SCIENTIFIC SPELLING $600: Temperature scale in which the freezing point of water is 0° C-E-N-T-I-G-R-A-D-E |
| #757, aired 1987-12-15 | SCIENTIFIC SPELLING $800: Temperature scale in which the freezing point of water is 32° F-A-H-R-E-N-H-E-I-T |
| #752, aired 1987-12-08 | MUSICALS $500: "Illya, Darling" wasn't based on "The Man from U.N.C.L.E.", but on this Melina Mercouri film Never on Sunday |
| #748, aired 1987-12-02 | "B.B." $1000: This songwriter's father, the columnist, spelled his own first name "B-E-R-T" Burt Bacharach |
| #741, aired 1987-11-23 | WEATHER $500 (Daily Double): Weather phenomenon which caused E. Coast radio stations to play the following in 9 1985:
"... calling Gloria? /
Gloria, don't you think you're fallin'? / If everybody wants you, why isn't anybody..." hurricanes |
| #738, aired 1987-11-18 | GEOGRAPHIC SPELLING $300: The capital of French Polynesia; it's also the largest city in Tahiti P-A-P-E-E-T-E |
| #724, aired 1987-10-29 | SPELLING $200: A man from Naples, or his ice cream N-E-A-P-O-L-I-T-A-N |
| #708, aired 1987-10-07 | LETTER PERFECT $2,000 (Daily Double): 1st letter of the alphabet that follows a letter used as a Roman numeral but isn't a numeral itself E |
| #706, aired 1987-10-05 | TECHNOLOGY $400: In the fall of 1988, A.T.&E. & Seiko plan to introduce a beeper built into one of these objects a (wrist)watch |
| #695, aired 1987-09-18 | MUSIC PEOPLE $200: Still occasionally soloing for her father's choir, this Queen of Soul gets lots of "R-E-S-P-E-C-T" Aretha Franklin |
| #695, aired 1987-09-18 | "C" IN SPELLING $600: High levels of this fatty substance found in all animal tissues can spell health risks for humans C-H-O-L-E-S-T-E-R-O-L |
| #695, aired 1987-09-18 | "C" IN SPELLING $1,500 (Daily Double): Light yellowish green, or a liqueur that has that color C-H-A-R-T-R-E-U-S-E |
| #651, aired 1987-06-08 | WHEEL OF FORTUNE $500 (Daily Double): The 5 consonants & 1 vowel that most people select in the bonus round E, T, N, R, S & L |
| #609, aired 1987-04-09 | SPELLING $300: (Punctuation marks enclosing this answer) P-A-R-E-N-T-H-E-S-E-S |
| #609, aired 1987-04-09 | SPELLING $400: Spelling of the sea you'd see looking north from Tripoli M-E-D-I-T-E-R-R-A-N-E-A-N |
| #609, aired 1987-04-09 | SPELLING $500: A member of the spurge plant family, its bright red leaves make it a popular Christmas decoration P-O-I-N-S-E-T-T-I-A |
| #579, aired 1987-02-26 | SPELLING $100 (Daily Double): What "E.T." stands for in the movie "E.T." E-X-T-R-A-T-E-R-R-E-S-T-R-I-A-L |
| #579, aired 1987-02-26 | SPELLING $400: Writing paper & envelopes, or the kind of store that sells them S-T-A-T-I-O-N-E-R-Y |
| #579, aired 1987-02-26 | SPELLING $600: The "Q" in "IQ" Q-U-O-T-I-E-N-T |
| #575, aired 1987-02-20 | INITIALS $800: The initials meaning "that is" are not "t.i.", but these, from the original Latin words i.e. |
| #571, aired 1987-02-16 | QUOTES $800: 17th century English diarist known for the phrase "and so to bed" Samuel Pepys |
| #568, aired 1987-02-11 | SPELLING $1,200 (Daily Double): Spelling of the following song's title:
"Took a walk and passed your house late last night / All the shades were pulled and drawn way down tight /From within, the dim light cast..." "S-I-L-H-O-U-E-T-T-E-S" |
| #564, aired 1987-02-05 | MOVIE CRITICS $100: Leonard Maltin's critique of "E.T." was one of the first he did for this "ET" Entertainment Tonight |
| #543, aired 1987-01-07 | CLASSIC COUNTRY $500: Lamenting, "I can't sleep a wink, that is true" E. Tubb found himself doing this "over you" walkin' the floor |
| #541, aired 1987-01-05 | LETTER PERFECT $200: Letter which precedes "T.E." & "I. Joe" G |
| #531, aired 1986-12-22 | ACTORS & ROLES $200: TV "Defender", he still defends secrecy of his initials by replying "Everybody's Guess" E.G. Marshall |
| #524, aired 1986-12-11 | 20th C. AUTHORS $800: While alive, he only allowed an abridged version of his "7 Pillars of Wisdom" to be sold to the public T.E. Lawrence |
| #512, aired 1986-11-25 | THE '50s $1000: A prosecuting attorney in the Rosenberg case, he later assisted Sen. Joe McCarthy Roy Cohn |
| #507, aired 1986-11-18 | SPELLING $800: Last name of Chief Justice William H. R-E-H-N-Q-U-I-S-T |
| #477, aired 1986-10-07 | MOVIE TRIVIA $500: Gertie used this toy to teach E.T. English a Speak & Spell |
| #473, aired 1986-10-01 | "RICH" & "POOR" $500: The Joe E. Lewis
aphorism which ends "as long as you've got money" Doesn't matter if you're rich or poor |
| #467, aired 1986-09-23 | SPELLING $200 (Daily Double): This word is also spelled out in the song that includes the following:
"What you want..." R-E-S-P-E-C-T |
| #467, aired 1986-09-23 | SPELLING $300: A device used to stop the flow of blood through an artery by compression T-O-U-R-N-I-Q-U-E-T |
| #467, aired 1986-09-23 | SPELLING $400: Steak sauce, made of vinegar, soy, & other ingredients, named for a county in England W-O-R-C-E-S-T-E-R-S-H-I-R-E |
| #467, aired 1986-09-23 | SPELLING $500: If you can use your left hand & right hand equally well, you're considered this A-M-B-I-D-E-X-T-R-O-U-S |
| #447, aired 1986-05-27 | MOVIES $300: Debra Winger contributed to the electronically created voice used by this alien hero E.T. |
| #441, aired 1986-05-19 | SPELLING $800: After a business trip, you'll have fewer hassles with the IRS if you save these R-E-C-E-I-P-T |
| #436, aired 1986-05-12 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $100: The fiction best seller of 1982 was a storybook about this friendly alien E.T. |
| #417, aired 1986-04-15 | SPELLING $300: From the Irish "smidirin", something exploded into fragments has been blown to this S-M-I-T-H-E-R-E-E-N-S |
| #406, aired 1986-03-31 | PEOPLE $200: This "E.T." said she has "every intention of playing E.T. in the remake" Elizabeth Taylor |
| #404, aired 1986-03-27 | GAME SHOWS $400: Cancelled in 1978 after 6 mos., ratings indicate this host's "Knockout" wasn't "v-e-r-y interesting" Arte Johnson |
| #403, aired 1986-03-26 | HOLLYWOOD QUOTES $400: "She's 7 going on 29" was director Spielberg's description of this actress in "E.T." Drew Barrymore |
| #353, aired 1986-01-15 | YOUNG STARS $300: Henry Thomas & Drew Barrymore played brother & sister in this Spielberg film E.T. |
| #347, aired 1986-01-07 | ODDS & ENDS $300: The L.A. Times ran an apology for depicting this alien as a coke-snorting Hollywood mogul E.T. |
| #340, aired 1985-12-27 | MOVIES $300: The 2 parts of E.T. that glowed heart & fingertips |
| #339, aired 1985-12-26 | SONGS WITH "HEART" $100: "Turned on" by the movie "E.T.", Neil Diamond wrote this 1982 hit "Heartlight" |
| #269, aired 1985-09-19 | BEST SELLERS $400: Having "phoned home", his adventure continues in "The Book of the Green Planet" E.T. |
| #183, aired 1985-05-22 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $1000: An Offenbach opera is based on his Tales (E.T.A.) Hoffmann |
| #150, aired 1985-04-05 | THE '60S $300: T.E. Lawrence's book came to the screen in '62 as this Oscar-winning film Lawrence of Arabia |
| #145, aired 1985-03-29 | 1983 $300: In its 1st week it took in $41,131,399, surpassing by $16 million the record set by "E.T." The Return of the Jedi (Star Wars accepted) |
| #123, aired 1985-02-27 | AUTHORS $1,000 (Daily Double): English author whose name sounds like Henry's car coming & going Ford Madox Ford |
| #111, aired 1985-02-11 | ART $600: A detail from his "The Creation of Adam" was recreated for an "E.T." film ad Michelangelo |
| #42, aired 1984-11-06 | SPELLING $200: "Put them all together" & they're "a word that means the world to me" M-O-T-H-E-R |
| #42, aired 1984-11-06 | SPELLING $1000: How we spell the art that makes Charlie McCarthy talk V-E-N-T-R-I-L-O-Q-U-I-S-M |
| #37, aired 1984-10-30 | POTENT POTABLES $100: The Irish kind has an E, the Scottish doesn't whiskey |
| #25, aired 1984-10-12 | SPELLING $200: How Aretha Franklin spelled what Rodney Dangerfield doesn’t get R-E-S-P-E-C-T |
| #25, aired 1984-10-12 | SPELLING $500 (Daily Double): (Spelling of the name of the brackets surrounding this answer) P-A-R-E-N-T-H-E-S-E-S |
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Ingrid Nelson, a judicial assistant from Lake Mills, Wisconsin
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Season 25 2-time champion: $27,802 + $2,000. Ingrid Nelson - A...
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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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Carolyn Young, a homemaker from Marietta, Georgia
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Season 25 1-time champion: $30,000 + $2,000. Mother of Season 32...
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Dave Belote, the base commander from Nellis Air Force Base, Las Vegas
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2010 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 26 5-time champion:...
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Russ Schumacher, a graduate student and newlywed from Fort Collins, Colorado
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"He won the most recent Tournament of Champions. A graduate student...
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Jen McFann, a Peace Corps recruiter from Astoria, New York
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Season 26 1-time champion: $19,410 + $2,000. Jen McFann Astoria, New...
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Gary Bechtold, a garage door company owner from St. Cloud, Minnesota
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Season 26 3-time champion: $42,001 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Rebecca Dixon, a graduate student and musician from Vancouver, Washington
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Season 26 2-time champion: $53,002 + $1,000. Rebecca and her partner...
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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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Carl Brandt, an investor originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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2009 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 25 4-time champion: $70,799...
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Eric Betts, a senior from Emory University
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2009 College Championship first runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $50,000. 21 and...
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Gail Flemmons, a history teacher from Clinton, Mississippi
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Season 25 2-time champion: $46,399 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Sanders Kleinfeld, a publishing technology specialist from Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Season 25 1-time champion: $26,597 + $2,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Roger Craig, a graduate student of computer science from Newark, Delaware
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2019 All-Star Games member of wildcard-match 2nd-place Team Austin: a share...
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Rachel Pildis, a software developer from Oak Park, Illinois
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Season 26 1-time champion: $12,000 + $2,000. Rachel Pildis - A...
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Diane Siegel, an educational consultant and writer from Northridge, California
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"A full-time mom when she won five games in 1993, now...
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Saad Hasan, a nanotechnology scientist from Nashville, Tennessee
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Season 26 1-time champion: $22,700 + $2,000. Saad Hasan Nashville, TN...
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Celeste DiNucci, a recent graduate student from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2014 Battle of the Decades...
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Justin Waters, a resident physician from Royal Oak, Michigan
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Season 25 1-time champion: $7,199 + $2,000. Justin Waters Royal Oak,...
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Amy Wilson, a creative writing and women's studies student originally from Portland, Oregon
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Season 26 1-time champion: $19,999 + $2,000. Not to be confused...
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LeeAundra Temescu, a communications coach originally from Troy, Michigan
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Season 22 1-time champion: $20,001 + $2,000.
Web site at thecontrarypublicspeaker.com.
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Brad Brown, a theater teacher from Nashville, Tennessee
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"And he is a theater teacher at an international baccalaureate certified...
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Rachael Schwartz, a lawyer from Washington, D.C.
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"In 1994, she was the first female winner of a Tournament...
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Kara Spak, a newspaper reporter from Chicago, Illinois
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2011 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 27 5-time champion: $83,401 + $2,000.
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Eddie Timanus, a sportswriter from Oak Hill, Virginia
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"His 5 wins in 1999 made him one of the most...
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Babu Srinivasan, a history professor from Houston, Texas
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"His aggressive wagering helped him become the biggest winner from the...
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Harris Cohen, a family physician from Lower Gwynedd, Pennsylvania
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Season 25 2-time champion: $17,800 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Jeffrey Baer, a senior from Thornhill, Ontario, Canada
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2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games semifinalist: $10,000. 17 at the time...
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Kathy Cassity, a closed captioner from Honolulu, Hawaii
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2003 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 18 4-time champion: $59,200....
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Brooke Martin, an eleven-year-old from Galway, New York
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"It looks like smooth sailing for this marine biologist. From Galway,...
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Adam Pinson, a senior at the University of Alabama at Birmingham from Pinson, Alabama
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2005 College Championship 1st runner-up: $50,000. Won $100,000 on Who Wants...
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Surabhi Iyer, a ten-year-old from Franklin, Massachusetts
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"Her research scientist dad has inspired her to become a neuroscientist....
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Jason Zollinger, an engine assembler from South Dayton, New York
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2010 Tournament of Champions 1st runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $100,000. Season...
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Harry Shearer, a humorist, Spinal Tap bassist, and voice from The Simpsons
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"He recently celebrated the 25th anniversary of This Is Spinal Tap...
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Amy Fletcher, a junior from Cincinnati, Ohio
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2005 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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