| #9037, aired 2024-02-13 | DOCUMENTARIES $1200: "The Quiet Epidemic" makes the case for the existence of the chronic kind of this disease named for a New England town Lyme disease |
| #8993, aired 2023-12-13 | SCIENCE $1,000 (Daily Double): During an epidemic of this disease in 1796, Edward Jenner discovered the power of vaccines & used it to save lives smallpox |
| #8967, aired 2023-11-07 | ALBERT CAMUS $800: Dr. Bernard Rieux fights a rising epidemic (which symbolizes the Nazi occupation of France) in this Camus novel La Peste (The Plague) |
| #8937, aired 2023-09-26 | MEDICINE & HISTORY $1600: Napoleon's invasion of Russia was partly doomed by epidemic typhus, primarily carried by bacteria on this parasite lice |
| #8921, aired 2023-07-24 | INTERNATIONAL BOOKS $800: A deadly epidemic is sweeping through Oran, Algeria in this classic by Albert Camus The Plague |
| #8867, aired 2023-05-09 | PRESIDENTS WHO SERVED $4,000 (Daily Double): Eisenhower did not go overseas for WWI, but earned a medal in part for battling an epidemic of this disease at Camp Colt in Pennsylvania influenza |
| #8840, aired 2023-03-31 | HEALTH & MEDICINE $1000: This water-borne epidemic disease killed Peter Tchaikovsky's mother & probably Peter himself cholera |
| #8687, aired 2022-07-19 | UNDER QUARANTINE $1200: A 1793 yellow fever epidemic struck this city, then the U.S. capital, forcing the government to evacuate to Germantown Philadelphia |
| #8641, aired 2022-05-16 | THAT BOOK PLAGUES ME $400: An epidemic strikes Algeria in "The Plague" by this author Albert Camus |
| #8497, aired 2021-10-26 | THE U.K. SINCE 1945 $1000: A few years after the worst of mad cow, a 2001 epidemic of this disease led to the culling of millions of animals hoof-and-mouth disease (foot-and-mouth disease) |
| #8394, aired 2021-05-06 | 12-LETTER WORDS $400: In the 19th c., this lung disease caused by a mycobacterium reached near epidemic proportions in industrialized regions tuberculosis |
| #8221, aired 2020-05-25 | WORLD HISTORY $400: The Black Death that killed more than a third of the population of Europe in the 1300s was an epidemic of this infectious disease bubonic plague |
| #8069, aired 2019-10-10 | BOOKS GOING BACK IN TIME $1600: "I woke to the sound of a mosquito whining in my left ear", begins 2000's "Fever 1793", about an epidemic of this disease yellow fever |
| #8028, aired 2019-07-03 | THERE'S A TIME & A PLACE FOR EVERYTHING $800: London, 1854:
Dr. John Snow identifies the Broad Street pump as the cause of an epidemic of this disease cholera |
| #7896, aired 2018-12-31 | GEN MED $800: Change 3 letters in "epidemic" to get this term for an epidemic that has spread across a country pandemic |
| #7883, aired 2018-12-12 | A.M.A. $600: The task force devoted to this epidemic advocates prescribing naloxone to those at risk of overdose the opioid epidemic |
| #7852, aired 2018-10-30 | JOURNALISM $400: A sextet of N.Y. Times reporters won Polk Awards for coverage of this epidemic in west Africa in 2014 Ebola |
| #7838, aired 2018-10-10 | TO START WITH, GET "OUT" $800: An eruption or epidemic an outbreak |
| #7811, aired 2018-07-23 | THE 1917 SILENT PARADE $400: In 1917 African Americans marched in NYC silently to protest this then-epidemic type of extrajudicial capital punishment lynching |
| #7808, aired 2018-07-18 | THE OED's RECENT WORDS $2000: The OED notes that "a major epidemic" of this mosquito-borne disease "began in Brazil in early 2015" Zika |
| #7637, aired 2017-11-21 | 20/20 AT 40 $600: (David Muir of 20/20 presents the clue.) Some stories we bring you are particularly troubling; in 2016 I reported on a growing epidemic in America, the rise in use of this illegal & deadly opioid, the majority of users having started with prescription pain medications heroin |
| #7563, aired 2017-06-28 | BAD-WORLD BOOKSHELF $1200: A city is hit by an epidemic of sight loss & the afflicted are confined to an empty hospital Blindness |
| #7528, aired 2017-05-10 | LITERARY INSTRUCTION $600: The typhus epidemic that swept through Lowood School didn't stop this Bronte heroine from going on to teach there Jane Eyre |
| #7486, aired 2017-03-13 | WORD ORIGINS $1200: Taking its Greek origin literally, it's an outbreak of disease that can affect every single person pandemic |
| #7479, aired 2017-03-02 | TENNESSEE HISTORY $1600: An epidemic of this waterborne disease hit the state in 1849 & claimed many lives, including that of former Pres. Polk cholera |
| #7458, aired 2017-02-01 | PULITZER PRIZE JOURNALISM $400: Intl. Reporting, 2015: The New York Times staff, for "courageous front-line reporting" on this African epidemic Ebola |
| #7376, aired 2016-10-10 | HEALTH ISSUES $400: During a 1721 epidemic in Boston, Zabdiel Boylston gave the 1st Amer. inoculations against this now-eradicated disease smallpox |
| #7349, aired 2016-07-21 | HISTORICAL FICTION $400: Seen through a young girl's eyes, "Fever 1793" recounts the yellow fever epidemic that swept this Penn. city Philadelphia |
| #7251, aired 2016-03-07 | MONUMENTS & MEMORIALS $2000: A monument of Balto honors the sled dogs that brought a serum for this "d"isease during a 1925 epidemic in Nome diphtheria |
| #7191, aired 2015-12-14 | ACTING TV MILITARY $2000: Rhona Mitra stars as Dr. Rachel Scott on this TNT show about a Navy vessel surviving a deadly epidemic The Last Ship |
| #6904, aired 2014-09-25 | AMERICANA $1600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Deadwood, SD) Born Martha Cannary, this hard-drinking legend
of the old west had a soft side, too, caring for the victims of the 1878 smallpox epidemic in Deadwood. Her dying request? "Bury me beside Wild Bill" Calamity Jane |
| #6793, aired 2014-03-12 | MEDICAL PROBLEMS $2000: With 40,000 cases in 2011, Australia was hit by an epidemic of this respiratory ailment that can be fatal in babies whooping cough |
| #6760, aired 2014-01-24 | DEATH $200: This "colorful" 14th c. pandemic was responsible for more loss of life than any war or epidemic up to that time the Black Death |
| #6738, aired 2013-12-25 | MEDICINE $2000: Epidemic parotitis is another name for this common childhood disease mumps |
| #6353, aired 2012-04-11 | 21st CENTURY TONY AWARDS $2000: In 2011 the Tony for Best Revival of a Play went to this Larry Kramer drama about the early years of the AIDS epidemic The Normal Heart |
| #6271, aired 2011-12-19 | DOCTOR, LAWYER, NATIVE AMERICAN LEADER $1000: This doc imprisoned for his role in the assassination of Lincoln saved many prisoners & guards in a yellow fever epidemic (Dr. Samuel) Mudd |
| #6229, aired 2011-10-20 | LITERARY STUPID ANSWERS $400: An epidemic of the bubonic plague overwhelms a city in this 1947 novel by Albert Camus The Plague |
| #6038, aired 2010-12-08 | AMERICAN FADS $1600: A 1952 time article commented on an "epidemic" of these "raids", calling them "the newest and noisiest college craze" panty raids |
| #5895, aired 2010-04-09 | THE 1920s $200: Sled-dog teams that delivered serum during a 1925 diphtheria epidemic saved the town of Nome in this state Alaska |
| #5803, aired 2009-12-02 | SCIENCE CROSSWORD CLUES "E" $400: An outbreak of disease
(8) an epidemic |
| #5717, aired 2009-06-16 | DO-GOODERS $600: Part of this U.N. agency's mission is to stimulate work on the prevention of epidemic diseases the WHO (World Health Organization) |
| #5705, aired 2009-05-29 | SCIENCE $800 (Daily Double): During an epidemic of this disease in 1796, Edward Jenner discovered the power of vaccines & used it to save lives smallpox |
| #5652, aired 2009-03-17 | THE ANSWER LIES WITHIN $2000: To the fear of a cholera epidemic Robert Koch helped put a stop, discovering this type of tiny pathogen microbe (in epidemic Robert) |
| #5532, aired 2008-09-30 | MEDICINE & HISTORY $2000: Napoleon's invasion of Russia was partly doomed by epidemic typhus, primarily carried by bacteria on this parasite lice |
| #5508, aired 2008-07-16 | WORLD O' FACTS $3,000 (Daily Double): In 2006, Warner Bros. pledged to help these Australian animals stricken by a cancer epidemic the Tasmanian devil |
| #5477, aired 2008-06-03 | THE "IZ" HAVE IT $1600: We feared the epidemic would spread, but now we've done this, restricted it to one area localized |
| #5280, aired 2007-07-20 | IN THE BOOKSTORE $800: "Fever 1793" depicts a teen's struggle during the 1793 epidemic of this "colorful" fever in Philadelphia yellow fever |
| #5228, aired 2007-05-09 | WELCOME TO AFRICA $800: All Peace Corps volunteers in Africa are trained to instruct locals on stopping this retroviral epidemic AIDS |
| #5199, aired 2007-03-29 | "ARROW"S $1200: The protagonist of this Sinclair Lewis novel goes to the island of St. Hubert to fight an epidemic Arrowsmith |
| #5034, aired 2006-06-29 | FAUX FRAGRANCES $600: 4 Horsemen Ltd. gave you War, Famine & Death... now, complete the line with this, a deadly epidemic disease Pestilence |
| #4982, aired 2006-04-18 | WEBSTER'S 2005 TOP WORD SEARCHES $800: A spoonful of sugar won't help this, from the Greek for "all people", meaning an epidemic over a wide range pandemic |
| #4884, aired 2005-12-01 | THE WORLD AIDS CRISIS $1000: (Ashley Judd reads.) AIDS has been identified not just as an epidemic but as this, taken from the Greek word for "all" a pandemic |
| #4603, aired 2004-09-15 | WORD "PLA"Y $1600: An epidemic with a high rate of mortality, or a novel by Albert Camus a plague |
| #4603, aired 2004-09-15 | AMERICAN LITERATURE $1600: This Sinclair Lewis doctor attempts to halt an epidemic on a West Indian island with his anti-bacterial serum Martin Arrowsmith |
| #4558, aired 2004-06-02 | "EPI"SODES $200: A fast-spreading outbreak of a disease an epidemic |
| #4305, aired 2003-04-25 | A COLORFUL CATEGORY $600: This "dark" epidemic that swept medieval Europe killed millions, including Laura, the beloved of Petrarch Black Plague (or Black Death) |
| #4232, aired 2003-01-14 | FIRST LADIES $1600: Her first husband John Todd & their infant son died during a yellow fever epidemic in 1793 Dolley Madison |
| #4219, aired 2002-12-26 | HANS UP! $2000: This man who painted portraits for Henry VIII died in a 1543 plague epidemic Hans Holbein the Younger |
| #4179, aired 2002-10-31 | ENDS IN "X" $800: During an 1878 epidemic of this disease, Calamity Jane helped care for the victims smallpox |
| #4173, aired 2002-10-23 | '70s U.S. $2000: A national inoculation campaign was held in 1976 to prevent an epidemic of this that never materialized swine flu |
| #3973, aired 2001-12-05 | LEGENDS $400: (Sofia of the Clue Crew is in Central Park.) In 1925, Balto braved the blizzard to deliver medicine for a diphtheria epidemic in what is now this U.S. state Alaska |
| #3944, aired 2001-10-25 | POX, PLAGUE & PESTILENCE $200: The first recorded epidemic of this salivary gland-swelling disease was described around 410 B.C. in Greece mumps |
| #3944, aired 2001-10-25 | POX, PLAGUE & PESTILENCE $500: A devastating 17th c. plague epidemic on this island 58 miles south of Sicily killed 1 in 7 people Malta |
| #3929, aired 2001-10-04 | LITERATURE $800: The wife of this Sinclair Lewis research scientist dies during an epidemic in the West Indies Arrowsmith |
| #3902, aired 2001-07-17 | THAT'S SICK! $100: Also called epidemic parotitis, it's characterized by a sweling of salivary glands near the neck the mumps |
| #3672, aired 2000-07-18 | WORST OF THE FIRSTS $400: The first serious epidemic of this "diminutive" disease in New England began in 1616 & was very hard on Native Americans smallpox |
| #3587, aired 2000-03-21 | VETERINARIANS $200: (Hi, I'm Mike Farrell; I play a veterinarian on "Providence") An epizootic is the animal world's equivalent of this type of disease outbreak among humans Epidemic |
| #3457, aired 1999-09-21 | FAMOUS FACES $400: In the '80s he led a public education campaign to combat the AIDS epidemic C. Everett Koop |
| #3449, aired 1999-09-09 | IT'S A DISASTER! $800: From the Greek for "among the people", it's an outbreak of one disease over a large area of the world an epidemic |
| #3305, aired 1999-01-08 | "DEATH" PENALTY $200: This epidemic claimed 25 million Europeans in the 14th century The Black Death |
| #3065, aired 1997-12-19 | HEALTH & MEDICINE $1000: This inflammation of the membranes that cover the brain can be epidemic meningitis |
| #2919, aired 1997-04-17 | HISTORIC AMERICANS $400: This famous frontierswoman cared for the sick during the 1878 smallpox epidemic in Deadwood, S.D. Calamity Jane |
| #2669, aired 1996-03-21 | MEDICINE $600: This common childhood viral disease is also called epidemic parotitis The Mumps |
| #2530, aired 1995-09-08 | EUROPE $400: The Black Death that swept the continent in the 14th Century was an epidemic of this disease bubonic plague |
| #2518, aired 1995-07-12 | NOTABLE WOMEN $300: Dr. Mathilde Krim is renowned for her efforts to find a cure for this epidemic disease AIDS |
| #2364, aired 1994-12-08 | DECEMBER OBSERVANCES $1,300 (Daily Double): In 1988 the U.N. first designated December 1 as the day to spotlight this epidemic disease AIDS |
| #2315, aired 1994-09-30 | WORLD HISTORY $200: In 1524 an epidemic, possibly smallpox, swept through this South American empire, killing millions the Incan Empire |
| #2260, aired 1994-06-03 | MEDICINE $400: In this epidemic disease, Yersinia pestis bacteria cause painful swellings called buboes bubonic plague |
| #2224, aired 1994-04-14 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: The end of a 1575 epidemic in this city is commemorated by a procession of gondolas each July 17 Venice |
| #2035, aired 1993-06-11 | DISASTERS $600: In 1918, in the worst epidemic in U.S. history, over 500,000 Americans died from the Spanish form of this influenza |
| #1694, aired 1992-01-02 | U.S. HISTORY $800: In October 1976 the government began inoculations to prevent an epidemic of this flu swine flu |
| #1567, aired 1991-05-28 | PLAYWRIGHTS $200: John Fletcher of Beaumont & Fletcher was 1 of thousands killed by this dread epidemic in the 1600s the bubonic plague |
| #1523, aired 1991-03-27 | 20th CENTURY AUTHORS $200: This author of "The Group" was born in 1912 & orphaned in 1918 when her parents died in a flu epidemic Mary McCarthy |
| #1469, aired 1991-01-10 | SICKNESS & HEALTH $300: In 1918, it killed 20 million, more than twice as many people as WWI the influenza epidemic |
| #1469, aired 1991-01-10 | HISTORIC NAMES $400: This father of Leif Erikson died in an epidemic around 1000 AD Eric the Red |
| #1383, aired 1990-09-12 | CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY $400: An epidemic interrupted his Cambridge studies so he went home & reportedly saw an apple fall Isaac Newton |
| #1378, aired 1990-09-05 | WORLD HISTORY $200: Laura, beloved of Petrarch, died in this epidemic that swept medieval Europe the Black Plague |
| #1352, aired 1990-06-19 | ARTISTS $600: This German known for his paintings of the English court died in a London plague epidemic in 1543 Hans Holbein (the Younger) |
| #1279, aired 1990-03-08 | THE MIDDLE AGES $300: It's estimated this dread 14th century epidemic killed 1/3 of the population of Europe the Black Death |
| #1056, aired 1989-03-20 | 1968 $400: This "Oriental" flu reached epidemic proportions just before Christmas Hong Kong (flu) |
| #962, aired 1988-11-08 | WORLD HISTORY $200: Frederick II agreed to lead one of these for the pope, but due to an epidemic he didn't go & was excommunicated a Crusade |
| #901, aired 1988-07-04 | SICKNESS & HEALTH $800: This dread epidemic caused by "Pasteurella pestis" 1st entered the U.S. in 1899 the black death (bubonic plague) |
| #762, aired 1987-12-22 | HISTORY $200: Some claim the modern era began with this 14th c. epidemic which devastated medieval society Bubonic Plague (or Black Plague) |
| #696, aired 1987-09-21 | MEDICAL HISTORY $200: In 1924, Los Angeles had an epidemic of this virulent disease spread by fleas the plague |
| #696, aired 1987-09-21 | MEDICAL HISTORY $800: Only 29 died, but the spread of this disease in Philadelphia in 1976 was called an epidemic Legionnaires' disease |
| #555, aired 1987-01-23 | EPIDEMICS $800: A global outbreak of this common disease in 1918 & 1919 is thought to be the worst epidemic ever the flu (influenza) |
| #555, aired 1987-01-23 | EPIDEMICS $1000: From Greek for "all the people", the term for a worldwide epidemic a pandemic |
| #534, aired 1986-12-25 | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS $800: In 1912 Thomas Mann novella, Gustav von Aschenbach is killed by an epidemic in this city Venice |
| #520, aired 1986-12-05 | WARS $800: More people died in a flu epidemic shortly after this war than in the war itself World War I |
| #94, aired 1985-01-17 | MEDICINE $200: A widespread outbreak of a communicable disease an epidemic |
| #44, aired 1984-11-08 | MEDICINE $400: Word for widespread outbreak of a disease an epidemic |
