| #9063, aired 2024-03-20 | BESTSELLING BOOKS $600: Chapter 1 of "The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game" is about the changes caused by this New York Giant who terrified quarterbacks Lawrence Taylor |
| #8963, aired 2023-11-01 | I'M ON THE CASE $1600: Peruse the appeal that successfully fought the $100 fine this Tenn. high school teacher got in 1925 for teaching evolution Scopes |
| #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 |
| #20, aired 2023-05-24 | IN THIS WORLD $400: Fossil remains found in this Tanzanian gorge have provided the most continuous known record of human evolution Olduvai |
| #3, aired 2023-05-09 | PLAY: THE GAME $2,400 (Daily Double): Teach evolution to your science class; get arrested; be prosecuted by a 3-time presidential candidate; guilty card, pay $100 Inherit the Wind |
| #8795, aired 2023-01-27 | 19th CENTURY SCIENCE $1600: In 1859 Charles Darwin explained his theory of evolution in an important work commonly shortened to this title On the Origin of Species |
| #8, aired 2022-11-13 | HISTORIC SHIPS $600: The HMS Beagle took this scientist on an 1830s voyage to South America, where the sites influenced his theories of evolution Darwin |
| #8687, aired 2022-07-19 | 20th CENTURY AMERICA $800: In 1925, this high school teacher was put on trial for teaching evolution in his Tennessee classroom Scopes |
| #8684, aired 2022-07-14 | THE WINDS OF POP CULTURE $2000: Spencer Tracy was on the side of evolution while Fredric March argued creationism in this classic 1960 film Inherit the Wind |
| #8650, aired 2022-05-27 | YOUR MIND $200: Seeing images in objects is called pareidolia; a common example is seeing these, which evolution has primed us to notice faces |
| #4, aired 2022-02-09 | ASSIGNED READING MATH $1200: A textbook titled this process covers "The Tree of Life" & "Mutation and Variation"; readers spend 62% more time on "All About Sex" Evolution |
| #8532, aired 2021-12-14 | A LECTURER $800 (Daily Double): Biologist T.H. Huxley was a renowned defender of this theory & in 1893 famously lectured on it "& Ethics" evolution |
| #8293, aired 2020-12-02 | SCIENCE BOOKS $200: In 2001 Ernst Mayr published an explanation of Darwinian theory called "What" this process "is" Evolution |
| #8281, aired 2020-11-16 | A BUSY BODY $400: It's just 3 to 4 inches long & seems to be gradually disappearing through evolution, but when it gets blocked, it can still kill you the appendix |
| #8197, aired 2020-04-07 | WHAT"EV"ER $800: Charles Darwin is often called the "Father of" this Evolution |
| #8192, aired 2020-03-31 | PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS $2000: Bertram Cates is on trial for teaching evolution in this play inspired by the Scopes trial of 1925 Inherit the Wind |
| #8143, aired 2020-01-22 | EARTH HISTORY $800: Land plants are about 450 mil. years old, but evolution didn't bring us these colorful seed-bearing parts until about 130 MYA flowers |
| #8111, aired 2019-12-09 | POKÉMON $600: The process of a Pokémon turning into another is known as this, like plants & animals adapting & changing over long periods evolution |
| #8045, aired 2019-07-26 | BEFORE & AFTER: SINGERS & WRITERS $1,000 (Daily Double): "Hit The Road Jack" with the singer & pianist who also came up with the theory of evolution by natural selection Ray Charles Darwin |
| #7965, aired 2019-04-05 | 18th CENTURY SCIENCE $400: Years before Darwin, Charles Bonnet used this word for the idea that catastrophes lead to higher life forms evolution |
| #7910, aired 2019-01-18 | BETWEEN THE WORLD WARS $800: In March 1925 the Butler Act was passed, prohibiting the teaching of this in Tennessee schools evolution |
| #7903, aired 2019-01-09 | CHARLES DARWIN $200: Darwin used "descent with modification" before warming to this 9-letter word for biological changes over time evolution |
| #7893, aired 2018-12-26 | AMERICAN HISTORY $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1925 John T. Scopes was put on trial, convicted & fined for teaching evolution in this Southern state Tennessee |
| #7879, aired 2018-12-06 | RELIGIOUS MATTERS $800: Now a religious alternative to evolution, this -ism originally meant that God made a new soul for each life creationism |
| #7757, aired 2018-05-08 | THE ROARING '20s $600: In 1925 he was convicted & fined $100 for teaching evolution in a public school (John) Scopes |
| #7680, aired 2018-01-19 | A PERCUSSION DISCUSSION $400: Modern Drummer's "Evolution of" this double-named drum went from "Chinese noisemaker to essential instrument" tom-toms |
| #7594, aired 2017-09-21 | OTHER HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: November 24 is this day, honoring the publication of Charles Darwin's "On the Origin of Species" Evolution Day |
| #7560, aired 2017-06-23 | ASTRONOMY $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows an astronomical simulation on the monitor.) If the star Betelgeuse were to explode & change from a red super giant to this next stage at its evolution, our sky could light up for two months straight a supernova |
| #7361, aired 2016-09-19 | SCIENCE CLASS $800: In the title of his 1859 book, Charles Darwin used this 2-word term to describe the process & means of evolution natural selection |
| #7252, aired 2016-03-08 | 2015 CONGRESS FOLK $400: This Arizona man said, "I believe in evolution. But I also believe, when I hike the Grand Canyon...the hand of God is there" (John) McCain |
| #7156, aired 2015-10-26 | THE 1920s $400: In 1925 he pled not guilty to violating a Tennessee ban on the teaching of evolution in schools (John) Scopes |
| #7083, aired 2015-06-03 | COURSES AT CALTECH $200: "Human" this process covers natural selection & genetics evolution |
| #7067, aired 2015-05-12 | SHARK TANK $400: Millions of years of evolution allow bull sharks to hunt where they can't see; they smell drops of this 500 yards away blood |
| #7009, aired 2015-02-19 | NICE BEARD $200: The evolution of this naturalist began on February 12, 1809, probably without the beard, though Charles Darwin |
| #6936, aired 2014-11-10 | A LITTLE ALLITERATION $200: The steady-state theory lost favor to this theory on the evolution of the universe the Big Bang |
| #6924, aired 2014-10-23 | I HAVE A THEORY $800: On "Cosmos", Neil deGrasse Tyson said, "the theory of" this, "like the theory of gravity, is a scientific fact" evolution |
| #6853, aired 2014-06-04 | "ISM" QUEST $1200: (I'm science reporter Amy Harmon.) In a "Talk to the Newsroom" feature, I discussed covering the debate over whether this "ism", the belief that God made the universe from nothing, should be taught alongside evolution in science classrooms creationism |
| #6834, aired 2014-05-08 | INITIALS TO ROMAN NUMERALS TO NUMBERS $800: For the naturalist who discussed his theory of evolution in "The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals" 400 (= CD) |
| #6717, aired 2013-11-26 | SCIENCE NEWS $800: This ability, in which humans (notably named Seaver & Elway) excel, helped our hunting & thus our evolution throwing (passing) |
| #6683, aired 2013-10-09 | BIOSPHERE 2 $600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Biosphere 2 at the University of Arizona.) The site where the first Biospherians grew food now houses the world's biggest earth-science experiment, which will show how our land forms over time; it's called "L.E.O.", the Landscape this Observatory--Darwin would be proud evolution |
| #6573, aired 2013-03-27 | THE AGE OF MAN $400: He was 68 when he defended the right of John T. Scopes to teach the theory of evolution Clarence Darrow |
| #6460, aired 2012-10-19 | NONFICTION PULITZER WINNERS $2000: Jonathan Weiner told "The Story of Evolution" in "The Beak of" this bird the finch |
| #6430, aired 2012-07-27 | GO FISH $600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reads the clue in scuba gear from inside a tank in the Maui Ocean Center.) As opposed to bony fishes, sharks & rays are elasmobranchs with skeletons made up of this softer material: less is known of their evolution because they leave fewer fossils than bony fish cartilage |
| #6421, aired 2012-07-16 | I'M ON THE CASE $2,000 (Daily Double): Peruse the appeal that successfully fought the $100 fine this Tenn. high school teacher got in 1925 for teaching evolution (John) Scopes |
| #6360, aired 2012-04-20 | MARINE BIOLOGY $600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows drawings of whale skulls on the screen.) Long ago, whale blowholes were here, but evolution streamlined cetacean breathing, moving the nostril up top, where it's still connected to this respiratory tube, & then to the lungs the trachea |
| #6348, aired 2012-04-04 | MOVIE PROLOGUES $1200: "Early in the 21st century, the Tyrell Corporation advanced robot evolution into the Nexus phase" Blade Runner |
| #6297, aired 2012-01-24 | NEW AGE THINKING $200: "Hair" fans know this current "Age" is a 2,000-year period of evolution toward world peace & enlightenment Aquarius |
| #6294, aired 2012-01-19 | THE EVOLUTION OF "M"USIC $200: This '60s "Nights in White Satin" band has another color in its name Moody Blues |
| #6294, aired 2012-01-19 | THE EVOLUTION OF "M"USIC $400: 1974's "Mandy" was his first Top 40 hit--& it reached No.1 Barry Manilow |
| #6294, aired 2012-01-19 | THE EVOLUTION OF "M"USIC $600: This singer of "Jack & Diane" had to fight to record under his own name John Mellencamp |
| #6294, aired 2012-01-19 | THE EVOLUTION OF "M"USIC $800: In the '90s it was "Enter Sandman" with this group Metallica |
| #6294, aired 2012-01-19 | THE EVOLUTION OF "M"USIC $1000: In the 2000s "Makes Me Wonder" got this group noticed Maroon 5 |
| #6207, aired 2011-09-20 | EARLY MAN $800: The evolution of a large flexor pollicis muscle in this digit was key to early man's ability to use tools the thumb |
| #6141, aired 2011-05-02 | JACKS OF ALL TRADES $400: Jack Dorsey is chairman of this information network that touts itself as "the evolution of mobile messaging" Twitter |
| #6088, aired 2011-02-16 | NONFICTION $800: This book by Michael Lewis subtitled "Evolution of a Game" focused on left tackle prodigy Michael Oher The Blind Side |
| #5988, aired 2010-09-29 | ALLITERATION ALL AROUND $600: Physicist George Smoot won a Nobel Prize for his work supporting this theory of the evolution of the universe the Big Bang |
| #5922, aired 2010-05-18 | DARWIN IN THE GALAPAGOS $400: (Alex reports from a field of flowers in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.) Specimens of finches from different parts of the Galapagos gave Darwin a deep insight into evolution; later, back home in England, he figured out its mechanism, this 2-word term natural selection |
| #5849, aired 2010-02-04 | INTERNET FAVORITES $400: There have been more than 130 million views on YouTube for "The Evolution of" this, including the twist & the robot Dance |
| #5780, aired 2009-10-30 | SCIENCE $1200: William Jennings Bryan called this theory a "program of infidelity masquerading under the name of science" evolution |
| #5772, aired 2009-10-20 | FAMOUS TRIALS $400: (Jack Ford delivers the clue.) A high school football coach as well as biology teacher, he volunteered to be the defendant in what became a world-famous test case on evolution (John) Scopes |
| #5642, aired 2009-03-03 | LETTERS $1200: He was upset to get a letter from Alfred Wallace about evolution theory, as he'd neglected to publish his own Darwin |
| #5629, aired 2009-02-12 | HAPPY 200th, LINCOLN & DARWIN $1000: Maiden name of Darwin's wife; she came from the pottery-making family & was shattered by his talk of evolution Wedgwood |
| #5616, aired 2009-01-26 | FICTION SCIENCE $2000: No one knows who planted this fossilized "man" in an English dig, setting the study of evolution back decades Piltdown Man |
| #5500, aired 2008-07-04 | MAG-NIFICENT $800: Bell, Edison & Pasteur wrote for this mag, founded in 1872, that also devoted early attention to evolution theory Popular Science |
| #5465, aired 2008-05-16 | SLANGUAGE $1200: An unnatural & unsustainable evolution in digital media is called these creatures "with feet" fish |
| #5392, aired 2008-02-05 | SCIENCE GUYS $400: His grandfather Erasmus argued in favor of evolution 60 years before he took up the cause himself (Charles) Darwin |
| #5374, aired 2008-01-10 | SCIENCE $1200: Darwin defined it as "preservation of favorable variations and the rejection of injurious variations" natural selection |
| #5300, aired 2007-09-28 | -OLOGIES $400: The branch of astronomy that deals with the structure & evolution of the universe cosmology |
| #5275, aired 2007-07-13 | THE NEW YORK TIMES WEEK IN REVIEW $1200: Wed., Dec. 21, 2005's Times said a judge stopped a Penn. district from teaching this as an alternative to evolution intelligent design |
| #5010, aired 2006-05-26 | "D" MEN $1600: In 1931 this famed lawyer narrated "The Mystery of Life", a movie about evolution Clarence Darrow |
| #4985, aired 2006-04-21 | SPORTS EVOLUTION $200: In the 1750s the original golf course here had 11 holes & you played each of them twice St. Andrews |
| #4985, aired 2006-04-21 | SPORTS EVOLUTION $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Utah Olympic Park, with Cheryl and Jimmy pushing her in a bobsled.) Begun in the 1800s, the first bobsleds didn't have these--a garden rake was used instead brakes |
| #4985, aired 2006-04-21 | SPORTS EVOLUTION $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew slides a curling stone across the ice in the Utah Olympic Oval.) Curling came to North America with Scottish soldiers who melted down these iron projectiles; today's stone is 40 pounds of polished granite cannonballs |
| #4985, aired 2006-04-21 | SPORTS EVOLUTION $1,000 (Daily Double): By the time the British discovered this sport in India around 1860, it used a ball, no longer a goat's or enemy's head polo |
| #4985, aired 2006-04-21 | SPORTS EVOLUTION $1000: The 18th century Broughton rules were intended to lessen the brutality of this sport boxing |
| #4947, aired 2006-02-28 | PRIMATES $1000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reads with two primates from the Duke U. Primate Center in Durham, NC.) The Duke University Primate Center studies primates often neglected by evolution research: they evolved before monkeys & apes, so they aren't called simians, but these prosimians |
| #4945, aired 2006-02-24 | ATTENTION, SPACE CADETS $1000: Don't miss the Cosmic Pathway, a stroll through 13 billion years of cosmic evolution, when visiting this NYC planetarium the Hayden Planetarium |
| #4879, aired 2005-11-24 | TENNESSEE FOR YOURSELF $400: This important 1925 event in Tennessee focused attention on the teaching of evolution the Scopes Monkey Trial |
| #4768, aired 2005-05-04 | THE NATURE OF THE BEAST $200: Evolution has given the giant panda this many digits on each hand, 2 more than most Disney characters 6 |
| #4700, aired 2005-01-28 | THE EVOLUTIONARY WAR $400: In 1995 Alabama Gov. James Mocked evolution theory by imitating this type of animal whose name means "to imitate" an ape |
| #4700, aired 2005-01-28 | THE EVOLUTIONARY WAR $1,000 (Daily Double): Orderly people are bothered by the idea of thse random changes in genetic material helping evolution along mutations |
| #4700, aired 2005-01-28 | THE EVOLUTIONARY WAR $1200: He surprised many in 1996 when he told the Pontifical Academy of Science that evolution was no mere hypothesis Pope John Paul II |
| #4700, aired 2005-01-28 | THE EVOLUTIONARY WAR $2000: A 1981 Arkansas law called for balanced teaching of evolution & this opposite type of "science" creationism |
| #4614, aired 2004-09-30 | HUMAN EVOLUTION $400: Ben Franklin defined man as an animal that makes these; we started making them more than 2 million years ago tools |
| #4614, aired 2004-09-30 | HUMAN EVOLUTION $800: From the size of these body parts, Australopithecus boisei became known as "Nutcracker Man" the teeth |
| #4614, aired 2004-09-30 | HUMAN EVOLUTION $1200: These Pleistocene cave-dwellers whose name is synonymous with brutishness had bigger brains than we do Neanderthals |
| #4614, aired 2004-09-30 | HUMAN EVOLUTION $1600: 5 million years ago our ancestors said, "See ya, wouldn't want to be ya!" to this living creature, genus Pan the chimp(anzee) |
| #4614, aired 2004-09-30 | HUMAN EVOLUTION $2000: Discovered in 1984, the Nariokotome boy was assigned to this species of standup guys from 1 1/2 million B.C. Homo erectus |
| #4412, aired 2003-11-11 | SMART ANSWERS $1200: Many scientists oppose the teaching of this type of "design", a rival of evolution theory intelligent design |
| #4403, aired 2003-10-29 | SCIENTISTS $400: This British naturalist's grandfather Erasmus had earlier developed his own theory of evolution Charles Darwin |
| #4279, aired 2003-03-20 | BIOLOGY $800: Dollo's law, part of the "theory of" this process, says a species that loses a characteristic never regains it evolution |
| #4268, aired 2003-03-05 | SCIENTISTS $400: Botanist Asa Gray was one of the earliest supporters of this man's evolution theory Charles Darwin |
| #4239, aired 2003-01-23 | EDEN'S CRUSH $2000: His book on the evolution of the human brain is called "The Dragons of Eden" Carl Sagan |
| #3885, aired 2001-06-22 | THE 1920s $300: The sides warring over this theory that took shape in the 19th c. were the modernists & the fundamentalists evolution |
| #3739, aired 2000-11-30 | THE MOVIES $200: This simian-themed film series was released on DVD in 2000 in a boxed set subtitled "The Evolution" Planet of the Apes |
| #3385, aired 1999-04-30 | THEORIES $400: Theory that's cariactured in the 19th c. cartoon seen here: evolution |
| #3348, aired 1999-03-10 | 50 YEARS AGO $100: No sacraments for Sergei: The Vatican approved excommunication of those spreading this doctrine Communism |
| #3269, aired 1998-11-19 | IT'S JUST A THEORY $200: His theory of evolution is widely accepted; his son George's theory of the moon's origin isn't Charles Darwin |
| #3253, aired 1998-10-28 | ____ AND ____ $1000: George Bernard Shaw play in which John Tanner philosophizes about evolution Man and Superman |
| #3202, aired 1998-06-30 | TOUGH BIOLOGY $800: The idea that an animal's growth mirrors evolution is phrased "ontogeny recapitulates" this Phylogeny |
| #3066, aired 1997-12-22 | DOWN UNDER $600: Japanese bombs & a 1974 cyclone have slowed the "evolution" of this city on the north coast Darwin |
| #2959, aired 1997-06-12 | RELIGION $200: In October 1996 the Pope told scientists this theory was sound if they accept it as God's work evolution |
| #2915, aired 1997-04-11 | NOTABLE NAMES $100: On his return to England in 1836, he began setting down his theory of evolution Charles Darwin |
| #2823, aired 1996-12-04 | EDUCATION $400: In 1925 he was fined $100 for teaching evolution in Dayton, Tenn., but the conviction was reversed John Scopes |
| #2719, aired 1996-05-30 | REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS $200: Found on different islands in the Galapagos, these great animals started Darwin thinking about evolution turtles (tortoises) |
| #2653, aired 1996-02-28 | CROSSWORD CLUES "E" $500: Change of life
(9) evolution |
| #2646, aired 1996-02-19 | TEACHERS $400: This 24-year-old teacher made headlines in 1925 when he was brought to trial for teaching evolution (John) Scopes |
| #2624, aired 1996-01-18 | 20th CENTURY AMERICA $800: In March 1925 this state passed a law banning the teaching of evolution in public schools Tennessee |
| #2593, aired 1995-12-06 | 7-LETTER BIRDS $100: Through evolution this Antarctic bird lost its long feathers & its wings became small & stiff the penguin |
| #2469, aired 1995-05-04 | THE SUPREME COURT $100: Edwards v. Aguillard rejected a law that required the teaching of creationism along with this evolution |
| #2388, aired 1995-01-11 | NAME THE DECADE $300: John T. Scopes is found guilty of teaching evolution the 1920s |
| #2222, aired 1994-04-12 | FAMILIAR PHRASES $500: Repudiating Darwin's theory of evolution, Disraeli claimed to be "on the side of" these heavenly beings angels |
| #2197, aired 1994-03-08 | PLAYS $600: In this Lawrence & Lee drama, Bertram Cates is tried for teaching Darwin's theory of evolution Inherit the Wind |
| #2151, aired 1994-01-03 | TEACHERS $100: This Tennessee teacher was fined $100 for teaching evolution, but the judgment was later reversed (John) Scopes |
| #2074, aired 1993-09-16 | MEN OF SCIENCE $200: 12 years after "The Origin of Species", he published "The Descent of Man", a study of human evolution Darwin |
| #1964, aired 1993-03-04 | ECONOMISTS $200: Thorstein Veblen applied this man's theory of evolution to the modern industrial system Darwin |
| #1846, aired 1992-09-21 | GENERAL SCIENCE $600: Darwinism is the idea that evolution took place by this process natural selection |
| #1790, aired 1992-05-15 | HODGEPODGE $400: Until 1967 it was illegal to teach this theory in Tennessee public schools the theory of evolution |
| #1779, aired 1992-04-30 | EVOLUTION $200: It's defined as the permanent loss of a species extinction |
| #1779, aired 1992-04-30 | EVOLUTION $400: Hereditary characteristics usually change by genetic recombination or this mutation |
| #1779, aired 1992-04-30 | EVOLUTION $600: 11-letter term given to the biblical account of the origin of life creationism |
| #1779, aired 1992-04-30 | EVOLUTION $1000: In 1862 this French scientist proved that microorganisms are not generated spontaneously Pasteur |
| #1779, aired 1992-04-30 | EVOLUTION $2,000 (Daily Double): This animal evolved from the Eohippus of 60 million years ago the horse |
| #1593, aired 1991-07-03 | 20th CENTURY AMERICA $500: The 1925 Scopes trial upheld Tennessee's right to ban the teaching of this in school evolution |
| #3, aired 1990-06-30 | BIOLOGY $400: The development of this part of the egg contributed to the evolution of life on land the shell |
| #1198, aired 1989-11-15 | FAMOUS EDUCATORS $400: In 1925 this Dayton, Tenn. biology teacher was arrested for teaching evolution in his class John Scopes |
| #1145, aired 1989-07-21 | EVOLUTION $200: Proof that man walked upright 3.8 million years ago is seen in these in Tanzania, not Grauman's Chinese footprints |
| #1145, aired 1989-07-21 | EVOLUTION $400: The horseshoe crab is called a "living" one of these because it's changed little over 200 million years a fossil |
| #1145, aired 1989-07-21 | EVOLUTION $800: The Butler Act prohibiting the teaching of the theory of evolution was on this state's books until 1967 Tennessee |
| #1145, aired 1989-07-21 | EVOLUTION $1000: Modern man is the only living member of this species Homo sapiens |
| #1145, aired 1989-07-21 | EVOLUTION $2,000 (Daily Double): The full title of Darwin's book is "On the Origin of Species by Means of" this Natural Selection |
| #1064, aired 1989-03-30 | SCIENCE $400: Darwin explained how the fittest of each species survived through this evolutionary process natural selection |
| #1020, aired 1989-01-27 | BIRDS $200: Birds lost these early in their evolution, perhaps due to the development of the moveable upper jaw teeth |
| #897, aired 1988-06-28 | MATHEMATICS $400: The operation of obtaining roots of numbers, it shares its name with Darwin's theory evolution |
| #818, aired 1988-03-09 | SCIENCE $400: In 1858, Alfred Wallace & Charles Darwin each proposed theories of evolution based on this natural selection |
| #741, aired 1987-11-23 | AMERICAN HISTORY $400: In a sermon about this 1925 trial, Billy Sunday called evolution "jackass nonsense" the Scopes Monkey Trial |
| #686, aired 1987-09-07 | BIOLOGY $600: This book published in 1859 applied theory of natural selection to plant evolution, too The Origin of the Species |
| #166, aired 1985-04-29 | FAMOUS TRIALS $500: The evolution of this teacher's career was cut short by Wm. Jennings Bryan Scopes |
| #150, aired 1985-04-05 | SOUTH AMERICA $800: The Galapagos islands, where Darwin studied evolution, belong to this country Ecuador |
