| #9082, aired 2024-04-16 | MAKING NOISE $2000: Many thought "The Rite of Spring" was just noise, like the "Augurs of Spring" marked to be played this extra-loud way throughout fortissimo |
| #9080, aired 2024-04-12 | DROP IN... $1600: From a word meaning penniless to get this word for a liquid in chemistry like an ester or ketone solvent |
| #9076, aired 2024-04-08 | POP CULTURE IS SPRINGING OUT ALL OVER $400: The only movie to pair Fred Astaire & Judy Garland is this holiday classic Easter Parade |
| #9070, aired 2024-03-29 | PENALTIES & BONUSES $1000: Mark Twain loved this Louisiana French word for something extra given after a transaction is completed a lagniappe |
| #9068, aired 2024-03-27 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $400: The double-action type of this instrument has 2 reeds tuned to the same note for extra fun when using the bellows an accordion |
| #9065, aired 2024-03-22 | THE OLD TESTAMENT $800: This book says "They cast pur, that is, the lot"--hence the holiday of Purim Esther |
| #9054, aired 2024-03-07 | THE MATERIAL WORLD $400: For sheets, the Egyptian type of this feels real good, but the extra-long-staple kind is the best of the best cotton |
| #9052, aired 2024-03-05 | MOUNTAINS $2000: Edward Whymper was the first to summit this highest mountain in Ecuador, putting him at the farthest point from Earth's center Chimborazo |
| #9049, aired 2024-02-29 | COMPOUND WORDS $400: Today, fewer cars have this installed from the factory; you'll pay extra to have one put in to stash your gum wrappers an ashtray |
| #9048, aired 2024-02-28 | A LITTLE HISTOR"E" $600: This armed "rising" began April 24, 1916 in Dublin the Easter Rising |
| #9043, aired 2024-02-21 | AMERICAN AUTHORS $1200: Early in his career, this author of "The Corrections" earned extra money working in a seismology lab at Harvard Franzen |
| #9031, aired 2024-02-05 | LAKES & RIVERS $200: More than 12,000 feet up Ecuador's Lake Quilotoa occupies one of these remnants, formed about 800 years ago a (volcanic) crater |
| #9029, aired 2024-02-01 | FROM THE FRENCH $600: A term for an architectural exterior, it can also refer to any deceptive illusion a facade |
| #9019, aired 2024-01-18 | THE PAST, PRESENTLY $1000: Numerical nickname for Mao's wife & her allies arrested after Mao's death for actions during the Cultural Revolution the Gang of Four |
| #9013, aired 2024-01-10 | NATIONAL ANIMALS $1000: It's the national bird of Bolivia, Chile, Colombia & Ecuador a (Andean) condor |
| #9010, aired 2024-01-05 | 20th CENTURY POP CULTURE $2000: Seen here are twins Pauline & Esther Friedman who doled out advice under the names Abigail Van Buren, aka Dear Abby, & her Ann Landers |
| #9000, aired 2023-12-22 | BIOLOGY $800: This class of animals whose name indicates 2 habitats is extra menaced by climate change as warming of either home means trouble an amphibian |
| #8985, aired 2023-12-01 | LANDMARKS FOR SALE $800: You'll take "El Gigante", a 72-foot one of the Moai, or stone statues on this island? Great, now let's talk shipping Easter Island |
| #8981, aired 2023-11-27 | LETTER HISTORIES $400: A 14th century addition, it came from a little extra ornamentation of the "I" the J |
| #8976, aired 2023-11-20 | LESSER-KNOWN ANCIENT ROMANS $1200: In Rome his name meant simply "good"; to us it implies that he gave a little something extra Bonus |
| #8969, aired 2023-11-09 | PRAY $1600: The Passover service includes a prayer for tal, this type of moisture; once the rainy season ends in Israel, it is extra precious (morning) dew |
| #8950, aired 2023-10-13 | CRAFTSMANSHIP $1200: In this traditional crafted item often found on mantels, Cutty Sark could be both the interior & exterior part a ship in a bottle |
| #8947, aired 2023-10-10 | GO ____ $600: Make more effort than required, like by walking 1,760 more yards to go the extra mile |
| #8946, aired 2023-10-09 | A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME $400: On Dec. 31, 2005 a this second (not a this year) was added at 23:59:60, the first extra second in 7 years a leap second |
| #15, aired 2023-10-04 | A BUNDLE OF "FUN" $300: Impatient tax filers expecting some extra cash can use a tool on irs.gov called "Where's my" this refund |
| #15, aired 2023-10-04 | ESTATE PLANNING $900: It's the agent who administers a person's estate after their death--not to be confused with an executioner, who causes it an executor |
| #8928, aired 2023-09-13 | STRAIGHT FIRE $400: Your new PlayStation 4 is the bomb, but a couple extra DualShock these for your crew would rock a controller |
| #8913, aired 2023-07-12 | ROMAN EMPERORS $2000: Seen here is the exterior of the once-magnificent baths of this emperor, which could accommodate some 1,600 bathers Caracalla |
| #8911, aired 2023-07-10 | MOMENTOUS DATES $200: The Easter Rising began not on a Sunday but on Easter Monday, April 24, 1916 in this Irish city Dublin |
| #8907, aired 2023-07-04 | WHERE'S MY FOOD? $1000: This alliterative & stately item made with extra-thick bread was created at the Pig Stand restaurant, maybe in Beaumont or Denton Texas toast |
| #8903, aired 2023-06-28 | GOOGLE EASTER EGGS $200: Click on a balloon after searching for this K-pop band & get messages from Jungkook & its other members BTS |
| #8903, aired 2023-06-28 | GOOGLE EASTER EGGS $400: A Google search for what's the answer to life, the universe & everything gives you this number 42 |
| #8903, aired 2023-06-28 | GOOGLE EASTER EGGS $600: Search for this Klondike ice cream treat shaped like another food & a banner will display "1983-2022"; may it rest in peace the Choco Taco |
| #8903, aired 2023-06-28 | GOOGLE EASTER EGGS $800: Google this HBO show with Pedro Pascal & keep clicking the mushroom icon for your screen to be enveloped by some humongous fungus The Last of Us |
| #8903, aired 2023-06-28 | GOOGLE EASTER EGGS $1000: Google search the Chicxulub crater that is on the coast of this peninsula & a large asteroid will blaze across your browser the Yucatán |
| #8891, aired 2023-06-12 | NARRATOR OF THE NOVEL $800: "The Bell Jar":
Esther Greenwood, this author's alter ego (Sylvia) Plath |
| #8888, aired 2023-06-07 | ETYMOLOGY $2,500 (Daily Double): This holiday gets its name because it falls on the 50th day--nowadays the 50th day of the Easter season Pentecost |
| #8886, aired 2023-06-05 | "G"EOGRAPHY $400: Ecuador once ran a penal colony whose prisoners were made to build a "wall of tears" on rocky Isabela Island in this island group the Galápagos |
| #8879, aired 2023-05-25 | POLITICIANS $4,000 (Daily Double): He talked about being a Vietnam vet, 5-term senator & Secretary of State in the memoir "Every Day is Extra" (John) Kerry |
| #19, aired 2023-05-24 | FURNITURE & FURNISHINGS $800: It bears the name of its inventor, who needed extra sleeping space in his cramped apartment; he called it in-a-dor Murphy bed |
| #13, aired 2023-05-17 | CITIES OF SOUTH AMERICA $800: Most flights to & from the Galapagos Islands stop at or originate in this city, Ecuador's largest Guayaquil |
| #8871, aired 2023-05-15 | IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD $800: Brewer's Hill in this city is home to historic buildings once used by Miller & Schlitz Milwaukee |
| #8, aired 2023-05-12 | W-2 $800: It's the name for that extra toenail on your dog's foot a dewclaw |
| #7, aired 2023-05-12 | REVOLT-ING HISTORY $4,400 (Daily Double): The Cranberries marked the date of Ireland's Easter Rising when they sang, "It's the same old theme since" this year 1916 |
| #8867, aired 2023-05-09 | WHAT'S THAT SMELL? $800: Sorry, just had some shrimp scampi that was extra heavy on this pungent key ingredient; kiss? garlic |
| #2, aired 2023-05-08 | COMIN' TO YOUR CITY $800: Designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1978, Old Town in this capital of Ecuador is something to see, & now you can Quito |
| #2, aired 2023-05-08 | RELIGION $2000: In slang, "a whole" this means a long story, but in the Hebrew Bible, it's a scroll or the book of Esther megillah |
| #8862, aired 2023-05-02 | THAT'S SO "EXTRA" $400: George Blanda kicked an NFL record 943 of these extra points |
| #8862, aired 2023-05-02 | THAT'S SO "EXTRA" $800: ESP is short for this purported ability that includes mind reading & precognition extrasensory perception |
| #8862, aired 2023-05-02 | THAT'S SO "EXTRA" $1200: Partly from the Latin for "wander", it's a spectacular event extravaganza |
| #8862, aired 2023-05-02 | THAT'S SO "EXTRA" $1600: Chad & Samoa are 2 countries with which the U.S. has no treaty for this process of returning wanted criminal suspects extradition |
| #8862, aired 2023-05-02 | THAT'S SO "EXTRA" $2000: Forecasting the temperature at a location based on historic data is an example of this process extrapolation |
| #8851, aired 2023-04-17 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $1600: The 23 provinces of this South American country include Catamarca & Mendoza, home to the highest peak in the hemisphere Argentina |
| #8849, aired 2023-04-13 | HERE'S A BIT OF EVERYTHING $400: At 2022's World Cup in Qatar, Ecuador fans chanted, "Queremos cerveza! Queremos cerveza!", or "We want" this! "We want" this! beer |
| #8836, aired 2023-03-27 | NUMBER "ONE" MOVIE $800: Steven Spielberg directed this 2018 movie about the hunt for an "Easter egg" in a virtual reality called OASIS Ready Player One |
| #8826, aired 2023-03-13 | WATER ON THE EARTH $400: Eschewing the traditional barrel, skydivers began leaping from 14,000 feet over this international border landmark in 2021 Niagara Falls |
| #8816, aired 2023-02-27 | HOME FROM COLLEGE $600: The National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi is logically located in this city--take grandma to mass if you're home for Easter San Francisco |
| #8816, aired 2023-02-27 | BEFORE & AFTER $1600: A hidden feature in a video game becomes evidence of public embarrassment Easter egg on your face |
| #8811, aired 2023-02-20 | A CRASH COURSE IN JOHN GREEN $200: (John Green presents the clue.) "The Fault in Our Stars" was largely inspired by a young friend, Esther Earl, who died of cancer at 16; & the title was inspired by a line in this Shakespeare play--"The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves" Julius Caesar |
| #8809, aired 2023-02-16 | "PLAIN" & "SIMPLE" $1200: As an acronym from around 1960, KISS stands for this instruction that includes an insult at no extra charge keep it simple, stupid |
| #8808, aired 2023-02-15 | LANDMARKS $400: In 2022 a fire damaged some of the iconic Moai statues on this remote Pacific island Easter Island |
| #8785, aired 2023-01-13 | A SIDE OF FABERGÉ EGGS $200: Push a diamond button on an egg named for this appropriate holiday & a Vacheron Constantin clock is revealed Easter |
| #8778, aired 2023-01-04 | THE NATIONAL PAST TIME $400: Before wacky wildlife made it famous, this archipelago belonging to Ecuador was largely a pirate hideout the Galápagos |
| #8773, aired 2022-12-28 | LITERARY CHARACTER NAMES $1600: He's a sensitive member of J.D. Salinger's Glass family; at one point, it's spelled as 2 words like "perceive extra" see more (Seymour Glass) |
| #8772, aired 2022-12-27 | FLYOVER COUNTRIES $1200: We're next in line for departure; we'll head south out of Ecuador into this nation & finally touch down in Chile Peru |
| #8768, aired 2022-12-21 | PACIFIC ISLANDS $800: There are about 900 stone figures on this island 2,300 miles off the coast of South America Easter Island |
| #8768, aired 2022-12-21 | PUTTING ON HEIRS $2000: This man who served closely with J. Edgar Hoover at the FBI was a beneficiary of & the executor of Hoover's will Clyde Tolson |
| #8767, aired 2022-12-20 | SOUTH AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL $1600: A volcano rising nearly 20,000 feet & with a nearly symmetrical cone, Cotopaxi is just outside this capital of Ecuador Quito |
| #8766, aired 2022-12-19 | CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS ELSEWHERE $800: Japan keeps the holidays "extra crispy" with what has become a traditional Christmas meal from this chain KFC |
| #8751, aired 2022-11-28 | SLANG $200: Sugary, squishy Easter candy, more recently it's become popular for one's friends & followers Peeps |
| #8748, aired 2022-11-23 | SHARED LAST NAMES $1000: Actress Esther & pianist Roger Williams |
| #8747, aired 2022-11-22 | A PINEAPPLE $1000: The extra sweet pineapple called this Hawaiian isle "Gold" is grown on the slopes of Haleakala Maui |
| #8745, aired 2022-11-18 | BEFORE, DURING & AFTER $400: Dyed object hunted for on resurrection Sunday, with fried Chinese appetizers becoming an Alabama football rally cry Easter egg roll Tide |
| #8741, aired 2022-11-14 | THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE $400: Fernandina & Isabela are among the islands in this chain belonging to Ecuador the Galápagos |
| #7, aired 2022-11-06 | STARTS WITH 2 VOWELS $200: Coming about 40 days after Lent begins, it's one of the few days when it's relatively safe to put all your eggs in one basket Easter |
| #7, aired 2022-11-06 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $800: Esther Greenwood, who has a mental breakdown in "The Bell Jar", was largely based on this author herself Sylvia Plath |
| #8735, aired 2022-11-04 | SOUTH AMERICA $400: In March 1736 Charles-Marie de la Condamine landed in what's now this country to determine the Earth's shape & circumference Ecuador |
| #8735, aired 2022-11-04 | GIVE US SOME DIRECTION $600: Sorry, Hitch! A young extra puts his fingers in his ears before a "surprise" gunshot in this 1959 movie thriller North by Northwest |
| #8733, aired 2022-11-02 | BAROQUE $400: The Asam brothers garnished the exterior of their Munich residence with figures made from this plaster stucco |
| #6, aired 2022-10-30 | ANSWER IN THE FORM OF AN ABBREVIATION $100: Bank of America has about 16,000 of these ATM |
| #8729, aired 2022-10-27 | WORDS & PHRASES: IMMEDIATELY! $200: Military-speak for getting somewhere extra fast, "on the" this sounds like a pace twice as fast as normal for civilians the double |
| #8729, aired 2022-10-27 | BRING ME A SOUVENIR! $400: From Ecuador, one of these straw hats that somehow is named for a country to the north a Panama hat |
| #8725, aired 2022-10-21 | IN THE BIBLE BOOK $600: The title queen replaces Vashti; Haman replaces Mordecai on the gallows Esther |
| #8720, aired 2022-10-14 | THE 7th CENTURY $1,800 (Daily Double): 664's Synod of Whitby in England standardized the calculation of this holy day based on a lunar calendar Easter |
| #8710, aired 2022-09-30 | BEG $1600: The Jewish festival of Purim celebrates the time that this woman pleaded for the safety of the Jews from Haman Esther |
| #8689, aired 2022-07-21 | ODD NUMBERS $800: In the 1930s the .357 became the first of these extra-powerful rounds of ammo a magnum |
| #8688, aired 2022-07-20 | THE TITLE THAT COMPLETES THE RHYME $800: "I know that I can't take no more it ain't no lie I wanna see you out that door baby..." "Bye Bye Bye" |
| #8687, aired 2022-07-19 | LET'S BUILD A HOUSE $1200: If you're renovating, be careful before taking out one of these walls named for the extra weight it supports load-bearing |
| #8683, aired 2022-07-13 | REEL ESTATE $800: Pasadena, California's historic Gamble House was the exterior of Doc Brown's home in this 1985 smash Back to the Future |
| #8680, aired 2022-07-08 | HISTORIC STRUCTURES $200: Near the border of Colombia & Ecuador Las Lajas Sanctuary was built after an image of this woman was seen on the surrounding cliffs the Virgin Mary |
| #8674, aired 2022-06-30 | FIRST LADY FIRSTS $1000: Though the first first lady to host the White House Easter egg roll, she's better remembered for banning alcohol Lucy Hayes |
| #8671, aired 2022-06-27 | BUSINESS NAMES $600: This cosmetics & perfume giant is named for the woman whose name once was Josephine Esther Mentzer Estée Lauder |
| #8667, aired 2022-06-21 | TAKING STOCK SYMBOL $200: CMG is this Mexican grill, &... what? Guac is extra? That's the first I'm hearing of that Chipotle |
| #8641, aired 2022-05-16 | THAT'S OUR ISLAND $800: Rapa Nui Chile |
| #8626, aired 2022-04-25 | LET'S PLAY OLD-TIME PRIVATE EYE $200: I eyed the bartender. This potent potable, I said. "Jim Beam black extra-aged" this. "& don't be stingy on the pour" bourbon |
| #8624, aired 2022-04-21 | THE 1720s $3,000 (Daily Double): On Sunday, April 5, Dutch Admiral Jacob Roggeveen landed on what is now called this island, 2,200 miles west of Chile Easter Island |
| #8613, aired 2022-04-06 | IT'S ALL RELATIVE $400: Twin sisters Pauline & Esther Friedman both saw success as these 2 pseudonymous newspaper advice columnists Ann Landers & Dear Abby (Abigail Van Buren) |
| #8609, aired 2022-03-31 | COMPOSERS $200: Handel wrote this piece with its famed "Hallelujah" chorus for Easter, not Christmas the Messiah |
| #8607, aired 2022-03-29 | AROUND THE WORLD $400: The highest spot from the center of the Earth is the top of Mount Chimborazo, near the equator in this nation Ecuador |
| #8596, aired 2022-03-14 | RHYMING WITH THE GREEK GODS $1600: An unexpected extra father of Zeus bonus Cronus |
| #8592, aired 2022-03-08 | ANCIENT WARFARE $800: Thrusting rather than throwing it, the Macedonians got extra reach with the sarissa, this type of weapon that could be 22' long a spear (javelins accepted) |
| #8587, aired 2022-03-01 | CAUSE OF DEATH $1200: Cartoonist Thomas Nast, working as a diplomat in Ecuador: this fever yellow fever |
| #8586, aired 2022-02-28 | KICKIN' IT $600: During a 25-year NFL career, Morten Andersen missed just 10 of 859 of these kicks that follow a successful play an extra point |
| #8584, aired 2022-02-24 | BOOK OF THE YEAR $800: Tim Pat Coogan's account of the Easter Rising Rebellion in Ireland has this year for a title 1916 |
| #8578, aired 2022-02-16 | COUNTRIES ON THE EQUATOR $800: Ecuador takes its name from "equator" & this capital city is just south of the line Quito |
| #8, aired 2022-02-11 | SPECIAL DAYS $600: On July 24 Ecuador & Venezuela celebrate the birthday of this man born in 1783 Bolivar |
| #7, aired 2022-02-11 | ON THE MAP $1,600 (Daily Double): It's the only country that borders Venezuela & Ecuador Colombia |
| #8574, aired 2022-02-10 | GIN / RUMMY $200: A "dry" one of these has gin & a drizzle of dry vermouth, while an "extra dry" one has even less vermouth a martini |
| #8564, aired 2022-01-27 | COMPOUND WORDS $800: Get some extra sun in your home with this, perhaps manufactured by Sun-Tek a skylight |
| #8562, aired 2022-01-25 | THIS WILL FLOOR YOU $2000: This type of limestone with an Italian name is used as flooring & on the facade of the Getty Museum exterior travertine |
| #8559, aired 2022-01-20 | GETTING A SHOT $400: Cobalamin is also known as this alphanumeric vitamin that some people get "shots" of for extra energy B-12 |
| #8546, aired 2022-01-03 | PLACE YOUR FAST FOOD ORDER $400: A drumstick & thigh Fill Up Meal & some Extra Crispy tenders KFC |
| #8544, aired 2021-12-30 | WORLD ISLANDS $800: Santa Cruz Island, home to Charles Darwin Research Station, belongs to this country Ecuador |
| #8537, aired 2021-12-21 | FALSE ADVERTISING? $2000: The Panama hat is made from the young leaves of the jipijapa & actually originated in this country Ecuador |
| #8533, aired 2021-12-15 | STARTS WITH "W" $1200: In England you can whine or do this similar verb with an extra letter whinge |
| #8526, aired 2021-12-06 | LANGUAGES $1200: The language of the Inca Empire, today it's still spoken in a handful of countries including Ecuador & Peru Quechua |
| #8522, aired 2021-11-30 | SPLITTING HAIRS $600: A weave is sewn in, but an extra 2 feet of sunset blonde locks in the form of clip-in hair these can be yours for $150 extensions |
| #8521, aired 2021-11-29 | IN OTHER WORDS...RUN! $400: My secret is out! Selling homemade doilies to make some extra cash is my "side" this hustle |
| #8521, aired 2021-11-29 | HELPING THE PLANET $600: Tokyo-based Next Meats offers meat alternatives with extra protein thanks to the use of these legumes soybeans |
| #8507, aired 2021-11-09 | POTPOURRI $400: Many Australians celebrate this holiday in a homegrown way with a chocolate bilby; that's a marsupial Easter |
| #8505, aired 2021-11-05 | KINGS & QUEENS $800: Hadassah was another name for this queen of the Old Testament (Queen) Esther |
| #8496, aired 2021-10-25 | TELEVISION HISTORY $800: This cable network was formed in 1972 to air uncut, commercial-free movies & subscribers paid extra for it from the beginning HBO (Home Box Office) |
| #8495, aired 2021-10-22 | PUZZLES & GAMES $1200: The puzzle alliteratively known as this man's "Revenge" adds extra rows & has no fixed center pieces Erno Rubik (Rubik's Revenge) |
| #8494, aired 2021-10-21 | PEASANT UNDER GLASS $600: The Museum of the Romanian Peasant has these decorated foodstuffs; traditionally you tap one and say "Christ is risen" an Easter egg |
| #8488, aired 2021-10-13 | TRIPLE RHYME TIME $400: An extra trap for a rabbit relative a spare hare snare |
| #8483, aired 2021-10-06 | IN THAT BIBLE BOOK $800: Haman plots to wipe out the Jews Esther |
| #8482, aired 2021-10-05 | CANYONS $400: Cotahuasi Canyon in this Andean nation is more than 11,000' deep; it's a 7-hour hike down to the town of Quechualla at its bottom Peru |
| #8479, aired 2021-09-30 | GETTING SPORT "E" $400: A double, triple or homer is this type of hit extra base |
| #8479, aired 2021-09-30 | THE WEEKEND $800: Time to put an extra "B" in a Sunday BBQ! I grill a mean this, the breast section beef cut under the 1st 5 ribs, & Texas-style, if you like! brisket |
| #8469, aired 2021-09-16 | "C" FLAT $1000: The X's give an extra hint to this popular form of embroidery cross-stitch |
| #8464, aired 2021-08-12 | UNUSUAL ISLANDS $400: Nothing strange here, just another normal day on this island Easter Island |
| #8464, aired 2021-08-12 | SHIRT SHORTS $1000: Cilice is another word for this type of "shirt" worn by monks for extra filth & discomfort hairshirt |
| #8461, aired 2021-08-09 | DEM BONES $800: Men do not have more of these bones than women, but some people have extra cervical ones near the collar bone ribs |
| #8459, aired 2021-08-05 | AROUND THE WORLD $2000: Cotopaxi, meaning "shining peak", is an active volcano in this South American nation Ecuador |
| #8437, aired 2021-07-06 | STREET ART $200: The Ecuador-born artist known as Lady Pink became famous for painting on these transports in New York City, 1979-1985 subway cars |
| #8437, aired 2021-07-06 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: Carnival in Rio takes place just before this holy season, a period of fasting before Easter Lent |
| #8437, aired 2021-07-06 | AFRICAN AMERICANS PRE-1860 $800: Dave the Potter engraved his work with poetry but not in part of the 1840s when this ability was extra dangerous for the enslaved literacy |
| #8422, aired 2021-06-15 | HAVING A POSITIVE ALTITUDE $1000: Located on the lower slopes of a volcano called Pichincha, this capital of Ecuador is up there at 9,350 feet Quito |
| #8414, aired 2021-06-03 | "E" SPORTS $600: In 2020 Major League Baseball started putting a runner on second base to start each of these, which start with the tenth extra innings |
| #8407, aired 2021-05-25 | CAPITAL HILLS $800: The word "palace" comes from the name of this one of Rome's seven hills Palatine |
| #8401, aired 2021-05-17 | ACTUALLY, MONDAYS ARE PRETTY COOL $1000: We're used to the Sunday holiday but in the British Commonwealth, this "Monday" is a holiday Easter Monday |
| #8389, aired 2021-04-29 | CHARACTER-TITLED NOVELS $400: The title teen's prom night is extra-excitiing in this 1974 debut novel Carrie |
| #8382, aired 2021-04-20 | POTPOUR"E" $400: A zero-zero test of this airplane seat is done on the ground an ejector seat |
| #8363, aired 2021-03-24 | OTHER WALKS OF FAME $800: Cesar Chavez & Harriet Tubman have plaques on "The Extra Mile", beginning near the White House at 15th St. & this avenue Pennsylvania |
| #8362, aired 2021-03-23 | THE PRANCING PONY $800: In an animated TV show set in Equestria, Twilight Sparkle & pals learn that this title thing "is Magic" Friendship |
| #8356, aired 2021-03-15 | SPACED OUT $3,000 (Daily Double): Term for the first stage of a rocket; it refers to the extra power needed during liftoff a booster |
| #8348, aired 2021-03-03 | MEGALITHS $800: Many of the giant stone figures on this island were quarried from the crater walls of the Rano Raraku volcano Easter Island |
| #8344, aired 2021-02-25 | BUSINESSES $800: In 2020 this car rental co. that offers gold plus rewards said that even if you're 20, you're good to go, with no extra fee Hertz |
| #8339, aired 2021-02-18 | FACTS ABOUT COUNTRIES $3,000 (Daily Double): This country is divided into more than 20 provinces, including Guayas & Galapagos Ecuador |
| #8334, aired 2021-02-11 | ANIMALS IN GERMAN $200: This animal is ein schaf; an expression about an innocent exterior is "wolf im schafspelz" a sheep |
| #8322, aired 2021-01-26 | INFO PLEASE $1600: This marsupial that includes a "hairy-nosed" type has an extra-tough butt to protect it when burrowing headfirst the wombat |
| #8318, aired 2021-01-20 | POLY ESTHER $400: Esther Rolle played Florida Evans on "Maude" & this "dyn-o-mite" sitcom Good Times |
| #8318, aired 2021-01-20 | POLY ESTHER $800: Archaeologist Esther Van Deman's major work was titled "The Building of" these Roman waterways aqueducts |
| #8318, aired 2021-01-20 | POLY ESTHER $1600: The male hero of the biblical book of Esther is this uncle of Esther's whose name comes from the Babylonian god Marduk Mordecai |
| #8318, aired 2021-01-20 | POLY ESTHER $2000: She called her autobiography "The Million Dollar Mermaid" Esther Williams |
| #8318, aired 2021-01-20 | POLY ESTHER $2,200 (Daily Double): She used her experiences as a Smith college student for the character of Esther Greenwood in "The Bell Jar" Plath |
| #8303, aired 2020-12-16 | DOUBLE "O" 7-LETTER WORDS $200: On commercial airlines, exit rows & bulkhead seats typically offer extra this legroom |
| #8303, aired 2020-12-16 | GINGERBREAD $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from the Wicklein Gingerbread Shop in Nuremberg, Germany.) With the establishment of a special guild in Germany in the 1600s, only guild members could make gingerbread except for these two religious holidays when anybody could Christmas & Easter |
| #8296, aired 2020-12-07 | MUSEUMS $400: Found in the Bloomsbury District, this museum has a giant head from Easter Island & a Sutton Hoo burial helmet the British Museum |
| #8296, aired 2020-12-07 | MOVIE GOOFS $1600: In 1955 Marty plays a Gibson ES-345 guitar, but that hadn't been made yet--maybe there was an extra trip in this 1985 pic Back to the Future |
| #8289, aired 2020-11-26 | CRIME & PUNISHMENT TALK $200: To be sent to "the hole" while in prison is to get this extra type of punishment solitary confinement |
| #8267, aired 2020-10-27 | SOUTH AMERICA $1200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents by a display monitor.) In existence only from 1819 to 1830, Simon Bolivar's Republic spanned the top of South America, incorporating what is now Panama, Venezuela, Ecuador and this nation, whose name echoes that of the republic Colombia |
| #8263, aired 2020-10-21 | EXERCISE YOUR... $800: In sports it's an extra year at the end of a player's contract; he can exercise it & choose to stay with his current team the option year |
| #8253, aired 2020-10-07 | ANIMATED FILMS $400: The wife of this "Toy Story" character says, "I'm packing you an extra pair of shoes, & your angry eyes, just in case" Mr. Potato Head |
| #8252, aired 2020-10-06 | RELIGION $2000: Latin mandatum novum, a new "commandment", led to this name for Easter Sunday minus 3 days Maundy Thursday |
| #8241, aired 2020-09-21 | THE SOUND OF MUSIC $200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew is outside the Frohnburg Palace in Salzburg, Austria.) "The Sound of Music" takes place in Salzburg, Austria, in 1938, and Frohnburg Palace was used as an exterior for this family's villa, which they fled the von Trapps |
| #8229, aired 2020-06-04 | WORLD FLAGS $2000: The endemic golden bosun bird adorns the flag of this Australian island territory named for the day of its discovery Christmas Island |
| #8224, aired 2020-05-28 | TEACHING THE SPORT $600: If your basketball team is extra savvy, you can teach them this motion offense named for an Ivy League school & its Tigers Princeton |
| #8224, aired 2020-05-28 | 10-LETTER WORDS $1600: One who has left his or her native land; Americans living in, say, Ecuador form this "community" expatriate |
| #8219, aired 2020-05-21 | FACTS & FIGURES $800: On average, the statues on this Chilean dependency are 13 feet tall & weigh 14 tons Easter Island |
| #8215, aired 2020-05-01 | BOOKS OF THE DEAD $2000: Franz Kafka told an executor to destroy the manuscript of the 1925 novel "Der Prozess", this title in English The Trial |
| #8198, aired 2020-04-08 | ALL ABOUT APRIL $600: For Easter weekend, I'll bake you some of these 3-word treats hot cross buns |
| #8196, aired 2020-04-06 | WHAT DO YOU STAND FOR? $1600: Used in the kitchen, EVOO stands for this extra virgin olive oil |
| #8191, aired 2020-03-30 | BIRDIES $600: This high-altitude scavenger perches atop Ecuador's flag the condor |
| #8189, aired 2020-03-26 | THE PRESIDENTIAL SWEET $400: For an 1806 4th of July party, Thomas Jefferson's steward hired an extra servant to turn a crank to make this ice cream |
| #8185, aired 2020-03-20 | PAY UP $200: If you've got pets, the extra-efficient "Ball Animal 2" one of these from Dyson might be worth it at close to $400 a vacuum |
| #8184, aired 2020-03-19 | HEAR HERE, NEW YORK! $1000: BAM for short, it opened with a bam in 1861; the New York Times said it had the finest exterior of all the public buildings of its kind in America Brooklyn Academy of Music |
| #8184, aired 2020-03-19 | ADJECTIVES FOR ANIMALS $2000: Aggressive cats may also be this, extra protective of their home turf or personal space territorial |
| #8181, aired 2020-03-16 | CLUES ACROSS AMERICA $800: ( Hi, I'm Deborah Knapp with KENS 5. [She presents from the Witte Museum in San Antonio, Texas.]) The Witte Museum has an extra-small horse-drawn carriage given by P.T. Barnum to this man when he was 26 inches tall; he got the larger one after he'd grown to 40 inches Tom Thumb |
| #8180, aired 2020-03-13 | FIRST NAMES OF FAMOUS PAIRS $1000: Hillary & Norgay Edmund & Tenzing |
| #8175, aired 2020-03-06 | WANNA BET? $800: A bettor who correctly picks the order of the first 2 finishers in a horse race wins this precisely named wager an exacta (*an exactor) |
| #8170, aired 2020-02-28 | JUST FOR ONE DAY $2,800 (Daily Double): Traditionally, this is the first full day of the Paschal Triduum, leading up to Easter Good Friday |
| #8159, aired 2020-02-13 | RELIGIOUS FICTION $800: Orson Scott Card's "Women of Genesis" series of novels includes one about these 2 sisters & wives of Jacob Rachel & Leah |
| #8141, aired 2020-01-20 | HOLIDAYS AROUND THE WORLD $800: In the Pyrenees, the Candlemas bear was the more ferocious predecessor of this U.S. rodent the groundhog |
| #8124, aired 2019-12-26 | THAT'S ECUADORABLE $1200: Fanesca, an Ecuadorian Easter soup, is made with fish, representing Jesus, and 12 grains or beans representing these the Apostles |
| #8124, aired 2019-12-26 | THAT'S ECUADORABLE $2000: This port on the west bank of the Guayas River is Ecuador's largest city Guayaquil |
| #8124, aired 2019-12-26 | THAT'S ECUADORABLE $3,000 (Daily Double): Ecuador took possession of these islands in 1832, 3 years before they got a visit from a famous scientist the Galapagos |
| #8117, aired 2019-12-17 | ASIA $1200: Touring the 500-acre film city & even getting to be an extra is a treat for fans of Mumbai's movie industry, best known as this Bollywood |
| #8112, aired 2019-12-10 | 21st CENTURY COMPANIES $600: As of 2008, you could find places to stay & things to do & earn money from your extra space with this company Airbnb |
| #8110, aired 2019-12-06 | RETIRED NUMBERS IN SPORTS $3,000 (Daily Double): The Seattle Seahawks retired this number to honor the extra player, the fans 12 |
| #8109, aired 2019-12-05 | THE WORLD ACCORDING TO JEFF GOLDBLUM $400: Vermont's favorite ice cream is extra flavorful because cofounder Ben Cohen suffers from anosmia, or lack of this sense that relates to taste; partner Jerry Greeenfield would add flavoring until Ben could appreciate his new creations a sense of smell |
| #8109, aired 2019-12-05 | ARCHAEOLOGY $400: You know the big heads on this Pacific island? Jo Anne van Tilburg has shown that they have bodies, if you just dig Easter Island |
| #8107, aired 2019-12-03 | CLASSIC NOVELS $400 (Daily Double): Esther Greenwood is a college student & aspiring poet in the 1950s who suffers a mental breakdown in this auto-biographical novel The Bell Jar |
| #8107, aired 2019-12-03 | NOT-SO-EASY KIDS' TV $400: A magical young unicorn & her friends live in Equestria on this TV show: "Friendship is Magic" My Little Pony |
| #8093, aired 2019-11-13 | TROPIC OF CAPRICORN $400: In the Eastern Pacific, the tropic runs just north of this, AKA Isla de Pascua Easter Island |
| #8091, aired 2019-11-11 | NON COMPOSE MENTIS $800: Alexander Scriabin thought he was a musical Messiah; believers point out he was born on this day (true) & died on Easter (no) Christmas |
| #8084, aired 2019-10-31 | THE SYNDROME SYNDROME $800: A person born with the most common type of this condition has an extra copy of chromosome 21 in each cell Down syndrome |
| #8080, aired 2019-10-25 | THE WESTERN CONFERENCE $800: At the 1822 Guayaquil Conference, José de San Martín met this other South American liberator in western Ecuador (Simón) Bolívar |
| #8079, aired 2019-10-24 | 20th CENTURY NAMES $600: Michael Collins, a hero of the Irish struggle for independence, fought in the 1916 rebellion named for this holiday Easter |
| #8077, aired 2019-10-22 | ON THE "B"-LIST $2000: This word for troops camping outside comes from a German word for "extra watch" bivouac |
| #8076, aired 2019-10-21 | OUR HOME $800: We've got an extra sink & plenty of storage between the kitchen & dining room in the "pantry" named for this worker a butler |
| #8065, aired 2019-10-04 | A DAY ENDING IN Y $200: 1998's Belfast Agreement is also named for this spring holy day Good Friday |
| #8060, aired 2019-09-27 | ANTIQUITY CUSTODY BATTLES $400: In 2019 Norway agreed to give back items taken from Easter Island by this Kon-Tiki explorer (Thor) Heyerdahl |
| #8058, aired 2019-09-25 | NEW DINER SLANG FOR SANDWICHES $200: Gimme a meatball "u-boat", extra provolone a sub |
| #8054, aired 2019-09-19 | A "DROP" $600: In 2006 Doug Flutie made one of these for an extra point, the first time that had been done in the NFL since 1941 drop kick |
| #8051, aired 2019-09-16 | MYTHS & LEGENDS $1200: Makemake is the chief god of a divine race of bird beings in the Rapa Nui mythology of this island Easter Island |
| #8042, aired 2019-07-23 | THE 40-YEAR-OLD GERMAN $1600: In 1725, 3 years after Book I of the "Well-Tempered Clavier", this 4-decades-old man composed his "Easter Oratorio" (Johann Sebastian) Bach |
| #8032, aired 2019-07-09 | PICTURE IN PICTURE $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a painting on the monitor.) 17th-century artist David Teniers the Younger was the curator of an archduke's collection & painted it, showing himself & dozens of artworks, including this Biblical heroine before the king of Persia Esther |
| #8031, aired 2019-07-08 | A PAST-ICHE $800: For extra quaintness, a London pub opened in 1667 isn't just called Cheshire Cheese but these 2 words "Cheshire Cheese" ye olde |
| #8030, aired 2019-07-05 | THE FIFA MEN'S WORLD CUP $1000: England won its only Cup in 1966 in a 4-2 extra-time victory on its home pitch--this London stadium Wembley |
| #8028, aired 2019-07-03 | MY LAWN $800: I plant the same tall fescue grass used in this directional lawn that hosts an annual Easter Egg Roll the South Lawn at the White House |
| #8023, aired 2019-06-26 | COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $1600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) Of the 12 independent countries in South America, Brazil, which occupies nearly half the continent, borders 9 of them--all except for Chile & this country Ecuador |
| #8020, aired 2019-06-21 | RHYME TIME $2000: A presidential "no" in Ecuador's capital a Quito veto |
| #8015, aired 2019-06-14 | DADS & DAUGHTERS $800: At age 7, she appeared as an extra in the movie "Parenthood," directed by her dad Bryce Dallas Howard |
| #8013, aired 2019-06-12 | FAR FROM $2000: Because of the bulge from the Equator, the highest point above the Earth's center is the top of this mountain in Ecuador Mount Chimborazo |
| #8003, aired 2019-05-29 | CLOTHES MINDED $200: The extra-large pocket on the front of the hoodie is named for this creature a kangaroo |
| #8001, aired 2019-05-27 | NATIONAL FLAGS OF THE AMERICAS $400: Horizontal stripes of these 3 colors are found on the flags of Colombia, Ecuador & Venezuela red, yellow and blue |
| #7990, aired 2019-05-10 | IT'S NOT RHESUS $200: It's not a rhesus; it's the monkey named for this type of headwear women choose for Easter bonnet |
| #7984, aired 2019-05-02 | TRICKY TRAILS $800: At Ecuador's Pailon del Diablo waterfall in these mountains, the steps might be a little slick the Andes |
| #7981, aired 2019-04-29 | POTENT PORTABLES $400: Sony's portable Bluetooth XB10 one of these boasts the "power of extra bass" a speaker |
| #7966, aired 2019-04-08 | GET YOUR KICKS $400: In 2015 the NFL moved the spot for this kind of kick back to the 15-yard line extra point following a touchdown |
| #7958, aired 2019-03-27 | TENTH $800: In bowling you get 2 extra rolls if you start the tenth of these with a strike frame |
| #7952, aired 2019-03-19 | HATS INCREDIBLE $200: Numeric name for a wide-brimmed cowboy that's extra tall 10-gallon |
| #7948, aired 2019-03-13 | NOTABLE WOMEN $1000: Josephine Esther Mentzer was the birth name of this founder of a fragrance & cosmetics empire Estée Lauder |
| #7932, aired 2019-02-19 | ALEX' BUCKET LIST $200: Both the remoteness--2,200 miles west of Chile--& the mysterious Moai statues put this island on my bucket list Easter Island |
| #7927, aired 2019-02-12 | SAME DAY $600: The Washington Post printed this type of edition with same-day news that O.J. Simpson was acquitted; "Read all about it!" an extra |
| #7924, aired 2019-02-07 | SORROW $800: In Victorian London Jay's was a store of clothes for this period of a year or more, like the extra-dull black fabric bombazine mourning |
| #7923, aired 2019-02-06 | WOMEN OF THE BIBLE $1200: This festival honors Esther, a Jewish queen of Persia who saved Jews from the plotting of the evil Haman Purim |
| #7920, aired 2019-02-01 | RELIGIOUS LITERATURE $800: A poem by Richmond Lattimore titled this holiday says, "Our April is the lamb who died / to paint the year in tones of pride" "Easter" |
| #7902, aired 2019-01-08 | ADD A LETTER $1600: One extra letter turns a diabolical person into a good buddy fiend and friend |
| #7896, aired 2018-12-31 | THE COUNTRY IN QUESTION $1000: For $58, J. Crew sells this hat that's actually made in Ecuador a Panama hat |
| #7892, aired 2018-12-25 | IT'S "NATIONAL" $200: Ecuador's is "Salve, Oh Patria" national anthem |
| #7880, aired 2018-12-07 | WHAT A COUNTR"E" $400: It fought a 1990s border war with Peru Ecuador |
| #7871, aired 2018-11-26 | SAFE SPACES $2000: The extra-territorial type of this is granted in embassies, as to Julian Assange in the Ecuadorian one asylum |
| #7870, aired 2018-11-23 | COSTS A LITTLE EXTRA $200: Be sure to tip these folks who park your car for you at a restaurant a valet |
| #7870, aired 2018-11-23 | COSTS A LITTLE EXTRA $400: I like tomatoes & other produce grown this natural way, without chemical pesticides or fertilizers organic |
| #7870, aired 2018-11-23 | COSTS A LITTLE EXTRA $600: Job of Roberto Cavalli; it comes before "jeans" that are not to be worn while pitching hay designer |
| #7870, aired 2018-11-23 | COSTS A LITTLE EXTRA $800: If you need a passport quickly, pay the State Department for this rush processing, meaning sped up expedited |
| #7870, aired 2018-11-23 | COSTS A LITTLE EXTRA $1000: In this type of medicine named for a helpful hotel employee, you pay a fee for personal attention on top of your insurance concierge |
| #7864, aired 2018-11-15 | EUROPEAN CAPITALS $1200: Bring some extra vowels if you visit the Vltava River in this Czech Republic capital Prague |
| #7863, aired 2018-11-14 | MEDIEVAL TIMES $800: Medications included the blood of these canonized people; Thomas a Becket's was thought extra-effective saints |
| #7861, aired 2018-11-12 | JUST MY LUCK! $400: A Florida company grows & sells this plant, Trifolium repens, with an extra leaf a clover |
| #7860, aired 2018-11-09 | NATURE $400: The Goliath birdeater, which eats rodents & reptiles as well as birds, is an extra large variety of this hairy spider a tarantula |
| #7859, aired 2018-11-08 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $1,000 (Daily Double): (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) On a map, New Zealand, Hawaii & Easter Island form the three corners of this roughly triangular region of Oceania that's noted for its many islands Polynesia |
| #7855, aired 2018-11-02 | ALPHABET CITY $1000: Q:
This capital sits at an elevation of 9,350 feet Quito |
| #7850, aired 2018-10-26 | NOT TO BE CONFUSED $1000: Diuretics are drugs that help rid the body of extra fluid; "Dianetics" is a book by him L. Ron Hubbard |
| #7832, aired 2018-10-02 | PORTUGUESE PRIMER $800: Feliz aniversario! means happy birthday, while feliz Pascoa! means this happy Easter |
| #7832, aired 2018-10-02 | LARGEST CITIES $1600: Guayaquil is this country's largest city as well as its leading manufacturing center Ecuador |
| #7821, aired 2018-09-17 | LETTUCE BEGIN $600: We'll dress our lettuce with extra virgin olive oil & this vinegar from Modena, Italy balsamic |
| #7821, aired 2018-09-17 | RHYMING TERMS STARTING WITH "H" $2000: An adjective for a gadget that's extra useful & convenient handy-dandy |
| #7817, aired 2018-09-11 | SCIENCE AROUND US $600: (Kelly shows the Statue of Liberty on the monitor.) When unveiled in 1886, the Statue of Liberty looked something like this, but by 1920, the copper exterior had turned completely green because of weathering, as well as this chemical process & the copper's exposure to the air oxidation |
| #7805, aired 2018-07-13 | THE SOCIAL NETWORK $400: Ship captains rely on this group; for Mardi Gras, it's spelled with a "K" at the start & an extra "E" at the end a crew/krewe |
| #7801, aired 2018-07-09 | MNEMONICS $800 (Daily Double): A standard tuning of this instrument:
Eat all dead gophers before Easter the guitar |
| #7800, aired 2018-07-06 | BY THE NUMBERS $400: Someone with extra acreage between eyebrows & hairline may be punningly called this a five-head |
| #7792, aired 2018-06-26 | OLIVE MY LOVE $200: "Extra" this type of olive oil comes only from pressed olives, with no added chemicals virgin |
| #7789, aired 2018-06-21 | YEARLY BELOVED $400: The Memorial Amphitheater at Arlington Cemetery hosts ceremonies on Easter & on these 2 federal holidays Veterans Day and Memorial Day |
| #7789, aired 2018-06-21 | CAN I GET AN "AMEN"? $1200: Extra things that come with a hotel room to make you feel more comfortable & at ease amenities |
| #7786, aired 2018-06-18 | REVOLUTION NOW! $800: The rising on this religious holiday in 1916 briefly proclaimed a free Irish republic before it was crushed Easter |
| #7784, aired 2018-06-14 | IT'S ABOUT TIME $200: The D.O.E. found that 4 extra weeks added to this period in 2007 saved 0.5% of electricity per day, 1.3 billion KWH in total Daylight Savings Time |
| #7767, aired 2018-05-22 | NAMING MY BABY GIRL FOR GRANDPA $1000: If his name is this, French for "reborn", just add an extra "E" at the end René |
| #7757, aired 2018-05-08 | LET'S GET ORDINAL $600: My intuition tells me you know this phrase for an extra level of perception a sixth sense |
| #7738, aired 2018-04-11 | TIME FOR CLASS $200: Latin:
Nice abs! Ab extra means "from outside"; ab initio means "from" this the beginning |
| #7738, aired 2018-04-11 | SPRING BREAK $3,000 (Daily Double): This U.S. federal holiday is the only one in the spring Memorial Day |
| #7736, aired 2018-04-09 | WOMEN IN THE BIBLE $1600: This heroine of the Purim story is depicted in a 1684 work also called "The Jewish Bride" Esther |
| #7736, aired 2018-04-09 | DOWN IN SOUTH AMERICA $2000: In 1830 Ecuador became independent of Gran Colombia & established its capital in this city Quito |
| #7734, aired 2018-04-05 | X-Y-Z ABBREVIATIONS $600: XBH is this baseball slugging statistic extra base hits |
| #7727, aired 2018-03-27 | ISLANDS $400: This island famous for its huge stone carvings is about 2,200 miles west of Chile Easter Island |
| #7720, aired 2018-03-16 | THE FABERGÉ MUSEUM $200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from the Fabergé Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia.) Peter Carl Fabergé was commissioned to create an Easter egg for Tsarina Maria Feodorovna by her husband, the third tsar of this name; the hen Easter egg was such a hit with the tsarina that imperial Easter eggs became an annual tradition Alexander |
| #7720, aired 2018-03-16 | THE FABERGÉ MUSEUM $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from the Fabergé Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia.) Most of the imperial Easter eggs contain surprises--for the coronation egg, it's a miniature replica of the coach that took Alexandra to the coronation, perfectly detailed down to the double-headed eagles on the doors & the roof, an imperial symbol of this last Russian dynasty the Romanovs |
| #7720, aired 2018-03-16 | THE FABERGÉ MUSEUM $600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from the Fabergé Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia.) One of the few imperial Easter eggs with a religious theme, the rock crystal egg from around 1889 depicts this event that Easter celebrates the resurrection of Christ |
| #7720, aired 2018-03-16 | THE FABERGÉ MUSEUM $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from the Fabergé Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia.) The 15th anniversary Easter egg pictures events from the reign of this tsar, as well as miniature portraits of him & his family Nicholas II |
| #7720, aired 2018-03-16 | THE FABERGÉ MUSEUM $1000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from the Fabergé Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia.) Fabergé used pearls & diamonds to evoke the empress' favorite flowers, lilies of the valley, in an 1898 Easter egg in this ornamental style that was popular at the time Art Nouveau |
| #7720, aired 2018-03-16 | IN A STORM $2000: The film "The Finest Hours" tells of a Coast Guard rescue of 32 men in one of these directional storms off Cape Cod a nor'easter |
| #7718, aired 2018-03-14 | FROM THE BRITISH MONARCHY'S WEBSITE $2000: On this sacred day, 3 days before Easter, the queen visits a cathedral & passes out special money Maundy Thursday |
| #7717, aired 2018-03-13 | EASTER $200: Easter eggs were a welcome sight to some, since eggs were once forbidden during this previous period Lent |
| #7717, aired 2018-03-13 | EASTER $400: Along with yellow rabbits, this purveyor of fluffy sweets offers blue marshmallow chicks for Easter Peeps |
| #7717, aired 2018-03-13 | EASTER $600: Judy Garland sang about one of these "with all the frills upon it" an Easter bonnet |
| #7717, aired 2018-03-13 | EASTER $800: This president's wife Lucy moved the Easter Egg Roll to the White House in 1878 (Rutherford B.) Hayes |
| #7717, aired 2018-03-13 | EASTER $1000: This animal is the traditional main course of the pope's Easter dinner lamb |
| #7713, aired 2018-03-07 | HUMANS IN THE GALAPAGOS $400: (Alex presents the clue from the Galapagos.) In Darwin Bay, Franklin Delano Roosevelt first came to the islands aboard the U.S.S. Houston on a fishing trip; along the way, he caught a shark, but more importantly, that trip helped us make a deal with this country to establish a base here in 1942 Ecuador |
| #7701, aired 2018-02-19 | REGION NAME'S THE SAME $400: Ecuador & Colombia both have regions named for this man Simon Bolivar |
| #7691, aired 2018-02-05 | BODY PART PHRASES $1600: There's a joint in this phrase for that extra effort it takes to make things shine elbow grease |
| #7679, aired 2018-01-18 | HOMOPHONIC ANIMALS $2000: When this swinelike mammal needs extra money, he turns into a slender candle a tapir |
| #7671, aired 2018-01-08 | LET THERE BE LIGHTING! $600: The phenyl oxalate ester helps provide the gleam in this item you wave at a rave a glowstick |
| #7670, aired 2018-01-05 | TAKE ME "DOWN" $1000: A native of Maine a Down Easter |
| #7664, aired 2017-12-28 | A DEDICATED COMPOSER $1600: Rimsky-Korsakov dedicated his Russian Easter Overture to Borodin & this alliterative composer Modest Mussorgsky |
| #7664, aired 2017-12-28 | FIND IT ON THE INSIDE $1600: A noisemaker inside an extra large cremini mushroom a bell |
| #7663, aired 2017-12-27 | AROUND THE PACIFIC $2000: Almost all of this country's imports flow through the Gulf of Guayaquil to its largest port Ecuador |
| #7632, aired 2017-11-14 | WIDOWS IN THE BIBLE $2,000 (Daily Double): A book of the Bible is named for this widow of Mahlon & ancestor of David Ruth |
| #7617, aired 2017-10-24 | HOLD MY BEER $1000: Constellation Brands distributes Modelo, Pacifico y this beer that comes in "Extra" & "Light" Corona |
| #7613, aired 2017-10-18 | X ABBREVIATIONS $400: XS & XL are these sizes when referring to clothing extra small and extra large |
| #7613, aired 2017-10-18 | WATERWORKS $800: Some kids in Africa use playpumps, these hyphenated items AKA roundabouts that pump clean water for extra fun merry-go-rounds |
| #7602, aired 2017-10-03 | NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC'S MUST SEE PLACES FOR 2017 $400: "A biodiversity hotspot", this country's Cloud Forests, north of Quito Ecuador |
| #7594, aired 2017-09-21 | SPEAKING GERMAN $800: In spring, if someone wishes you "Frohe Ostern", they're wishing you this happy Easter |
| #7576, aired 2017-07-17 | HODGEPODGE $200: It's the person named in a will to administer the disposition of an estate, not to impose capital punishment an executor |
| #7573, aired 2017-07-12 | THOREAU-ING A 200th BIRTHDAY! $1000: In the opening of this essay, Thoreau wrote, "That government is best which governs least'" "Civil Disobedience" |
| #7569, aired 2017-07-06 | COATS OF ARMS $2000: An 1841 steamship built in Guayaquil, the first river steamship on South America's west coast, is on its coat of arms Ecuador |
| #7561, aired 2017-06-26 | HOLIDAY FOODS $200: A festive dish for Easter dinner is a crown roast of this lamb |
| #7553, aired 2017-06-14 | ENDS IN "Y" $200: At KFC 2 popular chicken choices are original recipe or extra this crispy |
| #7551, aired 2017-06-12 | THE PLAYS OF JEAN RACINE $1600: Louis XIV was costumer & usher for the Racine play about this Jewish wife of a Persian king Esther |
| #7548, aired 2017-06-07 | HISTORICAL FICTION $600: "Fallen" tells the story of Katie Crilly during the 1916 Dublin uprising named for this holiday Easter |
| #7531, aired 2017-05-15 | MATERIALS $400: Invented as a synthetic rubber, it was introduced to the public in a plastic egg at Easter Silly Putty |
| #7529, aired 2017-05-11 | 9-LETTER WORDS $2000: This type of belt worn by gunmen has little slots to hold extra ammunition a bandolier |
| #7525, aired 2017-05-05 | A MARBLE-OUS CATEGORY $800: Both the exterior & interior of this sacred Islamic shrine in Jerusalem are decorated with marble & mosaics the Dome of the Rock |
| #7520, aired 2017-04-28 | ANNUAL EVENTS $2,000 (Daily Double): Each year on Easter, Manhattan's Fifth Avenue is host to a festival honoring these head coverings bonnets |
| #7512, aired 2017-04-18 | IN THE DICTIONARY $600: It's the holiday-themed term for a hidden bonus in a film or computer game an Easter egg |
| #7511, aired 2017-04-17 | BORDER FRENZY $400: The 2 countries that border Colombia but not Brazil are Ecuador & this one to the north Panama |
| #7506, aired 2017-04-10 | SIGN $800: God gave Hezekiah a sign that he'd live extra long by turning back not the clock but this ancient timepiece a sundial |
| #7498, aired 2017-03-29 | IT COMES ONCE A YEAR $400: Lucky lottery winners get to attend this annual spring event on the South Lawn of the White House the Easter Egg Roll |
| #7487, aired 2017-03-14 | THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD $800: Isla de Pascua in Spanish, it's on the other side of the world from India's state of Rajasthan Easter Island |
| #7480, aired 2017-03-03 | SOMETHING TO WEAR $800: GQ says these suits typified by an extra row of buttons don't have to be boxy, 1930s gangster-style double breasted suits |
| #7476, aired 2017-02-27 | THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY & CULTURE $2,000 (Daily Double): (Alex gives the clue from the Nat'l Museum of African American History & Culture in Washington, D.C.) On Easter in 1939, after she was denied permission to sing at Constitution Hall, this contralto put on her Sunday best clothes & sang "My Country, 'Tis Of Thee" to a crowd of over 75,000 at the Lincoln Memorial Marian Anderson |
| #7473, aired 2017-02-22 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1200: Taking place about 6 weeks before Easter, this day begins a season of fasting & prayer Ash Wednesday (first day of Lent) |
| #7465, aired 2017-02-10 | FLOWER POWER $400: Come to my pad & see my varieties of this flower, candidum & longiflorum, AKA Madonna & Easter lilies |
| #7460, aired 2017-02-03 | THE NEXT U.N. MEMBER, ALPHABETICALLY $1600: After Ecuador Egypt |
| #7458, aired 2017-02-01 | ANNUAL EVENTS $1000: The story of the Jewish holiday Purim is told in the Biblical book of her Esther |
| #7452, aired 2017-01-24 | "ESTER" PARADE $400: Every college student knows it's from Latin for "6 months" semester |
| #7452, aired 2017-01-24 | "ESTER" PARADE $800: Evanston, Illinois is named for John Evans, a founder of this university Northwestern |
| #7452, aired 2017-01-24 | "ESTER" PARADE $1200: John Waters could tell you that dacron is one type polyester |
| #7452, aired 2017-01-24 | "ESTER" PARADE $1600: A combine, to a farmer a harvester |
| #7452, aired 2017-01-24 | "ESTER" PARADE $2000: An English town with a famous cathedral, or a famous American maker of Western rifles Winchester |
| #7440, aired 2017-01-06 | STATE CAPITAL EVENTS $400: In March 2016 you could catch an Easter concert by this group live in Salt Lake City or on closed-circuit simulcast the Mormon Tabernacle Choir |
| #7436, aired 2017-01-02 | FLAGS OF THE AMERICAS $1600: The stripes on the flags of Venezuela & Ecuador resembled those of this neighbor of which they were once a part Colombia |
| #7425, aired 2016-12-16 | WOMEN WHO WRITE $1600: This title glass object in a Sylvia Plath novel symbolizes madness to its protagonist, Esther Greenwood the bell jar |
| #7420, aired 2016-12-09 | THE BIBLE $800: The name of this villain in the Book of Esther comes before "tasch" in the name of a Purim pastry Haman |
| #7414, aired 2016-12-01 | CRIMINAL CHOICES $800: In 2015 a Virginian was visited in jail by his current wife & also, his other current wife, which got him an extra 1 1/2 years for this bigamy |
| #7406, aired 2016-11-21 | GEOGRAPHY $1600: Easter Island is a province of this country Chile |
| #7399, aired 2016-11-10 | GOOEY CENTERS $600: Yellow & white fondant gives this Easter candy its gooey center Cadbury Creme Eggs |
| #7395, aired 2016-11-04 | AUTO SHOP TALK $200: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows an automotive animation on the monitor.) In a car's catalytic converter, exhaust fumes go through reduction, then oxidation occurs using catalysts such as platinum & palladium filters; for example, one extra oxygen molecule converts a toxic gas into this harmless gas carbon dioxide |
| #7392, aired 2016-11-01 | THE 19th CENTURY $1600: In 1893 his daughter Esther became the first child of a president to be born in the White House Cleveland |
| #7388, aired 2016-10-26 | THE QUOTABLE BROWNINGS $400: Robert wrote, this holy day "breaks, but Christ rises! Mercy every way is infinite" Easter |
| #7385, aired 2016-10-21 | HORROR TV $400: The Art Deco Oviatt Building was used for exterior shots of this anthology series' "Hotel", the Cortez American Horror Story |
| #7367, aired 2016-09-27 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $1200: This oratorio premiered Easter time in 1742, though now it is a Christmastime favorite Handel's Messiah |
| #7365, aired 2016-09-23 | GETTING FROM HERE TO THERE $200: Put this 8-letter word before "bike" to get a bike with extra-powerful brakes & low gear ratios for climbing steep grades mountain |
| #7358, aired 2016-09-14 | GEOGRAPH"E" $200: It has a 440-mile border with Colombia Ecuador |
| #7354, aired 2016-07-28 | SOUNDS LIKE A STAR WARS CHARACTER $400: Something requiring extra mastication, like bubble gum chewy |
| #7352, aired 2016-07-26 | EARTHQUAKES & VOLCANOES $200: A 7.8 earthquake in April 2016, centered in this nation on the west coast of South America, injured more than 2,500 Ecuador |
| #7335, aired 2016-07-01 | MOVIE MISTAKES $600: A young extra puts his fingers in his ears moments before a gun fires at Cary Grant in this "directional" Hitchcock film North by Northwest |
| #7329, aired 2016-06-23 | FOR DRINKS $800: Tabasco makes mildly seasoned & extra spicy mixes for this cocktail a Bloody Mary |
| #7327, aired 2016-06-21 | ORGANIZATIONS $600: FDR founded the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, better known as this group the March of Dimes |
| #7321, aired 2016-06-13 | HOLIDAYS AROUND THE WORLD $200: Following a request from Pope Benedict XVI, Cuba reinstated this holiday, observed 2 days before Easter Good Friday |
| #7310, aired 2016-05-27 | RUTHLESS EFFICIENCY $400: The pioneering 1912 study "Fatigue and Efficiency" called these extra work hours "injurious to output" overtime |
| #7276, aired 2016-04-11 | 1940s LIT $2000: A young apprentice silversmith in 1770s
Boston is the title character of this 1943 historical fiction by Esther Forbes Johnny Tremain |
| #7272, aired 2016-04-05 | FROM THE GERMAN $800: Bringing extra defensive players to rush the passer a blitz |
| #7263, aired 2016-03-23 | THE 18th CENTURY $200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Easter Island.) When Captain Cook reached Easter Island in 1774, he found many of the great statues toppled & the Polynesian population decimated by this type of localized conflict a civil war |
| #7263, aired 2016-03-23 | OLD TESTAMENT PEEPS $400: Esther was the Jewish wife of the King of this land & saved the Jews there from annihilation Persia |
| #7261, aired 2016-03-21 | WORLD HOLIDAYS $600: Pasqueflowers bloom in the spring, just in time for this holiday from which they get their name Easter |
| #7256, aired 2016-03-14 | IT WAS 1916 $400: The Easter Rebellion that erupted in 1916 was centered in this city Dublin |
| #7254, aired 2016-03-10 | WALT WHITMAN $1200: This transcendentalist said "Leaves of Grass" was "the most extra-ordinary piece of wit and wisdom" (Ralph Waldo) Emerson |
| #7253, aired 2016-03-09 | LIKE A BOSS $600: Running up the score before halftime, Amazon's strong 2nd quarter in 2015 helped put an extra $16.5 bil. in this CEO's pocket (Jeff) Bezos |
| #7242, aired 2016-02-23 | HERE'S YOUR HAT $200: This capacity was used for a cowboy hat that was extra tall & uncreased ten gallon |
| #7242, aired 2016-02-23 | HERE'S YOUR HAT $800: In a movie musical, Judy Garland & Fred Astaire sang of this headwear "with all the frills upon it" an Easter bonnet |
| #7236, aired 2016-02-15 | GOOD CAUSES $3,200 (Daily Double): The National Society for Crippled Children was later renamed this, after its famous stamp that bears a lily Easter Seals |
| #7234, aired 2016-02-11 | I'LL NEED A TRANSLATOR $1,000 (Daily Double): A boring class can seem to go on & on, like this 2-word Latin phrase meaning "to the point of sickness" ad nauseam |
| #7223, aired 2016-01-27 | MIXED BAG $400: On an extra hot day on this planet closest to the sun, temperatures can reach over 800 degrees Mercury |
| #7214, aired 2016-01-14 | I'LL HAVE WHAT SHE'S HAVING $600: An extra stout beer from this Irish brand dating back to 1759? Make it 2, lad! Guinness |
| #7210, aired 2016-01-08 | THE NEW YORK TIMES: MOVIES $200: (New York Times film critic A.O. Scott delivers the clue.) When I reviewed "Despicable Me", I referred to these supporting characters as "industrious little doodads" that look like "extra-strength pain-reliever capsules with eyes and limbs" minions |
| #7202, aired 2015-12-29 | THE SCENE IN 1715 $400: Sparking a bloody backlash, Yamassee Indians massacred South Carolina colonists on this day, 2 before Easter Good Friday |
| #7200, aired 2015-12-25 | THE LARGEST COUNTRY... $2000: In Central America, by population Guatemala |
| #7195, aired 2015-12-18 | INTERNATIONAL SWIMMING HALL OF FAMERS $2000: This U.S. champ who helped bring the swimming movie to Hollywood with films like "Bathing Beauty" Esther Williams |
| #7192, aired 2015-12-15 | 4-LETTER WORDS WITH 3 VOWELS $1600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew gives the clue from Easter Island.) Their lips pursed in silence on Easter Island, the statues that the locals refer to by this four-letter term shed little light on their mysterious origins Moai |
| #7172, aired 2015-11-17 | BIBLE BOOKS $800: The 2 Hebrew Bible books named for women Ruth and Esther |
| #7167, aired 2015-11-10 | THIS & THAT $600: As of 2013 Hawaii law lets landlords get an extra deposit for possible damages from renters who have these pets |
| #7162, aired 2015-11-03 | COUNTRY BORDERS $1000: On its northwest, Ecuador;
on its southeast, Bolivia Peru |
| #7159, aired 2015-10-29 | ENDS IN "OON" $200: Kipling wrote, "The flood came along for an extra" this seasonal Asian downpour a monsoon |
| #7152, aired 2015-10-20 | GEOLOGY $1200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew gives the clue from Easter Island.) The Moai statues of Easter Island are made of tuff & basalt, & some of the statues feature topknots made of red scoria; all of the rock on the island is of this basic type volcanic (or igneous) |
| #7149, aired 2015-10-15 | REORDERING THE NOTED PAIR $200: Smucker's blackberry & Jif's extra crunchy, in that order jelly & peanut butter |
| #7139, aired 2015-10-01 | DICKENS BOOK BY CHARACTER $600: Esther Summerson Bleak House |
| #7130, aired 2015-09-18 | POP $1200: Before the gaudy excesses of albums like "The Fame" & "Artpop", she was an extra on "The Sopranos" Lady Gaga |
| #7126, aired 2015-09-14 | DANGEROUS $600: This swimming superstar made many a movie right here at Sony studios, including 1953's "Dangerous When Wet" Esther Williams |
| #7124, aired 2015-07-30 | CHRISTIAN DENOMINATIONS $1600: These Egyptian Christians have their own alphabet, basically the Greek one but with extra letters like horee the Coptics |
| #7104, aired 2015-07-02 | USS COD $200: (Kelly of the Clue Crew bunks in the USS Cod in Cleveland, OH.) Living quarters on the Cod were cramped, with three crewmen taking turns sharing two bunks; the upper one I'm in, with extra headroom to accommodate the torpedo-loading hatch, was called this--a term for a top-floor, luxurious apartment a penthouse |
| #7079, aired 2015-05-28 | SUPERHERO DAY JOBS? $800: For extra cash, Ant-Man asks honeybees to fork over some of this "regal" goo that's fed to prospective queens royal jelly |
| #7065, aired 2015-05-08 | LET'S HAVE LEFTOVERS $800: Right after Easter comes a national week for this dish, made from leftover items decorated for Easter egg salad |
| #7046, aired 2015-04-13 | EASTER ISLAND $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Easter Island.) In 1888, this country annexed Easter Island, leasing the land for sheep-raising & later granted its inhabitants citizenship Chile |
| #7046, aired 2015-04-13 | EASTER ISLAND $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Easter Island.) Moai, the giant stone statues that grace Easter Island, sit atop ceremonial pedestals known as ahus, that could also serve as these, celebrating important figures within burial chambers |
| #7046, aired 2015-04-13 | EASTER ISLAND $1200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Easter Island.) The original Rongorongo tablets of Easter Island are now housed in museums around the world; replicas here on the island show this type of pictographic script that was used, though the meanings have been lost to time hieroglyphics |
| #7046, aired 2015-04-13 | EASTER ISLAND $1600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Easter Island.) Easter Island is volcanic in nature, & walks along its craters will turn up this volcanic glass that also lends its name to a color obsidian |
| #7046, aired 2015-04-13 | EASTER ISLAND $2000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Easter Island.) The stone village of Orongo was the site of a yearly trial where young men scaled down a cliff and swam through shark-infested waters to retrieve the egg of a sooty one of these birds a tern |
| #7033, aired 2015-03-25 | UPRISINGS $800: It happened in Ireland in April 1916 the Easter Uprising |
| #7009, aired 2015-02-19 | JUST KIDDING $1000: The irreplaceable Robin Williams said, "To a 3-year old" this guy "is a 6-foot rat" Mickey Mouse |
| #6997, aired 2015-02-03 | ROCKIN' MUSEUMS $1200: Head to Detroit & Hitsville U.S.A. to visit this museum founded by Esther Gordy Edwards the Motown Museum |
| #6995, aired 2015-01-30 | CROSSING THE EQUATOR $1200: The Equator crosses Ecuador just north of this capital city Quito |
| #6994, aired 2015-01-29 | ABOUT TIME $800: This religious observance is celebrated on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the spring equinox Easter |
| #6976, aired 2015-01-05 | STRIKE THAT! $600: The west coast of South America is mostly occupied by 2 countries, Chile & Panem Peru |
| #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 |
| #6942, aired 2014-11-18 | ALL OVER THE MAP $1200: Bordering Colombia, Peru & the Pacific:
this country Ecuador |
| #6928, aired 2014-10-29 | MOUNTAINS $2000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a diagram on the monitor.) The Earth bulges in the middle, so the furthest point from the Earth's center is the top of Chimborazo in this South American country Ecuador |
| #6922, aired 2014-10-21 | "UV" EXPOSURE $800: From a country south of Ecuador Peruvian |
| #6920, aired 2014-10-17 | ANIMALS OF THE AMAZON $400: This 3-toed arboreal mammal has extra neck vertebrae that allow it to turn its head 270 degrees a sloth |
| #6920, aired 2014-10-17 | CLOTHING & FASHION $600: For the man not quite at his college weight, Levi's & Gap jeans both come in this 7-letter style relaxed |
| #6920, aired 2014-10-17 | CLOTHING & FASHION $800: This occupational term for the cap seen here may have you shouting "Extra!" at odd moments a newsboy cap |
| #6910, aired 2014-10-03 | HOLIDAY $1000: This Canadian province's Islander Day in February gives everyone a holiday between Christmas & Easter Prince Edward Island |
| #6903, aired 2014-09-24 | CROSSWORD CLUES "X" $1200: Founder of the extra-ability X-Men
(6) (Charles) Xavier |
| #6899, aired 2014-09-18 | "ZA" $800: The label of Corona Extra calls it this "mas fina" cerveza |
| #6892, aired 2014-07-29 | SOUTH AMERICA $800: Ecuador is the primary source for this light wood used to make model airplanes balsa |
| #6890, aired 2014-07-25 | HUNGER AIMS $1000: What's in the cupboard...? Oh boy, a can of Del Monte's extra-long spears of this veggie asparagus |
| #6889, aired 2014-07-24 | USE YOUR "HEAD" $1200: Historically, the Jivaro people of Ecuador are known for engaging in this practice against their enemies head shrinking |
| #6881, aired 2014-07-14 | EXPOSÉS $400: "Extra Virginity" is a book about the "scandalous world" of this liquid cooking product olive oil |
| #6865, aired 2014-06-20 | ON THE WHEATIES BOX $1000: 1959: this swimmer & star of movies like "Million Dollar Mermaid" Esther Williams |
| #6863, aired 2014-06-18 | THE SOUTH PACIFIC $1600: Mysteries of this Chilean island include the Rongorongo tablets containing a writing system using pictographs Easter Island |
| #6854, aired 2014-06-05 | "G"EOGRAPHY $600: The name of these islands 600 miles west of Ecuador is a Spanish word for tortoises the Galapagos |
| #6839, aired 2014-05-15 | MEDICAL TERMS $1200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a chromosome chart on the monitor.) Charted here, a baby typically receives 23 pairs of chromosomes, 1 of each copied from each parent, but when there's an extra copy of chromosome 21, this condition is the result Down syndrome |
| #6837, aired 2014-05-13 | DISCOVER $1200: Increasing its overall surface area, though it's not all filled in, brings extra sun to the plant known by this food's name Swiss cheese |
| #6835, aired 2014-05-09 | ON WHAT ISLAND? $800: Around 800 monumental Moai Easter Island |
| #6828, aired 2014-04-30 | POETS & POETRY $800: Anne Sexton's elegy for this fellow doomed poet recalls the time "we downed three extra dry martinis in Boston" Sylvia Plath |
| #6826, aired 2014-04-28 | TENNIS TIPS $800: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows diagrams on the monitor.) Because the net is lower in the center & there's an extra 4 1/2 feet of court to work with, this type of diagonal shot is typically smarter than hitting it down the line a cross-court |
| #6819, aired 2014-04-17 | WIND $1200: Some of these 3-bladed modern-day windmills are designed for extra-breezy areas wind turbines |
| #6816, aired 2014-04-14 | CROQUET, MONSIEUR $200: In British croquet, a player gets one extra stroke for putting a ball through a wicket & 2 extra strokes for doing this hitting one of his opponent's balls |
| #6816, aired 2014-04-14 | 6-LETTER BIBLE BOOKS $1000: Purim celebrates her rescue of her people from a massacre Esther |
| #6813, aired 2014-04-09 | SUPPORTING ACTOR OSCARS $800: 1980:
This film made Timothy Hutton extraordinary Ordinary People |
| #6811, aired 2014-04-07 | TV HOSTS BY INITIALS $1000: "Extra" (co-host), "The X Factor" (host):
M.L. Mario Lopez |
| #6799, aired 2014-03-20 | SAY MY NAME $1000: Born Josephine Esther Mentzer, she died in her mid-90s, but due to her own products, probably looked a mere 88 Estée Lauder |
| #6778, aired 2014-02-19 | ISLANDS OF THE PACIFIC $2000: Thor Heyerdahl believed this island was once colonized by a redheaded race from South America, possibly Peru Easter Island |
| #6776, aired 2014-02-17 | THE OLD TESTAMENT $1000: Esther 4:3 reports that "there was great mourning among the Jews... and many lay in sackcloth and" these ashes |
| #6769, aired 2014-02-06 | J.S. BACH $400: For a while, Bach had to produce a cantata a week; "I Know that My Redeemer Lives" was for this spring Sunday Easter |
| #6769, aired 2014-02-06 | THE COUNTRY DUE SOUTH $800: of Quito, Ecuador Peru |
| #6766, aired 2014-02-03 | NAME THE BIBLE BOOK $800: "Vashti the queen made a feast for the women in the royal house which belonged to King Ahasuerus" Esther |
| #6759, aired 2014-01-23 | HEAD FOR THE BORDERS $2000: One of the 2 mainland South American countries that don't border Brazil Chile (or Ecuador) |
| #6755, aired 2014-01-17 | LIQUIDS $400: For Colavita to label this liquid "extra virgin", it must be collected from the first pressing olive oil |
| #6750, aired 2014-01-10 | SHOULD'VE TOLD YOU $200: Jim Bowie & pals, remember to have some extra guys with you here in 1836:
200 vs. 2,500 doesn't bode well the Alamo |
| #6747, aired 2014-01-07 | PLAY THAT FIDDLE $2000: Plucking instead of bowing the strings; Bartok called for doing it extra-hard so the string snaps onto the wood pizzicato |
| #6746, aired 2014-01-06 | MEYER TO NAUVOO $1000: In 1902 this political cartoonist was appointed consul to Guayaquil, Ecuador (Thomas) Nast |
| #6746, aired 2014-01-06 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $3,000 (Daily Double): In May 1916 the British executed by firing squad 16 leaders from this rebellion of the month before the Easter Rebellion |
| #6714, aired 2013-11-21 | ALL ABOUT ALGERIA $800: In the 2010 World Cup, the U.S. dueled with Algeria & stayed alive on an extra-time goal by this player Landon Donovan |
| #6703, aired 2013-11-06 | IT'S A FEDERAL HOLIDAY $1,000 (Daily Double): The first presidential proclamation of this day mentions "the favorable interpositions of" God's providence Thanksgiving |
| #6695, aired 2013-10-25 | ONE EXTRA LETTER $200: One, you might say, is where pancakes come from; the other is an energy-producing cell batter & battery |
| #6695, aired 2013-10-25 | ONE EXTRA LETTER $400: Decided whether a movie was "G" or "PG", then went down the river, inflatable style rated & rafted (rating & rafting accepted) |
| #6695, aired 2013-10-25 | ONE EXTRA LETTER $600: One is a 3-dimensional work of art; the other, a permanent rule to govern an organization's internal affairs statue & statute |
| #6695, aired 2013-10-25 | ONE EXTRA LETTER $800: The part of the head from forehead to chin, & a light, humorous play face & farce |
| #6695, aired 2013-10-25 | ONE EXTRA LETTER $1000: Insufficient in quantity, & a trigonometric function scant & secant |
| #6694, aired 2013-10-24 | "P"OETS $2000: On Easter Sunday 1341, this Italian was crowned poet laureate, the first to be named in Rome since antiquity Petrarch |
| #6687, aired 2013-10-15 | OCEANIA $2000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows us a map of part of South America and the Pacific Ocean.) In 1766 Philip Carteret & Samuel Wallis sailed from England in two ships; storms separated them, & while Carteret discovered Pitcairn, Wallis found this other island that's part of the H.M.S. Bounty story Tahiti |
| #6682, aired 2013-10-08 | THE NATIONAL INVENTORS HALL OF FAME $200: "Developed 325 different uses for the extra peanuts--from cooking oil to printers ink" George Washington Carver |
| #6672, aired 2013-09-24 | WORLD WAR II: ON THE HOME FRONT $1600: In 1943 kids were enjoying Esther Forbes' novel about this title Johnny & the Revolutionary War Johnny Tremain |
| #6667, aired 2013-09-17 | ISLANDS $200: There are more than 600 gigantic stone figures on this island Easter Island |
| #6667, aired 2013-09-17 | BALLET DANCERS IN THE CINEMA $2000: This Native American ballerina who died in 2013 played Anna Pavlova in Esther Williams' "Million Dollar Mermaid" Maria Tallchief |
| #6665, aired 2013-08-02 | 8-LETTER WORDS $800: In business, an extra working period, or in sports, an extra playing period overtime |
| #6661, aired 2013-07-29 | CANDY IS DANDY $200: For Easter, Snickers comes in this shape--roll 'em an egg |
| #6658, aired 2013-07-24 | MAKE IT A DOUBLE-LETTER WORD $2000: A long-barreled gun loads an extra letter to be a word meaning to turn pages hastily rifle & riffle |
| #6654, aired 2013-07-18 | AROUND THE WORLD $200: One of the 2 South American members of OPEC Venezuela (or Ecuador) |
| #6654, aired 2013-07-18 | BUSINESS HISTORIES $400: James Monaghan traded his half of this pizza business to his brother Tom for a VW beetle; extra large mistake Domino's |
| #6649, aired 2013-07-11 | THE LAW $600: This term doesn't mean you get extra parsley, rather that a third party withholds wages garnishment |
| #6646, aired 2013-07-08 | TEACH YOUR CHILDREN $1600: It's adding an extra turn in the wide triangular knot that gives this necktie style its royal name Windsor |
| #6645, aired 2013-07-05 | SCIENCE 101 $800: (Sarah demonstrates with a glow stick.) Three components make up light sticks--hydrogen peroxide, phenyl oxalate ester & a florescent dye; the two chemicals excite these negatively-charged particles in the dye, causing the mixture to glow electrons |
| #6632, aired 2013-06-18 | MUSICAL THEATER $1600: Extra! Extra! This musical is based on a real 1899 strike by paperboys against the New York World Newsies |
| #6623, aired 2013-06-05 | DOUBLE DOUBLE LETTERS $800: Paris' Notre Dame was one of the first buildings to use a flying this, an arched exterior support a buttress |
| #6619, aired 2013-05-30 | THE COLOMBIA ENCYCLOPEDIA $1600: Under G:
this 4-letter word for "big" preceded "Colombia" in the 1820s, when it also included Ecuador Gran |
| #6608, aired 2013-05-15 | COLLEGE ACTIVITIES $800: The 2013 Easter Conference at this university was held at its Joseph Smith Building auditorium Brigham Young |
| #6605, aired 2013-05-10 | HIGHLY FUNCTIONAL $400: You get a precious 9 extra minutes with this feature introduced on a G.E. alarm clock in 1956 the snooze |
| #6600, aired 2013-05-03 | SEEKING ASYLUM $1000: In 2012 Julian Assange sought asylum at Ecuador's embassy in this city London |
| #6598, aired 2013-05-01 | "C" BIRDS $1200: (Alex reports from atop a ship in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.) It is said that early sailors would release these birds from a high perch aboard a sailing vessel in hopes that the birds would lead the ship to land a crow |
| #6593, aired 2013-04-24 | ALL SCIENCE "E" $1600: (Alex reports from the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.) These marine iguanas are lying on the beach and exposing their dark backs to the sun because they are these, from the Greek for "outside" and "heat," unlike mammals like us, which are endotherms exotherms |
| #6573, aired 2013-03-27 | UNIQUE PLACES $1200: (Kelly of the Clue Crew stands amid seals on a beach in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.) In placing the Galapagos on its World Heritage List, this international organization described the islands as a unique living museum UNESCO |
| #6563, aired 2013-03-13 | LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY $400: In 1542 Francisco de Orellana began traveling down this river from Ecuador, reaching its mouth on the Atlantic the Amazon |
| #6562, aired 2013-03-12 | THE "E" READER $400: This book of the Old Testament tells the exciting tale of how the Jews of Persia were saved Esther |
| #6555, aired 2013-03-01 | PLACES IN TEXAS, PLUS $200: It's the seat of Ector County & in a novel the name of an organization for ex-Nazis with a "file" on it Odessa |
| #6554, aired 2013-02-28 | RHYMING DICTIONARY $1600: It's seen here, extra close up a dromedary |
| #6534, aired 2013-01-31 | NEAR THE END OF THE CENTURY $600: 1998 brought the "agreement" named for this holiday to Northern Ireland; just in time for Easter! Good Friday |
| #6532, aired 2013-01-29 | "E"-OGRAPHY $400: A country in South America Ecuador |
| #6525, aired 2013-01-18 | TV SHOWS IN SONG $1600: Prince:
"You don't have to watch 'Dynasty' to have an attitude" in this song; now I just want your extra time & your... Kiss |
| #6523, aired 2013-01-16 | THE 8th CENTURY $2000: In a 725 work this "venerable" historian calculated the dates on which Easter should be celebrated the Venerable Bede |
| #6510, aired 2012-12-28 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: The week after this holiday is National Egg Salad Week Easter |
| #6506, aired 2012-12-24 | ADD A LETTER $1000: Add a letter to a word meaning "extra" to get this word meaning "scanty" sparse (spare) |
| #6504, aired 2012-12-20 | BIRTH OF A NATION $400: The Republic of Ireland: April 18, 1949, this significant Monday Easter Monday |
| #6502, aired 2012-12-18 | SOCK IT TO ME $600: 2-word term for an extra little Christmas gift; you can get some at the Starbucks store a stocking stuffer |
| #6501, aired 2012-12-17 | THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT $600: The vegan version of this holiday classic uses soy milk, extra firm silken tofu & of course rum & nutmeg eggnog |
| #6499, aired 2012-12-13 | HODGEPODGE $1000: The bacterial byproduct rapamycin, first found in this island's soil, may help Alzheimer patients Easter Island (or Rapa Nui) |
| #6498, aired 2012-12-12 | BREAD $200: Hot cross buns are traditionally served on this day, 2 days before Easter Good Friday |
| #6489, aired 2012-11-29 | WHERE AM I? $200: (Kelly of the Clue Crew presents the clue.) I'm on this archipelago 600 miles west of Ecuador, whose isolation accounts for the uniqueness of the wildlife the Galápagos |
| #6476, aired 2012-11-12 | "P" IS FOR FASHION $400: Fine, expensive straw of the jipijapa plant is handwoven in Ecuador, yet marketed as this type of hat a Panama hat |
| #6469, aired 2012-11-01 | POLYNESIA $2,200 (Daily Double): The easternmost outpost of Polynesia, it lies about 2,200 miles off the coast of Chile Easter Island |
| #6460, aired 2012-10-19 | THE WORLDWIDE WORLD WIDE WEB $400: .ec represents this country; one of its neighbors has .pe Ecuador |
| #6448, aired 2012-10-03 | ARCHIPELAGOS $800: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.) I'm on Bartolome, one of the volcanic isles in the Galapagos; the younger, more volcanic ones are in the northwest as the whole archipelago moves southeast on the Nazca one of these a tectonic plate |
| #6437, aired 2012-09-18 | "EXTRA" $200: It's the "ES" in ESP, or do you need to read my mind? extrasensory |
| #6437, aired 2012-09-18 | "EXTRA" $400: After films like "Alien" & "Independence Day", these beings might demand a better image in the media extraterrestrials |
| #6437, aired 2012-09-18 | "EXTRA" $600: A YouTube clip from the 1940s shows a newsboy saying this 6-word line before "Millionaire Playboy in Trouble Again!" "Extra! Extra! Read all about it!" |
| #6437, aired 2012-09-18 | "EXTRA" $800: This adjective means not pertinent to the issue at hand extraneous |
| #6437, aired 2012-09-18 | "EXTRA" $1000: It's calculating a value beyond the range of that which is known extrapolation |
| #6431, aired 2012-07-30 | THINGS THAT GO BLOOM $1200: These beautiful blooms commonly come in Easter & tiger varieties lilies |
| #6428, aired 2012-07-25 | I'VE GOT A 6-PACK $600: "La Cerveza Mas Fina" is written on this Mexican brand's "Extra" bottles Corona |
| #6428, aired 2012-07-25 | FLORA OF CENTRAL AMERICA $1600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Barro Colorado Reserve in Panama.) In damp tropical soils huge spreading root systems help trees resist toppling; such roots are called these, like exterior projecting supports of a building buttresses |
| #6406, aired 2012-06-25 | YOU GO, GIRL! $1600: On Easter Sunday, 1939, this woman sang to a crowd of 75,000 at the Lincoln Memorial Marian Anderson |
| #6404, aired 2012-06-21 | BAD ENDINGS FOR WRITERS $400: Irish poet Padraic Pearse was executed by firing squad after helping lead 1916's Easter Rebellion in this capital Dublin |
| #6404, aired 2012-06-21 | LIBROS POR NIÑOS $600: Beatrix Potter:
"El Cuento De Pedro, El Conejo" The Tale of Peter Rabbit |
| #6400, aired 2012-06-15 | CELEBRITIES' FAVORITE MOVIES $400: (Hi, I'm Kyra Sedgwick.) I made my professional debut on "Another World", so I have extra appreciation for this farce in which Dustin Hoffman goes to great lengths to land a part on a soap opera Tootsie |
| #6380, aired 2012-05-18 | PREPARE THE PREFIX $400: -curricular,
-sensory,
-marital extra- |
| #6380, aired 2012-05-18 | I APPROVED THIS MESSAGE $1600: The Pope approved his message for this holiday in 2012; it said, "May the risen Christ grant hope to the Middle East" Easter |
| #6364, aired 2012-04-26 | IRISH HISTORY $800: A short-lived rebellion for independence began in Dublin on Monday, April 24, 1916, the day after this holiday Easter |
| #6358, aired 2012-04-18 | NEWSPAPERS $400: A career was born in 1955 when Esther Lederer took over the Ann Landers column of this city's Sun-Times Chicago |
| #6358, aired 2012-04-18 | CULTURES OF SOUTH AFRICA $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Lesedi Cultural Village in South Africa.) A Ndebele village features striking art mainly done by women; the most celebrated is Esther Mahlangu, who was invited to create an art car for this German company BMW |
| #6345, aired 2012-03-30 | LANGUAGES OF SOUTH AMERICA $1600: The Rapa Nui language spoken on this island also has a few hundred speakers on the Chilean mainland Easter Island |
| #6342, aired 2012-03-27 | SPRING AWAKENING $1200: The pasque flower gets its name from blooming around this Christian holiday Easter |
| #6336, aired 2012-03-19 | HERE I AM... $2000: On a hill called El Panecillo ("The little loaf of bread"), seeing panoramic views of this capital of Ecuador Quito |
| #6332, aired 2012-03-13 | X-Y-Z ABBREVS. $1200: XBH
(in baseball) an extra base hit |
| #6331, aired 2012-03-12 | WE LOVE YOU, CONRAD $800: The first of 4 emperors of the Salian dynasty, Conrad II of Swabia was crowned this on Easter 1027 Holy Roman Emperor |
| #6329, aired 2012-03-08 | SOUTH AFRICAN WILDLIFE $600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew gives the clue from Madiwke Game Reserve in South Africa.) If a giraffe didn't have adaptations like thick-walled arteries & extra valves to counteract gravity, lowering its head to drink would cause an aneurysm, & then raising its head would cause it to faint, because this vital measure is naturally so high its blood pressure |
| #6326, aired 2012-03-05 | WHERE AM I? $1000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports.) I'm just a few miles from the Pacific Ocean in Guayaquil, the largest city & main port of this country Ecuador |
| #6321, aired 2012-02-27 | EUROPEAN HOLIDAYS $400: In Lithuania this holiday is the first Sunday in May, a week earlier than in the United States Mother's Day |
| #6320, aired 2012-02-24 | TABLETS $400: To reduce the risk of acetaminophen overdose, in 2011 Johnson & Johnson cut the maximum daily dose of Extra Strength this Tylenol |
| #6309, aired 2012-02-09 | NONFICTION $1,800 (Daily Double): Sebastian Junger re-creates the final hours of a fishing boat during a devastating nor'easter in this bestseller The Perfect Storm |
| #6308, aired 2012-02-08 | ROGET'S MEETS BARTLETT'S $400: Chums, imperial citizens, compatriots, allow the borrowing of thy hearing organs "Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears" |
| #6304, aired 2012-02-02 | JUNIOR YEAR ABROAD $800: Rio de Janeiro is rocking for this 4-day festival that ends 40 days before Easter Carnival |
| #6300, aired 2012-01-27 | PANTS $200: A synonym for freight, or pants with large bellows pockets on the sides & 2 extra-large patch pockets in front cargo pants |
| #6299, aired 2012-01-26 | BAVARIA $2,600 (Daily Double): Every 10 years the villagers of Oberammergau stage about 100 performances of this type of Easter drama a passion play |
| #6288, aired 2012-01-11 | TRAVEL $2,000 (Daily Double): This island's Mataveri Intl. Airport, the world's most remote, is serviced only by Chile's LAN Airlines Easter Island |
| #6272, aired 2011-12-20 | HAVE A WONDERFUL WEDDING $1600: A bride often has an extra one of these thighwear items just to toss to the single male guests a garter |
| #6260, aired 2011-12-02 | E-I-O $800: This adjective sometimes found before "latex paint" is from the Latin for "outside" exterior |
| #6259, aired 2011-12-01 | BRIT SPEAK $400: It's not just a special occasion like Easter or Boxing Day, it's also a vacation in general a holiday |
| #6252, aired 2011-11-22 | OLD TESTAMENT WOMEN $400: Hadassah was the Hebrew name of this queen for whom an Old Testament book is named Esther |
| #6251, aired 2011-11-21 | AUSTRALIAN ANIMALS $200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Taronga Zoo in Sydney, Australia.) Koalas have adapted their diet with an extra long gut to break down poisons in these leaves & sleep 20 hours a day due to a lack of nutrition in the leaves eucalyptus |
| #6251, aired 2011-11-21 | TAKE THE DAY OFF $1200: This "Thursday" before Easter commemorates the Last Supper Maundy Thursday |
| #6242, aired 2011-11-08 | TURTLES & TORTOISES $1200: (Alex kneels next to a tortoise on the beach in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.) On lush islands, dome-shaped tortoises slowly plow through the brush; but where there's less vegetation & they have to reach higher to obtain food, some tortoises can do this because their shells are shaped like this equine accessory a saddle |
| #6235, aired 2011-10-28 | MEANINGFUL STAGE NAMES $2000: Donald Lytle's choice of this stage name made extra sense when "Take This Job And Shove It" became his biggest hit (Johnny) Paycheck |
| #6232, aired 2011-10-25 | IF YOU CAN READ THIS... $800: If you can read this, you're the only one in the world who can decipher Rongorongo, a script from this island, 2,200 miles off Chile Easter Island |
| #6218, aired 2011-10-05 | LANGUAGES $2000: The Colorado language is spoken by around 2,000 in the jungle west of this capital of Ecuador Quito |
| #6217, aired 2011-10-04 | THE STAN LEE CUP $1000: Stan gave these superheroes their name because they had "extra" abilities the X-Men |
| #6215, aired 2011-09-30 | ADD A LETTER $400: One extra letter makes a "uniformed" person this, meaning very much out of the loop uninformed |
| #6212, aired 2011-09-27 | FAST FOOD MENU $600: Extra Crispy chicken &
the Snacker KFC |
| #6212, aired 2011-09-27 | DISASTERS $800: 4 years before the Hindenburg, a U.S. Navy one of these plunged into the Atlantic Ocean, killing 73 a dirigible |
| #6210, aired 2011-09-23 | WINE A LITTLE $800: This 4-letter word indicates that a champagne is dry; "extra" this means it's extremely or totally dry brut |
| #6199, aired 2011-07-21 | MEMBER NATIONS OF OPEC $1,200 (Daily Double): Ecuador & this other South American country are members Venezuela |
| #6184, aired 2011-06-30 | THE 1930s $2000: World War I veterans demanding extra pay for their service made up the 1930s group known as this army the Bonus Army |
| #6170, aired 2011-06-10 | ARTISTS $2000: After visits to this country in the 1850s, Frederic Church painted its Cotopaxi volcano Ecuador |
| #6168, aired 2011-06-08 | WORDS IN SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRIES $1600: A fuss in Quito ado (in Ecuador) |
| #6134, aired 2011-04-21 | FILL E_____R UP $200: Celebration of the Resurrection Easter |
| #6124, aired 2011-04-07 | THE GALAPAGOS ENVIRONMENT $200: (Kelly of the Clue Crew gives the clue from Galapagos in Ecuador.) With its fragile ecosystem in danger from events like a 2001 oil tanker wreck, the Galapagos turned to energy sources like this; 3 turbines for it were installed in 2007 wind power |
| #6124, aired 2011-04-07 | "AZ" I WAS SAYING $400: This American Indian empire had a 365-day solar calendar that consisted of 18 months of 20 days plus 5 extra days Aztec |
| #6124, aired 2011-04-07 | THE GALAPAGOS ENVIRONMENT $400: (Alex Trebek gives the clue from Galapagos in Ecuador.) From June to November here in the Galapagos, the south equatorial current encourages the rich growth of this, the collective name for nonmotile marine organisms plankton |
| #6124, aired 2011-04-07 | THE GALAPAGOS ENVIRONMENT $800: (Kelly of the Clue Crew gives the clue from Galapagos in Ecuador.) As Darwin's finches remove parasites from the tortoises, two of the best-known creatures of the Galapagos display this mutually helpful arrangement, from the Greek for "living together" symbiosis |
| #6124, aired 2011-04-07 | THE GALAPAGOS ENVIRONMENT $1000: (Alex Trebek gives the clue from Galapagos in Ecuador.) The flightless cormorant is native to & found only in the Galapagos Islands; it is said to be this to the islands; it's from the Greek "endemos", which means native endemic |
| #6122, aired 2011-04-05 | WORLD HERITAGE SITES $400: Enormous stone figures called moai put this island on UNESCO's list Easter Island |
| #6109, aired 2011-03-17 | ELEGIES $2000: He recalled friends & slain leaders of Ireland's Easter rising in his poem "Easter 1916" (William Butler) Yeats |
| #6108, aired 2011-03-16 | THE BRITISH POET LAUREATE WRITES $400: For an 1858 royal wedding, Tennyson wrote extra verses for this song, beginning, "God bless our prince and bride" "God Save The Queen" |
| #6095, aired 2011-02-25 | HOLIDAY FILL IN THE BLANK $1000: A few days before Easter:
Maundy ____ Thursday |
| #6088, aired 2011-02-16 | LEGAL "E"s $1200: This person is appointed by a testator to carry out the directions & requests in his will executor |
| #6074, aired 2011-01-27 | ORDINAL PHRASES $4,000 (Daily Double): As 4 of his units moved on Madrid, a Spanish Civil War general coined this term to describe the extra support inside the capital the fifth column |
| #6065, aired 2011-01-14 | WHAT'S IN AN OLD TESTAMENT NAME? $1600: Her name is from the Persian for "star" Esther |
| #6064, aired 2011-01-13 | TRANSPORTATION $600: (Kelly of the Clue Crew gives the clue from a raft in Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.) I am in the Galapagos coming to the shore in a Zodiac raft; the Zodiac gained popularity when this French oceanographer used it to go where the Calypso couldn't (Jacques) Cousteau |
| #6053, aired 2010-12-29 | DO TRY THIS AT HOME $400: Whether its virgin or extra virgin, store it in a dark place; light as well as heat can spoil it olive oil |
| #6049, aired 2010-12-23 | U.S. BAYS $2,000 (Daily Double): Alaska's Resurrection Bay was named by Alexander Baranof, who first sailed into it on this holiday Easter |
| #6048, aired 2010-12-22 | HOLIDAY ALBUMS $1000: This brother-sister duo's 1978 million-selling LP "Christmas Portrait" featured "Merry Christmas, Darling" the Carpenters |
| #6048, aired 2010-12-22 | ON THE DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS $1,200 (Daily Double): In 1944 this man's Third Army tanks broke through the German lines surrounding Allied forces at Bastogne General Patton |
| #6048, aired 2010-12-22 | "PP"s ON EARTH $1200: A quantity like extra vitamins, added to make up for a deficiency a supplement |
| #6044, aired 2010-12-16 | ADD A LETTER $400: When curvy gets an extra letter, it becomes this disease scurvy |
| #6030, aired 2010-11-26 | THE RIVER $900 (Daily Double): The Chira River forms part of Ecuador's southern border with this country Peru |
| #6019, aired 2010-11-11 | WRITERS ON THE MOVE $800: (Kelly of the Clue Crew gives the clue from Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.) This American novelist, more associated with whales, visited the Galapagos & mused on the tortoise as a symbol of the two sides of existence, with its dark topside & bright underside Herman Melville |
| #6017, aired 2010-11-09 | COLLEGE HANGOUTS $800: Bring your sonnets to the Rye Bar in Athens, Georgia on Mondays-- it's this "night" for unscheduled performers open mic night |
| #6012, aired 2010-11-02 | ITALIAN WORDS & PHRASES $2000: In Italian, this holiday is Pasqua Easter |
| #6009, aired 2010-10-28 | PLANTS $800: (Kelly of the Clue Crew gives the clue from Ecuador.) This typical 1940s house of a campesino, or field worker, is made from this giant grass associated with Asia but an important building material of Ecuador bamboo |
| #6006, aired 2010-10-25 | THE EXECUTOR BRANCH $200: Thomas Jefferson's veep, he killed a famous man in a famous duel Aaron Burr |
| #6006, aired 2010-10-25 | THE EXECUTOR BRANCH $400: He shot & killed Charles Dickinson in an 1806 duel Andrew Jackson |
| #6006, aired 2010-10-25 | THE EXECUTOR BRANCH $600: He personally killed a Spaniard at the Battle of San Juan Hill Teddy Roosevelt |
| #6006, aired 2010-10-25 | THE EXECUTOR BRANCH $800: In 1754 he ordered his Virginia militiamen to fire on a group of unsuspecting Frenchmen, killing 10 George Washington |
| #6006, aired 2010-10-25 | THE EXECUTOR BRANCH $1000: As sheriff of Erie County, N.Y., Grover Cleveland personally hanged 2 criminals, earning him the nickname "Hangman of" here Buffalo |
| #6001, aired 2010-10-18 | IT'S A MARSHMALLOW WORLD $600: A little birdie told us there's a 2009 documentary all about these marshmallow Easter treats Peeps |
| #6001, aired 2010-10-18 | HISTORICAL NOVELS $800: Mackinlay Kantor's novels of the Civil War include one about this notorious prison camp Andersonville |
| #5997, aired 2010-10-12 | VWLLSS NTNS $1000: In South America:
CDR Ecuador |
| #5993, aired 2010-10-06 | WANT TO RACE? $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew is at the Toyota Grand Prix.) The addition of a 6-point roll cage provides extra safety, & also strengthens this, the body of the car, from the Latin for "box" the chassis |
| #5993, aired 2010-10-06 | PRINCE SONGS A LA TREBEK $2000: "You don't have to be rich, to be my girl, you don't have to be cool, to rule my world"--Prince just wanted this (Extra time and) "Kiss" |
| #5991, aired 2010-10-04 | RIDING THE RAILS $1600: At over 15,000 feet high, the highest railway station in South America is in Condor in this small country Bolivia |
| #5981, aired 2010-09-20 | WOMEN: WRITE ON! $1200: Esther Greenwood is an aspiring poet in this poet's novel "The Bell Jar" Sylvia Plath |
| #5978, aired 2010-09-15 | ATOLLS $400: In its local version the name of this festive island is spelled K-I-R-I-T-I-M-A-T-I Christmas Island |
| #5972, aired 2010-07-27 | BEFORE & AFTER $600: Bonus work in school that nets you a piece of plastic from Visa extra credit card |
| #5972, aired 2010-07-27 | HERE'S 2 "U" $1200: This language of the Incas is still spoken in Peru & Ecuador Quechua |
| #5967, aired 2010-07-20 | GEOMETRY $1200: No matter how many sides a convex polygon has, the sum of its exterior angles will always equal this many degrees 360 |
| #5957, aired 2010-07-06 | GEOGRAPHY "E" $600: This island in the South Pacific is named for the day of its discovery, a religious holiday Easter Island |
| #5955, aired 2010-07-02 | PAUNCH SHOPS $200: There are 290 fat calories in one of this chain's extra crispy breasts, but only 130 in the original recipe ones KFC |
| #5952, aired 2010-06-29 | BANANAS $200: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from a banana plantation in Ecuador.) Bananas grow in hands of ten fingers or more; after harvesting, each hand is cut into what we call a bunch--growers refer to it as a corona, Spanish for this a crown |
| #5952, aired 2010-06-29 | BANANAS $400: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from a banana plantation in Ecuador.) Banana plants with thin leaves produce good fruit; young plants with wide leaves are called hijos del agua--or "sons of" this, & are culled because too much of it is directed to the leaves water |
| #5952, aired 2010-06-29 | BANANAS $600: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from a banana plantation in Ecuador.) Bananas stay green while attached to the plant; picking one releases a gas that changes the fruit's color & turns its starch into this sugar, from the Latin for "fruit" fructose |
| #5952, aired 2010-06-29 | BANANAS $800: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from a banana plantation in Ecuador.) Though a banana bush can grow to 20 feet in height & is commonly referred to as a tree, it contains no woody tissue; it's actually a huge one of these plants common to cooks like sage or basil an herb |
| #5952, aired 2010-06-29 | BANANAS $1000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from a banana plantation in Ecuador.) The string inside a banana carries nutrients such as sugars between parts of the plant; it's called the phloem, from the Greek word for this tough stuff that covers trees bark |
| #5948, aired 2010-06-23 | BUSINESSWOMEN $2000: This founder of a cosmetics & fragrance empire was born Josephine Esther Mentzer around 1908 Estée Lauder |
| #5946, aired 2010-06-21 | ANNUAL EVENTS $800: In the 1840s Esther Howland made these cards from imported paper lace & floral decorations Valentines |
| #5940, aired 2010-06-11 | COUSTEAU $400: One program in the "Cousteau Odyssey" TV series was titled "Blind Prophets" of this island Easter Island |
| #5934, aired 2010-06-03 | "S"EVEN-LETTER WORDS $2000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew puts a block of explosive into a bag.) Several blocks of explosive clumped together for extra power, as in demolition, are called this type of charge; they're often carried in briefcase-like bags satchel charges |
| #5925, aired 2010-05-21 | YEATS IS GREATS $600: Irishman Yeats wrote a poem entitled this holiday "1916" Easter |
| #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 |
| #5922, aired 2010-05-18 | DARWIN IN THE GALAPAGOS $800: Ecuador made the Galapagos its first national park in 1959, the centennial year of this seminal Darwin work The Origin of Species |
| #5922, aired 2010-05-18 | DARWIN IN THE GALAPAGOS $1200: (Alex sits with some seals at the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.) "The circumstance that several of the islands possess their own species strikes me with wonder", Darwin wrote in "Journal of Researches", which today is better known as "The Voyage of" this the Beagle |
| #5922, aired 2010-05-18 | DARWIN IN THE GALAPAGOS $2000: (Alex reports from the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.) Darwin believed the shape of the mouth of this reptile might be an adaptation to its herbivorous diet iguana |
| #5913, aired 2010-05-05 | WHAT ARE YOU, YELLOW? $400: It wouldn't be Easter without these marshmallow treats Peeps |
| #5905, aired 2010-04-23 | E GODS! $200: Later lending her name to Easter, Eostre was the Anglo-Saxon fertility goddess of this season spring |
| #5896, aired 2010-04-12 | OVERLAPS $1200: Overhead interior room surface
+
pasta type ceilinguini |
| #5888, aired 2010-03-31 | THE "EX" FILES $800: Rachael Ray is such a fan of this type of olive oil that she even launched her own brand extra-virgin |
| #5887, aired 2010-03-30 | ECUADOR OF YORE $800: (Kelly of the Clue Crew stands on a streetcar.) October 9th Street is so named because Guayaquil won independence from Spain on October 9, 1820; it was soon annexed by this man Simon Bolivar |
| #5887, aired 2010-03-30 | ECUADOR OF YORE $1200: Guayaquilenos with sensitive noses were pleased when in 1910 vehicles powered by this replaced quaint horse-drawn trams electricity |
| #5887, aired 2010-03-30 | ECUADOR OF YORE $2000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the Parque Histórico in Guayaquil, Ecuador.) The Malecón, or river walk, was rebuilt on a more grand scale after the 1896 fire, which some said was set on purpose to keep President Alfaro from moving the capital here to Guayaquil from this city Quito |
| #5887, aired 2010-03-30 | ECUADOR OF YORE $4,000 (Daily Double): (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows off a spiffy white hat.) Originally made in Ecuador, these were shipped from a country north of here, hence the name by which they're known Panama hats |
| #5874, aired 2010-03-11 | BIBLICAL MEGADEATHS $800: This biblical book with a female name records the killing of 75,000 Persians by the Jews Esther |
| #5873, aired 2010-03-10 | THE OTHER 2 LITTLE PIGS REBUILD $600: From a German word for "crust", this exterior finish of cement, sand, lime & water is both pigs' siding choice now stucco |
| #5871, aired 2010-03-08 | A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS $400: An expert in EVAs, or extra-vehicular activities, Sherwood Spring exited one of these to perform an EVA in 1985 a Space Shuttle |
| #5864, aired 2010-02-25 | BREAKFAST AT EPIPHANY'S $800: In Catholicism, Epiphany is more important than Christmas, joining Pentecost & this most holy of days Easter |
| #5857, aired 2010-02-16 | ASSEMBLY LINE $600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the assembly line at the Ford Motor Company in Dearborn, MI.) In 2009, Ford's Dearborn truck assembly line added an extra shift of workers to restock inventories depleted by the success of this federal program Cash for Clunkers |
| #5837, aired 2010-01-19 | "EAST" $1600: One of the statues excavated by Thor Heyerdahl here is more than 30 feet tall Easter Island |
| #5835, aired 2010-01-15 | "N" GAME $1200: The "Blizzard of '93" was one of these storms that move up the Atlantic Coast along the Gulf Stream a nor'easter |
| #5814, aired 2009-12-17 | IN PLAIN SIGHT $1000: There are more than 600 of those gigantic big head statues on this Chilean island Easter Island |
| #5808, aired 2009-12-09 | GALAPAGOS WILDLIFE $400: (Alex reports from the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.) Many giant tortoise subspecies in the Galapagos are named for the islands on which they are found, like these beauties here on this fertile island whose name is Spanish for "holy cross" Santa Cruz |
| #5808, aired 2009-12-09 | GALAPAGOS WILDLIFE $800: (Alex reports from the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.) The largest animal in the island lives in a harem--1 bull, about 30 cows & their babies; now, often mistaken for seals, they have external ears, which means they are these creatures sea lions |
| #5808, aired 2009-12-09 | GALAPAGOS WILDLIFE $1200: (Alex reports from the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.) One of three varieties found in the Galapagos, the blue-footed type of this bird really stands out against the drab rocks booby |
| #5808, aired 2009-12-09 | GALAPAGOS WILDLIFE $2000: (Alex reports from the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.) The keel of the breastbone, where strong wing muscles would attach, is reduced on the flightless one of these; with no predators, in an isolated environment, it has become earthbound the cormorant |
| #5808, aired 2009-12-09 | GALAPAGOS WILDLIFE $4,000 (Daily Double): (Alex reports from the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.) Contending with cold water & hot land, the Galapagos penguin is the only species to occur north of this line, the midpoint of the Tropics the equator |
| #5806, aired 2009-12-07 | "C" IS FOR CATHOLIC $2000: This ceremony is used to confer additional grace upon the already baptized, & you get an extra name confirmation |
| #5798, aired 2009-11-25 | CHILDREN OF PRESIDENTS $600 (Daily Double): In the 19th c. his daughter Esther was the first & so far only child of a president to be born in the White House Grover Cleveland |
| #5794, aired 2009-11-19 | CLOTHES OFF OUR BACK $600: A sweater is named for the 7th Earl of this, who needed an extra layer of warmth under his uniform during the Crimean War Cardigan |
| #5792, aired 2009-11-17 | AT THE "BAR" $1,020 (Daily Double): One of the best sellers in its field, its stock symbol is BKS Barnes & Noble |
| #5790, aired 2009-11-13 | EXPEDITION WEEK $800: In "Search for the... Headshrinkers" of this river, we learn of the practice in Ecuador & Peru the Amazon |
| #5789, aired 2009-11-12 | GOING GREEN $400: Since it takes extra energy to run a freezer with excess ice buildup, it's recommended that you do this to it regularly defrost it |
| #5771, aired 2009-10-19 | LET'S GET BIBLICAL $600: They're the 2 books of the Bible named for women Ruth & Esther |
| #5770, aired 2009-10-16 | TASTES OF TOKYO $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew sits at a sushi bar in Tokyo, Japan.) This colorful Japanese condiment is often added to sushi for extra flavor wasabi |
| #5742, aired 2009-07-21 | BIBLE QUOTES BY BOOK $1600: "Then went Haman forth that day... with a glad heart, but when Haman saw Mordecai... he was full of indignation" Esther |
| #5710, aired 2009-06-05 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1000: If it's July 24, Ecuador & Venezuela must be celebrating the birthday of this early 19th century leader (Simón) Bolívar |
| #5692, aired 2009-05-12 | GET A JOB, KID! $800: Not as superfluous as it sounds, it's a person with a nonspeaking background part in a movie an extra |
| #5691, aired 2009-05-11 | THE 21st CENTURY WITH CNN $200: (I'm Suzanne Malveaux.) Pope Benedict's visit to the U.S. was extra festive: during his White House visit, he was serenaded with this 1893 song "Happy Birthday To You" |
| #5687, aired 2009-05-05 | ARCHAEOLOGY $400: Rano Raraku, a quarry on this South Pacific island, produced about 900 moai, or statues, some over 30' tall Easter Island |
| #5680, aired 2009-04-24 | PADDLE $1000: Go to the Met in NYC & you can see a ceremonial dance paddle called a "rapa" from Rapa Nui, aka this island Easter Island |
| #5680, aired 2009-04-24 | LANDS DOWN UNDER $3,000 (Daily Double): Mexico's southern border is with these two nations Belize & Guatemala |
| #5666, aired 2009-04-06 | MOVABLE FEASTS $200: The 40th day after Easter commemorates this rising of Christ into heaven Ascension |
| #5659, aired 2009-03-26 | RHYME TIME $2000: An Easter- or Passover-time rogue a paschal rascal |
| #5658, aired 2009-03-25 | BATTLES BY PRESENT-DAY COUNTRY $800: The Battle of the Boyne, the Easter Rising Ireland |
| #5651, aired 2009-03-16 | LET'S TALK CHESS, CHAMPS $400: Even with two extra pawns, white can't force a win here, because these pieces can travel only on opposite-colored squares the bishops |
| #5650, aired 2009-03-13 | _____IN' '80s MOVIES $1200: Lea Thompson & an extra-terrestrial fowl; 'nuff said:
"H____ T____ D____" Howard the Duck |
| #5638, aired 2009-02-25 | WITH LOVE $400: My darling, only the best of this potent potable for you, like a fine extra brut Bollinger champagne |
| #5638, aired 2009-02-25 | TO "SUR" $400: An extra fee for a special service a surcharge |
| #5619, aired 2009-01-29 | DANTE'S DIVINE COMEDY $200: Dante begins his journey on this day, the anniversary of the crucifixion Good Friday |
| #5617, aired 2009-01-27 | THE NORTHERNMOST NATION $600: Argentina,
Ecuador,
Bolivia Ecuador |
| #5616, aired 2009-01-26 | THE CALL OF THE ROMAN UMPIRE $2000: Extra ludum es! "You're out of the game!" or "You're ejected!" |
| #5603, aired 2009-01-07 | YOUR HOME AQUARIUM $400: Characins, which include the tetras, have an extra one of these on their backs fin |
| #5589, aired 2008-12-18 | SHADES OF GRAY & WHITE $800: Brittle exterior covering for a yolk & albumen an eggshell |
| #5589, aired 2008-12-18 | NOVELIST/POETS $4,000 (Daily Double): Esther attempts suicide in this, the only novel by its poet author The Bell Jar |
| #5584, aired 2008-12-11 | "EX"ACTLY $800: Since 1994, this TV newsmagazine has dished up celebrity scoop--read all about it Extra |
| #5572, aired 2008-11-25 | WHAT A DELICIOUS DISH $2000: This movie star's "The Million Dollar Mermaid" discusses Jeff Chandler's off-the-set fashion choices Esther Williams |
| #5571, aired 2008-11-24 | ALL MY "EX"ES $800: To astronaut, it's the EV in EVA extravehicular |
| #5567, aired 2008-11-18 | IT HAPPENS ONCE A YEAR $1200: This Christian holy day can occur as early as March 22 or as late as April 25 Easter |
| #5561, aired 2008-11-10 | COLOMBIAN CONNECTIONS $2000: In 2000 the pres. of this country wanted to replace its sucre with our dollar--he got deposed, but it happened Ecuador |
| #5553, aired 2008-10-29 | NEWBERY MEDAL WINNERS $1600: 1944:
Esther Forbes' patriotic story of this young member of the Sons of Liberty Johnny Tremain |
| #5551, aired 2008-10-27 | "E"ASY DOES IT $800: One who implements a will an executor |
| #5549, aired 2008-10-23 | ECONOMICS $1200: The core rate of inflation excludes 2 volatile items that were extra volatile in 2008; energy is one, this is the other food |
| #5540, aired 2008-10-10 | DON'T THINK TOO FAST $1200: Originally, Panama hats were made in what is now this country Ecuador |
| #5537, aired 2008-10-07 | IN THE BALLPARK $600: This Denver baseball stadium is known for its red brick exterior & on-site microbrewery Coors Field |
| #5536, aired 2008-10-06 | IT'S A BIT CHILE TODAY $1600: (Jon of the Clue Crew points out Chile on a map.) Outside of its main land area, Chile also owns several islands, including this one way out in the South Pacific about 2300 miles away Easter Island |
| #5524, aired 2008-09-18 | AMERICANA $1000: Florida was named in honor of this holiday season, whose Spanish name includes the word florida Easter |
| #5520, aired 2008-09-12 | "NN"-DATED $400: Hat for Easter a bonnet |
| #5513, aired 2008-07-23 | U.S. PRESIDENTS $1600: JFK played golf with Bing Crosby during his 1961 Easter vacation at the Kennedy family's home in this Florida town Palm Beach |
| #5506, aired 2008-07-14 | "HOLY" CATEGORY! $600: Hebdomada Major in Latin, it runs from Palm Sunday to Easter Holy Week |
| #5499, aired 2008-07-03 | ISLANDS OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC $400: In 1862 Peruvian slave raiders carried away about 1/3 of this Chilean island's population, but not the big heads Easter Island |
| #5499, aired 2008-07-03 | COUNTRY RHYME TIME $2000: A household task in a latitude zero country of South America an Ecuador chore |
| #5495, aired 2008-06-27 | DOWN ECUADOR WAY $200: It's the capital city of 1.8 million Quito |
| #5495, aired 2008-06-27 | DOWN ECUADOR WAY $400: These islands made famous by Darwin became a part of Ecuador in the 19th century Galapagos |
| #5495, aired 2008-06-27 | DOWN ECUADOR WAY $600: In March 2008 Ecuador mobilized its troops in response to anti-rebel actions by this neighbor Colombia |
| #5495, aired 2008-06-27 | DOWN ECUADOR WAY $800: In July 1822 the city of Guayaquil was the site of an historic meeting between Jose de San Martin & this liberation leader Simon Bolivar |
| #5495, aired 2008-06-27 | DOWN ECUADOR WAY $1000: Ecuador's longest border is with this country to the south & east Peru |
| #5495, aired 2008-06-27 | "EAST" $1200: This holiday may take its name from the name of the Anglo-Saxon goddess of spring Easter |
| #5489, aired 2008-06-19 | ISLAND HOPPING $2000: It's how Easter Island is known in its indigenous language Rapa Nui |
| #5484, aired 2008-06-12 | BEFORE & AFTER $1200: John Newton wrote this inspiring hymn about the extra weeks you get to pay your credit card bill "Amazing Grace Period" |
| #5480, aired 2008-06-06 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $1200: After his oratorio "Esther" hit big in concert instead of drama form, he wrote others like it, including "Messiah" Handel |
| #5479, aired 2008-06-05 | EXTRAS $1200: An apple that the USDA grades "extra" this doesn't have a ribbon on it but is mature, clean & well-formed fancy |
| #5478, aired 2008-06-04 | RELIGIOUS NUMBERS $800: The number of Old Testament books named for specific women 2 |
| #5477, aired 2008-06-03 | "OUT" IS IN $400: A type of extra strength beer that might make you extra big stout |
| #5440, aired 2008-04-11 | WEIGHTS & MEASURES $2,000 (Daily Double): 1.5 ounces is equal to a jigger or one of these units--but Bartender, a little extra is always OK a shot |
| #5438, aired 2008-04-09 | HAVE SOME WINE $200: Grades of this wine run from extra-brut to doux champagne |
| #5432, aired 2008-04-01 | SCIENCE STUFF $1600: In this type of bomb, 2 atoms of deuterium collide to produce a helium atom & extra neutrons a hydrogen bomb (or a fusion bomb) |
| #5431, aired 2008-03-31 | TV PRODUCERS $400: The Fairmont in this city's Nob Hill was the exterior used for Aaron Spelling's "Hotel" TV series San Francisco |
| #5430, aired 2008-03-28 | THE CALENDAR $1200: March 25 was this day in Britain until adoption of the Gregorian calendar in 1752 New Year's Day |
| #5429, aired 2008-03-27 | EASTER $200: 1916's "Easter Rebellion" against British rule was centered in this capital city Dublin |
| #5429, aired 2008-03-27 | BUNNY $400: This icon of extended battery life has been going & going since 1989 the Energizer Bunny |
| #5429, aired 2008-03-27 | EASTER $400: These fund-raising stamps for disabled children were first issued in 1934 Easter Seals |
| #5429, aired 2008-03-27 | EASTER $600: It's where you'll find Chile's Isla de Pascua National Park Easter Island |
| #5429, aired 2008-03-27 | EASTER $800: This Hollywood landmark began observing its famous Easter sunrise service in 1921 the Hollywood Bowl |
| #5429, aired 2008-03-27 | EASTER $1000: This location's first Easter Egg Roll was on April 22, 1878 the White House |
| #5423, aired 2008-03-19 | SIMON BOLIVAR $2000: The judicial capital of Bolivia is named for this man who helped Simon liberate Ecuador--sweet (Antonio José de) Sucre |
| #5409, aired 2008-02-28 | SWEET $400: Traditionally, the dome-shaped Russian cake known as a kulich is served on this holiday Easter |
| #5409, aired 2008-02-28 | SWEET $600: This powdery stuff that's 200 times sweeter than sugar is aka aspartic acid phenylalinine methyl ester NutraSweet (or aspartame) |
| #5394, aired 2008-02-07 | "E"OGRAPHY $1200: This country borders Guatemala & Honduras El Salvador |
| #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. |
| #5386, aired 2008-01-28 | ALSO ON YOUR PC KEYBOARD $1000: An extra advertising section of the newspaper insert |
| #5384, aired 2008-01-24 | WOODWORKING $400: Hold your lumber with this clamping bench that Black & Decker calls "an extra pair of hands" Workmate |
| #5366, aired 2007-12-31 | MY DREAM HOUSE $200: In this style of pre-Revolutionary Americans, I like the Southern version with brick exterior & side chimneys Colonial |
| #5357, aired 2007-12-18 | LATIN AMERICAN LITERATURE $400: "Song to" this liberator was a famous patriotic poem written by Ecuador's Jose Joaquin Olmedo in 1825 Bolivar |
| #5355, aired 2007-12-14 | COUNTRIES' LARGEST ISLANDS $2000: Isla Isabela in the Galapagos Ecuador |
| #5345, aired 2007-11-30 | HOSPITALS $50 (Daily Double): London's HTD, Hospital for these Diseases, has a consultant parasitologist & leprologist tropical diseases |
| #5343, aired 2007-11-28 | CHILDREN'S AUTHORS $600: Esther Forbes lived most of her life in this state & set her novel "Johnny Tremain" there Massachusetts |
| #5342, aired 2007-11-27 | THE NEW MEXICO DESERT $400: Also called the chaparral cock, this bird has 2 front & 2 back toes for extra ground speed a roadrunner |
| #5332, aired 2007-11-13 | I WANT CANDY $200: I could go for some of these sugar & marshmallow chicks--especially the blue ones--when's Easter? Peeps |
| #5332, aired 2007-11-13 | BOOKS OF THE APOCRYPHA $800: Break out the hamantaschen--the apocrypha contains additions to her Old Testament book Esther |
| #5331, aired 2007-11-12 | ROAMIN' HOLIDAYS $1600: Pysanky, these decorated spring holiday items, are a popular part of Ukrainian culture Easter eggs |
| #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 |
| #5319, aired 2007-10-25 | A HOSTEL TAKEOVER $1000: Surf the Internet Hostel or the Mariot Hostel (note the lack of an extra R & T in Mariot) in this Bulgarian capital Sofia |
| #5308, aired 2007-10-10 | SHAPELY COUNTRIES $1,000 (Daily Double): This country is named for a circle around the Earth Ecuador |
| #5301, aired 2007-10-01 | MAY THE FOREST BE WITH YOU $2000: Th deforestation of this island 2,200 miles west of Chile may have led to the collapse of its society c. 1500 Easter Island |
| #5297, aired 2007-09-25 | OLIVE OIL $400: It's pure & delicious! The oil that's the cold-pressed result of the 1st pressing of olives is extra this virgin |
| #5285, aired 2007-07-27 | SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRIES $4,600 (Daily Double): It's the South American country whose capital city lies the closest to 0 degrees latitude Ecuador |
| #5284, aired 2007-07-26 | SIGNS & SYMBOLS $1600: Not the Easter but the Prairie type of this flower is the floral emblem of Saskatchewan lily |
| #5280, aired 2007-07-20 | ANNUAL EVENTS $1200: This Sunday before Easter celebrates Jesus' triumphant entry into Jerusalem Palm Sunday |
| #5279, aired 2007-07-19 | THE OLD TESTAMENT $2000: This heroine for whom a Bible book is named was married to King Ahasuerus of Persia Esther |
| #5278, aired 2007-07-18 | FINE $400: This brand introduced its Extra Fine Point marker in 1979 & went Ultra Fine in 1989 Sharpie |
| #5276, aired 2007-07-16 | WHEN THEY WERE IN HIGH SCHOOL $1200: To make extra money, she sometimes cleaned out the tour bus for her mom Naomi & sister Wynonna Ashley Judd |
| #5274, aired 2007-07-12 | HETERONYMS $2,000 (Daily Double): An exterior door, or to magically captivate someone entrance [IN-trunce] & entrance [in-TRANCE] |
| #5266, aired 2007-07-02 | MUSCLE CARS $600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew leans over the open hood of a 1970 Plymouth Barracuda.) The 1970 Plymouth Barracuda got some extra muscle from its six-barreled setup of these devices carburetors |
| #5264, aired 2007-06-28 | SOUNDS LIKE A U.S. STATE $400: Jill of "Crossing Jordan" knows this cognac brand has a Paradis Extra variety in addition to V.S.O.P. & X.O. Hennessy |
| #5258, aired 2007-06-20 | ALSO A GUM BRAND $1200: A special edition of a newspaper extra |
| #5247, aired 2007-06-05 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $1600: On Easter 1478, the Archbishop of Pisa & others tried to kill this "magnificent" Florentine Lorenzo (de Medici) |
| #5244, aired 2007-05-31 | CULINARY BEFORE & AFTER $400: Finest olive oil grade whose British capital is Road Town & whose American capital is Charlotte-Amalie extra Virgin Islands |
| #5224, aired 2007-05-03 | LANDMARKS $1200: You might say the statuesque residents of this South Pacific island have big heads & are always on holiday Easter Island |
| #5220, aired 2007-04-27 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: French kids get chocolate chickens on this spring holiday Easter |
| #5219, aired 2007-04-26 | THE WIZARD OF ODDS $1200: The National Safety Council says the odds of dying this way are 1 in 87,976; one famous case was Natalie Wood drowning |
| #5202, aired 2007-04-03 | SHALL WE PLAY A GAME? $1600: This game is a sort of vertical tic-tac-toe, but with the added twist of needing an extra checker in the row Connect Four |
| #5197, aired 2007-03-27 | POETS & POETRY $2000: "A terrible beauty is born", this Irishman wrote on "Easter, 1916" (William Butler) Yeats |
| #5190, aired 2007-03-16 | PARADES $600: Irving Berlin penned 17 musical numbers for this Fred Astaire-Judy Garland holiday film Easter Parade |
| #5189, aired 2007-03-15 | QUOTABLE CINEMA $1000: 1982, to Elliott:
"Be good" E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial |
| #5181, aired 2007-03-05 | LITERARY CROSSWORD CLUES "S" $800: Utensil for a "River Anthology"
(5) spoon |
| #5180, aired 2007-03-02 | FURNITURE $400: Come back here & tell us the name of this part of an L-shaped desk, perpendicular to the main part for extra surface a return |
| #5167, aired 2007-02-13 | CROSSWORD CLUES "C" $2,000 (Daily Double): To urge, perhaps to drink certain sodas (4) coax |
| #5152, aired 2007-01-23 | LUCY! $400: On April 22, 1878 U.S. First Lady Lucy Hayes instituted this annual event on the White House lawn Easter Egg Roll |
| #5144, aired 2007-01-11 | WELL, YOU "NO" $1000: Warren Harding campaigned on the slogan "Return to" this normalcy |
| #5142, aired 2007-01-09 | AN IRISH PUB QUIZ $1000: Dublin's Brazen Head has a function room decorated in memorabilia from 1916, the year of this revolt the Easter Uprising |
| #5135, aired 2006-12-29 | UNITING THE STATES & CITIES $4,000 (Daily Double): The "Land Of Enchantment" state hooks up with South Carolina's capital; enjoy... New Mexicolumbia |
| #5125, aired 2006-12-15 | KING JAMES BIBLE $800: Also known as Hadassah, this title woman is brought up by her relative Mordecai Esther |
| #5123, aired 2006-12-13 | AMERICAN ARTISTS $2000: This Missouri artist painted the mural at the Truman Library, but President Truman applied some extra touches himself (Thomas Hart) Benton |
| #5115, aired 2006-12-01 | THE QUOTABLE FRAN LEBOWITZ $2000: "Large, naked, raw" these "are acceptable as food only to those who live in hutches eagerly awaiting Easter" carrots |
| #5114, aired 2006-11-30 | ANIMALS $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the monkey house.) For extra resonance, howler monkeys have an enlarged structure at the top of this, also known as the trachea windpipe |
| #5108, aired 2006-11-22 | "B" IN FASHION $200: Sun, rain & Easter are all types of these a bonnet |
| #5090, aired 2006-10-27 | BABEL-ING ON $200: Zusatzlich, zusatzlich, read all about it! Translated from German, zusatzlich means this! in English extra |
| #5089, aired 2006-10-26 | HIDDEN DVD TREATS $800: You can see Tom Cruise as Vincent the killer being extra bad on hidden parts of this film's DVD Collateral |
| #5071, aired 2006-10-02 | I'M BORED $1200: How about memorizing all the capitals of South America, including Quito, the capital of this country Ecuador |
| #5065, aired 2006-09-22 | EUROPEAN CUISINE $600: Made with cheese & nuts, paskha is a traditional Russian treat for this spring holiday Easter |
| #5061, aired 2006-09-18 | JONATHAN SWIFT $400: Swift's nickname for his "friend" Esther Johnson" it's a name Stanley Kowalski knew well Stella |
| #5060, aired 2006-09-15 | FASHION $1000: The Montecristi Fino is a top-of-the-line roll-up-able type of this hat made in Ecuador a Panama hat |
| #5049, aired 2006-07-20 | CONVERSION $1000: Chase's MasterCard charges an extra 1% for converting these, like riyals, on your bill foreign currencies |
| #5040, aired 2006-07-07 | THE SMALLEST IN AREA $1000: Bolivia,
Peru,
Ecuador Ecuador |
| #5038, aired 2006-07-05 | DO YOU COME HERE OFTEN? $200: Parents & kids gather each year at the White House for this event held on the Monday after Easter the Easter Egg Roll |
| #5037, aired 2006-07-04 | PLANT LIFE $400: The Madonna type of this plant was once used at Easter but often failed to bloom in time; the Bermuda type replaced it a lily |
| #5033, aired 2006-06-28 | ASK THE AUDIENCE $600: On Easter Sunday 1939, she sang before an audience of 75,000 at the Lincoln Memorial Marian Anderson |
| #5024, aired 2006-06-15 | NFL BLITZ $1000: In 2006 Doug Flutie converted an extra point using this method, last successful in the NFL in 1941 a drop kick |
| #5019, aired 2006-06-08 | MANHATTAN'S MUSEUM MILE $600: The exterior of this museum at 5th & 89th was designed to break the rectangular grid of Manhattan the Guggenheim |
| #5007, aired 2006-05-23 | LET'S MAKE A DEAL $800: George Mitchell helped with this "agreement", signed in Belfast on April 10, 1998 & named for this holy day Good Friday |
| #5006, aired 2006-05-22 | ____ & ____ $200: 2 fairly simple kinds of "musical" instrument combine in this expression for "extra features" bells & whistles |
| #4992, aired 2006-05-02 | CONTINENTAL GEOGRAPHY $1,400 (Daily Double): South America's Andean coastal plain gets lots of rain in Colombia, less in Ecuador & very little in this next nation down Peru |
| #4960, aired 2006-03-17 | HIDDEN BOOKS OF THE BIBLE $400: Sending money was the best her friends could do for her Esther (best her) |
| #4956, aired 2006-03-13 | THE "NEW" WORLD $2000: Colombia, Panama, Ecuador & Venezuela were once part of this Spanish viceroyalty New Granada |
| #4946, aired 2006-02-27 | HEIR $400: Heirs want to stay on the good side of this, the person mainly charged with carrying out a will's provisions the executor |
| #4944, aired 2006-02-23 | "TRANS" MISSION $400: This device can increase or reduce power so your blow dryer doesn't get extra volts on your trip to Europe a transformer |
| #4944, aired 2006-02-23 | WHAT'S ON YOUR HEAD? $400: Genuine versions of this hat are handwoven from straw of the jipijapa plant in Ecuador a Panama |
| #4944, aired 2006-02-23 | HISTORY'S MYSTERIES $1200: Also known as Rapa Nui, this Chilean island is known for strange statues & rongo-rongo hieroglyphs Easter Island |
| #4935, aired 2006-02-10 | DID YOU READ YOUR BIBLE? $800: 1 of the 2 women with their own books in the standard King James Bible Ruth (or Esther) |
| #4921, aired 2006-01-23 | RIGHT ON "Q" $1200: It's a Western Hemisphere national capital city of 1.4 million people Quito |
| #4902, aired 2005-12-27 | BIBLICAL CROSSWORD CLUES "E" $1600: Hadassah
(6) Esther |
| #4885, aired 2005-12-02 | NEW HERE? $600: It precedes "15" to describe the extra weight from a new lifestyle of late-night study & excess pizza freshman |
| #4872, aired 2005-11-15 | AN ENGLISH-SNOWBOARDING DICTIONARY $1600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew translates from the slopes of Park City, UT.) English--a small compartment in a theater; Snowboarding--a rail with an extra-wide surface a box |
| #4856, aired 2005-10-24 | SAINT PETERSBURG $1200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports again from the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia.) A tradition was born in the 1880s when Alexander III gave his czarina a jeweled Easter egg made by this design firm Fabergé |
| #4854, aired 2005-10-20 | HOME PAGES $1600: In a Dickens novel, Esther is the ward of Mr. Jarndyce & lives with him at this title residence Bleak House |
| #4828, aired 2005-09-14 | ALSO A BATMAN VILLAIN $400: An extra playing card in a deck often used as a wild card Joker |
| #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) |
| #4816, aired 2005-07-11 | THE WESTERNMOST NATION $1200: Ecuador,
Chile,
Uruguay Ecuador |
| #4811, aired 2005-07-04 | EXPLORERS $800: Dutchman Jakob Roggeveen was the first European to report on the giant stone statues of this South Pacific isle Easter Island |
| #4802, aired 2005-06-21 | KING JAMES BIBLE BEASTS $400: I Kings 10 tells us that these were imported from Egypt at 150 shekels each; the chariots were extra horses |
| #4795, aired 2005-06-10 | CONDIMENTS $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Greece's Naxos Island.) This 2-word description refers to oil made from the first pressing of the olive; it's considered the finest & the fruitiest extra virgin |
| #4781, aired 2005-05-23 | LET'S GET BIBLICAL $800: On Purim it's a tradition to read from this Bible book with a woman's name Esther |
| #4777, aired 2005-05-17 | AIRPORT NAMES $2000: The airport at Latacunga in this country is called Cotopaxi, though the city has suffered from the Cotopaxi volcano Ecuador |
| #4775, aired 2005-05-13 | MIDDLE EARTH $1,600 (Daily Double): They're the 3 South American countries through which the equator passes Ecuador, Colombia & Brazil |
| #4773, aired 2005-05-11 | '70s SITCOMS $200: After "The Flying Nun" was grounded in 1970, she went on to play "The Girl with Something Extra" Sally Field |
| #4773, aired 2005-05-11 | I READ THE ARTICLES, TOO $600: In the 1945 magazine article "Extra-Terrestrial Relays", Arthur C. Clarke suggested these devices be used satellites |
| #4744, aired 2005-03-31 | 1955 $800: Esther Pauline Friedman Lederer began having her say in the Chicago Sun-Times under this name Ann Landers |
| #4741, aired 2005-03-28 | 2004 PASSINGS $400: April 24:
Nearly 100 years old, this legend of cosmetics born Josephine Ester Mentzer Estée Lauder |
| #4734, aired 2005-03-17 | "E" GADS! $400: A steamboat, a condor & Chimborazo Mountain appear on this country's coat of arms Ecuador |
| #4732, aired 2005-03-15 | THE FOOD SECTION $600: The Russian paskha sweet cheese mold for this holiday has the initials XB on it, meaning "Christ is risen" Easter |
| #4731, aired 2005-03-14 | DAYS OF THE WEEK $400: Feb. 9, 2005, 6 1/2 weeks before Easter Ash Wednesday |
| #4727, aired 2005-03-08 | ORGANIZATIONS $250 (Daily Double): In 1952, the lily became the official logo of this organization that helps people with special needs & disabilities Easter Seals |
| #4719, aired 2005-02-24 | CSI $1600: By ID'ing ejector marks & rifling, I.B.I.S. imaging is part of this science of the propulsion of projectiles ballistics |
| #4717, aired 2005-02-22 | IT'S ALL A PLANT $1200: Andes Indians chew the leaves of this narcotic plant with lime juice for extra stamina coca |
| #4715, aired 2005-02-18 | HIDDEN BOOKS OF THE BIBLE $2000: Yes there were many reasons to look at him Esther (in Yes there) |
| #4714, aired 2005-02-17 | SHOW BUSINESS GROUPS $800: (Honorary Clue Crew member Dayna Devon from Extra reports from an awards show.) The Golden Globe Awards are given by the HFPA, a group whose reporters hail from places like Argentina, Egypt & Taiwan the Hollywood Foreign Press Association |
| #4704, aired 2005-02-03 | ANNUAL EVENTS $400: Mardi Gras is the day before Lent, the period of fasting that ends on this holiday Easter |
| #4703, aired 2005-02-02 | POP CULTURE $400: In 2004 this Sugar Ray frontman became the co-host of "Extra" Mark McGrath |
| #4702, aired 2005-02-01 | THE LARGEST IN AREA $600: Egypt,
Ecuador,
El Salvador Egypt |
| #4685, aired 2005-01-07 | MEDICAL CENTER $1200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew demonstrates a medical device.) Nonprofessionals can learn to use an automated external one of these heart devices
Computer voice: "Place the electrodes on patient's bare chest" a defibrillator |
| #4667, aired 2004-12-14 | "E" CHANNEL $400: This South American country does not border Brazil Ecuador |
| #4664, aired 2004-12-09 | "FRE"-DOM $200: Wrigley's "extra" brand of cinnamon chewing gum bills itself as this on its wrapper sugar free |
| #4657, aired 2004-11-30 | THE CONTEST $1000: In 1884 a booster's attack on democratic "Rum, Romanism & Rebellion" backfired on this Down Easter James Blaine |
| #4642, aired 2004-11-09 | EITHER/OR $600: It's the basic choice at KFC of what kind of chicken texture to have Original Recipe or Extra Crispy? |
| #4639, aired 2004-11-05 | CREAM $800: This Kraft Foods dessert topping comes in an extra creamy version Cool Whip |
| #4627, aired 2004-10-19 | YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK $600: (Sofia of the Clue Crew reads from Yellowstone National Park.) Yellowstone has hot springs because this layer of the earth is extra thin here, so molten rock isn't far down the crust |
| #4613, aired 2004-09-29 | THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK $400: His first published song was 1909's "Marie from Sunny Italy"; later ones include "Cheek to Cheek" & "Easter Parade" Irving Berlin |
| #4613, aired 2004-09-29 | THE 3rd FILM IN THE SERIES $1000: Lorraine Axeman, one of our researchers, was an extra in "Army of Darkness", Sam Raimi's 3rd film in this Series The Evil Dead |
| #4593, aired 2004-07-21 | I'VE GOT A BEEF WITH YOU $1000: From a chicken, it's a breast; from a cow, it's called this & Aunt Esther might make a nice one for Pesach brisket |
| #4589, aired 2004-07-15 | LATIN AMERICA $1600: In October 1998 the presidents of Peru & this country signed a treaty ending a border dispute in Amazon territory Ecuador |
| #4562, aired 2004-06-08 | "EXTRA" HELPINGS $200: Not of this Earth extraterrestrial |
| #4562, aired 2004-06-08 | "EXTRA" HELPINGS $400: For many students, the yearbook, chess club & school newspaper fall under these "activities" extracurricular |
| #4562, aired 2004-06-08 | "EXTRA" HELPINGS $600: The handing over of a criminal to another country or state extradition |
| #4562, aired 2004-06-08 | "EXTRA" HELPINGS $800: Characterized by good flavor, this type of olive oil has an acid level of less than 1 percent extra virgin |
| #4562, aired 2004-06-08 | "EXTRA" HELPINGS $1000: From the Italian for "more than usual wandering", it's a lavish entertainment or a spectacular display an extravaganza |
| #4542, aired 2004-05-11 | N"AA"CP $400: The professor who created this holiday added an extra "A" as the end to distinguish it from an African festival Kwanzaa |
| #4523, aired 2004-04-14 | MAP HAPPY $200: Its name says where it's at South Africa |
| #4518, aired 2004-04-07 | CIGARETTE LORE $1000: In addition to jeweled easter eggs, this famous Russian goldsmith designed cigarette boxes & carved animals Faberge |
| #4516, aired 2004-04-05 | PAGANOMICS $400: This holiday's rabbit imagery is a holdover from a pagan symbol of rebirth & new life Easter |
| #4510, aired 2004-03-26 | 20th CENTURY PEOPLE $200: On Easter Monday, April 24, 1916, Padraic Pearse & his men seized this city's general post office Dublin |
| #4502, aired 2004-03-16 | "E"PICS $600: Judy Garland & Fred Astaire joined forces for this holiday classic Easter Parade |
| #4502, aired 2004-03-16 | ON THE WATER $600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Hawaii.) The name of this attachment that gives the canoe extra stability is often applied to the canoe itself outrigger |
| #4501, aired 2004-03-15 | COMMUNICATION $1000: In 1995 Echostar Communications launched the satellite Echostar I & established this "network" Dish Network |
| #4496, aired 2004-03-08 | "DAL" US $800: The U.S. military may award one for distinguished service a medal |
| #4495, aired 2004-03-05 | WILDLIFE $2000: The Canadian type of this cat has very large feet padded with extra hair in winter to chase down snowshoe rabbits lynx |
| #4488, aired 2004-02-25 | STATE CAPITALS $1000: The exterior of the gov.'s mansion in Tallahassee was inspired by the Hermitage in this other state capital Nashville |
| #4485, aired 2004-02-20 | GO ____ $800: Make more effort than required, like by walking 1,760 more yards "go the extra mile" |
| #4483, aired 2004-02-18 | 21st CENTURY TRENDS $1600: What news channels use to provide extra info, or what the info does along the bottom of the screen crawls |
| #4479, aired 2004-02-12 | WORLD CAPITALS $600 (Daily Double): It's the South American capital city that lies closest to the Equator Quito |
| #4474, aired 2004-02-05 | A TIME TO DIE $1000: After a decades-long battle to reclaim her throne, this former queen died Nov. 11, 1917 in Honolulu, Hawaii Liliuokalani |
| #4474, aired 2004-02-05 | ISLAND HOPPING $1200: Spanish is the official language of this island but a Polynesian language called Rapanui is also spoken Easter Island |
| #4470, aired 2004-01-30 | CLUES PAST THEIR FRESHNESS DATE $400: To get into this event at the White House March 31, 1997 you had to have a 3-to-6-year-old kid with you the Easter Egg Hunt |
| #4464, aired 2004-01-22 | WHAT DAY OF THE WEEK WAS IT? $400: March 31, 2002, seen here Sunday |
| #4451, aired 2004-01-05 | WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE IN THE MOVIES? $600 (Daily Double): She was discovered while performing at the 1940 Aquacade in San Francisco Esther Williams |
| #4444, aired 2003-12-25 | CRAFTSMANSHIP $800: In this traditional crafted item, often found on mantles, Cutty Sark could be both the interior & the exterior part a ship in a bottle |
| #4437, aired 2003-12-16 | WORLD HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1000: In Germany, Pfingsten is this observance, 50 days after Easter Pentecost |
| #4428, aired 2003-12-03 | OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC $800: This island near Chile is believed to be the farthest east that Asians were able to settle in the Pacific Easter Island |
| #4427, aired 2003-12-02 | GETTING UP THERE $1200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew presents from Colorado) Drink extra water at 10,000 feet. Up here, this point is lower, so the air contains less water the dew point |
| #4426, aired 2003-12-01 | ON MY "HAND"s $800: This composer's oratorios include "Samson", "Esther" & "Belshazzar" Handel |
| #4420, aired 2003-11-21 | LESSER-KNOWN ANCIENT ROMANS $1200: In Rome his name meant simply "good"; to us it implies that he gave a little something extra Bonus |
| #4409, aired 2003-11-06 | SPECIAL DAYS $400: In 2002 Easter fell on the fifth Sunday in March, so the fourth Sunday in March was this Palm Sunday |
| #4402, aired 2003-10-28 | THE LARGEST IN AREA $1000: Argentina, Ecuador, Peru Argentina |
| #4392, aired 2003-10-14 | BODY LANGUAGE $1,000 (Daily Double): What you may get from having that extra helping of pie, or what you do when you complain about it bellyache |
| #4388, aired 2003-10-08 | ONE KNOWS $200: One knows Easter falls on this date in 2018, so you might have to watch out for rotten eggs left as a joke April 1/April Fools Day |
| #4387, aired 2003-10-07 | EASTER PARADE $400: The word Easter may come from "Eostre", the name of an Anglo-Saxon goddess of this season spring |
| #4387, aired 2003-10-07 | EASTER PARADE $800: Originally native to the Ryukyu Islands of Japan, the Easter type of this plant is a symbol of resurrection the lily |
| #4387, aired 2003-10-07 | DATELINE: 1903 $800: With U.S. support, this nation declares its independence from Colombia Panama |
| #4387, aired 2003-10-07 | EASTER PARADE $1200: Easter Island is located 2,300 miles away from this nation to which it belongs Chile |
| #4387, aired 2003-10-07 | EASTER PARADE $1600: The Easter Rising was an armed rebellion against British rule in this country in 1916 Ireland |
| #4387, aired 2003-10-07 | EASTER PARADE $2000: One of this man's fabulous Easter creations is seen here Fabergé |
| #4379, aired 2003-09-25 | AROUND THE YEAR $400: Unlike Christmas, Easter changes its date yearly, because it's based on this heavenly body the Moon |
| #4371, aired 2003-09-15 | LAGER RHYTHMS $400: London pubs have "extra cold beer" for Yanks; most Brits drink beer at a temperature called this cellar temperature |
| #4370, aired 2003-09-12 | DISCOVERY CHANNEL UNSOLVED HISTORY $1200: It's the vessel whose fate is investigated here
"The century-old debate still raged between two possibilities: an exterior mine or a tragic accident." the Maine |
| #4358, aired 2003-07-09 | NATIONAL PARKS OF THE WORLD $1200: Galapagos National Park Ecuador |
| #4357, aired 2003-07-08 | CELEBRATE JULY $1000: Ecuador's & Venezuela's celebrations of this man's day July 24 are very liberating Simon Bolivar |
| #4347, aired 2003-06-24 | BIBLE PEOPLE MAGAZINE $800: In Picks & Pans we find Ahasuerus rejecting Vashti as his queen, picking this cousin of Mordecai instead Esther |
| #4341, aired 2003-06-16 | ANNUAL EVENTS $1000: The name of this Christian observance is from the Greek for "fiftieth day" Pentecost |
| #4338, aired 2003-06-11 | FILMED IN HAWAII $400: Set in Tahiti but filmed in Hawaii, 1950's "Pagan Love Song" featured this star doing one of her famous water ballets Esther Williams |
| #4305, aired 2003-04-25 | YOU O ME $1600: An extra O differentiates these 2 words, both pictured here dragon & dragoon |
| #4301, aired 2003-04-21 | PACIFIC ISLAND CULTURES $400: The only evidence of an indigenous form of writing in Polynesia comes from this island known for giant statues Easter Island |
| #4299, aired 2003-04-17 | FACTS & FIGURES $1000: At a latitude of 0 degrees 13 minutes south, this capital is at an altitude of 9,222 feet Quito, Ecuador |
| #4298, aired 2003-04-16 | HOLIDAY HISTORY $3,000 (Daily Double): On the festive day of April 5, 1722 Jakob Roggeveen visited this South Pacific island Easter Island |
| #4297, aired 2003-04-15 | 2-LETTER ABBREV. $200: ...And one more thing--you tack it on to the end of a letter to tack on an extra thought PS |
| #4297, aired 2003-04-15 | 2-LETTER ABBREV. $800: On a label it designates a shirt that's 2 sizes above medium XL (extra large) |
| #4281, aired 2003-03-24 | ABBREV. $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew at the Johnson Space Center in Houston) Here, astronauts receive important training in this, EVA, for short Extra-vehicular activity |
| #4273, aired 2003-03-12 | GIVE 'EM HELOISE $800: You can add it dry to yogurt for extra flavor, mix it in water to make facial paste, or make cookies "Quaker" style oatmeal |
| #4271, aired 2003-03-10 | TUNES FROM REVUES $1200: This composer's "Easter Parade" first turned up in 1933's "As Thousands Cheer" Irving Berlin |
| #4268, aired 2003-03-05 | THOSE '70s SHOWS $800: Lamont,
Grady Wilson,
Aunt Esther Sanford and Son |
| #4265, aired 2003-02-28 | HIGHWAYS & BYWAYS $800: In "Easter Parade", it's the street on which "The photographers will snap us" & you'll be in the rotogravure 5th Avenue |
| #4255, aired 2003-02-14 | CROSSWORD CLUES "C" $800: Ecuador & Venezuela border it
(8) Colombia |
| #4250, aired 2003-02-07 | GEOMETRY $1600: Whether a convex polygon has 4, 9 or even 22 sides, the exterior angle sum will always total this 360 |
| #4248, aired 2003-02-05 | SWEETS $2000: A clucking bunny advertises this company's Creme Eggs, an Easter-time favorite Cadbury |
| #4247, aired 2003-02-04 | MOVE THE S $200: There are lots of eaters of chocolate bunnies on this holiday Easter/eaters |
| #4245, aired 2003-01-31 | LETTER HISTORIES $800: A 14th century addition, it came from a little extra ornamentation of the "I" J |
| #4242, aired 2003-01-28 | MEXICAN COOKING $400: Author Diana Kennedy says, "Always serve a wedge of" this dessert "with plenty of the extra syrup" flan |
| #4239, aired 2003-01-23 | STUPID ANSWERS $1000: Extra atoms of this element are pumped into unsaturated oil to make hydrogenated fat hydrogen |
| #4231, aired 2003-01-13 | AMERICAN WOMEN $1600: This wife of Rutherford B. Hayes originated the annual Easter Egg Roll on the White House lawn Lucy Hayes |
| #4218, aired 2002-12-25 | AMERICAN TRAFFIC SIGNS $600: Bring extra batteries, this kind of exploring ahead cave exploring |
| #4211, aired 2002-12-16 | FASHION $400: The Alpine variety of these sport boots features an exterior of hard plastic ski boots |
| #4202, aired 2002-12-03 | MOUNTAINS $200: This volcano on the side of Hawaii's Mauna Loa once contained a lake of bubbling molten lava Kilauea |
| #4200, aired 2002-11-29 | PRINTING $400: XBLD, short for this, designates a very heavy typeface extra bold |
| #4190, aired 2002-11-15 | EARLY AMERICAN HISTORY $1200: Margaret Brent, America's first woman barrister, was executor of the will of this colony's governor Leonard Calvert Maryland |
| #4185, aired 2002-11-08 | THE LARGEST IN AREA $1200: Colombia,
Venezuela,
Ecuador Colombia |
| #4172, aired 2002-10-22 | MONTHS $400: The 2 months in which Easter can fall March & April |
| #4156, aired 2002-09-30 | HIDDEN $600: Hidden features on DVDs are known as these "holiday" items Easter eggs |
| #4145, aired 2002-09-13 | HELLO, NEWMAN $1000: Try to spot Bruce Willis as a courtroom extra in this 1982 Newman film about an alcoholic lawyer The Verdict |
| #4124, aired 2002-07-04 | BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY $800: Take our advice & name the columnists born in 1918 as Esther Pauline Friedman & Pauline Esther Friedman Abigail Van Buren & Ann Landers |
| #4116, aired 2002-06-24 | GENETICS $800: Trisomy 21, a condition where a person has an extra copy of chromosome 21, is also called this syndrome Down Syndrome |
| #4097, aired 2002-05-28 | CLASSIC SITCOM EPISODES $2000: "Wine, Women & Aunt Esther" Sanford and Son |
| #4072, aired 2002-04-23 | THE OLD TESTAMENT $2000: In Esther this villain is hanged on the gallows that he'd prepared for Mordecai Haman |
| #4067, aired 2002-04-16 | LIVIN' LATVIAN LARGE $600: An Easter activity is building a swing, from a belief that swinging will repel these insects in summer mosquitoes |
| #4059, aired 2002-04-04 | HISTORIC PEOPLE $1600: In 1822 this liberator & Jose de San Martin held an historic meeting in Guayaquil, Ecuador Bolivar |
| #4051, aired 2002-03-25 | FILM COMEDIES $800: In "A Day at the Races", he tells the eager Esther Muir, "If I hold you any closer, I'll be in back of you" Groucho Marx |
| #4043, aired 2002-03-13 | IT'S A TOUGH WORLD $1600: At about 8,000 square miles, it's the smallest country in the Western Hemisphere beginning with "E" El Salvador |
| #4037, aired 2002-03-05 | ARTHUR-IAN LEGENDS $800: The record shows this Irish brewer came up with his Extra Stout Porter in the late 1700's Guinness |
| #4018, aired 2002-02-06 | LOUISA MAY ALCOTT $800: Louisa sometimes brought in extra money by working as one of these, like Betsy Ross a seamstress |
| #4016, aired 2002-02-04 | "E"OGRAPHY $3,000 (Daily Double): The only country in South America that fits the category Ecuador |
| #4015, aired 2002-02-01 | HUSBANDS & WIVES $2000: Appropriately, "Giulietta Degli Spiriti" was one of Giulietta Masina's films with this director husband Federico Fellini |
| #4006, aired 2002-01-21 | THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE ROME $1600: If you're Rome for the holidays, check out the Pope's balcony speech "Urbi et Orbi" at noon on this day Christmas |
| #4000, aired 2002-01-11 | ISLANDS $2000: Isla de Pascua is the Spanish name for this island in the South Pacific Easter Island |
| #3999, aired 2002-01-10 | SAILOR TALK $1000: When a sailor "splices the main brace", he may be adding an extra rope, or doing this ashore getting into the sauce |
| #3990, aired 2001-12-28 | WELCOME TO THE WHITE HOUSE $400: Almost every spring kids come to the White House to roll & hunt these Easter eggs |
| #3988, aired 2001-12-26 | ISLANDS $2000: The origin of this South Pacific island's giant statues seen here is unknown Easter Island |
| #3986, aired 2001-12-24 | CHRISTMAS PRESENTS $800: In this now "digital" home viewing format, movies may include extra footage & interviews with the actors DVDs |
| #3979, aired 2001-12-13 | THE NORTHERNMOST NATION $600: Bolivia,
Ecuador,
Argentina Ecuador |
| #3976, aired 2001-12-10 | ARTISTS & THEIR SUBJECTS $400: William Hodges' painting of the statues on this south Pacific island may be seen at England's Nat. Maritime Museum Easter Island |
| #3975, aired 2001-12-07 | BOOKS OF THE BIBLE $800: Her book tells the story of Purim Esther |
| #3975, aired 2001-12-07 | BELOVED BOLIVIA $2000: Bolivia fought a war in 1932 with this country, its smallest neighbor Paraguay |
| #3966, aired 2001-11-26 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $400: After his oratorio "Esther" hit big in concert instead of drama form, he wrote others like it, including "Messiah" George Frideric Handel |
| #3960, aired 2001-11-16 | MOUNTAIN TIME $300: These mountains extend into 7 countries, including Colombia, Ecuador & Peru the Andes |
| #3947, aired 2001-10-30 | CIRCUSES $300: The Cristiani Brothers Circus specialized in this equestrian style that didn't saddle them with extra props bareback |
| #3921, aired 2001-09-24 | CALIFORNIA SCIENCE CENTER $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew visits Tess, the 50-foot-tall woman at the California Science Center.) As Tess' heart pumps to supply extra oxygen, the lights represent this system that distributes blood the circulatory system |
| #3919, aired 2001-09-20 | 2000 $300: Following Ecuador's lead, El Salvador also decided to make this currency legal tender the (U.S.) dollar |
| #3897, aired 2001-07-10 | DIRECTORS $200: "E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial" Steven Spielberg |
| #3894, aired 2001-07-05 | MY PHYSICS PROFESSOR $200: At this U.S. university, I got extra credit for helping Professor Compton set up the first nuclear chain reaction University of Chicago |
| #3888, aired 2001-06-27 | SO YOU WANT TO BE IN MOVIES $300: Important on-set experience can be gained working as one of these aka atmospheres or background artists an extra |
| #3856, aired 2001-05-14 | BIG COUNTRY $400: It borders every country on its continent but Ecuador & Chile Brazil |
| #3851, aired 2001-05-07 | LET'S GO PARK $1000: Huge stone statues are a feature of Chile's Rapa Nui National Park on this island Easter Island |
| #3839, aired 2001-04-19 | '60s STUFF $100: There was an extra charge if you wanted to have one of these new phones that AT&T introduced in 1963 Touch-tone (push-button) |
| #3832, aired 2001-04-10 | THEY'VE BEEN IN YOUR DEN $400: She's been seen on "ET", hosted documentaries on "E!", & is now seen on "Extra": [video clue] Leeza Gibbons |
| #3823, aired 2001-03-28 | CLICHES $200: A dedicated athlete is said to "give" this, equal to 55/50 110% |
| #3810, aired 2001-03-09 | IT BORDERS BOTH $1000: Ecuador & Chile Peru |
| #3798, aired 2001-02-21 | "BACK" WORDS $500: It's an outdoor area of a movie studio, used to shoot exterior scenes a backlot |
| #3786, aired 2001-02-05 | HOLIDAYS $200: For Roman Catholics this 40-day period of fasting begins on Ash Wednesday & ends on Easter Lent |
| #3782, aired 2001-01-30 | ARCHIPELAGOS $800 (Daily Double): Ecuador calls this island group Archipielago de Colon Galapagos Islands |
| #3769, aired 2001-01-11 | NEW YORK, NEW YORK $100: If you're in town in April, put on your bonnet & join the parade down Fifth Avenue for this holiday Easter |
| #3769, aired 2001-01-11 | ALL THE KING'S SONGS $500: "We're caught in a trap, I can't walk out, because I love you too much baby" "Suspicious Minds" |
| #3745, aired 2000-12-08 | THE ARTS $1000: The name of this plaster used in the 18th c. to make faux marble refers to rough exterior coating stucco |
| #3735, aired 2000-11-24 | SOUTH OF THE EQUATOR $300: Geothermal steam in the volcanic area of this country's North Island is becoming an important source of power New Zealand |
| #3733, aired 2000-11-22 | THAT'S MY WEAPON $200: Henry, not Yancy, invented this pistol & it was imitators who added an extra "R" to the name Derringer |
| #3733, aired 2000-11-22 | THE "FAB" FIVE $400: This Russian goldsmith created famous jeweled Easter eggs for European royalty Peter Carl Faberge |
| #3728, aired 2000-11-15 | THE OLD TESTAMENT $300: They're the only 2 books of the Hebrew bible named for specific women Esther & Ruth |
| #3726, aired 2000-11-13 | WHAT A COUNTRY! $1000: 1 of the 2 South American countries directly east of Ecuador Colombia or Peru |
| #3718, aired 2000-11-01 | FAMOUS NAMES IN FASHION $500: This "Million Dollar Mermaid" of the movies is still in the swim, with her own line of designer swimwear Esther Williams |
| #3712, aired 2000-10-24 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $600: Easter Island lies about 2,300 miles from this country that governs it Chile |
| #3701, aired 2000-10-09 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $100: The American Egg Board has declared Egg Salad Week for the week after this holiday Easter |
| #3696, aired 2000-10-02 | SPORTS RULES $200: In football you get 6 points for a touchdown & this many for a field goal 3 |
| #3692, aired 2000-09-26 | PACIFIC ISLANDS $1000: Spanish & Rapanui are principal languages spoken on this island 2,300 miles west of Chile Easter Island |
| #3686, aired 2000-09-18 | THE SMALLEST IN AREA $400: Venezuela,
Colombia,
Ecuador Ecuador |
| #3683, aired 2000-09-13 | "!" $100: Screamer banner denoting a special or additional edition of a newspaper Extra! |
| #3671, aired 2000-07-17 | "WIN" $200: 8-letter classification of the type of instrument heard here Woodwind |
| #3660, aired 2000-06-30 | WORLD HERITAGE SITES $600 (Daily Double): These islands, made a national park by Ecuador in 1959, were made a World Heritage Site in 1978 the Galapagos Islands |
| #3656, aired 2000-06-26 | ORGANIZATIONS $400: Once known as the National Society for Crippled Children, it began issuing these fund-raising stamps in 1934 Easter Seals |
| #3655, aired 2000-06-23 | MARSHMALLOW CUISINE $400: Trademark name of the marshmallow treats seen here; they're Easter favorites: Peeps |
| #3649, aired 2000-06-15 | THE MAP OF SOUTH AMERICA $1000: They're the 2 South American countries that don't border Brazil Chile & Ecuador |
| #3646, aired 2000-06-12 | HISTORIC GEOGRAPHY $300: Rebels took the post office in this city during their "rising" on Easter Monday, 1916 Dublin |
| #3644, aired 2000-06-08 | LAKES & RIVERS $100: This river's drainage basin, the world's largest, includes parts of Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador & Colombia Amazon |
| #3641, aired 2000-06-05 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $600: This author of "The Other Side of Midnight" co-wrote the screenplay for "Easter Parade" Sidney Sheldon |
| #3633, aired 2000-05-24 | VIDEO POTPOURRI $800: A great view of Earth is achieved during this activity seen here: a spacewalk (or extra-vehicular activity) |
| #3629, aired 2000-05-18 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $600: This general's birthday, July 24, is a national holiday in Ecuador & Venezuela Simon Bolivar |
| #3619, aired 2000-05-04 | MR. OR MS. WILLIAMS $800: The aquatic Mrs. Fernando Lamas Esther Williams |
| #3618, aired 2000-05-03 | BIBLICAL WHO'S WHO $800: Hadassah was the Hebrew name of this queen Esther |
| #3609, aired 2000-04-20 | THANKS FOR THE MEMOIRS $100: This star of the 1952 movie "Million Dollar Mermaid" called her 1999 memoir "The Million Dollar Mermaid" Esther Williams |
| #3608, aired 2000-04-19 | HOLY WEEK $300: During Holy Week, there might be a run on these flowers seen here: Easter lilies |
| #3596, aired 2000-04-03 | "G" WHIZ $200: This observance always falls 2 days before Easter Good Friday |
| #3584, aired 2000-03-16 | "E"OGRAPHY $100: This country borders Colombia & Peru Ecuador |
| #3584, aired 2000-03-16 | CHRISTIANITY $400: The English name of this Christian holiday may come from a pagan Anglo-Saxon goddess of spring Easter |
| #3571, aired 2000-02-28 | "Q" ME $800: Located just south of the Equator, it's South America's oldest capital Quito, Ecuador |
| #3551, aired 2000-01-31 | SPACE EXPLORATION $200: In 1984 Bruce McCandless became the first human to perform an untethered EVA, which stands for this Extra-vehicular activity |
| #3550, aired 2000-01-28 | MOVIE MUSICALS $1000: As Esther Hoffman, Barbra Streisand sang "Evergreen" in this film A Star is Born |
| #3550, aired 2000-01-28 | ALL "DE" BEST PEOPLE $1000: An Easter Rebellion participant in 1916, he was president of Ireland from 1959 to 1973 Eamon de Valera |
| #3548, aired 2000-01-26 | HYMNS $100: Charles Wesley's "Christ the Lord is Risen Today" is a hymn for this holiday Easter |
| #3543, aired 2000-01-19 | BRAND NAMES $400: Its "Extra Dry" was the first aerosol antiperspirant in the U.S. Arrid |
| #3539, aired 2000-01-13 | BIBLICAL NUMBERS $500: The number of Hebrew Old Testament books named for specific women 2 (Ruth & Esther) |
| #3538, aired 2000-01-12 | SHABBAT SHALOM $400: 2 loaves are blessed; the 2nd one represents the extra portion of this God gave out on Fridays in the desert manna |
| #3527, aired 1999-12-28 | AFRICAN CAPITALS $1,000 (Daily Double): The main building on the campus of this city's university was once Haile Selassie's palace Addis Ababa |
| #3506, aired 1999-11-29 | FRED ASTAIRE FILMS $400: Fred came out of retirement to replace an injured Gene Kelly as Judy Garland's co-star in this holiday musical Easter Parade |
| #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 | SPEARS $1000: Alexander the Great's father made the soldiers of this land formidable by introducing an extra-long spear Macedonia |
| #3488, aired 1999-11-03 | ANAGRAMMED COUNTRIES $500: ROAD CUE Ecuador |
| #3447, aired 1999-09-07 | CANDY & GUM SLOGANS $400: "4 out of 5 dentists surveyed recommend sugarless gum for their patients who chew gum" Trident |
| #3440, aired 1999-07-16 | CONTINENTS BY VOLCANO $500 (Daily Double): Cotopaxi South America (in Ecuador) |
| #3432, aired 1999-07-06 | SIZE MATTERS $300: Olive oil with oleic acid content under 1% is graded "Extra" this Extra Virgin |
| #3422, aired 1999-06-22 | THE SOUTH PACIFIC $400: Mysteries on this island include the Rongo-Rongo Tablets & huge stone figures Easter Island |
| #3421, aired 1999-06-21 | CROSSWORD CLUES "A" $300: Extra dry, like a desert
(4) arid |
| #3415, aired 1999-06-11 | GOOD PROVERBS $500: "A good start is half" this the race (the battle accepted) |
| #3412, aired 1999-06-08 | DISNEYANA $100: The exterior of this "Center" is seen here EPCOT Center |
| #3410, aired 1999-06-04 | FAMOUS FIRSTS $500: A member of Congress from 1940 to 1973, this Down Easter was the first woman to serve in the House & Senate Margaret Chase Smith |
| #3395, aired 1999-05-14 | TELEVISION $1000: Norman Lear called this late "Good Times" actress the one true black matriarch on series television Esther Rolle |
| #3388, aired 1999-05-05 | TWISTER $600: In 1994 Alabama's Goshen Church was struck by a twister on this holy day 7 days before Easter Palm Sunday |
| #3375, aired 1999-04-16 | COSMOPOLITAN $300: The equator crosses more land in this South American nation than any other Brazil |
| #3373, aired 1999-04-14 | APRIL $100: The Christian celebration of Easter & this Jewish festival also known as Pesach can both occur in April Passover |
| #3372, aired 1999-04-13 | THE "IN" SOUND $100: The South American empire of these people included parts of present-day Ecuador, Peru, Chile & Argentina Incas |
| #3365, aired 1999-04-02 | HOLIDAY CLIP ART $400: We shouldn't need to "egg" you on to name this holiday Easter |
| #3348, aired 1999-03-10 | 50 YEARS AGO $300: Ireland became a republic on this post-holiday Monday, the anniversary of the 1916 "Rising" Easter |
| #3344, aired 1999-03-04 | FAST FOOD CHOICES $200: Original Recipe or Extra Tasty Crispy KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken) |
| #3338, aired 1999-02-24 | THE DREADED SPELLING CATEGORY $100: Make yourself useful & spell... U-T-I-L-I-T-A-R-I-A-N |
| #3327, aired 1999-02-09 | THE 1880s $1000: This Russian composed the "Russian Easter Overture" & "Scheherazade" in 1888 Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov |
| #3315, aired 1999-01-22 | OLD TESTAMENT WOMEN $400: In chapter 2 of the book named for her, she became queen of Persia Esther |
| #3312, aired 1999-01-19 | ORGANIZATIONS $1,000 (Daily Double): Taking its Hebrew name from Queen Esther, it's America's largest Jewish organization for women Hadassah |
| #3302, aired 1999-01-05 | COMING UP IN '99 $400: Easter Sunday takes place on the fourth day of this month in 1999 April |
| #3299, aired 1998-12-31 | MOVIE NOSTALGIA $200: This "bathing beauty" dove into films in 1942, in "Andy Hardy's Double Life" Esther Williams |
| #3292, aired 1998-12-22 | HOLIDAYS $500: On Purim, the Biblical book named for this queen is read in synagogues Esther |
| #3287, aired 1998-12-15 | WHERE OH WHERE $500 (Daily Double): Discovered in 1535, this province of Ecuador is 600 miles off the mainland the Galapagos Islands |
| #3274, aired 1998-11-26 | A WHITMAN SAMPLER $200: Emerson called this book "The most extra-ordinary piece of wit and wisdom" America has yet contributed Leaves of Grass |
| #3269, aired 1998-11-19 | __A__A__A $100: Ecuador is the world's largest exporter of this fruit's Cavendish species banana |
| #3254, aired 1998-10-29 | WORLD HODGEPODGE $300: Jorge Icaza, who was born in Quito, was one of this country's most famous 20th century authors Ecuador |
| #3249, aired 1998-10-22 | "E"OGRAPHY $600: This nation was conquered by the Spanish in 1534 Ecuador |
| #3249, aired 1998-10-22 | "E"OGRAPHY $800: Latin America's first Communist revolt took place in this nation in 1932 El Salvador |
| #3237, aired 1998-10-06 | ISLANDS $600: In 1888 Chile took possession of this "holiday" island 2,200 miles to the west & leased it to sheep raisers Easter Island |
| #3234, aired 1998-10-01 | AROUND THE EQUATOR $600: The Mitad del Mundo, "Middle of the Earth" monument, is near Quito in this country Ecuador |
| #3221, aired 1998-09-14 | LITERARY SELF-PORTRAITS $1000: Esther Greenwood Sylvia Plath ("The Bell Jar") |
| #3208, aired 1998-07-08 | NATIONAL COATS OF ARMS $400: This Andean vulture tops the coats of arms of Ecuador, Colombia & Bolivia the condor |
| #3173, aired 1998-05-20 | NUTRITION $1,000 (Daily Double): (Hi, I'm Richard Simmons!) Raisins & dried apricots are good sources of this essential mineral whose chemical symbol is K potassium |
| #3168, aired 1998-05-13 | EXTRA CREDIT $200: From the Greek for "leave out", this solar event should never be viewed directly; use a pinhole projector Solar eclipse |
| #3168, aired 1998-05-13 | EXTRA CREDIT $400: Adidas products for this sport include World Cup cleats & the official ball for the 1998 World Cup Soccer |
| #3168, aired 1998-05-13 | FROZEN IN STONE $400: This country owns the island (Easter Island) where you'll find the guy seen here Chile |
| #3168, aired 1998-05-13 | EXTRA CREDIT $600: Mike D, Ad-Rock & MCA of this rap group hosted 1996's Tibetan Freedom Concert in San Francisco The Beastie Boys |
| #3168, aired 1998-05-13 | EXTRA CREDIT $800: American Airlines held an online contest giving away this Scott Adams hero's frequent flyer miles Dilbert |
| #3168, aired 1998-05-13 | EXTRA CREDIT $1000: Wild Wing is the mascot of this NHL team Mighty Ducks of Anaheim |
| #3163, aired 1998-05-06 | ORTHODONTICS $400: The panoramic type of this century-old diagnostic tool wiil show whether you have extra teeth X-ray |
| #3159, aired 1998-04-30 | PRIVATE PARTS $800: The gallbladder, in which extra bile is stored, lies just below this organ Liver |
| #3145, aired 1998-04-10 | EASTER $100: Some early Christians considered Easter as a new part of this Jewish festival Passover |
| #3145, aired 1998-04-10 | EASTER $200: The Sunday before Easter is commonly called this Palm Sunday |
| #3145, aired 1998-04-10 | EASTER $300: Animals associated with Easter are the egg-hiding rabbit & this one representing Jesus Lamb |
| #3145, aired 1998-04-10 | EASTER $500 (Daily Double): Since Easter can fall anywhere from March 22 to April 25, it is called this type of feast Moveable |
| #3145, aired 1998-04-10 | EASTER $500: The 40-day period before Easter is Lent; the 40th day after Easter is the feast of this Ascension |
| #3134, aired 1998-03-26 | CLASSIC SITCOM CHARACTERS $300: This "Cheers" mailman gleaned all the trivia he knows from his mother Esther Cliff Clavin |
| #3127, aired 1998-03-17 | IRISH AMERICANS $400: Talk show O'Hosts include Rosie O'Donnell & this woman who's been seen "in person" on "Extra" Maureen O'Boyle |
| #3124, aired 1998-03-12 | BODY LANGUAGE $400: This term for strenuous extra effort sounds like it means "arm joint lubricant" elbow grease |
| #3119, aired 1998-03-05 | AROUND THE WORLD $100: As its name indicates, Ecuador's lowland El Oriente lies on this side of the Andes Eastern |
| #3115, aired 1998-02-27 | ISLANDS $400: The mysterious stone statues on this Chilean island vary in height from about 10 to 40 feet Easter Island |
| #3114, aired 1998-02-26 | FESTIVE FOOD $300: Mayiritsa soup & red-dyed eggs are served in Greece for this holiday Easter |
