#8991, aired 2023-12-11 | F-STOP $200: The nape of the neck the scruff |
#8991, aired 2023-12-11 | F-STOP $400: A recurring theme in a musical or literary work a motif |
#8991, aired 2023-12-11 | F-STOP $600: A role in "Rocky Horror", or low-class folks Riff Raff |
#8991, aired 2023-12-11 | F-STOP $800: To take off--your hat, for example doff |
#8991, aired 2023-12-11 | F-STOP $1000: To interrogate a friendly spy after a mission debrief |
#8708, aired 2022-09-28 | A LETTER, THEN A WORD $800: Written as a fraction, it's a measurement of the aperture of a camera lens an f-stop |
#8081, aired 2019-10-28 | DELIVER THE LETTER $800: The setting of an adjustable lens aperture is a this-stop f-stop |
#7797, aired 2018-07-03 | "F" STOP $200: The smallest type of hydrogen-burning star is a red this a dwarf |
#7797, aired 2018-07-03 | "F" STOP $400: If you're haughty & standoffish, you're this 5-letter synonym aloof |
#7797, aired 2018-07-03 | "F" STOP $600: It's the rhyming brand name of the Christmas helper seen here The Elf on the Shelf |
#7797, aired 2018-07-03 | "F" STOP $800: It's a smaller line that finishes off a stroke of a letter; some fonts are "sans" it serif |
#7797, aired 2018-07-03 | "F" STOP $1000: It's the botanical name for the type of highway interchange seen here a cloverleaf |
#7689, aired 2018-02-01 | "F" STOP $200: Easing of anxiety, or what a late-inning pitcher provides to ease a manager's anxiety relief |
#7689, aired 2018-02-01 | "F" STOP $400: A boat dock that is built out over the water wharf |
#7689, aired 2018-02-01 | "F" STOP $600: Title adjective for "Three Billy Goats" in a folktale Gruff |
#7689, aired 2018-02-01 | "F" STOP $800: A defendant's accuser in a court case plaintiff |
#7689, aired 2018-02-01 | "F" STOP $1000: Ouzo is this, as it's drunk before a meal to stimulate the appetite aperitif |
#7530, aired 2017-05-12 | GRADE THAT WORD $1000: This setting that controls a camera lens aperture doesn't get a pass an F-stop |
#7361, aired 2016-09-19 | YELL IT LIKE IT IS $2000: In 1955 this conservative thinker & editor wrote that Natl. Review "stands athwart history, yelling stop" William F. Buckley |
#7168, aired 2015-11-11 | F-STOP $200: The nape of the neck scruff |
#7168, aired 2015-11-11 | F-STOP $400: A recurring theme in a musical or literary work a motif |
#7168, aired 2015-11-11 | F-STOP $600: A role in "Rocky Horror", or low-class folks Riff Raff |
#7168, aired 2015-11-11 | F-STOP $800: To tip the hat doff |
#7168, aired 2015-11-11 | F-STOP $1000: To interrogate a friendly spy after a mission debrief |
#7096, aired 2015-06-22 | TAKE A PHOTO $400: A larger aperture (lower f/stop) means that this 3-word term will be shallower depth of field |
#6848, aired 2014-05-28 | GROUPIES $400: Group f.64 was a loose association of Californians in this field photography |
#6682, aired 2013-10-08 | "F"ILM TERMINOLOGY $200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew illustrates the clue.) This refers to the degree of sharpness of a film's image... & you can stop shouting it from your seat now focus |
#6272, aired 2011-12-20 | CHECKING IT TWICE $1600: Going up from one of these settings to the next on a lens gives you twice as much exposure to light an f-stop |
#6052, aired 2010-12-28 | "STOP" & "GO" $800: On a camera, it's the setting of an adjustable lens aperture indicated by a number, such as 1.4 or 11 an f-stop |
#5331, aired 2007-11-12 | THE ILLUMINATI $1000: In photometry, a unit of measure for the intensity of illumination is this one with an appendage in its name a foot-candle |
#5325, aired 2007-11-02 | "F" STOP $200: Proverbially, sometimes you can't see it for the trees the forest |
#5325, aired 2007-11-02 | "F" STOP $400: Don't worry, these raised bars on the neck of a guitar are here to help make the sounds of different notes frets |
#5325, aired 2007-11-02 | "F" STOP $600: Duende is the mysterious soul force at the heat of this Spanish dance form flamenco |
#5325, aired 2007-11-02 | "F" STOP $800: One of the principal offensive players on a soccer or hockey team a forward |
#5325, aired 2007-11-02 | "F" STOP $1000: To apply nitrogen to the soil to aid plant growth to fertilize |
#5251, aired 2007-06-11 | "F" STOP $200: 8-letter word for knives, forks & spoons when used at the dinner table flatware |
#5251, aired 2007-06-11 | "F" STOP $400: Swimming competition in which any of the standard strokes may be used freestyle |
#5251, aired 2007-06-11 | "F" STOP $600: Adjective for a section of Beijing historically reserved for the Emperors Forbidden City |
#5251, aired 2007-06-11 | "F" STOP $800: An opera from 1900 gave wing to this popular "insect" composition by Rimsky-Korsakov "Flight Of The Bumblebee" |
#5251, aired 2007-06-11 | "F" STOP $1000: A 17th Century conspirator against British royalty, he has his own "day" each November Guy Fawkes |
#5137, aired 2007-01-02 | MEASURING UP $2000: It's the standard camera f-stop that lets in about half as much light as f5.6 8 |
#4929, aired 2006-02-02 | "F" STOP $200: He was only 23 in 1729 when he began publishing the Pennsylvania Gazette Benjamin Franklin |
#4929, aired 2006-02-02 | "F" STOP $400: An amusement park ride consisting of an upright disk with passenger gondolas suspended from the rim a Ferris wheel |
#4929, aired 2006-02-02 | "F" STOP $600: A nozzled weapon that projects ignited incendiary fuel a flamethrower |
#4929, aired 2006-02-02 | "F" STOP $800: A ZZ Top album, a movie ticketing service or a dance of Spain Fandango |
#4929, aired 2006-02-02 | "F" STOP $1000: The 2 types of wrestling in the Olympics are Greco-Roman & this freestyle |
#4822, aired 2005-07-19 | "F" STOP $200: It can precede horn, twist & kiss French |
#4822, aired 2005-07-19 | "F" STOP $400: Strengthen against an attack, or add vitamins & minerals to milk fortify |
#4822, aired 2005-07-19 | "F" STOP $600: William F. Buckley was its host from 1966 to 1999 Firing Line |
#4822, aired 2005-07-19 | "F" STOP $800: To kill insects with gas released into a tented house fumigate |
#4822, aired 2005-07-19 | "F" STOP $1000: Meat from the upper part of a side of pork, usually cured by salt fatback |
#4060, aired 2002-04-05 | DECIMAL NUMBER, PLEASE $2000: For photographers, it's the typical f-stop between f/4 & f/8 5.6 |
#3786, aired 2001-02-05 | "F" IN GEOGRAPHY $800: This city 30 miles west of Dallas was an important stop along the Chisholm Trail Fort Worth |
#2992, aired 1997-09-09 | "FEE", "FI", "FO", "FUM" $300: It's the length a lens will go to work focus (or focal length) |
#2211, aired 1994-03-28 | PHOTOGRAPHY $600: As the aperture gets smaller, this figure gets higher the F-stop |
#2101, aired 1993-10-25 | PHOTOGRAPHY $200: The F in F-stop or F-number stands for this "length" focal length |
#1131, aired 1989-07-03 | PHOTOGRAPHY $800: In taking a photo, the depth of field can be controlled by adjusting the size of this the size of the lens opening (the aperture) |