| #9065, aired 2024-03-22 | ITALIAN WORDS & PHRASES $1200: The mafia was sometimes called this, Italian for "our thing"; for the Jewish mob, replace the first word with "kosher" Cosa Nostra |
| #8834, aired 2023-03-23 | FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES $800: Coup de foudre, literally "stroke of lightning", is the French equivalent of this 4-word phrase for instantaneous romance love at first sight |
| #8747, aired 2022-11-22 | RHYMING PHRASES $200: The first 2 words repeat in this 4-word cry of victory that involves poultry winner, winner, chicken dinner |
| #18, aired 2022-02-22 | ALLITERATIVE PHRASES $200: Ordinal term for Joe, Jill, Ashley & Hunter, though they don't all live in the White House the First Family |
| #18, aired 2022-02-22 | ALLITERATIVE PHRASES $400: After Selection Sunday in 2022, the first four games of this will take place in Dayton March Madness |
| #8518, aired 2021-11-24 | LATIN PHRASES $1000: This legal Latin phrase means "at first sight" prima facie |
| #8419, aired 2021-06-10 | BOOK-BORNE WORDS & PHRASES $1600: The first use of "ingenue" in English described this not-quite-ingenue in Thackeray's "Vanity Fair" Becky Sharp |
| #8182, aired 2020-03-17 | ANIMAL PHRASES $2000: It means to stop acting like you're better than the rest of us; take your feet out of the stirrups first Get off your high horse |
| #7999, aired 2019-05-23 | NUMERIC PHRASES $1000: Wilson Mizner is credited with the adage "Life's a tough proposition & the first" this many "years are the hardest" a hundred |
| #7444, aired 2017-01-12 | BEASTLY WORDS & PHRASES $1600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew demonstrates.) If a college ref makes the signal here, this equine type of illegal tackle has been called, costing the defense 15 yards & an automatic first down a horse-collar tackle |
| #7410, aired 2016-11-25 | FRUITY WORDS & PHRASES $1200: This postseason football game was first played in 1935 to attract winter tourists to Florida the Orange Bowl |
| #7289, aired 2016-04-28 | FAMILIAR PHRASES $800: The first written record of "cleanliness is next to godliness" is in a 1778 sermon by this founder of Methodism John Wesley |
| #7188, aired 2015-12-09 | WORDS & PHRASES $800: This 3-word phrase at the end of Warner Bros. cartoons was first uttered in 1930 "That's all, folks" |
| #6912, aired 2014-10-07 | ORDINAL NUMBER PHRASES $800: An inventory plan, FIFO is short for this first in, first out |
| #6749, aired 2014-01-09 | FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES $200: Gracias is Spanish for "thank you" & this phrase means "thank you very much" muchas gracias |
| #6499, aired 2012-12-13 | ORDINAL NUMBER PHRASES $400: The U.S. Army rank just below captain first lieutenant |
| #6250, aired 2011-11-18 | FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES $2000: This 2-word term was first used for a French & Italian pidgin developed by crusaders & traders lingua franca |
| #6209, aired 2011-09-22 | FIRST NAME PHRASES $200: Abbreviated version of the term for teaching youth with disabilities special ed. |
| #6209, aired 2011-09-22 | FIRST NAME PHRASES $400: Let's get one thing straight--with this item suspended here a plumb bob |
| #6209, aired 2011-09-22 | FIRST NAME PHRASES $600: In a Christmas song, this line about dressing up rhymes with "troll the ancient yuletide carol" "Don we now our gay apparel" |
| #6209, aired 2011-09-22 | FIRST NAME PHRASES $800: 3-word verb phrase meaning to marry or date someone much younger robbing the cradle |
| #6209, aired 2011-09-22 | FIRST NAME PHRASES $1000: A slangy term for a baseball doubleheader a twin bill |
| #5926, aired 2010-05-24 | TOOL WORDS & PHRASES $400: Ma'am, yes ma'am! In 2009 Teresa King became the first woman to command the army's school for these training taskmasters drill sergeants |
| #5338, aired 2007-11-21 | FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES $1200: A medical aphorism, "primum non nocere" is translated as "first of all, do no" this harm |
| #4640, aired 2004-11-06 | FAMILIAR PHRASES $2000: This drinking instruction is the first line of Ben Jonson's "To Celia" Drink to me only with thine eyes |
| #4524, aired 2004-04-15 | FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES $400: Italian for "first lady", it can refer to an opera singer or someone who's just spoiled prima donna |
| #3599, aired 2000-04-06 | FRENCH WORDS & PHRASES $500: While the coup d'essai is the first attempt, this is a "stroke of mercy" or finishing stroke Coup de grace |
| #3389, aired 1999-05-06 | FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES $400: Basketball star Olajuwon sure must be smart; this, his first name, is Arabic for "wise one" Hakeem |
| #2838, aired 1996-12-25 | FRENCH WORDS & PHRASES $400: This term often referring to a first-class cook literally means "Blue Ribbon" Cordon Bleu |
| #2609, aired 1995-12-28 | FAMILIAR PHRASES $300: In the 1920s this "feline sleepwear" term described something first-rate cat's pajamas |
| #2320, aired 1994-10-07 | PORTUGUESE WORDS & PHRASES $300: Bote salva-vidas is the Portuguese name for this vessel -- women & children first! lifeboat |
| #2112, aired 1993-11-09 | FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES $200: Julio isn't just Mr. Iglesias' first name, it's the Spanish word for this month July |
| #1840, aired 1992-09-11 | ANIMAL WORDS & PHRASES $500: "Feline sleepwear" phrase for something attractive or first-rate the cat's pajamas |
| #1715, aired 1992-01-31 | NOSY PHRASES $100: Someone who is hard at work has his nose to this; how painful the grindstone |
| #1577, aired 1991-06-11 | "HEART"Y PHRASES $300: 19th century writer, Fanny Fern was the first to say it's through his stomach the way to a man's heart |
| #1531, aired 1991-04-08 | LATIN PHRASES $400: Someone who is primus inter pares is first among these people equals |
| #1530, aired 1991-04-05 | BIBLICAL PHRASES $100: It follows "So the last shall be first, and the first last; for many are called, but..." few are chosen |
| #1530, aired 1991-04-05 | BIBLICAL PHRASES $400: As indicated in Daniel 9:3, they're what a penitent person is said to be wearing sackcloth and ashes |
| #1476, aired 1991-01-21 | COLORFUL PHRASES $500 (Daily Double): Bobby Vinton's first song to make the pop charts, it went all the way to No. 1:
"A long, long time ago, on graduation day, you handed me your book. I signed this way..." "Roses Are Red (My Love)" |
| #1003, aired 1989-01-04 | NUMERICAL PHRASES $300 (Daily Double): In 1969 this group had their first Top 10 Hit with the following:
"One is the loneliest number that you'll ever do /
Two can be as bad as one..." Three Dog Night |
| #822, aired 1988-03-15 | FAMILIAR PHRASES $300 (Daily Double): From medieval archers come these terms for a club's best & next best teams first string & second string |
| #489, aired 1986-10-23 | FRENCH PHRASES $1000: French for "lark", It's what Canada named its first communications satellite Alouette |
