| #9054, aired 2024-03-07 | GETTING HISTORICAL $400: To defend against missiles, Roman legions linked shields in a formation called the testudo, Latin for this land animal a turtle (a tortoise) |
| #9032, aired 2024-02-06 | THE 1970s $1000: He gradually lost popular support through the decade, leading to his ouster & the formation of an Islamic Republic the Shah of Iran |
| #9015, aired 2024-01-12 | UFOs $400: A title for an "Ancient Aliens" episode is this agricultural formation "Code" Crop Circle |
| #8991, aired 2023-12-11 | CIRCLE TIME $200: If you saw the movie "Signs", you know the formation seen here is one of these geometric feats a crop circle |
| #8962, aired 2023-10-31 | SEXY STUFF $800: Muskrat love includes the formation of these monogamous "bonds" for the duration of breeding season pair bonds |
| #8909, aired 2023-07-06 | SCIENCE $400: A theory about the formation of this satellite supposes a planet named Theia, the mother of Selene in myth, crashed into Earth the Moon |
| #8877, aired 2023-05-23 | AVIATION $800: To honor a fallen comrade, the planes seen here perform this aerial salute the missing man formation |
| #8861, aired 2023-05-01 | IT'S GONNA BE MAY! $200: On May 17, 1792, 24 brokers signed an agreement under a tree on this street, leading to the formation of the N.Y. Stock Exchange Wall Street |
| #8815, aired 2023-02-24 | STARTS & ENDS WITH THE SAME VOWEL $1600: The giant Australian rock formation seen here is sacred to the Anangu people who call it by this name Uluru |
| #8807, aired 2023-02-14 | IT HAPPENED ON VALENTINE'S DAY $1000: 1835: Formation of the first Latter-day Saints leadership group known as the "Quorum of the Twelve" these Apostles |
| #8718, aired 2022-10-12 | WAIST UP, NECK DOWN $1000: The formation of solid deposits also called choleliths is a common occurrence in this organ the gallbladder |
| #8717, aired 2022-10-11 | IT'S A "BIG" PLACE $2000: Actually a complex of hills, this Utah formation was named after a song about a hobo living the sweet life Big Rock Candy Mountain |
| #8709, aired 2022-09-29 | STAY HEALTHY $200: Pass the wild Alaskan sockeye! Be heart healthy & take in omega-3s to inhibit blood clot formation by eating some of this fish salmon |
| #8704, aired 2022-09-22 | BEYONCÉ SONGS $1200: "Formation" is the last track on this album Lemonade |
| #8660, aired 2022-06-10 | EARTH SCIENCE $400: By definition, orogeny concerns itself with the formation of these by upward movements of the Earth's crust mountains |
| #8654, aired 2022-06-02 | 6 DRUGS $3,000 (Daily Double): Used to reduce the formation of clots, Coumadin is a brand of this, also called blood thinner an anticoagulant |
| #8648, aired 2022-05-25 | IT'S THE JURASSIC PERIOD $800: From Jurassic times, the Smackover Formation takes its name from an Arkansas town that had a 1920s boom due to this resource oil |
| #8589, aired 2022-03-03 | EARTH SCIENCE $400: Seen here, the formation known as an alluvial this 3-letter word is formed by the detritus deposited by a river a fan |
| #8569, aired 2022-02-03 | ROCKS & MINERALS $1200: Cementation is the last stage in the formation of this type of rock made from accumulated deposits sedimentary |
| #8554, aired 2022-01-13 | CUTS FROM THE CLASSIC ALBUM $400: "Formation" &
"Hold Up"
(2016) Lemonade |
| #8484, aired 2021-10-07 | THE EARTH $800: A cirque is a bowl-shaped hollow; there's a cirque type of this snow & ice formation glacier |
| #8454, aired 2021-07-29 | HERE, THERE & EVERYWHERE $600: Fly over the southern portion of this 1,250-mile-long natural wonder to see the heart-shaped formation here Great Barrier Reef |
| #8430, aired 2021-06-25 | OUT WEST IN THE U.S. $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1806 this explorer who gets 2nd billing carved his name on Pompey’s Pillar, a rock formation on the Yellowstone River (William) Clark |
| #8429, aired 2021-06-24 | BRAND NAMES IN MUSIC $1200: Sales at this seafood restaurant chain spiked when it was mentioned in Beyoncé's song "Formation" Red Lobster |
| #8415, aired 2021-06-04 | ANCIENT HISTORY $1200: This formation of soldiers overlapping their shields was vulnerable from its flanks, as the Macedonians found in the Battle of Pydna the phalanx |
| #8411, aired 2021-05-31 | NOT QUITE A CONSTELLATION $200: Regulus is part of the sickle, a star formation that is also the head of this maned constellation Leo |
| #8394, aired 2021-05-06 | AIR DEMONSTRATION SQUADRONS $200: The Blue Angels fly in formation for the Navy, while this "loud" squad represents the U.S. Air Force the Thunderbirds |
| #8394, aired 2021-05-06 | AIR DEMONSTRATION SQUADRONS $400: The Red Arrows of this British military service are known for their diamond nine formation the RAF |
| #8369, aired 2021-04-01 | "OUT" AT FIRST $1000: A rock formation that projects from the ground an outcrop |
| #8348, aired 2021-03-03 | MEGALITHS $4,000 (Daily Double): This 5-letter word for a circle of stones is a back-formation from the name of a famous one on Salisbury Plain henge |
| #8215, aired 2020-05-01 | HISTORIC HAPPENINGS $1200: An eclipse in August 1142 may have been the impetus for the formation of this Native American confederacy the Iroquois |
| #1, aired 2020-01-07 | BEFORE, DURING & AFTER $400: Oscar-nominated "South Park" song that soars in a V formation, with a 1970s Yankee closer "Blame Canada" Goose Gossage |
| #8099, aired 2019-11-21 | PILLARS OF THE EARTH $3,000 (Daily Double): A rock formation shaped like a pillar of salt near the Dead Sea is named for this biblical woman Lot's wife |
| #8089, aired 2019-11-07 | BUGLE CALLS $600: "First Call" heard here is a warning to soldiers to prepare for a formation & is also commonly used at these contests horse races |
| #7785, aired 2018-06-15 | WORDS ABOUT WORDS $600: This 5-letter verb meaning "to express feeling", maybe on stage, is an example of a back-formation emote |
| #7767, aired 2018-05-22 | SCIENCE $800: The seif type of this sand formation develops parallel to the prevailing wind a sand dune |
| #7689, aired 2018-02-01 | TALKIN' FOOTBALL $400: Tom Landry perfected the shotgun formation with this team Dallas Cowboys |
| #7640, aired 2017-11-24 | THIS...WAS...SPARTA! $1600: In war Spartan soldiers called hoplites used this closely linked formation, from the Greek for "line of battle" the phalanx |
| #7503, aired 2017-04-05 | NATURAL WONDERS $1200: Since its formation 10,000 years ago, this cataract has eaten away 7 miles of cliff; in 50,000 years, it will join with Lake Erie Niagara Falls |
| #7481, aired 2017-03-06 | THE ILLUMI-NAUGHTY $1200: In her hit song "Formation", she says "haters" are "corny with that Illuminati mess" Beyoncé |
| #7464, aired 2017-02-09 | THE OED, FROM POISE TO QUELT $1600: "Condensation and deposition of moisture... esp. in the formation of dew, rain" precipitation |
| #7429, aired 2016-12-22 | COME FLY WITH ME $1600: In 1941, 3 DC-3s of this airline flew in formation from Oakland to Honolulu in 13 hours, 54 mins.; it's a bit less now Hawaiian Airlines |
| #7421, aired 2016-12-12 | CIRCLE TIME $200: If you saw the movie "Signs", you know the formation seen here is one of these geometric feats a crop circle |
| #7358, aired 2016-09-14 | THE HITMAKER $800: 2016:
"Formation" Beyoncé |
| #7270, aired 2016-04-01 | ON THE OLD MAP OF EUROPE $800: On Oct. 7, 1949 the Soviets announced the formation of this country, aka the DDR East Germany |
| #7221, aired 2016-01-25 | TREATIES $400: The 1948 Brussels Treaty led to the formation of this 1949 military alliance that has "Treaty" in its full name NATO |
| #7207, aired 2016-01-05 | NOM NOM NOM DE GUERRE $800: A soup called potage Solferino honors a bloody 1859 battle that led to the formation of this aid group the Red Cross |
| #7137, aired 2015-09-29 | YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK 125th ANNIVERSARY $2000: Featured on California's state quarter, this iconic granite formation rises to nearly 9,000 feet in elevation Half Dome |
| #7126, aired 2015-09-14 | AMERICAN HISTORY $800: This act that put a tax on playing cards in 1765 prompted the formation of the Sons of Liberty the Stamp Act |
| #7124, aired 2015-07-30 | CHRISTIAN DENOMINATIONS $400: Henry VIII's break with Rome caused the formation of this the Anglican Church |
| #7109, aired 2015-07-09 | COLORFUL PLACES $1600: You won't have a bad day at Pu'u Keka'a, aka this lava formation on Maui's Ka'anapali Beach Black Rock |
| #7105, aired 2015-07-03 | PRESIDENTS OF FRANCE $400: In 1958 this former war hero helped guide the formation of the Fifth Republic & became its first president Charles de Gaulle |
| #7065, aired 2015-05-08 | NASCAR $1000: (I'm Denny Hamlin.) It's the process of 2 or more cars moving in close nose-to-tail formation to reduce air resistance & increase speed around the track drafting |
| #7064, aired 2015-05-07 | "PH" TEST $4,000 (Daily Double): A finger bone, or a formation of soldiers a phalanx |
| #6978, aired 2015-01-07 | GREEN SCENE $400: Collective term for fuels like petroleum, referring to their formation millions of years ago fossil fuels |
| #6967, aired 2014-12-23 | PANHANDLE STATES $600: Oklahoma's panhandle has the state's highest point, "Black" this type of flat-top formation of the Southwest mesa |
| #6965, aired 2014-12-19 | CREATURE COMFORTS $1200: Emperor penguins keep warm by huddling facing inward in a formation named for this reptile a turtle |
| #6920, aired 2014-10-17 | STATE LICENSE PLATES $1000: This granite formation immortalized in a Hawthorne short story dominates New Hampshire's plates the Old Man of the Mountain |
| #6827, aired 2014-04-29 | IT'S THE END "FER" YOU! $1000: A geological formation conducting ground water aquifer |
| #6821, aired 2014-04-21 | THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM $400: This type of formation seen here lends its name to a Montana national park a glacier |
| #6806, aired 2014-03-31 | RING "TONE"s $2000: A high-protein diet can lead to the formation of these compounds that raise the risk of kidney stones ketones |
| #6642, aired 2013-07-02 | THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG $200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows us a diagram of the Battle of Gettysburg.) The battle began when Confederate troops, searching for shoes, ran into Union cavalry; the Union forces were then pushed back into a defensive formation that became known as this, after the anglers' device it resembled a fishhook |
| #6629, aired 2013-06-13 | WAR OF WORDS $1600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents the clue.) Under Alexander the Great, the first five ranks in this military formation whose name comes from the Greek for "finger" held spears facing forward, while the rear rows likely held them aloft a phalanx |
| #6578, aired 2013-04-03 | "TAX" TIME $1200: The rules for the formation of grammatical sentences in a language syntax |
| #6560, aired 2013-03-08 | BIOLOGY $800: In adult females, this primary male hormone contributes to the formation of estrogen in the ovaries testosterone |
| #6546, aired 2013-02-18 | LITERARY TERMS $1000: This long German word refers to a novel that deals with the formation of a young protagonist Bildungsroman |
| #6481, aired 2012-11-19 | GEOLOGY $2000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents the clue.) New York State uses 1 trillion cubic feet of natural gas a year; there may be 500 trillion cubic feet within this underground shale formation named for a village near Syracuse the Marcellus Shale |
| #6450, aired 2012-10-05 | "C_N_N" $400: Kings is an example of this western land formation; De Chelly is another canyon |
| #6442, aired 2012-09-25 | TO YOUR HEALTH $2000: (Dr. Oz reads the clue from an operating room.) From the Greek for "clotting", it's this formation of a blood clot in a blood vessel; if it causes a blockage, you've got an embolism a thrombosis |
| #6402, aired 2012-06-19 | IRON, MAN $1000: Iron is necessary for the formation of this blood protein that transports oxygen to the tissues hemoglobin |
| #6384, aired 2012-05-24 | ALL THE WORLD'S A STAGE $400: The history of the formation of these culminates in the megalopolitan stage cities |
| #6365, aired 2012-04-27 | PLANT IT! $1600: Plant formation is determined by the p/e ratio, for precipitation to this process, showing how wet or dry an area is evaporation |
| #6284, aired 2012-01-05 | SCIENTIFIC SOUTH AMERICAN $1200: M. Costa-Mattioli found a protein that controls memory formation, a possible help for this disease named for a German Alzheimer's |
| #6257, aired 2011-11-29 | EVENING CONSTITUTIONAL $800: The 2 presidents to sign the document were George Washington & this one who was very involved in its formation James Madison |
| #6237, aired 2011-11-01 | THE FACTS OF LIFE $400: Oogenesis is the formation, development & maturation of one of these an egg |
| #6184, aired 2011-06-30 | I'M BORED! $1600: Take a hike! Up this impressive 8,800-foot formation in Yosemite National Park Half Dome |
| #6160, aired 2011-05-27 | YOU'RE THE TOP $3,000 (Daily Double): 8-letter word for the highest point of success or the highest part of a rock formation pinnacle |
| #6147, aired 2011-05-10 | THE PERIODIC TABLE $800: Decompression sickness, aka the bends, is characterized by the formation of bubbles of this gas in the blood nitrogen |
| #6144, aired 2011-05-05 | LOW TECH $200: A tactical formation in the form of a V, or an "issue" dividing an otherwise unified group a wedge |
| #6058, aired 2011-01-05 | SUGAR $2000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew carries a container in the Domino Sugar Refinery in New Orleans, LA.) In large factory vacuum pans, the sugar seed is mixed into the mother liquor to initiate the formation of these structures; the surface regularity reflects its internal atomic symmetry crystals |
| #5971, aired 2010-07-26 | WHAT'S YOUR BEEF? $600: The left or right side of a military formation flank |
| #5916, aired 2010-05-10 | A VISIT TO ANTARCTICA $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from near a glacier in Antarctica.) In Antarctica, iceberg formation is at its most spectacular as huge masses break off from continental glaciers--a process called this calving |
| #5805, aired 2009-12-04 | "FACE" BOOK $1000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew turns around roughly in place.) This marching maneuver used by military formation can also mean a complete change of opinion an about-face |
| #5786, aired 2009-11-09 | THE SCIENCE OF AUTUMN $1200: The migratory formation of the waterfowl named for this nation gives the trailing birds easier flying Canada (Canadian geese accepted) |
| #5724, aired 2009-06-25 | WHATEVER! $1000: Not iron but this reddish-brown element catalyzes the formation of hemoglobin in humans copper |
| #5681, aired 2009-04-27 | ANIMATED WORD PUZZLES $1000: This term was first used in the military for abandoning a formation breaking ranks |
| #5676, aired 2009-04-20 | THE OZONE LAYER $800: In 1995 the Nobel Prize in this field went to 3 men for their studies of the formation & decomposition of the ozone layer chemistry |
| #5572, aired 2008-11-25 | CAVES $1200: Nevada's formation-rich Lehman Caves are made of low-grade marble, better known as this limestone |
| #5515, aired 2008-07-25 | GREEK ALPHABET SOUP $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew airmails us something from The Thunderbirds in Las Vegas, NV.) Several times in each show, all 6 Thunderbirds, flying 18 inches apart, team up in this formation named for a Greek letter delta formation |
| #5498, aired 2008-07-02 | MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU $400: An elite cavalry formation made up of noblemen, the Companions were this Macedonian's shock force vs. the Persians Alexander the Great |
| #5368, aired 2008-01-02 | AN "A" IN AMERICAN HISTORY $3,200 (Daily Double): Secretary of State under Truman, he negotiated the treaty that led to the formation of NATO in 1949 (Dean) Acheson |
| #5316, aired 2007-10-22 | THE WEATHER CHANNEL $2,000 (Daily Double): (Cheryl of the Clue Crew rains supreme at the Weather Channel in Atlanta, GA.) Showing the density & motion of clouds, this type of radar named for an Austrian scientist can predict the formation of a tornado Doppler |
| #5262, aired 2007-06-26 | NEW HAMPSHIRE $800: Though it recently fell down, this rock formation is on the back of New Hampshire's state quarter the Old Man in the Mountain |
| #5189, aired 2007-03-15 | U.S. LAKES & RIVERS $2000: John C. Fremont named this Nevada lake seen here for its tufa or rock formation Pyramid Lake |
| #5178, aired 2007-02-28 | SCIENCE $1200: Ossification, the formation of this, begins in the embryo at the end of the second month bone |
| #5175, aired 2007-02-23 | '70s ALBUM COVERS $1200: The children on this venerated Led Zeppelin album seen here are posing on a rock formation in Northern Ireland Houses of the Holy |
| #5115, aired 2006-12-01 | ALSO A PRESIDENTIAL NAME $600: In 1907 Murray Spangler invented a "suction sweeper" that led to this company's formation the following year Hoover |
| #5081, aired 2006-10-16 | FOOTBALL 101 $600: (Jimmy describes a formation.) Usually there's a split end about ten yards from one tackle & this end close to the other tackle; Junior Miller was a great one a tight end |
| #5025, aired 2006-06-16 | TRAIL MIX $400: Pompeys Pillar, a famous rock formation in Montana, lies along the trail named for this pair Lewis & Clark |
| #5021, aired 2006-06-12 | KNOW YOUR EARTH $2,000 (Daily Double): Change 2 letters in magnetism & you get this term for the formation of igneous rocks in the Earth's crust magmatism |
| #5003, aired 2006-05-17 | THE EARLY EARTH $2000: This formation in the Rockies' Burgess Pass yielded weird 500 million-year-old fossils like Hallucigenia the Burgess Shale |
| #4997, aired 2006-05-09 | THE NEW YORK TIMES SCIENCE TIMES $1200: Glen Canyon, inundated by the formation of this man-made Utah lake, is becoming visible again as the lake dries up Lake Powell |
| #4925, aired 2006-01-27 | SHORT STORIES $2000: In Hawthorne's "The Great Stone Face", Ernest had an uncanny resemblance to this N.H. formation the Old Man of the Mountain |
| #4908, aired 2006-01-04 | SEXY STUFF $800: Muskrat love includes the formation of these monogamous "bonds" for the duration of breeding season pair bonds |
| #4885, aired 2005-12-02 | NEW HERE? $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Parris Island, SC.) Parris Island arrivals stand in their first formation on the yellow footprints & are told to refer to themselves as this word recruit |
| #4865, aired 2005-11-04 | FOWL LANGUAGE $2000: An English game of follow-the-leader on horseback was called this, after a certain fowl's flight formation wild goose chase |
| #4864, aired 2005-11-03 | MILITARY MATTERS $1600: Soldiers still practice this "drill" of marching in formation even though it's not used in battle close order drill |
| #4862, aired 2005-11-01 | A "WIN" WIN SITUATION $600: A pilot who flies in position behind & to the side of the formation leader wingman |
| #4854, aired 2005-10-20 | THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT $1000: The BLM administers Escalante National Monument, including "No Man's" this formation Mesa |
| #4516, aired 2004-04-05 | GETTING THE "AX' $1600: The pattern of formation of sentences or phrases in a language syntax |
| #4412, aired 2003-11-11 | REALLY OLD HISTORY $800: Ancient Greek Hoplites fought in a formation of a large rectangle with 6 to 8 ranks known as this phalanx |
| #4308, aired 2003-04-30 | BOTTLED WATER $800 (Daily Double): The natural rock formation in the California mountains seen here gave this water brand its name & "points" to its stream Arrowhead |
| #4278, aired 2003-03-19 | THE BLUE ANGELS $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew on the tarmac) When the Blue Angels perform the formation known for this precious gem, the jets are only 12 inches apart diamond |
| #4278, aired 2003-03-19 | THE BLUE ANGELS $1600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew on the tarmac) Bearing the name of a Greek letter, this classic Blue Angels formation uses all 6 jets Delta |
| #4278, aired 2003-03-19 | THE BLUE ANGELS $2000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew on the tarmac) Using only 5 planes, this formation pays tribute to fallen heroes & comrades Missing Man Formation |
| #4273, aired 2003-03-12 | BASKETBALL MOVIES $200: "Go, Man, Go!" tells the story of Abe Saperstein & the formation of this team the Harlem Globetrotters |
| #4242, aired 2003-01-28 | FOOTBALL $800: 49ers coach Red Hickey pioneered this formation with the quarterback a few yards behind the center shotgun |
| #4236, aired 2003-01-20 | WATERFOWL $200: Waterfowl may fly in this formation to reduce drag, or maybe they're playing follow the leader V |
| #4232, aired 2003-01-14 | THE OLYMPICS $1600: Based on a true story, this film was about the formation of a Jamaican bobsled team for the 1988 Winter Olympics Cool Runnings |
| #4198, aired 2002-11-27 | SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS $1600: Henry Clay Frick organized a coke company in 1871 & was part of this giant company's formation 30 years later U.S. Steel |
| #4155, aired 2002-09-27 | VOLCANOES $600: A 1963 underwater eruption began the formation of the island of Surtsey off this north Atlantic country Iceland |
| #4129, aired 2002-07-11 | DEAD SEA $400: To the south of the sea, you'll find a formation of salt pillars named for this man's wife Lot |
| #4098, aired 2002-05-29 | CHEMISTRY EXPERIMENTS $600: Wet steel wool in a jar helps demonstrate the formation of this; so does an old car rust |
| #4032, aired 2002-02-26 | COACHING FOOTBALL $400: Letter formations include the "T" & this one with the running backs in a line behind the quarterback the "I" formation |
| #4031, aired 2002-02-25 | "FLYING" $1200: An illegal football move, or a police formation used to move into crowds effectively a flying wedge |
| #4019, aired 2002-02-07 | ROCKS OF AGES $2000: The Giant's Causeway, the formation seen here is made of this most common volcanic rock basalt |
| #3974, aired 2001-12-06 | WORDS FOR WORDS $1200: The verb "to typewrite" from "typewriter" is an example of this type of "formation" back-formation |
| #3926, aired 2001-10-01 | WHERE DID MY MUSTACHE GO? $400: Photos by NASA's Pathfinder revealed the face formation has a new addition on this planet Mars |
| #3855, aired 2001-05-11 | STATE CAPITALS $500 (Daily Double): The French called a land formation La Petite Roche, thus giving this capital its name Little Rock |
| #3847, aired 2001-05-01 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $1000: Politics aside, in 1980 strikes in Gdansk & other Polish cities led to the formation of this labor union Solidarity |
| #3844, aired 2001-04-26 | 49ers $400: Coach Red Hickey pioneered this formation, with the quarterback standing well behind the line to take the snap Shotgun |
| #3800, aired 2001-02-23 | U.S. COINS $1000: This state's commemorative quarter features the natural rock formation "The Old Man of the Mountain" New Hampshire |
| #3698, aired 2000-10-04 | SCIENCE & NATURE $200: It's a formation of calcium carbonate built up on the floor of a cave, formerly water dripping from a stalactite stalagmite |
| #3524, aired 1999-12-23 | PRESIDENTIAL ALSO RANS $200: The formation of new political organizations has been the hallmark of his presidential bids:
(in 1992 & 1996) H. Ross Perot |
| #3427, aired 1999-06-29 | ARMED FORCES RHYME TIME $400: Excitement that comes from the exercise of marching in formation drill thrill |
| #3424, aired 1999-06-24 | AROUND THE U.S.A. $100: You'll find the eye-catching formation known as the Phallic Rock on the island of Molokai in this state Hawaii |
| #3372, aired 1999-04-13 | NOVEL VOCABULARY $100: In "Ivanhoe", Sir Walter Scott uses the verb jeopard, a back-formation of this word we love jeopardy |
| #3234, aired 1998-10-01 | THE VIETNAM WAR $100: Hats off to JFK -- he authorized the formation of the elite special forces group, known as this The Green Berets |
| #3015, aired 1997-10-10 | SPEARS $800: The famous formation of Greek foot soldiers who carried spears up to 20 feet long Phalanx |
| #2925, aired 1997-04-25 | TEAM SPORTS $100: In football's shotgun formation, this player stands several yards behind the center to take the snap Quarterback |
| #2918, aired 1997-04-16 | GEOLOGY $900 (Daily Double): Name of the type of formation seen here:
[video clue - in Alex's hand] a geode |
| #2893, aired 1997-03-12 | HISTORIC AMERICA $400: Pompey's Pillar, a rock formation in Montana, was named by Capt. William Clark for the son of this Indian guide Sacajawea |
| #2886, aired 1997-03-03 | HISTORY $500: Founded in 1933, this Spanish political party was named for a Greek military formation Falange |
| #2831, aired 1996-12-16 | TOWERS $500: In 1906 this natural formation in Wyoming was made the first U.S. national monument Devils Tower |
| #2801, aired 1996-11-04 | DANCE $200: The kolo is a central European folk dance performed in this formation, with the soloists in the center ring/circle |
| #2730, aired 1996-06-14 | ORGANIZATIONS $1000: A leukemic boy's dream of becoming a police officer inspired the formation of this foundation in 1983 Make-A-Wish |
| #2694, aired 1996-04-25 | GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $800: The Temperance movement led to the formation of this political party in 1869 the Prohibition Party |
| #2650, aired 1996-02-23 | BIOLOGY $600: This partially decomposed plant material that forms in bogs is the first step in coal formation peat |
| #2621, aired 1996-01-15 | U.S.A. $400: A formation known as Half Dome rises more than 4,700 feet in this California national park Yosemite |
| #2602, aired 1995-12-19 | DANCE $600: The hora is performed in a circle & the quadrille uses this formation a square |
| #2583, aired 1995-11-22 | NATIONAL MONUMENTS $400: This Wyoming formation has a base diameter of about 1,000 feet & a summit diameter of about 275 feet Devils Tower |
| #2481, aired 1995-05-22 | TRAVEL & TOURISM $800: This natural granite formation on New Hampshire's Profile Mountain is about 40 feet high the Man of the Mountain in Franconia (the Great Stone Face) |
| #2448, aired 1995-04-05 | DANCE $200: Dancers perform the hora in this formation or in a chain a circle |
| #2437, aired 1995-03-21 | WORLD HISTORY $200: In 1980 labor unrest in Gdansk led to the formation of this union Solidarity |
| #2414, aired 1995-02-16 | "G"EOGRAPHY $600: Australia has made it illegal to collect coral from this 1,250-mile-long formation the Great Barrier Reef |
| #2392, aired 1995-01-17 | THE INSECT WORLD $400: Many insects have 3 ocelli, a simple type of this organ, set in a triangular formation an eye |
| #2318, aired 1994-10-05 | DANCE $300: To perform a running set, square dancers make this kind of formation, not a square a circle |
| #2189, aired 1994-02-24 | NATURE $600 (Daily Double): Developed from buried peat deposits, lignite is the first stage in the formation of this fuel coal |
| #2162, aired 1994-01-18 | MEDICINE $200: Coronary thrombosis refers to the formation of one of these in a coronary artery a blood clot |
| #2121, aired 1993-11-22 | NUTRITION $1000: This mineral has an important role in the formation of myoglobin in muscles Iron |
| #2083, aired 1993-09-29 | SCIENCE $800: Seafood is a good source of this element necessary for the formation of thyroid hormones iodine |
| #2072, aired 1993-09-14 | POPES $1,000 (Daily Double): Paul III approved the formation of this order by Ignatius of Loyola in 1540 the Jesuits (the Society of Jesus) |
| #2045, aired 1993-06-25 | POTPOURRI $500: The Old Man of the Mountain in New Hampshire is a natural formation of this stone granite |
| #2026, aired 1993-05-31 | THE 20th CENTURY $100: This country announced the formation of Nunavut
in '91, a new terr. to be partly owned by the Inuit Canada |
| #1946, aired 1993-02-08 | NUTRITION $600: Vitamin K is essential for formation of the substances that make blood do this clot |
| #1729, aired 1992-02-20 | DEM BONES $1000: A Greek fighting formation gave its name to these bones the phalanges |
| #1692, aired 1991-12-31 | COPPER $800: Copper must be present for iron to be utilized in the formation of this blood pigment hemoglobin |
| #1628, aired 1991-10-02 | WISCONSIN $400: Antislavery meetings in Ripon, Wisc. led to the formation of this political party in 1854 the Republican Party |
| #1471, aired 1991-01-14 | "C" IN SCIENCE $200: The formation of dew from water vapor is an example of this process condensation |
| #1287, aired 1990-03-20 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $1000: N.H.'s rock formation "The Old Man of the Mtn." was made famous in this N. Hawthorne tale The Great Stone Face |
| #1260, aired 1990-02-09 | ZOOLOGY $200: Swans often do this in a "V" formation Fly |
| #1237, aired 1990-01-09 | POT LUCK $1000: This sandstone formation near Lake Powell in Utah is the world's most massive natural arch Rainbow Bridge |
| #972, aired 1988-11-22 | GEMS $200: It's a limestone formation composed of millions of marine animals coral |
| #888, aired 1988-06-15 | EARTH SCIENCE $500: One theory says that about 200 million years ago these made up a formation called Pangaea the continents |
| #838, aired 1988-04-06 | SOAP $300: Some toilet soaps contain surfactants to prevent formation of this when you use it bathtub rings (or scum) |
| #477, aired 1986-10-07 | GEESE $200: Win or lose, geese often fly in this "lettered" formation a V formation |
| #459, aired 1986-09-11 | BEAR FACTS $400: In their structure & tooth formation, bears are most closely related to this family of animals dogs |
| #444, aired 1986-05-22 | THE ARMY $400: The 5 stars of a 5-star general insignia are in this formation a circle |
| #401, aired 1986-03-24 | FOOTBALL $800: Offensive formation invented by Pop Warner where halfback receives center snap a single wing |
| #375, aired 1986-02-14 | SPORTS HISTORY $1000: Controversy over this dangerous football formation led to the formation of the NCAA the flying wedge |
| #168, aired 1985-05-01 | FOOTBALL $300: A quarterback with a rifle arm & a scattershot approach might use this formation the shotgun |
| #139, aired 1985-03-21 | 12-LETTER WORDS $800: The formation of words to imitate natural sounds such as a bee's buzz onomatopoeia |
| #88, aired 1985-01-09 | FOOTBALL $300: Offensive alignment with a "letter perfect" backfield a T (T-formation) |
| #68, aired 1984-12-12 | MUSICIANS $1000: His brilliance on the violin might be explained by his unusual hand formation Jascha Heifetz |
| #60, aired 1984-11-30 | THE OCEAN $800: Starfish are threatening this famous Australian coral formation the Great Barrier Reef |
