| #9087, aired 2024-04-23 | CULTURE, POPULARLY $800: It was a letter-perfect day on Jimmy Kimmel's show when Warren G welcomed this sax man to help out on "Regulate" Kenny G |
| #9071, aired 2024-04-01 | "G"OING PLACES $400: This Scottish city is known for local slang such as "gallus", which means bold or daring Glasgow |
| #9071, aired 2024-04-01 | "G"OING PLACES $800: Antigua & Quetzaltenango are sites in the highlands of this country Guatemala |
| #9071, aired 2024-04-01 | "G"OING PLACES $1200: The International Civil Rights Center & Museum in this city is housed in a former Woolworth's, a site of a nonviolent protest Greensboro |
| #9071, aired 2024-04-01 | "G"OING PLACES $1600: This area stretches roughly from Paradise Point to Coolangatta in Queensland & largely consists of beach resorts the Gold Coast |
| #9071, aired 2024-04-01 | "G"OING PLACES $2000: This place in India was dubbed "the Rome of the Orient", since it was a center for the Roman Catholic Church in the East Goa |
| #9071, aired 2024-04-01 | LONG WORDS $2000: 14 letters:
A sequence of fantastic & weird images, as seen perhaps in a dream or while hallucinating phantasmagoria |
| #9063, aired 2024-03-20 | 19th CENTURY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS $2000: Joseph Medill, publisher of the Chicago Tribune, was a founder of the G.O.P. & helped make these debates happen in 1858 the Lincoln-Douglas debates |
| #9052, aired 2024-03-05 | 5 FOR THE HISTORY BOOKS $600: With 1920's "The Outline of History", this "Time Machine" man went from bestselling novelist to bestselling educator H.G. Wells |
| #9051, aired 2024-03-04 | FRENCH HISTORY $400: A 2023 movie led to lively debate, e.g. historians: She died when Napoleon was on Elba, not on his way back; Ridley Scott: Shut up Josephine |
| #9049, aired 2024-02-29 | DETECTIVE FICTION $400: G.K. Chesterton based this detective on his friend John O'Connor, who was a priest Father Brown |
| #9040, aired 2024-02-16 | DESCRIBING THE SONG $2000: Warren G has some trouble with the local roughs until Nate Dogg saves him; together they help some ladies with car trouble "Regulate" |
| #9037, aired 2024-02-13 | LENDING YOU A POKER HAND $600: Edward G. Robinson wins a poker duel with this hand in "The Cincinnati Kid"; poker & movie fans debate the realism of the game a straight flush |
| #9036, aired 2024-02-12 | INITIALS OF HISTORIC PEOPLE $400: P.M. of Israel in the 1970s:
G.M. Golda Meir |
| #9034, aired 2024-02-08 | MILITARY SLANG $600: These days, an enlisted U.S. soldier is this 3-letter first name rather than G.I. a Joe |
| #9033, aired 2024-02-07 | LITERATURE BINGO $400: "G", 1992: "G" is for this mystery writer who wrote "I Is for Innocent" Sue Grafton |
| #3, aired 2024-02-02 | NATO PHONETIC ALPHABET CODE WORDS $1000: Take a swing at it--G is this golf |
| #9027, aired 2024-01-30 | STARTS WITH SOFT "G" $400: Book 1 of the ancient work "Elements" deals with basic concepts in this field like "a line is a length without breadth" geometry |
| #9027, aired 2024-01-30 | STARTS WITH SOFT "G" $800: A punk band fronted by Billy Idol, or the group born following the baby boom Gen X (Generation X) |
| #9027, aired 2024-01-30 | STARTS WITH SOFT "G" $1200: I don't have time for your whole idea--just give me this, the essential part gist |
| #9027, aired 2024-01-30 | STARTS WITH SOFT "G" $2000: Anthony Trollope's novels about Barsetshire concern the high class known by this 6-letter word, especially when they owned land the gentry |
| #9027, aired 2024-01-30 | STARTS WITH SOFT "G" $8,400 (Daily Double): In part this herb's name is from the Chinese for "human being" & its roots make it look like one ginseng |
| #9019, aired 2024-01-18 | THE MISING LETER $600: Soverein G (sovereign) |
| #25, aired 2024-01-16 | NAME THAT '90s HIT $600: Coolio: "I'm the kinda G the little homies wanna be like, on my knees in the night, sayin' prayers in the streetlight" "Gangsta's Paradise" |
| #9016, aired 2024-01-15 | "G" WHIZ $400: Tell a good joke & hear giggles; tell a great one & you might hear this, a hearty, boisterous burst of laughter guffaws |
| #9016, aired 2024-01-15 | "G" WHIZ $800: A welcome development is this word, an unexpected "divine" gift a godsend |
| #9016, aired 2024-01-15 | "G" WHIZ $1200: It sounds like it means to play games of chance, but with the -ol spelling, it means to leap around joyously gambol |
| #9016, aired 2024-01-15 | "G" WHIZ $1600: The bell-lyra & the orchestra bells are 2 of the main types of this percussion instrument a glockenspiel |
| #9016, aired 2024-01-15 | "G" WHIZ $2000: Like the one seen here for "Breakfast at Tiffany's", this French designer created several dresses for Audrey Hepburn Givenchy |
| #24, aired 2024-01-09 | ANIMAL IDIOM BRAINTEASERS $400: You are in big trouble:
Y.G.I.C. your goose is cooked |
| #24, aired 2024-01-09 | ANIMAL IDIOM BRAINTEASERS $600: Don't forget how many other single people are out there in the dating pool:
T.A.P.O.F.I.T.S. there are plenty of fish in the sea |
| #24, aired 2024-01-09 | ANIMAL IDIOM BRAINTEASERS $800: Make all the necessary preparations before you start:
G.Y.D.I.A.R. get your ducks in a row |
| #9007, aired 2024-01-02 | LET'S TALK ASTRONOMY $2000: This word for when the Moon is between half & full can be pronounced with either a hard or soft "G" sound gibbous |
| #8999, aired 2023-12-21 | SAMPLING $1600: Grooves from bands like Parliament gave this West Coast subgenre of rap from the early '90s its letter-perfect name G-funk |
| #8997, aired 2023-12-19 | IT HAPPENED IN 2023 $1200: On September 15, some 13,000 members of this union went on strike against Ford, G.M. & Stellantis the United Auto Workers |
| #8996, aired 2023-12-18 | HERE COMES THE SUN $1000: The Sun is a G2 V star, meaning it's of the second hottest in the "G" class & the "V" refers to its being in this "sequence" the main sequence |
| #8991, aired 2023-12-11 | ARTS $800: Mozart's Serenade No. 13 in G major has this nickname that includes the time of day it was intended for "A Little Night Music" |
| #8989, aired 2023-12-07 | DURING LOU GEHRIG'S CONSECUTIVE GAME STREAK $400: This man came & went in the highest office in the land Hoover |
| #22, aired 2023-12-06 | SHAKESPEARE PLAYS BY INITIALS $500: Valentine & Proteus are the guys that form this titular pair:
T.T.G.O.V. The Two Gentlemen of Verona |
| #8974, aired 2023-11-16 | WE'LL SPOT YOU A LETTER $800: Sixth letter G: Phosphorescence, or the pleasant remembrance of past glory afterglow |
| #8971, aired 2023-11-13 | LETTER & WORD $400: In a 1954 experiment, U.S. Air Force Dr. John Stapp accelerated to 632 miles per hours in five seconds, surviving 46 of these units a g-force |
| #8971, aired 2023-11-13 | LETTER & WORD $1000: Violinist August Wilhelmj's arrangement of the 2nd movement of Bach's "Suite No. 3 in D major" is known as "Air On" this the G String |
| #8971, aired 2023-11-13 | WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY? $1200: At the end of "Little Caesar", this actor cries, "Mother of Mercy. Is this the end of Rico?" Edward G. Robinson |
| #19, aired 2023-11-01 | G-I TRACT $100: It's written in the stars! It's the zodiac sign of twins Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen Gemini |
| #19, aired 2023-11-01 | G-I TRACT $200: 2003 film Richard Roeper deemed "one of the worst movies I've ever seen"; at least it didn't keep Ben & J.Lo from reuniting Gigli |
| #19, aired 2023-11-01 | G-I TRACT $300: A fitting name, this desert is Mongolian for "waterless place" the Gobi Desert |
| #19, aired 2023-11-01 | G-I TRACT $400: Celeb chef Giada De Laurentiis has a recipe for this dish that calls for salt, pepper, flour, an egg and 1 1/2 pounds of Russet potatoes gnocchi |
| #19, aired 2023-11-01 | G-I TRACT $500: This tight end recently retired with 4 Super Bowl rings; it helps when you play with Tom Brady Rob Gronkowski |
| #8961, aired 2023-10-30 | FOUND IN ROY G. BIV $400: In Ireland, it began in 1981 as the Ecology Party the Green Party |
| #8961, aired 2023-10-30 | FOUND IN ROY G. BIV $800: Due to fear of communism, in the 1950s this color was followed by "Legs" to make a new baseball team name Red |
| #8961, aired 2023-10-30 | FOUND IN ROY G. BIV $1200: This title is borne by heirs apparent to the Dutch throne the Prince of Orange |
| #8961, aired 2023-10-30 | FOUND IN ROY G. BIV $2000: Frank Sinatra covered this "emotional" Duke Ellington composition in 1955 "Mood Indigo" |
| #8961, aired 2023-10-30 | FOUND IN ROY G. BIV $2,200 (Daily Double): The Sennar Dam in Sudan impounds the flow of this the Blue Nile |
| #8958, aired 2023-10-25 | DISNEY PARK SONGS $1000: "The bear band bears will play now in the good ol' key of G..." the Country Bear Jamboree |
| #18, aired 2023-10-25 | PLEASE, ANYTHING BUT "MATH" $900: A common way to greet a friend in Australia is to say "G'day," this Mate |
| #17, aired 2023-10-18 | MEDICAL MNENOMICS $900: Its "G" standing for "glycemic control", "glucose bad" is a mnemonic for people with this medical condition diabetes |
| #8951, aired 2023-10-16 | THIS GLAND IS YOUR GLAND $1000: This tiny organ in the brain secretes melatonin & could be rated "P.G." the pineal gland |
| #15, aired 2023-10-04 | THE MEDI-VERSE $500 (Daily Double): Development of the fighter pilot's G-suit is one of the breakthroughs from this clinic whose name sounds like a deli condiment the Mayo Clinic |
| #8926, aired 2023-09-11 | STARTS WITH "G" $400: Grab some shade in one of these turreted garden houses that as the name suggests is good for a nice view a gazebo |
| #8926, aired 2023-09-11 | STARTS WITH "G" $800: Eugene Field's poem "The Duel" featured the Calico Cat & this dog a Gingham Dog |
| #8926, aired 2023-09-11 | STARTS WITH "G" $1200: This type of full-rigged sailing ship popular in the 16th & 17th centuries might have one or 2 tiers for guns a galleon |
| #8926, aired 2023-09-11 | STARTS WITH "G" $1600: The mascot seen here represents these University of South Carolina sports teams the Gamecocks |
| #8926, aired 2023-09-11 | STARTS WITH "G" $2000: Latin for "sword" gives us the name of this flower a gladiola (gladiolus) |
| #8921, aired 2023-07-24 | SPACE MEN & WOMEN $600: Recorded aboard the ISS, Chris Hadfield's zero-g version of this Bowie song has gotten 52 million+ views on YouTube "Space Oddity" |
| #8910, aired 2023-07-07 | SEEING RIGHT THROUGH YOU $1,000 (Daily Double): The subtitle to this H.G. Wells novel is "A Grotesque Romance" The Invisible Man |
| #8894, aired 2023-06-15 | "G", LOOK AT THAT $400: They're the people seen here who help make sure the big day goes off smoothly groomsmen |
| #8894, aired 2023-06-15 | "G", LOOK AT THAT $800: It gets its name from a town outside of Milan Gorgonzola |
| #8894, aired 2023-06-15 | FACT: NONFICTION $1,000 (Daily Double): Beverly Gage's "G-Man" looks at this powerful figure "& the Making of the American Century" J. Edgar Hoover |
| #8894, aired 2023-06-15 | "G", LOOK AT THAT $1200: Like its relative the vicuna, this wild camelid of South America has a wool coat used to make high-grade cloth the guanaco |
| #8894, aired 2023-06-15 | "G", LOOK AT THAT $1600: This word that now refers to anything light & filmy originally meant the item seen here gossamer |
| #8894, aired 2023-06-15 | "G", LOOK AT THAT $2000: Seen here is a work of the Venetian Renaissance by this painter, whose name means "Big George" Giorgione |
| #8887, aired 2023-06-06 | IT COMES IN "WAVE"s $1600: Detected on an E.E.G., gamma & delta are types of these brain waves |
| #8886, aired 2023-06-05 | "G"EOGRAPHY $200: Staying in the theme of the category, Grady, Greene & Glascock are counties in this state Georgia |
| #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 |
| #8886, aired 2023-06-05 | "G"EOGRAPHY $600: This nation has coastlines on the Pacific Ocean & the Caribbean Sea Guatemala |
| #8886, aired 2023-06-05 | "G"EOGRAPHY $800: Beware monsters in the valley of this river that flows near Yuma; it's where the same-named poisonous lizard hangs out the Gila River |
| #8886, aired 2023-06-05 | "G"EOGRAPHY $1000: The first part of the name of this super-glam Tokyo shopping district means "silver" Ginza |
| #8882, aired 2023-05-30 | MIDDLE "G" $400: Merv Griffin used to play this word game with his sister & "Wheel of Fortune" is the result hangman |
| #8882, aired 2023-05-30 | MIDDLE "G" $800: Fancy name for a list of movies a particular actor or director has made a filmography |
| #8882, aired 2023-05-30 | MIDDLE "G" $1200: It's the fabric seen here in a typical pattern gingham |
| #8882, aired 2023-05-30 | MIDDLE "G" $1600: Present tense verb meaning to use 2 known positions on a map to determine a third unknown one triangulate |
| #8882, aired 2023-05-30 | MIDDLE "G" $2000: St. Jerome gets the credit for this translation of the Bible that he completed around 405 the Vulgate |
| #8881, aired 2023-05-29 | POP INSTRUMENTALS $400: In January 2000 Kenny G blew into the Top 10 with a version of this New Year's favorite "Auld Lang Syne" |
| #8880, aired 2023-05-26 | RESEARCH $800: The always useful JSTOR Digital Library was founded in part by William G. Bowen, a president of this New Jersey Ivy Princeton |
| #8877, aired 2023-05-23 | "G"-RATED WORDS $200: Rain water & bad bowling attempts end up in this the gutter |
| #8877, aired 2023-05-23 | "G"-RATED WORDS $400: From the French for "wine taster", it's a term for a connoisseur of fine food & drink a gourmet |
| #8877, aired 2023-05-23 | "G"-RATED WORDS $600: This gloomy architecture style is known for using flying buttresses Gothic |
| #8877, aired 2023-05-23 | "G"-RATED WORDS $800: Derived from Spanish but sounding a bit French, it's a wire used to strangle someone, or the act itself garrote |
| #8877, aired 2023-05-23 | "G"-RATED WORDS $1000: Smaller than gorillas, these arboreal apes move by brachiating, swinging from their arms gibbons |
| #8877, aired 2023-05-23 | A CENTURY OF TIME MAGAZINE COVERS $1200: 1923 cover boys included President Harding, G.B. Shaw & Roy Chapman Andrews, who made headlines finding fossil these from an oviraptor eggs |
| #18, aired 2023-05-23 | IT'S THE SILENT CONSONANT $600: Penultimate in a synonym for mucus; let me clear my throat! G (phlegm) |
| #9, aired 2023-05-15 | AND THE OSCAR WENT TO... $1600: In 1937 an honorary Oscar was named for this MGM "boy wonder" who died young, & oh--the building named for him is not far (Irving G.) Thalberg |
| #5, aired 2023-05-10 | CHAT G-P-T $200: Varieties of this include star ruby, oro blanco & pink grapefruit |
| #5, aired 2023-05-10 | CHAT G-P-T $400: The Pallas's cat is called the world's this superlative; it's not just the face--it's only successful on a third of its hunts grumpiest (cat) |
| #5, aired 2023-05-10 | CHAT G-P-T $600: This soft substance is used in nuclear reactor cores & pencils graphite |
| #5, aired 2023-05-10 | CHAT G-P-T $800: This Mississippi city is home to one of the world's longest man-made beaches Gulfport |
| #5, aired 2023-05-10 | CHAT G-P-T $1000: Engines don't turn the main rotors on these flying machines; they self-lift due to air flow gyrocopters |
| #2, aired 2023-05-08 | "G.P." $200: Figuratively, it means the subject of a lab experiment guinea pig |
| #2, aired 2023-05-08 | "G.P." $400: The first of these was held in 1906 & won by the driver of a Renault grand prix |
| #2, aired 2023-05-08 | "G.P." $600: It's a fun though probably not lucrative activity at Columbia State Historic Park in California's High Sierra gold panning |
| #2, aired 2023-05-08 | "G.P." $800: Kansas & Montana are part of this geographic region that covers about 1 million square miles the Great Plains |
| #2, aired 2023-05-08 | "G.P." $1000: A character named Faith is the alter ego of this short story master who taught at Sarah Lawrence for decades Grace Paley |
| #8865, aired 2023-05-05 | QUICK PLANETS $1000: It's surrounded by phenomena named
A, B, C, D, E, F & G Saturn |
| #8860, aired 2023-04-28 | "G" AS IN GLOBAL $400: In these German brothers' "The Frog Prince", it's the princess flinging the frog against a wall that turns him into a prince Grimm |
| #8860, aired 2023-04-28 | "G" AS IN GLOBAL $800: A gazelle of Arabia is named for the growth on its throat that resembles this swelling in humans a goiter |
| #8860, aired 2023-04-28 | "G" AS IN GLOBAL $1200: In Australia Sir Isaac Isaacs was the first native-born holder of this post, representing the queen Governor General |
| #8860, aired 2023-04-28 | "G" AS IN GLOBAL $1600: The international airport in the town of Prestwick on the Firth of Clyde serves this larger city to its northeast Glasgow |
| #8860, aired 2023-04-28 | "G" AS IN GLOBAL $2000: This African country's town of Lambaréné was the home of Albert Schweitzer Gabon |
| #8840, aired 2023-03-31 | HEY, BIG SPENDER $800: If you're going to splurge for the Ferrari, get a GTO; the G & T stand for this Italian phrase, also a video game Gran Turismo |
| #8838, aired 2023-03-29 | EUROPEAN NATIONAL NICKNAMES $1,000 (Daily Double): Hungarians know their country not as the land of the Huns, but as the land of this nomadic people who settled there in the 9th c. the Magyars |
| #8816, aired 2023-02-27 | WHAT'S THAT SCI. ABBREV.? $400: G:
This prefix meaning "billion"; it comes before "hertz" & "watts" giga |
| #8815, aired 2023-02-24 | GET READY FOR THE "G-R-E"s $200: The speedy dog breed the Whippet may have developed from this even faster breed Greyhound |
| #8815, aired 2023-02-24 | VERY ARTISTIC $200: Matt Groening drew his own initials in the design of this TV character--the "M" is in his lower hairline, the "G", his ear Homer Simpson |
| #8815, aired 2023-02-24 | GET READY FOR THE "G-R-E"s $400: This word now meaning sociable & outgoing comes from the Latin for flock gregarious |
| #8815, aired 2023-02-24 | GET READY FOR THE "G-R-E"s $600: This symbol of the U.S. has an eagle on the front & an unfinished pyramid on the reverse the Great Seal |
| #8815, aired 2023-02-24 | GET READY FOR THE "G-R-E"s $800: Traditionally made from pomegranates, this red syrup is an ingredient in Shirley Temples grenadine |
| #8815, aired 2023-02-24 | GET READY FOR THE "G-R-E"s $1000: John Gardner wrote a novel from the point of view of this monster from an Old English epic Grendel |
| #8809, aired 2023-02-16 | THE FORCE WILL BE WITH YOU $400: In a 1954 test, physician John Stapp dealt with 46.2 of these forces; for an instant, his 170-lb. body weighed 7,700 G's |
| #8809, aired 2023-02-16 | WOMEN AUTHORS $800: In Sue Grafton's alphabet mystery series, "G" is for this synonym of sleuth gumshoe |
| #8807, aired 2023-02-14 | YE OLDE BRITISH MONEY $1200: You'll find R-E-I-G-N in this word for a gold one-pound coin depicting one who reigned a sovereign |
| #8803, aired 2023-02-08 | THAT'S DEDICATION $2000: P.G. Wodehouse honored his editor in this dopey gentleman "Sees It Through": "I shall get a very good lunch out of you" Bertie Wooster |
| #8794, aired 2023-01-26 | LET'S TALK ABOUT SAX, BABY $400: This smooth jazz saxophone king got a Grammy nomination for "My Heart Will Go On" the same year Celine did; she won, he lost Kenny G |
| #12, aired 2023-01-26 | "G"EOGRAPHY $100: More than a mile deep in some places, it's the natural wonder seen here the Grand Canyon |
| #12, aired 2023-01-26 | "G"EOGRAPHY $200: This "colorful" place is the largest island in the world Greenland |
| #12, aired 2023-01-26 | "G"EOGRAPHY $300: Officially, it's known as the Hellenic Republic, but this is the name we usually use for it Greece |
| #12, aired 2023-01-26 | "G"EOGRAPHY $400: In separating Spain from Morocco, the strait of this also separates Europe from Africa Gibraltar |
| #12, aired 2023-01-26 | "G"EOGRAPHY $500: Nearly half the people of this country, the most populous in Central America, descend from the Maya Guatemala |
| #8789, aired 2023-01-19 | THE ACTOR'S MIDDLE INITIAL $600: Edward Robinson, ya mugs G. |
| #8789, aired 2023-01-19 | SELF-REFERENTIAL BEATLES $800: "See how they fly like Lucy in the sky, see how they run" in this song, goo goo g'joob "I Am The Walrus" |
| #11, aired 2023-01-19 | STARTS WITH A SILENT LETTER $200: The biting midge, or no-see-um, is one of these small, pesky flies whose "G" is a no-hear-um a gnat |
| #8785, aired 2023-01-13 | & EVERYTHING THAT GOES WITH IT $800: In the world of nutritional supplements, G&T isn't a refreshing cocktail but this plant & turmeric, its relative ginger |
| #8784, aired 2023-01-12 | CLASSIC ALBUMS $1200: "Life After Death" by this East Coast rapper was released in 1997, 2 weeks after he was murdered on the West Coast the Notorious B.I.G. (Biggie) |
| #8783, aired 2023-01-11 | HISTORICAL TV $400: On "Gaslit" Shea Whigham plays G. Gordon Liddy, wrapped up in this scandal of the 1970s Watergate |
| #8782, aired 2023-01-10 | THE ATTORNEY GENERAL $400: Former A.G. Roger Taney was Chief Justice for this enslaved man v. Sandford Dred Scott |
| #8782, aired 2023-01-10 | BUSINESS PARTNERS $800: During the Great Depression, William & G. Clifford opened what would be the flagship store of this bookseller on 5th Avenue at 18th Barnes & Noble |
| #8782, aired 2023-01-10 | THE ATTORNEY GENERAL $2000: As Obama's A.G., he took on the issue of trying terrorists in civilian rather than military court; today he fights gerrymandering Eric Holder |
| #8776, aired 2023-01-02 | WRITERS' MIDDLE NAMES $1600: Of H.G. Wells; his first name was Herbert George |
| #8771, aired 2022-12-26 | WORD PUZZLES $800: New drivers may find it challenging
G
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I
K
C
A
B backing up |
| #8769, aired 2022-12-22 | CLIMATE $2000: One climate provision in 2022's big Democratic bill provides money to protect these "O.G." forests old growth |
| #8762, aired 2022-12-13 | YOU GET LETTERS $400: You get an adjacent letter if you don't know it's the 7th letter of the English alphabet G |
| #8761, aired 2022-12-12 | NO GOOD $2000: Vincent Gigante long feigned insanity, walking NYC in his pajamas & earning this mafia-related nickname; lose the opening "G" sound "The Oddfather" |
| #8760, aired 2022-12-09 | COMPANY NAME ORIGINS $2000: GEICO's name goes back to its original customer base, military personnel & these people, the G-E government employees |
| #8755, aired 2022-12-02 | MICRO FISH $1200: Pretty fish filed under "G" include Garibaldi, once called marine goldfish, & this one, also called rainbow fish--fancy a guppy |
| #8752, aired 2022-11-29 | MORE THAN ONE SILENT LETTER $400: There's no need for either the K or the G in this title, sir knight |
| #8752, aired 2022-11-29 | "GIVE" OR "TAKE" $600: To do this, meaning let someone do what they want, is about horses, not kings--no silent "G" give them free rein |
| #8752, aired 2022-11-29 | TV CARTOON VILLAINS $1000: Often led by the Masked Commander, this evil organization was a constant nemesis of the elite G.I. Joe team Cobra |
| #8751, aired 2022-11-28 | LAWMEN & WOMEN $800: If you work at FBI HQ on Pennsylvania Avenue, you work in a building named for this G-man Hoover |
| #8750, aired 2022-11-25 | WHETHER YOU'RE A BROTHER OR WHETHER YOU'RE A MOTHER $200: Rumer, Scout & Tallulah Willis are daughters to this "G.I. Jane" (Demi) Moore |
| #8743, aired 2022-11-16 | RAPPERS WHO ACT $400: In 1991 he had a rap hit with "O.G. Original Gangster"; 9 years later, he began playing a cop on NBC & he's been doing it ever since Ice-T |
| #8741, aired 2022-11-14 | PRIMED FOR PRIME NUMBERS $1600: This man who served 37th president Richard Nixon later wrote a biography of 29th president Warren G. Harding John Dean |
| #6, aired 2022-10-30 | MEDIEVAL ARCHITECTURE $1200: "G" is for this monstrous decoration used as a waterspout on castles of yore a gargoyle |
| #8714, aired 2022-10-06 | MUSICAL ALTER EGOS $800: Allow me to amaze thee! Gregory Jacobs went by Shock G & this alliterative name; his digital underground "Dance" was a hit in 1990 Humpty Hump |
| #8707, aired 2022-09-27 | ALPHANUMERICS $800: A guy named W.G. Peacock created this juice made from an octet of veggies V8 |
| #1, aired 2022-09-25 | TELLING A BEDTIME STORY $400: ...& after the step-mom of these 2 kids abandoned them, they ate a local witch's house, then burned her to death; how Grimm! G'night! Hansel & Gretel |
| #8704, aired 2022-09-22 | OLD FASHIONED $1600: In dictionaries O.E. is Old English & O.H.G. is this European language used until about 1200 Old High German |
| #8703, aired 2022-09-21 | BUDWEISER & SPORTS $600: After partnering with this NBA squad in 2019, Budweiser shifted the crown on its logo to honor hometown hero Notorious B.I.G. the Brooklyn Nets |
| #8690, aired 2022-07-22 | SPELLING THEIR EGOTS $800: 3 Es as Outstanding Guest Actor for
"Mad About You";
a Comedy Album G for "The 2000 Year Old Man in the Year 2000" Mel Brooks |
| #8690, aired 2022-07-22 | SPELLING THEIR EGOTS $1200: Her G: Best Children's Album for "The Electric Company"; her O: Best Supporting Actress for "West Side Story" Rita Moreno |
| #8679, aired 2022-07-07 | "G"EOGRAPHY $400: This strait narrows to 8 miles between Spain & Morocco (the Strait of) Gibraltar |
| #8679, aired 2022-07-07 | "G"EOGRAPHY $800: About 1,700 square miles in area, it's the largest inland body of saline water in the Western Hemisphere the Great Salt Lake |
| #8679, aired 2022-07-07 | "G"EOGRAPHY $1200: The Motagua, this country's longest river, flows into the Gulf of Honduras Guatemala |
| #8679, aired 2022-07-07 | "G"EOGRAPHY $1600: This nation on the border of Europe & Asia declared independence in 1991 Georgia |
| #8679, aired 2022-07-07 | "G"EOGRAPHY $2000: The first G in this city, Sweden's main seaport, is pronounced in Swedish like a Y Gothenburg |
| #8673, aired 2022-06-29 | LET'S GO BACK IN TIME MACHINE MOVIES $600: In the 1979 thriller "Time After Time", Malcolm McDowell plays H.G. Wells on the hunt for this Victorian killer in the future Jack the Ripper |
| #8666, aired 2022-06-20 | SADJECTIVES $400: P.G. Wodehouse wrote, "I am all alone here and rather" this color traditionally used to describe sadness blue |
| #8666, aired 2022-06-20 | CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS, COMMONLY $1000: "G" is for this, hydrated calcium sulfate, used in drywall gypsum |
| #8665, aired 2022-06-17 | HOME SWEET HOME RENOVATION $600: This type of flooring named for two parts that fit together is a nice choice, easy to install & with tight seams a tongue & groove (T&G) |
| #8665, aired 2022-06-17 | SCI-FI CHARACTERS $2,000 (Daily Double): In an H.G. Wells tale, Griffin, whose face is wrapped in rags, turns out to be this title guy The Invisible Man |
| #8658, aired 2022-06-08 | FICTIONAL PLACES $2000: In an H.G. Wells book, this doctor has established a camp for creepy scientific research on a volcanic island Doctor Moreau |
| #8657, aired 2022-06-07 | WAR GODS $1200: M-O-double R-I-G-A-N spells Morrigan, a Celtic war goddess who turned into this ominous black bird a raven (a crow) |
| #8637, aired 2022-05-10 | "G" WHIZ $400: It's a remark meant to start a conversation, or a chess opening involving a sacrifice a gambit |
| #8637, aired 2022-05-10 | "G" WHIZ $800: You don't have to be a math whiz to know that this adjective describes the pattern seen here based on simple shapes geometric |
| #8637, aired 2022-05-10 | "G" WHIZ $1600: 2 similar words: one means excessively greedy when it comes to food, & the other, sticky or gummy gluttonous & glutenous |
| #8637, aired 2022-05-10 | "G" WHIZ $2,000 (Daily Double): Add "S" to the end of a word meaning pertaining to old age to get this branch of medicine that focuses on the elderly geriatrics |
| #8637, aired 2022-05-10 | "G" WHIZ $2000: They gather leftover grain from a field after a harvest like the title women in the Jean-François Millet painting seen here gleaners |
| #8632, aired 2022-05-03 | MRS., MISS OR MR. $200: This Mrs. is a seasoning blend from B&G Foods Mrs. Dash |
| #8618, aired 2022-04-13 | HOUSEHOLD INITIALS $800: G.D.:
The InSinkErator is a brand of this garbage disposal |
| #8617, aired 2022-04-12 | I HAVE A PLAN $400: G. Gordon Liddy's 1972 Gemstone plan included kidnapping & prostitutes; it was scaled back but a remaining part led to this scandal Watergate |
| #8605, aired 2022-03-25 | A BIT OF BRIT LIT $800: Because he serves a man, Bertie Wooster, & not a household, P.G. Wodehouse's Jeeves has this job title, not butler valet |
| #8602, aired 2022-03-22 | "G" AS IN GEOGRAPHY $200: Scotland's largest city, it's on both banks of the River Clyde Glasgow |
| #8602, aired 2022-03-22 | "G" AS IN GEOGRAPHY $400: 2 promontories called the Pillars of Hercules flank the entrance to this strait Gibraltar |
| #8602, aired 2022-03-22 | "G" AS IN GEOGRAPHY $600: Kolkata is on the Hugli River, an arm of this other river the Ganges |
| #8602, aired 2022-03-22 | "G" AS IN GEOGRAPHY $800: In 1900 this Texas city was devastated by a hurricane that killed more than 5,000 people Galveston |
| #8602, aired 2022-03-22 | "G" AS IN GEOGRAPHY $1000: This country is surrounded by Senegal The Gambia |
| #8602, aired 2022-03-22 | RECENT BIOS OF WRITERS $1200: Claire Tomalin's bio "The Young" him tells us that in the family of this early sci-fi writer, Herbert was called Bertie H.G. Wells |
| #8595, aired 2022-03-11 | BRIT LIT $1,000 (Daily Double): Chapters in this H.G. Wells novel include "In the Golden Age" & "The Sunset of Mankind" The Time Machine |
| #8588, aired 2022-03-02 | BOOKS WITHIN BOOKS $400: The "Amazing Amy" series of books is oft-mentioned in this thriller from Gillian Flynn Gone Girl |
| #8588, aired 2022-03-02 | ACRONYMS $1600: The mnemonic
Roy G. BIV:
just Roy's last name blue indigo violet (battle in vain) |
| #11, aired 2022-02-16 | THEY WROTE YOUR TEXTBOOKS $1600: Allan G. Bluman wrote "Probability Demystified" as well as many editions of "Elementary" these Statistics |
| #2, aired 2022-02-08 | DJs $800: This D.G. was No. 1 on DJ mag's Top 100 of 2021 David Guetta |
| #8571, aired 2022-02-07 | & THEN TO THE OPERA HOUSE! $200: Have a g'day at this city's Taronga Zoo, opened in 1884, then have a g'night at the opera house Sydney |
| #8566, aired 2022-01-31 | ALLITERATION $1200: It's written below the big "G" on the trademarked motion picture rating--that's who gets in all ages |
| #8564, aired 2022-01-27 | A LITTLE 5-NOTE MELODY $200: G-sharp: it's the pointed tool on the left as well as the cocktail made with lime on the right a gimlet |
| #8560, aired 2022-01-21 | THE PRODUCERS $1200: The G in MGM, he produced classic films like "Guys and Dolls" Goldwyn |
| #8559, aired 2022-01-20 | 1922 $200: Speaking at a memorial dedication in the spring, this president became the first to be heard on radio President Warren G. Harding |
| #8559, aired 2022-01-20 | A FARCE TO BE RECKONED WITH $1200: An antique jug, a reverend, a notebook & aged Aunt Dahlia all lead to madcap trouble in "The Code of the Woosters" by this writer P.G. Wodehouse |
| #8553, aired 2022-01-12 | ROYAL WOMEN $400: In 2019 she shared her first Instagram photo, a letter from Charles Babbage to her g-g-gf Prince Albert Queen Elizabeth II |
| #8546, aired 2022-01-03 | HISTORY PLAYS $400: Dame Sybil Thorndike was truly a lady made for burning: she played this saintly G.B. Shaw heroine more than 2,000 times on stage Joan of Arc |
| #8522, aired 2021-11-30 | THE CIVIL WAR $2000: This Louisianan had ill regard for Jeff Davis for making him a full general after New York-born Samuel Cooper P.G.T. Beauregard |
| #8517, aired 2021-11-23 | '38 $600: On October 31, 1938 the New York Times reported, "Radio listeners in panic" after a broadcast of this H.G. Wells story The War of the Worlds |
| #8513, aired 2021-11-17 | ITALIAN ARTS & CULTURE $400: In the 1980s, the designers seen here launched this fashion brand--D&G for short Dolce & Gabbana |
| #8503, aired 2021-11-03 | TV THEME LYRICS $2000: "Meatwad make the money, see / Meatwad get the honeys, G" Aqua Teen Hunger Force |
| #8496, aired 2021-10-25 | CARNIVAL TALK $1000: A G-top is for carnival people only, often after hours with the "G" standing for this activity gambling |
| #8482, aired 2021-10-05 | ARITHMETALK $600: The fundamental theorem of arithmetic says all composite numbers can be expressed as a product of these,
e.g. 65 = 5 x 13 prime numbers |
| #8482, aired 2021-10-05 | THAT'S GRAND! $2000: Civil War drummer & bugler Albert Woolson, who died in 1956 at age 109, was the last member of this organization, the G.A.R. the Grand Army of the Republic |
| #8460, aired 2021-08-06 | "G" I'D LIKE TO GO THERE $400: I'd love to visit some of its many islands, like Andros & Naxose Greece |
| #8460, aired 2021-08-06 | "G" I'D LIKE TO GO THERE $800: One of the 7 holy cities of Hinduism, Varanasi has shrines, temples & palaces along the banks of this river the Ganges |
| #8460, aired 2021-08-06 | "G" I'D LIKE TO GO THERE $1,000 (Daily Double): This historic city lies at the junction of the same-named lake & the Rhone River Geneva |
| #8460, aired 2021-08-06 | "G" I'D LIKE TO GO THERE $1600: The majestic Alhambra is in this Spanish province Granada |
| #8460, aired 2021-08-06 | "G" I'D LIKE TO GO THERE $2000: A huge legendary being is said to have created this causeway of basalt columns jutting into the sea from Northern Ireland Giant's Causeway |
| #8454, aired 2021-07-29 | OLD MILITARY ABBREV. $400: Union veterans of the Civil War made up the G.A.R., the Grand Army of this, which they'd fought to save the Republic |
| #8444, aired 2021-07-15 | WHAT'S THAT LITERARY INITIAL? $200: The "B" in G.B. Shaw Bernard |
| #8438, aired 2021-07-07 | CHAPTER OF THE 19th CENTURY NOVEL $2000: By H.G. Wells, "The Reversion of the Beast Folk" The Island of Dr. Moreau |
| #8434, aired 2021-07-01 | TRYING ON SOME GENES $2000: It's the "T" in the representation G-C-A-T of the 4 nucleic acid building blocks of DNA thymine |
| #8429, aired 2021-06-24 | 'TIS THE SEASONAL BOOK TITLE $200: P.G. Wodehouse's
"____ Fever" Spring |
| #8427, aired 2021-06-22 | C.G., I $400: I can't believe a 1930s MGM casting director said, "My ears made me look like a giant sugar bowl" Clark Gable |
| #8427, aired 2021-06-22 | C.G., I $800: TriStar showed me a reported $600,000 for "Jerry Maguire" Cuba Gooding Jr. |
| #8427, aired 2021-06-22 | C.G., I $1200: You know I fronted Gnarls Barkley & coached on "The Voice", but did you know I sang backup on "Waterfalls"? CeeLo Green |
| #8427, aired 2021-06-22 | C.G., I $1600: I played Count Rugen & yes, I know your name is Inigo Montoya! Christopher Guest |
| #8427, aired 2021-06-22 | C.G., I $2000: In the 1970s I had a giant hit with the song "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue" Crystal Gayle |
| #8426, aired 2021-06-21 | POP CULTURE $1200: In 2020 the plastic crown worn by this "Big Poppa" rapper in his final photo shoot sold at auction for nearly $600,000 the Notorious B.I.G. |
| #8387, aired 2021-04-27 | NOTHIN' BUT A SILENT G THING, BABY $200: From outside one's own nation foreign (a foreigner) |
| #8387, aired 2021-04-27 | NOTHIN' BUT A SILENT G THING, BABY $400: This word for a biting fly can also refer to a mosquito a gnat |
| #8387, aired 2021-04-27 | NOTHIN' BUT A SILENT G THING, BABY $600: This regular auto maintenance procedure for your wheels makes for smoother driving & less tire wear alignment |
| #8387, aired 2021-04-27 | NOTHIN' BUT A SILENT G THING, BABY $800: A political candidate's organized attempt to be elected campaign |
| #8387, aired 2021-04-27 | LET'S VISIT THE CITY $800: Check out Cottlesloe Beach & have a g'day in this capital of Western Australia Perth |
| #8387, aired 2021-04-27 | NOTHIN' BUT A SILENT G THING, BABY $1,000 (Daily Double): This adjective meaning arousing emotions comes from a French word for "pointed" poignant |
| #8386, aired 2021-04-26 | STARTS WITH 3 CONSONANTS $1000: The "G" is silent in its root word, but not in this adjective meaning stolid & slow-moving phlegmatic |
| #8386, aired 2021-04-26 | STRINGED INSTRUMENTS $2000: A renaissance man known as "Il Divino" was a master of this round-bodied 4-letter instrument that often has 2 G strings a lute |
| #8377, aired 2021-04-13 | FOSTERING "UNITY" $1000: For the good of the country, in 2014 rival parties in Afghanistan agreed to form an N.U.G., short for this type of government a national unity government |
| #8347, aired 2021-03-02 | GUITAR TALK $600: A guitar's strings are set to E-A-D-G-B-E in "standard" this tuning |
| #8335, aired 2021-02-12 | BEST ACTRESS OSCAR-WINNING ROLES $800: Jodie Foster as this G-woman in training Clarice Starling |
| #8326, aired 2021-02-01 | FAMOUS AMERICANS $800: As a kid, this G-man was nicknamed Speed; as an adult, The Director Hoover |
| #8316, aired 2021-01-18 | "G"-OGRAPHY $400: Mongol yurts are used to survive the harsh terrain of this vast expanse between the Altai & Bei Mountains the Gobi Desert |
| #8316, aired 2021-01-18 | "G"-OGRAPHY $800: Mount Mansfield is the tallest peak in this Vermont range the Green Mountains |
| #8316, aired 2021-01-18 | "G"-OGRAPHY $1200: Little Matterhorn is worth a climb in this Montana national park Glacier |
| #8316, aired 2021-01-18 | "G"-OGRAPHY $1600: K2 is also known as this, from the name of the mountain's original surveyor Mount Godwin-Austen |
| #8316, aired 2021-01-18 | "G"-OGRAPHY $2000: This city in the French Alps hosted the 1968 Winter Olympics Grenoble |
| #8308, aired 2021-01-06 | THAT'S SO "G-Q" $400: When it comes to mental ability, I.Q. stands for this intelligence quotient |
| #8308, aired 2021-01-06 | THAT'S SO "G-Q" $800: Adjective meaning repulsively ugly & distorted grotesque |
| #8308, aired 2021-01-06 | THAT'S SO "G-Q" $1200: A chamber music ensemble consisting of 2 violins, a viola & a cello a string quartet |
| #8308, aired 2021-01-06 | THAT'S SO "G-Q" $1600: This rodent with a 2-word name glides between trees using a furry membrane that stretches from wrist to ankle a flying squirrel |
| #8308, aired 2021-01-06 | THAT'S SO "G-Q" $2000: This Native American language group is used along the East Coast from Canada to the Carolinas Algonquin |
| #8304, aired 2020-12-17 | AUDIO DRAMAS $400: The infamous 1938 radio adaptation of this H.G. Wells novel moved the action from England to Grovers Mill, New Jersey The War of the Worlds |
| #8301, aired 2020-12-14 | WORLD CAPITAL BINGO $800: "G", 1812: not named in honor of a D.C. college, this capital of Guyana, formerly Stabroek, gets its new name Georgetown |
| #8298, aired 2020-12-09 | KEN JENNINGS KNOWS THE G.O.A.T. (GREATEST OF ALL TIME) $200: (Ken Jennings presents the clue.) The greatest minds of all time include Einstein, of course, Isaac Newton, & this woman, a student of mathematics, physics & chemistry, & also the first to win a Nobel Prize Marie Curie |
| #8298, aired 2020-12-09 | KEN JENNINGS KNOWS THE G.O.A.T. (GREATEST OF ALL TIME) $400: (Ken Jennings presents the clue.) 1967 saw the Summer of Love & the release of what “Rolling Stone” calls the greatest album of all time, this Beatles classic that Paul McCartney conceived of as being by an alter ego group Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band |
| #8298, aired 2020-12-09 | KEN JENNINGS KNOWS THE G.O.A.T. (GREATEST OF ALL TIME) $600: (Ken Jennings presents the clue.) This writer once said his first book wasn’t an important novel, but it ranks among the great ones, & its line, “I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me” is among the most haunting of the 20th century Ralph Ellison |
| #8298, aired 2020-12-09 | KEN JENNINGS KNOWS THE G.O.A.T. (GREATEST OF ALL TIME) $800: (Ken Jennings presents the clue.) Among the greatest archaeological discoveries are King Tut’s tomb, & more recently, the remains of this last Plantagenet king of England; his skeleton, uncovered in a Leicester parking lot, of all places, showed signs of a fatal battle wound & scoliosis Richard III |
| #8298, aired 2020-12-09 | KEN JENNINGS KNOWS THE G.O.A.T. (GREATEST OF ALL TIME) $1000: (Ken Jennings presents the clue.) Even with his 1997 loss to Deep Blue, an IBM computer (I know how that feels), this Soviet-born chess master ranks as probably the greatest player of all time--though for my money, his Sicilian defense got a bit predictable Kasparov |
| #8293, aired 2020-12-02 | CROSSWORD CLUES "G" $400: French device that took a little off the top
(10) guillotine |
| #8293, aired 2020-12-02 | CROSSWORD CLUES "G" $800: Severe congestion on the road
(8) gridlock |
| #8293, aired 2020-12-02 | CROSSWORD CLUES "G" $1200: Sociable or extroverted
(10) gregarious |
| #8293, aired 2020-12-02 | CROSSWORD CLUES "G" $1600: A small ape, like a siamang
(6) gibbon |
| #8293, aired 2020-12-02 | CROSSWORD CLUES "G" $2000: Pertinent to the topic
(7) germane |
| #8290, aired 2020-11-27 | PAPERBACK WRITER $800: When it comes to "L is for Lawless" & "C is for Corpse", "G" is for this bestselling mystery author (Sue) Grafton |
| #8286, aired 2020-11-23 | 6-LETTER DOUBLE G WORDS $400: To move a doorknob to & fro with short, quick jerks jiggle |
| #8286, aired 2020-11-23 | 6-LETTER DOUBLE G WORDS $800: To bicker over a price haggle |
| #8286, aired 2020-11-23 | 6-LETTER DOUBLE G WORDS $1200: This music style blends Calypso & rhythm & blues, mon reggae |
| #8286, aired 2020-11-23 | 6-LETTER DOUBLE G WORDS $1600: Is this a short, swordlike weapon used for stabbing which I see before me? a dagger |
| #8286, aired 2020-11-23 | 6-LETTER DOUBLE G WORDS $2000: It's a Scottish pudding, laddie, if ye like yer pudding wi' meat! haggis |
| #8285, aired 2020-11-20 | 20th CENTURY POP CULTURE $2000: According to Billboard, this sax man was the No. 1 instrumentalist of the 1990s Kenny G |
| #8283, aired 2020-11-18 | V.O. INITIALS $600: Mater in "Cars":
L.T.C.G. Larry the Cable Guy |
| #8280, aired 2020-11-13 | INVENTORS & INVENTIONS $2,000 (Daily Double): Inspired as a boy by H.G. Wells' "War of the Worlds", he launched the world's first liquid-fueled rocket in 1926 (Robert) Goddard |
| #8279, aired 2020-11-12 | FEMINISM $600: In a feminist move the women's social & political union insisted on saying this word with a hard "G", as in "We'll get the vote" suffragette |
| #8275, aired 2020-11-06 | U.S. HISTORY $800: The Senate didn't ratify the Treaty of Versailles, so this G.O.P. president proclaimed peace between the U.S. & Germany in 1921 Harding |
| #8252, aired 2020-10-06 | KEN JENNINGS KNOWS MOUNTAIN G.O.A.T.s $200: (Ken Jennings presents the clue.) One of the first two men to summit Everest and a part of my personal Mount Rushmore of all-time climbers, he also tractored to the South Pole five years later in 1958 Edmund Hillary |
| #8252, aired 2020-10-06 | KEN JENNINGS KNOWS MOUNTAIN G.O.A.T.s $400: (Ken Jennings presents the clue.) In 2015, Dani Arnold climbed this 14,700-foot peak in the Pennine Alps in one hour, 46 minutes, but I did Disneyland's in, like, a minute the Matterhorn |
| #8252, aired 2020-10-06 | KEN JENNINGS KNOWS MOUNTAIN G.O.A.T.s $600: (Ken Jennings presents the clue.) Though the Freerider route takes most people four days, it took Alex Honnold about four hours, ropeless and using some holds the width of a pencil, to climb El Capitan in this national park Yosemite |
| #8252, aired 2020-10-06 | KEN JENNINGS KNOWS MOUNTAIN G.O.A.T.s $800: (Ken Jennings presents the clue.) Braving subzero temps on June 7th, 1913, Walter Harper was the first person to stand atop this 20,310-foot peak; Of Athabascan heritage, he was the one Native American member of the expedition, and the mountain itself is now known by its indigenous name Denali (Mount McKinley) |
| #8252, aired 2020-10-06 | KEN JENNINGS KNOWS MOUNTAIN G.O.A.T.s $1000: (Ken Jennings presents the clue.) "Go Canada" In 2018, Monique Richard overcame a fall into a crevice to be the first woman to solo summit this mountain, Canada's tallest Mount Logan |
| #8249, aired 2020-10-01 | MOVIE THRILLERS $800: This 2020 thriller based on an H.G. Wells novel had the title character as an abusive ex stalking Elisabeth Moss The Invisible Man |
| #8245, aired 2020-09-25 | 1920 $400: This Republican won the presidential election, defeating Democrat James Cox in a landslide Warren G. Harding |
| #8222, aired 2020-05-26 | ACCORD $1,600 (Daily Double): The 1985 Plaza Accord devalued the dollar in relation to this, the currency of the only Asian G-5 member the yen (of Japan) |
| #8205, aired 2020-04-17 | 3 G's $400: It can refer to burdensome past emotional experiences, or suitcases for a trip luggage (baggage) |
| #8205, aired 2020-04-17 | 3 G's $800: Still sleepy when you first wake up groggy |
| #8205, aired 2020-04-17 | 3 G's $1200: It's the process of identifying & removing errors from computer software debugging |
| #8205, aired 2020-04-17 | 3 G's $1600: Took repeated evasive action, as in "I" did this motion "frantically to try to shake my pursuer" zigzagged |
| #8205, aired 2020-04-17 | 3 G's $2000: From the Latin for "join together", it's a new whole formed by combining several separate elements aggregate |
| #8202, aired 2020-04-14 | GARDEN SPOTS $2000: Check out the water lilies in Monet's garden in this French town that like "garden", starts with a "G" Giverny |
| #8198, aired 2020-04-08 | BEVERAGES $800: Its G Organic Thirst Quenchers come in such flavors as mixed berry & passion fruit Gatorade |
| #8171, aired 2020-03-02 | MUSIC $1600: Gamelan orchestras in Indonesia make good use of this "G" percussion item a gong |
| #8162, aired 2020-02-18 | THE 20th CENTURY $1000: In 1956 it was g'day for the Olympics held here, the first held in the Southern Hemisphere Melbourne |
| #8156, aired 2020-02-10 | SATURN $400: Made up primarily of dust & ice, these of the planet Saturn are divided into 7 groups, A through G the rings |
| #8152, aired 2020-02-04 | GIVE US ONE LETTER $400: Let's pull this unit of acceleration equal to the acceleration of gravity at the earth's surface G |
| #8152, aired 2020-02-04 | HELLO! $800: The OED spells this Australian greeting with an apostrophe g'day |
| #8147, aired 2020-01-28 | MILITARY ABBREVIATIONS $1000: To some, G.I. means "government issue"; MacArthur thought it meant this "issue" & couldn't stand the term general |
| #4, aired 2020-01-08 | "G"EOGRAPHY $400: Lambeau knows this 118-mile-long inlet that receives the waters of the Fox River Green Bay |
| #4, aired 2020-01-08 | "G"EOGRAPHY $800: Apotgan & Dededo are major towns on this island, an unincorporated territory of the U.S. since 1898 Guam |
| #4, aired 2020-01-08 | "G"EOGRAPHY $1200: Founded in 1531, this capital of a Mexican state bears the name of a province of Spain Guadalajara |
| #4, aired 2020-01-08 | "G"EOGRAPHY $2000: (Jimmy Kimmel delivers the clue.) One of my hobbies is fly-fishing & I've done some on this Montana river near Bozeman where most of the fishing scenes in "A River Runs Through It" were filmed the Gallatin |
| #4, aired 2020-01-08 | I JUST TOOK A DNA TEST $2000: DNA is composed of nucleotides, which contain 4 nitrogenous bases represented by these 4 letters A, C, G & T |
| #4, aired 2020-01-08 | "G"EOGRAPHY $8,400 (Daily Double): Rhino tracking at the Mokolodi Nature Reserve is something to try on a visit to this capital city Gaborone |
| #8126, aired 2019-12-30 | FASHION BRANDS $800: This footwear brand turns up often in hip-hop lyrics; the Notorious B.I.G. & Smif-n-Wessun called them "Timbs" Timberlands |
| #8123, aired 2019-12-25 | ON THE MOVIE'S SOUNDTRACK $400: A 2015 biopic: "Nuthin' But A 'G' Thang" & "We Want Eazy" Straight Outta Compton |
| #8121, aired 2019-12-23 | THE "LL", "LL" YOU SAY! $400: William G. Morgan invented this sport in 1895 volleyball |
| #8114, aired 2019-12-12 | DESIGNER INITIALS $600: He's well-suited as Italy's most successful designer: G.A. Giorgio Armani |
| #8111, aired 2019-12-09 | NINE TALES $800: He helps the twit Bertie Wooster out of jams in P.G. Wodehouse's "Leave it to" him & him "and the Unbidden Guest" Jeeves |
| #8104, aired 2019-11-28 | FROM G TO G $200: This North American rodent is classified as a marmot, but is basically a large squirrel a groundhog |
| #8104, aired 2019-11-28 | FROM G TO G $400: It's the offspring of a gander a gosling |
| #8104, aired 2019-11-28 | FROM G TO G $600: There are 12 species of this aromatic herb with a name from Chinese meaning "root of heaven" ginseng |
| #8104, aired 2019-11-28 | FROM G TO G $800: Used for covering a hole or window, it's a metal frame with bars across it grating |
| #8104, aired 2019-11-28 | FROM G TO G $1000: A ration of rum mixed with water aboard an old Navy ship grog |
| #8102, aired 2019-11-26 | PLAY DOCTOR $1200: Dr. Begriffenfeldt appears in this "P.G." Ibsen play about a legendary Norwegian hero Peer Gynt |
| #8085, aired 2019-11-01 | THEIR MAIN MUSICAL INSTRUMENT $400: Kenny G saxophone |
| #8084, aired 2019-10-31 | COLOR TELEVISION $1000: Inspired by stories of G.K. Chesterton, this show features a Catholic priest with a knack for solving mysteries in an English village Father Brown |
| #8074, aired 2019-10-17 | '60s POP CULTURE $400: Complete with combat boots & a dog tag, he made his debut at a 1964 toy fair G.I. Joe |
| #8069, aired 2019-10-10 | THE "NIGHT" WATCH $800: A group of dropouts are trying to get their G.E.D.s in this film starring Tiffany Haddish & Kevin Hart Night School |
| #8065, aired 2019-10-04 | '90s NO. 1 HITS $2000: In 1997 this late rapper had "Mo Money Mo Problems" the Notorious B.I.G. |
| #8048, aired 2019-09-11 | CLASSICAL DANCE $1200: Bach's keyboard suites include music for this happy dance, 5 letters long (not 3) & starting with "G" (not "J") a gigue |
| #8047, aired 2019-09-10 | PSYCHOLOGY $1200: G. Stanley Hall, the 19th C. founder of child psychology, said, "men grow old because they stop" doing this, not the other way around playing |
| #8043, aired 2019-07-24 | LETTER IMPERFECT $1200: The old East Coast accent like Katharine Hepburn's or William F. Buckley's was marked by dropping this letter R |
| #8039, aired 2019-07-18 | THE EDGARS $400: "G" is for grand master as well as this woman who received the 2009 Grand Master Award Sue Grafton |
| #8033, aired 2019-07-10 | MNEMONICS $400: To distinguish these 2 cave formations:
the one containing a "C" hangs from the ceiling, the one with a "G" rises from the ground stalactites and stalagmites |
| #8030, aired 2019-07-05 | "G.O." $400: Christian denomination predominant in Athens Greek Orthodox |
| #8030, aired 2019-07-05 | "G.O." $800: "Precious metal" term for a song that was a hit decades ago a golden oldie |
| #8030, aired 2019-07-05 | "G.O." $1200: A legal action by a court restricting comment by the participants in a lawsuit a gag order |
| #8030, aired 2019-07-05 | "G.O." $1600: There's shiny lip color in this idiom meaning to minimize problems or unpleasant events gloss over |
| #8030, aired 2019-07-05 | "G.O." $2000: When a satellite is "in" one of these, it appears to be in a fixed position with respect to the Earth below geosynchronous orbit |
| #8018, aired 2019-06-19 | 5-SYLLABLE WORDS $1000: The word embellishment, as of a story, has 2 L's; this synonym has 2 G's exaggeration |
| #8008, aired 2019-06-05 | FOOTWEAR BRANDS $400: This Italian brand sells its classic loafers with its iconic double G hardware Gucci |
| #8008, aired 2019-06-05 | TIMBERLAND $800: GP is this big lumber & paper products company; the "G" is for the state where it began Georgia Pacific |
| #7989, aired 2019-05-09 | AN APP FOR TEACHER $600: This company's app called Classroom helps you streamline your classes & is included free with its G Suite for Education Google |
| #7989, aired 2019-05-09 | FILM TEACHERS $800: In "Night School" Tiffany Haddish uses extreme methods to help this comedian get his G.E.D. (Kevin) Hart |
| #7989, aired 2019-05-09 | LITERARY CHARACTERS $1600: A tailor in a play by G.B. Shaw, he extracts a thorn from a lion's paw & is spared later in the arena by that lion Androcles |
| #7989, aired 2019-05-09 | LITERARY CHARACTERS $2000: With bleached skin & large eyes, the Morlocks are strange beasts from the future created by this author H.G. Wells |
| #7982, aired 2019-04-30 | CROSSWORD CLUES "G" $400: Football field
(8) gridiron |
| #7982, aired 2019-04-30 | CROSSWORD CLUES "G" $800: Uncredited author
(11) ghostwriter |
| #7982, aired 2019-04-30 | CROSSWORD CLUES "G" $1200: 12 dozen
(5) gross |
| #7982, aired 2019-04-30 | CROSSWORD CLUES "G" $1600: Ruby impostor
(6) garnet |
| #7982, aired 2019-04-30 | CROSSWORD CLUES "G" $2000: Stimulate, or coat metal with zinc
(9) galvanize |
| #7972, aired 2019-04-16 | THE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE $1200: (Kelly of the Clue Crew gives the clue from the Franklin Institute.) The Edward G. Budd Company, maker of metal car parts, tried its hand at aircraft, and produced the first one entirely made of this heavy alliterative alloy to take flight--still has a nice shine to it stainless steel |
| #7968, aired 2019-04-10 | "M.G." $400: Let's have a Carnival on this, literally "fat Tuesday" Mardi Gras |
| #7968, aired 2019-04-10 | "M.G." $800: Catalina Island has an 18-hole course for this mini golf |
| #7968, aired 2019-04-10 | "M.G." $1200: These stocky ruminants have muscular legs & broad hooves, making them surefooted climbers mountain goats |
| #7968, aired 2019-04-10 | "M.G." $1600: A song from "The Pirates of Penzance" says, "In matters vegetable, animal, & mineral, I am the very model of a modern" major-general |
| #7968, aired 2019-04-10 | "M.G." $2000: It's the climbing vine seen here morning glory |
| #7967, aired 2019-04-09 | MUSIC FESTIVALS $2000: 2018 was a "fallow year" for this "G"iant English festival, skipped to give its fields time to recover from the huge crowds Glastonbury |
| #7963, aired 2019-04-03 | DUMPLINGS BY ANY OTHER NAME $1000: These dumplings, the Japanese equivalent of potstickers, start with the letter "G" & end up in a dipping sauce--& my mouth gyoza |
| #7959, aired 2019-03-28 | LETTER PERFECT $1200: This letter in a timezone abbreviation refers to a royal observatory at the prime meridian G |
| #7958, aired 2019-03-27 | HE WAS SENATOR & PRESIDENT $600: This Ohioan found the Senate "far more to my liking than" being pres. could be; scandal & death in office followed Warren G. Harding |
| #7949, aired 2019-03-14 | G.O.T. $200: This capital city is on a delta just inland from the Gulf of Thailand Bangkok |
| #7949, aired 2019-03-14 | G.O.T. $400: This "G.O.T." phrase means the same as "more or less", more or less give or take |
| #7949, aired 2019-03-14 | G.O.T. $600: "Game of Thrones" viewers await the final season & an attack by these alliterative invaders & their army of the undead the White Walkers |
| #7949, aired 2019-03-14 | G.O.T. $800: Pub memorabilia websites sell signs advertising this "G.O.T." --the sign of a fine Irish bar "Guinness on tap" |
| #7949, aired 2019-03-14 | G.O.T. $1000: Gregory of Tours wrote a sixth-century history about the Merovingian Kingdom of these people the Franks |
| #7945, aired 2019-03-08 | SWAP THE VOWELS $2000: A British lockup can swap its vowels to become this netted area goal |
| #7940, aired 2019-03-01 | 20th CENTURY BESTSELLERS $400: 1916's "Mr. Britling Sees It Through" by this author tried to make sense of the madness of WWI; no time travel involved H.G. Wells |
| #7925, aired 2019-02-08 | THE TITLE PLANET $400: For reasons of his own, W.G. Sebald about a walking tour of England's east coast "The Rings of" this Saturn |
| #7911, aired 2019-01-21 | 3 G CAPABILITY $200: There's a (nonalcoholic) Southern Comfort brand of this Christmas drink eggnog |
| #7911, aired 2019-01-21 | 3 G CAPABILITY $400: It's the group name, seen here a gaggle of geese |
| #7911, aired 2019-01-21 | 3 G CAPABILITY $600: A batter making 275 total bases in 500 times at bat has this kind of percentage of .550 slugging |
| #7911, aired 2019-01-21 | 3 G CAPABILITY $800: The main topmast stay is part of this, the system of ropes & chains supporting sails rigging |
| #7911, aired 2019-01-21 | 3 G CAPABILITY $1000: This term can apply geologically to a rock or just mean combined aggregate |
| #7911, aired 2019-01-21 | TRANSPORTATION $1000: In the country hit "Drunk on a plane", a 737 is "rockin' like a G6", the G short for this aircraft maker Gulfstream |
| #7907, aired 2019-01-15 | SEND ME A LETTER $800: A 6-string guitar's low & high strings are typically tuned to this note E |
| #7903, aired 2019-01-09 | WHEEL OF JEOPARDY! $400: Three or more giving mutual support
A G R _ _ P
_ _ G a group hug |
| #7903, aired 2019-01-09 | BARTLETT'S, A TO Z $800: G:
Him for "Nonviolence is the first article of my faith" Gandhi |
| #7903, aired 2019-01-09 | WHEEL OF JEOPARDY! $800: Precursor to the SUV
S T _ T _ _ _
W _ G _ _ station wagon |
| #7893, aired 2018-12-26 | "W"RITERS $400: His first published book was a biology text; his first novel was "The Time Machine" (H. G.) Wells |
| #7881, aired 2018-12-10 | I WANNA SAX YOU UP $1200: This man whose real last name is Gorelick tweeted a pic of himself on a T-shirt that said "Nobody blows harder" than him Kenny G |
| #7877, aired 2018-12-04 | CROSSWORD CLUES "G" $200: Japanese teahouse entertainer
(6) a geisha |
| #7877, aired 2018-12-04 | CROSSWORD CLUES "G" $400: Mythical eagle-lion hybrid
(7) a griffin |
| #7877, aired 2018-12-04 | CROSSWORD CLUES "G" $600: A turkey's gizzard, heart & liver, collectively
(7) the giblets |
| #7877, aired 2018-12-04 | CROSSWORD CLUES "G" $800: To move about aimlessly
(3) gad |
| #7877, aired 2018-12-04 | CROSSWORD CLUES "G" $1000: Potato dumplings
(7) gnocchi |
| #7876, aired 2018-12-03 | FREE TIME IN ORBIT $1600: Astronaut Don Pettit used this "effect" with the name of the smallest blood vessel to create a zero-G coffee cup capillary effect |
| #7871, aired 2018-11-26 | TV TITLE CHARACTERS $200: He plays Tray, "The Last O.G." Tracy Morgan |
| #7867, aired 2018-11-20 | SILENT "G" $200: California is no stranger to these dry spells when average rainfall is below normal for months or years a drought |
| #7867, aired 2018-11-20 | SILENT "G" $400: King Juan Carlos I's one of these in Spain lasted from 1975 to 2014 reign |
| #7867, aired 2018-11-20 | SILENT "G" $600: It's the fella seen here a gnome |
| #7867, aired 2018-11-20 | SCORPIOS $600: U.S. presidents who were Scorpios include Warren G. Harding & this man who served from 1901 to 1909 Teddy Roosevelt |
| #7867, aired 2018-11-20 | SILENT "G" $800: Mister Rogers sang, "Would you be mine? Could you be mine?...Won't you be my" this neighbor |
| #7867, aired 2018-11-20 | SILENT "G" $1000: Wildebeest is another name for this large antelope a gnu |
| #7860, aired 2018-11-09 | TO GRIND $1600: To grind their food, birds use this organ that also starts with "G" gizzard |
| #7859, aired 2018-11-08 | PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN $200: Passed in 1944, the G.I. Bill gave loans, school grants & more to these people veterans |
| #7856, aired 2018-11-05 | SISTER CITIES $400: Boring, Oregon & Dull, Scotland are informal sister communities; some wanted to say g'day to Bland in this foreign nation Australia |
| #7854, aired 2018-11-01 | THE MINOR LEAGUES $800: The G league, formerly the D-League, is this association's official minor league the NBA |
| #7852, aired 2018-10-30 | A BIT OLD FASHION $200: For that Oliver Hardy or Edward G. Robinson look, wear a wide one of these ending a mile north of the belt a necktie |
| #7849, aired 2018-10-25 | HEY JOE $400: A foot tall, he was introduced in 1964 & soon accounted for 2/3 of Hasbro's profits G.I. Joe |
| #7845, aired 2018-10-19 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY $800: Ron Brown in 1989 for the Democrats & Michael Steele in 2009 for the G.O.P. were the first black holders of this post chairman of the party |
| #7845, aired 2018-10-19 | HANGING WITH FAMOUS PEOPLE $1000: These two men, an actor-director & a writer, have a nice chat, perhaps about their last names being homophones Orson Welles and H.G. Wells |
| #7829, aired 2018-09-27 | "G" IS FOR... $200: This burrowing rodent; the pocket type is native to North America a gopher |
| #7829, aired 2018-09-27 | "G" IS FOR... $400: This Dutch cheese that's named for a port near Rotterdam Gouda |
| #7829, aired 2018-09-27 | "G" IS FOR... $600: This small sac that store about 1 1/2 ounces of bile at a time the gallbladder |
| #7829, aired 2018-09-27 | "G" IS FOR... $800: This genre of novel satirized by Jane Austen in "Northanger Abbey" gothic |
| #7829, aired 2018-09-27 | "G" IS FOR... $1000: This plural-sounding medical specialty that deals specifically with the elderly geriatrics |
| #7828, aired 2018-09-26 | GETTING COORDINATED $2000: "G.I." hope you know that 0 degrees latitude & 180 degrees longitude is just east of this group, part of Kiribati Gilbert Islands |
| #7821, aired 2018-09-17 | COMPAN"EE"S $1000: In 1933 R.G. Dun & Company merged with this rival Bradstreet |
| #7816, aired 2018-09-10 | LITERATURE $400: In this H.G. Wells classic, the narrator is "drawn on by the...Earth's fate" & sees it in "strides of a thousand years" The Time Machine |
| #7814, aired 2018-07-26 | THIS CATEGORY IS "P.G." $400: Talk back to Grandpa & he may say, "No comments from" this, the audience section on "The Howdy Doody Show" the peanut gallery |
| #7814, aired 2018-07-26 | THIS CATEGORY IS "P.G." $800: The PG movies--well, PG-13--of this P.G. include "San Andreas" & "Cinderella Man" Paul Giamatti |
| #7814, aired 2018-07-26 | THIS CATEGORY IS "P.G." $1600: This rodent is named for its cheek pouches pocket gopher |
| #7814, aired 2018-07-26 | THIS CATEGORY IS "P.G." $2000: Now a museum, the Palazzo Venier Dei Leoni in Venice houses the art collection of this American heiress Peggy Guggenheim |
| #7814, aired 2018-07-26 | THIS CATEGORY IS "P.G." $3,000 (Daily Double): It's also called the hypophysis because it lies under the brain the pituitary gland |
| #7813, aired 2018-07-25 | CAPITAL LETTERS $2000: "G", I'll bet you can name this capital of Chechnya Grozny |
| #7810, aired 2018-07-20 | LANGUAGE $2000: In Turkish a "G" under a little curvy line is basically silent, as in this last name of Recep, Turkey's leader since 2003 Erdoğan |
| #7801, aired 2018-07-09 | ALLITERATIVE LIT $800: In H.G. Wells' "War of the Worlds", explosions seen on the surface of this planet led to disaster for humanity Mars |
| #7795, aired 2018-06-29 | BURNIN' LOVE SONGS $2000: This widow of the Notorious B.I.G. was "Burnin' Up" on a track featuring Missy Elliott Faith Evans |
| #7789, aired 2018-06-21 | WHO HAS MY LETTER? $200: "String" that's a skimpy article of clothing a g-string |
| #7780, aired 2018-06-08 | "U" KNOW IT! $400: Wanting to emulate Thomas More, H.G. Wells wrote of a "modern" one utopia |
| #7760, aired 2018-05-11 | WHAT'S ON? $200: The 2018 series "Unsolved" is subtitled "The Murders of" him "& the Notorious B.I.G." Tupac |
| #7756, aired 2018-05-07 | COLLEGES OF OXFORD $400: The college name seen here, founded in 1458, is pronounced with this consonant silent the G |
| #7753, aired 2018-05-02 | CONTEMPORARY COMPOSERS $800: The film "Notes on a Scandal" was rated R, but the music was pure "P.G.", this composer Philip Glass |
| #7752, aired 2018-05-01 | THE NAME OF THE JAMES $2000: This former Maine senator & Secretary of State narrowly lost the 1884 presidential election to Grover Cleveland James G. Blaine |
| #7751, aired 2018-04-30 | THE B.G.s $200: Aboard this ship, Benjamin Guggenheim took off his lifebelt, put on evening clothes & wrote to his wife the Titanic |
| #7751, aired 2018-04-30 | THE B.G.s $400: He co-founded a company called Traf-O-Data while still in high school Bill Gates |
| #7751, aired 2018-04-30 | THE B.G.s $600: A final score from 1964:
LBJ 486, this B.G. 52 (Barry) Goldwater |
| #7751, aired 2018-04-30 | THE B.G.s $800: In 1986 big band legend Benny Goodman spent his last hours of life practicing Brahms on this instrument the clarinet |
| #7751, aired 2018-04-30 | LITERARY CHARACTERS $1000: P.G. Wodehouse in his first story said all this man did was announce, "Mrs. Travers, sir" but his role later expanded Jeeves |
| #7751, aired 2018-04-30 | THE B.G.s $1000: This Georgia signer of the Declaration of Independence was as cute as a small clothing fastener Button Gwinnett |
| #7739, aired 2018-04-12 | VIDEO GAMES $1000: This European-sounding game that fans call "G.T." bills itself as "the real driving simulator" Gran Turismo |
| #7735, aired 2018-04-06 | VINTAGE CARS WITH PEDIGREES $1600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from the Nethercutt Collection.) The 1930 Dupont Model G town car, personally restored by J.B. Nethercutt over 18 months, was featured in the 1982 film "Annie" as the car of this wealthy character Daddy Warbucks |
| #7731, aired 2018-04-02 | PLANETARY FACTS $200: This planet's rings are arranged into 7 main groups, A-G Saturn |
| #7727, aired 2018-03-27 | SILENT G $400: Navy rank equal to an Army 2nd looie an ensign |
| #7727, aired 2018-03-27 | MOVIE TITLES GET RELIGION $400: In the title of a 1957 movie that reworks G.B. Shaw's original text, this word precedes "Joan" saint |
| #7727, aired 2018-03-27 | SILENT G $800: To grind your molars together in rage to gnash |
| #7727, aired 2018-03-27 | SILENT G $1200: A supreme ruler like a monarch sovereign |
| #7727, aired 2018-03-27 | SILENT G $1600: To defame or slander to malign |
| #7727, aired 2018-03-27 | SILENT G $2000: A metamorphic rock rich in quartz; awww! That's...! gneiss |
| #7723, aired 2018-03-21 | LAWYER TV $400: Former Navy fighter pilot & attorney Harmon Rabb, as played by David James Elliot J.A.G. |
| #7706, aired 2018-02-26 | YOU TWO $400: In the Bible, D&G:
Sling & stone vs. sword & spear David and Goliath |
| #7701, aired 2018-02-19 | THE "G" 8 $1200: Nickname for one very interested in the engines of Fairlanes or Fokkers gearhead |
| #7701, aired 2018-02-19 | THE "G" 8 $1600: "Place of the skull" in Matthew 27 Golgotha |
| #7701, aired 2018-02-19 | THE "G" 8 $2000: Referring to its powerful jaws, used to crack seeds, the name of this finch is from the French for "large bill" a grosbeak |
| #7698, aired 2018-02-14 | DECADES OF CLASSIC TOYS $400: In the 1960s Mattel & Hasbro introduced these 2 classic male dolls, one a perfect date & one a perfect soldier Ken and G.I. Joe |
| #7698, aired 2018-02-14 | NAME GAME $1600: This middle name of President Warren G. Harding is the name of a teacher of Paul in the Bible Gamaliel |
| #7695, aired 2018-02-09 | BASS-O-MATIC $1600: A sea bass called the "giant" this G-word can reach 900 pounds; despite the name, it's solitary a grouper |
| #7693, aired 2018-02-07 | THE WASHINGTON POST $400: Donald L. Neiffer is the chief one of these doctors at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C. veterinarian |
| #7686, aired 2018-01-29 | THE WORDS OF H.G. WELLS $200: Appropriately, it's the novel in which Wells coined the phrase "time traveller" The Time Machine |
| #7686, aired 2018-01-29 | THE WORDS OF H.G. WELLS $400: Wells imagined an overwhelmingly destructive explosive called this 6-letter "bomb" more than 100 years ago atomic |
| #7686, aired 2018-01-29 | THE WORDS OF H.G. WELLS $600: Wells preached & definitely practiced this 2-word phrase for ignoring the conventional constraints of marriage free love (or an open marriage) |
| #7686, aired 2018-01-29 | THE WORDS OF H.G. WELLS $800: Long before "Sliders" or "Fringe" hit TV screens, Wells talked about these universes in "Men Like Gods" parallel universes |
| #7686, aired 2018-01-29 | THE WORDS OF H.G. WELLS $1000: We use it today for the arrival ashore of a storm; Wells used it to mean the arrival of an airplane landfall |
| #7676, aired 2018-01-15 | SCIENCE WITH IAIN ARMITAGE $1000: (Iain Armitage presents the clue.) The 2017 Nobel Physics Prize was for using these waves, the "G" in the LIGO observatory, to understand the universe gravitational |
| #7668, aired 2018-01-03 | DIETS $400: Elisabeth Hasselbeck wrote "The G-Free Diet", a survival guide to being free of this G gluten |
| #7665, aired 2017-12-29 | ANIMAL GROUPINGS $800: It's not a G'day when you get mauled by a mob of these largest marsupials, & yes, as a group, they are a mob kangaroos |
| #7657, aired 2017-12-19 | AMERICAN HISTORY $1000: In 1915 the 1st transcontinental telephone call was made when A.G. Bell called this former assistant in San Francisco (Thomas) Watson |
| #7647, aired 2017-12-05 | "G" STRING $400: An alphabetical list of terms from one specific field of knowledge a glossary |
| #7647, aired 2017-12-05 | "G" STRING $800: The width of the business end of a firearm; a shotgun's might be 12 gauge |
| #7647, aired 2017-12-05 | "G" STRING $1200: An embarrassing mistake made in public a gaffe |
| #7647, aired 2017-12-05 | "G" STRING $1600: A butcher may trim away this unpleasantly chewy part of meat gristle |
| #7647, aired 2017-12-05 | "G" STRING $2000: There are about 20 different varieties of this large, Australian monitor goanna |
| #7642, aired 2017-11-28 | LITERATURE $400: Drop "the" from an H.G. Wells title to get the name of this 1952 novel narrated by a nameless young black man Invisible Man |
| #7640, aired 2017-11-24 | DETECTIVE FICTION $800: She's won several Shamus Awards for her Alphabet mysteries, including "G is for Gumshoe" Sue Grafton |
| #7630, aired 2017-11-10 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $400: A sudden loud chord in an otherwise slow movement gives this nickname to Haydn's Symphony No. 94 in G Major Surprise |
| #7628, aired 2017-11-08 | NOTORIOUS $400: Upon his arrest in 1933, "Machine Gun" Kelly inadvertently gave this nickname to the FBI agents who nabbed him G-men |
| #7626, aired 2017-11-06 | STARS' INITIAL SHOWS $400: James Franco & Seth Rogen, 1999:
"F. and G." Freaks and Geeks |
| #7619, aired 2017-10-26 | ALL ARE INVITED $200: All ages are allowed at movies rated G--the G is short for this general |
| #7612, aired 2017-10-17 | A SUFFIX WILL SUFFICE $800: Cut out this suffix & you could be left with "append" or "tonsill" -ectomy |
| #7609, aired 2017-10-12 | MEN & WOMEN OF LETTERS $800: Sci-fi author James Graham (J.G.) Ballard |
| #7601, aired 2017-10-02 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $2000: The song "My Dog Has Fleas" is often used to tune its 4 strings, G-C-E-A a ukulele |
| #7600, aired 2017-09-29 | NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WINNING WORDS $800: In 1948 the winning word was this medical branch that deals with the treatment & prevention of mental illness P-S-Y-C-H-I-A-T-R-Y |
| #7600, aired 2017-09-29 | NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WINNING WORDS $1200: In 1981 Paige Pipkin buried the competition with this word for an ancient stone coffin S-A-R-C-O-P-H-A-G-U-S |
| #7596, aired 2017-09-25 | THE CITY'S TV SHOW $800: Lee Iacocca, G.Gordon Liddy & the Fat Boys guested on this 1980s Don Johnson superhip cop show Miami Vice |
| #7589, aired 2017-09-14 | THEIR FIRST PUBLISHED NOVEL $800: "The Time Machine"
(1895) H.G. Wells |
| #7577, aired 2017-07-18 | "G", WE LOVE ART $400: Sociologist Gregory Snyder says campaigns against this always "tag" it as vandalism, never art graffiti |
| #7577, aired 2017-07-18 | "G", WE LOVE ART $800: He roomed with van Gogh in Arles, partly as a favor to van Gogh's brother Theo (Paul) Gauguin |
| #7577, aired 2017-07-18 | ICE CREAM COHENS $1000: As his character Ali G., this British comic once pitched the product ice cream gloves Sacha Baron Cohen |
| #7577, aired 2017-07-18 | "G", WE LOVE ART $1200: This 18th century English painter captured his own daughters chasing a butterfly Gainsborough |
| #7577, aired 2017-07-18 | "G", WE LOVE ART $1600: A school of art is named for the Flemish cities of Bruges & this Ghent |
| #7577, aired 2017-07-18 | "G", WE LOVE ART $2000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a painting on the monitor.) In Christian art, a basket of fruit represents the circle of life, death & resurrection, while this yellow bird symbolizes the Passion of Christ because it fed on thorns & thistles a goldfinch |
| #7573, aired 2017-07-12 | GEOG. DICT. ABBREV. $1600: G.R.:
this place where wild animals are kept safe a game reserve |
| #7569, aired 2017-07-06 | BRIT LIT $1200: "Aunts Aren't Gentlemen" was the last pairing of Jeeves & Wooster in a comedy novel by this Englishman (P. G.) Wodehouse |
| #7564, aired 2017-06-29 | FREQUENTLY BANNED BOOKS $400: This H.G. Bissinger book about a small-town Texas football squad was oft-penalized Friday Night Lights |
| #7546, aired 2017-06-05 | CLASSICAL MUSIC AT THE BALLPARK $200: Batting first, Symphony No. 40 in g minor by this Austrian who always leads his league in hits Mozart |
| #7544, aired 2017-06-01 | LONG NONSTOP FLIGHTS $800: G'day! & g'night! This carrier flies 8,600 miles & 15 1/2 hours between Sydney & Dallas Qantas |
| #7536, aired 2017-05-22 | 19th CENTURY CONGRESSMEN $1200: James G. Blaine, former co-owner of the Kennebec Journal, repped this state Maine |
| #7506, aired 2017-04-10 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $1200: At 7 this Polish-born composer wrote a "Polonaise In G Minor" Chopin |
| #7500, aired 2017-03-31 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $400: The first part of this H.G. Wells novel is "The Coming of the Martians"; part 2 is "The Earth Under the Martians" War of the Worlds |
| #7493, aired 2017-03-22 | THE HUMAN BODY $2,000 (Daily Double): The principal muscle of respiration, it's the proud owner of a silent "G" the diaphragm |
| #7487, aired 2017-03-14 | IT'S A TOY HALL-ER $800: This action figure with 21 moving parts & "life like hair" stepped up for a different kind of induction in 2004 G.I. Joe |
| #7480, aired 2017-03-03 | THE DREADED SPELLING CATEGORY $200: This common bovine of the African savanna; it's only three letters G-N-U |
| #7477, aired 2017-02-28 | ABBREV. $1000: G.I., this index, is the measure of how fast & how much a food raises blood sugar levels glycemic index |
| #7471, aired 2017-02-20 | WOMEN WRITERS $400: For 10 years she wrote for Entertainment Weekly; since she published "Gone Girl", EW covers her Gillian Flynn |
| #7461, aired 2017-02-06 | A FICTIONAL DEATH $200: Post-mortem the title character of this H.G. Wells novel can be seen, hands & feet first The Invisible Man |
| #7461, aired 2017-02-06 | HARD "G" $400: The midnight to 8 A.M. shift the graveyard shift |
| #7461, aired 2017-02-06 | HARD "G" $800: "Mikado" librettist Gilbert |
| #7461, aired 2017-02-06 | HARD "G" $1200: There's a ruffed type of this game bird a grouse |
| #7461, aired 2017-02-06 | HARD "G" $1600: He built what's now Hollywood's TCL Chinese Theatre (Sid) Grauman |
| #7461, aired 2017-02-06 | HARD "G" $2000: Japanese dumplings gyoza |
| #7454, aired 2017-01-26 | OSCAR HOSTS $400: G'day! In 1987, one of the hosts was Paul Hogan, cleaned up after playing this title guy the year before Crocodile Dundee |
| #7448, aired 2017-01-18 | BIOGRAPHIES $400: This G-man got booked & printed in Curt Gentry's bio subtitled "The Man and the Secrets" (J. Edgar) Hoover |
| #7444, aired 2017-01-12 | YOU'RE THE MAN! $2000: This author of "The Time Machine" is "The Man Who Invented Tomorrow" H.G. Wells |
| #7441, aired 2017-01-09 | "G" CITIES $400: It's the football-mad seat of Brown County, Wisconsin Green Bay |
| #7441, aired 2017-01-09 | "G" CITIES $800: This southwestern Swiss city is divided into 2 sections by the Rhone River Geneva |
| #7441, aired 2017-01-09 | "G" CITIES $1200: This Flemish city dates back to the 7th century when 2 monasteries were built on the site Ghent |
| #7441, aired 2017-01-09 | "G" CITIES $2,000 (Daily Double): The main campus of Cairo University is located in this suburb Giza |
| #7441, aired 2017-01-09 | "G" CITIES $2000: This Colorado city was founded in 1870 & named for the New York Tribune editor who supported the settlers Greeley |
| #7434, aired 2016-12-29 | BRANDS $800: The Gatorade logo is a G with an orange one of these symbols in the center a lightning bolt |
| #7428, aired 2016-12-21 | 1895 $400: William G. Morgan invented this team sport that's played indoors by teams of 6 players volleyball |
| #7428, aired 2016-12-21 | RHYMIN' SIMON $800: Preparin' a pump by pourin' water into it primin' |
| #7427, aired 2016-12-20 | THE MUSICAL STYLINGS OF JOHNNY GILBERT $800: "G's to the bizzack, now ladies here we gizzo, when the pimp's in the crib Ma, drop it like it's hot, drop it like it's hot" Snoop Dogg |
| #7424, aired 2016-12-15 | TO LIVE & DIE IN L.A. $400: This "Big Poppa" rapper was killed on March 9, 1997 as he left a music industry party in Los Angeles Biggie Smalls (The Notorious B.I.G.) |
| #7424, aired 2016-12-15 | TALES $2000: Men are just beasts--or is that beasts are just men?--in this 1896 H.G. Wells tale about the world's worst vet The Island of Dr. Moreau |
| #7416, aired 2016-12-05 | NAME THAT NOUN $1000: G:
a triangular roof end a gable |
| #7414, aired 2016-12-01 | CROSSWORD CLUES "G" $200: Starry system
(6) galaxy |
| #7414, aired 2016-12-01 | CROSSWORD CLUES "G" $400: Bless you!, German style
(10) Gesundheit |
| #7414, aired 2016-12-01 | CROSSWORD CLUES "G" $600: Nonsense talk
(9) gibberish |
| #7414, aired 2016-12-01 | CROSSWORD CLUES "G" $800: The study of handwriting
(10) graphology |
| #7414, aired 2016-12-01 | CROSSWORD CLUES "G" $1000: Pygmalion's statuesque bride
(7) Galatea |
| #7408, aired 2016-11-23 | ARTS $800: Mozart's Serenade No. 13 in G Major has this nickname that includes the time of day it was intended for "A Little Night Music" (Eine kleine Nachtmusik) |
| #7406, aired 2016-11-21 | "G" PLUS 3 $200: A gale may start with this strong, sudden rush of wind a gust |
| #7406, aired 2016-11-21 | "G" PLUS 3 $400: It's the symbol for Capricorn a goat |
| #7406, aired 2016-11-21 | "G" PLUS 3 $600: Stare at the stars gaze |
| #7406, aired 2016-11-21 | "G" PLUS 3 $800: Ouch! It's a long, deep wound or cut a gash |
| #7406, aired 2016-11-21 | "G" PLUS 3 $1000: To encircle with a belt or band; it's often done to loins to gird |
| #7401, aired 2016-11-14 | ON MY REEDING LIST $800: Sax man Kenny G's holiday album "Miracles", featuring "Away In A" this a manger |
| #7398, aired 2016-11-09 | WASHINGTON JARGON $800: It's a "g"ift from the "g"overnment to an organization; block is one type a grant |
| #7391, aired 2016-10-31 | MY CABINET DEPARTMENT $1000: In the '80s, James G. Watt, who had no problem with coal mining the Interior Department |
| #7387, aired 2016-10-25 | THE "IV" LEAGUE $400: Russian equivalent of G.I. Joe Ivan |
| #7385, aired 2016-10-21 | MIDDLE "G" $400: Hear the howls & clanking chains from this dark underground chamber used to hold prisoners a dungeon |
| #7385, aired 2016-10-21 | MIDDLE "G" $800: The largest tree-dwelling mammal in the world, this ape from Sumatra & Borneo can weigh 220 pounds an orangutan |
| #7385, aired 2016-10-21 | MIDDLE "G" $1200: When vaulting, gymnasts use this flexible device the springboard |
| #7385, aired 2016-10-21 | MIDDLE "G" $1600: It's a group of persons organized for a specific purpose, such as a bucket one to carry water to a fire a brigade |
| #7385, aired 2016-10-21 | MIDDLE "G" $2000: A synonym for a painkiller an analgesic |
| #7384, aired 2016-10-20 | WAR STARS $800: As the first female trainee in the Navy's elite SEAL program, Demi Moore is determined to succeed in this film G.I. Jane |
| #7374, aired 2016-10-06 | BRITISH SPELLING TEST $400: Recognize R-E-C-O-G-N-I-S-E |
| #7374, aired 2016-10-06 | BRITISH SPELLING TEST $1000: Jail
(more in bygone times than today) G-A-O-L |
| #7366, aired 2016-09-26 | THE PRIOR WORLD LEADER $1000: Before Angela Merkel (& we'll even give you his initials--G.S.) Gerhard Schroeder |
| #7361, aired 2016-09-19 | SCIENCE CLASS $1200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew drops an egg and it goes "splat".) To calculate the speed of a falling egg from a resting position, use V = G x T, where T is time, G is the acceleration of gravity, measured at 32 feet per second squared, & V stands for this velocity |
| #7358, aired 2016-09-14 | THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION $2,000 (Daily Double): Named in memory of Nancy Brinker's sister: "To save lives and end breast cancer forever" the Susan G. Komen Foundation |
| #7353, aired 2016-07-27 | TIME'S PERSON OF THE YEAR $400: 1995: "Speaker of the House spearheaded G.O.P.'s sweeping Congressional victory" (Newt) Gingrich |
| #7352, aired 2016-07-26 | ACTORS & ACTRESSES $800: (Neil deGrasse Tyson gives the clue.) When this actress was floating around in zero-G in a 2013 Oscar-winning movie, was I the only one who noticed that her hair didn't float freely on her head? Sandra Bullock |
| #7343, aired 2016-07-13 | TEASING $400: Composer Leonard Bernstein said the universal teasing song uses the notes G-E, G-E & this repeated syllable "na" |
| #7342, aired 2016-07-12 | MILITARY MEN? $1200: This, the G.A.O., is the auditing agency that assists Congress the General Accounting Office |
| #7331, aired 2016-06-27 | BIBLE BRIEFS $200: Idyllic eastern spot:
G.O.E. the Garden of Eden |
| #7319, aired 2016-06-09 | WORLD "G"EOGRAPHY $400: In India's West Bengal state & in Bangladesh, this great river is known as the Padma the Ganges |
| #7319, aired 2016-06-09 | WORLD "G"EOGRAPHY $1200: This island in the English Channel is home to a breed of cattle known for its rich milk Guernsey |
| #7319, aired 2016-06-09 | WORLD "G"EOGRAPHY $1600: In 1997 oil production began in the Hibernia oil field in this area of underwater plateaus off eastern Canada Grand Banks |
| #7319, aired 2016-06-09 | WORLD "G"EOGRAPHY $2,000 (Daily Double): Honiara, the capital of the Solomon Islands, lies on this island that gained notoriety in World War II Guadalcanal |
| #7319, aired 2016-06-09 | WORLD "G"EOGRAPHY $2000: For its vibrant creative scene, this 2nd-largest Austrian city has been designated a "City of Design" by UNESCO Graz |
| #7315, aired 2016-06-03 | LIKE A G-6 $200: It's a flat, padded stretcher with legs & wheels for transporting patients a gurney |
| #7315, aired 2016-06-03 | LIKE A G-6 $400: An evil, greedy type of creature in folklore, he also appears in "Dungeons & Dragons" a goblin |
| #7315, aired 2016-06-03 | LIKE A G-6 $600: A diver can perform a full or half this a gainer |
| #7315, aired 2016-06-03 | LIKE A G-6 $800: To move in a circle, or around a fixed point gyrate |
| #7315, aired 2016-06-03 | LIKE A G-6 $1000: Crudely showy or tastelessly colorful garish |
| #7311, aired 2016-05-30 | RIGHT INITIALS, WRONG VOICE $400: Sideshow Bob from "The Simpsons":
K.G., Kevin Garnett Kelsey Grammer |
| #7309, aired 2016-05-26 | ROME ANTICS $800: Gen. Mark Clark said that on seeing this in 1944, a G.I. said, "Gee, I didn't know our bombers had done that much damage in Rome" the Colosseum |
| #7308, aired 2016-05-25 | GOVERNMENTAL BEFORE & AFTER $800: Conflict between the U.S. & the Soviet Union from the 1940s to the 1990s that's a science fiction novel by H.G. Wells the Cold War of the Worlds |
| #7308, aired 2016-05-25 | TURN UP THE A_C $1600: 3-D,
4-H,
1-A
(e.g.) alphanumeric |
| #7291, aired 2016-05-02 | SHOES A TO Z $1000: G:
This Italian brand is famed for its horsebit loafers Gucci |
| #7282, aired 2016-04-19 | EXTINCT CREATURES $800: G'day & good Lord! I wouldn't want to box the giant type of this marsupial, which could be 6 1/2 feet tall & weigh 500 pounds a kangaroo |
| #7273, aired 2016-04-06 | WE'LL SPOT YOU A LETTER $800: Sixth letter G: Phosphorescence, or the pleasant remembrance of past glory the afterglow |
| #7273, aired 2016-04-06 | SHARED INITIALS $1200: Bill Todman's game show partner & a perestroika pioneer Mark Goodson & Mikhail Gorbachev |
| #7268, aired 2016-03-30 | "LITTLE" MOVIES $800: Classic gangster film in which Edward G. Robinson has the dying line "Mother of mercy! Is this the end of Rico?" Little Caesar |
| #7266, aired 2016-03-28 | CHICAGO TV $1600: The 1950s drama "The Untouchables" was based on a memoir of the same name written by this Chicago g-man Elliot Ness |
| #7263, aired 2016-03-23 | NATO PHONETIC ALPHABET CODE WORDS $1000: Take a swing at it--G is this golf |
| #7245, aired 2016-02-26 | LITERARY MILITARY $1000: This Hemingway novel about a G.I. injured in Italy during WWI shares its peaceable title with a 16th c. poem A Farewell to Arms |
| #7241, aired 2016-02-22 | BRITISH FICTION $400: A mad scientist named Griffin is the title character in this H.G. Wells work The Invisible Man |
| #7230, aired 2016-02-05 | NONFICTION $2000: In 1920 this sci-fi novelist turned to nonfiction with "The Outline of History"; no word on if he used his "Time Machine" (H.G.) Wells |
| #7219, aired 2016-01-21 | ANTHROPOLO-"G" $400: It's the study of family origins, lineage & history genealogy |
| #7219, aired 2016-01-21 | ANTHROPOLO-"G" $1200: This 2-word term refers to an individual's private conception of being female or male gender identity |
| #7219, aired 2016-01-21 | ANTHROPOLO-"G" $1600: Seen here, it's a cultural symbol or character carved into a medium glyph |
| #7219, aired 2016-01-21 | ANTHROPOLO-"G" $2,000 (Daily Double): "Cultural" this says that the human experience around the world is becoming more homogenous globalization |
| #7219, aired 2016-01-21 | ANTHROPOLO-"G" $2000: Logically, it's the name for the study of a group of people by examining the trash they throw away garbology |
| #7218, aired 2016-01-20 | FOUND IN ROY G. BIV $400: In Ireland it began in 1981 as the ecology party the Green Party |
| #7218, aired 2016-01-20 | FOUND IN ROY G. BIV $800: Due to fear of communism, in the 1950s this color was followed by "Legs" to make a new baseball team name red |
| #7218, aired 2016-01-20 | FOUND IN ROY G. BIV $1600: The Sannar Dam in Sudan impounds the flow of this the Blue Nile |
| #7218, aired 2016-01-20 | FOUND IN ROY G. BIV $2000: Frank Sinatra covered this "emotional" Duke Ellington composition in 1955 "Mood Indigo" |
| #7218, aired 2016-01-20 | FOUND IN ROY G. BIV $6,800 (Daily Double): This title is borne by heirs apparent to the Dutch throne Prince of Orange |
| #7215, aired 2016-01-15 | "G" WHIZZES $400: In 1592 he left Pisa to become a professor of mathematics at Padua Galileo |
| #7215, aired 2016-01-15 | "G" WHIZZES $800: The gun this man invented in 1862 could fire 350 rounds per minute (Richard) Gatling |
| #7215, aired 2016-01-15 | "G" WHIZZES $1200: In 1931 he began to use his counter to study cosmic radiation (Hans) Geiger |
| #7215, aired 2016-01-15 | "G" WHIZZES $1600: In 1937 one of his rockets reached 1.8 miles; no projectile had ever gone higher (Robert) Goddard |
| #7215, aired 2016-01-15 | "G" WHIZZES $2000: He discovered vulcanization after dropping a mix of ingredients including rubber & sulfur on a stove & having it cool (Charles) Goodyear |
| #7210, aired 2016-01-08 | THE NEW YORK TIMES: MOVIES $800: The New York Times said of this 2015 sequel starring Channing Tatum: "The plot is as flimsy as a G-string" Magic Mike XXL |
| #7209, aired 2016-01-07 | LIVING THE SPACED-OUT LIFE $400: The I.S.S. crew of 6 lives in low-Earth orbit not in zero gravity but in this condition of very small G-forces microgravity |
| #7207, aired 2016-01-05 | AUTHORS $1000: He saw a lot of 20th century innovations coming before anyone else H.G. Wells |
| #7198, aired 2015-12-23 | ENGLISH LITERATURE $1200: This 1895 H.G. Wells book was subtitled "An Invention" The Time Machine |
| #7198, aired 2015-12-23 | ENGLISH LITERATURE $1600: The subject of 52 G.K. Chesterton stories, this cleric had a simple face "as round and dull as a Norfolk dumpling" Father Brown |
| #7181, aired 2015-11-30 | THE J. GUYS BAND $200: This J. man/G-Man was named acting director of what was then the Bureau of Investigation in 1924 J. Edgar Hoover |
| #7175, aired 2015-11-20 | MYTHOLO"G" $400: This valuable sheepskin was hung in the garden of Ares & guarded by a dragon the Golden Fleece |
| #7175, aired 2015-11-20 | MYTHOLO"G" $800: This Hindu deity is often honored at the start of a new venture Ganesh |
| #7175, aired 2015-11-20 | MYTHOLO"G" $1200: He wrestles with Enkidu, they become buddies, then he turns down a tryst with Ishtar Gilgamesh |
| #7175, aired 2015-11-20 | MYTHOLO"G" $1600: Hercules labored to get one of these belts from the queen of the Amazons a girdle |
| #7175, aired 2015-11-20 | MYTHOLO"G" $2000: Zeus took the form of an eagle to abduct this youth & make him his cupbearer Ganymede |
| #7172, aired 2015-11-17 | SCI. ABBREV. $2000: In particle physics this theory, the G.U.T., attempts to merge the strong force with the electroweak force grand unified theory |
| #7168, aired 2015-11-11 | VETERANS $400: (Eric Stonestreet gives the clue.) The American Legion was a key player in the 1944 passage of this legislation that enabled millions of World War II vets to attend college & buy homes the G.I. Bill |
| #7168, aired 2015-11-11 | PRESIDENTS BY WON-LOST RECORD $600: 2-1:
1-0 vs. James G. Blaine & a split with Benjamin Harrison Cleveland |
| #7166, aired 2015-11-09 | THE SILENT LETTER IN... $1600: A word meaning to grind or grate teeth together in rage g (in gnash) |
| #7155, aired 2015-10-23 | FICTIONAL SCHOOLS $1200: Located on a ship far from Earth, Battle School is where this title kid goes to learn how to fight in zero g Ender |
| #7149, aired 2015-10-15 | REORDERING THE NOTED PAIR $1000: We turn the fashion world upside down as D&G becomes G&D, this new brand; sorry, Domenico, Stefano is now No. 1 Gabbana & Dolce |
| #7148, aired 2015-10-14 | RELIGIOUS LEADERS $200: AnGeL Ministries is an organization founded by Anne G. Lotz, daughter of this evangelist & his wife Ruth Billy Graham |
| #7144, aired 2015-10-08 | WHOSE LIFE IS IT? $1000: Born Finland, 1910,
designed for G.M., M.I.T. & J.F.K.,
met the big architect, Michigan, 1961 (Eero) Saarinen |
| #7136, aired 2015-09-28 | "O-M-G"! $200: This traffic is headed your way oncoming |
| #7136, aired 2015-09-28 | "O-M-G"! $400: Members of OPEC declared one of these 2-word stoppages in 1973 oil embargo |
| #7136, aired 2015-09-28 | "O-M-G"! $600: They've been held in Antwerp, Chamonix & Seoul Olympic games |
| #7136, aired 2015-09-28 | "O-M-G"! $800: The study of eye diseases ophthalmology |
| #7136, aired 2015-09-28 | "O-M-G"! $1000: Fancy name for Fleischmann's oleomargarine |
| #7125, aired 2015-07-31 | CRITTERATURE $2,000 (Daily Double): This H.G. Wells doctor remarks, "I took a gorilla... and mastering difficulty after difficulty, I made my first man" Dr. Moreau |
| #7119, aired 2015-07-23 | MEDICAL MATTERS $200: Still used clinically, the "G" type is a naturally occurring form of this first true antibiotic penicillin |
| #7114, aired 2015-07-16 | YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT $1600: In 1957 Ford G.M. Richard Krafve said this new model would exceed sales expectations; it failed miserably the Edsel |
| #7105, aired 2015-07-03 | DESIGNER INITIALS $800: He gave women the power suit:
G.A. Giorgio Armani |
| #7102, aired 2015-06-30 | OUR MUSICAL PRESIDENTS $1000: Warren G. Harding played in a brass band in college & later organized a cornet band in Marion in this state Ohio |
| #7098, aired 2015-06-24 | SCRABBLE PLAYERS DICTIONARY "G" $200: A 6-letter synonym for peanut goober |
| #7098, aired 2015-06-24 | SCRABBLE PLAYERS DICTIONARY "G" $400: One who receives a present, 6 letters giftee |
| #7098, aired 2015-06-24 | SCRABBLE PLAYERS DICTIONARY "G" $600: A social blunder, 5 letters gaffe |
| #7098, aired 2015-06-24 | SCRABBLE PLAYERS DICTIONARY "G" $800: Between gavotte & gaze, this 4-letter word for to stare stupidly gawk |
| #7098, aired 2015-06-24 | SCRABBLE PLAYERS DICTIONARY "G" $1000: It's an 8-letter adverb meaning "in a spherical way" globally |
| #7088, aired 2015-06-10 | TOYS & GAMES $400: Hasbro said this action figure that debuted in 1964 was "America's movable fighting man" G.I. Joe |
| #7085, aired 2015-06-05 | ABBREV. $800: If you read e.g
e.g., it means exempli gratia & the author has proffered one of these that also starts with an "E" an example |
| #7083, aired 2015-06-03 | TOUGH DAY AT $1200: East Liverpool, Ohio on October 22, 1934 for this "Pretty Boy", gunned down by vengeful G-men (Pretty Boy) Floyd |
| #7079, aired 2015-05-28 | "G"REA"T" WORDS $400: You say it to wish good health to someone who has sneezed Gesundheit |
| #7079, aired 2015-05-28 | "G"REA"T" WORDS $800: This cord made from animal intestines is used as strings for musical instruments gut |
| #7079, aired 2015-05-28 | "G"REA"T" WORDS $1200: It's the reinforced eyelet in cloth or leather through which a fastener passes a grommet |
| #7079, aired 2015-05-28 | "G"REA"T" WORDS $1600: To "run" this was to endure an old military punishment as two lines of your comrades pummeled you the gauntlet |
| #7079, aired 2015-05-28 | "G"REA"T" WORDS $2000: To "run" this, from the third Greek letter, is to cover the complete range or extent the gamut |
| #7076, aired 2015-05-25 | TV-"G" $200: After graduating from high school on this series, Rachel & Kurt headed to New York Glee |
| #7076, aired 2015-05-25 | TV-"G" $400: James Arness played a marshal on this long-running Western Gunsmoke |
| #7076, aired 2015-05-25 | TV-"G" $600: "Mr. Sandman" was an episode of this series inspired by fairy tales Grimm |
| #7076, aired 2015-05-25 | TV-"G" $800: Ben McKenzie plays rookie detective James Gordon on this Fox series Gotham |
| #7076, aired 2015-05-25 | TV-"G" $1000: "Thank You For Being A Friend" was the theme song to this sitcom starring Bea Arthur Golden Girls |
| #7070, aired 2015-05-15 | QUINT-O-SENTIAL $1600: The MPAA's 5 movie ratings are G, PG, PG-13, R & this one NC-17 |
| #7059, aired 2015-04-30 | LONG-RUNNING MUSICALS IN SHORT $400: Reba McEntire starred in one of its revivals:
"A.G.Y.G." Annie Get Your Gun |
| #7059, aired 2015-04-30 | MILITARY TV $800: Sort of "Top Gun" meets "Law & Order", this 1995-2005 show mixed legal, military & personal stories J.A.G. |
| #7053, aired 2015-04-22 | BUSINESS HISTORY $600: In 1933 W.G. Peacock created this drink consisting of tomatoes, celery, carrots, spinach, watercress, beets, lettuce & parsley V8 |
| #7052, aired 2015-04-21 | A SENSE OF STYLE $1000: Introduced in 1936, these shoes from G.H. Bass were the original penny loafers Weejuns |
| #7047, aired 2015-04-14 | MOVIE COSTUMES $2000: You can see the 1930s version of a space suit in this film that dropped "The Shape of" from an H.G. Wells title Things to Come |
| #7045, aired 2015-04-10 | PUT ON YOUR DISCO SHOES $200: This group with a construction worker, cop, G.I., cowboy & Indian sang "San Francisco (You've Got Me)" The Village People |
| #7045, aired 2015-04-10 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $2000: The executive mansion in this state capital was the 19th century home of U.S. Senator James G. Blaine Augusta |
| #7038, aired 2015-04-01 | NICKNAMES $200: In the 1920s agents who worked here came to be known as G-men the FBI |
| #7033, aired 2015-03-25 | READING RAINBOW $1600: Tyrone Slothrop is the G.I. main character of this vast novel by Thomas Pynchon Gravity's Rainbow |
| #7032, aired 2015-03-24 | BRITISH LITERATURE $400: In this H. G. Wells novel, a character is hurtled into the year 802,701 The Time Machine |
| #7032, aired 2015-03-24 | LETTER-WORD $1200: The excellence of a roller coaster may be judged by these it inflicts on riders g-forces |
| #7026, aired 2015-03-16 | FROM F TO G $400: To throw with violence, or a brief romantic relationship fling |
| #7026, aired 2015-03-16 | 19th C. NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS $800: In 1885 bartender Harry Tammen & lottery promoter F.G. Bonfils founded this rival of the Rocky Mountain News The Denver Post |
| #7026, aired 2015-03-16 | FROM F TO G $800: A type of canine tooth a fang |
| #7026, aired 2015-03-16 | FROM F TO G $1200: This pouch that fits over a horse's muzzle contains his chow a feedbag |
| #7026, aired 2015-03-16 | FROM F TO G $1600: This dance developed around 1964 as a variation of the twist the Frug |
| #7026, aired 2015-03-16 | FROM F TO G $2000: This sheet metal reinforces & waterproofs the joints & angles of a roof flashing |
| #7024, aired 2015-03-12 | BRITISH AUTHORS $400: He wrote "The War in the Air" as well as "The War of the Worlds" H.G. Wells |
| #7005, aired 2015-02-13 | LITERARY TITLE CHARACTERS $200: In this H.G. Wells novel, Griffin is a scientist obsessed with theories of light refraction & cell transparency The Invisible Man |
| #6994, aired 2015-01-29 | CROSSWORD CLUES "Z" $600: Home to the C.G. Jung Institute
(6) Zürich |
| #6991, aired 2015-01-26 | GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $5,000 (Daily Double): G.O.P. Congressman Steve Scalise from Louisiana has this post in the House working to persuade others to vote with the party the whip |
| #6986, aired 2015-01-19 | LABOR $800: Founding members of their guild, the J.G., include Eddie Arcaro, Johnny Longden & John Pollard the Jockeys' Guild |
| #6985, aired 2015-01-16 | "DOWN" & "OUT" $1000: In 1920 H.G. Wells turned to nonfiction & published one of these "of History" an outline |
| #6970, aired 2014-12-26 | ABBREVIATED MAGAZINES $800: Featuring recipes & ideas for your yard:
BH&G Better Homes and Gardens |
| #6969, aired 2014-12-25 | CHARACTER REFERENCES $400: This character created by P.G. Wodehouse has been called the "most gentlemanly of gentlemen's gentlemen" Jeeves |
| #6967, aired 2014-12-23 | FAMOUS PAIRS $1000: Domenico & Stefano are the first names of these 2 Italian designers, D&G for short Dolce & Gabbana |
| #6966, aired 2014-12-22 | KEEP ON TRUCKIN' $1200: A good reminder before backing up your truck at any time is the acronym "G.O.A.L."--"get out and" do this look |
| #6960, aired 2014-12-12 | MASTERS OF SAX $800: It was nuthin' but a G thang when this sax player popped up in Katy Perry's "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)" video Kenny G |
| #6959, aired 2014-12-11 | TO LIFE $400: For nearly a quarter century, this company used the advertising slogan "We bring good things to life" G.E. |
| #6952, aired 2014-12-02 | SPELL IT OUT FOR ME $600: This title monster who squares off with the MUTOs in a 2014 film G-O-D-Z-I-L-L-A |
| #6936, aired 2014-11-10 | TOP 40 INSTRUMENTALS $800: This smooth sax man first flew into the Top 40 in 1987 with "Songbird" Kenny G |
| #6932, aired 2014-11-04 | NOT A SUCCESSFUL RAP MUSICIAN $600: Lil Scrappy,
Notorious B.I.G.,
MC Medium MC Medium |
| #6928, aired 2014-10-29 | THE BIBLE FROM B TO Z $800: G:
Paul wrote an epistle to these people of Asia Minor the Galatians |
| #6919, aired 2014-10-16 | ELEMENTS OF THE FAIRY TALE $200: Weavers don't weave; a kid tells it like it is; out goes a G rating for not-so-brief royal nudity "The Emperor's New Clothes" |
| #6911, aired 2014-10-06 | LOOK CLOSER AT THE LOGO $200: Clear out your garage & see that happy half face is also a "G" in the logo of this charity Goodwill |
| #6910, aired 2014-10-03 | THE "B.G."'s $200: In 2013 this Bee Gee launched his Mythology tour in tribute to his late brothers Barry Gibb |
| #6910, aired 2014-10-03 | THE "B.G."'s $400: Classic ones include Parcheesi & Sorry! board games |
| #6910, aired 2014-10-03 | THE "B.G."'s $600: In 2013 one of these worn by Jackie Robinson, possibly in the 1955 & '57 World Series, sold for $373,002 at auction a baseball glove |
| #6910, aired 2014-10-03 | THE "B.G."'s $800: It's how to say good morning or good day in Italian buon giorno |
| #6910, aired 2014-10-03 | THE "B.G."'s $1000: This colorful Kentucky city made Forbes' list of the 25 best places to retire in 2014 Bowling Green |
| #6908, aired 2014-10-01 | SILENT G $200: This word meaning dexterity precedes "of hand" sleight |
| #6908, aired 2014-10-01 | SILENT G $400: Let's splash on some of this mildly perfumed toilet water cologne |
| #6908, aired 2014-10-01 | SILENT G $600: If you have a tumor, you want it to be this; it also means pleasant benign |
| #6908, aired 2014-10-01 | SILENT G $1,000 (Daily Double): The partition separating the thoracic cavity from the abdominal the diaphragm |
| #6908, aired 2014-10-01 | SILENT G $1000: You may sell goods "on" this, also a type of store selling secondhand clothes consignment |
| #6907, aired 2014-09-30 | SAME-LETTER SWAP $800: Servers crash as "Google" loses its G's & becomes this artistic endeavor of the idle doodle |
| #6902, aired 2014-09-23 | BIG ROADIES $800: Shock G of Digital Underground said, "Of all the roadies we ever had", this rapper killed in Vegas in '96 "was the best" Tupac (Shakur) |
| #6880, aired 2014-07-11 | LETTER AFTER P $400: In a rating that suggests some material in a movie may not be suited for children G |
| #6875, aired 2014-07-04 | BESTSELLING AUTHORS BY PARTIAL TITLE $800: "Moreau"
(1896) H.G. Wells |
| #6866, aired 2014-06-23 | I AM FROM ROMANIA $1200: Born in Romania, he had a 50-year Hollywood acting career, see? Edward G. Robinson |
| #6862, aired 2014-06-17 | NATIONAL HISTORIC SITES $800: A D.C. site is where Dr. Carter G. Woodson came up with Negro History Week, now expanded & renamed this Black History Month |
| #6862, aired 2014-06-17 | AT THE MALL $1000: Stock up on vitamins from this chain with a 3-letter name, the largest specialty retailer of nutrition products GNC |
| #6856, aired 2014-06-09 | STOP! HEY, WHAT'S THAT SOUND? $800: G'day! This instrument can be 5 feet long a didgeridoo |
| #6854, aired 2014-06-05 | "G"EOGRAPHY $200: Holmgren Way & Reggie White Way are streets in this city Green Bay |
| #6854, aired 2014-06-05 | "G"EOGRAPHY $400: The old section of this city full of Swiss misses lies south of the Rhone river, but we're neutral on the subject Geneva |
| #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 |
| #6854, aired 2014-06-05 | "G"EOGRAPHY $800: At the eastern end of the Black Sea, this ex-Soviet country lies mostly in Asia but extends into Europe Georgia |
| #6854, aired 2014-06-05 | "G"EOGRAPHY $1000: Upstream from
the Grand Canyon lies the 710-foot-high dam named for this "G" canyon Glen Canyon |
| #6851, aired 2014-06-02 | WE MAKE THAT! $800: Happy landings in a G650 from this company, yours for $65 million--note the "G" Gulfstream |
| #6845, aired 2014-05-23 | THE ENTERTAINMENT BIZ $1200: In this company's full name, the "G" stands for David Geffen DreamWorks SKG |
| #6841, aired 2014-05-19 | DISNEY FILM VOICES $800: This "G.I. Jane" played Esmeralda to Tom Hulce's Quasimodo in 1996's "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" (Demi) Moore |
| #6841, aired 2014-05-19 | LITERARY CHARACTERS $1200: P.G. Wodehouse introduced this valet in a Saturday Evening Post story, "Extricating Young Gussie" Jeeves |
| #6840, aired 2014-05-16 | ORGANIZATIONS $200: The Susan G. Komen for the Cure organization urges us to "Wear pink, have fun" & fight this disease breast cancer |
| #6839, aired 2014-05-15 | DOCUMENTARIES $600: Emily Stagg, S-T-A-G-G, is one of the stars of this 2002 film Spellbound |
| #6834, aired 2014-05-08 | THE 1990s RAP SONG $800: Completes the title of a Notorious B.I.G. hit, "Mo Money..." "...Mo Problems" |
| #6834, aired 2014-05-08 | THE 1990s RAP SONG $1200: Shock-G taught us the moves of this digital underground "dance" "The Humpty Dance" |
| #6833, aired 2014-05-07 | WHEEL OF JEOPARDY! $400: A jet uses it finally
_ _ N _ I N G
G _ _ _ landing gear |
| #6833, aired 2014-05-07 | WHEEL OF JEOPARDY! $1600: Product of a thinker from Crotone
_ Y T _ _ G _ _ _ _ N
T _ _ _ _ _ _ Pythagorean theorem |
| #6830, aired 2014-05-02 | COHEN-CIDENTALLY $400: This master of unscripted comedy retired his Ali G character because he felt it has become too familiar Sacha Baron Cohen |
| #6828, aired 2014-04-30 | NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WINNING WORDS $400: 1984:
A French-named sled with its own Olympic events L-U-G-E |
| #6820, aired 2014-04-18 | 1950s SCI-FI FILMS $1200: Martians attack Southern California, not England, in the 1953 film version of this H.G. Wells novel War of the Worlds |
| #6811, aired 2014-04-07 | TV HOSTS BY INITIALS $800: "Meet the Press":
D.G. David Gregory |
| #6803, aired 2014-03-26 | SILENT CONSONANT $1600: There's a silent "G" in this opposite of "to praise" malign |
| #6800, aired 2014-03-21 | WELCOME TO T.G.I. FRIDA'S $400: We recommend the Diegordo buritto, named for this man who married Frida Kahlo twice Diego Rivera |
| #6800, aired 2014-03-21 | WELCOME TO T.G.I. FRIDA'S $800: The MOMA tomato salad recalls a museum in this city, where Frida first showed in 1942 & where her work still hangs New York City |
| #6800, aired 2014-03-21 | WELCOME TO T.G.I. FRIDA'S $1600: The caviar enchilada is our tribute to Frida's affair with this revolutionary (Leon) Trotsky |
| #6800, aired 2014-03-21 | WELCOME TO T.G.I. FRIDA'S $2000: Sip a Noguchi-chi, named for Frida's lover Isamu Noguchi, best known as this type of 3-dimensional artist a sculptor |
| #6798, aired 2014-03-19 | LEGEND $400: G.K. Chesterton said, "Many a man has been hanged on less evidence than there is for" this Scottish legend the Loch Ness monster |
| #6794, aired 2014-03-13 | "G.M." $200: It's the colorful term for the nerve tissue that makes up the cerebral cortex gray matter |
| #6794, aired 2014-03-13 | "G.M." $400: "Aaron Burr" was the muffled response in a famous TV ad that ended with this question got milk? |
| #6794, aired 2014-03-13 | "G.M." $600: 1972 candidate who joked that he had wanted to run for president in the worst way--& he did George McGovern |
| #6794, aired 2014-03-13 | "G.M." $800: Virginia Hill, to Bugsy Siegel gun moll |
| #6794, aired 2014-03-13 | "G.M." $1000: It's the wanderer seen here whose larvae are highly destructive a gypsy moth |
| #6792, aired 2014-03-11 | VICE PRESIDENTS $800: In 1814 this VP from Mass. for whom a political term is named died in office having served less than 2 years (Elbridge) Gerry |
| #6789, aired 2014-03-06 | CONSIDER THAT A DIVORCE $400: In 1982 this future German chancellor got a divorce after 5 years of marriage but kept the last name Angela Merkel |
| #6788, aired 2014-03-05 | CARSON, DAILY $1000: In his last monologue, Johnny said this huge corp. "named me employee of the month...that was a dream come true" G.E. |
| #6773, aired 2014-02-12 | STUDENT AID $1000: Originally for WWII vets, it provides grants for tuition & is more formally known as the Servicemen's Readjustment Act the G.I. Bill |
| #6772, aired 2014-02-11 | 19th CENTURY BOOKS & AUTHORS $800: In 1893 this British man published his "initial" book, a "text-book of biology"; many sci-fi novels followed H.G. Wells |
| #6765, aired 2014-01-31 | SHAKESPEAREAN SPELLING BEE $200: Romeo's family name M-O-N-T-A-G-U-E |
| #6748, aired 2014-01-08 | FROM "G" TO "G" $400: During the Chinese Cultural Revolution, Mao's wife & 3 others were known as this "of Four" Gang |
| #6748, aired 2014-01-08 | FROM "G" TO "G" $800: Despite its name, this marmot can climb trees & swim just like the squirrels to which it's related a groundhog |
| #6748, aired 2014-01-08 | FROM "G" TO "G" $1200: This term for the Soviet forced labor camps takes its name from an acronym for the agency that ran them the Gulag |
| #6748, aired 2014-01-08 | FROM "G" TO "G" $1600: This Swedish shipbuilding port is known for its canals Gothenburg |
| #6748, aired 2014-01-08 | FROM "G" TO "G" $2000: The turbulent ending of a regime or institution, it's German for "twilight of the gods" Goetterdaemmerung |
| #6746, aired 2014-01-06 | IT'S A RAP $400: "I made the change from a common thief/ to up close and personal with robin leach", rapped this "Notorious" guy Notorious B.I.G. |
| #6746, aired 2014-01-06 | IT'S A RAP $1600: In "Nuthin' But A 'G' Thang", this "Doctor" rapped, "Never let me slip, 'cause if I slip, then I'm slippin"' Doctor Dre |
| #6743, aired 2014-01-01 | "O-M-G"! $200: This annual school event usually centers on a big football game & welcomes current & former students homecoming |
| #6743, aired 2014-01-01 | "O-M-G"! $400: This type of computer language includes the popular Java & Python programming language |
| #6743, aired 2014-01-01 | "O-M-G"! $600: In 1961 this upscale chain of department stores introduced the first designer shopping bags Bloomingdale's |
| #6743, aired 2014-01-01 | "O-M-G"! $800: By federal law since 2000, all commercial flights within the U.S. have been this type non-smoking |
| #6743, aired 2014-01-01 | "O-M-G"! $1000: It's the "Equality State" Wyoming |
| #6731, aired 2013-12-16 | FLORENCE $1600: In the 1920s this "G"-man opened a leather goods shop on the Via Vigna Nuova Gucci |
| #6724, aired 2013-12-05 | THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS $1200: F.R.G. (Federal Republic of) Germany |
| #6717, aired 2013-11-26 | TOMB SERVICE $1,500 (Daily Double): This writer's tomb in Amiens, France was featured on the masthead of Amazing Stories magazine for many years Jules Verne |
| #6716, aired 2013-11-25 | 4-LETTER EDIBLES $800: A Greek specialty similar to shawarma, lamb roasted on a spit, shaved off & put in a pita has this 4-letter name a gyro |
| #6714, aired 2013-11-21 | RANDOM HOUSE DICTIONARY DEFINITIONS $1000: Under "G":
"Throaty... characterized by a sound articulated in the back of the mouth" guttural |
| #6710, aired 2013-11-15 | TEACHERS' LOUNGE CUISINE $400: P.E. coach Kear chugs a G series thirst quencher bottle of this brand Gatorade |
| #6710, aired 2013-11-15 | READING THE DETECTIVES $1200: "G" is for this author, creator of Kinsey Millhone Sue Grafton |
| #6709, aired 2013-11-14 | SPANISH CLASS $200: Oh no! Temblor de tierra, this! earthquake |
| #6701, aired 2013-11-04 | NUMERICAL GROUPS $800: Canada, France, Germany, the U.K., the U.S., Japan, Italy & Russia make up this list the G-8 |
| #6699, aired 2013-10-31 | WORDPLAY GRAB BAG $400: Crossword clues:
complain,
complain,
complain,
G _ I _ _ gripe |
| #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) |
| #6682, aired 2013-10-08 | BEGINS & ENDS IN "G" $400: Most U.S. species of this "man-root" are exported to China, where there is a high demand for its medicinal value ginseng |
| #6682, aired 2013-10-08 | BEGINS & ENDS IN "G" $800: A wrestler can practice using this type of dummy a grappling dummy |
| #6682, aired 2013-10-08 | BEGINS & ENDS IN "G" $1200: A basketball player who deflects the ball on its downward path to the basket is guilty of this infraction goaltending |
| #6682, aired 2013-10-08 | BEGINS & ENDS IN "G" $2000: This alcoholic drink consists of rum & water & is often served hot with sugar & lemon juice grog |
| #6682, aired 2013-10-08 | BEGINS & ENDS IN "G" $5,005 (Daily Double): The farm where Pres. Eisenhower lived after his retirement lies outside this Pennsylvania town Gettysburg |
| #6678, aired 2013-10-02 | TECH IQ $400: The "G" in .gif & .png stands for these graphics |
| #6678, aired 2013-10-02 | LITERARY SELF-PORTRAITS $1600: In "Empire of the Sun", J.G. Ballard drew upon his own experiences as a boy in this country during wartime China |
| #6675, aired 2013-09-27 | THE VOWELS ARE MYTHING $1000: Earth mother:
G Gaia |
| #6672, aired 2013-09-24 | OH, "G"! $200: Don't "bear" these lingering resentments grudges |
| #6672, aired 2013-09-24 | OH, "G"! $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows an animation of a satellite around the Earth.) Many satellites are in this type of orbit, in which they're at a fixed point moving at the same speed as Earth's rotation geostationary (or geosynchronous) |
| #6672, aired 2013-09-24 | OH, "G"! $600: With both a hard & a soft G, this word means to eat gluttonously to gorge |
| #6672, aired 2013-09-24 | OH, "G"! $800: Nirvana is part of this Pacific Northwest school of rock grunge |
| #6672, aired 2013-09-24 | OH, "G"! $1000: Have a heart & name this worldly vegetable seen here a globe artichoke |
| #6666, aired 2013-09-16 | ABBREVIATIONS $400: Part of the armed forces:
U.S.C.G. the United States Coast Guard |
| #6665, aired 2013-08-02 | "G" WHIZ $200: Appropriately, the name of this first book of the Bible means "origin" or "beginning" Genesis |
| #6665, aired 2013-08-02 | "G" WHIZ $400: Yum! They're the candies seen here gumdrops |
| #6665, aired 2013-08-02 | "G" WHIZ $600: Rumor has it that it's talk of a personal nature about another person--pass it around gossip |
| #6665, aired 2013-08-02 | "G" WHIZ $800: In ancient Rome these trained warriors fought to the death for public entertainment gladiators |
| #6665, aired 2013-08-02 | AFTER-SCHOOL ACTIVITIES $800: If you're learning to read music, you'll recognize this symbol, a stylized form of the letter "G" treble clef |
| #6665, aired 2013-08-02 | "G" WHIZ $1000: It's a helpful list of terms & definitions at the back of some textbooks a glossary |
| #6635, aired 2013-06-21 | SONGS GETTING AIR PLAY $1200: Far East movement was "Sippin' sizzurp in my ride, like three 6, now I'm feelin' so fly, like a" this a G-6 |
| #6631, aired 2013-06-17 | 2010s TV SHOWS BY CHARACTERS $1000: Meyer Lansky, Senator Warren G. Harding, Chalky White Boardwalk Empire |
| #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 |
| #6612, aired 2013-05-21 | 10-MILLION-SELLING ALBUMS $800: His soft sax sounds on "Breathless" Kenny G |
| #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 |
| #6602, aired 2013-05-07 | NOTRE DAME $800: The 2 main towers are connected by the Grand Gallery, which could be called the Grand Gallery of these "G" beasts gargoyles |
| #6594, aired 2013-04-25 | THE FAST & THE FURRIEST $400: G'day! the red species of this Aussie animal can hopalong, Cassidy, at about 30 miles per hour kangaroo |
| #6593, aired 2013-04-24 | WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? $800: In the original Broadway show in 1956, Bert Lahr & E.G. Marshall were "waiting for" him; good luck with that Godot |
| #6592, aired 2013-04-23 | I'D LIKE TO SOLVE THE PUZZLE... FAST! $1600: It originates in Qinghai province, about 16,000 feet above sea level
_ _ _ G _ Z _
_ _ V _ _ the Yangtze River |
| #6589, aired 2013-04-18 | AUTHORS AGAINST ADAPTATIONS $400: She said Tom Cruise "is no more my vampire...than Edward G. Robinson is Rhett Butler" Anne Rice |
| #6586, aired 2013-04-15 | DOCTOR! DOCTOR! $600: This doctor needs a sample from you--to use on one of his rap songs, like "Nuthin' But A 'G' Thang" Dr. Dre |
| #6585, aired 2013-04-12 | "G" PLUS 3 $400: Meaning "bloody", it's used to describe a bloody battle or movie gore (or gory) |
| #6585, aired 2013-04-12 | "G" PLUS 3 $800: It's the way a horse moves; gallop is the fastest gait |
| #6585, aired 2013-04-12 | "G" PLUS 3 $1200: For Hanukkah your grandmother might give you a little this, Yiddish for "money" gelt |
| #6585, aired 2013-04-12 | "G" PLUS 3 $1600: To clothe, or the clothing itself garb |
| #6585, aired 2013-04-12 | "G" PLUS 3 $2000: To urge or spur someone on goad |
| #6570, aired 2013-03-22 | "ACT" LOCAL $200: It's not a doll! My G.I. Joe is known by this 2-word term an action figure |
| #6561, aired 2013-03-11 | MacARTHUR FOUNDATION FELLOWS $1000: Some may find it tough to swallow the award to Sarkis Mazmanian; he studies bacteria in the G.I. tract, short for this gastrointestinal |
| #6552, aired 2013-02-26 | ABBREV. BACKWARDS & FORWARDS $2000: For example, the company that makes the Profile dishwasher e.g., GE |
| #6547, aired 2013-02-19 | G.I. JOES $400: Former Confederate general Joseph Wheeler also commanded forces during this war of 1898 the Spanish-American War |
| #6547, aired 2013-02-19 | G.I. JOES $800: This Navy pilot & older brother of a president died in 1944 on a secret mission Kennedy |
| #6547, aired 2013-02-19 | G.I. JOES $1200: This general dubbed "Fighting Joe" briefly commanded the Army of the Potomac (Joe) Hooker |
| #6547, aired 2013-02-19 | G.I. JOES $1600: Last name of the 5 sailor brothers including Joseph who were killed when their ship was sunk in the Battle of Guadalcanal Sullivan |
| #6547, aired 2013-02-19 | G.I. JOES $2000: Nicknamed "Vinegar Joe", he was commanding general of U.S. forces in China, Burma & India during WWII Vinegar Joe Stilwell |
| #6534, aired 2013-01-31 | FILL IN THE BOOK TITLE $200: "G.E." by Charles Dickens Great Expectations |
| #6534, aired 2013-01-31 | FILL IN THE BOOK TITLE $400: "T.T.M." by H.G. Wells The Time Machine |
| #6534, aired 2013-01-31 | FILL IN THE BOOK TITLE $600: "G.T.I.O.T.M." by James Baldwin Go Tell It on the Mountain |
| #6529, aired 2013-01-24 | GEO-POLITICIANS $800: The last U.S. president to have a county named for him (in N.M.), he may be best known for the Teapot Dome scandal (Warren G.) Harding |
| #6512, aired 2013-01-01 | KINDLY CORRECT NIGEL'S SPELLING $1000: You will aggravate our quarrel if you persist in failing to recognise my authority R-E-C-O-G-N-I-Z-E |
| #6510, aired 2012-12-28 | LETTERS, WE GET LETTERS $1000: The combination of this consonant followed by G makes a "J" sound D |
| #6498, aired 2012-12-12 | "G"EOGRAPHY $400: If you go west through this strait, you're not in the Mediterranean anymore the Strait of Gibraltar |
| #6498, aired 2012-12-12 | "G"EOGRAPHY $1200: I'm drawing a blank--just east of Detroit there's this city & its namesake "Farms", "Shores", "Woods" & "Park" Grosse Pointe |
| #6498, aired 2012-12-12 | "G"EOGRAPHY $1600: What the Germans called Danzig, the Poles call this Gdansk |
| #6498, aired 2012-12-12 | "G"EOGRAPHY $2,000 (Daily Double): Between the Dardanelles & the Aegean lies this Turkish peninsula, site of WWI strife Gallipoli |
| #6498, aired 2012-12-12 | "G"EOGRAPHY $2000: The Pyrenees are part of the border of this historical region of southwest France Gascony |
| #6482, aired 2012-11-20 | DIFFERS BY A LETTER $1000: With a "C", they're natives of Zagreb; with a "G", it's hulled crushed grain, like buckwheat Croats/groats |
| #6481, aired 2012-11-19 | WHICH PART OF SPEECH? $400: A German's germs are not germane to a conversation about Jermaine Jackson: germane (with a "G") an adjective |
| #6472, aired 2012-11-06 | "G", I LOVE SCIENCE $400: This muscular sac sits just below the liver the gallbladder |
| #6472, aired 2012-11-06 | "G", I LOVE SCIENCE $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows us a diagram of an atomic nucleus.) After radioactive decay, when a nucleus is in a high-energy state, the particles of photons known as these rays are released gamma rays |
| #6472, aired 2012-11-06 | "G", I LOVE SCIENCE $1200: A lab animal manipulated to exhibit a human disease is an example of a GMO, short for this type of organism genetically modified |
| #6472, aired 2012-11-06 | "G", I LOVE SCIENCE $1600: This feature of Jupiter is about 12,400 by 7,500 miles the Great Red Spot |
| #6472, aired 2012-11-06 | "G", I LOVE SCIENCE $2,000 (Daily Double): White Sands National Monument is actually an expanse of dunes of this mineral gypsum |
| #6456, aired 2012-10-15 | DR. SEUSS TITLES BY INITIALS $200: "G.E.A.H." Green Eggs and Ham |
| #6456, aired 2012-10-15 | GET YOUR DUCKS $400: Drop a "G" from a Chinese dish to get this breed of duck popular among U.S. poultry farmers a Pekin duck |
| #6456, aired 2012-10-15 | DR. SEUSS TITLES BY INITIALS $600: "H.T.G.S.C!" How the Grinch Stole Christmas! |
| #6452, aired 2012-10-09 | LITERARY CROSSWORD CLUES "G" $200: Fairy tale teller Jacob or Wilhelm
(5) Grimm |
| #6452, aired 2012-10-09 | LITERARY CROSSWORD CLUES "G" $400: Noblest knight of the round table
(7) Galahad |
| #6452, aired 2012-10-09 | LITERARY CROSSWORD CLUES "G" $600: Hamlet's mom
(8) Gertrude |
| #6452, aired 2012-10-09 | LITERARY CROSSWORD CLUES "G" $1,000 (Daily Double): Beowulf's monster
(7) Grendel |
| #6452, aired 2012-10-09 | LITERARY CROSSWORD CLUES "G" $1000: "Spooky" 1881 Ibsen play
(6) Ghosts |
| #6451, aired 2012-10-08 | NEW ENGLAND FOLIAGE $1600: G. biloba, this tree, loses all its leaves in about a day, & Dartmouth students bet on what day it'll be each year the gingko tree |
| #6439, aired 2012-09-20 | WHAT THE "H"? $1600: In H.G. Wells & D.H. Lawrence Herbert |
| #6434, aired 2012-08-02 | IN CASE YOU'RE THIRSTY $200: The logo of this sports drink is a capital "G" with an orange lightning bolt in it Gatorade |
| #6431, aired 2012-07-30 | BOOK REPORT $1600: Martians attack the Earth after landing outside of London in this 1898 sci-fi classic by H.G. Wells The War of the Worlds |
| #6423, aired 2012-07-18 | FILL IN THE BEST PICTURE TITLE $1600: Check out (or really, check in) this winner for 1931-32: "G.H." Grand Hotel |
| #6417, aired 2012-07-10 | FACTS ABOUT AUTHORS $1000: Best known for his stories about Bertie Wooster & this valet, P.G. Wodehouse was interned in Berlin for most of WWII Jeeves |
| #6417, aired 2012-07-10 | SCIENTIFIC THEORIES $2000: Experiments to test directly G.U.T.s, or these, need a trillion times more energy than what's now available grand unified theories |
| #6410, aired 2012-06-29 | LUNAR FICTION $1200: In 1901 this Brit, a sci-fi pioneer, had his "First Men in the Moon" encounter insect-men called Selenites H.G. Wells |
| #6400, aired 2012-06-15 | "G"EOGRAPHY $200: Look out below! It's this ice-covered land mass Greenland |
| #6400, aired 2012-06-15 | "G"EOGRAPHY $400: The fourth-largest city in the United Kingdom, it lies on both sides of the River Clyde Glasgow |
| #6400, aired 2012-06-15 | "G"EOGRAPHY $600: It's the suburb where you'd see the landmarks shown here Giza |
| #6400, aired 2012-06-15 | "G"EOGRAPHY $800: This cheesy town in South Holland is also noted for its stained-glass windows Gouda |
| #6400, aired 2012-06-15 | "G"EOGRAPHY $1000: (Sasrah of the Clue Crew reports from Panama)
Covering nearly 170 square miles, this man-made lake acts as water storage, enabling the Panama Canal to continue operation through the dry season. Gatun |
| #6397, aired 2012-06-12 | GOING POSTAL $1000: Even a dim bulb can remember that ZIP code 12345 in Schenectady, N.Y. serves this huge maker of light bulbs & more G(eneral) E(lectric) |
| #6390, aired 2012-06-01 | DAY SONGS $600: Katy Perry topped the charts with this song subtitled "(T.G.I.F.)" "Last Friday Night" |
| #6388, aired 2012-05-30 | SCENTSATIONAL! $600: Smelling of rose, jasmine, musk & apple, Light Blue is a fragrance from this design house, D&G for short Dolce & Gabbana |
| #6385, aired 2012-05-25 | SPELLING WITH THE STARS $800: The Doors & Patti Smith have both recorded the Van Morrison song shouting this gal's name G-L-O-R-I-A |
| #6377, aired 2012-05-15 | THE FIVE $200: The 5 movie ratings in the U.S. are NC-17, R, PG, PG-13 & this one G |
| #6377, aired 2012-05-15 | THEIR MAIN MUSICAL INSTRUMENT $400: Kenny G the saxophone |
| #6371, aired 2012-05-07 | BOOKS $1,200 (Daily Double): This H.G. Wells story says the title figure has "goggling spectacles and (a) ghastly bandaged face" The Invisible Man |
| #6367, aired 2012-05-01 | WEBSITES $600: The URL of a site for young ladies 13 & up has this letter before "URL" "G" |
| #6359, aired 2012-04-19 | G TO H $200: In Genesis it was one of the cities destroyed by fire & brimstone Gomorrah |
| #6359, aired 2012-04-19 | G TO H $400: Those into this subculture often have black-dyed hair & wear black clothes & dark makeup goth |
| #6359, aired 2012-04-19 | G TO H $600: This food & drink embellishment might include a chocolate curl or a bell pepper ring a garnish |
| #6359, aired 2012-04-19 | G TO H $800: From the Yiddish for "lapse", it's a minor malfunction, often of a computer a glitch |
| #6359, aired 2012-04-19 | G TO H $1000: Nonsensical talk gibberish |
| #6352, aired 2012-04-10 | I'M READY TO PLAY, TODAY $800: In 1970 this action figure took on a more peaceful role, recovering mummies & helping the environment G.I. Joe |
| #6343, aired 2012-03-28 | COLORFUL BOOKS $1000: G.K. Chesterton wrote many stories featuring this priest/sleuth Father Brown |
| #6339, aired 2012-03-22 | THE VERSATILE "O-U-G-H" $200: Tall grass area on a golf course the rough |
| #6339, aired 2012-03-22 | THE VERSATILE "O-U-G-H" $400: Deck the halls with these of holly boughs |
| #6339, aired 2012-03-22 | THE VERSATILE "O-U-G-H" $600: Pre-bun or pre-loaf stage dough |
| #6339, aired 2012-03-22 | THE VERSATILE "O-U-G-H" $1,000 (Daily Double): Greenwich is an inner one of London a borough |
| #6339, aired 2012-03-22 | THE VERSATILE "O-U-G-H" $1000: A long, narrow area of atmospheric low pressure a trough |
| #6333, aired 2012-03-14 | THEY GO BY THIER FIRST INITIAL $1600: G is for George:
Sent to prison for Watergate (G. Gordon) Liddy |
| #6326, aired 2012-03-05 | PRETTY GOOD MODELS $2000: The G.E. Smith Telecaster is from this guitar company Fender |
| #6325, aired 2012-03-02 | I GOT 3 LETTERS! $400: This 3-letter credential equal to a high school diploma, dating back to the 1940s G.E.D. |
| #6307, aired 2012-02-07 | GRAD GIFT IDEAS $800: Into handbags? The Sukey tote with detachable interlocking G charm from this Italian company is only $1,515 Gucci |
| #6305, aired 2012-02-03 | "G"EOGRAPHY $200: It's the southernmost country on the Balkan Peninsula Greece |
| #6305, aired 2012-02-03 | "G"EOGRAPHY $400: It left the Union--of Soviet Socialist Republics--April 9, 1991 Georgia |
| #6305, aired 2012-02-03 | "G"EOGRAPHY $600: There's a British colony on this southern Spanish peninsula Gibraltar |
| #6305, aired 2012-02-03 | "G"EOGRAPHY $800 (Daily Double): This major seaport sits at the center of the Italian Riviera Genoa |
| #6305, aired 2012-02-03 | "G"EOGRAPHY $800: In this area of Lower Manhattan, independent spirits like Eugene O'Neill & Margaret Sanger found a "Voice" Greenwich Village |
| #6304, aired 2012-02-02 | ENTRANCE EXAM $1200: In 1921 C.G. Johnson invented a door that folds upward to use in this structure a garage |
| #6294, aired 2012-01-19 | THAT'S BUSINESS $200: He started a book business from his home in 1873; his son William joined forces with G. Clifford Noble in 1917 (Charles M.) Barnes |
| #6289, aired 2012-01-12 | SPELL IT: -ABLE OR -IBLE? $200: This adjective can describe a bachelor worthy of marriage or an NFL receiver who's allowed to catch a forward pass E-L-I-G-I-B-L-E |
| #6283, aired 2012-01-04 | "G-P-S" $400: During adolescence, you might feel these in your limbs, also the title of an '80s sitcom growing pains |
| #6283, aired 2012-01-04 | "G-P-S" $800: These trousers are modeled after those worn by South American cowboys gaucho pants |
| #6283, aired 2012-01-04 | "G-P-S" $1600: This navigational device continuously indicates true north a gyrocompass |
| #6283, aired 2012-01-04 | "G-P-S" $2000: Oceanography & volcanology are part of this branch of geology geophysics |
| #6283, aired 2012-01-04 | "G-P-S" $3,500 (Daily Double): Horripilation is the medical term for this skin condition goose bumps (goose pimples accepted) |
| #6282, aired 2012-01-03 | THE ATTORNEY GENERAL INFORMATION $2000: As Deputy A.G. 1997-2001, he made a controversial recommendation of a presidential pardon for Marc Rich Eric Holder |
| #6276, aired 2011-12-26 | FUNDRAISERS $2,200 (Daily Double): Race for the Cure is a fundraiser for the breast cancer foundation named for this woman, Nancy G. Brinker's sister Susan G. Komen |
| #6268, aired 2011-12-14 | "G", LOOK AT THAT $200: You're looking at what's called the Grand Canyon of Queensland--Carnarvon this Gorge |
| #6268, aired 2011-12-14 | "G", LOOK AT THAT $400: In ancient times the greyhound was trained to hunt this creature a gazelle |
| #6268, aired 2011-12-14 | "G", LOOK AT THAT $600: Indian culture is stronger in this Western Hemisphere nation than in its neighbors Guatemala |
| #6268, aired 2011-12-14 | "G", LOOK AT THAT $800: Normally holding up to about 2 ounces of fluid, this organ aids in the digestion of fats the gallbladder |
| #6268, aired 2011-12-14 | "G", LOOK AT THAT $1000: It's the type of large support structure for launching rockets seen here, Elmer a gantry |
| #6259, aired 2011-12-01 | DANCE! $600: We'd love to show a clip of this "forbidden dance" from a 1990 film, but we want to keep our G rating the lambada |
| #6254, aired 2011-11-24 | CLASSICAL ROCK $3,000 (Daily Double): When he composed his Symphony No. 40 in G Minor in 1788, he didn't have these sounds in mind Mozart |
| #6245, aired 2011-11-11 | ETHICS $400: J.G. Fichte made ethics a matter of doing one's this around the same time Lord Nelson was expecting each man to "do his" this duty |
| #6238, aired 2011-11-02 | LITTLE PEOPLE IN LIT $600: L. Frank Baum's Oz books include these underground folk, spelled without the silent "G" Nomes |
| #6235, aired 2011-10-28 | KEYBOARD NEIGHBORS $400: They combine to make an "F" sound "G" & "H" |
| #6234, aired 2011-10-27 | MYTHBUSTERS $600: (The Mythbusters deliver the clue.) We tested a story of unlikely survival using a parachutist hitting a see-saw to launch a girl several stories up but she'd be subjected to 42 of these units, exerted on an object by changes in speed, so a safe landing is unlikely indeed a g |
| #6228, aired 2011-10-19 | BIOLO"G" $200: A single unit of hereditary information gene |
| #6228, aired 2011-10-19 | BIOLO"G" $400: Organs found behind the head in certain aquatic animals & specialized for oxygen exchange gills |
| #6228, aired 2011-10-19 | BIOLO"G" $600: Positive geotropism is the effect of this force on plants causing their roots to grow downward gravity |
| #6228, aired 2011-10-19 | BIOLO"G" $800: From the Greek for "stomach", this 7-letter adjective means pertaining to an organism's stomach gastric |
| #6228, aired 2011-10-19 | BIOLO"G" $1000: In plants, it's the initial development growth stage from a seed or spore germination |
| #6219, aired 2011-10-06 | TIDY $800: Thomas Cadden wrote the jingle about this P&G personality who'll tidy "your whole house & everything that's in it" Mr. Clean |
| #6219, aired 2011-10-06 | SCIENCE FICTION $800: The 1932 film "Island of Lost Souls" was based on this 1896 novel by H.G. Wells The Island of Dr. Moreau |
| #6215, aired 2011-09-30 | "G" WHAT A COUNTRY $400: It was unified in the 19th century & reunified in the 20th Germany |
| #6215, aired 2011-09-30 | "G" WHAT A COUNTRY $800: In 2011 citizens protesting financial austerity measures rioted in this Mediterranean country Greece |
| #6215, aired 2011-09-30 | "G" WHAT A COUNTRY $1200: This New World country gained its independence from Spain in 1821 Guatemala |
| #6215, aired 2011-09-30 | "G" WHAT A COUNTRY $1600: The West Indies nation we invaded in 1983 Grenada |
| #6215, aired 2011-09-30 | "G" WHAT A COUNTRY $2000: Between Cameroon & Congo you'll find this country, independent from France since 1960 Gabon |
| #6213, aired 2011-09-28 | HELLO, DOLLY! $400: For the 60th anniversary of Pearl Harbor, Hasbro introduced a special line of this military action figure G.I. Joe |
| #6212, aired 2011-09-27 | BEFORE & AFTER $2000: The higher tract where heartburn originates gets a law helping servicemen go to college the upper G.I. Bill |
| #6203, aired 2011-07-27 | THEIR DEBUT NOVELS $400: 1895:
"The Time Machine" H.G. Wells |
| #6203, aired 2011-07-27 | ABBREVIATED NO. 1 HITS $800: Gwen Stefani,
2005:
"H.G." "Hollaback Girl" |
| #6199, aired 2011-07-21 | ACTRESSES' TRESSES $1000: She sported a shaved head & an incredibly buff bod in "G.I. Jane" Demi Moore |
| #6197, aired 2011-07-19 | MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL $200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew stands on a stage.) W.T.G. Morton made history here in Mass General's surgical amphitheater; on October 14, 1886 he performed the first public successful surgery using this anesthetic ether |
| #6188, aired 2011-07-06 | SPELL IT! $800: Spell this word for the young of a goose that's also the surname of an actor named Ryan G-O-S-L-I-N-G |
| #6183, aired 2011-06-29 | FROM SPORTS BOOK TO FILM $600: Odessa, Texas was the home field for this H.G. Bissinger book-turned-film Friday Night Lights |
| #6182, aired 2011-06-28 | MOVIES BY INITIALS $2000: 2005, Edward R. Murrow versus Joe McCarthy: "G.N.A.G.L." Good Night and Good Luck |
| #6181, aired 2011-06-27 | HINDSIGHT IS 1920 $200: You could have elected James Cox president instead of this opponent, who turned out to be ineffectual (Warren G.) Harding |
| #6181, aired 2011-06-27 | DAS KAPITALISTS $800: In 1948 13 directors of industrial giant I.G. Farben were convicted of war crimes in this German city Nuremberg |
| #6176, aired 2011-06-20 | SELLING "B" $400: It's the scariest cereal in General Mills' Big G line Boo Berry |
| #6171, aired 2011-06-13 | NATIONAL PARKS A-Z $600: G:
This Arizona national park that's also a UNESCO World Heritage Site Grand Canyon |
| #6167, aired 2011-06-07 | FUN WITH STATE NAMES $1000: The one that ends with "G" Wyoming |
| #6161, aired 2011-05-30 | FILL IN THE SONG TITLE $200: The 4 Seasons, or Fergie: "B.G.D.C." "Big Girls Don't Cry" |
| #6159, aired 2011-05-26 | "G"ARDEN GLOSSARY $400: Inserting a section of one plant into another so that they grow as one plant to graft |
| #6159, aired 2011-05-26 | I SERVED IN HIS CABINET $800: Secretary of the Interior James G. Watt Ronald Reagan |
| #6159, aired 2011-05-26 | "G"ARDEN GLOSSARY $800: Rich in nutrients, this bat or bird dropping is good for your garden guano |
| #6159, aired 2011-05-26 | "G"ARDEN GLOSSARY $1200: Open an account at one of these banks that exist for the conservation of seeds, tissues or reproductive cells a gene bank |
| #6159, aired 2011-05-26 | "G"ARDEN GLOSSARY $1600: This cereal grain embryo is usually separated from the endosperm during milling; health nuts love the "wheat" kind the germ |
| #6159, aired 2011-05-26 | "G"ARDEN GLOSSARY $2000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows some plants on the monitor.) Most plant shoots have a tendency to grow towards the sun, which is called phototropism; if roots grew that way, they'd shrivel up & die, so they grow into the earth, displaying this other -ism geotropism |
| #6156, aired 2011-05-23 | SPELL IT RIGHT $400: A new star? I-N-G-E-N-U-E |
| #6128, aired 2011-04-13 | PLAYING FOOTBALL FOR VOCABULARY $400: A gap through a mountain range, e.g. Donner pass |
| #6123, aired 2011-04-06 | GREAT WOMEN IN SPORTS $600: (Hannah Storm reads the clue from the set of SportsCenter.) In 2010 she was ranked No. 1 in downhill, super-G, super combined & overall World Cup skiing; she also won Olympic gold (Lindsey) Vonn |
| #6122, aired 2011-04-05 | WHO SANG IT? $800: "Nuthin' But A 'G' Thang" &
"Keep Their Heads Ringin'" Dr. Dre |
| #6121, aired 2011-04-04 | ONLINE $600: Online ABC & Disney users know to type these 2 letters prior to ".com" to use those sites G-O |
| #6117, aired 2011-03-29 | THE "G"-5 $200: If you're not moving too well, you've "got a hitch in" this your get-along |
| #6117, aired 2011-03-29 | THE "G"-5 $400: A sneaker, or slang term for a private investigator a gumshoe |
| #6117, aired 2011-03-29 | THE "G"-5 $600: In English grammar, it's the "ing" form of a verb functioning as a noun a gerund |
| #6117, aired 2011-03-29 | THE "G"-5 $800: The esophagus the gullet |
| #6117, aired 2011-03-29 | THE "G"-5 $1000: This multi-decked Spanish warship had 3 masts & a square rig a galleon |
| #6113, aired 2011-03-23 | WHO OWNS WHAT $600: P&G for short, it owns Pampers & Pantene shampoo Procter & Gamble |
| #6113, aired 2011-03-23 | MY PRESIDENTIAL FANTASY DRAFT $1200: His R.E.M. (re-election metric) is killer; he won 49 states--only Minn. said no--& his I.G. (invade Grenada) stats are big, too Ronald Reagan |
| #6105, aired 2011-03-11 | GOD SPELL $1000: This Hindu god of wisdom & good fortune has the head of an elephant (7 letters) G-A-N-E-S-H-A |
| #6104, aired 2011-03-10 | THE NOVELS OF H.G. WELLS $200: In a 1901 sci fi romance, Wells told a tale of "the first men in" this heavenly body, where they meet the Selenites the Moon |
| #6104, aired 2011-03-10 | THE NOVELS OF H.G. WELLS $400: Tripod-borne aliens attack & destroy London in this scary 1898 novel The War of the Worlds |
| #6104, aired 2011-03-10 | THE NOVELS OF H.G. WELLS $600: Rod Taylor starred in a film version of this Wells novel in which a scientist cruises the centuries The Time Machine |
| #6104, aired 2011-03-10 | THE NOVELS OF H.G. WELLS $800: In an 1897 work a man discovers his "refractive index" can be changed to that of air, making him this type of "man" Invisible |
| #6102, aired 2011-03-08 | MYTHOLO-"G" $400: These monstrous sisters were the daughters of Phorcys & Ceto the Gorgons |
| #6102, aired 2011-03-08 | MYTHOLO-"G" $800: An oracle decreed that anyone who could unravel this would rule Asia the Gordian knot |
| #6102, aired 2011-03-08 | MYTHOLO-"G" $1200: In Greek myth, she's Mother Earth Gaia |
| #6102, aired 2011-03-08 | MYTHOLO-"G" $1600: Pygmalion fell in love with a statue called this when she came to life Galatea |
| #6102, aired 2011-03-08 | MYTHOLO-"G" $2000: One of Jupiter's moons is named for this boy, Zeus' cupbearer Ganymede |
| #6096, aired 2011-02-28 | LIKE A "G"6 $400: This musical instrument usually has 6 strings a guitar |
| #6096, aired 2011-02-28 | LIKE A "G"6 $800: It's a feeling of resentment; you may "hold one" against someone who wronged you a grudge |
| #6096, aired 2011-02-28 | LIKE A "G"6 $1200: A South American cowboy of the pampas, usually of mixed Spanish & Indian ancestry a gaucho |
| #6096, aired 2011-02-28 | LIKE A "G"6 $2000: This root is seen here ginger |
| #6096, aired 2011-02-28 | LIKE A "G"6 $4,500 (Daily Double): The Greek word for milk gives us this word for a large feature of the skies galaxy |
| #6078, aired 2011-02-02 | MEN & WOMEN OF LETTERS $1200: The very British Pelham Grenville... (P.G.) Wodehouse |
| #6064, aired 2011-01-13 | DOUBLE "G"s $200: In the Harry Potter novels, they're your average non-magical humans muggles |
| #6064, aired 2011-01-13 | DOUBLE "G"s $400: This style of music has been described as fusing "Motown soul to Caribbean rhythm & political sensibilities" reggae |
| #6064, aired 2011-01-13 | DOUBLE "G"s $600: Not just a tangible lump of gold or such, it can also be a small bit of wisdom or information a nugget |
| #6064, aired 2011-01-13 | DOUBLE "G"s $800: A cluster of people, or more commonly, a flock of geese a gaggle |
| #6064, aired 2011-01-13 | DOUBLE "G"s $1000: In 2009 this NYC landmark celebrated its 50th anniv. with an exhibition on its designer, Frank Lloyd Wright the Guggenheim museum |
| #6058, aired 2011-01-05 | TAKE A LETTER $400: This letter has been used as slang for a $10 bill an X |
| #6058, aired 2011-01-05 | BRITISH ROYAL HOUSE, PLEASE $1600: Take a "G" away from what you have the next day after too many Pimm's cups the night before to get this royal house Hanover |
| #6056, aired 2011-01-03 | SCENTSATIONAL! $200: With her signature fragrance called Glow (or is it G. Low?), you can smell just like this spicy diva Jennifer Lopez |
| #6048, aired 2010-12-22 | HOLIDAY ALBUMS $600: This saxophonist's "Miracles: The Holiday Album" is said to be the bestselling Christmas album of all time Kenny G |
| #6042, aired 2010-12-14 | JACKIE PAPER $2000: This former G.E. CEO has co-authored "Straight From The Gut" & "Winning" Jack Welch |
| #6041, aired 2010-12-13 | EDUCATION $2,200 (Daily Double): It was originally called the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944 & provided free education for vets the G.I. Bill |
| #6037, aired 2010-12-07 | WORLD BOOK DESCRIBES THE "G" MAN $200: "In 1997, the House (of Reps.) voted to reprimand him... It marked the first time the House had reprimanded a Speaker" Gingrich |
| #6037, aired 2010-12-07 | WORLD BOOK DESCRIBES THE "G" MAN $400: "See Simon, Paul" (Art) Garfunkel |
| #6037, aired 2010-12-07 | WORLD BOOK DESCRIBES THE "G" MAN $600: "American poet... became known as a leader of the Beat literary movement of the 1950s" (Allen) Ginsberg |
| #6037, aired 2010-12-07 | WORLD BOOK DESCRIBES THE "G" MAN $800: "Served under the Apache leaders Cochise and Mangas Coloradas... in 1894, he was moved to Fort Sill Geronimo |
| #6037, aired 2010-12-07 | WORLD BOOK DESCRIBES THE "G" MAN $1000: "One of the most original and provocative American architects working today" (Frank) Gehry |
| #6032, aired 2010-11-30 | "G"ROCERIES $200: These whole wheat crackers are named for their creator, a certain Rev. Sylvester graham crackers |
| #6032, aired 2010-11-30 | "P.G." $400: They're the proverbial entrance to heaven the pearly gates |
| #6032, aired 2010-11-30 | "G"ROCERIES $400: Even the Encyclopedia Britannica says that this bulb was carried in Medieval times as a charm against vampires garlic |
| #6032, aired 2010-11-30 | "G"ROCERIES $600: This blue-veined cheese is named after a village near Milan; it's been made in the Po Valley since the 9th century Gorgonzola |
| #6032, aired 2010-11-30 | "P.G." $800: In bowling it's 12 consecutive strikes a perfect game |
| #6032, aired 2010-11-30 | "G"ROCERIES $800: In the Middle Ages it was a favor ladies presented to knights; today it's shaped into a delicious "man" gingerbread |
| #6032, aired 2010-11-30 | "G"ROCERIES $1000: This apple with a festive name is a cross between Kidd's Orange Red & Golden Delicious Gala |
| #6032, aired 2010-11-30 | "P.G." $1200: Serving from 1969 to 1972, Winton Blount was the last person to serve in this job as part of the cabinet the Postmaster General |
| #6032, aired 2010-11-30 | "P.G." $1600: No pressure now, but yours would include associates of similar age, background & social status a peer group |
| #6032, aired 2010-11-30 | "P.G." $2000: You can't see them here, but this rodent has two cheek pouches that it can turn inside out to clean a pocket gopher |
| #6021, aired 2010-11-15 | G-FORCE $400: The Moon's gravitation accounts for the diurnal & semidiurnal types of these tides |
| #6021, aired 2010-11-15 | STUDY ABROAD $600: You can earn a Ph.D. in pedagogy at Masaryk University in this Central European republic the Czech Republic |
| #6021, aired 2010-11-15 | G-FORCE $800: Before its 1846 sighting, this 8th planet's existence was deduced from its gravitational effect on other planets Neptune |
| #6021, aired 2010-11-15 | G-FORCE $1,000 (Daily Double): Newton said the gravitational force between 2 objects is inversely related to the square of this measurement the distance between the 2 objects |
| #6021, aired 2010-11-15 | G-FORCE $1200: This 1915 "General" theory says gravitational acceleration is a geometric result of the properties of space-time the general theory of relativity |
| #6021, aired 2010-11-15 | G-FORCE $1600: In the 18th century John Michell theorized that gravitation could affect the path of this light |
| #6008, aired 2010-10-27 | THE NUMBER OF YEARS FROM... $200: The end of the G.H.W. Bush presidency to the start of the G.W. Bush presidency 8 years |
| #6005, aired 2010-10-22 | "G" MEN $200: For his leadership during 9/11, this New York City mayor received an honorary knighthood from Queen Elizabeth Giuliani |
| #6005, aired 2010-10-22 | "G" MEN $400: In a Gallup poll of the most admired people of the 20th century, this evangelist ranked seventh (Billy) Graham |
| #6005, aired 2010-10-22 | "G" MEN $600: Wellington's last words, "Yes, if you please", came when asked if he'd like some tea, maybe this P.M. who followed him Earl Grey |
| #6005, aired 2010-10-22 | "G" MEN $800: In the 1970s this future veep was a reporter for the Tennessean newspaper (Al) Gore |
| #6005, aired 2010-10-22 | "G" MEN $1000: His custom-made King Silver Flair trumpet is part of the Smithsonian collection (Dizzy) Gillespie |
| #5980, aired 2010-09-17 | SCIENCE FICTION FILMS $1600: Alan Young, who co-starred in the 1960 version of this film based on an H.G. Wells book, had a bit role in the 2002 remake The Time Machine |
| #5980, aired 2010-09-17 | METALS $1600: In 1906 G.E. produced its first light bulb using this metal as a filament; it's still used today tungsten |
| #5972, aired 2010-07-27 | MR. ROBINSON $1600: The middle initial of this movie actor known for playing gangsters stood for Goldenberg Edward G. Robinson |
| #5970, aired 2010-07-23 | LETTER & WORD $600: In a 1954 experiment John Stapp accelerated to 632 mph in 5 seconds, surviving 46 of these units g-forces |
| #5965, aired 2010-07-16 | THE WEST INDIES $1600: The flag of this small nation has 3 green diamonds in the shape of a "V", but no letter "G" St. Vincent & the Grenadines |
| #5958, aired 2010-07-07 | SPELL IT OUT FOR ME $200: Not 7th & not 9th, but the ordinal one in between E-I-G-H-T-H |
| #5958, aired 2010-07-07 | SPELL IT OUT FOR ME $400: The element we need to breathe to survive O-X-Y-G-E-N |
| #5956, aired 2010-07-05 | RATED "G" $200: Methane or laughing, for example gas (laughing gas accepted) |
| #5956, aired 2010-07-05 | RATED "G" $400: The chief executive of a state the governor |
| #5956, aired 2010-07-05 | RATED "G" $600: Things are just right for trouble when this little fairy tale girl goes to the 3 bears' house Goldilocks |
| #5956, aired 2010-07-05 | RATED "G" $800: This natural wonder in Arizona can be up to a mile deep & 18 miles wide the Grand Canyon |
| #5956, aired 2010-07-05 | RATED "G" $1000: Your mom may complain that your hands are this, meaning dirty or, more literally, infested with larvae grubby |
| #5954, aired 2010-07-01 | THE GREEK LETTER EQUIVALENT $200: G gamma |
| #5951, aired 2010-06-28 | IS THERE A DOCTOR IN THE BOOK? $600: "The Island of" this doctor by H.G. Wells concerns a man trying to turn animals into men Dr. Moreau |
| #5948, aired 2010-06-23 | PRESIDENTIAL MIDDLE INITIALS $1200: G. (Warren) Gamaliel (Harding) |
| #5936, aired 2010-06-07 | LITERARY DEDICATIONS $200: She dedicated the murder mystery "Hallowe'en Party" to fellow Brit P.G. Wodehouse Agatha Christie |
| #5913, aired 2010-05-05 | STATE THE STATE $600: It's the only state that ends with a "G" Wyoming |
| #5907, aired 2010-04-27 | I'D LIKE TO SOLVE THE PUZZLE $200: In 1981 James G. Nourse wrote the bestseller "The Simple Solution to" this puzzling toy phenomenon a Rubik's Cube |
| #5903, aired 2010-04-21 | AskOxford.com $1600: This 2-letter abbreviation means "which see" in Latin & directs readers to another part of the book for info q.v. |
| #5900, aired 2010-04-16 | BESTSELLERS $4,200 (Daily Double): This sci-fi scribe of "The Time Machine" also wrote hit nonfiction with "The Outline of History" (H.G.) Wells |
| #5891, aired 2010-04-05 | "G"-MALE $400: He beat out Gherman Titov to fly aboard Vostok I Yuri Gagarin |
| #5891, aired 2010-04-05 | "G"-MALE $800: Seuss was the middle name of this man born in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1904 (Theodor) Geisel |
| #5891, aired 2010-04-05 | "G"-MALE $1200: Helmut Frielinghaus edited a "Reader" of this author's works, including "The Tin Drum" & "Crabwalk" Günter Grass |
| #5891, aired 2010-04-05 | "G"-MALE $1600: South Carolina's 2 Republican senators in the 111th Congress are Jim DeMint & him Lindsey Graham |
| #5891, aired 2010-04-05 | "G"-MALE $2000: Johann, can I borrow some sugar? In Weimar, Schiller's house is around the corner from the home of this great author Goethe |
| #5880, aired 2010-03-19 | AVOIDING A DISASTROUS TRIP TO EUROPE $400: Hitting Innsbruck or Salzburg in this country & saying "G'day, mate!" over & over will only confuse the locals Austria |
| #5877, aired 2010-03-16 | AMERICAN PRESIDENT: THE SOAP OPERA $800: First Teapot Dome, & now Daugherty, his A.G., was on trial for shady dealings; he kept feeling that the end was near Warren Harding |
| #5874, aired 2010-03-11 | DIET & EXERCISE BOOKS $1,000 (Daily Double): In Elisabeth Hasselbeck's "The G Free Diet", the G is this protein that some people can't tolerate gluten |
| #5867, aired 2010-03-02 | BIBLICAL BIG SCREEN $1600: More known for his gangster roles, this actor played the weaselly Dathan in "The Ten Commandments" Edward G. Robinson |
| #5861, aired 2010-02-22 | "G" IN THE GOOD BOOK $400: From the Latin for "nation", this word refers to a non-Jew a gentile |
| #5861, aired 2010-02-22 | "G" IN THE GOOD BOOK $800: In Luke 2, "The child grew", and" this "of God was upon him" grace |
| #5861, aired 2010-02-22 | "G" IN THE GOOD BOOK $1200: "Balm"-y region in present-day Jordan Gilead |
| #5861, aired 2010-02-22 | "G" IN THE GOOD BOOK $1600: You've got a lot of this, a symbol of bitterness sometimes paired with wormwood gall |
| #5861, aired 2010-02-22 | "G" IN THE GOOD BOOK $2000: The ninth book of the New Testament is Paul's letter to them the Galatians |
| #5851, aired 2010-02-08 | THE BIG 10 $1000: (Alex stands in front of an exhibit at the Newseum.) The exhibit "G-men and Journalists" contains the very first ledger in which this list was kept; it began when a reporter asked the FBI, "Who are the toughest guys you're looking for?" the FBI's 10 Most Wanted list |
| #5847, aired 2010-02-02 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $2,000 (Daily Double): At 7 he wrote a polonaise in G minor; a year later he performed for Czar Alexander I, who was in Warsaw at the time Chopin |
| #5846, aired 2010-02-01 | FRATERNITIES $800: Founded in 1888, the Loyal Order of this large deer once had Warren G. Harding & Charlie Chaplin as members moose |
| #5844, aired 2010-01-28 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $600: Its 6 strings are traditionally tuned to E-A-D-G-B-E guitar |
| #5843, aired 2010-01-27 | MYSTERY FICTION $1200: This stripper is credited with writing the 1941 mystery "The G-String Murders" with herself as the detective Gypsy Rose Lee |
| #5836, aired 2010-01-18 | "G"EOGRAPHY $400: This U.S. territory is home to the War in the Pacific National Historical Park Guam |
| #5836, aired 2010-01-18 | "G"EOGRAPHY $800: Kolkata, formerly known as Calcutta, lies along the Hooghly River, a channel of this river the Ganges |
| #5836, aired 2010-01-18 | "G"EOGRAPHY $1200: Not surprisingly the main airport in this Italian port city is named for Christopher Columbus Genoa |
