| #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 |
| #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 |
| #8865, aired 2023-05-05 | QUICK PLANETS $1000: It's surrounded by phenomena named
A, B, C, D, E, F & G Saturn |
| #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 | 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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #7612, aired 2017-10-17 | A SUFFIX WILL SUFFICE $800: Cut out this suffix & you could be left with "append" or "tonsill" -ectomy |
| #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 |
| #7374, aired 2016-10-06 | BRITISH SPELLING TEST $400: Recognize R-E-C-O-G-N-I-S-E |
| #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" |
| #7331, aired 2016-06-27 | BIBLE BRIEFS $200: Idyllic eastern spot:
G.O.E. the Garden of Eden |
| #7308, aired 2016-05-25 | TURN UP THE A_C $1600: 3-D,
4-H,
1-A
(e.g.) alphanumeric |
| #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 |
| #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. |
| #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 |
| #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. |
| #6765, aired 2014-01-31 | SHAKESPEAREAN SPELLING BEE $200: Romeo's family name M-O-N-T-A-G-U-E |
| #6710, aired 2013-11-15 | TEACHERS' LOUNGE CUISINE $400: P.E. coach Kear chugs a G series thirst quencher bottle of this brand Gatorade |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #6552, aired 2013-02-26 | ABBREV. BACKWARDS & FORWARDS $2000: For example, the company that makes the Profile dishwasher e.g., GE |
| #6534, aired 2013-01-31 | FILL IN THE BOOK TITLE $200: "G.E." by Charles Dickens Great Expectations |
| #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 |
| #6456, aired 2012-10-15 | DR. SEUSS TITLES BY INITIALS $200: "G.E.A.H." Green Eggs and Ham |
| #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) |
| #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. |
| #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 |
| #6235, aired 2011-10-28 | KEYBOARD NEIGHBORS $400: They combine to make an "F" sound "G" & "H" |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #6042, aired 2010-12-14 | JACKIE PAPER $2000: This former G.E. CEO has co-authored "Straight From The Gut" & "Winning" Jack Welch |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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. |
| #5844, aired 2010-01-28 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $600: Its 6 strings are traditionally tuned to E-A-D-G-B-E guitar |
| #5789, aired 2009-11-12 | SPELLING $800: Not domestic, like a certain French legion F-O-R-E-I-G-N |
| #5778, aired 2009-10-28 | "G.E." $200: Avian term for a big fat zero a goose egg |
| #5778, aired 2009-10-28 | "G.E." $400: He coined the name "Kodak" for his camera George Eastman |
| #5778, aired 2009-10-28 | "G.E." $500 (Daily Double): It's the use of scientific methods to alter DNA to modify an organism's hereditary traits genetic engineering |
| #5778, aired 2009-10-28 | "G.E." $600: The last chapter provides an ambiguous end for Pip & Estella in this classic novel Great Expectations |
| #5778, aired 2009-10-28 | "G.E." $1000: She suffered permanent hearing loss after becoming the first woman to swim the English Channel Gertrude Ederle |
| #5735, aired 2009-07-10 | SUNDAY NIGHT TV $1200: Choices from 1955 included "You Asked for It", "G.E. Theater" & this movie director "Presents" Alfred Hitchcock |
| #5734, aired 2009-07-09 | CITY SPELLING $200: This S-T-E-E-L C-I-T-Y is the seat of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania P-I-T-T-S-B-U-R-G-H |
| #5706, aired 2009-06-01 | HIDDEN AGENDA $200: For letter-writers of any age ND and SD are the postal abbreviations of these 2 states South Dakota & North Dakota |
| #5703, aired 2009-05-27 | FILL IN THE DICKENS TITLE $400: "G.E." Great Expectations |
| #5635, aired 2009-02-20 | THE "-STING" $600: It's the "T" in ETS, the folks who administer the S.A.T. & the G.R.E. testing |
| #5526, aired 2008-09-22 | INVENTORS & INVENTIONS $2000: This jar used to store an electric charge is credited to both E.G. von Kleist & Pieter van Musschenbroek a Leyden jar |
| #5509, aired 2008-07-17 | SPELLING "B" $1000: A Marxist adjective for the middle class B-O-U-R-G-E-O-I-S |
| #5447, aired 2008-04-22 | A SPELLING PRODUCTION $800: It's the French word used for the body of an airplane minus the wings & tail F-U-S-E-L-A-G-E |
| #5447, aired 2008-04-22 | A SPELLING PRODUCTION $1000: The name of this banded, coarse-grained rock that contains feldspar & quartz sounds rather pleasing & amiable G-N-E-I-S-S |
| #5433, aired 2008-04-02 | THE ELECTRIC COMPANY $600 (Daily Double): Still around today, this power company was one of the first 12 companies included in the DJIA in 1896 General Electric (or G.E.) |
| #5427, aired 2008-03-25 | 3 LITTLE LETTERS $600: A high school equivalency diploma is referred to by these 3 letters G.E.D. |
| #5408, aired 2008-02-27 | SPELLING "BE" $1600: A doughnut-like treat from New Orleans' Cafe du Monde B-E-I-G-N-E-T |
| #5391, aired 2008-02-04 | FILL IN THE BOOK TITLE $1600: "T.E.W.W.G."
by Zora Neale Hurston Their Eyes Were Watching God |
| #5353, aired 2007-12-12 | WHEEL OF WOMEN $400: Medical reformer
_ L O _ _ _ _ E
_ I G _ _ I N G _ _ E Florence Nightingale |
| #5346, aired 2007-12-03 | THE BASS-ICS $800: A 4-string bass is usually tuned to E, A, D & G--one octave below the 4 lowest strings of this a guitar |
| #5265, aired 2007-06-29 | RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE $1600: In a 1980 antiwar protest, these priest brothers, Daniel & Philip, attacked missile warheads at a G.E. plant Berrigan |
| #5131, aired 2006-12-25 | SAVE THAT E-MAIL ADDRESS! $400: Got to ask information@ask.com what happened to this P.G. Wodehouse butler who used to work there Jeeves |
| #5079, aired 2006-10-12 | UNFORESEEN FINDS $400: G.E. scientists looking for synthetic rubber during WWII discovered this toy that lifts images off a page Silly Putty |
| #4995, aired 2006-05-05 | BRITISH SPELLING BEE $200: A book-like listing of a business' goods for sale; Sears & Roebuck used to put out a famous one C-A-T-A-L-O-G-U-E |
| #4848, aired 2005-10-12 | SPELLING $1600: You'll make me hungry when you spell... S-P-A-G-H-E-T-T-I |
| #4756, aired 2005-04-18 | PLAYING PRESIDENT $600: E.G. Marshall, Robert Duvall & Tom Selleck have all played this U.S. president Eisenhower |
| #4732, aired 2005-03-15 | MUSIC $5,000 (Daily Double): (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from a chalkboard.) In the treble clef, the lines of the staff are E-G-B-D-F, so the spaces are known by this anatomical acronym FACE |
| #4731, aired 2005-03-14 | G.I. JOE $400: 1967's female G.I. Jo(e), now worth thousands in mint condition, wasn't a warrior but had this caring job a nurse |
| #4702, aired 2005-02-01 | BRAIN TEASE $1200: Brain waves are measured using the instrument known by these 3 letters for short E.E.G. |
| #4589, aired 2004-07-15 | INDUSTRY LEADERS $400: Nuaire is "the world's leading manufacturer" of equipment for this type of place, e.g. biological safety cabinets laboratories |
| #4562, aired 2004-06-08 | CELEBRITY SURNAME SPELLING $800: The actress who'll always be TV's Buffy Summers to us G-E-L-L-A-R |
| #4562, aired 2004-06-08 | CELEBRITY SURNAME SPELLING $1200: Comic hostess/fish-voicer seen here D-E-G-E-N-E-R-E-S |
| #4562, aired 2004-06-08 | CELEBRITY SURNAME SPELLING $2000: Spidey portrayer Tobey M-A-G-U-I-R-E |
| #4554, aired 2004-05-27 | LATIN CLASS $800: Exempli gratia, abbreviated e.g. in English, means this for example |
| #4550, aired 2004-05-21 | NATIONAL SPELLING BEE $200: This small racing sled has the distinction of being the National Spelling Bee's shortest winning word L-U-G-E |
| #4505, aired 2004-03-19 | SPELL THAT GOVERNOR $600 (Daily Double): Of California, governator Arnold... S-C-H-W-A-R-Z-E-N-E-G-G-E-R |
| #4325, aired 2003-05-23 | SCIENCE LAB $1200: From the German for "spark", the variety of metamorphic rock pronounced "nice" is spelled this way G-N-E-I-S-S |
| #4243, aired 2003-01-29 | WHEEL OF JEOPARDY! $800: Forever vanished, perhaps by tornado
G _ _ E W I _ _
_ _ E W I _ _ gone with the wind |
| #4238, aired 2003-01-22 | SPORTS NAME SPELLING $1600: 1999 100-meter dash record setter Maurice G-R-E-E-N-E |
| #4216, aired 2002-12-23 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $400: The 6-stringed Spanish version of this instrument has its strings tuned to E below the bass staff, A, D, G, B & E guitar |
| #4078, aired 2002-05-01 | MIDDLE NAMES $1600: Because this is a million-dollar tournament, you have to spell the middle name of President Warren Harding G-A-M-A-L-I-E-L |
| #4040, aired 2002-03-08 | SPELLING BEE $400: Last name of the only California Governor to become U.S. President R-E-A-G-A-N |
| #3951, aired 2001-11-05 | THE NIXON ERA $400: E. Howard Hunt worked initially with this future radio host on many covert activities G. Gordon Liddy |
| #3948, aired 2001-10-31 | SPELL THE LAST NAME $400: Solo aerial Atlantic crosser of 1927 L-I-N-D-B-E-R-G-H |
| #3948, aired 2001-10-31 | SPELL THE LAST NAME $800: "Soap", "Benson" & "Sports Night" actor Robert... G-U-I-L-L-A-U-M-E |
| #3878, aired 2001-06-13 | OUT OF THE "BLUE" $100: It's generally a high-priced stock with a long history of growth, like G.E. or AT&T blue chip |
| #3757, aired 2000-12-26 | 14-LETTER WORDS $200: It's how the letters in the sequence "E, F, G, H, I, J" are arranged alphabetically |
| #3756, aired 2000-12-25 | THE DREADED SPELLING CATEGORY $100: Don't lose hope when you spell... D-I-S-C-O-U-R-A-G-E-D |
| #3756, aired 2000-12-25 | THE DREADED SPELLING CATEGORY $300: You have the honor of spelling... P-R-I-V-I-L-E-G-E |
| #3704, aired 2000-10-12 | THE "MINOR"s $1000: It's the key of Beethoven's famous Fifth Symphony C Minor |
| #3446, aired 1999-09-06 | SPELL IT OUT FOR ME! $200: Things will be sour if you can't spell... V-I-N-E-G-A-R |
| #3446, aired 1999-09-06 | SPELL IT OUT FOR ME! $500: You won't be exasperated if you can spell... A-G-G-R-A-V-A-T-I-O-N |
| #3399, aired 1999-05-20 | MUSIC $300: One of the 4 notes to which violin strings are tuned (1 of) A, D, E, or G |
| #3395, aired 1999-05-14 | SPELL THE LAST NAME $400: Former Defense Secretary Caspar... W-E-I-N-B-E-R-G-E-R |
| #3307, aired 1999-01-12 | SPELL IT OUT $200: A sexy 60-year-old would know how to spell... S-E-X-A-G-E-N-A-R-I-A-N |
| #3296, aired 1998-12-28 | SPELLBOUND $400: An executive of this brewery came up with the idea for the "Book of World Records" G-U-I-N-N-E-S-S |
| #3212, aired 1998-07-14 | CROSSWORD CLUES "I" $400: "Aha!", e.g.
(12) interjection |
| #3148, aired 1998-04-15 | CROSSWORD CLUES "G" $200: P.E. place
(3) gym |
| #3145, aired 1998-04-10 | "F" IN SPELLING $400: We won't beat you unless you correctly spell... F-L-A-G-E-L-L-A-N-T |
| #3142, aired 1998-04-07 | G IS FOR GRAFTON $400: It can be direct or circumstantial,
"E is for..." Evidence |
| #3140, aired 1998-04-03 | THE ROCK $400: It's nice to know the granite-like rock pronounced "nice" is spelled this way G-N-E-I-S-S |
| #3092, aired 1998-01-27 | THE NATIONAL SPELLING BEE $200: 1984:
Champ Daniel Greenblatt correctly spelled... L-U-G-E |
| #3037, aired 1997-11-11 | THE DREADED SPELLING CATEGORY $200: This Mandarin orange was named for the city of Tangier T-A-N-G-E-R-I-N-E |
| #2929, aired 1997-05-01 | TV ATTORNEYS $400: He played E.G. Marshall's lawyer son on "The Defenders" before he played dad to "The Brady Bunch" Robert Reed |
| #2919, aired 1997-04-17 | BLACK JOURNALISTS $700 (Daily Double): Clarence Page of the Chicago Tribune is a regular member of this G.E.-sponsored TV "group" The McLaughlin Group |
| #2745, aired 1996-07-05 | CELEBRITY SPELLING $300: Bruce "The Boss", who was "Born To Run" S-P-R-I-N-G-S-T-E-E-N |
| #2737, aired 1996-06-25 | TV LAW $500: In 1961 Martin Sheen had his first major TV role on this series starring E.G. Marshall & Robert Reed The Defenders |
| #2690, aired 1996-04-19 | MUSIC $800: The 6 strings of this popular musical instrument are tuned E A D G B E the guitar |
| #2607, aired 1995-12-26 | ARCHITECTURE $200: This defense department headquarters was designed by G.E. Bergstrom to conserve structural steel the Pentagon |
| #2520, aired 1995-07-14 | CLASSIC TELEVISION $500: E.G. Marshall won an Emmy for his role as attorney Lawrence Preston in this courtroom drama The Defenders |
| #2359, aired 1994-12-01 | OXFORD UNIVERSITY $800: Pronunciation of the name of the Oxford college that's spelled M‑A‑G‑D‑A‑L‑E‑N "MAWD-lin" |
| #2287, aired 1994-07-12 | FILMS OF THE '50s $1000: Jack Klugman was Juror 5 & E.G. Marshall Juror 4 in this 1957 release 12 Angry Men |
| #2125, aired 1993-11-26 | SPELLING $400: This word can refer to indigenous people of any country, not just Australia A-B-O-R-I-G-I-N-E |
| #2077, aired 1993-09-21 | TELEVISION $500: This 1960s drama featured E.G. Marshall & Robert Reed as attorneys Lawrence & Kenneth Preston The Defenders |
| #2019, aired 1993-05-20 | MEN OF LETTER $400: For directing the Watergate burglary, he got a sentence of 2 1/2 to 8 years but served only 32 months E. Howard Hunt |
| #1957, aired 1993-02-23 | OH NO! IT'S SPELLING $100: This citrus fruit was named for Tangier, Morocco T-A-N-G-E-R-I-N-E |
| #1768, aired 1992-04-15 | FINANCE $5,000 (Daily Double): Named for a N.Y. congressman, this pension plan was established in 1962 to benefit the self-employed Keogh (Plan) |
| #1705, aired 1992-01-17 | MYSTERIES $800: It followed "E is for Evidence", "F is for Fugitive" & "G is for Gumshoe" H is for Homicide |
| #1603, aired 1991-07-17 | WEATHER $1000: G.E. scientist Bernard Vonnegut found this compound could be used to "seed" clouds silver iodide crystals |
| #1560, aired 1991-05-17 | AD LINES $500: "We bring good things to life" G.E. (General Electric) |
| #1545, aired 1991-04-26 | AWARDS $200: In 1962, E.G. Marshall won his first Emmy for his role as attorney Lawrence Preston in this TV series The Defenders |
| #1493, aired 1991-02-13 | SPELLING $300: For a big date you might buy your girlfriend one of these small pin-on bouquets a C-O-R-S-A-G-E |
| #1477, aired 1991-01-22 | 1956 $500: Bert Lahr played Estragon & E.G. Marshall Vladimir in this Beckett play on Broadway Waiting for Godot |
| #1432, aired 1990-11-20 | SPELLING $500: The tallest of these calcium carbonate deposits rise 98 feet from the floor of a cave in France S-T-A-L-A-G-M-I-T-E |
| #11, aired 1990-08-25 | SPELLING $200: A creamy salad dressing made with raw egg yolk, oil, vinegar or lemon juice & seasonings M-A-Y-O-N-N-A-I-S-E |
| #11, aired 1990-08-25 | SPELLING $400: In German it means “lightning war” B-L-I-T-Z-K-R-I-E-G |
| #11, aired 1990-08-25 | SPELLING $1000: The city in New York that's home to Vassar College P-O-U-G-H-K-E-E-P-S-I-E |
| #1262, aired 1990-02-13 | SPELLING $100: A native of Tangier or a citrus fruit T-A-N-G-E-R-I-N-E |
| #1262, aired 1990-02-13 | SPELLING $300: This muscular tube leads from the pharynx to the stomach E-S-O-P-H-A-G-U-S |
| #1251, aired 1990-01-29 | FILMS OF THE 1930S $600: In this film E.G. Robinson uttered the dying words, "Mother of mercy, is this the end of Rico?" "Little Caesar" |
| #1201, aired 1989-11-20 | CHINA $400: In the "Pinyin" system of writing, his given name is spelled Z-E-D-O-N-G Mao Tse-tung |
| #1200, aired 1989-11-17 | CORPORATE AMERICA $200: G.E. was instrumental in starting this communications giant which it bought in 1986 RCA |
| #1115, aired 1989-06-09 | CELEBRITY SPELLING $100: Colorful last name of colorful "Cabaret" star Joel G-R-E-Y |
| #1093, aired 1989-05-10 | SPELLING $500: The "picture writing" of Ancient Egypt H-I-E-R-O-G-L-Y-P-H-I-C-S |
| #1088, aired 1989-05-03 | MUSICAL NUMBERS $1000: Number of different letters of the alphabet we use to denote notes 7 |
| #1087, aired 1989-05-02 | RATED "P.G." $500: Hollywood glamour girl who married actors C. Chaplin & B Meredith & Author E.M. Remarque Paulette Goddard |
| #1028, aired 1989-02-08 | SPELLING $100: Vespucci's first name wasn't America, it was this A-M-E-R-I-G-O |
| #1024, aired 1989-02-02 | SPELLING $400: A pie topping made of baked egg whites M-E-R-I-N-G-U-E |
| #1022, aired 1989-01-31 | TV TRIVIA $400: In the '60s, this character sported the no. 1 U.N.C.L.E. badge Mr. Waverly |
| #925, aired 1988-09-16 | WEIGHTS & MEASURES $400: Spelled "G-E-R-D" in Old English where it meant a small stick, it now means a precise length a yard |
| #915, aired 1988-07-22 | SPELLING $400: A short intercessory prayer, or as any woman will tell you, the right to vote S-U-F-F-R-A-G-E |
| #915, aired 1988-07-22 | MAUREEN STAPLETON $500: Maureen, an accomplished gamester in real life, played this "Game" with E.G. Marshall on Broadway in 1978 The Gin Game |
| #881, aired 1988-06-06 | LEFTOVERS $600: G.E. bought this company in 1985 & in 1987 sold the TV-set making division to a French company RCA |
| #844, aired 1988-04-14 | ANATOMICAL SPELLING $1000: It prevents food from entering the windpipe during the act of swallowing E-P-I-G-L-O-T-T-I-S |
| #757, aired 1987-12-15 | SCIENTIFIC SPELLING $600: Temperature scale in which the freezing point of water is 0° C-E-N-T-I-G-R-A-D-E |
| #738, aired 1987-11-18 | GEOGRAPHIC SPELLING $300: The capital of French Polynesia; it's also the largest city in Tahiti P-A-P-E-E-T-E |
| #728, aired 1987-11-04 | MUSIC $500 (Daily Double): The only letters of the alphabet used to name notes in current Western musical notation a,b,c,d, e, f & g |
| #702, aired 1987-09-29 | PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA $800: Spelling of Warren G. Harding's middle name G-A-M-A-L-I-E-L |
| #701, aired 1987-09-28 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $400: Ronald Reagan used to tell us that at this company, "Progress is our most important product" G.E. |
| #695, aired 1987-09-18 | "C" IN SPELLING $1000: Apparel worn by troops during maneuvers bears this design for concealment from the enemy C-A-M-O-U-F-L-A-G-E |
| #568, aired 1987-02-11 | SPELLING $600: The last name of President Reagan's chief of staff R-E-G-A-N |
| #554, aired 1987-01-22 | LETTER PERFECT $400: The 1st of the 3 letters on button #3 of a touch-tone phone D |
| #541, aired 1987-01-05 | LETTER PERFECT $200: Letter which precedes "T.E." & "I. Joe" G |
| #535, aired 1986-12-26 | TV TRIVIA $200: E.G. Marshall, John Saxon, & David Hartman were all "bold" members of this profession medicine |
| #531, aired 1986-12-22 | ACTORS & ROLES $200: TV "Defender", he still defends secrecy of his initials by replying "Everybody's Guess" E.G. Marshall |
| #507, aired 1986-11-18 | SPELLING $600: Last name of "Today" host who gets letters addressed to "Gunball", "Dumble", "Bumvel", etc. (Bryant) G-U-M-B-E-L |
| #467, aired 1986-09-23 | SPELLING $300: A device used to stop the flow of blood through an artery by compression T-O-U-R-N-I-Q-U-E-T |
| #277, aired 1985-10-01 | GAME SHOWS $200: Game in which toss-up questions were thrown to campus combatants by Allen Ludden (G.E.) College Bowl |
| #188, aired 1985-05-29 | CORPORATE AMERICA $400: In April '84, this maker of the "Dustbuster" bought G.E.'s small appliance division for $300 million Black & Decker |
| #148, aired 1985-04-03 | TELEVISION $400: He was Topper on "Topper" & Mr. Waverly on "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." Leo G. Carroll |
| #115, aired 1985-02-15 | TV TRIVIA $400: "Studio 1" drama with R. Bellamy & W. Shatner spawned this series with E.G. Marshall & R. Reed The Defenders |
| #65, aired 1984-12-07 | TOYS & GAMES $400: Thrown out by G.E. in 1949, this stretchy stuff became a national fad Silly Putty |
| #25, aired 1984-10-12 | SPELLING $500: Spelling for word meaning “beaten mixture of egg whites & sugar used as a pie topping” M-E-R-I-N-G-U-E |
