#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 |
#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 |
#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 |
#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 |
#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 |
#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 |
#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 |
#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 |
#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) |
#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 |
#8283, aired 2020-11-18 | V.O. INITIALS $600: Mater in "Cars":
L.T.C.G. Larry the Cable Guy |
#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 |
#8152, aired 2020-02-04 | HELLO! $800: The OED spells this Australian greeting with an apostrophe g'day |
#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 |
#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 |
#7871, aired 2018-11-26 | TV TITLE CHARACTERS $200: He plays Tray, "The Last O.G." Tracy Morgan |
#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 |
#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 |
#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 |
#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 |
#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 |
#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 |
#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 |
#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 |
#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 |
#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 |
#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 |
#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 |
#6765, aired 2014-01-31 | SHAKESPEAREAN SPELLING BEE $200: Romeo's family name M-O-N-T-A-G-U-E |
#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 |
#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 |
#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 |
#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 |
#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 |
#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 |
#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 |
#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 |
#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 |
#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 |
#5789, aired 2009-11-12 | SPELLING $800: Not domestic, like a certain French legion F-O-R-E-I-G-N |
#5762, aired 2009-10-06 | FILL IN THE STEINBECK TITLE $400: "T.G.O.W." The Grapes of Wrath |
#5734, aired 2009-07-09 | CITY SPELLING $1000: Pardon me, boy, but this city is on the Moccasin Bend of the Tennessee River C-H-A-T-T-A-N-O-O-G-A |
#5693, aired 2009-05-13 | OOO, 3 "O"s $2000: This B.I.G. term means widely & unfavorably known notorious |
#5676, aired 2009-04-20 | FILL IN THE SONG TITLE $2000: Taylor Swift:
"T.O.M.G." "Teardrops On My Guitar" |
#5559, aired 2008-11-06 | "G"EOGRAPHY $1600: Until Moses had 'em hit the road, it was the land o' the Israelites in Egypt Goshen |
#5551, aired 2008-10-27 | GET YOUR GHOST $800: This title character of a musical sometimes signs notes with the initials O.G., for "Opera Ghost" the Phantom of the Opera |
#5509, aired 2008-07-17 | SPELLING "B" $1000: A Marxist adjective for the middle class B-O-U-R-G-E-O-I-S |
#5463, aired 2008-05-14 | POP'S MUSIC $800: Dad thinks he's an O.G. because he was into these white rappers long before their album "Ill Communication" the Beastie Boys |
#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 $1200: "T.H.O.T.S.G."
by Nathaniel Hawthorne The House Of The Seven Gables |
#5353, aired 2007-12-12 | WHEEL OF WOMEN $400: Medical reformer
_ L O _ _ _ _ E
_ I G _ _ I N G _ _ E Florence Nightingale |
#5353, aired 2007-12-12 | WHEEL OF WOMEN $600: Barely an equestrian
_ A D _
G O _ _ _ _ Lady Godiva |
#5218, aired 2007-04-25 | FOOD PHRASES $400: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the Hoover Museum.) The Hoover Museum celebrates the man who fed millions worldwide; however, it was the G.O.P., not Hoover, who promised one of these in every pot a chicken |
#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 |
#4995, aired 2006-05-05 | BRITISH SPELLING BEE $400: Use this farm implement that breaks up soil to plant your leeks P-L-O-U-G-H |
#4993, aired 2006-05-03 | THE NEW YORK TIMES NEWS OF 2006 $600: "G.O.P. UNREST OVER PORTS" read a headline when this emirate's control of some U.S. ports was opposed by Congress in March Dubai |
#4932, aired 2006-02-07 | FILL IN THE NOVEL TITLE $400: "T.G.O.W."
by John Steinbeck The Grapes of Wrath |
#4886, aired 2005-12-05 | SCRABBLE 50-POINT BONUSES $1600: O, G, N, 2 As, P, R:
A model of excellence paragon |
#4848, aired 2005-10-12 | SPELLING $2000: Put your thoughts in order as you spell... C-H-R-O-N-O-L-O-G-I-C-A-L |
#4779, aired 2005-05-19 | "W"HO CAN IT BE NOW? $1000: Sean O'Casey described this author of "The Inimitable Jeeves" as "English Literature's Performing Flea" P.G. Wodehouse |
#4756, aired 2005-04-18 | BRITISH SPELLING BEE $200: In the British version of Monopoly, you might draw a card saying "Go directly to" this lockup G-A-O-L |
#4721, aired 2005-02-28 | THE "B.G."s $600: As teens, he & Paul Allen ran Traf-O-Data, a company that used a computer to analyze traffic patterns Bill Gates |
#4693, aired 2005-01-19 | CHERCHEZ LA FEMME $1000: P.D. James,
P.G. Wodehouse,
P.J. O'Rourke P.D. James |
#4691, aired 2005-01-17 | NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WORDS $1600: Bury yourself (& an ancient Egyptian) in this 1981 winner from the greek for "flesh-eating" S-A-R-C-O-P-H-A-G-U-S |
#4634, aired 2004-10-28 | SURVIVOR: CONGRESS $400: The G.O.P. tribe was startled at how fast this N.Y. senator made bipartisan alliances after her 2000 election Hillary Clinton |
#4592, aired 2004-07-20 | GIMME THE 5th $400: The letters O, I, B, G & this go across the top of a popular game of chance N |
#4562, aired 2004-06-08 | CELEBRITY SURNAME SPELLING $400: Tha rapper Snoop D-O-G-G |
#4559, aired 2004-06-03 | A GREEN THUMB $800: You can help plants gro (that's G-R-O) with food or a fertilizer spike from this Scotts Co. brand Miracle-Gro |
#4439, aired 2003-12-18 | ABBREV. $200: Tho can be short for t-h-o-u-g-h, or this male name Thomas |
#4362, aired 2003-07-15 | REFRESHER COURSE $800: At age 10, future New Jersey governor Christie Whitman raised $10 for the G.O.P. at this type of stand lemonade stand |
#4346, aired 2003-06-23 | SPELL THE LAST NAME $1600: "Elongated" Italian painter & sculptor Amedeo... M-O-D-I-G-L-I-A-N-I |
#4261, aired 2003-02-24 | RAPS $2000: It's what the "O.G." stood for in Ice-T's album title of the same name "Original Gangster" |
#4080, aired 2002-05-03 | MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS $200: This motorcycle manufacturer sponsors an owners group called H.O.G. Harley-Davidson |
#4040, aired 2002-03-08 | SPELLING BEE $800: The name of this Philistine warrior to the Bible is now applied to any large object or person G-O-L-I-A-T-H |
#3965, aired 2001-11-23 | BRAND NAMES $100: A real butcher gave his name to this line of processed meats that includes B-O-L-O-G-N-A Oscar Mayer |
#3873, aired 2001-06-06 | BILLY WILDER FILMS $1000: This 1953 war drama was based on a play by Donald Bevan & Edmund Trzcinski, 2 ex-G.I.'s who'd been P.O.W.s Stalag 17 |
#3818, aired 2001-03-21 | ACTRESS-DIRECTORS $300: Films like "Big" & "The Preacher's Wife" have put her in a league of her own Penny Marshall |
#3776, aired 2001-01-22 | THE WIZARD OF "O"s $400: These native North American people are also known as the Chippewa Ojibwa |
#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 |
#3743, aired 2000-12-06 | CLASSIC ADS & JINGLES $300: It "Has a way with B-O-L-O-G-N-A" Oscar Mayer |
#3613, aired 2000-04-26 | THE HISTORY OF RAP $600: In the title of Ice-T's album, it's what "O.G." stands for "Original Gangster" |
#3507, aired 1999-11-30 | BRITISH SPELLING BEE $800: A game of tic-tac-toe is a game of these & crosses N-O-U-G-H-T-S |
#3499, aired 1999-11-18 | MOVIES IN BLACK & WHITE $800: Peter Graves spies on William Holden & the other G.I.s in this 1953 P.O.W. film Stalag 17 |
#3495, aired 1999-11-12 | THE DREADED SPELLING CATEGORY $1000: Your telepathic abilities might help you in spelling... P-A-R-A-P-S-Y-C-H-O-L-O-G-Y |
#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 |
#3337, aired 1999-02-23 | WAR STARS $600: As Lt. Jordan O'Neil, Demi Moore was the first female to undergo Navy SEAL training in this film G.I. Jane |
#3314, aired 1999-01-21 | ONLINE LINGO $500: Inputting cyberheads take note: G.I.G.O. stands for this "Garbage in, garbage out" |
#3057, aired 1997-12-09 | ODD WORDS $600: The name of an exhibit at the 1939 World's Fair gave us this 8-letter word for a futuristic display-o-rama Futurama |
#2970, aired 1997-06-27 | PRONOUNCIATION $400: A proposed spelling for this word is G-H-O-T-I:
GH as in cough,
O as in women,
TI as in nation fish |
#2879, aired 1997-02-20 | AUTHORS ON AUTHORS $1000: Sean O' Casey sniped that this author of "Jeeves" was "English literature's performing flea" P.G. Wodehouse |
#2422, aired 1995-02-28 | A.K.A. $100: Originally, the last name of this famed Hollywood family was spelled H-O-U-G-H-S-T-O-N Huston |
#2415, aired 1995-02-17 | AMERICANA $200: In the late 1800s the Republicans became known as the G.O.P., which stands for this the Grand Old Party |
#2205, aired 1994-03-18 | U.S. PRESIDENTS $100: This Civil War general was the first G.O.P. president to serve 2 full terms Grant |
#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 |
#2016, aired 1993-05-17 | U.S. PRESIDENTS $200: He won the 1860 G.O.P. nomination on the 3rd ballot after trailing William H. Seward on the 1st 2 ballots Lincoln |
#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) |
#1621, aired 1991-09-23 | NEW YORK CITY $200: In 1981 this mayor became the 1st person nominated for that office by both the G.O.P. & the Democrats Ed Koch |
#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 |
#1424, aired 1990-11-08 | REPUBLICANS $1000: In 1984, the year after he switched to the G.O.P., he was elected a senator from Texas Phil Gramm |
#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 $1000: The city in New York that's home to Vassar College P-O-U-G-H-K-E-E-P-S-I-E |
#1319, aired 1990-05-03 | POLITICAL QUOTES $400: 1 of the 3 things which, according to John Fremont's 1856 G.O.P. campaign, should be free Soil, men & speech |
#1307, aired 1990-04-17 | MEAT $500: Spelling that completes the jingle "Oscar Mayer has a way with..." B-O-L-O-G-N-A |
#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 |
#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 |
#1167, aired 1989-10-03 | MEN'S FASHION $300: In March 1989 Bloomingdale's presented H.O.G. night to display clothes with this motorcycle insignia the Harley-Davidson logo |
#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 |
#1028, aired 1989-02-08 | SPELLING $100: Vespucci's first name wasn't America, it was this A-M-E-R-I-G-O |
#973, aired 1988-11-23 | FAMOUS FOLKS $100: Tennis pro Pam Shriver was a volunteer for this G.O.P. presidential nominee in 1988 George Bush |
#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 |
#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 |
#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 |
#627, aired 1987-05-05 | GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $100: The initials G.O.P., referring to the Republican Party, stand for this Grand Old Party |
#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 |
#264, aired 1985-09-12 | MOVIE TRIVIA $1000: Name spelled out repeatedly by W.C. Fields & caller in "It's a Gift" Carl LaFong |