#25, aired 2024-01-16 | TRAIN STATIONS $300: The signs of the zodiac grace the iconic ceiling
of this New York City landmark, one of the world's first all-electric buildings Grand Central |
#8997, aired 2023-12-19 | FAMOUS LAST WORDS $200: It's the station at the end of a transport line, like Grand Central terminal |
#8953, aired 2023-10-18 | DINING OUT IN NEW YORK $600: Enjoy the raw bar at the Oyster Bar, an institution at this transportation hub since 1913 Grand Central Station |
#8878, aired 2023-05-24 | TRAIN-ING DAY $400: Separated by 8th Avenue, Moynihan Train Hall & this "stately" New York City train station operate as one complex Penn Station |
#8782, aired 2023-01-10 | NYC SUBWAY STOPS $200: The S train has but 2 stops, shuttling across 42nd Street between Times Square & this landmark with much train activity Grand Central Station |
#3, aired 2022-10-09 | THE TERMINAL LIST $100: 250,000 people a day commute through this terminal at Park Ave. & 42nd St.; the "Station" is where you get the subway down below Grand Central Terminal (Grand Central Station accepted) |
#8477, aired 2021-09-28 | SIGNS & SYMBOLS $400: At Grand Central Terminal, the design motif of acorns & this tree's leaves symbolizes the Vanderbilt family's rags-to-riches rise oak |
#8461, aired 2021-08-09 | BUCKINGHAM PALACE $200: A grand piano is central to the Music Room, known for hosting baptisms & this religious ceremony where kids get a new name christening |
#8408, aired 2021-05-26 | TRANSPORTATION $800: In 1871 this railroad & shipping tycoon built the first depot at what became Grand Central Terminal (Cornelius) Vanderbilt |
#8217, aired 2020-05-19 | STILL STANDING IN EUROPE $800: The Rialto Bridge is the oldest of the bridges that traverse this central waterway of Venice the Grand Canal |
#8148, aired 2020-01-29 | TRAIN OF THOUGHT $400: 2.8 million cubic yards were excavated to build this New York City train station opened in 1913 Grand Central |
#7964, aired 2019-04-04 | TRANSPORTATION $800: This transportation hub in the heart of midtown Manhattan opened in 1913 Grand Central Station |
#7793, aired 2018-06-27 | ALLUSIONS $400: Any very busy place, or this specific transport center at Park Avenue & 42nd Street Grand Central Station |
#7728, aired 2018-03-28 | CLUES ACROSS NEW YORK CITY $200: (I'm Lee Goldberg from New York's ABC7.) In the 1800s Brooklyn's Plymouth Church became known as the "the Grand Central depot" of this secretive network that helped slaves escape to the North the Underground Railroad |
#7318, aired 2016-06-08 | SURROUNDED BY STATISTICS $1000: It's the busiest Amtrak station, with around 10 million riders a year Pennsylvania Station |
#6954, aired 2014-12-04 | U.S. LANDMARKS $1600: The clock in front of this New York City railway terminal may be the world's largest example of Tiffany glass Grand Central Station |
#6819, aired 2014-04-17 | THE INTERSTATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM $800: Old highways were incorporated into the system, including Grand Central Parkway in this state, redubbed I-278 New York |
#6742, aired 2013-12-31 | ARCHITECTURE $400: The demolition of this NYC train station in the early 1960s helped spur the city's preservationist movement Penn Station |
#6735, aired 2013-12-20 | HIGHWAYS & BYWAYS $1000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Grand Central Terminal in New York.) New Yorkers have loved oysters going back to the Indians who have left piles of shells 4 feet deep. One pile gave this Lower Manhattan street its precious name Pearl Street |
#6648, aired 2013-07-10 | 2013 POSTAGE STAMPS $400: An express mail stamp honors this train station that opened on February 2, 1913 Grand Central Station |
#6631, aired 2013-06-17 | UNIQUE NEW YORK $400: What is this place, Grand Central? no, but its 21 tracks can handle more than 1,000 people every 90 seconds Penn Station |
#6485, aired 2012-11-23 | USING YOUR JEOP-PS $1000: (Sarah's voice reads the clue in a monotone fashion.) You have arrived at 89 E. 42nd St., this NYC landmark viewed by 150,000 at its 1913 opening; why are you here? You have a car! the Grand Central Terminal |
#6444, aired 2012-09-27 | DINING OUT IN NEW YORK $600: Enjoy the Raw Bar at the Oyster Bar, an institution at this transportation hub since 1913 Grand Central Station |
#5991, aired 2010-10-04 | RIDING THE RAILS $400: With 44 platforms, this NYC terminal is the world's largest railway terminal Grand Central Station |
#5853, aired 2010-02-10 | NONFICTION $2,500 (Daily Double): A 2009 biography of this builder of Grand Central Terminal calls him "the first tycoon" (Cornelius) Vanderbilt |
#5742, aired 2009-07-21 | STUPID ANSWERS $1200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Grand Central Terminal, New York.) When the 2-year restoration was unveiled in 1998, the chairman of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority said that this has truly been put back into the Grand Central Terminal Grand |
#5666, aired 2009-04-06 | CENTRAL PARK STATUES $800: The statue of this "Mood Indigo" composer & bandleader has him standing next to an open grand piano (Duke) Ellington |
#5666, aired 2009-04-06 | CENTRAL PARK STATUES $1000: This Union general stands in Grand Army Plaza; a rear hoof of his horse is crushing a Georgia pine branch (William Tecumseh) Sherman |
#5639, aired 2009-02-26 | THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD $3,000 (Daily Double): Abolitionist Levi Coffin's house in Fountain City, Ind. was known as this "Station" on the Underground Railroad Grand Central |
#5626, aired 2009-02-09 | BELOVED FILMS $600: A fugitive Cary Grant blends in with the crowd at Grand Central in this Hitchcock thriller North by Northwest |
#5615, aired 2009-01-23 | GRAND CENTRAL TERMINAL $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Grand Central Terminal in New York.) Grand Central is a required stop for New York politicians. On September 4, 1964, this man was mobbed here on his way to winning a Senate seat that November RFK (Robert Kennedy) |
#5615, aired 2009-01-23 | GRAND CENTRAL TERMINAL $1200: (Kelly of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Grand Central Terminal in New York.) Opened officially February 2nd, 1913, Grand Central Terminal was designed in this French-named style that allows for vast interior spaces Beaux Arts |
#5615, aired 2009-01-23 | GRAND CENTRAL TERMINAL $1600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Grand Central Terminal in New York.) In 1938 Grand Central sent off the inaugural run of the new streamliner version of this New York City-Chicago train, the Century for short the 20th Century Limited |
#5615, aired 2009-01-23 | GRAND CENTRAL TERMINAL $2000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Grand Central Terminal in New York.) Grand Central is a vital hub for New York City's commuters; after a day's work in Manhattan, I can catch the 5:27 to this New York town where the Clintons live Chappaqua |
#5615, aired 2009-01-23 | GRAND CENTRAL TERMINAL $3,600 (Daily Double): (Kelly of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Grand Central Terminal in New York.) Many youngsters arrived in Grand Central to make it in New York and exited to this street. You're going out a youngster and you've got to come back a star 42nd Street |
#5548, aired 2008-10-22 | OYSTERS $400: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the Grand Central Terminal Oyster Bar in New York.) Only high-quality oysters are served in this simple way, also in the popular name of a Botticelli painting on the half shell |
#5548, aired 2008-10-22 | OYSTERS $800: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the Grand Central Terminal Oyster Bar in New York.) Originally made with snails, this dish from Antoine's of New Orleans got its name because it looked so rich Oysters Rockefeller |
#5548, aired 2008-10-22 | OYSTERS $1200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew has a dish at the Grand Central Terminal Oyster Bar in New York.) Modern refrigeration has eliminated the old warning about only eating oysters in these months, but some still say that's when they taste best months with R's in them |
#5548, aired 2008-10-22 | OYSTERS $1600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew downs a shot at the Grand Central Terminal Oyster Bar in New York.) The oyster shooter, reputedly invented by a West Coast miner who wanted his oyster fast & raw, is made with this cocktail mix Bloody Mary mix |
#5548, aired 2008-10-22 | OYSTERS $2000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew holds a mollusk at the Grand Central Terminal Oyster Bar in New York.) Oysters from this colorful location on Long Island's Great South Bay were so popular, the name is used for several East Coast oysters Blue Point |
#5347, aired 2007-12-04 | THE BIG APPLE $800: One of NYC's most famous seafood joints is the bar for these bivalves in Grand Central oysters |
#5287, aired 2007-09-11 | PLANES, TRAINS & AUTOMOBILES $200: This New York City place is commonly called a station. It's actually a terminal as train lines begin and end there Grand Central Station |
#5101, aired 2006-11-13 | GRAND CENTRAL STATION $200: This former Chicago Bull has a steakhouse in the station Michael Jordan |
#5101, aired 2006-11-13 | GRAND CENTRAL STATION $400: This '60s first lady helped save Grand Central Station from destruction in the 1970s Jackie Kennedy |
#5101, aired 2006-11-13 | GRAND CENTRAL STATION $600: An entire alien civilization lives in a locker at Grand Central in the sequel to this Will Smith-Tommy Lee Jones film Men In Black |
#4973, aired 2006-04-05 | TIME LAPSE $800: Just more rush-hour traffic inside this landmark Grand Central Station |
#4691, aired 2005-01-17 | OLD-TIME RADIO $1600: "As a bullet seeks its target, shining rails in every part of our great nation are aimed at..." this landmark Grand Central Station |
#4529, aired 2004-04-22 | NEW YORK CITY HISTORY $200: Opened in 1871, the first rail depot called this didn't function too well; trains could only exit in reverse Grand Central Station |
#4086, aired 2002-05-13 | "GRAND" CENTRAL $200: 2-word French term for a competitive international road race grand prix |
#4086, aired 2002-05-13 | "GRAND" CENTRAL $400: This midwestern city of 190,000 was built on the site of an Ottawa Indian village Grand Rapids |
#4086, aired 2002-05-13 | "GRAND" CENTRAL $600: Traditional term for a comprehensive survey of the continent for a young upper-class Englishman the grand tour |
#4086, aired 2002-05-13 | "GRAND" CENTRAL $800: Found off Newfoundland, it's a major source of food fish the Grand Banks |
#4086, aired 2002-05-13 | "GRAND" CENTRAL $1000: Named for a Paris theater, it's drama that emphasizes the horrific or macabre Grand Guignol |
#4085, aired 2002-05-10 | CENTRAL PARK $400: Central Park has a statue of King Wladyslaw II Jagiello of this country, who was also Grand Duke of Lithuania Poland |
#4060, aired 2002-04-05 | UNUSUAL ANIMALS $800: A relative of the alligator, this South & Central American reptile shares its name with a "Grand" Caribbean island caiman |
#3967, aired 2001-11-27 | THE "CENTRAL" ISSUE $200: It stretches 2 1/2 miles by 1/2 mile in the heart of Manhattan Central Park |
#3967, aired 2001-11-27 | THE "CENTRAL" ISSUE $600: It's the proverbially busy transportation hub seen here Grand Central Station |
#3898, aired 2001-07-11 | TRAIN STATIONS $200: In the movie "The Clock", Judy Garland finds love in this "stately" NYC station Penn Station |
#3881, aired 2001-06-18 | THEY PUT ME ON HOLD AGAIN! $100: Calling Grand Central Station could get you this hold music "Loco-Motion" |
#3867, aired 2001-05-29 | ISN'T IT "GRAND"? $200: Each day over a half million people pass through this place located on 42nd Street at Park Avenue Grand Central Station |
#3852, aired 2001-05-08 | THE EARLY 1900s $100: Mayor Van Wyck broke ground for a tunnel to Grand Central Terminal for a subway serving this city New York City |
#3752, aired 2000-12-19 | DID I HEAR THAT RIGHT? $200: A coming-of-age novel by Bruce Ducker is titled "Lead Us Not Into" this NYC train depot Penn Station |
#3498, aired 1999-11-17 | POWER DINING $400: This railroad terminal on 42nd Street is home to a world-famous oyster bar Grand Central Station |
#3321, aired 1999-02-01 | 42nd STREET $800: The sculpture seen here is from the 42nd Street facade of this building Grand Central Station |
#3130, aired 1998-03-20 | AIN'T THAT "GRAND" $200: This name for a railroad terminal at Park & 42nd is a synonym for frenzied activity Grand Central Station |
#2975, aired 1997-07-04 | 20th CENTURY ARCHITECTURE $500: In 1963 this airline building opened over Grand Central Station Pan American Building |
#2667, aired 1996-03-19 | NEW YORK CITY $200: This railroad terminal on 42nd Street was built between 1903 & 1913 Grand Central Station |
#2595, aired 1995-12-08 | I ♥ NY $400: The Oyster Bar in this famous terminal opened in 1913 Grand Central |
#2460, aired 1995-04-21 | NYC LANDMARKS $500: Commodore Vanderbilt named this huge transportation hub when it was originally built Grand Central Station |
#2055, aired 1993-07-09 | TRANSPORTATION $400: The world's largest railway station, this U.S. landmark covers some 48 acres Grand Central Station |
#1260, aired 1990-02-09 | NEWS OF THE '80s $300: In Feb. 1988 this Central American leader was indicted by a U.S. grand jury on drug trafficking charges Manuel Noriega (Panama) |
#1239, aired 1990-01-11 | "W"ORLD GEOGRAPHY $500: This mountain range, a segment of the Rockies, runs from southeastern Idaho to north central Utah Wasatch |
#1189, aired 1989-11-02 | WORLD TRAVEL $400: If you walk from river to river on this NYC street, you'll pass the U.N., Grand Central Sta. & the main library 42nd Street |
#503, aired 1986-11-12 | NEW YORK CITY $500: About 10 times a year, Kodak changes the 18' x 60' color transparency in the lobby of this NYC building Grand Central Station |