#9056, aired 2024-03-11 | "AI" $1600: Heads up! It's this South American cousin of the crocodile a caiman |
#8994, aired 2023-12-14 | BROWNIAN NOTIONS $1200: He said he knew "slave-holders" would not give up their slaves "till they felt a big stick about their heads" John Brown |
#8967, aired 2023-11-07 | MYTHOLOGICAL PAINTINGS $400: Heads up! She's the subject in the Caravaggio painting seen here Medusa |
#11, aired 2023-01-19 | LANDMARKS $100: The heads that make up this national memorial are each about 60 feet tall & each was dedicated at separate times during the 1930s Mount Rushmore |
#8626, aired 2022-04-25 | MULTIPLE HYPHENS $1200: Put your heads together & come up with this French term for a private conversation tête-à-tête |
#8616, aired 2022-04-11 | IN MOM'S FREE TIME $600: Tired of little heads going thunk, a daycare staff wanted something to prop kids up; Susan Henderson created this pillow the Boppy |
#8480, aired 2021-10-01 | SOME FUN & GAMES $600: The heads of 4 amphibious ungulates gobble up marbles in this Hasbro game Hungry Hungry Hippos |
#8476, aired 2021-09-27 | TALK ABOUT THAT WEATHER $800: Heads up! According to the Natl. Severe Storms Laboratory, hail with a diameter of 4 1/2 inches is comparable in size to this fruit grapefruit |
#8334, aired 2021-02-11 | SUPERSTITION $200: The rhyme goes, "Find" one of these, "pick it up, and all day long you'll have good luck", but make sure it's heads up a penny |
#8255, aired 2020-10-09 | NUMBERS OF THINGS $1000: Hesiod said this beast had 50 heads, not 3, & Hercules' final labor of 12 was to bring it from the underworld up to the surface Cerberus |
#8251, aired 2020-10-05 | HEADS UP! & OFF! $400: After being tried for treason, this royal lost her tete on Oct. 16, 1793 Marie Antoinette |
#8251, aired 2020-10-05 | HEADS UP! & OFF! $800: After this pirate was killed on Nov. 22, 1718, his head, awesome facial hair & all, ended up on the bowsprit of a ship Blackbeard |
#8251, aired 2020-10-05 | HEADS UP! & OFF! $1200: On Feb. 12, 1554 she got way too much taken off the top; hope the near-week-&-a-half as queen was worth it Lady Jane Grey |
#8251, aired 2020-10-05 | HEADS UP! & OFF! $1600: On Aug. 23, 1305 both his life & his freedom were taken; getting beheaded was but one of many steps in the process William Wallace |
#8251, aired 2020-10-05 | HEADS UP! & OFF! $2,600 (Daily Double): After his death in 43 B.C., this Roman orator made a final appearance on the speakers' platform at the Forum--well, his head & hands did Cicero |
#8117, aired 2019-12-17 | NEW MILLENNIUM TV $600: Shemar Moore heads up an elite unit on the streets of L.A. on this CBS reboot S.W.A.T. |
#8095, aired 2019-11-15 | SITCOMS $800: As grouchy, narrow-minded Calvin, Cedric the Entertainer heads up this show set in a Black area of Los Angeles The Neighborhood |
#7787, aired 2018-06-19 | WORLD HISTORY $1000: Heads up! Or off! the Reign of Terror ended in July 1794 with this man's execution Robespierre |
#7666, aired 2018-01-01 | LET'S GET ORGANIZED $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a military chart on the monitor.) In the U.S. Army, a major general commands a division; colonels, lieutenant colonels & captains each have assigned units & a lieutenant heads up this group of 16 to 40 soldiers, also the title of a 1986 Oscar-winning movie a platoon |
#7641, aired 2017-11-27 | MOUNTAINS $600: Let's put our 4 big heads together & come up with the name of this landmark just SW of Rapid City Mount Rushmore |
#7469, aired 2017-02-16 | MADAM SECRETARY $1600: Donna Shalala, HHS secretary from 1993 to 2001, heads up this charitable foundation much in the news in 2016 the Clinton Foundation |
#7176, aired 2015-11-23 | WOMEN CEOs $800: You'll find plenty of videos of Susan Wojicicki on the website of this Google-owned business that she heads up YouTube |
#7171, aired 2015-11-16 | SODA POP QUIZ $200: Heads up! It was launched as "Bib-Label Lithiated Lemon-Lime Soda" in 1929 7 Up |
#7112, aired 2015-07-14 | BROWNIAN NOTIONS $1200: He said he knew "slave-holders" would not give up their slaves "till they felt a big stick about their heads" John Brown |
#6999, aired 2015-02-05 | SHAKING UP SHAKESPEARE $1600: It's got murders, rape & heads baked in a pie:
"CUSTODIAN NUT SIR" Titus Andronicus |
#6892, aired 2014-07-29 | AT THE GEORGIA AQUARIUM $800: (Sarah, of the Clue Crew reports from the Georgia Aquarium.) Able to turn their heads up, down, & side to side, belugas can more easily catch prey as a result of these not being fused in their necks vertebrae |
#6848, aired 2014-05-28 | GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $800: Heads up! It's a downright dirty 11-letter term for malicious attacks on opponents mudslinging |
#6654, aired 2013-07-18 | BABY REGISTRY ITEMS $1000: Heads up! It's the smart line of developmental products that features the image seen here on its logo Baby Einstein |
#6384, aired 2012-05-24 | OPERA CHARACTERS $800: In a Wagner opera it's heads up for Jochanaan, who is this biblical figure John the Baptist |
#6188, aired 2011-07-06 | FOR KIDS $200: Recess? Time for this game with a soft drink in its name, where a septet of students are "it" Heads Up, Seven Up |
#5841, aired 2010-01-25 | SUCH A SWEETIE $600: People have been puckering up with these candies since the '60s Lemon Heads |
#5818, aired 2009-12-23 | HEADLESS & SHOULDERS $800: "Teach" your kids that on Nov. 22, 1718 this pirate took 25 wounds before someone said, "Heads up!" Blackbeard (Edward Teach) |
#5693, aired 2009-05-13 | LITERARY SETTINGS $1200: (Jon of the Clue Crew walks a walled street of Pamplona, Spain.) A passage reads, "Suddenly, a crowd came down the street. They were all running, and then the bulls galloping, tossing their heads up and down..." vividly capturing Pamplona in this 1926 novel The Sun Also Rises |
#5569, aired 2008-11-20 | TAKE THE LEAD $1000: Bashar al-Assad heads up this country from its capital, Damascus Syria |
#5568, aired 2008-11-19 | "M" TV $400: David Caruso heads up the the crime scene investigation unit in this city Miami |
#5199, aired 2007-03-29 | BEAUS $800: In 2006 she turned heads when she showed up at beau Justin Timberlake's CD release party as a brunette Cameron Diaz |
#5191, aired 2007-03-19 | WHAT UP, "G"? $400: Once a term for a carnival performer who bit the heads off chickens, it now usually refers to a tech nerd a geek |
#5180, aired 2007-03-02 | HEADS UP! $200: On May 2, 1536, she was sent to the Tower of London on adultery charges; on May 19, head rolled Anne Boleyn |
#5180, aired 2007-03-02 | HEADS UP! $400: It would have been ironic if the guillotine used for her Oct. 16, 1793 execution was also used to cut some cake Marie Antoinette |
#5180, aired 2007-03-02 | HEADS UP! $600: If this mythster was into Dylan, she'd have sung "Everybody Must Get Stoned" (until Perseus beheaded her) Medusa |
#5180, aired 2007-03-02 | HEADS UP! $800: On July 28, 1794 this French leader's "Reign of Terror" was cut short (Maximilien) Robespierre |
#5180, aired 2007-03-02 | HEADS UP! $1000: On Jan. 12, 1519 this Spanish explorer & Pacific Ocean sighter lost a few crucial lbs. in the public square of Acla (Vasco Núñez de) Balboa |
#5073, aired 2006-10-04 | YOU'RE HISTORY! $200: Heads up! This 16th century British king had 6 wives & a Tudor garage King Henry VIII |
#4989, aired 2006-04-27 | MIND YOUR BUSINESS $800: Sumner Redstone heads up this company whose properties include MTV, VH1, Nick & Paramount Viacom |
#4957, aired 2006-03-14 | FUN WITH DICK & JANE $1000: See Jane. See Jane marry Lord Guildford Dudley at age 15 in 1553. See Jane have a rough 1554. Heads up, Jane. Heads up (Lady) Jane Grey |
#4946, aired 2006-02-27 | THAT'S MY BUSINESS $400: Meg Whitman heads up this Internet company where you can bid on items & sell them, too eBay |
#4637, aired 2004-11-03 | IT'S ELEMENTAL $400: With 1 as its atomic number, this gas heads up the periodic table hydrogen |
#4494, aired 2004-03-04 | CELEBRITIES' ORIGINAL NAMES $600: "Seinfeld" co-star Jay Greenspan Jason Alexander |
#4460, aired 2004-01-16 | MYTHOLOGICAL PAINTINGS $800: Heads up! She's the subject in the Caravaggio painting seen here Medusa |
#4402, aired 2003-10-28 | COME WHAT MAY $1200: In May 2002 this paper put up on e-Bay some of its "Dot Heads", the portraits it uses on its front page The Wall Street Journal |
#3804, aired 2001-03-01 | HEADS UP $200: He's the "childish" 19th century outlaw & New York City native seen here Billy the Kid |
#3804, aired 2001-03-01 | HEADS UP $400: In 1897 this man seen here began a 3-year exile in Siberia Lenin |
#3804, aired 2001-03-01 | HEADS UP $600: She was launched for a second time in 1984 Sally Ride |
#3804, aired 2001-03-01 | HEADS UP $800: Controversial American evangelist of the 1920s seen here Aimee Semple McPherson |
#3804, aired 2001-03-01 | HEADS UP $1000: This actress seen here dominated French theater for more than half a century Sarah Bernhardt |
#3331, aired 1999-02-15 | OFF WITH THEIR HEADS! $600: After Charles II was restored to England's throne, he had this lord protector's body dug up & beheaded Oliver Cromwell |
#3267, aired 1998-11-17 | BOSTON TV $600: Dylan McDermott heads up a small Boston law firm on this Emmy-winning drama The Practice |
#3173, aired 1998-05-20 | GET "BACK" $200: Swimmers do it face up with their arms moving alternately over their heads the backstroke |
#2993, aired 1997-09-10 | HEADS OF STATE HEADLINES $100: March 14, 1997: His handicap goes way up after taking a spill down Greg Norman's stairs Bill Clinton |
#2587, aired 1995-11-28 | VEGETABLES $500: Heads up! Its name is the Italian word for flowering cabbage tops broccoli |
#1959, aired 1993-02-25 | IN THE NEWS $200: Time reports that in August 2126 Comet Swift-Tuttle may do this, so...heads up! collide with the Earth |
#961, aired 1988-11-07 | DOLLS $300: In the mid-1800s China factories in this European country supplied nearly all dolls' heads &bodies worldwide Germany |
#481, aired 1986-10-13 | ORGANIZATIONS $800: Former Watergate prosecutor Archibald Cox heads up this citizens' lobby in Washington Common Cause |
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