| #9084, aired 2024-04-18 | BIBLICAL GARB $400: At Jericho, this leader was told to "loose thy shoe from off thy foot; for the place whereon thou standest is holy" Joshua |
| #9082, aired 2024-04-16 | COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $2,000 (Daily Double): The king of this country gets the official title "Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques" Saudi Arabia |
| #9079, aired 2024-04-11 | WOMEN IN ANCIENT TIMES $400: In the 4th century Constantine's mother Helena traveled to this city where she had the Basilica of the Holy Sepulcher built Jerusalem |
| #9078, aired 2024-04-10 | THE 6 MOTHERS-IN-LAW OF HENRY VIII $1600: The mother of Anne of Cleves was Maria of Jülich, a duchy of this thousand-year empire of West & Central Europe the Holy Roman Empire |
| #9066, aired 2024-03-25 | THINKING ABOUT THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE $200: Maybe just Chuck the Nifty to his pals, he began ruling with the title "emperor of the Romans" in 800 Charlemagne |
| #9066, aired 2024-03-25 | THINKING ABOUT THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE $400: Established within the Holy Roman Empire in 1719, this principality boasts a population of about 40,000 Liechtenstein |
| #9066, aired 2024-03-25 | THINKING ABOUT THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE $600: Ill-behaved Holy Roman Empire troops sacked Magdeburg in 1631 in this war that lasted for a certain time the Thirty Years' War |
| #9066, aired 2024-03-25 | THINKING ABOUT THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE $800: Frederick III of this royal family had a good Holy Roman run, ruling from 1452 to 1493 the Habsburgs |
| #9066, aired 2024-03-25 | THINKING ABOUT THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE $1000: The 1648 peace of this region said "peace out" to a lot of the power of Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand III Westphalia |
| #9063, aired 2024-03-20 | OVERLAPS $1200: A holy church table made from a hairy arachnid an altarantula |
| #9057, aired 2024-03-12 | THE KNIGHTLY NEWS $400: This holy object has been sought by knights in ancient legend & much more recently by Graham Chapman the Holy Grail |
| #9055, aired 2024-03-08 | THE MIDDLE AGES $1600: The Lombard League, an alliance of Italian cities, was founded in 1167 to defend against this red-bearded Holy Roman Emperor Barbarossa |
| #9049, aired 2024-02-29 | IMAGE $400: Limiting his palette to mostly blacks & whites, Marc Chagall painted "The Praying Jew", also known as this holy man "of Vitebsk" Rabbi |
| #3, aired 2024-02-02 | RHYMING FOLKS $1200: There were "Holy Cow"s in the high mass & a banner reading "Heaventh Inning Stretch" at his Chicago funeral in 1998 Harry Caray |
| #9008, aired 2024-01-03 | WHERE'D YOU GO? $200: Three generations of the d'Aluye family were on these expeditions to the Holy Lands; the effigy of one shows him in armor with praying hands the Crusades |
| #23, aired 2024-01-02 | AUTO BIOGRAPHIES $100: You can call me a holy roller, since I'm customized to drive this official as he greets crowds the Pope |
| #9006, aired 2024-01-01 | RELIGION $2000: In Judaism the high holy days begin with this 2-day observance & end with Yom Kippur Rosh Hashanah |
| #22, aired 2023-12-06 | THREESOMES $400: If "American Pie" is your karaoke go-to, you know they're "the three men I admire most" who "caught the last train for the coast" Father, Son & the Holy Ghost |
| #8983, aired 2023-11-29 | DISCOGRAPHIES $400: "Houses of the Holy":
these rockers Led Zeppelin |
| #21, aired 2023-11-29 | SKIN CARE $1000: An antioxidant derived from vitamin A, this skincare ingredient has been called the "Holy Grail" of anti-aging Retinol |
| #20, aired 2023-11-15 | ADVENTUROUS WOMEN $100: One of history's first travel writers, the 4th-century pilgrim Egeria explored the Holy Land using this book as a guide the Bible |
| #8971, aired 2023-11-13 | THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE $800: In 1571 the Holy League defeated Ottoman naval forces in the Gulf of Patras off the coast of Lepanto in this current nation Greece |
| #8960, aired 2023-10-27 | THE LAST SUPPER $400: Traditional 2-word name for the chalice used by Jesus during the Last Supper the Holy Grail |
| #8954, aired 2023-10-19 | IT'S OUR TURN TO SACK ROME!!! $1000: 1527 A.D.:
Spanish & German troops working for this "Empire" end the High Renaissance by sacking Rome the Holy Roman Empire |
| #17, aired 2023-10-18 | THE QURAN $300: The revelation of The Quran from the angel Jibril to the prophet Muhammad began in this holy Islamic month of fasting Ramadan |
| #8939, aired 2023-09-28 | WE'VE GOT TO STOP MEETING LIKE THIS $2000: Holy Roman Emperor Charles V called the 1521 meeting of this assembly at Worms the Diet (of Worms) (the Council at Worms) |
| #8937, aired 2023-09-26 | MEDICINE & HISTORY $2000: This Flemish anatomist served as court physician to Holy Roman Emperor Charles V & then to his son, Spain's Philip II Vesalius |
| #8933, aired 2023-09-20 | ALSO A STATE POSTAL ABBREVIATION $1200: Internet domain for the Holy See va |
| #8926, aired 2023-09-11 | HONORARY HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS $400: Playing center is the Holy C, the Bishop of Rome & the Thunderdome, from Argentina to the arena--this pope turned Trotter Pope Francis |
| #8925, aired 2023-07-28 | NATIONAL ANTHEMS $2000: The music of Germany's anthem was composed by this Austrian for the 1797 birthday of the Holy Roman Emperor Haydn |
| #8923, aired 2023-07-26 | WORLD OF RELIGION $1,000 (Daily Double): From the Arabic for "struggle", this word can mean a personal effort against sin, or a holy war in defense of Islam jihad |
| #8920, aired 2023-07-21 | HAPPY 75th BIRTHDAY, ISRAEL! $800: In October 1973, Israel fought the war named for this Jewish holy day Yom Kippur |
| #8914, aired 2023-07-13 | LIVE CAMS $1000: You can see people praying day & night at this holy site that was a part of a structure surrounding the Temple of Jerusalem the Western Wall (Wailing Wall) |
| #8903, aired 2023-06-28 | OPEN DOOR $600: In jubilee years, just a few every century, the pope opens the Porta Sancta or Holy Door at this Vatican site to pilgrims St. Peter's Basilica |
| #8893, aired 2023-06-14 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: Devout Muslims fast in the daylight hours during this holy month, the ninth on the Islamic calendar Ramadan |
| #8893, aired 2023-06-14 | UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITES $400: India's Mahabodhi Temple Complex, one of the 4 holy sites related to this man's life Buddha |
| #8893, aired 2023-06-14 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1,600 (Daily Double): The liturgical season of Lent begins on this holy day in the middle of the week Ash Wednesday |
| #8891, aired 2023-06-12 | BEN & JERRY'S FLAVOR GRAVEYARD $400: In the '90s we said hello & goodbye to the rhyming "Holy" this, a ricotta & pistachio ice cream Cannoli |
| #8882, aired 2023-05-30 | CZECH IT OUT! $1600: This decades-long war in Europe began in 1618 when Czech nobles rebelled against the future Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II Thirty Years' War |
| #8875, aired 2023-05-19 | SOME OF THE 10 COMMANDMENTS $200: "Remember" this "day, to keep it holy" the Sabbath |
| #8875, aired 2023-05-19 | GATES $400: Pilgrims who came to the Mediterranean port of Jaffa naturally entered this holy city through the Jaffa Gate Jerusalem |
| #8874, aired 2023-05-18 | HISTORY $1200: Marco Polo made friends with this world leader, who asked him to bring back sacred oil from Jerusalem's Holy Sepulchre Kublai Khan |
| #12, aired 2023-05-16 | A NEW HOPE $1000: Subject of the bio "Man of Hope", Padre Pio received these holy wounds not once but twice in his life, attracting numerous pilgrims stigmata |
| #8867, aired 2023-05-09 | PEOPLE $400: Holy K.I.T.T.! The ex-wife of this '80s TV star wound up marrying a man named Michael (E.) Knight Hasselhoff |
| #2, aired 2023-05-08 | BACK IN THE 12th CENTURY $2000: Under the Concordat of this German city, the Holy Roman Emperor conceded to the pope the free election of bishops & abbots Worms |
| #8865, aired 2023-05-05 | TAKE ME TO CHURCH $1000: Controlled by the Palestinian Authority, the Church of this is believed to mark the birthplace of Jesus in Bethlehem the Church of the Nativity |
| #8863, aired 2023-05-03 | MIX -OLOGY $200: Acts of God:
O GET HOLY theology |
| #8863, aired 2023-05-03 | MIX -OLOGY $1000: Go fish:
HOLY GO ITCHY ichthyology |
| #8859, aired 2023-04-27 | HISTORIC WIVES $400: The daughter of Holy Roman Emperor Francis II, Marie-Louise became his second wife in 1810 Napoleon |
| #8853, aired 2023-04-19 | MOVIE COMEDIES $400: A famous line from this classic: "We are the knights who say 'ni!"' Monty Python and the Holy Grail |
| #8806, aired 2023-02-13 | BREST, BUDAPEST & BUCHAREST $600: Budapest's Millennium Monument here features this archangel, who told Mary she'd birth Jesus; he holds St. Stephen's holy crown Gabriel |
| #8802, aired 2023-02-07 | ALSO AN NFL TEAM $600: A "Sacred College of" these meets in the Holy See Cardinals |
| #8795, aired 2023-01-27 | DIFFERS BY A VOWEL $600: Pure joy & to sanctify or make holy bliss & bless |
| #8790, aired 2023-01-20 | SAFE $1000: The Latin for "holy" gives us this word for a safe place; churches have been known to offer it sanctuary |
| #11, aired 2023-01-19 | SHOE BIZ $600: Like Elvis sang, "don't you step on" these shoes that you can get from Brooks Brothers (blue) suede shoes |
| #8787, aired 2023-01-17 | "I" ON ART $600: Clinton, Massachusetts is home to the museum of Russian these, holy images in the tradition of the Orthodox Church icons |
| #8787, aired 2023-01-17 | DURING THE LIZ TRUSS WEEKS $1000: Holy smokes! This company agreed to fork over $438.5 million to settle a multistate youth vaping inquiry Juul |
| #8767, aired 2022-12-20 | MYTHOLOGY $1600: Holy moly! An herb called moly protected Odysseus from being turned into a swine by this witchy woman Circe |
| #8753, aired 2022-11-30 | FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES $400: Sacré Dieu!, "holy God!", evolved into this more familiar & colorful expression sacrebleu |
| #8748, aired 2022-11-23 | ARRONDISSEMENTS OF PARIS $600: Located on 2 the Île de la Cité, this holy structure in the Fourth arrondissement is being restored, probably until 2024 Notre Dame |
| #8731, aired 2022-10-31 | CONDUCTING THE HISTORIC JOB INTERVIEW $200: King of the Franks *&* the Lombards, impressive... & first emperor of what would be the Holy Roman Empire? I see a team leader here Charlemagne |
| #8720, aired 2022-10-14 | THE 7th CENTURY $1,800 (Daily Double): 664's Synod of Whitby in England standardized the calculation of this holy day based on a lunar calendar Easter |
| #8717, aired 2022-10-11 | THE TEMPLES IN JERUSALEM $1600: The innermost room of Solomon's Temple was known as the Holy of Holies & was where this container symbolizing God's presence resided the Ark of the Covenant |
| #8717, aired 2022-10-11 | OLD WORDS $11,600 (Daily Double): Meaning to consecrate or make holy, it was around for nearly a millennium before it appeared in the Gettysburg Address hallow |
| #8707, aired 2022-09-27 | THE MAP OF INDIA $400: Many have had their ashes scattered into this holy river at Varanasi, including legendary actress Suchitra Sen in 2014 the Ganges |
| #8707, aired 2022-09-27 | THE 19th CENTURY $1200: Francis II was its final ruler in the early 19th c. when all roads stopped leading to this empire that ended after 1,000 years the Holy Roman Empire |
| #8698, aired 2022-09-14 | BUILDINGS $1000: Anthemius of Tralles & Isidorus of Miletus were the architects of this cathedral whose name means holy wisdom Hagia Sophia |
| #8692, aired 2022-07-26 | MOUNTAINS $800: Some 20 monasteries & dependencies, including the Great Lavra, are located on Mount Athos, a holy mountain in this country Greece |
| #8690, aired 2022-07-22 | AT CROSS PURPOSES $1000: The College of the Holy Cross is in this Massachusetts city about a 50-mile drive from Boston Worcester |
| #8671, aired 2022-06-27 | THE NATIONAL LEAGUE $400: The Catholic Holy League opposed the Huguenots during this country's 16th century wars of religion France |
| #8671, aired 2022-06-27 | ENDS IN "S-T-Y" $2000: Also called a vestry, it's a room in a church where clergy change into their robes & where holy objects are kept sacristy |
| #8659, aired 2022-06-09 | WORDS OF COMFORT $1600: Meaning both holy & venerated & bringing pleasure & contentment, it begins many a beatitude blessed |
| #8647, aired 2022-05-24 | WE DO TALK ABOUT BRUNO $400: Saint Bruno the Great, Archbishop of Cologne in the 10th century, was co-regent of this, abbreviated HRE the Holy Roman Empire |
| #8642, aired 2022-05-17 | COUNTRIES IN THE U.S. $800: In the 19th century William Holmes named a city in southern Minnesota this, after a river in the Holy Land Jordan |
| #8635, aired 2022-05-06 | 4 "N" $5,000 (Daily Double): The event where Mary found out the Holy Spirit was going to help her conceive the Annunciation |
| #8605, aired 2022-03-25 | WHAT THE HILL? $1200: Legend says Joseph of Arimathea brought this relic to England's Glastonbury Tor, launching many a quest the Holy Grail |
| #8593, aired 2022-03-09 | 3 CONSECUTIVE CONSONANTS $800: It's a journey to a shrine or holy place like the Golden Temple in India a pilgrimage |
| #8591, aired 2022-03-07 | TOWERS $2000: One of the tallest buildings in the world, the Makkah Royal Clock Tower, is part of a complex adjacent to this holy site the Great Mosque in Mecca |
| #8590, aired 2022-03-04 | ARTHURIAN LEGEND & HISTORY $1600: The son of Lancelot, this noblest of Arthur's knights was among the few virtuous enough to find the Holy Grail Sir Galahad |
| #8589, aired 2022-03-03 | 4-SYLLABLE WORDS $800: This verb often used before "last rites" ends with a type of holy man administer |
| #8585, aired 2022-02-25 | A FEW COLORFUL WORDS $200: In addition to a shade of red, it can refer to a holy man, a bird or a number cardinal |
| #15, aired 2022-02-18 | A LOFTY CATEGORY $400: There's a Fairmont Hotel in the 1,972-foot-tall Abraj al-Bayt clock tower, next to the great mosque in this holy city Mecca |
| #15, aired 2022-02-18 | RELIGION $800: During this holy month of fasting, many Muslims will recite the entire Koran, a portion each day Ramadan |
| #8576, aired 2022-02-14 | HISTORY BOOKS $3,000 (Daily Double): "The Rise & Spectacular Fall of God's Holy Warriors" is the subtitle of a recent history of this medieval order of knights the Knights Templar |
| #8574, aired 2022-02-10 | WAR $800: In 19th century Mali, Umar Tal built an empire with a series of these holy wars jihads |
| #8573, aired 2022-02-09 | IN AUTHORS' FOOTSTEPS $800: This author of fantasy novels & of "Mere Christianity" worshiped at Holy Trinity Church in Oxford & you can too (C.S.) Lewis |
| #8567, aired 2022-02-01 | 5 RANDOM THINGS $400: Holy biloba! Here's a beautiful example of this tree at a Buddhist temple said to be planted by a Chinese emperor of the Tang Dynasty a ginkgo |
| #8561, aired 2022-01-24 | THE CRUSADES $1600: After capturing this Middle Eastern city in 1098, crusaders found what they thought was the holy lance (not the holy hand grenade) Antioch |
| #8559, aired 2022-01-20 | INTERNATIONAL MEN OF MYSTERY $1200: After treating Czar Nicholas & Alexandra's son, this holy man warned that their son's fate was linked to him Rasputin |
| #8554, aired 2022-01-13 | ANCIENT FAITH $2,000 (Daily Double): Acts 2 describes the gathering of the disciples on this holy day sometimes described as "Babel reversed" Pentecost |
| #8547, aired 2022-01-04 | THE NEW TESTAMENT $1600: Matthew 21 is one place that records Jesus' entry into Jerusalem, celebrated on this holy day Palm Sunday |
| #8545, aired 2021-12-31 | ENDS IN DOUBLE LETTERS $1200: This pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca is the last of the 5 pillars of Islam hajj |
| #8542, aired 2021-12-28 | ASHES TO ASHES $200: Ash Wednesday, a holy day of repentance & fasting, directly follows this day Mardi Gras |
| #8536, aired 2021-12-20 | O HOLY KNIGHT $200: Father Michael McGivney founded a Catholic service organization & called it the Knights of this sailor of 1492 Columbus |
| #8536, aired 2021-12-20 | O HOLY KNIGHT $400: Angelo Tancredi was the first knight to join the order of this man of Assisi & was singing to him when he died Francis |
| #8536, aired 2021-12-20 | O HOLY KNIGHT $600: Knight-turned-missionary Ramon Llull wrote a manual of this, the honorable conduct expected of knights chivalry |
| #8536, aired 2021-12-20 | O HOLY KNIGHT $800: Led by Hugh de Payns, they formed in the early 12th century to protect pilgrims headed to Jerusalem the Knights Templar |
| #8536, aired 2021-12-20 | O HOLY KNIGHT $1000: Minister Thomas W. Stringer formed the African-American version of the "Knights of" him, Damon's friend Pythias |
| #8531, aired 2021-12-13 | BRITISH HUMOR $200: This Monty Python film debates whether African or European swallows could carry coconuts to a temperate zone Monty Python and the Holy Grail |
| #8519, aired 2021-11-25 | PILGRIMS' PROGRESS $2000: One could make a pilgrimage to the Holy Land like St. Helena, mother of this first Christian Roman emperor, did Constantine |
| #8516, aired 2021-11-22 | GET THE H OUTTA HERE! $800: A word meaning to make holy loses an H & gets permission to become this word meaning to permit allow |
| #8515, aired 2021-11-19 | THE AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS $200: He won an AMA in 2020 & performed "Holy", perhaps in tribute to wife Hailey Justin Bieber (Biebs) |
| #8514, aired 2021-11-18 | LOOKING FOR LUNCH $400: Holy these, Spanish for "beans"! Time to serve some up with vegetables & citrus pepper salmon frijoles |
| #8513, aired 2021-11-17 | IT'S HISTORY $2,000 (Daily Double): In 1756 Voltaire wrote that this, which had lasted nearly a thousand years, was none of the 3 elements in its name the Holy Roman Empire |
| #8494, aired 2021-10-21 | TIME TO FALL INTO AUTUMN $800: In the 8th century November 1 emerged as this holy day to honor the entirety of the canonized All Saints Day |
| #8494, aired 2021-10-21 | SPOKEN WORDS IN CLASSIC SONGS $1600: Phil Rizzuto's call: "Squeeze play, it's gonna be close... here's the play at the plate, holy cow, I think he's gonna make it!" Meat Loaf |
| #8490, aired 2021-10-15 | DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR $400: I swear on this so you know I'm telling the truth a stack of Bibles |
| #8490, aired 2021-10-15 | HISTORIC POTPOURRI $2,500 (Daily Double): Also known as Deutscher Orden, this order of knights went to the Holy Land during the Third Crusade the Teutonic Knights |
| #8482, aired 2021-10-05 | IT'S A PROCESS $800: In the Catholic church, this part of the canonization process gives the holy person the title "blessed" beatification |
| #8475, aired 2021-09-24 | NO. 5 $600: In "Monty Python & the Holy Grail", this character tries to toss the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch by counting, "One, two, five!" (King) Arthur |
| #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 |
| #8458, aired 2021-08-04 | THE CHOSEN FEW $1200: Latin for "with a key" gives us this select group of holy men responsible for picking a new pope conclave |
| #8452, aired 2021-07-27 | THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR $800: A Templar church has been called London's first this type of place; Pilgrims would deposit money there & withdraw it in the Holy Land a bank |
| #8446, aired 2021-07-19 | A VISIT TO PRAGUE $1600: In 1348 Charles IV of this "sacred" empire founded Charles University--go Chuck U.!--in Prague, his capital the Holy Roman Empire |
| #8437, aired 2021-07-06 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: Carnival in Rio takes place just before this holy season, a period of fasting before Easter Lent |
| #8433, aired 2021-06-30 | WORLD OF EMPIRES $200: Sacrum Romanum Imperium in Latin, it was ruled mainly by Frankish & German kings for roughly 10 centuries the Holy Roman Empire |
| #8428, aired 2021-06-23 | RHYME TIME $1600: A fondness for the Father, Son & Holy Spirit a trinity affinity |
| #8421, aired 2021-06-14 | PLAY TIME IS OVER $1000: After the Raiders won a 1978 game on a play called "The Holy Roller", the NFL cracked down on offensive advances via these fumbles |
| #8418, aired 2021-06-09 | NATIONAL FLOWERS $600: The Holy Ghost variety of one of these exotic tropical plants is Panama's national flower an orchid |
| #8414, aired 2021-06-03 | STARTS & ENDS WITH "H" $800: In song, "There's a blaze of light in every word, it doesn't matter which you heard, the holy or the broken" this hallelujah |
| #8409, aired 2021-05-27 | LOSING YOUR RELIGION $1200: A type of holy man loses the last letter of his title & does this, snoops into others' business pries |
| #8409, aired 2021-05-27 | LOSING YOUR RELIGION $1600: A Muslim holy month loses its last letter, becoming this hotel chain Ramada |
| #8405, aired 2021-05-21 | 2-WORD COUNTRIES $800: The official title of its king is "Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques" Saudi Arabia |
| #8395, aired 2021-05-07 | MONKS $1200: The monk Theophanes is among holy men to get this title, meaning he spoke out about his faith, not that he listened to others' sins a confessor |
| #8382, aired 2021-04-20 | MOVIE TO STAGE $800: This musical says it was "lovingly ripped off from the motion picture 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail"' Spamalot |
| #8368, aired 2021-03-31 | INTERNAL RHYME SURNAMES $800: Nelson Mandela made this holy man head of the Truth & Reconciliation Commission Tutu |
| #8365, aired 2021-03-26 | HISTORY $800: Established in the 10th century, the Varangian Guard was an elite force of Vikings acting as bodyguards of this empire's monarch the Byzantine Empire |
| #8361, aired 2021-03-22 | HISTORY $800: This imperial title, which had been around for quite a while, ended when Francis II abdicated it in 1806 Holy Roman Emperor |
| #8354, aired 2021-03-11 | RELIGIOUS OBSERVANCES $1600: In Judaism this holy day begins the 10 days of repentance that end on Yom Kippur Rosh Hashanah |
| #8354, aired 2021-03-11 | RELIGIOUS OBSERVANCES $2,000 (Daily Double): Eid-al-Fitr, Arabic for "festival of breaking fast", marks the end of this holy month Ramadan |
| #8346, aired 2021-03-01 | AMERICAN HISTORY $800: Black Elk, a holy man of the Oglala branch of these people, was at the battle of Little Bighorn & lived until 1950 the Sioux |
| #8340, aired 2021-02-19 | MOVIE TITLE PAIRS $800: 1975: King Arthur & his knights embark on a surreal search for a sacred object Monty Python and the Holy Grail |
| #8338, aired 2021-02-17 | CATHOLICISM $800: Other than Sundays, the days each year on which the faithful are expected to attend mass are called "Holy Days of" this Obligation |
| #8335, aired 2021-02-12 | MECCA & MEDINA $200: Mecca has 5 different names in this holy book the Quran |
| #8311, aired 2021-01-11 | AROUND 1001 $800: Otto III, this "emperor", opened Charlemagne's tomb & removed some relics the Holy Roman Emperor |
| #8298, aired 2020-12-09 | DURING THE RENAISSANCE $400: The weak Clement VII was pope when forces of this double-adjective empire led by Charles V sacked Rome in 1527 the Holy Roman Empire |
| #8285, aired 2020-11-20 | 20th CENTURY POP CULTURE $400: Holy guacamole, in the '70s kitchen appliances in this shade of green were all the rage avocado |
| #8266, aired 2020-10-26 | A 5-MARTINI LIBRARY $2,200 (Daily Double): In a Kurt Vonnegut novel, Bonnie, a cocktail waitress at the Holiday Inn, calls martinis this, the book's title breakfast of champions |
| #8257, aired 2020-10-13 | ANTE POPE $600: To speak pompously, from another word for that guy in the Holy See pontificate |
| #8257, aired 2020-10-13 | AWARDS & HONORS $800: A prize honoring work that promotes European unity is named for this Holy Roman Emperor Charlemagne |
| #8253, aired 2020-10-07 | LATIN LOVER NEEDED $2000: Meaning "holy of holies", this 2-word term refers to a very sacred place the sanctum sanctorum |
| #8243, aired 2020-09-23 | ON THE GLOBE $800: Notes left at this holy site are collected twice a year & buried at the Mount of Olives the Wailing Wall |
| #8238, aired 2020-09-16 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $600: German King Henry VII invaded Rome in 1312 & while he was there, picked up this title Holy Roman Emperor |
| #8217, aired 2020-05-19 | STILL STANDING IN EUROPE $400: Paris' Sainte-Chapelle was built in 1248 to house this holy headgear of Jesus the Crown of Thorns |
| #8211, aired 2020-04-27 | HOLY SMOKE $400: If you see the "fumata bianca" come through the chimney & hear the bells of St. Peter's Basilica ring, this selection was just made a new pope |
| #8211, aired 2020-04-27 | HOLY SMOKE $800: This alliterative shrubbery from Exodus was not consumed by the fire that engulfed it the burning bush |
| #8211, aired 2020-04-27 | HOLY SMOKE $1200: Native Americans were fond of burning this plant in ceremonies, and the practice is now used to remove bad energy from home sage |
| #8211, aired 2020-04-27 | HOLY SMOKE $1600: Some religious ceremonies feature one of these smoky incense carriers a censer |
| #8211, aired 2020-04-27 | HOLY SMOKE $2000: The smoky cityscape of Delhi is beautifully lit up during this Hindu festival of lights Diwali |
| #8210, aired 2020-04-24 | LAND "HO"! $800: La Santa Sede is the local version of this official name of Vatican City the Holy See |
| #8208, aired 2020-04-22 | OTHER BRITISH ISLES $2000: The monastery on Holy Island produced the illuminated biblical manuscript called the Lindisfarne these Gospels |
| #8198, aired 2020-04-08 | OLD HISTORY $400: In 1187 Pope Gregory VIII called for the third of these military expeditions to the Holy Land a crusade |
| #8191, aired 2020-03-30 | "T" TIME $200: It's the Father, Son & the Holy Spirit the Trinity |
| #8172, aired 2020-03-03 | LUKE $2000: As depicted in the 1881 painting here, in Luke, Chapter 2, 12-year-old Jesus goes missing and turns up in this holy building a temple |
| #8146, aired 2020-01-27 | THE MIDDLE AGES $1600: Before Charlemagne was crowned Holy Roman Emperor in 800, he was dubbed king of these people the Franks |
| #8143, aired 2020-01-22 | A HIGHER ROYALTY $2,000 (Daily Double): That's the pope putting the crown on Charles V, so this must be the title he's receiving in 1530 the Holy Roman Emperor |
| #4, aired 2020-01-08 | MOZART $1000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Mozart Birthplace in Salzburg, Austria.) One of the most famous images of Mozart is this painting in his birthplace, in which a seven-year-old Mozart is wearing the outfit given to him by this Holy Roman Empress at the Viennese court Maria Theresa |
| #2, aired 2020-01-07 | NOT AN ARMCHAIR EXPERT $600: (Dax Shepard delivers the clue.) A.J.P. Taylor, who taught Michael Palin at Oxford, was a model for the famous historian who's suddenly killed by a knight on horseback in this comedy film Monty Python and the Holy Grail |
| #8129, aired 2020-01-02 | THAT'S HERESY! $800: Theodosius I stamped out Macedonianism, which denied that this 3rd person of the Trinity was a person the Holy Spirit |
| #8124, aired 2019-12-26 | THE "BAR" EXAM $2000: 12th century Holy Roman Emperor Frederick had this nickname Barbarossa |
| #8123, aired 2019-12-25 | HISTORY $2,000 (Daily Double): Legend says when Columbus saw the 3 mtn, peaks on this Caribbean island he chose to name it for the Father, Son & Holy Spirit Trinidad |
| #8122, aired 2019-12-24 | A CHRISTMAS CAROL COLLAGE $800: O! American clergyman Phillips Brooks wrote the words to this Christmas carol after a pilgrimage to the Holy Land "O Little Town of Bethlehem" |
| #8102, aired 2019-11-26 | MEETING GOD $800: Graham Chapman kneels in this film but God says, "Oh, don't grovel! One thing I can't stand, it's people groveling!" Monty Python and the Holy Grail |
| #8095, aired 2019-11-15 | MOVIE FOREIGN CITIES $1600: 1989:
"Jesus of ____" (not in the Holy Land) Montreal |
| #8077, aired 2019-10-22 | MOVING THE SAINTS $400: Swiped from the Holy Land, the reputed head of this decapitated saint is on display on a silver plate at Amiens Cathedral John the Baptist |
| #8065, aired 2019-10-04 | A DAY ENDING IN Y $200: 1998's Belfast Agreement is also named for this spring holy day Good Friday |
| #8047, aired 2019-09-10 | PIG ENGLISH $2,500 (Daily Double): Completes a quote from Matthew 7:6: "Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your..." pearls before swine |
| #8037, aired 2019-07-16 | IT'S ALL IN THE PAST $1000: The 12th c. Knights Hospitallers helped pilgrims in the Holy Land while the Knights this protected 'em coming & going the Templar |
| #8001, aired 2019-05-27 | IMPERIAL-ISM $1200: Also known as the Crown of Charlemagne, the Imperial Crown was created in the 10th century for coronations of these emperors Holy Roman (emperors) |
| #7973, aired 2019-04-17 | TROUBLE IN RIVER CITY $800: Even though pollution levels are high, Kolkata residents bathe in the Hugli, an arm of this holy river of Hinduism the Ganges |
| #7959, aired 2019-03-28 | WE WOULD HAVE ALSO ACCEPTED... $600: Holy See is a perfectly fine response to use instead of this name for a small European country Vatican City |
| #7959, aired 2019-03-28 | DIET LAND $800: This empire's Regensburg Diet of 1663 was "The Everlasting Diet"--officially ending with the end of the empire in 1806 the Holy Roman Empire |
| #7940, aired 2019-03-01 | 20th CENTURY BESTSELLERS $1000: In a 1952 book a craftsman fashions "The Silver" this title drinking vessel to house the Holy Grail chalice |
| #7925, aired 2019-02-08 | CHURCHES & CATHEDRALS $800: It's the English name of La Sagrada Familia, a church that's been under construction in Barcelona since 1882 The Sacred Family (or Holy Family) |
| #7909, aired 2019-01-17 | HOLY THIS! $200: Partakes of a Marlboro smokes |
| #7909, aired 2019-01-17 | HOLY THIS! $400: In heraldry, this object can be Latin or Maltese cross |
| #7909, aired 2019-01-17 | HOLY THIS! $600: This food fish seen here lives in ocean coastal areas mackerel |
| #7909, aired 2019-01-17 | BEARD MAN $800: Red-bearded Frederick I Barbarossa reigned 35 years as this emperor, most of it fighting in Italy the Holy Roman Emperor |
| #7909, aired 2019-01-17 | HOLY THIS! $800: It precedes derby, coaster & -blade holy roller |
| #7909, aired 2019-01-17 | HOLY THIS! $1000: This city in Ohio, "Glass Capital of the World", is named for one in Spain Toledo |
| #7903, aired 2019-01-09 | HISTORY $600: Egypt & Syria launched a war against Israel on October 6, 1973, which was this Jewish holy day Yom Kippur |
| #7900, aired 2019-01-04 | BOOK OF THE YEAR $2000: Roger Crowley has lived in Istanbul & wrote "1453: The Holy War for" this city Constantinople |
| #7875, aired 2018-11-30 | CHURCHES & CATHEDRALS $2000: The name of this Jerusalem church reflects that it is the traditional site of Jesus' burial Church of the Holy Sepulchre |
| #7868, aired 2018-11-21 | SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY $600: Even if you have an awesome name like Pita Pan or Holy Mole, these businesses take long hours & hard work restaurants |
| #7854, aired 2018-11-01 | THE BIG LEAGUES $400: England, Spain & the Holy Roman Empire joined the pope's 1511 Holy League to fight this country's Louis XII France |
| #7842, aired 2018-10-16 | LIST $200: The holy trinity of Cajun cooking:
Bell pepper, celery, this weepy veggie an onion |
| #7825, aired 2018-09-21 | TERMS IN HISTORY $1,000 (Daily Double): This adjective meaning "Germanic" is the name of a medieval order of knights founded by Germans in the holy land Teutonic |
| #7814, aired 2018-07-26 | SAINTS ON EARTH $600: The name of this largest of the U.S. Virgin Islands means "holy cross" & holy cross! The average temp there is 82! Saint Croix |
| #7813, aired 2018-07-25 | RELIGIOUS -ISMs $800: Wahhabism within Islam rejects modern versions of the faith & may call on the faithful to wage this on the impure jihad (or holy war) |
| #7811, aired 2018-07-23 | HISTORY WILL NOTE $600: Charles I, Spain's king from 1516 to 1556, also moonlighted as Charles V of this empire the Holy Roman Empire |
| #7777, aired 2018-06-05 | THE INTERJECTION SECTION $1200: After big plays, Yankees broadcaster Phil Rizzuto would often exclaim this 2-word beastly interjection holy cow |
| #7770, aired 2018-05-25 | EARLY 19th CENTURY TIMELINE $800: August 6, 1806:
Long declining, this empire falls completely the Holy Roman Empire |
| #7769, aired 2018-05-24 | WORLD CAPITAL ATTRACTIONS $400: The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in the Christian Quarter Jerusalem |
| #7766, aired 2018-05-21 | BIBLE STUDY $200: In Matthew, Jesus tells his disciples to teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of these 3 the Father, the Son & the Holy Spirit |
| #7759, aired 2018-05-10 | AN APPELLATION FOR THE TEACHER $2,000 (Daily Double): A Yorkshireman, Alcuin was "schoolmistress to France" & taught this first Holy Roman Emperor Charlemagne |
| #7750, aired 2018-04-27 | LUTHER'S 95 THESES $800: 54: Hey, priest! These talks should have as much about the Holy Word as about the forgiveness called indulgences sermons |
| #7748, aired 2018-04-25 | WHAT'S YOUR SPIRIT ANIMAL? $400: Replace tomato juice with beef broth in a Bloody Mary & you've got this bovine shot a bull shot |
| #7741, aired 2018-04-16 | LETTER MEN $1600: The vignettes in his poem "The Waste Land" are linked by the legend of the search for the holy grail T.S. Eliot |
| #7715, aired 2018-03-09 | AROUND THE CATHEDRAL $800: A benitier is a basin for this special liquid holy water |
| #7701, aired 2018-02-19 | IT'S ALL A MIRAGE $800: Israel used the French Mirage fighter to great effect in both the 1967 Six-Day War & this 1973 holy day war Yom Kippur |
| #7701, aired 2018-02-19 | REGION NAME'S THE SAME $1600: Regions in Bolivia & Argentina & a University of California city share this name for a holy object Santa Cruz |
| #7687, aired 2018-01-30 | NOT TO BE CONFUSED $800: Flip the names: one wrote "An Essay on Man"; the other was a Holy See-er during the 100s Alexander Pope & Pope Alexander |
| #7681, aired 2018-01-22 | CRUSADERS $400: In 1100 Baldwin of Boulogne was crowned king of this Crusader state with the name of a holy city Jerusalem |
| #7681, aired 2018-01-22 | CRUSADERS $2000: After Crusaders captured this city in 1098, they found the relic called the holy lance, though not the holy hand grenade Antioch |
| #7675, aired 2018-01-12 | JANUARY $800: Every year on this date U.S. Christians celebrate Epiphany, a holy day commemorating the arrival of the 3 wise men January 6 |
| #7674, aired 2018-01-11 | COLLEGE HOOPS $200: In 1988 Glenn Tropf of Holy Cross set a single-season record by making 63.4% of these long shots 3-pointers |
| #7666, aired 2018-01-01 | SIKH $2000: The Sanskrit words amrta, "nectar of immortality", & saras, "pool", give us this name for Sikhism's holy city Amritsar |
| #7653, aired 2017-12-13 | RELIGION $800: Tulsi, also called holy basil, is a plant sacred to this religion, as it's an embodiment of the goddess Lakshmi Hinduism |
| #7649, aired 2017-12-07 | THE 19th CENTURY $600: Explorer Richard Burton disguised himself as an Afghan doctor to enter this holy city on Sept. 11, 1853 Mecca |
| #7649, aired 2017-12-07 | I'M AMEN-ABLE TO THAT $800: "Amen" is said after the recitation of the first sura in this holy book the Koran |
| #7638, aired 2017-11-22 | AROUND THE WORLD $1,000 (Daily Double): This 14-foot-long holy relic has been housed in Italy's Cathedral of San Giovanni Battista since 1578 the Shroud of Turin |
| #7638, aired 2017-11-22 | CHAPELS SHOW $1600: The Chapel of the Holy Cross in Sedona, Arizona is on this type of energy hub for which the city is known a vortex |
| #7613, aired 2017-10-18 | THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE $400: In 806 he wanted to break up his empire by dividing it among his 3 sons; by 813 there was 1 son left & the empire endured Charlemagne |
| #7613, aired 2017-10-18 | THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE $800: 1356's Golden Bull stipulated that the emperor would be chosen by these voters, like the ones in Article II of the Constitution the electoral college or the electors |
| #7613, aired 2017-10-18 | THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE $1200: In 1683 it was the Poles to the rescue when Vienna was under attack from this other empire led by Mehmed IV the Ottomans |
| #7613, aired 2017-10-18 | THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE $1600: The investiture controversy between the empire & the papacy was settled by 1122's Concordat of this "vermiform" city Wurms |
| #7613, aired 2017-10-18 | THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE $2000: The Imperial Diet, or main legislative body, had this German name, also applied to a building burned under the Nazis the Reichstag |
| #7607, aired 2017-10-10 | A KNIGHT $1600: This knight of the Round Table first shows up questing for the Holy Grail in a 12th century work Parsifal (or Sir Percival) |
| #7599, aired 2017-09-28 | COUNTY SEATS $800: The Stickley Museum in Onondaga County, NY. has an outsize chair made for this Tibetan holy man to sit in cross-legged the Dalai Lama |
| #7592, aired 2017-09-19 | SONNETS $800: John Donne grappled with mortality in his Holy Sonnet 10, which starts with these 4 words "Death be not proud" |
| #7583, aired 2017-07-26 | BRITANNICA BYLINES $2000: Who better than this holy man to write the entry on South Africa's 1995 Truth and Reconciliation Commission? Desmond Tutu |
| #7582, aired 2017-07-25 | THE EMPIRE STRIKES OUT $1200: "We'll rule for a thousand years!", said this "sacred" empire in 800 A.D., "then 6 years more, & shuffle off in 1806" the Holy Roman empire |
| #7576, aired 2017-07-17 | THE REIGN IN SPAIN $1600: After abdicating in 1556, Charles I, who was also Holy Roman Emperor, retired to this type of religious place of seclusion a monastery |
| #7561, aired 2017-06-26 | FRENCH LITERATURE $400: The epilogue to this novel tells us that one took holy orders, one married a rich woman & one moved to a country home The Three Musketeers |
| #7559, aired 2017-06-22 | THE YOUNG POPE $1200: Gregory V (in his 20s) got in with the aid of cousin Otto; a few weeks later, Greg named Otto to head this "sacred" empire the Holy Roman Empire |
| #7536, aired 2017-05-22 | THUNDER & LIGHTNING $400: Ar-Ra'd, the 13th Surah or chapter of this holy book, is also known as "The Thunder" the Koran |
| #7531, aired 2017-05-15 | BROADWAY MUSICALS BY SONGS $1200: "Knights Of The Round Table" & "Find Your Grail" Spamalot |
| #7519, aired 2017-04-27 | ROMAN BRITAIN $2000: Legend says Joseph of Arimathea brought the holy grail to this town in Somerset, now home to a big music festival Glastonbury |
| #7499, aired 2017-03-30 | HAS GOOD BONES $2000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew show an anatomical illustration on the monitor.) Perhaps from an ancient belief that it was the bone around which a body would be resurrected, the triangular bone at the base of the spine in connecting with the pelvis has this name meaning "holy" sacrum |
| #7494, aired 2017-03-23 | POTPOURRI $800: This other term for the Holy Communion comes from the Greek for "grateful" the Eucharist |
| #7492, aired 2017-03-21 | POETS & POETRY $1600: The medieval poem "Parzival" tells of a young knight's search for this sacred object, in the form of a gemstone the Holy Grail |
| #7478, aired 2017-03-01 | OBJECTS $400: Also a word used in typesetting, it's a receptacle for liquids, especially holy water a font |
| #7474, aired 2017-02-23 | WHO'S WHO IN THE BIBLE $400: At the Burning Bush, God told him to take off his shoes, "for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground" Moses |
| #7472, aired 2017-02-21 | HALO $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows two haloed figures on the monitor.) Around 700 A.D. saints had round halos, and living people, like John VII of this holy position, got square ones popes |
| #7470, aired 2017-02-17 | A YEAR ENDING IN 00 $2000: On Christmas Day 800 A.D., he was crowned Holy Roman Emperor Charlemagne |
| #7438, aired 2017-01-04 | MARIE $600: Marie Antoinette was the 15th child of Holy Roman Emperor Francis I & this empress Maria Theresa |
| #7427, aired 2016-12-20 | HISTORY $800: Until it was dissolved & absorbed by Napoleon in 1806, Francis II led this 1,000-year-old empire the Holy Roman Empire |
| #7418, aired 2016-12-07 | THE ROOM WHERE IT HAPPENS $3,400 (Daily Double): The ark of the covenant was kept in the temple of Solomon in a room with this repetitive name the holy of holies |
| #7403, aired 2016-11-16 | LET'S GO TO TOGO $1000: Perhaps we'll see the festival of 'Id al-Fitr, marking the end of this Muslim holy month Ramadan |
| #7399, aired 2016-11-10 | HAVE FAITH $1600: The Sunday after Pentecost is the feast of this, also called the Godhead the Holy Trinity |
| #7390, aired 2016-10-28 | HISTORY: HIRED & FIRED $2000: Byzantine Emperor Justinian, you oversaw a legal code & this "holy wisdom" church? Multitasker, you're hired the Hagia Sophia |
| #7388, aired 2016-10-26 | THE QUOTABLE BROWNINGS $400: Robert wrote, this holy day "breaks, but Christ rises! Mercy every way is infinite" Easter |
| #7383, aired 2016-10-19 | CROSSED OFF WALTZ $1200: Mastery of the bop waltz stylings from this piano-playing jazz "holy man" has been attained--on to the next Thelonious Monk |
| #7382, aired 2016-10-18 | DOME, DOME ON THE RANGE $400: 2 main Muslim holy sites were built on the Temple Mount after the fall of the Second Temple: the Al-Aqsa Mosque & this one the Dome of the Rock |
| #7371, aired 2016-10-03 | DEAD LINES $1200: This call to action from "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" goes back to a not-so-funny time during the Great Plague Bring out your dead |
| #7368, aired 2016-09-28 | LIECHTENSTEIN $1000: In 1719 Liechtenstein was established within this empire that dissolved in 1806 the Holy Roman Empire |
| #7360, aired 2016-09-16 | EXPLORERS $400: Ludovico di Varthema learned enough Arabic to pass himself off as a Muslim & was able to enter this holy city in 1503 Mecca |
| #7352, aired 2016-07-26 | CUPS $600: Both Percival and Indiana Jones had this cup as a focus of their search the Holy Grail |
| #7351, aired 2016-07-25 | HOLY MOSES! $800: At the age of 3 months, Moses got bulrushed down this river the Nile |
| #7351, aired 2016-07-25 | HOLY MOSES! $1200: He was Moses' big brother Aaron |
| #7351, aired 2016-07-25 | HOLY MOSES! $2000: Mounts that Moses summited include Sinai & this one from which he got a look at the promised land Pisgah |
| #7351, aired 2016-07-25 | HOLY MOSES! $7,500 (Daily Double): When Moses confronts the pharaoh, these 4 words follow "Thus saith the Lord God of Israel" let my people go |
| #7338, aired 2016-07-06 | CANADIAN PRIME MINISTERS $400: In Halifax' Holy Cross Cemetery, you can visit Sir John Thompson, who in 1892 became the first PM of this religion Catholicism |
| #7336, aired 2016-07-04 | SHOW YOUR COLLEGE COLORS $600: This "royal" color represents the teams of the College of the Holy Cross purple |
| #7320, aired 2016-06-10 | VICTORIAN VERSE $1200: "In silver armour", this Tennyson knight "saw the grail, the Holy Grail, descend upon the shrine" Galahad |
| #7320, aired 2016-06-10 | RELIGIOUS LANDMARKS $2000: Sri Harmandir Sahib, or the Golden Temple, in the Punjab city of Amritsar, is a holy site in this religion Sikh |
| #7308, aired 2016-05-25 | THE RAZZIE FOR WORST ACTOR $1600: It was Raspberry nirvana for Mike Myers when he won for the title role in this 2008 comedy about a holy man The Love Guru |
| #7305, aired 2016-05-20 | MAD MEN $1200: The subtitle of a biography of this Russian mystic asks, "Holy Man or Mad Monk?" Rasputin |
| #7303, aired 2016-05-18 | CLASSIC MOVIE CHARACTERS $1600: In 1989 Sean Connery played a Holy Grail expert & professor who was the father of this title archaeologist Indiana Jones |
| #7301, aired 2016-05-16 | NUMERICAL TERMS $1600: The man who wrote "O Little Town Of Bethlehem" led 2 churches named for this trio, Father, Son & Holy Spirit the Trinity |
| #7290, aired 2016-04-29 | THE MIDDLE AGES $1200: Charlemagne was the first, but it wasn't until Otto the Great was crowned in 962 A.D. that this title really took off the Holy Roman Emperor |
| #7278, aired 2016-04-13 | THE HOLY "C" $400: The largest church in an archdiocese is usually one of these a cathedral |
| #7278, aired 2016-04-13 | THE HOLY "C" $800: Distinguished from the laity, it's the collective term for priests clergy |
| #7278, aired 2016-04-13 | THE HOLY "C" $1200: This code of law that sounds like a weapon governs the administration of the church the canon |
| #7278, aired 2016-04-13 | THE HOLY "C" $1600: During communion the paten or ciborium holds the bread; this holds the wine the chalice |
| #7278, aired 2016-04-13 | THE HOLY "C" $3,000 (Daily Double): A convent or other place of religious seclusion, or, as a verb, to confine oneself to such a place cloister |
| #7275, aired 2016-04-08 | WORLD LANDMARKS $400: Worshippers at this Jerusalem holy site insert bits of paper containing written prayers into its cracks the Wailing Wall |
| #7254, aired 2016-03-10 | IT'S HYPHENATED $1,000 (Daily Double): Named for a cave in France, these prehistoric humans were skillful artists & toolmakers Cro-Magnon |
| #7248, aired 2016-03-02 | EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP $1000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Monastery of the Holy Spirit in Georgia.) Making this liquor has long been a specialty of monks; the peach type goes into the fruitcake, sold here at Georgia's Monastery of the Holy Spirit brandy |
| #7243, aired 2016-02-24 | WEIRD WORDS $600: From the Greek for "holy", hagiology is the study of the lives of these people, perhaps Peter or Christopher saints |
| #7224, aired 2016-01-28 | LONG TIME $1600: This empire that lasted from around 800 to 1800 had an emperor elected by voters & crowned by the pope the Holy Roman Empire |
| #7215, aired 2016-01-15 | HOLY HOUSES $400: The entrances to the Inari shrines of this Japanese religion are often guarded by a pair of foxes Shinto |
| #7215, aired 2016-01-15 | HOLY HOUSES $800: Consecrated in 1845, the Hobart synagogue in this island state is Australia's oldest surviving Jewish house of worship Tasmania |
| #7215, aired 2016-01-15 | HOLY HOUSES $1200: Made of 10,000 pieces of stained glass, the USA's largest rose window is in this New York City Episcopal cathedral St. John the Divine |
| #7215, aired 2016-01-15 | HOLY HOUSES $1,800 (Daily Double): This Turkish mosque built by Mehmet Aga in the 17th century is named for its 20,000-plus colored tiles the Blue Mosque |
| #7215, aired 2016-01-15 | HOLY HOUSES $2000: The Hindu temple Tanah Lot is built on a rock along the coast of this Indonesian island Bali |
| #7195, aired 2015-12-18 | CEREMONIES $200: This Christian sacrament, a holy ceremony, is also called Eucharist communion |
| #7177, aired 2015-11-24 | WHERE IS THAT? $200: The Kaaba:
This holy city Mecca |
| #7177, aired 2015-11-24 | MOTTOES & SLOGANS $1600: "Blood and fire" is the motto of this "Army"; the blood comes from Jesus & the fire from the Holy Spirit the Salvation Army |
| #7166, aired 2015-11-09 | A BIT O' BRIT LIT $1000: "The Holy Grail" & "The Last Tournament" are 2 of the 12 connected poems in this Tennyson work Idylls of the King |
| #7151, aired 2015-10-19 | MARK YOUR CALENDARS $400: This holy day is observed as the anniversary of the crucifixion of Jesus Good Friday |
| #7147, aired 2015-10-13 | HISTORY OF THE WORLD PART II $400: Francis II, who became emperor of Austria in 1804, was also the last emperor of this the Holy Roman Empire |
| #7141, aired 2015-10-05 | DON'T DRINK THE WATER $800: In 2007 Hindu holy men protested the filth in this river; a scientist said it "had turned the color of Coca-Cola" the Ganges |
| #7116, aired 2015-07-20 | AT THE MONASTERY $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Monastery of the Holy Spirit in Georgia.) Trappist monks take three of these--stability to remain with one community, obedience to abbots & conversion, meaning to change one's nature; there's no actual one of silence a vow |
| #7116, aired 2015-07-20 | AT THE MONASTERY $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Monastery of the Holy Spirit in Georgia.) The original home of the Holy Spirit monks was an old barn, & visitors can see these where they lived; it's a term that can refer to any individual room, not just for a prisoner a cell |
| #7116, aired 2015-07-20 | AT THE MONASTERY $1200: (Kelly of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Monastery of the Holy Spirit in Georgia.) The monks of the Trappist Monastery of the Holy Spirit sustain themselves in part through bonsai, which was largely developed by Japanese monks of this Buddhist branch Zen Buddhism |
| #7116, aired 2015-07-20 | AT THE MONASTERY $2000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Monastery of the Holy Spirit in Georgia.) Perhaps the best-known Trappist monk was this author of the classic spiritual autobiography, "The Seven Storey Mountain" Thomas Merton |
| #7116, aired 2015-07-20 | AT THE MONASTERY $4,000 (Daily Double): (Jimmy of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Monastery of the Holy Spirit in Georgia.) Stained glass is one product the monks make to sustain themselves; the rule of this saint, also the namesake of a recent pope, tells them to live by their own hands St. Benedict |
| #7110, aired 2015-07-10 | MIXED BERRIES $800: A taunt in "Monty Python & the Holy Grail" goes, "Your mother was a hamster & your father smelt of" these elderberries |
| #7097, aired 2015-06-23 | DISCOGRAPHIES $800: "Houses of the Holy":
These rockers Led Zeppelin |
| #7082, aired 2015-06-02 | FACTS & FIGURES $800: Holy this Ohio city on both banks of the Maumee River! The average price for a home is under $100,000 Toledo |
| #7073, aired 2015-05-20 | GUARDIANS $2000: In Arthurian legend this wounded monarch is the guardian of the Holy Grail the Fisher King |
| #7069, aired 2015-05-14 | GET RELIGION $800: In Judaism Sukkot, or Feast of Tabernacles, begins 5 days after this holy fast day Yom Kippur |
| #7062, aired 2015-05-05 | MULTIPLE ROLES, SAME MOVIE $400: John Cleese as Tim the Enchanter & the Black Knight Monty Python and the Holy Grail |
| #7050, aired 2015-04-17 | STARTS WITH A VOW $400: In 1212 many children took vows to go to retake this holy city Jerusalem |
| #7043, aired 2015-04-08 | ANOTHER FIN MESS $400: It may be "holy":
CREAK ELM mackerel |
| #7035, aired 2015-03-27 | WHAT?!... WHEN?! $400: In 1291 Acre, the last major Holy Land castle held by this group, fell to the Mamelukes the Crusaders |
| #7033, aired 2015-03-25 | YOU ARE HERE $1000: In this "holy" city on New Zealand's South Island, home to 350,000 & built largely on flat land that was once a swamp Christchurch |
| #7031, aired 2015-03-23 | PLAYING GOD $800: Graham Chapman had a 2-way conversation as both the voice of God & King Arthur in this classic 1975 comedy Monty Python and the Holy Grail |
| #7012, aired 2015-02-24 | RELIGION $800: In 2014 this Islamic holy month of fasting began on June 28 in some countries & on the 29th in others Ramadan |
| #6975, aired 2015-01-02 | 5-LETTER WORDS $800: In the Catholic Church, it's a small vessel for holy water; in the kitchen, it holds a condiment such as vinegar or oil a cruet |
| #6972, aired 2014-12-30 | THINGS TO DO & SEE IN ISRAEL $400: Armored vehicles from a 1948 Arab siege of this holy city, long left as rusty memorials, have moved to a national park Jerusalem |
| #6970, aired 2014-12-26 | FOILED $200: 3 Virginia men convicted in 2004 of supporting holy war overseas practiced using this messy gun game paintball |
| #6966, aired 2014-12-22 | SANTA $400: The name of this state capital founded by the Spanish in 1610 means "holy faith" Santa Fe |
| #6959, aired 2014-12-11 | OH, HI, OHIO! $400: Holy this city! Located on both banks of the Maumee River, it's named for a city in Spain Toledo |
| #6958, aired 2014-12-10 | THE FALCON $1200: The original "Maltese Falcon" was given by the Knights of Malta to Charles V, 16th c. ruler of this empire Holy Roman Empire |
| #6947, aired 2014-11-25 | OPERA $1000: This knight reveals that he comes from Montsalvat, where his father, Parzifal, is king of the Holy Grail Lohengrin |
| #6936, aired 2014-11-10 | I MARRIED... $800: The future Holy Roman Emperor Francis I, a love match that produced 16 kids Maria Theresa |
| #6936, aired 2014-11-10 | GETTING "ANCE"-Y $1200: Karl Marx wrote, "All the powers of old Europe have entered into a holy" one of these "to exorcise" communism alliance |
| #6925, aired 2014-10-24 | ADJECTIVES $600: Meaning holy or sacred, in the Lord's Prayer it precedes "be thy name" hallowed |
| #6924, aired 2014-10-23 | I'M SEXY $800: In 2011 she won Spike TV's Guys Choice Holy Grail of Hot Award; she also got a cool Golden Globe nomination Mila Kunis |
| #6915, aired 2014-10-10 | RELIGIOUS & SECULAR HOMOPHONES $1200: A holy compartment in a synagogue, or a curved shape ark/arc |
| #6910, aired 2014-10-03 | HOLIDAY $400: The Kol Nidre, Aramaic for "all vows", is recited on the eve of this Jewish holy day Yom Kippur |
| #6905, aired 2014-09-26 | HISTORIC NAMES $1000: In 1618 Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand tried to impose Catholicism & this war was on... & on... & on the Thirty Years' War |
| #6898, aired 2014-09-17 | THE AMERICANS $1,000 (Daily Double): Best known for a different work, in 1833 he produced a "Common Version" of the Holy Bible "with Amendments of the Language" Noah Webster |
| #6892, aired 2014-07-29 | "MAC" OR "P.C." $200: "Holy" this fish whose king species may lay several million eggs during spawning season a mackerel |
| #6889, aired 2014-07-24 | THE MIDDLE AGES $1600: The first of these military expeditions to the Holy Land was launched in 1095 the Crusades |
| #6884, aired 2014-07-17 | TRIPLE "A" $1000: On the feast of the Pentecost, this knight saw a vision of the Holy Grail Galahad |
| #6874, aired 2014-07-03 | THE GHOST OF TOM JOAD $800: ...recalls traveling with Jim Casy, who talks about the "holy sperit" & is called this, similar to a minister preacher |
| #6869, aired 2014-06-26 | THE BALD & THE BEAUTIFUL $600: As well as being king of France, the 9th century's Charles the Bald had this "holy" title Holy Roman Emperor |
| #6868, aired 2014-06-25 | CHURCHES & CATHEDRALS $200: This Vatican basilica's Porta Santa is a holy door that's opened once every 25 years St. Peter's |
| #6848, aired 2014-05-28 | OOO, SORRY $600: In 1998 the German parliament formally said "we're sorry" for the 1937 bombing of this Basque "holy city" Gernika |
| #6846, aired 2014-05-26 | EMPIRE $600: A superpower during the Middle Ages, it ended in 1806 when its last monarch lost to Napoleon & abdicated the Holy Roman Empire |
| #6836, aired 2014-05-12 | OLYMPIC ATHLETES BEYOND THE GAMES $800: In 2007 Merlene Ottey, born in this island nation known for sprinters, ran an 11.64 100 meters... at age 47 Jamaica |
| #6814, aired 2014-04-10 | THE 5 FAMILIES $800: Holy Roman Empire! This ruling family sat in the emperor's chair almost uninterrupted from 1438 to 1806 the Hapsburgs |
| #6807, aired 2014-04-01 | HISTORIC OBJECTS $6,400 (Daily Double): Today thought of as a bejeweled statue, it was the Knights of Malta's annual tribute to the Holy Roman Emperor the Maltese Falcon |
| #6801, aired 2014-03-24 | GRAIL MIX $200: Robert de Boron's poetic trilogy says the Holy Grail was used by Jesus during this gathering the Last Supper |
| #6801, aired 2014-03-24 | INSECT, REPELLENT $400: Holy Moses! A plague of these struck Egypt in 2013--that's A.D., by the way locusts |
| #6801, aired 2014-03-24 | GRAIL MIX $400: In "Holy Blood, Holy Grail", it is suggested that this woman, not a cup, could actually be the Holy Grail Mary Magdalene |
| #6793, aired 2014-03-12 | CEO COMPENSATION $600: Holy Shatner! Jeffery Boyd got a great deal from this .com--over $50 million! Priceline |
| #6783, aired 2014-02-26 | THE INCREDIBLES $600: This expression for "Wow, incredible!" is also what's seen coming out of the Vatican to indicate a new pope has been chosen holy smoke |
| #6768, aired 2014-02-05 | SAINTS PRESERVE US! $400: Embittered by Rome, this translator of the Vulgate took some virgins & went to the Holy Land for good Jerome |
| #6768, aired 2014-02-05 | SAINTS PRESERVE US! $1000: He founded an order & monastery at Monte Cassino, where he wrote his "Holy Rules" Saint Benedict |
| #6754, aired 2014-01-16 | CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND $2000: The German statue seen here shows this Holy Roman Emperor & Third Crusade starter Barbarossa (or Frederick I) |
| #6742, aired 2013-12-31 | THE 15th CENTURY $800: Already king of Hungary & Bohemia, Sigismund ascended to this imperial title in 1433 Holy Roman Emperor |
| #6741, aired 2013-12-30 | GREEK ISLANDS $1200: At 8,058 feet, Mount Ida is the highest point on this island & was once a holy mountain in Minoan culture Crete |
| #6727, aired 2013-12-10 | GUARDS $400: According to Arthurian legend, this cup was guarded by the Fisher King the Holy Grail |
| #6722, aired 2013-12-03 | HOLY DAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: This 40-day period of fasting & penitence begins on Ash Wednesday Lent |
| #6722, aired 2013-12-03 | HOLY DAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: Id al-Fitr is a Muslim day of feasting immediately following this holy period Ramadan |
| #6722, aired 2013-12-03 | HOLY DAYS & OBSERVANCES $600: Holy Innocents' Day on December 28 commemorates the killing of children by order of this king Herod |
| #6722, aired 2013-12-03 | HOLY DAYS & OBSERVANCES $800: It's the Jewish day of atonement Yom Kippur |
| #6722, aired 2013-12-03 | HOLY DAYS & OBSERVANCES $1000: Between late October & mid November Hindus celebrate this festival of lights Diwali |
| #6719, aired 2013-11-28 | THE COUNTIES OF IRELAND $800: Each July pilgrims climb Ireland's holy mountain Croagh Patrick, in this county that sounds like a sandwich spread Mayo |
| #6691, aired 2013-10-21 | THE 13 COLONIES $800: The founder of this colony called it a "holy experiment" where Quaker beliefs could be applied to government Pennsylvania |
| #6681, aired 2013-10-07 | LESS OF THE CELEB TO LOVE $1200: Holy weight loss, Batman! This star dropped 63 pounds, getting down to a scary 122, for a role in "The Machinist" Christian Bale |
| #6643, aired 2013-07-03 | IN KING ARTHUR'S COURT $800: In some versions, it's the knight Percival who succeeds in finding this vessel; Wagner told his story in "Parsifal" the Holy Grail |
| #6639, aired 2013-06-27 | COLLEGES WITH MASS. APPEAL $2000: This oldest Catholic college in New England is located in the wicked excellent city of Worcester Holy Cross |
| #6634, aired 2013-06-20 | I SEE A "GHOST" $1600: Entity mentioned in St. Thomas Aquinas' "Summa Theologica" & Don McLean's "American Pie" The Holy Ghost |
| #6620, aired 2013-05-31 | SMALLER THAN TULSA $5,000 (Daily Double): In 1530 the Holy Roman Emperor gave it to the order of St. John of Jerusalem as a base against the Turks Malta |
| #6612, aired 2013-05-21 | FLOWERY PROSE $1000: Yes, the star of this holy city, lovely my dear, yet oh, so deadly--the bulbs are poisonous Bethlehem |
| #6612, aired 2013-05-21 | National Geographic Bee WINNING QUESTIONS $1600: 2012 brought the pain with "name the Bavarian city...that was the legislative seat of" this empire 1663-1806 (it's Regensburg) the Holy Roman Empire |
| #6602, aired 2013-05-07 | NOTRE DAME $600: Notre Dame is home to the shrine for this holy relic forced upon the head of Jesus the crown of thorns |
| #6596, aired 2013-04-29 | THE SEXIEST POTPOURRI EVER $400: That's right, baby, in 1534 Suleiman the Magnificent conquered Iraq in leading this empire against Persia the Ottoman Empire |
| #6566, aired 2013-03-18 | EDICTS $400: The Edict of Worms was issued by the Holy Roman Emperor in 1521 to ban the writings of this man & label him a heretic (Martin) Luther |
| #6561, aired 2013-03-11 | OFF TO A "GOOD" START $1200: In the name of this religious observance, "good" means "holy", not "positive" Good Friday |
| #6558, aired 2013-03-06 | "CROSS" WORD CLUES $1000: In 1843 Benedict J. Fenwick founded it as a men's college in Massachusetts Holy Cross |
| #6555, aired 2013-03-01 | WITCH MOVIE? $1000: Connie Booth, John Cleese's then-wife, played the accused witch ("She turned me into a newt!") in this movie Monty Python And The Holy Grail |
| #6533, aired 2013-01-30 | POMPEII $1,500 (Daily Double): Though Egyptian, Isis was popular in Pompeii; her temple had holy water imported from this river, more than 1,000 miles away the Nile |
| #6524, aired 2013-01-17 | THIS MEANS WAR! $1600: Egypt & Syria simultaneously attack Israel on 2 fronts, on a holy day the Yom Kippur War |
| #6492, aired 2012-12-04 | A BIT O' HONEY $600: It's traditional to eat apple slices dipped in honey on this holy day that rings in the Jewish New Year Rosh Hashanah |
| #6487, aired 2012-11-27 | ANCIENT JERUSALEM $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows us the model of ancient Jerusalem at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem.) At the west end of the second temple was the section called the Holy of the Holies, entered only once a year on this holiest of days in Judaism Yom Kippur |
| #6484, aired 2012-11-22 | A HANSEATIC LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN $1200: The league had no governing body but had assemblies called these; the Holy Roman Empire held one in Worms a diet |
| #6482, aired 2012-11-20 | THE WAR OF ...12 $400: In the War of the Holy League, a big deal in 1512, the man in this post assembled an alliance against France the pope |
| #6479, aired 2012-11-15 | QUICK HISTORY $2,000 (Daily Double): In German it was called "Heiliges Romisches Reich" the Holy Roman Empire |
| #6473, aired 2012-11-07 | RHYME FIGHTER $800: Holy head covering
seen here a miter |
| #6456, aired 2012-10-15 | IN A ROW $1200: Archaeologists discovered 19 rows of stones extending below this alliterative holy landmark in Jerusalem the Western Wall (or the Wailing Wall) |
| #6446, aired 2012-10-01 | CARNAC-IAN BONDS $1200: A smelly black & white animal, a not-so-smelly holy man & Johnny Rotten skunk, monk, punk |
| #6422, aired 2012-07-17 | CANTERBURY TALES TELLERS $2000: The oft-married wife of Bath is a seamstress who's made 3 pilgrimages to this holy city Jerusalem |
| #6406, aired 2012-06-25 | SPIRITUAL AUTOBIOGRAPHIES $800: Helping to spread Hinduism in the U.S., Paramahansa Yogananda penned an "Autobiography of" one of these holy men a Yogi |
| #6406, aired 2012-06-25 | HOMOPHONIC PAIRS $1600: Entirely sacred wholly holy |
| #6398, aired 2012-06-13 | THE CRUSADES $1,600 (Daily Double): The 1098 discovery of the spear-like weapon that reputedly pierced Jesus' side, the Holy this, inspired the Crusaders Lance |
| #6398, aired 2012-06-13 | THE CRUSADES $2000: In 1190 Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I, known as this for his red beard, went crusading but drowned in a Turkish river Barbarossa |
| #6397, aired 2012-06-12 | 20th CENTURY FOX TV $800: This 1960s show had lines like "Holy Human Surfboards!" & "Holy Priceless Collection of Etruscan Snoods!" Batman |
| #6395, aired 2012-06-08 | THINGS YOU HAVE TO DO $800: If you're Catholic, attend Mass on All Saints' Day, as it's a "holy day of" this obligation |
| #6391, aired 2012-06-04 | KEEPING UP WITH THE CAROLINGIANS $800: In the presence of Pope Leo III, Charlemagne was crowned emperor of the restored this on Christmas Day, 800 A.D. Roman Empire |
| #6384, aired 2012-05-24 | ALL THE WORLD'S A STAGE $200: In the 1100s Joachim of Fiore divided history into stages of the father, the son & coming soon--this the holy spirit |
| #6370, aired 2012-05-04 | CROSSWORD CLUES "Q" $800: An epic search, as for the Holy Grail
(5) a quest |
| #6341, aired 2012-03-26 | ARCHITECTURAL TERMS $400: A mihrab, a prayer niche in the wall of a mosque, faces this holy city Mecca |
| #6340, aired 2012-03-23 | LET'S TALK ABOUT "SEX" $2000: This person is in charge of the holy objects of a church the sexton |
| #6338, aired 2012-03-21 | GOD DID IT! $600: In Exodus 3, God told Moses, who was standing on holy ground, to take off these his shoes |
| #6333, aired 2012-03-14 | THE TEMPLE AT JERUSALEM $1600: Only the high priest could enter this inner part of the temple, sanctum sanctorum in Latin the Holy of Holies |
| #6331, aired 2012-03-12 | WE LOVE YOU, CONRAD $800: The first of 4 emperors of the Salian dynasty, Conrad II of Swabia was crowned this on Easter 1027 Holy Roman Emperor |
| #6328, aired 2012-03-07 | POET-TREE $2000: His "Holy Sonnets" mention "that tree, whose fruit threw death on else immortal us" John Donne |
| #6327, aired 2012-03-06 | NUTRITION $600: Holy this fish! The Spanish & king types have rebounded from depletion, but may have lots of PCBs or mercury mackerel |
| #6317, aired 2012-02-21 | CROSSWORD CLUES "S" $1000: To consecrate or make holy (8) sanctify |
| #6309, aired 2012-02-09 | IT'S THE LAW! $800: 2 juice drinkers in the UAE each got a $275 fine for quenching their thirst in daylight during this holy month Ramadan |
| #6309, aired 2012-02-09 | GAME OF THRONES $1200: The Palatine Chapel in Aachen, Germany contains the simple marble & bronze throne of this first Holy Roman Emperor Charlemagne |
| #6306, aired 2012-02-06 | POP CULTURE $1200: Holy Cornholio! In 2011 this animated duo returned to MTV Beavis & Butt-head |
| #6285, aired 2012-01-06 | SNAKES... WHY'D IT HAVE TO BE SNAKES? $200: Holy jumpin' cats! Here's an African sand cat squaring off with a sand viper in this 3-million-square-mile sandpile the Sahara |
| #6283, aired 2012-01-04 | GREAT ARTS $1600: This "holy" Washington Redskins wide receiver was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2008 (Art) Monk |
| #6282, aired 2012-01-03 | FROM THE LATIN $800: This "holy" synonym for wedlock comes from the Latin for "marriage" matrimony |
| #6281, aired 2012-01-02 | ARTHUR'S CAMELOT $400: In some writings, it was Perceval, not Galahad, who went on a quest for this vessel the Holy Grail |
| #6276, aired 2011-12-26 | THE LAST $2,000 (Daily Double): Francis II was the leader of this empire when it was dissolved in 1806 the Holy Roman Empire |
| #6274, aired 2011-12-22 | "CUS" WORDS $1000: One of the ceremonial titles of the king of Saudi Arabia is this keeper "of the two holy mosques" custodian |
| #6269, aired 2011-12-15 | CHURCHES & CATHEDRALS $1600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents the clue from Jerusalem.) Sites corresponding to the tenth through final stations of the cross are within the Church of the Holy this--another word for a tomb; it's been called Christianity's most hallowed ground Sepulcher |
| #6269, aired 2011-12-15 | CHURCHES & CATHEDRALS $2000: In 1453 Ottoman Turks converted this cathedral, whose Greek name means "holy wisdom", into a mosque the Hagia Sophia |
| #6268, aired 2011-12-14 | RELIGIOUS MATTERS $200: Muslims are required to pray 5 times a day while facing this holy city Mecca |
| #6263, aired 2011-12-07 | DON'T GO IN THE WATER $1600: The scary guy seen here gets this holy 8-letter name from the cowled appearance of its head a monkfish |
| #6226, aired 2011-10-17 | THE LAND OF THE BIBLE $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew stands in the Jordan River in Israel.) In the Book of Joshua, as soon as the men carrying this holy object set foot here in the Jordan River, it dried up, allowing them to cross the Ark of the Covenant |
| #6214, aired 2011-09-29 | EAT-YMOLOGY $400: This big flatfish got its name because it was largely eaten on holy days halibut |
| #6206, aired 2011-09-19 | THE COUNTRY HE RULED $2000: Canute IV (& later "the Holy"):
1080 to 1086 Denmark |
| #6199, aired 2011-07-21 | NOVEL QUOTES $800: 2003:
"The Holy Grail is not a thing. It is, in fact... a person" The Da Vinci Code |
| #6184, aired 2011-06-30 | THE 10 COMMANDMENTS $800: One Commandment says, "remember" this day, "to keep it holy" sabbath |
| #6179, aired 2011-06-23 | CHARIOTS OF FIRE $1200: In the '60s George Barris bought a concept car from Ford for $1; holy swindle! in 1966 we knew it as this fire-spewing TV car the Batmobile |
| #6155, aired 2011-05-20 | BIBLICAL FORGIVENESS $3,000 (Daily Double): Jesus says there's forgiveness for this, from the Greek for "evil speech", but not if it's against the Holy Ghost blasphemy |
| #6152, aired 2011-05-17 | THE 2nd MILLENNIUM $1600: Lasting only 12 years, it billed itself ordinally as the successor to the Holy Roman Empire & German Empire of 1871-1918 the Third Reich |
| #6142, aired 2011-05-03 | LITERARY ALLUSIONS $200: The object of a prolonged quest is often referred to as this Christian cup of medieval legend the Holy Grail |
| #6137, aired 2011-04-26 | WHERE ART THOU? $2000: Raphael's "Holy Family": this museum in St. Petersburg, Russia the Hermitage |
| #6126, aired 2011-04-11 | "EU" FIRST $1200: It's another name for Holy Communion in the Catholic church Eucharist |
| #6125, aired 2011-04-08 | BEST MOVIE QUOTES EVER! $800: 1975:
"She turned me into a newt!" Monty Python and the Holy Grail |
| #6109, aired 2011-03-17 | YAHWEH $1600: In Judges 6 Gideon builds an altar & names it Yahweh-Shalom, "the Lord is" this peace |
| #6105, aired 2011-03-11 | RENT $1000: In the 16th century the knights of Malta paid Holy Roman Emperor Charles V an annual rent of one of these birds Maltese falcon |
| #6097, aired 2011-03-01 | TEENS IN HISTORY $400: John XII was only about 18 when he was elected to this office in 955--that's a big step up from altar boy Pope |
| #6080, aired 2011-02-04 | VI PACK $400: As Emperor of this empire from 780 to 797, Constantine VI was so cruel his own mom deposed & blinded him the Byzantine Empire |
| #6061, aired 2011-01-10 | ITALIAN ART & ARTISTS $600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a painting.) In a painting by Piero della Francesca, as Jesus is being baptized you see a dove descend upon him, representing this part of the trinity the Holy Spirit |
| #6045, aired 2010-12-17 | MUSICAL LODGINGS $1000: Led Zeppelin's alliterative fifth album title, it referred to the large stadiums where the band played Houses of the Holy |
| #6030, aired 2010-11-26 | PALINDROMIC NAMES $1000: In the 10th century 3 Holy Roman Emperors sported this palindromic name Otto |
| #6028, aired 2010-11-24 | BRITISH POETS $2000: The famous "Death be not proud" line is from this man's "Holy Sonnets" John Donne |
| #6028, aired 2010-11-24 | ISLAMIC CULTURE $2000: A qibla indicator shows where to face when praying: toward Mecca & specifically, toward this holy structure the Kaaba |
| #6018, aired 2010-11-10 | COLLEGE BEFORE & AFTER $2000: A Jesuit school in Worcester competes in running that's off-track Holy Cross country |
| #6004, aired 2010-10-21 | BLAME IT ON THE CASANOVA $200: This knight's forbidden love for the queen caused him to fail in his holy grail quest & busted up the round table Lancelot |
| #5998, aired 2010-10-13 | ENDS IN "GI", JOE $600: A Hindu holy man, or a Yankees great a yogi |
| #5988, aired 2010-09-29 | SACRED TO THIS RELIGION $400: The Holy Sepulchre Christianity |
| #5981, aired 2010-09-20 | THE LOYOLA OPPOSITION $1000: While in Paris, Ignatius was accused & brought before Ori, this type of truth-seeking 10-letter holy man an inquisitor |
| #5960, aired 2010-07-09 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $400: Once the seat of the Holy Roman Empire, it's now the capital of Austria Vienna |
| #5951, aired 2010-06-28 | RHYMING FOLKS $800: There were "Holy Cow"s in the high mass & a banner reading "Heaventh Inning Stretch" at his Chicago funeral in 1998 Harry Caray |
| #5944, aired 2010-06-17 | BABE $1000: The 11th daughter of Holy Roman Emperor Francis I, she married into French royalty in 1770; didn't work out well Marie Antoinette |
| #5925, aired 2010-05-21 | SONG LYRICS $600: They were the "3 men I admire most" in Don McLean's "American Pie" the Father, Son & the Holy Ghost |
| #5879, aired 2010-03-18 | PLEASANT 4-LETTER WORDS $1200: In "Silent Night", the holy infant is said to be "tender and" this mild |
| #5874, aired 2010-03-11 | BIBLICAL MEGADEATHS $1200: The Lord himself slew 50,070 "raiders" of Beth Shemesh for looking into this holy object the Ark of the Covenant |
| #5873, aired 2010-03-10 | JERUSALEM'S NOBLE SANCTUARY $200: (Alex Trebek reports from inside a Jerusalem landmark.) The beautiful Dome of the Rock is one of the oldest surviving Islamic monuments, & it also boasts some of the oldest mihrabs which are niches, all of them designed to point to this holy city Mecca |
| #5864, aired 2010-02-25 | BREAKFAST AT EPIPHANY'S $800: In Catholicism, Epiphany is more important than Christmas, joining Pentecost & this most holy of days Easter |
| #5859, aired 2010-02-18 | HOLY ____! $400: Holy this food fish, from the middle Dutch for "broker" mackerel |
| #5859, aired 2010-02-18 | HOLY ____! $800: Holy this, be it Aaron's brother, the NBA's Mr. Malone or Grandma Moses |
| #5859, aired 2010-02-18 | HOLY ____! $1200: In "Le Morte d'Arthur", a gathering of knights saw a vision of this the (Holy) Grail |
| #5859, aired 2010-02-18 | HOLY ____! $1600: It was the "animalistic" signature call of both Phil Rizzuto & Harry Caray Holy cow! |
| #5859, aired 2010-02-18 | HOLY ____! $2000: It's the office or jurisdiction of the pope the Holy See |
| #5851, aired 2010-02-08 | LIT MY FIRE $1600: This Irish poet's "Sailing to Byzantium" urges "sages... in God's holy fire" to be "singing masters of my soul" William Butler Yeats |
| #5850, aired 2010-02-05 | THE MIDDLE AGES $800: Around 800 this Holy Roman Emperor established a school at his palace at Aachen Charlemagne |
| #5850, aired 2010-02-05 | NEW TESTAMENT PLACES $1000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Israel.) The Church of the Holy Sepulchre is believed to be built over this hill, site of the crucifixion Golgotha |
| #5848, aired 2010-02-03 | PORTRAIT OF WHOM? $400: A 17th-century holder of this holy office in a 20th-century portrait the Pope |
| #5816, aired 2009-12-21 | CONSTANTINOPLE $800: The heart of old Constantinople, this immense cathedral's name is from the Greek for "holy wisdom" Hagia Sophia |
| #5808, aired 2009-12-09 | GALAPAGOS WILDLIFE $400: (Alex reports from the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.) Many giant tortoise subspecies in the Galapagos are named for the islands on which they are found, like these beauties here on this fertile island whose name is Spanish for "holy cross" Santa Cruz |
| #5793, aired 2009-11-18 | ART HISTORY $2000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a painting on the monitor.) Undertaken as a guide to show a sculptor the best view, the triple portrait of this minister to France's Louis XIII gives us a glimpse of the Order of the Holy Spirit that he wore (Cardinal) Richelieu |
| #5780, aired 2009-10-30 | MILITARY DUDES $200: Barbarossa led the third of these campaigns in the Holy Land, which began in 1189 & lasted until 1192 a Crusade |
| #5776, aired 2009-10-26 | WHAT $200: This object with a holy name is supposed to find water a divining rod |
| #5768, aired 2009-10-14 | COLUMBUS DISCOVERS THE NEW WORLD $400: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) 34 days into crossing the Atlantic, Columbus quelled a small mutiny on October 10th; just 2 days later on October 12th, he changed history forever by coming ashore on the island he gave this holy name San Salvador |
| #5750, aired 2009-09-18 | COUSIN "IT" $800: A group of 3, with or without a Holy Ghost a trinity |
| #5746, aired 2009-09-14 | NAME THAT MOVIE $800: "We are now the knights who say 'Ecky-ecky-ecky-ecky-pikang-zoop-boing'" Monty Python and the Holy Grail |
| #5743, aired 2009-07-22 | GONE COUNTRY $1600: At the height of its power in the late 1800s, it occupied more than half of Germany, including the northern 2/3 Prussia |
| #5743, aired 2009-07-22 | GIMME AN "H" $2000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Plaza de Quintana in Spain.) Here, at the Plaza de Quintana, one of the main portals into the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela is only opened during one of these years, also known as the jubilee a Holy Year |
| #5725, aired 2009-06-26 | ROYAL MOVIES? $600: Jeff Bridges & Robin Williams search for the Holy Grail in this 1991 film The Fisher King |
| #5725, aired 2009-06-26 | MY BOLOGNA $800: The coronation of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V at Bologna in 1530 was the last Imperial crowning by one of these a pope |
| #5724, aired 2009-06-25 | THE 9th CENTURY $1200: In 813 this aged Holy Roman Emperor crowned his son Louis the Pious co-emperor Charlemagne |
| #5720, aired 2009-06-19 | "J" MART $200: This term for a holy war against nonbelievers comes from the Arabic word for "struggle" jihad |
| #5713, aired 2009-06-10 | THE DARK KNIGHT $800: In this Monty Python film, King Arthur battles a very, very determined Black Knight Monty Python and the Holy Grail |
| #5709, aired 2009-06-04 | MAKE NO MYTHTAKE $800: In Arthurian legend, this chaste son of Lancelot found the Holy Grail Galahad |
| #5670, aired 2009-04-10 | A PRIEST, AN ELEPHANT & EVEL KNIEVEL... $400: Catholic priests administer 7 of these acts, like penance & holy orders sacraments |
| #5666, aired 2009-04-06 | MOVABLE FEASTS $600: This day when the Holy Spirit descended on the Apostles descends on May 31 in 2009 Pentecost |
| #5661, aired 2009-03-30 | FACE $2000: Czar-y-eyed holy man seen here Rasputin |
| #5660, aired 2009-03-27 | MARCH $800: On March 14, 1558 Ferdinand I assumed this "holy" title, the first to do so without being crowned by a pope Holy Roman Emperor |
| #5654, aired 2009-03-19 | THE CRUSADES $400: The First Crusade began in 1097 when 4 European armies met up in this Byzantine capital to march on the Holy Land Constantinople |
| #5654, aired 2009-03-19 | THE CRUSADES $2000: This Holy Roman Emperor led the Third Crusade but drowned bathing in a river en route to the Holy Land Barbarossa (Frederick I) |
| #5620, aired 2009-01-30 | GODS AROUND US $800: The likeness of God used in this 1975 Monty Python comedy is a picture of British cricket star W.G. Grace (Monty Python and) The Holy Grail |
| #5619, aired 2009-01-29 | DANTE'S DIVINE COMEDY $1000: Paging Mr. Magus, this magician who offered to purchase the power of transmitting the Holy Spirit Simon |
| #5612, aired 2009-01-20 | ITALIAN HISTORY $3,000 (Daily Double): In the Middle Ages, the Ghibellines supported the Holy Roman Emperor; the Guelphs, the man in this post the Pope |
| #5610, aired 2009-01-16 | THE LAST SUPPER $800: Traditional 2-word name for the chalice used by Jesus during the Last Supper the Holy Grail |
| #5606, aired 2009-01-12 | JAY LENO'S HEADLINES $400: This centuries-old book for sale: "Original signed copy, poor shape, very holy , $20" a Bible |
| #5601, aired 2009-01-05 | THE HOLY "C" $200: Pharaoh & his men pursued the children of Israel into the Red Sea aboard these horse-drawn vehicles chariots |
| #5601, aired 2009-01-05 | THE HOLY "C" $400: Roman soldiers put this on Jesus' head, "and they put on him a purple robe" a crown of thorns |
| #5601, aired 2009-01-05 | THE HOLY "C" $600: Both Matthew & Mark tell us that John the Baptist wore a garment made of the hair of this animal a camel |
| #5601, aired 2009-01-05 | THE HOLY "C" $800: Joseph's brothers stripped off this garment that his father had given him & cast him into a pit the coat of many colors |
| #5601, aired 2009-01-05 | THE HOLY "C" $1000: This grandson of Noah shares his name with the Promised Land Canaan |
| #5601, aired 2009-01-05 | LOMBARDY $1200: The alliance known as the Lombard League was formed in 1167 to combat this red-bearded Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa |
| #5596, aired 2008-12-29 | YOUR 5-CLUE NEWSCAST $600: At the movies, in July 2008 this flick made $158 milIion in its opening weekend;
holy box office! The Dark Knight |
| #5595, aired 2008-12-26 | GERMANIA $2000: This city on the Main River was where the Holy Roman Emperors were crowned beginning around 1356 Frankfurt |
| #5577, aired 2008-12-02 | THE MIDDLE AGES $1000: In 1096 this French monk & a knight known as Walter the Penniless set out for the holy land in the People's Crusade Peter the Hermit |
| #5570, aired 2008-11-21 | HEROD'S LOST TOMB $1600: To gain his own people's respect, Herod rebuilt the Temple of Jerusalem, including this sacred site that's still there the Western Wall |
| #5567, aired 2008-11-18 | IT HAPPENS ONCE A YEAR $1200: This Christian holy day can occur as early as March 22 or as late as April 25 Easter |
| #5566, aired 2008-11-17 | YOU GIVE ME THE BLUES $1000: This French expression of surprise or alarm is literally "holy blue" sacre bleu |
| #5566, aired 2008-11-17 | WORLD CAPITALS $1600: This Central American capital, whose name means "holy savior", has a town center laid out in the form of a cross San Salvador |
| #5555, aired 2008-10-31 | QUESTS $200: In the King Arthur legends, Sir Galahad quested for this sacred vessel the Holy Grail |
| #5554, aired 2008-10-30 | AFTER TRICK OR TREATING... $2000: ...prepare yourself for this Catholic holy day, the day after Halloween All Saints Day |
| #5541, aired 2008-10-13 | FAMOUS ELEPHANTS $1600: In 798 a rare white Asian elephant named Abul-Abbas was presented to this Holy Roman Emperor by the Caliph of Baghdad Charlemagne |
| #5506, aired 2008-07-14 | "HOLY" CATEGORY! $200: This element of Christianity's Trinity is also called the Paraclete the Holy Spirit |
| #5506, aired 2008-07-14 | "HOLY" CATEGORY! $400: This object, of course, is what all the endlessly silly questing in "Spamalot" is about the Holy Grail |
| #5506, aired 2008-07-14 | "HOLY" CATEGORY! $600: Hebdomada Major in Latin, it runs from Palm Sunday to Easter Holy Week |
| #5506, aired 2008-07-14 | "HOLY" CATEGORY! $800: The stoup in a Catholic church contains this liquid holy water |
| #5506, aired 2008-07-14 | "HOLY" CATEGORY! $1000: In 1756 Voltaire opined that this political entity did not reflect the 3 parts of its name the Holy Roman Empire |
| #5493, aired 2008-06-25 | MERLIN'S INBOX $600: Perceval left a note: "Hey, Mer, I'll need help finding" this chalice the Holy Grail |
| #5488, aired 2008-06-18 | HOUSES OF THE HOLY $200: Westminster Abbey London |
| #5488, aired 2008-06-18 | HOUSES OF THE HOLY $400: The Mormon Tabernacle Salt Lake City |
| #5488, aired 2008-06-18 | HOUSES OF THE HOLY $600: The Dome of the Rock Jerusalem |
| #5488, aired 2008-06-18 | HOUSES OF THE HOLY $800: The Cathedral of St. John the Divine New York City |
| #5488, aired 2008-06-18 | HOUSES OF THE HOLY $1000: Brunelleschi's Duomo of the 1420s & '30s Florence |
| #5486, aired 2008-06-16 | SOMETHING'S FISHY $200: Holy mackerel! The northern bluefin, the largest species of this fish, may reach a length of 14 feet tuna |
| #5482, aired 2008-06-10 | THEY RULED IN 1708 $1,400 (Daily Double): Also the king of Hungary & Bohemia, Joseph I held this other imperial crown in 1708 the Holy Roman Empire |
| #5465, aired 2008-05-16 | BIBLE STORIES $200: In Mark 1, the Holy Spirit came to Jesus like this bird a dove |
| #5464, aired 2008-05-15 | CLASSIC MOVIES $1000: This 1975 comedy includes the line "We are the knights who say Ni!" Monty Python and the Holy Grail |
| #5460, aired 2008-05-09 | POETS & POETRY $3,000 (Daily Double): "The Holy Grail" & "Guinevere" are among the poems contained in this Tennyson work Idylls of the King |
| #5456, aired 2008-05-05 | COMPLETE IT $600: Where the Bishop of Rome lives:
The Holy ___ See |
| #5446, aired 2008-04-21 | BUSINESS TALK $800: From the Latin for "holy", they're economic measures taken against a nation for violating international law sanctions |
| #5442, aired 2008-04-15 | LANDMARKS $800: This city's Church of the Holy Sepulchre was built in the 4th c. by the Emperor Constantine Jerusalem |
| #5414, aired 2008-03-06 | INNOCENT POPES $400: Innocent IV used his power to knock Frederick II off this empire's throne the Holy Roman Empire |
| #5388, aired 2008-01-30 | SOUL FEUD $400: The 30 Years' War began as a struggle between German Protestant princes & this Catholic "Empire" the Holy Roman Empire |
| #5385, aired 2008-01-25 | BAWDY BABES IN BOOKS $800: In the "Queste Del Saint Graal", Lancelot can't look directly at the Holy Grail because of his affair with her Guinevere |
| #5367, aired 2008-01-01 | A STAR IS REBORN? $800: Is it possible this "Ella Enchanted" actress was buried in Holy Trinity Church in Stratford-upon-Avon? Anne Hathaway |
| #5365, aired 2007-12-28 | IF YOU BUILD IT... $1200: Exodus 25 recounts that God told the Hebrews to build this holy receptacle the Ark (of the Covenant) |
| #5359, aired 2007-12-20 | IT HAPPENED ON CHRISTMAS DAY $1000: 800 A.D.:
This man is crowned the first Holy Roman Emperor Charlemagne |
| #5359, aired 2007-12-20 | CLASSICAL COMPOSERS $1600: In 1762 6-year old Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart & his sister performed for this Holy Roman Empress Maria Theresa |
| #5357, aired 2007-12-18 | DEATH SENTENCES $2000: In his "Holy Sonnets", he wrote, "Death be not proud, though some have called thee mighty and dreadful" (John) Donne |
| #5351, aired 2007-12-10 | U.S. POLITICS $3,000 (Daily Double): The idea of these people who actually vote for president comes from the Holy Roman Empire the electors |
| #5345, aired 2007-11-30 | HOSPITALS $1200: An L.A. "home for the incurables" named for this holy mountain later merged with Cedars of Lebanon Mount Sinai |
| #5338, aired 2007-11-21 | JUST SAY NOVEMBER $800: November 21, the Feast of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, honors her arrival at this holy site the Temple in Jerusalem |
| #5328, aired 2007-11-07 | THE STORY SFORZA $2000: In 1535 the Sforza ruling line ended & the area passed to Holy Roman Emperor Charles V of this Austrian family the Hapsburgs |
| #5320, aired 2007-10-26 | THE NATIONALS $200: One of the most famous festivals in Bangladesh is Id al-Fitr, which comes at the end of this holy month Ramadan |
| #5313, aired 2007-10-17 | EMPERORS $1200: (Jon of the Clue Crew reports from the Imperial Palace in Vienna.) The first man to live in the palace as Emperor of Austria was also the last man to hold this other title, as that empire was dissolved in 1806 Holy Roman Emperor |
| #5307, aired 2007-10-09 | CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS $1600: On Oct. 12, 1492 Columbus reached the New World & landed at an island he called this, Spanish for "holy savior" San Salvador |
| #5305, aired 2007-10-05 | THE CHUM BUCKET $200: Holy 2nd bananas! Douglas Croft, Burt Ward & Chris O'Donnell have played this superhero, old chum Robin (Batman) |
| #5301, aired 2007-10-01 | IT'S IN THE DICTIONARY $400: "A Muslim holy war or spiritual struggle against infidels", from the Arabic a jihad |
| #5299, aired 2007-09-27 | QUOTABLE MOVIES $1600: 1975:
"Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries" Monty Python and the Holy Grail |
| #5294, aired 2007-09-20 | RELATED WORDS $2000: To do this to something is to make it "holy", a word from the same root hallow |
| #5289, aired 2007-09-13 | A SIDE OF BACON $600: Holy triskaidekaphobia! Special FX guru Tom Savini had an arrow shoved through Kevin's throat in this 1980 flick Friday the 13th |
| #5288, aired 2007-09-12 | 1977 $400: Egypt was planning a new town to be built near Cairo to be called the Tenth of this holy month Ramadan |
| #5288, aired 2007-09-12 | WHERE AM I? $1600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew stands before an outdoor display of a whale skeleton.) Holy Cross is a college in Massachusetts; across the country, the name of this University of California campus means "holy cross" UC Santa Cruz |
| #5255, aired 2007-06-15 | GROUPS $400: Baptism, penance holy eucharist, confirmation, holy orders, matrimony, anointing of the sick the Sacraments |
| #5240, aired 2007-05-25 | "P"s ON EARTH $2000: The holy scriptures of the Sikhs are written in this 7-letter language spoken by about 70 million Punjabi |
| #5235, aired 2007-05-18 | WORLD HISTORY $2000: The Pragmatic Sanction gave this Holy Roman Empress the legal right to inherit her father's territories Maria Theresa |
| #5232, aired 2007-05-15 | RELIGIOUS MATTERS $600: Jews from many nations come to Jerusalem to pray at this, all that remains of the Holy Temple the Wailing Wall (or Western Wall) |
| #5219, aired 2007-04-26 | HIGHWAYS & BYWAYS $400: Every Father's Day, this 3-block-long Holy Grail of shopping in Beverly Hills is closed for a vintage car show Rodeo Drive |
| #5210, aired 2007-04-13 | POLITICAL, PICTORIAL BEFORE & AFTER $400: England's holy patron and a columnist collide to form... St. George Will |
| #5197, aired 2007-03-27 | WITCHCRAFT $200: In "Monty Python & the Holy Grail", a woman is weighed against this fowl to see whether she's a witch a duck |
| #5182, aired 2007-03-06 | SPANISH PLACE NAMES IN THE U.S. $400: A state capital:
"Holy Faith" Santa Fe |
| #5181, aired 2007-03-05 | FACT OR FICTION? $800: This holy relic turned up at a church in Lirey, France in 1355; radiocarbon tests in 1988 raised questions the Shroud of Turin |
| #5176, aired 2007-02-26 | LITERARY LONDON $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reads from Temple Church in London.) In this novel, Langdon's first London stop in his search for the holy grail is here at Temple Church The Da Vinci Code |
| #5175, aired 2007-02-23 | '70s ALBUM COVERS $1200: The children on this venerated Led Zeppelin album seen here are posing on a rock formation in Northern Ireland Houses of the Holy |
| #5169, aired 2007-02-15 | LET'S CHECK OUT SOME COLLEGES $1200: This Ivy Leaguer seems nice... New Haven in the fall, fine drama school (Jodie Foster! Streep!) Tuition $33,030? Holy Eli! Yale University |
| #5161, aired 2007-02-05 | COMPUTING 101 $400: This 4-letter term for a small image on a computer screen shares its name with a specialized image of a holy person an icon |
| #5151, aired 2007-01-22 | EUROPE $2000: If writing to a friend in Berlin in 1500, you could put these 3 words on the envelope as the country Holy Roman Empire |
| #5132, aired 2006-12-26 | ARCHDUKE UNIVERSITY $400: Influential Archduke Matthias went on to achieve this Imperial title in 1612 following his brother's death Holy Roman Emperor |
| #5122, aired 2006-12-12 | CHURCHES & CATHEDRALS $1600: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from Temple Church in London.) London's Temple Church was built by the crusading Knights Templar to resemble this Jerusalem church on Jesus' burial site the Church of the Holy Sepulchre |
| #5113, aired 2006-11-29 | THE 19th CENTURY $2000: Francis II, who abdicated this title in 1806, was the last Hapsburg to hold it Holy Roman Emperor |
| #5112, aired 2006-11-28 | GONE FISHIN' $600: Holy this important food fish seen here a mackerel |
| #5084, aired 2006-10-19 | RELIGION $800: In this Asian religion, a lohan is not an actress but a holy person, & monasteries have images of lohans Buddhism |
| #5075, aired 2006-10-06 | ASIAN BODIES OF WATER $800: This holy river of India was named for the daughter of the Mountain God Himalaya the Ganges |
| #5071, aired 2006-10-02 | "Y" END IT? $1200: The Father, the Son & the Holy Ghost, as honored on the first Sunday after Pentecost the Trinity |
| #5058, aired 2006-09-13 | IT'S A MAN, BABY! $200: In drag as a peasant in this Monty Python film, Terry Jones tells King Arthur, "I didn't vote for you" Monty Python and the Holy Grail |
| #5056, aired 2006-09-11 | NON-BOND CONNERY $1200: 1989:
Sean helps his archaeologist son search for the Holy Grail Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade |
| #5054, aired 2006-07-27 | GREAT PEOPLE OF HISTORY $400: It's the more familiar way that Holy Roman Emperor Charles the Great is known Charlemagne |
| #5049, aired 2006-07-20 | 1806 $200: A decree by this man in 1806 dissolved the 1,000-year-old Holy Roman Empire Napoleon |
| #5031, aired 2006-06-26 | THE MIDDLE AGES $1600: By 1096 the Holy Roman Empire stretched from Italy to this peninsula that makes up most of Denmark the Jutland peninsula |
| #5029, aired 2006-06-22 | THE FABULOUS 14th CENTURY $800: Around 1365 Adrianople became the capital of this empire; Constantinople replaced it in 1453 the Ottoman Empire |
| #5007, aired 2006-05-23 | LET'S MAKE A DEAL $800: George Mitchell helped with this "agreement", signed in Belfast on April 10, 1998 & named for this holy day Good Friday |
| #5001, aired 2006-05-15 | A CATEGORY OF CATEGORIES $400: BEFORE & AFTER:
Popular "holy" expression about work week's end joins Jason in a 1980 horror movie Thank God it's Friday the 13th |
| #4996, aired 2006-05-08 | NO. 1 ALBUMS $400: 1973:
This group's "Houses of the Holy" Led Zeppelin |
| #4993, aired 2006-05-03 | HERBS & SPICES $2000: Plants producing this spice in England came from a crocus bulb smuggled from the Holy Land in the 14th century saffron |
| #4989, aired 2006-04-27 | YOU MOVE, TO FAST $800: Move to Central Anatolia in this country to fast during the holy month known there as Ramazan Turkey |
| #4977, aired 2006-04-11 | CHURCHES & CATHEDRALS $400: The name of this Byzantine church in Istanbul is Greek for "holy wisdom" the Hagia Sophia |
| #4976, aired 2006-04-10 | MARCO POLO $1000: In the 1270s the Polo family hit this city to pick up oil from the Holy Sepulchre to bring to Asia Jerusalem |
| #4974, aired 2006-04-06 | GEOGRAPHIC HORSE RACE $400: & they're off... "Holy Roller" from this 109-acre country breaks fast & its 921 residents pray for a win Vatican City |
| #4957, aired 2006-03-14 | POPE-EYE $1000: In 1389 Pope Urban VI declared the Holy Year would be every 33 years--the 33 signifying this the years of Jesus's life (the age of Jesus accepted) |
| #4956, aired 2006-03-13 | MUNICH $800: Using Munich as his royal city of residence, German king Louis IV was crowned this emperor in 1328 the Holy Roman Emperor |
| #4945, aired 2006-02-24 | THE 1800s $800: In 1812, the Turks retook these 2 holy cities of Islam; the Wahhabis had taken them in the previous decade Mecca & Medina |
| #4944, aired 2006-02-23 | COLLEGE KNOWLEDGE $800: Founded in 1843 in Worcester, it's the oldest Catholic college in New England Holy Cross |
| #4941, aired 2006-02-20 | COLLEGE "N" SHOTS $200: 7 priests of the Congregation of Holy Cross are on this university's board of trustees Notre Dame |
| #4939, aired 2006-02-16 | RELIGION $400: Considered to be the words of God himself, the Koran is the holy book of this religion Islam |
| #4928, aired 2006-02-01 | ON BROADWAY $800: (Jon of the Clue Crew reads from the Shubert Theatre in New York.) The creators of "Spamalot" proudly proclaim that it is "lovingly ripped off" from this be-knighted British film Monty Python and the Holy Grail |
| #4928, aired 2006-02-01 | IT'S ALL GREEK TO ME $1000: One of the sacraments established by Christ; its "holy" name is from the Greek for "grateful" Eucharist |
| #4916, aired 2006-01-16 | OF THE END $2000: When it ended in 1806, its last emperor, Francis II, continued to rule Austria the Holy Roman Empire |
| #4910, aired 2006-01-06 | "B" BOYS $1000: A Moscow cathedral is popularly named for this saint known as a "holy fool" St. Basil |
| #4884, aired 2005-12-01 | "I" DO $400: United as the Lombard League, cities in this country fought fiercely against Frederick I, the Holy Roman Emp. Italy |
| #4871, aired 2005-11-14 | THAT'S MY ROYAL NICKNAME $1000: Holy Roman emperor Charles II was known by this nickname; today we might call him "the Follicularly Challenged" "the Bald" |
| #4866, aired 2005-11-07 | I GOT 3 As, MOM! $400: In legend, this pure knight found the Holy Grail Galahad |
| #4860, aired 2005-10-28 | STUCK IN THE MIDDLE AGES WITH YOU $200: Berlin's first Reichstag was a governmental body formed by princes & nobles of this medieval empire the Holy Roman Empire |
| #4852, aired 2005-10-18 | ANNUAL EVENTS $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew holds up a lantern.) Lanterns are popular in Cairo's bazaar right now, as they're a symbol of this holy month of daylight fasting Ramadan |
| #4851, aired 2005-10-17 | CONSTANTINE $600: Constantine's mother, St. Helena, is most famous for supposedly discovering this holy relic the True Cross |
| #4849, aired 2005-10-13 | LAKES & RIVERS $1,400 (Daily Double): Allahabad, India is a holy city located at the junction of the Jumna River & this more famous one the Ganges |
| #4821, aired 2005-07-18 | NOW THAT'S ITALIAN $800: Check out Michelangelo's "Holy Family" at the Uffizi in this Tuscan city, the "Athens of the West" Florence |
| #4821, aired 2005-07-18 | AMERICAN WORLD CAPTIALS $800: Holy guacamole! Fallbrook, California is known as this "Capital of the World" avocado |
| #4817, aired 2005-07-12 | I'M FEELING CONFLICTED $400: 1147-1149:
In the Holy Land, for the second time the Crusades |
| #4813, aired 2005-07-06 | NEW TESTAMENT QUOTES $400: This man said "I have baptized you with water, but He shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost" John the Baptist |
| #4801, aired 2005-06-20 | URBAN $1200: In 930 A.D. Karmathian Muslim rebels stormed & destroyed this holy city, carrying off the sacred black stone Mecca |
| #4793, aired 2005-06-08 | POTPOURRI $1000: The extreme right-hand door of St. Peter's is only opened in this type of year, which comes next in 2025 a Holy Year |
| #4769, aired 2005-05-05 | WHAT THE "H" IS IT? $1000: The government departments, jurisdiction & authority associated with the Vatican the Holy See |
| #4755, aired 2005-04-15 | THE ISLANDS OF VANUATU $400: (Jeff Probst reports from Vanuatu.) The largest of Vanuatu's more than 80 islands, Espiritu Santo is Spanish for this member of the Trinity the Holy Spirit |
| #4744, aired 2005-03-31 | WARSAW $2,000 (Daily Double): Among the many Baroque churches in Warsaw is the Church of the Holy Cross that contains this composer's heart Chopin |
| #4728, aired 2005-03-09 | HAULIN' S $1200: "Not deep" &, after the "S" departs, "to make holy" shallow & hallow |
| #4711, aired 2005-02-14 | COUNTRY DISTINCTIONS $800: Holy cow! There are more head of cattle in this nation than anywhere else India |
| #4683, aired 2005-01-05 | WELCOME TO STRATFORD $1200: Sarah from the Clue Crew: William Shakespeare is buried here in Holy Trinity Church near the remains of his wife, this woman Anne Hathaway |
| #4679, aired 2004-12-30 | THIS "BUD"'S FOR YOU $800: He preached his first sermon to 5 disciples in a park near the holy city of Varanasi Buddha |
| #4671, aired 2004-12-20 | OH "HOLY" NIGHT $400: Parsifal sought it the Holy Grail |
| #4671, aired 2004-12-20 | OH "HOLY" NIGHT $800: It's another name for the Eucharist ceremony Holy Communion |
| #4662, aired 2004-12-07 | IT'S OUR TURN TO SACK ROME!!! $1000: 1527 A.D.: French & German troops working for this "Empire" end the High Renaissance by sacking Rome the Holy Roman Empire |
| #4661, aired 2004-12-06 | DWAT DAT WABBIT! $600: The Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch wipes out a killer bunny in this classic 1974 comedy Monty Python and the Holy Grail |
| #4645, aired 2004-11-12 | HOLIDAYS AND OBSERVANCES $200: The 3 leaves on the shamrock associated with this holiday are said to represent the Holy Trinity St. Patrick's Day |
| #4645, aired 2004-11-12 | HOLIDAYS AND OBSERVANCES $800: The name of this Jewish holy day means "beginning of the year" Rosh Hashanah |
| #4645, aired 2004-11-12 | MERRIE OLDE ENGLAND $1200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from under the boughs of a riverside willow in England.) Holy Trinity Church, where Shakespeare was baptized & buried, stands on the banks of this English river Avon |
| #4644, aired 2004-11-11 | HOUSES OF WORSHIP $2000: The Church of this in Jerusalem is said to be built over the site where Jesus was entombed after his crucifixion Holy Sepulchre |
| #4622, aired 2004-10-12 | WORD & PHRASE ORIGINS $2,800 (Daily Double): Once eaten only on Church holy days, this fish's name is from English & Dutch words for "holy flatfish" halibut |
| #4605, aired 2004-09-17 | MONTY PYTHON $1200: Beating out "A Clockwork Orange", this Python film won best British film of all time in an Amazon.com poll Monty Python and the Holy Grail |
| #4594, aired 2004-07-22 | RELIGIOUS HOMOPHONES $1000: Try not to talk about this vessel in which incense is burned during holy ceremonies censer (censor) |
| #4590, aired 2004-07-16 | WANDS, CUPS, SWORDS, PENTACLES $400: This cup became sort of a family heirloom for the descendents of Joseph of Arimathea the Holy Grail |
| #4559, aired 2004-06-03 | EDUCATION $600: (Hi, I'm Chris Matthews.) This religious order runs 28 colleges in the U.S. including Georgetown, Loyola & my alma mater Holy Cross the Jesuits |
| #4530, aired 2004-04-23 | ROYAL WOMEN $1000: Marie Antoinette was among the 16 children of this Holy Roman empress & archduchess Maria Theresa |
| #4529, aired 2004-04-22 | HOLY PLACE NAMES $400: You'll find Bethel College & Seminary in this "holy" Minnesota city St. Paul |
| #4529, aired 2004-04-22 | HOLY PLACE NAMES $800: French for "God", it follows "La Chaise" in the name of a French abbey town Dieu |
| #4529, aired 2004-04-22 | HOLY PLACE NAMES $1200: This New Zealand city was named for a college at Oxford Christchurch |
| #4529, aired 2004-04-22 | HOLY PLACE NAMES $1600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew in Alaska) Michael, pictured in The Bishop's House, holds this title, which was also what the Russians called Sitka Archangel |
| #4529, aired 2004-04-22 | HOLY PLACE NAMES $2000: Islamabad, Pakistan is northwest of this Indian city that bears the name of Islam's god Allahabad |
| #4513, aired 2004-03-31 | DOLL $1200: The Black Knight plush figure from this British comedy film has detachable limbs Monty Python and the Holy Grail |
| #4512, aired 2004-03-30 | ARMOR $1000: The 16th century Maximilian style is named for a ruler of this empire who was called "The Last of the Knights" the Holy Roman Empire |
| #4507, aired 2004-03-23 | NATIONAL "VELVET" $600: Holy Roman emperor Charles V spoke of power as "An iron hand in" one of these a velvet glove |
| #4489, aired 2004-02-26 | CLASSIC SCI-FI & HORROR FILMS $1200: Holy Moses! He played a doctor fighting off zombies spawned by germ warfare in "The Omega Man" (Charlton) Heston |
| #4469, aired 2004-01-29 | HOLY TOLEDO $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from Toledo, Spain.) Cristo de la Luz was originally a mosque built by these people who took Toledo in 712 the Moors |
| #4469, aired 2004-01-29 | HOLY TOLEDO $800: Toledo has been famous for making these weapons since it was a Roman city swords |
| #4469, aired 2004-01-29 | HOLY TOLEDO $1200: (Sofia of the Clue Crew presents from Toledo.) The Alcazar was an icon of this ruling group, because in 1936 it held off the Republican siege for 2 months the Fascists |
| #4469, aired 2004-01-29 | HOLY TOLEDO $1600: Called El Greco's masterpiece, the painting titled this event of the Count of Orgaz is in the chapel of Santo Tome "The Burial of the Count of Orgaz" |
| #4469, aired 2004-01-29 | HOLY TOLEDO $2000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from Toledo.) When they were done sacking Rome, these Germanic people came to Spain & made Toledo their capital the Visigoths |
| #4466, aired 2004-01-26 | BESTSELLERS $1000: Artistic clues help reveal the secret location of the Holy Grail in this thriller by Dan Brown The Da Vinci Code |
| #4466, aired 2004-01-26 | OPERA TITLE CHARACTERS $1200: (Sofia of the Clue Crew reports from Germany.) Paintings in the singers' hall at Neuschwanstein depict this knight who sought the Holy Grail & inspired an opera Parsifal |
| #4463, aired 2004-01-21 | "SAN" $1600: From the Latin for "holy", it means feigning great righteousness & piety sanctimonious |
| #4462, aired 2004-01-20 | LAKES & RIVERS $400: In Israel the area where this river exits the Sea of Galilee is considered holy the Jordan |
| #4438, aired 2003-12-17 | ENGLISHWOMEN $400: The "Holy Maid of Kent" was executed for prophesying against Henry VIII's marriage to this woman Anne Boleyn |
| #4438, aired 2003-12-17 | THE KIDS' TABLE $1000: In its youth this "holy" fish can be a tinker or a blinker, or even a spike (if Mr. Lee doesn't sue it) a mackerel |
| #4423, aired 2003-11-26 | YOU DON'T KNOW JACK $400: In 1888 in England he was a holy tear-er Jack the Ripper |
| #4417, aired 2003-11-18 | "T"3 $200: The Holy Bible is made up of the "Old" & "New" ones testaments |
| #4401, aired 2003-10-27 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $2000: In 1713 Holy Roman Emp. Charles VI announced the pragmatic sanction whereby this daughter could become empress Empress Maria Theresa |
| #4398, aired 2003-10-22 | BASEBALL HISTORY $1200: Topps' 1952 series No. 311 was this player's first card & is a holy grail among collectors Mickey Mantle |
| #4391, aired 2003-10-13 | THE GUARDIAN $2,500 (Daily Double): The Fisher King is the guardian of this relic the Holy Grail |
| #4386, aired 2003-10-06 | POETRY $2000: His "Holy Sonnets" include "Spit in My Face" & "Death Be Not Proud" John Donne |
| #4361, aired 2003-07-14 | SHORT ORDER SHORTHAND $600: Holy Cow, I'd like "a white cow": a vanilla one of these milkshake |
| #4356, aired 2003-07-07 | VATICAN CITY $800: In 1995 Vatican City issued a stamp honoring this radio pioneer who established the Holy See's Vatican station in 1931 Guglielmo Marconi |
| #4356, aired 2003-07-07 | ANIMALS IN LITERATURE $1000: Blake asks, "And was" this holy animal "of God on England's pleasant pastures seen?" lamb |
| #4341, aired 2003-06-16 | MUSICIANS $2000: Holy trivia! He composed the theme heard here
[from the "Batman" TV series] Neal Hefti |
| #4328, aired 2003-05-28 | WHAT THE "L"? $2000: This son of Parsifal & knight of the Holy Grail is the subject of an opera by Wagner Lohengrin |
| #4322, aired 2003-05-20 | A CHRISTMAS CAROL $200: "Round yon virgin mother and child, holy infant so tender and mild" "Silent Night" |
| #4316, aired 2003-05-12 | THE BREADED OPERA CATEGORY $1,500 (Daily Double): The knights in this Wagner opera eat bread & drink wine consecrated by the Holy Grail Parsifal |
| #4311, aired 2003-05-05 | HOLY ROMAN EMPERORS $400: The House of Hapsburg, which ruled from 1440 to 1806, got its name not from just a house, but from one of these castle |
| #4311, aired 2003-05-05 | HOLY ROMAN EMPERORS $800: He was definitely king of the Franks & some historians say he became the first Holy Roman Emperor in 800 Charlemagne |
| #4311, aired 2003-05-05 | HOLY ROMAN EMPERORS $1200: The highest Henry number in the line; 1 more & they would have tied the British record 7 |
| #4311, aired 2003-05-05 | HOLY ROMAN EMPERORS $1600: Sigismund tried to resolve this church problem that had 2 or 3 popes serving at one time between 1378 & 1417 The Great Schism |
| #4311, aired 2003-05-05 | HOLY ROMAN EMPERORS $3,000 (Daily Double): Deposed in 1400 as German king, Wenceslas ruled from this city that has a statue of 10th century Saint Wenceslas Prague |
| #4304, aired 2003-04-24 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $800: Think "fast" -- in 2002 this Muslim holy month began on November 6 Ramadan |
| #4302, aired 2003-04-22 | LAKES & RIVERS $800: During a religious festival called the Kumbh Mela, millions of pilgrims bathe in this holy river Ganges |
| #4284, aired 2003-03-27 | MARCH MADNESS $400: Frederick II, who held this "Holy" position, wasn't holy enough for the Pope & was excommunicated in March 1239 Holy Roman Emperor |
| #4273, aired 2003-03-12 | HOLY ____ $200: Bovine cow |
| #4273, aired 2003-03-12 | HOLY ____ $400: City in Ohio Toledo |
| #4273, aired 2003-03-12 | HOLY ____ $600: Fish of the genus Scomber mackerel |
| #4273, aired 2003-03-12 | HOLY ____ $800: Son of Amram & Jochebed Moses |
| #4273, aired 2003-03-12 | HOLY ____ $1000: Last Supper chalice grail |
| #4272, aired 2003-03-11 | WHO "R" YOU? $1200: The book "O Holy Cow!" makes poetry of the words of this New York Yankees broadcaster called "Scooter" Phil Rizzuto |
| #4255, aired 2003-02-14 | CROSSWORD CLUES "C" $1200: Holy medieval military expeditions
(8) Crusades |
| #4250, aired 2003-02-07 | THE NHL $400: The holy grail of the NHL, it's named for a governor-general of Canada Stanley Cup |
| #4235, aired 2003-01-17 | HOLY CROSS $200: In 2002 the Pope added 5 meditations to this prayer aid that has a crucifix rosary |
| #4235, aired 2003-01-17 | HOLY CROSS $400: In the Bible, Luke writes that this many others were crucified with Jesus 2 |
| #4235, aired 2003-01-17 | HOLY CROSS $600: Shaped like a skull, this hill where Jesus was crucified takes its name from an ancient word for "skull" Golgotha/Calvary |
| #4235, aired 2003-01-17 | HOLY CROSS $800: According to tradition, this apostle was crucified on an X-shaped cross, hence the X on the Scottish flag Saint Andrew |
| #4235, aired 2003-01-17 | HOLY CROSS $1000: In an 1896 speech while running for president, William Jennings Bryan said, "You shall not crucify mankind upon" this a cross of gold |
| #4231, aired 2003-01-13 | 30 YEARS' WAR CALL-IN $200: (Alex: To start us off in this category, here's a "caller" from Saxony) If Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II keeps trying to impose this religion on everyone, there'll be hell to pay Catholicism |
| #4224, aired 2003-01-02 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $800: This university in Indiana is administered by the Congregation of Holy Cross Notre Dame |
| #4223, aired 2003-01-01 | DANIEL $400: In Chapter 9, Daniel prays to God for an end to the desolation of this city, "thy holy mountain" Jerusalem |
| #4204, aired 2002-12-05 | HOLY DAYS & FESTIVALS $200: The period known as Lent begins on this day Ash Wednesday |
| #4204, aired 2002-12-05 | HOLY DAYS & FESTIVALS $400: Isra Wa Al-Miraj commemorates Muhammad's night journey from this city to Jerusalem & his ascent into heaven Mecca |
| #4204, aired 2002-12-05 | HOLY DAYS & FESTIVALS $600: [Sofia of the Clue Crew reports lighting a menorah] Hanukkah/Festival of Lights |
| #4204, aired 2002-12-05 | HOLY DAYS & FESTIVALS $800: Nirvana Day, February 15, commemorates the death of this leader Buddha |
| #4204, aired 2002-12-05 | HOLY DAYS & FESTIVALS $1000: All Saints' Day, November 1, is followed by All this Day on November 2 All Souls' Day |
| #4190, aired 2002-11-15 | EARLY AMERICAN HISTORY $800: In the 1690s pirate captain Kidd was a big macher in this NYC church named for Father, Son & Holy Spirit Trinity Church |
| #4181, aired 2002-11-04 | CRUSADER $800: The holy lance that had pierced this man centuries earlier was reportedly "miraculously found" in Antioch Jesus Christ |
| #4181, aired 2002-11-04 | CRUSADER $1600: Suffering from the heat, this bearded Holy Roman emperor decided to cool off in a river & promptly drowned Frederick Barbarossa |
| #4177, aired 2002-10-29 | THE ANIMALS $600: Tuna are members of Scombridae, known commonly as this "holy" family of fishes mackerels |
| #4169, aired 2002-10-17 | WHATCHAMACALLIT $800: The Paraclete is this part of the Trinity Holy Spirit |
| #4159, aired 2002-10-03 | THE U.N. $1600: Organizations that have this "status" include the OAU & the Holy See observer status |
| #4158, aired 2002-10-02 | STATE THE COLLEGE $800: Emerson,
Holy Cross,
Amherst Massachusetts |
| #4145, aired 2002-09-13 | FIRST THINGS FIRST $1200: Some consider German king Otto the Great, crowned in 962, the first of these central European "emperors" Holy Roman Emperor |
| #4132, aired 2002-07-16 | THE HOLY GRAIL $200: In many legends this chaste knight & son of Lancelot finds the Holy Grail Galahad |
| #4132, aired 2002-07-16 | THE HOLY GRAIL $400: This piece of furniture had a seat called the Siege Perilous reserved for the knight who led the Grail quest the Round Table |
| #4132, aired 2002-07-16 | THE HOLY GRAIL $600: In his epic poem "The Waste Land", this writer drew upon the Grail legend of the Fisher King T.S. Eliot |
| #4132, aired 2002-07-16 | THE HOLY GRAIL $800: In one legend, the Holy Grail is entrusted to this man "of Arimathea" who brings it to England Joseph |
| #4132, aired 2002-07-16 | MONTY PYTHON $800: Michael Palin was one of the Knights who say" this word in "Monty Python & the Holy Grail" Ni! |
| #4132, aired 2002-07-16 | THE HOLY GRAIL $1000: The 1882 opera "Parsifal" by this composer was based on a medieval poem about the Grail legend Wagner |
| #4125, aired 2002-07-05 | POETS & POETRY $1600: About this vessel, Oliver Wendell Holmes wrote, "Nail to the mast her holy flag, set every threadbare sail" Old Ironsides |
| #4123, aired 2002-07-03 | EMPIRES $600: This thousand-year empire was centered in Germany & its early emperors were crowned by the pope the Holy Roman Empire |
| #4121, aired 2002-07-01 | SONNETS $2,000 (Daily Double): In John Donne's "Holy Sonnets", it precedes "though some have called thee Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so" Death be not proud |
| #4115, aired 2002-06-21 | WATCH YOUR TONGUE $2,000 (Daily Double): In the 14th century, this language replaced Latin as the language of official court documents of the Holy Roman Empire German |
| #4114, aired 2002-06-20 | "HIGH" ANXIETY $600: Rosh Hashanah & Yom Kippur, along with the days in between (Jewish) high holy days |
| #4113, aired 2002-06-19 | FOOD & DRINK $600: Holy guacamole! Hass & fuerte are varieties of these avocados |
| #4101, aired 2002-06-03 | H.R. $800: Named this emperor in 1084, Henry IV deposed Pope Gregory VII Holy Roman Emperor |
| #4100, aired 2002-05-31 | JERUSALEM $1600: A popular Christian shrine is this church where Jesus is said to have been entombed after his crucifixion Church of the Holy Sepulchre |
| #4093, aired 2002-05-22 | ST. PAUL $400: Though against casual sex, Paul did say to "greet all the brethren with an holy" one of these a kiss |
| #4090, aired 2002-05-17 | RELIGION $200: One who has memorized the complete text of this Muslim holy book is known as a hafiz Koran |
| #4083, aired 2002-05-08 | STRAIN THY BRAIN $1000: In the 16th c., it was the unusual annual rent paid by the Knights of Malta to Holy Roman Emperor Charles V the (real) Maltese Falcon |
| #4076, aired 2002-04-29 | THE CRUSADES $800: The Crusaders were sure they'd win at Antioch once they found this holy relic that pierced Christ's side spear (lance) |
| #4060, aired 2002-04-05 | "ON" WORKS FOR ME $400: In this book Ian Fleming bonded Bond with Tracy Draco in holy matrimony On Her Majesty's Secret Service |
| #4056, aired 2002-04-01 | KNIGHTY KNIGHT $400: In "Monty Python and the Holy Grail", a "woman" tells this king, "Well, I didn't vote for you!" King Arthur |
| #4055, aired 2002-03-29 | MACHINES $800: Described in the first century, an early one of these machines dispensed holy water when a coin struck a lever a vending machine |
| #4047, aired 2002-03-19 | FAMOUS FRENCH FOLKS $400: A daughter of Holy Roman Emperor Francis I, this French queen was born in Vienna in 1755 Marie Antoinette |
| #4031, aired 2002-02-25 | WED TO THE IDEA $200: The sacrament of marriage, it's "holy" matrimony |
| #4026, aired 2002-02-18 | SERFS UP $1200: Joseph II freed the serfs & ended discrimination against Jews during his 18th century reign as this emperor holy Roman emperor |
| #4021, aired 2002-02-11 | MEDIEVAL TIMES $200: According to medieval legends, it's the "holy" vessel from which Jesus drank the Grail |
| #4012, aired 2002-01-29 | HOLY MOVIE ROLES $400: 1956:
Charlton Heston Moses |
| #4012, aired 2002-01-29 | HOLY MOVIE ROLES $800: 1977:
George Burns God |
| #4012, aired 2002-01-29 | HOLY MOVIE ROLES $1200: 1982:
Ben Kingsley Gandhi |
| #4012, aired 2002-01-29 | HOLY MOVIE ROLES $1600: 1988:
Willem Dafoe Jesus |
| #4012, aired 2002-01-29 | HOLY MOVIE ROLES $2000: 1999:
Jon Voight Noah |
| #4005, aired 2002-01-18 | YARD SALE $600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew shops at a yard sale.) Holy cow--an original printing of this document that begins, "When in the course of human events..." Take 2 bucks? the Declaration of Independence |
| #4003, aired 2002-01-16 | "ANTI" UP $800: It was the capital of the ancient kingdom of Syria & home to Monty Python's holy hand grenade Antioch |
| #3983, aired 2001-12-19 | DICTATORS & TYRANTS $400: As this "Emperor", Ferdinand II's promotion of Catholicism continued the Thirty Years' War of the 1600s Holy Roman Emperor |
| #3981, aired 2001-12-17 | I NEED A LATIN LOVER $200: From the Latin for "Holy eve", you had to "keep" one of these the night before you became a knight a vigil |
| #3972, aired 2001-12-04 | BRIDGE $200: The Charles Bridge that's named for a Holy Roman Emperor isn't in Boston but in this Czech capital Prague |
| #3947, aired 2001-10-30 | BEFORE, DURING & AFTER $600: The "holy" first pope is in this '60s folk trio also including this actress who was "America's Sweetheart" Pope Peter, Paul and Mary Pickford |
| #3946, aired 2001-10-29 | FRANCE LOSES THE FIGHT $1000: The 1520s weren't good for France either; it lost Milan to Charles V, leader of this "empire" that began in 962 Holy Roman Empire |
| #3934, aired 2001-10-11 | METHODISM $400: A believer's faith is confirmed by witness of this element of the trinity, symbolized by a flame holy spirit |
| #3927, aired 2001-10-02 | WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE MY ETCHINGS? $200: Popular during Christmas, he's the holy man etched here Saint Nicholas |
| #3921, aired 2001-09-24 | SUNDAY SCHOOL $300: From the Latin for "threefold", it's the understanding of God as including Father, Son, & Holy Spirit a trinity |
| #3903, aired 2001-07-18 | LITERARY ALLUSIONS $200: This object from Arthurian & Christian legend has come to mean the object of any difficult quest the Holy Grail |
| #3899, aired 2001-07-12 | "HEAVEN" & "HELL" $200: Carol line following "Holy infant so tender and mild" "Sleep in heavenly peace" |
| #3896, aired 2001-07-09 | ____ OF ____ $300: It was the "Holy Grail" for Ponce De Leon the Fountain of Youth |
| #3895, aired 2001-07-06 | 1973 $2,500 (Daily Double): In October, on this holy day, war erupted in the Middle East Yom Kippur (The Day of Atonement) |
| #3884, aired 2001-06-21 | WE 3 $400: In Christianity, the Father, the Son & the Holy Spirit Trinity |
| #3832, aired 2001-04-10 | MALTA BOUND $400: Charles V, who held this "Holy" title, granted Malta to the Knights of St. John in 1530 Holy Roman Emperor |
| #3821, aired 2001-03-26 | AT THE MOVIES $800: This 1975 film classic contains the line "Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries" Monty Python and the Holy Grail |
| #3819, aired 2001-03-22 | PEOPLE WITH PEANUTS NAMES $400: His blankets were very holy as Pope in 67 A.D. Linus |
| #3814, aired 2001-03-15 | BOTANY $400: The Holy Ghost flower, an orchid, is the national flower of this long, narrow Central American nation Panama |
| #3803, aired 2001-02-28 | BIG SCREEN ROYALTY $800 (Daily Double): 1975:
Graham Chapman King Arthur (in "Monty Python and the Holy Grail") |
| #3794, aired 2001-02-15 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $1,200 (Daily Double): With few interrruptions, this family ruled the Holy Roman Empire for almost 400 years, from 1438-1806 Hapsburgs |
| #3786, aired 2001-02-05 | HOLIDAYS $300: This Jewish holy day begins with the recitation of the Kol Nidre Yom Kippur |
| #3783, aired 2001-01-31 | RELIGION $200: Each year about 1 million Hindu pilgrims journey to Varanasi, India to wash away their sins in this holy river the Ganges |
| #3783, aired 2001-01-31 | RELIGION $1,000 (Daily Double): This holy book whose name means "recitation" is divided into 114 chapters called suras The Koran |
| #3780, aired 2001-01-26 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $400: In 1833 this "holy" northwestern Ohio port arose from the consolidation of Port Lawrence & Vistula villages Toledo |
| #3766, aired 2001-01-08 | TURNS OF THE CENTURY $1000: Johannes Kepler became imperial mathematician to the Holy Roman Emperor in 1601 following this Dane's death Tycho Brahe |
| #3764, aired 2001-01-04 | BIG SCREEN BUNNIES $1000: Despite warnings from Tim the Enchanter, a deadly rabbit decimates King Arthur's men in this spoof Monty Python and the Holy Grail |
| #3763, aired 2001-01-03 | FUN DATES $400: Legend says that this symbol of St. Patrick's Day was used by St. Patrick to illustrate the Holy Trinity Shamrock |
| #3756, aired 2000-12-25 | A CHRISTMAS SONGBOOK $100: They're the 4 words that precede "All is calm, all is bright" "Silent Night, Holy Night" |
| #3740, aired 2000-12-01 | SOMETHING'S FISHY $600: Holy Mackerel! The northern bluefin, the largest species of this fish, may reach a length of 14 feet Tuna |
| #3731, aired 2000-11-20 | RELIGION 101 $400: This Jewish holy day follows Rosh Hashanah by 10 days Yom Kippur |
| #3726, aired 2000-11-13 | THE END OF THE L"INE" $800: The tomb of a holy person Shrine |
| #3724, aired 2000-11-09 | STATE CAPITALS $200: The name of this Southwestern capital is Spanish for "holy faith" Santa Fe, New Mexico |
| #3722, aired 2000-11-07 | THE LADIES ROOM $600: A bestselling book by this woman seen here grew out of her commencement speech at Holy Cross Maria Shriver |
| #3691, aired 2000-09-25 | IS THAT YOUR "FINAL" ANSWER? $100: "The Road To" this quartet is the holy grail of college basketball The Final Four |
| #3691, aired 2000-09-25 | THE STONES $800: The Black Stone set in this holy landmark in Mecca is actually a meteorite Kaaba |
| #3674, aired 2000-07-20 | FERDINAND RULES! $800: The central power of this empire was dissolved in 1648 during Ferdinand III's watch Holy Roman Empire |
| #3669, aired 2000-07-13 | "HOLY" COW! $200: Let's 'ear it for this man who defeated Mike Tyson by an 11th round technical knockout in 1996 Evander Holyfield |
| #3669, aired 2000-07-13 | "HOLY" COW! $400: It can be a jihad or a crusade Holy war |
| #3669, aired 2000-07-13 | "HOLY" COW! $600: Reigning from 891 to 894, Guy of Spoleto was the seventh man to hold this imperial title Holy Roman Emperor |
| #3669, aired 2000-07-13 | "HOLY" COW! $800: One derivation of this much-sought relic's name may be from the Latin "Sang Real" or "Royal Blood" Holy Grail |
| #3669, aired 2000-07-13 | "HOLY" COW! $1000: The Papal Court, officially The Holy See |
| #3662, aired 2000-07-04 | "RED", "WHITE" & "BLUE" $1000: "Holy" district in London's east end that's infamous as the scene of Jack the Ripper's murders Whitechapel |
| #3661, aired 2000-07-03 | WORLD OF ISLAM $300: Reflecting its origin in a pre-Islamic solar calendar, the name of this Muslim holy month means "great heat" Ramadan |
| #3658, aired 2000-06-28 | SMALLER THAN ALBUQUERQUE $1000: In 1530 Holy Roman emperor Charles V gave this island nation to the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem Malta |
| #3657, aired 2000-06-27 | 2-LETTER WORDS $1000: Holy Cow! Zeus turned her into a heifer Io |
| #3648, aired 2000-06-14 | FAMOUS PERCIVALS $600: Sir Percival joined this knight's quest for the holy grail Sir Galahad |
| #3644, aired 2000-06-08 | HISTORY $1000: This Holy Roman empress was also the queen of Hungary & Bohemia from 1740 to 1780 Maria Theresa |
| #3620, aired 2000-05-05 | THE ART OF MOZART $200: Mozart played his Piano Concerto in D at the coronation of Leopold II as this emperor Holy Roman Emperor |
| #3620, aired 2000-05-05 | THANK GOD IT'S FRIDAY $300: A Northern Ireland peace accord was reached on April 10, 1998, this holy day Good Friday |
| #3612, aired 2000-04-25 | SPORTS RHYME TIME $300: A saintly protector of your hockey team's net Holy goalie |
| #3608, aired 2000-04-19 | HOLY WEEK $100: In the term "Good Friday", "Good" means holy, as in this phrase for the Bible "The Good Book" |
| #3608, aired 2000-04-19 | HOLY WEEK $200: Many Holy Week rituals date back to a procession held in this city in the 4th century Jerusalem |
| #3608, aired 2000-04-19 | HOLY WEEK $300: During Holy Week, there might be a run on these flowers seen here: Easter lilies |
| #3608, aired 2000-04-19 | HOLY WEEK $400: Palm Sunday is also called this "Sunday", after the sufferings of Christ Passion Sunday |
| #3608, aired 2000-04-19 | HOLY WEEK $500 (Daily Double): At Maundy Thursday mass, a priest traditionally washes the feet of this many people 12 |
| #3596, aired 2000-04-03 | CLASSIC MOVIE LINES $400 (Daily Double): 1975:
"You can't expect to wield supreme executive power just because some watery tart threw a sword at you" Monty Python and the Holy Grail |
| #3585, aired 2000-03-17 | CINEMATIC TITLE PAIRS $400: 1975:
"...and the Holy Grail" Monty Python |
| #3584, aired 2000-03-16 | THE NATIONAL PASTIME $200: Holy Cow! He was in the broadcast booth 53 years, the last 16 with the Cubs Harry Caray |
| #3582, aired 2000-03-14 | HISTORIC PEOPLE $500: Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I was also known by this name that means "red beard" Barbarossa |
| #3581, aired 2000-03-13 | RAISE YOUR GLASSES $200: One legend says it was a holy man in Yemen who brewed up the first cup of this many centuries ago Coffee |
| #3571, aired 2000-02-28 | EXCLAMATIONS! $100: Divine bovine! Holy cow! |
| #3568, aired 2000-02-23 | HOUSES OF THE HOLY $200: Thailand's most venerated object, the Emerald Buddha, is enshrined in the Wat Phra Keo in this city Bangkok |
| #3568, aired 2000-02-23 | HOUSES OF THE HOLY $400: The city of Amritsar in this country grew up around the Golden Temple, the center of the Sikh faith India |
| #3568, aired 2000-02-23 | HOUSES OF THE HOLY $600: The USA's oldest existing Jewish house of worship is the Touro Synagogue, located in this Rhode Island city Newport |
| #3568, aired 2000-02-23 | HOUSES OF THE HOLY $800: This TV show emanates from the worship services conducted by Robert Schuller at the Crystal Cathedral Hour of Power |
| #3568, aired 2000-02-23 | HOUSES OF THE HOLY $1000: Turkey's August 1999 earthquake didn't damage this colorful Istanbul landmark that has 6 minarets Blue Mosque |
| #3562, aired 2000-02-15 | THE MIDDLE AGES $800: In 814 Louis the Pious succeeded this "Magne" man, his father, as Holy Roman Emperor Charlemagne |
| #3543, aired 2000-01-19 | MILITARY MATTERS $1000: This German "operation" to invade the Soviet Union took its name from a crusading Holy Roman Emperor Operation Barbarossa |
| #3536, aired 2000-01-10 | CZECHS $400: The Bohemian Czech king Charles IV held this "Holy" title from 1355 to 1378 Holy Roman Emperor |
| #3536, aired 2000-01-10 | NATIVE AMERICAN LIT $1000: In a 1932 book, this Oglala Sioux holy man "Speaks" his life story to poet John Neihardt Black Elk |
| #3527, aired 1999-12-28 | STUPID ANSWERS $300: Voltaire described this European political entity as not holy, nor Roman, nor an empire Holy Roman Empire |
| #3527, aired 1999-12-28 | THE CRUSADES $1000: This colorful-bearded Holy Roman Emperor drowned in 1190 on his way to retake Jerusalem Frederick Barbarossa |
| #3519, aired 1999-12-16 | USA $100: You'll find the Holy Terror Gold Mine (which the owner named for his wife) near Mount Rushmore in this state South Dakota |
| #3516, aired 1999-12-13 | CHURCHES & CATHEDRALS $600: This city's Church of the Holy Sepulchre is said to be on the site where Jesus was entombed Jerusalem |
| #3503, aired 1999-11-24 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $300: Christians observe this holy day to celebrate Jesus' triumphant entry into Jerusalem Palm Sunday |
| #3502, aired 1999-11-23 | QUOTABLE CINEMA $400: 1975:
"We are the knights who say Ni!" Monty Python and the Holy Grail |
| #3485, aired 1999-10-29 | THE GHOST $500: This Methodist leader, a believer in the Holy Spirit, had a spirit in his home, Epworth Rectory John Wesley |
| #3473, aired 1999-10-13 | THE SEVEN CATHOLIC SACRAMENTS $400: To receive holy orders, a priest lies prone before this structure Altar |
| #3465, aired 1999-10-01 | HISTORIC LEADERS $300: Holy Roman Emperor Charles V was the grandson of this Spanish royal pair Ferdinand & Isabella |
| #3449, aired 1999-09-09 | RELIGION $800: It's the holy book of Islam Koran |
| #3417, aired 1999-06-15 | CHURCHES $300: It's a synonym for a tomb, & Jerusalem's "Church of the Holy" one is said to stand over Jesus' tomb Sepulchre |
| #3410, aired 1999-06-04 | VIEWER MAIL $400: Penitence was demanded when a Final Jeopardy! called Ash Wednesday this type of religious "day" a holy day |
| #3408, aired 1999-06-02 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $500: Id Al-Fitr is a day of feasting that ends the fast at the end of this Islamic holy month Ramadan |
| #3396, aired 1999-05-17 | CHARMED, I'M SURE $200: He may be addressed in conversation as "Most Holy Father" the pope |
| #3393, aired 1999-05-12 | ENGLISH ROYAL HENRYS $800: Victory at Agincourt in 1415 earned this king a visit from the Holy Roman Emperor Henry V |
| #3388, aired 1999-05-05 | TWISTER $600: In 1994 Alabama's Goshen Church was struck by a twister on this holy day 7 days before Easter Palm Sunday |
| #3376, aired 1999-04-19 | CHARLES IN CHARGE $600: Holy Roman Emperor Charles II was nicknamed this; we guess he wasn't the hair apparent to the throne Charles the Bald |
| #3360, aired 1999-03-26 | JEFF GOLDBLUM FILMS $400: Jeff was an executive at a shipping network & Eddie Murphy was a televangelist in this 1998 comedy Holy Man |
| #3359, aired 1999-03-25 | HISTORIC NAMES $1000: This "recluse" of Amiens gained fame by preaching for the necessity of a crusade to get back the Holy Land Peter the Hermit |
| #3348, aired 1999-03-10 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $400: This Utah river named for a river in the Holy Land flows from freshwater Utah Lake to the Great Salt Lake Jordan River |
| #3334, aired 1999-02-18 | YO, POPE ADRIAN! $600: This would be the holy sea, S-E-A, for all the Pope Adrians; the name Adrian means from its coast the Adriatic Sea |
| #3332, aired 1999-02-16 | THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS $400: The scrolls tell of life in the Holy Land during the time of the second of these, destroyed in 70 A.D. the Second Temple |
| #3328, aired 1999-02-10 | THE 11th CENTURY $400: At Clermont on Nov. 27, 1095 the first of these holy missions was proclaimed The Crusades |
| #3319, aired 1999-01-28 | "P.S." I LOVE YOU $500: Holy geography! These territories were ruled by the Popes from 756 to 1870 Papal States |
| #3315, aired 1999-01-22 | HOMOPHONES $800: Sacred & hallowed, or totally & completely Holy/wholly |
| #3301, aired 1999-01-04 | THE PEACE OF WESTPHALIA $800: All the states in this empire were recognized as independent, making its emperor powerless Holy Roman Empire |
| #3290, aired 1998-12-18 | ROYAL NAME'S THE SAME $400: He wasn't England's Henry VIII, but Henry VIII of Bavaria who was also this empire's Henry IV the Holy Roman Empire |
| #3287, aired 1998-12-15 | HAPPY HANUKKAH $300: Despite its calendar date, as a Jewish holy day Hanukkah technically begins at this time on the previous day Sundown |
| #3283, aired 1998-12-09 | I SAY A LITTLE PRAYER $400: Aramaic for "holy", it's the prayer said in Judaism on the anniversary of a loved one's death Kaddish |
| #3279, aired 1998-12-03 | CANTERBURY TALE TELLERS $400: The wife of Bath, 5 times a widow & a world traveler, has made 3 trips to this holy Mideast city Jerusalem |
| #3269, aired 1998-11-19 | __A__A__A $500: Holy Land fortress seen here Masada |
| #3178, aired 1998-05-27 | CHARLES V $600: In 1530 Charles became the last of these emperors to be crowned by a Pope Holy Roman Empire |
| #3176, aired 1998-05-25 | BIBLICAL HOTTIES $1000: On this holy day, tongues of fire appeared to the apostles, who then began to speak in tongues Pentecost |
| #3151, aired 1998-04-20 | WILD GOOSE CHASES $200: A lot of sleepless "knights" were spent questing for this chalice given to Joseph of Arimathea the Holy Grail |
| #3151, aired 1998-04-20 | WE THE "PEOPLE" $300: This phrase for the Jews refers to Exodus 19:6, "Ye shall be unto me... a holy nation" the Chosen People |
| #3150, aired 1998-04-17 | 500 YEARS AGO $600: On Columbus' third voyage, he made his first landing on this island that he named for the Holy Trinity Trinidad |
| #3142, aired 1998-04-07 | "CHA" CHA CHA $300: It's the goblet for the wine used in holy communion a chalice |
| #3119, aired 1998-03-05 | GREAT FEETS OF THE BIBLE $400: He had to bare his feet before the burning bush because, as God said, he was on holy ground Moses |
| #3106, aired 1998-02-16 | HISTORY $400: The 1929 Lateran Treaty recognized the inherent sovereignty of this holy state Vatican City |
| #3101, aired 1998-02-09 | INTERNATIONAL "K"s $200: Muslims believe it was the angel Gabriel who revealed this holy book to Muhammad the Koran |
| #3093, aired 1998-01-28 | GERMAN HISTORY $200: Holy Roman Emperor Otto I built the "First" of these empires; Otto von Bismarck, the "Second" Reich |
| #3088, aired 1998-01-21 | CATHEDRALS & CHURCHES $600: The Basilica of the Holy Blood in Bruges in this country contains a relic believed to be drops of Christ's blood Belgium |
| #3071, aired 1997-12-29 | SACRED MOUNTAINS $200: Holy Moses! The monastery of St. Catherine at the base of this mountain dates back 14 centuries Mount Sinai |
| #3049, aired 1997-11-27 | PILGRIMS $100: Thousands of pilgrims gather annually in Cairo & Damascus to join caravans to make the hajj to this holy city Mecca |
| #3049, aired 1997-11-27 | PILGRIMS $200: This religion has 7 holy cities of pilgrimage, including Varanasi & Ayodhya Hinduism |
| #3031, aired 1997-11-03 | "CROSS"TALK $800: Founded in 1843, it's the oldest Catholic college in New England Holy Cross |
| #3014, aired 1997-10-09 | HISTORY $200: In 1273 Rudolf I became the first from this family to rule the Holy Roman Empire, though he was never crowned the Hapsburgs |
| #2987, aired 1997-09-02 | EGGS-ACTLY! $500: One isn't used to mend a holy cow but a holey sock darning egg |
| #2983, aired 1997-07-16 | STARTS WITH "HO" $400: Jesus, Mary & Joseph Holy Family |
| #2975, aired 1997-07-04 | STARTS & ENDS WITH "O" $400: The first 3 Holy Roman emperors, father, son & grandson, shared this name Otto |
| #2969, aired 1997-06-26 | WARS $200: The result of a 624-630 war allowed Muhammad to establish this as the holy city of Islam Mecca |
| #2964, aired 1997-06-19 | SHAKESPEAREAN LAST SCENES $200: Friar Lawrence urges her to join "a sisterhood of holy nuns" but she ignores him & kills herself Juliet |
| #2950, aired 1997-05-30 | MIRACLE SITES $200: The miraculous revelation of the Koran began in a cave on Mt. Hira near this holy city Mecca |
| #2949, aired 1997-05-29 | JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER $500 (Daily Double): A Whittier poem inspired by this novel begins, "Dry the tears for holy Eva, with the blessed angels leave her" "Uncle Tom's Cabin" |
| #2939, aired 1997-05-15 | THE BIBLE $100: Among the Ten Commandments are "Thou shalt not kill" & "Remember" this "day, to keep it holy" the sabbath |
| #2933, aired 1997-05-07 | THE MIDDLE AGES $400: Crusader Godfrey of Bouillon was chosen king of this holy city but was left in the soup by his allies Jerusalem |
| #2923, aired 1997-04-23 | RELIGION $800: The Granth Sahib is the holy book of this religion known for its golden temple in Amritsar Sikhism |
| #2916, aired 1997-04-14 | ASIAN CITIES $400: This Saudi Arabian holy city was called Macoraba by the ancients Mecca |
| #2902, aired 1997-03-25 | CD-ROM GAMES $500 (Daily Double): It's the object that's the quest of the player & of the group seen here:
[video clue] The Holy Grail |
| #2896, aired 1997-03-17 | IRISH HISTORY $200: Accoridng to legend, he used a shamrock to explain the Holy Trinity Saint Patrick |
| #2887, aired 1997-03-04 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $300: The Jewish festival of Sukkot begins 5 days after this solemn holy day Yom Kippur |
| #2872, aired 1997-02-11 | PEOPLE IN HISTORY $200: In 999 Sylvester II became the first Frenchman elected to this high holy office Pope |
| #2870, aired 1997-02-07 | THE CRUSADES $300: Kings Baldwin I & II were Christian rulers of this holy Mideastern city Jerusalem |
| #2866, aired 1997-02-03 | THE OLD TESTAMENT $400: When Queen Jezebel vowed to execute Elijah, he fled to this holy mountain Mount Sinai |
| #2855, aired 1997-01-17 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $600: This empire existed from Christmas Day 800 until August 6, 1806, when Francis II dissolved it Holy Roman Empire |
| #2845, aired 1997-01-03 | HISTORY $1000: In 1745 this Austrian archduchess obtained the title of Holy Roman Emperor for her husband Maria Theresa |
| #2838, aired 1996-12-25 | RELIGION $600: The standard text of this holy book was formed during the reign of Caliph Uthman, 644-656 The Koran |
| #2834, aired 1996-12-19 | SONNETS $600: "Batter My Heart" is one of the best-known "Holy Sonnets" by this author of "Death, Be Not Proud" John Donne |
| #2833, aired 1996-12-18 | THE MIDDLE AGES $400: In 813 he personally crowned his son Louis as Holy Roman Emperor Charlemagne |
| #2824, aired 1996-12-05 | MODERN HISTORY $200: In 1988 radio-carbon testing dated this holy cloth only to the Middle Ages Shroud of Turin |
| #2822, aired 1996-12-03 | TITLES $800: Males of the house of Hapsburg, including Franz Ferdinand, bore this title Archduke |
| #2818, aired 1996-11-27 | ODDS & ENDS $800: Muhammad received the first of the Koran's revelations during this holy month Ramadan |
| #2811, aired 1996-11-18 | ART & ARTISTS $200: "The Holy Family" is the only surviving panel painting by this "Pieta" artist Michelangelo |
| #2811, aired 1996-11-18 | WORLD CITIES $600: The Church of the Holy Family dominates the skyline of this port in northeastern Spain Barcelona |
| #2785, aired 1996-10-11 | POPES $400: Adrian IV crowned Frederick I emperor of this after Frederick delivered foe Arnold of Brescia to him the Holy Roman Empire |
| #2784, aired 1996-10-10 | GATES $100: The Jaffa Gate is the one most often used when entering the old part of this holy city Jerusalem |
| #2758, aired 1996-09-04 | WORLD CITIES $400: In this holy Saudi Arabian city, you'll find a sacred well said to have been used by Hagar, Ishmael's mother Mecca |
| #2745, aired 1996-07-05 | CATHEDRALS & CHURCHES $200: The Abu Sarga church in this Egyptian capital occupies a site where the Holy Family is said to have stayed Cairo |
| #2745, aired 1996-07-05 | CATHEDRALS & CHURCHES $1,200 (Daily Double): This architect didn't live to complete his Church of the Holy Family in Barcelona; he's buried in its crypt Gaudi |
| #2724, aired 1996-06-06 | HOMOPHONES $600: Entirely, or sacred wholly / holy |
| #2724, aired 1996-06-06 | FAMOUS GERMANS $800: In 1601 this astronomer was appointed Imperial Mathematician by Holy Roman Emperor Rudolph II (Johannes) Kepler |
| #2716, aired 1996-05-27 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $600: The conversion of this "Apostle of the Gentiles" on January 25 is a major Episcopal holy day St. Paul |
| #2701, aired 1996-05-06 | HISTORY $400: In 27 B.C. Caesar Octavianus was given this title meaning "holy" or "consecrated" by the Roman Senate Augustus |
| #2701, aired 1996-05-06 | SAINTS $400: Saint Bruno of Cologne was co-regent of this empire; his brother Otto I was emperor the Holy Roman Empire |
| #2690, aired 1996-04-19 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $400: Holy Cross in Worcester in this state is the oldest Roman Catholic college in New England Massachusetts |
| #2670, aired 1996-03-22 | WORLD HISTORY $400: German for "empire", the first one was the Holy Roman Empire; the second was founded in 1871 Reich |
| #2661, aired 1996-03-11 | HISTORY $600: In 1918 Hebrew University was founded on Mount Scopus in this holy city Jerusalem |
| #2658, aired 1996-03-06 | THE 1590s $600: In 1599 this Danish astronomer was appointed Imperial Mathematician of the Holy Roman Empire (Tycho) Brahe |
| #2656, aired 1996-03-04 | LITERATURE $800: His "Death Be Not Proud" was one of the "Holy Sonnets", published in 1633 John Donne |
| #2641, aired 1996-02-12 | ZOOLOGY $500: Typically, this flatfish whose name comes from the word "holy" has both eyes on the right side of its head halibut |
| #2634, aired 1996-02-01 | WORLD CITIES $300: The well of ZamZam is one of the holy sites in this Saudi Arabian city Mecca |
| #2630, aired 1996-01-26 | MOUNTAINS $100: Mount Wu-T'ai in Shansi province is one of this country's great Buddhist holy places China |
| #2618, aired 1996-01-10 | RELIGION $200: From the Latin for "to make holy", it's an animal killed as a gift to a god, for example a sacrifice |
| #2607, aired 1995-12-26 | ODDS & ENDS $200: Holy Saturday is observed the day before this holiday Easter |
| #2565, aired 1995-10-27 | RELIGION $200: This Islamic holy book is divided into 114 sections called suras the Quran |
| #2564, aired 1995-10-26 | THE MIDDLE AGES $600: After the birth of their child, Peter Abelard convinced her to take holy vows at the Abbey of Argenteuil Heloise |
| #2564, aired 1995-10-26 | LITERARY TERMS $800: Hagiography is writing about the lives & legends of these holy people the saints |
| #2553, aired 1995-10-11 | ROYALTY $200: Maximilian I, who became Holy Roman Emperor in 1493, was a member of this Austrian dynasty the Hapsburgs |
| #2550, aired 1995-10-06 | HISTORIC NAMES $1000: During the Third Crusade, this red-bearded Holy Roman emperor drowned while trying to cross a river Frederick Barbarossa |
| #2545, aired 1995-09-29 | ASIAN HISTORY $500: These rebels, or "holy warriors", fought Afghanistan's Soviet-backed government from 1978 to 1992 the mujahideen |
| #2544, aired 1995-09-28 | HISTORIC THOMASES $400: The men who murdered him in Canterbury Cathedral were ordered to do penance in the Holy Land Thomas à Becket |
| #2532, aired 1995-09-12 | RELIGION $1000: From the Greek for "grateful", it's another term for Holy Communion eucharist |
| #2526, aired 1995-09-04 | POETRY $600: The reputation of poet Wolfram von Eschenbach rests largely on "Parzival", an epic of this holy object grail |
| #2524, aired 1995-07-20 | HOMOPHONES $200: Saintly, like Swiss cheese holy (holey) |
| #2509, aired 1995-06-29 | AUSTRIA $400: This city that twice hosted the Olympics was the seat of the Holy Roman Empire under Maximilian I Innsbruck |
| #2499, aired 1995-06-15 | RELIGION $200: The origins of this denomination go back to the Holy Club, founded by Charles Wesley at Oxford Methodist |
| #2496, aired 1995-06-12 | THE 18th CENTURY $800: In 1745 her husband Francis Stephen, became Holy Roman Emperor as Francis I Maria Teresa |
| #2495, aired 1995-06-09 | 1929 $100: On behalf of Italy, this fascist prime minister signed the Lateran Treaty with the Holy See Mussolini |
| #2488, aired 1995-05-31 | EUROPEAN CAPITALS $200: You'll find the Parliament building in this Swedish city on Helgeandsholmen --"Holy Ghost Island" Stockholm |
| #2445, aired 1995-03-31 | ARCHITECTURE $800: Guarino Guarini designed this Italian city's chapel of the Holy Shroud on a circular plan Turin |
| #2429, aired 1995-03-09 | EMPERORS $400: In 891, after seizing the Italian throne, Guy of Spoleto forced the Pope to crown him this Holy Roman Emperor |
| #2429, aired 1995-03-09 | ENGLISH LITERATURE $600: John Bunyan said this book "will direct thee to the Holy Land, if thou wilt its directions understand" Pilgrim's Progress |
| #2426, aired 1995-03-06 | WORLD HISTORY $1000: In 1745 her husband, Francis Stephen, became Holy Roman Emperor Francis I Maria Theresa |
| #2419, aired 1995-02-23 | CATHEDRALS $500: The Cathedral of San Giovanni Battista in this city contains the Chapel of the Holy Shroud Turin (Italy) |
| #2406, aired 1995-02-06 | ABBREVIATIONS $300: HC can refer to Holy Communion or to this, in the British Parliament House of Commons |
| #2375, aired 1994-12-23 | THE HOLY LAND $100: Recapturing the Holy Land was the goal of these military expeditions of the 11th-13th centuries the Crusades |
| #2375, aired 1994-12-23 | THE HOLY LAND $200: Though the Holy Land's borders are indistinct, its western edge is largely provided by this sea the Mediterranean |
| #2375, aired 1994-12-23 | THE HOLY LAND $300: His letters from the Holy Lands to a California newspaper form part of "Innocents Abroad" Mark Twain |
| #2375, aired 1994-12-23 | THE HOLY LAND $400: This synonym for the Holy Land comes from a Greek word derived from Hebrew for "land of the Philistines" Palestine |
| #2375, aired 1994-12-23 | THE HOLY LAND $500: The goal of this Jewish nationalist movement was the creation of a state in the Holy Land Zionism |
| #2369, aired 1994-12-15 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $1,500 (Daily Double): During an interregnum from 1250-1273, this empire had no emperor the Holy Roman Empire |
| #2363, aired 1994-12-07 | MONTHS $100: Because of Christmas, Saxons once referred to this month as Holy Month December |
| #2363, aired 1994-12-07 | ARTISTS $1000: In 1533 this Venetian painter was knighted by Holy Roman Emperor Charles V Titian |
| #2363, aired 1994-12-07 | THE MIDDLE AGES $1000: This Saracen general made a treaty with Richard I allowing Christians to visit the holy places Saladin |
| #2352, aired 1994-11-22 | THE "B"IBLE $300: Jesus told the disciples to do this "in the name of the Father, and of the Son, & of the Holy Ghost" baptize |
| #2347, aired 1994-11-15 | 5-LETTER WORDS $500: The books of the Bible accepted as holy scripture, or the works of an author considered authentic Canon |
| #2328, aired 1994-10-19 | THE 50 STATES $200: Holy cow! In 1993 this state lost to California its title as the leading milk producer Wisconsin |
| #2317, aired 1994-10-04 | HERBS $500: Some Greek Orthodox churches use a sprig of this pesto ingredient to sprinkle holy water basil |
| #2312, aired 1994-09-27 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $300: Childermas or Holy Innocents' Day honors the children who were slain in Bethlehem by this king King Herod |
| #2312, aired 1994-09-27 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: Since a new moon signals the end of this Muslim holy month, a cloudy sky can prolong the fast Ramadan |
| #2293, aired 1994-07-20 | THE BIBLE $100: In Mark 1:8 he says, "I indeed have baptized you with water: but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost John the Baptist |
| #2285, aired 1994-07-08 | HOLY ROMAN EMPERORS $200: Charles V ruled this country as it conquered Mexico & Peru Spain |
| #2285, aired 1994-07-08 | HOLY ROMAN EMPERORS $400: Francis I, who ruled 1745-1765, was the father of this famous French queen Marie Antoinette |
| #2285, aired 1994-07-08 | HOLY ROMAN EMPERORS $600: He succeeded Charles IV but remained uncrowned & shares his name with the Good King in a Carol Wenceslaus |
| #2285, aired 1994-07-08 | HOLY ROMAN EMPERORS $800: Rudolf I, who took office in 1273, was the first member of this dynasty to rule the Hapsburgs |
| #2285, aired 1994-07-08 | HOLY ROMAN EMPERORS $1000: Ferdinand I was forced to pay tribute to this Ottoman sultan Suleiman the Magnificent |
| #2278, aired 1994-06-29 | LITERATURE $1000: This James A. Michener book about the Holy Land was the bestselling hardcover novel of 1965 The Source |
| #2271, aired 1994-06-20 | CROSSWORD CLUES "M" $100: Holy fish
(8) mackerel |
| #2262, aired 1994-06-07 | WORLD FACTS $400: This country in which cattle are considered holy has more of them than any other country India |
| #2259, aired 1994-06-02 | HISTORIC DOCUMENTS $100: This French emperor decreed the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806 Napoleon |
| #2250, aired 1994-05-20 | "P.S." $200: In the Christian calendar, it begins Holy Week Palm Sunday |
| #2247, aired 1994-05-17 | EMPIRES $600: Osman I founded the Ottoman Empire & Otto I founded the empire now known as this the Holy Roman Empire |
| #2228, aired 1994-04-20 | RELIGION $1,500 (Daily Double): This holy book was first published in 1830, in Palmyra, New York The Book of Mormon |
| #2225, aired 1994-04-15 | RELIGION $200: In Judaism the ten days of repentance end on this holy day Yom Kippur |
| #2222, aired 1994-04-12 | HISTORY $200: In 1244 Muslim mercenaries recaptured this holy city, setting off the Seventh Crusade Jerusalem |
| #2211, aired 1994-03-28 | STATE CAPITALS $200: The name of this capital means "holy sacrament" & was taken from the name of a nearby river Sacramento |
| #2210, aired 1994-03-25 | WORLD HISTORY $400: Except for 5 years, this family held the title of Holy Roman Emperor from 1438 until 1806 Hapsburg |
| #2207, aired 1994-03-22 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $800: The Thursday before Easter is known as Holy Thursday or this Maundy Thursday |
| #2180, aired 1994-02-11 | RELIGION $800: In Islam the waging of these "holy wars" can be fulfilled by the heart, tongue, hand or sword jihads |
| #2179, aired 1994-02-10 | ROYAL WOMEN $600: This archduchess of Austria was the eldest daughter of Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI Maria Theresa |
| #2173, aired 1994-02-02 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $100: This university near South Bend, Indiana is run by the Congregation of the Holy Cross Notre Dame |
| #2162, aired 1994-01-18 | RULERS $1,500 (Daily Double): Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I was called Barbarossa, which means this red beard |
| #2161, aired 1994-01-17 | THE BIBLE $100: The fourth of the Ten Commandments says, "Remember" this "day, to keep it holy" the sabbath |
| #2159, aired 1994-01-13 | RELIGION $600: As King James is known for his Bible, Caliph Uthman is known for this holy book the Koran |
| #2157, aired 1994-01-11 | THE 16th CENTURY $2,500 (Daily Double): In 1530 Holy Roman Emperor Charles V granted this island to the Knights Hospitallers Malta |
| #2156, aired 1994-01-10 | HISTORY $400: In 963 Holy Roman Emperor Otto I deposed John XII from this office & had it given to Leo VIII pope |
| #2142, aired 1993-12-21 | RELIGION $200: Millions of Hindus travel to the holy Indian city of Varanasi to bathe in this river's waters the Ganges |
| #2116, aired 1993-11-15 | HISTORY $400: When Austria's Francis II abdicated August 6, 1806, this empire perished Holy Roman Empire |
| #2108, aired 1993-11-03 | ARCHITECTURAL TERMS $600: A mihrab is a prayer niche in the wall of a mosque that faces this holy city Mecca |
| #2096, aired 1993-10-18 | WORLD RELIGIONS $1,000 (Daily Double): In Arabic this holy city of Jews, Christians & Muslims is called al-Quds Jerusalem |
| #2077, aired 1993-09-21 | THE 10th CENTURY $800: In 920 Romanus Lecapenus became co- ruler of this empire with Constantine VII the Byzantine Empire |
| #2072, aired 1993-09-14 | POPES $600: In 1964 he became the first pope in almost 2000 years to visit the Holy Land Paul VI |
| #2067, aired 1993-09-07 | RELIGION $400: Uposatha, a Buddhist holy day, is observed 4 times a month in conjunction with the phases of this the Moon |
| #2064, aired 1993-07-22 | HISTORY $200: Joachim of Fiore divided history into 3 ages: the ages of the Father, the Son & this entity Holy Ghost |
| #2058, aired 1993-07-14 | HISTORY $200: The Latin name of this Holy Roman Emperor was Carolus Magnus Charlemagne |
| #2048, aired 1993-06-30 | RELIGIOUS LEADERS $500: The full name of his church is the Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity Sun Myung Moon |
| #2035, aired 1993-06-11 | 1990 $300: Over 1,000 Muslim pilgrims died in a stampede in this holy city July 2 Mecca |
| #2028, aired 1993-06-02 | ISLAM $400: Like the Bible, this holy book of Islam forbids lying, stealing & murder the Koran |
| #2028, aired 1993-06-02 | ISLAM $800: Individuals who cannot fast during this holy month may feed 30 poor people a day instead Ramadan |
| #2008, aired 1993-05-05 | "HOLY" $100: "Moo"ving expression for "wow!" Holy cow! |
| #2008, aired 1993-05-05 | "HOLY" $200: A badly behaved child is described as one of these a holy terror |
| #2008, aired 1993-05-05 | "HOLY" $300: Member of the Trinity responsible for speaking in tongues the Holy Ghost |
| #2008, aired 1993-05-05 | "HOLY" $400: This empire came into existence on Christmas Day, 800A.D. the Holy Roman Empire |
| #2008, aired 1993-05-05 | "HOLY" $500: The place in the Jewish temple in which the Ark of the Covenant was kept the Holy of Holies |
| #2000, aired 1993-04-23 | SAINTS $400: In 1014 St. Henry II was crowned this emperor, succeeding Otto III the Holy Roman emperor |
| #1992, aired 1993-04-13 | WORLD HISTORY $500: In 1719 Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI united Schellenberg & Vaduz to form this 62-sq.-mi principality Liechtenstein |
| #1967, aired 1993-03-09 | RELIGION $400: In Judaism, one's fate for the coming year is sealed on this solemn holy day Yom Kippur |
| #1967, aired 1993-03-09 | RELIGION $1000: This church in Old Jerusalem is believed to stand on the site where Jesus was crucified & entombed the Church of the Holy Sepulchre |
| #1958, aired 1993-02-24 | GUINNESS RECORDS $100: In 1990 a New Jersey couple grew the world's largest one of these, 816 lbs. 8 ozs.; holy Halloween! a pumpkin |
| #1956, aired 1993-02-22 | SAINTS $400: St. Helena is credited by St. Ambrose as the person who found this wooden holy relic the cross |
| #1931, aired 1993-01-18 | RULERS $500: This Holy Roman Empress had 16 children, including Marie Antoinette Maria Theresa |
| #1925, aired 1993-01-08 | SHAKESPEARE $200: Shakespeare was buried on April 25, 1616 in the Church of the Holy Trinity in this English town Stratford-on-Avon |
| #1919, aired 1992-12-31 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $400: A Franco-Russian dispute over holy sites was one cause of this 1850s war the Crimean War |
| #1916, aired 1992-12-28 | WORLD RELIGION $200: As observed by Christians, Holy Week ends with this holiday Easter |
| #1914, aired 1992-12-24 | THE VIRGIN MARY $600: At the Council of Ephesus in 431 A.D., the Bishops gave Mary this maternal title Mother of God |
| #1905, aired 1992-12-11 | KINGS & QUEENS $500: This 11th daughter of Holy Roman Emperor Francis I was guillotined in 1793 Marie Antoinette |
| #1900, aired 1992-12-04 | RELIGION $100: Muslims have never sanctioned a translation of this holy book; it should be read in Arabic the Koran |
| #1894, aired 1992-11-26 | BODIES OF WATER $400: Hardwar & Benares are among the holy bathing sites on this river's banks the Ganges |
| #1869, aired 1992-10-22 | HISTORY $400: In 1099, Godfrey of Bouillon was named ruler of this holy city, captured on the First Crusade Jerusalem |
| #1866, aired 1992-10-19 | ENGLISH HISTORY $1000: In 1085 William I commissioned this "book", a survey of England's holy landings the Domesday Book |
| #1865, aired 1992-10-16 | DRINKING VESSELS $200: It's the famous lost chalice used by Jesus at the Last Supper the Holy Grail |
| #1859, aired 1992-10-08 | GOLD $800: This object of a legendary quest may have been a sheepskin used as a sluice filter the Golden Fleece |
| #1857, aired 1992-10-06 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: Observed a week before Easter, this holy day celebrates Jesus' entry into Jerusalem Palm Sunday |
| #1836, aired 1992-09-07 | RELIGION $1000: Arjun Mal, a guru, completed the Adi Granth or "First Book", the holy scripture of this religion Sikhism |
| #1815, aired 1992-06-19 | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS $200: Kimball O'Hara befriends Teshoo Lama, an elderly holy man, in this Kipling story Kim |
| #1800, aired 1992-05-29 | KING ARTHUR $200: Arthur's round table had a seat reserved for the knight who could find this the Holy Grail |
| #1800, aired 1992-05-29 | THE MIDDLE AGES $800: Irene, who reigned from 797-802, declared herself Emperor, not Empress, of this empire the Byzantine Empire |
| #1789, aired 1992-05-14 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $1000: In 1519 this country's King Charles I became Holy Roman emperor as Charles V Spain |
| #1781, aired 1992-05-04 | WOMEN'S RIGHTS $800: Elizabeth Cady Stanton rewrote this holy book to lose its male bias, publishing parts in 1895 & 1898 The Bible |
| #1756, aired 1992-03-30 | RELIGIOUS BOOKS $800: The name of this holy book, compiled c. 650, means "That which is to be recited" the Koran |
| #1755, aired 1992-03-27 | THE BIBLE $200: Jesus told his disciples, "Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them" in these 3 names the name of the Father, the name of the Son, and the name of the Holy Ghost |
| #1753, aired 1992-03-25 | OPERA $1000: After Elsa prays for a hero, this knight of the holy grail makes his entrance on a swan-drawn boat Lohengrin |
| #1747, aired 1992-03-17 | COLORS $400: This phrase for happy times is from the old practice of coloring holy dates on church calendars red-letter days |
| #1746, aired 1992-03-16 | HISTORY $2,300 (Daily Double): In 1521 Councilors of the Holy Roman Empire met as the diet of this German city, to check the Reformation Worms |
| #1742, aired 1992-03-10 | IN THE DICTIONARY $100: This can be any object of a prolonged search, not just a chalice used at the Last Supper the holy grail |
| #1723, aired 1992-02-12 | ISRAEL $400: Israel's coat of arms features olive branches & this ancient holy candleholder menorah |
| #1721, aired 1992-02-10 | HISTORY $1000: Francis II, the last person to hold this title, was forced to renounce it in 1806 by Napoleon the Holy Roman Emperor |
| #1720, aired 1992-02-07 | RELIGION $200: The stoup at the entrance of a Catholic Church contains this liquid holy water |
| #1719, aired 1992-02-06 | ART $400: Edwin Austin Abbey's most famous mural, "The Quest of" this holy object, is in the Boston Public Library the Holy Grail |
| #1701, aired 1992-01-13 | RELIGION $200: A sura is one of the chapters or sections of this Muslim holy book the Koran |
| #1697, aired 1992-01-07 | RENAISSANCE MEN $100: Unlike his predecessors, Maximilian I of this empire wasn't crowned by the Pope the Holy Roman Empire |
| #1682, aired 1991-12-17 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $500: From 1438 until the empire's dissolution, all Holy Roman Emperors but 1 came from this royal house Hapsburg |
| #1681, aired 1991-12-16 | THE AGE OF CHIVALRY $300: Chretien de Troyes wrote the earliest extant literary work about the quest for this holy object the Holy Grail |
| #1668, aired 1991-11-27 | MARCO POLO $800: Kublai Khan asked Marco's father to bring some holy oil from a lamp in this city Jerusalem |
| #1665, aired 1991-11-22 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $200: This holy city is capital of Saudi Arabia's al-Hejaz province Mecca |
| #1634, aired 1991-10-10 | MEDIEVAL EUROPE $400: Constantine XI, the last ruler of this empire, died fighting the Turks in 1453 the Byzantine Empire |
| #1618, aired 1991-09-18 | STATE CAPITALS $1,200 (Daily Double): Its name is Spanish for "Holy Faith" Santa Fe |
| #1616, aired 1991-09-16 | RELIGION $100: The third member of the Trinity, who co-exist with the Father & the Son the Holy Spirit |
| #1616, aired 1991-09-16 | RELIGION $200: Judaism's kaddish, a prayer sanctifying the Sabbath or a holy day,
is said over a cup of this wine |
| #1610, aired 1991-09-06 | ART $200: Annibale Carracci was just one of the many who painted the Holy Family's flight into this country Egypt |
| #1605, aired 1991-07-19 | RELIGION $100: American colony that was a "holy experiment" for the Society of Friends or Quakers Pennsylvania |
| #1605, aired 1991-07-19 | RELIGION $400: In Judaism it's the collective term for Rosh Hashanah & Yom Kippur the High Holy Days |
| #1584, aired 1991-06-20 | OLD TESTAMENT $200: In the book of Numbers it was given the power of speech in order to rebuke its owner, Balaam an ass (a donkey) |
| #1565, aired 1991-05-24 | EXPLORERS $200: Disguised as an Afghani, Sir Richard Burton visited this Muslim holy city in 1853 Mecca |
| #1564, aired 1991-05-23 | HISTORY $400: In 1530 Charles V became the last emperor of this crowned by the Pope the Holy Roman (Empire) |
