#8975, aired 2023-11-17 | LIFE OF PI $5,000 (Daily Double): I Kings 7:23 implies that pi equals 3, describing a round object 10 of these ancient units wide & 30 in circumference a cubit |
#8784, aired 2023-01-12 | WHAT'S ALL THIS, THEN? $400: It's raining & dashed if I didn't leave the club without this object from James Smith & Sons, making them since 1830 an umbrella |
#8389, aired 2021-04-29 | POP CULTURE PRIESTS $2000: Seen here, he played the hot priest who was the object of affection for TV's "Fleabag" Andrew Scott |
#8052, aired 2019-09-17 | CENTER FOR THE INTREPID $1600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Center for the Intrepid in San Antonio, Texas.) "People say, 'He lost a leg.'...I object...you gave a leg" was said by General Peter Pace of these patients at the center--an alliterative phrase for injured soldiers that became common during the USA's 21st century conflicts wounded warriors |
#7895, aired 2018-12-28 | MYTHOLOGY $2,000 (Daily Double): Laocoon, a priest of Apollo, meant this object when he said, "I fear the Greeks, especially when they bring gifts" the Trojan Horse |
#7823, aired 2018-09-19 | HOT, CROSS NUNS $1200: Being grilled by this Oscar winner in "Doubt", Philip Seymour Hoffman says, "I object to your tone" Meryl Streep |
#7779, aired 2018-06-07 | I'LL HAVE SECONDS $400: It's the second-most brilliant natural object in the night sky & also another second in our heavens Venus |
#7772, aired 2018-05-29 | "I" 4 $200: A revered religious object, or a symbol on a computer screen icon |
#7546, aired 2017-06-05 | JUST WHAT I NEED $200: This object, carved by Native Americans, will teach me about their history and lore a totem pole |
#7414, aired 2016-12-01 | ALMOST BEFORE & AFTER $400: A bad kid's Christmas stocking will contain the object that composed "I've Got You Under My Skin" a lump of Cole Porter |
#7391, aired 2016-10-31 | LIKE A ROCK $1,000 (Daily Double): The object of a pursuit, such as a hunted animal quarry |
#7209, aired 2016-01-07 | LIVING THE SPACED-OUT LIFE $1,200 (Daily Double): More than an acre of these provide power to the I.S.S. & also make it the brightest object in the night sky after the Moon solar panels |
#7184, aired 2015-12-03 | HE'S CHEVY CHASE $800: (Chevy Chase delivers the clue from the set of Community.) In 2010 I played the repairman for this title object that sends Rob Corddry & his friends back to the 1980s the Hot Tub Time Machine |
#7067, aired 2015-05-12 | PHYSICAL SCIENCE $2000: In March 2015 the Dawn spacecraft began orbiting this object in the asteroid belt, the first dwarf planet ever visited Ceres |
#7012, aired 2015-02-24 | "T.V." LAND $1,000 (Daily Double): This part of speech requires an object transitive verb |
#6836, aired 2014-05-12 | WE GET LETTERS $6,000 (Daily Double): This explorer wrote to his friend J.M. Barrie in 1912, "we have accomplished our object in reaching the Pole" Robert Falcon Scott |
#6768, aired 2014-02-05 | LIKE HENRY JAMES? $2,000 (Daily Double): I like the symbolism in this novel, such as the shattering of the title object The Golden Bowl |
#6523, aired 2013-01-16 | SC"I"ENCE $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew demonstrates with two colliding marbles on a tabletop.) Newton's first law of motion states that an object at rest will stay at rest unless a force acts on it is also known as the principle of this 7-letter term inertia |
#6476, aired 2012-11-12 | "MON" DAY $2000: I'm a big rock fan, & here's a big rock that's classified as this kind of object a monolith |
#6351, aired 2012-04-09 | I'M GONNA HURL $1200: Forms of this field event, in which a 16-pound object is hurled, were once practiced at festivals honoring Thor a hammer (throw) |
#6049, aired 2010-12-23 | I'M GAME $600: In this card game, the object is to cross the finish line by scoring 121 points, moving pegs on a wooden board cribbage |
#5981, aired 2010-09-20 | YOUR HONOR, I OBJECT! $200: The witness is testifying based on what someone else told her--that's called this hearsay |
#5981, aired 2010-09-20 | YOUR HONOR, I OBJECT! $400: Calls for an opinion--only allowed for this type of witness with special knowledge of a subject an expert witness |
#5981, aired 2010-09-20 | YOUR HONOR, I OBJECT! $600: Counsel is putting words in the witness' mouth with this type of question; the word also means "in first place" a leading question |
#5981, aired 2010-09-20 | YOUR HONOR, I OBJECT! $800: Counsel is being argumentative, also known as doing this to the witness, as seen here badgering |
#5981, aired 2010-09-20 | YOUR HONOR, I OBJECT! $1000: We've heard the question already; I'm making this objection that could be called "triple a" asked and answered |
#5787, aired 2009-11-10 | "TEXT" ME $5,200 (Daily Double): This is an ostensible reason put forward to conceal a true purpose or object a pretext |
#5704, aired 2009-05-28 | 6-LETTER WORDS $2000: This tiny type of Yorkshire terrier is so small… it might fit in the object of the same name teacup |
#5475, aired 2008-05-30 | HOW TOUCHING! $600: When Sir Walter Scott wrote, "Have I not licked the black stone of that ancient castle?" he meant this fabled object the Blarney Stone |
#5458, aired 2008-05-07 | I LIKE TO DECORATE $800: Originally, sequins were worn to show off one's wealth; the word "sequin" comes from the Arabic for this object a coin |
#5395, aired 2008-02-08 | LETTER PERFECT $600: Ambrose Bierce called it "the first thought of the mind, the first object of affection" I |
#5382, aired 2008-01-22 | ALL ABOUT AUTHORS $400: (Alex gives the clue from the Mark Twain house in Hartford.) Twain was fond of saying, "I came in with" this celestial object in 1835, "and I expect to go out with it"; and in 1910 he did, passing away in this very bed Halley's Comet |
#5098, aired 2006-11-08 | EUROPE'S GOT TALENT TOO $400 (Daily Double): Alberto Hidalgo & his happy feet can tap 734 times a minute while performing this Spanish dance the flamenco |
#4738, aired 2005-03-23 | I PITY THE "FOOL" $2000: Senior citizens might object to this proverb popularized by John Lyly in the play "Mother Bombie" There's no fool like an old fool |
#4698, aired 2005-01-26 | I'M GETTING SPACED OUT! $800: From a Latin word for "attendant", it can be a celestial body that orbits a planet or a manmade object that orbits earth satellite |
#4534, aired 2004-04-29 | PROBE ABILITY $600: In 1984 the Soviet Union launched the Vega I & Vega II probes to study this object seen here Halley's Comet |
#4161, aired 2002-10-07 | "I" OBJECT $200: An experienced Inuit can build one of these icy dwellings in under 2 hours an igloo |
#4161, aired 2002-10-07 | "I" OBJECT $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports.) While these were first patented in 1819, it wasn't until the 1990s that they really took off inline skates |
#4161, aired 2002-10-07 | "I" OBJECT $600: You're on the money if you know that it's a bar or block of metal like aluminum, steel or gold an ingot |
#4161, aired 2002-10-07 | "I" OBJECT $800: Seen here, this model of Chevy first hit the road in 1958 Impala |
#4161, aired 2002-10-07 | "I" OBJECT $1000: Prior to 1984 this pain reliever found in Motrin & Nuprin was sold by prescription only ibuprofen |
#4040, aired 2002-03-08 | SPELLING BEE $800: The name of this Philistine warrior to the Bible is now applied to any large object or person G-O-L-I-A-T-H |
#3721, aired 2000-11-06 | I FEEL SHEEPISH $100: An object that's genuine through & through is "dyed in" this The wool |
#3717, aired 2000-10-31 | POE-POURRI $1,000 (Daily Double): "I admit the deed! Tear up the planks!" this title object is beneath them "The Tell-Tale Heart" |
#3643, aired 2000-06-07 | I'M JUST AN OBJECT $100: It's what you "bide" when awaiting your opportunity Time |
#3643, aired 2000-06-07 | I'M JUST AN OBJECT $200: To lose emotional control is to "flip your" this, also a saucepan cover Lid |
#3643, aired 2000-06-07 | I'M JUST AN OBJECT $300: To "trip" this, meaning to dance, comes from a John Milton poem The light fantastic |
#3643, aired 2000-06-07 | I'M JUST AN OBJECT $400: You curry food when you add spices; you curry this when you flatter someone Favors |
#3643, aired 2000-06-07 | I'M JUST AN OBJECT $500: You "cudgel" them in an effort to remember Brains |
#3580, aired 2000-03-10 | OPTIMISTS $500 (Daily Double): Optimistic 4-word phrase spoken by the title object seen here: "I think I can" |
#3556, aired 2000-02-07 | "I" FULL $400: A carved image of a deity, or any object of adoration idol |
#3269, aired 1998-11-19 | NOVA $400: Mission Control played the song "I Can See Clearly Now" for the astronauts who fixed this object the Hubble Space Telescope |
#3064, aired 1997-12-18 | I WISH $500: In a classic 1902 story by W.W. Jacobs, it's the sinister simian object that supposedly grants wishes The Monkey's Paw |
#2236, aired 1994-05-02 | THE OLD TESTAMENT $300: God told Moses “And thou shalt put into” this object “the testimony which I shall give thee” Ark of the Covenant |
#1731, aired 1992-02-24 | ENGLISH CLASS $200: It can be a noun or a pronoun, but every verb I has to have one a subject |
#1614, aired 1991-09-12 | MYTHOLOGICAL OPERAS $200: This big wooden object is dragged inside the city walls in Act I of "The Capture of Troy" the Trojan Horse |
#1379, aired 1990-09-06 | FILE UNDER LETTER "I" $300: It refers to a verb that doesn't require a direct object intransitive verb |
#474, aired 1986-10-02 | IN OTHER WORDS... $600: Excuse this person, lad, could yonder object be a train to Tennessee's 4th largest city? Pardon me, boy, but is that the Chattanooga Choo Choo |
#144, aired 1985-03-28 | '60s SONGS $400: Object of the Shirelles' "Dedication" in '61 "The One I Love" |
#113, aired 1985-02-13 | SCIENCE $200: Every second, this body converts 657 mil. tons of hydrogen into helium the Sun |